Juli sits up in her bed; she's looking around and is completely confused. The smell of freshly brewed coffee has awoken her. The only issue with this is she didn't set the timer on her coffee pot last night.
Once out of bed, she slips into her robe and slippers, and then makes her way into the living room.
As she wanders into her living room, she's greeted by a sharply dressed Harvey. Harvey grins and makes his way toward her. As he does, Juli notices the breakfast that has been served onto her kitchen table; along with two dozen long stemmed roses, red and yellow, as a center piece.
"What is that?" She manages to put into words.
"Good morning, sweetheart." Harvey whispers as he leans in to kiss her.
"I have no idea what's going on here, but I love it."
"I wanted to surprise you. I hope its okay that I've come into your apartment with your permission, or knowledge."
"It's fine, but how did you get into my apartment?" Juli asks, curiously.
Harvey chuckles, "I took the extra key you had hanging behind your bedroom door, the other night."
"Is that what you 'forgot' in the bedroom?"
Harvey gives the half smile that he so eloquently does. "Shall we go sit down and eat?" Juli complies and follows him to the dining area.
"I thought maybe we could ride to the office together." Harvey asks.
"Are you sure about that? I mean, what if someone sees us?"
"Who cares? Let's just go together."
Juli puts her fork down and stares at Harvey. "What is going on? You're acting really weird today. This is all lovely, the breakfast, the roses, surprising me. But, this isn't you."
"Who says it's not me? Have you ever dated me before?"
Juli looks down, "You're right. But we have been together for a while now, and this is the first of this side I'm seeing. I'm not complaining. I'm just wondering where this is all coming from."
Harvey breaks eye contact, and tells her the truth. "I'm worried about what your family thinks of me. I am hoping that by doing all this, it will earn me brownie points."
Juli laughs lightly, "Harvey, they're going to love you, I know they will. It doesn't matter if you surprise me with breakfast, or buy my roses; they'll love you because you make me happy and that we fit well together."
Harvey leans over and kisses Juli tenderly. "Sorry, it's just that ever since you mentioned telling your family about me, I've started caring what others thought about me. Well, mainly what they'll think about me."
Juli gently rubs Harvey's back. "Thank you for caring so much, it's sweet. But please, don't worry about it. I'm not worried, so you shouldn't be okay?" Harvey nods.
"Okay, then. That's settled. I'm going to shower and get dressed; I should be ready in about 45 minutes."
"Need help in the shower?" Harvey says with a devilish grin.
"In that case, I'll be ready in an hour or two." Juli say, while grabbing Harvey's hand and leading him to the bathroom.
"Hey Juls." Juli looks up and finds Mike walking towards his desk.
"Oh, hey Mike. How are you this morning?"
"Eh, I've been better. I didn't get much sleep last night, so I'm a bit out of it today."
"That sucks, I'm sorry."
"How are you?" Juli just grins and thinks about the incredible morning she had with Harvey.
"I'm… great. It's going to be a great day, I can feel it." Just as Juli finishes talking, Harvey walks over to Mike.
"Mike, did you just get here?"
"Uh, no. I've been here for a while now. Why?"
"Don't lie to me. I expect you here on time, Mike. Get that? Now, I need you to go meet with Gabriel Johansen."
"Sure, what about?"
"Go, and find out. He's expecting you downtown in fifteen minutes." Harvey starts to walk away but then he stops and turns back around, "What's with the suit?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Did you fall asleep in it? You look like hell. You better look presentable before meeting with Gabriel." Harvey storms off.
Mike rolls his eyes and looks at Juli, "Well, at least it'll be a good day for one of us."
"Hang in there, and comb your hair."
"Not you, too, Juls. Besides, what's with him this morning?" Before continuing, Mike checks to see who's around, "did your good mood not rub off onto him this morning?"
"I don't know what his deal is; he was fine when we got here." Mike shrugs his shoulders and takes off.
Juli decides to take her lunch a little early today. She's thinking about surprising Harvey with an impromptu lunch date.
Approaching Harvey's office, she sees him standing in front of his desk pacing back and forth while on the phone someone. She could tell it wasn't a good conversation, Harvey's gesturing hinted towards someone either not conforming to his way of thinking or someone was ruffling his feathers. Either way, this wasn't good.
"Donna, what's going on in there?"
"A case Harvey's working on isn't going to well. The other lawyer, Jacobs, is being a real ass."
"Oh, that's not good. I'm sure Harvey will be fine. Do you think so?"
"I'm sure he will be Julianne, but you know Harvey, he hates when someone thinks they're smarter than him."
Juli nods, "Yeah, thanks for telling me, I doubt he'll mention much of it to me."
"Not a problem, did you come to see him for something? Maybe I can help you?"
"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot." It's true, seeing Harvey get all worked up worries Juli, Harvey's great at what he does, but he's obsessive. That, surely, is what makes him a damn good lawyer. "I wanted to know if he had any available time, for a lunch date."
"He's free on my calendar from now until one-thirty. He's all yours."
"Well, with all this going on do you think he'll agree to leave the office?"
"Well, probably not. But, I will do this for you. Go down the block to his favorite place, I'll tell him he has to meet a client there, and then you two can have your time."
"Donna, you're the best!"
"I know, now hurry and go. I'll have him there in ten minutes."
Sitting at a table, anxiously awaiting Harvey she notices the red light on her phone blinking. Picking it up she sees she has two text messages. One from Harvey and the other is from Carrie. Juli decides to read the Harvey message first.
I'm on my way to meet with a client, so I won't be in the office, just thought I'd tell you.
Juli just grins and checks the door. Since Harvey still isn't here, she'll read the message from Carrie.
Hey Juli I checked the agenda at work and I am available this weekend, I could leave as early as Thursday, stay until Sunday. Or else I'd have to wait three week. I know its short notice, but let me know. I miss you.
Just as Juli finishes reading the message she looks up to see Harvey entering the restaurant. She jumps up and rushes over to him.
"Hi!"
Harvey is a puzzled, "What are…?"
"I want to have lunch with you today, so I had Donna help me get you out of the office."
Harvey vocalizes his detest, "I wish you wouldn't have done that. I have a lot of work to do. I don't have time to sit around and… and… do whatever it is you have planned. Plus, you have no business conferring with Donna about when I am having lunch."
Juli is taken aback; Harvey had never spoken to her like that before.
"Harvey, look, I know your case is getting difficult and it's not going to be an easy win like you had hoped, but don't shut me out. Okay? You need to take a break to eat, so why not now?" She places her hands on the sides of his arms, "relax a little bit, please. You're Harvey-fucking-Specter, you can handle this." Harvey just looks at her.
"Okay. I might as well eat, since I'm here."
"Whoa, don't act like that. I did this so we could spend some more time together. This was all done under good intentions." Harvey can tell he's upset Juli.
"I know, I'm sorry, what better way to relax then with you?"
"That's more like it," Juli says while grabbing his hand and leading him to their table.
"Good news though, Carrie can come to New York and go dress shopping!"
"Good. When can she be here? Have you talked to Louis about taking any time off?"
"She says the earliest she can be here is this week, Thursday. That would be ideal, seeing that if she can't do it this week, we'd have to wait three more."
"Good luck asking for vacation days that soon."
Juli hangs her head, "You're right. Louis hates me; he's not going to let me have time off so soon."
"Then go straight to Jessica. Tell her the situation, she's a woman, she will be understand, maybe."
"Wouldn't Louis get mad?"
"Who cares, plus, I'll feel better knowing you're not at work and out having fun while I'm stuck working on this goddamn case."
Juli is feeling hopeful; Jessica will surely understand the situation, won't she?