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Alicia was awoken early Saturday morning to WIll's voice. She didn't at all but she was expecting to sleep in today. He told her that he needed her to come as quickly as possible for an emergency meeting. Normally she would groan and drag her feet, but ever since she and Will's kiss, she had been more willing to be a team player.

She got dressed and left the house, only to go through a long a struggling day at emergency court and have Patti badgering her all day. This caused a tired Alicia to not hear voices in the other room leading her to speak freely when Will called her once she walked into the apartment.

"So how are you and Carry doing?" He asked rushed while multitasking.

"Good we just have some more paperwork to look through tomorrow." She said as she dropped her things on the counter.

"That's good, how are you doing. You looked like you were struggling a bit today." He said sadly concerned for her well being.

"I'm ok, I just got a little bit too invested. Kept thinking of Zach and Grace, and what I would do to have them and what I would do in the same situation." She sighed as she walked into her room, not noticing a praying Peter and his pastor. She sat on her bed and layed down.

"Well the more motivated you are the harder you fight for your clients." Will said trying to sooth her some way.

"Yes, I know. Sometimes I wish I didn't have to lose so much of myself as well." Alicia sighed as she rolled over on her bed.

"Leesh, you will not lose yourself, I will make sure that never happens." Will said reassuring her.

"Thanks Will." She said as she engulfed the silence. Eventually Alicia fell asleep just listening to his breathing. She found herself tired from the day of arguing and just having to endure work on a Saturday.

Will went from work to home with Alicia on the phone the whole time. It was peaceful and gave him a reason to ignore people. But most of all, he got to spend the night with her. Yes he technically did not sleep with her and she wasn't physically there, but it was good enough for him. He went to sleep to the sound of her softly breathing.

Will was glad for this one little phone call because the rest of his day did not go as planned. Not as planned, it went horribly. He lost the case and most likely the class action. The worst part was seeing that couple lost all hope in saving their baby. That was the worst part, fleeting hope. So when Alicia found him later that night all alone in his office, he was at his all time low.

"I blew it." Was all he was able to push out of his saddening eyes. Trying his hardest not to cry he put his hands on the armchair he was sitting on. He huffed as he said the next thing.

"I played craps with that kids life, and now he's gonna die and it's all my fault." He said as he was about to let the tears of regret pang down on his shirt. He was glad that no one else was here to see him such a mess.

"Hey it's not your fault. the father dropped the ball. And you aren't just fighting for just one family, you're fighting for 70 families. You made the right call fighting this ok."Alicia said placing her stuff on the chair and putting her arm on his shoulder, trying to comfort him as best she could.

That one little gesture sprung up years of comfort, hurt and wanting that was buried deep in them. Will didn't know if it was the fact that she cared enough to try and make him feel better or just his emotions getting the best of him or what. But whatever it was it awoken something in Will causing him to stand up and in one hesitant move, take Alicia into his arms and mouth. This kiss, unlike the last, was slow and passionate. Alicia wrapped her arms around Will deepening the kiss. Her tongue dancing on his teeth trying to find an opening, which he happily granted.

Will pulled back thinking of what was going on.

"Are we-" Was all he was able to say before Alicia dove back into those tandolin lips already missing the taste of his lips. As they continued to devour him, she too realized what was going on and then pulled back. Only saying "Shit" as she gathered her things.

Just as she was about to scurry out of his office, Will grabbed Alicia's arm pulling her back to him.

"No!" Was all he was able to say before crashing back into her light strawberry lips. This time he was not about to let her go so easily.

Will picked Alicia up and tossed her on the couch, careful not to hurt her. Not worried about anyone seeing them, he didn't bother with the blinds and focused all of his attention on her. He followed kisses down her coconut cream body and back up, carefully paying enough attention to her certain spots. Will kicked his table lamp and went straight for her siren lips. The room went dark and the only sounds that could be heard were the sweet sounds of love.

