**FB GRANT CAMPAIGN HQ**

Fitz: "This is the man who's gonna save my campaign?" he skeptically asks the two, after looking towards a very dirty and hairy Huck, who is sitting on a couch eating some pizza.

Mia/Olivia: "Governor, if they look like weapons, they're hard to keep secret."

Mellie: "Is he wearing pants?" she asks, after Huck stands up and they can see his bare ankles.

~~~

**FB STREETS OF D.C.**
Huck: "You're late." he informs the two, after Mia, Liv and Cyrus walk up to him, earlier that morning.

Mia/Olivia: "Blame this guy."

Mia: "Cyrus, give us a minute."

Olivia: "Huck, are you ready to reenter the real world today?" she asks once Cyrus walks away, and after her and Mia hand him the coffee and donut they brought.

~~~

Huck: "Paul Mosley. Literacy policy advisor for—" he starts to inform the group before getting cut off.

Mellie: "We all know who he is. He was advising me on literacy. But that's it. End of story. I would never,"

Fitz: "Honey, it's not necessary. We believe you."

Huck: "They were following you. Did you know that?"

Mellie: "What?"

Huck: "A guy like me, but, like, cleaner, has been following you for over seven months. Taking these photos, gathering evidence to use against you, just waiting for the chance." he tells them, as he hands the group some pictures. 

Fitz: "How'd you get these?"

Huck: "Anything digital, it's all just out there. Patterns of ones and zeros waiting to be gotten." he says before heading over to a laptop.

Cyrus: "All these late night meetings it doesn't look good."

Mia/Olivia: "And the story's picking up traction because Mosley's not denying it."

Cyrus: "They must be paying him off."

Huck: "I pulled up all his financials. His password is 'literacy.'"

Mia: "Idiot." she mutters about Mosley, while standing over Huck.

Huck: "An idiot, yes, but good for us." he comments.

Olivia: "What's he got? Swiss accounts? Cayman Islands?"

Huck: "Uh, just small amounts. 7 cents. Uh, Tiny Step Productions. Here's another $4.19."

Cyrus: "Hardly damning. Keep looking."

Mia: "Small payments can be interesting as well."

Huck: "She's right, they can be."

Fitz: "Why is that?"

Huck: "Well, he's been getting quarterly payments from Tiny Step Productions. Tiny ones going back 30 years." he tells the group, as Mia and Liv share a look.

Mia: "We should call—"

Olivia: "Already dialing." she interrupts her and begins talking to Abby on the phone, "You ready to try something new?"

Abby: "I was thinking of going savory, but what's up?"

~~~~~

**FB TINY STEP PRODUCTIONS**
Abby: "Excuse me." she says walking into a small office with a plate of cupcakes.

Receptionist: "Hello."

Abby: "What do you do here?"

Receptionist: "We're a feature film company."

Abby: "Oh? What kind of films?"

Receptionist: "Specialty films, ma'am."

Abby: "Like educational or..." she asks, but the receptionist just gives her a look like she's crazy.

~~~~~

**FB GRANT CAMPAIGN BUS**
Cyrus: "No way!" he tells James, as the campaign staff is getting on the bus.

James: "No, no way, what?"

Cyrus: "You lost your seat on the bus when you ran that Mosley/Mellie affair nonsense of a story without even running it by me."

James: "I called for comment. You didn't pick up."

Cyrus: "I expected more from you, James."

James: "Don't bully me for doing my job, Cy. 'Times' ran that story, too." he explains, as Mia opens a window on the bus and sticks her head out of it.

Mia: "We expected more from you, James."

Cyrus: "See." he says while pointing at Mia, who has a smirk on her face, and then before getting on the bus, Cyrus turns to another reporter and says, "Claire, you're off the bus, too. Ask James why."

Fitz: "Hey, Liv?" he asks trying to get her attention while loading up some of the bags. 

Olivia: "Yeah."

Fitz: "We on top of this, getting this guy to come clean?"

Olivia: "We're on it." she says, as she goes to get on the bus.

Fitz: "What does that mean, 'we're on it'?"

Olivia: "We got a guy."

Fitz: "You two have a guy? Another guy? Hells angel? Mobster? A kindhearted felon who owes you a favor?" he questions as he follows her, about to get on the bus.

