Thank you for your reply's! I tried to get a bit ahead on the story. Hope it's not too bad. Tell me what you think :) *
Two.
Donna was at her house; she had already packed her bags, taken a shower and dressed herself in jeans (that made her butt look awesome), a light blue sleeved shirt and a pair of Miu Miu brown suede wrap detail boots and had her hair wrapped up in a bun. She thought this would be comfortable to travel in, and when she got to the hotel she could change into something more 'Hawaii weather" appropriate.
It was 6h30 pm, and she knew that Harvey and Frank (his private driver) would be there in a few moments. She looked at herself in the mirror once again and tried to calm her nerves. After all, she wouldn't see her parents today, nor tomorrow. Harvey wanted for them go today so they could have a day free of family "on my behalf", thought Donna. But still, she had her heart beating faster than it should. "No, don't go there Donna… He's going just to amuse himself for a few days. He's a friend, he's going to make it tolerable. There's no reason to be nervous!". But that did little or nothing to calm her. Suddenly she heard her door open, and she instantly new who it was. She listened to the steps she knew from heart, and in a few seconds he was at the door to her room. "Hey. You ready?" came Harvey's voice.
"Don't you knock? I could have been naked or something"
"One can only hope…" He retorted with one of his patented smirks.
Donna huffed and said "I knew I never should have given you my keys those years ago… and yeah, I'm ready. Let's go"
"Bossy!" He laughed and grabbed her bag from her bed. "Lead the way."
Donna closed her door and they went to the car.
"Ms. Paulsen" Ray politely said.
"C'mon Ray.. Ms. Paulsen is my mum"
"Okay" Ray laughed "Go ahead Donna" Ray smiled and pushed the door open so she could get into the car. He took the bag from Harvey and Harvey got into the car too.
In a minute they were going to the airport.
"So.. how did puppy take it?" Donna said suddenly.
"He was a little panicked when I told him he would be Louis's slave for the next two weeks" Harvey laughed, his eyes bright with the memory of Mike's tantrum.
"You're so mean." Donna said as she laughed with him "You didn't actually 'give' him to Louis though, did you?"
"Nah, Louis would've loved that too much. He's doing pro-bono stuff. Jessica is actually the one who's going to check up on him. He calmed a bit when I told him that, though he's terrified of Jessica also". Harvey said with his usual smirk.
"Well.. I would be too if I was hiding what he's hiding. But anyway.. he's gonna be fine, I'm more concerned about us." Donna said with a grim voice.
"Why's that?"
"The combination of my sister and my mom will be awful and lethal, if we're not careful." Donna said as she turned herself to look at Harvey's face.
"What do you mean?"
Donna sighed before continuing "Look.. my sister will be awful to me, every single thing she'll say will have a jab at me. I'm used to it, I return it right back at her, but even so.. she'll do it even more in front of you. Either to impress you or make myself a joke to your eyes".
"Don't worry.. I'll love you anyway" he joked, but with a glint of sincerity in his eyes.
They stared at each other for a few seconds before Donna sighed and continued.. "And my mom… she'll be even worse. She'll make retorts about how we're a great couple, and how we should be together. And blablabla. Just ignore her, okay?"
"Okay.. but you just know they'll love me and will want me to marry you just so they can have me in their family." Harvey said smiling a bright smile. Donna laughed; she knew he was trying to light up her mood, and she was grateful for it. For everything he was doing really.
"Thank you, Harvey" She said and hoped he would understand all the meaning behind it.
He winked at her, and said "C'mon, we're here" as Ray opened their door so they could get out.
Ray went with them, carrying their bags. When they got through security and into the jet, both Harvey and Donna said goodbye to the prized driver and settled into the comfortable chairs that flying private endured.
Donna got settled on her chair and turned to Harvey beside her "So, since you're on vacation.." she started with a teasing tone "you're not going to read case files during the flight as usual are you?"
"Why not?" Harvey asked raising his eyebrows.
"C'mon… this is supposed to be a vacation for you too, isn't it? Didn't you brought a book or something?" she said exasperated. She knew Harvey was what some would call a workaholic, but he did finish his case before coming, he could actually rest, and take his mind of it.
"Not really. You?"
"Of course i brought a book, I brought more than one. It's two weeks!"
"You brought a lot more than a few books, judging by your bags"
At this statement Donna said "a girl has to be prepared to every eventuality, Harvey" and opened her book.
Harvey stayed silent for a few moments looking at her before he started "We could… watch a movie. We do have a DVD player on board and some movies, I think." He knew Donna would fly on the opportunity, she loved movies.
"Can I choose? Without you whining about it?" Donna said with a glint of mischief in her eyes.
"Go ahead. I just know you're going to choose some boring chick flick where one of them dies and you'll cry for the rest of the flight" he said.
"That happened one time, one time! Get over it! And it was 'Titanic', you cannot not cry at titanic!" Donna countered.
"Yeah, right…" he gave in response, as he rolled his eyes.
A few moments passed until Donna said triumphantly "AHA! I've wanted to watch this movie for a while. Has a really cute guy in it" She smiled brightly at Harvey as she put the disc on.
"What is it?" He asked.
" ' Because I said So' It's with Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore. "
They stayed in silent for the beginning of the movie until Donna gasped at 'Johnny' and said "Oh, he's so cute.. and hot".
Harvey looked at the guy in the screen and huffed "Seriously? I'm so much better. Look at that weird tattoo on his hand."
"Ah! Keep dreaming 'babe'. And it is not weird. Besides I know you have a tattoo too, so don't even start." Donna said looking at him.
"Yeah, but it's not on my hand… " He said as he looked at her too, smirking along the way.
"Oh, I know where it is.." Donna smirked also.
"Can I get you anything?" the co-pilot said as he open the door to the cockpit, making both Harvey and Donna look at him, and break the teasing between them.
Harvey looked at Donna, asking a silent question, and she said she wouldn't mind some coffee. The thing about flying private was that apart from the privacy and the better accommodations, the food and beverages were also good quality.
"I prefer a scotch if you have some." Harvey said.
"Sure Sir, and Ma'am. I'll be right with you" he said as he went to grab the beverages they asked for, after getting that job done he left them alone again.
Silence ruled the room of the plane, besides the voices from the movie.
After a few moments, Harvey turned to Donna "So, is your mom like that?" He said, referring to the character in the movie.
"I don't think she would go that far as to put an ad on the internet looking for guys for me to date, she restricts to manipulate my dating life with the guys she knows in real life. " She laughed.
"See… it could be worse." He said with a laugh of his own.
When the movie finished, it was Harvey's turn to choose the movie. He went for "Se7en", a crime thriller. Donna actually enjoyed the movie, and besides had Brad Pitt in it, as she pointed out to Harvey, but after an hour she fell asleep on Harvey's shoulder.
He actually stopped paying attention to the movie after a while and stared at the woman practically in his arms. 'Two weeks… just us.' Was the thought that occurred to him, but in a second he scolded himself.
"Get a grip, Specter! She's your friend, only real friend practically, he corrected. And assistant, don't ruin both of those things. Besides it's not gonna be 'just us', her whole family is gonna be there!".
His thoughts though were interrupted by Donna's next actions. She, in a fog of sleep, turned even more to him, and was practically on his lap. He grabbed her so she would have her head on his chest, and be comfortable, and also let himself be warmed by the fog of sleepiness and warmness that was provided by their joined body's.
