Chances
Olivia Pope walked into his office ready for whatever she had coming at her, she knew she was wrong she just hated admitting it. She was the woman on the side, the woman who was making a married man cheat on his wife. It was wrong but she couldn't just fall out of love with Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III. She opened the door to the oval office hesitantly
and there he was stood inside.
She walked up to him and to her surprise he walked away towards his desk resting his arms behind him onto the desk relaxing.
"Hi" he said to Olivia's surprise.
"What?" She replied.
"Hi" he said repeating himself, moving closer towards her, enjoying the look of confusion on her face.
"What do you mean? Everything was not fine and now everything is fine. What is going on?" She asked him confused by his actions.
He knew where her confusion came from. In the wake of Olivia's conversation with Mellie last night and his argument with Mellie. Mellie had confessed to knowing about his "sordid" affair with one of the people "she trusts the most". She told this to Liv first leaving Liv both shocked and mortified. Liv then told Fitz about the confrontation leaving Fits both angry and taken aback. When he finally returned to the Residence late at night Mellie was there waiting on their bed wanting to speak to him.
"I knew, all along I knew." She confessed to him making him frustrated.
"Why didn't you ever bring it up. Why leave it until half way through my second term as President. I could be living in Vermont with Liv and she could be making jam and taking care of babies now. Why didn't you confront me 8 years ago when it all started?" He asked with a tone of anger still residing in his voice for earlier in the day.
"It was all on and off. One minute you were building her secret little houses in Vermont that you thought nobody knew about and the next you were telling her you were selling it and you wanted to work on your marriage." She replied calmly.
"So why now?" Fitz asked. "Why wait until now?"
"Because I had an affair and I have never felt that loved since Jerry was born. He cared about me and I finally understood why you kept going back to Olivia. You lacked love from me and you sought it elsewhere leading me to lack love from you, hence why we both had affairs. Fitz, as much as we argue and disagree I understand why you keep going back to her and it will never fully end, you love her and finally I can understand that. I was angry and depressed for a very long time but I eventually got over it and now I can see that I need to let you go. Fitzgerald I want a divorce, but not a messy divorce thats full of publicity stunts and arguments. I want a divorce where we each respect one another, and I want you to stay President." She said.
Fitz was speechless. In all their 20 years of marriage she had never been so considerate and kind.
"Ok. Thank you." He responded simply but she could hear the gratitude in his voice.
Fitz hadn't told Olivia about his and Mellie's conversation, he wanted to tell her face to face. He also hadn't told her that Mellie had moved into Blair House for the time being and how this very moment there was a statement being released about his divorce. However he was concerned as he didn't know if this was too much at once and he didn't know how she would react...
