Michelle woke up before Tony. She slipped out of the bed without disturbing him and made her way down to the kitchen where she joined his parents for some coffee. She loved just sitting and chatting with them, this was something she missed so much with her own Dad. It felt so nice to becoming close with Tony's parents – she could see so much of him in both of them.
After a while when things were going really well she decided to step outside her comfort zone. "I just wanted to apologise to you both if I acted a bit funny last night when my parents were bought up."
Both Karen and David offered her the most understanding smile. Karen spoke for them both. "There is absolutely no need to apologise. We are just so sorry, we hoped we didn't upset you…"
"Oh no, you had no idea. I'm just not very good at opening up about it all. Actually Tony is the only person I've ever really talked to about it."
Tony had woken up lonely and made his way down the hall. He stopped and quietly stood leaning his head against the doorway when he heard the conversation. He felt so touched hearing Michelle make such an effort with his parents.
Karen had put her hand gently over Michelle's on the table. "I'm so glad you have Tony to talk to. Of course I want you to feel comfortable coming to us for anything…."
"Thank you…….wow thank you so much. You guys are great."
"Do you get to see Danny often?"
Michelle couldn't believe how relaxed she felt around David and Karen. "Yeah, we are very close. When mum left, Dad and I formed like a team to look after Danny. Dad was in agency work as well….so he had a pretty strict upbringing!" Michelle chuckled a little.
"It sounds like you and your father were very close…"
As Michelle started to speak Tony walked up behind her and slipped his arms around her neck. "We were. He was my best friend, you know. We use to spend hours together talking about our careers, he helped me so much. He died in the line of duty when I was 24, he didn't even know about CTU."
David leaned across the table a little closer to Michelle. "I'm sure he is so proud of you."
"Thank you."
Tony squeezed her shoulders and Michelle tilted her said to the side to smile at him. He bent down and kissed her sweetly on the neck. "Hey gorgeous…"
"You decided to wake up huh?"
Tony laughed a little and then greeted both his parents good morning before heading to the counter to get some coffee.
David turned back to Michelle. "We heard what happened at CTU Michelle, and what you did, that was pretty amazing. It is disgusting how you were treated, so wrong but we admire you."
Michelle smiled. "Thanks but trust me when it came to Tony or CTU – it wasn't even a choice. Tony is the best thing that has ever happened to me…"
As she finished her sentence she looked over at Tony. He was smiling from ear to ear.
David jumped in before Tony had a chance to say anything. "Ahhh be careful – that kind of talk will go to his head!"
"Too late." Tony laughed as he made his way back to the table.
After breakfast it was decided that Tony and his Dad would spend the afternoon together whilst Michelle and Karen went shopping. Everybody headed off to get ready.
Michelle was lying out her clothes for the day when Tony came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "So do you want to shower with me?"
Michelle stroked his arms. "What about your parents?"
"Chelle they won't even know." He kissed her neck and nibbled on her ear. "They are not even going to come near the room whilst we are here getting ready." He spun her around and used his tongue to kiss along her clavicle. "Please…..it's good for my health."
Michelle laughed. "How exactly do you figure that?"
He pulled her top up over her head and then unclipped her bra. "Well I just don't know how you expect me to function the rest of the afternoon if I haven't been able to have a little Michelle to myself." He was giggling to himself as he continued to slide his tongue and lips over her body.
"Ok babe, I'm all yours…"
Tony gave her a very cheeky smile, "Seems you were all mine last night as well……I could get very use to this!"
In the shower Tony took his time to wash Michelle as she concentrated on washing her hair. "Want me to wash yours Tony?"
"I wouldn't say no to that."
She tried running the shampoo through his hair but he kept kissing her letting his lips land where ever they could reach.
"You seem determined Tony to not let me get anything done!"
Tony ran his hand firmly down her side. He gave her a cheeky grin. "I can't help myself today, I can't keep my hands off you." They kissed sweetly on the lips and then he whispered in her ear. "How am I supposed to get through the day with out you?"
Michelle trailed her hands down his chest. "I guess you are just going to have to keep thinking about this…"
He pushed her against the wall and pressed his body into hers. As they kissed the water began to turn cold. Tony cursed. "That's not fair, I was only getting started with you."
She ran her hands through his hair, they were holding eye contact and smiling. "Now you really have lots to think about today…"
Tony pouted playfully. "You are loving this, aren't you?"
Michelle laughed. "Yes!"
He turned the water off and they both jumped out and started getting dry. Tony put his towel across his back and then opened it up and wrapped it around Michelle as well. He kissed her forehead. "I look forward to picking up where we left off tonight…"
Michelle blushed. "Only if you are a good boy…"
She had to laugh as she watched him head into the bedroom mumbling to himself but obviously loud enough for her to hear. "Oh, I'll be a good boy…"
Tony was so excited, everything was just going so perfectly. What Michelle didn't know was that Tony was actually going ring shopping with his Dad.
