Chapter 5 Damn Hormones

BANG

Will had finally subdued the thug he had been wresting when he heard another gunshot coming from the front door. He froze. He couldn't hear Alicia's voice or any movement at all, which worried him the most.

"ALICIA! AL-ALICIA! GOD-GOD DAMN, PLEASE ANSWER ME!" There was no way she could be dead. He won't allow it to be true. Less than 20 minutes ago they were just starting a family. The baby, the baby he only just started to think as his own. He had imagined for moment Alicia's beautiful body swelling with his unborn child and the two of them cuddling on his couch. Now Will's greatest fears may have just come true.

"ALICIA" Will struggled to get to his feet, using his bed as a support. Every silent moment filled his head with terrified thoughts. He wasn't going to allow her to die.

He limped out of his bedroom and rounded the corner, not sure what to expect.

"Hey, Will" Kalinda!

Kalinda was standing in the doorway with a gun in her hand. Will looked down to see the thug rolling on the floor with a bullet through his shoulder and….thank god she's alive. Alicia was obviously wide eyed and shaken, but every much alive.

"A second too late and you two would be in body bag. Will, you look awful?" Somewhat sarcastic, but with a layer of seriousness to her tone. She looked calm and collected, even after shooting a man. "How are you? Are there any more?" She walked over to Alicia to help her up, Will being no help to anyone.

"Two are injured upstairs. Its Lomond Bishop's men. He sent them-"

"To kill you, yeah I know. Diane filled me in. We need to get you to a hospital." Gesturing to Will's battered up condition.

"Kalinda thank you so much" Alicia said, wrapping her arms around her. Kalinda broke character for a moment, shocked by the onset of emotions coming from her former friend. But she soon recovered herself and hugged her back.

"What the fuck bitches! Get me to a mother fucking hospital!" They all ignored the thug. Kalinda pointed her gun at him, without actually looking at him, to shut him up. A hint that said 'not another word'.

Alicia immediately turned her attention to Will. "Oh my God, Will." Alicia and Kalinda caught him before he could fall over. Will looked up at the two women right before passing out. As Will started to loose focus he could have sworn he heard Alicia say "I love you". He tries to reach for her, but passes out cold. He treasured those words.

….

"I love you Will." Alicia said just before Will faint in her arms. It made her tear up looking at his beaten up beautiful body. She lightly touched his face, hoping that he wasn't in any pain.

"Do you think he's ok?" Alicia asked Kalinda, knowing that it doesn't take a doctor's degree to see that he wasn't.

"Yeah, I'm sure he just passed out. I'm going to check on the other two men. The police will be here soon. If he moves shoot him" Kalinda pointing to the thug. She started to move towards Will's bedroom, but turned around. Hesitated for a moment, her face looking conflicted. "Alicia…. I heard what you yelled just before I shot the thug"

Alicia looked up, not surprised if people in the next building heard her scream that she was pregnant.

"I'm here, if you want it," And with a shy smile and a nod Kalinda left Alicia alone with Will.

Within less than a minute cops here storming Will's apartment.

"You're a little late" Alicia said, annoyed by the poor response time.

The cops arrested the thugs and an ambulance was called for Will. Even as the paramedics here observing Will and repetitively assuring Alicia that he would be fine she refused to leave his side. The paramedics urged Alicia to let them examine her, but she refused, not wanting anyone to discover her pregnancy.

"Don't worry about me. I'm not the one who got beat up like a piñata." She rode in the ambulance to the hospital, and it was only then did she leave Will's side as he was getting thoroughly examined. She was so stress and worried for Will that she didn't notice Cary taking a seat next to her in the waiting room.

"Alicia, I'm very sorry this happened. The doctor's tell me that Will just needs a few stitches. Kalinda told me what happened and-

"What?" Alicia's head shot up, hoping he was talking about the death squad and not her pregnancy. The last thing she wanted was for people to know, especially after all the publicity that would happen once everyone knew about the attack.

Cary looked a little confused by Alicia's reaction."Yes. She said that three men claiming to work for Lomond Bishop had come to Will's apartment in an attempt to seek revenge for Mr. Bishop's lose in court."

"Yes."

Cary looked at her with genuine concern. "Why were you there? Why weren't Mr. Gardner and yourself in court?"

Alicia moved around in her seat uncomfortable about having to lie. "It's personal."

"Ok." Cary seemed to not want to pry too much too quickly." You should know that we will be charging the three men that attacked you and Mr. Gardner with attempted murder. I can't promise that Bishop want go after Mr. Gardner and yourself again. As a representative of Lockheart/ Gardner you should tell them to drop Mr. Bishop as a client as it-

"I understand, don't worry. I doubt we'll be representing a man who just attempted to kill one of our partners and an associate."Alicia wanted Bishop to burn in hell for what he had done to Will.

"Fair enough. Again, my sincerest apologies. We will let you know if anything new develops in the case." Cary left Alicia alone, allowing her to reflect on the day's events.

What a roller coaster ride. Events seemed to be moving too fast for her to digest. So when she got a moment of alone time she couldn't help, but cry over every happy and sad event that had happen to Will and herself. One moment she's telling him she's carrying his child and then the next he's fighting for her life. She felt a little guilty, but self pity was not the answer. God damn she was so hormonal. She knew she could be more emotionally stable if it weren't for a little tiny something. Alicia's thoughts returned to the baby, the little life growing inside her. She rubbed her stomach, beginning to contemplate a life with another child. Possibly even with Will. Her thoughts were again interrupted by her cell phone. Peter.

