Hey guys, sorry about the lack of update last weekend. I was deathly ill (I had a cold-not actually dying btw). Plus I had a major assignment due and then full day rehearsals so I've been so pooped.

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Fitz walked from the elevator to Olivia's apartment, nothing had made him happier than the time he was able to spend here with Liv. He acknowledged the secret service agent standing at the door and then knocked. He heard the footsteps coming to let him in. As the door opened he quickly read the expression on Liv's face. "What is it?" He asked.

Olivia didn't answer and just walked back to the sofa. Fitz followed needing to know what the face meant. She looked more angry than upset, so he ruled out anything being wrong with their baby. He hoped she wasn't mad at him, he couldn't think of anything he could have done that would deserve the scowl, well not in the last half a day anyway.

"Liv?" He asked again waiting for her to answer before he sat down.

"Your wife paid me a visit about an hour ago," Liv answered, after taking a deep breath. Fitz's face changed to confusion. How could have Mellie found out about Liv being back? And he didn't want to even imagine what Mellie had to say about this whole situation, not that he really cared, but he knew Olivia would.

"Oh," he said as he took a seat.

"Mellie knows I'm pregnant, and all you can say is 'Oh'?" Liv asked. Her head was spinning just trying to think of how to handle this all, she could just imagine what Fitz was thinking. She'd had over an hour to mull this all over and her mind was still foggy. She didn't have much of an option in telling Fitz about Mellie's visit. He could tell something wasn't right and she didn't have the mindset to come up with a convincing lie, not that she actually wanted to lie to him.

"Walk me through what happened," Fitz said taking Liv's hand in his.

"She knew about the pregnancy before I even opened the door. She said it wasn't hard to figure out that I was back. Then she pranced around like she owned the place, telling me how things were going to be. And I was so shocked I just had to listen to what she had to say," Liv explained. She knew Fitz was going to ask exactly what she said, but she wanted to wait to tell him, even if it was just a minute.

Fitz rubbed his forehead. He knew there was more to come. With Mellie there was always something more. All he could hope was that his wife's visit didn't scare Liv, but he wasn't so sure of that. "Okay, what did she say?"

"What didn't she say?" Liv said as Mellie's words replayed in her mind. Fitz gave her a look that said 'tell me'. Liv let out a sigh. She knew Fitz would be angry and would try to do something. But if she couldn't think through what to do, then what could he bring to the situation. "The condensed version is: if I don't leave, she will. And she'll bring you down when she does," Liv explained.

"Let her go, after a week, we won't need her," Fitz replied, and Liv expected that response.

"Mellie knows that. Which is why she gave me until tomorrow to decide," she added.

"Hell hath no fury," He joked.

"This is serious Fitz. She's serious," Liv said, as if it hadn't occurred to him.

"I know. But it's time we come clean. Time to be honest," Fitz began.

"And if this was in two months I would agree with you, maybe even a week, but not yet," Olivia said not knowing she was interrupting him.

"Maybe all this is a sign. A sign that we can finally be together. We tried. We tried it your way. It didn't work," Fitz said. He remembered Liv saying that one of the reasons she left was because she didn't want him to resent her if he didn't get another term because of her. But this wouldn't be Liv's fault. If Mellie exposed them, then it would be Mellie's fault, and he already resented her.

"How many times do we have to do this? We're just having the same conversation over and over again. Do you expect me to change what I've been saying for the last six months? It's less than a week until Election Day. And that night your name will be read out, and you will become a two term president," Olivia said, for what felt like the hundredth time since she found out she was pregnant.

"What do you suggest we do? We're out of options," he said.

"We're not out of options. There's still something that can be done," Olivia replied.

"No. You're not leaving again," he couldn't lose her twice. Who knew how long Mellie would keep up whatever game she was playing. Hell if it was up to Mellie, she'd never let Liv come back.

"I never said I was leaving," Liv replied.

"Well what other option is there?" He asked. It was what Mellie wanted and he was terrified that Liv would give into her demands. It wouldn't be the first time that Liv did that.

"I don't know. But I'm not leaving. I didn't come back just to go again," Liv replied. Mellie had come in and bossed her around. She'd taken it because she wasn't ready for the confrontation, but now she wasn't going to sit by and let Mellie get away with it. "Do you trust me?"

"More than anybody else," Fitz replied. There was no one in the world he loved and trusted more than Liv.

"Then let me handle this. I can handle this," Liv said getting her confidence back.

"How?"

"I don't know yet," she said honestly, but she knew she would come up with something. "But I promise that when I come up with a plan I will call you," Liv added knowing that Fitz would want to know and should know.

"Okay," he said, giving into Liv. But if whatever she was going to plan didn't work, then what did they have to lose? Once Mellie played this card she wouldn't have anything left in her hand and they would be free of her blackmail forever. "Now can we stop discussing my soon-to-be ex-wife and go to bed?" Fitz asked. Olivia smiled and nodded. Fitz stood and pulled Liv up and then led her down the hall to her room.

…

"Liv?" Fitz answered his cell in his office.

"I have a plan," she said.

"What is it?" Fitz asked, and Liv began to explain what she was going to do in detail. Fitz nodded every step of the way. A smile on his face the entire time. "It's perfect. Do it."

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What could Liv be planning and will it work?

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