A/N First of all a big apology to all the beautiful people that are following this fic, I had a rough couple of months, first my laptop broke and then I have been struggling with depression, I am ok and everything it's good in my life, the thing is that I had lack of inspiration and lack of doing things in general, but I love this Idea very much
rest assured that I have every intention to finish this story, I don't like having things unfinished so I am working hard to resume and continue with a regular schedule of once a week updates but to be honest, I have been working on this chapter all week and finally is getting somewhere.
I have to give a special shout-out to OracleGuessMe for keep encouraging this story! I am so sorry that I haven't accessed the platform but I do read all your comments and believe me or not they keep me going.
I hope you like this new chapter. Enjoy!
Schedules, emails and long distance calls
Monday's were normally a pretty calm day for Donna, in the mornings she usually checked her schedule for the next week and fish for the next odd job, on the afternoons as always she worked her normal shift at the blockbuster; but because she already achieved her financial goal she was going to tone down the odd jobs and enjoy this sort of brake of her normal life and keep experimenting and enjoying her character, after all, she had to live a little as Sheryl suggested, also she was going to be Roby only until she returned to LA and to be truthful she was exhausted.
But this particular Monday was like no other, She had promise, Susan, to call her regarding a job she had for her, and she was going to visit Ryan, Walker's boyfriend in the local radio station to get the details for a 2 days temp job, also in the agenda she had to collect and cash some checks to then put the money in her bank account, luckily this week she only had 3-morning shifts at the coffee shop so her mornings were going to be pretty laid back.
As Donna sip her coffee and made some notes in her diary, she tried to make some sense of all the things she had to do and wonder in how many places she was going to bump with this handsome guy, although she was annoyed with last night bet, she wondered what would it happened if she saw him again, maybe he was only passing by because she definitely hasn't seen him with the band, there was the coffee shop incident in where he had a bunch of books so probably he was either at school or working, he really had her intrigued.
Most of all she was intrigued by why this guy affected her so much, So why this newfound confidence that came with this character made her act different, what if Roby was a real tease? She knew that Roby was a magnet and that guys were fond all over her, all the time, maybe this was the perfect opportunity to try something different.
She knew that she normally was shy and that normally the guys hit on her, but, what if Roby was all the way around? Actually, she was pretty impulsive with Raul that night at the beach, she was pretty sure that she liked to be in control, to be honest with what she felt, it was a shame that she was very drunk, probably if she hadn't been so trashed she had already a summer romance, but just to think about how she made a fool of herself left the idea of getting to know Raul out of the question, but… but... with this new guy she could experiment with her five senses on point, maybe what Rita said had some truth, maybe she could scare him acting all psycho or even better, maybe she could give this Casanova a lection and mess with him, she knew that somehow she affected him as much as he did her.
As she reached for her decision Donna found herself smirking. This definitely will be fun! She thought.
After washing the plates she used for breakfast she wrote in a notepad her whereabouts and left the note under a fridge magnet on the refrigerator, she found her boots, put them on, and left for the street. The week was just beginning.
Harvey spent most of the morning researching his essay, this was after all a complicated one, although he had brought some books to do the research it was not as if he had an access to a library, he got stuck, the morning was calm because it was a Monday and the band was not going to play until next Wednesday, and the practice was going to start on the evening so his assistance was not needed. He was feeling upset still, this paper was taking too long to finish.
"Sebastian!" Harvey called the old man, with a hint of frustration in his voice, "By any chance do you know where I can find a Cyber Cafe or a library that has internet access, nearby?"
"Actually I do" Sebastian stated "You only have to walk four blocks and then turn to the right, there you will be able to see one-off those places where they rent you a computer with internet"
"Great; I will be on my way!" Harvey smiled at Sebastian while he went to the driveway where Gordon was working in the old van motor "Dad! I am going out to check my email. Do you need anything that I can bring you? "
"No son, thanks, are you going to communicate with your brother with this email, ICQ, or whatever you call that thing? If you do, I say tell him and that he is welcome, It would be nice to have my boys together. As far as I know, he is on vacation from high school.
