Hello everyone! Here is a new chapter I wrote today. Since I had the benefit of being home today because of my birthday. Here is a little present for you guys. Enjoy! I do not own any Scandal characters.

When Fitz got home he knew he needed to talk to all the boys at the same time. He was a little worried about Philip. He was feeding into his worst fears about him leaving because of a possible other woman. He had to lay it all out for them, so he called Gerry to have him come home the following weekend. He had to talk to his coach to let him know it was a bit of a family emergency and he needed to come home that weekend. After the call Gerry was excused from practice on Friday and he flew home.

Saturday morning Fitz called a family meeting with the boys and his Mom. He was sweating bullets when he finally started to talk.

"I brought you all here because I have news that will be impacting all our lives in the very near future." He took a very deep breath.

"I've met someone and we are going to have a baby in February."

He was met with silence. He felt it was better that he just put it out there for them to process and formulate questions.

Gerry asked the most obvious question. "Who is she? And where did you two meet?"

"Her name is Olivia Pope and I met her one night while running around the lake."

Adam popped his head up in surprise. "You mean, Olivia who found me when I got lost?"

"Yes."

Silence for another few moments.

"So you want us to believe that you wanting to divorce Mother just came out of nowhere. When this woman or tramp got herself pregnant at the same time you decided to leave!" Philip screamed.

"First off Philip you will never call Olivia anything other than her Christian name. I understand that you are upset, but I will not put up with your disrespect! Either you talk to me with some respect or you can go to your room and sulk like the little kid your acting like. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir."

After the dust up between Fitz and Philip settled down Teddy asked a question.

"She's due in February, so that means that you were sleeping with her the same time that you asked Mother for a divorce. Is she the reason you asked for a divorce?"

"To be absolutely honest with you. We slept together just once, I know it sounds like a cliche but it's what happened. After it happened it just solidified in my mind that I wasn't happy with your mother. That same run I was on that night I met Olivia, I was questioning our marriage. I had come up to Lake Tahoe with the intent on asking your mother if she was happy with our marriage because I wasn't. Olivia made me realize what I never had with your mother. She took my obligation blinders off. Don't get me wrong, I love each and everyone of you and I would not change a single thing about having you all in my life, but was I staying because I felt obligated to give you guys a complete family or was I there because I was happy to be. I'm not apologizing for what happened with Olivia, and I'm happier to know that we are going to have a baby together. Timing may have been off, but the baby is coming and I will be part of it's life as well as you all. I'm sorry I told you a lie about going to New York. I went to see Olivia initially to see if we could be more than just friends, and that's when she told me about the baby. We've come up with a plan. She is going to move out here so all of you can continue with the school year and I can be there for her and the baby. It's only temporary then she has to move back to New York to run her business. She will run it remotely out here until the baby comes. By the time the school year ends, I should know where I will be going to Medical school. I should tell you that it is a distinct or real possibility that I will be going to school in New York. You don't have to make up your minds about where you want to live, but you should keep it in mind. I want you all to give Olivia a chance. She didn't ruin this marriage, your mother and I did that all on our own."

The boys sat there taking all the information in.

"Listen Dad, this is one giant bomb you just dropped on us, but I will give her a chance. If she makes you happy that's all that matters to me, and I don't mind having a little sibling. I hope for God's sake it's a girl this time." Gerry laughed and got up and hugged his Dad.

Teddy was never one for big emotions, but he was genuinely happy for his Dad. "She sounds nice from what Adam told us when she found him. I'm happy for you Dad. I'll follow you wherever you go, besides I'll be in college with Gerry this time next year, so be happy Dad."

"She got you with the food right Dad? She's a nice lady and I will like to get to know her some more." Adam said.

Fitz chuckled.

"I want to go home now!" Philip demanded. He wasn't going to stand for all this bullshit. He'd rather be at his house with his Mom than listen to all this.

"Gerry can you take Philip home please."

Fitz was not to happy with Philip. He reminded him so much of Mellie. Judgemental, arrogant, and snobby.

Adrianne came up to Fitz and kissed his cheek.

"He will come around. Don't let him steal your joy. I can't wait for my new grandchild. Like Gerry, I hope you finally give me a granddaughter."

Fitz smiled at his mother.

"You would be happy if you had ten grandchildren wouldn't you?"

"A mother can only hope. Maybe you and this Olivia will make my dreams come true."

She winked at him and walked back into the kitchen.

Fitz fell back into his chair and blew out another long breath. He knew his boys would have more questions, but for now he was glad that everything was out in the open.

When Philip got home he slammed the door and ran up to his room. When he opened his door three of his cousins were on his bed playing his play station, and another had on one of his shirts. It was Philip's breaking point. He went over turned off the TV grabbed the controller out of both his cousin's hand.

"Get the FUCK out of my room! You back woods hillbillies don't have any manners! My door was closed and locked to keep you stupid fuckers out of my room for a reason. NOW GET OUT!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.

"No sense in gettin all put out cousin Philip. We didn't mean no harm. You have a lot of nice stuff and in our house family shares everything."

