Chapter 4
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November 29th 2002
Fast asleep in her bed Jessica is woken by her phone ringing.
"Jessica Pearson." Jessica answers, feeling half asleep, but because she is used to getting calls from clients late she isn't fazed.
"Mom, it's me." Mike's voice says and the second she hears her son's voice Jessica feels wide awake.
"Mike, what's wrong? What happened?" Jessica asks worried.
"Um, I've um, been arrested." Mike reveals, preparing himself for his mother's disappointment.
"WHAT! Why? What happened?" Jessica asks, more worried about her son than upset with him, at least right now, "Which precinct are you at?" Jessica asks worried.
"The 84th." Mike reveals, "I was with Trevor and Tess… it's a long story." Mike reveals.
"Okay. I'll be there as soon as I can. You're a minor so they can't talk to you, but if they try, say you're not saying anything without your lawyer. Do not say a single word until I get there." Jessica tells her son.
"I won't." Mike assures her.
"I'll see you soon, you'll be okay, Mike." Jessica assures her son before hanging up.
A while after getting the call from her son Jessica is walking into the eighty forth police precinct and straight up to the intake desk.
"How can I help you?" the intake officer asks.
"Michael Pearson-Ross, I'm his mother, and his lawyer." Jessica says, knowing that either will be able to get her into see Mike with him being a minor, but saying both is better.
"Of course, I'll get an offer to take you through to him." The officer says, picking up the phone.
For about a minute Jessica waits until a young detective comes out from behind and walks over to Jessica.
"Ms Pearson?" the detective asks.
"Yes." Jessica answers, "Where's my son?"
"I'm Detective Tyler, I'll take you back to him." Detective Tyler says.
"What happened?" Jessica asks worried as she follows the Detective.
"Your son was with two other people, and they were arrested for possession of marijuana." Detective Tyler explains.
"I see." Jessica says, trying to keep the anger out of her voice as she didn't even know that Mike did drugs, which means she failed him.
"Your son had less only fifteen grams. Which means, as I'm sure you know, he'll only get a one hundred dollar fine and it will not go on his record." Detective Tyler explains, "Now that you're here he can go once the fine is settled."
"What about the people who were with him?" Jessica asks, feeling glad that her son isn't in a lot of trouble, though she is angry about the trouble he is in.
"The same thing for them, thought they both had slightly more, their parents have already gotten them." Detective Tyler tells Jessica, "Here you are." He says, opening the door to a room where Jessica finds Mike sitting at a table.
"Mom." Mike says, sounding glad to see her, standing up.
"Are you okay?" Jessica asks worried as she walks over to her son.
"Yeah." Mike answers and Jessica just pulls her son into a hug, "I'm sorry, Mom."
"We'll talk about this when we get home." Jessica tells him, feeling anger at Mike's actions now that she knows he is okay, "Let's get out of here."
A while later, and after a basically silent car trip Jessica and Mike finally arrive back home.
"Living room." Jessica tells her son as he tries to head towards the stairs and instead he turns and heads there instead.
Walking into the living room Mike sits down on the couch while Jessica stands up.
"How long have you been using marijuana?" Jessica asks her son.
"The first time was the day I kissed Trevor for the first time." Mike reveals, knowing better than lying to his mother, "I've only do it on occasions." He reveals.
"I see." Jessica says with a nod, "That's it, you're not allowed to see Trevor anymore." Jessica tells her son.
"WHAT! THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Mike yells as he stands up.
"Watch your tone, Michael." Jessica tells her son, in a warning tone of voice, "Mike, Trevor just keeps getting you in trouble. He gets you to cheat for him, and now this, he's a bad influence on you and he's just going to get you in serious trouble." Jessica tells his son.
"Mom, that's so unfair!" Mike says, sounding furious, "I love him Mom, and I don't care what you say, he's my friend."
"A friend who keeps dragging you down." Jessica tells him, "Mike, was it your idea to try the pot in the first place?" being pretty sure that she can guess the answer.
"No." Mike admits, still sounding angry.
"Who convinced you to try it?" Jessica asks, knowing the answer.
"Trevor." Mike mutters.
"Exactly!" Jessica tells his son, moving over to him, "Mike you are a smart kid, an incredible kid, you've got college coming and with your brain you can do whatever you want, but your choices can change that. Trevor's an anchor, Mike, he's just going to drag you down, if you let him."
