Skyfall

Chapter Fifty-Six

Rebecca looked over at Harvey again while they rode the elevator up to the 50th floor and smiled.

"Why do you keep looking over?" He laughed. "Do I have something on my face?"

"No." She giggled. "I'm just happy. I didn't think we'd be here together like this and I just want to enjoy it."

"Like you enjoyed earlier at the house?" He winked.

"I am so glad that your mom wasn't home." She chuckled. "I would have been so embarrassed if she heard us."

"You were pretty vocal." He teased.

"What can I say?" She winked. "It felt good."

He grabbed a hold of her hand and she smiled at him.

The elevator dinged and they got out, still holding hands. "So what kind of pizza do you think we should get tonight?"

"Well it is a celebration so we should get that stuffed crust pizza that Ethan likes." Harvey suggested.

"And maybe a chicken BBQ one for Olivia." She spoke up.

"I thought she loved pineapple."

"Her love of pineapple pizza ended two weeks ago. Now she is all about chicken BBQ." She laughed.

"That's good. I hate pineapple pizza." He chuckled.

"Me too." She agreed. "Is there a special pizza you would like?"

"I don't care as long as I get to eat pizza with you." He told her.

"You're pulling out all the stops with your charm now." She laughed as they neared her office.

"Well I have a lot of time to make up for." He pointed out.

"True." She smiled, pulling her hand from his and going into her office. "I'll see you later."

As soon as he sat down, he saw Donna come into his office. "What's up, Donna?"

"What's up?" She scoffed. "You and Rebecca?"

"Yeah?" He chuckled.

"You guys are ok now?"

He could see the hope in his friend's eyes and smiled. "We are. We had a very productive talk last night."

"Now it makes more sense why you two were late coming in this morning." She smiled. "I haven't seen Rebecca smile that much in a long time. Keep it up, Specter."

"I intend to, Paulson." He smirked.

"Hey Louis." She greeted with a huge smile as she saw Louis standing in her doorway. "How are you today?"

"I'm good." He nodded, coming in to her office and sitting down. "You certainly seem like you are in a good mood today."

"I am, actually." She nodded.

"What's going on?"

"Well actually I should probably thank you. Harvey came home from your bachelor party last night and we finally had a real, honest talk about everything. Whatever you guys did last night gave him exactly the push he needed in order to open up to me. So thank you."

"I'm glad he opened up." Louis smiled. "But I'm afraid we can't take the credit for that. We didn't talk about you or your relationship last night. It must have been Scottie who turned him around."

"Scottie?" Hearing that name made her heart sink into her stomach. "Why was she there?"

"I don't know. She showed up that the bar we went to at the end of the night. He left the table and talked to her for a while."

"So he just went over and talked to her for a long time?" She didn't know what to think. While she was elated that Harvey finally decided to talk to her about his issues, she couldn't help but wonder. Did he also tell Scottie everything first? And if so, why did he feel like he could trust her with this when he didn't trust her?

Her mind was racing and she tried not to let her mind go to a dark, jealous place. But for some reason Scottie was a trigger for her. Maybe it was because she was the only other woman in Harvey's life that he had a real relationship with. Maybe it was because Scottie has known Harvey a lot longer than she has. Maybe it was because no matter how hard she tried she couldn't stop comparing herself to Scottie in all areas of their life.

They were both attractive, though in different ways. They were both smart. Obviously Scottie was smart since she graduated first in her class at Harvard law. They both had great careers, although Scottie didn't have her name on a letterhead like she did. While she knew it wasn't fair to compare herself to someone that she didn't know personally, and especially since it was an ex-girlfriend of her husbands', she couldn't help it.

She knew Harvey loved her and when he told her about his college relationship with Scottie, he told her that it wasn't the same kind of relationship like the one he had now with her. Maybe it was the hormones. Maybe it was the fact that they were just now getting back on track after being estranged for a while. Either way, she couldn't help but be upset about this.

She must have been quiet for too long because Louis was looking at her strangely. "I'm sorry Louis. What did you say?"

"I was just answering your question." He replied. "They were talking for at least twenty minutes or so. Are you ok?"

"Yeah." She plastered a fake smile on her face. "What happened when they were finished talking?"

"He kissed her on the cheek." He explained. "She left and he said he needed to go home to you because you haven't been spending much time together lately. Why do I get the feeling that I just said something I shouldn't have?"

"It's ok." She assured him. "I appreciate you telling me about it."

"Ok."

She could see that Louis wasn't convinced that he had done the right thing by answering her questions so she decided to drop the subject. "Now, you are getting married tomorrow! I am so excited for you!"

"Thanks! I'm pretty excited too." He beamed from ear to ear. "As soon as I am done briefing you on things, I'm going home. I want to see if there is any kind of last minute details or errands that Shelia needs help with."

"That's a wonderful thing to do." She smiled. "Shelia is a very lucky woman."

"I'm the lucky one." Louis corrected her. "Trust me. I don't know what I would do without her."

"Well let's get started with the rundown of your clients so you can get home quicker." She chuckled.

"Sounds good to me!" Louis replied, handing her a packet. "I have it all broken down into sections. Let's start with the first one, which are the priority clients. These are the clients that I drop everything for, no matter what…"

"You've been quiet." Harvey noted as they sat in the car on the way home. They left work early so they could surprise the kids. He grabbed a hold of her hand. "Is anything wrong?"

"Nope." She shook her head and looked at their joined hands. "Just thinking."

"About what?"

"Just some stuff." She shrugged.

