I do not own any of these characters. The wonderful Shonda Rhimes does. I just like to borrow them and make them do unspeakable things to one another.

Inauguration night:

Olivia was walking the halls of the White House on inauguration night. She was not in the mood to go and spend the evening watching them play the role of the happy couple. Lately she has found herself falling for our newly elected Commander In Chief and she is not sure what to do about it. On one hand, she feels that if they just keep a low profile, the affair can continue. Then she thinks about all the lies and excuses she will need to tell just to be with Mellie. She is thinking about how her life would be if she decided to be the president's dirty little secret when her phone rang. She didn't really need to look at the screen to know who it was, because only one person had the ringtone of Crazy in Love by Beyonce and Jay-Z.

"This is Olivia Pope."

"Hey beautiful. Why so formal? You knew it was me." Mellie said sounding giddy. Olivia isn't sure if her mood is from spending time with Fitz or if she had a couple of drinks.

"I don't know, just being careful I guess." Olivia responds.

"Sweetie what's wrong? You don't sound like yourself."

"Nothing Mrs. President." Olivia said trying to keep her voice even.

"Whoa, now I know something is wrong. Hang on." Mellie looked around for a empty room that she could occupy to have her conversation in private. She finds what appear to be a conference room and goes in and closes the door. "Liv...baby..what's the matter?" She asked.

"I don't know. I was just thinking about what my life is going to be like for the next 4 or 8 years. I mean I helped you become president because that was the goal. Now that we have achieved it, what is my role now?" Olivia asked.

"Oh, that's what this is about?" Mellie was slightly relieved because this she can do something about. "Liv, I wanted to officially make this offer to you in person and in the White House but I would like you to stay on as my White House Press Secretary."

Olivia is pleasantly surprised. "You want me to be press secretary? You never mentioned this to me before. You always spoke as though we wouldn't continue to see one another everyday. What changed your mind?" Olivia wanted to know if Mellie had real feelings. Sometimes after they made love, Mellie would get a look in her eyes that seemed to be love, but she would never say it. Olivia would need to hear her say the words if they are going to have anything other than a sordid affair.

Mellie, for her part was very intuitive when it came to Olivia and she did indeed have strong feelings for the younger woman, but she didn't feel as though she had any right to have her. She is a married woman after all.
"Liv, you still there? Please say yes."

After a few long seconds she replied to her newly elected President. "Yes. Yes I will be your White House Press Secretary under one condition."

"Name it."

"As your press secretary I will need to be able to deliver not so great news to the press core at times, and I will not lie deliberately for this administration. So as long as I you never ask me to lie for you, I will be happy to take the job."

"So if the press core asks if you and I are lovers, you'll tell them the truth?"

"Well, I don't plan on talking about my private life at all. Also, your private life should not be any concern of theirs."
Mellie could see that this could become a long conversation so she ended it by telling Olivia that they needed to talk.

"Olivia we need to have a talk to come up with a game plan. Please meet me in the oval in 20 minutes."