Drink You Away

Chapter 12

By: Hope

Author's Note: Thanks so much for everyone reading and reviewing the last chapter! Like promised, this chapter is posted today. I really hope you like this one! I'm much happier with this one then the previous one. This story is coming to it's end. I'm thinking maybe 3 more chapters. If anyone has any ideas for another story about Darvey and wants to share or let me write it, feel free to inbox me! I would love to write another story. We could even collaborate! :)

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters related to Suits

"Her name was Becca" Harvey spoke, sitting on a pool chair with Donna sitting next to him. They were drinking champagne from red solo cups where the indoor pool at the hotel was. It was dark except for the blue lights in the pool, "We were in kindergarten. She always wore these cute overalls. I didn't think she liked me until she pushed me down by the slides during recess. Then I knew she was into me"

The only sound was water in the pool swaying. The pool was closed. Harvey was pretty sure they were breaking a few laws.

"That's your first crush!" Donna exclaimed, with a huge smile on her face flashing her pearly whites as she dangled her feet off the pool chair as she held her cup, "Who was your first love? Like real love?"

There were so many things about Harvey that she didn't know that she was curious about. He wasn't usually one to divulge personal information so Donna figured tonight while he was drinking was her best opportunity to get more details.

"Uh.. Okay. My first love.." Harvey started, while untying his dress shoes and taking off his socks. Harvey hadn't had time to change. " was in highschool Her name was Anna Carpenter"

"Tell me about her" Donna gently requested, pulling her one leg up as she sat up from her relaxed position. Harvey could see her cute painted red toes peaking out.

"It was senior year and as the badass popular baseball player that I was, I didn't want to get tied down to a relationship. I had amazing grades in school but I struggled with anything related to math. I needed a certain GPA and SAT scores to get into Harvard so I was decided to get a tutor"

"Anna Carpenter" Donna answered, sipping her drink and following along with the story. She was extremely engaged and interested to hear about Harvey in highschool. She always remembered Harvey's dad telling her about his baseball games but not about his actually social life.

" She always wore these glasses that were too big for her face but in a cute way. She had short brown hair and wore cool band tshirts. We ended up really hitting it off I think because we were complete opposites" Harvey filled his glass with more champagne

"So how did it end?" Donna asked. She really loved sitting in the dark with Harvey with the pool lights and no one else around.

"I thought we were both going to go to Harvard together. That was our plan atleast. Right before graduation, she told me she had decided to go to Johns Hopkins instead. She wanted to be a doctor and that was the best place for her. She had no intentions of going to Harvard with me she didn't know how to break it to me. We just.. went our separate ways" Harvey explained, " I actually saw her at our 10 year high school reunion. I went to show everyone how hot and successful I am. She was married to a lawyer"

"The irony" Donna joked, with a laugh. It was hard for her to imagine Harvey actually being heartbroken especially by a girl. He was always so closed off about his feelings. Over the years and in particular after his mom left his dad, he built a wall to keep everyone a far distance.

Donna couldn't stop thinking about the photo Mike showed her of Harvey home eating ice cream and wearing sweatpants. She knew Harvey cared about her but she didn't realize how much what had happened affected him. She hated knowing how she had hurt him.

"She wasn't as hot as she was in highscool" Harvey smirked, "By the way, I'm pretty sure your idea of us hanging out is going to get us arrested or kicked out of this hotel"

Donna shrugged, " If we get arrested, we know a few lawyers who can help. And, I doubt we will get kicked out. I'm sure the law firm does a ton of business with this hotel. Jessica did book this whole trip"

"Jessica did?" Harvey asked, raising his eyebrows. When Jessica sent him on this trip, he didn't think anything of it. It made sense to Harvey he would be the one to go to Boston and handle the professor. He got the firm and Mike Ross into this. He was responsible to get them out. He had to admit he was surprised to see Donna sitting on the flight. He figured Louis and Rachel were involved in this somehow. Jessica Pearson, not so much.

"Jessica, Louis and Rachel schemed this whole damn thing" Donna told him, finishing the alcohol in her cup.

Donna was not at her normal level of playing lately. She was the one that schemed or was involved in the scheming.

"Yeah, I kind of figured that" Harvey replied, removing his tie and throwing it over the pool chair

"Can we talk about how terrible you are at liquor store runs? I mean, champagne, really?" Donna asked, making fun of Harvey's purchase as she poured more in her plastic cup, " I haven't had champagne in years"

"You gave me 15 minutes. I just grabbed whatever I saw" Harvey defended, " We are being classy tonight" Harvey tipped his red solo cup at her as a gesture.

Donna rolled her eyes," I hate champagne hangovers. What are we celebrating? I only drink champagne on special occasions

Harvey put a finger on his chin, thinking, " Mike Ross not going to jail?"

Donna laughed, " Yeah, I guess that's good enough"

Donna watched as Harvey stood up from his sitting position on the pool chair. He started unbuttoning his white dress shirt

"What the hell are you doing?" Donna asked, with her eyes wide

"Getting naked" Harvey said, sarcastically, " I have an idea. There's a pool. Let's use it"

"I don't have my bathing suit" Donna explained, sitting down her empty cup. Donna forgot how drunk champagne got her.

