Looking Foward Chapter 2: Alittle More, a desperate housewives fanfic

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Italics are flashbacks.

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At noon Susan decided she should start getting ready for the lunch date that she and Julie had with Mike. Susan was looking forward to it and hoped it would go smoothly; without her saying something stupid, tripping, or worse: run into Edie. Susan took a shower, straightened her hair, put on her best prefume, and picked out a nice tank top with some blue jeans. It took her about an hour to get ready, while Julie was ready in 20 minutes. Julie knew her mom was trying her best to impress Mike. She liked him and maybe they had a chance.

"Are you ready yet?" whined Julie. She knew her mom was always worrying about some little detail about herself.

"I'm coming. I'll be right down." Susan looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. She knew she looked nice and wanted Mike to notice.

"Finally!" laughed Julie eyeing her mom and complimenting the way she looked. "You look great mom."

"Thanks, we should get going" replied Susan looking at the clock, which now read 12:20.

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Andrew's Pizza Place was only 4 blocks away. Susan and Julie got there in 5 minutes and instantly spotted Mike who had chosen a corner booth surrounded on three sides for them. He saw them walk in and motioned them over. Susan immediately smiled at him and they both started to walk over to where Mike was waiting for them.

"Hey Susan. Hi Julie." grinning and welcoming them to sit with him.

"You look good Susan." Mike saw Susan blush and both of thier smiles grew wider. "So Julie, your mom said you liked pepperoni so thats what I ordered. Is that ok?" asked Mike, hoping he was correct.

"Yea thats good, thanks." Julie smiled at him and knew she would like him. Susan smiled because she liked how Mike had remembered and that he was paying attention to Julie, as well as well as her. Julie seemed to like Mike, and Susan liked that. The last date she went on was a little...bizzark.

"So Susan should we take this back to your place?" smirked an annoying Timothy moving closer to Susan.

"Uh, NO. I have a daughter and you're not even close to coming back my house." replied a very disgusted Susan, she wanted this date to be over as fast as it had happened.

"You have a daughter?...Oh that's right. What's her name? Jennifer? Jasmine? Why couldn't have stayed somewhere else tonight?"

"Oh my God. Are you serious? My daughter and your niece are best friends. How do you not know her name? This date is over!...Oh, and it's Julie. Stupid." and with that Susan walked off. She knew that if a man she dated didn't even pay attention to Julie, then she wouldn't want him to be around either of them.

Before the pizza arrived, Susan excused herself to go to the restroom. Julie and Mike remained at the table. He noticed Julie had on a 'I heart Dogs' shirt. Since he had a dog, he thought it would be a good topic starter.

"So do you really like dogs?" asked Mike, hoping the question would take the place of the silence.

"Huh? Oh, you mean from my shirt. Well yea I do, but I sadly I don't have one. Do you like dogs?"

"Yea, I love them. They're fun to play around with, fun to have. I actually have one, Bongo, thats his name. He's a german shepard."

"Really? I should try to get one. I'm not so sure my mom wants one though."

"You should try to convince her. I'm sure she'd say yea."

"What if you ask her for me?" Julie hoped he would.

"Me?" asked a curious Mike.

"Yea, she'd probably consider it. She likes you alot. And she told Mrs. Scavo that you were hot." grinned Julie noticing Mike's smile.

"She does?" grinned Mike, liking what Julie had said.

"She does what? Who does what?" asked Susan as she reappeared at the table.

"Susan! Oh, Julie was just saying how much she loves dogs, and I was saying that she should get one." replied Mike hoping Susan wouldn't think he was lying.

"Yea mom. Mike has one. Wouldn't it be fun to walk our dog with him? Please can I get one? Please?" begged Julie smiling.

Just then, their pizza arrived. Susan took the plates and handed them each one. They all reached for a slice. As Mike and Susan did, he grabbed her hand by accident and she blushed. "Go ahead Susan." Mike let her grab the pizza and they all were now eating.

"So you never answered the question, mom." asked Julie stopping from eating and looking at Susan.

"Hmm. You want a dog? Now?" laughed Susan as she almost got some pizza sauce on her shirt.

"Well not right at this moment but yea i want one." smiled Julie, looking at Mike, hoping Susan would say yes.

"Fine. But, show me you can be responsible first."

"Yes! Thanks Mike."

After about half an hour, they were all stuffed and decided to head over to the park, which was about a block away. Julie had suggested thy run over to Mike's apartment to grab Bongo. It would help her show Susan that she could take care of a dog. Once they were at the park with Bongo, Julie thought it would be better for Mike and her mom to be alone to talk, so she decided to run ahead alittle, and give them some space.

"So Susan, Julie seems like a nice kid."

"She is. I'm lucky to have her. She's been there thru everything with me; my divorce, my work issues; thru my hardest times in life. I don't know what i would do without her." replied Susan hoping not to sound weak in front of him.

"That's good. Kids are nice."

"Do you have any? I mean, I don't know that much about you." asked Susan.

