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Summary: New fanfic for Suits lovers and (maybe) the Darvey lovers. I started writing this on July 27, 2015. Current date is being used. I do not own anything regarding Suits. Love the show since the beginning!

Chapter 1

Things haven't been going well for Harvey Specter lately. He's been off his game and it all started when his assistant, Donna, told him she was leaving him to work for Louis Litt. He kidded himself saying he could have handled it if she had left him to work at another law firm but the reality was he needed Donna. He needed Donna because not only did she make him a better lawyer, she made him a better person.

It was different with Donna. He could never replace Donna but so far Gretchen has been working out. She's just as sassy and outspoken as Donna, but…it's still not the same. Harvey misses Donna.

After thanking Donna for working with him for 12 years he decides that it would be best to avoid Donna. If he needed anything from Louis then he sent Gretchen or Rachel and on occasion even Mike. He knew they knew but he didn't care. And he didn't care what his shrink, Dr. Agard, said about admitting things. Even if he admitted to himself that he had feelings for Donna it wasn't going to bring her back. And he sure as hell can't tell Donna! Harvey thinks as he steps off the elevator and nearly collides with the woman he's been dreaming about since she left him. They both apologize quickly and when they each realize who they had run into, their faces soften and quietly say good morning and ask how the other is doing. They both reply the same, "Just fine, thanks." They stare at each other a bit too long they each think to themselves. Then Harvey asks, "Where are you headed to in such a hurry?" Donna blushes and says, "Meeting Rachel. We're planning her and Mike's wedding." Harvey nodded as he thought to himself "I love her voice, her lips, and her hair." Then he chides himself "Stop it Specter!" Donna looks at him and asks, "Are you alright Harvey?" Harvey nods then clears his throat before saying, "Yeah, yeah I'm fine."

But really he wasn't. He was far from fine! He could feel the tightness in his chest, the sweat forming at the back of his neck, he could hardly breathe! 'Shit not again!' he thinks. Harvey hurries away from Donna mumbling to her that he has a meeting. He rushes to the men's room; luckily it is empty and he runs to a stall and shuts the door. He stands there trying to concentrate on his breathing waiting for the panic attack to end.

It takes a few minutes to pass. Then Harvey comes out, goes to the sink and splashes water on his face and that's when Mike comes in. "Hey Harvey good morning!" says a chipper Mike. But after seeing Harvey's pale face he adds worriedly, "Oh my God! Are you ok?" Harvey nods slowly, "Yeah I'm fine now." Mike looks around then asks quietly, "Panic attack?" Harvey nods again, "It didn't last as long this time." Mike puts his hand on Harvey's shoulder, "Need to talk?" he asks. Harvey thinks a moment then says, "Maybe another time. I gotta meet with Jessica." Mike nods and says, "Sure anytime. Hey how about we have lunch?" Harvey smiles, "Yeah set it up with Gretchen." Mike grins, "I'll do that." The two men look at each other and nod as Harvey walks out the men's room. They never had to say it but they each know the other one cares and they'd always have each other's backs no matter what shit came at them.

Harvey made his way to his office. Gretchen stands and comes around to the front of her desk when she sees Harvey approach. When he nears her desk she says, "Morning Mr. Specter. Dan Robinson called and your meeting with Ms. Pearson has been delayed until 3:30." Harvey takes the phone message, nods and says, "Great. Thanks Gretchen. What about the Peck deal?" Gretchen says, "Rachel dropped it on your desk earlier. She'll be back around one." Harvey again thanks her and then says stuttering, "Um could I um…um never mind." He wants to ask her to get him a cup of coffee but decides against it. He never had to ask Donna, she just knew. Gretchen smiles and says, "I took the liberty of placing a personal coffee machine in your office along with coffee and creamer." She motions to Harvey's office and he smiles at her when he sees the machine near the painting in his office. Gratefully he says, "Thank you Gretchen. I appreciate it." By the look on his face Gretchen knows he means it. He walks straight to the machine and gets himself a cup of coffee, as Gretchen returns to her desk.

