Julianne's alarm clock goes off, waking her up from a deep sleep. Sitting up in her bed, she glances to the spot Harvey normally occupies. Yesterday she ended their relationship. She knew it was for the best, but how can she go into work and face him?
There is only one way to solve this. Use a sick day.
After calling into work, Julianne falls right back to sleep.
Julianne is woken up by the pounding on her door.
"I'm coming! I'm coming," she shouts as she walks out of her bedroom.
"Mike what are you doing here?"
"Someone had to come over and check on you."
Julianne rolls hers eyes and invites him in.
"I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself. Besides, I just want to be alone."
"So it's true? You and Harvey are over?"
She nods her head.
"Now please, just go back to work. I'll be fine. I can handle break ups."
"Right, you moved across the country after your last one. So what are you going to do this time? Move to Paris?"
"Hey, I heard the Eifel Tower is gorgeous."
"Seriously Juls, you can't hide from this forever."
"I'm not. I'm hiding for the day. I just need one day."
Mike's phone rings and interrupts their conversation.
"Yes Harvey?" – "I'm getting lunch, I'll be back soon." – "Yes, they're done." – "Fine."
Mike sighs heavily and tossing his phone onto the couch.
"I really hate that you two aren't together. He's more on edge than ever. He is taking all his frustration out on me."
"Sorry about that."
Mike shrugs his shoulders, "I guess I can forgive you."
"Let me make you something to eat, I feel bad now that you came over on your lunch just to check on me."
Mike joins Julianne in the kitchen.
"Have you told your family yet that you two broke up?"
"No. I'm too chicken. I'm really scared to tell Carrie, she loved him."
"Like you didn't?"
"Mike. Don't. Please."
"Why not just be with him? I know he doesn't believe in the whole marriage thing-"
"He does though, remember? He's married to his job?"
"Right, but why can't you just be with him? You managed to fall in love with him not being his girlfriend. Why not be with him for years? Not… being… his girlfriend?"
"Donna said the same thing and c'mon you didn't even sound convincing when saying it."
Julianne hands Mike a sandwich.
"Mike, I don't want to be with someone who can't entertain the possibility of marrying me someday."
"You want to get married to Harvey?"
"I'm not saying that. It's just… I'm not getting any younger. I can't waste any more time on a guy who never wants to get married."
Julianne grabs a cup from the cupboard and pours Mike a glass of fruit punch.
"I just want to be his girlfriend, to know there is a possibility of something later on. Right now, I only have the guarantee of sex, and I need more than that."
"But can't you just see how it goes? Maybe he'll change his mind?"
"Mike, please. Let's drop it. Its bad enough I ask myself these questions over and over. I don't need you doing it too!"
"Okay, fine. I won't bug you anymore."
"You messed her up bad, man. You need to make this right," Mike says handing Harvey the files he had been working on before lunch.
"What are you talking about?"
Mike shoots him a look.
"Really? Julianne. Don't you miss her?"
"We're not talking about this," Harvey says.
Donna pops in, "You talked to Julianne?"
"Yeah, I just had lunch at her place."
"Donna, not you too," Harvey interjects.
"How is she?" Donna asks, ignoring Harvey.
"Good, considering."
"Mike, get out of my office."
"He can just stand out here and talk to me."
"Fine, Donna come in here for a bit, there are some things I need. Mike, leave."
Mike leaves, and Donna sits on the couch in front of Harvey's desk.
"Why don't you just go talk to her? You're who she wants to see, not Mike."
"There isn't anything I can say, Donna."
"Oh, bullshit. Look, I know you pride yourself on having no emotion, but the minute you kissed Julianne in front of the associates you told the office you care about someone other than yourself."
"Yeah, I didn't think that through."
"You know why?"
"Hormones?"
"No," Donna says brushing off his lame attempt at a joke, "because for once in your life you thought about someone else's feelings."
For the first time Harvey it taking help from someone on the outside.
"But I can't give her what she wants; I don't know what to do other than let her go. I'm married to my job and that's the truth."
"No, it's not. You were married to your job. But you're senior partner now. You finally have space in your life to let someone else in. Why not let her in?"
Donna gets up and straightens out her skirt
"Just think about that," Donna says while walking out.
Julianne has spent the day sleeping and watching television, the perfect antidote to a break up.
It's dinner time, so she thinks it's smart to finally get some food into her system. Walking into her kitchen she finds nothing appealing.
Sitting on her couch she contemplates going out for some food, but she can't find the energy to get up or change into regular clothes.
Is it too needy to ask you to bring me some dinner after you get off work? I have shit here at my place and I have no energy to leave my home.
Mike texts back twenty minutes later and agrees to bring her some food. It's moments like these that she is thankful to have at least one friend.
She wakes up confused by the sound of someone knocking at her door. She had been falling in and out of sleep while watching 'While You Were Sleeping.'
Thank God, I'm starving.
When Julianne opens the door, she is greeted by not Mike, but Harvey. She just stands there, unsure of what to say.
"I brought your favorite, macaroni and cheese, from the deli across the street from the office."
"Thanks… come on in," Julianne moves out of the way for Harvey to enter.
Julianne sits on the couch and crosses her legs underneath her.
Harvey takes it upon himself to go into her kitchen and grab plates and silverware.
"So, how was work today?" Julianne asks.
"Not too bad. I only had to yell at Mike twice."
"That's great."
For some reason it's hard to be able to just sit and talk with Harvey.
"How's your day been?"
"Pretty good, all I have done is sleep."
Harvey hands her a plate full of macaroni and cheese.
"Thank you for doing this," she says with a mouth full.
"Of course, anything for-"
"Don't say it, Harvey. Please."
Harvey looks down at his plate.
"This is hard for me, too Julianne. It really is. I'm not good at emotions, you know that."
Julianne nods her head, "I know and I may be a little too good at them."
"That's why we're so right together, Julianne. Please, can we talk about this?"
"Harvey, I don't think I can."
"Okay, I'll talk. Just listen, please."
"I can change; you just have to give me some time. I want to be with you and only you. I need you to know that," Harvey moves closer to her and puts her hands in his. "I just have a hard time letting people in because I purposely make a point to not get attached to people. But you, I don't know what you did to me, but I can't get you out of my head."
"Harvey, girls like me want to believe guys like you can change. I understand that you care for me, but really, we can't go on doing this on the hopes that you're going to change. It's not fair for us; it's not fair to me."
"I do care about you though, Julianne. I really do."
Julianne gets up off her couch and stands in front of her television set.
"That's why this is so tough, please, just go home now."