Skyfall

Chapter Twenty-Five

Two and a half hours later they were sitting on a plane, making their way up to Boston. Unlike the last time they made the trip, they weren't touching each other or holding on to each other for support. Harvey had the window seat. He had his elbow propped up on the armrest and was staring out the window. He had been like that the entire time since they boarded the plane and never moved. She hated the differences between their interaction on the first flight up there after Katie died and this one.

She sat in her seat, occasionally looking over at Harvey and wishing he would just talk to her. The silence between them was driving her crazy. She would start the conversation but she wasn't sure what to say at this point. She was just as mad at Marcus as Harvey was, but she also realized that he was family and they needed to try and help him.

Driving drunk was stupid enough, but driving drunk with his daughter in the car was just plain reckless, stupid and insane. He could have killed her and himself. So she could see why Harvey was angry and she didn't want to discount his feelings.

But Marcus was the only parent those kids had left. If they couldn't find a way to get him out of this legal trouble…well she didn't want to think about it. They had to try their best to help him.

She had texted Donna what was going on while they rode to the airport. A little while later, Mike texted that he would cover for them while they were in Boston.

"This is your captain speaking. We are currently making our final approach into Logan International Airport. Please buckle your seats belts and return your tray tables to their upright positions. Local time is 5:12 p.m. and the temperature is 82 degrees with partly cloudy skies. If you have a layover, please check the signs once we land in case your gate number has changed. If you are visiting Boston, welcome to our city. And if you are coming home, welcome back. We know you have a choice when you fly and we thank you for choosing Delta Airlines. We'll be on the ground shortly."

She looked over at Harvey, who still wasn't looking over at her. If he was going to be this way the whole trip, it was going to be torture.

Harvey drove down the interstate, carefully weaving through the traffic in an attempt to get to the hospital sooner. The entire time they traveled he couldn't help but think about how they needed to get to the hospital as soon as humanly possible. They needed to make sure that Olivia and Marcus were alright. He needed to make sure that his niece wasn't injured badly. He didn't want Marcus hurt badly either, but part of the reason for that was so he could beat the shit out of his younger brother.

He realized Marcus wasn't perfect and had a bad gambling problem that he sought treatment for in the past. But he never thought he would have to worry about his brother developing a drinking problem too, which was the only reason he could see for Marcus driving drunk with Olivia in the backseat.

It was reckless. It was stupid. It was dangerous and it made him want to pummel Marcus' face until he was unrecognizable.

He looked over at the passenger seat and noticed that Rebecca was just staring straight ahead out the window. He wondered if she was mad at him for being so quiet. Honestly though, he didn't speak because he was aware if he started to talk, expletives would come flying out at an alarming rate. He didn't think the parents of the young children on the flight would appreciate that.

So he stayed quiet and silently seethed at his younger brothers' actions, hoping he could calm down before they got there.

There was no good way to get him out of the trouble he was in. He knew Rebecca wanted him to represent Marcus and try to get him out of this, but he couldn't see a way out.

"We should be there soon." He spoke, turning his attention back to the road.

"Great." She said, not looking over at him.

"I'm sorry." He apologized. "I've been…

"Insufferable?" She finished his sentence for him.

"That too." He chuckled, glancing over at her. "I was going to say moody."

"That too." She nodded, turning to look at him with a grin on her face.

He grabbed her hand with his right hand and gave it a light squeeze.

"Look Harvey, I know that you're angry with Marcus right now." She sighed. "I am too. He did an incredibly stupid thing. But he is your brother and we need to try to do what we can to minimize this…not only for him but for Oliva and Ethan. He is the only parent they have left."

"I'm just not sure how we can minimize this." He sighed.

"I know." She agreed. "But can we at least agree that we have to try?"

She had a point. He needed to put aside his anger and do what was best for Marcus' kids. But did that mean having Marcus around if he was going to be drinking and making bad decisions like this?

"We can try." He agreed. "We have to try."

"Thank you."