Harvey sits at his desk with his cup of coffee and begins to read his emails. He hears Gretchen say loudly, "Sorry Mr. Litt but where do you think you're going? You do not have an appointment with Mr. Specter." Louis spins on his heels glaring at her. Gretchen doesn't flinch, she stares right back at him. Louis says sternly, "You are talking to a named partner. I demand you give me respect!" Gretchen raises her eye brow and smiles. She says sweetly, "My mama taught me that respect is earned not demanded and that it is a two way street." She lets that sink in a moment and then says, "So, Mr. Litt," she begins slowly, "I am giving you the exact same respect you are giving me. And by the way, I work for a named partner and if you would like to meet with Mr. Specter, please come back at eleven o'clock. Mr. Specter will be able to see you then." They stare at each other a moment and as Louis begins to stutter, Gretchen asks, "Shall I add you to Mr. Specter's calendar?" When he sees Gretchen not backing down, a stunned Louis nods at her and backs away before turning and nearly runs to his office. Gretchen chuckles as she adds an appointment to Harvey's calendar. Harvey smiles as he sees the meeting pop up on his calendar. He thinks to himself, "Yeah, Gretchen is working out wonderfully." Then his mind drifts back to Donna and he feels the tightness in his chest again. He shakes his head hoping the feeling will go away just as quickly as it came.

Donna and Rachel meet Rachel's mom at The Plaza Hotel near Central Park. Rachel already asked Donna to be her maid-of-honor and Donna gladly accepted. Rachel and Mike are determined to have a small wedding with just family and close friends, but she's always wanted her wedding to be at The Plaza and her mom knows this to be a fact. They meet with the event planners and discuss food options, the menu, and the bar. But they leave the amount of guests blank since that hasn't been decided on as yet. Donna keeps the peace between Rachel and her mom and takes mental nots of what Rachel says she wants and doesn't want. Afterwards, Donna and Rachel walk back to PEARSON SPECTER LITT. Rachel asks, "Donna would you be ok with Harvey being the best man?" Donna smiles, "Rachel of course I'll be ok with it. You think I didn't know Mike would ask Harvey?" She waits a moment then asks, "Is Harvey going to be ok with all this?" Rachel says, "I think so. I think he misses you Donna." Donna shakes her head, her eyes misting but doesn't say anything." Rachel asks, "Hey are you ok?" Donna swallows and regains her composure. "Yeah, I'm fine. So what colors are you having?" she says changing the subject. The two continue walking back to PEARSON SPECTER LITT discussing the wedding.

Louis arrives at eleven for his meeting with Harvey. Gretchen nods at him and says, "Go right in, Mr. Specter is ready for you." Louis walks past her and when Gretchen clears her throat, Louis stops, turns around and says painfully, "Um, thank you." Gretchen smiles and says, "You're welcome." When Louis turns to continue into Harvey's office, Gretchen rolls her eyes at him and chuckling to herself quietly says, "What a dick."

Louis says, "Hey Harvey got a minute to discuss the Brown case?" Harvey sighs and says, "Yeah what about it?" Louis sits in front of Harvey and begins to talk. After a few minutes Harvey has tuned Louis out. He hears Louis but Harvey's mind wanders to Donna when he sees her in the hallway. He wills her to look at him but she doesn't. What Harvey doesn't know is that Donna is forcing herself not to look in his direction. She's realized that she never has gotten over Harvey. All her talk about the feelings going away, the feelings never did go away. Their one night together was almost magical and she had hoped for something more with him but then he asked her to work for him again. She loved working with him! So she convinced herself all these years that she wasn't in love with him. He clearly wasn't in love with her! He'd had his share of women…there was Zoey, Scottie, and not to mention the numerous one night stands he's had over the past twelve years. This time she was determined to get over him. But she missed him. She missed seeing him every day even if it was only working together. She almost gave in to look into his office but she told herself, "Be strong!" If he wanted to be with her he would have already done so since they no longer worked together. But instead he's sent everyone to her instead of coming to her himself to get whatever he needed from Louis. He doesn't want to be with me and that's that, she says to herself. She quickly goes back to the safety of her office where she begins to sort some of Louis' case files.

Harvey coms back to reality when Donna is no longer in his sights and cuts Louis off saying, "Yeah, sounds good. Have Mike do some research and we'll meet in two days." Louis knows he's been dismissed and doesn't like it. But he also knows better than to antagonize Harvey; so he gets up and says, "Exactly what I was thinking. Thanks Harvey!" Harvey nods and starts to read his emails again.