Alicia awoken in the night to find herself on top of Will, naked and oddly happy. She quickly got dressed and threw a blanket on him. Alicia closed his office blinds, unsure when he would wake up. She gathered her things and left to catch some sleep before Zach and Grace woke up.

As she got in her car she felt so bad for leaving him like that, and she probably would have stayed, but they were in an office. An office with her peers, with her other boss, and cameras. She thought leaving would save both of them the embarrassment and risk of explaining herself as well as Will. She drove home and went straight to her bed, only to find a note from Peter:

Alicia, I'm sorry for all of my wrong doings and what I did to you. I'm trying to make myself a better man for you and the kids and show you, as well as god, that I have changed. I hope that you accept my apology and that you want to try and make this work for the both of us and the kids. The kids will be at their friends so hopefully we will be able to talk tomorrow. You probably won't get this 'til late so if I don't see you, Good Night. And I Love You.

Love,

Peter.

She could puke at how sappy it was but she had to give it to Eli to writing the I love

you in caps. With that she got dressed for bed and slept with dreams of Will and what just happened hours prior.

Will woke to a ringing and an emptiness. He searched for Alicia in the dark and after subsiding with the fact that she is not there he answered his phone. He tried his hardest to calm the person on the other side of the phone down and after failing, got dressed quickly and left the office in a hurry. Will wandered where Alicia was and why she left but couldn't be bothered with that with this struggling case.

After fighting with some nurses, Will finally got the young couple the help that they so desperately needed. Then realizing what he needed to do he called Alicia on the phone and sighed as he did. When she didn't answer he rubbed his forehead and wiped his face, preparing for what is to come. Well she will have to deal with "this" now. He said to himself as he headed home to shower.

Alicia woke to the smell of coffee and almost floated to the kitchen only to stop once realizing that the kids were not home to make the coffee. So who is in my kitchen? She pondered as she walked into her kitchen slowly, only to find a wandering Peter in the fridge.

"Peter?" Alicia said slowly as if not sure that it was him. This caused Peter to hit his head on the shelf. He rubbed his head and turned around.

"Hey babe." He said as he came up to her and kissed her cheek, all the while rubbing her head. Noticing that she didn't move he became worried.

"Hey you ok?" He said worried and a little bit scared.

"Are you?" Alicia shot back with an equally confused face on. Peter laughed.

"Yes, I'm fine. Did you not read my letter. I told you I changed. I meant every word." Alicia was shocked. He really did write that letter and not Eli.

"Yes I did." She said reassuringly.

"But I mean it. I need you to forgive me. And I do trust you. I didn't even call you when you didn't come home last night, because I know you wouldn't do anything to hurt us or the kids anymore than I already did." Peter said moving closer to Alicia.

"So who died Peter?" Alicia said questioning his words.

"What? Oh! Oh Alicia I found god and I have asked for his forgiveness and so I am asking you as well. Please?" Peter said looking almost sad this time.

"Peter maybe you are taking this housewife thing too far. Because if you start trying to convert my kids-" Alicia said trying to keep a straight face.

"Alicia I'm not kidding. I want your forgiveness and is willing to do anything to get that.

"And before Alicia could respond, there was a knock at the door.

"It's probably Eli, I'm going to go change." ALicia went to the door as soon as Peter left, assuming that an obnoxious Mr. Gold would be at the other side of the door. Only to be sadly mistaken.

"Will? wha-what are you doing here? Not now." Alicia said having a mini, no major panic attack..

"Alicia it's not about us. You didn't answer your phone. I need to talk to Peter. But since you brought it up-" They were cut off by the holy Peter seeing an absent minded Will at the door.

"Will!" He said a little too excitedly. Will poked his head pass Alicia and waved at Peter.

"Hey Peter, you mind if we talked a bit?" Will said brushing past Alicia, making sure that almost every part of him touched her. Smiling as he passed her.

