Hi peoples. Just trying to write out something in my head before I forget it…then hopefully I can focus on my other stories and get them finished.
This is a combo of stuff that has happened in the show and stuff I would like to.
I do not own the characters or the show, this is just my crazy imaginings.
I hope you enjoy and if you do purlease let me know via reviews or pm's. And if you do indeed likey then perhaps you might like my other stories (in progress) containing Faberry, Kegan and Rizzles ships.
Anyway, to the story ;) x
It Was Always Going To Be This Way
Chapter 1
Alicia's POV
I was just finished reviewing the depositions in the Sheldon-Norbeck case when I felt a presence lean her well formed body on my office door frame.
"Kalinda! If you must sneak up on people have the sense not to wear such distinctive perfume" I said, smirking, while lifting my head from the papers to appraise the deep chocolate pools which were now holding my gaze in disbelief.
"Trust me Alicia, if I was trying to be stealthy you would have no idea I was there until your throat was either cut or covered in love bites. Depending what mood I was in" she replied with a flick of her eyebrows and a smirk to rival my earlier effort.
I shivered and averted my intense eye contact with the investigator, not sure if it was the thought of the violence or the passion in that statement. Obviously sensing my uncomfortability she entered my office and gracefully sat opposite me and pulled her car keys from her jacket pocket. But I could still feel her watching me, studying my expressions as I bound all the papers together and placed them back in the file. It felt an eternity had passed before either one of us spoke.
"The verdict is in. Will's already there so he asked if I could take you. Are you ready to go?" Kalinda was the first to break the tension.
"It's in? That's quick! That can't be good!" I replied, flustered, hastily looking for my briefcase and jacket.
I looked to Kalinda for a response but was disappointed to just receive a shrug.
Clearly sensing I expected a more detailed conversation about this she looked at the upturned palms of her hands as if weighing up the possibilities.
"It could be a good thing. Your closing argument was not only factually succinct but also beautifully poignant. Perhaps the jury took a matter of mere hours to deliberate because they realized that the DA's case was pure conjecture. Stop worrying Alicia! You know how well I can read people. They wanted to agree with you. You just gave them the reasons to"
And with that she placed her hand on my shoulder to further support me and her earlier statement.
We had inadvertently arrived at the elevators without me even realizing we had walked. Kalinda's words had soaked into me, cleansing me and warming my heart. How did she always know the perfect thing to say to pick me up? Even if she was stared into offering it in the first place. A small giggle left my lips before I could stop it.
"What? What's so funny?" she asks hugging her long leather coat closed.
"Nothing really" I reply as we enter the elevator. "I was just thinking that you always know exactly what to say. Kalinda Sharma the charma" I giggle again at my own moniker for my sultry friend.
"You're a dork" she replied through a smile as she strutted out of the elevator towards her car with me trailing behind in silent admiration.
Kalinda's POV
It felt like lately there was a shift in my relationship with Alicia. Subtle but definite. Ever since she discovered via a very jealous Lara that I liked women, Alicia Floreck had began flirting with me.
Flirting in and of itself was indicative of nothing, especially where Alicia was concerned. She was used to subtly using her sexuality to get by, as I am more obvious.
The fact that she was flirting with me and that she had left her husband, finally, and that she had called things to a halt with Will made me conclude that things were definitely changing between us. But I'll be damned if I'm the one to take it beyond the flirting stage. I've waited too long for anything to happen between us…never actually expecting it to.
So here I am sitting at the back of court 1 watching the uneasy interaction between Alicia and Will while we awaited the return of the jury. She smiled once or twice when she had caught me staring at her and I smiled back remembering to be Kalinda Sharma the charma.
The jury came back into the room. All but the foreman were unreadable but her face projected 'not guilty' all the way.
Moments later the verdict was delivered followed by cheers from our client and his family and friends in front of me. And I reveled in the rare look of euphoria on Alicia's face.
This case was her baby. She had been given first chair. She deserved it; she had worked hard for it. But it meant she was even more invested than usual, spending almost every waking hour in the office, neglecting sleep, appetite and her kids.
It caused a deep pain in my chest to see her over the past weeks, hollow eyed and slumping over her desk with exhaustion. The weight on her shoulders as she felt inadequate as a mother and a lawyer.
During this time I tried to pick up the slack for her a little. Picking the kids up from school and getting them dinner on the way before dropping them at home. Getting Alicia lunch and sitting with her to make sure she ate it and coming back to the office with takeaway for us after dropping the kids at home. Not to mention the constant coffee runs throughout the day and just generally being a sounding board for the woman I had come to love.
All of these small gestures were rewarded with this verdict and subsequently the look of pure elation on Alicia Floreck's face.
"Drinks?" she said almost off hand as she walked towards me.
"I think that sounds like an amazing idea" I cheerfully replied, following her out of the courtroom.
Well I hope you likey, next installment tomorrow. Keep everything crossed. As this is probably only gonna be a 3 chapter job things between our protagonists should progress rather quickly. Reviews fuel my ego. So go on. Just do it. You know you wanna ;)x