A/N: Sorry it took so long to update but it's finally here. Hope you all enjoy it and thanks for the reviews. :) I got the baby name from Episode 2.08 'The Sun Won't Set.' Italics represent flashbacks.

Chapter 6: Temptation

Susan ran towards her friends with her daughter Julie by her side. "How is she?" she asked sitting next to Lynette.

"She's still in there with the doctor," came the soft response.

"Susan, we were looking for you everywhere. Where did you go?" asked Bree looking at her friend.

Susan looked at her. What could she say? 'I was on Mike's bed making out with him.' "I..errr..wasn't feeling very well so I went upstairs for some quiet," she lied.

Bree accepted the words coming from her friend's mouth and smiled. Susan immediately felt guilty, she didn't want to lie to her friends but what could she do? She couldn't tell them that she was with Mike. They would hate her or think badly of her and she couldn't have that. Her friends were what were keeping her together at this time.

"Can you believe it? Gabby's going to be a mom," smiled Lynette.

"I know I never expected it but she'll be a great one," responded Bree.

"Yes she'll be fine. I can't wait to see if it's a boy or a girl," sighed Susan.

At that moment Carlos came out of the delivery room. They all stood up anxiously.

"Carlos, how's Gabby?" asked Susan.

"She's fine. Yelling at me for getting her pregnant," he smiled.

They all laughed lightly. Carlos heard his wife's loud yell and grimaced. "I better go back. Thanks for being here."

"We're happy to be," reassured Bree with a smile. They all down tiredly waiting for some news.

Three hours had passed and Susan yawned softly. She looked to her side and saw Julie had fallen asleep on her shoulder. Gently she tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. She looked at her watch. It was 2:15 am. She was exhausted and wanted to go home and sleep.

Turning to Bree she smiled softly. "Remember when Andrew was born, the expression on Rex's face."

The redhead smiled at the mention of her beloved husband and touched her wedding ring in remembrance. "Yeah he couldn't believe how long the labor took."

"The look on his face said it all," grinned Lynette tiredly.

"I miss him," she whispered sadly.

Susan placed a hand on her arm. "We all do but he is watching over you and the kids."

"You really think so?" asked Bree hopefully.

"Of course sweetie he always did look out for you," agreed Lynette.

"Thank you both I'm so lucky to have friends as great as you," she smiled gratefully.

Susan smiled rubbing her own arms up and down. "It's really cold in here."

Lynette looked up and was surprised to see her husband walking towards them with Mike. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We came by to see how it was going," smiled Tom. "Is Gabby still in labor?"

Lynette nodded her head in response. "Yeah, where are the kids?"

"Don't worry I left them with Danielle. I hope that's okay?" He asked looking at Bree.

"It's fine Tom, " she smiled and turned to Mike. "It was a wonderful party thank you. You just have to give me the recipe for your macaroons"

Mike grinned. "Thanks for coming. I didn't think anyone would actually turn up."

He looked at Susan who was refusing to meet his gaze. He smiled inwardly at the image of Julie asleep against her shoulder.

"She must be pretty tired," he spoke trying to make some conversation. He knew she must have been feeling pretty guilty about what almost happened between them at the party.

Susan looked up and turned to Bree. "I need some coffee. Would you mind keeping an eye on Julie?"

"No it's fine. Would you mind getting me a cup?"

Susan stood up stretching her arms. "Tom do you want one?"

"It's okay Susan, I'll get them," he offered.

"No it's fine I need to stretch my legs," she smiled.

"I'll help you," offered Mike moving towards her.

"I can manage," she spoke bluntly. She didn't want Mike anywhere near her not after tonight.

"Oh come on Susan, you gonna carry six cups of coffee by yourself? Let me help," he protested.

Susan rolled her eyes in annoyance and sighed. "Fine!"

Mike grinned following her through the doors to the coffee machine. He sighed in annoyance as Susan determinedly walked in front of him at a brisk pace.

He was relieved when they reached their destination. She punched in a few numbers on the machine not once looking at him.

"So are you planning on ignoring me for the rest of your life?" he asked breaking the fraught silence.

Susan continued staring at the machine as it filled up another cup of coffee. That's what she had to do ignore him; she couldn't look into those soft blue eyes. It was too much for her.

