Olivia is talking to Mellie and her father in the middle of a ballroom. They're at a dinner to help raise money and awareness for Mellie's campaign. She has a wine glass in one hand and her phone in the other. She's waiting on a very important phone call from Abby about the current polls against Sally Langston.

Mellie's dad has just made the third comment about Mellie not having any children when she looks up from her phone and she can tell it's starting to get to her.

"Daddy, I've told you that Fitz and I have decided not to have any kids. Not every woman has to have kids. It's not a requirement."

"I know that but I want grandbabies."

"Harmony has five children daddy. That should be enough."

"Did I hear someone say my name?" Mellie's sister asks as she joins the three of them. She's wearing purple gown that's a little too short and low cut for Olivia's taste. Mellie tried to get her to change but the woman was stubborn. Just like Mellie.

"Daddy was just saying how he wants more grandchildren when he already has five."

"Will you leave Mellie alone, daddy? Not every woman has to have a child." Mellie physically relaxes when Harmony comes to her defense. "Do you have any children Olivia?"

"I do not."

"But you do want some someday don't you?" Mellie's father asks immediately after.

"Um, yes. Someday."

Mellie looks over at her surprised. She and Liv never talked about children. "I didn't know you wanted children."

Olivia shrugs like it's no big deal.

"I thought you two knew everything about each other." Harmony says looking back and forth between the two women. "You two were friends for what 5 months? You'd think it was longer. You two were practically joined at the hip. What happened between you two anyway? I haven't heard Mellie say your name and fourteen years and here you are."

"Nothing happened." Olivia answers while looking over at Mellie sympathetically. "I just realized that Stanford was a better school for me so I left."

"I'm going to grab something to drink. Excuse me." Mellie makes her way over to the bar where Fitz is standing. She grabs the scotch out of his hand and finishes it off.

"You ok?" He asks while motioning for another drink to the bartender.

"No. I just want this night to be over. It's bad enough that I have to look at her in that gown but I have to listen to her say that she wants children."

"Liv wants kids?" He seems just as surprised as she was a few seconds ago.

"Yeah. I would have had kids with her. If she would have given me the chance."

"You hate kids, Mellie."

"Yeah but there's no way I could hate something that was the product of that woman. Ugh, look at her. She's gorgeous." She says while looking at Olivia who was now standing alone.

"You're not the only one who thinks she's gorgeous." Fitz responds while noticing Jake Ballard approach her.

"When did he get here?"

"Maybe an hour ago. Ignore him though. You have bigger things to worry about besides Jake. Are you ready for your speech?"

"As ready as I'll ever be."

The rest of the night goes by smoothly. Mellie gives her speech and there's a vast applause at the end. Her dad doesn't make any more comments about her lack of children and Harmony manages to keep her life stories to a minimum.

While getting ready to head up stairs, Mellie sees Olivia exit the building with Jake. It makes her feel sick to her stomach because after all these years she's still in love with Olivia Pope. She's on the verge of crying when her mom walks up behind her.

"Will you walk me up to my room, sweetie?"

"Of course." She answers will grabbing her mother's hand.

Mellie's mother walks directly to the suite's couch and takes a seat when they make it to the room. "Your speech was wonderful, honey." When her mother looks up she notices the tears running down Mellie's cheeks. She motions for Mellie to come sit down next to her and she does without a moment's hesitation. Mellie takes off her heels and ends up lying down on the couch with her head on her mothers lap. She hasn't done this since she was in middle school and she had come home brokenhearted over some girl she can't even remember the name of.

Her mother runs her fingers through her hair and it makes her miss home. "Does this have something to do with Olivia? Are you two dating again?"

This surprises Mellie. She never told her mom about Olivia or any of the other girls she had been with. She always thought her mother would be disappointed in her.

"I don't care if you care. I like Olivia and don't tell me you two weren't dating in college. When I came to visit you your junior year, you two had only known each other for four weeks and you were already in love with that girl. I could never figure out why she just up and left though. You never did tell me the truth."

Mellie sits up and wipes the tears from her eyes. She thinks about how easier her life could have been if she would have told her mom that she was gay. Or if she could have been able to talk to her after Olivia had left her devastated all those years ago. "I asked her to marry me. That's why she left."