The elevator ride was long because it seemed like they got stuck on each floor. Harvey held on to her hand and gave it a light squeeze so she looked over at him and smiled.

When they first got to the hospital, she wanted to go straight to Olivia's room. Lily had texted her what room Olivia was in and she wanted to rush in there immediately. But Harvey suggested they make a quick stop at the hospital gift shop to get something for her.

She thought it was an incredibly sweet idea so she went along with it. He went straight to the stuffed animal wall and picked out a giraffe, which was Olivia's favorite animal. He had remembered that without any reminding.

They got off the elevator and followed the signs until they reached Olivia's room.

"Sweetie…how are you?" Rebecca asked as she went up to Olivia's bed and sat down carefully.

"My arm hurts." Olivia said in a sad tone, pointing to her cast.

"She has a broken arm in three places." Lily explained. "They want to keep her here overnight to monitor her just to be safe, but she will be just fine."

"Thank God!" Rebecca sighed. "We were so worried about you!"

"Yes we were." Harvey echoed Rebecca's concern as he smiled at his niece.

"At least I get to see you two." Olivia smiled.

"We got you this." Harvey brought the stuffed giraffe out from behind him.

Olivia's eyes lit up. "She's awesome!"

"It's a she?" Harvey asked, staring at it for a moment before giving it to his niece. "How can you tell?"

"I just can!" Olivia grabbed it with her non-broken arm and hugged it. "Thank you Uncle Harvey!"

"You're welcome." He smiled.

"What are you going to name her?" Rebecca asked.

"I don't know yet. Where's my daddy?"

"He's in another room." Lily told her.

"Can I see him?" Olivia asked. "Maybe he could help me name her."

"Maybe later." Rebecca said with a smile. "Can we get you anything?"

"No." Olivia shook her head.

Rebecca leaned in and kissed the top of Olivia's head. Then she got up from the bed and walked over to Ethan, who was sitting on the couch in the corner on his phone. She sat down next to him. "How are you doing?"

"Great." Ethan replied sarcastically.

"Do you want to go get something to drink with me?" She asked.

"I don't care." He shrugged.

"C'mon." She got up and motioned for him to follow her. "Does anyone want anything from the cafeteria?"

"No thank you." Lily shook her head.

"Chocolate pudding please!" Olivia spoke up.

"Ok." She looked over at Harvey. "Anything?"

"No." He shook his head.

"Ok." She nodded. "We will be right back." She waited until she was out in the hallway with Ethan before starting to talk. "How are you really doing?"

"Everything sucks right now." Ethan sighed.

"I know." She agreed. "So how much do you know about what happened today?"

"I know enough to know that everything is about to change again." He sighed. "Isn't it?

"Yeah, buddy. It is going to change again." She put her arm around him as they waited for the elevator. "I'm sorry."

"It's ok."

"No, it isn't." She asserted. She felt horrible that he was having to go through this. "You've been through a lot lately. I need you to know that if you ever need or want to talk, I'm here for you. Ok?"

"Ok." He nodded.

"Let's go get some chocolate pudding. I'll even let you have a coke if you want." She noticed that brought a smile to his face.

Harvey stood outside Marcus' room a little later on. He had spent a while at Olivia's bedside, listening to her talk about her school and her friends. She didn't seem to be too traumatized by the situation she was in and that was a good thing. Eventually he realized he needed to go see his baby brother so he excused himself from Olivia's room. He saw the police officer stationed outside and took a deep breath before going in.

"Harvey." Marcus sighed. "It is good to see you, man."

"You won't think that once you hear what I have to say." He sighed.

"Ok. Just tell me one thing first. How is Olivia?"

"She's alright except for a broken arm. They are just keeping her overnight for observation."

"Oh thank God." Marcus sighed. "I have been so worried about her and no one would tell me anything."

"Maybe because they didn't think you deserved to know anything." He scoffed.

"I am well aware that I screwed up. You don't need to tell me that."

