"I don't see why not. Other than you being the first First Lady in American history to ever divorce a sitting president I see nothing stopping you from leaving him and taking him for everything he has. But, this has to be what you want. I can clean this up, I can make it to where he'd be begging you to keep your mouth shut, calling me to handle it, him sitting on the presidential seal with his thumb in his mouth in fettle position, but you need to be sure. You have to be."

Two Weeks Later...

Olivia and Mellie have been discussing their plans for their upcoming trip for the past 2 weeks getting every loose end squared away. The moment Mellie's been looking forward to the minute she found out he slept with another woman and blamed her for it...this was inevitable. It was either going to happen now or after his presidency ended, but why would she waste any more years of her life waiting for him to finally notice and love her.

"Why would I wait for you when you couldn't even wait for me?" Mellie whispers accidentally to no one in particular.

Olivia lifts her head slowly hearing those words leave Mellie's mouth made everything they were doing up to this point worth the risk.

"These plans you and I are making for this trip and for the rest of our lives is us being a united front. What I need you to do is make your plan. This plan, you divorcing Fitz, I want you to come up with Mellie. You're smart, you are a fucking lioness and I can help you but you have to get up enough courage to walk up to him, face to face, and tell him your truth. Because you deserve to be happy, you deserve to have Andrew by your side when you need a shoulder to cry on, a voice of reason, a person who isn't me, a person who love your flaws. You're worth more than a title; you are more than First Lady Mellie Grant. By the way since we're on the topic of Grant change your last name he doesn't deserve to have you carry his name any longer. You deserve better Mel."

With a new sense of determination and 6 cups of coffee later Mellie finishes researching and typing out what her best options going to be.

"I GOT OUR FLIGHT! I GOOOOOT IT!"

"Liv, seriously calm the fuck down I'm trying to ruin a man's life and career here let me destroy in peace."

"Well, our flights tomorrow, and it's a private plane so we have to get you out of this house in 3 hours...you think you'll be done with the divorcing of the President of the United States of America by then?"

"Oh Hun I'm done. I was just going over the details. Tonight's the night."

"Tonight's the night, Mel"

"Ok wish me luck I'm heading over to his office."

"Do you want me to come with?", Olivia says a little afraid. She and Mellie have gotten closer and closer over this time they've spent together and she knows when Mellie's not so sure of herself.

"No!...no. I've got this." straightening her dress out, putting her heels back on, and fixing her makeup Mellie heads out. "Wish me luck"

"You don't need it you've got this."

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While Mellie heads to the Oval and Olivia decides to make a phone call. Three rings and a smile later...

"Hi, Beautiful" Jake says calmly over the line. It's been a couple weeks since he's heard from Olivia. Feeling like a love struck puppy isn't his thing but this woman is making it really hard to keep it together.

"Hi, Handsome".

('Oh no, I've become that woman, the one you see in those awful movies who freaks out over the cute guy she's been crushing on.') She thinks to herself

"What are you up to?"

"Well right now I'm talking to a girl that's a friend. What are you up to? Saving the world? Crushing skulls? About to take a shower..."

(' 's. .')

"Really? I'm not answering that question, pervert." She finally says after fake fainting over the corny yet adorable wit from her soon to be boy that's a friend. "Right now I'm working with the Mellie..."

"MELODY, MELLIE!?"

"Calm down and yes we're about to do something big, together."

"Well after you've done this big thing...do you want to do another BIG THING?"

"I am not having phone sex with you while I'm at the White House!"

(' I would, but I'm trying to be a lady and your making it extremely difficult you jackass' )

"We can have breakfast together tomorrow morning after our run."

"I'd like that" Jake smiles

(She hears and feels his smile and love through the phone. I can't fall in love right now I'm trying to do business. You know what on the other hand business can wait.)

"We should talk about our relationship too." She sits back biting her nails trying to calm her nerves.

"You should stop the charades and be my girlfriend already. That didn't even sound adult enough to come from my mouth. Let me rephrase that. We should, you should stop seeing other people."

"I'm not seeing anyone else but you"

"So, it's official then, I'm Ms. Pope's boyfriend?"

"Yes, and I'm your girl that's a friend."

"You're more than that, you're going to have little Ballard's one day and I'm going to garden and we're going to rock in wooden rocking chairs until our last days on this earth together, but, yes, Olivia Carolyn Pope you are MY girlfriend."

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Sorry for the wait and this chapter being so short but I'm a college student taking 18 credits and I do this in my free time. I hope you guys enjoyed it and I promise you Mellie is going to give Fitz some words next chapter and so will Olivia. I have a long weekend so that chapter should be finished by Monday. I hope you liked it. :D