"Susan?" he asked touching her arm and forcing her to look at him.

What could she say? To make things better nothing was ever going to be right again. She almost had sex with this man stood in front of her. She almost cheated on her loyal boyfriend Ron and with someone who was a complete stranger to her. You know him screamed the other part of her brain. He's Mike Delfino the man you once loved. The man who also broke her heart.

"Do you still like your coffee strong?" she asked meekly.

"Yeah," he responded surprised at the question. Susan placed their coffee on a nearby table as she waited for the other cups to fill up.

Her gaze was set on the wall behind Mike's looming figure. She felt a soft breeze hit her arm and she rubbed them up and down trying to keep warm.

Mike noticed the action and took off his jacket handing it to her silently. "Here put this on."

"No I'm fine," she lied. 'Why did she have to leave her jumper in her car?'

"Susan please you'll make yourself ill. Take the jacket," he whispered faintly.

She numbly took it from his hands and put it on sighing as the warm material hugged her body. The jacket swamped her tiny figure and smelt of a combination of leather and Mike's distinctive scent.

"Susan have you seen my shirt?" yelled Mike coming into the bedroom.

He smiled as he saw her sat on her bed reading a magazine clad only in the shirt he was looking for.

"I missed you so I put it on to feel you next to me," she smiled.

"I was only gone for ten minutes," he grinned sitting on the bed droplets of water dripping from his hair onto his chest.

"Yeah, ten very long minutes," she drawled putting the magazine down and inching closer to her lover. "If you want it back you're gonna have to take it."

"Oh, and what if I don't want it back," he asked teasing her.

"Believe me you want it back," she whispered trailing her hand inside his boxers making him moan softly.

She took his hand and placed them at the top of his shirt helping him open the first three buttons.

"It's still on you," he murmured huskily moving his hand underneath the shirt to cup one of her bare breasts.

"Y….eee….ssss..," she moaned. "Just what are we going to…ahh…do..about..that?"

Mike rolled over pinning her underneath his body. Susan giggled softly at the action. The giggle was replaced by a soft moan as he expertly slid the shirt off her body and met her lips in a searing kiss.

"Susan? Susan?" came the soft voice bringing her out of her stupor. She looked up and saw Mike grinning at her. Why did he have to be so handsome?

"We should get back to the others," she whispered handing him some of the coffees. They walked back in silence towards the waiting room.

Susan smiled at her friends. "Is there any news?"

"Not yet no," smiled Lynette noticing that her friend was wearing Mike's jacket.

Julie stirred gently at the sound of her mother's voice and looked at her confused. "Mom are we still at the hospital?"

Susan smoothed her daughter's soft brown hair. "Yeah, baby we are."

The teen rubbed her eyes tiredly reaching for a bottle of water. "Where did you get that jacket? Is Ron here," she asked slightly annoyed.

"No Ron isn't here," sighed Susan suddenly remembering her boyfriend and where he had gotten to after the party.

Julie looked up and saw Mike sat on a chair across from them. "Mike what are you doing here?" she asked quickly standing up and going to sit next to him.

"I was worried so I came with Tom to see how Gabby was," he explained.

Julie smiled at the figure of her mom in a huge black leather jacket and turned to Mike. "Why's my mom wearing your jacket?" she whispered quietly.

"She was cold," answered Mike looking as Susan chatted quietly to Bree.

"Mike, my mom would never wear your jacket," she grinned. "Unless something is going on."

"No nothing is going on," he replied looking at her and noticing the disappointed looked that passed her face.

"So where's Dr I'm so perfect," she asked her tone sombre.

All eyes turned to the opening if the door and Carlos' beaming face. "It's a girl."

"How is baby and mom doing?" asked Susan coming to hug him.

"They're fine, come on Gabby wants to see you all," he smiled.

They all followed Carlos towards Gabrielle's room seeing the exhausted new mother lying on the bed.

"Hey Gabby," smiled Susan going to hug her friend warmly.

"You guys stayed all this time," she asked touched at their support.

"Of course you're our friend," smiled Bree. "Where's the little one?"

Carlos proudly bought his daughter towards the group silently handing her to Bree.