"Screwed up?" Harvey yelled. "No. Screwing up would be running over someone's mailbox or forgetting to pick up milk on the way home. You drove drunk with your daughter in the car and then almost killed her! That's not a screw up…that's an unforgiveable act. And you should be thanking God that Olivia is alright because if she wasn't I would kill you right now."

"I get it. You're angry."

"You're Goddamn right I'm angry!" Harvey continued to yell. "What the hell were you thinking?"

"You haven't been here, Harvey! Just like always, when things go wrong you are nowhere to be found! You don't know what it has been like since Katie's death two months ago." Marcus sighed.

"No you're right." Harvey agreed. "I don't know because you never took any of my calls! And neither does Rebecca because you also stopped taking her calls when she tried to check on you. So you can't play the blame game on that one because we both tried to be there for you. What's the next excuse?"

"It's not an excuse, Harvey." Marcus argued. "You truly don't have any idea what's been going on or the hell I've been going through."

"Fine." He scoffed. "I'm here now. Fill me in. Let me know all the stuff that has happened that makes it acceptable for you to drink and drive. Oh yeah…that's right. There is nothing that makes it acceptable."

"Harvey, c'mon…"

He looked over and saw Rebecca lightly grabbing onto his arm. He wasn't expecting her to be in here and wondered how long she had been standing there.

"How are you doing?" Rebecca asked, turning her attention to Marcus.

"I'll live." Marcus nodded. "The doctors say I've got a little bit of internal bleeding that they want to monitor overnight but I should be ok."

"Good." Rebecca nodded. "So why don't we all stop yelling and you walk us through what happened today so we have a clearer picture? Because as soon as you are medically cleared, you are going to be arrested and it will take a while to be able to talk to you like this again. Let's make the most of this time and be productive."

"Fine." Marcus sighed.

Rebecca and Harvey met up with Lily in the hallway outside Olivia's room after they heard Marcus' side of the story.

"It's getting late. I think one of us should stay here with Olivia tonight. I don't think she should be left alone in the hospital." Lily spoke up.

"You're right." Rebecca agreed. "I'll do it. I'll stay."

"Are you sure?" Lily asked.

"Yeah." Rebecca nodded. "I'm sure. You go back with Ethan and I'll take care of Olivia."

"Ok." Lily smiled. "Thank you. I'll go get Ethan and we'll go home."

Harvey closed the gap between them and hugged Rebecca once his mom was gone. "I'll miss you tonight."

"No you won't. You'll be too busy working on Marcus' case to even notice I'm not there." She teased.

"Don't remind me about that." He scoffed. "What if I need your help?"

"I'll have my phone with me." She told him. "I'm only a text away."

"Do you realize this is going to be the first night since we got back together that we aren't spending together?" He asked.

She pulled away only far enough to see his face. "Really?"

"Yeah." He nodded. "Every other night we've been together."

"Hmm…" He could see she was thinking about it. "You're right."

"Now I really don't want to leave you here." He smirked. "It seems a shame to break such a long streak."

"It's one night." She chuckled. "I think you will be fine."

"If I'm not…"

"I'm only a text away." She repeated. "Are you going to get a hotel room or stay at your mom's?"

"Hotel room." He chuckled. "I'm not staying at her house without you there as a buffer zone."

"Are you chicken?" She taunted playfully.

"No." He chuckled. "I just don't see any reason to stay with her."

"Ok." She nodded, looking at him knowingly. Then she kissed him. "I love you."

"I love you too." He replied, kissing her on the forehead.

By this time, his mom and Ethan had exited Olivia's room and were walking towards them.

"Are you coming back home with us tonight?" Ethan asked.

"I wasn't planning on it." Harvey replied. Then he saw the smile on Ethan's face fade. He looked over at Rebecca and then at Ethan. "Actually, I guess I can come back with you tonight."

The smile returned to Ethan's face. "Awesome!"

"I guess we should go." Harvey said. He let his mom and Ethan walk to the elevator first before closing the gap between him and Rebecca one more time. "Save me." He whispered before kissing her.

"You'll be fine." She promised him with a grin on her face.