Title: From Lust to Love
Author: Erica
When: Season 1 of Desperate Housewives. From the beginning.
Who: Mike and Susan
Summary: What if Mike & Susan met in a different way. With less complications! Haha.
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Humans can go through many pains; jealousy, rage, loss, gain, and the list goes on. However, loneliness is not one of them; especially in public. This is why it came as a shock when Susan Mayer decided to go to the movies - alone. Her daughter Julie was at her best friend Danielle's house for the night, and Susan had nothing else to do. So she sat there in the theater waiting for the lights to go down, so people can stop staring at her alone-ness. It was just another reminder that she had absolutely nobody. She longed to find someone new. It hurts so bad to be alone, and it was even more embarrassing.
It also came as a shock to Susan when she saw her x-husband Karl and his very own slut - Edie Britt walk past her to take a seat. Susan didn't know Edie Britt very well but she knew her sexual history. After all Edie did break up Susan and Karl's marriage. So she decided it would be best to go un-noticed and hid behind her popcorn; praying to go unseen. Unfortunately, fate had other ideas.
"Can you get me some more butter and napkins?" asked Edie. Susan overheard this and panicked. She knew if Karl saw her alone she would never live it down. Susan quickly got up and scurried over to this cute guy who was sitting alone in the same row.
"Hi. My ex is here and if he sees me.. I will never live it down. Please, Please, Please help!" Susan begged sitting down in the seat. The mysterious man looked shocked as he was stunned by her beauty, but he shook it off and managed a smile.
"Uhh... Yeah," said the mysterious man, putting his arm around her.
"SUSAN... What are you doing here?" asked Karl in shock to see her there, and not alone as she normally was.
"I'm on a date with..," Susan points to the handsome guy, feeling embarrassed that she forgot to ask his name.
"Hi... I'm Mike," Mike said politely, smiling and offering out his hand to be shaken.
"So how did you two meet?" Karl asked looking a bit ticked off and not taking his hand. Mike pulled away, sitting back down and shrugging.
"Well I'm a plumber, and when I met Susan, I just had to ask her out," said Mike grinning, noticing instantly how jealous Karl was. And he should be, how could he ever let this woman go. He had only known her for a less than a minute and was already intrigued.
"Right... Well I got to go..Uhh.. popcorn!" said Karl nervously, before he walked briskly away with his head bowed down. Susan turned to Mike and smiled.
"Thank you so so much," said Susan gratefully.
"Oh not a problem...Umm... Hi I'm Mike... Mike Delfino."
"Hi... I'm... umm... Susan Mayer," Susan managed to mumble, as she realizes how cute this guy is. Mike notices her stair and smiles.
"It's nice to meet you, Susan," Mike smiled at her again and is curious why someone so beautiful is alone. Susan wondered to herself why someone so handsome was alone as well.
"Umm... It's nice to meet you too, and thank you soo much I guess I picked the right guy to sit next too," laughed Susan.
"Yeah... I guess you did...," Mike grinned at her.
"Well, I'm all alone and you're alone... Would you like to watch the movie together?" - asked Mike.
"Umm, Yeah I'd love that!" said Susan smiling brightly before sitting back more comfortably.
"Would you like anything?"
"No I'm good thanks... Would you like some popcorn?"
"Yeah, I'd love that... Thanks."
During the movie Mike frequently looked at her admiring her perfect face and the little glow from the screen made her look like an angel. Susan tried her best to look at the screen, but felt Mike staring at her and wanted to look at him.
When the movie ended, neither Susan nor Mike paid attention to anything that happened during the movie. Both we're too preoccupied with what each other was thinking. Mike stands up and grabs Susan's hand to lift her up.
"That was really nice. Thanks again for everything... You didn't have to help me, but you did so thanks. Well see ya around," said Susan beginning to walk away.
"Susan?"
"Yeah?" said Susan silently smiling to herself and turned around to face him.
"It's really was my pleasure to help you tonight, and I was wondering if.. well.. do you want to maybe go and get something to eat?" asked Mike hoping she said yes.