"Well I won't let him," Mike informs his mother, "Mom, you said it yourself, I'm smart, and Trevor isn't as bad as you think he is." He tells her, "He means everything to me and I can't just turn my back." He says, "Please, please don't make me cut him out of my life, coz if I did it would destroy me, and I'll never forgive you." Mike begs, it being clear that he is telling the complete truth, and honestly it is the last few words that get to Jessica the most.
"Here's what's going to happen, for the rest of the year you're going to come to the firm every day after school, or you're going to your grandmothers, same with weekends." Jessica tells Mike, "I will check in with Edith, and if you're not there then we're going to have another conversation." She tells her son, "I'm giving you a chance to show me that you can make the right choices, but if you get in trouble again, whether it be at school or something like this, then this won't be a conversation. You will stop being friends with Trevor." Jessica tells her son, not being completely okay with it, but she wants to give her son a chance to do the right thing.
"Okay." Mike says with a nod, "And I promise Mom, I won't get high again."
"Don't make a promise you can't keep." Jessica tells him.
"I will keep this." Mike assure her.
"Good, go to bed." Jessica tells him.
"Night Mom." Mike says, giving his mother a hug and kiss.
"Night Mike." Jessica says and as her son heads up to bed Jessica heads over to where she keeps bottles of scotch and pours herself a very large drink, knowing that she needs it after the night she has had.
January 3rd 2003
In the months since Mike was arrested he has been doing his best not to get into trouble. He has been spending all his spare time either with his grandmother or at the firm with Jessica, and he has managed to keep his promise and has not gotten high again.
"Good, you're here." Jessica says as she walks into her office and finds Mike where she finds him most days, sitting on her couch and doing his homework.
"Of course I am." Mike responds.
"We need to talk." Jessica says, walking over to her son, and going by the tone of voice his mother is using Mike can guess that this isn't going to be a good conversation.
"What about?"
"About the fact that you're lying to me." Jessica tells him
"I'm not." Mike quickly says, as Jessica sits down next to him.
"Then what do you call the fact that you told me two months ago that you got all your college applications in, but then when I was in your room this morning I found a pile of them, all blank." Jessica tells her son, "Why did you lie?" she asks.
"Technically I didn't. I got the one application I wanted in." Mike tells Jessica.
"That pile had basically every school in it." Jessica tells him.
"Not every school." Mike corrects, "I applied to NYU. That's the only school I want to go to."
"This has to do with Trevor, doesn't it?" Jessica asks as last time she and Mike talked about college he wanted to go to Harvard Law eventually, and do his undergraduate there too.
"Wow, you don't have to go straight to him, maybe I don't feel like leaving the city yet." Mike argues, not telling his mother that she is right.
"If that was the case you would have applied to Columbia too." Jessica tells Mike, "Mike, what about Harvard?"
"There's nothing that says I can't go to Harvard Law if I do my undergrad at NYU, your protégée did that exact thing." Mike points out, making a good argument.
"I'm not saying that NYU is a bad school, Mike. I'm saying that you need to make this decision based on what is best for you, not by what school Trevor is going to." Jessica tells her son, "If you make the decision based on that you're going to regret it."
"No, I'm not." Mike tells Jessica, wanting to believe that, "And even if I do I can always apply for a transfer later."
"That's true." Jessica tells him, "Mike, we might disagree about Trevor, and I really don't like that you're making this decision because of him, but I do trust you, and I do want what's best for you. I don't think you choosing to go to NYU because that is where Trevor is going to go is what's best for you."
"You're never going to like Trevor, are you?" Mike asks, with a frown.
"No." Jessica answers, not even needing to think about him, "Mike I know what Trevor means to you, so I'll always try to like him, but that doesn't change all the trouble he's gotten you into. That doesn't change the way he treats you."
"There's nothing wrong with the way Trevor treats me." Mike says quickly.
"Mike, yes there is." Jessica tells her son, "And I hate that you can't see it because you deserve so much better." Jessica says as it kills her to see the way Trevor treats Mike and it kills her that he accepts it.
"I don't want to talk about this." Mike tells his mother.
"Mike…." Jessica starts to say.
"I'm going to go grab some books from the library." Mike says, heading out of Jessica's office, causing Jessica to sigh as she watches him go, knowing that it wasn't a good conversation, but that they've talked about Trevor, and what Jessica thinks of him, more than they have before.
June 26th 2003
In the months since Mike and Jessica talked about Mike going to NYU because of Trevor Mike has unsurprisingly gotten in and he has managed to stay out of trouble, and has not gotten high once, even though he has been around Trevor and Tess while they have been high.
