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Tony ran his hand down her cheek, "You must be starving baby...want me to go pick us up something to eat?"

"I'm easy baby, whatever you want."

"You are eating for 2 now" he grinned, "you have to keep your strength up! I'm going to pop down the street and grab us something."

Michelle watched as Tony got dressed again, his eyes were glowing and nothing was going to wipe the smile off his face. She started to pull on her trackies. He lent down and kissed her on the nose, "I'll be back in 20 minutes sweetheart."

"OK."

As he went to walk out the door he turned back to her, "Baby, when I get back, we really need to sit down and talk."

"Are you ok Tony?"

"Honey, you have made me the happiest man in the world right now but there is so much we have to sort out. Things we have been putting off talking about and dealing with all week."

Michelle nodded her head. "I know, ok we will talk." She gave him a smile as he left but inside she could feel her heart starting to race. She knew he was going to want to talk about Doug and even the thought of him made her skin crawl.

Just a few minutes later there was a knock on Tony's front door. Michelle at first thought maybe he had forgotten his keys but when she opened the door she was shocked to see a young woman all dressed up standing there.

"Where is Tony?"

Michelle was taken aback by the woman's rudeness. "He has popped out for a minute..."

"And you would be?"

Michelle was completely confused. Who the hell was this woman and why was she being so rude to her. "Michelle, Tony's girlfriend. And you?"

The woman laughed. "Girlfriend? Since when?"

Michelle was pissed now. "Look, do you have a message for Tony or not?"

The woman scanned Michelle up and down and rolled her eyes. Then she leant against the doorway, "I hope you are not thinking this is something serious you've got with Tony because..."

Michelle sighed loudly, she couldn't believe this. "Because what?"

"Well let's just say Tony and I...we have...well that's our business, but don't think you are going to ruin what I have with him. Tell him Lisa gives her love and I'll drop by another time." With that she sneered at Michelle before turning around and walking off.

Michelle slammed the door shut. What the hell was going on? Her heart sank. She sat down on the couch. She had no idea what to make of what had just happened. All she knew was that 5 minutes ago she was so happy and secure with Tony and now she had no idea what the hell to think. She didn't move, not even when she heard Tony come home calling her name.

Tony called Michelle's name a couple times before she finally answered that she was in the living room. He walked in to find her staring at the wall. He could tell just by her voice something was wrong. "What's up baby?"

"Who is Lisa?"

"Lisa?"

Michelle stood up, turned and stared at Tony. Her voice was raised. "Yes Lisa! Who is Lisa?"

Tony looked completely stunned and caught off guard. He was surprised to see Michelle was so worked up. "Lisa lives in this complex...what has happened?"

"She stopped by to see you."

Tony sighed. Lisa had made it more than clear to Tony for a long time she liked him but he had never even thought twice about her. He never even gave her the time of day. "What has got you so upset? What did she say?"

"Enough! She basically warned me that I wasn't going to ruin what you two have going on. She sends her love and she will be back..."

Tony's heart skipped a beat. "That fucking bitch. She said that?"

Michelle pushed past Tony and headed into the kitchen. She was so angry. "So much for you not being with another woman since we met Tony! Was all that crap? Why wouldn't..."

He didn't let her finish before he rushed to her and grabbed her by the arm. "What you actually believe her?"

"Why would someone woman be dropping by your apartment at this time of night and give me that much attitude when I said I was your girlfriend?"

Tony didn't let go of her arm and he raised his voice back at her. "I don't know, I really don't know. I know she has liked me Michelle but I have never even given her a second of my time. I have never even given her a second thought...she was just trying to cause trouble. I don't know." He was panicking.

Michelle had tears running down her cheeks. She believed Tony but she felt really shaken up. She felt so incredibly emotional and vulnerable right now and this was the last thing in the world she wanted to be thinking about.

Tony couldn't believe Lisa had done this. Watching tears stream down Michelle's face made his blood boil. "Come with me Michelle and I will make her tell you to her face that whatever she said is complete and utter crap? I mean it Michelle, NOTHING has ever happened with that bitch. She is a slut and she was just causing trouble." He pulled on her arm heading towards the door.

Michelle pulled back. "No, I don't want to see her again."

"Well I don't want you worrying about this. You have enough on your plate. Let me put her back in her place and show you that I have nothing to hide."

"No, I believe you Tony...it's ok. It was just a shock."

Tony's voice was still raised, he was so angry. "I am so sorry sweetheart. So sorry, that was the last thing in the world you needed to have happen. I promise you though, everything she said is total bullshit."