"Alicia, they tell me your ok. I'm on my way."

"I'm ok, really thank you. You don't have to come. Are the kids alright? Do they know?"

"Yes. There at my mother's house with a police detail on them. Please tell me, what happened?."

Alicia couldn't tell Peter the obvious truth. His honest concern for her was touching, but overshadowed by their marital statues. They were separated and on rocky terms. Peter was still living with this romantic notion that Alicia would one day take him back. But this break from reality made him a dangerous man, near delusion. He would do anything to keep her to himself. Her pregnancy must be secret as long as possible.

"Alicia? Are you still there?"

Alicia drew back into the moment. "Yeah I'm-I'm sorry I've had a long day. I'll be over at Jackies soon to see the kids."

"Are you sure you don't want me to come get you." Peter really wanted to be her knight in shining armor. The truth was he was a ticking time bomb because he couldn't accept reality.

"No its ok, I'm going to stay around here for a bit to make sure that-

"Will" Peter's tone turned dark.

"He saved my life."

"More like he put your life in danger!"

"Peter, I don't want to have this discussion right now. I'm going to call Zach and Grace."

"Fine. Call me if you need me, but I want to talk to you when you get to my mother's house." Peter ordered her, a character trait she hated about him the most. "It goes without saying that this is big news. The wife of the States Attorney attacked….in her bosses house!" There was a hidden meaning behind that that Alicia intended to ignore.

When Alicia didn't respond he continues, business like. "I'm going to interview Bishop's men and file charges. I'll see you in an hour or two. Bye."

"Bye"

After hanging up she immediately called Grace and Zach. They sounded frightened, but relieved to hear she was ok. They offered the phone to Jackie, but she refused saying 'she was making lunch'. I bet you wish I was dead. But Alicia was glad to have her children safe. After a 30 minute conversation about the events, which Alicia edited leaving out the part about being pregnant and confessing her love for another man, Will's doctor walked over to her.

"He's awake and demanding to see you, Mrs. Florrick. He has some broken ribs and a few ugly bruises, but he'll make a full recovery."

"Thank you, doctor." Alicia was overjoyed to hear that and without another word from the doc she walked over to Will's room.

He looked so bad lying in bed as he was. It pained her to see him so beaten. One side of his face was purple and swollen, but that didn't stop him from smiling as she walked to his bedside.

"Hey handsome" She said, truthfully he was still handsome to her. Her heart belonged to him, no matter what shape he was in." You look like you've been in a bar fight."

"Did I win?" he asked, beaming like he had just received his favorite toy.

"Yes, love. You won my heart." A tear went loose. She bent right over him, close enough to feel the heat from his body.

"All girls like bad boys." Will placed one hand on Alicia's face and the other one her stomach. "I love you, both of you, and I will never let anything happen." He softly kissed her, wrapping his arms around her to being her closer to him. She didn't care who saw, in that moment there was only two people that mattered. Plus one.

"Oh wait, ouch" Will recoiled, holding his chest. "Sorry" he chuckled

"Haha, get some rest. I need to go home real quick to check on Grace and Zach. I'll be back in a few hours. I'm sorry I have to leave you like this-"

"No please. I'm not much fun. Besides, I'm sure they need you even more." God damn, this man must have fallen from heaven! He's too perfect…other than being a lawyer. That thought made her laugh.

They kissed once more and Alicia left, leaving Will to rest.

…..

Peter was doing his best to get Alicia to see him as a changed man. When he offered to be by her side in the hospital he felt guaranteed that she would say yes, especially since it was Will who put her in danger. Peter loved her. They had 15 years of marriage and two beautiful children to show for it. That jack ass Will could never compete. He was almost certain that they at one point or another were sleeping together, but he was sure that it was over because of the awkwardness between Will and Alicia in the last few weeks. All Peter needed to do was to wait for Alicia to realize that he, not Will, was the smart choice.

Peter wasn't thrilled that his wife had been almost killed, having his family threatened was something he took seriously, but he now he had a chance to show her how good he was for her. He walked into the interrogation room feeling high and mighty. He gave the man who attempted to kill Alicia a cold look before sitting down across from the Bishop's henchman and his lawyer. Peter wanted to personally take care of this.

"My client wants to make a deal"

"Well, I'm not much in the giving mood. I don't know if you've heard, but some low life tried to kill my wife. I'm far more inclined to give you the max." Peter was calm and confident, wanting to put the men on edge for the fun of it.

"My client would like to confess in exchange for a lesser sentence. He can offer up information about Bishop's business."

"I'm not sure that will be enough. He's already in prison, where you will be soon. Attempting to murder the States Attorney's wife was a big mistake on your part." Peter's gave the thug a disgusted look.

"Come on man, I didn't know that she was you're wife. I wasn't there for her. It was Mr. Bishop's lawyer I was sent to –"

"Not another word." The thug's lawyer shut him up before he could say anymore. The man looked from Peter to his lawyer with a panic look on his face.

"Well if that's it I think I will be filing your charges. Arraignment will be sent for tomorrow, but don't get your hopes up for getting out on bail. By the way, say hello to Bishop for me. I hear he loves snitches." Peter got up to leave, a small satisfied smile running across his face. Oh yeah, he was getting Alicia back, no problem.

"No please, honestly man I was never going to kill her. She said she was pregnant. I'm not going to-."

Peter stopped at the door way, not believing what he was hearing. "What the hell did you say!"

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So let me know what you think. The next few chapters will be very interesting, the type of TGW twist that we all love.