Chapter 1

"Jess, trust me I know! It's the White House!" Grady could no longer hold in her excitement towards her new job. "OMG! I AM GOING TO WORK AT THE WHITE HOUSE!" She said, yelling this time.

Jessica laughs at her best friend's excitement. She was so happy that Grady had finally found a job that she wanted to do. She knew that Grady loved politics, but when she heard that she had scored the internship for President Grant her mind went crazy!

"Grady Mae, calm down you might just scare the President away!" she said trying to relax her friend.

"I know Jess, I know. I'm just so excited! Jess I have to go or I will be late for my first day!" They said their goodbyes and hung up the phone.

Grady got off the couch to go finish getting ready. She could not believe she was going to meet the President of the United States.

"Cyrus!" Fitz knew that the new intern would be coming today and needed to check with Cyrus to make sure that he had gotten her a hard pass.

"Mr. President, I know you're worried about this new girl but I have everything all ready for her. All this little girl needs to do now is be on her best behavior and make sure that she doesn't do anything to mess your presidency up!" Cyrus always knew what Fitz was thinking before he even said anything.

"Thank you Cy, but you know this "little girl" is Livy's niece and I just want everything to be perfect for her!"

It would have been an understatement to assume that President Fitzgerald Grant III was nervous. He could barely even match his tie this morning.

"Sir, there is no reason to be worried about this. I know between you and Liv you guys have done a great job of making sure this girl will get the best internship experience of a life time." Cyrus could tell that there was something special about this girl but he just couldn't believe that all this girl was, was Olivia Pope's niece. There had to be something more.

It was ten after nine and Grady knew that Aunt Liv was going to be ready any minute to take her to the White House. Her Aunt was so excited when she called to tell her that she was moving to D.C. to start an internship.

Ten minutes later Grady heard a knock at the door to see if she was ready! Her Aunt was generous enough to let her stay there while she worked for the White House.

Olivia was nervous. It had been 2 years since she was back at the White House but she knew it was time. She looked at the clock and it said 9:20. Grady needed to be at the White House at 10:00 so they needed to leave now.

Olivia grabbed her lip gloss and walked out her bedroom to Grady's. She knocked on the door and it immediately opened.

"Oh Aunt Liv, you look amazing!" Grady loved the sweater her aunt was wearing, partly because she bought it for her. Plus she knew that her aunt always dressed to impress and that there was never a day that went by that she didn't look amazing.

Laughing at Grady Olivia said, "Why thank you dear, you don't look too bad yourself." She knew her niece took after her in the clothing department. Her sister always complained on how much Grady loved to shop.

Olivia asked her if she was ready to leave and she grabbed her bag and they headed out the door.

"Wow! Aunt Liv this is so pretty!" Grady could hardly imagine that she just stepped foot inside the White House.

Olivia could tell that Grady was excited and quite frankly so was she. It had been two years..

The President had wanted to meet with his new intern so they decided to head toward the Oval Office.

They said hello to Lauren and she escorted them in. Lauren couldn't believe that she was seeing miss Pope. At first she thought she was seeing doubles because the girl Olivia was with looked just like her.

As the girls walked in they could see that the President was just ending a phone call. He looked up and couldn't believe his eyes. Not only was Olivia standing there but there was a girl who looked just like her standing next to her.

Fitz stood up and started to walk towards the girls. Grady immediately stuck her and said, "Hello Mr. President I am your new intern Grady Mae Pope but you can call me Grady or Grady Mae for short."

Fitz just laughed and said, "Hi Grady Mae, it is nice to finally meet you!" He then looked right at Olivia and just said "Hi." With a smile on his face.

This caused Olivia to blush but she managed to smile and say, "Hi Mr. President it has been a while." Olivia knew that it was because she left to go be with Grady but as much as she wanted to tell him what happened, she promised her sister in law that she wouldn't say anything.

Fitz just wanted to pull her in close and kiss her and never let go of her again. However he wasn't sure what all Grady knew so he kept it professional, as hard as that was. He could only let out, "Yes Olivia, two years is a long time." He added a faint smile at the end.

Grady could tell that she was the third party and that there had to be something going on but she didn't know what that was. She also didn't want to embarrass her favorite aunt. She walked over to the window and looked at the view. The next thing she knew the President was standing behind her. "The view is breathtaking isn't it?" He loved looking out that window because he had the perfect view of the Rose Garden.