APRIL, 2010
D.C. BAR
Outside in Washington D.C., Quinn Perkins is crossing the street and rushing into a bar all while checking her watch. Once inside she looks around for Harrison Wright. She spots him sitting at a high top table and walks over.

Quinn: "Harrison Wright?"

Harrison: "Quinn Perkins."

Quinn: "I can't stay."

Harrison: "What are you drinking?"

Quinn: "I can't stay. I'm sorry. I only came because Lori wouldn't give me your number so I could cancel and I didn't want you to be waiting here because getting stood up in this particular bar is like falling face down on a runway. And even though I don't know you, Lori's got this annoying habit of meddling, so it seemed only decent—"

Harrison: "What are you drinking?" he interrupts her rambling.

Quinn: "I can't stay is what I'm saying. I don't do blind dates."

Harrison: "My parents met on a blind date. They've been inseparable ever since."

Quinn: "I'm happy for your parents and for you, because it means you exist, but I don't do blind dates."

Harrison: "This isn't a blind date."

Quinn: "What?" she asks confused.

Harrison: "It's a job interview. What are you drinking?"

Quinn: "Dirty martini. What do you mean this is a job interview?" she says while sitting down and across from him.

Harrison: "This is a job interview."

Quinn: "You're a baby lawyer. You're 12 years old."

Harrison: "I am 28 years old."

Quinn: "Why aren't we sitting in an office in a law firm?"

Harrison: "Because that's not how we do job interviews."

Quinn: "I didn't apply for a job with you."

Harrison: "You did."

Quinn: "I didn't."

Harrison: "You did."

Quinn: "I didn't. Okay, you know what? This has been whatever, but I don't do blind dates, so..." she starts to stand up getting ready to walk away.

Harrison: "Ask me who I work for."

Quinn: "What?"

Harrison: "You really want to ask me who I work for."

Quinn: "Fine. Who do you work for?"

Harrison: "Olivia Pope," he states with a smug look on his face, while Quinn looks at him stunned and is holding in a breath.

Quinn: "Olivia Pope? The Olivia Pope?"

Harrison: "And Mia James." he mentions with the same smug look.

Quinn: "Mia Jam—, like as in Dr. Mia James?" he nods as she continues "Wait. Shut up... is this some kind of ploy to make me stay on this date?"

Harrison: "Quinn, this is not a blind date. On blind dates, I like to buy a woman dinner 'cause it makes her more likely to either sleep with me or give me a second date. When I buy you dinner, you'll know I'm interested. You did apply for a job with me. The way I know you applied for a job with me is that I have your resume on my iPad, the way I know you would kill puppies to get this job is the way you stopped breathing when I said the name 'Olivia Pope,' and your eyes widen even more when I mentioned 'Mia James' which are tells, your tells, which you should look at, 'cause I'm gonna offer you a crap salary, and you'll have to take it, 'cause you never really learned how to breathe in and out without stopping, but don't feel bad, 'cause we all get paid crap salaries because we're the good guys. I'm a good guy, which means I generally don't lie, but I just did to you. This is not a job interview."

Quinn: "Wait. I don't, um, I'm confused."

Harrison: "Olivia and Mia already told me to hire you. The job is yours, if you want it. The best job you'll ever have. You'll change lives, slay dragons, love the hunt more than you ever dreamed because Olivia Pope is as amazing as they say while Mia James is as intelligent as they come. And, uh I'm not a baby lawyer. I'm a gladiator in a suit, 'cause that's what you are when you work for those two. You're a gladiator in a suit. Do you want to be a gladiator in a suit?"

Quinn: "Mm-hmm." she nods her head.

Harrison: "You gotta say it."

