Michael had just
entered his condo after taking his slow time to come home. He had
been thinking the entire way, and was now even more confused than
when he had left that morning. He was just undoing his tie when he
heard the door slam in back of him. He turned to see Bianca standing
there, very angry, very determined.
"Oh, what now?" He
didn't think he could handle anymore.
"When are you going
to stop terrorizing my family?"
"Um, how about never?
Sorry, babe, but it's really fun. Your family is so gullible."
She
shook her head. "No, it ends today. Right now."
"It
ends when I say it ends." He threw his tie on a chair. "You
know, Binks, you could make this so much easier on yourself."
"By
what? Accepting you?"
He was nonchalant. "Yeah, why not?
You could accept that that night at Myrtle's was consensual, you
could accept that I want you to want to be with me, and you can even
accept that you are attracted to me."
"Never."
He
gave her a look. "You know, we sure have a lot of chemistry, and
you sure seem to be obsessed with me enough to make me think
otherwise."
She was confused. Don't fall for his act!
"The only thing I could possibly accept from you is my innocent
baby girl that you gave me."
"Boy."
She gave him
a steely smile. "No, Michael, she is a girl."
"Oh,
and I bet you want her to grow up and be just like you."
""Why
not?"
"Sweet, kind, beautiful, obsessive, anorexic, gay,
an arsonist-"
She lunged at him. How dare you say those
things about her! "She is an innocent! She will be whoever
she wants to be!"
When she came at him, he grabbed her arm,
twisting her around so she was pressed against the couch. He leaned
on top of her.
Her face hit the glass as he pulled her
down on the couch. She was crying in pain, crying in fear…
Crying
over what was to come.
"Now, why do I always have to
be violent towards you, hmmm? To tell you the truth, I don't like
to be. Plus, I don't want anything happening to the little
Cambias." He patted her stomach with his free hand. Her pulse
was racing. He twisted her around. He was so close to her...she could
feel his breath against her lips.
"I don't like being this
way." He almost looked apologetic.
"I thought you liked
being in control. I thought you liked it when I was scared." And
she was determined not to be. He was so close. She could feel him.
He
looked at her for a while, almost in confusion. "I like passion
more than control." He whispered the words, not really intending
to. I do like the control. Christ, Bianca, what have you done to
me?
She looked at his face. She had always seen his face as a
monster, a rapist, haunting her life. She now looked upon the lost,
gentle man who asked for her hand. A man she would have accepted
having a baby with. She felt her head move slightly. He let his move
down. When they kissed, Bianca felt nothing life she had ever felt,
nothing to be described. She knew the kiss, knew the feel of his
body. He knew her temptation. She didn't even know how she got
there. She didn't know how they pulled each other's shirts off,
how he could be so gentle, so romantic. She moved her body against
his, sighing. He groaned, confused with his own feelings.
This
can't be Michael. It is, but it isn't. Michael raped me...this
man...wants me. He wants me to want him. Can I want him?
No,
she couldn't. She forced herself away, throwing her arms around her
bare belly.
"No!"
Michael stopped. He rested his head
just below her hands.
"Why did you do that?" He looked
at her. His face was exasperated. His eyes were still confused, but
starting to clear. He was becoming the Michael she knew, the Michael
who had stolen from her.
"I can't, Michael. This isn't
me. This isn't you. I can't." She started to get up, move
away from him. He barred her with his arms. He let his body touch
hers harder.
"You can and you will."
Her breath
caught. She had led herself into a trap that was her own making. She
looked up at his face. There he was, in all his control. She had to
take the control back.
He looked at her angrily. "I didn't
want to...but you leave me no choice." He almost shrugged his
shoulders. "I'm going to have to force you, again."
He
forced her arms to her sides and kissed her again. She fought back,
barely remembering his strength.
Kendall
was leaving her condo when she heard a scream. She quickly turned to
Michael's place. She froze, her eyes full of shock, fear covering
her face. Suddenly, Aidan appeared, walking determinedly towards
Michael's.
"Aidan!" She hissed. He stopped, looking at
her in surprise.
"What are you doing here?"
She
suddenly saw the gun in his hand. "Michael raped Bianca,
sexually harassed Maggie..." She gasped at that. "I'm
here to kill him. Now, why don't you go back inside so you can have
plausible deniability?"
Another scream.
