I am still working on Guilt and Innocence and will update that this weekend. This was an idea I've had since the finale. Since I do not really know nor care about Rowan his presence is going to be fairly limited and is not Olivia's father. He will still be the one who rescued her from the press but beyond that he is just head of B6-13 and that is all. Anyway here you go.

'Should we call someone?' Quinn asked.

'Who? Who do you suggest we call?' Abby asked in the dismissive tone saved for Quinn.

'I don't know. The police? The White House? Huck!? We just watched the press out Olivia as the President's mistress and within seconds of her walking out of her building two men escorted her while she protested into a waiting car. We cannot reach her so it would seem to me that we should freaking call somebody, Abby!' Quinn screamed as Harrison walked into the room.

'Ladies! Settle down!' He said sternly as he lowered the volume on the television.

'Well if Liv is really screwing the President it was likely Secret Service.' Abby said.

'It wasn't Secret Service.' Huck had appeared as if from nowhere.

'How do you know?' Abby asked.

Huck didn't respond. He eyed Harrison who nodded. 'Abby, enough. It's been less than thirty minutes. Liv's entire world just got turned upside down. Let's give her some time to digest before we call out the National Guard.' He raised his eyebrows at them.

'Turn it up.' Huck said when he noticed the network had moved from the front of the White House to the studio. The banner at the bottom of the screen read. Awaiting remarks from President Grant regarding Olivia Pope.

'The President will be giving a statement momentarily. We will bring you his comments live.' The anchor said.

Harrison exhaled. This was what he warned her about. She didn't let him protect her and now the White House was going to destroy her. Harrison wished she had let him do what was necessary. He turned back to face the television as the President approached the podium.

'Thank you.' He said as the waiting Press Corps returned to their seats. 'I will be making a statement. Once the statement is complete there will be no questions. Anyone that does not behave like a proper adult will be escorted out of the room. I hope this is understood and respected.' Fitz said as he glanced around the room. He took a deep breath and looked into the camera ahead of him. 'Good afternoon to the American people. As you know over the last week there has been a lot of talk and speculation as to the status of my marriage following the First Lady's accusation that I was unfaithful to her. This morning Olivia Pope's name was leaked as the person with whom I was apparently cheating on my wife with. I am here today to put all of the speculation and rumors to rest.' Fitz paused and looked down at his notes.

'He's going to throw her to the wolves.' Harrison mumbled and ran his hand over his face.

'The fact of the matter is the First Lady was telling the truth. I have not been faithful to our marriage in several years. The affair began during my campaign for this office. It continued regularly until the beginning of my first year in office. At that time it stopped for some time. However it did resume and continue in a sporadic fashion until very recently. My marriage has never been conventional and while I will not elaborate on that please know that my intention was never to hurt Mellie or our children. I love Mellie as the mother of my children, a strong partner, and vibrant woman. That said I have never been in love with her. This is not something that is a secret to her or anyone else that knows us. We were a team for a long time. Two people with a common goal. However life doesn't always allow you to move along the path you have envisioned for yourself. During the primaries life decided to place the love of my life directly in front of me. I tried to avoid the roadblock but a love like that cannot be denied or ignored so I gave into it. I am not proud of my behavior but I will not apologize for loving this woman. She is the single greatest person I have ever known. She is beautiful, and strong, and fearless, and witty, and brilliant. She is the other part of me. She completes me in a way I never thought was possible. She is miracle. By continuing to lie about my marriage and to deny this woman publically would be tantamount to treason in my eyes so I have decided to tell the truth here and now. As for the status of my marriage, it is ending. Divorce proceedings were started this morning. I sincerely hope Mellie and I can navigate this process as civilly as possible so that we can maintain a relationship that will allow us to parent our children effectively. For now the Mellie will remain at Blair House. Over the next few weeks her duties as First Lady will be filtered to members of my staff. I do ask that the press respect Mellie's privacy as well as that of my children. If you have questions they are to be filtered through this office. Please also respect the privacy of my friends and staff. This includes Olivia Pope. She did not ask for this attention and she does not deserve it. Now Miss Pope is more than capable of handling herself but I ask you as the President to please be fair and wait for her to address what has been said about her in her own way and her own time. I do sincerely apologize for any shame or anguish I have brought to both this office and this country. I hope you will allow me the opportunity to make that up to you. Thank you.' Fitz exhaled sharply as the press started shouting frenzied questions at him. Fitz stopped and placed his hand up and the crowd settled. 'I know this is a lot. I will answer three questions so make them count. Heidi?'

