Chapter 4 of Together:
Tony stood up from the sofa, and took Michelle's hand pulling her up with him. They stood there for a few minutes, still holding hands then Tony started towards the door.
"So where do you want to go to eat?" he asked michelle who was staring into space - well metaphorically speaking, she was actually staring into a big field with lots of horses.
No answer, Tony looked at her and continued driving, "Michelle?", still no answer.
"Michelle, are you okay?" He asked, raising his voice slightly, the worry now evident in his voice.
Michelle jumped slightly, and she turned and looked straight at Tony, "What? Oh, yeah i'm fine"
Tony was far from convinced. Michelle was sat there silently think about how she could talk to Tony about two things on her mind, but no way was she telling him the second one just yet. Tony pulled up into a empty dirt road, where he thought he and Michelle could straighten things out before breakfast, or brunch, hopefully sooner rather than later as his stomach was beginning to rumble.
"Look, Chelle, I can read you pretty well by now, and I know that something is up, so are you gonna tell me or not?"
Michelle just looked at him, he eyes slightly glazed, "Tony its nothing important, it can wait, it doesnt matter okay" she replied, raising her eyebrows at him trying to make her point - it didnt work so much.
"Chelle, You know what my jobs is right?" he said with a slight humorous tone and hint of sarcasm (well you know Tony, he likes that sarcasm!)
"Well, yeah" She said frowning a little, 'Of course I do, I've been working with you for 18 months!'
Tony had to laugh a little, at her cute expression, to which she softened as he laughed. "So, you'll know that I'm an interogator then? and a pretty good one at that?"
Now it was Michelles turn to laugh, "Your point being?" she said, slightly amused at how he was handling the situation.
"Well that I'm going to get this out of you one way or another, so take your pick?"
"Oh how generous of you, so if i dont tell ya, are you gonna call in Richards or handle me by yourself?" She said with a cheeky grin.
Tony was becoming impatient seeing how he wasn't getting anywhere, and his stomach was getting louder and louder! "Ok, Michelle, would you please tell me what is up?" The seriousness now evident in his tone.
Michelle took a deep breath, and turned to face him, she decided she would tell him about the first of her problems to keep him quiet, but the second well that would still have to wait, she couldn't deal with that now.
"Okay Tony, the thing is I just, okay I want to know what happened over the phone and stuff, did you actually think that I just..." She took a big intake of breath and carried on "Did you think I just kissed you for comfort?" Tony looked at her, he wasnt sure on the answer himself, he hoped to God it wasn't the case, but didnt understand how Michelle would want him, Tony, regular guy?
"Um, well, I guess I did, yeah..." But before he could carry on a tear spilled from her eye, 'Great so he thinks of me as a slapper then? I wouldn't have just kissed anyone, how dare he think that! I dont know why I'm getting so god damn emotional!' Michelle thought. Michelle just went into a daze again, and Tony sat there wondering how he had made her cry, he went back through what he had said and realised he hadnt finished his point,
"Chelle, I only thought..."
Michelle cut him off, she shook her head at him and forced a smile "Just take me home please Tony"
Tony just stared at her, 'Go Almeida, you've screwed up already', "Chelle, please can I just finish"
Michelle just shrugged, and carried on staring out of the window. "Come on Chelle, at least look at me" She took a deep breath and looked at him, she had to keep herself together, he'd think she was pathetic getting upset over something so small.
"Right Chelle, well I..., um..., okay I'm quite, um" He stumbled, 'Just spit it out Almieda!', Michelle sat there patiently, giving him the time he needed to get this out. "Im quite insecure" Michelle frowned again, so Tony further explained "See Nina screwed me up pretty bad, so now i'm always self-conscious, and scared to trust when it comes to women, you in particular" 'Ok crap that sounded so much better in my head!'
Michelle was fuming, "Your scared to trust me in particular! What have I done wrong?"
"No no no, see look, i cant explain it well, um, Nina screwed me up so now I screw relationships up, and i'm worried about screwing realtionships up" He quickly gathered the rest of his thoughts and continued "So I'm worried to start a relationship with you, because I dont want to screw it up; I care about you too much to hurt you" Michelle calmed down at this, 'So basically we've just had a huge long heated argument because of a slight misunderstanding, and we couldnt get our feelings out in the open - we definately need to work on that!'
Tony saw Michelles face soften, and he hoped this would be a good a time as any, so this time he made the first move; he leant in and kissed her to which she gladly joined in. He pulled her in closer and nibbled on her bottom lip, she opened her mouth for him and welcomed his tongue, they had a very passionate, intense kiss, and then Michelle broke it.
Tony looked at her, slightly gutted that she broke off what he seemed to be very much enjoying!
Michelle looked at his gutted face and giggled, "Your belly is rumbling like mad, you must be starving! I think we need to get some food in you!"
Tony sighed "If you insist!" They both giggled and headed to the little cafe.
