Old Habits Die Hard

When all rivals clash and hard feelings are thought to be over, all can change in a matter of hours. At Karen's wedding Mellie, Olivia and Fitz try their best to act cordial but old habits seem to die hard.

Okay guys so hard to kick this off my mind, fluff and some dramajw for Olitz. This will feature Charlie, Teddy and Hannah Grant from my other stories "Hang in There" and "All that is expected"

Thanks so much for all the reviews, follows etc. Guys you are the best! So sorry for the late update guys! Finals have been driving me crazy, although I had this chapter in my head I couldn't get it down.

Dedicated to Lizzie because she is the best and she gave me a priceless idea! She rocks!

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chapter 3: Choosing sides.

All Liv could see was a sauce covered Mellie. "Theodore Wallace!" Teddy froze in the spot. "And you.." She turned to Charlie. "You little.."

"Everything okay?" Liv interjected trying hard not to laugh at the sight of the former FLOTUS.

"Eve.." Mellie could not utter words. She was all red. "You! This is all your fault!"

"My fault?" Olivia snapped. Both Charlie and Teddy seemed to look from one woman to the other as people started to gather around. No Karen or Fitz yet. "How is this my fault?"

"Everything is... it's always been" Mellie spat. Olivia took a step back.

"Watch very carefully what you are about to say Mel, remember where you are" Olivia then turned to the boys. "You two have some explaining to do"

"We.." Teddy began, we were playing chase with Ella and... we tripped and knocked the thing over"

"With all of the yard around you and you did it where they were people around?" She could see a glimpse of mischeif on Teddy's blue eyes. "Is that true?"

Charlie looked over at Teddy and nodded.

"That's your way of discipline?" Mellie said bitterly. "No wonder.."

Olivia was trying so hard not to make a scene but Mellie was getting on her nerves. "Mellie"

"Come on Teddy" Mellie grabbed the young boys's arm and yanked him away from Olivia. "I am going to show you some real parenting Olivia Pope, so you learn to control your.." Mellie held her tounge as she saw Fitz from the corner of her eye. "Son" What happened next neither of them expected it.

"Stop!" Teddy looked up at Mellie. He knew very well what Mellie called his brother behind their backs, he had heard her and her friends talk about it non stop. "It was all me! Charlie didn't do anything!"

"You. Do. Not raise your voice at me young man!" Mellie had had enough.

"I will if you insult my little brother!" Even though he was shy of turning 10, Teddy had a certain temper. He looked back at Charlie who had started cying and then at his dad. "He didn't do anything to you!"

Mellie then almost pulled Teddy by the arm again, until Fitz stopped her. Teddy froze. "Let me go" She whispered.

"You couldn't just restrain yourself, could you Mellie? Not even for your children's sake?" Fitz voice was full of disappointment.

"She.. that boy, they did this! He's turning my Teddy into a bandit!" Fitz's eyes went dark.

"You are talking about my wife and son Milicent, so I would recomend you think very wisely about your choice of words. Fitz let go of her hand and then walked over to where Teddy was. "You and I are going to talk about this when we get home, come on" Fitz took Teddy's hand and then moved over to Olivia's side who caught sight of Tom and Hannah near by.

"You can't just leave" Olivia said trying to control her anger. Not meant for him of course but still. She was so mad at who she was. To all these people. To Mellie, who never wasted a moment to remind her what she had been early in the days, she knew it was true even though Fitz had claimed otherwise countless times. That's when she saw Karen and Robert. "This is Karen's dinner and you are her father"

"I'm also their father" Fitz spoke softly. Teddy was squeezing his hand. "I need to be one now."

"True, but not to them" Olivia took a step back "Don't let Mellie win and ruin this, you are better than she is, you actually care about Karen's special day, you know she will only have one, don't burn yourself like that in her eyes. I will deal with this" She cupped his cheek in her hand. "It's okay." Tom had now handed Hannah to her, she pouted as she saw Fitz wasn't coming along.

"Come on kids" Tom called behind Liv and took their hands. Mellie watched as Teddy shot her a disaproing look and patted his little brother on the back.

"Liv!" Karen went after her. "What...?"

"The boys" She spoke softly.

"You can't just leave." She was begging more than asking "Please"

"I have to" Olivia took Karen's hand. "I'll make it up to you, I promise, but right now, we all need a time out and I do not want to burden yourself with whatever issues we have, you and Robert deserve happiness"

"But you are my family too Liv, I want you here"

They were partners. But right now Liv felt as if Mellie's words had cracked whatever shield she had against her. She didn't even blame the boys. She blamed Mellie and herself for being selfish and not even try and behave. There was something that made her smile. Teddy. How he was always on Charlie's side. Choosing to stand up to Mellie. Not a lot of people were brave enough to do that.

"Liv'" A small voice called from the bedroom door. "Can I come in?" Teddy's steps were confident as he faced her. "It was my fault. Charlie, he actually tried to help mom but she was..."

"Honey" Olivia patted the mattress so he would sit next to her. "I know this has never been easy"

"Which part?" Teddy asked. "Having three parents?"

"We will never agree on anything, your mom and I..." Olivia said.

"There's something actually" Teddy's face turned serious. "I know mom is hard to get along with, but I don't doubt she loves me" Olivia forgot she was speaking to a ten year old boy. "She shouldn't have spoken of Charlie that way, he was only trying to help"

"I know and so were you" Olivia told him reaching for his hand. "And I'm sorry she got so mad at you, because of me"

"Why you?" Teddy said. "It's not your fault that she can't get it"

"What?"

"You and Dad"

Okay guys! So yeah both Mellie and Fitz did make a scene. Mostly Mellie but Liv handled it. And yay for Teddy! There's more than meets the eye.

We'll see more of what happened at the party after Olivia left. Some Karen and Fitz too!

thank you so much for reading and again I apologize for taking so long!

Until next time! :)