Skyfall

Chapter Fifteen

Rebecca grabbed the towel as she stepped out of the shower and covered her body as she thought about the way the last two months had gone. Katie's death still rattled her and it was weird to not be able to pick up the phone and talk to her. She missed her friend.

She had been trying to check in with Marcus and the kids every day. Most days Marcus didn't even answer the phone and that worried her. So she had started calling Lily every day too.

While she understood Harvey's issues with his mother, she had a different experience with the woman. Lily had been nothing but welcoming to her and they had struck up a fairly close relationship. It was nice to have an older woman's presence in her life because she hadn't had that for a long time.

Lily claimed that the kids were doing ok and she believed the woman. She checked in with Ethan almost every other day via Facetime because she was concerned about him. But he seemed to be handling things better than she thought he would. Olivia usually didn't sit still long enough to Facetime, but she made sure to set eyes on the young girl at least once a week through the phone.

Her main concern now was Marcus. Lily had told her that Marcus was spending more and more time at his restaurants and less time at home with the kids. It worried her because while she understood that Marcus was mourning the loss of his wife, he needed to be spending time with his kids. They needed him now more than ever.

Apparently they all pretty much moved into Lily's house after the funeral and she was taking care of the kids, while also trying to keep an eye on her son. It made sense that Marcus wouldn't want to live in the house that Katie was killed in. She could only imagine the nightmares that came from him finding her in the kitchen. Harvey had described to her what Marcus said he walked in on and it sounded horrifying.

The police still hadn't found the person or persons responsible for Katie's death. That must be weighing on Marcus too. She knew they all wanted some closure.

At least work was going well. With the two new clients she brought in, it pushed her billable hours up even higher. She was busier than before, but at least Rachel was back at the firm from maternity leave so she didn't have to help Mike with the pro bono department anymore.

Things with Harvey were going well, though they were staying as far away from the kids issue as possible. It made things weird every once and a while, like when they went to Mike and Rachel's house for dinner, but ignoring the problem was working for them for the most part.

Although she was busier than ever, she made even more of an attempt to spend more time with him. Since he hadn't throw the word 'workaholic' back in her face lately, she assumed she was doing a better job than before.

She was a little worried about him though because she had yet to see him have any real reaction to Katie's death. She could tell he was affected by it. But he hadn't had a breakdown moment. She, on the other hand, had two. One was after the funeral and the other was her drunken episode. Harvey just for the most part acted like everything was fine. He wasn't talking to her about it and that concerned her.

She stepped out of the bathroom clad only in her towel and saw that Harvey was awake, sitting up in the bed. "Morning."

"You didn't wake me up." He chuckled.

"You got in late last night." She explained. "How did drinks with Mike and Louis go?"

"Good." He nodded. "I still think you should have woken me up when you got up."

"I figured you could use the extra half hour of sleep."

He got up and walked over to her, wrapping his arm around her waist and giving her a kiss. "In all fairness I do have a very busy day today."

"Is it lots of meetings or just paperwork?" She asked as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Neither." He grinned. "My only plans are with you."

She chuckled. "Harvey, as much as I'd love to stay home and play hooky with you, I have work I need to do."

"I already got Louis to cover for you today." He told her. "I asked him last night."

"Harvey…"

"And before you say anything else, just know that we aren't staying home and playing hooky. We are going somewhere and playing hooky."

"What are you up to?" She asked, unable to contain her laughter.

"I thought we could go away for a three day weekend." He told her, pulling her even closer to him.

"Go away?" She questioned. "Like on a trip just the two of us?"

"Yes." He nodded.

"But we haven't done that since…"

"Our honeymoon." He finished her sentence for her. "I know. But your birthday is tomorrow and I was thinking lately that we need to take time out of our lives to do things like this and spend quality time together. So I thought we could go away."

"That's really sweet." She leaned in and kissed him. With everything going on she had actually forgotten about her birthday this year. It meant a lot to her that he hadn't forgotten. "So where are we going?"

"I rented us a nice cabin up in the Finger Lakes region. We leave now and then come back on Sunday afternoon." He explained. "What do you think?"

She smiled. "I think some time away with you sounds heavenly and I don't care where we go."

It meant a lot to her that he was trying to do something special for her for her birthday this year. Usually he would take her to a nice dinner and get her a gift, which she suspected was chosen for her by Donna. The gift was always something wonderful and he did his best to make her birthday special. But if there was a competition of who made the other person's birthday the most special, she would win it every year. So the fact that he was stepping up his game made her feel very special.

Several hours later, Harvey pulled up to the cabin they were staying at for the next couple of days.

"Harvey…what the hell did you do?" Rebecca chuckled as she got out of the car. "This place is massive."

It was a two story wooden cabin with a huge wrap around porch and intricate landscaping all around. He had Donna find a cabin that was spacious and modern on the inside. From the looks of the outside, she did a good job choosing it.

"We don't need this much space." She told him.

"Haven't you learned by now that when I travel, I like to do it first class all the way?" He smirked.

