So i have been trying to come up with ideas for more of these... and actually be inspired enough to write... but here we go set after 7x08. I am still trying to come up with an idea for 7x07 there were stuff I could use but nothing has taken form yet. Anyway enjoy.

7x08: Tutti Frutti Ice-Cream and How To Raise Kids Who Aren't Kids Anymore (Peter and Alicia)

The second the bell sounded she got off the couch and moved to pull the door open. She didn't even wait to see if it was him or not. Since she had called him and asked him to stop by when he landed she assumed it was him at least if she had any idea on the time.

She walked back into the living-room and sat back down on the couch. She pulled her legs up while she reached for her bowl of ice-cream once more. Peter walked over and sat down beside her and she glanced at him.

"How was the flight?" She asked and he shrugged his shoulders.

"Tiresome... Ice-cream? Is that a new style?" He asked and she rolled her eyes.

"I was out of tequila and didn't bother going out to get some..." She answered as she took another spoonful as she watched how he nodded.

"And emptied your wine collection as well?" He motioned from the empty bottle on the table making her snort.

"No, I have more wine... want me to get you some? To be fair I was hungry and I had nothing else to eat..." She sighed. Her eyes grew wide as he shook his head and he reached over. He took the spoon from her and scooped up a piece and ate it. He made a grimace of distaste as he swallowed it.

"Tutti Frutti? Really?" He asked her with a raised eyebrow and she shrugged her shoulders.

"It was there... it is probably too old anyway... I really need to go grocery shopping..." She sighed and leaned her head back and closed her eyes for a second.

"If that is all you have to eat, yes you do... What did Grace have for dinner?" He asked and she opened her eyes and glanced back at him.

"She is sleeping at a friends place... Jennifer's I think... celebrating..." She snorted and sighed.

"What is she celebrating?" He asked and she glanced over at him.

"That she managed to score clients with billable hours for millions pr year. And that I promised her ½ a percentage point for each... so I now own her $35.800." She stated as Peter blinked in shock before he reached for more of the ice-cream.

"Wine works better to get that down with... How did that happen?" He asked her confused and she shrugged her shoulders.

"She heard things were hard with clients and money, that the bills were piling up. That we needed more clients. Grace wanted to help. She asked me what to do. I told her to look up mid-level insurance firms and real estate agencies and ask them on they needed legal counsel. She tried to negotiate if I would pay her for helping... I agreed. She wanted a full point but I didn't agree to that. Which right now seems like a pretty smart decision or I would own her way more. I never thought she would actually get a single client..." She admitted finally just as Peter broke out in laughter.

"Grace... our daughter, Grace did that?" He asked and she nodded.

"Wow... I have no word.. how many clients did she get? She must have gotten many if they give that many billable hours pr year..." He asked and she sighed.

"She got 4 but they are more than mid-level. Some of them are clients I have previously had, when I worked at Lockhart/Gardner... or I guess it is Lockhart/Agos/Lee now..." She snorted over the name and saw Peter roll his eyes as well.

"So Grace manage to get those clients to sign up with your firm?" He asked and she nodded.

"How?" He started at her and she shrugged her shoulders again.

"I have no idea. She said she called them... and spoke to them... hell she even spoke to higher ups... Want to know the funny part? Lucca and I were interviewing potential clients... we didn't get one single client... Grace, she got four... Four clients Peter!" She stated as he chuckled.

"I guess she is genetically disposed for it from the both of us... I had just no idea she had it in her... did you?" He asked and she shook her head.

"To be fair I had hoped you knew..." She sighed and he snorted.

"Well it seems we were both taken by surprise there... how has she done otherwise while working for you?" He asked and she squinted at him before she sighed.

"I guess she has bee good... I just... I hadn't put much thought into it. Sure she was doing good work. Being smart and helping out, but I hadn't thought of her as this smart. It is like she is this whole other person I had no idea existed..." She sighed and rubbed her forehead.

"It makes one feel old..." Peter mumbled and she nodded.

"Yeah... and like I blinked and she actually became an adult... and I have no idea when it happened..." She sighed and smiled as he found her hand and squeezed it gently.

"To think this is our daughter... The same one who needed a tutor a few years back because she was failing science..." He joked and Alicia laughed.

"Yeah and now she is charming clients and working here, while she also take classes at the University of Chicago, and is a straight A student. How did this happen?" She asked and he shook his head.

"I have no idea... speaking off our brilliant children, who grow up a little too fast to follow. Zach has gotten accepted in an internship at a computer engineering firm in DC. Did he tell you?" Peter asked as her eyes widened and she shook her head.

"No, when it that happen?" She asked and he looked at her intensely for a few minutes before sighing.

"A few weeks ago... I take that to mean you two still aren't talking very much?" He asked and she sighed.

"We talk... sometimes... I mean I did tell you he helped set up my home page for the firm... we talk... I just... he hadn't told me this..." She mumbled and took in how Peter's eyes changed a bit. For a second she though she read some hint of sadness mixed with pity in them.

"Don't pity me Peter!" She hissed before she managed to calm herself down, and his head snapped to the side.

"I am not. I just think it is sad what has happened between the two of you." He explained and she let her head fall back as she closed her eyes.

"We are okay... I mean we mended some fences... maybe it will be better over Christmas where we have a chance to talk more..." She whispered and she could hear the hope in her own voice. Yes they had tried to mend some fences, but her relationship with Zach was still fractured at best.

