Angel Of Mine
Disclaimer: Well currently I don't own it, but if Prison Break ever want to talk, I'm all for it : )
A/N: Guys I'm so sorry, I know that I like never update and when I promise to make it quicker, I never make good on that promise, but I hope you can find it in your hearts to forgive me…Well I know it's late and a lot of you have probably lost interest in this story by now because I never update, but please read anyway and leave me a review if you have the time…ENJOY!
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Michael was absolutely overjoyed…For the first time in a long while he was genuinely happy. He was fully aware of the serious issues that needed to be addressed, by for today, he was just going to let them conveniently slip his mind…All he really wanted to think about today was his daughter.
He stumbled before finally getting Rory's huge bag into the back and then stopped and watched as she attempted to climb into his SUV. He chuckled and lightly shook his head before boosting her up into the car.
"Hey!" Rory pouted "I could have done it all by myself you know?"
"Yeah but I said I had a surprise for you remember?" A smirk played at Michael's lips "And I wouldn't want you to miss out on that because it closed before you could get into the car."
Rory sighed in defeat and Michael laughed before switching on the ignition and pulling away from Sara's apartment building. He smiled wistfully as they past a small lake.
"What are you looking at?" Rory asked curiously, drawing Michael's attention back to the road.
"I was just remembering when your uncle Lincoln and I used to go fishing there when we were kids."
"Oh…I've never been fishing."
Michael's eyes suddenly widened and he quickly pulled the car over to the side of the road "You what?"
"I've never been fishing" she repeated in confusion.
Michael stayed quiet for a moment, trying to get over this colossal shock "So your mom, you're friends or family, hell you grandfather never took you fishing?"
Rory thought carefully for a moment before, "no."
"Excuse me." Michael told her as he took out his cell phone and hastily dialed his brother's number "Lincoln?…Yeah I'm fine…Hey listen we have a one-thirteen…Yes I'm serious!…Okay see you there soon."
Michael put his phone away and turned back to his daughter "Are you okay daddy?" She asked sweetly "If you're sick, mommy could look after you…She's a doctor."
Michael smiled, very much liking Rory's suggestion before shaking his head of those thoughts "I'm fine…Just a change of plans is all."
Rory's bottom lip dropped "But what about my surprise?"
"Don't worry you'll get it!" Michael assured "There's just something more important we need to take care of first."
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Once they reached the lake Michael picked Rory up out of the car and put her on the ground "Trust me, you'll love fishing!" She looked out to the lake, seeming to be contemplating something "What is it sweetie?" He asked, hoping she already didn't hate fishing.
"My friend Jamie told me that when his daddy took him fishing he touched worms…" She trailed off, and Michael slapped the car doors shut.
"It's okay" he smiled "I'll touch the worms for you."
"But I want to touch them!" She gasped, looking as if she wanted to cry.
Michael couldn't help but laugh "That's fine, you can touch them."
She nodded, a smile lighting up her face "Hey daddy do you have any worms in you car?"
A smirk danced across Michael's lips "No I don't usually keep worms in my car…But it's okay, you're uncle Lincoln is bringing the fishing supplies."
"Well can I go look for some?" Rory asked hopefully.
"Sure." Michael smiled as he watched his daughter run off…It was only a few minutes before he saw Lincoln's car pull up next to his.
Lincoln and LJ both jumped out of the car. Lincoln went round and got little Mike out of his car seat and LJ got the fishing equipment.
"Uncle Mike!" LJ greeted Michael by pulling him into a hug…Lincoln and little Mike coming to stand behind them.
"Damn you've grown!" Michael told the now, nineteen year old LJ "How's college?"
"Good…" He begun.
"Okay that's enough!" Lincoln injected "I hate it when you two start talking college…Now where's this fishing virgin niece of mine?"
Michael laughed and looked over to Rory who was poking the ground with a stick on her worm search "Hey Ror!" He called "Come over here!"
She jumped up from her spot and ran up to them stopping to smile at the three unfamiliar males in front of her "Rory these are your two cousins, LJ and little Mike." Michael told her, pointing out the nineteen and two year old "And this is your uncle Lincoln."
"Wow!" Rory beamed up to Lincoln "That's so cool!"
Lincoln smiled to his niece "What is?"
"I wish I had a head as big as yours!" She smiled is awe.
Both Michael and LJ burst out into a fit of laughter and a smirk danced across Lincoln's lips "Hey it's gonna happen to you too kid…It's in your genes."
Rory looked down to her pants and then back to her uncle in confusion and then turned to Michael with a smile on her cute little face "Was it uncle Lincoln you helped Daddy?"
Lincoln and LJ both quirked their brows is unison and Michael smiled "Yeah."
Rory smiled up at her uncle "Wow…I'm happy you were okay uncle Linc!"
It suddenly hit Lincoln what Rory was talking about "You know kid, just for that sweet little comment, I'm going to forget about your 'big head' comment." Lincoln smiled warmly "Hey LJ how about you take your brother and Rory down to play near the water while Mike and I get the stuff?"
"Okay Dad." LJ agreed taking the hint and getting little Mike out of his dad's arms "Come on Rory."