Quinn: "I want to be a gladiator in a suit." she says with a smile on her face.

~~~~~

ABANDONED BUILDING
Riding in an elevator inside of an abandoned building is, Olivia Pope, Stephen Finch, and a young twenty-two year old, Mia James. Stephen is standing in the middle of the two women holding a suitcase.

Stephen: "We're gonna get killed."

Mia: "We're not gonna get killed." she muttered.

Olivia: "Did you propose?" she asks while turning slightly to Stephen.

Mia: "Oh, yeah, weren't you gonna ask her tonight?"

Stephen: "I was doing this tonight. Ladies, we're gonna get killed. We're $3 million short."

Mia/Olivia: "So you flaked." they remark before Olivia continued.

Olivia: "Why are we short?"

Mia: "Yeah, Mr. Flaker, why?"

Stephen: "The Ambassador couldn't come up with the rest, which is a problem, a very big problem, why we shouldn't even be going up there in the first place. And I did not flake. I'm working for you two."

Mia: "Oh, bosses asking too much from you?" she asks with a smirk on her face while Stephen sighs.

Olivia: "Don't worry. They'll take what we give them. Did you at least buy the engagement ring?" she says while ignoring Mia's remark.

Mia: "Jokes aside, you bought the ring, right?"

Stephen: "Ukrainian mobsters do not take what you give them. They just shoot you. So we have bigger things to worry about than me not proposing to my girlfriend. We are in a situation here. Focus. Do what you two do."

Mia: "Fine, but I will get to the bottom of if you bought that ring or not." the elevator doors open, Stephen walks out of it, while Mia turns to look at Olivia with a smirk. "Ready to take care of this, fixer?"

Olivia: "Let's handle it, genius." she replies with a matching smirk as the two exit the elevator. They then walk past Stephen side by side and into a room where two Ukrainians, Oskar and Vlad are waiting for them with guns by their sides.

Mia/Olivia: "Good evening, gentlemen."

Oskar: "You got the money?"

Olivia: "Of course, all $3 million." she says as Stephen hands the suitcase of money to Oskar.

Oskar: "We said 6."

Mia: "Did we?"

Oskar: "We did."

Mia: "You know what, I have a pretty good memory and I remember 3. And well we have 3."

Oskar: "That's a problem" he says while opening the suitcase up.

Olivia: "Well, it's all the Ambassador had on such short notice."

Mia: "So you're just gonna have to take it."

Stephen: "Liv, Mi," he says while walking up to the two, to try and warn them about the gun that Vlad is holding.

Oskar: "Leave the $3 million. When you come back with the rest? We have a deal." he states as Mia and Olivia look at Stephen then each other before turning back to Oskar.

Mia/Olivia: "That's not gonna happen, Oskar." the two inform him at the same time.

Oskar: "No?" he questions while walking up to the two.

Mia/Olivia: "Nyet."

Mia: "What's going to happen is you and Vlad are gonna take the $3 million and leave right now for Dulles to make your flight to the motherland."

Olivia: "The reason you're gonna want to go right now beside the fact that it's just good travel sense to give yourself enough time for international check-in, is in exactly 4 hours and 15 minutes, both of your names are gonna suddenly 'pop up' on homeland security's no-fly list."

Mia: "And lucky for you, I just so happened to be looking up some of the international flights for tonight, and like I said I have a pretty good memory so I know that in exactly two and half hours there is a flight to your motherland and thankfully both of you are currently booked for it."

Mia/Olivia: "So if it were us, we'd much rather spend $3 million in Kiev than here in Georgetown."

Mia: "Way more bang for your buck."

Olivia: "In fact, it may even feel like 6 once you're there." she tells him as Oskar then turns around and goes to close the suitcase accepting the deal. "Good boys. So since we have a deal, we're gonna take what we paid for." she says while walking over to the corner of the room. She then looks inside a box, picks it up and hands it to Stephen who heads towards the door.

Mia: "Yes, and pleasure doing business with you."

Mia/Olivia: "We thank you, our client thanks you, and we hope to never see you again." they state as the two walk out of the room side by side with Stephen trailing behind them heading for the elevator.

Stephen: "God, I love this job."

Mia: "See we told you we weren't gonna get killed" she says with a smirk. "Now about that ring." Stephen sighs while Olivia just lets out a laugh.

~~~~~

OLIVIA POPE AND ASSOCIATES
Harrison and Quinn are getting off an elevator, heading into the office of Olivia Pope and Associates.

Quinn: "Do I look okay?"

Harrison: "Too much cleavage. Olivia'll talk about you while Mia analyzes you. Just take it in." the two walk into the office and pass Huck. "This is Huck. He's our tech guy. Used to be CIA, right, Huck?"

Huck: "I don't talk about that. New girl?"

Harrison: "New girl."

Quinn: "Are you sure they're here? It's late." she asks as they walk up to a closed doored room with lots of windows and can see four people, Olivia, Mia, Stephen and Abby Whelan, inside the room surrounding a large conference table eating out of Chinese takeout boxes. Olivia is on one side of the table closest to the door, while Mia is at the head of the table with Stephen on her left and Abby on the other side of him.

Harrison: "They're here. They're always here. That's Stephen. That's Abby. He's a litigator. She's an investigator. And that's..."

