A/N: I must thank all of you who have reviewed this story here! It's certainly you guys who give me extra fuel to keep writing, so from the bottom of my heart I thank you. And I hope you like this new installment.

Will woke up to an empty bed. He felt his heart drop a thousand feet into his chest. He expected to feel Alicia right next to him, holding onto him with her head resting on his shoulder. He lifted his head off his pillow and looked around. Their clothes were still scattered around the room, so that was a good sign, he thought. He got out of bed and went to his dresser. He took out a pair of boxers and put them on. He walked out into the hallway and knocked on the bathroom door. No answer. He sluggishly walked out to the living area, yawning as he went. He stopped when he saw Alicia standing by the window in a rug of his from the couch.

"Morning." He said softly. She jumped a bit and turned around to see him. "Sorry." He laughed at her being so startled.

"Good morning." She gave him a beaming smile. Will walked over to her and gave her a deep kiss.

"What are you doing?" He asked as she opened up the rug to let him in and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Just looking. I like that you have a small view of that square down there." She rested her head against his chest and listened to his heartbeat.

"It took forever to find a place that wasn't looking at another building." He laughed and Alicia felt it deep in his chest, loving the sensation. "You want some coffee?" He asked her.

"Mmhmm. In a minute." She held his closer and tighter, wanting to savor the moment of being with him. He kissed the top of her head and held her just as tight. After a couple minutes Will slid his arms down to Alicia's waist and lifted her up over his shoulder.

"What are you doing? Put me down Will!" But she didn't mean it. She laughed heartily as Will walked to the kitchen and set her down on the counter. He kissed her quickly and left the warmth of her embrace and their blanket. He put fresh coffee in the machine, pressed a few buttons and let it do its work. He returned to the blanket with Alicia. She'd spread her legs open so Will could be covered by the fabric. He held her close to him and kissed her impatiently. She wrapped her legs around his waist and pulled him closer to her. Will could feel Alicia smile as he kissed her. Will pulled away.

"Do you want something to eat?" He asked her.

"Yes, please."

"What do you want? I'll make you anything." He smiled sweetly and she started to think as Will started to leave soft kisses across her cheeks and jaw. She moaned slightly from the feeling of his lips and wondering what to choose for breakfast.

"Can you make me one of your omelets?" She said hazily, concentrating on Wills hand, which was travelling slowly up the inside of her thigh.

"Sure. You want that now?" He moved his hand up a little more until it got …there.

She grinned cheekily at him, tilted her head a little and bit her lip. "Not really. I want something else now."

"Thank you for breakfast." Alicia whispered into his ear as they sat on the couch, curled up with each other.

"You are very welcome." Will couldn't help but feel that it was just right. Sitting on his couch with a half-naked Alicia in his arms, making breakfast for the two of them. It felt perfect and normal to him, and he wouldn't want it any other way. In only another three months he would be able to have it this way often.

"I…" Alicia started, but she shook her head.

"What?" Will asked her, curious.

"I was going to say I should call Cary."

"You want to call him now?" Will was definitely confused.

"I should see how work is going and if he needs anything." She said casually.

"If he needs something, he'll call you. Stop worrying about things."

"I can't help it. It's all I ever do these days." Will felt for her. He didn't want her to worry about anything. She was such a complicated and powerful woman; she already had too much on her plate without worrying. Worrying just doubled her stress level, and he knew it.

"You worry way too much. Just relax for a while. Just while you're here. Please." She looked him straight in his eyes, dead serious.

"You have no idea Will. I understand that you have a lot going for you but you really don't know all the stress I'm under. I did come here to be with you and just relax for a couple of days but that doesn't mean I can't worry." She took a deep breath. "I'm constantly worried about my kids. They talk to me but I really have no idea what is going on inside their heads right now. I've tried so hard to protect them from everything but they get into the crossfire sometimes and it frustrates me. I hate it." Will heard her voice get to a slightly higher pitch, she was getting upset. He felt terrible.

"I know you worry about them. Sure, I don't have kids of my own but I understand that mothers are constantly worrying about their kids. I didn't mean to make you feel like you should just forget about them. I didn't mean to make you upset." He looked at her with sympathetic eyes. The one look that makes her smile in a bad moment. And she smiled at him and leaned on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry. I just… It's been a rough few months. It just feels so good to be with you." She spoke quietly. Will started to stroke his hand up and down her back comfortingly.

"I know. It feels great to have you here with me in my arms. You can talk to me about anything, Alicia. You know that."

"I do, yes. I love you."

"I'll never get tired of hearing those words come from your mouth." Will softly laughed and Alicia joined him.

"We should get dressed." She said to him.

"I guess we should." Neither of them moved from their embrace. Will didn't want to disturb their peace and warmth. If he had it his way he would never let go of Alicia. They would just stay on his couch, or in his bed holding each other. Except he had neglected to tell Alicia he had to go into the office for a couple of hours. He was going to tell her when she arrived but there was absolutely no time for that because as they walked in the door they were very much going at it. Except he knew it was now or never, and it had to be now.