"Yeah, Dad I could send him an email or check if I catch him in the ICQ chat"
Fifteen minutes later Harvey accessed his email and found several emails, some he expected and some he didn't among the ones that catch his attention were:
From: mspecter
Sent: Mon 28 july 1996 09:45
To: hspecter
Subject: Call home ASAP
From: dscott
Sent: Mon 28 july. 1996 09:30
To: hspecter
Subject: Where are you!
From: dscott
Sent: Sunday, 27 july 1996 13:25
To:hspecter
Subject: Are you still mad with me?
Attachment: missing you (Image)
From:dscott
Sent: Saturday, 27 july 1996 16:30
To:hspecter
Subject: Don't be childish and speak to me
From: dscott
Sent: Saturday, 27 july 1996 09:52
To: hspecter
Subject: We have to meet and talk this over
After checking out the titles of the mails that he received Harvey decided to erase the ones coming from Scotty, without giving it a thought, he was still very upset with her and he didn't want to read anything that she had to say to him, he knew her and he almost had the idea of what was the content of almost every email going from upset to apologetical passing by the slightly sexy picture without being vulgar after all Scotty had common sense but she liked to toy with him, she knew that Harvey had a tough time resisting her, but this time Harvey wouldn't budge.
The email that alarmed him the most was the one that came from his brother so he opened it.
Hey, douchebag, where the fuck are you!
You have to call home ASP, Mom is freaking out because Jesica Pearson called to speak with you assuming that you were here. As far as I know, she sounded upset, Mom called your dorm and your roommate told her that he hadn't seen you since Friday morning before he went to his classes and that your bed is untouched as well that Josh told mom that Scotty has looked for you a couple of times in the weekend.
I haven't called Dad yet, but Mom tried to, she called the motel and the bar where he works. She didn't get to him.
You're probably partying out and definitely, that's your prerogative. But don't be a son of a bitch, and let somebody know your whereabouts, you are supposed to be the good one, after all, God knows how you did manage to get into Harvard.
I know that things with Mom are bad but call home so she can relax.
Marcus.
After reading the email Harvey decided to respond, specifying his whereabouts and the main reason why he was absent, he tried to see if by any chance Marcus was on the ICQ with no luck, unfortunately, Scotty was online and before she tried to reach him he decided to block her and her friends, he definitely was pistoff with her, now he had to justify himself with everyone, and above all Jessica knew and she was upset, this couple of week was going to be hell.
Once he regrouped his thoughts, he sent an email to the Dean, to inquire about the findings regarding the incident in Professor Gerard's class. He knew that in a day and a half nothing was going to be achieved but he was confident that the truth was going to prevail.
He pondered if sending an email to Jessica was a good idea, but he knew better if he confronted her and told his side of the story she was going to be more pliable. The thing that intrigued him was how she knew about the incident because Jessica calling to find him was no accident.
Harvey finished using the computer and luckily in this place they had a couple of telephone booths so he had to try to reach Jessica and call home, but he didn't want to do the latter, although Harvey was civil with her mother on the few occasions he saw her he had shut her out of his life and want very little to do with her, it broke him to know that her mother cheated on his father, he didn't stand her, but he felt a little bit guilty about having her thinking the worst, after all, he knew that she loves him.
Frustrated but resigned, Harvey huffed, before marking the phone number of his childhood house. He didn't want to do this phone call, he hoped that no one would answer and just to leave a voicemail on the answering machine, just to ease his mother's mind. But he knew that was a slim possibility.
"Hello," the voice of his mother answered the phone after the fourth ring. Harvey could hear a tinge of concern in her voice, the normal and happy tone that was always present on her was absent. This day was going from wrong to dam upsetting, all of this drama just for a fuking grade he thought.
"Hi, Mom it's Harvey" before he continued could hear a sigh of relief
"Thank Goodness, are you ok Harvey, where are you", Lily asked.
