A/N Short update I'm going out of town for work and probably won't be able to update this week. Hope you all enjoy this update and thank you for all the kind reviews.
"Mellie get your ass out here right now!" He's pounding on the bathroom door. I'm sitting on the closed toilet staring at the door. I'm wondering if he can break down the door and if he does what will he do to me. I know he's angry, angrier than I've ever seen him. "If you don't open this fucking door I swear I will break it down! I'm not playing with you woman!" He's yelling at the top of his lungs.
"Stop yelling you're going to wake Teddy up."
"Open the damn door Mellie!"
"No! Not with you out there acting like a maniac." He pounds on the door a few more times and then there is silence. I breathe a sigh of relief that he's apparently given up, but within seconds a loud crash occurs as the door swings open. Splinters of wood litter the floor. He's kicked the door open and my eyes are wide with fear. He stalks over to me and grabs me by the upper arm pulling me off the toilet. He has never manhandled me like this before I wonder if I've pushed him too far.
"What do you mean you still want a divorce?" His face is mere inches from mine and his eyes are wild with anger. I can truly admit that in this moment I am afraid of him.
"You're hurting me Fitz." I see the terror in her eyes and I feel regret for reacting this way, but she is making me crazy. I loosen my hold on her, but I don't let her go.
"We aren't getting a divorce so you might as well get over it and come back home." She shakes her head no and my frustration level reaches its peak. I jerk her toward me until her body is flush with mine. "I'm not signing those papers, I'll never let you go."
"Why are you doing this? I'm giving you what you want, I'm willing to walk away without a fight."
"If I can't have you no one will." That statement shocks even me. Feelings that I thought were long gone or at least long buried are bubbling to the surface. I still love my wife, I still desire my wife. Am I completely and utterly angry and frustrated with her, yes I am, but the feelings I have tried to rid myself of are still there.
"Why do you hate me so?" Her voice is small and I can sense that she is terrified.
"I don't hate you. You drive me crazy and you make me angry, but hate is not what I feel."
"Let me go Fitz." I release her arm and she shakes her head. "I mean let me go Fitz." He closes his eyes and shakes his head no. I thought this was going to be a lot easier than it is I can admit I am not prepared to deal with his reaction. "I'm not coming back to D.C." He opens his eyes and stares at me he takes a deep breath before speaking.
"Always have to do things the hard way huh Mellie? Well if that's what you want, but know that I'm not signing those papers and you will come back home with my son."
"And how do you suppose you are going to make me do that Fitz? I'm a grown woman I don't need your permission to do anything."
"Is that a challenge Melody?" He's in my face again and I step back.
"This is not a game Fitzgerald this is our lives. I'm done with you and this marriage and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it." He laughs but there is no mirth.
"I'm going to my hotel room to get a few hours of sleep before I return to D.C." He steps away from me and makes a move to leave.
"So you aren't even going to see your son?"
"I'll see him soon enough." Those are the last words he speaks before he walks out of the bathroom and out of the bedroom. I don't make a move to follow him, I'm rooted in place, unbelieving of the night I just had. Once I know that he is gone my body sags under the weight of all the turmoil I have been holding in, I sink to the floor and despite my best efforts to keep all the emotions in I can't. My legs are drawn up to my chest as I let it all out. I need to release it all before Teddy is awake, I need to be back to his strong mom.