Hey so this is part one, I was just going to put it all up at once but you know life. That and I have a crap load of work and I would rather put this up for you guys then make you wait forever. That and I can feel that it is going to be a long one. But I hope you guys enjoy, I thank you guys so much for your wonderful reviews, keep it up, and I hope you enjoy chapter 18 part one.
Will rolled over and hit his alarm, actually he pulled the plug out of the wall before rolling back over in his bed.
"No need to wake up this early if I'm on suspension."He thought to himself as he pulled the cover over his face. Now that he couldn't practice law, he felt like shutting the world out. He thought maybe he could sleep for six months, then maybe he could act like the suspension thing was just a bad dream. With hibernation in mind, Will went back to sleep only to wake a couple of hours later. His body was now adjusted to a certain time frame of sleep, so now sleeping past 10 was a no no.
After deciding sleep was out, Will decided watching some tv would be a good buffer until then. It took him all of 30 minutes to feel like a house and turn it off. Will got up and looked in his fridge. He sighed as he closed it.
"I guess I'll have to go shopping now."He thought as he looked at the mostly bare fridge. He mostly kept it for beer. A lot of the time he ate out or scavenged off of the free bagels at work. Being a workaholic meant you didn't have time for anything, especially grocery shopping. As he felt his stomach rumble, he thought of Alicia and the kids. He loved how after work, he would spend the night at Alicia's and would wake up to either her or the kids cooking for him. It was spectacular.
He mentally kicked himself for not taking Alicia's offer of staying with her. He just had to be "a man and independent."
"Look where your independence has gotten you William Gardner. Alone and hungry."He said at his inner comment. Just as Will was about to get his keys and got to the store, he got a phone call. Without look at the caller id, he answered.
"Hello, you have reached the unemployed services of William Gardner. How may I be of service?"Will asked, hoping it would be someone he liked at the other end of the phone. And with a slight giggle, he knew he had.
"I'm sorry, I do not have any work for you at the moment. I had hoped I could be of a service instead."Alicia giggled at his goofy decorum.
"Unless you can magically teleport me a hot plate of pancakes and eggs. You voice will be enough for now."Will teased. He could feel her blush from there.
"Well unfortunately I can't get you breakfast. But I can bring you lunch after court."Will pondered the thought. He could survive until she came by for lunch.
"Will moved from his kitchen to his couch. He had hoped that something would be on.
"Hey, don't talk bad about soap operas. They are really interesting."Alicia said, half teasingly, half defending her shows. Will laughed at her defense and continued to flip through his channels.
"I'll try. I just don't know how to make it through my probation."Will sighed as he leaned back on his couch.
"Will it's only six months."Alicia said as if it were an hour.
"That is a really long time for me."Will responded, a bit mad at how she acts as if he was overreacting.
"You will make it through this Will. I know you will. And I will be there every step of the way."Alicia responded with a small sigh, but ultimately ended with a small smile.
"Hey if I can do it, so can you."Alicia laughed, hoping he didn't hear the small bit of sadness in her voice.
"Oh geez, Leesh I'm sorry. I totally forgot for a moment."Will almost forgot that Alicia practically had a 14 year suspension. And that being fussy over six months was completely childish compared to what she had to go through. Will sat up completely, hoping she wouldn't be too mad at him.
"It's ok Will. Some days I forget too. Hey I'm heading into court. I'll call you before lunch?"Alicia asked before walking into the courtroom.
"Ok. I love you."Will said, hoping she would say it in return. That way he really knew if she was ok or not.
"I love you too."Alicia said as she smiled and hung up the phone. Just as she was about to sit down, she saw the new AUSA across from her. She smiled and made her way over to him.
"Hi, you must be new here."Alicia said as she took the man's hand.
"Is it that obvious?"The man said as he shyly shook her hand. He ran his fingers through his hair, fully embarrassing himself in front of his boss's ex wife, and his opponent.
"No. It's just that you were staring and you are from the State's Attorney's office. Pretty much everyone there knows me so they wouldn't stare. You did, so I gathered you are new."Alicia said with a smile, releasing her grip from the man.
"Oh, yeah, sorry about that. I mean Peter told me to watch out for you but. I never expected to actually meet you. Or for you to be this nice. I'm Finn by the way. Finn Polmar."Finn said with a wide grin.
