Surprise! New early chapter! I will be unable to update in the next several days, finals and exams are coming up sorry :/
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Friday rolled around and today was the day that Alicia would meet the infamous David Lee and Diane Lockhart who Will had assigned to the case. Alicia furrowed her eyebrows confused as Will mentioned Diane Lockhart, Alicia had only known Diane from litigation and not family law but Will explained that Diane and David were famous for representing both political and private families which is similar to Alicia and Peter's situation.
Will went downstairs to meet Alicia in the lobby and the moment he walked out of the elevator he was struck by her beauty. Things were getting ridiculous for Will Gardner. After five years of climbing the ladder of success for both of them and also building a family, they found each other again and found each other through the oddest way but still, he had her back in his life again and wasn't prepared to let her go, even if she just wanted to be friends. He was starting to think about her a lot and was beginning to think he needed clinical help.
There she was in all her beauty wearing her high heeled black bumps that made her long legs and tight carb mussel's stand out matching her custom designed labelled suit. Once again she was wearing an outfit similar to what she was wearing the other day except this one was navy blue, the skirt just reaching above her knees, no stockings (just how Will liked it) and her grey silk blouse tucked underneath her skirt with a tight navy blue blazer buttoned up just above her breast, revealing her chest where her neckline was set. In Will's eyes she looked like the most beautiful woman in the world, although he preferred to see her in track pants and one of his hoodies with her hair tied up, he'd missed those intimate times back at Georgetown where she would chuck on his hoodie and claim it as her own as they spent all weekend cooped up in her apartment studying for finals. Nevertheless he still admires her as she wears her usual weekday tight suits and high heels, it's probable to say he admires her in anything.
"Hi" Alicia whispered barely audible but he could read her lips from a mile away, she slowly walks towards him, her eyes matching his as they shine with admiration.
"Hey" Will whispered back, a smile appearing on his face. They gaze into each other's eyes for a few seconds, just standing there lost in each other's thoughts before Alicia is snapped back to reality and the sudden abnormal feeling she's experiencing right now. What the hell was that?
"She'll we go?" she's the first to speak, pointing towards the elevators. He nods his head still lost in a daze of thought circling in his mind. He follows her into the elevator and presses for the 28th floor. They smile at each other briefly and Alicia silently thanks that they're alone.
"How are you?" he states and she smiles, clings onto the wall for support, she's always had a thing for elevators.
"Good" her eyes shine with relief "Peter and I told the kids the other night" she explains
Wills eyes widen in alarm "Yea? How was it?"
She smiles off into space "Good" she simply states "It went really well Will, we sat them down and explained everything out as thoroughly as possible. There were a few tears but in the end everything worked out, we talked about the changes that would happen and that Peter and I weren't happy together anymore. I think that's when they came to terms with it, Grace had said all she wanted was for her mommy and daddy to be happy. It was heart breaking really." She explains, the smile slipping off her features.
Will reaches out and softly squeezes the palm of her hand "I knew you would get through it, you're already half way there"
She motions a gratified smile and then looks down at their clasped hands, he notes her curiousness towards the retaining of their hands and begins to pull away just in time for her to squeeze back, maintaining a tight hold. "I'm really glad you're here Will" she whispers honestly and he squeezes back. "Me too" he admits and they stand there for a few minutes, dumbstruck and gazing into each other's eyes until they're interrupted by the light ding of the elevator and then the doors opening to the lobby of offices and reception desk. They gently let go of each other's hands and Alicia misses the warmth of his smooth skin against her own. 'Yep I'm definitely losing it' she thinks to herself as he leads her to the conference room where Diane and David are waiting.
"Alicia, this is Diane Lockhart and David Lee" he gestures towards the two lawyers who stand up immediately to greet the other woman.
"It's nice to meet you Mrs Florrick" Both Diane and David greet the other woman.
"Likewise, it's a pleasure to meet you both" she smiles politely shaking the other two's hands and both Dianne and David, for some reason, are memorised by this stunning woman. Diane particularly is very wary of the state's attorney's wife and the protection that her work partner has over her. "Will has told us so much about you. For a while we were starting to think that Will had no friends back at college because of the way he was going" Diane said smirking towards Will who slightly blushes.
