At the end of the mission when he went to ask her if it was hard for her or not. He wanted so much to tell her how he felt. When she suggested that they talk about it he was about to say yes but then he realized that he had no idea what to say. He needed time. That was the reason why he could not tell her yet, but he made up his mind. He was going to tell her soon.
NIKITA'S APARTMENT
Nikita had fallen into a deep sleep as soon as she laid down in bed. Her thoughts were of Michael. Her thoughts were always of Michael. This time she felt like he had finally opened up to her a little. He had told her that he could not tell her 'yet'. That meant that he would tell her eventually. She knew that he really must love her, but she also wondered what he meant about there are some things that must remain hidden. She wondered what they were and why he had to keep it from her, but after this last mission she felt confident that he would tell her someday.
As her dreams started she saw Michael sitting in a chair at the briefing table. He had one hand on the table and the other on his chin. And every time she would sneak a peek at him she saw that he was staring at her. She would wait until the briefing was over and then she would walk over to him. As she got in front of him he would smile. So she would turn and ask why he was staring at her and he grabbed her hand and said we have to talk. She would follow him to his office. He closed the door behind them and walked over and kissed her. He then whispered in her ear, "I just want you to know that I--"
Then the telephone rang. Nikita could not believe that she had to be woke up as she was about to hear the words that she had longed to hear all this time. Even in her dreams he wouldn't say it. This just isn't fair.
"Hello"
"Nikita, we need to talk." The voice on the other end of the phone said.
"Michael it is three o'clock in the morning."
"Please."
"Meet me at the Coffee House in an hour. I will see you then."
Michael agreed and hung up the phone.
After Nikita hung up she began to get worried. What could possibly be so important that she had to come out so late. Nikita dressed and left for the Coffee House right away. She showed up about thirty minutes early and when she opened the door she saw Michael in there also.
"Michael, What's wrong?" She asked as she sat down across from him.
"I just need to talk to you about some things. There were things said during our last mission that made me think about us." He looked down for a second and Nikita reached over and put her hands on top of his. This little gesture gave him the strength that he needed to finish telling her. "I want us to be together."
"Do you really mean it Michael?" She smiled as tears came to her eyes.
Michael looked at her and nodded. "That week that we spent together was one of the best times of my life. To be able to hold you every night was Heaven. Then when we made love that night I wanted so much to tell you this then. I want you to know that the reason I was not able to tell you what you wanted to hear. I just did not know how to say it, but I can't stand it anymore. I have to let you know so I guess that I will just say it. I love you. I want you to know that I just did not know if you loved me anymore. After all that had happened I thought that I had lost my chance." Michael turned his hands over so that he could hold her hands in his.
"I have always loved you Michael. Even when I didn't like you. If that makes sense." She said.
"It makes perfect sense." He smiled for a second but got serious again. The whole time he talked to her he stared straight into her eyes. "There is something else that we need to talk about. I don't know how we are going to do this. I want to be with you, but we are going to have to find a way to get Operations and Madeline to see it."
"Michael, I would happily die to be able to spend the time I have with you. Even if it was for only one day." She explained to him. He leaned over and kissed her. "Let's get out of here." She got his hand and pulled him up out of the booth. "Come home with me."
Michael followed her out of the door. As they walked down the street he pulled her close and put his arms around her. She nestled up to him. When they walked up to her door Nikita moved a second to unlock the door, Michael leaned forward and kissed her on the neck. It sent a shock wave all over her body.
"If you keep that up I won't be able to get the door open." Nikita said
"All right, I will stop...." He leaned over and kissed her once again. "....until we get inside."
Nikita finally got the door open and walked inside. Michael followed her in and closed the door behind him. As soon as she heard the door lock she felt hands on her side and a very warm mouth on her neck. She was in heaven. Michael soon turned around and kissed her on the lips. He began to run his hands down her back and over her hips then he brought them back up and cupped her face in his hands.
Nikita didn't know what was happening. It started so fast. She was wondered what had come over him. Hoping that this was not another manipulation. So she stopped him. She had to know if this was real or not.
"Michael, Do you really mean this or are you doing this because you were told to. I have to know before this goes any further." She would not look him in the face so Michael lifted her chin so that she would look at him.
"This is real. I want you so bad. I want to be with you. I want to stay with you." He kissed her again. "You said that you would happily die if we could spend the time together. Were you serious?"
"Of course, I was serious. I love you and I want to stay with you. Why?" Nikita questioned. Then smiled. "Are you going to kill me?"
Michael led her over to the couch and sat down with her. "If you are really serious then this is what I thought that we could do. Tomorrow we go and see Operations and Madeline. We tell them to either let us be together or cancel us both. Either way it goes we would be together. I love you Nikita. I want to be with you but this is your decision. I will not push you because they could very easily pick cancellation."
"Let's do it. I love you and I would die to be with you." With that Nikita leaned over and kissed him again.