"Live a little, Donna" Harvey drunkenly told her, taking off his shirt completely.

"You just bitched not 5 minutes ago about not wanting to get arrested. Now you want to get in the damn pool?" Donna argued, watching as he unbuttoned his black dress pants and pulling them down, exposing his gray Armani brief underwear.

"It's the champagne. It affects me" Harvey winked.

Harvey jumped into the blue water, causing some water to splash on Donna. Donna stood up from her chair and walked closer to the pool as Harvey came to the surface.

"The water feels amazing" Harvey cooed, swimming around.

"I'm a little drunk" Donna confessed, "What if I drown?"

"Well Donna Paulsen, You're lucky I'm here. I'm a world class swimmer. I worked as a lifeguard part time in highschool" Harvey informed her, with a grin on his face.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Donna decided. Fuck it, she thought. Donna pulled the olive tshirt above her head tossing it to the ground, showing her nude bra.

"It's impolite to stare, Specter" Donna said, catching his eyes as she unbuttoned her jeans and slide them down her legs.

The last thing Harvey saw was her black panties before she jumped in the pool. He watched as her red hair came to the surface. She pushed her wet hair from her face and laughed.

"You were right. This was a great idea" Donna smiled, brightly. She hadn't had this much fun in a long time. She missed when things were simpler.

Donna was swimming around when Harvey finally spoke, "Hey. You look really hot wet"

There was something about Donna's ginger hair wet and pushed back that was incredibly sexy to him. It was crazy but in their long history, he couldn't remember them ever getting in a pool together. They hadn't done a lot of things he wished they had the chance to do.

"So, Tell me about your first love" Harvey requested, as they both stayed near each other at the end of the pool.

"I was hoping you forget about that" Donna laughed, " Mine was in high school too. His name was Evan Samuels. I was a sophomore. He was a senior."

"High school Donna was into older men" Harvey commented, raising his eyebrows.

"High school Donna liked bad boys" Donna laughed, " He had this bad ass leather jacket. He wore it even in the summer which at the time, I thought was cool as hell. But now I realize how stupid it was. He was always sweating. Anyways, I was hard core in love with him like doodling his name in my notebooks in love until one day I went to his house and he was banging my best friend"

"What a bitch" Harvey responded, feigning upset. Evan Samuels sound like a real douche.

"Yeah, she wasn't the most loyal friend" Donna laughed, shrugging her shoulders "He ended up cheating on her too. Karma"

Donna smiled, swimming towards where Harvey was. She pulled her hand up, gently touching his wet hair. Donna's smile slowly disappeared and a more serious expression took its place.

"I miss you, Harvey" Donna expressed, at almost a whisper. She wasn't sure why she was admitting this. Maybe it was the champagne. Maybe it was just the moment of being in the pool with him. Maybe it was just the truth coming out.

Harvey felt his heart racing as he reached out to brush Donna's arm.

"I miss you more" Harvey responded, moving closer to her. His leg touching her bare leg in the pool. Donna felt Harvey's lips close to hers. She thought he was going to kiss her and she was more than willing to let it happen. It had been too long since they kissed.

But before there was a kiss, the lights turned on.

Donna was in her hotel room, thinking about the events that previously occurred about an hour ago. They were swimming in the hotel pool. The pool which had been closed for about four hours. They broke in and were drinking alcohol like they were teenagers.

Donna remembered how she told Harvey she had missed him. She was drunk. She was still drunk. She had been missing him for awhile.

She grabbed a towel from her bathroom and put it on her head, trying to dry her wet red hair. She had already changed from her drenched undergarments, putting on a pair of leggings and a sweatshirt. She kept shivering from being wet

They had almost kissed. Right before a security guard interrupted them. Harvey had stayed at the pool to bargain with the security guard. She overheard the security guard, named Bob, tell Harvey he needed some help getting out of a few parking tickets before she walked upstairs holding her clothes. Luckily, there wasn't anyone in the elevator with her while she stood half naked going back to her room.

They had almost kissed. She couldn't stop thinking about that. She wanted it to happen, sober or drunk. As much as it messed with her life and complicated it over the last thirteen years, she loved Harvey Specter. She was tired of being angry at him. He should have told her who he was having drinks with but he was right. They weren't technically together so he could really do whatever he wanted. She had to stop punishing him. She had to stop pushing him away.

Donna laid in her still made hotel room. Donna was tired of avoiding the issue. She hadn't even given him the chance to explain himself. She still couldn't believe she was in Boston.

They had almost kissed.

"Shit" Donna said to herself, as she abruptly got out of her bed and slipped on a pair of flip flops. She grabbed her hotel key before opening the door.

"Harvey?" Donna spoke, surprised to see him at her door. His hair was still wet. He had on his dress shirt and pants from before.

"If I would have kissed you in the pool, would you have kissed me back?" Harvey asked, putting his hand through his hair as his arm were resting on the door.

Donna half smiled, he was thinking about the same thing as she was.

The next chapter will hopefully be posted by Sunday. Reviews appreciated.