Chapter 13: Fallen

The rest of the week went by with a blur. Harvey and Mike became busy with depositions after depositions and court hearings after another. Unfortunately, the last deposition of the week that Harvey and Jessica handled turned sour. Jessica wasn't very pleased. After the opposing counsel and his client left the conference room, Jessica confronted Harvey.

"What the hell was that all about?!" Jessica fumed. She was standing by the window behind the conference table.

"What? I thought I did just fine questioning the opposition," Harvey answered with a smug look on his face. He was sitting on one of the chairs beside the conference table.

"You crossed the line with him. That wasn't a good move! And now this is going to reflect badly on us and on the case," she said.

"He deserved it! He's an asshole! And why are you questioning my methods all of a sudden?" Harvey said angrily as he stood up.

Jessica took a deep breath to calm herself down.

"Harvey, this isn't you. You aren't in your best element today. In fact, you weren't in your best element for the past few days. What's going on?" she asked.

"Nothing's going on! Whatever made you say that?" he asked irritably.

"You're bad-tempered most of the time for no apparent reason. You almost chewed Mike's head off the other day, and I saw you snapped at Donna earlier just because you couldn't find the file she left at your desk," explained Jessica.

Harvey took a while before answering.

"I didn't mean to snap at Donna. And I already apologized to her. I was just…" he trailed off frustrated.

"Hmm…" Jessica squinted and looked at Harvey with interest.

"Is this bad temper of yours has anything to do with Donna?" she asked him point blank.

Harvey looked at Jessica with surprise.

"Oh don't play coy with me, Harvey. You were never the same with her after that fashion show."

"What do you mean? I've always treated Donna the same way as before," he asked.

Jessica shook her head in disbelief.

"You know, it's unbelievable that a brilliant lawyer like you is dumb enough to not realize what's going on here," said Jessica.

"What did you just say?" asked Harvey.

"You don't recognize love even when it's staring at you right in the face."

Harvey gave her a questioning look.

"I've seen the way you look at Donna lately. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that you're in love with her," Jessica explained.

It took a while for Harvey to register in his head what Jessica just said.

"I… am?" he finally asked looking bewildered.

"Of course you are!" Jessica threw up her hands in exasperation.

"Now are you going to do something about it and get rid of this bad mood you're having? It's affecting the cases you're handling," she added.

Harvey heaved a sigh of defeat, looking a little sad.

"How can I tell her how I feel? Her boyfriend just proposed to her. Did you know that?"
Jessica nodded.

"I've heard."

"Well since you know that already, what should I do? I can't just break off her relationship with Brent," said Harvey.

It was the first time Jessica saw Harvey looking so helpless.

"Just tell her how you feel."

"But what if she says no? What then?"

"Then at least she knows and you tried."

"That doesn't sound promising," he said.

Jessica walked towards Harvey.

"Look, all you can do is tell Donna and show her that you're the better man. As long as she hasn't accepted the proposal yet, you have a chance," she said.

Harvey suddenly smiled.

"You're right. I can win her over," he said feeling confident.

"Good," smiled Jessica.

She looked at Harvey with amazement.

"Well, will you look at that," she said smiling.

"The great Harvey Specter – a brilliant but emotionally detached lawyer - has finally fallen in love."

Harvey just stood there looking at Jessica sheepishly. The feeling was all new to him that he didn't recognize it for what it was. He felt like his heart was going to burst with happiness.