Chapter 2

In her whole career, Diane only had two people step down from the stand in the middle of questioning. The first time was when she was first starting out as a lawyer. It was only her third case she was in charge of, and the first time she was in court by herself. Her nerves already had her on the edge, and the witness she was questioning caught her by surprise. Everything was fine at first. Diane was asking the young woman what she saw, who was holding the gun, and what the gun was pointing towards. The goal was to prove Diane's client was not the one holding the gun when it went off. However, the witness suddenly paused and became very pale. As Diane saw this reaction, she felt her face turn red. Her cheeks burning red as she filled with frustration and embarrassment. The woman asked to be excused, later explaining in private that it was in fact Diane's client who had shot the gun. She lost the case, her client went to jail, and Diane's boss gave her hell for a week for making such a mistake, for not checking the facts. That was the second worst day of her life.

The first was when Kurt excused himself from the stand. She thought she would fall out of her chair and die right there. Eli had explained to her multiple times how important it is that she watch her step over the next few months. Already she messed that up with her personal life, but she could not do the same with her work. Every business decision and case she took on was veered towards the judgeship. Somehow, she had won every case she took in the past three months, but now her winning streak was over. It really was not that terrible to lose this case, except for the fact it was her own fiancé who made her lose.

It made her angry, upset, and slightly confused as to why Kurt could not lie for her. The least he could have done was stayed quiet. She hated how much pride and honesty he had…but then again, she loved how much pride and honesty he had. After her performance in the conference room, Diane realized how silly she was acting.

After the uncomfortable trial, she went back to the office. At first, her rage helped her work through the rest of the day. Then, after a long day and thinking more about how terrible she acted, Diane called it a day and opened a bottle of wine. She became too humiliated to go home, but also too exhausted to continue working.

"Must have been a tough day." Before she even began pouring, Will was already at her door.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because that's a hundred dollar bottle of wine."

"Do you want some?"

"Please." He sat down on her couch with his hands out, waiting to receive his glass of wine like a child waiting for candy. "So tell me about the terrible day."

"We're going to lose the Hanes case…Kurt stepped down during the middle of his questioning," she sighed and sat down across from him. Diane pulled her legs close to her while explaining the earlier events, "he realized he was wrong and decided to change his testimony."

"Ouch. Oh well, I didn't like Hanes very much anyway."

Diane was not sure if she should laugh or cry. They lost millions today and yet Will could shrug it off so easily. Kurt was like that too, always relaxed.

"Since when did you become the cool one?" she asked before taking a sip of her wine.

"I've always been the cool one." As they shared a laugh, Diane could feel her shoulders loosening. They had not laughed together in weeks. Both of them were rushing from meetings to court and by the end of the day they barely had enough energy to drive home.

"I'm going to miss this, if everything works out." Diane looked down at her wine, wondering if this was the last time they would have a late night together.

"I'm sure you'll find some other young, handsome man to share a drink with you wherever you go," he smirked, making Diane laugh again.

"However none with your sense of sarcasm."

"Yeah, I think David Lee is rubbing off on me."

"Oh you poor soul," she smiled gently and glanced at her watch. "My god, it's almost ten."

"I know, long day. Even the janitors went home."

"I better do the same." Diane finished off the last bit of wine in her glass. "I'll see you in the morning."

"Remember we have a meeting at nine." Will stood up, taking her empty wine glass. "I got this."

"Thanks," she did not want to leave just yet, but Diane finally felt enough courage to face Kurt. She said goodnight to Will while pulling on her coat. The whole ride home, Diane rehearsed what she would say, how she would apologize to him for her outburst. Even as she walked into the apartment, the words 'I'm sorry' ran through her head over and over. However, as she continued to walk into the apartment, Diane began to wonder if Kurt was even home.

She walked through the kitchen and living room, hoping for a sign of life, but even Justice was nowhere to be found. Diane headed upstairs, suddenly hearing the voice of Bill O'Reilly filling her apartment. The moment she agreed to letting a tv in the bedroom, she highly regretted it. She pushed open the door to the bedroom and smiled gently, seeing Kurt still awake.

"Hey."

"Hey…you're still awake?"

"Yup."

She was ready to say how sorry she was, how ridiculous she acted, but instead Diane stepped out of her heels and, without even putting her pajamas on, crawled into bed next to him. Kurt's arm wrapped around her as she became more comfortable, laying there in silence as they watched Bill O'Reilly together. "What did you do today?"

"Started a new case."

"When did you get back?"

"Around eight."

"I'm sorry for calling your pride silly," she could hear him chuckle gently while still keeping her eyes on the television.

"Don't worry about it."

"I don't think we should work together again…too confusing."

"Agreed."

It was so strange how an embarrassing, emotional morning could turn into a calm, relaxing evening. No apologizes needed, no explanations or further arguing to be done. They both were thrown into an unfortunate event and somehow at the end of the day were able to forget about it. Now, they were able to focus on more important things, like how idiotic Bill O'Reilly's opinion on health care was.

The End!