Rachel tried to ignore the mystery of Mike for a while and focused on work, it almost worked until she couldn't concentrate and decided to take a break. She wasn't all too sure why Mike intrigued her so much, she had literally only met him four times and two of those times he had barrelled right into her. She sighed, she supposed it was because of how close he was to Donna and Harvey not to mention the repartee he seemed to have with Jessica. Rachel had been working at the firm for a year and she could barely get a thank you out of Harvey and Jessica, never mind an actual conversation! She decided that she would just see if she could solve Mike's mystery, even if he didn't have one. With that in mind she picked up her files and tried to work.

It was another three weeks before she saw Mike, it hadn't been intentional but Rachel had been handed a nasty divorce case and hadn't had chance to see him. She didn't even go down to see him, she just needed some material from the library to help her but had fallen asleep with books all around her. She was later woken up by a coffee cup banging on the table.
"Huh?" she asked dumbly, her hair thick with sweat was stuck across her face and was skewering her vision. She peeled the hair off her face to see Mike smirking with a cup of coffee in his hands.
"Welcome to the realm of the living." He snarked. Rachel just stared
"Well, drink your coffee I didn't go all the way across town just for you to let it go cold" he whined. She smiled and took a sip, her taste buds exploded. This was coffee from Chico's, her favourite coffee shop.
"This is my favourite; how did you know?" she asked.
"Donna"
"How did Donna know?" Mike raised an eyebrow
"She's Donna" Rachel nodded numbly. Donna knew everything.

Mike stared at her work, attempting to read what was going on, when he did he smiled. This was the case Harvey was struggling with, maybe Rachel would accept his suggestion.
"You know… you could tell him that you're willing to settle if he's willing to pay out five percent of his wage each month for the kids keep" Rachel stared at him.
"How would that help?" she asked. Mike grinned
"Well think about it he wants 10 grand, she can spare that, I mean it'll be hard for a little bit. He earns what 2,500 dollars a month? Five percent of that is 125 dollars, in eight months' time she would have earned back what she had given him anyway but he won't know that unless he actually sat down to figure it out and by then Harvey would have had him sign the contract and there's no going back." Rachel stared at him. She didn't want to admit it but it was a good plan, confuse the man with how little the number was and lull him into a false sense of security all the while earning back what the women had given him little by little. Rachel smiled
"That's actually pretty good Mike, I'll tell Harvey in the morning." Mike smiled and threw his now empty coffee cup in the trash, he then sat down next to her and the two talked. It wasn't about anything personal as they were both too tired, instead they talked about the case a little bit and how Mike was liking his new job. He like it a lot more than he thought he would, it eventually got darker and Mike sighed
"It's getting late, we should probably go" Rachel sighed and gathered her stuff
"yeah" Mike walked her outside, past the empty offices. It felt so surreal to be at work this late and when she glanced at her clock she realised why. It was one in the morning, Rachel began to panic
"Oh my god, I'm going to have to catch a cab" she complained. Mike laughed
"No, you're not, you can ride with me" he said, going towards the bike shed, Rachel hesitated
"Uh no offence Mike but there is no way I am riding home on the back of your bike" at this Mike laughed and pushed the bike towards a black limo
"No, you're riding in the back of my car" he said, folding up his bike and putting it in the boot before opening the door for Rachel. Rachel hesitantly climbed in and Michael followed her
"You know you don't have to do this, I could always call a cab"
"Rachel it's one in the morning, I don't trust cabbies who drive at one in the morning besides I kept you up later that normal it's the least I can do." She tried to protest
"You are fighting a losing battle there miss" at the voice Rachel jumped.
"Rachel meet Ray, Ray meet Rachel" the driver nodded to her and asked for Rachels address before driving away.

Mike could see Rachel beginning to nod off
"You can sleep you know, it's a way to your apartment"
"And have you take pictures of me sleeping? No thanks" Mike laughed
"If anything I would probably fall asleep too, as for taking pictures I'm no perv" he said the last bit slightly divisively. Rachel has the good grace to look ashamed
"Sorry Mike, I know you wouldn't… if you did I'd sue you into next week" Mike laughed again
"Of course with you and Mr 'I'm the best damn lawyer in this city, nay the entire world' I wouldn't stand a chance" Rachel laughed and they spent the rest of the car ride doing silly impressions of Harvey. Ray smiled at them in the front seat, he could tell they had something, whether they decided to pursue it was up to them but it was awfully nice to see a smile on Mike's face nether the less.

Rachel was in the middle of an impression when Ray coughed
"Miss Zane we have arrived at your address"
"Oh" Rachel said, she was having such an amusing time she didn't even realise where they were.
"Well… I guess this is where I leave, urm thanks for the coffee and the plan and the ride"
"My pleasure" he said. She turned to leave before suddenly turning back and giving him a kiss on the cheek. Mike stared after her and watched her as she entered her home, feeling better now that she was home Mike turned to Ray.
"Ray?"
"Yes Mike?"
"Don't tell Harvey"
"Wouldn't dream of it."