She grinned back at him. "Yeah, I guess so."

He got their bags out from the trunk and followed her into the cabin. She was right when she said the place was massive. There had to be at least six bedrooms. He had to hand it to Donna, she chose a nice cabin for them.

He looked over at her, watching as she walked around the downstairs of the cabin. She looked like she was in awe of the place. It was nice looking and well decorated. He liked seeing her so happy.

Without much warning she came back over to him and threw her arms around his neck. Then she kissed him.

"What's that for?" He chuckled.

"I know that Donna probably found this place, but she wouldn't have done it if you didn't ask her to. It means a lot to me that you wanted to do something special for my birthday." She explained.

"Well I know how much you love birthdays." He chuckled. "And to be honest, I haven't really ever done anything for you like what you do for my birthdays. I kind of owed you something special."

"You don't owe me anything other than love." She said, leaning in to kiss him.

"Well don't worry. I have plenty of that." He smirked when they pulled apart from each other.

"Do you want to go explore the upstairs with me?" She asked, linking her hand with his. "Maybe we can see if this place has a bed."

"Sounds good to me."

Later that evening, Harvey leaned back against the Jacuzzi that was on the deck. He looked out at the scene of nature in front of him and the sunset. This was a good idea to get away for a few days and he was glad that Rebecca liked it. Maybe they could make it an annual thing.

"That sunset is gorgeous." She said, appearing in the doorway with two glasses of scotch.

"It is the second most beautiful thing I've seen today." He smiled at her, taking the glass from her hand. She was wearing a very skimpy bikini and he had to stop himself from just picking her up and carrying her to the nearest hard surface so he could have his way with her.

She smiled, getting in next to him. Then she leaned in and gave him a quick kiss. "This place is amazing. Thank you Harvey."

"You deserve nothing but the best." He told her, taking a sip of the scotch.

"It feels great being away like this. I feel like I can actually relax for the first time in a long time."

"I agree." He wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer. "After everything that has happened lately, we needed this."

"Yeah. Can I ask you a question though?"

"Of course."

"I know that Katie's death has been hard on you."

As soon as he mentioned Katie's death, he realized this was going to turn into a serious conversation.

"I have seen it take a toll on you." She continued. "And I know you aren't as unaffected as you try to come across. I guess my question is why aren't you talking about it? Why are you holding it all in?"

He sighed. "I'm not talking about it because I don't see what good it will do. She'll still be gone and the whole situation will still suck."

"I think talking about it might help." She pointed out.

"What do you want me to say?" He scoffed, moving away from her a little so he could look at her face. "You want me to say how I miss her? How I hate that I feel like her death only exacerbated my abandonment issues? You want me to say that I feel completely helpless to do anything to make anyone feel better about this? That I feel powerless because I can't change anything? Because I feel powerless to fix anything and I hate that. Do you want me to say that the only time I feel grounded and secure is when I am with you? Because all of that is true."

She put her hands on both sides of his face. "Harvey… you don't have to try and fix anything."

"But…"

"No." She shook her head. "I know you want to control things and you want to make sure everyone you care about is ok. And I love that about you. But there is no way to control this or make things ok for everyone and that's alright. It's just a part of life that bad things happen to good people. We have been doing everything we can to make things better for Marcus and the kids by keeping in constant contact with them."

"Yeah, but Marcus won't answer his phone."

"I know." She nodded. "And it sucks because he really needs his big brother right now. But he obviously isn't ready to talk. So we just keep trying because that's all we can do right now. And I know you miss her. I do too. It's going to get easier though."

He chuckled softly. "How do you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Somehow always make me feel better." He stated.

"It's just a talent I have." She smirked. "Besides, you have the same talent to make me feel better. Look…I know you like to be the strong, silent type. But you don't need to do that with me. I'm supposed to be the safe place where you can say anything you are thinking or feeling. So anytime you have something bothering you, just come to me. Ok?"

"Ok." He nodded. "How did I get so lucky to have someone like you?"

"Oh no, I think you have gotten that wrong." She chuckled. "I'm the lucky one."

"I guess we will just have to agree to disagree on who the lucky one is." He smirked.

She moved so that she was straddling him. Then she threw her arms around his neck. "Do you know how much I love you?"

"I think I can guess." He smirked.

"You'd probably be wrong though." She grinned. "I am hopelessly…" She kissed his cheek. "Desperately…" She kissed his neck. "Ridiculously in love with you."

"I guess now is a good time to tell you that I feel exactly the same way about you."

"Really?" She grinned.

"Really." He smirked.

"Then I guess we are both very lucky people because not everyone has what we have." She explained.

"I agree." He nodded. "We are incredibly lucky."

"Do you want to go get lucky?" She asked. She got up from where she was sitting, letting her hand casually graze his groin as she moved.

He watched as she got out of the Jacuzzi. "Hell yeah I want to get lucky."

"Follow me then." She smirked as she slowly walked back into the cabin.

It didn't take him long to follow her inside.