Mia/Olivia: "Technically, he's on probation." they answer back, while Mia's head is still sticking out the window and Fitz is looking between the two confused.

~~~~~

**FB PAUL MOSLEY'S HOUSE**
Harrison is sitting in front of Paul Mosley's TV while watching one of the 'specialty' films that Mosley has starred in when said man walks in and spots him.

TV: "Don't forget the little pinkie toe. Mm! Mwah! Mm!"

Harrison: "Toe sucking not my thing, but I admire the technique, no matter the application. And you, Paul Mosley, a.k.a. Brock 'The Mouth' Stone hahaha! You got mad skills. You commit."

Paul: "Get the hell out of my house."

Harrison: "No wonder they made eight sequels of 'Twinkle Toes on Parade.'"

Paul: "I'm calling the cops."

Harrison: "Save your minutes. I already did. I figured they'd need a patrol or two to manage the media circus that's gonna be tearing up your front lawn in about four minutes. You see this, your toe-sucking highness, is your golden opportunity to fervently deny any remotely romantic involvement with Mellie Grant before you are a national joke and the entire literacy community that holds you in such high esteem reads all about your lengthy and decorated career as an artist of toe-rotica. Wow! Can I get an amen, Paul?"

~~~~~

**FB REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE**
**SOUTH CAROLINA **
Mia, Liv and Cyrus are watching Fitz and Sally, on stage, as they answer questions from the moderator, Kendal.

Sally: "We have the technology. We should aerial drone the hell out of our Southern borders and protect our legal citizens. Unless, of course, Governor Grant wants to open up his Santa Barbara ranch for amnesty."

Kendal: "The next question is for you, Governor Grant. Your marriage has received a lot of attention during this primary campaign. And while allegations of infidelity have been dismissed, criticism lingers amongst voters. Why do you think that is?"

Cyrus: "We knew it was coming." he mutters to Mia and Liv.

Fitz: "I think that a lot gets lost in translation between real life and packaged news footage. You can't capture 20 years of marriage in a snapshot. You can't capture chemistry with a photo op. I know what some people perceive and what the... the whispers are, but... the most honest thing that I can tell you about myself right now, Kendal, is that I'm a man in love with an incredible woman." he proclaims as he glances at Liv, but everyone else is so busy clapping for his speech that they don't know, well almost everyone. Mia looks at him and realizes that he was looking at Liv during that last sentence, and quietly sighs.

~~~

**FB HOTEL ELEVATOR**
Standing in an elevator alone, Olivia and Fitz slowly reach out their hands to hold each other. And as their hands are about to meet, the doors open to Mia, Cyrus and the other staffers, who are celebrating, causing them to pull away.

Cyrus: "There's the man!"

Crowd: "Whoo!"

Mia/Cyrus: "Congratulations!" they tell him before Cyrus pulls Fitz out, leaving Liv inside, which causing Mia to step on. 

Crowd: "Congratulations! Yeah! Uh-huh! Whoo!"

Mia: "Are you okay?" she asks worriedly once the elevator doors close, "Do you need to talk about it?"

Olivia: "I just need a minute."

Mia: "Okay, take your minute." she says after pushing the button to make the elevator stop. Liv then turns to the wall and silently tears up. 

~~~~~

GIDEON'S APARTMENT
Gideon: "Hi. This is Gideon Wallace from 'The D.C. Sun.' We spoke last week about Amanda Tanner in 3-B... Yes, I do know what time it is... Hey, I know it's late, but I- do you know who's looking after Amanda's dog? I think it's a golden retriever... Do you know who's watching it for her?... Her boyfriend? Really?" he says over the phone, as he continues to go over his materials on the deceased girl, and also writes some notes down from his call.

~~~~~

DAVID'S OFFICE
Alissa: "Look at these logs." she says pointing out a paper, as her and David look through the files on Amanda, "This girl is signing into the White House at the crack of dawn and signing out in the wee hours, every day. You know what I think? I think work and play overlapped. Think about it. She never goes home, so where's she doing it? The White House, that's where. Oh, like you wouldn't."

David: "So she was sleeping with someone in the White House, as apparently, any red-blooded American would."

Alissa: "And plus, it's gotta be someone in the parts of the West Wing she's logging into. Come on. That totally narrows it down." she adds in before taking a bite from her Chinese takeout box.

David: "To 57 employees of the male persuasion. So the question remains who's her baby daddy?"

Alissa: "Did you just say 'baby daddy'?"

