Skyfall

Chapter Fifty-Five

The next morning, Rebecca woke up in Harvey's arms. It proved to her that last night wasn't a dream. It really happened. He finally let her in and let her know what was going on. While she was devastated by the extent of pain he had been in, she was elated that he was finally opening up to her. They could finally start working through his grief together. She knew that together they could work through it.

She just hoped that there wouldn't be a repeat of what happened the last time she felt like they had reached a breakthrough. After she told him about the baby, things seemed better between them for about a day. Then things got massively worse because he pulled away again. All she could do now was hope that didn't happen though.

She was glad he realized that he had treated her horribly. And she would figure out how to deal with that and come to terms with it later. For now she felt like she had to just be supportive of him and help him get through this.

It also didn't escape her mind though that he was much better at keeping secrets from her than she ever imagined.

She put it out of her head for now, choosing to focus on the fact that he seemed to be coming back to her now. It was way overdue. She had missed him and just wanted her husband back. She smiled as she cuddled up to him more, tightening her grip on him.

"Good morning." He breathed deeply, kissing the top of her head.

"It's a great morning." She smiled as she pulled away just enough so she could see his face.

He leaned down and kissed her, moving her onto her back.

"God, I've missed this." She sighed once their lips parted.

"I did too." He cupped the side of her face with his hand. "I didn't even have a nightmare last night."

"I'm glad."

"Maybe you are my personal dreamcatcher, forcing the bad away." He suggested.

Perhaps part of it was the hormones, but she started to cry.

"Hey. What's wrong?" He asked. "What's going on in that head of yours? That was supposed to be a compliment."

"I know. I just…wasn't sure you would ever come back to me. I wasn't sure this would ever happen again or that I would wake up in your arms again." She admitted softly. "I thought maybe we were done and it broke my heart…"

"No." He shook his head and wiped the tears away. "We're never done. I swear. And I'm so sorry that I pushed you away for so long. It wasn't fair to you and I know it made things worse around here…"

"Hey." She interrupted, wrapping her arms around his neck. "It's ok."

"No it's really not." He objected. "I've been dismissive and horrible to you lately. All you wanted to do was be there for me and I completely shut you out. I made you feel like you didn't matter to me anymore when the truth is you are the only thing that matters."

"Harvey…"

"I hurt you a lot. I know that. And I feel terrible about it because I let myself get so swept up in my own pain and insecurity that I lost track of the fact that you're my wife. Part of marriage means you have someone to help you carry your burdens. But I didn't do that."

"No, you didn't." She said.

"I promise you…I'm not going to let this happen again. I won't let our relationship get this bad again. We're going to get us back to where we used to be and I'm going to find a way to get past all of this regarding Marcus. I'll be there for you more with the kids and my mom and this pregnancy. You don't have to do everything by yourself anymore."

"You have no clue how happy I am to hear you say that." She kissed him. "Because what matters now is that we don't let this happen again. We have to talk to each other and tell each other everything. It's the only way we can guarantee our relationship doesn't get this bad again."

"I agree." He nodded.

"And you're right. You don't have to carry this burden about Marcus by yourself anymore." She promised him. "We are in this together."

"The team is back together?" He chuckled.

"Yes!" She laughed. "But we should get up because the kids have to go to school and we have to go to work."

"Can't we stay in bed all day?" He asked.

"No." She shook her head.

"Please?" He grinned. "I can make it worth your while."

"Oh I know you can." She grinned back. "But I have a meeting with Louis at noon. He is giving me a rundown on his clients since I am covering for him while he goes on his honeymoon. I can't miss that meeting. So how about we compromise? I will get up and get the kids off to school. You can stay here and keep the bed nice and warm for me. And we can go into work later for a half day."

"Is that the best deal you have?" He asked.

"It's the best deal you're gonna get." She kissed him.

"Then I guess I have no choice but to stay here until you come back." He sighed. "But are you sure you don't want me to get the kids ready for school and you keep the bed warm?"

"To be honest, I didn't think you would want to." She truly didn't think that was something he would want to do so that's why she didn't suggest it. The past three weeks he had been no help getting them ready in the mornings.

"Then allow me to change the terms of this compromise." He explained. "I'll get the kids ready and you keep this bed warm for me. That way you can get some more rest."

