Michelle and Tony watched one of their movies from last night. They both enjoyed being able to be sucked into the movie and leave the harsh world behind for a couple hours. Once they were done they stayed on the couch chatting for a few minutes, Tony only remembered at the last second about his brother.
"Shit, Michelle I completely forgot. My brother was going to drop by – is that ok?"
"Oh, of course. Would you like me to leave to give you guys some space?"
Tony smiled and took her hand. "You have to stay, I can't wait for Matthew to meet you..."
"There was something else I wanted to ask you Michelle..."
She nodded.
"How would you feel about going to visit Jack after dinner at the hospital?"
"Ummm yeah, sure." Michelle didn't sound very sure and her eyes lowered to the ground.
Tony tilted his head to catch her eye contact again. "You don't sound too sure Michelle, we don't have to."
""No no Tony, it's ok....really." Michelle did feel nervous seeing Jack.
Tony turned his body in so he was facing in towards Michelle. He tucked a curl behind her ear. "Chelle, what's worrying you about seeing Jack? You can tell me." That was the first time he had ever called her 'Chelle'.
"I just, well I.......I never knew Jack at all before that day. He came to me a lot and I just hope he feels I did enough for him. I got caught when he still needed me, it's like I let him down..."
"Michelle, Jack couldn't have done just about half the stuff he was able to if it weren't for you. Trust me, you would have earned Jack's trust and not many people have that, I bet he would love to see you. There was absolutely nothing we could have done to buy more time, nothing!"
Michelle looked like she had relaxed a lot. "Thanks..."
Tony hugged Michelle. "I promise you, there is nothing for you to worry about...ok?"
"Ok Tony."
There was a knock at the door, Tony went to grab it and Michelle waited for him nervously. She could hear lots of voices but didn't have time to count before they appeared at the doorway. There was 3 brothers plus Tony. Tony introduced them all to Michelle. John, Matthew and Simon.
Tony was the baby in the family, the youngest by 7 years. Those 7 years made a huge difference in many ways between Tony and his brothers. They all became a team and spent most of their childhood playing together but Tony was usually left out and on his own because he was too young. Tony was very independent from a young age and use to keeping things to himself. He was the funny one in the family and he certainly didn't realise just how much his brothers actually looked up to and respected him.
They all sat down and Tony asked them what was going on. Simon answered for them.
"Matty spoke to mom earlier in the day and she mentioned you'd been through the ringer back with what happened the other day. We just wanted to make sure you were doing ok."
"Thanks Guys, I'm right." Tony's brothers worked together in their own computer company and although they were all close, Tony always felt the odd one out with not working with them. They had no concept of what his days were like and over the years he had just said less and less. Surprisingly he actually offered even less now than he was allowed too.
They started asking Michelle a pile of questions.
"Are you from LA?"
"No, I was actually raised in Chicago. I only moved out here a few years ago."
Michelle asked them about work and they explained their company to her. Tony was enjoying listening to them all chat, he was actually learning a few things about Michelle. They had asked her what kind of things she did outside work.
"I spend a lot of time with my family, having dinner's or lunches. I love going to the movies or to just a bar with a few friends. I read a lot. I don't know....I pretty much love all sport – playing or watching."
If Tony had been asked the same question he would have answered exactly the same way. "What kind of books Chelle?"
Michelle smiled, she hadn't heard him call her 'Chelle' before and so she thought it was the first time. He asked her what she was smiling about...
"You just called me Chelle..."
He grinned back at her as if they were the only 2 people in the room. "Is that ok?" He didn't bother telling her he had actually said it before.
"Sure....I like it. Ummm books – I like true stories. Police POV or theories. For light stuff then autobiographies or biographies. What about you?"
Tony had to laugh. "Exactly the same! Sounds like we could trade."
They all sat around chatting for the next couple hours before Tony's brothers headed off. They all loved Michelle. When Tony walked them to the door Matthew pulled him aside for a moment.
"Michelle's great Tony, and you seem really happy."
"Thanks Matt. I am very lucky."
"You guys seem so perfect for each other! There is definitely huge chemistry between you both."
"She's everything to me Matt. I've completely fallen for her. Actually I'll take her to meet mom and dad soon."
They all said their goodbyes and then finally it was just Michelle and Tony again. Tony walked back into the room where Michelle had started clearing away all the glasses. "They loved you Chelle."
