A/N – next couple of chapters are dedicated to Alicia's feelings and actions.
Thanks for the reviews, keep em coming :D
And I don't own the good wife…
As much as she wanted to stay with him, she knew she needed to get home. Zach and Grace would be wondering where she was and her Blackberry had been on silent for hours, God knows how many calls she'd missed. She had been hanging on, waiting for Kalinda to leave and finally she had got up, put her note pad back in her jacket pocket and left with only a small smile flashed to Alicia as she passed her. Alicia had sighed, she missed her friend but still couldn't bring herself to smile back and it hurt.
She felt Will's hand on hers and looked up at him. He looked a little lighter. It seemed like there was a good chance this woman wasn't actually pregnant and in fact, the possibility that he may be the intended victim of a con, was a positive thing. It meant his life might not be turned upside down, that he might be able to build on this sudden change of situation with Alicia.
Their plan was good. He would call this woman's bluff. Pretend that he was happy about the pregnancy. Pretend that it was everything he had ever wanted. Talk about supporting her emotionally during the pregnancy and then once the paternity test confirmed he was the father, they would work out the way forward. Together. They hoped that once faced with this, she would give up the hope of extorting money from him for an abortion and make up some story to end it all. Of course, this did all assume that she is lying and is not actually pregnant. That's where Kalinda comes in, she is tasked with getting this information and is heading back to Baltimore in the morning. For now though, he just wanted to hold Alicia, feel the warmth of her body next to his, kiss her full lips, get lost in her emerald green eyes but as he started to kiss her, he felt her hesitation and he pulled back. She could see the fright in his eyes, he thought she was changing her mind again, he thought she was going to run away again. "Will, I want to stay so much but the kids. I, I need to go home. I'm sorry." She saw his face soften and she lent in to kiss him softly. "Will. I want you. I want to be with you. Tonight, everything that has happened has made me see clearly. I won't run anymore. I promise." She closed her eyes as he kissed her again. She felt relief flooding through her. It felt so good to finally say the truth out loud. His kiss was slow, his hands on her face. She felt the love in it and let herself drown in it again. As their kiss ended, she opened her eyes and smiled at him. Her smile was so captivating, it was one of the many things he loved about her and so many moments during his day, the image of her smiling at him would appear in his mind. He didn't want to let her leave but he knew he had to and supporting her need for time with her children was always something he had willingly done.
As the elevator took her down to the lobby and back into the real world, his phone rang. "Hey K, what's up?" "Do you want to talk to me about what I saw tonight Will or do I need to get to unseeing it all?" He chuckled wearily. "I don't know right now. Let's just agree that you saw something and when I know what it is that you saw, I will come and talk to you about it. Ok?" He heard her inhale and then "OK, you got it. I'll call you when I find something, good luck with the call." He started to respond but heard the click of her hanging up and smiled to himself at her directness. It never failed to both amuse and impress him every time. He stared down at his phone and started typing, not really sure what he was going to say but needing to say something before this day ended and he tried to get some sleep.
Alicia's phone vibrated in her handbag. She fished it out as she waited for the elevator to take her up to her floor. 6 missed calls. Damn. 3 from home, 1 from work and 2 from Peter. The difficulty of the situation overtook her senses once again and she felt overwhelmed by it all. It was this feeling that always won out. The pull of her children and the years of marriage to a man who still professed to love her. She tabbed to her messages and felt her pulse quicken as she saw Will's name. She opened it as the elevator doors closed. "Thank you for tonight. I'm sorry this is happening. I never got the chance to say it back tonight. I love you too, I've loved you ever since Georgetown and I won't ever stop. Please be mine." She smiled as she typed back "I am yours. I will show you that every day xx."