Quinn: "The Olivia Pope and Dr. Mia James." she says as Olivia and Mia look towards the door and see Quinn.

Harrison: "Come on." he tells her before the two walk into the room while the others are talking.

Olivia: "I'm not doing it."

Abby: "Well, I'm not doing it either."

Stephen: "Don't look at me."

Abby: "Mia?"

Mia: "What are you looking at me for?"

Abby: "Well, you've got ten doctorates, surely you can do it."

Mia: "Ten degrees Abby, 6 of which are PhDs, 2 are Bachelors and 2 are Masters. And none of those degrees are in medicine or have prepared me for what's in that box."

Harrison: "How'd it go?"

Olivia: "We gave them $3 million."

Mia: "They gave us the package." she then points to the box on the table.

Stephen: "$3 million down and these women don't even flinch."

Olivia: "We're just waiting for pickup." she turns to look towards Quinn. "Too much cleavage."

Quinn: "I'm... I'm sorry. I didn't know that I was coming here." she says while she tries to adjust her top while Mia is watching her behavior. "Can I just say that I am a huge fan of both of you? I so admire your work in the White House. It is an honor to work for your law firm."

Mia: "We're not a law firm."

Olivia: "We're lawyers, but this is not a law firm."

Stephen: "Law firms are for pansies."

Olivia: "We solve problems."

Abby: "Manage crises."

Mia: "Save reputations."

Quinn: "Right. Of course. It's still an honor."

Mia/Olivia: "Harrison feed you a line about being a gladiator in a suit?"

Harrison: "Liv, Mi,"

Mia: "What, you're predictable. I've got PhDs in psychology, sociology and behavioral analysis, plus my eidetic memory and I spend way too many hours a day with you people, you learn patterns." she scoffs.

Quinn: "He did, and I am ready to gladiate or whatever."

Olivia: "You know how to gladiate a diaper change?" she quizzes while reaching into the box and pulling out a baby. Then a couple comes rushing into the room while they all stand up from their seats.

Woman: "Bazyli!" she then takes the baby out of Olivia's hands and begins speaking in Ukrainian while walking away and Quinn is looking at the whole situation in awe.

Ambassador: "Thank you. Thank you. When the Russians kidnapped him, I thought... but you returned my son back to me. Thank you." he then goes to hug Olivia. "Anything I can do for you two." looking from Olivia to Mia "Anything."

Stephen: "If you ever have a second child, Olivia's a beautiful name" and then turns to Mia and chuckles, "or even Mia." she rolls her eyes at his remark, though having a slight smile on her face, before walking over to stand besides the ambassador and Olivia.

Olivia: "Mr. Ambassador, you can take your son back to the consulate and keep him safe. And you can never tell anyone about this. The FBI is sick of me."

Mia: "And the FBI just wants me to come work for them, this would just give them more ammunition" she mutters under her breath.

Ambassador: "Of course. Thank you." he hugs Mia then hands Stephen a check right before he leaves and walks out of the office. "Thank you." and once he walks out Stephen shows them all the check.

Harrison: "Hoo-hoo!"

Olivia: "Good work, everyone."

Mia: "Let's go home." she tells the group as everyone then starts to disperse and head to their separate offices.

Quinn: "What...?" she starts looking all around the office from the same spot she's been standing in when a knock is heard and Huck is rushing into the room.

Huck: "We've got incoming."

Stephen: "It's after hours. Take a message. We're going home." he states as the group starts to reconvene, minus Mia and Olivia, back in the room.

Huck: "Not on the phone. Here. And you want to talk to him." he informs him. Mia and Olivia are talking as they are about to put on their coats when they turn to see Sully St. James walking in with blood all over his clothes causing the two women to remove their jackets and walk back into the conference room with everyone else.

Sully: "You have to help me. Somebody has to help me. Please. My girlfriend. She's dead. The police think I killed her."