"She's beautiful she looks just like you," sighed Lynette touching the baby's soft mass of dark hair.

"What's her name Mrs Solis?" asked Julie.

"Aurora," answered Carlos proudly looking at his wife. "Aurora Solis."

"Well anytime you need a babysitter I'm free," smiled Julie affectionately stroking the little girl's cheek.

"Oh honey I'm counting on it," grinned Gabrielle.

"How are you holding up?" asked Susan concerned.

"I'm tired but okay. Carlos here almost collapsed," she teased sharing the information with her friends.

"I did not almost collapse," he retaliated. "It's a very emotional time. Tom, Mike back me up on this."

"I wouldn't know," whispered Mike sadly. Gabrielle looked at her husband silently chiding him for what he said. Susan saw the pain pass his face and felt her own heart break a little bit.

"Anyway Carlos here yelled 'Oh dios mio' and I actually saw the color drain from his face," spoke Gabrielle hoping to lighten the mood.

Mike watched silently from the corner of the room as the baby was passed to Susan. He watched as she cradled it protectively in her arms. The way she touched the cheek softly. He always thought that one day he would have a baby with Susan.

That she would be pregnant with their son or daughter and they would be planning this whole new part of their life. He even picked out names for their children and imagined what they would look like. They would have Susan's beautiful hazel eyes and maybe his smile. He envisioned picnics in the park as their little child ran up to them screaming 'mommy' and 'daddy'. That dream was lost now along with many others that he wanted with Susan.

"You must be really tired. You both should get some rest and we'll come by and see you tomorrow," spoke Bree.

Gabrielle nodded her head weakly. "Thank you for being here."

Saying their goodbyes they all started to walk out of the hospital. Susan realizing that she still had Mike's jacket turned around to give it back to him but he was nowhere to be seen.

The Next Morning

Edie smiled to herself as she strode up the steps to Mike's front door. Last night had been eventful to say the least. It was nice to see Mike back on Wisteria Lane but she didn't expect him to have a girlfriend. She like everyone else thought that the day Mike came back he would come back for Susan. After all they were destined to be together.

Edie was aware of the longing looks Mike and Susan shared at the party. Smiling to herself she knocked on the door. It was opened a moment later by Jennifer.

"Oh great," she sighed. "Hi is Mike in?"

"What do you want?" she asked looking at her suspiciously.

"I came to help clean up after last night," she spoke planting a false smile on her face.

"We don't need your help," spoke Jennifer harshly.

"Jen who is it?" came the tired voice of Mike.

Edie grinned and pushed past the younger woman making her way into the house. "It's only me," she smiled. "I thought you could use a hand clearing up and I bought donuts."

"Well hey Edie. You didn't have to," Mike greeted warmly.

"It's my pleasure," she grinned watching as Mike walked into the kitchen with Bongo.

Jennifer folded her arms sternly across her chest and Edie smiled deciding to tease the rude girl. "You might wanna lay of the donuts honestly that outfit does nothing for your figure."

Mike returned a few seconds later unaware of the tension between the two women. Smiling he picked up a jelly donut from the box.

"So Edie how come you're up so early?" he asked softly.

"I couldn't sleep honestly Karl got up at four this morning to go to a conference in Boston disturbing me in the process," she sighed. "You want a donut Jennifer?" she asked innocently picking up the pink box.

"I wouldn't touch anything from you," she snapped bitterly.

Mike looked at his girlfriend. "What the hell is the matter with you?"

"It doesn't matter Mike," smiled Edie. "So shall we start in here?" She spoke picking up a black bag.

That Afternoon

Edie smiled as she saw Mike out in the garden picking up empty bottles and wrappers. Jennifer had been constantly pushing Edie every time she got close to Mike. It was frankly becoming annoying.

Heading outside she smiled at Mike handing him a beer. "Here you look like you could use this?"

"Thanks Edie," he smiled sitting down on a chair and taking a sip of the cool liquid.

"It's nice having you back here," she began.

"You know I think you're the first person who actually said that and meant it," he shrugged.

"Well I'm not the only one who thinks it," she confirmed.

