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Here it is everyone! The first chapter to "Swan Dive," which is the next "book" in the "Feels Like Today" series! Yay!

Chapter One: You're Not Sorry

So you don't have to call anymore

I won't pick up the phone

This is the last straw

There's nothing left to beg for

And you can tell me that you're sorry

But I don't believe you baby

Like I did before

You're not sorry

- "You're Not Sorry" Taylor Swift

Olivia tipped her head back in the shower and let the water wash over her. Opening her eyes she smiled softly at Fitz, "Hi." She repeated the phrase they used to say 'I love you.'

"Hi." He repeated.

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Mellie sat on the floor of the Blair House surrounded by the divorce papers and a bottle of vodka. He was actually leaving her. He was abandoning her when she needed him. She didn't know where her life would go at this point, how she would exist without him, without the White House, without any of it.

The worst part was that he wanted custody of the kids. He wanted to transfer them to a school in DC.

She could feel everything slipping away from her.

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Cyrus stood outside of Olivia's apartment in front of Tom, "You won't let me in or you physically can't?"

Tom sighed, "Cyrus, they want to be alone together for a while. Can't you give them that?"

Cyrus took a deep breath, "Mellie is threatening to go on national television to tell the world that they're in that apartment doing the nasty. I need to get in there and I need to tell them to take a breather so we can handle this. Then they can hump like gorillas all they fucking want to."

Tom looked up at Hank, who silently nodded to him. "Fine." He paused, "But I need an emergency. I need a reason to open the door."

Cyrus paused, "Huck found Becky." Tom's eyebrows rose, "And yes I'm actually being serious when I say that. So open the fucking door now."

Cyrus barged into the bedroom to find Fitz on top of Olivia with his tongue in her throat, "Please stop for a moment so we can handle this."

Fitz and Olivia looked up, "What, Cy?" Fitz asked.

"1. Congrats on all of this." He paused, "2. Huck found Becky. 3. Oh, your wife, who you're still legally married to, is lining up an interview as we speak. We'll all be ruined if she goes on live TV!"

Olivia pushed Fitz off of her and gathered the sheet around her chest, "Okay, we're up and we'll handle it. Now get out while I get dressed."

Cyrus sighed as he stood in Olivia's kitchen. A few moments later he was greeted by a slightly disheveled president and his girlfriend, "Okay give us the update." Fitz requested.

"Becky is in federal custody and is being detained in a secret location with Billy. They haven't given up Hollis yet." Cyrus paused, "We need to figure out what we're going to do about him." He reminded them, "Oh and yes we need to handle Mellie as well."

"I'll take care of Mellie." Fitz announced flatly. Leaning down he kissed Olivia, "I'll be back tonight." He promised.

Cyrus and Olivia watched him leave. Finally, Olivia spoke, "I know how to handle Hollis. Want to join me?"

Cyrus frowned, "What did you have in mind?"

"I don't like it, but you probably will." She picked up her purse from the kitchen table, "Let's go. We can get brunch after we're done."

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"Liv?" Cyrus broke into her thoughts, "Why are we at the Marine Corps monument? And why did we leave DC?"

Olivia tilted her head to the side, "I used to come here as a child. It was always so peaceful. I love the quote, 'Uncommon valor was a common virtue' I'd like to think that still applies today, but it doesn't."

"Liv, what's going on?" Cyrus asked again.

"Olivia, I am a busy man, what do you want?" Cyrus's head swung around at the new voice. His mouth dropped open, "Ah, and you brought Cyrus Beene. Of course."

Olivia looked between the two men, "Why am I not surprised you two know each other. Please, Dad, sit." She requested.

Rowan Pope sat on the other side of Olivia and asked, "Are you reconsidering my offer."

"Just Doyle. Handle Hollis Doyle. We can't handle him without,"

"Without Defiance coming out. Understood." Rowan stood up. "I'm surprised you remembered this place."

"You used to bring me here all the time. Before Mom died."

"Yes." Rowan nodded stiffly before turning around and leaving the park.

Cyrus waited a full minute before he said, "How did I never know that your father was Rowan Pope the head of B-613?"

Olivia sighed, "I didn't know he was Rowan Pope the head of B-613 until a couple of years ago." She paused, "He hasn't been much of a dad since my mother died, but he was always Eli Pope, dad, to me."

