Hey everyone, sorry for taking so long to update. I just had to find my reason to write. I was really out of it this week. And yes I read everyone's reviews. Even my fav which just says "PLEASE UPDATE", that is truly what forced me to finish this chapter. Thank you by the way for all of your reviews. But I didn't forget, I was just looking at the paper for hours, just trying to figure out what to do about this. But without further ado, here is part two of chapter 18. Enjoy!
Alicia's face grew hot, she was sure her face was as red as a tomato. She could almost feel the embarrassment flow from her face. Alicia straightened her shirt and looked straight at Will for help.
"They dropped by unexpectedly. I'm so sorry, I forgot that you were coming by."Will said as he shrugged his shirt back on. Sara made no attempt to reach out to Alicia, but Aubrey did. As soon as Alicia settled herself, Aubrey pounced on her like she was a lion's prey.
"Will has told us nothing about you, so you will have to fill us in. So how long have you been dating our brother?"Aubrey went on as she dragged Alicia back to the couch that she was occupying. Alicia was so startled and embarrassed, only a squeak came out as she opened her mouth.
"We have been dating for over half a year now. But I've known her since we were in Law school together."Will butted in, saving Alicia from certain damnation. Will occupied a seat across from Sara, in the other recliner chair. He eyed his sister, he was sure that she was up to no good.
"So over half a year, and we haven't heard one bit of information about her. What a shame Will, hiding she beautiful thing from your family. Mom isn't going to be very happy about this."Sara teased as she leaned back in her chair. Will glared at his sister. His eyed screamed that he would certainly get his revenge soon.
"That was probably my fault. For a while, I didn't want everyone snooping into my love life. I was happy and so was Will. When we started our relationship, we both agreed that it was best if no one knew of us. For both of our safety."Alicia butted in this time, hoping this would ease the water a little. But she soon realized that it was not the best way to explain to them.
"Why? You weren't married were you…...Oh my god. Your Alicia Florrick. Peter Florrick's Wife."Aubrey screamed from realization. While Aubrey was the only one smiling, the rest of the crowd showed signs of irritation, disappointment, and a hint of anger.
"I'm his ex wife, yes."Alicia said as she sunk into the soft leather couch. She had hoped she could sink out this conversation, and this world for just a couple of minutes.
"Will, you slept with a married woman? How could you?"Sara blurted out in a fit of rage.
"After what had happened to me? Really?"Sara shouted in rage and disappointment. She was outraged. Did her brother forget that for that reason she was a divorcee? Did he not care at all? Sara shook her head as she headed out of the room. Alicia was stunted. She was not only insulted and called an adulterer, she was called the reason for her divorce. As if her husband was not the reason that she even looked at another man. As if Peter had no fault at all in their divorce. That she was at fault for everything bad in this world.
"I'm going to go check on Sara."Aubrey announced as she left the room for Sara. It was less to comfort her sister and more to get out of the line of fire. She could see the anger start to boil in Alicia. Aubrey knew her sister hit a nerve and Alicia would burst at any minute. She was actually surprised that it took them this long. Sara had a knack for pissing people off, especially her siblings spouses.
"Alicia I am so sorry. I had no idea she would say any of that."Will said as Alicia got up so leave. He started to follow her trail, hoping to fix what his sister had broken.
"It's ok. I just really need to get back to court, ok?"Alicia turned around, unshed tear showing in her eyes. She was furious with Sara, but she knew none of this was Will's fault. Alicia gave Will a smile smile before turning towards the door. In one swift move, Will grabbed Alicia's arm and twirled her right into him.
"Hey, I love you."Will said before he reached down and gave Alicia a gentle sweet kiss. Alicia smiled into the kiss. For a second she was fearful that his sisters comment might change his mind about her and might think that "this" was getting too much for him. But as he kissed her, she knew everything will be alright.
"I love you too."Alicia whispered before turning around and leaving him. Will placed his back against the recently closed door as he replayed the day over in his head. He was certainly going to have a very long chat with Sara.
Will rushed into his bedroom, where his sisters sat on his bed.
"What..the..hell?"Will said voraciously, he was full of anger and disappointment. Both Sara and Aubrey jumped at their brother's outburst. Sara was the first to respond.
