It was about 11 o'clock that night and Harvey was still working at his desk. As was Donna just a few feet away from him. She hadn't mentioned Scottie all day and he was thankful for that. She always knew when to give him time. He knew that she would want details about the breakup but how could he tell her that she was the reason? What if it opened up another conversation? A conversation that they'd both been avoiding for a long time. But she'd sat there all day, answering his phone calls, getting him coffee. Doing all the right things. She deserved to know. He finally decided to press the intercom button.
"Donna. Have you got anywhere to be tonight?" She looked up at him from her desk and replied through the intercom.
"It's 11pm. Do you really think I have somewhere else to be right now?" she said. He paused for a moment, not sure how to go about telling her.
"Harvey…filing these cases isn't the only reason I'm still here and I'm pretty sure you know that. Are you ready to talk yet?" she asked. She always made things easy for him. Especially things that he had trouble with, like his emotions. He closed his laptop and grabbed a bottle of scotch and two glasses before walking over to her. She looked up from her desk and smiled at him.
"Grab your coat. We're going up there," he said as he indicated to the roof. Donna obliged and grabbed her coat and walked with him to the stairs that led to the rooftop.
They both stepped out onto the roof and were greeted with a fresh breeze. It was beautiful weather outside and a spectacular view, as always. Harvey walked over to the edge of the building and placed the two glasses on the wall to fill them up.
"Drink," he said as he passed a very full glass to her.
"Okay, not gonna say no to that," Donna said as she took a large sip. They both stood at the edge of the roof sipping their scotch for a few minutes.
"We should come up here more often." Harvey broke the silence.
"You come up here all the time," she said.
"Not with you. And not with alcohol" they both looked at each other and smirked.
"Yeah, it's pretty nice up here. It really is the city that never sleeps," she said as they heard a police siren go off somewhere a mile away. Donna put her empty glass on the wall and Harvey filled it up again, along with his own. They both took another big sip before talking again.
"So what happened?" she turned to him. He took a deep breath and suddenly didn't have the courage to tell her. A gust of wind came along and blew her hair around her face. She dropped her head and sighed. He had never wanted to hug her so much before. He had to pull himself together and tell her the truth.