Hey guys! I hope everyone enjoyed chapter one by my awesome co-writer. This is the other half of the writers! I am obviously, doing Mellie Grant's part in this story. We aren't totally sure where this story is going to go, we are just taking it one chapter at a time. So here goes nothing!
Mellie Grant had been married to Fitzgerald Grant for twenty-three years. She had been the First Lady for the past seven years. Fitz's term was almost over with. She and Fitz had been on the rocks pretty much the entire time he has been President. He had, had an affair the whole time he had been in office with Olivia Pope. Most of the world didn't know about it. No one knew about it though, they had made sure to cover it up with everything they had so it didn't hurt Fitz as President.
Since it was the last leg of his presidency they were touring around the United States. Fitz had wanted to make a difference in the last few months so they had been going around talking to the people about things that they would like him to do in the last few months of his term. They were in North Carolina heading to South Carolina the next day. They were staying in a hotel. Mellie walked out of the bathroom in her robe while Fitz sat on the couch in their room doing work. She watched him before she took off her robe then started to get dressed,
"Are you excited to meet General Holden tomorrow?" She asked him. He didn't even look up from his paper work. She turned around to look at him.
"Fitz." She said with a hint of annoyance in her voice.
He looked up from his work at her. "What?"
She put on her shirt, "Are you excited to meet General Holden tomorrow?" She asked him again.
He nodded, "Yeah, I guess. I've heard good things about him and his post. Are you excited to meet his wife? What's her name again?" He asked.
She slipped on some yoga pants, "Her name is Claudia Joy. Yes, I am excited to meet her."
"Right, I knew that." He went back to doing his work.
She sighed, "Are you just going to work all night?"
"We aren't on vacation Mellie. I am still working. I am the President." He told her without looking up.
"I know that Fitz. Never mind." She crawled into bed and started reading a book on her IPad.
Fitz looked up finally then watched her, "What do you want Mellie?"
She looked at him, "Nothing Fitz. It doesn't even matter. Just work."
"Mellie, what did you want?" He asked her again.
She sighed, "I thought maybe since I was your wife and we are here, that we could…" She trailed off.
"I'm working Mellie. I don't have time." He told before looking down at his work again.
"That's why I said never mind." She said to him then whispered to herself, "I'm also not Olivia."
Mellie just put her IPad down, turned off the lamp next to her side of the bed then laid down. She closed her eyes then started to think. She hated the way he made her feel. She felt like she wasn't wanted. She felt like she wasn't beautiful. She felt like she wasn't good enough. She didn't love herself. She felt less of a women. He made her feel that way and she hated it. Mellie wanted to find someone that would make her feel the way she wanted to feel, the way someone should make her feel because she deserved that. She just wanted to feel wanted, to feel sexy. She wanted to be someone's first choice. She thought about all of these things as she started to fall asleep. She fell into a deep sleep, not even feeling Fitz finally get into bed after he got off the phone with Olivia.