When Louis leaves Gretchen steps in saying, "Mike called about lunch; it's been set for 12:30." Harvey thanks her as his personal phone buzzes. He looks to see the name "Dr. Paula Agard" pops up so he answers, "Specter," as Gretchen walks back to her desk. Dr. Agard says in her distinct British accent, "Harvey is it possible to change our appointment tonight to 7:30?" Harvey says, "Sure no problem. See you at 7:30." She asks how he is doing and she knows he's lying when he says, "I'm fine." She can hear it in his voice that he isn't fine. She replies, "Good we'll talk more this evening. Harvey, if you need anything, please do not hesitate to call." Harvey says, "Yeah, of course. See you tonight." They hang up and soon after Harvey leaves to meet Mike for lunch.

"Hey Harvey," Mike greets Harvey at Paulo's restaurant when he arrives. The two shake hands then sit and look at the menu. The petite blond waitress with green eyes that look like emeralds takes their orders. Harvey watches the waitress leave as Mike follows Harvey's gaze grinning. He says, "She's hot." Harvey shrugs and looks bored then says with a slight smile, "I wonder if she's busy tonight." Mike chuckles and shakes his head. He loves that Harvey is so nonchalant about everything. Harvey looks at Mike and says, "So how's the wedding planning going?" Mike says, "Good. We're having it at the Plaza. Rachel's always wanted her wedding to be there." Harvey nods, "And what do you want?" Without skipping a beat Mike says, "I want her to be happy." Harvey smiles and nods his head slightly; he thinks 'Yeah I just want Donna to be happy too.' He clears his throat slightly hoping to shake the thought of Donna out of his head. Mike then says, "Will you be my best man?" Harvey had thought Mike would ask him, he figures Rachel's maid-of-honor will be Donna; 'Would he be able to handle this?' he wonders to himself. Mike jars Harvey back to the present when he says, "Harvey, dude." Harvey chuckles and says in his best valley girl impression, "Well like yeah man." Mike grins as Harvey continues in his normal voice, "Mike I'd be honored to be the best man at your wedding." Mike says, "Then this calls for a drink." Harvey nods and Brianna, their blonde waitress comes over to take their drink orders. Moments later she returns with a Macallan scotch whiskey for Harvey and a beer for Mike. Harvey picks up his drink and says, "To you and Rachel." Mike picks up his beer and nods as they both take a sip of their drinks. A few minutes later their meals arrive.

After lunch, Ray picks them up and drives them back to work. Awkwardly Mike says, "You know, um, Donna is the maid-of honor." Harvey stiffly says, "I figured." Mike asks, "You ok with that?" Harvey puts on his poker face and lies, "Yeah of course." He softens a bit and says, "Mike, it's yours and Rachel's day. Donna and I will be fine." Mike nods and says, "Thank you." Harvey nods smiling. He thinks about Donna again but before he can get into deep thought they arrive at the office.

Back in his office Harvey checks in with Gretchen then heads over to Jessica's office. He steps through the doorway knocks lightly and says, "Jessica, you wanted to talk?" She motions him towards her sofa and says, "Yes, it's about Soloff." Harvey sees that Jessica is angry. Once they are seated Harvey says, "What's going on?" He tries to lighten their conversation by adding, "He missed provision 35 and he's pissed?" Jessica cracks a tiny smile and says, "Probably but it's a bit more than that now. He's teaming with Hardman." Harvey glares, "Hardman? What the hell for?" Before Jessica can explain, Harvey says, "What the hell did Louis do now?" Jessica says, "Calm down; Louis may have ticked off Jack, but I may have made it worse by calling Jack on the carpet about it. So he's working with Hardman to get back at us." Harvey says, "Then fire him. Tell him his services are no longer required at the firm." Jessica says, "I'd have to let Louis go too." Harvey grins, "So, let them both go." Jessica shakes her head at Harvey. "What's going on between you and Donna?" she asks. Harvey bristles and swallows hard saying, "Nothing." Jessica looks at him, "Have you two talked?" Harvey looks at her and shakes his head. He can feel the tightness in his chest. He tries to change the subject, "So what do you think Hardman and Soloff up to?" Jessica understands Harvey doesn't want to discuss Donna so she says, "If you want to talk about it I'm here. As for those two, I'll be damned if I let them try to manipulate us." Harvey says, "I can have Mike do some digging." Jessica nods, "Sounds good." Jessica gets up and heads back to her desk. Harvey stands, walks to the door. He turns to Jessica and says, "We beat Hardman before, we'll do it again." Jessica nods as Harvey turns and walks down the hall. Jessica looks out her window and thinks about the last time she and Harvey beat Daniel Hardman. They were both in a better frame of mind then. They were both still reeling from a loss, she with her break up from Jeff Malone and Donna leaving Harvey to work for Louis. 'That can't be easy on him' she thinks.

