A/N: Thanks for your reviews. I wasn't so sure about this fic but now I will continue it alongside Race Against Time. Glad you all liked the first chapter. Hope you enjoy this one just as much.

Chapter 2: Changes

Mike was here. Mike Delfino was standing in front of her. Mike! Her ex-boyfriend. Susan stood there motionless, not knowing what to do. She looked around her surroundings. 'Dammit there was no way she could make a run for it.' Slowly she looked back up at Mike she had forgotten how good he looked. No. Howincredible he looked. The way his figure hugging t-shirt and jeans hung to his muscular frame. The way his eyes sparkled, his perfect nose and those kissable lips. The very same lips that used to pleasure every inch of her skin. She felt a rush of heat run through her body.

'Stop it' she argued with her brain. You have Ron now think about his lips not Mike's.

Mike was doing his own lazy perusal of Susan. 'God she looked amazing. The time they spent apart only made her more beautiful.' How could he forget about her? He looked at her warmly she was lost in thought her lower lip pulled up in a frown.

Needing to break the silence, he spoke to her for the first time in a year. "Susan, it's good to see you."

Susan who was thinking about Ron didn't realize he had said something. Mike touched her elbow gently.

"Hmm what?" she blurted out confused.

Mike laughed lightly, he missed this her inability to say things. In fact if he was truthful he had missed her a lot over this past year. "I said it's nice to see you."

"Oh you too. Although I never thought you would come into my life again," she chuckled nervously. "You look good."

Mike smiled forcefully. "Thanks you still look as beautiful as I remember."

"Yeah well I try," laughed Susan. 'Where the hell was Julie?'

Mike noticed the awkwardness within her voice and decided to make small talk. "So I see you're still a fan of peanut butter," he grimaced.

Susan smiled suddenly remembering the times he would make fun of her for eating the food.

"Yeah and redi-whip too," she answered quickly immediately scolding herself.

'Why the hell did she say that?' All thoughts of Mike came flooding back to her mind. Images of Mike licking the sweet treat off her body raced through her mind as she did the same to him more than once. She looked at Mike who was also seemingly lost in his own thoughts.

"So I see you're still a health freak," she spoke pointing to the bags of healthy food in his trolley.

"Yeah, but a can of redi-whip isn't so bad," he murmured huskily.

Susan felt an involuntary shudder run through her body. How could he still make her feel like the most important woman in the world?

"Right…so…I…better," she stammered unsure of what to say.

"Mike?" spoke Julie coming to hug him gleefully. He affectionately returned the embrace.

"What are you doing here?" she asked confused.

"Shopping," joked Mike. He looked at the teenager beside him. She had grown up a lot and resembled her mother more than ever before.

"Very funny," laughed Julie playfully hitting him on the arm. "In Fairview?"

"Yeah, I live just a few blocks away," he admitted looking at Susan who was nervously reading the back of a packet of chips.

"You've been in Fairview all this time?" asked Julie a little shocked. Not more shocked than her mother though. Susan dropped the packet of chips onto the floor.

Mike had been in Fairview all this time. For the past year he had literally been a half hour drive away from her. Yet he still never kept in touch. She was more than a little hurt at the new piece of information. She had thought he moved back to Los Angeles. Mike noticed the sad look pass her face and felt guilty. He knew she must have felt hurt, angry and betrayed.

"Yeah, I couldn't find it in myself to move so far away," he spoke softly.

"Come on Julie. We have to go," said Susan suddenly in a hurry to get away from him and the pain she felt.

Mike wasn't about to let her go, not that quickly. "Hey my apartment is just a five minute drive away. How about you come up for a coffee or something?"

"We don't have time," she mumbled pushing her trolley past him.

"Come on mom. It would be great to see Bongo again," pleaded Julie.

"Julie not now," hissed Susan looking at her daughter.

Mike placed his had on her shoulder. "Susan please."

She looked up into his warm blue eyes and found herself relenting. She could never say no to him. "Okay just one coffee."

Julie and Susan followed Mike into his apartment silently he opened the door only for Bongo to come running towards them. Susan jumped up in fright towards Mike; the carton of juices she was holding suddenly burst open between them.

She looked up at their close proximity. "I'm sorry," she whispered.

Mike looked into her eyes. "Don't worry about it."

Julie smiled at the conflicting emotions between her mom and Mike. Clearing her throat Susan moved away breaking the spell.

Mike looked at his dog. "Bongo what have I told you about scaring people."

Julie knelt down playfully patting the dog who licked at her face in return.

Mike looked at Susan softly. "You can put the coffee machine on. I'm gonna go and change suddenly I'm covered in OJ."

Susan nodded dumbly pulling out three mugs; she looked for thee coffee but couldn't find it.

"Hey Mike, where do you keep the coffee?" she yelled loudly.

Mile came out of his bedroom door. "Sorry what?"

Susan watched her eyes widening in surprise he was half-naked. She had forgotten how great he looked. She dragged her eyes lazily over his chest realizing that she hadn't said anything in a while she spoke. "Coffee."

"Third drawer on your left," smiled Mike going back into his bedroom.

Susan knew in her mind that she couldn't think about Mike. He had hurt her so much. She had woken up one morning to find him gone. No letter, no phone call, no goodbyes, nothing. She didn't even know he had left Wisteria Lane. She had to find out the news from Edie who had told her that his house had been put on the market again. She was beyond heartbroken. How could he have done this? Did he not feel anything for her?