"I dunno Edie, maybe I should never have come back," he sighed confiding in her. Both unaware that Jennifer had come into the kitchen and was listening to the conversation.

"Why do you say that?" she asked intrigued.

"It's just…It's I just messed up everything and no one actually wants me here," he sighed dejectedly.

"You mean Susan?" she spoke knowingly. Mike nodded his head in agreement.

"I should have stayed away it would have been better that way."

"Mike, Susan is hurting right now," she reassured placing a hand on his knee. "Give her time."

"I don't think that will help. She hates me," he spoke taking a long swallow of his drink.

"Mike that is partly true but somewhere she still feels something for you. I can tell," she smiled.

"Yeah hate and disgust," he responded morbidly.

"I don't want to say much cos it's not my place but when has that ever stopped me?" she grinned.

Mike laughed lightly at her admission. "What is it?"

"When you left Susan was just heartbroken. I mean beyond devastated she wasn't even like that when she found out Karl was leaving her. The man she had been married too," she sighed.

Mike sat up in his seat. He had hurt her more than Karl ever did. He really was pathetic.

"We tried to help her but she literally locked herself in the house only going outside to fetch the groceries or take Julie to school."

Mike looked at her sadly. "I've hurt her so much."

"Love is hurt sometimes Mike but it's also compromise you need to talk to Susan," she explained softly.

"This is weird you were always trying to keep Susan and me apart," he joked.

"Yes but I knew I was fighting a lost battle. Anyone could see how much you two loved each other," she spoke faintly.

"What about Ron?" he asked thinking about the young doctor.

"Mike she's only with Ron cos she's afraid of being alone. Se needs you not some boy. We all see how unhappy she is with him. It's a façade," she responded. She looked at his facial features for a hint of compassion or love and decided to ask. "Do you love Susan?"

Jennifer's ears perked up at the question and she moved a little closer.

"Edie?"

"It's a simple question Mike. Do you love her?" she asked again.

Mike sighed loudly running a hand through his hair. How could he answer that? Did he love Susan?

A knock on the door startled Jennifer and she quickly ran upstairs before Mike and Edie caught her snooping. Outside Mike was grateful for the interruption and went to answer the door. Edie frowned silently threatening whoever interrupted the conversation. Mike opened the door surprised to see Susan stood on the other side.

"Hi," he spoke his throat suddenly dry. Why did she always have to look so beautiful even dressed in a simple pair of jeans and a lilac vest top. Did he love her? Of course he did he never stopped.

" Hi," she responded almost shyly. Mike smiled she was so shy around him when they first started dating.

Both stood quietly gazing at each other unaware of what they were actually there for till Susan broke the silence. "Your jacket."

"Thanks," he smiled taking it from her outstretched hands. Their hands grazed briefly against each other and Susan felt a shiver go through her. Her eyes widened in shock when Edie came up behind Mike.

"Edie wahat are you doing here?" she asked.

"Hey Mayer, I just came to help Mike clean up after last night," she grinned wrapping her left arm around his shoulders.

"Oh, well you have your jacket now,..so..I..should," she began a little uneasy.

"You had Mike's jacket? What have you two crazy kids been up to?" asked Edie suggestively raising her eyebrows.

"Nothing Edie," defended Susan. "We were at the hospital remember Gabby went into labor."

"Oh yeah how is she doing?" she asked.

"She's fine it's a girl Aurora," smiled Susan looking at Mike.

"You were at the hospital," asked Jennifer loudly making her presence known and coming to stand at the other side of Mike. "You told me you were at Tom's house."

"Oh this is great everyone's here," Susan mumbled feeling uncomfortable. "You wouldn't happen to be hiding Bree or Lynette in there are you?" she joked laughing forcibly.

"Uh uh has Mikey been lying," teased Edie using the nickname Jennifer gave him.

The younger blond glared at her and turned to her boyfriend. "Mike what's going on?"

Susan rolled her eyes and sighed. "Listen Mike I'm sorry…I..err should have just told Julie to bring the jacket back," she apologized.

"Don't apologize you were only returning something," piped in Edie glaring at Jennifer.

"Edie will you just be quiet," hissed Susan. She turned to Mike and looked at him a hint of sadness in her hazel eyes. "Bye."

