Chapter 6 – The Break In
Tony woke up half way through the night. He looked down at his own personal dream come true, but he was rudely brought out of his thoughts by a clanging sound down in the kitchen. He wormed out of Michelle's grip and left the room in only his navy blue boxers. His marine's training kicked in as he stealthily, silently moved own the hallway toward the stairs. Michelle came up behind him "What are you doing" she said rubbing her eyes groggily.
"There is someone downstairs" he whispered. Michelle's adrenaline started pumping.
They heard something else move in the living room knocking over some sort of picture or knick-knack on to the carpet. They snuck down the stairs and Tony saw the person and lunged at them, throwing them against the wall. The person yelped "Michelle! Holy crap you got stronger! It's Lauren, Your hair looks really dark and I can't breathe, …" all of a sudden Michelle turned on the lights. Lauren looked at the man holding her throat. She screamed at the top of her lungs at the sight of this big strong man holding her neck.
Tony let go and apologized. "Clothes" Michelle said and he ran upstairs. "Sorry Lauren but you can't just sneak in like that you scared the livin hell out of me"
"Who was that man? That half naked man that just almost killed me." Lauren asked
"That was Tony, you've never met him," she said
"Oh I have now" Lauren started "I think me and him really bonded"
Michelle giggled as Tony entered the room now wearing a white T-shirt and shorts. "I am so sorry uh.," he said
"Lauren" Lauren smiled
"You don't look too shaken up" Tony said with a slight smile
"Well I guess you can say I am used to it Michelle has done that to me a couple times, once with a gun, now that was scary" she said
Tony laughed "I had a bad dream that night and, well it made sense to me" Michelle defended.
"So anyway" Lauren turned to face Michelle "Back to the reason why I am here. How come you haven't been returning my phone calls?"
"Sorry there has just been a lot going on and I really haven't had time to call. But I did hear what happened and I am very sorry." Michelle said sincerely
Lauren started hysterically crying "Can't believe he left cause I tried so hard…." Michelle hugged her and looked over Lauren's shoulder and rolled her eyes. Tony smiled as Michelle tried to soothe Lauren.
"Wanna stay over and talk about it tomorrow?" she asked
"Mm hmm" Lauren nodded and they all went upstairs. Lauren went in the guest room and Tony and Michelle went back in their room. Once Michelle shut the door and was sure Lauren couldn't hear they climbed back into bed and said "I'm sorry, she's uh REALLY dramatic. All this is normal."
"Normal?" Tony said
"Twice a month with the same guy" she said with her eyes closed
"Who is this guy?" Tony asked
"Her husband" she said casually
Tony laughed. "Wow" he said "That'll never be us"
"What do you mean?" she said
"When we are married we will never fight" he stated
"How can you be so sure I wanna marry you?" she said
"Well do you?" he asked
"Are you proposing?" she smiled "Tony Almeida it's only been less than 2 weeks!"
"I know I know, I wanted to see what you'd say. I am not that crazy"
"Yes you are crazy," she giggled
"Crazy about you" he said kissing her on the forehead. They settled into their spots and she closed her eyes "hey Michelle, hypothetically if I asked you to marry right now what would you say?"
"Yes" she said "But I swear to god if you propose right now I'll kill ya, cause I have set rules"
"Like what?" he asked
"Like spend at least a month with a guy before you get engaged to him." She said
"Ooo is that like the one 'Must date for 2 weeks before moving in together" he giggled
"Shut up" she smacked him.
"K" they fell silent again "Just so you know I would never propose in this situation…. because when I propose to you I wan it to be perfect."
"It will be," she said