"Ok." She smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Thank you."

"You know, I haven't asked often enough and I feel terrible about it…" He trailed off for a moment. "But how are you feeling? How is the pregnancy going?"

"It's going pretty well now." She said in between kissing him. "The morning sickness is going away for the most part, which is very helpful. Now I am just more emotional at the most random moments."

"You're at the twelve week mark now, right?"

"Yeah." She nodded. "I hit that milestone a couple of days ago."

"So we can start telling people now?" He asked.

"Yeah. I guess so." She smiled.

"Why don't we start with the kids tonight?" He suggested.

She thought about it and couldn't see any reason why telling the kids first would be a bad idea. "Ok. We can do that."

"We can order a pizza and tell them at dinner."

"Sounds good."

"I should get up if I'm going to get them ready for school." He looked at the clock. "Can I have another kiss before I go?"

"Of course." She smiled before leaning in and placing a long, slow kiss on his lips. She even used a little bit of tongue.

"That wasn't fair." He groaned. "Now I really don't want to leave."

"Just remember the sooner you leave, the sooner you get back." She taunted him.

"Ok." He snuck one more kiss from her before jumping out of bed and getting some clothes on. "I'll be back."

"I'll be waiting here." She smiled.

When Harvey got back from taking the kids to school, he found his mom waiting for him. "Hey. I thought you had your treatment today." He smiled.

"I do. I'm leaving in a moment. But first I want to know who you are and what you have done with my son?" She asked with a chuckle.

"What do you mean?" He laughed.

"You are different today. You seem lighter somehow." She pointed out. "What happened?"

"I confided in Rebecca last night. I think things are going to be good between us again soon." He explained. Before he could say anything else, his mom closed the gap between them and gave him a big hug.

"I'm so glad you finally talked to her." She said.

"I should have told her a long time ago." He confessed.

"You weren't ready then." She shrugged after pulling out of the hug. "You've always had to do things on your own timetable. You've been that way since you were a baby. I'm proud of you for taking the first steps to making things right with her. But I need to get going or else I will be late for my treatment."

"We can talk later." He told her with a smile.

"I'd like that very much." She smiled back.

After watching her leave, he realized that he and Rebecca had the whole place to themselves. He grinned as he walked up the stairs to their bedroom. A soft chuckle escaped when he saw that she was asleep. He quietly stripped back out of everything except his boxers and then slipped under the covers.

"Mmmmm…" She murmured, opening her eyes. "You're back."

"I am." He nodded.

"I texted Donna and told her we would be in late today."

"Good." He grinned. "Thanks."

"Thank you for taking the kids to school." She leaned up and gave him a kiss. "I didn't realize how much I needed a little extra sleep."

"I'll do that more often if it will help you." He promised, pulling her closer to him.

"Actually…before you go any further, can we talk about something?" She asked.

"Sure." He nodded. "What's on your mind?"

"I think you need to tell your mom everything you told me about Marcus." She stated.

"I don't think she needs to know all of it…"

"I do." She insisted. "Look, no offense but I've gotten a lot closer to your mom than you have lately and I think I know her pretty well by now. She puts on a brave face but there is a lot that she is worried and stressed out about. Part of that is the face that she is still grieving Marcus and I think she needs to know what kind of frame of mind he was in because right now she still thinks she did something wrong or she missed some clue. It would give her some closure."

"She won't like hearing this, especially the fact that I played a role in it." He objected.

"She isn't going to think you are responsible."

"How can you be so sure?" He scoffed.

"Because she loves you." She explained. "You're her son, Harvey. She isn't going to blame you for any of it."

"I'll think about it." He conceded.

"Can I ask you to think about something else too?" She chuckled.

"You can ask me anything you want."

"I want you to consider going to see a therapist about Marcus."

"Seriously?" He groaned.

"Yeah." She nodded. "I think it might help."

"I'll consider it." He sighed. The thought of telling a complete stranger everything that was going on in his mind made him weary. But he would think about it because she was smart. If she thought it would help him, he had to at least consider it. "But I make no promises about actually going to see anyone."

"I can live with that." She smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Now…where were we?" He asked.

"I think we were right about here." One of her hands dipped underneath the covers and found the top of his boxer shorts.