"Yeah right..."
Tony walked over to her and put his arms around her waist from behind. "They did! Matthew even said to me that he thinks we seem perfect for each other and that he could see huge chemistry between us."
Michelle put the glass down and covered his hand with hers and lifted her other hand up behind his neck. She had a shy smile. "Really? He really said that?"
Tony kissed her neck gently. "Really."
"Well...what do you think Tony?"
He let out a small chuckle and then turned her around in his arms so they were facing each other. "I think he's right." He became serious. "I know you're perfect for me Michelle. Every time I even just think about you I get shivers everywhere, when we touch....my whole body goes crazy..."
Michelle was blushing, she bit her bottom lip while Tony traced her cheek with his thumb. The more he looked at her like that, the more she felt nervous and blushed. "You've gone so red Chelle....are you embarrassed?"
Her eyes wondered and she tilted her head down a little. Her smile never faded. "Sorta, yes."
"Awe....how come?"
She stole a quick glance at him. "I'm just not use to all the sweet stuff you say to me all the time."
Tony surprised her by picking her up and putting her down in front of him on his counter. She let out a tiny surprised scream as he lifted her, which made him laugh. He stood in between her legs with his hands on her waist. "You better get use to it sweetheart, because I've barely even got started." They kissed briefly on the lips.
Michelle wanted to just grab Tony and kiss him all over passionately but she still felt too nervous to do things like that yet. She wanted to be as close to him as possible and feel his hands all over her. She was daydreaming but when she snapped out of it she caught him just staring at her – almost like he was thinking the same kind of thoughts as her, which made the silence between them feel amazing. You could cut the sexual tension in the room with a knife.
She could feel his thumbs circling around on her sides. It felt so gentle and sweet but what she really wanted was to grab his hands and run them roughly up her body, ripping her shirt off. At the same time she would be tugging at his shirt and pants. She thought about what it would be like to make love to Tony. Last night when they were kissing on his bed she could tell that he was turned on because she could feel him as he pressed himself against her. When she felt him the first time it made her groan without even knowing it. When she felt him push again she lifted her body a little to push back into him. Michelle couldn't believe how good he felt. She had been about to run her hands across him but that was when the phone rang. Now she had seen him in just boxers she couldn't get the picture of his body out of her head. He was tanned, perfectly toned and utterly gorgeous to her. From the way he held her and kissed her she could imagine he would be a very intense and passionate lover. She knew with him he would probably take the lead asserting his power and control. He certainly seemed to know just how to hold and touch her that made her feel special. After lusting after him now for close to a year it was hard to imagine this was all really happening.
"Chelle? Michelle?"
She snapped out of her daydream to see him waving his hand in front of her to get her attention. "Sorry, I totally zoned out there."
"What were you thinking about?"
Michelle couldn't help but smile. "If you only knew.....was someone on your phone?"
"Yeah it was Kate, that woman Jack spent most of the day of the bomb with – she was with Jack and she wanted to let us know his visiting hours are being closely limited and watched. So Jack had said I mentioned coming down so she will now have to make sure no one else rocks up at the same time as us. I said we'd make it around 8, is that ok with you?"
Michelle nodded, "Sure, that gives us what like 40 mins till we need to leave?"
Tony put his hands back on her waist and leant in close to her. "What did you mean by 'if I only knew'? What were you thinking?"
Without even thinking she lifted her hands and fiddled with the collar on his shirt. "Well, it seems you were day dreaming before your phone rang – I might share if you do?!"
"Sounds fair....I was thinking about you Chelle..."
She bit her lower lip. "What about me exactly?"
Tony put his arms around Michelle and pulled her body in closer to him. Michelle loved this, to let him know how much she wanted him to do that, she wrapped her legs around his body. He ran his hands along her legs, and then let out a small grunt or sigh before smiling very seductively. "I was thinking about how attracted to you I am, how much you turn me on no matter what you are doing. I was actually thinking a bit about last night..."
Her eyes just about popped out of her head when he mentioned thinking about last night. "Last night Tony?" She pulled his shirt out of his jeans and then slid her hands up and down his bare chest. He watched her every move.
"Do you remember when we were laying on my bed, the couple minutes before the phone rang?" Michelle nodded her head and grinned. "I was thinking about when you spoke to me....I don't think you knew just how much I loved that.."