Harrison: "Welcome to Olivia Pope and Associates." he states before taking a picture of Sully.

~~~~~

The group is standing in Olivia's office discussing Sully St. James, as said man is sitting in the conference room. Olivia is pacing back and forth staring at him, and Mia is standing in front of the glass that peers into the room he's in, analyzing his behavior, with a freshly brewed cup of coffee in her hands, all while the rest of the group are telling the two about the person that just walked into OPA.

Abby: "Lieutenant Colonel Sullivan 'Sully' St. James age 32, did two tours in Iraq, was injured saving the lives of his entire unit, a war hero."

Stephen: "And not just any war hero the first living marine awarded the medal of honor for action in any war since Vietnam."

Abby: "A famous war hero, working class, patriotic, comes from a long line of soldiers. Here he is with the president." she tries to show Mia the picture, but the twenty-two year old doesn't look away from Sully, so Abby goes to show Olivia. "Also sexiest man alive 2010."

Olivia: "Poster boy for the military." she remarks.

Abby: "And for the conservative right. That's how he makes his living. He gives expensive speeches, makes a fortune. He's anti-choice, pro-gun, hates the gays, and likes it when kids pray in school." she say as she keeps taking out pictures and then throwing them up in the air not caring that they're falling to the ground.

Mia/Stephen: "Abby." they say, Stephen slightly scolding her while Mia sighs.

Abby: "I'm just saying he sickens me politically. I'm not saying we shouldn't help him."

Harrison: "Who's the dead girlfriend?"

Abby: "Paige Montgomery, 27, rich girl, good family."

Huck: "It's on the police scanners as 'Girl was found dead in her apartment, three shots to the head.'" he states when walking into Olivia's office.

Harrison: "Three? That's not an accident."

Huck: "Sully called 9-1-1, but took off before the police arrived."

Quinn: "Wait. What are we... can I ask? What do we do? I mean, if we aren't defense lawyers, we're not the state's attorney, it looks like he did it, so what do we do? What can we do?"

Mia/Olivia: "First we interview Sully." they say as the two turn towards Quinn.

~~~

The group is sitting at the conference table with Sully. Mia is still watching and analyzing everything little thing he does and every word he says.

Sully: "I was gonna propose. We were gonna get married. Paige was everything to me. She was my best friend."

~

Mia: "We listen to him. We watch him."

~

Stephen: "Did you kill her?"

Sully: "No. I would never. I loved her."

Harrison: "Where'd the blood come from?"

~

Olivia: "In this moment, we are the judge and we are the jury, the media and the public opinion."

~

Sully: "I went to her apartment, and I found her like that. I held her, but there was, uh, just so much blood, and I-I called the police and I-I-I panicked. I'm on TV, you know, so I didn't know what to do. I thought that they would think that I did it. I panicked. I'm sorry."

~

Mia/Olivia: "This is the moment where we decide who he is."

~

Stephen: "Where were you during the murder?"

Sully: "I walk at night around the neighborhood. I-I was walking, and I stepped into Matty's Pub and I had a beer. And then I kept walking and went to go see Paige."

Abby: "Do you own a handgun?"

Sully: "Not since I left the military. I just don't believe she's actually gone." he says with tears in his eyes.

~~~

Abby, Stephen, Olivia, Mia and Harrison are all lined up looking through the window discussing whether they should take the case or not.

Stephen: "I vote no. The guy's a fugitive covered in blood. Not once did he question who killed Paige or ask us to find her killer. We all know that's a red flag. Mia, there's got to be some statistics on this, right? I say he did it." he looks towards Mia, but her eyes are still on Sully.

Harrison: "No, I don't think he did. He's a soldier, government-issue trained killing machine. He'd have to be an idiot to get her blood all over himself, call 9-1-1, and then run. But I still vote no. It's a media hand grenade."

Abby: "I don't want to take it because it's too messy, too much work. And I hate republicans." she states to the group, while Olivia looks towards Mia. The two share a look and nod at each other before they both turn back to Sully.

~

Olivia: "My vote always comes down to my gut. My gut tells me everything I need to know."

Mia: "My vote comes down to the person. The behavior, the body language, the words they choose. I vote on the person, not the case."

~

Mia/Olivia: "We're taking his case." they announce causing Stephen, Harrison and Abby to sigh. Afterwards Mia shares a look with Olivia before walking through the doors that lead into her office.

Stephen: "Why do we even bother voting?"

Olivia: "You're pretty and smart. So pretty, so smart." she says after turning to look at Stephen, while Abby and Harrison sigh.

~~~

Mia/Olivia: "Next we set the rules."

~

Mia and Olivia are sitting in front of Sully, back in the conference room, with the rest of the group on the other side of the room.

Olivia: "We're gonna give you a clean shirt and put you in Stephen's office. You are to stay there."

Mia: "No phone calls. Not to work, not to friends, not to press, no one."

Mia/Olivia: "This is on us now. Your job is to stay in that office and let us do our job."

~

Mia/Olivia: "Then we warn them. We always warn them."

~

Olivia: "We have one rule, do not lie."

Mia: "You lie, all bets are off. Got it?"