Cyrus shook his head, "Come on, let's get some calories in you in the form of a good brunch and then we'll meet up with Fitz and see how well he handled Mellie."

"At least we won't have to worry about anyone killing him any time soon now." Olivia tucked her hand into the crook of his arm and leaned into him, "This is going to be a long road. I'm sorry you're being dragged down it."

"I'm not." Cyrus smiled at her.

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"You cannot just leave me for her." Mellie yelled.

Fitz rolled his eyes, "You'd be pissed no matter who I left you for. The problem isn't me leaving you. It's you losing the White House and Hollis all in one fell swoop."

"Don't you dare bring Hollis into this." Mellie sneered.

"Hollis has already been handled. He's officially a nonfactor now." Fitz informed her as he tucked his phone into his back pocket. "So now we just have to deal with us. You threaten to oust Olivia and me and I will make sure you pay. Consider your actions wisely. I think in the end you will wind up hurting worse than I do." He picked up the folder he'd brought with him, "Some light reading. Potential approval ratings. You may want to take a look before deciding how you're going to proceed." He let them drop with a loud thud on the coffee table of the Blair House parlor. "Have a nice day, Mel."

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Olivia and Cyrus stood in the conference room, "I've already informed Fitz of this, but Doyle has been picked up. We've done it. It's all been handled. Hopefully that means there will be no further threats against him."

A loud cheer erupted in the office at the news. "So what's next?" Stephen asked.

"More news. Fitz served Mellie with divorce papers. And he's requested custody of his kids. So Fitz and his children are our next clients. We have been instructed by Fitz to only help Mellie if it helps his kids. We are not on her team. We are not here to save her reputation if she's going to take down the rest of the family or someone in our family."

Harrison shook his head, "The first President to ever get divorced and he's in love with our own Liv, what do you know?"

"Let's hope this all works out well." Olivia murmured.

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"So you want us to move from California to DC?" Jerry stared at his father skeptically, "Does Mom know?"

Fitz reached across the table and grasped Jerry's hand. Karen seemed more confused than aware that a big decision and transition were in her future. "I want to divorce your mother."

Jerry slowly retracted his hand and leaned back. His mouth opened and then closed. He sat quietly for a full minute before replying, "Okay, I understand why, but have you tried to work it out?"

Fitz sighed, "I'm going to tell you something you're not going to want to hear." He waited for Jerry's full attention, "Over the years your mother and I have both been unfaithful to each other. Now we've reached a fork in the road where I could be truly happy with someone else and she could be happier looking for that someone else."

"Who has you so happy?"

"Olivia."

Karen's ears perked up at Olivia's name, "I love Miss Liv! She's so much fun and has the best shoes ever. I got to walk in a pair the last time we were at the office. I want shoes like that when I get to be old like her."

Fitz chuckled and placed a kiss on Karen's temple, "You got it, princess."

"So are you going to like live with her or marry her now?" Jerry asked.

Fitz shook his head, "No, we're not going to even start dating until your mother and I are divorced and as a family the four of us have settled into a new routine. Just because your mother and I won't be married anymore doesn't mean we won't be a family still. We'll just be a different family."

"Where will Mom live?" Jerry asked.

"That's up to her."

"So are you going to force us to be here if Mom is somewhere else?"

Fitz felt a pang hit him in his heart and in his gut at the thought of his kids wanting to be with their mother over him. Taking a breath he responded, "You can live with either of us or you can live between our houses."

Karen looked between her brother and father, "I want to live with Daddy." She stated firmly.

Jerry shrugged, "I kind of want to get out of California. Is that where Mom will be going?"

"I wish I had an answer for you son, your mother and I are struggling to reach an agreement about the divorce."

"She doesn't want to leave the White House, does she?" Jerry asked.

"Well of course not! It's so big and pretty!" Karen squealed.

Jerry and Fitz both smiled at her, "I don't want you to have to raise her or raise yourself anymore than you have, Jerry."

"We'll figure it out, Dad. And if all else fails Miss Liv can handle it."

"Miss Liv does handle everything doesn't she." Fitz agreed with a smile.

SCANDAL

XOXO

MAS