"Well I knew you did a bit at least because you told me to speak to you again"
"I couldn't believe how amazing it felt to be with you last night. I've wanted you for a very long time now. So I believe it's your turn..."
Both of her hands were still making their way around his chest but his shirt just kept getting in the way. He decided to pull his top off, pleasing Michelle to no end.
"I was thinking about the same kinds of things. I guess just about how good you felt pressed into me last night on your bed..."
Tony had to interrupt, "I need more details on this one..."
Michelle started going red again, it was one thing to think these thoughts and another to say the them out loud. "It was so nice to have you that close, finally. I'd thought about that – us – a lot. How good your body feels, I could always tell how good it would feel to be with you..."
Tony had the biggest grin on his face, "You had thought about that? Really? What had you thought?" He could tell she was a little nervous and so he stroked the side of her face.
"Umm....I can tell that you are a really intense and passionate lover."
Tony seemed mesmerised or lost in her eyes. "Is that good or bad?....is that what you want Chelle?" Tony pulled her in closer again and firmly ran his hands all over her legs and stomach. He was hanging off every word that she said.
"It's good, I love that Tony. You take control of a situation and you know exactly what you want. You are so aware of my feelings and what I would want or need. When you kiss or hold me you are just so passionate it makes what we are sharing feel so powerful."
Tony was stunned. "It's like you really care about how I am and what I want. No one else would ever even notice or think that about me.....we haven't slept together or barely even fooled around yet and you have said that."
Michelle took his hand in hers and held it tightly. "Of course I care Tony....I care everything. Nothing is more important to me than how you feel, what you need and want, what makes you happy. I don't need to have sex with you to know or feel those things about you – I get that in the way you hug or hold me and the way you look at me."
Tony looked at Michelle for a moment, at a loss for words. He threw his arms around her and pulled her into a really tight hug. He nuzzled his face into her neck, holding her as close as possible and then used one hand to run up and down her back.
"Are you ok Tony?"
Tony lifted his face just from her neck to her ear and whispered, "I'm more than ok Chelle." Tony felt like he never wanted to let her go. No one had been so sweet to him before. She had just managed to say something 100 times nicer than any of his previous ex girlfriends had said all together. The last couple woman he had been with didn't seem to care about anything like that – even after they had slept together and Tony would try to lay with them, hold them or talk to them they couldn't be bothered. He longed to find someone that he could have all of that with, someone who really cared about him and someone who needed him. Up till meeting Michelle he thought he'd never have a chance to meet someone that would make him truly happy like that. Now holding her he made a promise to himself that he's never lose her and do everything he could to keep her and make her as happy as she made him.
They pulled back and he rested his forehead against hers, the continued to look each other in the eyes. The moment became very intense until finally they both leaned in to kiss. Immediately their tongues crossed paths and explored each other's mouths deeply. Michelle groaned into his mouth when he cupped both sides of her face and kissed her very hard, sucking on both her top and bottom lips.
She ran her fingers down his bare back making him breath harder and then bought them up his front. He stopped and watched her run her hands across his chest, making him groan. Once Michelle heard him she began trailing her tongue down his chest. He put his hands through her hair and moaned her name loudly. She kissed him a lot harder and licked the trail from his belly button to the top of his pants. Her tongue was driving him crazy. He held her head firmly, watching her every move, his breathing was shallow and heavy. Tony unclipped her bra.
He began to lean on her pushing her so she was lying back on the table. It was her turn to see what he had in store for her. He looked into her eyes with the most overwhelming and intense passion. Looking at her, Tony knew without a doubt that he had fallen completely and utterly in love with her. A feeling of love he had never experienced before. She smiled at him shyly as he unbuttoned her entire top and slipped it off and then he pulled her arms through her straps before taking her bra off.
With her body stretched out in front of him he grunted before lunging at her. He kissed and explored her entire stomach, chest and arms with his hands and mouth. Eventually he returned to her mouth where she had been waiting desperately to kiss him. They were rough and passionate with each other, their lips slipped all over and they groaned deeply into one another's mouths.
He slid down her body until he was standing. Michelle went to sit up but he put his hand out and gently pushed her back down. "I'm not done with you..."
She wrapped her legs back around him while they looked at each other and smiled. He stretched his arms straight out in front of himself and ran them down her stomach and chest.
