Hey Olitzers, here is chapter 3 as promised! Please feel free to leave reviews, comments, suggestions and feedback. Your reviews and encouragement keep me wanting to continue to write this fic. Please read, review and enjoy!

Cyrus, Hollis, Mellie and I were in the White House kitchen. We were there to strategize about the right way to tackle the Defiance problem head on. While Fitz announced his decision to seek re-election to the press, Harrison called to tell me that Billy Chambers was Albatross.

"What are we waiting for?" Hollis asked in his raucous Texas drawl. Hollis' complaining was giving me a migraine. "Everyone is not here yet," I answer as diplomatically as I can while I rub my temples. "Who exactly are we waiting on, Darlin'? Verna? The last time I checked that old bat, was as dead as a door-nail," he said with a short, haughty laugh.

Cyrus and Mellie were in the midst of argument. "I am no longer a member of this administration I am not going to talk to you about this. I am going to leave," Mellie was being melodramatic as per usual. If my head were not hurting so badly, I would have rolled my eyes. Sometimes I thought she was a cross between a former Miss America pageant queen and a Scarlet O'Hara wannabe.

She was about to spin on her heel to leave, when Fitz made his presence known. "Sit down, Mellie," his voice boomed as he strode to the kitchen counter. 'Even in the White House kitchen, he commands attention. He needed to win the next Presidential election, he deserved to win the election, he belongs in the Oval,' I thought to myself with a small smile on my face.

"Billy Chambers has got to go," Hollis said suddenly. Everyone looked his way, silently urging him to elaborate. "How-what do you mean?" Cyrus spoke up, wanting to know the direction of the wheels turning in Hollis' devious head. "I mean, permanently, as in bang-bang, boom-boom, bye-bye," Hollis said in an unapologetic tone. "Hollis, this man is the president, and here you are, talking about murder, no," Cyrus was trying to pump the brakes on Hollis'. "I made this man President. I bought the damn election in his favor! I think, I can talk about whatever the hell I wanna talk about," Hollis shot back. "Do whatever you want, but leave me out of it," Mellie said before getting up to leave.

"No more blood. This has gone far enough," Fitz interjected with authority. I felt another smile come to my lips. He was voicing his opinion, and exerting his authority the way he wanted, I could not be happier.

"Billy Chambers is not our problem. Defiance is our problem. We get the Cytron card from Billy, get rid of it, then our problems will be over," I said, as my headache began to subside. "Liv is right," Fitz agreed with me, sending his sly signature smile my way.

I could overhear Mellie's melodramatics down the hallway, from the kitchen. She complained to Cyrus about what she does for Fitz and how she always sacrificed so much for him. I could only hear Cyrus a little, telling her to calm down. He was the one to console Mellie.

Most of the time, Cyrus and Mellie were plotting something to sway Fitz their way. Cyrus was hardly ever supportive of Fitz anymore; he was only supportive of Fitz when it was for his own benefit. I foolishly, would fall into their trap, of persuading Fitz to see their ways. I was not going to do that anymore. Whenever, I did that, it always ended in disaster, such as Mellie intimidating me into going along with her plan, with being her pregnant with a child to make the Amanda Tanner debacle go away.

Cyrus and Mellie did not care about Fitz at all; they were only out for themselves. I wish I realized this sooner. However, I cannot change the past. I can look ahead to the future.

I am my own person, and I deserve happiness. Fitz is my happiness, my light. I am going to do whatever it took to make him happy. I hurt him so many times; I was not going to do that anymore. We deserved a bright future together, we deserved it after all we have endured, being pushed away from each other in the past. I am not looking back; I am stepping out on faith to build my future with Fitz, no turning back, no regrets.

"Fitz, I need to tell you something. I need to tell you this, before we start to strategize against Cyrus and Mellie," I said trying to fight the ill feeling in my stomach. Fitz and I went to my apartment after the meeting in the White House kitchen."Livvie, you look worried. Just tell me. Whatever it is, just tell me, so I can help you," Fitz said to me, squeezing my hands gently. ' Be bold, brave and tell him the truth. He loves me, he wants to protect me. I can't move forward with him, until I tell him everything,' I said to myself. I took a deep breath. "The attack that caused my concussion, it was Jake. I went to his apartment, after I drank a bottle of wine, watching your interview with Mellie on BNC. I was sad and was missing you, so I went to his apartment for some company. It was the morning after we had sex, when he attacked me. He attacked me, after I found out he bugged my apartment, stalking me. When you came to visit me in my hospital room, before he let you in, he told me to say nothing. He threatened to kill me. I didn't say anything to you about it that day, because I didn't know what he would do if I told you the truth. I'm sorry I went to his apartment, that was so stupid of me. I am so sorry," I apologized, my eyes on the verge of tears.

Fitz took me in his arms and held me close. "Ssh, Livvie. I'm here now. It's okay, I'm glad you told me now. Everything is going to be fine. I'll handle it," he comforted.

Alright, you guys, that was chapter 3! Liv is determined to have her happiness with Fitz. How will Fitz"handle" Jake, now that he knows that Ballard put Liv in the hospital and threatened to kill her? Leave me your predictions and/or comments in your reviews! I will try to have chapter 4 up later today, if not today I will have chapter 4 posted no later than Wednesday! Until next time... Tay