After Donna walked out of her office, leaving Harvey stunned, she went straight to the elevator of the building. As her hand was shaking, she tried pressing the button to go downstairs. Then, a surprised and worried Rachel started approaching her from behind. She had been working late and wanted to leave too - expecting a full glass of wine and some well-deserved sleep. Rachel put her right hand on her friend's shoulder. „What happened, Donna?", she asked concerned. Donna tried to take a deep breath, turns around and Rachel got a look at a tearful, pale face. „I…", Donna started flustering. Rachel smiled and touched Donna's cheek. „It's okay. Whatever happened, I'm here for you.", she tried to console her. Encouraged by Rachel's words she looked in her best friend's eyes and said out loud what she never deemed possible. „I kissed Harvey." Rachel moved one big step backwards, took a beat and looked right at her confused friend. „Why?", she asked with a comforting, warm look on her face. A look only a true friend would provide. „I wanted to be sure that I am not in love with him. Louis…". Donna stopped for a second and leaned against the wall. „Louis explained to me how hard it was for him to let Sheila marry someone else and what if she could just realize that Louis was the one for her, right in front of her nose. And that made me think - what if in some bizarre way that also applied to me and Harvey?" Rachel walked up to Donna, grabbed her shoulders softly and smiled. „Does it?", she asks so warmly, knowing the answer could very well change her best friend's life forever. She always knew that there was a deep connection between Donna and Harvey. It was something she herself couldn't quite figure out and it wasn't her place to do so either. In this very moment she just wanted her friend to be honest to herself, show her own desires in a safe place - with her. „Yes, I think it might.", a shook Donna replied. Instead of feeling surprised by saying that, she actually felt relieved. As if something that she feared for so long finally lost its power over her. Donna was finally free. So she grabbed Rachel's hand as a way of saying „thank you" and confidently walked towards her office again.
Harvey was still standing there, shook. He hasn't moved an inch the entire time she was gone. When he heard her footsteps, he turned around. Donna felt surprised. He looked stunned, but not afraid. She wanted to explain what she did „Harvey, I need you to know that…". She didn't get any further, because Harvey has walked towards her, grabbed her face passionately and kissed her with so much willpower, she knew right then and there that no words were needed. He put his arms around her tiny shoulders and leaned in even more. Donna - overwhelmed with all the feelings that she kept buried inside for over 12 years - enjoyed the moment and stopped thinking for a minute or two. Then she suddenly stopped, let her hands glide over the forefront of his shirt and gazed deeply into his eyes. „I know now. Do you?", she whispered softly. His eyes expressed how vulnerable and overwhelmed he felt. He gently took her hands and let his fingers glide in between hers. „I think I do.", were the words coming out of his mouth, soft and vulnerable, using the voice solely reserved for the beautiful redhead. „But we both know there is only one way to make this feel right." He kissed her on the cheek and pulled out his phone. „I need to end things with Paula." Donna knew he was right. The man she loved was an honest one. „I'll leave you to it." Donna regained her posture and gave him one gazing, love-filled look. „You know where to find me after." Harvey's reply was a happy, sweet, nearly innocent smile.
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