"Well don't believe everything that Peter says. It's nice to meet you Finn. And let the best man win."Alicia said before going to her side of the courtroom just before the judge walked in. As she left for her seat, she left a drooling Finn in complete awe. Before he sat down, he wondered if he should have told her how much he thought she looked completely gorgeous in that dress. But as court dragged on, he knew he had to throw that thought out of his mind.
Will sat back in his couch. He placed his hands behind his head and stared at the ceiling.
"How will I spend the rest of this suspension"He thought to himself as he thought of the many things that he could do. He thought about taking up art or sculpture. Then he thought he could give back to the community and go help out at the local rec center. Then images of Alicia flashed through his mind causing a huge smile to appear on his face.
Just as Will started to think of the many things he could do with, or to her now that he wasn't working. His phone started to go off. He had gotten a text message from Zach.
"U Gd with us comin ova aftr school?!"Zach typed. Will grinned as he tried to decipher the inscription of teen texting.
"Yh, As long as you guys finish school. No cutting K?"Will replied, hoping his little bit of lingo will go a long way. And in a flash, Zach replied.
"LOL K. Will. C U L8R."
Will used this as a reason to go grab something to eat before Alicia came. Using the excuse that he might need food for the enduring day he might have today. ANd after taking a shower and changing, he grabbed a pair of jeans and a button up to wear, mostly for later than for breakfast. Just as he was about to open the door to leave, he found two women staring back at him.
" Bill! How's it been big brother?" The younger of the two women rushed him, embracing him in a big hug.
"Sara, Aubrey? What are you two doing here?"Will released himself from his younger sister's grip. Just in time for them to stroll into his apartment as if they lived there too.
"Well we were supposed to come see you this month anyway, since you missed christmas last year and we have some time off. So we decided better now or never."Sara said, inspecting the large Chicago apartment. Will guessed she was looking for dust particles or something to prove that he was a screw up.
"So you just happened to choose the week that I start my suspension? Ok."Will scuffed in disbelief as he watched his sister walk about his place.
"You got suspended? When? How? Why?"Aubrey went on in disbelief. Will expected this from Sara, but not from Aubrey. Patronizing him like that, in his time of need, it was cruel.
"Aubrey please don't do that."Will pleaded as he followed Sara to his bedroom.
"Do what Will?" Aubrey said in a baby voice.
"Act like you are clueless. It only annoys me, and you know that."Will glared at Aubrey, completely irritated at his sisters from the moment he opened the door.
"Oh Will don't be overdramatic. Mom sent us to make sure you weren't going crazy here."Sara said as she walked into Will's closet and noticed a women's dress.
"But apparently we are not welcome. Someone has a girlfriend. A serious girlfriend. One he has not told anyone about or mentioned at all to his family." Sara pressed on as she felt the material of the dress. This caused Aubrey to run into the bedroom to see the evidence her sister had.
"She is a smart shopper and classy I see. If she is anything like her clothes, I think I might actually like her." Sara pulled the dress out to get a closer look at the dress and smirked. This only made Will rolled his eyes and scoff.
"You're worse than mom. You haven't liked any of my girlfriends Sar."Will shot back as he propped himself against an adjacent wall. Sara shook her head over the dress and glared at Will.
"I liked the one you had in college, until you dumped her for some college trash that didn't even stay with you. And all of those other...girls that hung around you could not even be close to being called your girlfriend Will."Sara placed the dress back in the closet before closing it.
"Look Sara if you only came to bash on my love life or my choices in life, you can go right now. The last thing I need right now is your judgmental attitude in my life right now. And for your information, that college trash you talk about did love me. She never stayed because I never asked her out."Will yelled before storming off to the kitchen.
"Sar, I think you went too far this time." Aubrey said before she fled to her older was stuck, stunned by her brother's outburst. She really did have the best in mind for her little brother, he just made a lot of bad decisions and she was just trying to help. Unfortunately, her help always ended up backfiring on her.
Sara sighed before rejoining her siblings in the kitchen.
"Will I'm sorry." Sara said before even entering the kitchen. She constantly found herself apologizing even if she thought that it wasn't her fault.
"It's cool Sara. I just didn't like your bashing on my love life like that. Not now at least."Will said before turning to his sister with a slight smile.
"Well are you going to tell us about the mystery woman that lives in your closet? Or do we have to do the guessing game?"Aubrey teased before moving closer to her brother on the kitchen isle.
