Chapter 3- Surprise, Surprise

Maria gasped as she stepped inside the wooden cabin. Maria looked at Michael and smiled. The cabin was beautiful, there was a brown fireplace in the corner, underneath a small square window and the fire was blazing brightly giving light off inside the cabin. There was a wooden table in front of the fire and two chairs were paced on both sides of it. There was a bottle of white whine along with two glass cups on top of the table, and beside the two glass cups were two white dishes. Beside the table was a blue comfy couch with a blue blanket on top of it. Maria turned her head to look all round the cabin. In the back corner there was a small Christmas tree but it shone as brightly as a star. In front of her behind the table, she could see another small room that appeared to be a kitchen. A tear fell from Maria's eyes

" Don't worry there is a bathroom, just outside of the kitchen." Michael said smiling.

Maria looked at him and smiled as another tear slid down her face, like a rain drop sliding down a glass window.

" Merry Christmas Maria," Michael said.

" It's beautiful." Maria said as she gave Michael a hug.

" Come no let's eat." Michael said as he took her coat from her and placed it on the hook behind the door, then he took his own coat off and put it on top of Maria's. Michael took Maria's hand and led her to the table. He pulled her chair back and when she sat down in it, he pushed it in. Then he sat down across from her. Maria looked down at her glass plate and there was a peanut butter and jam sandwich. Maria laughed.

" Hey you didn't expect me to make a full course meal did you?" Michael said disappointment in his eyes.

Maria shook her head.

" I didn't expect any of this!" Maria said as she took a bite of her sandwich.

" How is it?" Michael asked.

" It is the best P B and J sandwich I have ever tasted." Maria said.

Michael smiled as he poured both of them a glass of wine.

" Cheers." Michael said holding his glass up, Maria did the same as she said cheers too.

When they were finished he took the plates and went in the kitchen, Maria following behind. Michael put the dishes in the sink.

" It is nice." Maria said looking at the kitchen.

The kitchen was small with a sink, oven, microwave and a refrigerator. Maria guessed the table in the front belonged in here. As Maria looked around the kitchen, Michael was taking things out of the cupboards, and the refrigerator.

" I hope you like dessert." Michael said holding up chocolate ice cream, a bag of marsh mellows, graham crackers, a Hershey's chocolate bar and a Ziploc bag filled with red juicy strawberries. Maria's eyes lit up.

" Come on!" He said as he grabbed two spoons from the drawer and went back into the front, as he sat on the big blue comfy couch. He grabbed the blue blanket that was on top of the couch and put it around Maria and himself.

" Thank you for all of this." Maria said staring into Michael's eyes.

" I didn't do it by myself." Michael said grabbing a sweet strawberry from the bag.

" Liz helped you didn't she?" Maria asked.

" Yeah and so did Max and Isabel. I told Liz to phone you so that I could use my powers and make your car shut down. Max helped me pick out the cabin and Isabel helped with the decorations." Michael explained with a big smile on his face.

Maria shook her head and laughed.

" Here." Michael said as he placed the strawberry in front of her mouth. Maria took a bite then he put the rest of the strawberry in his mouth.

" You know you aren't supposed to eat the green stuff." Maria said laughing.

Michael smiled and slightly blushed as he swallowed.

" You might turn into an alien!" Maria joked.

" Hey!" Michael said as he leaned over and kissed Maria on her strawberry flavored lips. As he was kissing Maria his right hand was fumbling with a small square box in his jean pocket