Working late was a typical night for Sara Tancredi, but she couldn't wait to get home tonight to see Michael. "Lately they had both been working a lot but Michael more than her." She was starting to notice a change in his behavior. He, of course, worked late hours but it seemed as though he didn't want to talk to her anymore, or go out for dinner, and just talking and making love also seemed out of the question. All he wanted to do was come home, crawl into bed and sleep and then start the day all over again. She was starting to doubt if he loved her at all anymore. She kept telling herself that maybe it would get better...but as the days went by she was slowly losing hope.

After Lincoln was exonerated, Veronica had gotten Michael's sentence waived down to six months in a minimum security prison. And when Michael asked Sara to wait for him, she did just that. Michael decided he didn't want Sara to visit him in Prison, so she waited until he got out. They've been together ever since. Now Michael and Sara have been dating for four years and are happy to just be together. Michael has worked at a very prestigious Stern & Stein Architectural firm in Chicago for almost four years and he even made partner last year. Sara opened her own practice in Chicago along with her business partner "later to be inserted" to medically help lower income families.
She and her father haven't spoken in almost six years...

Sara walked up to her door the apartment she shared with Michael. She decided on her way up that she needed to try and talk to Michael tonight, to see what she wanted to do next and all she knew was that things needed to change between them...she was starting to feel lonely like when she was at Fox River, and she remembers a time that Michael told her she never have to feel that way again.

Flashback
After a night out of some dinner and dancing Michael took Sara back to his apartment and decided that he wanted to ask her to move in with him...he hadn't yet told her he loved her-- there were so many times he could of said it, but always something got in the way. Tonight he decided nothing would stop him.

Michael unlocked the door, let Sara walk in first, put his keys on the table and took off his jacket.

"Are you going to be staying for awhile?" Michael asked.

"Yes, of course if that's ok with you"

"Absolutely, you can stay here any time." He said this as he walked up to her and kissed her on the forehead and put his arms around her shoulders.

His heart started to pound really fast and Sara took quick notice.

"Michael is something wrong?" she asked, having taken his hands in her hands a worried look on her face...your heart's beating really fast and you're hands are all sweaty.

Michael looked into her eyes...this is the moment of truth, he thought.

"Sara...there has been something I've want to tell you for along time now, we've been dating for awhile now, seven months to be exact and I've come to a point were I need a change."

Sara stares into his eyes, and at this point starts becoming very nervous and very frightened about what he's going to say.

"Wait Michael..." she says, "I know what your going to say."

"You do?"

"Yes, your going to say that you think were going to fast and we should cool things down and that..." before she can finish, Michael quickly captures her lips in a very heated kiss. As the kiss slows to a stop he chuckles a little and says:

"No...that's not what I was going to say at all. What I wanted to say is that I was I want...no that's not right, um I hoping you might want to move in with me in here. "

As Michael looked at Sara, he immediately realized that she was dumbstruck and surprised of his offer. Becoming worried he decided that she must not be ready for this yet...so he thought it might be best to just resend his proposition... so in fear she might get scared and walking away completely he decided to take it back.

"I can see your not ready for this just yet...so nevermind..."

As he was about to turn around and walk into the other room, she grabbed his arm.

"What? You don't even want to hear my answer?" she asked.

"I think I already got my answer by the look on your face."

"No...you didn't. I was just shock a little surprised that it took you so long to ask me."

"Wait...so you want to move in with me?" he asked very surprised and excited.

"Ask me again and you'll get my answer." she smiled.

"Okay...Sara would you like to move in with me?"

Sara decided she would play with him a little. "...Umm let me think about it." she said as she put her pointer finger to her face like she was contemplating the question.

He yet again started to look worried, so Sara thought she had her fun.

Sara smiled and leaned into Michael and kissed him passionatelly. "Michael, I love you and would love to move in with you."

A smile crept up into Michael's face, "You love me...you've never said that before."

"Neither have you," Sara stated the obvious.

Michael had a stupid love struck smile on his face when he said "I love you so much Sara. I'm so happy you want to move in with me".

"I am too." she said as Michael leaning over to kiss her. She grabbed his hand and started to walk in the direction of his bedroom. She smiled and he followed her.

End Flashback

Those were better times she thought, and she remembered the day she told him she loved him and the day he asked her to move in...times when they were happy. Lately it seemed as though he wasn't happy with her anymore. When she had talked to him on the phone earlier today it was the first time in a conversation on the phone he hadn't said he loved her. Now she began to think was maybe he was seeing someone else...or maybe he was disinterested with her.