"Yeah it might give a chance for you two to work through things... I mean at least he will come home and not stay away like he did most of the summer." Peter joked and she felt her lips twist a little in a sad smile. She opened her eyes again and looked back over at him.

"You think there is a chance?" She asked and he brushed her hand.

"He loves you, Alicia... you are his mother... of course there is a chance... I mean you are already better than you were a year ago... there you weren't talking at all... and Christmas..." He broke off and shook his head, and she was glad he avoided saying it. She had no desire to remember Christmas and the holiday season of last year, the tense and awkward affair it had been. Actually she would prefer not to ever remember it again.

"Yes I guess this year it will be better..." She smiled at him.

"Except that Mother is likely bringing her ... Howard..." He mumbled making Alicia double over in laughter. She was glad when she saw how his eyes twinkled at her in merriment. And she realized he had said it to make her laugh and she reached out and slapped him lightly on the shoulder.

"Well at least that will be worse for you than for me..." She joked and he shuddered.

"She must be insane... what in the world is she seeing in him?" He asked and she shrugged her shoulders.

"Beats me... but life is crazy... You are running for President, Grace is charming clients, Zach is working at an engineer firm in DC and Jackie is getting married... Who would have seen that a year ago?" She asked and he nodded.

"I wouldn't... it really is impressive with Grace... do you think she plans on going to law school after?" He asked and she shrugged her shoulders.

"Since I don't know when my children grew up... I don't know that one either... probably... I mean she mentioned it once years ago... and she has been reading Harper Lee lately." She informed him as he raised an eyebrow at her.

"Really?" His surprise made her chuckle.

"Yes, also the sequel. She found it interesting... though not as good as the original. At least that was what she told me the other night." She elaborated and he nodded seemingly intrigued.

"Maybe I should read it... I can read it while on the road..." He joked but she smiled at it.

"You can ask Grace if you can borrow it from her... since she is done with it now I mean..." She explained and he smiled.

"Yeah sounds like a good idea... so why did you actually ask me to come over tonight?" He asked and she thought about it for a moment, it had been forgotten completely as they talked.

"Oh... to tell you about Grace and the money and ask you what you thought... I mean I can't hardly avoid paying her can I?" She asked and he shook his head firmly.

"No... that would look bad... and make it seem like we don't value her... and her work ethics..." He answered and she smiled at how he said we instead of just pointing it to her alone.

"Right. But I am not crazy on handing her a check on $35.800 either... are you? She looked at him and saw his eyes widen.

"No... of course not... maybe we can set up some payment plan for her?" He asked and shook her head.

"Isn't that too much like giving her an allowance? which she already has..." She answered and he nodded.

"Maybe we could create a fund or account for her... One that is bound till she is 21... but she can have a card to and monthly take out a certain amount with a maximum loft on. I mean it is similar to the other... but that means it all is registered in her name. But she can't spent them all at once either..." He suggested and Alicia considered it, is idea wasn't bad. It could work. She could start putting in what else Grace earned there as well. After all she had a feeling Grace would keep trying to charm clients to sign them on.

"That sounds... that sounds like a really good idea actually... I just wish I had come up with it instead." She joked and he laughed heartily.

"Yeah well I have my moments..." He winked at her and she rolled her eyes and smiled at him.

"I better get back home..." He sighed and she realized how late it actually was with a quick glance at her watch.

"You can always sleep in the bonus room..." She joked as she let out a yawn, while she got an odd look from Peter. His eyes filled with surprise and confusion for a moment before he sighed.

"Because it will look better to the press?" He asked and she snorted.

"Yeah something like that... do your two followers need to check the room first?" She asked and he grinned.

"No they did that when I arrived … you just didn't notice as you didn't even bother checking who was at the door. Is that a new thing?" He asked and she shrugged her shoulders.

"It seems like everyone is always dropping in anyway. I think there is an extra tooth brush in the bathroom... I just need to lock up and check some things." She offered as she got off the couch and stumbled a little but his hand shot out to steady her.

"Thank you." She whispered as she glanced up at him and he nodded.

"Don't stay up too long Alicia... you look tired..." He offered. She smiled and nodded before she moved to the kitchen to put the bowl from the ice-cream in the dishwasher. After that she walked into her office where she checked her email and opened a case-file she needed to look over again.

She only registered Peter as he cleared his voice and she looked up at him.

"I can see we define staying up too long differently..." He offered and she glanced at her watched and cursed under her breath as she realized another hour had passed.

"Yeah it seems like it... I will go to bed now... you should too..." She offered as she got up from her chair and closed the file and turned off her laptop and the lamp. She was surprised to see that he was still waiting in the doorway.

"I am going..."She mocked him and he nodded.

"Good... goodnight Alicia... sweet dreams..." He offered and she smiled and moved closer and moved to hug him gently in a sentimental habit. She rested her head on his shoulder for a second longer than needed before she pulled back.

"Good night Peter... and thank you..." She sighed and he looked at her confusion coloring his eyes.

"For the advices tonight." She explained and he smiled at her and reached for her hand and squeezed it.

"No problem Alicia... good night... Babe..." He added the familiar pet-name in the end and for a second she flinched but then she smiled at him.

"Good night." She whispered back and moved past him to go to bed.