Harvey spots Gretchen at her desk and asks her to get Mike up to his office before she leaves. Gretchen does as he asks. Five minutes later Mike walks into Harvey's office saying hello to Gretchen as he passes her desk. "Hey Harv, what's up?" he asks. Harvey asks, "Drink?" Mike nods and watches Harvey, "You ok?" Harvey gets them each a Macallen scotch and hands one to Mike who is sitting on the sofa. Harvey sits in the chair across from him and says, "Need you to do some digging. Soloff is teaming with Hardman and we need to be several steps ahead of them." Mike takes a sip and nods, "Why doesn't Jessica just fire Jack?" Harvey smiles and says, "Then she'd have to let Louis go too, but that's another problem for another time. Seems Jack is pissed about something Louis and Jessica did and is talking with Hardman." Mike nods and says, "I'll see what I can find out." They finish their drinks as Gretchen asks, "If you don't need anything Mr. Specter, I'll be going for the evening." Harvey smiles and says, "Have a good evening Gretchen. And thank you." Gretchen smiles back and says, "All in a day's work sir. Good night." Mike says good night then stands walking to the door. "You need the info like last week?" he asks Harvey. Harvey nods, "Yeah, something like that. Night Mike."

As Mike leaves Harvey gets his briefcase and walks down the Hall to the elevators. He sees Donna at her desk in front of Louis' office and smiles. She's typing and doesn't look up; the elevator dings and Harvey looking at his phone walks on pressing the button for the lobby. As the doors slide close Donna looks up to see Harvey and she smiles. Outside Harvey sees Ray waiting for him with the car. Ray holds open the rear door as Harvey gracefully gets inside. Ray drives him to Dr. Agar's office. He tells Ray he'll be back in about an hour and to go get something to eat. Ray nods and when he sees Harvey go inside the building he drives off to get a burger before returning to wait for Harvey.

Dr. Agard greets Harvey and offers him a seat. She's a petite blond with a sharp wit about her and loves her job as a therapist. "Would you like some water?" she asks. Harvey accepts, "Yes, please." She goes to the small fridge and grabs two bottles of water handing one to Harvey who thanks her. They sit across from each other. Dr. Agard says, "Thank you for agreeing to the change in the time of our meeting." Harvey nods answering, "Sure no problem." She asks, "So how was your day?" Harvey tells her about the panic attack and the tightness he felt in his chest at the mention of Donna's name. She asks, "Why do you suppose that happens?" Harvey shrugs. She waits for him to speak; he takes a sip of water instead.

He knows he should say something but he doesn't know what to say. He's also a bit afraid if he starts talking about it he might not stop. Dr. Agard asks, "Why are you scared to admit your feelings for her or for anyone woman you've been close to for that matter?" Harvey shrugs again. Dr. Agard says, "Tell me about your parents' relationship." Harvey stiffens and says with a bit of anger, "This has nothing to do with them." Dr. Agard asks, "Do you think it might be…possible?" Harvey shrugs. Dr. Agard watches Harvey. Harvey sighs. He says softly, "My father loved her. His mother told him not to marry her but he didn't listen." Dr. Agard asks, "Why?" Harvey clenches his jaw angry with himself for opening up, but says, "He loved her." Then angrily he says, "But she treated him like a fool! She cheated on him! They all cheat!"

