Disclaimer: This story is the only thing that belongs to me. Everyone else belongs to people that aren't me. The song belongs to Tommy Lee and Andrew McMahon.

I decided that there are not enough Michael/Tess fics out there so I decided to write my own, it's not great but the plot bunny wouldn't quit eating my brain. Hope someone out there enjoys it.

Please R&R

Ch. 4

Well I'm lying here again, and this time the difference is that I'm not even attempting to sleep. It's been 5 days since I had the most wonderful experience of my life, and now I feel like I'll be lying in this bed listening to angsty love songs forever.

I need you,

I need you so much.

I need you,

Get me out of this place.

I need you,

With the lightning this close I can see.

That so much in this worlds make believe,

And this ticking clock isn't for me,

And still nobody knew,

I need you...

She hates me, she's avoiding me. She's avoiding Max too so I feel at least a little better, but only slightly. I looked for her so we could talk but she has spent most days with Kyle and Isabel. It's not like I could talk to her there. What was I going to say? "Hey Tess can we talk in private about this kiss we shared in the chamber on Saturday?" Yeah that would have gone over real well.

So I'm back to pretending that I don't care. That I don't feel the burning glances she sends my way, when she thinks no one's looking. Pretending that I don't watch her when no one's looking. The way her eyes dance when she laughs, the way her nose scrunches when she's annoyed, or the way her lower lip trembles slightly when she's upset. She has a million expressions and I know them all.

I need you,

In my blacker days.

I need you,

With the walls coming down.

I need you,

With this hole in my chest I can feel.

That so much in this world isn't real.

And there's some things that you cannot steal.

Tell me what can I do?

I need you...

I broke up with Maria. In the wake of the kiss, and the flash that came with it. I couldn't stay with her, it wasn't fair to anyone. She took it rather well I think. I need to remember to buy more dishes. I miss Tess; I miss her smiles they made my days brighter. I feel like a piece of me is missing.

And the sun will rise,

In the jasmine sky.

And I'd lie here awake in your bed.

Sometimes I don't remember,

Why can't I forget?

I need you...

My mind keeps going back to the flash. I've never had a complete memory before. It's always been feelings or a small flash of childhood, a memory of this lifetime. But this, it was unlike anything I had never seen or felt before. I'm not exactly sure what it was. It had to be from the past, of our past selves. I can see why Tess was spooked though, she was always taught that it was her and Max, Ava and Xan. They had the perfect love, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That flash knocked all that out of the water. It kind of scared me too but my body still aches with its intensity. I can close my eyes and feel her naked body soft and glowing under my hands, it felt like silk. Her hair was longer, tickling my chest like feathers. We kissed, we caressed, and we made love under the night sky. I can still hear my name on her lips as we went over the edge. I'm in trouble.

I need you,

There's so much in this world that is true.

No, not much I'm not willing to do.

I cannot be without you,

I need you...

I've loved this woman for two lifetimes, and I don't know what I would do to have her come to me like she did that night

I need you...

Lost in my thoughts I didn't hear my front door open or the person softly walking through my apartment.

I need you...

She standing there at my bedroom door, looking like the best dream of her I've ever had. For a moment I think I've fallen asleep and really am dreaming. She walks toward me.

I need you...

She climbs into the bed and I know I'm not dreaming. She looks me in the eyes 'I couldn't stay away.' She says to me right before I give into the sweetest kiss I've ever known.

I need you...