Michael POV:
I couldn't believe my ears. Was Lily actually trying to help me? This had to be impossible. Although she had been more sympathetic for me ever since Mia left she had never really thought to do anything to help me get in contact with Mia. Although I had pleaded with her many times she refused to break her promise to Mia. I mean all it would have been was a phone call. Geez.
Anyway I was sitting in my room writing another song for our band when all of a sudden over the melody I was working on I hear banging. And I pulled myself up from my bed; frustrated by the fact that I had been interrupted while doing the only thing that kept me at peace. And there was Lily standing outside the door with a huge smile on her face but soaking wet.
My eyes widened with shock. I hadn't seen Lily smile like that for a while. Something good must have happened. Maybe she and Boris are getting married or something like that. Now I know I don't sound that enthusiastic, but what do you expect? How would you feel if you had been abandoned? OK now I'm blabbering about things that aren't going to make me feel any better.
Anyway she obviously saw the strange but sad look in my eyes and screamed (which is very unlike Lily),
"MICHAEL YOU WON'T BELIEVE HOW HAPPY YOU WILL BE WHEN I TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE ARRANGED FOR YOU!!!!"
By now I was getting worried because I happen to have some very picky neighbors and I was sure that Lily was probably trying to set me up on another date with one of her friends from college.
I REALLY didn't feel like dealing with this right now. So, in a very sullen manner I closed the door on her. I know it wasn't very nice, but you don't understand how I was feeling. This hadn't been a particularly great day. I had had to deal with all of these college girls bombarding me with flirtatious actions when I was done with band practice. None of them understood. But as I was walking back to my guitar to work on my song about Mia I heard a shout; man the neighbors weren't going to be happy; it was like a soap opera by my apartment,
"BLOODY HELL MICHAEL!! IT'S ABOUT MIA!!"
And then I froze. Mia. Mia Thermopolis. Princess of Genovia. Princess of my heart. Tall Drink of Water. A Series of flashbacks passed through my mind: The night I kissed her for the first time, all the dinners we had spent laughing, and then the letter, the locket; I felt it beneath my shirt. All the guys wondered why on earth I wore a locket but it was a 'Don't ask, don't tell policy'. I felt the locket radiate by my heart. I yanked the door open.
Lily was standing there with a triumphant grin on her face. She had one eyebrow raised.
"NOW will you let me in and let me get dried off?" She said in an amused voice.
I silently let her in and wordlessly handed her a towel. Too many thoughts were passing through my head for me to be able to say anything. What happened? Was she finally going to let me talk to Mia? Was Mia coming back to New York? Did she want to talk to me? Had she regretted her decision? Would I finally be able to come back from the darkness that had enveloped me for three years? I was eager with anticipation, but then I reminded myself not to get too excited. It could be something not involving me and Lily was just telling me because she wanted me to know. No; I couldn't get my hopes up.
Lily was still smiling. I felt the locket pulsing by my heart. "Love will always find a way"- the words rang throughout my head. Maybe this was my chance to get my princess back. I would do anything; and the locket would guide me to her.
"Well do you want to hear what I have to say?" She smiled knowingly.
I nodded with silent reverence. Of course I did. And she knew that.
"Ok well, you might be surprised by this, but I have convinced Mia to do something I never thought she would accept. I have signed her up; with her approval for a dating game show."
I stared at her with widened eyes. So now I knew why. Mia was going to be set up with another guy. Great Lily. Just come and break my heart. It feels great.
"Michael? GODDAMIT! Geez. I can just read your mind right now." And in a manly but sad voice she imitated my exact thoughts, "Lily's probably just coming to tell me that I'm going to lose Mia forever to some hot surfer dude on a game show. Well NO goddamit Michael! Use your GODDAMN LARGE IQ FOR ONCE!! Why do you think I set her up on a game show and then told you?!? You think I did it purposely to break your heart? Well guess what; Guess who else I signed up for the game show? Huh? HUH?"
I still didn't get it. Why didn't she just tell me?
"I dunno. Who?"
"Oh. My. God. Geez Michael. This is pathetic. Use your common sense! I signed YOU up for the game show! You can get Mia back!"
Mia. I could get her back. Mia. Mia. MIA! YES! My eyes lit up in recognition in happiness and I put on an ecstatic smile for the first time in years. I could get Mia back!
Lily POV:
He is so stupid so I finally had to tell him because he had that depressed look on his face again:
"Oh. My. God. Geez Michael. This is pathetic. Use your common sense! I signed YOU up for the game show! You can get Mia back!"
And I saw his face lit up in recognition. His face broke out into the most wonderful smile I had seen in my life. I hadn't seen him so happy in 3 whole years. He looked so hopeful. And my heart filled with this great big warm feeling. I had done something to make Michael happy. And it was reeking with benefits. That smile had made my day. Michael looked happy. But then the smile dropped from his face.
Michael POV:
I felt great; so happy that I could burst into song. I was bubbling with happiness. I would get Mia back! But then a thought crossed my mind: what if she didn't want me back? She had left me! Why would she want me back? And then Lily said something:
"I know what you are thinking Michael. Why would she want you back? Well let me tell you something mister. All Mia has been doing for the last three years is thinking about you. You don't know HOW MANY HOURS I have listened to her cry and vent about you over the phone. She misses you Michael. She still loves you. And I KNOW you still love her. So do something unimaginable for once in your life and just TRUST ME. I know what I'm doing. And for once in your life FIGHT. Fight for Mia. Fight for the happiness that you have been missing these last three years."
Wow. I don't think I had heard such an inspirational speech from Lily in my whole life. It filled me with power. I could do this. I COULD DO THIS. I could get Mia back. She still loved me. And I WASN'T about to let her slip away AGAIN. I was going to hang onto her forever.
I was going for the gold.
I was going after my Mia.
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