"Alicia went into the Kitchen trying to calm herself down and hoped that they wouldn't kill each other, especially since they both hated each others guts. She was sure she should have to intervene with a knife soon. She walked through the kitchen with a tray of coffee and walked into the living room sitting down next to Will in the couch. She placed the tray down and curled up on the edge of the couch next to Will with her feet just an inch from his fingers.

"So can you help?" Will said pleading with the devil. Accepting Alicia's generous offer of coffee but would rather just settle for Alicia's lips or an explanation.

"Of course, anything for an old friend." Peter said, now agreeing to help the young couple out.

"So Will, how's Alicia doing." Peter said with a goofy smile, hoping to embarrass his wife in front of her boss. After hearing his comment Alicia shot him a death glare.

"Alicia's doing great…..wonderful." Will said not only talking about her work status as he looked over at Alicia and gave her a cheshire smile.

"Good, I knew she would." Peter said reaching for his ringing phone. He looked at the caller ID and got up.

"It's Eli, I'll be right back." And before anyone could protest, he was gone, leaving Alicia and Will alone.

"Will, I-" He put a hand up to stop her and moved closer to her.

"Leesh, we don't have to do this now, just promise to not break our promise and have dinner with me." Will said slowly stroking her foot and smiling. Alicia smiled back and moved closer as well.

"I promise." She said getting up and walking Will towards the door only to stop him before leaving the living room.

"Hey, be careful ok. There is something up with Peter lately."Alicia said remembering her conversation with Peter earlier.

"Like what, what's wrong?" Will said turning around giving Alicia her total attention.

"Nothing, I just think it's weird."

"What's weird?" Will said growing concerned now for her more than usual. Alicia turned and looked around the corner to make sure Peter was out of earshot and started to lower voice.

"Well, Peter has never liked you, never. Ever since Georgetown Will. And now all of a sudden he's all happy, nice, and kind to you? No. And he has been talking about him being saved and getting into religion." Alicia said pulling her robe up on her shoulders and rubbing her arms. Will instinctively rubbed her shoulders and smiled at her.

"Hey it's ok, he's not even doing this for me. It's for a young couple that needs it and hey have you ever thought maybe he is being saved and he did this for you?" Will said smiling and starting to walk towards the door with Alicia in tow, only to run into Peter at the door.

"Yeah it was Eli, be back later. Think about what I said ok? Nice seeing you again Will." Peter said as he left the apartment. Will turned to Alicia and a surprising smile spread across his face.

"I know I said we aren't going to talk about 'us' but-" And before he finished his sentence he dove at her and took her lips on a rollercoaster ride of love. When they parted for air Will smiled and left the apartment and left a very confused and dazed Alicia stunned by his bluntness.

Later that evening Alicia found herself tired and happy after not winning the case in court, but off the court, and getting that young couple their baby. She stood there in her kitchen thinking of what Patti had said to them about being a couple. It had made her happy, but she couldn't show it for fear of letting Patti know how much she really cared for him. Instead they stood there ,iles apart with a blank quiet face, looking more like twins than lovers.

She was shaken by Peter's words.

"Hey, so did you think about our talk?" Peter said sounding oddly optimistic.

"Um, no Peter I'm tired, I'm going to bed." Alicia said as she drifted towards her room and collapsed on her bed.

"1 week." She mumbled as she thought of her previous conversation. Realizing that he used her connections to win the case, but did not care, because in one week.

Her and Will will either be lovers… or friends. With that image, she drifted into sleep dreaming of the lover's part of the situation, not paying the friend part any mind.

So I was wondering did anyone else feel that Peter being too nice was a stretch? What do you guys think of it. And how do you think I should play with his character. Is he really changed, or it just another one of Peter's Political ploys.

P.S. Thank you for updating me about my tag, an honest mistake.

P.P.S. I agree with the not liking the last paragraph, but it ties in with the title, and I wanted to make Will a bit different than in the show. Plus needy Will isn't so bad.