The "Plan B" Summer 2013 TGW Ficathon
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Peter and all his campaign lackeys, save Eli Gold, were in Effingham for a convention. Mr. F had made many a desperate call to Mr. G, because he needed his advice on a speechy-weech, to no avail. Something was up. So Peter called Alicia and asked her to get in touch with the golden one.
If she wasn't such a good wife...
Once outside Eli's apartment Alicia raised a finger to ring the bell, but stopped when she heard what sounded like laughter inside. Furrowing her brow, she inhaled and pressed the doorbell.
A few seconds later she heard rushing footsteps, followed by swearing. The door suddenly flew open and, as Alicia found herself face-to-face with Eli, a piercing scream issued forth from somewhere within the dark confines of the room. Mr. Gold's hair was free of its trademark gel as was his body free of its suit. With widened eyes Mr. Gold stood before her a transformed man in the gear of mere mortals: a T-shirt and jeans.
Alicia was speechless.
"Mrs. Florrick! To what do I owe the pleasure?" he asked, hitting a light switch by the door. "Oh, come in," he said, remembering himself.
The scream Alicia heard had apparently come from the TV. The volume was deafeningly loud as the voice of a yelling man and screeching cat filled the room.
"Peter needs to talk to you tonight but can't get your cell."
Eli's lower jaw dropped, "can't get my cell?" He walked into the living room and paused on the DVD. He found his cell and looked through the call list. "Just as I thought, no calls. Damn it! I gave him my new number. He must have misplaced it. Here, have a seat. I'll call him."
Five minutes and countless expletives later
"Ok. . . Peter, yeah. Bye." Eli ended the call, closed his eyes and placed the phone to his forehead.
"Everything settled?" Alicia asked.
Eli warily nodded, though he'd woken from a daze. "I don't know why I asked you to wait."
He knew why, he just didn't want to say.
"Sounds like you and Peter are very stressed."
"Yeah," he raised his chin, "you could say that."
"What were you watching?" she nodded toward the TV.
Eli's eyes darted over the screen before fixing warmly on Alicia, "Re-Animator. Have you seen it?"
"No."
Pursing his lips, Eli placed a hand on his thigh and turned his nose to the floor, as if to study something on the carpet. Once finished, a sly grin took possession of his face and, quizzically, he raised an eyebrow. "Do you want to?"
Alicia pulled back. "I just -I'm not really into horror movies." She shook her head hoping to emphasize the point.
"That's probably because you've never seen a good one, and Re-Animator is one of the best," Eli finished with a light laugh.
Mulling it over, Alicia bit her lip. From the corner of her eye she could see Eli staring at her. "OK. I'll stay," she sighed.
Eli was on the verge of replying until she silenced him with a raised hand. "But only if you agree to stop the DVD if I don't like what I'm seeing."
"That's all?" Eli looked skeptical.
"That's all."
"Agreed." He smiled, grabbed the remote and went back to the beginning. "You see, Herbert West..."
2 hours later
"So, tell me what you thought," Eli said, turning toward her.
Alicia cleared her throat. "I-It was a bit graphic."
He leaned forward, impatiently pushing his tongue into his cheek.
"I don't think I'd let my kids see it or several years..."
Oh for the love of -
"It did scare me a couple of times...""
Eli sneakily grinned.
"But I can't say I really liked it."
"Wha-" Eli was flabbergasted.
"But that doesn't mean I wouldn't be willing to watch different horror movie with you in the future."
He narrowed his eyes and slightly angled his face.
"What?!" she laughed after catching sight of his face.
"Why didn't you tell me to turn it off?"
"Because, Eli, we're friends... to a certain extent, and I'm..." she rolled her eyes, "it was kind of fun."
At a loss for words, Eli raked a hand through his hair.
"The kids will be with my mom till Friday. I can come back Wednesday night... if you want."
"O.K. Wednesday it is then," Mr. Gold said calmly, smiling.
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That was fun, I love Alicia trying something new!
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Thanks for reading it!
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