SPOILERS - SEASON 5!
So this takes place in the episode where Will fires Alicia. Oh and Diane is also Alicia's Aunty!
Hope you enjoy!
DISCLAIMER - None of these characters belong to me!
She had been working on this case for at least six months now and she had found nothing. Absolutely nothing. The case went to court in a week, so she was desperately typing away at her laptop at her desk in her office. Until Will stormed in.
He furiously stormed in and then just began staring out the window, with his hands on hips. What the hell is up his ass?
He muttered something under his breath but Alicia hadn't been able to catch what is was.
"What?" she said, slightly unsure of what was obviously wrong.
He turned around to face; his veins nearly popping out of his head making the bags under his eyes more evident, he was fuming.
"You're leaving?" he replied sternly, half asking, half accusing.
"No? I only just got here?" Alicia unsure of what he meant.
"Don't play your stupid games with me Alicia, we all know you're leaving with Cary and taking our biggest clients with you!" he was yelling now, anger soaring through his blood.
"I'm not leaving!" now Alicia was getting all defensive, she hated being accused of things she didn't do.
Will was sick and tired of the games she was playing right now. He had had enough. He practically leaped towards her desk and swiped his hands along it, sending everything on it flying. Her important papers that she spent five hours putting together, a picture of her kids, her laptop, her phone. Everything.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" she was furious. He had no right to do that.
He picked up her phone and put it his pocket.
"I'm keeping your phone so we can see what clients you've poached. Oh and you're fired, now get out of here," his voice was calm now, it kind of gave Alicia the chills, she had never in the life of her, heard him this calm before.
Looking him dead set in the eyes, Alicia just responded with "Will, I'm not bloody leaving! And you can't fire me just like that, I'm a partner".
She was knew she was right and he knew she was right but he was one step ahead of her.
"I know, we just had an emergency board room meeting and we all voted to let you go" he was just plain tired.
"What?" she was in shock, she had no idea how this could happen.
That's when she noticed them, there were four guards standing outside her office door. She had been too consumed into what Will was saying and doing, she hadn't been paying attention to anything else.
Will just lifted one finger and the guards entered the room. Grabbing Alicia by both arms they almost dragged her out of the office and down to the elevator. They literally pushed her inside so she stumbled a bit but she managed to compose herself just fine.
"Will…" Alicia's voice was strained.
But Will wouldn't have a bar of it, he just reached inside the elevator and pressed the ground floor button and with that the elevator doors closed.
Alicia couldn't believe what had just happened. She had been spending all week saving the firm from Cary when instead she should have been working on the cases she had.
Stepping outside of the building, fresh air filled her lungs. She began to walk to the end of the block until she could walk no further. She could barely stand, she had to support herself by leaning on the nearest building she could find. It felt as though she had she been kicked in the guts.
A few tears fell silently down her cheeks before she heard her name being called in the distance. It was Will. What the hell did he want now?
He walks right up to her so his face is only inches away from hers. He was shaking a million miles an hour, with anger.
"Alicia, how the hell could you do this to me? To the firm? To us? I th…" she cut him off before he could continue.
"No Will, why the fuck aren't you listening to…" but he to cut her off, he had come to find her to get this off his chest.
"No, I am going to say this. You know, I thought I was in love with you. I thought you were the love of my life. But you know what? You're absolutely pathetic, I am so glad you chose Peter instead of me because the two of you deserve each other." His cut throat words made Alicia's heart rip into a million tiny pieces.
The floodgates had opened now, tears were pouring down her face. Her mascara running but she didn't give a shit. She felt as though she was going to vomit.
Alicia took one last look into Will's hurtful eyes before he just turned and walked away. His shoulders back and firm, as though was king of the world.
She managed to get into a taxi and she found herself at Owen's place before she knew it.
He answered the door and one look at his sister's face told him that something was seriously wrong.
He hugged her, got her some wine and they talked about everything that had gone down. Owen was in shock at what Will had said. He had ripped his sister's heart out. She was in love with him, she had even planned on telling Will that night but all that had changed in a matter of mere minutes.
