Important A/N: If you haven't read my first story, The Doctor Is In, read it now. Otherwise, you'll be quite lost on some references. This story isn't really a sequel to the last one, but it was inspired by it.
Other than that, here's a story featuring a lot of Harvey angst, slight Harvey/Donna, and more Harvey angst. Don't you just love it?
Bring on the H/C!
Enjoy!
Harvey rolled over on his side to shut off the alarm. He looked at the date on his clock. He knew what day it was. He hated that he remembered it so vividly. It was like his own personal 9/11. Ironic, seeing as how 9/11 is not the only event that reached it's tenth anniversary this year.
Jared died on this day ten years ago. Harvey thought he'd never recover. But he did...well at least he thought he did.
Until that blue-eyed puppy of his decided to come into the picture. Mike came and reminded him of Jared. Then the kid had to get himself attacked by a crazy doctor a few months ago, not once, but twice, and the thoughts of Jared just came flooding back.
He crept out of bed and hit the showers. He figured time shouldn't stop just because he can't let Jared go.
Ray was already waiting for him once Harvey was dressed and ready to go, and the ride to work was quick. Whether it was because there was less traffic or because he had zoned out for most of the ride, he didn't know.
What he did know, was that this was not a good day to piss him off. He knew Mike would get the picture, even without knowing about Jared. He knew Donna would get the picture, because let's face it, Donna knows everything.
The ones that should really look out were Louis and his associate, Kyle. Harvey hated them both, and the fact that they were two of the people in the office with the least common sense already promised Harvey that this would not be a good day for either of them.
He strolled into the office. Once he made it to his desk, he saw a cupcake and a note.
Harvey,
You're very annoying when you're pissed.
Here's a cupcake. Smile about it.
Donna
P.S. Louis won't bother you today. As far as he knows, you have a rare Asian flu that's highly contagious.
Harvey smiled. As if on cue, Donna walked in. "I see you got my cupcake."
"And your very lovely note. Thanks, Donna."
"You wanna talk about it?"
Yes. He did. So bad. But then again, talking won't bring his cousin back. Besides, he TALKED about it for a long time now. Surely, Donna must have been tired of listening to Harvey after the first few days. "No. No I'll be fine. I should get to work."
She nodded and headed to her desk. She was hoping Harvey was willing to talk. She knew he wanted to. She knew he needed to. But pushing him wasn't going to help him. She began typing on her computer.
Mike approached her desk and just stood there, staring into Harvey's office. "Oh no," Mike said. "He's pissed, isn't he?" Mike felt bad. He had files he was supposed to turn into Harvey yesterday before the day was over, but Mike never got around to it. "It's the files I didn't turn in, isn't it? Oh man. I'm gonna get it now."
Donna rolled his eyes. "Trust me. He hasn't noticed any missing files...yet. He just got in."
Mike was confused. "Then, what's wrong with him?"
Donna looked up from her computer. "It's a bad day for him. He's not mad at you or anyone here. Calm down." Donna resumed her typing.
Mike slowly made his way away from Donna, wondering what in the world she was typing that had her typing a thousand words a minute.
Donna looked into Harvey's office and smiled when she saw the that cupcake she left him was already devoured. Since Harvey was currently inattentive right now, she started browsing through websites. Not really with a purpose, just because because she wanted to pass the time. She browsed through online stores, celebrity gossip, and other pointless junk. She stopped at a local news website, and she read a story that caught her eye.
She was so into what she was reading, she didn't even notice Harvey walk out of his office. So when she gasped, she was startled to hear Harvey talking. "Something wrong?"
Donna looked up. She quickly closed what she was reading. "N-nothing, Harvey," she lied. "For a second, I just thought my computer caught a virus."
Yeah because that's totally how I look when my computer crashes. Harvey didn't believe her. "Are you sure?" Donna nodded, and Harvey made his way to Mike's cubicle.
