Michael POV:

I ran out the door, hot on the heels of Mia. I could tell she was running for all it was worth but as I said before, I wasn't about to let her run away from me a second time. I was not going to feel rejected, because I KNEW that she still loved me. Deep, down in my heart I knew, and this time I was just going to have to trust my heart.

Mia POV:

I was running for all I was worth. And I began to think about how Michael was feeling. He had just told me he had loved me again even though I had basically abandoned him and now I was running away from him again. I suddenly froze in my tracks and remembered that song from that CD Michael had sent me.

"Hey Mia, now you probably don't realize how much I miss you right now, I can't describe it even with words, but I wrote this song thinking of you, and I wanted you to know that I would do anything to have you back again. Because this song is how I feel every day, and I don't want to feel like this anymore.

A sad and mellow voice flowed through my headphones.

I'm awake in the afternoon
I fell asleep in the living room
and it's one of those moments
when everything is so clear

before the truth comes back into hiding
I want to decide 'cause it's worth deciding
to work on finding something more than this fear

It takes so much out of me to pretend
tell me now, tell me how to make amends

maybe, I need to see the daylight
to leave behind this half-life
don't you see I'm breaking down

Lately, something here don't feel right
this is just a half-life
is there really no escape?
no escape from time
of any kind

I keep trying to understand
this thing and that thing, my fellow man
I guess I'll let you know
when I figure it out

but I don't mind a few mysteries
they can stay that way it's fine by me
but you are another mystery I am missing

It takes to much out of me to pretend

maybe, I need to see the daylight
to leave behind this half-life
don't you see I'm breaking down

Ooh lately, something here don't feel right
this is just a half-life
is there really no escape?
no escape from time
of any kind

Come on let's fall in love
Come on let's fall in love
Come on let's fall in love
Again

'cause lately something here don't feel right
this is just a half-life,
without you I am breaking down

Oh wake me, I want to see the daylight
save me from this half-life
let's you and I escape
escape from time

Come on let's fall in love
Come on let's fall in looove
Come on let's fall in love
Again

"Just think about it Mia, please. I still love you.."

And then I suddenly realized. That is how I had felt these last three years. I had been living a half-life. And why should I live that kind of life when I could be living the kind of life I wanted to live. A life with Michael. My Michael.

And I stopped right then, right then and there. And I could hear Michael's footsteps coming up behind me. Why should I deprive myself of something I had wanted all my life? It's not like Michael didn't want me! He said he would do anything! Why had I been so foolish to push away love? Love that I wanted? So I let Michael come. Because I wasn't about to push love away again.

I could hear him stop a couple feet behind my turned back and pause to catch his breath. I was so tense that I could feel his warm breath tingling against the back of my neck. His presence surrounded me and my heart pounded. I could tell he was confused without even looking at his face. I mean I would be too if some girl had been running away from me with all her heart and then had suddenly given up and stopped. He must have thought something was wrong.

Michael POV:

I was running faster than I had ever had run before. I mean Mia was fast, she was slender and fit. I mean I did work out at the gym, but with the whole Mia depression thing, I hadn't been very active in the past couple of years. The only reason I had kept going to the gym occasionally was because I wanted to make sure I still had that nice body that Mia loved so much when she came back to me, if she ever did.

So it was very surprising when I turned the corner that Mia had just rounded and found her frozen in the middle of the road that traveled around the back of the sets or studios. I stopped right behind her, giving myself a chance to catch my breath. Because I wanted to have plenty of breath for getting Mia back. I wasn't about to mess this up again.

Maybe something was wrong? Why had she stopped so suddenly? Was she about to turn around and shout at me? I had to do something. I placed a hand on her shoulder, squeezing it gently.

"Mia," I said in a shaky yet somehow confident voice, "I just wanted you to know something. Even if you don't want me back, I want you to know that I love you very very much and really need you back in my life. You don't know how many sleepless nights I have spent wishing you were there with me. You don't know how many times I have written songs about you. You have no idea what it has been like for me these past three years. But Mia, I promised myself that this time I would fight for you, and fight for my happiness. I don't want you to run away without telling me how you really feel about me. Because words can't even begin to describe how much I love you."

I had said what I had come all of this way to say. Now all I needed was an answer.

A/N- Comments? Suggestions? Anyway I wanted to thank jenjen-jenfur for her suggestion to hear more of Michael's CD. It helped me a lot to write this chapter. The song is not mine, but is by Duncan Sheik. I do not own it in any way. I just thought it went well with this chapter. If you haven't ever listened to it, you should, it's a good song. Thankyou, all you dedicated reviewers, it really helps me to keep updating. Please review more! I'm open to constructive criticism! I will update soon hopefully.