CHAPTER 13
Michael arrived at Maria's house 10 min later after threatening the cab driver with bodily harm if he didn't hurry. He ran up the driveway and paused at the door raking one of his hands though his hair and the other to knock on the door. After 5 or so knocks the Spanish maid answered the door.
"Is Maria home?" Michael asked
"Yes may I ask your name?" The maid said
"Michael Guerin, look it's important that I talk to Maria so could you just get her for me." Michael said in a frustrated tone.
The maid walked off and then came back. "Sorry Mr Guerin, but she does not wish to speak with you at the moment"
"Look this is important" Michael said getting angry
"How important and what happened at this party?" the maid enquired
"Really important, I just, I just need to speak with her." Michael sighed. "Let her know how I feel"
"Your in love with her?" the maid stated more than asked
"Yes" Michael instantly said
"She has been hurt before, how do I know you won't do the same?" the maid asked
"Because I need her and whether she knows it or not she needs me to." Michael said with conviction.
The maid looked at him. 'He really does love her. Maybe he'll be the one.' She sighed and signalled for him to come closer.
"Upstairs and it's the first door on the left" she whispered.
Michael was shocked but then smiled at what the maid had said on her way to the kitchen.
"Make her happy"
Maria heard a soft knock on her door and thought it was the maid.
"Come in Rosa, oh and thank you for-----" She stopped talking when she turned around to find a pissed but worried looking Michael.
"What are you doing here I thought I told Rosa that I didn't want to talk to you." She snapped
"You did but I'm not one to listen." Michael replied with a smirk
"So I noticed" she said with a glare
"Why did you leave?" Michael asked suddenly
Maria expected this but had actually hoped it would come later to buy her some time to make a valid excuse.
"I didn't feel well"
"Bullshit" Michael returned, his anger now apparent
"Excuse me where do you come off----" Maria was interrupted by the feel of Michaels lips again on her own. 'No, he deserves better' she thought. Maria managed to push him away and moved over to the mirror fighting to keep her emotions in check.
"Leave Michael"
"No" he said as calmly as possible
"LEAVE" Maria yelled and pointed to the door
"NO" Michael yelled back. "Not until you tell me what the fuck is going on!"
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Maria said angrily
"You know damn right what it means Maria. What is it that you want kept a secret. Why won't you let me in?" Michael asked in an hysterical voice.
'Oh god I can't let him know. It's better this way. Better for him' she thought
"There is no secret you idiot and the reason I'm not "letting" you in is maybe because I don't like you that way huh! Ever thought of that or has your ego completely gone to your head?" Maria yelled.
Michael didn't believe a word she was saying. "So if I get Alex to pull up every known record up on you I won't find anything I don't already know?" Michael retorted
'Shit, no he wouldn't' Maria was worried now. "Michael just leave it, and me alone please." She asked looking into his eyes.
Michael almost faltered. "No, and if you don't tell me I'll find out myself." He warned
"Michael you won't find anything so please let it go or this friendship, however little of it we'll have left after this, is over." Maria said steadily
"Fine I believe you. I won't get him or anyone including myself to look. I promise" Michael said not wanting the only link he had left to her broken. "And I will leave right now---"
"Thankyou" Maria said quietly
"--- But not before you look me in the eyes and tell me that when your with me, kissing me, holding me, touching me, that you feel nothing." Michael said slowly walking towards her
"Michael don't" Maria whispered
"Tell me and I'll leave and I'll give up"
Maria turned around and gasped as she came face to face with the sadness and desperateness of his face and eyes. She opened her mouth to speak but she couldn't. She can lie but not like this, not to his eyes. She needed him to go before the tears came. She turned around to try and push down the emotions she said she wasn't going to let herself feel ever again.
"Leave" she said quietly.
'There's still hope' Michael thought as she didn't say what he hoped she wouldn't.
"Fine I'll leave, but know one thing Maria, I may have not known you for long but when I'm around you I can't think straight. I see nothing and feel nothing but you. You have become the reason I get up in the morning and the reason I can't sleep at night. You mean everything to me Maria. Your beautiful, funny, sarcastic with just the right amount of feistiness, you say what you think and don't care how people see you. You have this perfect sense of confidence and you can brighten a room with just your smile. Whatever it is you don't want me to know, however bad it is, will never make me change the way I feel about you. I'm not going to give up on this Maria coz I need you and I know you need me to. I love you." With that Michael left.
Maria watched as he walked away from the house and quietly whispered to herself "I love you to" That's when the tears came.
