Part 9
Michael tried to pull Maria into a hug but she pulled away and wiped her tears. She didn't want him to hold her right now. She didn't want to cry. All she wanted was for Michael to tell her what he was hiding.
"No, Michael. Just don't touch me right now." Maria told Michael. Michael tried to pull her into a hug again but she got off the bed. "Why can't you just tell me? I don't understand. This is the one thing that is ripping us apart and you won't fix it! Why won't you fix it?" Maria yelled. Michael didn't answer her. He was trying to hold back the tear's himself.
"Answer me, Michael. You say you want to fix things between us. You said you want your family back. Well, here it is. Here's your chance." Maria yelled. "Well? Are you going to say anything?"
"I WAS SCARED, OKAY!" Michael yelled. "I still am." Maria was taken back. She didn't understand what Michael was talking about.
"What are you talking about?" Maria asked.
"Maria, when we got married we didn't plan to have any kids. We both agreed that we would wait until we were both ready for kids." Michael told her.
"I know." Maria replied softly. "But I still don't understand."
"Maria, I knew you would be a great mom. Your just so loving and responsible. And there's me. You knew me back in high school, Maria. I was the screw up. I did everything wrong. I wasn't a very loving person and I wasn't responsible." Michael tried to explain.
"Michael, that was back then. But look around you. You have a beautiful house and a great business. Your not that boy in high school anymore." Maria told him.
"I know that, Maria. But when Brendan was born, I thought I wouldn't make a good dad. I thought I would mess up my son's life. So instead of dealing with it, I tried to pretend that the problem was never there. I didn't want to mess up my family." Michael told her in a soft voice. Maria walked up to Michael and pulled him to hug.
"Michael, you should have told me. Your not that boy in high school anymore. Don't ever think that your not good enough for Brendan or me." Maria whispered into his ear.
It felt so good to Michael, to have Maria in his arms again. He missed her so much. He kissed her neck and held her tighter.
"I love you so much, Maria." Michael told her.
"I love you too." Maria told him. Maria pulled out of the hug and looked into Michael's. She missed him as much as he missed her. Michael pulled Maria close to him and placed his hands on her face. Their lips were only inches away from each other.
Michael captured Maria's lips with his. He moaned in satisfaction. He had missed her lip's on his. He pulled her closely and she wrapped her arms around his neck. Michael placed his hands on her thighs and lifted her up. Maria wrapped her legs around his waist.
Michael started walking towards the bed. He place Maria down on the bed, pulling their lips apart. Michael got on top of Maria and brought his lips back to Maria's. He needed her, and she needed him. They needed each other.
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Maria woke up in Michael's arms. She smiled, she had missed waking up into Michael's naked chest and his strong arms wrapped around her. She loved the feeling she got. She sighed and glanced up at the clock.
"OH MY GOSH!" Maria yelled, making Michael wake up.
"What? What is it?" Michael asked, wondering why his wife just yelled.
"It's already 8 o'clock." Maria told Michael. Michael just shrugged. He was the boss, he could come in anytime he wanted to.
"Michael, I'm late for work." Maria yelled.
"Maria your the manager." Michael told her.
"Who cares. That doesn't mean I can just walk in whenever I want." Maria told Michael while walking into the bathroom and turning on the shower. "Michael go get Brendan and make him a bottle, while I take a shower." Maria told him.
"How about I join you." Michael said with a smirk.
"MICHAEL!" With that Michael was out of the bedroom and heading towards Brendan's bedroom. Michael walked in and saw that his son was standing in his crib, waiting.
"Hey there big guy. I see you've been awake for a while. You could have cried or something. You know wake me and mommy up." Michael said while picking Brendan up. Brendan just smiled and laid his head on Michael's shoulder.
Michael walked downstairs and into the kitchen. He made Brendan a bottle and gave it to him. Michael set Brendan in his playpen and turned on Bugs Bunny.
"Be a good boy, Brendan." Michael told Brendan before heading upstairs to find Maria.
Maria was brushing her beautiful blonde hair in a skirt and her bra on. Michael walked in and smirked.
"I know your not wearing that to work." Michael told her. Maria turned around and smiled.
"I don't want to get make-up on my shirt." Maria told him. Michael just nodded his head. "Could you drop off Brendan at Tess'? So I won't be to late." Maria asked Michael.
"No, I'll just take Brendan with me." Michael told her. Maria started putting on her make-up.
"To work?" Maria asked.