It is early morning, on what is going to be a big day for Mike, and he is in his room putting on a suit with a skinny tie, when he hears a knock on the door.
"Come in." Mike says and he isn't at all surprised when Jessica walks in, wearing her best clothes.
"Hey, you almost ready to go?" Jessica asks her son.
"Almost." Mike answers as he tries to fix his tie.
"Come here." Jessica says to her son and Mike walks over to her, "You've got to start brushing your hair more, Michael." Jessica tells him as she fixes his tie.
"It's not that bad." Mike says, rolling his eyes.
"Yes, it is." Jessica informs him, "I'm proud of you, Mike. Graduating first of your class at seventeen." Jessica tells him.
"Thanks Mom." Mike says with a smile.
"And your Mom and Dad would be proud too." Jessica assures Mike.
"You think?" Mike asks, sounding uncertain.
"I know." Jessica assures him.
"I know it might not be the best time to ask, but I have you given any more thought about what I asked a few weeks ago?" Mike asks curious.
"I have." Jessica confirms.
"And?" Mike asks eagerly, wanting to know what's going on.
"I'll sign the papers so that you can live in the dorms." Jessica says as due to the fact that Mike is still underage he needs Jessica's permission to live on the dorm.
"Thank you! Thank you Mom!" Mike says before hugging her tightly.
"You're welcome Mike, you made your case about wanting a normal college experience." Jessica tells him.
"I love you, so much." Mike tells his mother.
"I love you too, Mike." Jessica says as she hugs her son tightly, "Come on, we've got a graduation to get to." Jessica tells him.
"Yeah, we do." Mike says with a smile, "'And we've got to pick up Grammy."
"That we do." Jessica responds and the two of them head out of Mike's room, Jessica feeling incredible proud of her son and all he's achieved.
October 29th 2003
It has been four months since Mike graduated college and after he spent his summer spending time with Jessica, his grandmother and even Trevor and Tess, Mike started at NYU and even though it is ridiculously easy for him he is enjoying it.
As he got a message from Jessica saying that she needs to see him at the firm Mike has used his afternoon off to make his way into the firm, going not just because Jessica needs to see him, but because there is something he needs to tell her.
Walking out of the elevator Mike is surprised to find Jessica waiting for him.
"You never wait by the elevator." Mike comments, upon seeing his mother.
"I do when I have something to show you." Jessica tells her son, "Look." She says, pointing her head towards the wall and so Mike turns to look and to his complete shock he sees,
PEARSON HARDMAN
Where Gordon Schmidt Van Dyke used to be.
"Oh my god." Mike says, sounding shocked, "That's incredible, Mom." Mike says, hugging her tightly.
"Thanks Mike." Jessica responds.
"I'm so proud of you." Mike tells his mother completely meaning that, "I want to hear everything." Mike tells her, as they break apart.
"And I'll tell you." Jessica assurers him, "But first I want to hear everything about how you're doing." Jessica tells him, "I want to hear how school's going." Jessica says as they make their way towards Jessica's office.
"Schools good." Mike reveals, "And you were right." He reveals.
"About what, specifically?" Jessica asks her son, knowing that there are a lot of things that Mike could be talking about.
"NYU, about me regretting choosing a school because of Trevor." Mike admits.
"What happened?" Jessica asks, kindly assuming that something did.
"It's not the right place for me." Mike admits, "And not even being at the same place as Trevor can make up for that." He explains, "I've applied for a transfer to Harvard."
"You did?" Jessica asks surprised.
"Yeah, I did." Mike tells her, "I made this choice for me, Mom, because it's what I want, and that's why I know I'm not going to regret it."
"I'm proud of you Mike." Jessica tells her son, completely meaning that and honestly she is very happy about the distance that is going to be between Mike and Trevor, and she is pretty sure that Harvard is going to be a much better place for her son.
"Thanks Mom." Mike says with a smile, "So, the great coup, what happened?" he asks curious.
"Well, it all started, actually, not that long ago." Jessica admits as they arrive at Jessica's office and she begins to explain to her son how Gordon Schmidt Van Dyke became Pearson Hardman.
February 28th 2004
It has been four months since Gordon Schmidt Van Dyke became Pearson Hardman and even though Jessica has been extremely busy she has still found time to see her son. Things for Mike at NYU have been good and he has found out that his transfer to Harvard has been approved, but his happiness at that was short lived as he and Trevor went to a poker game, a poker game where Mike lost money that Trevor borrowed from a drug dealer because he played with people who cheated.