"You've never kissed her or anything?"

Tony was so angry he slammed his hand against the wall making Michelle jump. She got such a fright she moved across the room. Her voice was quiet and weak. "Sorry...sorry, don't get mad."

"I am fucking mad! She has got you doubting me. With everything that is going on, that is the worst thing that could happen, is for you to doubt me."

Tony was so worked up he hadn't realised yet how shaken up Michelle had become seeing him so angry. "Sorry, I believe you. I don't doubt you. I am sorry. So sorry. Please don't be mad."

Tony stopped and looked over at Michelle. He could see fear written all across her face and it made him feel sick as it dawned on him she was now more upset at his behaviour than what had happened. He slowly started to make his way over to her. "Baby, I didn't mean to scare you. I'm just so angry that she would make you feel that way. I am sorry I hit the wall."

"I don't want you to be angry with me."

He shook his head. "I'm not angry with you. And you shouldn't be the one apologising here." He studied her face as seemed to be trying to take everything in. He was angry at himself for losing it so quickly. As he stepped forward, she took a step back. "I'm not Doug Chelle."

Her eyes said it all. He knew that he should have been talking to Michelle about how she felt about Doug all last week. He knew how delicate the situation was but he wasn't quite sure how to handle it. He felt sick seeing her edge away from him. He just wanted to wrap her up in his arms.

"I never said you were."

"Baby, look at you, you are scared to death of making me mad...when it's you that should be mad. I've just frightened you, I know I have."

"I know you would never hurt me Tony. I know that. I just..."

His head dropped. "I feel like an idiot. I don't want you to feel this way sweetheart. I am so sorry. Please let me hold you."

Michelle stayed staring. She wanted to hug Tony, she wanted it more than anything but something was keeping her back. "This is why I never wanted anyone to know about Doug. I don't want you always having to feel like you can't get upset or angry because you are worried I am going to be frightened. It's not your problem and it's not your fault I feel this way."

He hated that she hadn't come to him. "I had to know about Doug honey. There was never going to be a way around that. I want you to start feeling safe again." He edged closer to her. "I want you out of your place tomorrow and moved in here. I want us to start building our life together...you will see baby, everything is going to be ok. I promise you."

She started crying heavily. Then she surprised him by running into his arms. "You don't know that though. You don't know what this guy is like. What if he finds out where you live? What if..."

He held her as tightly as possible and stroked her hair. "I do know that. I know that I will do everything in this world to make sure this guy never hurts you. I will use the whole of CTU to make sure you are safe. I love you sweetheart. We are going to have a baby together...this is a new start for both of us."

"You make it all sound so easy." She mumbled.

"I just need you to trust me Michelle."

She pulled back. "This isn't about trust Tony. I trust you with my life but you don't understand..."

He threw his hands up in the air and yelled. "What don't I understand? Huh?"

She matched his temper. "That I could fuck this up. That the same thing could happen all over again, instead this time I have to allow you to get hurt..."

"ALLOW?"

His word hung in the air as they both stared at each other.

"ALLOW? You still think that you could have done something different don't you? You are still blaming yourself..."

"Of course I could have done something different. There must be a million ways I could have handled the whole thing better."

"Like what Michelle? Name one thing?"

She had tears streaming down her face but she was still standing strong against Tony. In her mind she still felt like she had been weak. "Everything...anything!"

He was shaking his head. He lowered his voice a little. "I knew we should have talked about this more, I haven't gotten through to you at all."

Michelle was still yelling at Tony. "I don't know what else you want from me. I don't get what it is that you are expecting me to say."

Tony sat on the counter. There was silence for a few moments whilst he thought. Finally he lifted his head. "You are still so scared aren't you baby?"

She was nodding her head but she wasn't moving. She finally spoke, he could barely hear her. "I'm so scared Tony. I'm scared he will hurt you, I am scared he will hurt me and now...and now we have the baby..."

He slid off the counter and wrapped his arms around her. "You are allowed to be scared sweetheart but what I don't want, is you shouldering the blame or trying to protect me from anything. We will get through this together."

"Aren't you frightened Tony?"

He kissed the top of her head. "I am just worried about you sweetheart. We will be prepared for this guy. All I want is to see you feeling better about everything. All you should be worrying about is looking after yourself..." He touched her stomach very gently, "And our baby. That's it."

She put her hand over his on her stomach and they looked at each other and smiled. They both still couldn't believe what was happening between them. He kissed her, "Do you have any idea how amazing our future is going to be together baby?"

She smiled at him. "I think I do. I love you Tony."

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