A/N : Here it is ; the long awaited chapter, explaining why Michael did what he did and what he's doing now...
Disclaimer : Still not my characters!
Since his argument with Mia, Michael had spent all his time alone in the apartment he and Mia had shared. She hadn't gone back there, she couldn't bear to and Michael knew it. He knew he'd hurt his precious Mia and he hated himself for it but she had hurt him too.
Being in the apartment, alone, for days, had given him time to reflect on what had happened. He'd been happy when Mia had told him she was pregnant but if he was honest it had kind of freaked him out to. Michael was not afraid of commitment as such, but the size of the commitment - becoming a father and a husband and a member of a royal family - was just too much to handle. He was twenty three years old, he wanted a career, a life, an existence beyond what he had now, but not the kind of existence he would have if he married a princess.
'A husband?' he thought to himself, 'Yes, I could have handled that, and a father, I could probably have managed that too, but consort to a princess and future queen? No' Michael knew what his life would have been like if he had married Mia. He had seen her grow up amongst photographers and film crews, hounded by the press with barely a minutes privacy. They had spent years hiding their relationship and they had succeeded but only just. There had been several close calls but no-one ever found out that America's very own royal was dating and later living with Michael Moscovitz.
Since the break-up, Michael would not speak to anyone and he would not leave the apartment. Only twice had anyone seen him and both times that was his sister, Lilly. For all that Lilly said about her brother, all the insults she yelled at him, all the objects she threw at him, all the arguments she'd had with him, she had to admit she loved her brother very much and seeing him hurt was painful for her too.
Every day, Lilly went to the apartment to see Michael but she only got passed the front door twice. The first time she almost wished she hadn't. The place was a mess and so was her brother. She was pretty sure he hadn't changed his clothes since his argument with Mia, he definitely hadn't eaten much. Lilly tried talking to him but he started off into space and acted like he couldn't even hear her. She could tell he'd been crying and it pained her to know he was so upset. She sat with him for a while but when she realised she was doing no good she left, promising to come back the next day. She did, but he didn't let her in. As usual, she went back everyday until he finally let her in, on the one day she wished he hadn't of bothered. He seemed a little better, he spoke at least but only to say 'hello' and 'thanks for coming', then he went back into the silence and the staring either out of the window or just off into nowhere in particular.
"Michael, I have to tell you something and you're not going to like this, but I think you have a right to know..." Lilly began. She got no response as usual, but she carried on regardless.
"You see, the thing is, yesterday, on the news they announced that someone had got engaged..." still nothing, as if he couldn't hear a word she was saying.
"Michael, Mia is marrying Kenny Showalter" she finished quickly. The reaction was incredible. Lilly had never seen anyone look so shocked in her life. Michael went as pale as is humanly possible and shook his head in disbelief.
"Michael, are you going to be okay?" Lilly asked with deep concern. Her brothers behaviour was starting to scare her.
"I don't believe it" Michael said, finally. Lilly was relieved that he'd said anything at all.
"It's true, it's all over the news, on TV, in the papers..." she stopped speaking when she saw the tears in her siblings eyes.
"Why?" he asked her, quietly. Lilly didn't know for certain but she had an idea.
"I guess, she has to marry someone so the kid isn't born out of wedlock, to stop the whole royal scandal thing"
Michael collapsed in tears. At a sight like this Lilly would normally have laughed at what an idiot her brother was making of himself, but she had no reason to laugh. She loved her brother and she knew how much he had loved and still did love Mia. She put a sympathetic hand on her brothers arm and he spoke through his tears.
"It's my fault, I should have said yes, I should have married her. I shouldn't have made her choose, and now I've definitely lost her. I've lost Mia and my baby!" he wailed. Lilly felt tears well up in her own eyes as she tried to answer her brother.
"It's not your fault, you were scared and you wanted your own life, no-one can blame you for that" she told him. Part of her wished she hadn't of told him, but she knew he had a right to know. She had to give him the chance to change things.
"Michael," she continued quietly, "you have to make a decision now. The wedding is in one week, so if your thinking about changing your mind or anything, you have to do it fast"
A/N : Will he or won't he? You'll find out soon when I post some more. Don't forget I post faster, if I get loads of reviews! So click that blue button and let me know what you think!