Those events have lead Mike to Pearson Hardman on a Saturday morning so that he can ask his mother a huge favour, as if he doesn't ask her, or if she says no, then he is going to have to do something he promised himself he would never do.
As he gets to Jessica's office Mike just walks past and straight into Jessica's office, her assistant not saying a word as she knows who Mike is.
"Hey, Mom."
"Mike." Jessica says, standing up, "It's good to see you." Jessica tells him, "I'm guessing you're here to tell me about Harvard."
"Not exactly, how do you know I got in?" Mike asks, more surprised than he should be.
"I have connections, I found out as soon as you were sent the letter." Jessica tells her son, "I'm proud of you."
"You might not be saying that in a few minutes." Mike says, looking down at the ground.
"Michael, what happened?" Jessica asks and right away Mike knows that things likely aren't going to go well for him as Jessica called him Michael.
"Last night Trevor and I went to a party to celebrate." Mike reveals, "There was a poker game." Mike reveals and Jessica tenses as she can guess where her son is going, "I thought I could win, I should have won, and so Trevor lent me money." Mike explains, "But the other people cheated and this morning Trevor tells me that the money wasn't even his, that it was a loan."
"From who?" Jessica asks and Mike avoids looking at her, "Mike I can't help you if you don't tell me everything." Jessica tells him, "Who'd Trevor borrow money from?"
"A drug dealer." Mike admits, "Mom, I know you don't like him, but he means so much to me, and this is all my fault." Mike reveals, "He needs the money he borrowed back and I'm going to do whatever I have to keep him from getting hurt because of this." Mike tells Trevor, causing Jessica to really not like the sound of that.
"How much?" Jessica asks her son, being able to guess some of the things that Mike could do to get money, and not planning on letting him do a single one of them.
"A thousand dollars." Mike answers.
"I'll give you the money." Jessica tells her son.
"Thank you, Mom, thank you." Mike says, feeling incredible grateful.
"But you're not going to live with Trevor anymore." Jessica tells her son and the smile disappears from Mike's face, "You're moving back home and you're going to spend all summer at the firm." Jessica explains, "You and Trevor are done. Mike, if he's borrowing money from drug dealers then he is more than bad news, and he's just going to keep dragging you down and he'll hurt you." Jessica says, walking towards him, "I know this might seem unfair, but it's what's best for you." Jessica says, being prepared to do whatever she has to do to protect her son.
"I need a few days before I can move home." Mike admits, not overly sure what he feels about what his mother is saying as there is a part of him that can't imagine his life without Trevor in it, but since they have been at college Mike has seen another side of Trevor the side that everyone else is always seeing, and he isn't sure that he likes it.
"If you're not home by your birthday then I'm coming to you to get you and your stuff." Jessica tells her son, as on Thursday is Mike's eighteenth birthday.
"That's fair." Mike says.
"Good." Jessica tells him, going over to her bag, taking out her purse, and pulling out money, "Here, one thousand dollars." Jessica says, handing the money to her son, "Do not go with Trevor when he hands the money over, and I've meant everything I've said." Jessica tells him.
"I know." Mike says as he takes the money, "Thank you, Mom." Mike says and Jessica just hugs him.
"I love you." Jessica says as she hugs her son.
"Love you too." Mike responds, "I better get going." Mike says as they break apart.
"Yeah. I'll see you in a few days." Jessica tells him.
"Yeah, you will." Mike assures his mother and he heads out of her office.
Not really paying attention to where he is going Mike wakes his way through the office, thinking all about the fact that he's going to have to hand the money to protect the person he loves, and tell him that he agreed not to see him again in the same conversation.
"Hey, watch where you're going." A voice says, sounding annoyed.
"Oh, sorry." Mike says, not looking up at the person's face as he steps into the elevator.
"You should be." Harvey says, not getting a good look at the kid as Mike has his head down as the elevator doors close.
A while after Mike left Pearson Hardman he arrives back at his and Trevor's dorm room where he is unsurprised to find Trevor waiting.
"So?" Trevor asks as soon as he sees Mike.
"She gave me the money."
"But she hates me." Trevor says sounding surprised, then he realises, "She did it for you." He realises.
"Yeah, she did." Mike answers, "We're going now to hand the money over."
"You're not coming with me." Trevor tells him.