"Yeah, Mom, as you may already know right now I am not at Harvard, actually I am with Dad for a couple of days" Harvey stated, direct and holding all the frustration he had.
"What happened? It's everything ok, It's your Dad ok? I couldn't get a hold of him?" a new kind of concern tinted Lily's voice.
"Stop, Mom, don't keep freaking out! We are ok" Harvey snapped, he try his hardest not to reproach her about the little she cared about Gordon "Just hear me out"
"Ok, I just was so worried, a lady called, her name was Jenifer or Jessica she was asking for you, she sounded upset she mentioned that was regarding Harvard your scholarship and that she wasn't available to find you; I call your dorm but no one was able to tell me your whereabouts"
"Gat Demet" Harvey cursed under his breath, he knew that Jessica was probably going to be upset but this was a confirmation. "Well long story short, I had a misunderstanding with one of my teachers and he suspended me, I did send Marcus an email explaining everything I just call to ease your mind and to let you know where I am, Dad and I are staying in Sebastian's house, that's why you couldn't reach him" a beeping noise interrupted them, "Sorry, Mom I have to go, I am in a booth and this is long-distance"
"Ok, I understand" the guilt in Lily's voice was evident, she knew that Harvey was upset with her and why, the feeling of being a failure as a mother overwhelmed her, she felt that somehow she had no business enquiring more of him. He was ok and there was nothing else that she could do. She managed to say "I love you Harvey '' before the clicking noise of the phone ending the call reached her ears, she knew that Harvey was going to solve whatever issue he had at school, she had faith in him.
Before the inevitable Harvey knew that there was no point in delaying calling Jessica, so with a heavy heart he reached for the little black address book in his backpack and call to the direct line to Jessica's office
"Jessica Pearson's office"- the professional voice of Betty Jessica's secretary answered the phone line.
"Hi, Betty this is Harvey, by any chance is Jessica available?", Harvey say shyly
"Oh, boy, isn't it the man of the hour? What do you have to say for yourself, young man?
"How bad is it Betty?" Harvey sight in frustration
"I don't know how bad it is but she is very upset. Do you know that thanks to you boy, I have almost half of Harvard looking for you! And it's only midday! For god's sake! Jessica is furious with you! What did you do? I really don't know why, but she wants to speak to you. She is on her way to court right now, but she'll be back in the office around 4, but you should call her cell phone directly before she goes into the courtroom at 2:30."
"Ok, Betty I will call her ride away… and don't worry I didn't fuck anything up"
"You'd better not, boy," Harvey knew that Betty had his best interest. She was very fond of him, because he reminded him of his nephew. So before hanging up the line Harvey gave Sebastian phone number just in case.
After that he called Jessica after what felt like an hour but in reality it was only a minute she answered …
A/N I know I am the worst with this cliff-hanger, and I swear next chapter will be posted soon enough, If I didn't cut the chapter in here it would be extra long and I already postponed this chapter enough, hopefully, the following chapter would be posted next week and we will see with Darvey interaction and Why Jessica is so upset and above all how did she learned Harvey was in trouble so soon? Did Louis have a snitch on campus? Did Scotty call Jesica to ask about Harveys whereabouts? If she did, how did she become acquainted with Jessica? All of this and more in the next chapter.
A/N 1 In the 90´s the way to communicate was totally different from nowadays, not everyone had a cellphone or a bipper (10 points if anyone tells me what is without searching for it), not everyone had a PC or a Laptop, Laptops were quite expensive and people use to go to Cybercafes just to rent an hour or 2 of internet, back then the internet was provided thru the phone line and was expensive as well, (count your blessings now, personally I have had a cellphone seance I was a teenager and to be honest I don't know how to live without one)
A/N 2 Let's have a creative license and think that the ICQ was already popular in the USA in 1996 the actual year that was launched, this is the first messenger that I knew that existed and I didn't use the MSN messenger because It was created in the 2000's later on that was created, fun fact ICQ still works, I never had an account but I had one MSN messenger though. O.o