The phone rang. Mellie could hear it but she couldn't see it. She checked her cell phone and the office phone. It hadn't been either one of those. She bent down and saw one of Fit'z jacket on the floor. She remembered how it had gotten there. Before heading for lunch he had come to her office to invite her. She couldn't go to lunch with him but she made it up to him. It was quick and he probably didn't even notice he had forgotten his jacket.

She reached over and took the phone from the pocket. It almost looked like a burner phone. She pressed the answer button and before she could say hello she heard her voice.

"Fitz I can't talk right now but we need to talk. I'm back.I came back and I need to talk to you. Meet me at my apartment tonight at around 11. I miss you."

Mellie tried to speak but she hung up. She put the phone down and sat there in shock. She was back and she wanted him back. She knew he still had feelings for her and that worried her. They had been working on their marriage and everything was going great and this was the last thing she needed.
She placed the phone back into the same pocket and put the jacket back on the floor. No evidence that she had even seen the jacket.

An hour or so later Fitz came back from lunch. He entered her office.

"Hey Mels, I think I left my jacket here somewhere." He walked around looking for it.

So many thoughts ran across her mind.Why did be still keep the phone with him? He expected her to call, wanted her to call. Her heart broke into tiny pieces because she could already see her life go back to the horror that it was. She blinked away the tears and put on a smile. "Are you sure you left it in here?"

He smirked at her. "I'm pretty sure you ripped it off me, so yeah I'm sure." His eyes spotted the jacket. "Ha! There it is!" He put it on and kissed his wife. "You got out of lunch but you're coming to dinner with me."

She wasn't in the mood to have dinner with him but she nodded. "Will do." Once again the smile appeared.
He walked out, leaving her alone with her thoughts.

Olivia heard a knock. She looked at the clock. Right on time. She opened the door with a huge smile. The smile quickly fell.
"Mellie?" Olivia was shocked and confused. "Did Fitz send you?"

"Are you going to invite me in?"

Olivia took a step backwards. "Come in." Mellie could hear the confusion and disappointment in her voice.

"Not that it isn't lovely to see you," she faked a smile. "But what are you doing here?"

Mellie put her purse on the couch. "No need for pleasantries. I realize you expected Fitz but when you called I happened to pick up the phone."

She was confused. How did she get ahold of that phone. "I'm sure he doesn't appreciate you snooping into his things..."

She cut her off. "I wasn't snooping it just happened to be on the floor in my office but that's besides the point." She wanted to tell her how he had just finished making love to her before he forgot his jacket but she remembered the pain she felt when she found out the man she loved was sleeping with another woman. She did wish that kind of pain and humiliation onto anybody, even Olivia pope. She had this weird, twisted of affection towards her. She hated her guts but she respected her and if it came down to it, she would never voluntarily hurt her. "I'm glad you called and once I'm done here I will tell him you called but I wanted to talk to you first."

Olivia remained standing while Mellie took a seat.

"I'm not here to berate you or anything of that nature. I'm here to tell you that Fitz and I have decided to work things out and it's going great. So many lost years are being salvaged and I'm really happy. Finally happy. So from one woman to another, I'm asking you to
Stay away from him." She said that last part as ruthless as she could. She wasn't going to fight Olivia but she was going to stand her ground.

Olivia didn't believe her. She was sure of one thing, Fitz loved her. "Mellie, with all due respect I will only stay away from him when he asks me to." She respected the woman that Mellie was, her character even but she loved Fitz. She felt bad because that was her husband but she loved Fitz and running away had shown her that. She came back for him and there was no way he had forgotten her that fast.

Mellie let out a deep sigh. " Just once have the decency to respect my marriage. You had your chance and you left him. Something I've never done."

"I thought you said you weren't going to berate me? And I don't owe you any favors, so no I'm not going to stay away from him."

Mellie let out a sigh."You know what? It doesn't matter. I'll let Fitz fix all this. Well I'm going to leave and let Fitz know that's you need to speak to him." She grabbed her purse and walked out.

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Mellie got home just in time for dinner. Teddy had already eaten and while Martha walked by with the toddler she kissed him goodnight and walked towards Fitz. She gave him a peck and took a seat.

"I was starting to think you weren't coming. You're always early."That was a true about her. She was always early to almost everything if she could help it.

"I had to make a house visit." She said while fixing the napkin on the table.

"Yeah? Whose house?" Fitz put a spoonful of rice on her plate.

"Olivia Pope." She said 'pope' with an audible pop.

Fitz put the bowl of rice down. "For what?" He didn't even know she was back.

"Well she called earlier on your phone. The one you have just for her." She was hurt and she wasn't trying to hide it. "She called and asked to meet you and I just wanted to talk to her before I told you."

"What did you talk about?"

"Nothing really. I just wanted to know where she stood in regards to you. You can go over there and talk to her."

"I will." He looked at her suspiciously. Why was she so calm?

She hoped he would say he didn't need to. "Alright." She got up to leave.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm tired. I'm going to bed."

"But you've barely eaten all day."

"I'm not hungry." She walked up the stairs. Once she reached the bedroom she removed her shoes and her clothes. She didn't even bother to pick the clothes from the floor. She jumped into bed with only her underwear and covered her head. "Not this again."

Fitz walked in and picked up her clothes. He put them on the couch. He took off his shoes and jumped into bed with her. He hugged her form behind.

"Mels."

"What? I'm tired."

"You're jealous and furious and confused. I know you are but you have to talk about these things with me." He kissed the top of her head.

"I'm not jealous."

"Okay you're not jealous."

"Okay fine maybe a little but that's only because I'm finally happy and I don't want to go through this again because I'm tired. so if you're gonna pick her then just tell me now so I can move on with my life." She sounded like a frantic teenager and she immediately regretted uncovering her head.

"You have nothing to worry about. I said I would give us a chance and that's exactly what I'm going to do."

"Then why do you still have that phone? Why are you going to see her?"

"I have the phone because I was waiting for her call and explain to me why she left. She never did and if you don't want me to go see her I won't go."

"If you really need to know why, then go talk to her." She turned around to face him.

"Are you sure?"
She didn't want him to go anywhere near Olivia. " If It's important for you."

He kissed her forehead. "Thank you...Are you still upset?"

She didn't lie. "Yes, furious. But now it's time to deal with my own insecurities. It has nothing to do with you." She said goodnight and turned away from him.

"Mels...don't do that."

"I'm not mad at you. I'm really tired. I actually need sleep." She squeezed his hand.

"Okay. So you're not going to wake up in the morning giving me the silent treatment?" He joked.

"If you keep bothering me while I'm trying to sleep then yes." She fired back.

"Ohhhhh, I see. Goodnight." He kissed her palm and held her close.