"Michael, we can't do this." Liz grabbed onto Michael's arms half laughing. "Everyone's going to be home in a matter of minutes."
"Come on, Liz. You know the very thought of being caught makes you horny." Michael kissed her passionately.
Liz couldn't resist, especially when he was running his hands over her boobs like he was doing now. She groaned in pleasure.
"I want you, Liz" Michael groaned as he started to unzip her pants.
Liz couldn't deny she wanted him too. "Oh, God Michael, I can't wait for you to be inside me." She in return unzipped his pants and pulled them down.
While Michael finished with her pants, Liz took her shirt and bra off. She then, pulled his shirt off.
"God, Liz. Sometimes, I forget how beautiful you are." Michael said right before he kissed her again. As he rubbed her nipples, Liz ran her hand down to meet Michael's straining penis.
"Oh, God Michael, hurry. I want you inside."
Michael picked her up off the floor and set her against the wall, as he entered her.
"Oh my God, so good." Liz groaned and wrapped her legs around Liz.
Michael groaned as well and hurried his pace which Liz gladly met.
"Oh my God. Oh my God. Yes, Michael."
"So, good Liz. You feel so good"
"Faster, Michael. Oh, god. YES!" Liz bit her lip at the pace they were going. Michael was hitting the right spot. She was going to cum. She'd never thought she'd ever cum this soon. "Oh, my God. Michael I'm gonna cum."
"Oh, fuck, Liz. Oh my God. Liz." Michael quickened his pace even more and Liz knew he was close to coming.
"Michael!" Liz dug her nails into Michael.
"Guys! We're home!" Isabel's voice came from down the hall.
"Shit!" Michael whispered in her ear.
"Oh, keep going." She pleaded. "Michael, don't stop. I'm so close."
Michael held her tighten around him and went even faster, hitting Liz's g-spot repeatedly. With one final thrust, they both came.
"Guys! Where are you?" Ava called out.
"Oh, my God." They both groaned out together and smiled at each other.
They separated fast and changed just as quickly.
"I was exercising in the back the whole time. Ok" Michael ran over to the window and Liz stopped him.
"Yeah, and how am I going to explain being in your room?" Liz asked.
Michael looked around; he'd forgotten they were in his room, too often they were in hers. "I'll jump out the window. Distract them until I get to the back house." She kissed him and hopped out the window. "I love you." She said to him before kissing him again.
"I love you too." Michael told her.
"Exactly like my premonition." She giggled.
"Excuse me?"
"Michael, go distract them!"
"Michael?!" Michael heard Kyle right down the hall.
Michael looked at himself in the mirror and saw how tussled his hair looked. He waved his hand over his face to vanish the love marks Liz had left on his neck and the lipstick on his face.
He stuck him face out of his room and said, "I was taking a nap. I'm gonna hop into the shower. Where are Ava and Izzy?"
"They went to get Liz."
"Stop them. She said she was tired and had a bad migraine so she went to lay down."
Without another word, Kyle turned and walked quickly to stop the girls.
Michael leaned against the door. "That was too close." He was going to kill Liz. "She knew we'd almost get caught." And he smiled. He loved her when she did that.
15 minutes later, he emerged from his room and found Isabel, Ava and Kyle in the living room. "Hey what's up?"
"Nothing much, just discussing where to have dinner tonight." Kyle answered.
"How was the doctor's appointment?" He asked sitting down on the couch.
"We aren't discussing that till dinner." Ava smiled.
He nodded and let them continue making plans for dinner.
After another 10 minutes, Liz finally arrived and smiled at everyone.
You had a migraine after a long day at work.
Thanks. "Hey, guys. How was the doctor's appointment?"
"We aren't discussing that till dinner." Ava, Kyle, Isabel and Michael said together.
"Ok."
"How's the migraine?" Kyle asked.
"A whole lot better thanks." Liz smiled and sat. "So where we going?"
"We were thinking somewhere casual but nice. What do you think about Olive Garden?" Isabel suggested.
"Sounds nice. I've been craving their soup." Liz nodded. "Oh, I kinda invited Scott to dinner. Is that ok?"
Isabel and Ava looked at each other and smiled. "Of course." Ava answered.
Why are they smiling?
Oh, that's right. They think you might be seeing Scott. Isabel is quite jealous.
Huh? When did you find out?
Two weeks ago, on our anniversary. I overheard them. I guess I mush have forgotten to tell you.
Scott and Michael had hung out since then. They'd gone out to a hockey game and gone to the gym together. Scott still hadn't come by the house because he was avoiding Isabel. He still hadn't figured out how to approach her.
"Guys, can we call Max?" Isabel asked looking at all of them.
Everyone grew quiet and then turned to Liz.