~~~~~

**FB GRANT CAMPAIGN HQ*
Mia/Olivia: "We need the latest poll numbers for Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma." they tell a staffer while walking through the room.

Woman: "I'm on it."

Olivia: "Super Tuesday is coming, people!"

Mia: "And it's gonna kill us if we don't stay on top of it!" she exclaims as Fitz makes his way over to the two. 

Fitz: "Morning."

Mia/Olivia: "Good morning, Governor Grant." they say while looking through some files when Mia's phone rings.

Mia: "Oh, I have to take this." she tells Liv, before answering the phone and exiting the room.

Olivia: "Did you need something?" she questions Fitz when he is still standing there.

Fitz: "No, just... no."

Olivia: "Good." she replies, before walking away, with him following after her. He then pulls her into the hallway and closes the door.

Fitz: "I'm married."

Olivia: "I know."

Fitz: "I'm running for President."

Olivia: "I know."

Fitz: "I can't."

Olivia: "I don't want you to."

Fitz: "But... just... stand here with me, for one minute. Let's not go back in there or talk or think or... For one minute, we just stand here, and I'm not the candidate and you're not the campaign fixer. We're just us. One minute, for one minute. Just... stand here with me."

Olivia: "One minute." she states before the two just stand there looking at each other. About half way through their minute, and unknown to them, Mia goes to turn down the hallway, but stops when she sees them. She leaves the two of them be, and nearing the end of the minute, the door that Fitz had just closed opens and reveals Mellie.

Mellie: "Oh! Liv, there you are. You've really got to look at what they have me wearing at the town hall tonight. I was looking for Mia, but I couldn't find her. I really think it's too much, you have to take a look." she tells Liv, before the campaign fixer follows Mellie back into the room. And not long after, Mia approaches the governor, who had stayed in the hallway.

Mia: "Governor."

Fitz: "Hey, Doc. What's up?"

Mia: "Not much, just a call from my doctoral advisor. Wanted to let me know, that they got my latest draft for my dissertation."

Fitz: "Oh okay, you know I don't think I've ever asked which PhD you're currently working towards right now."

Mia: "Behavioral Analysis." she tells him, causing him to nod at the twenty year old with slight anxiety.

Fitz: "That's really... intriguing. Um... what made you—"

Mia: "Sir, I'm going to stop you there, and just tell you something. Something that will definitely cross some lines, but seeing as you're running for President, I feel that you need to hear what I'm about to say."

Fitz: "And what would that be?"

Mia: "Don't do it."

Fitz: "What? I don't know—"

Mia: "Don't play dumb, it doesn't suit you. Don't do it. If not for you, and your possible presidency, or even for her. Don't do it, for your wife, or your children." she states causing him to get mad.

Fitz: "I don't know what you're thinking, but—" he tries to state before getting cut off from her again.

Mia: "Don't do it. It won't end well, sir." she reiterates and just before she heads back in, she looks at him once more, "Sir, do you know my background? Do you where I came from?"

Fitz: "The most I know is Chicago."

Mia: "You should look into it, then you'll understand why I'm saying what I'm saying. If you don't know where to start, Cyrus should have some files on me somewhere. A lot is in there." she informs him before walking back into the conference room with everyone else.

~~~~~

**FB GRANT CAMPAIGN BUS**
At the back of the bus, Mia is sipping from a cup of coffee while looking at the same copies of papers that Liv, Cyrus, Fitz and Mellie all have in their hands.

Cyrus: "Just got the tracking polls for Super Tuesday. You're still down with women. They're for Sally and they're not changing their mind."

Fitz: "I crushed her in that debate. The whole country saw it."

Olivia: "It's hard to win over women when there's a viable female candidate in the race. We've been waiting a long time."

Mia: "Ugh... I can't stand her." she mumbles into her cup.

Olivia: "I know." she jokingly comforts. 

Fitz: "So what do we do?"

Cyrus: "We've got the oppo on her. Three witnesses all willing to speak on the record about snorting coke at a frat party with Sally Langston, back when she was just a Tri Delt."

Olivia: "It won't work."

Mia: "As much as I would love to see that scandal hit headlines, you can't nail Sally Langston on morality. Sally found God, Cyrus."

Olivia: "And once you find God, all is forgiven. That's kind of the point."

Cyrus: "No, the point is we can't win without women."

Fitz: "No. You take the opposition research and you put it in the garbage. We're playing the rest of the game above board, win or lose."

Cyrus: "Okay." he warily agrees, while Mellie is staying quiet, which Mia finds slightly off but doesn't comment on.