After this was said Michael picked Nikita up and carried her to the bedroom. He softly put her on the bed. Then he joined her. As soon as Michael was above her they began to kiss and she ran her hands under his shirt and started to pull it off. He looked at her for a second and then helped her get it off. Then his hands went to her shirt he gave her a look as if saying, fair is fair. She smiled and took it off. More clothing soon followed. This was a night of not just passion but also of love.
SECTION
As they walked into Section the next day Michael turned to Nikita and told her that he had to get some paper work together and that he would see her in about an hour. He gave her a quick kiss and walked off. She was very nervous. She knew that they had already ordered her cancellation once but Michael said that if they said no that they would have to cancel them both. She just hoped that they would not decide to do that, but she still would die to be with him.
She decided to go and talk to Walter. She had to do something or she felt she would go crazy. Walter could tell that something was going on so Nikita told him what they were about to do. He wished her luck and then told her that he would still be there for a wild affair if she wanted. She laughed and headed towards Michael's office. She knew that there was still about ten minutes but she wanted to be with him.
When she got to his door she saw that he was sitting at his desk with his head in his hands. She could tell that she was not the only one that was nervous. She walked in and he jerked his head up again.
"Is everything all right?"
"Fine. I was just thinking about how we were going to start this with Operations and Madeline. Are you sure you want to do this? Or have you changed your mind?" He could tell that she was a little scared. It always made her wonder how he knew everything about her.
"I haven't changed my mind. Have you?" she said.
"No. This is what I want. Are you ready?"
"As I will ever be."
MADELINE'S OFFICE
They had already requested Operations be there. So they were already there waiting when Nikita and Michael walked in. Nikita and Michael took their seat on the couch so that they could sit together.
Madeline had a feeling what this was about. She wasn't looking forward to the discussion, but started it anyway.
"So what is it that you wanted to talk to us about?"
"Nikita and I want to be together. We would like to be able to get your permission to move in together possibly more." Michael decided that he would be the one to ask because he could hide his nervousness and Nikita could not. Nikita did jerk her head around when she heard the 'possibly more'.
Operations let out a laugh. "You know that we will not allow this. You of all people should know that a relationship inside Section will not work."
"Well if you will not allow us to be together then you can go on and cancel us." Madeline had no idea that they were this close.
"You have got to be joking. Why would you want to give up your life to be with her?" Operations said.
"We are doing it because we love each other. I don't know if you have ever felt what that feels like to be loved but if you had you would be happy to die for love. It would not be like the missions would suffer. They would more than likely be better. Because now we would have a reason to get back home and be together." Nikita said. She could not be silent after what he said.
"I will allow it but no one in Section is to know about it. I know that you will probably tell Walter and Birkoff but no one else. Do you understand?"
"Yes. May we leave now?" Michael said.
Operations excused them and then turned to face Madeline who was smiling. "I was wondering how long it was going to take them to ask."
"That was about how long it took us to ask too. We also said that we would do anything to be together. We were just like them, but I never acted like Nikita, that was what you did. You always wanted to go against the Section." Madeline said.
"I was not as bad as Nikita, but I will admit that I did do a lot of things that Operations did not appreciate. Everything worked though and now we are still together. The reason that I said that about Nikita was that I wanted to know if there relationship was strong enough to withstand Section. I think it is. Lets just hope theirs lasts as long as ours." He let out a little laugh and said, "Michael knew that we would not cancel them. "
Nikita walked out of Madeline's office and let out a great big sigh. Then she turned to Michael and said, "What did you mean by possibly more?"
"I want a little more than that." He smiled at the look she had on her face. "I want us to get married."
Nikita's mouth literally dropped open. "Mar-Mar-Married?" She could not make the words come out of her mouth. "You want to get married? When were you talking about doing this?"
"How's today for you?" He asked as he kissed her.
Nikita's stuttering seem to appear at will. "T- T- Today. Sure. Where? When?"
"Let's go and get Birkoff and Walter and go and have it done now. Oh and one more thing. I have something for you." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. Then he lead her into his office. Once they were in there Michael opened the box and got on one knee. "Will you marry me?"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes." He slid the ring onto her finger and stood up and kissed her passionately.
"When did you get this?" Nikita asked.
"About a month ago. I got it a few days after the psychic mission. I just didn't know how to approach you with it." He held her as close to him as he could.
"I love you so much Michael."
"I love you too." He kissed her. "Now what do you say we go and get Walter and Birkoff and get this done."
"Let's go."
Birkoff and Walter were both standing in Walter's little section talking. He went over there a lot since the fiasco in the van. Nikita walked up to them turned to give Michael a small smile and then turned back. "Hey you guys we need to talk."
(A. N. Thanks for reading the first chapter. Please let me know what you think of this story. I love reviews. So If you read... PLEASE REVIEW!!!! Not that I beg.)