Once they were gone Lincoln turned to his brother with a large smile on his face "Wow…Cant say she doesn't have personality."
"Oh yeah, sorry about the whole 'big head' thing." Michael apologized, trying not to laugh.
Lincoln laughed "It's okay…I was more mad at you and LJ for laughing!"
"Sorry." Michael repeated, grabbing three normal, and a child's fishing pole out of Lincoln's car.
"So honestly Michael," Lincoln begun in a brotherly tone "How have you been with everything?"
"Honestly?" Michael questioned, thinking for a moment "Not too good actually…When Grace found out I swear I thought she was going to kill me."
"And Sara?"
"Well she wanted me to tell Grace."
"That wasn't what I meant!" Lincoln huffed "I think we established last time that you still had feelings for her…How are you handling that?"
Michael rolled his crystal blues "Married remember?"
"Well if you weren't married would you do anything about those feelings?" The older brother asked hopefully.
"No because I don't want to scare her off…" Michael trialed off as he heard Rory giggle and squeal. He turned and his lips twitched up into a smile as he watched his daughter run around as LJ splashed her with water "Because if I scare Sara off, I don't only loose her, I loose Rory too."
Lincoln sighed ruefully at his little bother's predicament "I'm sure it will all work out…Now come on…I'm sure I can still catch more fish than you!"
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They had been fishing for a good two hours. Between the three of them, Michael, Lincoln and LJ had managed to teach Rory how to fish with the fishing pole, but they all eventually came to the realization that she was much happier just using a fishing reel and hook, dangling it into the water to watch the tiny fish bite at it.
Not many fish had been caught…But to Michael, it had been one of the best days of his life.
Both he and Lincoln grabbed a drink out of the cooler and sat on the pier with their feet dangling in the water while LJ entertained his brother and Rory.
"Eeww!" LJ heard Rory exclaim…He turned around to find her hand in the fish bucket "They're slimy!"
LJ laughed and put down his little brother before walking over to his cousin "Yeah well when fish and water react together slime usually tends to be involved."
"Hey LJ?" Rory asked, removing her hand from the bucket and looking up to him, confusion clear in her crystal blues "What happens to the fishies swimming in the bucket after we stop fishing?"
LJ smiled "We spilt them up, then take them home and cook them."
"No!" Rory gasped before jumping to her feet and running to Michael and Lincoln "Daddy!"
"What's the matter Ror?" Michael asked, concern evident in his voice.
Her bottom lip quivered in an attempt not to cry which further increased Michael's concern "LJ said that we were going to cook the fish…That isn't true is it daddy?"
Michael quirked a brow "Yeah…Didn't you know that Sweetie?"
"No Daddy! Cant we just let them go?" The little girl pleaded as she threw her tiny arms around Michael's neck…She pulled back and turned to Lincoln "Please Uncle Linc?"
Lincoln sighed ruefully "Sorry kid but your aunty Veronica wants me to get dinner ready tonight…The fish are dinner!"
Rory frowned before running back over to the fish bucket. She lifted it up and struggled with the weight of it as she carried it towards the lake.
"Um what is she doing?" Lincoln asked his brother as they watched her "Oh god!"
Lincoln raced over to Rory just as she tipped the fish that were in the bucket back into the lake. She smiled as she watched them swim away before turning back to Lincoln.
"I cant believe you wanted to eat them uncle Linc!" She gasped, tiny hands on her tiny hips.
Lincoln opened his mouth to speak but no words were able to come out. He finally laughed "You know a shark is just going to eat them anyway?"
"I didn't hear that uncle Linc!" Rory told him, gesturing for him to squat down to her level. He squatted down and Rory filled up the bucket with water and tipped it over his head "There aren't any sharks in the lake!"
Michael, LJ, and even little Mike all burst out laughing as they watched the water drip from Lincoln's head "That's it!" He said, grabbing Rory and throwing her in the water.
Since the lake was so shallow, Rory sat up, completely soaked, but instead of getting mad, she laughed as she watched Michael and LJ tackle Lincoln from behind and push him into the lake as well.
Once Lincoln raised his head out of the water, Michael and LJ immediately held down his arms while Rory splashed water at him. Little Mike even ventured into the water and giggle as he splashed a trickle of water onto his father's face. Rory laughed and patted him on the back. Michael eventually had to let go of his brother to shift positions which gave Lincoln the opportunity to catch his eldest son off guard and trip him into the water.
"Haha…You think you're pretty funny don't you Dad?" LJ laughed as Lincoln got to his feet with a mischievous smile on his face. He began to lunge at his son when LJ quickly scooped his little brother up in his arms. "No Dad…Cant tackle me when I've got Little Mike…Veronica wouldn't like that one bit!"
Lincoln grumbled before suddenly turning and tackling Michael into the water.
"Hey!" Rory exclaimed as she ran and jumped on Lincoln's back "Don't hurt Daddy!"
Lincoln laughed as he stood up with Rory still clinging onto his back. He was about to throw her back into the water when he felt her trembling "What's the matter?"
"I…I'm C…Cold" she managed through her slivers.
