Chapter 5 – George's Funeral
They pulled into her driveway. "Well its 9:00 we have to get ready for George's funeral."
Tony said
"Oh No! I totally forgot! Um I guess I'll go get dressed then" she said
"I'll pick you up in an hour then?" he said
"Yeah" she smiled and went in her house.
She looked at the message machine 3 messages from Lauren. 'I have to call her later. She must be upset' Michelle thought as she headed up stairs.
(Tony's house)
When he got home took a quick shower, and hurried back to her house. She was waiting on the porch when he got there. She got in gave him a quick kiss and they were off.
The funeral wasn't anything too different from any of the others but Michelle let a few tears fall and held Tony's hand discretely, if anyone there had been paying attention they would have noticed but no one did everyone, was so sad and absorbed in grieving George. When it was over Michelle went over to the coffin and whispered thinking Tony couldn't hear but he heard every heard "Hey," she wiped a tear "Hey George. I followed your advice. And it was so much better than I ever imagined. You were so right and I wish you could be here so I could really thank you." She started crying, " You didn't deserve this. You are the reason I am so happy now. You lead me to a lifetime of happiness. You opened my eyes to how precious life is. Thank you" she felt a hand on her shoulder she turned around and fell into Tony's embrace and let herself cry a little harder. As she did a tear slipped out of Tony's eye.
A few minutes later her crying got softer she lifted her head up and looked up at him. "I love you so much. Through all this, through everything, you make life worth living."
He hugged her tight and whispered in her ear "You'll never be able to imagine how much I love you Michelle, you're perfect. You complete me"
They stood there hugging in the cemetery for quite some time before breaking apart and walking hand-in-hand back to Tony's car.
The ride home was silent. They held hands the whole way, which was now was becoming a habit for both of them. When they got back to Michelle's house they walked inside Michelle kicked off her shoes and went to go check her messages "5 Messages" her machine started "Message 1: Hi Michelle it's Lauren you haven't called back yet I guess your still busy, but when you get a minute gimme a call. Thanks. Bye…. Next Message: Hey Michelle it's Lauren you still haven't called and I really need you to. Please as son as you can. Bye. …. Next Message What are you so busy with anyway? WHATEVER IT IS DROP AND GIVE ME A CALL NOW MICHELLE DESSLER!…. Next Message: Hi Michelle it's me Lauren look I'm really sorry about that last message I was just real upset, if you don't hate me u can still give me a call…" "Pathetic" Michelle said and rolled her eyes the message continued, "So anyway talk to you later Michelle bye… Next Message Hey Michelle! It's Debbie I have a dentist, and doctor's appointment tomorrow and was wondering if you could take Jillian for an hour or two. Talk to ya later! Bye…. End of Messages."
"What do you think?" Michelle asked
"Of what?" Tony said
"Having lil Jill over for a while tomorrow," she said with a slight smile "You don't mind do you?"
"Of course not" he said as she called and told Debbie she would take Jill at 11:00 the next morning, when she hung up he started again. " This mean you want me to stay for the night?"
"I want you to stay forever," she said and she kissed him tenderly.
"I'm not usually one to over-analyze things but did you just say you want to move in together?" Tony asked timidly.
"I think so. You in?" she asked smiling
"I'm in" she said and they kissed again longer this time then they moved over to the couch with him on top. Just when it started getting interesting the phone rang "Lauren" Michelle stated.
"You should answer it," he said breathlessly
"K" she turned got up and ran to the phone "Hello?"
"Hey Michelley it's Daddy"
Michelle smiled "Hey Dad"
"Hey so I was wondering if you wouldn't mind having your dad over for dinner tomorrow, I haven't seen you in so long." He asked
"Uh hold on" Michelle muted the phone and said "Dinner with my dad tomorrow?"
Tony said "Sure"
Michelle smiled brightly and said "Thank you" she un-muted the phone and said "Hey, dad? Yeah we'd love to have you over!"
"We?" he asked
"I mean I would," she corrected
"Oh ok" he said" By honey"
"Bye dad" she said she hung up "That was close"