Pouring the coffee into three mugs she watched as he came out of the bedroom sitting next to Julie. She walked towards them handing them a cup each.

"Mike, you have a great place," marvelled Julie standing up and walking around the apartment.

"Thanks Julie," he smiled taking a sip of the hot liquid in front of him. "So how have you been?" he asked looking at Susan.

"Great everything is just great," she answered an uncomfortable silence falling between them once again.

Susan glanced at Mike clasping her hands tightly around her mug of coffee. 'Why was this so difficult?' they could always talk to each other about anything.

"So," he began.

"So Gabby's pregnant," she interrupted.

"Wow things have really changed on Wisteria Lane," he spoke stunned at the news.

"Yeah, well you left without so much as a goodbye. Are you surprised?" she snapped harsher than she intended.

Mike was taken aback by the tone in her voice and flinched inwardly.

"Hey, Mike who's this?" asked Julie placing a picture frame in front of them. Susan looked at the picture. Mike was with a striking blond-haired woman. Her head was resting on his chest and Mike was laughing in the picture.

"That's…" he began uncomfortable all of a sudden. He looked up at Susan. "It's Jennifer."

"Well you and Jennifer seem pretty cozy. Is she your girlfriend?" asked a curious Julie.

"Julie, that's none of our business," reprimanded Susan.

"Yeah she is my girlfriend," he spoke softly. Susan's face fell at the news. He had a girlfriend and a very pretty one at that..

"Maybe you can double date with mom?" spoke Julie. Susan gently kicked her under the table for even suggesting the idea.

"You're dating someone?" asked Mike.

"Ummm yeah Ron," she whispered quietly tracing her fingers on the table.

"You and Ron are still together?" he asked.

The sound of the door opening forced them to look away. Susan watched as a beautiful blond woman walked in to the apartment.

"Hey handsome," she spoke walking towards Mike and placing a lingering kiss on his lips. "What's going on here?" she asked looking at Susan and Julie.

"Ermm this is Susan and Julie Mayer. They are…."

"Old friends from Wisteria Lane. We kinda bumped into Mike at the grocery store," interrupted Julie coming to his defense.

"Oh, Mike never talks about that part of his life. I'm Jennifer," she smiled holding out her hand.

Susan shook her hand politely. "I'm Susan and this is my daughter Julie."

Mike watched the interaction between the two feeling more that a little uncomfortable at the situation.

"Well Mike here is such a sweetheart as I'm sure you know," cooed Jennifer hugging him. Mike looked at Susan awkwardly.

"Yeah well that's great but we have to get going now," responded Susan quickly picking up her purse.

"But mom I thought we," protested Julie.

"Julie we need to go NOW," hissed Susan.

Her daughter looked up and noticed the pain mirroring her mom's eyes. Standing up quietly she hugged Mike tightly. "It was good seeing you again Mike."

"You too Julie," he smiled in response. He turned to look at Susan but she but she was already out of the door and his life once again.

Bree's House that Night

"Are you serious, what happened?" asked Gabrielle taking a sip of her fruit juice.

Susan had come by for poker that night and blurted out about Mike and how he was still living in Fairview. She needed someone to talk to and she sure as hell couldn't talk to Ron about her ex-boyfriend and his reappearance into her life. Susan knew her friends would understand they always did.

"Oh sweetie, it must have been so hard for you seeing him again especially with the way he left," sympathized Bree. She remembered how much her friend had been affected by the news of Mike leaving. It took almost two weeks for Susan to even consider coming outside of her house.

"Yeah it was. Why did he have to come into my life again. I was doing just fine," argued Susan pouring herself her third glass of wine.

"Well, you won't be seeing him again. I mean not if you don't want to," explained Lynette shuffling the poker cards.

"You're right. I don't want to go back into the past. It's time to look forward to the future," agreed Susan feeling a little bit better.

"How was he?" asked Gabrielle curious to find out more.

"Great, he was Mike," Susan sighed dejectedly.

"Honey, are you going to be okay knowing that he's only half an hour away?" asked Lynette.

"Yeah," Susan replied all too quickly. "I mean I have to be…I…err…have…Ron now. Mike left and he is not a part of my life anymore."

The girls looked at her sadly knowing that this affected her more than she was letting on.

"Come on lets play poker," smiled Susan desperately wanting to change the subject.

That night Susan was wide awake unable to sleep. She looked at the peaceful form of Ron next to her. He was lying on his stomach, his hands stretched under the pillow. Turning away on her side she couldn't stop thinking about Mike. She knew it was stupid after all it was just a coincidence she would never see him again. So why did a part of her feel saddened by the thought? Closing her eyes she tried to get her body to claim it's much needed sleep.

Meanwhile outside of town Mike was having the same dilemma. He looked at the sleeping form of his girlfriend, her head resting on his chest. Cautiously he moved from underneath her gently getting off the bed.

Mike walked out of the bedroom into the kitchen. Looking into the refrigerator he pulled out a beer and slumped onto the couch quietly turning on the television. He took a few quick swallows hoping to get his mind off Susan. He couldn't stop thinking about her, he never expected her to come into his life again and turn it around. He had to stop this everything had changed. She was out of his life. He was the one who walked away.

"Mike..it's late what are you doing up?" came the sleepy voice of his girlfriend.

"Nothing, I couldn't sleep," he smiled,

"Come back to bed," she purred holding out her hand invitingly. Mike placed his beer on the table and walked towards her once more.

TBC

A/N: What did you think? Thanks for reading and I will have the next chapter up soon. : )