Hey everyone! So this story is for all of the Jellie (Jake Ballard and Mellie Grant) shippers out there. I would love Jake and Mellie together and hopefully with my story it can come true not only for me, but for other supports of them as well. I am not the best writer or the most creative person, but I am going to give this a shot. I hope ya'll enjoy it!

Mellie Grant sat in her office and closed a file on yet another person she had interviewed to be her campaign manager, but like all the others, this one was not a fit. She sighed and rubbed her face in frustration. She had interviewed what seemed like twenty people and none of them were the right fit for her campaign, or for her. She sat back and looked at the clock that read 8:15. She got up from her chair and fixed her skirt then packed up all of her stuff and put on her coat. She walked out of her office to her car and was driven home. She told her driver goodnight and got out of the car and shut the door and walked into her house. She smiled at the babysitter.

"Hi, Lucy. Sorry I'm late. Was he good for you today?"

She smiled back at Mellie as she got up off the couch, "It's no problem, Ms. Grant. He was great, as usual. He had a nap and I put him to bed about thirty minutes ago. He fought me a little bit, but I think he was just wanting to stay up and wait for you."

Mellie nodded as she set all of her stuff down on the couch, "I know, I hate missing his bedtime. I will go check on him. Thank you again, goodnight."

Lucy smiled, "Goodnight Ms. Grant. I will see you in the morning."

Mellie nodded and walked her to the door. Once Lucy had pulled out of the driveway Mellie closed her front door and locked it. She took off her heels and carried them to her bedroom and threw them in her closet. She changed out of her work outfit and put on yoga pants and an old Harvard law t-shirt. She went into her bathroom and washed her face and threw her hair up into loose bun then walked out of her room down the hall to Teddy's bedroom. She stood against the doorframe and watched her son sleep. After a few minutes she walked in and kissed his head and re-tucked him in.

"Good night teddy bear, I love you." She whispered to him before she got up and walked out of his room.

She walked to the kitchen and got herself a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and sat down at her table. She got out the files of all the people she had interviewed over the last week and looked through them again. She finished her cereal, but kept looking through the files. She sighed when she closed the last one. She laid her face in her hands, frustrated as she thought about her next move. She got up and put her bowl and spoon in the dishwasher and got herself a glass of red wine and went to the living room and sat down on her new cream colored couch with burgundy accent pillows. The TV was still on from when Lucy was watching it, she had not been paying attention to it, but when she look at the screen she saw her ex-husband. It had been just over six months since they had signed the divorce papers and Mellie had walked out of the White House with her head held high. She turned the volume up and listened to the familiar voice before rolling her eyes and turning the channel to something more pleasant, Fixer Upper on HGTV. Mellie and Fitz did not talk to each unless it was about Teddy. When they did talk to each other they were both cold and kept conversations short and curt. She sipped her wine as she sat on the couch watching her favorite show, as she sat there she thought about a campaign manager and even though it was a thought that had crossed her mind several times this past week, she thought she would be able to find someone just as good, but she was wrong. The only name that was sticking out in her head right now was the woman who helped get her to where she was sitting today. The woman who was hired by Cyrus Beene to run Fitz's campaign, the girl who her husband had fallen in love with and had an off and on affair with for his whole Presidency, the woman who moved into the White House after Fitz had given Mellie the divorce papers, the woman who told Mellie to stand up and keep fighting during the filibuster. The woman that Mellie loathed most in this world, but she was the only woman that could get Mellie elected as President and that is what Mellie wanted more than anything, was to be President of the United States. She stayed up watching TV for a long time, before finally shutting it off and putting her now empty glass in the dishwasher. She walked down the hall to her bedroom after checking on Teddy one last time and crawled into bed. She laid there for a few minutes thinking, she knew what she had to do and tomorrow. She told herself no matter what, she would do it, but she quickly gave into the heaviness of sleep deprivation, closed eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Her alarm went off at six a.m. She groaned and shut it off. She laid there for a few minutes dreading what she had to do. She got out of bed and did her yoga, like she did every morning. Once she finished that she went into her bathroom and took a quick shower. Once she was out of the shower she blow dried her hair then curled it. She did her make up then walked back into her bedroom, to her closet and pulled out a powder blue skirt, a white top, and nude heels. She put all of it on walked out of her room and checked on Teddy who was still fast asleep, she smiled and watched him for a few minutes before walking down the hall to the kitchen and made herself some oatmeal and went over her schedule for the day. By the time she finished her breakfast Lucy was walking in the door.

Mellie smiled, "Good morning Lucy."

Lucy smiled back at her, "Good morning Ms. Grant. Is Teddy still asleep?"

Mellie nodded as she packed up her stuff, "He is still sound asleep. I'm getting ready to go kiss him goodbye."

Lucy nodded and sat down on the couch as Mellie walked back to Teddy's room and gently kissed his head, "I love you and I will see you tonight buddy." She kissed his head again before she got up and walked out of his room and put on her powder blue coat that matched her skirt and got her stuff. She said bye to Lucy then walked out of the house and got in her car. She gave her driver the address. As they drove her stomach was in knots, she felt like she could throw up. She went over what she was going to say her mind, but nothing seemed appropriate. Finally, her driver pulled up and Mellie got out and walked in the building. She walked to the elevator and hit the up button. Once it the doors opened she stepped in and hit floor seven. She paced the elevator floor as it took her up. The doors opened and she took a deep a breath and walked out. She walked up to a closed door and read the bold, black words on it, "Olivia Pope and Associate's." She opened the door and looked around, she did not see anyone. She walked in past Huck's office, passed Abby and Quinn's office, passed the conference room, she finally came to a door and looked at it, the name on the door read, "Olivia Pope." Mellie stared at it for a minute before looking through the glass, but she saw an empty office. She turned the door knobbed and pushed it open. She walked in and looked around at everything before sitting down and waiting.

After waiting what seemed like a life time she heard the office door open while she was looking down at some files, she looked up from the file and saw Olivia Standing in the doorway.

"Mellie." Olivia said sternly with a surprised look on her face that she was trying to hide.

Mellie looked at her as she closed the file and laced her fingers together and sat them on her lap, "Hello Olivia."

Alright, so I know there is no Jake and Mellie yet, but I promise you it is coming. Just wanted to give a little bit of background on where Mellie is now in her life without Fitz and kind of foreshadow how Mellie and Jake are going to meet! I am going off the promo for 5B of Scandal with Mellie in Olivia's office, but putting my own twist on it, obviously. In the next chapter Mellie and Jake will get to meet. Again, I am not the best writer so hopefully this is good and ya'll will continue to stick with me and my story

Xo, Kaitlyn