Title: At Last
Author: Terri
Category: UC Max/Maria
Summary: Max has been waiting for his chance….now it's
here. Sequel to I wish…
Disclaimer: You know the drill, not my Characters etc…..
Maria was sitting in the grounds of the campus eating her
lunch, she made and entry into her journal:- This time yesterday if someone
told me my heart would be broken I
would have laughed in their face, I was with the man I loved and we we're
even planning our future, where we would live after college, how many kids we
would have, but in one instant it was all gone. I share a house near campus
with Michael, Max, Liz, Isabel and Kyle, Alex and Tess were no longer of this
earth, I still miss Alex, but that bitch well she could go to hell for all I
care, I'm getting a bit side-tracked here, so anyway, I finished my class early
and went home, I noticed Michaels bike in the driveway, it was unusual for him
to be home at that time of day, he's got a job that he goes to after classes, I
went up to our room, the bed was a mess, I didn't think much of this seeing as
he was still asleep when I left that morning, I could hear the shower, I was
going to surprise him by coming in with him, but when I looked he already had
company, Isabel.
I ran out of the room as fast as I could grabbing my bag,
making sure that he never knew I had been there, I needed to think, I needed to
regroup and then I would confront them both, god help them when I do. Last night I didn't sleep in my room, I
stayed in Liz's room, she's gone to visit her mom, believe it or not she's just
become a sister to little Jamie, Michael did come and look for me when he came
home from his job, you know the one he should have been at earlier, I pretended
to be asleep, he came over and kissed me on the cheek, it took all my willpower
not to give him a black eye right then and there.
This morning when I got ready, he was up, I couldn't believe
it he's never been up before 9am in his life, what's more he made pancakes for
all of us, we were all sitting round the table eating, and crap they did taste
good, everyone commented on them except me, I kinda just grunted and kept
eating, I could feel him looking at me, I chose to ignore him, when I finished
my coffee, I stood up to leave and collected my bag, I was on my way to the
door, Michael came after me, and you know what that jerk asked me? Are you
okay? He reached out to touch me and I stepped back and the look I gave him
must have shocked him 'cause he backed away, I swung my hair over my shoulder
and stalked out of there, you know what it felt good, now I've got him
thinking, he doesn't know that I saw him with her, by the time I go home
tonight he will be panicking, serves him right.
I didn't notice Max until he came up behind me and asked for
a lift, he saw that I was angry, I couldn't help myself I told him everything,
he wasn't that upset, I mean I thought he would be, especially with Isabel
being his sister and all, but no, he asked me if I was going to forgive him,
like that's going to happen, for some reason this brought a smile to his lips,
men… I don't think I'll ever understand them.
On the other side of the campus grounds Max watched her put
her book away and walk towards the student halls, he wondered what she had been
writing, then he thought back to what she told him this morning, he couldn't
help but smile when she told him what had happened, he was still smiling
now. Two years, two of the longest
years of my life, that's how long it's taken for Michael to blow it, she gave
him his chance and he took it, they've been together ever since, until now.
I've waited and watched for him to slip up, he's done the one thing she could
never forgive, he slept with my sister, what's worse is that she found them
together, but I mustn't rush her, I've got to take it slow, I'm going to make
her mine, and this time I won't let her get away.
TBC…
