When the thing you've been running from is what will set the person you love free, do you give for what you love or do you walk away and watch them fall.

In an alternate universe, Olivia Pope is a college student attending Yale University. She had always been fiercely dedicated to her academics and nothing else. Never in a million years would she have imagined that taking a certain Political Science class would change her life forever.

They say people come into our lives when we need them the most. But Olivia's never needed anyone and Fitz - he doesn't know just how much he needs saved.

A collection of Scandal one-shots. **UPDATE!** "The Firsts: Working Mom Life II"

Edison Davis never really got over Olivia. Instead, he spent two years making her life a living nightmare. Now, with Edison in jail, Olivia is struggling to piece her life back together - to move on. Maybe, just maybe, an unlikely force from her past will help her do just that.

Epiphany: They say it's the little moments in life, the ones you can point at and have absolute clarity of what was missing. Fitzgerald Grant knew all about epiphanies but the last thing he expected when he walked into Mike's Pub was to fall in love.

Once a one shot, now a full story. Fitz wants to date Olivia but Olivia knows he's only after one thing. Olivia agrees to give Fitz what he wants only if he agrees to meet her challenge. Who win the challenge? Olitz AU These characters belong to Shonda Rhimes and ABC.