"Yeah that sounds fun," said Susan smiling boldly as they both walk out of the theater.
"Where do you want to go?"
"I don't care... I really love Mexican," said Susan smiling again.
"So do I! Mexican is my favorite," replied Mike jumping inside.
"Well. I'll meet you at El Coyote in like 5 minutes?"
"Yeah. I have to stop off somewhere so why don't you get us a table. The stop will only take a minute."
"Okay see you soon."
Susan gets into her car and Mike smiles to himself as she drives away before getting into his truck and driving off. It came to a big shock to himself that he was interested in someone else again, after what happened with his x wife….
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Mike got out of his truck with 12 red roses in his hand and walked into the restaurant. Mike spotted Susan and walked towards her.
"Hey Susan" - said Mike as he handed her the flowers.
"Aww.. Mike you really shouldn't have. I mean we barely know each other, but thank you. They are beautiful," said Susan smiled brightly at his extremely kind gesture. Susan stood up and gave him a hug.
"It was all worth it for that hug," grinned Mike and Susan smiled shyly, blushing.
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"So I just have one question for you Susan," - declared Mike as he grinned sheepishly, and Susan took a sip of her wine.
"Yeah, what's that?"
"How can someone so beautiful..," Mike stopped because Susan chocked a little bit on her wine, seeing she was fine he continued. "Oh I'm sorry," stated Mike looking apologetic.
"No, No, Continue," Susan replied taking a bite of her food.
"Well how can someone so beautiful, as you be alone on a Friday night at a movie?" asked Mike taking a bite of his food.
"That was really sweet, but I had nothing to do, and my daughter, Julie is at her friends," said Susan smiling sadly. Mike was taking a sip of his wine and chokes.
"You are married?" asked Mike sadly, and then glancing at her wedding ring less finger.
"No, I've been divorced for over a year. That was him at the movies and I just didn't want him to see that I'm still alone," said Susan laughing to herself as Mike's face lite up when she said she wasn't married, or seeing anyone.
"That's very unbelievable"
"So… How about you Mr. Sweet talker?" said Susan flirtatiously.
"I just moved here, and I guess I just wanted to get out of the house and see a movie."
"Oh."
"Do you live by Wisteria Lane?"
"Yeah I do. Why?" - asked Susan and Mike smiled.
"Well I just moved into the old Simms house on Wisteria Lane," said Mike eating more of his meal.
"I live right across from you," laughed Susan.
"I knew you looked familiar," stated Mike brightly.
Mike & Susan shared a long conversation about each other, just the normal everyday stuff. Then continued talking about deeper stuff like when and why Susan moved to Wisteria Lane, Karl, his cheating, her work as a children's book illustrations and Julie. They also talked about why Mike moved to Wisteria Lane, his previous life in California with his wife that died.
Mike paid the bill and Susan stood up holding the roses. They both walked out of the restaurant, and Mike grabbed her hand, gently intertwining their fingers. When they reached her car, Susan turned to face Mike, wondering what would happen.
"Listen, I had a really nice time, and its early still. Do you want to come over, and watch a movie?" asked Mike.
"Let me call Julie and if everything is okay, I shall walk over to your house. If I can't then I guess you could just stop by one day for coffee or whatever, but I think I will," Susan smiled again and Mike smiled at her. After a few seconds of staring at each other, they both looked away embarrassed.
"Okay. I really hope to see you," stated Mike and then Susan turned and unlocked the car, getting in and driving away.
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Susan was in her kitchen talking to Julie on the phone.
"So are you sure you are okay?" said Susan looking worried.
"Yeah mom, I'm great. You really need to go to this Mike guys house.. He seems great," stated Julie.
"We shall see. Well I gotta go. Love you," said Susan.
"Love you too mom," replied Jule.
Susan hung up the phone and sees Mike's truck pull into the driveway, then looks at the roses. She grabs a flower pot and walks out the door, heading towards Mike's house. Susan knocked on the door.
