This is just a little thing I have been thinking off the past few weeks. What if Alicia never married Peter, she had stayed with Will after Georgetown.

Before I start the story just a few things to clear up, I am not American so might get some things wrong, and also I'm dyslexic, so sometimes my spelling and Grammar are not the best.

Will Diane and Alicia are all named partners at Lockhart Gardner and Gardner, This is going to be all around their family, the have twin 15 year old girls Lucy and Rachel, 14 year old Zach and 12 year old Grace.

"Alicia" called Susie, she was Alicia's assistant at Lockhart Gardner and Gardner "There is a call for you from Capstone High School"

"Thank you" Alicia called as she picked the phone up worrying at what was going to happen on the other end. Alicia and Will's 3 oldest children attended this school. After School they would usually get the bus home and a Katie, a Nanny that Will and Alicia hired 10 years ago when Alicia joined the firm as a named associate. Will and Alicia had discussed the possibility of no longer needing a nanny, but with Grace still only 12 they didn't want to leave it up to her older siblings to have to watch her every day.

"Hello, this is Alicia Gardner" Alicia said picking up the phone sitting on her desk, she placed an elbow on the desk and sat her head in her hand.

"Mrs Gardner we are calling to ask if Rachel went home this afternoon, she didn't come back to school after lunch"

"No, not that I know of," Alicia said worriedly,it wasn't like her kids to bunk off or carry on like this. Although Rachel was the most likely to be in trouble than the others.

"Is Lucy there?" Alicia asked, she hoped that her twin may have been able to shed some light on her sisters whereabouts.

"Yes, she is on Campus, she doesn't know where Rachel is, I have already asked her" the Head teacher replied.

"OK, thank you for letting me know, Ill see if I can get a hold of her" Alicia said, she was half worried that something had happened, and half angry that she was bunking off. Alicia left her office and made her way across the hall to Will's office, she could see he was sitting at his desk with a briefing in front of him, She walked into the office without knocking something they stopped doing a long time ago. When Alicia started at Stern, Lockhart and Gardner she had come on as a 3rd year associate. She had stopped practicing law when she was pregnant with the twins, and with Zach and Grace born quickly after, it wasn't until Grace was two that Alicia had picked up where she left off. By this time, Will, Joseph Stern and Diane had decided to leave the company they were at and go it alone. Money had been tight for them, but Will's father had passed away leaving him a healthy inheritance, and he used this as collateral for the law firm along with Diane and Josephs contributions. It didnt' take long for the company to take off, when Alicia went back to work, she went back to Stern, Lockhart and Gardner. It was strange, with Will being her boss, and her husband, but they soon worked things out with Diane being Alicia's boss until 5 years ago when Alicia became a partner as well and 2 years ago when she became a named partner after Joseph Stern left. Although this was much to David Lee's annoyance as he was sure he would have been voted in over Alicia.

"The School just phoned Rachel didn't turn up this afternoon" Alicia said as Will's face fell.

"Have you tried calling her?"

"Not yet, just came straight through" Alicia replied as Will already had his phone out and calling his eldest daughter, he let it ring until it went to voicemail.

"Rachel, when you get this call me straight back" he requested

"Where do you think she is?" Alicia asked worriedly

"She has probably just gone off to the mall or something" Will said trying to get Alicia to stop worrying he placed his arm around her shoulder and pulled her into a hug. Alicia knew he was right she was a teenager, not a little kid; she sank into Wills arms for a few moments before pushing herself free and glancing at her watch.

"I have court in half an hour; I had better go, if you hear anything from her can you let me know"

"Of course I will" he replied whilst moving back to his desk.

Will was getting worried, he still hadn't heard from Rachel, and he knew Alicia would be starting to panic, he suddenly seen Kalinda walk by and into Diane's office.

"Diane, can I borrow Kalinda for this afternoon?" Will asked

"I need her for the Herbertson trial" Diane responded, the Herbertson Trial was a big one for them just now, could be a big money maker.

"I know, its just to see if she can track Rachel's phone, she is MIA it shouldn't take long" Will replied, Diane could hear the worry in his voice

"Of course you can" Diane responded, she knew Will and Alicia would be out their mind with worry, and Diane knew that her God-daughters could be a handful and that she was probably fine, but that didn't stop them worrying.

It didn't take Kalinda long to track Rachel's phone to a house in Highland Park, that Will knew belonged to one of her friends putting his mind from worry to anger in a microsecond. He text Alicia to let her know before going in to let Diane know.

Alicia's phone vibrated in her pocked she quickly looked at it with relief washing over her body, she was going to have words with her daughter tonight.