"I should be asking you the same goddamn thing Will!"Sara shout back, irritated and pissed off by his comments, and Alicia's.
"What? You badger my girlfriend, and I'm to blame? No Sara, not this time."Will shouted, the fact that Sara was his sister was the only thing that stopped him from ripping her throat out. Sara was appalled at his words, she was confused on how she became the bad guy.
"Your girlfriend's a whore and I'm wrong?"Sara immediately regretted her statement as soon as she said it. By the way Will's fist were balled up and how he almost lunged at her when she said whore, she knew she went over the line. That was probably too nice, by the look on her brother's face, Sara knew she spat on the line, kicked, ran over it and then threw it in the garbage.
"Sara, never mistake Alicia for those sluts that your good for nothing ex husband slept with. She is better than that, she is better than you."As soon as he finished his sentence, he felt a burning run across his face. Sara was standing in front of him, hand raised and tears in her eyes. As soon as she slapped him, she covered her mouth. ashamed of what she had just done to her baby brother.
"Will I am so sorry."Sara apologized as Will shook his head and Aubrey sat on his bed in pure shock.
"You know if you only sat down and talked to her you might have liked her, of found out that she was similar to you."Will spat, not even acknowledging the redness that was starting to form on his face.
"What do you mean similar?"Sara stepped back in sheer horror.
"Alicia's husband, the one you see as a fucking saint, cheated on her, more than once. If you saw the news you would know that. And you know what, she didn't even leave him after that, she stayed. For her kids and other reasons. She had no intentions of leaving him until me. I practically seduced her, though it wasn't that hard because we were practically in love in law school."Will saw the shocked faces of his sisters as the realization hit them like a bus.
"You mean she is?"Aubrey blurted out, making her first vocal appearance since Will came in.
"Yeah, she's that girl I left my girlfriend for. She is the only woman I have loved in 20 years. And she is the only woman I will ever love again. So hurt her like that again, and you will never see me again."Will said as he turned around for a dramatic exit. Even though at the time, he meant every word, but he was sure that Alicia would never let him do anything like that.
"Will wait."Sara said as she ran after her brother. Will was almost to the door when he turned around.
"What?"He sneared at her.
"I'm sorry. I had no idea, I got wrapped up in my own problems that I forgot that she wasn't those other girls. I just saw red. But Will I am so sorry and I will make it up."Sara pleaded as Aubrey emerged from the bedroom. Will sighed and shook his head. As much as he wanted to be mad at his sister, he knew he couldn't. He loved his sisters and he knew Sara had already been threw a lot, he couldn't be that mad at her.
"I'm going to the grocery store. My fridge resembles an ice queens heart, cold and empty."Will smiled as he thought of the times when they were kids and would read books about ice queens and reenact killing them. He knew Sara and Aubrey remembered as smiles formed on all three of their faces.
"You guys can come if you want."Will said as he turned and walked towards the door. He opened it and walked out, holding the door open so his sisters can pass him. The two women passed their brother and continued out of the apartment building and out to Will's car. As Will locked the door to his apartment, he couldn't grasp the fact that he was forgetting something. Whisking away the thought, he left to go join his sisters.
Will and his sisters returned to his apartment a couple of hours later with bags of grocery. As Will approached the front door of his apartment, him and his sisters laughing as they walked down the hallway. Will noticed that there were two kids standing at his door. He slanted his head, hoping to figure out who they were. As he got closer, he noticed that it was Zach and Grace.
"Hey Zach. Grace. What's up?"Will asked as he approached his apartment door. The two teenagers looked at eachother and then back at Will. They both sighed as they realized that Will had forgotten about playing soccer and basketball after school today.
"Will, you forgot didn't you?" As Zach began to remind Will of their engagement, Grace couldn't help but notice the two women behind him. Her mind couldn't help but think something sinister was going on. Will opened the door to his apartment and walked inside, placing the groceries on the counter in the kitchen.
"We were supposed to to the park today."Zach reminded Will as his sisters dropped the bags of food down. They were just as confused as Grace was, until Aubrey put it all together.