"Hey Mike... I brought you a housewarming gift," said Susan laughing softly as she realized Mike had no shirt on.
"Hi. Susan. Thanks, that's really sweet," said Mike putting the flower pot on the table. "Come in please. I was just changing sorry. You can sit on the couch," stated Mike warmly, then going up the stairs and Susan's jaw drops in awe of his naked chest and his cute butt as he ran up the stairs. She smiled to herself. This was getting better and better. She took a seat on the sofa, uncomfortably looking around. It was homey house, definitely a bachelor's pad, but still homey.
"You have a really nice house," shouted Susan, so Mike could hear her upstairs.
"Thanks! It's a little new, because I just moved in and all, but oh well." replied Mike walking down the stairs.
"Don't you look handsome," stated Susan shyly smiling and Mike grinned.
"Well If I didn't know any better I would think you were flirting with me, Susan," laughed Mike staring at her a second and Susan didn't respond. "So what movie do you want to watch? I have Panic Room, The Forgotten, and Spiderman. I have more they are just packed away somewhere," laughed Mike looking at her questionably.
"Panic room is good. I haven't seen that in awhile"
"Great. I haven't either. So do you want any ice cream or popcorn? You are lucky you came over after I just went grocery shopping, I usually have nothing."
"Ice-cream sounds good," Susan smiled standing up. They were perfect height for each other too.
"I have rocky road and vanilla."
"Vanilla sounds good, thank you."
"Would you like some wine, or a beer?" asked Mike getting out the ice cream and some bowls from the kitchen cabinets.
"A beer would be great thanks again!" laughed Susan. Mike gets out a beer and hands it to her.
"Would you like some help?" asked Susan.
"No I got it under control. So I guess everything is okay with Julie. She sounds like a great kid," said Mike scooping some ice cream into a bowl.
"Yeah she really is. She is so mature too, oddly enough," Susan smiled shyly, and Mike stared at her for a second and laughed. She was beautiful.
"Is this enough?" asked Mike handing her the bowl.
"Yeah, It's perfect. Thanks," Susan sits down on the couch and Mike puts the movie in and it begins.
"How's the ice cream?" asked Mike.
"Good. I can't remember the last time I ate ice cream. How is yours?"
"How can you live without ice cream? And yes it's good," - replied Mike taking a bite of his ice cream.
"Well I ran out of good ways to work it off, and I had running or exercising with a passion," replied Susan smiling.
"Oh, I find that hard to believe. Do you like rocky road ice-cream?"
"I've actually never tried it."
"You should."
"Thanks but I had a bad experience with rocky road ice cream," replied Susan smiling. He thinks for a second, then tried to say something but stops, then continues.
"Uhhh. Maybe watching the movie was a bad idea."
"Why?" asked Susan sadly.
"Well I can't concentrate on the movie. I can't keep my eyes off of you," Mike said and Susan broke their eye contact, her cheeks reddening, and then raises her head to reach his eyes again.
"Seems we are in the same situation," Susan stated shyly, laughing quietly. She moves closer and takes his hand.
"Really? I didn't think you were interested."
"I didn't think you were interested either. I just thought you were being... polite."
"And you didn't notice that I couldn't keep my eyes off of you at the movie"
"No I noticed, I figured I had something on my face," said Susan and Mike laughed quietly.
"Here you should really try this ice cream. It's really good, and maybe we can break your bad experience with rocky road ice cream," said Mike feeding her with his spoon. He teasingly the spoon away when she is about to take a bite and then lets her take the bite. Susan smiled and Mike grinned at her.
"Susan, can I tell you something?"
"What is it?" asked Susan, getting worried as to what he was going to say.
"Well... I... uhh... Just don't get why anyone would cheat on you. I mean when you told me about Karl and him cheating. I just don't get it. Your just so beautiful and you're not like any woman I've ever met before," said Mike staring at her, waiting for her reaction. Susan shyly looked down and couldn't look into his eyes. Mike gently lifted her chin and smiles at her.