"Ya, I'm not going to go in for very long. So I'll just take him with me." Michael told her. Maria nodded her head and smiled.
"Okay, but you asked for it." Maria told him.
"What does that mean?" Michael asked her. Maria finished her make-up and walked to her closet to find a shirt to wear.
"Michael, you do know how cranky your son gets when he doesn't get a nap, right?" Maria asked. Michael just nodded his head. "Well, if your gunna take him for the whole day, you better make sure you give him a nap or he'll be crying, a lot." Maria told Michael.
"I can handle it, okay." Michael told her. Maria got a shirt and just shook her head.
"If you say so." Maria told him. Michael glared at Maria while she put on her shirt. "Where is Brendan anyway?" Maria asked.
"He's in his playpen downstairs." Michael told him. Maria just nodded her head.
"Well, you should start to get ready. And I have to go." Maria told him and smiled. She gave Michael a kiss good-bye and tried to walk away but Michael held her arm.
"What?" Maria asked him.
"I think I need a better kiss than that." Michael told her. Maria smiled and walked up to Michael and brought him into a passionate kiss. They pulled apart and looked into each other's eye's.
"I have to go now." Maria whispered. Michael nodded his head and let Maria go. Maria gave Michael a kiss on the cheek and walked downstairs. She gave Brendan a kiss good-bye and left for work.
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Michael walked in his work with Brendan in his arm's. He walked past Vanessa and got her attention right away.
"Awww, you brought your son." Vanessa said while getting up from her desk and walking over to Michael. "What's his name again?" Vanessa asked.
"Brendan." Michael answered.
"Hi, Brendan." Vanessa said in a sweet voice. "Aww, he's so cute." Michael nodded his head.
"I know." Michael said with a chuckle. Vanessa rolled her eye's and returned to her desk.
"Oh, Mr. Valenti is waiting for you in her office." Vanessa told him. Michael nodded his head and walked into his office.
"Hey, Kyle."
"Hey, Michael." Kyle said before turning around. "Oh, Hey Brendan. How are you?" Kyle asked the baby. Brendan just giggled and laid his head on Michael's shoulder.
"So, I guess this means that you talked to Maria." Kyle said. Michael nodded his head.
"Ya, I did. We found our way back together."
The End
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Michael tried to pull Maria into a hug but she pulled away and wiped her tears. She didn't want him to hold her right now. She didn't want to cry. All she wanted was for Michael to tell her what he was hiding.
"No, Michael. Just don't touch me right now." Maria told Michael. Michael tried to pull her into a hug again but she got off the bed. "Why can't you just tell me? I don't understand. This is the one thing that is ripping us apart and you won't fix it! Why won't you fix it?" Maria yelled. Michael didn't answer her. He was trying to hold back the tear's himself.
"Answer me, Michael. You say you want to fix things between us. You said you want your family back. Well, here it is. Here's your chance." Maria yelled. "Well? Are you going to say anything?"
"I WAS SCARED, OKAY!" Michael yelled. "I still am." Maria was taken back. She didn't understand what Michael was talking about.
"What are you talking about?" Maria asked.
"Maria, when we got married we didn't plan to have any kids. We both agreed that we would wait until we were both ready for kids." Michael told her.
"I know." Maria replied softly. "But I still don't understand."
"Maria, I knew you would be a great mom. Your just so loving and responsible. And there's me. You knew me back in high school, Maria. I was the screw up. I did everything wrong. I wasn't a very loving person and I wasn't responsible." Michael tried to explain.
"Michael, that was back then. But look around you. You have a beautiful house and a great business. Your not that boy in high school anymore." Maria told him.
"I know that, Maria. But when Brendan was born, I thought I wouldn't make a good dad. I thought I would mess up my son's life. So instead of dealing with it, I tried to pretend that the problem was never there. I didn't want to mess up my family." Michael told her in a soft voice. Maria walked up to Michael and pulled him to hug.
"Michael, you should have told me. Your not that boy in high school anymore. Don't ever think that your not good enough for Brendan or me." Maria whispered into his ear.
It felt so good to Michael, to have Maria in his arms again. He missed her so much. He kissed her neck and held her tighter.
"I love you so much, Maria." Michael told her.
"I love you too." Maria told him. Maria pulled out of the hug and looked into Michael's. She missed him as much as he missed her. Michael pulled Maria close to him and placed his hands on her face. Their lips were only inches away from each other.