"I'm really gonna get mad one of these days." She exhaled deeply. "Guys, I'm going to tell you this once. I don't care if you invite Max over. I don't care if you involve him in events. He can come back and live with us and I wouldn't care. I don't care. I'm not sad and I'm not angry, not anymore. I loved him for a long time but I don't anymore. He's just another person to me now. I'm happy and if he went tonight I'd still be happy." A little annoyed because he won't leave me alone but whatever.
She could feel how proud Michael was of her.
"I don't know Isabel." Ava finally answered. "He hurt Liz. I still don't like him for what he did. He was selfish and finally showed us that he cares only for himself."
"I don't want him to know. I don't trust him anymore." Kyle's voice was not angry anymore but honest.
"We're sorry, Izz. I know he's your brother but you have to let him go through this. If we don't do this and said it was all ok then he'd think he could keep acting the way he does and that's not good. He has to know how wrong he was and know every decision affects him and those around him." Ava put a hand on Isabel's shoulder.
"He has learned. I know you all don't see it. I'm angry for what he did, I am. But he's my brother. We've never been apart." Isabel was quiet for a while and finally continued, "Serena left. She took her things and left yesterday. They were having trouble for a while and she left."
Michael's eyes had snapped towards Liz.
Stop starring at me Guerin. I'm here. I 'm never going back to him. I don't love him anymore. I love you but I swear if you doubt it one more time I will kick your ass and never speak to you again.
"I don't feel sorry for his Isabel." Was Kyle's response.
"He knows he messed up, Kyle. We're all he has."
"And that's the only reason he feels bad." Michael finally spoke up. "We're all he has left. If Serena and him were getting along, they'd be looking for Zan and not even remember who we were. I don't believe he's sorry one bit."
Isabel had nothing else to say. She nodded. "I'm going to go get ready." She made her way to the hall.
"Isabel." Ava stopped her.
"Yeah?"
"Call Max. Tell him to meet us there in 30 minutes."
Isabel smiled and ran upstairs.
"What are you thinking? You bought all that crap?!" Michael snapped.
"Michael!" Liz warned shaking her head. This is their decision.
"Michael, we don't care one way or another if he's there or not. We don't trust him, that's fine. He's no longer a part of this family. But he still is Isabel's blood. She loves him and if having him there will make her happy then that is what's going to happen." Ava explained.
"Besides, Michael, this will be the time when we tell him we don't trust him and there's no way he's moving back in." Kyle added.
"I have to call Scott and warn him there might be drama." Liz got up and headed to the phone.
Later, at dinner when everyone sat at a big table, Michael spoke and said he had an announcement.
Liz frowned, she didn't know where Michael was going with this and he was blocking their connection. Michael what's going on?
He simply looked at her and smiled. Don't worry, love. It's good news.
"I'm sorry, Ava. Kyle. I know this is your night but I can't wait to tell you all. A lot of you, one of you in particular," he paused to look at Liz again, "have been nagging at me for a while to get a job or a hobby." His smile was huge. "I got both. I started painting again about a month and a half ago and I went to an art gallery in town. They want to display my art and we're having an art show and see if I can sell some of my paintings."
Everyone at the table congratulated Michael at once. As soon as he'd finished talked, he'd reopened his connection with Liz.
I can't believe you didn't tell me?
I wanted to surprise you, love.
But I can't kiss you, I can't hug you. I'm stuck on this side of the table and pretend to just be your friend. She was sad and angry at herself.
I'm sorry, love. I guess I should have thought about what your reaction would be.
No don't be sorry. I'm the one who doesn't want anyone to know about us. She smiled. "Congratulation, Michael. I've very proud of you."
He could feel how proud she was of him and it made him feel like the luckiest man in the world. "Thank you, Liz."
"Michael, do you not hear me?" Isabel slapped his arm.
"Sorry, Izz. I'm taking everything in. I can't believe it myself."
"When's the art show?" Ava asked.
"Some time next month."
"Good job, Mike." Scott raised his glass of wine. "A toast, to the new artist. Michael, I wish you nothing but the best. You're a good man."
"Damn straight!" Kyle said before everyone took a drink.
"Well, I guess now's a good time as ever." Kyle waited until everyone had put their drinks down. "Did you want to tell them, baby or do I?"
"Well as most of you know, I'm pregnant." Ava announced.
Everyone cheered and laughed. Everyone except Max.
"Last month when we discussed the baby, I was excited. Even after what happened in that little bathroom, with the connection that was made, I don't think I let myself believe it. I've gone through so much in my life and even now it takes time for me to realize that this is my family and just how lucky I am." Ava had tears in her eyes. "Anyways, thank you all so much for being so helpful this month. Scott, I got the present you sent home with Liz. I will make sure the baby knows who got him his first blanket. Anyway, today we got to hear the baby and saw him on the monitor. This is the official first picture of the baby." She pulled out a sonogram picture and it was passed along.
