Author's note : Thanks for sticking with this story guys. Trust me, I am really trying to fight my writer's block and get into the habit of updating regularly. Please read and review if you like this chapter. I hope to get better with time! :)


Mike had worked only a month at Harvey's firm and he felt that his life was changing already. With sleepless nights and scary deadlines, jealous associates and flirty paralegals, high goals and higher expectations, he felt like his life was moving at twice its usual speed. He loved his work and had impressed his mentor even though the latter hardly expressed it. They were a dream team already. In fact, today they had their biggest win since the time Mike joined Pearson Hardman. Both men were thrilled with their win. Harvey, because he knew that Jessica could not ignore this even if she wanted to, and Mike because they had brought justice to a number of business start ups that had the potential to do a lot of social good.

"Are you saying that this win is better than the Frays case?" asked Harvey amused with Mike's childlike enthusiasm as they left the courtroom.

"You just like that case because you got to show off your baseball knowledge" argued Mike. "This on the other hand had to do a lot with… what?" He asked when he caught Harvey laughing.

"Nothing.. it's just the thing you do with your hands when you are explaining something."

"And here I was thinking you were listening to me." Mike pouted and Harvey had a hard time denying how cute he looked. He shrugged the thought away and walked into the lift.

"I do listen. But observing you is so much more fun."

"If that's what every judge thought I would never win a trial in my whole life."

This made Harvey laugh again and he couldn't stop smiling before they reached office.

"You know what?" he said after a while "my favorite would be the Jone's case."

Whatever Mike had been silently musing upon went right out of his head at Harvey's words.

"Uhh okay, ya it makes sense because…"

The Jones case was their third case together. They had tried every strategy to get the whole truth out of their client but all had failed. Harvey, based on his talent of reading people, thought that she would open up to them if they showed some emotion and vulnerability, the roadmap to which made them hit a bar, get drunk and behave like a couple for their client to see. Mike thought it was a stupid idea but Jone had opened up to them the next day.

"…because we got to think out of the box." Harvey finished for Mike who was still searching for words.

They both smiled awkwardly and were relieved to go their separate ways once on the office floor.

The rest of the day tugged on at a slow pace with nothing interesting to do, which suited Mike as he got a lot of other work done, like calling the pharmacy to stock up on his Grammy's medicine, paying the various bills he had to and trying to talk Trevor out of depression over several phone calls. These days he often forgot how difficult his life outside the firm was and that scared him. Working at Pearson Hardman was more than a dream come true. It was fast becoming an escape from the disappointments of his everyday life. He sometimes told himself not to get too attached to his job, or his boss, for that matter. But the thing was that he never got to work under Tanner like he did with Harvey. He got to go all out here, test every bit of knowledge he had and gain more knowledge of the law with every passing day. How could he not get attached to his work?

Harvey didn't mind working with Mike either. In fact it had turned out much better than he had imagined while recruiting him. Mike, who used to think for himself and play his own independent game even while working with Tanner, never hesitated to share his opinions and ideas bluntly with Harvey. At times Harvey was truly amazed by the ideas the kid brought to the table. Moreover, Jessica was impressed with him, which meant that she was impressed with Harvey. After all Mike was his find.

"Oh" Harvey remembered something at the thought of Jessica. "Donna get me Mike", he said through the intercom.

Mike sauntered into his office a minute later and flopped on the sofa with a contented sigh.

"Oh yes do make yourself comfortable." said Harvey.

"What? This is the most comfortable seat in the entire office! My cubicle…"

"I don't want to hear about your cubicle. Jessica wants us to be at a party tonight where we mingle with other senior partners and get to know them better."

Mike grinned ear to ear. "Are you saying that I am a celebrity after the trial that we won today and so Jessica wants me there?"

"No I am saying that I am a bigger celebrity than I was yesterday because of the trial that I won today and so Jessica will not mind my associate attending the party."

"You know what it means", smirked Mike. "Wait is there a dress-code?"

"Ya, beach wear!"

"Harvey!"

"Stop asking stupid questions then!" laughed Harvey. Mike never ceased to amuse him. He shook his head slightly reminding himself to focus.

"Listen you need to keep your eyes and ears open. I want to know what each partner feels, and I mean really feels about the prospect of my name on my door. If someone thinks if it as a nightmare I want to know it, if someone thinks he would rather die than wake up to it, I want to know it.."

"The confidence you have on our popularity is rather charming", teased Mike.

"Come on Mike. Be serious."

"Okay Harvey", said Mike faking seriousness, "I know how important this is to you and I will do my best"

"Good!" said Harvey looking pleased with himself. "Now if you will excuse me, I have a date."

"What? You are not coming with me?"

"What? You are not going with him?"

"Donna! Stop speaking for him!" said Harvey as he passed by his secretary on his way out.

Donna chuckled and turned to offer Mike her sympathies.

"I am sorry puppy but I think you are on your own tonight. Harvey is very particular about his Friday night dates."

"Huh.. there's no date. He's just not showing up because he thinks people will tend to talk about him when he is not around."

Donna raised an eyebrow at Mike and secretly wondered how well he had figured Harvey out in the short span of knowing him.

"Well then I guess it is an entire evening spent learning what the world thinks about Harvey Specter. How bad can it be?" Mike wondered, loud enough to break Donna's train of thought.

"Oh you will be surprised!" said Donna like she was really enjoying this. "Wait here!" she said and left to fetch the suit that Harvey had already arranged for Mike.

After all his find had to look the best he among all.