Author's Note: I planned to get this update written much earlier but then Sweden was given the hottest summer in over 200 years and my brain practically melted.
That being said any mistakes made is the weather's fault :)

Also I was accepted into a writing course at the university and it's thanks to my fanfiction writing, and all the motivating words from readers, that I had the motivation to apply to it so I just want to say a big thank you for giving me confidence in my writing :)

CHAPTER 13

If it had been his mother that had grounded him for a week then it would have really meant a week and he wouldn't have been allowed to even think about setting his foot outside of the house.
Harvey was different though, first he had been allowed to go shopping with Donna and then he was "let off for good behaviour" as Harvey had put it.
He could imagine his mother's face if she had been there.
If his mother and Harvey had stayed together they probably would have had a million arguments about things like his punishments and what movies he was allowed to watch.
Mike wondered what it would have been like if he had grown up with a cool, more lenient father instead of James who had always agreed with his mother and never, ever questioned her rules.

The movie theatre was located not too far from his previous home and not at all far from the mall that he used to visit with Trevor or his parents.
After they had watched the movie, Harvey suggested that they would visit said mall and Mike immediately got excited, it had been a while since he had visited the mall and even longer since he'd eaten one of the burgers from the small burger shop located on the second floor.
It had been James who used to take Mike there and it had more or less become their little tradition to eat there whenever they had the chance.
For a second he wondered if it was disrespectful of him to eat there with Harvey but he quickly let that thought go since the burgers were way too good to pass up.
As they were eating their burgers, Harvey enjoying the burger as much as Mike thought he would, Trevor suddenly showed up.
Mike immediately tensed, not because he wasn't happy to see his best friend but because he knew that Harvey saw Trevor as a bad influence after the whole smoking incident.
Trevor sat down next to him and remained there for the rest of the meal, Harvey asked a million questions and Trevor answered every single one of them while Mike was quiet, both worried of Harvey embarrassing him in front of his friend and worried that Trevor would give Harvey an even worse impression.
After their meal Trevor asked if he wanted to hang out for a bit and Mike was suddenly torn between following his friend and sticking with Harvey.

"You can go with him, it's okay."

Harvey told him but Mike could sense some hesitation behind his words.
It wasn't the first time that Mike had chosen to hang out with Trevor instead of Harvey, but this time he actually felt bad about it.

"Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure. I have some errands anyways."

They threw away their trash and Mike asked Harvey probably a million more times if he was really sure, getting the same answer every time, before he finally took off with Trevor.

Hanging out with Trevor was always like an adventure, Mike never really knew what he was getting into.
They started out by getting sodas and catching up after not having seen each other for a week and then they ended up in a video game store.
They were going around looking at the games until Trevor stopped in front of a game and looked at it like it was the holy grail.
It was a multiplayer wargame that was too expensive for Trevor to buy and way too violent for Donna to buy for him, and even if he guessed that Harvey would be more lenient he also knew that Harvey wouldn't want to cross his secretary.
Of course, Trevor wanted the game really bad so he did what he always did, he completely ignored the things stopping him from getting the game.
Mike just watched as Trevor grabbed the game and discreetly put it under his hoodie before grabbing another game before doing the classic "Oops I forgot I had the game in my hand" scenario when the alarm went off.
Trevor handed the game used as distraction to Mike who put it back on the nearest shelf before they both flashed innocent smiles at the employee, who luckily seemed too tired to care.
Mike walked out of the store and for a second they thought that they had gotten away with it until they noticed a security guard approaching them with a grim look on his face.
Trevor didn't stick around to see if the security guard had witnessed the incident or not, instead he just took off which gave Mike no other choice than to run after his friend.
Mike didn't know how long they had been running when they ran into a bookstore and almost knocked a pile of books over.

"Careful."

A very familiar voice told them and they both came to a halt when they saw Harvey.
Mike was suddenly filled with an incredible guilt and he nervously glanced at Trevor who was silently urging him to talk to Harvey.

"Harvey can Trevor come home with us?"

Mike asked before Harvey had the chance to question them about why they had been running.

