Author: Elsie (Spikette)

Rating: PG

Summery: AU, M&M are together, but then Maria fins out he's been cheating on her, they then split up. A quick story.

A/N: This was written in about 15 mins.

There was once a young couple, they were so very in love. Their names were Maria and Michael. But one day things started to go wrong.

"Michael I'm, home!" Maria had just come back to the apartment that her and her fiancé Michael shared, "where are you? Michael you home?" She looked everywhere. There was a message on the answer phone. "Hey it's me Liz." It was her best friend Liz Parker "When are we next gonna see each other? I really miss you. Why can't you just leave Maria, Michael love you more than her"

She dropped the glass she was holding, "Oh god." was all she said. 'How could they do this to me? She was my best friend, and He was my fiancé. I thought he loved me. I thought she was my best friend, I guess I was wrong.' Suddenly the door opened, "Hey Ria" Ria was his nickname for her. "How'd this happen?" He said pointing to the glass she'd smashed earlier on.

"How could you do this to me? With my best friend? I thought you loved me, I guess I was wrong!" She screamed out.

"I didn't mean to, when you were out of town a month or so ago we where hanging out with each other, Max had just broken up with her and one thing lead to another. We never meant for it get out of hand"

"Do you love her?"

"No, yes. I don't know."

"It's a simple question, yes or no"

"Yes" He looked away

"Did you ever love me?" She was very near crying now.

"Yes, why else would I of asked you to marry me?" "Out of pity, your imagination, there are lots of reasons"

"If there's one thing I was sure about, it was that I loved you"

"Then why where you with her, if you loved me?"

"I don't know"

"I think." She blinked back tears now "I think it would be best" She swallowed hard "If we split up"

"I do to, I'm so sorry Maria"

As he packed his bags, tears running don his face, she sat in the bathroom crying. After he'd left she found a note all it said was: I'll love you forever. Never forget that.

5 years later.

Maria held the note close to her chest. The note he'd written to her. After months of trying to find him, she'd found out that he was living in LA. She was very nervous, walking up the corridor, she came to his apartment. She knocked on the door. An old lady came out from next door.

"Are you looking for young Michael?"

"Err. Yes, do you know where he is?"

"You don't know? He's at St. Thomas's."

"The hospital?"

"Yes, yes"

"Thank you so much!"

"My pleasure dear." But Maria didn't here the last part, she had run of down the hall

"Excuse me but do you know where Mr. Michael Guerin is?"

"He's in room 271"

"Thank you" She ran down the hall.

Maria took a deep breath and walked into the room. He was there lying on the bed, covered by machinery.

"Michael, is that really you?"

"Maria? Ria?" His voice was croaky, like he hadn't spoke for a long time.

"It's really me Michael. What's wrong with you?"

"I have leukemia, I found out about 6 months after we left each other"

"Oh god!"

"I know" He started coughing

"I need to tell you something. I love you and I forgive you for what you did."

"I'm sorry to, I meant what I said n that note, I love and I will always love you"

"You don't know how long I have waited to see you and tell you that"

"I don't have much time left Thrin, I can feel it. I just need to tell you I never loved Liz, she was just something I was hooked on" He was coughing badly now.

"Shh, I know."

"I. love. you." And with those last words he died.