Lincoln pulled her from his back and around to his chest to keep her warm "I think we should call it a day."
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About an hour later Michael and Rory found themselves parked outside a building. They had stopped at a local diner to have lunch as well as change into some dry clothes that were in the car.
"Surprise time!" Michael announced. He helped Rory out of the car before they walked into the building. Rory gasped happily when they were inside.
"A pound!" She squealed happily as she looked up to Michael "I love puppy dogs daddy!"
"I know, your mom told me." Michael smiled "Well what are you waiting for? Go pick one!"
Rory's crystal blues grew wide in happiness "You mean?"
Michael smiled again "Yeah you can have one."
The little girl attacked her father's legs in a hug "Thank you so much daddy!"
"That's okay." Michael smiled as he watched her run off and start looking at all the dogs.
Michael pointed out a number of miniature poodles, Shih Tzu's, etc but Rory finally stopped on a scruffy, mutt kind of looking dog that only had three legs "How about this one Daddy? We can call him Lucky!"
Michael quirked a brow as he looked at the energetic little dog that was missing a leg. Sure, it was cute, but didn't seem like the kind of dog that a little girl would want "Okay then, if that's what you want."
Michael signed all the papers and everything before he, Rory, and her new three-legged friend all got in the car and drove back to his place.
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Michael let out a sigh of relief when they arrived back and Grace wasn't home…Michael just assumed that she was out with her friends.
He helped Rory feed Lucky and then they both had dinner. After dinner Rory decided that she wanted to watch a DVD.
"I'll get Finding Nemo out of my bag" She said, getting it out.
Michael quirked a brow in confusion "Rory we just went fishing."
Rory shrugged her tiny shoulders as Michael put in the DVD, handed her a spoon so they could share some Ben and Jerry's ice-cream and turned off the light.
The movie finished and Rory ran to the player to pull out the DVD but Michael stopped her "Um I'll get it your hands have chocolate ice-cream on them…You don't want to watch dirty DVD's do you?"
Rory quirked a brow in confusion "By I'm too little to watch dirty DVD's Daddy!"
Michael laughed as he scooped her up in his arms "I think it's past your bedtime."
Rory yawned as she nuzzled her head into Michael's neck "I think…I think I love you Daddy."
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Sara was at Michael's the next day as soon as she possibly could. To say that she had missed her little girl dreadfully would have had to be an understatement. She put her hand out and gave the hard oak door a few knocks. It wasn't long before Michael pulled the door open.
"Hey you" he smiled.
Sara smiled back "Hey to you too" she suddenly jumped back as a three-legged dog jumped up on her "Oh I didn't know you had a dog" she laughed, running her slender hand through it's fur "A three-legged dog."
Michael was suddenly at a loss for words. He had suddenly realized that he probably should have asked Sara about the dog "Oh yea about that…It's kind of Rory's."
Sara quirked a perfectly sculpted brow "So in other words it's coming back to my place?"
A smirk danced across Michael's lips "Yeah…"
"Fine!" Sara threw her arms up in defeat "Help me put this guy in the car."
Michael smiled as he grabbed Rory's bag "You get the dog…My hands are kind of full."
They walked back up into the apartment when Grace suddenly made an appearance "Sara!" She greeted happily, which totally threw Michael off "Lets talk while Mikey gets Rory."
Sara was a little shocked but followed Grace into the kitchen.
"So how have you been?" Grace asked, turning on the coffeepot.
Sara fell back a little startled then, "I've been good Grace, and yourself?"
"Okay let's cut it with the small talk" Grace announced as she took a seat at the table and gestured for Sara to do the same "I just wanted to apologize for Mikey."
Sara was genuinely confused "Grace, what are you talking about?"
"You know? Fox River?"
"Oh he told you all of it then?"
"Yes he did" Grace nodded sympathetically "And even though I'm not excusing what he did to you, he really is a good guy."
Sara sighed and shook her head "It's okay…I've put all of that it the past."
"Wow I really admire you Sara!" Grace smiled "I mean if I found out that a guy only slept with me to help his plan, I'd…"
"Wait!" Sara injected "What?"
Grace turned on the sympathetic face once again "You know? How he only slept with you in prison to help his plan."
"He told you that?" Sara gasped.
"Of course silly!" Grace laughed "I'm his wife…He tells me everything!"
Sara quickly jumped to her feet, trying to stop the tears that threatened to pour from her eyes "Sorry Grace, I have to go."
Sara saw Michael and Rory laughing together at the front door "Come on Rory, we're leaving!" She said quickly taking her little girl's hand.
"Wait Sara!" Michael gasped, grabbing her arm "What's the matter?"
"Don't you dare touch me!" Sara spat, grabbing her hand away "Stay the hell away from me and my daughter!"
Michael started at the door completely dumbfounded once they had left before he stormed into the kitchen "What the hell did you say to her?"
"Nothing." Grace said simply "I was just telling her about my shopping spree yesterday when she suddenly ran out of the kitchen" she lied, handing her husband a mug "Coffee?"
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Okay well I hit a few glitches doing that chap and I had to edit a fair bit out because of the length but thanks so much for reading and please review xoxo