Hey Guys! Thanks for checking out our story! My best friend and I wanted to co-write a story that was fun for us both. She is semi-obsessed with Bellamy Young and Scandal and I love Army Wives and all things Kim Delaney so we decided to do a really original cross over with Mellie Grant and Claudia Joy Holden. It will be completely off script and just nothing you would imagine because this is absolutely complete fiction and could never happen so we ask that if you are going to comment, please refrain from being negative about our story choice. We do appreciate any and all feedback to make our writing better! Thanks for reading and we hope you enjoy it!

Claudia Joy Holden had been the perfect little Army wife for over twenty years, and for a long time, she had loved every single second of it. Michael James Holden was the light of her eye and even now, he still was, but lately she was frustrated. She'd gone back to school to finally finish her law degree and then she'd started working for Grant Chandler. Sure, that didn't go as well as she'd hoped, but now what was she supposed to do? Go back to being the perfect little Brigadier General's wife? Not a chance. All she had ever wanted to do was be a lawyer; she wanted to help people and advocate for them, but somehow her hopes and dreams always took a backseat to Michael's.

Even now, she quit her job with Chandler mainly because Michael was so angry over that one incident where the man had kissed her. Sure, it was wrong and she certainly didn't like it, but they were adults and Claudia Joy was more than happy to just forget about it and get back to their work. Chandler was the one that had to make it awkward, but then she found out later, after she quit that the awkwardness he threw at her was a result of Michael coming to the office when she wasn't there and cold-cocking him. It was just like a man, especially an Army man to get into a pissing contest over his woman. Army men have to protect what's theirs!

"Claudia Joy!" Michael yelled, yanking her from her thoughts as he walked down the stairs for breakfast. Sometimes she wished he could just sit down and eat breakfast with her as her husband, instead of barking orders at her as the faithful wife of the Brigadier General.

"Yes, Michael?"

"The President of the United States and the First Lady are coming to Fort Marshall is just three days. Please tell me things are going as planned to prepare for their visit. This can't get screwed up!"

She raised a brow at him. "Michael, I've been planning Army events for twenty years. I am prepared for the President and the First Lady just as I always am," Claudia Joy said. "Just relax Michael. I have it all under control, I really do. Denise is helping with some things and Protocol already has their orders. You have nothing to worry about."

Michael smiled as he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Do you have any idea how much I love you? What would I ever do without you?"

Claudia Joy smirked, turning her head to look up at him. "You'd completely fall apart, worrying about every little thing. Now sit down and eat your breakfast."

"How are you feeling? Did you check your levels this morning? I know you have a lot on you," Michael said, sounding suddenly concerned about her and not the big arrival of the POTUS.

"Oh Michael, relax before you give yourself a coronary. I've checked my levels, I've eaten, I'm getting enough rest, and I'm just fine. Worry about eating your breakfast and getting to the office on time. Let me worry about everything else." She flashed him a grin, kissed his temple and walked upstairs to get dressed. She had less than an hour before she and Denise had an FRG meeting, and then she had five million other errands to run all over post to make sure things were ready for Saturday.

"Claudia Joy, I'm leaving!" Michael yelled up the steps. "I love you!"

"Love you too, Michael!" She called back. "Have a good day!"

She sighed with relief as she heard the front door close. Michael was the love of her life, but when she had an event to plan she couldn't wait to get rid of him. He always made things twice as hard, worrying about what wasn't done or what could go wrong instead of just trusting her and staying out of the way.

Before leaving the house, Claudia Joy checked her insulin levels once more, knowing that her best friend, Denise Sherwood would most certainly give her the same third degree that Michael had. She loved them both for all their worrying and she knew it was done out of love, but sometimes she felt like diabetes was some sort of regression back to her childhood days and Michael and Denise were her parents. It often took all her energy not to bite their heads off for annoying her over checking her levels and making sure she was taking proper care of herself. Once she saw that her levels were still normal, she sent a quick text to Denise:

"On my way. Be there in ten."

She shut her phone and left the house. On the drive over, she ran through her mental check list of things that needed to be done within the day, but she also felt nervous. In all her years as an Army wife, she had met many people, famous, or otherwise, but something about seeing President Fitzgerald Grant III again and now, meeting his wife, First Lady Mellie Grant made Claudia Joy inexplicably nervous. That was one little fact she'd keep to herself of course, because if Michael knew she was nervous the whole Post would come crashing down around them. What was it about that woman that made her so nervous?

Okay guys! So the first chapter is rather short and I did that on purpose. Lord knows I could've gone on for hours, but I wanted to just introduce you to the character of Claudia Joy and set the stage for Fitz and Mellie to enter the scene… Reviews are welcome, but again, please don't bash the story choice or how different it is from either show because once again, it is FAN FICTION. It's just for fun! Please Enjoy!