Alicia chuckles "Trust me, he had friends" she assures. 'You were the only one I wanted though.' Will thinks to himself, his thoughts drifting off into that place again. He pushes them aside and keeps his full attention on Alicia Alicia Alicia. David Lee can sometimes say stupid things that make people want to run for the doors, which is why Will has asked Diane to take part in the case. This will probably be one of cook county's biggest divorce cases of the year, which makes everything more important.
Of course Will can't sit inside the meeting and listen to them, so Diane has to instruct him to go back to his office and do something productive which makes Alicia chuckle and she informs him that she will see him later on before she leaves.
He secretly watches them across the room and fascinates over the simple way Alicia props her posture. Nodding her head every few minutes as her lawyers talk to her, flicking her hair backwards as she reads a file Diane has just handed to her, the way she forms her eyebrows into a thin line as she concentrates or the way she interacts with the lawyers particularly Diane. He watches them as they laugh and talk as if they've known each other for years.
It's a little over an hour and Will is glued behind his desk, a stack of files in front of him when he hears a slight knock coming from his office door. He looks up to find a smirking Alicia with her head tilted to the side.
"Come in" he smiles softly, gesturing for her to take the seat in front of his desk. "How did it go?"
She nods her head pleased while sitting down "It went well, we discussed all the details and the next steps. You were right, they are the best." She grins.
"I'm glad you think so. When's the next meeting?"
"Well, David is going to file the divorce papers next Thursday, Its pretty quick but he's promised he can get as much detail in the papers as possible. Peter has arranged a Press conference Friday afternoon which means the kids and I will have to take the day off and stay home all day Friday, keeping away from the reporters. After the press conference and final statements Peter and I will arrange a time to have a meeting with our lawyers and begin the final paper work and so on" she explains briefly.
"I didn't think you would file so soon? Or have the press conference at such an early stage?"
"Yea, I didn't think I would either but I just want to get it over and done with. I just have this weird feeling" she explains "I feel like something else is going to happen if I don't move fast, or maybe I'm just losing my mind" she shakes her head and giggles.
"You're not losing your mind" Will assures "I think this is a good decision, it's in yours and your children's best interest" he explains and she offers him a gratified smile.
"Thanks Will" she sighs against the chair, it's been a long day and to top it off Veronica is annoyingly picking the kids up tomorrow at 8 in the morning which means Alicia will have to get up extra early, send the kids off and then spend the rest of the day working, cleaning, doing something productive. A thought suddenly pops into her head.
"Hey what are you doing tomorrow?" she asks curiously.
He furrows his eyebrows thinking thoroughly of what his plans were. "Nothing, why's that?"
"You should come over tomorrow, have lunch. The kids will be with my mother and Peter is in Ohio for the weekend which means I will be left to deal with the misery of being deserted and lonely. Which I'm probably going to have to get used to in the next few months." she exaggerates with a smirk and Will chuckles.
"Sure, sounds better than what I have planned. Oh and by the way if this is you sticking to your promise of not abandoning me, it's working" he grins and she laughs. "This is me testing out my cooking skills" she teases "Did you know I took a cooking class?" she says bewildered of her own words.
He shakes his head confused, why would she take a cooking class? As far as Will can remember she used to cook pretty good meals back at Georgetown. "Why did you take a cooking class?"
"Well, when you have a five year old son like me who eats food like there's no tomorrow, you gotta make sure they're eating the right stuff."
"What time shell I come?"
"Around twelve? I'll text you the address tonight." She explains and he nods his head "Yea ok, it shouldn't be hard to find. Let me guess, it's probably the biggest house in the neighbourhood right?" he smiles as she lightly smacks him against the chest jokingly. He guides her out of the office towards the lobby, as they reach the elevators it's the first time Alicia recognises how busy the firm is.
"Do you want me to bring anything?" he questions as she walks into the elevator.
She lightly shakes her head "No, just bring yourself, oh and don't be late!" she orders half joking, smirking at him as he waits for everyone else to make their way in the elevator, somewhat fairly squashing Alicia as she stands in the middle. He waves goodbye and she does the same. "See you tomorrow" he responds and returns back to his office once the elevator doors have closed.