"That's the point you country bumpkin! Your not in your house, your in my house! I didn't want you to touch my stuff! You rat boy! Take my Goddam shirt off and get out all of you! Spread it around to the rest of you half breeds! Don't come the fuck into my room unless I invite you! And another thing, when the fuck are you asshole going home?"

"Listen cousin Philip you need to stop cussin at us. I know we been here a while, but we really missed Mellie Belle and we came to meet her family. But I am here to tell ya, I'll knock you on your skinny ass if ya don't quit talking like that to us. Family or no family."

Philip got in his cousin's face, "Bring it on ass wipe! I could go a few rounds with the likes you dirt bag! I wouldn't mind sending you ass back to North Carolina with a California ass whopping!"

The boy were about to come to blows when Mellie climbs the stairs to see what all the racket is about. What she sees is Philip about to get his butt kicked by his fourteen year old cousin, who had two inches and twenty more pounds on Philip.

"What in the hell is going on?!"

Philip breaks the glare from his cousin, "these back water swamp rats got into my room and were using my stuff and wearing my clothes. When the hell are you going to send them back to back water USA?" They have been here long enough. We need our house back and them and all their shit needs to go!"

Before Mellie can answer her nephew hauls off and decks Philip so hard that he lands on his butt so hard that Mellie knew he would have a bruise on his ass.

"YOU LITTLE GUTTER SNIPE! GET THE HELL OUT OF MY SITE!"

"Listen Auntie Mellie, I told him to stop calling us out our name, and you bess do the same. Momma aint' going to take kindly to you callin us names either."

"Well guess what you and your Momma bess do, is get the fuck out of our house this instance. I'm tired of you all now. Go round up all the adults and have them meet me in the living room right now! GO!"

Mellie picks Philip up and takes a look at the split lip and his bloody nose. She walks him into his bathroom and sits him down on the toilet to clean up his face.

"Why in the hell would you pick a fight with your cousin Randy. You two are the same age, but he has you in height and weight."

"I just felt like hitting someone."

"What happened at your Dad's? You haven't been home in over two weeks. So I can only assume that something happened."

"Yeah something happened. Something really big happened. Dad is having a baby with a woman he met at the Lake this summer. She's moving out her in about a month so she can be here when the baby comes and Dad wanted to be involved throughout her pregnancy. He hopes that we would give her a chance to get to know us. Lets just say, he can kiss my ass before I warm up to that homewrecker."

Mellie is furious, but she doesn't want to show it outwardly to her son. She needs him on her side if she is going to stop this divorce and she thinks that this might do the trick. Proof he was unfaithful to her. All she saw was another way to get money out of her soon to be ex-husband, and a possible way to get him back to Grant Foods.

"Philip between you and I, I don't want this divorce. I still love your father and I want us all to still be a family."

Philip stands up and hugs his mother. "I know Mom, I want that too."

Mellie smirks behind Philips back at the knowledge that her little boy might be her way back in. As soon as she talks to her family she is going to call Big Jerry and give him the news. Things are starting to look up. She finished cleaning up Philip and promised him that she would make her family leave right away.

Mellie made her way back downstairs with a renewed since of purpose. She was getting rid of her ridiculous family and she had another card to play on her husband. As she walked into her living room she looked into the faces of her parents and all her brother's and sister's. Mellie sat down in the chair that was facing the two in turned couches with all her family on it.

"I see we need a come to Jesus moment. My first mistake was thinking that you all knew when to leave, but that's my fault for not remembering the code of the mountains. It's time you all packed up and left. You don't really belong here and I don't belong in the hills anymore. I want you out of here tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow. I don't know what your plane tickets says, but they better say tomorrow. You have disrupted my home and my family long enough. You all go on back home and tell everyone that it was mistake, and I'm not alive so no one will get the idea to come out an visit."

Mellie's parents just stared at her with tear in their eyes. How could they have raised such an unfeeling person. Even in their lowest financial times, they always extended themselves to family when they were needed. That had obviously not run through this girls veins.

Her sibling looked at the hurt and unshed tears in their parents eyes.

Her oldest sister spoke up, "what happened to you? Have you despised us this much all your life? How have we ever wronged you? All of us sacrificed so you could go to a fancy school. Most of our men work in the mines breathing in coal, but that never stopped any of us from sending you money to get by and this is how you treat us. We'll save you form the hardship of us being a burden to ya. Ma, Pa, family lets gather up our things and go to a hotel. Just so you know Mellie Belle we were leaving day after tomorrow, after we took the kids to Disney."

She looked at her family's heart broken faces. "We ain't goin to let them kids down, I'll find us a hotel near Disney for a day or two then we'll light out of here the next day."

Everyone dispersed up the steps to get their stuff. What Mellie didn't know was Philip had heard everything that was said, and he felt like shit. He wanted them gone, but the way his Mother talked to her family made his stomach hurt. He had run back up to his room, got his laptop and went to his Aunt Janice's room. He knocked and she told him to come in. Philip stood in the doorway rocking back and forth, from foot to foot.

