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Harvey storms past Donna as he heads for his office. Donna, as she always does when she's concerned about him, drops her work and rushes after him.
Today was the day Harvey was supposed to meet up with Kenza in Central Park during his lunch hours. Judging from his haste and stern face, Donna suspects it didn't go well.
Instead of sitting down in his chair, Harvey paces in his room. He's aware of Donna's presence, she's so close he can feel her warmth.
''What happened?'' Donna asks calmly.
Harvey turns around and it's just then Donna realizes how genuinely upset he looks. His jaw is locked, she can almost hear the shattering of his teeth against each other. For a second, Donna gets scared.
She can't seem to think of anything Kenza would do to upset Harvey this much. He's visibly angry, but beneath it she can see how sad he is as well.
''She stood me up!'' Harvey yells and Donna stands firm, doesn't budge. ''She didn't even come!'' Harvey continues as he walks away, his back turned towards Donna and the only thing she can see is how he's angrily throwing up his hands as he continues to yell.
''I waited for a whole hour! A whole damn hour! A call or a simple text saying 'hey, I can't come' would do, but no, nothing.''
Donna knows that had it been anyone, anyone other than Kenza, Harvey would've give them a maximum of fifteen minutes to show up.
A second past fifteen minutes and he'd leave, but for Kenza... For Kenza he had waited an hour and she hadn't showed up.
For some odd reason, Donna feels betrayed as well. She doesn't know why she says it, if it's to try to defend Kenza or if it's something to calm Harvey down and comfort both of them.
''Maybe she freaked out, she got scared.''
Harvey turns around and he still has that angry look on his face and Donna immediately regrets what she said for the both of them.
''She freaked out? She got scared?'' Harvey asks rhetorically. ''She has nothing to be scared of. She just doesn't know what the hell it is she wants. Things get a bit uncomfortable and she bails, that what she does. She leaves.''
Donna says nothing. She knows this is more than Kenza not showing up to a meeting she had set up herself.
Soon enough Harvey calms down and returns to his work like none of it ever happened. He pretends he didn't spend the night before this day restless and worried, yet eager to see the face of the person he holds so dear even after all these years.
Donna returns to her work as well, but not before looking up on Kenza Diouri. Donna finds out that she's quit her job in Washington - the job that was the final chapter of Harvey's and Kenza's relationship and the final chapter of Donna's and Kenza's friendship.
Donna also happens to find an address in New York City which belongs to Kenza Diouri.
Donna swallows the lump that's growing in her throat. She's starting to get suspicious.
Nothing seems to make sense to her. Kenza would never quit her job, she would never sound so vulnerable as she did when they talked on the phone and she wouldn't ditch Harvey like that, especially not when she had clearly stated it was an urgency for her to meet him.
And it sure as hell didn't make any sense that she had moved back to New York City.
So when Donna's shift ended, she took a great look at Harvey before leaving the building.
For others he might look the same, but Donna could see how the mention and the thought of Kenza being back in his life had effected him.
He had gotten his hopes up only to have them crumbling up in front of him within seconds.
So maybe what Donna did next was for Harvey or for herself or maybe for the both of them.
She goes to Kenza's place. She doesn't expect to feel as jittery as she does after she knocks on the door. When the door opens, Donna's convinced she has forgotten how to breathe, until her brain starts working again and she realizes that the person in front of her is indeed not Kenza.
The woman stands in the doorway and stares at Donna. Her blonde curls trails down her shoulders and her brown eyes twinkles as she waited for Donna to say something.
''Um, hi. I'm sorry,'' Donna says. ''I must've gotten the wrong door. I was going to a friend's house so. She moved and it's a new address.'' Donna plasters a wide smile on her face that is as fake as it can get.
She's about to excuse herself and leave when they're accompanied by someone else. Donna first hears the excited voice and then she sees the person who the voice belongs to.
''Aunt Sophia!'' A little boy shouts as he's skipping towards the blond woman. The woman turns towards him as well.
The sight of the little boy makes Donna freeze for a moment. The boy has some of the exact same features that reminds Donna of two people she knows.
''Who is it?'' The boy asks shyly as he stares at Donna who can't help but do the same.
He has great curls on his head that reminds Donna of Kenza's baby pictures, the color of his skin is darker than Harvey's and lighter than Kenza's. He has without a doubt plumper lips than Harvey but the curve of his lips reminds Donna so much of Harvey's when Harvey smiles and the only feature that assures Donna that what she's thinking doesn't sound so ludacris is the boy's eyes.
His eyes are exactly like Harvey's.
Donna thinks she can almost see Harvey in them.
She wants to reply to the woman who's asking her questions, but Donna can't even move. She doesn't know what to say, not to mention she didn't even hear the questions.
She's just about to turn and leave, because none of this shit makes any sense when yet another person comes to the door.
Like the boy, the third person wonders the same. ''Who's at the door?'' She asks and this time... this time Donna recognizes both the voice and the person herself.
Kenza stops walking.
She just stands there, staring at Donna.
Her eyes start watering as she breathes, ''Donna.''
The little boy turns to look at Kenza and says a three letter word that confirms Donna's speculations.
''Mom,'' he says.
Kenza breaks the stare as she glances at her son, taking him up in to her arms. She walks towards Donna.
''Donna, can we please talk?'' She says and once again, her voice sounds so different from what Donna's used to.
Donna wants to be mad at Kenza, she does and she has every right to, but she can't. Her heart softens just at the sight of her. Donna nods her head, but she doesn't move.
She feels paralyzed.
Kenza talks to the boy, her son... her son, and convinces him to play with aunt Sophia as she needs to talk to her friend Donna. She explains it so easily.
Sophia and the boy are gone and now it's just Kenza and Donna. The two old best friends.
''Come on in,'' Kenza says as she slightly pulls at Donna's arm. ''I'm gonna get you a glass of water, okay, because you look pale.''
Donna nods as she walks through the hallway and in to the living room. It's simplistic, the fashion of the room screams Kenza's name, but then there are toys on the floor and children's book.
Kenza returns with the glass of water when Donna had just taken off her coat. Kenza hands her the water and grabs the coat off her hands. ''Take a seat,'' Kenza says.
Once Donna has taken a few sips, she's finally returned to herself. She manages to build a wall between the two of them. ''Are we really going to act like nothing happened between us? You know... that we didn't talk for five whole years?''
Kenza just nods her head. ''I... I know, Donna. I'm so sorry. I have so much to tell you and it's just... I really don't know where to start.''
''Well I know, we can start off by why you ditched Harvey today? You call and say it's an emergency and then you don't show up.'' Donna knows she doesn't sound nice at all, but she can't sugercoat any of the things that's in her mind right now.
Kenza seems nervous. ''I got sick,'' she answers.
''So sick you couldn't even text or call?'' Donna fires back. Kenza seems to realize her snarky tone and doesn't let it go, she gets defensive as well. ''I don't have his number.''
''Still not an excuse, Kenza.''
''I'm not making any damn excuses, Donna! I'm telling the truth!'' Donna wasn't prepared for Kenza to raise her voice.
''What the hell is going on, Kenza? You show up after five years, you make a call and say it's an emergency yet you don't show up, I find out you quit your job and you live in New York City and on top of it all you have a kid,'' Donna emphasizes at the end.
''A kid who looks eerily like...'' Donna doesn't say his name. Donna doesn't say Harvey, but judging by the guilty look on Kenza's face, she understands.
''It's a long story, but I promise you, Donna... I promise you I'm gonna tell you everything from the very beginning.''
It's almost four am and I haven't proof read this, I'm sorry!