"Ideally, a Presidency lasts 8 years. Ideally, a marriage lasts 50. 8 years of a job, even the highest job in the Land is not worth 42 years of misery...";"What kind of coward was I to marry her and not wait for you to show up...why didn't I meet you sooner..."These two lines will be at the core of this Olitz fic;Rated for language & spice;7th in my 2013 SSS Project;NOW COMPLETE!

AU: Olivia Pope, television journalist and co-anchor of a popular morning news show receives the chance of a lifetime when she's chosen to interview former President Fitzgerald Grant. Will the encounter be everything she dreamed of professionally and awaken something for her personally? Will the one trained to report the news become news and create a scandal all of her very own?

A/U. Fitz comes back from the Navy and Big Gerry is up to his old tricks of trying to marry him off, this time to Eli Pope's beautiful young daughter Olivia. But this time it's not love at first site, it's hate. Or so that's what they think.

Four long years ago, Jessica Day walked out of Nick Miller's life, leaving behind more questions than answers. Nick was sure he would never see her again after that fight. Life, however, seemed to have other plans. When Jess comes crashing back into him, can Nick cope with the life-altering surprise that she has in tow? And what does it mean for their not-so-platonic relationship?

John Bennett has sucked at girls for as long as he can remember.