"Yes, I am." Mike says, deciding to break that word to his mother so that he can hold of telling Trevor that they can't see each other again until he has to leave.
"Mike…" Trevor starts to say.
"No arguments, let's go." Mike say and the two of them head out of the dorm room.
March 2nd 2004
It has been three days since Mike went to his mom to get money to help Trevor and ever since Mike has been trying to think about how to tell Trevor that he is leaving, but he hasn't been able to figure out how.
Even though he has a class Mike is pretty surer that he wouldn't be able to concentrate and so he has headed back to his dorm. Walking into his and Trevor's dorm room Mike doesn't find the dorm empty like he was expecting, instead he finds Trevor making out with someone, a man, on the couch.
"You've got to be shitting me." Mike says, his voice full of pain.
"Mike…" Trevor objects.
"Don't…" Mike says before running into his room.
The second Mike is in his room he starts to pack up his stuff, and for the first time since Jessica told him that he has to stop seeing Trevor Mike doesn't feel guilty about that.
For ten minutes Mike packs up his stuff, but then his door opens and Trevor walks in.
"You're leaving, over that?" Trevor asks shocked.
"No, I'm leaving because it was one of Mom's conditions for giving me money." Mike explains to Trevor, "This just makes me realises that it's the right choice."
"Michael…." Trevor starts to say.
"I don't want to hear it." Mike tells Trevor, "For years, I've accepted that you can't accept what you've felt about me, so I've kept us quiet. I've let you screw me when you were high, and then treat me like crap, and use me, when you weren't, but I did that because I thought you did actually care about me, but just weren't ready to accept that you were Bi." Mike reveals, "I naive and stupid, because here you are, making out with some other guy, and you're not even high." He says angrily, "Mom was right, and you can get out of my room, I'll be gone in half an hour." Mike says.
"Mike, please…." Trevor starts to say.
"GET OUT." Mike yells angrily.
Having not said a word to Trevor, even though Trevor tried to make him, Mike left the dorms, carrying all his stuff in bags and made his way to his mother's house.
Having been home long enough to unpack all his stuff, Mike hears someone arriving downstairs and so he heads down there.
"Hey Mom." Mike greats, as he walks down the stairs.
"Mike, I didn't know you were coming home today." Jessica says, though she looks pleased to see him.
"I wasn't planning on it." Mike admits, walking over and hugging her tightly.
"What's this for?" Jessica asks, though she is glad for the hug.
"You were right about Trevor, about everything, and I'm sorry that I didn't listen." Mike tells her.
"I didn't want to be right, Mike, I didn't want you to be hurt." Jessica tells him, wondering just what Trevor has done to make Mike see who he really is.
"I know." Mike mutters, taking comfort in his mother's arms, like he has so many times before.
May 31st 2004
It has been almost three months since Mike moved back in with his mother and ever since Mike has been attending his classes while living at home and since then he has been doing his best to avoid Trevor, something which is rather difficult when Trevor has been making an effort to be outside his classes.
It is the first Monday of the summer break and because of that Mike and Jessica are walking through the halls of Pearson Hardman, towards Jessica's office.
"Am I imagining it or are there a lot less people than usual?" Mike asks Jessica as they make their way to Jessica's office.
"Daniel Hardman has all the Associates working on a big case." Jessica explains, "If we win this it will be huge for our firm." She admits, "You're probably not going to see an associate all summer." Jessica admits, knowing that if Harvey and Mike run into each other then she will introduce them, but with how busy Hardman is keeping Harvey and the other associates she very much doubts it will happen.
"So, are there books in the library that I can't read because the associates are going to need them?" Mike asks curious, as the arrive at Jessica's office.
"You're not going to be reading." Jessica tells her son.
"Then what am I going to be doing?" Mike asks confused.
"My grunt work." Jessica reveals.
"Are you shitting me?" Mike asks, sounding completely shocked.
"Nope." Jessica tells her son, "You're going to be my intern for the summer, basically a summer associate." She reveals.
"Awesome." Mike says with a smirk.
"Don't say awesome." Jessica says, "And get to work." She tells Mike, referring to the table.
"Yes Mom." Mike says, walking over to the table with a grin on his face where he gets started on what he has to do.
It has been a few hours since Mike and Jessica arrived at the firm and ever since they have both been working.
"Jessica, I need you to take a meeting for me." A voice says walking into the room.
"What meeting, Daniel?" Jessica asks, Daniel Hardman as Mike looks up.
