Chapter 1
The Day after the Grand Jury is thrown out. (A Thursday)
Will was downtown shooting hoops contemplating what he was going to do now that the fishing expedition by the SA's office was over.
Alicia was sitting in her living room thinking she really should have told her kids about Will, instead of bailing out and saying
"Let's Go on a Holiday".
But then again she had finished things with Will a few weeks ago. Oh how she wished she hadn't ended it. Thinking about wishing it wasn't doing her any good, so she decided it was time to go found Will and then maybe she would actually have something to tell the kids about.
Alicia left her apartment and went looking around the normal places in Chicago, that she had seen Will before. Lockhart Gardner, the courts and their favourite bar but he was in known of those places. Alicia then had a though were does Will go after a tough day, the basketball courts. So that's where Alicia headed next.
Alicia enters the stadium and sees Will at the free throw line taking a shot. Alicia steps onto the court in her high heels and yells out.
"You know counselor the balls meant to go into the basket."
Will hears the voice, he doesn't need to turn around to know who's there. He would know that voice from anywhere. He turns around and say's
"I would like to see you do better. If I remember rightly in college you were a terrible shot."
"Just a shot from the free-throw line Will, I could do that with my eyes closed. What about a little one on one, I would love to sweat the floor with you."
"Look at you and the sport metaphors, but I highly doubt you can sweat the floor with me, when your are in high heels."
"Don't worry about me and my heels, you're just saying that cause your worried." Alicia walks towards Will and takes the basketball from him and lays it up.
"Oh look at that, I think that makes me two up."
"It's all right I was just giving you a head start."
Alicia has the ball and Will starts guarding her.
"So did you just come here to play basketball, cause with what you wearing tells me you didn't come to play basketball."
Alicia still dribbling the ball, and answers Will's question. "Well in a matter of a fact Gardner I wanted to talk about us."
Will is surprised by what came out of Alicia's mouth; he assumed they would never have another chance
"Us are you saying what I think your saying"
"That depends on what you think I'm saying. I was thinking while Wendy was questioning me that I really did enjoy our time together and then again when I was about to tell my kids about us, that I really am missing you. But every time I go to tell the kids I would much rather tell them that something is still going on, cause at least than I would be happy and be able to deal with the consequences. So what do you think? "
Alicia drives the ball towards the basket. Will grabs her round the waist and forces her towards the nearest wall and starts kissing her.
"You know Gardner I think kissing might be considered a foul." Alicia says with a cheeky grin.
"Go ahead, go find a rule book I highly doubt that kissing is considered a foul, probably me grabbing you and throwing you against the wall was foul. Not that I saw you complaining. As you did kiss me back."
"I may have enjoyed it, but it was so short you might have to show me again." Alicia is grinning and grabs Will's shirt and pulls him towards her and places her lips on his. This kiss was a lot more passionate than the last one.
Will pulls away, "ok I think you know how I feel about you. But I really can't have you just stop it again when things get difficult. So I really think we need a plan."
"I can't agree more Will, I think this is probably the best time to say it, I know you have said it more than once and I've have just ignored it or put off as an accident. I love you Will Gardner."
Will reaches in and kisses her again. "I love you too, but sorry to ruin the sentiment but we really do need a plan this time. Especially now we both have put our feelings on the line."
"Yes and I would have got to it sooner if you didn't interrupt by placing your oversized lips on my mouth." Alicia say's grinning.
"I think my oversized lips are pretty good they stopped you from beating me in basketball and if I do say so myself they do kiss pretty well."
" I suppose you may be right about the last thing, but the basketball, will have to have a rematch one day when we don't need to talk."
"All right as long as body contact is allowed. If you know what I mean."
"Yes Will thanks for the graphic image, but if we keep flirting with each other. Which I'm not saying I don't dislike. We will never have a plan and we will be stuck flirting with each other for the rest of our lives and not be able to enjoy some of the other very enjoyable exercise we can do with each other." Will gives a Alicia a knowing cheeky smile and nods at her to continue.
"All right my plan starts with probably the most important part for us the succeed this time and that is telling my kids. The rest of the plan I have no real ideal about."
"Meeting the kids I think I can do that, just stop me this time before I embarrass my self like when I met Zach in your office."
"Oh but you so cute when your embarrassed, even though Zach thought you are nice. I am more worried about Grace not liking you. I think Zach should be ok. Next thing is Peter and Diane."
"It will probably best to tell Diane, so she doesn't get pissed off like last time, when she found out over the phone. We probably should rewrite your contract so I can't have anything to do with your raises and promotion. That way if any off the other staff find out they can't blame me for favoritism. But I don't think we should tell anyone else at work yet."
"You playing favoritism on me highly unlikely, but yes that sounds all right. But we should tell Kalinda she will find out anyway. Now with Peter, he has the right to know who is in the kids life and we shouldn't make our relationship public until we announce the divorce."
"That sounds like we have a plan. Though I am telling you I was scared of meeting the kids but now thinking about telling Peter that terrifies me."
"I thinking we could go see the scary kids right now, they will be getting home from school soon. And if they are all right with it you could stay for dinner and maybe for some other stuff afterwards." Alicia says with that cheeky grin that Will just loves.
"Ok let's get going, I am looking forward to that other stuff. Cause I really believe I think we have both finally Manned up when it comes to talking to each other about our feelings for each other" Will grabs his sports bag and basketball and puts the ball in the bag and puts the bag over his shoulder and grabs Alicia's hand. They both walk out together. Both over the moon and a little scared about what's about to happen. But looking forward to their future together.