Although the story will be mainly in Maite's POV I will definitely state when there is a shift in POV. I like to tell my stories with insights because I notice I want to know the characters feelings about things whether they are right or wrong it gives me the ability to see things from their side but when a story is told in the third person it may leave you guessing. I like the motivations and opinions of my characters to be represented so I can get feedback on if people like the characters or not. I realize the fic won't get many views because the pairing has an OC but I thank aphass and Shaded Truths for following. Thank you for the views as well guys they mean a lot. Also I wanted to state this my Original Characters are absolutely nothing like me and never will be. I don't create characters based on myself for fics ever not that there is anything wrong with that I just wanted people to know that. I don't want to make a fangirl story. My fantasies will stay in my head and they are usually not the canon characters anyways. My characters come to my mind because I don't care for the current lot that is being showcased.

Michael's POV

I hope I can finally live up to what AJ was trying to accomplish. My aunt Tracy is a greedy tyrant who doesn't ever want to include other ideas from people who are related to her because she thinks they will try to control ELQ. She thinks that it is her sole birthright and hers alone as if she was the only heir. She always wants control of the company but she hardly ever spends anytime here and is always scrambling at the eleventh hour to prevent people like Jax from swooping in and chopping the company piece by piece. She isn't even here again which gripes me. AJ wanted to live up to his name and try to make Alan and Monica proud and even me. Now that I am looking back on it I can't help but get upset at my mom and a little at my dad. AJ had every right to know me and I had every right to know him. My mom makes idiotic decisions but I can't see much of her justifications being valid. She wanted me to be away from the "bad influence" AJ was yet she married someone in the mob. My life would always be put in danger and I have been shot in the head and sent to prison and even fucking raped because of my association to the mob. I don't even know how life could have been if I had been allowed to get to know Alan and Monica truly. The part that really sucks is that I am always told about my granddad loving me but its always from other people. Everytime I see Monica I can feel the overwhelming sadness in her eyes because her husband and all her children are dead and there's only me and our bond is fragile. I can see why she is hesistant sometimes. She has lost everyone and Tracy is always just a bitch I wonder how she can handle it without just exploding.

I want to prove myself and finish what AJ started. I want to run ELQ indefinitely but I hope the board of directors will see that Tracy isn't the answer this company needs. She is the reason we are in the shape we are in. We don't need a part-time CEO that is the best way to ensure we go under. I am ready to do the grunt work and keep the legacy of Edward and Lila alive. I also want to do it for AJ because he never got to finish what he started and that is what hurts the most. He was so happy to have a shot at doing this. I don't believe AJ killed Connie no matter what anyone says not even my dad. Sure AJ was angry any person in their right mind would be but that story wasn't the end of the world for AJ. It wasn't the last shot at being in charge but I have to think about this later after I give the tour.

I go to the waiting room to meet the new employees and the first thing I hear is a comment about someone's degree and how it is probably worth nothing because of the country it came from. It becomes clear that I need to stop this. I let this woman know that her antics are not welcome here and if she does something remotely close to that again she will be gone. I want her to apologize to the woman she launched the offensive remark to. I only see the back of her head its thick dark brown hair which looks naturally wavy but its braided down her back. When she turns fuck I swear to good she has the darkest green eyes I have ever seen. Her eyes are a little watery but damn I never seen eyes like that before. She is probably the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. She isn't some model amazonian type of beauty but it packs a punch. I let this batch of new employees know that this position is a gateway into a permanent position. The turnover rate at the company is higher than it has been ever and that is because of the uncertain working conditions.

Changes in CEOs, board meetings being held so many times causes uncertainty and it doesn't help we are in the vicinity of New York City and the plethora of companies there. The people here for the orientation are in my age group and it kind of makes me feel insecure because they graduated with degrees in business and I am only here because of the blood that runs through my veins. I am not really trying to be insecure I feel its just the facts hopefully some of the new candidates can help revitalize the company. I take them on a tour of the building and show them where they will be working.

I tell them where they will be working and what is expected of them. Its going to be competitive and not everyone will make the cut. Today is a short day for me just the orientation and some light paperwork. I am getting ready to go home and I see the beautiful woman again and its kind of stalkerish but I want to know where she is going. Is it really stalking if we are going through the same exit. As I make my way to the parking garage I see her walking towards the bus stop and she sits down and pulls out a book to pass time I guess. Fuck she is starting to look up and I don't want to seem like a damn creeper so this is the best time for me to make my getaway the only problem is in order for me to get to the parking garage I must pass by her bus stop.

I decide to just walk because if I linger than I definitely will look like a creeper. As I am passing her I don't intend to say anything because she looks really into her book she looks up and says "Good Night Mr. Corinthos." She looks straight into my eyes and fuck I feel like she knows I am getting a boner. Her eyes seem like they are challenging me but the smile on her face is small and soft as if she is polite. I don't know how someone's face can be a contradiction but it is and I don't know how to respond.

I abruptly leave and toss a good night over my shoulder and wow don't I feel like an awkward 16 year old version of myself. I take a chance to look back and she just rolls her eyes at me. That was an awkward yet unnerving interaction. My phone starts vibrating and I see its a text message from Kiki and I take a deep breath. I let myself get into my car first before reading the text.