He picked up one of her hands and kissed the back of it – he was just so happy. Even Michelle could see in his eyes, his facial expression – he just seemed to glow. Tony did feel like the happiest man around, he also thought to himself that Michelle for once, didn't look all tense and worried.
Tony broke their eye contact, he used both of his hands to undo her belt. His eyes kept flickering back to hers to make sure she was ok with what he was doing. Her fly consisted of a pile of buttons and he started making his way through them. She had worn her matching black lacy underwear and bra. Tony could now see most of the front of the underwear and the black lace was more than a turn on. He used his thumbs to circle on the lace, this sent shivers all through her body. She couldn't help herself, "mmmm...Tony." He lifted his eyes and smiled at her, "Chelle..."
He unwrapped her legs from his waist and then he began to pull her slacks off. Tony held his breath in nervousness and excitement as he took them off, he was finally seeing his Michelle like this. He ran his hands all the way up her legs and thighs and back down again. Tony noticed she had closed her eyes and was biting her lower lip. "Open your eyes Chelle....look at me."
She did as he said and found him watching her with a small mischievous grin. This time as he ran his hands up her legs, once he had passed her knees he ran his hands up the inside of her thighs. He kissed her thighs firmly with his tongue, and then her hips. Tony groaned loudly at her.
His home phone rang in the room they were in. Michelle instinctively went to sit up but she saw that he didn't even seem to flinch so she stopped and just watched him. Tony gripped the top of her underwear and then looked up at her and grinned, the phone was still ringing.
Michelle knew he was looking at her like that for reassurance that what he wanted to do next was ok. She ran her hand through his hair and winked at him. The phone stopped ringing as it went silent while it went to his answering machine. Tony began to pull her underwear off, he heard her take a deep breath and hold it so he looked up at her and gave her a sweet smile. The answering machine picked up and Tony stopped when he heard Jacks voice.
"Tony it's Jack, I was hoping to catch you before you left to come in and see me.....that'ok, you and Michelle must be on your way. Thanks."
Tony and Michelle looked at each other and then their watches, 45 minutes had passed. Tony looked up at Michelle again, he looked so frustrated. "Fuck it, we'll just be late....he'd understand!"
Michelle stopped his hand from moving any further by covering it with hers. "We should go Tony, if we continue we will be far too late, especially when his visitor time is so limited as well."
He let out a frustrated groan and then kissed her thigh gently twice. "You're right. We should go...just know how hard this is for me to stop right now."
Michelle laughed a little, "trust me, this isn't any easier for me either!"
Tony grabbed all of her clothes from the ground and passed them over to her. They were both quiet, basically in disappointment and frustration. Tony felt desperate to be able to be close to Michelle, touch her, kiss her and hold her. It felt unfair that they had gotten so worked up and excited and now just had to leave it! The both kept looking at each other every few moments and smiling.
"You're so beautiful Michelle."
Michelle just didn't know how to accept such amazing compliments from him. No one had spoken to her like that before and she certainly didn't feel that way about herself so it was hard to believe – even harder to believe that someone so incredible like Tony could ever think she was beautiful. "Ummm....no.....Tony."
He put his arm around her, "Ummm.....yes sweetheart!"
They had been sitting in with Jack for a while now but hadn't really been able to discuss anything of importance because different nurses kept fluttering around the room. Finally they had the place to themselves.
"Sorry for hitting you in the hall Tony, I didn't think I had any other choice at the time."
"Don't mention it, you did what you had to do."
"Yeah well, doesn't make you feel any better about doing it." Jack looked over at Michelle, who looked anxious. He tried to thank her for all of her help but she brushed it aside very quickly. It was obvious she was having trouble with it all. She sat down quietly and kept her eyes focused on everything except for Tony or Jack.
Jack and Tony began talking about work because they could tell Michelle was uncomfortable with the attention all on her. They began going over a lot of the key moments from the day to help each other piece things together.
Michelle sat listening to them work through the day, most of it cantered around procedures and red tape. Every time a different event would be bought up then a new batch of horrific images and thoughts would trail through her mind. Emotionally she felt so fragile at the moment after the day of the bomb at CTU. She felt like not only had she stared death in the face but then once she realised she was alive pangs of feeling guilty surged her body that she had survived and her friends hadn't. Then sitting in holding with Tony, she was more than willing to go to jail for what she had done but she had been scared to death of the thought of it. She had spent all that time believing life as she knew it was over. She felt like she could cry at the drop of a hat.