Mia/Olivia: "Now is there anything else you want to tell us?"

Sully: "I didn't kill her. She was my best friend." he says while looking Olivia in the eye. Then turning to Mia and looking her in the eye, "I loved her." all while on the brink of bursting into tears.

~~~~~

DAVID ROSEN'S FRONT DOOR
Mia and Olivia are walking down the streets of D.C. heading to the Assistant U.S. Attorney, David Rosen's townhouse.

Mia: "He's not gonna be happy."

Olivia: "He'll be fine." she pauses and then turns her head towards Mia. "So, what do you think?"

Mia: "Liv," she responds with a sigh.

Olivia: "Come on, Mimi. Knowing you, you could probably tell me exactly what ran through his mind 22 days ago from a single picture, so what's your theory?"

Mia: "Liv, you've known me long enough to know that I don't share my guesses, especially if I don't have any proof to back them up."

Olivia: "Except they're not just guesses, they're predictions, hell not even that, they're hypotheses. With the knowledge of behaviors and psychology you have plus all the statistics you know, it's no wonder why you have a 93 percent chance of being right."

Mia: "But still a 7 percent chance of being wrong." she mutters but Liv still hears her.

Olivia: "So, you're not going tell me?

Mia: "Do I ever?" she questions with a smirk. Before Olivia gets a chance to respond Mia stops in front of some steps and turns to her, "Look, we're here." Liv sighs before walking up the steps with Mia. Once at the door, Mia knocks on it repeatedly while the two wait for David to answer it.

David: "Why am I not surprised that you're both on this?" he remarks irritably.

Olivia: "You have to give us 48 hours before you arrest or charge Sully St. James."

David: "I was sleeping." he says as he sighs.

Mia: "The U.S. attorney's office never sleeps. You told us that once."

David: "I was being ironic."

Mia: "Your irony needs some work." she mutters as David glares at her comment.

Olivia: "48 hours before you arrest or charge."

David: "Olivia, Mia, you don't have the muscle of the White House behind you anymore. You're both just private citizens, who are, by the way, annoying." he then looks towards Mia before muttering under his breath, "very annoying."

Olivia: "He's a decorated war hero."

Mia: "The man's a patriot."

Olivia: "You realize the blowback you'll get for rushing to judgment on a patriot?"

David: "The blowback you'll create?"

Mia/Olivia: "Well, yeah. That's our job."

David: "Do you actually have the naive belief that waking me in the middle of the night and threatening me is the correct path to getting your way?"

Mia/Olivia: "We weren't threatening you."

Olivia: "He didn't kill her. My gut says he didn't."

David: "Your spidey senses aren't evidence, and what about Doogie Howser over there..."

Mia: "None of my degrees are in medicine." she mumbles with a straight face not showing any emotion.

David: "Oh that's right Dr. Genius over here, doesn't share her widely accurate guesses until after the fact and even still they aren't evidence. Look, I've been on the phone with homicide. He killed her and ran, end of story."

Mia: "You just said you were asleep and also innocent until proven guilty. Or did you forget what this nation was built on?"

David: "Again, very annoying." he says while glaring at her.

Olivia: "We can have a reporter out here in 20 minutes, with cameras, asking why you are persecuting an innocent, handicapped medal of honor winner."

Mia: "Hey, maybe perhaps its because he's a well-known conservative Republican,"

Olivia: "And you are considering a bid on the Democratic ticket next year."

Mia/Olivia: "Just to be clear that was us threatening you."

Mia: "48 hours."

David: "You have until morning."

Olivia: "36."

David: "24 hours."

Mia: "Sold!" she exclaims with a smile.

Olivia: "Pleasure to see you again." the two then turn around and walk down the stairs to leave.

David: "So very annoying." he sighs as he closes the door to his home while Mia turns to Olivia.

Mia: "Told you he wasn't going to be happy."

Olivia: "Fine you were right," she sighs before turning to Mia with a smirk, "So about your prediction." she continued, while Mia just sighs as the two begin walking away.

~~~~~

OPA
Over the span of a few hours, night turned to day and the group all reconvened back in the conference room, after spending the beginning part of their twenty four hours trying to find evidence that Sully didn't kill Paige. The group was now staring at the wall with Mia sitting on the table while sipping from an almost empty mug of coffee, Stephen standing beside her with Abby on the other side of him, and Huck on the other side of Abby. While Harrison and Quinn stood on the other side of Mia, all while Olivia was standing right in front of the wall trying to piece things together but then realized something.