Michael arrived at Maria's house 10 min later after threatening the cab driver with bodily harm if he didn't hurry. He ran up the driveway and paused at the door raking one of his hands though his hair and the other to knock on the door. After 5 or so knocks the Spanish maid answered the door.
"Is Maria home?" Michael asked
"Yes may I ask your name?" The maid said
"Michael Guerin, look it's important that I talk to Maria so could you just get her for me." Michael said in a frustrated tone.
The maid walked off and then came back. "Sorry Mr Guerin, but she does not wish to speak with you at the moment"
"Look this is important" Michael said getting angry
"How important and what happened at this party?" the maid enquired
"Really important, I just, I just need to speak with her." Michael sighed. "Let her know how I feel"
"Your in love with her?" the maid stated more than asked
"Yes" Michael instantly said
"She has been hurt before, how do I know you won't do the same?" the maid asked
"Because I need her and whether she knows it or not she needs me to." Michael said with conviction.
The maid looked at him. 'He really does love her. Maybe he'll be the one.' She sighed and signalled for him to come closer.
"Upstairs and it's the first door on the left" she whispered.
Michael was shocked but then smiled at what the maid had said on her way to the kitchen.
"Make her happy"
Maria heard a soft knock on her door and thought it was the maid.
"Come in Rosa, oh and thank you for-----" She stopped talking when she turned around to find a pissed but worried looking Michael.
"What are you doing here I thought I told Rosa that I didn't want to talk to you." She snapped
"You did but I'm not one to listen." Michael replied with a smirk
"So I noticed" she said with a glare
"Why did you leave?" Michael asked suddenly
Maria expected this but had actually hoped it would come later to buy her some time to make a valid excuse.
"I didn't feel well"
"Bullshit" Michael returned, his anger now apparent
"Excuse me where do you come off----" Maria was interrupted by the feel of Michaels lips again on her own. 'No, he deserves better' she thought. Maria managed to push him away and moved over to the mirror fighting to keep her emotions in check.
"Leave Michael"
"No" he said as calmly as possible
"LEAVE" Maria yelled and pointed to the door
"NO" Michael yelled back. "Not until you tell me what the fuck is going on!"
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Maria said angrily
"You know damn right what it means Maria. What is it that you want kept a secret. Why won't you let me in?" Michael asked in an hysterical voice.
'Oh god I can't let him know. It's better this way. Better for him' she thought
"There is no secret you idiot and the reason I'm not "letting" you in is maybe because I don't like you that way huh! Ever thought of that or has your ego completely gone to your head?" Maria yelled.
Michael didn't believe a word she was saying. "So if I get Alex to pull up every known record up on you I won't find anything I don't already know?" Michael retorted
'Shit, no he wouldn't' Maria was worried now. "Michael just leave it, and me alone please." She asked looking into his eyes.
Michael almost faltered. "No, and if you don't tell me I'll find out myself." He warned
"Michael you won't find anything so please let it go or this friendship, however little of it we'll have left after this, is over." Maria said steadily
"Fine I believe you. I won't get him or anyone including myself to look. I promise" Michael said not wanting the only link he had left to her broken. "And I will leave right now---"
"Thankyou" Maria said quietly
"--- But not before you look me in the eyes and tell me that when your with me, kissing me, holding me, touching me, that you feel nothing." Michael said slowly walking towards her
"Michael don't" Maria whispered
"Tell me and I'll leave and I'll give up"
Maria turned around and gasped as she came face to face with the sadness and desperateness of his face and eyes. She opened her mouth to speak but she couldn't. She can lie but not like this, not to his eyes. She needed him to go before the tears came. She turned around to try and push down the emotions she said she wasn't going to let herself feel ever again.
"Leave" she said quietly.
'There's still hope' Michael thought as she didn't say what he hoped she wouldn't.
"Fine I'll leave, but know one thing Maria, I may have not known you for long but when I'm around you I can't think straight. I see nothing and feel nothing but you. You have become the reason I get up in the morning and the reason I can't sleep at night. You mean everything to me Maria. Your beautiful, funny, sarcastic with just the right amount of feistiness, you say what you think and don't care how people see you. You have this perfect sense of confidence and you can brighten a room with just your smile. Whatever it is you don't want me to know, however bad it is, will never make me change the way I feel about you. I'm not going to give up on this Maria coz I need you and I know you need me to. I love you." With that Michael left.
Maria watched as he walked away from the house and quietly whispered to herself "I love you to" That's when the tears came.