Skyfall

Chapter Sixteen

Rebecca woke up the next morning and rolled over to find Harvey wasn't in bed with her. She groaned and sat up to go look for him. So this must be what he was complaining about. Truthfully it was frustrating to wake up alone so she could see why he didn't like it. Before her feet hit the floor, she heard his voice.

"Get back in bed." He chuckled.

She looked up to see him enter the room with a tray in his hands. "I was just coming to find you."

"You are the birthday girl though…" He reminded her. "You get to have breakfast in bed, but that only works if you stay in bed."

"You're actually going to let me eat in bed?" Her eyes got wide with excitement. "You've never let me do that. It goes against your rules."

"Well this isn't my bed and there are other beds we can try before we leave. So the rule doesn't count here." He replied, setting the tray down on the bed for her. Then he leaned in and gave her a kiss. "Happy birthday."

"Thank you." She smiled, giving him another quick kiss. She then looked at the tray he brought her. There was coffee, eggs, pancakes and a large pile of bacon.

About a year ago, she spent a month teaching him how to make basic foods because she figured it was time he learned how to do more than just grill and make spaghetti. Now she was glad she had taken the time to do that because it was a nice gesture for him to make her breakfast for once.

"You didn't get any for yourself?" She questioned as she watched him cross the room to climb into bed on the other side next to her.

"I ate some eggs and toast while making yours." He explained.

"Ok." She smiled, digging in to her food. She was silent for a few minutes as she practically inhaled the food from the plate. "Oh my God this is really good."

"You say that like you didn't expect it to even be edible." He laughed.

"It's not that." She assured him, pointing to the already half empty plate. "I just…ok to be completely honest I wasn't sure you were actually listening to me when I tried to teach you how to cook."

"Why?" He grinned. "Is it because I kept trying to pin you against the counter every five seconds?"

"That has something to do with it." She smiled.

"Well I was listening to you." He pointed out. "I just also couldn't keep my hands off of you."

"I noticed." She grabbed a piece of bacon.

He leaned in and kissed her.

"I now see why you are so grumpy when you wake up to an empty bed." She admitted, taking a bite of bacon.

He grinned. "It isn't fun, is it?"

"No." She agreed in between bites. "It definitely isn't fun."

"I'm glad you now understand my plight." He teased her. "Maybe now you won't leave the bed so much in the morning."

"I'll certainly do my best." She promised.

"So I have two birthday presents for you. Do you want them both now? Later? One now and one later? How do you want to do it this year?"

"Two presents this year?" She questioned. "Wow. I'm a lucky girl."

"You know you can get lucky as soon as you are done with breakfast, if you are interested." He whispered into her ear.

"I'm definitely interested in that." She whispered back. "But I'm not very patient about presents now that I know that you got me two. So let's do both of them now."

"Ok." He took the tray away for a moment and set it down before going into his bag and bringing out two small gift bags. "I had a feeling you would say that."

She watched as he came back over to the bed and handed her one of the bags.

"I hope you like it."

"I'm sure I will." She took the tissue paper out of the bag and picked out the box. Opening it, she saw a watch that had to be expensive. It was a Cartier, white gold watch with three rows of diamonds surrounding the face. She stared at it for a few minutes. "Harvey…this is…"

"You don't like it?" He asked. "I saw it last week and thought it fit in with your style. But I can return it if you don't…"

"No." She chuckled. "I don't like it at all. I love it. It's absolutely beautiful. But it's too much."

"Nothing is too much for you." He assured her. "Turn it over."

She did what he asked and saw that he had the back engraved. Tiny letters spelled out To my favorite teammate. Love always, H

She leaned over and kissed him. "Thank you."

He gently took the watch from her hand and placed it on her wrist. "I thought it was time you had a real watch."

"Hey! Don't make fun of my old watch." She chuckled.

"But it is so old and worn looking." He laughed. "I'm surprised anyone ever took you seriously."

"Well now I guess they won't have any choice but to take me seriously." She pointed out, staring at the new watch.