Olivia: "We need more." she declares while a majority of the group sighs.

Stephen: "The guy's alibi is water, bloody clothes, and he's a runner. He killed her."

Mia: "Something's missing." she mumbles under her breath.

Abby: "Definitely killed her."

Olivia: "There. Gun was found on the scene." she says while she points to the picture of the gun on the wall.

Abby: "I'll work the cops, find out if there are any fingerprints on the gun." she says before walking out of the room as Mia got up and walked over to the wall, next to a picture of Sully and Paige.

Mia: "Look at this. Look at how he's looking at her. That right there is love. You don't need a PhD to tell you that Sully loved Paige." she explains as she points to the picture of the two.

Stephen: "A guy in love only kills if he has motive." he replies after walking over to the two, then Olivia's cell phone chimes, "If he has a motive, we need to find it before the police do." he states as Olivia hands the phone to Mia so she can read the text. The text is from Cyrus Beene and reads 'Lafayette Park, 30 minutes.'

Olivia: "Mia and I have to step out. We'll be back. We need more!" she states before walking out of the room with Mia besides her, who hands back the phone.

Quinn: "So what happens now?" she asks as she turns to Harrison.

Harrison: "They want more, we get more." he replies before walking out of the room leaving Quinn by herself and staring at the wall.

~~~~~

LAFAYETTE PARK
Mia and Olivia are walking side by side heading to where Cyrus is at.

Mia: "Why do think he texted just you and not both of us? Usually he texts me or both of us when he needs something. Something's up."

Olivia: "Nothing's up, it probably just slipped his mind. You know the man, he's not as young as he was, when he taught us."

Mia: "Did you just call him old?" she asks with a laugh.

Olivia: "It's this town, it ages you a lot faster. Which explains you so well." she replies with a smirk before seeing their former teacher and greeting him, "What?"

Cyrus: "Hi. Hello. How are you?" he says after he turns around and spots the two of them.

Olivia: "Hi. Hello. How are you? What?" she replies as they walk up to him and begin walking with him, Mia on his left while Olivia is on his right.

Mia: "Hey Cy." she says with a smile.

Cyrus: "Hi Meems," he tells her with a smile, before looking between the two to ask, "You're both working the Sully St. James thing?"

Olivia: "We're trying to stamp out the flames. If you guys could refrain from commenting..."

Cyrus: "What's your gut say?" he asks while turning to Olivia.

Olivia: "He didn't do it."

Cyrus: "Your gut's never wrong." he then turns to Mia, "And you, what do you think?"

Olivia: "I already tried, she's not caving."

Cyrus: "Well, I had to try."

Mia: "It's like you two don't know me at all." she adds in with a laugh before the other two join in.

Cyrus: "But like I said," he turns back to Olivia "Your gut's never wrong. So we'll stay quiet. But keep me in the loop." he then starts looking between the two again. Mia and Olivia share a quick look before looking back at Cyrus.

Olivia: "You didn't ask us here to talk about Sully St. James."

Mia: "You didn't ask for me at all." she says with a playful glare.

Cyrus: "You know what, it must have slipped my mind, but I got you both for the price of one text." he then pauses before continuing, "He needs a favor."

Mia/Olivia: "We don't work for him anymore."

Cyrus: "He trusts you."

Olivia: "We don't work for him anymore."

Cyrus: "And yet you came when I called. You both did."

Mia/Olivia: "What?"

Cyrus: "There's a girl, an aide, going around saying she's sleeping with him." he informs them with a humorless voice.

Mia/Olivia: "Is she?"

Cyrus: "Ladies."

Olivia: "Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky."

Mia: "John Edwards, Rielle Hunter."

Mia/Olivia: "Is she?"

Cyrus: "No. You know him. He's not that guy. I need you to shut her down."

Olivia: "I need to see him."

Cyrus: "Liv, that's not possible." he then turns to Mia, "Meems." he says, hoping she would tell Olivia that it's not necessary.

Olivia: "Don't 'Meems' her. I need to see him." she states before the two of them turn to Mia.

Mia: "I agree with Liv. Cy, you wouldn't be the client, he would be. We need to see him."

Olivia: "You want us to shut her down? Then I need to look him in the eye and know he's not lying."

Cyrus: "He's not... look, the man's schedule is insane. He has no time to see you two."

Olivia: "He wants the favor. He wants our services. We do not work for him anymore, so you tell the President of the United States to make time." she states to him before beginning to walk away from the two and Mia turns to Cyrus to give him a hug goodbye before following after Olivia.

Cyrus: "Just so you know, that thing you two still do, when you both talk at the same time. Still creepy." he shouts after them. They both wave their hands almost mirroring one another without looking back at him indicating that they heard what he said. "Creepy." he mutters before going back to the White House.