~~~~~

**FB GRANT CAMPAIGN EVENT**
**GEORGIA**
Fitz and a strangely quiet Mellie are sitting in front of a group of women and eating pie, as Mia, Liv and Cyrus are standing behind the reporters and the cameras.

Fitz: "And that's exactly why I think deregulation is a good thing, like this pie. Do y'all really get to eat this all the time? Cause if you do, I'll have to spend a lot more time down here."

Mellie: "I'm sorry. I just I can't do this anymore." she tells him, while setting down her fork and finally speaking up. 

Fitz: "Mel?" he worryingly asks her, as Mia, Liv and Cyrus look at each other unsure.

Mellie: "It's okay, honey, I just I need to say it. Um... a few months ago, Fitz and I found out that we were pregnant with our third child. And we were so thrilled, so excited to bring a new life into our family. But campaigns can be so stressful, and I guess uh- I guess my body just couldn't handle it. And I lost our baby. Even though it was only eight weeks... it was a baby and it was a member of our family and I have grieved for the loss of our child every day since. And I know that many of you have sensed, um, I don't know, distance between me and Fitz during the campaign, while we have struggled through this terrible experience as best we could. And I should say- Fitz wanted to quit to give us time to take care of each other, but I wouldn't let him, because I truly believe that he is the best person to be President of the United States, and I couldn't let our loss stand in the way of that." she says to the room, causing everyones' faces to soften, Mia however is looking at the woman skeptically, as Fitz hugs her and she whispers for only him to hear, "I think that ought to take care of it, don't you?"

~~~~~

GIDEON'S APARTMENT
Gideon: "Hey, Marco. How's the night shift treating you?... Cool. Did you get that coroner's report yet?... Seriously? How far along?" he asks as he writes down some notes, "Hi. Gideon Wallace. 'D.C. Sun.'... Yeah, that's right. I called before... No, I didn't know you needed to be at work in an hour. Do you know Amanda's boyfriend? He's watching her dog?... Works at the White House. You don't know his name?... Lives in Logan Circle. All right. Thank you." he says as he speaks to someone else on the phone before writing some information from the most recent call.

~~~~~

DAVID'S OFFICE
Alissa: "Old. Old. Ugly. Psycho eyes. Ugly. Old. Old." she says while going through photos of men that work in the West Wing.

David: "I have learned so much tonight."

Alissa: "What about this guy? Robert Sullivan. Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security."

David: "Why him?"

Alissa: "He's cute. But look at that smile. He could totally be a killer."

David: "You think whoever knocked her up was also the one who killed her?"

Alissa: "Of course. It's always the boyfriend."

David: "Of course."

~~~~~

CYRUS'S HOUSE
Mia: "A sex tape." she says as Cyrus hands her a drink before sitting besides her on a couch.

Cyrus: "Yep."

Mia: "And now Nixon's resignation." she continues while looking down at her glass. 

Cyrus: "Are you trying to kill me?" he jokingly ask her.

Mia: "Hey, I'm not the one that has a sex tape." she says while laughing which causes him to laugh.

Cyrus: "True, very true. And I can still hear it. It sounds like the administration falling apart. From him saying 'Take off your clothes.'" he starts to say, which causes Mia to stop laughing and look up from her drink. "To the earlier sound of a faint crashing sound, like something breaking, kind of like this presidency crashing down and breaking ap— what?"

Mia: "Like a lamp falling off a table?"

Cyrus: "Yeah, I guess. Why?" he asks, as a look of realization appears on Mia's face, "Meems?"

