Olivia was finishing her shift Tuesday when she hears the bell over the diner door chime. She turns to see none other than Mellie waltzing into the diner. Clearly with intentions of speaking to Olivia. Olivia continues to finish her cut duty of rolling silverware into napkins. Mellie approach "we need to talk".
"Hi. Hello. How are you" Olivia states laced with sarcasm.
Mellie huffs before continuing "we can do this right here, in front of everyone if you want" she threatens.
Rolling her eyes, "I will be done in a few minutes, we can talk then" Mellie doesn't wait to hear anything else, she turns on her heels and walks out the front door. Olivia assumes she will be waiting for her outside. Quinn notices the exchange from the back of the diner and shoots a text to the group, letting them know Mellie is up to something. Five minutes later Olivia grabs her things before leaving to face Mellie.
Mellie is standing against the wall, her face red as if she has been building up anger. "It's about time, I don't have all day to wait around on Princess Olivia"
"Really? I'm talking to as a courtesy, I can leave. I don't have a desire to talk to you, so you should watch yourself." Olivia refuses to let Mellie speak down to her. She has been walk all over long enough.
"Fine, I want to know how long you were fucking FItz behind my back."
"For the love of God Mellie, I already told you I wasn't sleeping with Fitz. He just didnt want to be with you.. end of story"
"I don't know where you get off thinking I will allow you and Fitz to galavant all around town, embarrassing me."
"Will you listen to yourself. You sound pathetic, ALLOW us? Last time I checked, Fitz and I were adults who do what ever the hell we want."
"I will ruin you both" Mellie seethes.
Olivia takes a deep breath, "Five, you have no way of ruining us. You sound ridiculous. Four, you didn't even love Fitz, you just liked his money and his looks. Three, Fitz and I are together, for the long haul. You better get used to it. Two, you were a place holder, Fitz never had feelings for you. It's always been me, always will be. One, If you EVER try to threaten me or Fitz again.. " she gets right in Mellie's face "I. Will. Bury. You... don't think I don't know about your secret activities Mellie. You want men to see you as some refined, graceful catch.. let them find out about the time you sucked Daniel's dick in front of his friends, so he would take you to a frat date party.. or the time you let Jake and Mark tag team you two years ago, so Mark would take you on his yacht. You're nothing but a money hungry, clout chaser. I could continue but I think we have established this isn't new behavior and the list of transgressions is quite extensive. They may not have out you, but test me. I will."
Mellie is stunned into silence. She didn't think anyone knew about the things she has done. She didn't come from money but she was determined to live a luxurious life, no matter what it takes. She wasn't smart enough to succeed on her own, even in high school she knew she would have to turn to men to create the world she wanted. Now here was Olivia, throwing it in her face, willing to air her dirty laundry. Mellie couldn't have that. She still plans to marry rich, but she now realizes her efforts for Fitz are futile. Frustrated by the turn of events she quietly turns and leaves without any response.
Olivia didn't want to throw that all in Mellie's face but enough was enough. When Abby told her all of this a few days ago, she was in shock. She never knew any of it, but apparently Abby has heard rumors over the years and decided to investigate. Abby told Liv she wanted her to have a weapon because she didn't believe Mellie would go away on her own. Olivia chose some of the less disturbing transgressions today. She was thankful for a tool to fight back but in all honesty, she was heartbroken. The fact that Mellie saw happiness through money and status was sad enough but the actions she was willing to take in an effort to get there was depressing. She wondered when Mellie had become this person and why, it is no way for a person to live. At a time when she should be furious with Mellie, all she felt was sadness for her.
Shaking off her thoughts she begins to walk to her car. As she approaches it, she sees Fitz leaning against the driver's side door, waiting for her with a knowing look. He opened his arms and she ran into them. She let tears run down her face, no matter how angry she was with Mellie, she felt awful for throwing that all in her face. Fitz rubs her back, letting her cry for a few moments before speaking up "I heard it all, Livvie. I know you hate that you did it but we both know she wasn't going away. This was the only way, I know you'd never actually tell anyone any of it but apparently she doesn't. You're a good person Livvie."
She sniffles in his chest, "can we go home. I want to take a bath and read. Get all of this drama out of my mind, I hate it." Fitz nods knowingly, leading her into the car. "You're driving my car? Where is yours?"
"I had Harrison drop me off, we were hanging out when Quinn text us about Mellie showing up. Come on lets get you home. If you're lucky I will order some pizza and we can have a Star Wars marathon" he winks, closing her door before getting in the driver's side.
"With offers like that, I'm going to marry you one day mister" she smiles.
"Oh you're definitely marrying me one day and dont you for get it" he leans a kisses her. The kiss was more than a physical form of affection. It was a promise.