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Annie woke up to feel Michael's warm embrace around her. She smiled. He was home. She remembered the night before and grinned wider. She stroked circle patterns on his chest. She had her face in the crook of his neck and she kissed his neck lightly.
Michael gave out a little squeak as his eyes opened. Annie giggled and his heart fluttered when he heard her musical giggle. He stroked her arm and kissed the side of her face, smiling.
"Morning, baby." He said, moving his kisses to her cheek. She giggled and sighed.
"Morning, babe." She giggled. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he trailed his kisses to the corner of her mouth. She smiled and turned her head. Their lips met and they both smiled into it.
A thought came back to her head. Andre was on the loose. She froze and her lips fell limp. Michael looked at her, noticing her sudden change of mood.
"What's wrong, Annie?" He asked, propping his head on his fist. He stroked a strand of her hair from her eyes behind her ear. She looked at him with scared eyes. She wanted to tell him, but then she didn't. She didn't want to bring more trouble into his life.
"Um- nothing, babe, nothing." She looked down and stroked patterns on his chest, the fact that Andre is still out there burning in her mind.
"Okay..." Michael knew she wasn't telling the whole truth, but she seemed to troubled and not ready to tell him. He would give her all the time she needed, but he was curious to know what would trouble her like that.
She ran her hand up to his neck and leaned her head in. She kissed his neck and he rubbed her back. He was anxious and troubled, too. Her aura seemed to affect him. He pulled her closer and kissed her forehead. He would try to figure out what was troubling her.
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Annie stood by the window, parting the curtains to look outside. She was looking for signs that Andre was back. Her other hand fiddled with a lock of her hair. She bit her lips until they felt like they were going to bleed with one more bite.
Michael walked into the room and saw her. He leaned on the doorway and watched her fingers fiddling with her hair. Her nervous vibes were pulsing through the room and he felt himself fiddling with the cuffs of his sleeve. He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her. She let out a little gasp, but she sighed when she realized it was just him.
"Annie, you're so nervous. Why don't you take a walk with me to the garden?" He asked, pressing his head next to her's. She shivered.
"Um- I don't know, Michael..." She answered anxiously. He looked at her with pleading eyes. She couldn't resist that look. She gave a small smiled and nodded her head. "Okay, Michael."
He smiled and took her by her hand, leading her outside. When they were outside, she moved closer to his side and he wrapped his arm around her. She looked around nervously and he worried. What was she so afraid of? Had something happened when he was gone?
She gasped quietly when she felt Andre's eyes on her. She felt his eyes burning into her face. She looked to where she felt the sensation. Sure enough, she saw a man in the distance. He was standing outside the gates, glaring at her and Michael.
Michael noticed her looking to the gates and he followed her gaze. A man was standing there. Annie felt a searing pain in her chest. Clearly looking at Andre brought the pain of losing her child. She started to pull away to run back to the house, but Michael pulled her back and looked deep in her eyes. He saw the pain she was enduring.
"Annie, baby, what is it? What's wrong?" He asked, holding her by her shoulders. She looked at him, fear clear on her face. She stuttered before answering.
"Andre. He's- he's here." She breathed. He looked at her in confusion. Realization hit him as he knew who she was talking about. Her ex-husband. He pulled her with him into the house. She was so full of pain that she started to weaken, falling to her knees. Michael picked her up and carried her inside.
He didn't want her to endure pain. He kissed her and experienced a strange thing. Pain flooded into his body and it hurt terribly at his heart. Annie sighed when the pain started subsiding. She hugged Michael as tears stung her eyes. She noticed him cringing a bit and she pulled away. Pain flooded back to her and she realized Michael can take away the pain, but he had to endure it.
He pulled her to him. It was a emotional, strange moment here, but he didn't care. He wanted to heal his baby's pain.
"Michael, Andre is here." She whispered. "He's come for me."
"I won't let him touch you. If he comes near, I will hurt him. I won't let him hurt you, baby. I won't let him" He whispered. They sat there on the floor in each others arms. She was streaming tears and neither of them wanted to move.