"When I voted for the Republican Candidate I didn't know that I was voting for this homo agenda. The Madam President is failing with the Country the same way as she failed with her marriage. Is she truly protecting the Second Emmenda? Because it doesn't looks like. We are about to lose our civil right, my folks americans, and what is that for? Because our President gets emotional on national television because she's on her period? I support women, yes I do, but not when they let the nerves steps in to make insane decisions! I don't know about you, but I didn't vote in a President that says that her children may be gay and that's okay. We know that is isn't ok and God above all of us condemn this disgusting act! It looks like Mellie Grant doesn't want to make America Great again; she's trying to make America Gay again. But not on my watch, my dear lovers of liberty!"

Sally Langston was talking about Mellie's interview that happened the day before. Everyone was waiting for her comments but it is really awful for the Madam President. Sally wants to ruin her no matter what, and to be honest, Mellie wasn't ready for none of this. Sure she knew Sally would talk shit about her, but she distorted all the words Mellie said.

"Shit. That fucking bitch!" Mellie exclaims turning the television off.

"Calm down, Mel. We can solve this" Liv pulls Mellie closer to her on the couch. "I'll handle it, as I always do, ok?"

Olivia embraces her girlfriend, that lays her head on her chest.

"Okay, honey. Okay." Mellie sighes while Liv start to carressing her hair with her fingers.

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"Did you see Liberty Report yesterday night?" Elizabeth asks entering the Oval Office in a hurry.

"Of course, I did." Mellie replies a little bit crancky.

"So?"

"So, what? You were supposed to be helping me here, Liz" she emphazies her name, lifting an eyebrown.

"Yes, I have a solution. But you won't like it at all."

"What do you have in mind?" Mellie asks sitting on her desk.

"You've said that lgbt rights are human rights, then they should not have been treated differently. You have to say that you won't tolarete this 'hate' as you won't tolarete any kind of hate. But you must to do another interview and this time you have to say that you don't support same gender love, you just don't judge. That only God can judge their choices and all that blah blah blah. This way you can go back with your word without looking weak."

"I'm glad you know I wouldn't like this idea."

"Does Olivia has a better way out? Because I wanna hear it!"

"Olivia? I wasn't talking about her."

"Yes, you weren't. But I know that you will. Call her and ask for help instead."

"Lizzie... It is not like I don't appreciatte your effort. I do. But I would never say things like that. Of course I believe lgbt rights are human rights, but you cannot say that lgbt community are being privileged or something like that. It is not privilege, it is a right. And no, I don't agree that it is a choice, because no one would ever make a choice to be killed in a club by a man who thinks their love is a disease. I won't do it, I can't do it. I'm sorry Elizabeth, but we have to think something else."

Liz North sighes and nods her head. She knows there's nothing she can do to change Mellie's mind, but she had to tried, at least. She doesn't agree with Mel in this, but she is the Chieff of Staff and she must have know the time to stop pushing and do what she is told to.

"Alright then, Mellie. I'll book another interview for you to keep going with your scene. But you must be ready because Sally will attack again."

"I know." The Madam President shrugs.

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"Ma'am, your daughter is on the line." Says Mellie's assistant while opens the door.

Mellie talked with her daughter for the last time the day before, and usually the girl waits for more days until call her mom again, or Mellie is the one who wait, until Karen stop sending news and the Madam President got concerned. But why is Karen calling right now? Something has happened? Is she ok? Is she hurted? Mellie thinks in all the possible scenarios that could had happen is just a few seconds while her assistant tranfers the call.

"Hey Karen, sweetie. Is everything ok?"

"Hi mom. Actually... not that ok." The girl was talking with a nervous voice.

"What happened, honey?"

"I didn't watch Liberty's Report yesterday, but a few colleagues here did. Have you seen it?"

"Yes, hun. Sally was a-"

"Total bitch."

"Karen, watch your mouth!" Actually this was exactly what Mellie was thinking, but she has to give the example.

"Well, as I was saying... A few colleagues had watched and, well... they're talking things, mom."

"Things? What kind of things?" Mellie gets intrigued.

"Well, mom... You've said at Joe Matthew's that you don't want America to be a place where your children would be afarid of love. And yesterday Sally said some things about that you would be ok if your children would be gay. People are starting to buzz, you know? They are talking stuff about me and I'm not-" she exitates "I'm not like that..." she makes a pause "kind of people" she says with certain despise.

"That 'kind of people'?!" Mellie gets shocked "Are you talking about lgbt people?"

"Yes, mom. They are calling me a lesbo and have you seen what they're talking about on twitter? They are saying awful things about me, mom!"