Dr. Agard asks, "Your mother cheated. Who is they?" Harvey says, "Yeah. Everyone. They cheat or just leave." "Whom do you mean by them Harvey?" Dr. Agard slowly probes Harvey. Harvey, without thinking because he's caught up in emotional hurt and anger blurts out, "All of them, Scottie, Zoey, my mother, Do…" he stops himself from saying Donna's name. He looks at Dr. Agard as she says, "Even Donna?" Harvey can't take it anymore he yells, "No! No damn it! This has nothing to do with my mo…" he doesn't even want to call her his mother instead says, "with her. We're done!" He stands and hurries to the door. As he reaches the door Dr. Agard stops him by saying, "Harvey not all women are like your mother. We just need to talk about her so we can get over your abandonment issues?" "You think I have abandonment issues? You're crazy." Dr. Agard looks at him but doesn't say anything. Harvey stares at her and shakes his head. He knows it's true; he's just not ready to accept that yet.

Dr. Agard says casually, "We have another 15 minutes, why don't you sit down and talk about anything you want. We can save this discussion for another time." Harvey looks at her then slowly returns to his seat. He takes a sip of water then starts playing with the label. He says quietly, "My dad used to take me and my brother to the Yankees games. Well, we couldn't always afford to go into the games but we'd to the park next to Yankee Stadium and listen to the gam on Dad's radio. We could hear the crowd cheer. He'd have snacks for us and sodas." Dr. Agard listens and asks, "You miss your father?" Harvey nods, "Yeah. I could talk to him about anything and he'd always have the answer." Harvey looks sad. Dr. Agard asks, "Are you and your brother close?" Harvey smirks, "Marcus and I have had our share of problems. To me he was the typical little brother always tagging along; but, yeah we're close just…" Dr. Agard waits for Harvey to continue and when he doesn't she asks, "Just what Harvey?" Harvey shrugs and says, "Not as close as I'd like." Dr. Agard nods and asks, "And why is that?" She can see Harvey getting angry again and hears it in his voice when he says, "He took her side!" Dr. Agard quietly asks, "Your mother's side?" Harvey nearly yells, "Yeah!" He regains his composure and says quietly, "Well, he's busy now. He's married and has three kids. We talk occasionally."

Dr. Agard says, "But you don't spend a lot of time together." Harvey shakes his head agreeing with the good doctor. She asks, "What about holidays?" Harvey shakes his head, "They've invited me. I usually decline." "What do you do on holidays then?" She asks. Harvey says, "Work then Donna…" he drifts off. Dr. Agard encourages him to continue, "Then Donna what?" Harvey takes a deep breath and says, "I'd go to her place or she'd be at my place cooking. Ok fine! I admit it! I miss Donna. I miss our friendship, I miss her." Dr. Agard notices that he emphasizes the word 'her.' Harvey ends with, "Happy now?" Dr. Agard smiles a bit and is pleased. She knows it was a big step for Harvey to admit missing Donna. She knows it will take time, more time than they have tonight. She says, "I'm glad you could admit that to yourself. We are a bit out of time for now. We'll get together next week. Same time ok?" Harvey takes a deep breath and asks, "Seven thirty? That works." She adds him to her calendar as he puts the meeting into his phone. They say good bye as Harvey walks out the door and exits the building. He sees Ray waiting and hurries to the car and gets in. Harvey thanks Ray for waiting for him and Ray answers, "Anything you need, anytime boss. You know that!" Harvey smiles and nods he knows he can count on Ray. Minutes later Ray drops off Harvey and heads home.

Harvey says hello to the guard in the lobby of his building and takes the elevator up to his floor; unlocks his door and steps into his condo. He throws his keys onto the hall table as he shuts the door and then glides down the hall towards the kitchen. He thinks about making a sandwich or something, he is kind of hungry. He turns and walks towards his bar and pours himself a scotch then proceeds to the kitchen. He opens the refrigerator and peers inside taking a sip of his whiskey as he decides on what he wants to eat. He puts down the glass and pulls out the Chinese food from last night. He puts it in the microwave to warm then sits down at the counter with the food and drink and begins to eat.

He thinks about his session with Dr. Agard then shakes his head; he really doesn't want to think about it tonight. He finishes eating, cleans up and takes his drink into his bedroom. He undresses and climbs into bed reaching for his iPad. He checks his emails and his calendar for the next day and decides he'll wear his grey suit to the office. He finishes his drink and starts to drift off to sleep.