"I have to get dressed and…"

"And?"

"And go into the office for a while."

"Oh. Of course. I didn't expect you to just drop everything to spend time with me. Go have a shower and get dressed." Alicia pulled herself away from him and smiled briefly.

"It's already nine thirty, I really should get ready."

"Yes, go. Go shower, seriously. I'll go put some clothes on too." Will leaned in and kissed her. He pulled away ever so slightly but she leaned into him and deepened the kiss. She pushed him back onto the couch and straddled him.

"On second thought, I should shower too." Alicia whispered in between kisses. Will smiled and couldn't help but wrap his arms around her and lift her up as he stood. She wrapped her legs around him to hold on as he walked to the bathroom, her kissing him passionately every step of the way.

"Are you sure you don't want to come? Maybe you can just see the new digs and then take a walk." Will said to Alicia as he got dressed.

"Will, its fine. I'll be fine here. I'll just… Read a book or something."

"I don't want you to be bored or anything."

"I'm okay, really. If I do get bored I can still go for a walk."

"Alright. Just making sure." He walked over to the end of his bed where Alicia had chosen to sit. "I'll be a few hours. You made me late." She smiled cheekily up at him.

"I didn't make you late for anything. Besides, you are the boss. And the boss gets to go into work late on a Saturday."

"Just like the boss can take the weekend off and run away?"

"Yes. Bosses can do anything." He stood over her and reached down to give her a quick kiss.

"I'll be home soon." He tucked some of her wet hair behind her ear and stood back. He slowly moved out of the bedroom and to his front door, Alicia following him closely. He picked up his briefcase and jacket from the table by the door and turned to face Alicia.

"I left my computer in the study if you so very desperately get the urge to email Cary about something." He said.

"Yes, okay. Ha ha. I'll try to restrain myself." She said mockingly.

"I'll see you later." He smiled sweetly and she took a few steps to him, rested her hands on his chest and kissed his lips softly.

"This just feels so… Normal." She said, almost shocked.

"I know. It's a little strange, unknown."

"Okay, get out of here. Don't be later than you already are."

"We'll go grab some dinner when I get back?" He asked while opening the door. She just smiled and nodded. She blew him a kiss just before he shut the door. Will felt reassured that she had told him it felt pretty normal for her. He wanted to say something but he wasn't sure how well she'd take it. It really hadn't been long since she split with Peter and Will didn't want to step on her toes about the issue. Of course he wanted to be with her and be a family with her and even her kids, but how was he to know if she was ready for something that big? He felt it wouldn't be the same as the last time. It was going to be real this time, not a secret affair.

Alicia stood at the door. Just looking at it. She loved that Will was running off to work. It had felt like years earlier in her marriage when Peter would rush off to work in the morning and she'd kiss him goodbye, except this time it felt better. It wasn't going to be a day of her trying to get her kids ready in time for school, running errands across town and slaving over a hot stove to get some dinner on the table while simultaneously getting Zach and Grace to complete their homework and not have a silly sibling fight over who had who's toys. Everything was different and she enjoyed it, not that she didn't miss an eight year old Zach and six year old Grace. She loved her life in Highland Park before the scandal. She was happy with it, but now that she was on the other side of it, everything was just a little bit better.

She made her way to Will's study and took a look over all of his books. A lot of them were classics that she had either read or didn't feel like trying to make sense of some of them. She was in an extremely light mood. She scanned over the titles and spotted To Kill A Mockingbird. She slid it out of its spot on the shelf and opened the first page. Her heart skipped a beat when she recognized her own hand writing.

Will soon-to-be-lawyer Gardner,

I hope that you become a great lawyer like Atticus one day and defend rightfully innocent people. And for your sake that you get to make such a moving and overly long speech like him. I'm sorry the one you made in our mock trial probably made us lose (because I did a good job), but hey, we'll drink a lot of beer to try and forget.

Alicia

She couldn't believe he had kept the book she gave him as a consolation prize from their terrible mock trial. In their defense, it was the first one they had to do, but their actual defense was terrible. A lot of things get lost over the years, especially books like To Kill A Mockingbird. Everybody had at least one copy in their life but somehow people would always lose it. At least the people she knew did, except for Will apparently. It couldn't be just because it was a gift from her, but it soon dawned on her that it probably was. She had still kept the silly mix tape he had made her. She hadn't listened to it in years but she can remember clearly the one song that they would dance to over and over again in their study breaks; Queen's Don't Stop Me Now. It was probably the lamest thing she had ever been given but she loved it and used listen to it often.

Alicia clutched the book to her chest and smiled to herself. She decided to start reading it while Will was gone. She sat down in Will's desk chair in his study and noticed the computer. She firstly decided to check her emails; just to be sure that everything was okay. It was that nagging in the back of her head, and she had to satisfy it if she was going to read. She logged in and immediately got concerned.

13 unread emails.

