A Second Chance

by AWPuRpLePoPtArT

Ok this is so blatantly AU. I needed Alicia to at least get a chance to tell Will that she made a mistake, and she wants to figure out how to make it work between them. I read recently that this was the power of a fanfic, to make the reality our own. I know Will is gone but dammit him and Alicia were end game!

2. The Lightbulb

The Light Bulb

Chapter Summary

The moment Alicia realizes it was a mistake

She's sitting on the couch with a glass of wine in her hand, she's listened to the voicemail at least 3 times now.

"Alicia, {hold on your honor}, I'll call you back."

She's finished the phone call a million times in her mind, first he's telling her he's sorry for the whole feud and that they should get coffee sometime, he says he misses his best friend. In another scenario he's angry about Charlotte the most recent client acquisition, in yet another he's asking for her help with Jeffery Grant.

This is how Peter finds her, he's not used to seeing her like this, it scares him to see her so lost. She stands when Peter comes in, she's not sure how this is supposed to happen. Does she cry on her husband's shoulder over her ex-lover? She's not entirely sure what to say and she's positive that she doesn't want Peter's hands on her.

Before she can protest Peter is putting his arms around her and pulling her into the circle of his arms, and suddenly Alicia is nauseous.

She runs from the room and collapses in her bathroom in front of the toilet. When there's nothing left in her stomach she curls up on the floor and thinks of yet another scenario,

"Alicia, I'm sorry, I want what we had, I want to be with you and only you, forever, call me back please."

Lying on the floor of her bathroom, a light bulb goes off in Alicia's brain. She knows in that moment where she needs to be, she just has to figure out how to get there.

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