"Sure."

Harvey answered and they both cheered, pretending that they had both just been really excited about that instead of running from a security guard.
They luckily managed to leave the mall without running into the security guard, Mike didn't even want to imagine Harvey's reaction if they had been busted.

Once back in the apartment the boys spent their time playing a car racing videogame that Donna had bought for him but eventually Trevor got bored and texted his older brother to pick him up.
Mike followed his friend outside and waited with him.
Trevor picked up his pack of cigarettes and put one in his mouth before giving one to Mike.
He didn't dare to say no and make Trevor think that he wasn't cool, so he accepted the cigarette but put it in his pocket, telling his friend that he would save it because he didn't want Harvey to smell the smoke on him.
Trevor accepted this excuse and they stood in silence until his brother's car came speeding, coming to a halt with a loud screech.

"Bye Mike, see you tomorrow."

Trevor said before he got into the car and his older brother sped away again.
The cigarette felt heavy in his pocket as he made his way back up to the apartment and by the time he walked inside he had made the choice to give it to Harvey.
It was the best thing to do since he didn't want to ruin the relationship they were trying to build up, he already felt enough guilt about what had happened at the mall and he remembered how sick he had felt the last time he had smoked.
Harvey accepted the cigarette and broke it in two while giving Mike a smile that told him that he had made the right choice.
Mike returned to the TV but before he had the chance to turn off the game, Harvey sat down next to him, taking the controller and asked Mike to show him how the game worked.
They spent hours playing both the racing game and other multiplayer games, only pausing to eat dinner.
After playing they decided to end the day by watch The Shawshank Redemption but no matter how interesting the movie was, Mike found himself slipping closer and closer to sleep.

Mike woke up with a start, he'd had another nightmare involving his parents' crash.
When he had managed to calm himself down, he frowned as he realized that he was in his bed and not on the couch, where he was certain that he had fallen asleep.
He felt a little embarrassed when he realized that Harvey must have carried him to bed like a little child.
He looked down, at least he hadn't tried to changed his clothes.
A couple of sunrays had found their way into the room and when he looked at the clock he saw that it was only half an hour until he was supposed to wake up, so there was really no point in trying to go back to sleep.
So instead he got out of bed and changed into a couple of clean, fresh clothes before he walked out of the room.
He said good morning to Harvey, ate his breakfast and watched some TV before it was time for him to go back to school.
In one way he was excited to go back to school and meet his friend again but at the same time he realized that he would actually miss hanging around the office all day.
He said goodbye to Harvey and thanked Ray before he got out of the car and walked into the school building.
Mike walked past Kyle and smiled when the bully for once didn't dare to say something mean to him.
When he met up with Trevor, he wasn't even surprised that he immediately asked him to do his math homework.
Mike sighed but started doing the homework, knowing that if he refused then Trevor would get mad and not talk to him for the rest of the day.

When Mike got home he was alone and would be so for at least two more hours.
He threw his backpack on the floor and kicked his shoes off before he sat down on the couch and started a videogame.
Even if the game was fun to play, he found himself missing Harvey's company since it had been way more fun to play with him.
He smiled, who could have guessed that he would ever miss the company of Harvey Specter, the man that he had more or less hated just a week ago?
When Harvey finally arrived home though it was clear, by the pile of folders in his arms, that the lawyer wouldn't have the time to play video games with him.
Mike felt a little disappointed at that but he realized that Harvey couldn't always ignore his work in order to play video games with him.
He played on his own for a little while before exiting the game and sitting down next to Harvey at the kitchen table and started to do his homework while the man was working.
Mike caught the man glancing over at him and smiling and judged by that he guessed that Harvey appreciated the company.
When he had finished his homework, he glanced over at Harvey's work and started to read the document the lawyer was looking at.
By the time Harvey noticed and moved the document out of his sight, Mike had already found a problem in the document, something that he pointed out to Harvey.

"Don't look at my work, it's confidential."

The man told him before highlighting the section Mike had deemed faulty while trying, and failing, to hold back a smile.