Meanwhile, Rachel was at Abbeys house whilst her Dad was away to a conference in DC. They had a math test in the afternoon that neither wanted to go to, so they had thought an afternoon of watching MTV and eating junk food was a much better plan. Rachel was the eldest of the twins by a whole 7 minutes and she liked the world to know that she was oldest. She and Lucy were identical twins, with dark hair like there mother and brother, whilst Grace was fairer.

"Oh shit" My Dad has left me a voice-mail Rachel said to Abbey who was sitting on the couch painting her nails. Rachel listened to her voice-mail worried about what he was going to say.

"Rachel, when you get this call me straight back" The voice-mail repeated Wills earlier words

"He sounds pissed" Rachel informed her friends as she flopped on to the couch next to her making Abbey smudge her nail.

"Look, just phone your Dad back, and tell him you have a sore head and needed to go home, it works for me every time"

"I'll try" Rachel replied as he quickly dialed her Dads number

Will was in a meeting with Neil Gross from Chumhum when he felt his phone vibrated in his pocket, his daughters name flashed up on the display, this was one call Will wasn't about to ignore

"Excuse me, I just need to get this one it's my daughter" Will said as he lifted his phone to his ear.

"Rachel, where are you?" Will asked harshly and louder than he wanted as he wasn't quiet out of his office yet and Neil turned to hear the harshness in his voice.

"I'm at home" she lied "My head was really sore and I had to go to bed, that why I didn't hear you call"

Will knew it was a lie, but if he came out to say it, Rachel would know he traced her phone

"OK, well make sure you have a drink of water and then straight back to bed, I wont be back till later I have a meeting and your Mum is in court, and Katie is picking Gracie up and taking her so soccer then swimming"

"OK Dad, I'll just go back to sleep"

"Sleep tight sweetie" Will replied as he ended the call, he immediately called Alicia to see where she was.

"Hi Alicia, how is court going?" Will asked

"We have a recess until tomorrow, so I'm on my way back to the office"

"Are you near the house, can you go home and wait for Rachel"

"Is she on her way home?"

"I don't know, I called her and she said she had a sore head and was in bed, but she is lying".

"All right, I'll turn back and head to the house"

Will and Alicia had a lovely detached house in Evanston, it was an old Georgian Manor with 8 bedrooms, one of which was now a large office, it was close enough to Chicago with a 30 min commute to work, and close enough to the children's schools. As they went to private school a lot of their friends lived in the Evanston, Highland Park and Winnetka which were all close by.

Alicia turned the car around to head home.

"Sorry about that" Will said to Neil as he went back to their meeting "There is always some drama when you have teenage daughters, Neil responded with a laugh as they got back to work.

"Well that worked a charm" Rachel said to her friend as she flipped the channel over and poured them both another glass of coke

"What did I tell you, just learn from the master, it's a shame Lucy didn't come with us, your sister is such a goodie too shoes"

"She has always been like that, she wouldn't say boo to a goose"

"Yeah, well she needs to just chill out and relax, she takes everything so seriously" Abbey said and Rachel nodded in agreement.

It was so true whilst Rachel was the wild one who was always running around daft, and not concentrating in school when she should, Lucy was the quiet one who was more concerned with school work and loved playing her musical instruments, although the thought of doing that in front of anyone filled her with fear, she would rather be in the privacy of her own room or with her music teachers.

"That's just the way she is, I'm the wild one, and she is the calm one, when I think of all the times she has stopped me doing stupid things, I'm glad she is my twin sister"

Alicia opened the door to their house and called out for her daughter, but wasn't surprised when there was no response, she made her way up the staircase to the 3rd floor and into the room belonging to Rachel, and again she wasn't surprised that she wasn't there.

Will was in Diane's office, they were discussing Will's meeting with Will Gross that had just finished when Will's phone vibrated again.

"Your phones ringing, it's Alicia, do you want me to give you some privacy?" Diane asked

"No, it's OK" Will said as he answered the call

"She's not here" Alicia said angrily

"I'll call her again" Will said "Just stay at home"

Will hung the phone up and looked at Diane

"I just need to call Rachel" he said as he dialed his daughter's number, again it just went straight to voice-mail

"Rachel, your Mother is at the house and your not there, phone me back and tell me where you are, or get yourself home right now" he shouted down the phone before hanging up.

"Where were we?" Will asked Diane

"Why don't we finish this up another time, are you still wanting me round tonight for dinner"

"Yes, I'll go home just now, if you can come to ours for 7 pm, Grace has made a cake last night for you"

"I look forward to it" Diane replied as Will left and headed home.