"Well speak up sonny! We got to get our stuff together and get out of here. I'm sure you and your mother will be glad to have us up stakes."

"I'm Sorry Aunt Janice. I know I was just really mad at Randy and my other cousin's, but you didn't deserve my Mother talking to you all like that. If you let me, I can help you find an inexpensive hotel close to Disney and get you a ride to the park and to the airport. My Grandpa gives me a lot of money for my birthday. Let me make this right and get your hotel and rides set."

Janice sat on the bed astounded by this boy. She could tell he was a good kid, but she didn't hold out hope for him living with his mother. The family had gotten to know Fitz and the boys while they were there, and Philip wanting to do this for them was all Fitz.

Janice got off the bed walked over and put her hands on her nephew's shoulders. "This ain't your responsibility Philip, your Mom ain't who we thought she was. We don't want anything from you guys, but you are always welcome to my home anytime. Thank you for the gesture, but if you can arrange the rides and the hotel we will pay our way like we always have."

Philip shook his head and returned to his room and made the arrangements.

The Carmichael's left like a tornado just like they did when they descended on Mellie and her home. She blew out a breath as she watched them leave through the living room window. She didn't even have the decency to see them off. All she could think about was fumigating the house. Philip saw everyone off and even apologized to Randy and his other cousins, got their address and told them he would keep in touch.

Philip for the first time saw how cruel his mother could be, and he was not so sure if he ever messed up, she would be as cruel to him as she was to her own parents. He found them all annoying, but at the end of the day they were family. He needed some prospective so he called Teddy.

"Hey man what's up? You cooled down some?"

"Yeah, but thing blew up here at home."

"What happened?"

Philip went into detail about what happened and he could not believe that his mother did that to her own family, but Teddy knew better.

"You don't seem to shocked that Mother would do something that heartless."

Teddy paused for minute to decide if he should tell him what his mother did to him a little over six months ago.

"Na man. You remember Roz Richardson?"

"Yeah your secret crush." Philip teased.

"Secret no more, she has been my girlfriend for the last six months. We both plan on going to Michigan together for pr-med."

"Yeah, but six months ago she stopped coming to our house, I thought she dumped you."

"No. Around that time we were in my room studying and I got bold and kissed her when Mother walked by. I didn't see her go by and neither did Roz. We went down to the kitchen to get a snack and I excused myself to go to the bathroom. While I was in the bathroom, Mother called Roz into her office, in no uncertain terms she told her that no son of hers would be dating someone of her caliber and hue. When I got back to the kitchen Roz demanded that I take her home that instance. She silently cried the whole way home and I asked her what was wrong and she wouldn't tell me. So I went back home and asked Mother what she said to Roz and she acted like she didn't know what I was talking about. Needless to say, Roz wouldn't even speak to me for over a month until I got Nick to ask his girlfriend, Roz's best friend what happened and she told me."

"You have got to be shitting me! Mom is a fucked up racist!"

"Afraid so little bro. Needless to say, I had to do a lot of graveling for Roz to even talk to me again, let along be my girlfriend. I thought her brother was going to break me in two the first time I went to their house for dinner. Her Dad was much worse. Mom doesn't' know but I had to bring Dad in to help me out. So if anyone is to blame for Mom and Dad's marriage breaking down or Dad questioning his marriage it was me. Remember that week that Dad left the house? He wasn't away on a trip. He left Mom. He didn't want you or Adam to know, you guys deserved to think you had a decent mother or Dad thought. That's why I'm on board with Dad being happy, he deserves someone who is as nice and honest as he is. Does that make sense to you now?"

Philip feels like his head is going to explode with all the new information. He had to reevaluate who the good guys were and who the villains were.

"Hey Ted, thanks for coming clean with me, I won't tell Adam."

"Yeah, shorty's still a little to green for grown up problems, but Mother will fuck up again and he'll see. Don't let this sway you about coming back over here, maybe you could be the man on the inside and keep and eye on Mother so she doesn't hurt Dad."

"I tell you this has been one eye opening day for me. I'll keep an eye on her, I have a feeling she's not done trying to hurt Dad. Oh shit! I told Mother about Olivia."

"Don't worry man, Dad and Grandma will handle things, you just work on getting good grades and being a great big brother for Adam. He's going to need you next year when I'm gone."

"Moving away from Mother is starting to look really good now. I feel like we all need a new start somewhere else."

"Don't I know it. Me and you, we have to look after Adam and we have to get him ready to be the big brother to the baby, he'll have the most time with it."

"You know after today, I feel like a lot has been lifted off my shoulders. Mother has made my decision easy going forward."

"I know! Right?"

"Listen bro, got to get my homework done and get to bed, I'll see you at school."

"Later's man."

Philip got his homework done and got ready for bed. He made a vow, that he would never hurt his family the way his mother hurt hers, and Teddy's revelation put him on high alert. He would make sure she didn't hurt his Dad or his brother's anymore.