Author's Note: Hey, everybody. All right, it's time for the first part of the actual interview. Confession: I only started watching the show during the back 9 (I've been trying to watch all of the episodes but I keep getting sucked into the delicious, lamp shattering vortex of 1x06…) so I don't know much about Kimberly Mitchell's character but reading through other fics with her involved, I've got a voice for her that'll work. And we finally have a premiere date for Season 3. It's October 3rd which is too bloody far away in my humble opinion but still…

Disclaimer: "Honestly, it's not mine!"

21 Weeks on the Trail: "We got hit by the Thunderbolt and never got back up…" pt. 3

Kimberly Mitchell stepped into the room selected for the interview and her brows rose at the sight of them in the far back corner. Professor Grant and Mrs. Pope-Grant were standing off to the side in silence, her back against a wall and their eyes locked on each other. Even as cameras flashed for still shots and staffers swarmed, they were completely still, completely absorbed by each other's presence. Feeling like a voyeur, she turned away and shook Cyrus Beene's clammy hand. Unlike the candidate and his wife, Mr. Beene looked like he was half a step away from an anxiety attack.

"Thank you for allowing me to do this interview. What are they…?"

"It's one of their Minutes."

"Minutes?"

"One Minute of them off to themselves. No words, lots of eye contact, and occasionally a kiss with an obscene amount of tongue and affection. It's normal. Well, normal for them. How's this going to go? Is this more about the campaign or them?"

"Them. People want to know how they met, their hobbies, and what college their son's going to…things like that. Fluff. You know, there's a very good bar down the block from here…"

"Trust me, I'll be paying their light bill after this. I just…he's got…It. And he's just what this backward yet modern country needs but the People have to see that. They need to connect to him and trust him."

"A lot of people already do. I myself plan to vote for him."

"I knew we picked the right show…"

/

KM: How did you two meet?

"He was my 21st birthday present."

"Way to make me sound like a stripper-gram, Livvie!"

(All three of them laugh and a pink tinge remains on Fitz's cheeks…)

"You'd make a killing. Anyway, I was out to dinner and I was spotted him with his squadron. He was just sitting there with a tumbler of scotch and big blue eyes and I was...I got hit by the Thunderbolt but I was too shy to just go up and talk to him so I decided on a different method."

KM: What did she do?

"It was an Indian restaurant and dance hall so she got on the floor and she had every man's attention in there immediately. She was in bright red, her hair was down, and she was…you could tell that she was genuinely happy to be out and just…I couldn't look away from her."

"You still can't."

"And I don't want to. I spent the next 20 minutes trying to find to a non-lame way to introduce myself but she handled that nicely. She looked me dead in the eye and did…what did you do? It was this twisting, DNA strand move with your hips and…didn't it hurt? It looked like it hurt."

"Only a little and it got your attention, didn't it?"

"It did."

(A close up shot of their left hands entwining on the pale gray sofa can be seen, rings polished and matching tattoos clearly visible...iconic...)

KM (warmly): So, you both got hit by the Thunderbolt?

"And never got back up…"

/

KM: Let's talk about your son. He's five, now?"

(Fitz smiles and Olivia uses her right index finger to trace over the birthday and GPS coordinates on her arm)

"Going on 30."

"He's always gonna be my dulce, even when he's all grown and hairy and trying to put me in a home."

KM: He's in the 2nd grade?

"Yes. He's growing up so fast…"

"Shut up!"

"He is, Livvie. You gotta accept it."

"I am. I just don't like it. At all."

"Mama Lioness…"

"I already bit you tonight, Fitzgerald. Do you want me to claw you, too?"

"Yes, please."

"Oh, my god…"

(Kimberly Mitchell, as well as the small crew surrendered to mirth with the couple, the interview already shaping up to be one of the best...)