Mellie Grant doesn't even know where to start: She can't be disappointed with Karen about thinking this way because this is what she spent all her life listening to. It's not like Mellie or Fitz had ever talked with her about it, and even if they did, they discourses would be more Sally's alike. Mellie herself spent her life denying it inside of her, and not caring at all about lgbt issues. She could even considered herself as a homophobic back then, when she had said things to convince herself and the others that she was straight. So, Karen referring as the gay people as this "kind" well... she gets why the girl says it. Even though it hurts her, listening to her daughter refering to her like that. Because now Mellie knows that she is a lesbian indeed, and she's dating a woman, but her daughter couldn't ever know that. And maybe if she knew, how would be her reaction?

"Karen, sweetie..." Mellie sighes and takes a deep breath "If you are not a lesbian then why are you even caring about it?"

"Don't you see, mom?! It's not what I think about it. It's what everyone else thinks"

"Honey, first of all I didn't say you were a lesbian, what I've said was that I don't want America to be a place where people – and I've used you, my children, as example – is afarid of love."

"Well, mother, but people don't get that way. And I'm calling you to ask you to stop doing these interviews, because now they're talking about me, but in a days from now, they can be talking about you. And how you would feel?"

Mellie doesn't know how to respond to that. How would she feel if the media start to talk... the truth about her? How can she say to her daughter that actually she is gay? How can she say to her daughter that she is this "kind" of people? How can she say to her daughter that what she wants the most is to tell everyone about this, but she knows that she can't? How can she tell her daughter that she is madly, deeply in love with Olivia Pope? That they are dating? How can she tell her daughter that she is hurted about the attempt in LA as everyone else in America, but mostly because now she gets that she's a part of this community too? How can she tell her daughter that she wants America to be a place where people can love without fearing, because she herself spent all her life fearing love? Afraid to live her own truth? Afraid of being who she really is? How can she tell Karen about all of this?

She can't.

"How would you feel, mom? I'm sure that you wouldn't feel good about it. So, please, stop it while you still can. I don't even know what you're doing all of this. You're a republican, after all." The girl is pissed.

"I'm doing it because it is what I believe in, Karen." She says directly.

"Whatever, mom. Just think about it. I have to go now, bye."

"Bye, honey. I love you." Mellie says with a throbbing voice and Karen hungs up the phone.

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Olivia spent all the morning and the fisrt part of the afternoon dealing with a client that were being blackmailed with a sextape. Olivia Popes & Associates were having a hard time to deal with it, but Olivia is actually enjoying this excitment of being back in the game. It feels good to take a break in politcs and go back to what she's the best at.

While Huck was hacking the blackmailer and Marcus was taking care of the client, Quinn enters Liv's office:

"Liv, there's someone here who wants to talk with you." She says very calm, but with a frown.

"Who is it?" Olivia asks curiously.

"Well... It's Fitz."

"Fitz?" Liv gets confused.

What the fuck Fitz is doing there? She has told him she doesn't want to see him ever again but even so he is right there in her Office? Why is he doing it? It might be something very urgent, it better be, otherwise, he shouldn't even had went there in the first place.

"Ok, mhhmmm... you can let him come here." Liv says to Quinn, who leaves the room right the way.

When Fitz enters Liv's Office he is with a terrible look. It seems like he doesn't shave in days, his hair isn't straight and he is wearing a baseball shirt. He doesn't look at all with the man that used to be President. With the man that Olivia fell in love with someday.

"What are you doing here, Fitz?" Olivia asks crossing her arms.

"You are not going to even say hello?" she keeps in silence "Ok, then." He sits in front of her.

"Don't make me ask again." She says very sharply.

The man sighes and takes his breath as he is taking courage to do something. And actually he is.

"Is it Mellie?" he questions looking inside Liv's eyes.

"What?!"

"The woman you've fell in love with. Isn't Mellie, is it?" she can feel the pain across his words.

Olivia stays in silence for a couple of seconds, just staring at him. Yes, it is Mellie, but he cannot know about that. Nobody can.

"Of course, not! Why would you think that?" She is trying to disguise.

"You only met people at work, Olivia. You were working for her. She kicked you out. I've told her about what you've said to me, and she acted so strange. I know her, she was hiding something. Something she has said made me think it was her."

"You are crazy, Fitz." She says standing up and walking around the room.

"I know, right? It doesn't make sense. I mean, my ex-wife and my mistress?" he starts to laugh a very, very, very nervous laugh.

"Ex-mistress" she corrects him, but he just ignores.

"There's no way in hell my ex-wife and mistress are having an affair, right? I might be crazy thinking about it."

Olivia turns to look at him:

"Mellie and I are just good friends. We aren't having an affair, Fitz. It is your craziness."

"Ok, so I have nothing to worry about, right?!"

