A/N So this chapter Alicia tells Will she is leaving. I will include both POVs in this chapter

She had never felt so nervous riding the elevator up to Lockhart & Gardner. Her palms were sweaty, she was feeling nausea. She had to go through with this. They had agreed. Cary would talk to Diane, and she would talk to Will. Cary jokingly said that his task was harder. She really didn't think so. Will was bound to take it personally.

She dropped her bag and headed to Will's office. He looked exhausted. She paused outside the glass doors and looked at him one last time. She felt strange. Like the day Peter announced he was stepping down because of the scandal, like when she finally slept with Will. Like this wasn't her doing, her decision. Like she had left her body.

With a deep breath, she knocked on Will's door.

" Will do you have a moment? "

He looked up startled. Sure they had said they would talk, but really he hadn't expected her to look for him the day after Peter's win. Actually, he had been certain she would avoid him, avoid any conversation. Something felt wrong.

"Sure"

She closed the door and sat across him. Looking him straight in the eyes, she ripped the band aid. "I am starting a new firm with Cary and the other four year associates. This is my resignation. I want to thank you for everything you have done for me. I will always be grateful."

Will froze. He felt the world turn upside down. The air was literally knocked out from his lung. "What?", he managed hoarsely.

"We are starting our own firm. Florrick, Agos and Associates" Alicia repeated slowly. That's the trick she thought. Speak nice and slow, appear calm and unfazed.

A few minutes went by. Will was still too stunned to formulate any kind of response.

Alicia took a deep breath and began standing. She had said her piece, now she could go.

"Well, I should be going. Once again, thank you for everything."

She was reaching for the doorknob, when Will reacted.

"You ungrateful rat. You selfish little brat. I am a lawyer and a good one, but this betrayal leaves me beyond words. Of course the First Lady of Illinois thinks only about herself and her precious little image. God forbid, anything should taint your perfect mirror. God forbid that her husband who by the way slept with prostitutes isn't the perfect model for women. I went to mat for you. I made a deal with David Lee to hire you. I had your back every single day here. I fought with Diane over you. I was indicted and almost lost my license. This is how you repay me? By selling me out and stealing all my clients? "

Will was breathing heavily. His head felt ready to explode. He was screaming and hadn't realized it. Usually people called him cynical, cold hearted. He was a gambler, he could bluff and hide his feelings very well. But this, this moment was the first time he felt all control sleeping away.

Alicia stood frozen. She had known Will over twenty years, yet the man standing before her wasn't her college friend, her boss or her lover. He was a stranger. She had never seen Will so angry before. Sure she had expected him to get angry and to accuse her of treachery, but her Will always managed to put himself in her shoes, to make excuses for her. The man before her was unrelenting.

"Cat ate your tongue? Or is Mrs Florrick adapting to her new role as the Governor's wife? Look pretty and don't talk. Isn't that what you have been doing for thirteen years Lissy? Living in your own mini world, until reality came knocking? Well thank thank you very much for doing me the same favor. All these years I believed you actually cared for me. I was such a fool."

Alicia felt her mouth go dry. He was taking this the wrong way. Even her college nickname, a nickname only her father and Will ever used, didn't make her feel any better.

"Will I do care for you. But it is very complicated."

"If you weren't a woman, I would hit you for lying to my face like that. Now get out of my office and my law firm. NOW. NOT TOMORROW. NOT IN AN HOUR. NOT IN 10 MINUTES."

Alicia realized that nothing she said would make things better. Will was too angry to hear anything she had to say.

"Alicia, one moment"

She turned around. Maybe he could understand after all. One look in his eyes, told her how far off her thoughts were. Gone was the friendly, yearning look. Will was in a full ruthless lawyer mood. His eyes were cold and cruel.

Moments after his outburst, Will started thinking rationally. He needed to save the firm, protect the firm. With Diane leaving, it was his needed to limit exposure.

"Does Diane know?"

"Not yet. Cary is telling her today."

"No. I will tell her now. I also want a list of all the clients you are stealing. You can e mail to me. Until then I want you and every other rat out of my building now. Is that clear? "

"Of course. You will have it by the end of business day." That's it, Alicia thought. Keep it together. You cannot cry yet. Don't break.

"And Alicia, I will make it my personal mission to make you regret the day you back stabbed me."

A/N. So this is chapter two. I know I focused a bit more on Will but chapter 1 was all Alicia, so I thought he deserved it. Next up we will see Will and Diane talking, Will and Kalinda and Kalinda Alicia. let me know what you think