'Will you confirm that Olivia Pope is in fact your mistress?'

'Olivia Pope is not nor has she ever been my mistress.' Fitz said sternly. 'Andrew?'

'Will this woman be moving into the White House? Will the relationship progress?'

'At this time there is no relationship.' Fitz answered. 'James?'

'Will you still run for office as a man going through a divorce? Has your staff been prepared for that?'

Fitz smiled slyly. He had chosen James last purposefully. 'Actually James I am glad you asked that. I had nearly forgotten. I am still running and I still intend to win. There will be some changes that will likey be made. I am not sure that Vice President Langston will be willing to take this journey with me but that remains to be seen. I can confirm that I will have a new Chief of Staff. Cyrus Beene has been relieved of his duties effective immediately. Thank you ladies and gentleman.' Fitz sauntered off as the shocked Press Corps sat silently. He walked right past Cyrus who had stepped into the room when he became aware of the statement. Fitz said nothing to him and Cyrus stood with his mouth agape.

Harrison shut the television off. He was shocked. The President did not abandon Olivia. He protected her. He lied for her.

'Well I guess that's that. I knew Olivia wouldn't sleep with the married President. It's absurd.' Abby said. She was so pleased with herself that she missed the looks Harrison and Huck were exchanging.

'Actually, she would. And she did. I can't believe he just did that.' Huck, Abby, Quinn, and Harrison turned to see Olivia standing in the doorway. She had walked in just as Fitz began to speak but all of them were so involved in his words that hadn't noticed.

'Are you all right? We saw you get thrown into car.' Quinn said choosing to ignore Olivia's proclamation.

'I'm fine. The men were from B6-13. They pushed me into a car with some man that alerted me to the fact that Jake had been taken care of for putting camera's in my apartment and putting me in the hospital. They dropped me off here and escorted me through the press.' Olivia explained as she looked at Huck.

'What? He saved your life a couple of nights ago.' Harrison said.

'I don't know Harrison. I can't even begin to decipher the ins and outs of B6-13. Quite honestly I don't care right now. I have much bigger things to deal with.'

'You're the President's mistress?' Abby asked solemnly.

'Yes, well sort of. It's a very long and involved story and I promise all of you I will explain but right now I need to go into my office to write a statement.' Olivia turned and walked into her office and shut the door. She sat at her desk and placed her head in her hands. She would be lying if she said she never thought this day would come. The truth was she knew there would be a time that she and Fitz would be called onto the carpet for their sins. She just didn't think it would happen the way it did. She looked up when she heard a knock on her door.

'Come in.' she called out and Harrison walked in. He quietly walked to the chair in front of her and sat down.

'Want some help? I am good with words.' He smiled kindly at her. Olivia smiled back and nodded.

