Title: His Gift, Her Love

Author: Tara

Rating: G

Category: Candy

Summary: Michael turns back to Roswell, and gets Maria guitar

Disclaimer: Not mine. SO not mine.

Spoilers: S1, S2, S3. Post-Graduation

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Michael turned back.

He'd seen the black, unmarked cars heading into Roswell, and instinctively knew what they wanted.

So he turned back, and grabbed Max.

Before heading out of town however, he made on detour.

"Where are you going?" Max asked.

Michael ignored him, and pulled up outside the DeLuca house.

He knew that Maria would be coming with them now, whether he liked it or not. And he knew there was one thing she wouldn't be able to survive without.

He jumped off his bike, and ran across the yard.

The window was always kept unlocked, specially for him, and now was no different.

Michael slid it up, and then hoisted himself in. He took a quick look around her messy room, and spotted it.

Maria's guitar. The one she'd been given after Alex's death.

He grabbed it, and then slid out the window, holding it carefully in it's case.

He pulled the window closed, and then jogged back across the lawn.

"Hold this," he muttered, thrusting the guitar case at Max.

Max looked at him with a look of surprise, but did as he was told.

Michael jumped back on, and within moments they were racing off again, heading towards their meeting spot.

As soon as they got there, Michael looked around for Maria.

Finally spying her, he grabbed the guitar, and jogged over to Maria with it.

He held it out to her, a little breathless, and watched the stunned, surprised, look appear on her face.

"I picked it up on my way over here," he said, suddenly feeling shy.

"Thank you, Michael," Maria breathed, holding it lovingly in her arms.

She reached up to kiss him.

He let his lips be captured by hers, knowing that he could never leave her now.

"Thank you," she whispered again.

Aat that moment, Jesse showed up with the van, and they left.

Michael watched Maria holding the guitar. The sparkle in her eyes, the soft look on her face, was enough to tell him that for once, he hadn't screwed something up.

Maria glanced up at him, and smirked.

He grinned, and she blushed slightly.

It was the nicest thing he'd ever done for her, and he felt sort of proud to know that he could make her look that way, that soft.

It was his gift to her, the only way he knew how to express his love.

In return, he knew she loved him.

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