Once Donna was absolutely sure that Harvey was gone, she opened up what she was reading before and read it twice to make sure that she was reading it correctly. But no matter how many times she wished that it wasn't true, it was true. What she read was the cold, hard, unbelievable, mean truth. She closed the page she was reading, and sat at her desk. Just thinking.
"Oh Harvey," she whispered to herself. This was going to be a long week.
Thankfully, Harvey was too caught up at work to even have a minute to himself, therefore, there was no way he had heard the news. Right?
The day ended and Harvey, Donna and Mike were finishing up for the day. Mike walked to his bike and rode off. Once he was gone, Harvey and Donna started talking.
"Donna, you sure you're okay?" Harvey couldn't help noticing how strange Donna had been acting today, and it was eating him up inside. He leaned in closer to her and whispered, "Louis didn't attempt to demonstrate the meaning of 'sexual harassment' again, did he?" Donna shook her head, but her and Harvey both shuddered as they flashed back to that incident from three years ago. "Most disturbing day of my life," Harvey said.
Donna rolled her eyes. "You weren't the one he was demonstrating on, remember?" Harvey shrugged his shoulders and Donna could tell that she got the point through. She was glad that this topic had gotten Harvey's mind off the former subject. She even happier when Harvey was kept out of the dark about the meeting she had with Jessica today. When Donna had read the news, she waited for Harvey to enter into a meeting before she made a beeline straight to Jessica's office.
Donna's biggest fear was the thought of losing Harvey's trust. When she went behind his back and went to Jessica about Cameron, she thought that day would be the last day Harvey would speak to her. She'd miss his lame jokes, his smile, and his egotistic attitude. She'd tell Harvey. Just not tonight.
Donna tried to hail a cab, but without any success. "Need a ride?" Harvey asked. She cursed silently; seeing as how once they were in Harvey's car, he'd grill her with more questions.
She thought about it for a while, and after a pointless mental debate, she says yes and gets into Harvey's car.
"So you're just going to have my guessing what's going on in your mind right now?" Harvey asked once the car started making it's way toward Donn's place.
She shook her head. "Nope, I'll tell you. Just not yet." She smiled, and it seemed like that eased Harvey a bit.
It seemed. "If you think you can just hide something from me, guess again. I'm Harvey Specter, remember?" Donna once again rolled her eyes, which made Harvey laugh. "Is it a new boyfriend? You're parents aren't coming to town are they? Is Jessica firing somebody? Nope, I'd know." There was silence in the car as Harvey racked his brain with possibilities. "Death in the family?" Donna cringed, which didn't escape Harvey's notice. "Oh my gosh. Donna, it's NOT a death is it?"
The car pulled up to Donna's apartment. She gathered her stuff and started heading out. Harvey grabbed her wrist. She turned around to face him, but both of them remained silent until Donna said, "Harvey, I'm fine. No one in my family died." She gave a reassuring smile "Thanks for the ride, Harvey. Good night."
Once Harvey was sure Donna was in her apartment, he put his head back and sighed. "For a guy who knows how to read people, you can be quite the idiot sometimes," he said quietly to himself.
Harvey reached his condo, and after the long day he had, he would've kissed the floor of his living room. The first thing he did was get out of his suit. Once he was satisfied with his choice of a plain white tee and silk pajama pants, he went to the living room and turned on the TV. Surprisingly, Harvey wasn't tired, just stressed out. He flipped through what felt like millions of channels. Proactive and Magic Bullet infomercials dominated most of them. The rest were for Zumba. He flipped a little more. An episode of Flashpoint played, but after Harvey saw that it was an episode that was played way too often, he turned off his TV and sighed.
He made his way to his bedroom and laid on the bed. Sleep was slow in coming, but eventually, it did.
Okay, here it is.
Harvey, Mike and Donna will get as much dominance in the story like my last one. Jessica will be making more appearances too.
Well, don't forget to review please! Reviews are my muse! (Hey that rhymes!)