It was their turn to receive congratulations.
"And, we decided that we wanted a Godmother AND a Godfather for the baby." Kyle announced. "Michael, you've been a real brother to me for the last couple of years and you've always been there for me and Ava. You helped me after we left home when I discovered my new gifts. Will, you do us the honor of being our son's Godfather? I know that if anything were to ever happen to me, you'd raise him as your own and protect him with your life."
Liz watched Michael's reaction. His eyes were full of tears. She could feel how happy he was and honored to be asked.
"Of course, Kyle. I will be honored to be your son's Godfather. Kyle, Ava, you've both showed me how love can mold two polar opposite people. You've shown me how stable and how honest love can be."
Kyle thanked him and again, everyone drank.
Liz looked at Isabel, wanting to see her reaction of when Ava asked her to be Godmother.
"Liz?" Ava spoke and Liz was so surprised that she turned.
"When I first met you, you were nothing but kind to me. You trusted me when you didn't have to. You got me a job and helped me find a place to crash. You helped me turn my life around. And when I bumped into you all again, I couldn't believe God had sent you into my life again. He gave me the opportunity to thank you which is all I prayed for in all those years. You were the one I went to when Kyle and I got together. Will you be the Godmother to my baby?"
Liz was so amazed that she couldn't talk. When she got her voice she said, "Yes, Ava. Thank you. I'd love to baptize your son. And ditto to everything Michael said."
For the third time, everyone cheered and took another drink.
"Let's grub." Michael said before digging into his plate of food.
Nobody except Isabel noticed her brother wasn't in any of the conversations. Everyone was talking and having a good time. She saw him glaring first at Scott, then Michael, Ava and finally Kyle before glaring at Scott again. She didn't know why she tried to include him and fought for him when he never once tried to include himself by being nice and sucking up like he should be doing.
"Where are you?" Liz's voice came in loud and clear.
"Excuse me?"
"Just now, you were thinking something. Did you have a nice day dream?"
"Sorry, Liz."
"Don't worry about it."
The girls excused themselves and went to the bathroom.
"So, come on, Liz. Tell us about Scott." Ava pressed.
Liz laughed. "Well, he's really nice. He's funny. He loves hockey. Gets along really well with Michael. I work for him. He's a—"
"Liz!" Isabel squeaked.
"What?"
"You know what I meant."
"Guys there's nothing and I mean NOTHING going on between Scott and me." She smiled and then added, "But he does have a thing for Isabel."
Ava's jaw dropped and Isabel scoffed. "There's no way."
"Why not?" Liz asked.
"Because he hasn't seen me enough times to have a thing for me." Isabel answered touching up her makeup in front of the mirror.
"Well that's not true. You haven't seen him enough times and I've seen how you look at him." Liz almost laughed at Isabel's expression.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
While the girls discussed Scott, the guys were quiet at the table. Max was pissed and had let them all know as soon as the girls were out of ear shot.
"What the hell is going on?!" He'd exploded.
Kyle, Michael and Scott had stopped talking to turn to him. None of the guys said anything. They all just waited, knowing Max was going to make this long.
"Michael? You asked Michael to be the Godfather. He doesn't like kids for God's sake. And you've all known about the pregnancy for a month and nobody decided to tell me?! And why the hell are you here?! Why the hell did he know before I did?!" Max pointed to Scott.
"I suggest you shut your mouth or get up and leave." Michael warned.
"We don't owe you explanations Max." Kyle spoke. "But I will explain about Scott. He and Liz are close. Actually, he and Michael are real close too. We shared our news with him and invited him because he's shown nothing but kindness to everyone at this table."
"So you all invited me so you could all show off your new friend and tell me something everyone else knows?!"
"You actually weren't invited by us." Michael announced.
"The only reason you're hear is because Isabel wanted you here. You hadn't come to mind when we planned this outing but Isabel wanted you to be included. So she invited you." Kyle stared Max down.
Max threw his napkin down on his plate. "I'm out of here."
"Oh and Maxwell." Michael called.
Max turned and waited to Michael to speak.
"The only time you're allowed in the house is when Isabel invites you for something but you're not welcome there and you are never moving back in." Michael dared Max with his eyes to say something back to that but he didn't. He turned and walked out of the room.
A minute later, the girls returned from the bathroom.
"Where's Max?" Isabel asked.
"He's gone." Kyle looked at Isabel and then went back to his food.
Scott didn't know much about the group of people he was at the table with but they all seemed like a family. And he had seen the hate in Max's eyes when he'd left. He'd stay away for a while but he had a feeling that he'd come back and when he did, it'd be bad news for the group of friends. Max looked like a guy who was used to getting what he wanted and if he didn't, he'd do anything to get it.