~~~~~

OPA
Olivia is standing in front of a mirror after changing into some fresh clothes and putting on high heels when Stephen walks into her office.

Stephen: "You're going?"

Olivia: "I'm going." she informs him when Mia walks into her office, putting on a coat, after she had changed as well.

Mia: "Liv, I just called Cy, he knows we're going to leave soon." Olivia turns to her and nods while putting on her jacket before looking in the mirror for a final time.

Stephen: "You're going too?" he turns to Mia and she nods in response. "To Camp David?" she nods again.

Olivia: "We won't be gone long." she states before her and Mia walk out of the office with Stephen following them into the kitchen.

Stephen: "You're going to Camp David to meet with the President, why?"

Olivia: "Meeting at the White House is too official."

Mia: "Press is there."

Abby: "He wants you to take your old jobs back, doesn't he? He's wooing you both."

Mia/Olivia: "He's not wooing us. We're friends."

Stephen: "You two and I are friends. He's the leader of the free world. Your lives makes me feel unsuccessful." he states with a little pout.

Mia: "Aww, poor Stephen." she remarks as he responds with a slight glare. Olivia grabs two travel mugs of coffee and hands one to Mia.

Olivia: "Stay on Sully. Text us if anything happens. We'll be back soon." she instructs them, before the two begin walking towards the elevator with Stephen and Abby trailing after them.

Stephen: "Hey, um... should I really do it?"

Mia: "Yes." she proclaims.

Stephen: "I'm talking about asking Georgia to marry me."

Mia/Olivia: "Yes."

Stephen: "Because I was thinking I'd buy the ring today, but now with Sully..."

Olivia: "Stephen, do you want me to talk you into it or out of it?"

Stephen: "Into it. Out of it. No. Into it."

Olivia: "Normal lives that's the dream. You love her. She loves you. Normal people get married."

Mia: "She right. It's healthy, it's normal. Ask her."

Stephen: "You won't even date." he says to Olivia before turning to Mia, at the same time that the four are getting into the elevator, "And for almost the entire time I've known you, I don't think I've ever seen you interested in anyone." Mia tenses up only slightly before responding with a shrug. Stephen and Abby miss it while Olivia sees it.

Olivia: "Well, we're not normal." she replies as the elevator doors close to take them down. Meanwhile in the conference room, Quinn comes rushing in and over to Harrison with a piece of paper in her hands.

Quinn: "Huck finally managed to hack Paige's e-mail. I've been reading them and I think I found something. Paige sent an email to a friend, Ariel Masse. On the night of the murder, they were supposed to attend an embassy party together." she excitedly tells him.

Harrison: "So why didn't she go?"

Quinn: "I, I don't know."

Harrison: "Don't ever say 'I don't know.' Olivia doesn't believe in 'I don't know.' And Mia... she will pick up the nearest book around her and throw it at you before you have any clue that it's about to hit you. And with her it's always some 500 page hardcover textbook. That woman gave me a scar that didn't go away for two months when I first started. Don't ever say 'I don't know'. They asks you why, you better have an answer." he then turns to yell out in the hallway "Abby!"

~~~~~

OLIVIA'S CAR
Olivia is driving her and Mia to Camp David to talk to the President. Mia is quietly staring out the window, when Olivia looks over to her worryingly.

Olivia: "Are you okay?"

Mia: "I'm fine." she states still looking out the window.

Olivia: "Mia, I saw how you responded to Stephen's remark. It's okay if you're not fine. It's normal even."

Mia: "Olivia, I'm fine," she turns to look at Olivia. "It happened a long time ago, I've moved on. No need to bring up old crappy memories."

Olivia: "Except, you're you, and can't forget anything. I'm you're best friend and I just want to make sure—"

Mia: "You're right, you're my best friend. And you're also right about how I can't forget, but I can move on. Which I did a long time ago. But Liv, I don't want to talk about this anymore, okay." she seriously states before turning on the radio and then going to pull out her driver's license since she saw the entrance to Camp David up ahead.

Olivia: "Okay." she quietly replies.

Radio: "In other news, White House press secretary Joyce Armstrong is saying that as of now, President Grant will issue no comment regarding war hero Sullivan St. James' possible involvement in the murder of socialite Paige Montgomery." they hear from the car speakers as Olivia pulls up to the gates of Camp David and hands over her ID while Mia hands hers over as well.

Olivia: "Olivia Pope."

Mia: "Mia James."

