Title: Wicked Brew: The Sequel (you can find the original story among my stories on my profile)

Author: Mary Sunshine

Summary: a story in which Diane has to deal with challenges in her professional and private life at the same time

Rating: K+ in general, although some chapters might be rated T

Fandom: The Good Wife/Desperate Housewives crossover

Disclaimer: most of the characters of this story are owned by the creators of those tv shows, but some of them are mine

Spoilers/Timeline: WB took place after TGW season one and the Sequel takes place 3 month after WB ended, but remember that Cary didn't leave the firm in my fic.
Also a reminder for those who haven't seen DH: Adam is Katherine's husband, he is a doctor, and Dylan is their teenage daughter.

Note: WB was my very first multichapter story and one of my early fanfictions, so writing the sequel after so much time and so many other fanfics in between is kind of hard. My style has changed, I use more narrative lately than dialogues and usually write longer scenes, while in WB I used to fit more scenes in a 1000 words chapter. So the Sequel might be a little chaotic, I intend to keep the 1000 words per chapter limit, but sometimes it will only show one scene, but I hope you'll enjoy them all the same.

Please let me know what you think, I have only written 9 chapters of the story so far and the reason I decided to start posting it is because I keep postponing to continue the fic, maybe I'll get more motivated by some feedback.

Chapter One

"I thought we try to avoid nepotism."

"Nepotism? They want to work here for a few weeks during summer holiday. What's wrong with that?"

"Your boyfriend's daughter and your best friend's daughter?"

"Are you mocking me?" Diane asked, realizing the playful tone in his voice.

"Sure I do," Will nodded smiling.

"I don't have time for this," she stood up rolling her eyes, turned around and walked towards the door, but stopped and turned back before leaving his office, "They're starting next week."

"They will be your responsibility, right?"

"Of course. I should keep underage girls out of your sight."

"Are you mocking me?"

She turned around without a word and left his office laughing.

She had already promised the girls, she'd known Will wouldn't have an objection. He was just teasing her as usual. He knew that she hated when he referred to Kurt as her boyfriend, it sounded too high school, even though she couldn't think of another suitable word either. Except for his name of course, and she was tempted to go back and tell him to use Kurt's name instead of the b word the next time, but that sounded high school too, so she just entered her office, and went back to work.

o-o-o-o

A while later her cell phone rang and she had to smile seeing his name on the screen. He had been away for two weeks due to a case, but he was supposed to come back that day and it felt good to know that they would see each other in just a few hours.

"Hey," she greeted him cheerfully through the line.

"Hey," he replied, but his voice didn't seem too cheerful.

"Is there something wrong? Are you on your way back already?" she asked apprehensively.

"I am, but I have to ask a favour."

"Sure."

"Would you pick Lara up from the airport? I won't be able to make it in time."

"When will she arrive?"

"In an hour and a half. I know you must be busy and probably don't have time for this, but I wouldn't want to send a stranger to pick her up and you…"

"Kurt," she interrupted him and she was actually surprised to hear him talk like that, "Of course I can pick Lara up, it will be my pleasure. You don't have to worry about anything, just get home soon!"

"Thank you," he said a little calmer, "I'm sorry, I just…I can't wait to be back home."

"We'll be waiting for you on the farm. I'll take my work with me to finish, so you and Lara will have time for each other."

"And when will you have time for me?" he asked playfully already.

"I'll be yours all night, cowboy" she whispered.

o-o-o-o

She was there even earlier, so she had to wait for Lara to arrive. She figured that Kurt hadn't had the chance to inform her about the change in plans, but she was sure Lara wouldn't mind. They had met 3 months ago for the first time, when she'd spent a weekend with her father and Diane had joined them. They'd enjoyed each others company and due to Lara's interest in law they'd had plenty of things to talk about. Next time she had been there for a few more days and then they'd stayed in Diane's house during the week, because that had been the arrangement between her and Kurt.

They spent the weekdays in her house and the weekends in his, unless he was out of town or she had to work during the weekends, but even then they tried to spend some time on the farm, where they could be all by themselves. She loved spending time there, horse riding, walking on the fields with him. It was relaxing and she enjoyed every minute of it. They practically lived together this way, only in two houses at the same time, but neither of them wanted to give up their own places.

Lara was coming for a whole month now, because she'd offered her the opportunity to work at the firm for a while, get to know the profession she was going to choose a little better. Dylan had asked her if she could work at the firm for a few weeks during summer holiday and since the girls had got to know each other the last time Lara had been there, she'd thought it would be even easier for them to spend time at the firm together. Not to mention that both Katherine and Kurt had appreciated her offer, so she'd basically made everyone happy and she could only hope everything would turn out good in the end.

When Lara's familiar face appeared among the crowd she waved to her. The girl looked surprised, but she waved her back, even though for some reason she didn't seem too happy to see her there. First she thought it was because she'd expected to see her father, but she soon got to know the real answer, when Lara arrived on her side and introduced to her someone she hadn't thought she would meet, ever.