FOR THE BETTER

I STILL DONT OWN ANYTHING THAT IS AFFILIATED WITH DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, EXCEPT FOR THIS FANFIC. THANKS TO ALL MY REVIEWERS.

TO BE HONEST, IM GETTING A LITTLE BORED WITH THIS FIC. I LOVE MIKE AND SUSAN, BUT I DONT HAVE MUCH TO WRITE ON. PLUS I HAVE A GREY'S ANATOMY FIC THAT IS GETTING MUCH RECOGNITION, SO I MIGHT JUST HURRY AND FINISH THIS ONE. SORRY, BUT THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT, AND THANKS TO AYEESHA FOR HER ENCOURAGEMENT AND SHE'S THE BEST FANFIC AUTHOR EVER, AND SHE HAS THE BEST STORIES!

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The dinner date they had planned had went extremely well. They ate at a well-known Italian restaurant. Mike had picked Susan up for their date earlier that day. They spent about an hour or so at the restaurant. She smiled at him everytime their eyes met. They felt like it was time to leave, so Mike called over the waiter and paid the check before leaving. It was still a bit early, and Julie was with Karl for the weekend so Susan had the house to herself. Mike thought it would be a good idea to go home and dress into something more comfortable, so they could take a walk around her neighborhood.

They went to Mike's house first. As Susan walked into his apartment for the first time, she felt at home. It was clean, and he had nice furniture.

"I'll be out in a minute, just make yourself at home." he said, as he was taking off his jacket. Mike disappeared somewhere to the back of his place and Susan just stood there. She noticed some pictures and walked around to look at them. Some were of when he was a child, some were of him in athletics, and some were of him and some friends.

"Those are old." laughed Mike as he saw Susan holding up one of him goofing around with some of the other jocks.

"You can't tell. You still look good." replied Susan still looking at the pictures. When she turned around she found him standing there shirtless. "Wow! You still look great!" blushed Susan. She couldn't take her eyes off of him.

"Thanks" he smiled. "So do you want to go back to your place so you can change?" he asked looking at her beauty.

"Yea, these high heels are killing me" she laughed.

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"You know where everything is, right? Well I'm just going to go get dressed, and then we'll be ready to go." she said looking at him with passion in her eyes, hoping they could just stay there, and 'learn more about each other'. They weren't exactly dating, but they were far past just being friends. "Or maybe, if you want, we could just stay here." she hinted. He took the hint and pulled her into a deep kiss. She softly moaned as his tongue played with hers. She let his hands roam her body, while she started to take off his shirt; she succeeded and it fell to the floor.

They managed to get upstairs after he had also removed her shirt. They slowly walked into her bedroom, still making out. He laid her on the bed and moments later the were both ready for the other. They consumated their relationship.

When morning rolled around, she laid in his arms while he was still asleep. She was draped over half of his body with her head laying on his shoulder. She looked at him in his sleep. He was beautiful. He was warm. He made her smile. She felt that he made her whole again. She kissed him softly, and freed herself from him, trying not to wake him. She managed to do so and slipped on her robe. She made her way downstairs to pick up all of the clothing that Mike and her dropped last night. As she looked around she didn't find any.

"I picked it all all up." smiled Julie, who sat in the living room reading a book.

"Julie? What are you doing here? I thought you were coming back Sunday night." she asked both shocked and a little embarressed.

"Dad was called to go to a conference in New York. He said it was really important and he had to attend." she said smirking. She hated when things like this got in the way when she was staying with him.

"Oh, well, good morning then" Susan was glad to see Julie, but wanted to spend more alone time with Mike.

"So, I take it that Mike stayed here last night, right?" Julie asked, knowing he had, but just wanted to mess with her mom.

"Yea, yea he did. And, it was, um..." she stopped when she remembered that Julie was 14. "we had fun." She finished, not wanting Julie to know how her night went exactly.

"Yea, I could tell when I found your bra on the top of the staircase." she laughed. "Oh and Mike's pants were right in front of my bedroom door."

Susan couldn't help but blush. Just then, they heard footsteps descending from the stairs. Mike came down in only some boxers surprised to see Julie.

"Um, hi Julie." Mike said in embarressment.

"Good morning" Julie laughed.

Mike walked over to Susan and stood behind her grabbing her by the waist and kissing her neck softly. "Good morning" he mumbled. He would have kissed her on the lips but he didn't want to expose any more of himself to Julie.

Susan realized at that moment that Mike was the man she wanted to be with for the rest of her life. He was good to Julie, and Julie loved having him around. Especially since Mike helped her get her new chihuahua, Lola. Julie could see that Mike really cared about her mom and Susan cared about him. He made her happy and he was always doing helping her. He even took Susan to a mechanic when he car broke down, and since he was at their house alot, he occasionally helped Julie with her homework. Their life was going great. It was a turn for the better, and everyday with him was something to look forward to.

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Ok that's the end of the fic. Sorry guys, but my ideas were running short. Thanks to all that reviewed and took the time to read. And sorry it was really short. I look forward to reading other fics too, so please update if you have a story.