Chapter 7

"Sara?" Michael said a little confused.

"Hi." she said with a small smile.

Michael stepped out of the elevator. "What are you doing here?"

Sara looked around her nervously hoping no one that she knew would see her.

Without a word she pulled Michael to a small corner of the lobby where no one could see them.

"I couldn't leave things like we did last night." she admitted.

"Yeah," Michael responded "I'm sorry about that. I shouldn't have..."

"Michael you don't have to apologize for being honest. That's not why I came." Sara interrupted.

Michael smiled "Why did you come?"

"I had to find out why you came back. We never really got to talk."

"I umm I came to stop you from getting married." Michael stammered.

"You what?" Sara asked feeling her anger start to boil.

"I came to stop your wedding." Michael repeated "I wasn't about to let you get married to someone that wasn't me."

"What right do you have to tell me who I can and can't marry?"

"Oh come on Sara. Are you really telling me that you were going to be happy with that?"

"Yes." Sara replied.

"You're settling and you know it." Michael stated.

"No I'm not."

"Please. John is practically my clone. If you weren't you wouldn't be walking down that aisle unless it was me you were marrying."

Sara shook her head angrily "And what makes you think we should be together?"

"Because..." Michael stammered.

"Because what!" Sara asked impatiently.

"Because I love you." he replied.

Sara's mouth hung open in shock.

"Sara?" Michael said coming closer and putting his hand on her shoulder.

"I-I can't deal with this right now." Sara said shaking him off and rushing out the door.

"Sara, wait!" Michael yelled running out the door after her.

He looked around in the blinding rain trying to find her. He finally saw her walking around the side of the building and ran to catch up with her.

"Sara please wait." he said reaching out to stop her.

"Why Michael?" she asked turning around to face him.

"Why what?" he asked innocently.

"Why are you doing this now after all this time?" she asked as a small tear rolled down her cheek.

"Because I love you."

"Why? Why do you love me?"

"What do you mean why?" he asked baffled by her question.

"There's got to be a reason and I don't see what that reason is." she yelled through the rain.

Michael tried to think of something to say but his mind drew a blank.

"That's what I thought." she said coldly when he didn't answer her.

She turned and started to walk away when she heard his voice behind her.

"I love your smile..." he yelled "That beautiful smile that can make anyone's heart melt."

She turned around to face him as he continued "I love your hair, and the way it glows in the sunlight and how it always smells like roses. I love your laugh and your stubbornness. I love how my stomach flips when your skin touches mine." he said reaching out and grasping her hand in his "Or how my heart skips a beat when I look into your eyes. But most of all I love your heart, because I think it's amazing how you can still care about someone even when they don't deserve it. And because we're both gonna get Pneumonia standing out here like this." he laughed while gesturing to the falling rain around them. "But if you need to hear why I love you...I can go on all night."

Sara smiled and looked down at their intertwined hands. It was time to stop pretending and admit how she felt.

"Michael I..." Sara started but was interrupted by someone coming up behind them.

"Michael...Michael." a girl yelled approaching them.

Sara looked quickly up at Michael as his eyes got huge.

"Hey. What are you doing out here in the pouring rain?" the girl asked pulling the umbrella over his head.

Michael looked nervously over at Sara who seemed confused.

"Sara this is umm..." he stammered.

"Emily Hanson." Emily said as she tucked her arm under his "Michael's girlfriend."