AU- I am sooooo happy with the out come of this story! I am so sorry about my grammar problems I use the spell and grammar checker all the time but there are still errors.
Disclaimer- If I owned them they show would be going on its 5th or 6th season now.
On with the chapter…
Oh and the song that is used in chapter 12 is The hardest Thing by 98 degrees.
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I didn't mean it
When I said I didn't love you so
I should have held on tight
I never should've let you go
I didn't know nothing
I was stupid
I was foolish
I was lying to myself
I couldn't have fathomed that I would ever
Be without your love
Never imagined I'd be
Sitting here beside myself
Michael was once again thinking about Maria although no matter how hard he tried he could not seem to stop. Maybe if He could have been more understanding their love would have made it through. Everything he once knew no longer existed. Sure Maria was Maria but she wasn't Maria. She lacked the bouncy personality she once had. The sparkle in her green eyes was no longer there.
'Cause I didn't know you
'Cause I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything
I never felt
The feeling that I'm feeling
Now that I don't
Hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
Cause I don't have a choice
Oh, what I wouldn't give
To have you lying by my side
Right here, 'cause baby
when you left
I lost a part of me
Maria sat on her couch watching T.V. No matter how hard she tried she could not get Michael out of her head. Everything she did reminded her of him. She knew she had to tell Michael about Andrew….he was going to be back in 8 days. But could she really put Michael's life at risk to save her own? She was trying to protect him but only ended up hurting him. Just like old times when Michael would push Maria away to protect her.
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby please, 'cause
We belong together
Who else am I gonna lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby, baby
We belong together
How could such an annoying, energetic teenage girl have such an effect on him. Sure he cared about Isabel and Max but they could never break down his stonewall. It took them years until Michael finally opened up to them and even then he only told them so much. But with Maria all it took was a smile, laugh, or kiss and he was no longer a stonewall, he was longer an outsider…..he was human. Some how she had snuck past his stonewalls and gotten into his heart. Michael didn't care what some book said or Tess said…sure he had loved Isabel in a past life. That was exactly what is was in the past….he loved Maria now. Maria and him belonged together.
I can't sleep at night
When you are on my mind
Bobby Womack's on the radio
Singing to me
'If you think you're lonely now'
Wait a minute
This is too deep, too deep
I gotta change the station
So I turn the dial
Trying to catch a break
And then I hear Babyface
I only think of you
And it's breaking my heart
I'm trying to keep it together
But I'm falling apart
I'm feeling all out of my element
I'm throwing things
Crying
Trying to figure out
Where the hell I went wrong
The pain reflected in this song
Ain't even half of what
I'm feeling inside
I need you
Need you back in my life baby
When you left
I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby please, 'cause
We belong together
Who am I gonna lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby, baby
We belong together
Maria always imagined a storybook love for herself but instead she got Michael. She didn't know what it was about him that she loved so much. Maybe it was the point That he loved her enough to let her go. Maybe it was the way he would look into her eyes and even though he didn't mean to show it she could always see how much he loved her. Maria would never know what exactly caused her to fall for him but she was happy she did.
There was no denying it. No matter how hard they tried Michael and Maria could not deny the point that they did in fact belong together.
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AU- The song is "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey and the song used in chapter 12was "The Hardest Thing" by 98 degrees. I thought I would add a song to spice things up. I thought the songs I used in chapter 12 and in this chapter went along with the situation and plot so I put them in. Hope you don't mind. Read and Review. Oh and I promise a happy ending for out candy and dreamer couple so do not worry.