Michael captured Maria's lips with his. He moaned in satisfaction. He had missed her lip's on his. He pulled her closely and she wrapped her arms around his neck. Michael placed his hands on her thighs and lifted her up. Maria wrapped her legs around his waist.
Michael started walking towards the bed. He place Maria down on the bed, pulling their lips apart. Michael got on top of Maria and brought his lips back to Maria's. He needed her, and she needed him. They needed each other.
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Maria woke up in Michael's arms. She smiled, she had missed waking up into Michael's naked chest and his strong arms wrapped around her. She loved the feeling she got. She sighed and glanced up at the clock.
"OH MY GOSH!" Maria yelled, making Michael wake up.
"What? What is it?" Michael asked, wondering why his wife just yelled.
"It's already 8 o'clock." Maria told Michael. Michael just shrugged. He was the boss, he could come in anytime he wanted to.
"Michael, I'm late for work." Maria yelled.
"Maria your the manager." Michael told her.
"Who cares. That doesn't mean I can just walk in whenever I want." Maria told Michael while walking into the bathroom and turning on the shower. "Michael go get Brendan and make him a bottle, while I take a shower." Maria told him.
"How about I join you." Michael said with a smirk.
"MICHAEL!" With that Michael was out of the bedroom and heading towards Brendan's bedroom. Michael walked in and saw that his son was standing in his crib, waiting.
"Hey there big guy. I see you've been awake for a while. You could have cried or something. You know wake me and mommy up." Michael said while picking Brendan up. Brendan just smiled and laid his head on Michael's shoulder.
Michael walked downstairs and into the kitchen. He made Brendan a bottle and gave it to him. Michael set Brendan in his playpen and turned on Bugs Bunny.
"Be a good boy, Brendan." Michael told Brendan before heading upstairs to find Maria.
Maria was brushing her beautiful blonde hair in a skirt and her bra on. Michael walked in and smirked.
"I know your not wearing that to work." Michael told her. Maria turned around and smiled.
"I don't want to get make-up on my shirt." Maria told him. Michael just nodded his head. "Could you drop off Brendan at Tess'? So I won't be to late." Maria asked Michael.
"No, I'll just take Brendan with me." Michael told her. Maria started putting on her make-up.
"To work?" Maria asked.
"Ya, I'm not going to go in for very long. So I'll just take him with me." Michael told her. Maria nodded her head and smiled.
"Okay, but you asked for it." Maria told him.
"What does that mean?" Michael asked her. Maria finished her make-up and walked to her closet to find a shirt to wear.
"Michael, you do know how cranky your son gets when he doesn't get a nap, right?" Maria asked. Michael just nodded his head. "Well, if your gunna take him for the whole day, you better make sure you give him a nap or he'll be crying, a lot." Maria told Michael.
"I can handle it, okay." Michael told her. Maria got a shirt and just shook her head.
"If you say so." Maria told him. Michael glared at Maria while she put on her shirt. "Where is Brendan anyway?" Maria asked.
"He's in his playpen downstairs." Michael told him. Maria just nodded her head.
"Well, you should start to get ready. And I have to go." Maria told him and smiled. She gave Michael a kiss good-bye and tried to walk away but Michael held her arm.
"What?" Maria asked him.
"I think I need a better kiss than that." Michael told her. Maria smiled and walked up to Michael and brought him into a passionate kiss. They pulled apart and looked into each other's eye's.
"I have to go now." Maria whispered. Michael nodded his head and let Maria go. Maria gave Michael a kiss on the cheek and walked downstairs. She gave Brendan a kiss good-bye and left for work.
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Michael walked in his work with Brendan in his arm's. He walked past Vanessa and got her attention right away.
"Awww, you brought your son." Vanessa said while getting up from her desk and walking over to Michael. "What's his name again?" Vanessa asked.
"Brendan." Michael answered.
"Hi, Brendan." Vanessa said in a sweet voice. "Aww, he's so cute." Michael nodded his head.
"I know." Michael said with a chuckle. Vanessa rolled her eye's and returned to her desk.
"Oh, Mr. Valenti is waiting for you in her office." Vanessa told him. Michael nodded his head and walked into his office.
"Hey, Kyle."
"Hey, Michael." Kyle said before turning around. "Oh, Hey Brendan. How are you?" Kyle asked the baby. Brendan just giggled and laid his head on Michael's shoulder.
"So, I guess this means that you talked to Maria." Kyle said. Michael nodded his head.
"Ya, I did. We found our way back together."
The End
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