She thinks about telling him that it is none of his business, that they are no longer together and she is not his propriety, but instead she just says "No. You have nothing to worry about."

He takes his hands to his face and breathes relieved.

Oh, only if he knows how right he is and how together Liv and Mellie are! But no one could ever know, at least not while she is President, not while they have everything to lose. It has to be a secret, so it is good that she made him get this idea off of his head. She hopes so.

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It is late in night and Olivia is finally going to home. She's standing outside her apartment and when she put the key in the door, she notices that it's open. She gets alerted: someone is inside her apartment, and she had already been even kidnapped there, so she must be really alerted indeed.

For her surprise – and relief – she finds her girlfriend sitting in her couch holding a jar of hooch. Olivia had gave to her the keys of her apartment months ago, but Mellie has never really used it, until tonight. Two secret service agents are standing there too, but they get out as soon as Mellie sees Liv.

The agents are standing outside her apartment now and Liv closes the door and walks toward Mellie, sitting at her side. The woman is sad and doesn't say any word. She's looking to nowhere and takes a large sip of her drink.

"Mellie? What happened?" Liv asks, trying to make the Madam President paying attention on her words.

Mellie stays in silence, but right now she turns her face to stare Liv. It seems like she has been crying – or wanted to. Her blue eyes are shining with a sorrowful look. Liv gets worried.

"Hey, babe. Come here."

Olivia pulls Mellie close to her. Laying her head on her chest, and holding her tight, one hand laying on her hair, and the other on her leg. Mellie starts to sobbing and Liv decides just to stay there for her. No more asking.

They stayed like that for a long period of time. Mellie feels safe into Liv's arms. She feels loved, protected, and special. And this is all that she needs right now. It feels great to be into her girlfriend's arms, because Olivia is the only one who really support her these days.

"Karen called me today." Mellie says, without moving. "She told me that people are talking about her. Doubting about her sexuality and making fun of it because of my interview. Actually, because of what Sally said."

"That's awful." Olivia says whispering.

"Yes, but it isn't the worst part." She makes a pause and takes a long breath "She asked me to stop doing the interviews. She told me she doesn't want to be compared with 'this kind of people'. She also told me that if I keep going with this, they will start to think that I'm gay, and she asked me how I would feel about that."

"Mellie..."

"She is my daughter, Olivia. She is my daughter and I can't blame her of thinking thiw way. I blame myself. I blame myself because I've failed raising her, because I've never talked with her about some sort of things and even if I did, I would've said terrible things... because I was a terrible person. Before you. You've changed me, Liv. For better."

"No, no, Mellie. You don't get to say that."

"But it's the truth." The woman gets up and stare Liv in the eyes. "I've spent my whole life denying who I really am, Olivia. You've made me see it. You've made me realize what I was losing. And I don't want to lose it anymore. And I love being with you, but don't you see? My own daughter thinks this way, what she would do when she finds out about us?"

Olivia takes the jar of hooch and drinks the burning liquid. Mellie has all the right to feeling that way. This whole accepetting thing is hard, and even harder when you are a grown woman with children and running a country. She doesn't want Mel to tell her children about it, hell no, but she knows that what Karen has said really hurted Mellie. She loves her children more than anything, and Karen's opinion matters.

"Look, Mel. She doesn't need to know. Nobody does. I know this is painful, but you can still talk with her. She's a teenager, and if you – a grown up woman – have changed your mind, of course she will as well. She's not mean. But this is the world we live in, unfortunately. This thoughts of her, it's what the society have always pushing to everyone. That's why you should do the difference. Be the difference."

"I'm tired of you saying this. You keep saying this, Liv. What if I can't?" her voice is devastasting.

"I know you can do this, Mel. But if you feel way to pushed, you can stop. It is up to you."

Mellie sighes and takes another sip of hooch. Her hand finds Liv's, and they just stay holding hands for a few seconds. Mellie appreciattes everything her girlfriend is doing to her, but as she said, it is up to her right now. And she has a decision to make.

"I feel tired. I have to go." Mellie says, standing up.

"What? No, no, ma'am. You are going to spend the night with me."

"Liv..." Mellie is not smiling.

Olivia stands up and walks toward her girlfriend, hugging her and whispering in her ear:

"You need me tonight. I'll take care of you. You don't have to be alone."

"God, Liv... I love you so much."

"I know, babe... I love you too."

Liv takes Mellie's hand and they walk toward the bedroom. They take off their clothes and lie in bed, intertwined as they were the same one. Olivia kisses Mellie, carressing her face. She's the first one to sleep, while Mellie keeps musing.

Even when things are finally working right in her life, something has to be falling apart. But at least she is warmed. Liv keeps her warm.

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