He slumps against his office chair and sighs thinking deeply. The woman of his dreams was just in his office, in his law firm. Back into his life with a snap of a finger and it's like reuniting with a beautiful bird after so many years away from each other. It's a wonderful thing to be in love but it's also gruelling. Gruelling because he doesn't know if she feels the same and he highly doubts that she does have those same feelings and even if she does she'd never let it travel any further after all she just separated from her husband - planning to divorce and not to mention she has two kids who mean the world to her and will always be her first priority. Will is already in love with her kids and he hasn't even met them.
He is interrupted by his thoughts from a light knock on his office door. Diane walks in with two glasses of scotch. Glancing at his watch he notes for the first time that its 4 a clock in the afternoon.
"The meeting went well?" he says, gladly taking his glass from Diane.
She nods her head "Yes, we covered all the details. So how do you two know each other exactly?" she questions slightly curious.
"We went to Georgetown law school" he repeats "She graduated top of the class and wasted my ass" he chuckles and Dianne grins.
"So how long have you known her?"
"We met in our second year of college. So about 10 years. Why's that?" he asked noticing her curiosity and wonder towards the woman.
Diane shrugs "I'm just curious, she's quite wonderful." Diane states much to Wills amusement.
"Are you in love?" Will laughs and stops as she smacks him hard against the shoulder. The same spot where Alicia did just before, except this one Is much more harder and painful.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you are." Will half jokes half serious "It's just in her nature, people always seem to like her even if they don't personally know her, even strangers."
Diane nods her head "That's probably what caused Peter Florrick to make states attorney at such a young age, his wife." she guesses and Will nods his head agreeably.
"Yea, the public are sort of crazy about her, especially her kids. Although Peter is a good states attorney." He speaks honestly on Peter's behalf and its true, Peter's only been in office for four years and the states work couldn't be any better.
She chuckles "He's beaten us a few times."
"What do you think about the case?" he says with interest.
She shrugs "Good, fifty fifty custody agreement, money doesn't seem to be a problem and I think we're having a meeting with Peter and his lawyers after the statement to the press." She explains.
"That'll be interesting" Will replies smirking.
Diane smiles "Yes it will be. Do you know him as well?"
"Yea kind of" he mumbles "I've only known him through Alicia." Dianne raises an eye brow "I'm guessing by your expression you don't like him?" she forms a sly grin.
He shrugs "Never really did, he actually irritated me." He states the honest truth for his own personal reasons. Peter Florrick made his skin crawl with irritation when he was around him. There are many reasons why, mainly because he got everything. He got the girl, he got to tell Alicia he loved her before Will ever had the guts to do so. Then eventually he got the girl pregnant, a girl who only married him because they were having a baby together. That's when she became his wife, became the good wife. Became everything Will ever wanted and what Peter never appreciated.
"Why?" Diane interrupts his short deep thoughts.
He thinks about telling her the real reason why, yes he and Dianne are close, more like best friends and he knows she won't breathe a word to another soul but the topic of discussion is too personal. And plus, Will hasn't even gotten the opportunity to think about things let alone blab about them to the world. He shrugs "We have our differences, we were only ever civil towards each other for Alicia's sake."
Diane takes in his words with deep thought, this is the most Will has talked about Alicia ever since he informed he and David on his best friends situation. Diane finds herself curious of Will and Alicia relationship. When it comes to woman she's only ever known Will as the bachelor man, Chicago 16th most eligible bachelor in fact, according to the Chicago times. So when she met Alicia and saw how protective Will was over her, it struck Diane that Alicia was more than just a friend who needed a lawyer.
She was a woman who trusted Will with her personal life, she was a woman that Will admired and trusted with every fibre in his being. Diane Lockhart is a smart intelligent and conscious woman especially when it comes to her work partners, for example, she knows things about Jonas Stern that she wishes she didn't know, all stories that involve woman. She wishes she didn't know the half of this stuff but it's pretty hard to ignore when Will tends to come to her for advice and Jonas has no problem in sharing his relationships with the world. What intrigues Diane is that she's never seen Will so passionate and protective over anyone before, until Alicia Florrick and all her beauty and gentleness walked into the room. He's obviously in love with her and Diane slightly feels sorry for him because if anything she's recognised that Alicia is the kind of woman who puts everyone else's needs first especially her children's. She's not the type of woman to leave one mans bed only to jump into another's.
Sorry if you noticed any mistakes?, I writ this sort of in a hurry.. Please please review!