"You must be the kids Will mentioned. You're Alicia's kids!"Aubrey said as she practically ran to the two teens. Aubrey was starting to like Alicia more and more, but she could see that Sara did not share Aubrey's passion. Sara, after seeing these two happy children, already in love with her brother, realized how happy her brother is and how much of an ass she was being earlier. Sara was on the verge of tears, but kept it together for the kids.
"You know our mom?"Grace butted in, not sure exactly who these two women were to Will and her mom.
"Grace, Zach. This is Sara and Aubrey, my sisters."Will said with a smile seeing the confusion on Grace's face. As soon as Will said sisters, both Grace and Zach's face calmed. They were happy that it was his sisters and not some affair he was having behind their mom's back. Zach was the first to speak.
"HI, nice to meet you."Zach shook Aubrey's hand and reached for Sara's, who did not immediately take his hand. But after a glare from Will, she took the boy's hand. Grace mimicked her brothers actions, this time Sara was more willing to shake her hand.
"So I'm going to take a wild guess and say you're bailing on us today?"Zach said as he hopped on the bar stool and ate a banana that was recently placed in front of him. Sara and Aubrey went to putting the rest of the groceries away, leaving Will to talk to the kids alone.
"Oh yeah, I mean if you guys still want to. I would have to change first and get rid of my annoying sisters."Will nudged his head towards his sisters in the kitchen and started laughing with them.
"Hey!"Sara shouted before going back to her task. Aubrey giggled a bit, she was always a kid at heart.
"But after that, if you still wanna go. Then sure."Will said turning towards his bedroom, he knew that they would say yes.
"Uh yeah!"Grace said as Will smiled, turning slightly to the kids before going to his room to change.
As soon as Will was out of earshot, Aubrey pounced on the kids.
"Will and your mom. How do you like it?"Aubrey snooped, hoping to get a better picture of their relationship.
"Aubrey."Sara whined, she didn't want to hurt Will's relationship anymore than she already had.
"It's ok, I don't mind. It was a bit hard at first. You know, getting used to the break up and having another man come into my mom's life. But after what our father did to our mom, we all agreed that all long as he made our mom happy and didn't hurt her, we would be fine. But then we fell in love with him. Now he's like our second dad."That last part hit Grace as she said it. She never thought that she would say those words, ever. Even Zach was shocked by Grace's words. But for some reason, it felt natural. Both Aubrey and Sara smiled as the kids talked about their long road to happiness.
"Well that was brave of you two, and I'm sure you make you mom happy."Sara said as she put the last of the groceries away.
"Yeah, she loves us. Speaking of, did you tell her we got here ok?"Grace said to Zach, noticing the time.
"I did."Will said as he reemerged from his bedroom. Everyone turned around at Will's comment.
"Oh thanks. You know how worried she gets."Zach said as he grabbed his bag and Grace's.
"Yeah, she said ok. Well, Sara, Aubrey, are you staying her or a hotel?"
"Hotel."They said in unison. Neither one of them wanted to stay with their brother overnight. They loved him, just not that much.
"Well hit the road, cause I will not be coming back anytime soon."Will said as he walked out of his apartment, ushering everyone out of his house as he left. One by one, they all left. Will woke up this morning thinking he would be bored and lonely. Now he just wished he could be alone.
Will and the kids got back to his apartment a couple hours later, tired and happy. As Will pulled up to his apartment, he started wondering how they got to his place.
"How did you two get here?"Will said as he turned around to the teens in the back seat.
"The bus."Grace stated blatantly.
"Well how are you getting home? You want me to take you kids home?"Will offered, not wanting the kids out at night alone.
"No, were good. Dad is picking us up soon. We have to stay with him for the week. Some BS he made up. It's probably because you're on suspension and he doesn't want us around you. But you will still come and practice with us, right?"Zach almost pleaded as looked into Will's eyes with hope.
In the past couple of months, Zach has been watching. He has seen everything that has been going on in his parents life, and he has not liked it one bit. He saw how cruel his dad can be and has been slowly drifting away from him. He has been trying his hardest to not be like his father and piss off his dad. So as of late, Zach has been trying his best to be like Will and stay close to him. It's pissing his dad off, but it's making Will love him even more than usual.
"I will try my hardest."Will replied as he saw a black lincoln roll up beside him.