Harvey rolls over and grabs the woman next to him and pulls her close to him. She giggles and he starts to kiss her neck, nipping it gently. He hears her moan softly. He murmurs, "Like this huh?" The woman mumbles to him, "Mmm, yeah." Harvey's hands wander over her body and he hears her moan again and call his name softly. He holds her tighter, pinching her nipples, kissing her shoulder, then her neck down to her breasts. He whispers, "Oh Donna." He's startled awake when he hears the woman angrily say, "Donna! Goddamn it Harvey I knew you had a thing for her!" Harvey quickly sits up looking next to him and he realizes it was just a dream. He shakes his head when he thinks back and realizes the woman he was dreaming about, who he thought was Donna, was actually Zoe. Harvey looks at the clock on his night stand and sighs, "Great it's only four in the morning." He leans back and dozes off for a bit then gets up and goes to the bathroom. After relieving himself and washing his hands he looks at himself in the mirror. He says to himself, "Maybe Donna and I…can be friends?" His reflection stares at him as he says out loud, "I miss her. Damn it!" He stares a bit more than grins at himself as he goes to the kitchen.

He makes a cup of coffee for himself and has some fruit then goes to his den and gets on the treadmill for twenty minutes. When he's done he walks through his kitchen grabbing a glass of water as he heads for the shower. After showering, shaving and dressing he heads out and finds Ray waiting for him. He slides in and Ray drives him to work. His phone buzzes and it's Louis' sister Esther. He shakes his head and decides not to answer it as he looks out the window thinking, "Why the hell did I go out with her?" He arrives at work and thanks Ray and heads inside before it starts to rain. He approaches Gretchen's desk and she tells him that, "Esther Litt has called several times. She says it's urgent." Harvey asks with a pained look on his face, "Did she say anything else?" Gretchen says, "Only not to tell her brother she called." Harvey looks even more pained now and says, "Fine get her on the phone for me." Gretchen nods picking up her phone as Harvey walks to his desk. Moments later he hears Gretchen's voice, "Ms. Litt on line two." Harvey looks up and nods a thank you to Gretchen. He picks up the phone, "Hey Esther." She starts to tell him about a business venture she wants to put in motion but stops when she hears him say, "Esther, you should be going to Louis with this." Esther says, "But you handled my divorce and I trusted you Harvey." Harvey sighs, "Esther, I can't…Louis is a damn good attorney and…" Esther cuts him off and angrily says, "I don't want good Harvey, I want you." There is an awkward moment of silence between them and then Esther quickly says, "To be my lawyer I mean." She's blushing and rolling her eyes at her stupidity thinking, "I can't make him think I'm desperate." Harvey grits his teeth, "Esther I'm sorry, I just can't. Call Louis." He hangs up and shakes his head. A small voice inside his head says, "Dumb move sleeping with her…she's Louis' sister for crying out loud Specter!" Harvey tries to ignore the voice and then hears, "Why are you being a dick?" He looks up angrily and sees Donna standing in his doorway and he thinks to himself, "Now why is she giving me shit?" But when Donna smiles at him all his anger dissipates and he smiles back. He shrugs and says, "What brings you here? You can't have Gretchen's job you know." Donna giggles and walks in saying, "Just dropping this off. Who was on the phone?" Harvey replies, "Phone?" Donna gives him one of her looks and he says, "Oh that…um it was Esther." Donna's smile fades as she looks concerned, "Why is she calling you? Harvey, you didn't?" Harvey puts on his poker face, "She's got a business venture she wants to put into motion; I told her to call Louis." Donna looks at him then says, "You promised Louis you wouldn't." Harvey's poker face disappears slowly as he thinks, 'why can't I lie to her?' as he says out loud, "I don't know what the hell you're talking about Donna." He quickly continues before she can say anything else, "And you're not my assistant anymore so you don't get to give me shit anymore." His tone is a bit harsh and he's sorry but before he can apologize Donna says, "You're right. Let Louis know your thoughts on the brief." She drops the folder in front of him on his desk and says, "See you later." Then hurries out of his office as she hears him call her name but she doesn't stop she just keeps on walking.

"Shit!" thinks Harvey, "now I've really screwed it up!" He shakes his head then turns around in his chair. Looking out his window he thinks back to when he first asked Donna to come with him to Pearson Hardman. They had spent the night together and were having breakfast at their favorite diner. It seems like a lifetime ago! Why the hell did he tell her he loved her? A small voice tells him, "because you do lover her.' He shakes his head, turns around and starts reading Louis' brief.