~~~~~

**FB GRANT CAMPAIGN BUS**
On the bus, late that night after their campaign event in Georgia, the group is seated all around the bus. Mia is half awake while trying to work on her dissertation in the back, with Fitz a row ahead of her staring out the window, and Liv is sitting next to an asleep Cyrus, drinking some coffee before she walks to the back of the bus to talk to Fitz, but spots Mia with her eyes closed and her laptop open.

Olivia: "Mimi," she whispers to try and get her to close her computer. When she doesn't responds Liv goes and tries to shut it for her.

Mia: "I'm awake." she jolts up and then sees Liv, "What's happening?"

Olivia: "Mia, put your computer away and get some sleep."

Mia: "No, I'm good. I want to get a few more pages written before we get to the hotel. I'll sleep there."

Olivia: "Mia."

Mia: "I'm good. I'm putting my headphones on. Jam out to some Beatles classics and knock out some pages for this paper." she tells her as she puts her headphones on and hits play on her phone, while Olivia goes and sits next to Fitz.

Olivia: "I was sorry to hear about your loss. Are you...? Is Mellie okay? If she needs to take a break from the campaign, I'm sure we could,"

Fitz: "Mellie's fine. She flew to Alabama. She's doing twelve campaign stops in two days. She's thrilled. Nothing keeps that woman down, not even a fake miscarriage. She's a real catch, my wife. I'm a lucky man." he quietly says.

Olivia: "I'm sorry."

Fitz: "Oh, God. Please don't. Don't be nice to me. I'm sitting here complaining to you about my wife, which is sleazy and low and not fair to you and the oldest trick in the book. Suddenly I'm looking down at myself and I'm... how did I get here? Why didn't I meet you sooner? What kind of a coward was I to marry her and not wait for you to show up?"

Olivia: "Governor Grant..."

Fitz: "Oh, for God sake, we are so far beyond the 'Governor Grant' crap. Just say my name."

Olivia: "That's crossing the line. It would be inappropriate."

Fitz: "Then let's be inappropriate. Say my name."

Olivia: "Fitz."

~~~~~

**FB HOTEL**
Cyrus: "This is me. How early are we starting tomorrow?" he asks while approaching a room, as him, Mia, Liv and Fitz are walking down a hall.

Olivia: "6:00 A.M. pancake breakfast at the Baptist church,"

Mia: "And then a prayer meeting." she says with a sigh.

Cyrus: "I can already feel the holy water burning my pagan flesh."

Mia: "Join the club." she tells him, causing the man to chuckle, as she reaches her door and opens it up.

Mia/Cyrus: "Night." they say before walking into their rooms.

Fitz: "Night."

Olivia: "Good night." she tells the two, as her and Fitz continues down the hall toward their own rooms. "This is me."

Fitz: "I'm down there. Just go in your room and close the door, and we'll pretend this never happened... go in your room." he says, but she ignores him and walks towards his hotel room.

~~~

Liv and Fitz are kissing passionately when he pushes her against a table in the room and they knock down a lamp.

Fitz: "Take off your clothes." he instructs her. 

~~~

After tossing and turning for a little while, after going into her hotel room, Mia came to the conclusion that she wasn't able to sleep anymore. Which led to her leaving the room, to head to the vending machines to get something to eat. As she was walking down the hall, mumbling to herself about eventually getting a normal sleep schedule, she heard a crashing sound coming from Fitz's room. She then went to knock on the door, to make sure everything was alright, when she heard him speak up.

Fitz: "Take off your clothes." she hears, causing her eyes to grow and her to back away and head to the vending machine.

~~~~~

**FB UNKNOWN LOCATION**
In an unknown location, a man is listening in on Fitz and his mystery woman that is in his hotel room with him, when he takes off his headphones and makes a call.

Man: "Yeah, I think I got something. Some woman. Nah, you can't tell who it is. They're not exactly talking. Yep. I'll send it your way." he says exporting the recording to a flash drive.

~~~~~

GIDEON'S APARTMENT
Still going over his research on Amanda, Gideon eventually connects her to the White House, to the Langston campaign, and then to Billy Chambers, who is on camera, during one of the videos Gideon had, laughing with her.

~~~~~

**FB LANGSTON CAMPAIGN HQ**
Delivery Guy: "This goes to your boss." he says while handing Amanda Tanner, the package containing the flash drive. After signing for the delivery, she bring it over to Billy.