"Uhh," Susan mumbles speechlessly.
They stair at each other for a moment both scared to make the first move.
"Can I have some more ice cream?" asked Susan looking for a distraction.
"Sure," said Mike feeding her the ice cream and then setting his bowl down on the table.
"Okay. I can't take this," stated Susan, and Mike let out a soft sigh of relief.
She leaned over to give Mike a peck and then looked into his eyes searching for his thoughts. Mike leaned on top of her and kisses her gently and Susan opens her mouth granting more access.
"Wow," is all Mike could mumble between kisses. And Susan let out little moans.
"Do you think we are moving to fast," asked Mike pulling away gently.
"Probably," stated Susan before pulling his face down again meeting lips.
Susan moved so she was on top of him and started to passionately kissing him and unbuttoning his shirt. He tenderly kissed her neck and she pulled off his shirt. Moving so he was on top, Mike unbuttoned her shirt kissing ever inch of her exposed skin gently. Mike reached around to unclasp her bra, but there was a knock at the door. He laid his head against Susan's chest, groaning angrily. He stood up sadly, putting his shirt on but leaves it unbuttoned and opens the door.
"Hi. I'm Edie Britt," Edie looks him up and down and drools.
"I live down the street.. over there," she says pointing to what was left of her house.
"Hi. I'm Mike Delfino," he said shaking her hand.
"I brought you a little housewarming gift, some chicken parmesan. Are you busy?" asked Edie.
Susan heard a familiar voice and walked to the door still with no shirt on and wraps her arms around Mike's waist.
"Ohhh. Hi, Susan," said Edie surprised to see her.
"Hi, Edie. How's Karl?" asked Susan
"I don't know. He dumped me. I guess seeing you really stirred him up. Well now I know who you were with."
"Yeah," Susan blushed and Mike ran his hands up her bare arms.
"Well. Do you want it or not?" asked Edie.
"Yeah Edie. Thanks," Mike said taking the platter from her hands. Edie walked down his driveway and Mike looked at Susan and can't help but smile.
"God your beautiful," stated Mike.
"God your handsome," said Susan and Mike smiled. Edie couldn't help but turn around and sees them. She becomes full of jealousy as she sees the desire and admiration in Mike's eyes.
"Listen, we really shouldn't go any further tonight it is taking things to fast. Sorry," said Susan sadly because she did want to go further, but wanted to be responsible at the same time.
"Not a problem. Do you want to go out to dinner again sometime? Say, Wednesday night at 7," Mike said and smiles when Susan lays her hands on his chest.
"Yeah that sounds great," Susan smiles and Mike smiles back and kisses her again.
"Bye," said mike pulling away before things heated up, and began to close the door.
"Uhh... Mike...," Susan says and Mike stops closing the door.
"Yeah?"
"I do need my shirt back," laughed Susan.
"OHH. right. Sorry," Mike smiled embarrassingly and handed her the shirt.
"Thanks, see you sometime before Wednesday. I hope," said Susan, joyfully. She gave Mike one more passionate kiss to leave him with and walked away. Mike closed the door with a huge grin on his face.
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It was poker night on Westeria Lane, and Susan was ecstatic to let her friends in on her new love interest. She arrived at Bree's house after a short while of staring at Mike's house. All of the girls were already there, sipping their coffee and dealing out the cards.
"Hey Susan. Wow you look fabulous," commented Gabrielle happy to see her friends look so happy.
"Yeah, you are absolutely glowing," Bree commented as well.
"You look very happy. Now dish. You know you want to," giggled a determined Lynette.
"Well I met this guy..., " Susan started
"You mean the guy Edie saw you shirtless with last night," said Bree giggly.
"Well to be fair, he had no shirt on either. But yeah that was the guy. How did you know?" - asked Susan when the girls stopped laughing about her remark.
"I was eating out with Rex when I ran into Edie," said Bree dealing out the cards.