"Joy." Hardman explains then he notices who is in the room, "Who are you?" he asks wondering why there is a person who looks like a kid doing work in Jessica's office.
"Daniel, this is my son, Mike Pearson-Ross." Jessica introduces, "Mike, this is Daniel Hardman."
"It's a pleasure to meet you sir." Mike says, sticking out his hand for Hardman to shake.
"You too." Hardman says, returning the handshake, "Son?" he asks Jessica in confusion.
"Mike's parents died when he was eleven, I took him in and adopted him when he was twelve." Jessica explains, "He's starting Harvard in the fall." She says, proudly.
"That's impressive." Hardman says, actually meaning that, "I take it you'll be going to law school eventually."
"Yes Sir." Mike answers.
"Good." Hardman says with a nod, "The meetings at one, I take it won't be a problem." He says to Jessica, there being no room for argument.
"No, it won't." Jessica responds.
"It was good to meet you Mike." Hardman says before leaving.
"Mom, is there someone quieter I could work? Somewhere where there won't be interruptions?" Mike asks curious.
"Yeah, I think I know the perfect place." Jessica tells her son, "Grab your work." She says and Mike picks up everything he is working on and follows his mother out of the office.
A few minutes later Mike and Jessica walk into the file room.
"Considering the case that the associates are working on I very much doubt that you'll be interrupted in here, but if anyone give you a hard time just send them to me." Jessica tells her son.
"Got it Mom." Mike says, putting all his stuff down on one of the tables.
"I'll come and check on you ever few hours, and if I find out you've left you're going to be in a lot of trouble." Jessica tells her son.
"Yes Mom." Mike says with a nod, knowing that his mother is telling the complete truth.
"Good, I'll be back in an hour so that we can go to lunch." Jessica says before leaving her son and walking out of the room.
As Jessica walks out into the corridor she almost walks straight into a red head woman.
"I'm sorry, Donna." Jessica tells the woman, Donna Paulsen.
"It's okay." Donna assures her, "I'll keep an eye on him when you're not here." Donna assures Jessica.
"Thank you." Jessica responds, feeling grateful as in the past few months she has seen why Harvey insisted that she come with him and has been impressed.
"And he really won't be interrupted down here." Donna assures her.
"Good." Jessica says before heading back up to her office.
September 28th 2004
Even though spending the summer at the firm was meant to be a punishment for him Mike enjoyed every single second that he spent in the file room at Pearson Hardman, and he wasn't interrupted once as just like Jessica told him all the associates were too busy on Hardman's case to go into a file room, a case that they won a few days earlier.
As he didn't want to lie to her Mike told his mother that he has to say a real goodbye to Trevor before he left and even though Jessica wasn't too happy about it she told him that he could go, which has lead Mike to one of the places that Mike once spent a lot of time.
"I honestly didn't expect you to come." Trevor tells Mike.
"I honestly wasn't planning on it." Mike admits, "What do you want Trevor?" he asks.
"I want to say I'm sorry." Trevor tells him, "I screwed things up between us, and I'm sorry for that. I'm sorry for the way I treated you." He admits, "I was with that guy as I wanted to know if it was just you that made me feel this way or if everyone does." He explains.
"Right." Mike says, not sure if he believes that.
"I mean that, Mike. I am sorry, and I do have feeling for you." Trevor admits, "I want us to try again, really this time." Trevor says, saying the words that Mike once dreamed of hearing.
"I'm leaving on Tuesday Trevor, and maybe if you weren't high right now I'd believe what you're saying, but I don't." Mike tells him as he desperately wants to believe what Trevor is saying, but he can't.
"Michael…." Trevor start so say.
"You'll always matter to me, Trevor, and I'll always just be a call away." Mike assures him, "I'll never turn my back on you Trevor, never." Mike assures him, "But I need to walk away, because it's what I need right now."
"This is you turning your back, you're walking away from me!" Trevor says angrily.
"No, I'm just going away to Harvard!" Mike tells Trevor, "I meant what I said, I'm just a call away. I'll always help, you're my best friend Trevor, that will never change."
"Well then, I guess there is only one thing to say." Trevor realises, "Go, show those Harvard douche bags what smart really is." Trevor tells him.
"I will." Mike responds and they do their usually goodbye reaction before hugging and then they break apart and Mike walks away from his oldest friend, the person he's been in love with most of his teenage life, walking away to what will be his new life.
AN2 IMPORTANT: THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL SKIP TO WHEN SUTIS SEASON 1 BEGAN.
