I want to thank believer123 for being my beta. I also want to thank the reviews. I will get to the point where Alicia wakes up in the present. A new chapter, please R&R.
This time, Alicia woke up in one of the libraries at Georgetown. Again she saw her college self and Will studying late at night. She also remembered that day. They had been preparing for the mock trial and because of it, had been on speaking terms again. Nothing had happened since the kiss and they both believed they were only friends. Alicia watched what passed between them and she saw otherwise. Originally, the moment had come and gone without anything happening, only the warning that they still had to be careful around each other. Present Alicia was watching and expecting young Alicia to say, as she remembered herself once saying: "It's getting late, we should go home. I'll meet you tomorrow after classes." and part. Instead, the younger version of herself closed the space between her and Will and kissed him.
Again the image in front of her began to fast forward and she saw herself stopping them of getting any further. Not with the sad, apologetic eyes she had all the other times, but with a smile and a hopeful look. A look that told Will they had a chance. Then she saw her decision to tell Peter about it and end things and it obviously didn't end well.
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She saw college Alicia on their graduation with Will. She had been wrong in the present. Unlike she had told Will on the phone once, it had been him and they had lasted more than a week.
As she watched her younger self progress, like a movie that was playing, she saw more or less the same things as in the previous one, with a few changes.
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The first scene was her – a little bit younger than she was now – and Will watching the news as she saw something that made present Alicia sick. It was all too familiar for her own taste: the press, the speech, Peter on the stand. Only this time, there was another woman by his side instead of her. The news line read 'Sexual scandal with the State's Attorney Peter Florrick'. Then she observed the dialog between her and Will, again feeling like she was watching them in a movie.
"I always knew he was scum. I never liked him." Will said
"That's because you were jealous." Alicia replied.
"Well, that, too."
They both laughed. How easy it was to be on the outside, not to have the scandal happen to her – it didn't hurt.
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The picture in her office with herself and the kids also included a dog with the name tag that read 'Mr. Georgetown'.
Next, she saw herself reading on a bed that looked like it was in a hotel room. The book she saw 'movie' Alicia reading was titled 'Visiting Germany'. Wow, she had always wanted to travel to Germany. On the night stand were some cards. One read 'Have a safe trip, Mom and Dad. Enjoy! Love, Mark, Jenny and Adam.' They must be her kids with Will, well the 'movie' her and Will.
The one standing next to it read, in Will's handwriting, 'Hope you like the surprise trip. I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate our anniversary. Ich liebe dich.'
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Present Alicia saw her with Will and the kids at a baseball game rooting for someone she guessed was her and Will's son. Apparently Will had passed his passion for the sport to their children. The young man was pitching for a team in some kind of professional league. She just hoped it wasn't one of those cases where the father forced his son to achieve what he couldn't. On the other hand, she would never allow for something like that to happen to her son and the young man seemed to be enjoying himself.
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There she saw a beautiful garden, which was all decorated with flowers. It was obviously a wedding. Present Alicia could see herself sitting in the front row, but there was no sign of Will. Did they get a divorce this time? Were none of her marriages meant to work? Or were just her and Will together not the right fit? Then, the music started and she could see the bride: the girl from the picture in her office, her daughter Jenny, all grown up now. At her side, was Will; holding her arm and walking her down the aisle. Giving her away with a kiss, Will sat next to Alicia in the front row. Now that movie Alicia held Will's hand, she could see that she was still wearing a ring. The same one she had seen in the last vision. They hadn't gotten a divorce. Maybe it could work.
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There it was the Christmas scene again, only this time, a different man was sitting beside Owen. On the other hand, the loving display between her and Will as well as the happy atmosphere were still there.
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The last scene, the funeral, was there again. Only this time, Will's head stone wasn't on the grave next to old Alicia's. But the spot for it was already reserved. Will was there, standing next to the casket looking devastated. He was crying and his red and swollen face told her he had cried a lot already. It occurred to present Alicia that she had never seen Will cry before.
Owen was standing next to him and looked terrible too. They were supporting each other in a way that Peter and Owen never would. She had been right in thinking they would get along. In law school she wanted to introduce them, but unfortunately it had never happened. With that thought in mind, Alicia felt everything go dark once again.