I don't know if anyone else is really upset at where they took the Michaela and Jared storyline in season 4, but I really did not enjoy watching how they made Zeke to be the person she ends up with. I am a huge Jared fan and i love his character and i really hate what the writers did to him in season 4.

This is what I would I would have liked to see what happen. Would love to hear what you think about this story. Enjoy!

Chapter 1 - Defeat

Michaela stood outside of Vance's house surrounded by half of the NYPD and waited nervously for Jared to come outside. In her heart she was petrified for Jared, worried that something would happen to him, and was silently panicking that she would lose him forever. She knew it was wrong, she was married to Zeke, but somehow she couldn't help it, couldn't stop the feelings she still had for Jared. Jared, the guy she wished she was married to. Jared, her first true love. Jared, the same guy who married her best friend. The guy she slept with while he was still married to her best friend. But most importantly he was her soulmate, the love of her life and yet here she was married to someone else.

Finally after what felt like an eternity, there he was handsome as ever walking towards her. In her heart all she wanted to do was run up to him, hug him so tightly and never let go, just plain thankful that he was okay, that he made it out in one piece. Yet she couldn't allow herself to do that as her husband was mere feet away watching from the not so far distance. So she straightens her back, puts on a brave face and folds her hands over her chest to protect her heart from the feelings that want to come pouring out.

As Jared is walking out of the house it took everything he had not to punch a wall and scream. After everything they had been through together Michaela was still shutting him out, refusing to let him in. She was still married to that stranger Zeke, and yet every time there was a problem he - Jared was the first person she came to. He hated that he still cared, that he would still turn over heaven and earth for her. He wished the feelings and his love for her would just disappear. It would make it easier every time he faced her and she refused to let him in. He was still angry that she was lying to him, shutting him out. He knew that whatever was going on Zeke was clearly in the know. But him, Jared, the guy she had loved for over 15 years she was refusing to trust with whatever was going on. And as much as he wished it didn't, it was slowly killing him. Michaela was his soulmate, he was positive about it and every day without her was pure torture. But no matter what he said or how he said it, no matter what he did for her regardless of the personal risks he took to help her, she still chose Zeke. It was with that anger and frustration that he walked over to her, and decided this was it, today was the day that he was going to lay everything out there, tell her how he really felt and prayed that this time she would finally take him back.

Michaela: You okay?

Jared: Oh, so now you care? You shouldn't even be here. You gave back your badge, remember? You quit the NYPD.

Michaela: Jared, please I had no choice, you have to understand that.

Jared: Understand? How am I supposed to understand any of this Michaela? None of this makes any sense.

Michaela: Really? Not so long ago you were in my shoes, and said something similar to me.

Jared: What are you talking about?

Michaela: You said, "What am I supposed to do? Leave Lourdes at home every day knowing I'm at work with the woman who literally was my first choice to spend the rest of my life with?

Jared: Okay, I remember that, and as difficult as that time was for me I never quit the NYPD

Michaela: No, but you quit us when you married Lourdes, my best friend.

Jared: Mick, that was different

Michaela: Really? How so?

Jared: You were gone Mick. I lost the love of my life, my soulmate, the one person I was truly meant to be with.

Michaela: So you had to go and marry my best friend?

Jared: I thought we've moved past all of this, but if you quit the NYPD to escape me then I guess we haven't.

Michaela: Jared, This isn't about you

Jared: Yes it is, how do you not see that this directly affects my life.

Michaela: What are you talking about?

Jared: You quit so you won't have to continue working with me, the love of your life while your married to somebody else.

Michaela: I never said that

Jared: You didn't have to. It just hurts that you did it.

Michaela: Why? We aren't even together anymore.

Jared: Exactly Mick, I gave up everything i had so that we could be together, I lost my marriage and my best friend just so i could be with you and all i get in return is nothing, instead you run off and get married to some strange guy that you haven't even known for half as long as we were together.

Michaela: I never wanted to ruin your marriage.

Jared: Is that why you lied to Lourdes and told her you were going to turn me down? Is that why you gave me the ring back?

Michaela: I didn't lie Jared

Jared: Well I choose to believe that you did lie for that is the less painful reality for me. For five and a half years I replayed the last few weeks we had together over and over and over in my head. I kept having to guess what your response would be. How you were going to tell me that you loved me, that you were going to marry me and be my wife. But I also had the opposite scenario going on in my head and just like I refused to believe it for all those years that you were going to say no to me, I am choosing to pretend now that you were going to say yes when you got off that plane.

Michaela: Jared.

Michaela turns her head away from him and begins sobbing hysterically.

Jared: Oh my god Mick! You were going to say yes, when you came back. You were, weren't you?

Michaela just continues to keep her head turned away from Jared who walks closer and takes her head in his hands. This moment is too much for her and as she feels that he is going to kiss her she remembers that Zeke, her husband is standing nearby watching their whole conversation.

Michaela: Yes Jared. When I was on the plane I replied yes to your text. But when we landed I had no service and the message never went through. Then you weren't at the hanger when we got off the plane and the next day I found out that you were married to Lourdes and as hurt and angry as I was, a marriage is not something I was willing to break apart. Even if it was to get you back.

Jared: So you told her you were going to say no, and you gave me the ring back

Michaela: Yup. Jared I did love you, and I did want to marry you, but I couldn't be the second woman but I also couldn't take you away from her. I couldn't do that to her. She was my best friend and I loved her. I'm really sorry it ended this way. I never asked you to leave her for me.

Jared: I know that, but what was I supposed to do? Stay with her and not tell her that i am still deeply in love with you,start a family, have kids. Just have my whole life based on a lie

Michaela: Is that what you think I'm doing here? Living a lie

Jared: Honestly, Yeah. I understand why you didn't want to get back together with me the minute Lourdes left. But it's been a long time since then, I just don't understand now why you won't even give us a chance.

Michaela: I'm Sorry Jared, I really am. I never wanted to hurt you, I just can't be with you. There is just too much pain there.

Jared: You know I've been trying so hard to finally get over you to move on with my life. But I can't Mick, you are the one for me, the woman i am supposed to spend the rest of my life with

Michaela: Jared, please don't do this

Jared: He was supposed to be gone Mick, I'm sorry but he was supposed to be gone. That's the only reason i stood there and watched him marry the love of my life

Michaela: Jared, that wasn't your call, your decision. I made the choice to marry him, Jared, regardless of how much longer he had to live.

Jared: And I chose not to stop you, not to come in and beg you not to go through with it. Not to tell you how much I love you and that I wanted to be the one you would be getting married to. And I only chose that because I thought he was dying, that he only had one day left to live.

Michaela: And then what did you think would have happened once he was gone?

Jared: And then what? You really have to ask that?

Michaela: You really believe that after everything that's happened, that we could go back to who we were before I went to Jamaica

Jared: I know it wouldn't be simple but i believe our love is strong enough to overcome this

Michaela: Well I guess we'll never know

Jared: Why not Mick? Come on please, you've got to know by now how much I love you. Please I can't keep going on like this. I need you, not just in my life but I need to be with you, being with you gives me the air I need to continue breathing. Please Mick give me a chance to show you, to prove to you how much I love…

Michaela: Jared enough, stop please stop i cant be with you I cant so please im begging you to please just leave me alone.

And with that Michaela turns her back towards Jared and starts walking towards Zeke as he comes closer to her. Jared stares at her back completely defeated. He has no idea how they got to this point, but he knows Michaela well enough to know when to give up, to realize that he lost the fight. Jared watched as Michaela walked towards Zeke, her husband and he lowered his head in defeat when Zeke started talking to her

Zeke: We should talk.