Kyle had most definitely entered the twilight zone. He knew he had to be there because in any other world, in any other life, he would not be sitting at a bar with Mike Ross and laughing over Louis'latest attempts toovertake Harvey Specter. He and Mike Ross did not do pleasant things together, he and Mike Ross competed but right now Kyle was actually having fun.
"Oh god he really did that?" Kyle wiped his eyes as Mike nodded and took another sip of the beer that Kyle had paid for. He had agreed toit after all.
"I thought his head was going to explode when Donna toldhim no," Mike replied.
"Then she has tohave something on himthen," Kyle suggested. "No one stops Louis fromdoing anything unless your name is Jessica Pearson."
"Of course she has something on him," Mike pointed his bottle towards Kyle. "She just won't tell me what it is."
"Damn shame," Kyle tookanother pull fromhis beer. There was a comfortable silence between the two as theynursedtheir drinks. Kyle honestlycouldn't believe that he was actually having a goodtime, more so than he ever did when he was with Greg and the others. That was probably because when he was with them it was all about trying to one-up each other but right now it was all about trading war stories and commiserating over associates.
"Have plans with Susanna tonight?" Mike asked.
"Just going over to her place after this," he replied. "She's not really up for going out much at the moment. So we're pretty tame."
"Understandable," Mike responded.
"What about you and....that blonde from the mocktrial?" Kyle asked, Mike just shook his head.
"Jenny dumpedme for being a workaholic."
"It's hard," Kyle mused. "If not impossible to have a normal relationship in your first year."
"And yet you're managing," Mike countered as he took another drink fromhis bottle."
"Bysome miracle," Kyle responded. "I got lucky because Susie Q doesn't work regular hours either and she's constantlysaying that mylong hours don't bother her. Was your break-up at least friendly?"
"Yeah," Mike smiled. "Jennyand I have been friends for too long, been through too much to give that up. But we're done; I've resigned myself tobeing marriedto the law."
"Here, here," Kyle held his bottle up so Mike could toast with him.
"Wait," Mike swallowed his drink. "That's not fair. You have a girlfriendthat's crazyabout you."
"You think?" Kyle asked.
"I know," Mike told him. "Because she defended youbefore we met with the Drexton's this week."
"She defended me?"
"She just told me that she was one: perfectly capable of making her own romantic decisions and two: you were a surprisinglygood guy underneathyour layers of douchiness."
Kyle snorted and finished his drink.
"She wouldsay something like that...wait...does that mean that Specter knows?"
"No, she did it before Harvey came in," Mike assured him. Kyle felt the smile that hadbeen playing on his lips come to fruition. Mike rolled his eyes.
"And you are just as far gone as she is. It's sweet...like a cavity," Mike replied.
"Awww you wound me Ross," Kyle replied before he glanced at his phone on the table. "Speaking of mygirlfriend," he reached for it and saw the waiting text message lighting up the screen.