Her heart started beating three times as fast as normal. Half of them were from Eli. She quickly opened the first in the list.

She didn't believe what she was reading. She didn't want to. It was false information. It wasn't real. It couldn't be what Eli was saying, what every other message said. She thought to herself that it was just a vicious rumor that was going to go away, until she clicked on a link Eli had sent her.

And she believed it, it was all true.

Will made his way to the office, a couple of hours late but it shouldn't matter. He was the boss and it was a Saturday. And it was for sex, which he was sure that if he had shared that information to some of his co-workers they would understand completely.

"Good morning, Mr. Gardner." His assistant greeted him as he walked into his office.

"Good morning, Alison. How are you this fine morning?" He smiled widely at her.

"I, uh, I'm good." She tucked some of her long golden brown hair behind her ear and looked down, seeming to be embarrassed. Will could see her cheeks go slightly red. "Mr. Graham left you a message earlier this morning. He would like to discuss something with you when you got it."

"Okay, thanks Alison. I'll go see him right now." Will took off his jacket and gave it to Alison to hang up. He placed his briefcase on his desk and walked out to find one of his New York partners, Henry Graham. Henry was one of the most eager lawyers he had met while in New York and knew he would make a great addition to L/G. He was a nice enough guy but was completely cutthroat in court when he had to be. Henry was the closest thing Will had to a friend in New York. Will had neither the time or desire to actually make friends while there, so he was just happy that he had a workmate who he could grab a beer with and watch a game with every now and then. Will walked into his colleague's office.

"Henry. What's up?" Will said cheerfully and took a seat in front of the desk.

"Morning, Will. First of all, one of my clients that I brought over to the firm, Mr. Fischer from the Adi Club, would like to sit down and have a small meeting with you. He just wants to know what type of representation he would be getting from us in case he gets sued again."

"Good. Set up a meeting." He was extremely happy at the moment. He had been somewhat cheerful over the months with the new branch and how it was starting up pretty well, and because of Alicia, but now she was in the same city, in his apartment, in his bed, and Will was over the moon. He wasn't sure if he could be happier.

"Second of all. Did you hear about the governor of Illinois's daughter? It's crazy what happened. It was just released just a couple of hours ago. It's sick how someone could do that to a teenage girl." Henry said as he leaned back into his chair.

Will froze. Something had happened to the governor's daughter. Peter's daughter. Alicia's daughter. Grace. What happened to Grace?

"I- I haven't heard anything. What happened?" Will asked slowly, guardedly.

"There is this website out there that has secret webcam access to girl's bedrooms and bathrooms sometimes. It's called Secret Keyhole and there are reports and pictures out there of Grace Florrick on the site." Henry said, deathly serious. Will wasn't hearing him right, it couldn't be true.

"That cannot be true. Photoshop probably." He tried to brush away the accusations that it was Grace.

"There is a real video proving it really is her. I can't believe someone would do that to young girls. It's disgusting." Will agreed, it was perverted. He felt rage surge through his body that vibrated his fingertips.

"Who would do this? It isn't just sick and disgusting. That's child pornography. Who is responsible for this?" Henry just shrugged his shoulders, not knowing. Will was definitely going to find out and just watch Alicia sue him and destroy him.

Alicia.

"Shit. Fuck." Will quickly got up from the chair and marched towards his office.

"Mr. Gardner? Is everything okay?" Alison asked, Will hearing it faintly and not answering. He stormed into his office, slamming the door shut behind him. He was now thankful that he had four proper walls to his new office and not glass. He took out his phone and called Alicia's cell. The line was busy. So she had probably found out, he thought. He called his home phone and on the fourth ring Alicia answered.

"Will. It's about Grace. I—I don't know what's… I don't know." She sounded angry and frantic. He could tell that she was on the verge of tears, but she would probably be in too much shock for them to start streaming down her face yet.

"I know. I've heard. We'll figure this out and fight it. Take a deep breath."

"I have to go home. I have to go now. I can't believe I just left like this. What type of fucked up person would do this?" She yelled into the phone.

"I'm coming to pick you up now and take you to the airport."

"I'll just pack my things and grab a cab. I have to go right now."

"No. I'm taking you. You pack your bag and go online to buy a ticket. I'll be there in twenty minutes. Okay?"

"Fine. I just…" He detected that she had calmed down a small amount, due to her not screaming anymore.

"It'll be alright Alicia. Trust me."

"I… Okay." He knew she wasn't going to believe it, Will wasn't sure he believed it either. This was bad. It was terrible. It was one of the worst things to happen and it might not be okay. He still left work and took Alicia to the airport.

"I'll see you soon. Call me later." He spoke into her ear as he held her just before she was about to board the plane.

"Okay. Thanks Will. I'm sorry." She said softly.

"I get it. Of course you have to go. I love you, okay? Never forget that."

"I couldn't. I love you too." Will pulled back from their embrace and kissed Alicia on the cheek. She tried to smile at him but she couldn't even fake a smile. She boarded the plane and Will watched the plane take off.