"The guessing game? Wow, it's been years since we played right?"
"5 if I remember correctly"Sara interjected to her brother's question.
"Well it is tradition."Aubrey said slyly. Though she was right, neither one of them minded playing.
"Let's go to the living room. More room there."Will said with a huge smile on his face as he walked to his couch. After everyone got comfortable on the couch, Will began, as he normally did.
"Ok normal rules. No more than 5 guesses. If everyone loses, you can't know ubtil I choose to tell you."Will and his sisters agreed before playing. Will kind of hoped that they would guess who it was, but then he didn't. He was sure they would fall in love with Alicia, just like he did. But he was worried that they might take longer than the kids did, and be way worse.
"Is she a family friend. Like someone that hung around the house a lot?" Aubrey started, her butt already at the edge of the table. Will smirked at her answer and shook his head.
"Nope, and that was two questions."Will grinned before moving to Aubrey. Who was calmly sitting in the recliner chair.
"Oh come on, that was barely one."Aubrey protested.
"The rules are the rules. Sara?"Will positioned himself to look directly at his frighteningly calm and quiet sister.
"White or black?"
"White. Aubrey?"
"Do I know her?"Aubrey said hesitantly. She had hoped her question would crack the case, even though she rarely gets it.
"Somewhat. Not personally. I think."Will responded, hoping not to give too much away.
"What? That's no answer."Aubrey argued, outraged at his answer.
"Rules. Sara?" Will went back to his older sister who he was sure knew who it was.
"Is she young or older than you?"
"My age. No worries, I am not rocking the cradle."Will joked, though it did not seem to pierce Sara's peace.
"Um, er…. Oh! Oh! Is she a lawyer. Ha, yeah."Aubrey said, completely amused with her question.
"Yes Aubrey. She is a lawyer."Will laughed at his siter. Clearly she was on the right track, though he doubted that she actually knew who it was.
"Does she have kids?"Sara threw in and Will was sure she had it in the bag. But they still had to give Aubrey another fighting chance.
"Yes, two. A boy and a girl. They are wonderful by the way."Will smiled at how amazing those kids were and how attached they had become to him. He was sure his heart skipped a beat just thinking about them. He was glad that he fell in love with the kids and her at the same time.
"Does she work with you?"Aubrey said, not completely sure if she said the right answer or npt. But seeing Will's face, she was sure that she was right.
"Yes. Sara your last two."
"Is she a blonde and is it Diane?"Sara said, confident that she was correct. But by the looks of Will's face, she knew she was way off.
"Diane? My business partner? Of course not. I mean of course we work together and all of that, and yes I love her. But she doesn't have kids, and we do not have a sexual attraction to each other. A lot of the time we can't stand to be in the same room as each other."Will spat out. He was more disappointed than anything. Or maybe just outraged by their crazy accusations. Just then, there was a knock at the door.
"I'm going to go answer the door. Now you two ponder your questions and pick someone that fits all of these categories."Will said before making his way to the door. He shook his head as he thought of dating Diane.
"That would never work. "Will thought to himself as he opened the door without looking. And boy did he wished he had looked. On the other side of the door was the woman they had spent the last 30 minutes talking about.
"Leesh!"Will said as his voice started to go in and out. This did not go unnoticed by Alicia, though she chose to ignore it, She had other things on her mind at the moment. And in a second, she was ontop of him. Slowly pushing him to the counter where she was able to manage shoving her jacket off before he stopped her.
"Babe, we can't do this now."Will said, not really wanting to stop.
"It's ok, I got time. We can eat lunch later."Alicia said before lunging back to his lips. This he could not stop. But he was able to stop her when she got to his shirt.
"No seriously, babe. My sister's are here."Will said, shirt half way off and his body completely pushed into the isle. And for the first time since she walked into the apartment, she looked around. Here she saw two women sitting on the couch. At the same time they waved at her. Aubrey giggled a bit while Sara completely glared at her.
"Hi"Was all Alicia was able to get out before grabbing her coat and pushing herself off of Will.
"Leesh, these are my sisters, Sara and Aubrey. Sar, Aubrey, this is Alicia Cavanaugh, My girlfriend."
So Sara and Aubrey though. Yeah I am really excited to see how this progresses and I really love working with them. But I know how I feel, tell me what you think. Please review and I hope you guys Enjoyed. Part two coming soon.