"I guess that is your father." Will said as he unlocked the doors and got out. He went to the truck and got their school stuff out for them. As he walked to the back of Peter's car, Peter got out. Without a word to Peter, Will put the bags in the car and closed the trunk.
"Hey don't forget your homework Zach. And Grace you have a test tomorrow, do not forget to study."Will said before hugging the two sweaty teens and walked towards his apartment.
"Will wait."Peter yelled but Will was already at the doors of his apartment complex. Will did not want to hear a word that Peter had to say, he just wanted to get away from him.
Will climbed his way to his apartment and flopped down on his couch. The kids tired him out today, which was normal. But With the emotional strain that he had today, he was overpowered by sleep.
When Will woke up a little while later, realized just how hungry he was. He now had a fridge full of food and no idea how to cook any of it. He then remembered his failed lunch date with Alicia. Feeling more hungry for her than for food, he texted her.
"Me. You. Dinner. Tonight after court? My sisters are gone?"Will sent the text and went right back to laying down. A couple of minutes later, she texted back
"Of course."She replied. Will layed back on the couch and closed his eyes. He had hoped that tonight would be better than this morning.
Alicia smiled as she read Will's text message. She never normally read texts during court, but her co counsel was up and she was curious on what it said.
As she tried to get herself together, she noticed Finn looking over at her. She assumed he was trying to find her weaknesses. This was the main reason that she never texted during court.
Alicia turned away from him and her phone, giving the court her complete attention.
After another half hour of arguing, the judge decided to make a decision. Normally it would take many more days of arguing and fighting in court, but she guessed the judge was just not feeling it today. The judge ruled in her favor, which was a big win for Lockhart and Gardner. Being a good sport, mainly to see how Finn was hanging on, she approached him as she left for Will's.
"So how you hanging in. Tired of Chicago yet?"Alicia smiled as she teased the new USA. Finn couldn't help but just stare at her glimmering mossy green eyes. Alicia had to wave a hand in front of his face in order for him to see her.
"Oh, I'm sorry. No, I think I'm just starting to fall in love with Chicago. But i think I will fit just fine as soon as I beat you."Finn teased back, hoping she didn't see him staring at her most of the time.
"Well then you might have to wait a while. But I am not the biggest fish in the sea. The one you need to look out for is Will and Diane. Will mostly, Diane doesn't always dabble with this side of law. But when she does….watch out."Alicia said, remembering how fierce Diane can get when she is set on something or when a case starts to slip.
"You mean Will Gardner and Diane Lockhart, your firm's name partners? I heard about them. They are supposedly one of the top firms in Chicago and one of the best lawyers."
"Yeah,I'd say when you can beat them, the rest of Chicago will seem mediocre. But good luck surviving at SA's. They are worst than us."Alicia said as she started for the courtroom doors, seeing how everyone else had left already.
"Alicia."Finn stopped her as she was about to leave.
"Yeah?"Alicia said turning around and facing Finn. Finn was sure that it was now or never. He really hated playing games. He did more than enough of that in the past.
"You wanna get drinks sometime?"FInn blurted out, more as a ramble than a complete sentence. Alicia smiled at his babbling and shook her head.
"Sure , why not."She could always need new friends, she thought as she answered him. Even though she was sure he wasn't just after friendship.
"Tonight? To celebrate your victory and my first loss?"Finn through in there, hoping he wouldn't get rejected.
"I'm sorry, I got plans with my boyfriend tonight. Maybe tomorrow?"Alicia offered, automatically remembering Will as drinks came up. Even though Finn was disappointed at the word boyfriend. But there was something that had him holding on to hope.
"Sure, tomorrow soons great."Finn said as he saw Alicia walk out of the courtroom, but into his life.
As Alicia got into her car, she went through the day in her head. It had been long and trying. But as she got to the end and possibly having the whole night with Will made her smile a huge Cheshire grin. Alicia had hoped that she could use Will's dinner as a way of forgetting this hectic day. Well at least for the night.
Well? How did you like it? Did I do them justice, is everyone ok with this? I hope you are because in two chapters, it will be over. Yes my last chapter will be chapter 20. Yay! Well I hope everyone enjoyed and don't forget to review.