Mike strolls in and asks, "Hey Harv got a minute?" Harvey puts down the brief and says, "Yeah, what ya got?" Mike comes in and closes Harvey's door then sits across from him. "Well, first off, Soloff has been meeting with Hardman almost every day since this thing with Jessica." Harvey asks, "What are they meeting about?" Mike looks around then says, "Hardman is trying to get Soloff to file against Jessica." Harvey says, "File? File about what?" Mike shrugs, "Discrimination is my bet." They have a meeting set for tomorrow." Harvey nods; Mike says, "I'll find out more." Harvey says, "Good work."

Harvey begins to read Louis' brief again after Mike leaves but his mind drifts to Donna, as it has been doing quite a bit lately. He wonders: Can they be friends? Does she even want to be friends? His thoughts are interrupted when Gretchen appears at his desk. He looks up at her as she says, "Mr. Specter there is a meeting on your calendar for tonight that was set by Ms. Paulsen. It's at Paulo's." Harvey looks confused and then thinks back and realizes it's the anniversary of when Donna first came to work for him. They agreed to have dinner every year to celebrate. He nods and says with a smile coming over his face, "Great thanks Gretchen." Gretchen says, "Well, Ms. Paulsen just cancelled." Harvey feels a sharp pain in his chest and yells, "No!" He softens and says, "I'll take care of it. Don't cancel anything!" He gets up quickly and goes over to Donna's desk as Gretchen watches him. She shakes her head a laughs. As she walks back to her desk she says, "I've only been here a few weeks and I know they have a thing for each other."

Harvey walks up to Donna's desk and notices she is typing. He says quietly, "Donna." She looks up at him and can't help but smile since he's smiling at her. She wants to be mad at him for him yelling at her earlier, but she can't so she greets him, "Harvey." Then teases him, "Are you lost?" Harvey chuckles, "We um…have dinner plans tonight." Donna says, "No, I cancelled, didn't Gretchen tell you?" Harvey says nicely but firmly, "Yes she did, but I think we should go out as…friends." Donna looks at him, "Friends? You want to have dinner as friends?" Harvey nods, "Yes. We've been through a lot Donna…we're still friends at least? Right?" She looks at him and thinks, 'he sounds sincere.' She smiles and says, "Yes of course we're still friends. Ok. Dinner at seven then?" Harvey's smile broadens as he says, "Dinner at seven. I'll meet you at the elevators at six thirty. Ray will drive us." Donna smiles and nods. Harvey taps her desk lightly with his hand and turns. He glances back at her as he walks away and catches her watching him. He winks at her and sees her blush as she quickly puts her head down and continues typing. Harvey wants to kick his heels up and nearly skips down the hall back to his office he's so happy to be going to dinner with Donna.

Donna looks at her screen and catches her breath. "Good heavens I'm having dinner with Harvey!" She says to herself shaking her head. "Friends; we're friends. Besides he's going to be Mike's best man, we'll talk about the wedding…everything will be fine." Donna, lost in the thought of going to dinner with Harvey doesn't even notice Louis standing in front of her until she hears him bellow, "Good God woman what the hell is wrong with you?" He stares at her angrily. He knows Harvey was just here. Donna jolts up saying, "Louis stop sneaking up on me! What is it?" Louis starts to babble about something and tells her to call for dinner because it'll be a late night. Donna firmly tells him, "Sorry Louis I've got plans." He cuts her off, "Break them!" Donna says, "No Louis I won't. I used to do that with Harvey all the time and my private life suffered. Well, I'm not doing it anymore!" Louis bristles at the mention of Harvey's name but just says, "Fine." He walks away into his office. He thinks to himself 'Harvey gets everything he wants! Damn it!" Then he sees Donna typing at her desk and he thinks, "But I got Donna from him!"

Harvey tells Gretchen to hold all his calls as he goes into his office and shuts his door. He starts to think about Donna again and their dinner. He tells himself, "we'll start off slow. Be friends and then, well, maybe we can be more than friends." He tells himself he can't mess this up since she's going to be Rachel's maid-of-honor and he'll be Mike's best man. They'll be spending time together…who knows what might happen?