"Damn right they won't." He grinned, kissing her again. Then he handed her the other bag. "So this present isn't just from me. It's kind of a group present."

"Well that is certainly intriguing." She laughed. "Who do I have to thank for this group present?" She pulled the tissue paper out of the bag to reveal an envelope. She picked up the envelope and slowly tore it open. Then she looked at the papers that looked like a contract. She read the top line and looked over at him.

"Are you serious?" She asked. "Is this for real? Because if this is some kind of joke, then you have a horrible sense of humor…"

"Oh it's definitely for real. One text to Jessica from me that you've signed the paperwork and it is official by the time we are back on Monday." He assured her.

"I'm really becoming a name partner?"

"Only if you sign that contract." He grinned. "And before you ask, there is a pen in the bottom of the bag."

She reached into the bag and quickly pulled out the pen. Putting the paperwork on the bed, she flipped to the page she needed to sign. But then she hesitated and put the pen down.

"What's wrong?" He asked. "I thought you wanted this."

"I do want this. I've wanted it since I was eight years old." She looked over at him. "I mean, what lawyer doesn't want to end up being a name partner? Everyone wants to see their name go up on the wall. It's what you work towards you're entire career. It's what you dream of at night and daydream about during the day. I just…I guess I didn't think Jessica would actually do it, and I definitely didn't think it would happen so soon."

"She realizes that you have an immense value to the firm. You are loyal and dedicated, two things that are essential to being a name partner. To me, it's a no brainer." He explained.

"It's not because I know about Mike's secret though, right?" She questioned.

"No." He shook his head. "Why on Earth would you even think that?"

"Harvey…I'm not an idiot." She paused for a moment and took a deep breath. "I know that a large part of the reason why Jessica hired me in the first place was because I didn't tell anyone about Mike, she felt bad about Xavier and Edward Darby, and she was trying to keep me around for you so we could work things out."

"That's not…"

"Don't insult my intelligence." She interrupted. "I know I'm right and you know I'm right too."

"Ok. It may have crossed her mind to offer you the job because of those reasons, but it wasn't the only reason why she hired you." He explained. "And it sure as shit isn't why she is offering you this now."

"Can you see why I would think that though?" She asked.

"Why didn't you say anything about this sooner?" He asked. "I thought we had worked through the Mike issues and gotten past it."

"I don't know." She shrugged. "It's not something that crosses my mind every day but I do think about it occasionally."

"Look, you've done great things for the firm. The pro bono department is a complete success, you've brought in some amazing clients and you work your ass off every day…" He trailed off for a moment. "That's it though, isn't it?"

"What?"

"I can't believe I didn't see it sooner. It's been practically staring me in the face. You've been so laser-focused on work the past few years and now the reason makes sense. You don't feel like you deserve your senior partnership position, so you've been trying to over-compensate by working ten times harder than everyone else."

"Since when did you get your psychology degree?" She laughed.

"I just know you. But I should have figured this out sooner." He reached over and grabbed her hand. "Look…Jessica, Louis and I have seen you work and we know how good of a lawyer you are. Honestly it doesn't matter what brought you to the firm. What matters is what you did once you got there, and that is why you deserve this."

"You promise?" She started to smile.

"I swear." He assured her. "Now just sign the paperwork so I can text Jessica that we have a new name partner."

"You're so bossy sometimes." She joked with a wink. She picked up the pen and then signed on the line before handing the papers to him. "Here you go, partner."

"Thank you, partner." He smiled.

"Can you wait to text Jessica?" She asked.

"I guess so." He nodded. "Why?"

"Well, like you said…there are more beds that we need to try. There are also showers, counters and some couches. I think we should try to cross something else off our list." She smirked.

"I like the way you think." He grinned.

She got off the bed and walked towards the door, stripping the tank top off and throwing it behind her. Then she turned around. "Are you just going to sit there or are you going to follow me?"

"I would follow you anywhere." He told her, scrambling to get of the bed and catch up to her.