Amanda: "Sorry to interrupt. This just came for you." she says, before handing him the package.

Billy: "Thank you. I'm sorry. What's your name again? There's so many new people around here, I keep losing track."

Amanda: "Amanda. Tanner. And please, no worries. I'm just happy to be here. I'm a huge fan of Senator Langston."

Billy: "Amanda. I won't forget this time. I promise." he tells her with a smile.

~~~~~

CYRUS'S HOUSE
Cyrus is staring at Mia, waiting for her to say what was going through her mind, as she was pacing back and forth.

Cyrus: "Meems?"

Mia: "You said there was a crashing sound before he says the words 'Take off your clothes', right?" she questions while turning to face him.

Cyrus: "Yes."

Mia: "I don't think that tape is what you think it is." she informs him, causing Cyrus to give her a confused look.

~~~~~

OLIVIA'S APARTMENT
Fitz(on CD): "Take off your clothes." she hears after hitting play on the tape. She then gasps, before pausing the recording and turning towards Fitz.

Olivia: "Cyrus got this? In the mail? Someone's had this for two years. Why wait? Why now?"

Fitz: "All they had was a tape and a voice. They needed the voice. They needed a girl."

Olivia: "They needed Amanda Tanner."

~~~~~

DAVID'S OFFICE
Alissa: "If the baby's blood type is A, and Amanda's is B, then the father has to be either type A or type AB. We could subpoena the White House personnel files for the blood types." she suggests, still trying to piece everything together, as David is lying down, giving up on his theory,

David: "Alissa, we don't have enough to subpoena anyone for anything."

Alissa: "Ugh, but we are so close."

David: "We're not close. We have a suicide and a hunch. Go home."

Alissa: "What?"

David: "Get some sleep. Study for the bar. Go shoe shopping. Sorry I kept you up all night on a wild nothing."

Alissa: "David?"

David: "Yeah?"

Alissa: "I'm not. Good night."

David: "Night."

~~~~~

GIDEON'S APARTMENT
Gideon: "Hi. Uh, this is Gideon Wallace with 'The D.C. Sun.' I'd like to speak to Chief of Staff Chambers, please... Oh, you answer your own phone. Cool. Uh, I'm calling to get a quote for a story I'm working on." he says, making another phone call, as Quinn is exiting his bedroom.

Quinn: "I'm gonna run out and grab some bagels."

Gideon: "Right. Okay. Well, it's about your relationship with Amanda Tanner." he tells Billy over the phone after Quinn walked out of the apartment.

~~~~~

**FB LANGSTON CAMPAIGN HQ**
Sally: "Thank you, Governor." she says over the phone to Fitz before hanging up, while Billy excitedly rushes up to the senator, "Billy."

Billy: "Don't thank me until you hear it."

Sally: "That was Governor Grant. I've just accepted his offer to be his V.P. Billy, we were creamed on Super Tuesday. We are out of options."

Billy: "So what? We just... no. No! He is a philandering faux conservative who will destroy everything, every single thing that we have promised to millions of people, honest Americans. What are we gonna say to them?"

Sally: "Tell 'em to vote. Vote Grant-Langston."

Billy: "This makes Super Tuesday nothing, a blip. Just listen. All right, not for me, but for the future of our country."

Sally: "Matthew 13:24. There's a parable about a group of enemies who plant bad seeds amongst the good ones to ruin the crops. The farmer notices weeds growing amongst the fruit. The servants ask the farmer if they should round up the weeds before the harvest, and what does the farmer say?"

Billy: "'Let them grow together.'"

Sally: "One day, God will burn the weeds and save the fruit, Billy, but for now, let 'em grow."

~~~~~

OLIVIA'S APARTMENT
Olivia: "You need to get back to the White House before the press corps comes in." she tells him, as the sun is beginning to rise. 

Fitz: "Mm. I've imagined your place a thousand times. I like it. It's very you."

Olivia: "Yeah. Living alone has its perks."

Fitz: "I should go."

Olivia: "You should go."

Fitz: "Oh... one minute?"

Olivia: "Yeah. One minute." she agrees as the two sit on the couch and hold each other for a minute.

Fitz: "Good-bye, Livvie."