"Susan wait for me I'll come with you," she spoke. "I'll come by the hospital with you."

Turning to Mike she hugged him warmly. "We should catch up again and remember what I told you."

"Thanks Edie," he smiled watching as Edie ran up to Susan. There was something he never thought he would see Susan and Edie being friends.

He turned back to go inside the house only to have his way blocked by a fuming Jennifer. "Why did you tell me you were at Tom's house when you were with her?"

"Because I knew you would react this way," he sighed, walking back into the house.

"Excuse me but you spent the night with your ex- girlfriend. How do you expect me to react?" she yelled loudly.

"Yeah that's right I spent the night with Susan. I was also with Julie, Bree, Lynette, Carlos, Gabby and Tom. And lets not forget the doctors and nurses plus other patients. You gonna be mad with them too," he spoke angrily

"You know damn well that's not what I mean," she retaliated. "What was she doing with your jacket?"

"She was cold so I let her borrow it," he stated pulling the item on.

"She was cold," she spoke refusing to believe him.

"Yeah in case you didn't notice she was at the party last night wearing a dress. I wasn't going to let her freeze."

"So you're her knight in shining armor," she bit back sarcastically.

"Look Jen I can't deal with this right now," he sighed. "Bongo here boy come on." The dog ran playfully into the room lapping up the attention,

"What are you doing?" she sighed exasperated.

"Out hopefully you will have calmed down later," he spoke leaving the house with Bongo at his side.

Two weeks later.

Susan was placing her bag in the car when she felt someone walk up behind her. She turned around disappointed to see him standing there. She thought he would have got the message by now.

"Hey Susan. I'm glad I managed to catch you," he smiled. The smile that was so perfect and loving. She had once told him he had a smile to die for, that was still true.

"What do you want?" she asked looking around the neighborhood hoping someone was around so she could get away from him. It was just her bad luck that the whole street was deserted.

"Are you looking for someone?" he asked amused.

"None of your business," she responded harshly. "Gee I would like to say this was fun but I don't want to lie."

She reached for the car door and opened it a little shocked that Mike closed it once again. "What the hell are you doing?"

"I've been thinking," he began standing directly in front of her. Susan sighed as she pushed her back against the car door. It was no use he just moved closer. She looked up at his soft face, so beautiful and his lips so inviting. She let her gaze melt over his physique. She couldn't deny it he was temptation but temptation was never good it also led to trouble.

"Thinking," she whispered bringing her mind out of its daze.

"Yeah I want us to start over. I know you have moved on with your life but I want us to be friends," he smiled hoping she would say yes.

"Friends?" she spoke. "You want us to be friends?"

"Yeah it will be fun. We can at least try," he suggested.

"We were never friends," she whispered feeling his warm breath tickle her cheek.

"Of course we were," he murmured looking at her.

"No we were lovers," she whispered. "Lovers never friends."

"But we can give this a try," he protested desperately wanting this to work.

"We can't its too much please Mike why can't you just leave me alone," she spoke her voice a sad plea.

"I don't want to," he spoke his voice hoarse. "Susan I want to make things right."

"You want to make things right?" she spoke. He nodded his head in agreement. "Then let me have my future with Ron."

"We can't live on the same street and ignore each other forever," he spoke tilting her head up so she was staring into his eyes.

"Then…maybe you should have never come back," she said her eyes threatening to brim with tears.

Mike looked at her sadly and ever so softly placed his warm lips against hers. It took Susan one second to kiss him back just as softly tasting the warmness of his lips. The temptation of his skin against hers. It lasted a few seconds before he pulled away.

"Maybe you're right. I'm staring to wonder why I ever came back," he spoke leaving her alone on the porch.

Susan watched as he walked across the street to his house. Should she call out to him? Ask him to come back? She touched her lips softly she had given into temptation and kissed him again. Why? She didn't know the answer to that.

The ringing of her cell phone broke through her thoughts. She pulled it out of her bag and answered the call.

"Hey Ron…no..I'm on my way now…Bye."

She looked in the direction of Mike's house once more before getting into the car and driving off to meet her boyfriend and away from the temptation that plagued her thoughts.

TBC

A/N: Thanks for reading. Next chapter up soon