What a weird day it has been for Juli. She's glad to be home, although it's weird to not be at her apartment with Harvey, instead Mike is with her. Juli hasn't exactly talked to Harvey since Greg visited in the morning. That's not completely true, she called Harvey once, but he rushed off the phone with her; that in and of itself is enough to worry her. Having Mike over isn't so bad, she hasn't had time to talk with him a while, so this makes for the perfect excuse to catch up.
"Hey Juli," Mike starts to shout to her as she is in the other room changing, "where is your cat at?"
"She's in here with me, why?"
"I was just curious; I haven't seen Chessie in a while." Juli emerges from the room in pajama shorts and a tank top while carrying Chessie.
"Here she is," Mike walks over and pets her.
"Hey, she's actually not scared of me!" Juli just smiles because she knows Chessie is used to having a guy around in the apartment now.
"Alright Mikey, I don't know about you, but I am starving!"
"I could eat." Juli walks into the kitchen and Mike follows right behind her.
Juli opens cupboards and slams them shut, rummages through her fridge and freezer, nothing. She turns around and looks at Mike.
"I hope you like Kraft macaroni and cheese, that's all I've got. I haven't been to the grocery store in a while."
"Mac & cheese is perfect."
Mike and Juli sit down at the kitchen table and eat together.
"Dude, what was with Harvey today?"
"What do you mean? I didn't really see him at the office today."
"Man, he was in his office in some sort of daze. It was weird; I didn't ask much about it. You know Harvey and his personal life."
Juli swallows her bite, "Wow, really? I wonder what that was all about." Acting as if she hadn't a clue.
"No idea, he stormed off. Told Donna he was going to the…uh, Tribeca Hotel," Juli nearly chokes on her food.
"What?"
"What?"
"The Tribeca Hotel?"
"Yeah? Why?" Juli realizes she can't say much more. God damn it Harvey, what the hell did you do.
"Juli, mind explaining?"
"Sorry, I don't know what I was thinking. That's weird though. I wonder what that was all about." Mike just looks at her, Juli is acting peculiar and he doesn't understand why.
Mikes clears off the table and puts all the dishes in the kitchen. Juli heads over to her phone, she's about to bitch Harvey out via text message. One Missed call. Greg. New Voicemail.
"Greg called, I must've missed it while we were in the kitchen making dinner."
Against better judgment Juli puts her phone on speaker so Mike can hear it too.
"Hey Julianne, this is Greg. Um, look, sorry for bugging you about the wedding thing." Mike glances at Juli, she hasn't mentioned a word of it to him all evening. "We will just send the wedding invites to you and your family, the choice will be yours to come or not, you know how we feel about it. Oh and by the way, your new boyfriend, I can tell he really cares about you, but I don't appreciate the fist to the face. Goodbye Juli."
"What new boyfriend?" Mike asks as Juli deletes the message and immediately calls Harvey.
"Juli, I was just going to call you."
"You went and seen Greg today?" Mike is sitting beside Juli whispering, "Who are you talking to? Who?"
"How did you find out about that?"
"Really? You didn't think he'd tell me, especially since you apparently punched him?"
"He should leave you alone now, you should be happy about that."
"Harvey, you don't need to fight my battles for me!" Mike jumps up out of his seat, "HARVEY?"
"Who was that?"
"It's only Mike."
"Great. Way to go."
"No! Don't you turn this around on me, I can't believe YOU!" Juli hangs up her phone and slams it down on the coffee table.
"Harvey? Harvey Specter?"
"Mike, shut it, will you?"
"Sorry, it's just… Harvey?"
"Yes Mike, Harvey. We are…together, have been for a little while now."
"Why didn't you say anything?"
"It's not something we need to tell people at the office about."
"I'm not just, people, though Julianne."
"I know, I know, please, let's just move on from this. I have bigger things going on Mike. Greg is going to marry my cousin."
"The same…"
"Yes, THAT cousin, and he wants me and my family there. Yeah right. But the icing on the cake, apparently Harvey is punching him. What the hell?"
"Isn't that a good thing though? That he is defending you? Isn't that, essentially what all women want? A man to defend their honor?"
Juli just sits there, unsure of what to say, think, or even feel.
"Maybe I shouldn't have blown up on him like that." Juli looks at the door, there is a knock at it. "Mike, get that? Please?"
Mike opens the door to find Harvey standing in front of him.
"Harvey, um…this is awkward."
Harvey just rolls his eyes and pushes past Mike and rushes to stand in front of Julianne.
"I was going to call you when you called me to tell you I was around the corner from your place," Harvey tilts Juli's face up, "Juli, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking. I just acted on impulse."
Juli stands up and meets Harvey's gaze while wrapping herself around him, "I know, I'm sorry I over reacted, I just…"
"You don't need to apologize," Juli stands on her tippy-toes to kiss Harvey. Harvey wraps his arms around her waist and kisses her right back.
"Ooo-kay, I guess I will leave you two alone then," Mike says, awkwardly advancing towards the door.
Harvey breaks himself away from Juli and walks over to Mike. "I don't have to tell you how quiet we need to keep this. You will not speak a word of this to anyone."
"I wouldn't dream of it Harvey. There is no way I could be the one to ruin this for Juli." Juli gives Mike a big hug and shuts the door behind him when he leaves.
Harvey looks at Juli, "We're going to be alright?"
"Of course, but I think we need to stop saying that to each other. Correction, we need to stop doing things that are going to warrant saying that to one another.
"You're at work early," Mike says as he sets his bag down on his desk.
"Yeah, Louis had me be here at 6:00am this morning. I just love my job."
"Yikes, have you been in to see Harvey yet?"
"No, why?" Mike just moves his eyebrows up and down.
"Shut up Mike!" Louis hurries to Juli's desk, standing in her way of seeing Mike.
"Juli, you have those briefs done?"
"Yeah, they are right…"
"Grab them and come with me."
Juli scurries to grab the papers and catch up to Louis, "Bye Mike!" she manages to squeeze out.
Louis snatches the briefs from Juli as they enter Harvey's office. Juli just takes a seat on the sofa in the office, having to stand through a Louis-Harvey encounter can be too much at times.
"I have the briefs for the case, here."
"I see that, want a treat?" Juli smirks. Harvey is cute when he picks on Louis.
"What have you done this morning, anything productive for the case, Harvey?"
"First off, I was too busy hanging out with your wife this morning. Second, I am assuming you didn't even do these briefs yourself, Julianne over there did. So tell me, have you done anything productive for the case?"
Louis just storms out; Juli stands up, smiles and winks at Harvey and exits the office.
Donna steps in the office and shuts the door.
"Oh hey Donna, didn't know you were here already."
"I just walked up. That was interesting though."
"What was?" Harvey asks while glancing at the briefs. Donna hasn't said anything so he looks up at her.
Donna mimics the smile and wink that Juli gave him.
"What was that?"
"Oh, just the look I seen Juli give you right now. You tell me, what was that about?"
Harvey just laughs, "Nothing, I'm sure."
"Oh, right. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that you two are…engaging in after work activities?"
Harvey swallows had. "Did Mike tell you?"
"No, you confirmed it just now. What are you doing messing around with an associate?"
"How did a wink give it away?"
"You don't let anyone wink at you."
"Damn. You're good Donna."
"I know." Donna smirks and heads to her desk.