Olivia always kept a change of clothes at the office so she was able to change into a pair of black pants, a black silk top, and a white blazer. She applied some light makeup and kept her hair pulled into the tight bun it was in when she left that morning for her run. She rode down the elevator flanked by Harrison and Huck. Quinn had already gone downstairs to announce to the press that had camped out that Olivia would be down shortly to make a statement. Quinn gave them the instructions that no questions would be taken and Olivia would return upstairs immediately following her words and the police would then be there to disperse the crowd. Abby had chosen to remain in the office. Olivia didn't blame her. It was a lot to handle and Olivia suspected Abby was hurt that Olivia had never confided in her. Olivia, Harrison, and Huck stepped out of the elevator and into the lobby. After a couple of deep breaths Olivia Pope began her trademark strut to the sidewalk where the cameras awaited her announcement. Once again she was flanked by Huck and Harrison and Quinn stood just to the right of Harrison. Huck and Quinn scanned the crowd repeatedly and Liv smiled to herself. It was like she had her own Secret Service with these two. She was grateful. Olivia gripped the paper in her hands and then looked up. She stepped back as microphones were shoved into her face. She gathered her composure and began.

'Thank you for giving me the opportunity to respond to the allegations regarding my relationship with the President as well as to the President's comments this afternoon. I would like to remind you of Miss Perkins instructions and also warn you that I will cease speaking if I at any point feel either disrespected or unsafe. Now as you all know I was brought onto President Grant's Presidential campaign in 2008. I had worked with Cyrus Beene and came on at his request. During that time I spent a lot of time with both the President and First Lady. I was privy to things that have not yet been explained or revealed and I do not know that they ever will be. It is not place to reveal these details that lies solely with the President and Mrs. Grant. Over the campaign I developed a deep friendship with President Grant that I did cherish and value and still do today. The friendship we shared allowed me access to who he really is as a man, a husband, a father, and a politician. What I saw in him gave me all the encouragement and information I needed to know that he was and is truly the best person to run this country. Fitzgerald Grant is smart, noble, brave, loving, and unwaveringly strong. He is the very definition of a patriot. If the American public took a moment to look at him, truly look at him they would see what I see. A man that loves this country and would die to protect it. He is truly remarkable. He has and will always have my vote.' Olivia took a deep breath and looked to Harrison who reached over a grabbed her hand. She held it tightly because she needed his support for the next part of her statement. 'Now because I know this will continue to be a question that will threaten his run at re-election I will respond to the allegations of how involved I am with the President. Yes, I am the woman the President was referring to in his address today. He did not lie to American people when he said I was not his mistress. Fitz would never allow anyone to refer to me as his mistress. He wouldn't even allow me to think of myself that way. To Fitz it was demeaning and false. To Fitz it tarnished who we were to one another. To Fitz it dimmed the light of his love for me. I know that to most people mistress is appropriate. I can accept that. However Fitz never will and for him I will tell you he never made me feel that I was second. Fitzgerald Grant always made sure I knew he loved me. To him I was always just the love of his life and he told me all of the time. There are a lot of things I regret about the way this was handled. I regret any pain I caused the First Lady or their children. I regret keeping things from my friends. I regret shaming the American people. But most of all I regret not telling him that I love him as often as he told me. I regret not admitting to him or myself that he is in fact the greatest love I have ever known. That he is my soul mate. I am so sorry for the chaos this has started but please believe me when I tell you that I love that man with every single part of my being and there is nothing I wouldn't do for him. I don't know where any of us go from here but I sincerely hope we, as friends, and family, and a nation can move forward to a place that is honest and bright. I would like to believe that all of us can find our own version of happy. Thank you for listening. Good night.' Olivia smiled, turned and walked back into the building as Huck, Harrison, and Quinn followed.

'That was really good, Olivia. Amazing.' Quinn said as Huck pushed the elevator button.

'I know. Harrison wrote it.' Olivia smiled as the elevators doors closed.

Don't you just LOVE Harrison? I use him a lot in my stories because he needs something to do somewhere. Columbus Short is so wasted. I am not sure what is up with him but I hope Harrison gets a storyline next season. His "I'm your Gladiator" monologue and the one he did with Huck in 752 where two of my favorite of the entire season. Up there with Earn Me and Fitz's "I am nothing. You are everything" from the hospital. Anyway the theme of this story is going to be forgiveness. Not everyone will get it but most will be asking someone for it. Please review!