~~~~~

CAMP DAVID
An aide escorts Mia and Olivia into a room where Cyrus is waiting for them.

Aide: "He'll be right with you." they say, while ushering the two of them in, before leaving.

Olivia: "Hi. Hello. How are you?" she jokingly greets Cyrus.

Cyrus: "Better. You're here, he'll be out in a moment."

Mia: "I don't know what you're talking about, I also say 'hello'." she says with a smirk as she goes to hug him, "Hi"

Cyrus: "Hi Meems."

Olivia: "First lady came. She knows about this?" she asks as Mia gives him a skeptical look.

Cyrus: "It's not like during the election, ladies. The isolation of the White House bonded them. Their marriage is stronger than ever." Mia nods her head as the first lady, Mellie Grant, walks through the door.

Mellie: "Liv! Mia!" she exclaims as she goes in to hug them both.

Mia/Olivia: "Mellie."

Mellie: "You never call. You never write." she turns to Mia, "Neither of you."

Mia: "Well, you're a little busy." she says with an apologetic look.

Olivia: "She's right. How are the kids?"

Mellie: "She's Mia, she's always right." she says while looking at Mia before turning to Olivia, "But to answer your question, Jerry's adjusting to White House life pretty well. While Karen she misses her friends, hates the Secret Service. How are you, Liv? Are you dating anybody? Because there is this guy at the council's office, I think you'd really hit it off with."

Olivia: "I'm good, really. Thank you." she responds to the first lady, while President Fitzgerald Grant walks into the room and sees Olivia.

Fitz: "Livvie." he greets her causing them all to look towards the doorway while he walks over to Olivia to professionally shake her hand but the handshake lasts just a little bit too long.

Olivia: "Mr. President."

Fitz: "And Mia." he turns to her after releasing Olivia's hand, to go and shake hers.

Mia: "Mr. Governor." she greets jokingly to take the slight tension away from the two, "Oh, wait you got a promotion, didn't you?" she pauses before greeting with a smile while the rest of them chuckle, "Mr. President."

~~~~~

Fitz, Olivia, Mia and Cyrus are walking on the grounds of Camp David, with Mia and Cyrus a step behind the other two. Mia is watching, analyzing and listening to everything that Fitz and Cyrus are saying.

Fitz: "It's good to see you." he turns to look back at Mia before looking back towards Olivia, "Both of you. I know you two have your hands full with the Sully St. James thing. I can't thank you enough for taking this on."

Cyrus: "Her name is Amanda Tanner. She's 27. I've got rumors she might be talking." he hands each of them a copy of the file.

Mia/Olivia: "And you can't fire her."

Cyrus: "Not without a nightmare on our hands. Look, as yet, she hasn't gone to the press. I'd like to put a stop to it before she does." Mia looks at him and nods.

Fitz: "It's not right. Makes me look like a dirty old man."

Olivia: "I have to ask."

Fitz: "No. I never, I would never. No. You've known me a long time, longer than most. You know I did not fall for some young girl. You know there's only one person I love." he states while looking Olivia in the eye, all while Mia is still watching him closely.

Cyrus: "Mellie and Fitz are happy together, ladies. He'd have no reason to cheat." he says as Mia and Olivia look at each other briefly before nodding and turning to the two.

Olivia: "We'll handle it. Consider it handled."
Mia: "We'll take care of it. Consider it taken care of." the two say over one another causing Fitz and Cyrus to let out a laugh at the two.

Cyrus: "All that time together and still can't agree on which one to say, huh?"

Mia/Olivia: "Nope." they reply as the two men chuckle again before Fitz turns to look towards Olivia.

Fitz: "You should come back to the White House. We need you on our side."

Olivia: "I like working for myself." she says as Mia clears her throat and Olivia glances back at her, "With Mia. But I've never left your side." Fitz sighs and looks towards Mia.

Fitz: "What about you Doc, I'd love to have a certified genius back at the White House."

Mia: "No, I like working with my best friend too much to leave her." she glances at Olivia before turning back to Fitz and Cyrus, "But Liv's right, neither of us have left your side. And we're still only one phone call away." she says as they all smile.

Cyrus: "The band's back together." he says excitedly as they continue to walk through the grounds.

~~~~~