"Well I was alone at the movies and I saw Karl and just freaked out. So I stood up and sat next to this guy who was alone and he pretended to be my date. The look on Karl's face was priceless though," said a bright-eyed Susan.
"Edie told me that Karl freaked out when he saw you with someone else and dumped her. Your turn Susan," said Bree.
"I don't really care about Karl, but we just hit it off and he asked me out to dinner. He was just so sweet and charming, and there is this spark between us, its AMAZING," said Susan smiling boldly.
"You know that is really great. You look so happy," said Lynette sincerely grabbing Susan's hand squeezing gently.
"He is taking me out on a real date Wednesday night. Your turn Gabrielle," Susan proclaimed.
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Monday morning, Susan, in a robe and slippers takes the garbage out to the curb, yawning. As she's bent over, pushing the garbage bag into the can, Mike, who's walking his dog nearby, looks over at her. "Hey, Susan." Susan hears him and freezes, still bent over.
"Mike!" said Susan shocked.
"What's wrong?" asked Mike suddenly sounding worried.
"I didn't realize anybody was going to be out here. I just sort of rolled out of bed," said Susan still frozen. What to do. What to do.
"I'm sure you look fine," Mike said reassuringly.
She quickly touches her face and hair before straightening up to look at him.
"See, you look beautiful. I have to go, but I can't wait for Wednesday," said Mike giving her a kiss and Susan accepted.
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Mike was picking Susan up at seven so she started to get ready at six. After taking a shower, finding the sexiest outfit and accessories, blow drying her out out and doing her makeup lightly; she looked cuter than ever.
Susan was sitting at the table nervously waiting for Mike. She heard a knock at the door, and had wondered why he was 15 minutes early but eagerly jumped up smiling. Her smile was quickly lost as she opened the door to reveal a much disheveled Karl.
"KARL, what are you doing here?" Susan said shocked.
"Uhh... Wow you look amazing," said a dumbfounded Karl.
"What's your point Karl?" asked Susan getting annoyed.
"Susie Q, I need to talk to you," said Karl looking at her somberly.
"Please hurry I have a date," said Susan.
"Well, seeing you last night with that guy, I don't know, really struck a cord with me. I just realized that I still love you, and I was wondering if you want to give this another chance. I realize now, that you are the one for me," said Karl catching Susan off guard. She just stands there in shock and disbelief. Then she became very annoyed and angry.
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME," Susan yelled angrily at him and Karl grabs her arm and she pushes him out of the house.
"Our marriage was a sham. You lied to me and hurt me and treated me like garbage that you could easily throw out Thursday morning and now you just want me to jump back in your arms! GROW UP," she yelled angrily at him. She then looked up to see Mike standing there while pushing Karl off the porch again.
"Ugh," she signed embarrassed and ran back into the house slamming the door. Mike walked onto the porch and Karl stands there staring at him with jealousy filled eyes.
"Hi Karl," said Mike grinning.
"Plumber. Good luck," he said angrily before stomping off into his car and speeding off.
Susan was sitting on the floor about ten feet from the door with her head buried in his hands. How could he still love her now? I don't want to get back together with him, that I'm sure of. It's time to move on. Did I just ruin everything with Mike? Thought filed her brain as slow tears began to drip out of her eyes. Mike could see her through the slit in the curtain.
"Susan, don't be embarrassed. It's okay. Lets just go to dinner and have a good time. He doesn't deserve your attention or time," said Mike
She turned around and smiled at him. Then jumped to her feet and opened the door to give him a hug and held him tight.
"Thank you" - Susan says before leaning in to kissing him and even though Mike didn't want to get worked up before dinner he gave into his want and kissed her back passionately moving into the house and slamming the door. She wrapped her legs around his back started to nibble on his ear.
"Susan, as much as I want this, we didn't even go to dinner yet," said Mike breathlessly, smiling at her eagerness.
"Oh, right. Sorry," said Susan laughing at herself, and feeling stupid letting go of him. "Can you give me like a minute to fix my makeup?" - asked Susan.
