Part 3

Michael hated it when Maria walked away. Even though she was just going across the hall, to her apartment. He hated it. It always seem to remind him of the day that Maria and him ended their long and loving relationship. It reminded him of the day that he lost what he loved most in the world.

Flashback

"Why don't you trust me?" Maria asked Michael.

"I do trust you. It's him I don't trust. God Maria! You don't know how he really is." Michael yelled at her. Maria walked closer to Michael.

"You know if you can't trust me they we are we even together? A relationship is all about trust. If you can't get over this then.......... maybe we should just be friends." Maria told him trying not to cry, hoping that he wouldn't agree.

"Fine! We're just friends now." Michael told her. Maria let a couple of tears fall and walked past Michael.

"Okay, if that's how you want it. See you tomorrow, friend." Maria said and walked away from him.

End Of Flashback

Michael sighed and punched the couch at the memory he hated so much. Not a day goes by that he didn't wish that he would have stopped her.

"I shouldn't have agreed. I should have fought to keep her. If I did she wouldn't have all this pain." Michael yelled at himself. Michael did that a lot. Blaming himself for Maria's pain. If he would have never let her go, she wouldn't have gone through all the pain that John gave her; all the bruises he gave her.

But now that Maria got rid of John, maybe he could get Maria back. His Maria back. The Maria with fire in her. The Maria that use to cook for him and massage his back after a hard day at work. He missed that Maria so much.

He hated seeing the Maria that was across the hall right now. She was weaker and her fire was hidden deep beneath all the tears that had fallen from her eye's. He sighed at himself, he had to talk to her. He had to tell her how he felt. He had to show Maria that there was someone that truly loved her.

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Maria sighed to herself as she laid down deeper into the her warm bubble bath. She finally did it. She got the strength to brake up with John. She was proud of herself, she smiled. Her smile faded when she thought about Michael.

"God why did I let him go? Why did I have to walk away?" Maria asked herself. "Because you were stupid." Maria yelled at herself.

Her and Michael have been broken up for 9 months now. But she still loved him with all her heart. She only got with John in the beginning to make Michael jealous. But then she thought she did love John but she could never love a man like him. She didn't even know why she even though she loved him.

He hurt her emotionally and physically. Maria added more vanilla scented bath bubbles to the water. Maria sighed and closed her eye's, she remember when Michael first told her she loved her. He really didn't have to, it was all in his eye's.

'I should talk to him.' Maria thought. 'I should tell him how I feel.' Maria thought back at when they were together. She missed it when Michael would run his hands through her soft blonde hair and when he would whisper loving words in her ear when he thought she was asleep.

"Maybe I should talk to him tomorrow." Maria told herself. "Or maybe I should get it out right away and talk to him after my bath." Maria said out loud.

'No, he's probably sleeping already.' Maria looked over at the clock that read 9:30. 'Or not. He wouldn't be sleeping this early.' Maria got out the bathtub and grabbed a towel. She dried herself off and changed into a tank top and some shorts to sleep in.

She started to brush her blonde hair when she heard a knock at the door. Maria sighed and walked to the door. She opened the door and was shocked to see the person standing in front of her.

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