She must have fallen asleep because she woke to a pounding in her head and her brother's phone ringing.
"Hello" Owen answered.
"Yes, she's right here".
Owen gave Alicia the phone and mouthed Cary.
"Hi" her voice was weak and strained from crying so much.
"Alicia! Are you all right? I just heard what happened!" there was concern evident in his voice.
Alicia walked out of the room so she was out of earshot of Owen before she continued "Cary, how the fuck did this happen?"
"I have no idea how you got so caught up in it, you were pretty strong on staying" he was just as confused as she was.
"Ring Will and tell him I'm not leaving. Now Cary!" she was yelling into the phone now. This job meant more to her then anything.
"You know I can't do that".
"Why not? You owe me for this".
"I want you Alicia, come work with us, and come be a part of our firm. That's why not" at least he was telling the truth.
She had had enough, clearly frustrated she hung up and through the phone across the room.
"What's up sis?" Owen said as he entered the room.
"I need a break. Will you watch the kids if I go see mum for a couple of days?" her voice tired as she said it.
"OMG, you're going to mums? This is far worse then I initially thought. I am so sorry sis. Yes of course I can watch them.
Diane and Kalinda had had a very exhausting and emotionally draining day. They had spent eight hours of the day looking into Diane's past to see if there were any reasons as to why she couldn't become a judge.
The only things they had come across was Fanfiction written from Diane's computer and the love conflict between her and Kirk.
Kirk was the love of Diane's life, she had never felt like this with anyone before.
It was at least seven at night when they returned back to the firm and they were quite shock with what they saw when they exited the elevator at their floor.
There were security guards everywhere, the place was a mess, everyone was arguing in the meeting room when Diane and Kalinda entered the room.
"What is going on?" Diane demanded whilst looking past all the partners towards Will.
"Don't worry Diane, I've got this under control" was all he could reply.
"It doesn't look like it" she was getting anxious as to what had actually happened.
"I fired Alicia" his voice was stern as he said looking into her eyes.
"You what?" she was furious now. Alicia was one of the best lawyers the firm had ever had, not that she was being bias of her niece.
"Alicia's gone, along with Cary and some other fourth year associates who are starting their own firm. They were poaching our clients Diane. I know Alicia's your niece but she had to go" he tries to explain but she wasn't having a bar of it.
"Can we talk privately for a second Will?" she said leading the way towards his office.
"Diane look, I am just looking out for the firms best interests" he reasoned.
"Like hell you are, how do you even know she was leaving with Cary?" Diane asked.
"Well actually it was your client Linda who came to me and told me Alicia had tried to poach her".
"I doubt it" Diane couldn't believe what she was hearing. It was only the day before that Alicia had promised her that she wasn't leaving. That she was staying loyal.
They continued to argue for about another five minutes before they were interrupted by Kalinda's knocking on the door to Will's office.
Will gave her the nod and she entered and sat down at the chair in front of his desk. A file in her hand. Both Diane and Will took a seat too.
"You know Alicia wasn't leaving" Kalinda said in a calm voice whilst looking at Will.
"What?" he hadn't exactly registered what she had just said.
"She wasn't leaving" Kalinda repeated.
"Alicia and I were actually saving your ass" she continued on.
"How so? By stealing the clients of this firm? Wait your leaving with them?" his anger rising once again.
"Just listen to her Will" Diane said intrigued.
"I had found out that Cary was starting his own firm, so I got Alicia to help me investigate to figure out what major clients he was taking. That's probably why Linda thought Alicia was poaching her. You know Cary offered her a position as managing partner where she would earn nearly double of her salary here but she declined it" Kalinda explained before getting up and leaving the room.
Will was in shock.
So Alicia wasn't leaving, he hadn't gotten everything wrong once again. Oh fuck.
All the things he said to her, he knew he had hurt her that was his plan. Now he regretted it. Why hadn't he let her speak? The love of his life was definitely gone forever now.
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