"Trust me, it's no problem and yeah go ahead" - said Mike trying to remain calm. Susan walks up the stairs, still feeling stupid. Mike watches her walk away. How could he get so lucky?
"You can take a seat on the couch if you would like," shouted Susan down the stairs. Mike looks around seeing the delicate and homey house she had.
"You have a nice house Susan," shouted Mike up the stairs before sitting down on the couch.
"Thanks," shouted Susan down the stairs, before walking into the bathroom, cleaning her tear streaked face. The front door opened and Julie walks through surprised to see they were still there.
"Hi. I'm Julie. You must be Mike. It's nice to meet you," said Julie smiling.
"It's nice to meet you too Julie. I've heard a lot about you," said Mike standing up to shake her hand. Julie shakes his hand and then walked toward the stairs.
"You know, my mom really likes you," laughed Julie knowing her mom could hear her, but couldn't help playing with her.
"You know, I heard that Miss. Julie," shouted Susan before spraying herself with some perfume. Julie looked at Mike with the oops face and then giggled. Susan peeked her head around the corner of the stairs and Julie gave her a hug.
"How was Danielle's house?" asked Susan.
"It was a lot of fun. I was actually wondering if I could go over her house again tonight. I was going to call your cell but since you are here still," said Julie giving her to boo boo lip. Susan was actually glad to have the house to herself tonight as she laughed on the inside.
"Is it okay with Bree?" asked Susan
"Yeah I talked to Mrs. Van de Kamp before I came here" said Julie.
"As long as its okay with Bree, its okay with me," said Susan reaching out for Mike's hand. "You ready?" she asked.
"Yeah whenever you are," said Mike supportively.
"I love you Mom," said Julie cutting in to give her a hug.
"I love you too," said Susan letting go of Mike's hand and hugging her daughter.
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At dinner Susan and Mike had a wonderful time talking about dreams, the future, frequently sharing flirtatious glances. She had got him so worked up before, concentrating on eating was the only thing he could do from jumping on top of her and having her all to himself right then and there. Susan slowly rubbed a finger up his arm which drove him even crazier. They both were extremely surprised at how comfortable they were around each other. Both of them didn't experience the new relationship jitters, which was new, for both of them.
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After dinner Mike walked Susan to her doorstep arm in arm. They took a seat on the front porch to enjoy the cool summer breeze.
"Well I had a really great time," said Susan smiling at him, wishing he would make the first move.
"Can I be honest with you?" he asked search her eyes.
"Of course. It's preferred," she laughed.
"Well I just think you are great. You are like nobody I've ever met, and there is just something about you that I don't know it may sounds stupid, but I feel so comfortable around you," said Mike looking at her pleading with her to not think we was being to needy and or lame.
"No, it doesn't sound stupid at all, it sounds sweet, and I really like you too. And what's funny about what you just said is that I feel the exact same way. It's such a different feeling to be so comfortable around someone who you just met. It's amazing," Susan said smiling at him. Mike leaned in to kiss her and as soon as their lips met, the passion over came the two of them. She opened her mouth and pulled him closer and giving him more room for exploration, intertwining her leg with his. She pulls away to breathe and he sighs at the loss of contact. Susan untangled her leg and stood up grabbing his hand pulling him to his feet. She kisseed him again while pulling him inside unbuttoning his shirt and throwing it to the ground while Mike reaches to close the door. Mike pushed her against the wall, pinning her arms in the air, and kissed her neck yearningly, while unbuttoning her shirt. They stumble up the stairs, still kissing and taking off eachother's clothes and then door closes.
Some people say what you don't know, won't hurt you, but the truth always comes out. For Karl Mayer it was that his x-wife had moved on while he still had very alive feelings for her. Karl appears from bushes where you can tell he was spying on Susan and Karl. He looks sad and sleepless and walks down the street to none other than Edie Britt's house. And for Susan Mayer it was that some people were not who she thought they were. Shows Mike's house.
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