He looked at her face and could tell there was something bothering her. He wondered what could have happened between the time they got to work and the time they left. Only a couple of hours had passed. When they parted earlier she was so happy.

He wondered if it was a case. But she usually didn't let cases affect her that much so he shot that theory down. He wondered if Louis said something to upset her, but he couldn't think of what would upset her.

He started rubbing circles on her hand with his thumb. "Are we ok?"

"Yeah." She gave him a small smile. "We're ok."

"Are you nervous about telling the kids about the baby?"

"A little." She admitted. "Only because I don't know how they will take the news."

"I think it will be fine." He knew there was a chance the kids may not like the news, but he had to think positive. He looked over at her face. "That's not what's bothering you though, is it?"

"It's nothing." She shook her head.

"Rebecca…what happened to telling each other everything?"

She sighed. "It's probably nothing."

"Still…"

"How about this?" She interrupted. "If it is still bothering me later tonight we can talk about it then. Ok?"

He had to admit that was a fair compromise. "Alright."

"So Ethan, how was your day at school?" Harvey asked as they sat around the table eat the pizza that had just been delivered a few minutes ago.

"It was ok." Ethan shrugged.

He looked at Rebecca, who gave him a small smile and realized that answer was probably all he would get from Ethan right now.

Over the past few weeks Ethan had gotten very close to Rebecca. And part of that closeness was a sense of protectiveness that Ethan felt for her. The boy was aware of the problems in their marriage and had rightfully taken Rebecca's side.

He couldn't begrudge Ethan for that. After all, he was the one who was wrong. Treating Rebecca like a virtual stranger and ignoring her was a horrible thing to do. Truthfully he was proud of Ethan for siding with Rebecca and giving him the cold shoulder. It proved that Ethan had been taught a good sense of right and wrong.

Now he just had to figure out a way to make amends with his nephew.

He turned his head towards Olivia. "How was your day?"

"It was fabulous!" Olivia giggled. "Mrs. Bates gave us all A's on our spelling test because she felt bad that there was an unannounced fire drill during our testing time. And then during recess Brian gave me a rock. It's a big rock, but it is a little dirty so I think it needs a bath. But it's still a pretty rock. I'm just not sure what to do with it yet. I thought about putting it underneath my pillow but I might just put it on my nightstand. I'm still not sure."

"Who is Brian?" He asked, almost afraid of the answer.

"He's my boyfriend!" Olivia giggled again.

"Since when do you have a boyfriend?" He didn't like the sound of this and looked at Rebecca. It looked like she was trying not to laugh. "Did you know about this?"

"About Brian?" Rebecca asked. "Yes. He's been her boyfriend for about a week now."

"I think you are too young for a boyfriend." He told his niece.

"I am not!" Olivia yelled.

"Olivia, why don't you explain to Uncle Harvey what having a boyfriend means to you?" Rebecca suggested.

"Ok." Olivia sighed. "It means we sit together at lunch and trade our food. We also play together at recess."

"See?" Rebecca chuckled. "That's not so bad, is it?"

"I guess not." He begrudgingly agreed. "I'm still not sold that it is a good idea though."

"You aren't going to win this one, Harvey." Lily spoke up, laughing.

"Ok." He held his hands up in mock surrender.

"So what is going on now?" Ethan asked a few minutes later.

"What makes you think something is going on?" Lily asked.

"It's just a feeling I have." Ethan replied.

"Well actually you are right." He smiled. "Something has happened. But for once it is a good something."

"In a few months, we are going to have a new family member." Rebecca spoke up, looking at Ethan and then Olivia. "I'm pregnant. So you two are going to have a baby cousin!"

"Seriously?" Olivia squealed. "This is the best news ever! Is it a boy or a girl?"

"We don't know yet." Harvey told her.

"I want it to be a girl!" Olivia smiled.

"You have a 50/50 chance of that." Lily spoke up.

"Ethan, what do you think?" Rebecca asked.

Ethan sighed. "Whatever. I'm full now. Can I be excused?"

"You barely touched your dinner." Harvey pointed out.

"But I'm full." Ethan argued.

"You can be excused." Rebecca told him.

Harvey watched as Ethan got up from his chair and stormed out of the room. Then he looked across the table at Rebecca.

"I'll go talk to him." Rebecca said, getting up from the table.

Since his door was already open, Rebecca knocked on Ethan's door frame. "Can I come in?"

"Yeah." He replied, closing the book he was reading while sitting in the chair at his desk.

She went over and sat on his bed. "You aren't happy about this change, are you?"

Ethan turned his chair around to see her and sighed. "I don't know. I guess it makes sense you and Uncle Harvey would want to have your own children."

"Hey." She now realized what was bothering him. "You know that us having a baby doesn't change the way we feel about you and Olivia, right?"

"Sure it doesn't." He rolled his eyes.

"I'm serious!" She objected. "Uncle Harvey and I love you two more than you will ever know. While we don't want to ever take the place of your actual parents, we do love you like you were our own kids. We just consider ourselves your second set of bonus parents. We're always going to be there for you, supporting you and trying to give you everything you need. But the thing you have to remember is that it doesn't matter if we have one biological kid or six…we love you and Olivia. Nothing will ever change that."

"You promise?" Ethan asked.

"I promise." She told him, motioning for him to get out of his chair so she could give him a hug.

"Ok." He sighed. "In that case, I'd like the baby to be a boy."

She laughed. "Like Uncle Harvey told Olivia, you have a 50/50 chance of that."