Hey everyone, I'm back. I am trying to update as quickly as possible but classes are making it difficult. But I do expect to finish the next chapter by the end of the week or next week. Anyway, I hope that everyone enjoys.


"Peter what the hell are you doing here?"Alicia said as she went over to turned the light on. Why he was sitting in the dark was a mystery to her, why he was there was an even bigger one.

"Well?"Alicia said as she regained her position in front of him. Him looked sad and tired. She remembered this face from when he first started out in the State's Attorney's office. Everytime he would lose a case with a murder or rapist, he'd have that face. It was his losing face, a face he only reserved for her, so that she could make it better.

"You, I'm here for you."Peter wanted to touch her cheek, but he knew better. After the last call between them yesterday, Peter knew that something was wrong, he knew that he had to fix it. He also knew that Alicia would probably dodge his phone calls and texts until he did something...well like this. So he dropped Grace off at a friend's and came to meet Alicia at her house using the spare key that she gave him for emergencies. He was going to wait in the kitchen, but she took her time getting back so he sat on the couch to think about what he should say.

"Peter that makes no sense, you did not have to come here to say that . It's been a long plane ride back and I would much rather take a shower and sleep."Alicia moved passed him to grab a glass a wine, she was sure that it was going to be a long night and she was not going to do this without some wine. But before she could make it to the kitchen, Peter grabbed her arm.

"No Alicia I am here for you. Anything I have to do to make us better, I will forget about what you did with Will these past weeks and everything if you come back to me. Alicia I-"She stopped him in mid sentence before pulling her arm away from him.

"Peter I really don't have time for this, I told you that I would talk to you when I got back."Alicia started to pour herself a glass of wine while she talked to him. He now makes her wish that she did bring Will back with her.

"Alicia I will do anything to fix us."

"Peter you must be deaf because I just told you that I did not want to do this right now."Alicia gulped down her glass of wine and whipped her head around.

"Peter, who says that there is anything there to fix? The last time that I checked, we didn't have a relationship. I thought that I was a toy that you could play with and get when you were sad or horny. Or a figurehead that was there to make you look good."Peter's face became grim, he did not know that was how she felt. He knew that she had gotten the short end of the stick for the past few years of their marriage, but he would have never thought that was how she felt.

Alicia sighed, she didn't really mean it, well she didn't mean to say it. She was really tired and he was irritating her. She just wanted him to leave.

"Alicia is that how you really feel? Do you think as yourself that little?"

"No Peter, I think that is how you see me. And you know what, I think that it is time for a change."Alicia refilled her glass and drunk some more of the the liquid that seemed to make everything seem better.

"Alicia what are you talking about? Do you think that I don't care about you? Did I not fly you to D.C. for IHOP? Did I not give you a cinderella ball? Didn't I skip work just to talk to you and see you? Alicia that was all for you."Peter increased his voice as he walked closer to Alicia. He got so close that he was mere inches from her face. He was so serious, so full of anger and hurt. For a moment he actually had her, she actually believed that he cared. But she knew better, she wasn't as dumb as he played her to be.

Alicia took another sip of her wine and smiled before she answered him.

"See Peter this is what I am talking about. Everything you just said was for you. IHOP, that was for you, you had something in D.C. and thought how can I try and make it seem that I care while doing my job. The ball, that wasn't for me either, you left me and showed me off as your trophy wife. I was cinderella, the little doll that everyone loved but no one listened to. And the work thing, that was your plan to separate me from my work and seem like you were there for me. Because you knew that I was pulling from you, and that you would use your little figurehead that you created.."Peter stepped back, he could see the same hurt that was in his eyes reflect back at him. He knew that he hurt her, but he truly thought that he was doing this for her, but know he thinks that he hurt her more than helped her.

"You know I don't even think that Alicia Florrick is a real person, she's not me. I think that Alicia Florrick was made up by you and your advisors to make you look better. That I never even existed."

"Alicia I didn't force you to do anything that you didn't want to do. You didn't have to do anything that you didn't want to."Alicia scoffed as she drank the rest of her wine and walked over to find some more wine.

"Peter after I said I do, I lost everything to you."

"And whose choice was that? Who insisted that we get married? Who got married for daddy Alicia? Who was the one that said I do?"Peter yelled as she slammed the bottle of wine on the table. It was a surprise that the bottle didn't shatter at the force that she put behind it.

"It was for you you fucking idiot. I used the excuse that my dad would be ruined, but I talked to my dad, he was disappointed but he said that he wouldn't die if I had Zach. But we knew what you wanted to be, and a baby mother would not look so good on your resume. So yes Peter it was me that did this, but for you. Everything that I have done was for you. I lost myself so that you could find you."Alicia didn't even notice the tears that started to fall down her cheek.

"And did you ever ask me what I wanted Alicia? I would have given up State's attorney and Governorship for you. I told you many times. You say that you did everything for me but did you ever ask me if that was what I wanted?"

"And it always lead back to you Peter everytime."

"Alicia you're not-"

"No your not listening. You talk about me not asking you. In our ENTIRE relationship, did you ever ask me what I wanted? Did you ever asked me if this was what I wanted?"

"Alicia you never said anything."

"BECAUSE YOU NEVER ASKED! Our whole relationship has been surrounded around you, and even after I tell you this, what do you do? You ask why I didn't ask you Peter. You might think that the world revolves around you, but it doesn't."And for the first time in almost twenty years, he finally asked the question that he should have asked in the beginning.

"Alicia, what do you want?"And with tears running down her face she finally gave him the answer.

"I don't want this."And it was as if the world was lift from her shoulders. She felt for the first time in years like she could actually breath. She never knew that four little words could give her so much relief. And as she looked at Peter, she could see that those words could cause so much pain.

"Now I know how you feel. I guess I was right, there was another person in this marriage that I never saw. It was you." Peter turned away from her and grabbed his things. He walked up to the door and dropped his spare key in the bowl before he opened the door to exit.

"I'll have my lawyer write up the papers in the morning. Alicia I want you to know that my intentions were never to hurt you."With that, Peter walked out of her door, and possibly, her life.

As soon as the door closed Alicia fell to the ground. As much as she tried to deny it, she did love the man, and he would always hold a small part in her heart. And as he walked out, he took the little part that he held with it.

Alicia continued to cry without a care until she heard the door open. As much as she was hurting, she didn't want to take anything back and didn't want Peter to think that regretted their decision.

"Who ever it is, I am fine. Go away."

"Alicia?"Will called as he walked in closed the door behind him.

"Honey, you weren't answering my calls. I wanted to make sure that you were ok. Alicia?"Will called until he finally found her on the floor behind the island with tear stained cheeks. In a second, he ran to her and wrapped his arms around her, which only made her cry harder.

"Alicia what happened? What is going on here?"With a big smile, Alicia looked up at Will and said the words he had been waiting to hear for years.

"Will, I'm getting a divorce. I am finally free."


I'm sorry that it is short this time, but I felt like it didn't need to be as long as the others. Also we are going to blame most of her actions on the wine and jetleg, also the pent up fustration and irritation. But I hope that everone liked it and please review.