Hey Mikey I wanted to see if you were up for dinner? -Kiki

I don't really want to go anywhere right now with the least of all people being Kiki. I don't know about her but everytime I try to hangout with her since I broke up with her it feels awkward for me. It feels forced and unnatural. I know there are people out there who can be friends with their ex but our break up is quite fresh and I don't want to hurt her feelings but I don't know if I can keep doing this. We are supposed to be platonic but I feel she doesn't get the clue.

Kiki I don't know if I am up for a dinner out I am pretty beat from work. -Michael

I don't really want to go out with her and the last thing I need right now is for Morgan to stumble upon us. One of the major reasons I broke up with her was because I couldn't live with myself if I had a permanent falling out with any of my siblings or family. I have lost enough and no one in this world is ever worth me losing Morgan.

Come on Mikey I'll make it worth your while. -Kiki

Ugh its shit like this is exacting what makes me think she doesn't take this breakup for what it is. I don't know how to emphasize it anymore that we aren't going to be doing anything like that.

Kiki I don't know what you are implying but if it involves anything more than platonic interactions I definitely don't want to go. I said we could be friends but you keep sending me texts and voicemails filled with innuendo and they need to stop. I am way too tired to be nice about them now. -Michael

Michael I don't even understand why we are really even on a break? We were so good together and you want to throw it all away for what? Because of Morgan? He is a big boy and you should treat him like one. He would eventually get over us being together. You don't even return my calls anymore so you aren't even really trying to be a friend to me. -Kiki

You are right Morgan is an adult there is no question about that! But guess what no one in this world is going to come between me and my brother ever! You don't get it Kiki. You didn't only cheat on my brother but it was with me! We are both culpable in hurting my brother and no matter how much I want too I can not take it back. Morgan would eventually get over me being with his ex-wife but the distance between my brother and I may never change and I don't want that. I don't want there to ever be a permanent rift between Morgan and I. Sorry to tell you this but Kiki you aren't worth it no one is. Even with breaking up with you I may still never have that closeness with Morgan ever again. -Michael

Michael why are you trying to hurt me!? You don't have the decency to do this to my face you are a fucking coward to do this through text messages. Stop trying to make me feel guilty over Morgan! What's done is done! You are throwing what we have away for what a maybe chance of getting back in your brother's good graces. That is a terrible freaking way to live. You think Morgan would do the same for you if the situations were reversed? -Kiki

I don't care in thinking in hypothetical situations but Kiki I know for sure my brother wouldn't do anything like what I did to him with you. Morgan champions family loyalty above everything and he has more willpower than I so yeah I can believe it. The reason I don't fucking call you or even want to see you is because you don't understand that we won't be getting back together and you are always trying to push the envelope and have sex. Sorry but when I said we could try to be friends it meant friends and not fuck buddies. I have way too much on my plate and stuff I have to deal with that I don't need you adding to my problems. I am done delete my number you don't understand what it is to be my friend and you probably never will. You always add unnecessary drama to everything and you act like you try to avoid but you live for it just like your mom. -Michael

You know what Michael... Fuck you and Fuck Morgan too! You both suck and I don't need this shit. Don't ever compare me to my mother that is uncalled for! Guess what Morgan was better in the sack than you ever were. -Kiki

Kiki you could only wish for me to fuck you again. If I was so lousy you wouldn't be leaving me daily voicemails begging me to fuck you. But guess what I don't give a flying fig what you say. You don't even need to lose my number Kiki because I will be getting a new phone and I won't have to worry about bitches blowing up my phone for my dick. -Michael

I throw my phone down in the cupholder and normally I am not ever so damn vulgar but I can't help it. Kiki has been so unrelenting since our breakup and really hot and cold whenever I tell her no we can't sleep together. I don't need this shit. I am still dealing with so much in my life I don't need anyone making my life so complicated. I start the car and as I am driving down the road I still see the forest green-eyed girl sitting at the bus stop and I can't bring myself to give a shit. Women are so damn complicated and that's the last thing I need to think about I have a company to run. I put the pedal to the metal and zoom out of there like a bat out of hell. I realize that may be douche-like once I get to the streetlight but I can't bring myself to care. I can't wait to get home and decompress. I still have work to do with calling the west coast office and I have my 8am call with the London offices.

This chapter was a little challenging to write because I really outlined things from Maite's perspective and its easier for me get her characterization because she is my own. Michael is a pre-existing character with his goals and morals. I have to take that into consideration. I take more liberty to curse more than the show does because its on broadcast television in the daytime. Not too say Mike curses like a sailor or is super vulgar because he is isn't but he is human and even if you are the most polite person you are entitled to have human reactions like curse or lose your cool.

To some Kiki may be a little OOC but I really don't think so! I don't mean to make her anything she isn't but this is how I envision her in my head reacting to this situation. I believe she would blow up if something like this happened because she is thinking of what she is losing. She gave up one brother for the other and now neither wants her romantically. This is the probably the first time in her life she isn't wanted by a love interest and she doesn't know how to react to it so she lashes out. This happens a lot with young adult's emotions especially when they are in the undesirable position of being dumped but try to be friends with their ex so soon after the breakup. They don't really know how to take the rejection so they do the first thing and that is too hurl angry emotions so the person can feel hurt emotions as well. I don't like Kiki at all but don't expect me to make someone she isn't. Also this story won't have much of Kiki in it because in my head she is a non-factor she can't stop anyone from being with Michael no matter how many times her eyes bug out.