Olivia: "Good-bye, Mr. President." she says after they get up and Fitz leaves.

~~~~~

GIDEON'S APARTMENT
Gideon: "Amanda Tanner worked in the West Wing with you. There's pictures of the two of you, including several with her dog." he explains to Billy, while sharing his finding with the V.P.'s Chief of Staff.

Billy: "Yeah. Yeah, I can see that. Can we just get right to the point here, Gideon? What are you saying exactly?"

Gideon: "I think you had a relationship with Amanda. I think you were her boyfriend."

Billy: "Is that it? Is that your big discovery, that we were boyfriend and girlfriend? That we held hands? Went steady?"

Gideon: "If I were the Vice President's Chief of Staff, that's not something that I would want people to know, especially considering that she—"

Billy: "Morons."

Gideon: "What?"

Billy: "I'm surrounded by morons. Huge, clueless morons."

Gideon: "I've got a story here."

Billy: "Yeah, genius, you do, only it's the wrong one. I'm not the story. The President's the story. The President is the one who slept with Amanda Tanner. I was your source in the White House. I sent you the pictures of Amanda and the President and the stupid dog. I sent you the West Wing logs. She visited him practically every day. Dear God, man, I did everything except draw you a picture of their stick figures doing it! All you had to do was put two and two together. What is it with people? Why are they so freaking stupid?! You, Amanda. It was an easy script for both of you. Big letters, small words. You could- you could follow it in your sleep."

Gideon: "Oh, my God. You sent her in to sleep with the President."

Billy: "'Oh, my God.' You call yourself a journalist? You're a joke. You could have been the next Woodward and Bernstein and the best you can do is tell everyone that I had a relationship with a crazy dead girl? Good luck with that story."

Gideon: "That's not all I came up with."

Billy: "You're an idiot. Whatever you say, I'll just deny it. This conversation never happened." he says as he goes to leave.

Gideon: "According to the coroner's report, Amanda was 13 weeks pregnant. I bet it's your baby. I may be a joke, but 'Dead White House Intern Was Carrying V.P. Aide's Love Child' that sure sounds like a story to me. I even have a copy of the coroner's report if you want to see it. Gotta believe they can run a DNA match between you and a fetus. This conversation might be easy to deny, but that sure as hell wouldn't be, would it? Let me just see where I put that. I'll show you." he informs Billy, leaving the man stunned. Then when Gideon turns his back to look for the report, Billy spots a pair of scissors and jams them into the side of Gideon's neck, leaving him bleeding out on the ground before Billy runs out, "Aah! Oh!"

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**FB GRANT-LANGSTON PRESS CONFERENCE**
Mia, Liv, Cyrus and Billy are standing in the wings of the stage, watching Fitz announce that Sally is joining his ticket for the White House, in front of a cheering crowd.

Fitz: "It is my honor to have Senator Langston's conviction and strong sense of justice by my side. And with your support, we are gonna take the White House in November and we are gonna bring America the change it's been waiting for!"

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Mia is standing away from everyone else, after receiving a phone call that has caused her to look slightly upset, when Fitz walks up to her.

Fitz: "Hey, you okay? Everyone's celebrating. You should be too."

Mia: "Phone call. Just finished."

Fitz: "Oh. Advisor again?"

Mia: "Something like that." she says strained.

Fitz: "You know, I looked into those files that you had mentioned." he quietly tells her causing her to nod.

Mia: "Before or after you slept with my best friend?" she sternly asks him.

Fitz: "Mia,"

Mia: "No. By the look on your face you did it before you slept with her. Meaning that even after reading those files, you still chose to do it." she then turns to leave but stops and turns back toward him, "I didn't say what I said before to make you mad, or to warn you to stay away from her or I would hurt you. I told you because you're not alone in your choices. There are more people that will be affected by them. I told you what I told you, so that you would hopefully think about them. Cause just because your choices may be a good idea for you doesn't mean they will for the people around you. And even though right now it's not your job to make sure that everyone is happy. That the job you're gunning for. That is the job that people will elect you for. The job that people will want you to take on and make them happy that they chose you. So think about your choices. Think about the people they may affect. Think about your choices. I know I did when I voted for the Grant ticket during the Illinois primaries." she informs him before joining the others in celebrating the Republican Presidential nomination. 

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posted — December 1st, 2020
reposted — September 29th, 2022

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