A/N: I will come back to some of the issues from previous chapters in the future. For now, a little flashback to what could have happened around the time of 'Get A Room.'

When You Say Nothing At All (Ronan Keating)

Chicago, Fall 2011

Alicia and Will are spending some time together in Will's hotel room during their weekend of court-ordered mediation over the Dr Farland case with Celeste Serrano.

They lay side by side in bed.

"So, you dated Celeste for two years, huh?" Alicia asked as she turned to face Will, propping herself up on one elbow.

"Yeah," Will answered with a chuckle, turning his face to look at her. "But as I said, I was a different person then, and, well," he paused as he turned on his side to rub his left hand down her side from shoulder to waist, "we weren't exclusive." He moved his hand up and down before finally resting on her bottom. He enjoyed feeling her warm body and loved that he was at last able to get close to her. For now, she was his and his alone.

"Hold on there, Gardner," she said sharply putting her hand over his to stop its progress up her body, "not exclusive?"

"Well," he said slowly, turning her hand around in his so that he was holding it, circling his thumb on her palm, "she slept with other men and, I had the odd moment of weakness with an ex."

Alicia raised an eyebrow at him, "Huh, not much different to law school then!"

"Cheeky!" He responded, pulling her towards him. "She cheated on me with our boss, our very old boss on 9/11, so I think I was justified. Plus, on at least one occasion I was performing a public service," he said sarcastically as he wrapped his arms around her, drawing her close.

She felt the warmth that emanated from his naked body and sighed contentedly.

…..

They woke from a comfortable sleep to the sound of Alicia's cell phone. "Zac," she said, pointing to the screen. To give her some privacy, Will got up and went into the bathroom to freshen up. As Alicia finished up her call, Will came back into the bedroom drying his face on a fluffy towel.

Will's phone began to ring; Alicia noticed the caller ID: 'Jane' and shouted after him, "You've got a call."

He came back over to the bed and took the ringing cell from her. He told himself that Angela either had great comedy timing or big flappy ears!

"Hey," Will answered trying to sound as neutral as possible so as not to arouse any suspicions in Alicia or cause his friend to question him at length when all he wanted to do was return to pleasuring the brunette. He realised that it was useless, as Alicia was going to question who the lady on the line was.

"You rang?"

"Yeah, I called earlier, many times, and you ignored me. I feel so unloved," he said in mock sadness placing his hand over his heart and making a face at Alicia.

"Sorry, I was held up in the ER, had my hand inside someone's chest trying to manually massage their heart." Will pulled a face and added, "Eww," before clarifying, "Diane wanted to know about listeria, for a case."

"Heather Farms?" She queried. "Yeah," Will answered.

"I've already spoken to her, she called me, I think she has all she needs."

"Thanks," he smiled and the warmth came through in his voice.

"You sound happy. You getting some at your hotel come war room?" She laughed.

Will chuckled, "Yeah," turning away from Alicia, "thank you for your contribution Doctor, speak later."

"Bye sweetie. Say hello to the SA's wife."

"Shall I get you a saucer of milk?" He laughed as he ended the call and turned back to face her.

Alicia looked at him quizzically, "Who's Jane?" she asked, wondering if she really wanted to know the answer.

"A friend – a doctor – Diane needed some help on the Heather Farms case."

"Okay," Alicia said slowly, biting her lip as she sat up on the bed, "a close friend?" she questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah," Will nodded, "a close friend," as he put the phone on the nightstand and sat down on the bed beside her.

"Uh-huh," Alicia stared at him, "did you sleep with her?"

Will turned to face her and put his palm up to gesticulate with his words, "I am a gentleman and a gentleman never tells," he said smiling.

"I see," Alicia ran her tongue over her top lip, "so I trust this gentleman will keep this liaison to himself too," she teased.

"Of course," he nodded as he took her face in his hands. He planted soft kisses over her lips and neck and heard her moan with pleasure as she twisted her body so that she was kneeling on the bed beside him. Will moved his left hand down to rest in the small of her back and gently pulled her closer. She responded and moved to straddle him, as she kissed his neck, his soft murmurs only serving to increase her eagerness.

Chicago, March 2016

Alicia forked through her salad scouting for pieces of avocado, "I realised the other day that I had heard of you, in a way, when Will and I were together," she said calmly.

Angela looked up from her plate, chewing slower than she had been after hearing Alicia's confession. She moved her head from side to side and swallowed her food, "Really?" She was a little confused as Will had tried very hard to keep them apart and had never said he had mentioned her to Alicia. There was a time when Will wanted to introduce Angela to Alicia. He felt that if she trusted him enough to meet her children, then he should reciprocate with his best friend. However, Alicia never did formally introduce her offspring to her 'boyfriend' and once their relationship ended there wasn't any need to bring them together.

"Yes," Alicia continued, "he didn't mention you by name or say you were his best friend."

"Okay," Angela replied, cutting a piece of asparagus and spearing it with her fork, "so how do you know?"

"We were in bed and his cell phone rang, I picked it up and the caller ID said 'Jane',"

"Aaahhh," Angela nodded in recognition.

"It was only recently when you said he called you Janie, that I put two and two together."

"And got five!" Angela joked, taking a sip of her water.

'Yeah," the brunette sighed and nodded in agreement, "at the time he said this Jane was an old friend, a doctor, but didn't say much more about your relationship."

Angela chuckled and a broad smile crossed her face, "Yes, he was reticent about discussing us. Most people couldn't fathom our relationship, people who'd seen When Harry Met Sally too often, for example." Alicia nodded before Angela continued, "That was why he rarely mentioned it, especially post you joining SLG, as even on your first day he harboured thoughts of getting into your bed!"

Alicia felt her face flush with colour and she quickly took a sip of her water. "I must admit that I like that," she smiled at her friend, "I also felt a rush come through me when I first saw him again and, to my regret, no, regret, is not the correct term, maybe shame, no, that isn't right either, but when I went to meet him at his office I put on a new, sexy dress to maybe get his heart racing too," she blushed as she remembered her outfit and their subsequent conversation. She looked down at her food again as she heard her friend laugh.

"Well, you certainly accomplished that! I'm pleased that you were appointed to SLG and I'm happy that we are now friends."

"Me too," Alicia smiled in affirmation. "I asked him about whether he dated you and he didn't give me a direct answer, but I suspected he had carnal knowledge of the elusive Dr Jane," she snickered.

"Yeah," Angela laughed, raising her glass to Alicia, "you're one smart cookie, certainly a match for Hot Shot!"

A/N: Just a short update for now. Hope you like it.