"No, I don't. I'd like to have some one day though...But anyways, I don't want to bore you that. Since we don't know each other much, I think we should make an effort." Mike grinned hoping that Susan and him would have some things in common. He liked Susan, no doubt about it. And if what Julie said was right, then they could probably become friends, and maybe more.

"Ok, lets see. What's your favorite color?" wondered Susan.

"Grey. Yours? And favorite food? Mike liked that Susan was open to getting to know him.

"Hmm, my favorite color would have to be red. It's a bright and romantic color. And my favorite food is anything Mexican, yours?"

"Mexican too. I like hot, spicy foods."

As the day went by, Mike and Susan got to know each other more and more. He found out about her childhood days, her favorite past times, things she liked and didn't, and she got to know about him as well. They saw an ice cream stand and headed towards it. They bought them each one and once again Julie ran off with Bongo. As Mike and Susan ate theirs they went to sit on a bench and Susan got a little on her face, and she hadn't noticed.

"Um Susan you have a little on your face." laughed Mike.

"What? I do?" Susan reached her hand out to clean it off but Mike stopped her.

"Here, let me get it." Mike smiled and took his napkin to wipe it off. Susan immediately started blushing. When he was done cleaning her off Susan looked up in horror.

"Oh my god" cried Susan.

"What is it?" asked Mike, thinking he had done something wrong.

"That lady coming, is Edie. She's one of my neighbors. She is the biggest flirt ever, and she's dating my ex-husband. Trust me, she'll hit on you and them try to embarress me." whined Susan. She knew Edie would deny having a boyfriend, flirt with Mike, and do anything in her power to get Mike away from Susan.

"Hey Susan, who's your friend?" asked an innocently looking Edie. She took one look at Mike and immediately started drooling over him.

"I'm Mike Delfino. Nice to meet you."

"Indeed it is. I'm Edie Britt. Susan I didn't know you had a boyfriend. Must be nice not to be crying over Karl huh?" Edie was trying her best to annoy Susan. Edie remained there with them for about another ten minutes until Julie reappeared and faked like she was sick. Susan caught on and played along with her.

"So then we should get Julie home if she's sick" Mike said, as he knew Susan wasn't comfortable with Edie being around.

"See ya around Mike" gushed Edie looking him up and down, with one hand on his arm.

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Throughout the next couple of weeks Susan, Mike and Julie talked and hung out alot. One night Julie mentioned she was bored so they decided to all go to the movies.

Mike insisted they take his truck. He parked, they got out, and headed directly for the ticket booth. Julie wanted to see a horror flick that was on, whilst Susan and Mike didn't care. They decided to go see the movie with Julie. As they made their way in, Julie chose 3 back seats. Susan sat in the middle, with Mike to her left and Julie to her right. As the movie went on, it got scarier and scarier. At several times Susan turned her face onto Mike's shoulder. For one particular scene Susan was so frightened she grabbed onto Mike's hand and didn't let go. Mike was surprised as a soft, warm hand touched his. As the movie went on, Julie noticed that her mom's hand was on Mike's. She smiled and knew they would become a couple soon. Mike constantly looked down at Susan and his hands to make sure he wasn't dreaming. When he was finally sure, he moved his hand to intertwine with Susan's as if they were a regular couple. Susan smiled inside and never wanted to let go. For the remainder of the movie, Mike held Susan's hand, and Susan held his. When the movie was over Mike was unsure of whether to continue holding her hand. They were the last people to leave the theater. As they got up and walked down the aisle, Julie all but ran in order to get to the video games that were located outside, which left Mike and Susan alone. He decided to go in for a kiss. After all they did know each other, they were together almost everyday after Mike got off of work, and they talked on the phone alot. Mike grabbed her hand, turned her around, pulled her by her waist and kissed her softly. Susan was shocked, yet happy. She accepted the kiss, and put her arms around his shoulders.

Moments later there were ushers coming in to clean up whatever mess was left behind.

"Excuse me." whispered an usher hoping not to interrupt much. "We kinda need to clean before our next customers come in."

Mike and Susan both blushed and walked out hand in hand. They met up with Julie, who knew what was going on when she saw them. She was happy for her mom.

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That night as Mike went to drop them off at home, he got out of his truck, and walked them to the door. Julie went inside to call her friends, and Susan stayed outside talking to Mike.

"I had a great time" smiled Susan.

"Yea, we should do this again sometime, but maybe just the two of us and a casual dinner?" Mike sounded genuine and sincere.

"Sure" was Susan's only reply. She was too happy to say anything else.

"Great. I'll call you tomorrow to plan our date." and with that Mike leaned in to kiss her goodnight. It was a short kiss, but meaningful one. "Goodnight." smiled Mike as he headed toward his truck.

Susan stood at her door smiling. She couldn't wait to hear from him again.

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SO WHAT DID YOU ALL THINK? NOT TOO FAST FOR THEM? WELL PLEASE READ AND REVIEW. THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL MY WONDERFUL REVIEWS. IM NOT SO SURE WHEN THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE UP. I HAVE TO WORK FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS. I WILL TRY TO HAVE IT UP BY FRIDAY NIGHT BUT NO PROMISES...SRY.