Tony kept looking over at Michelle who was obviously getting close to tears. "Are you ok Michelle?"
Looking up at him she forced a smile, it was the same smile he had seen a million times when she was trying to convince him that she was ok. "Fine thanks."
Jack could also see straight through her attempt to appear all right. "Michelle, it's more than ok to be upset, you have been through so much."
"So have the both of you, I don't see you falling apart."
Tony wanted to cross the room and go to her but there wasn't too much he could do without making things too obvious about them to Jack. "Trust me Michelle, we have our moments. It doesn't matter about anyone else, it is how you feel that is important."
Jack could see her body was shaking a little and her foot was tapping the ground nervously. "I've heard what you and Tony went through just to try and help me Michelle, I appreciate that so much. I also do understand what it must have felt like when Chappelle had you both up for treason. You can't go through things like that without it affecting you greatly..."
Michelle stood up, "Thanks Jack....Tony, can you please excuse me for a moment?"
She made her way outside and Tony followed her.
"Chelle, it's ok sweetheart..."
"Really, I am alright."
Tony took her hand. "What can I do? Do you want to leave?"
"I'm fine Tony, I'm just going to the bathroom, you go back to Jack – I'll be back in a few minutes." She flashed him another one of those smiles before heading off to the bathrooms.
Tony watched her until she was out of site, he felt helpless. He made his way back inside to Jack.
"She will be back in a moment."
Jack and Tony shared more than most between them. There was an unspoken respect between the two of them after what had happened with Nina. That didn't necessarily mean they were friends, it meant there was an understanding. Jack had the ability to read people and provoke them to offer the information he wanted. He watched Tony cross the room and then stand as he had before. It didn't take any of Jack's skills to work out what was going on. "Is she alright Tony?"
"She will be fine. She is pretty upset about everything but she doesn't want to show it."
Jack fished a little even though he was sure he knew the answer. "What kind of support does she have around her? Is she married? Who does she live with?"
Tony hadn't made up his mind yet if he was going to tell Jack about him and Michelle or not. He knew Jack could keep a secret, and it wasn't like Jack was even officially working at CTU at the moment anyways. "She lives on her own, I'll keep an eye on her."
Jack gave up on this game fairly quickly, he didn't feel well enough to play conversation tag with anyone. "Is there something going on between you and Michelle?"
"What makes you ask that?"
"The worry in your eyes for her now, the way you looked at her and the way she looked at you, should I keep going?"
"Just don't mention it to anyone ok Jack? Chappelle knows but we are trying to keep it on the down low."
Jack gave Tony a grin, something Tony couldn't remember the last time he had seen from Jack. "Good for you Tony, she seems like a great woman. I'll always appreciate the trust she offered me the other day."
"Thanks Jack, you mind if I go see how she is then?"
Jack nodded and so Tony fled out the door to the bathrooms. He only had to wait outside for a moment before Michelle came out. He pulled her into a hug. "How are you feeling?"
She nodded her head into his chest and quietly answered him. "I'm alright, just tired maybe, I don't know..."
Tony could tell she wasn't ready to talk about it all and he certainly wasn't going to push her, especially when they were in such a public place. "Jack knows about us, why don't you come back in and sit with me – I promise we won't talk about that day, ok?"
Michelle pulled back a little. "He knows?? Did you tell him? What did he say?"
Tony stroked her hair, "He guessed, he won't mention it though. He is happy for us, he thinks you are great."
Tony led Michelle back to Jacks room where they sat next to one another and held hands. Not another word was mentioned about that day, instead they talked about what Jack was going to do next, Kim and Jack asked Michelle a pile of questions to get to know her a little better. They were asked to leave close to ten and so they headed back to Tony's apartment.
Once inside Tony poured them both a glass of wine. "You must be so tired Chelle, you only slept a couple hours last night."
"Yeah I am actually, you must be too - I kept you up most the night as well."
Tony circled Michelle ending up with his arms around her waist from behind. "I'm just fine babe, feel like cuddling up in bed with that other movie we got?"
"That sounds perfect."
They walked together up to Tony's room.
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