I stormed out of the loft and down the stairs before pausing momentarily to put my sunglasses on and pull out the keys to my car. As my fingers dug in my purse they hit the barrel of the gun I kept stashed there and for a fleeting instant I pictured my self turning and shooting Michael, not bad enough to kill him just to get him to not follow me. I shook my head and pulled out my sunglasses before walking over to my car and getting in. It was baking inside the black seat burned my skin as I sat down in just as I backed out I saw Michael's leap down the last few stairs and shout my name "Fi!" but I ignored him and turned away feeling the pain inside my heart as I did so.
As I drove around the city I could feel the tears rolling down my cheeks as I tried to contain them but to no avail. Each time I blinked a few more tears would roll down my face and I would sigh, wipe them away and think about why I was so angry with Michael. I drove around for about twenty minutes, just long enough to loose Michael if he was tailing me, and then decided to head home. As I drove I soon realized I wasn't going to my house but the Michael's mothers, I tended to do this when I was frustrated or worried about him. Sometimes I would just drive past and see Maddie smoking in the living room and other times I would go in and we would talk about everything except Michael. As I approached the front door I hesitated wondering if I should have come, what if Sam was there, he would tell Michael and I would have no time to escape. Resolutely I decided to ring the doorbell and ask Maddie the one question I always had the most trouble asking.
She answered the door only a few seconds after I rung it which meant she knew I was coming and that also meant that Michael knew I would come here. As the door swung open I put on a pleasant face and smiled as Maddie welcomed my into the house. "Fiona! I wasn't expecting you or Michael until tomorrow." She said it like a statement but I knew there was a question hidden beneath the pleasantries.
"I'm sorry, if this is a bad time-" I said quickly hoping that I could get out of this situation
'Oh no I'm not busy in fact the ladies have just left after our poker game. Would you like something to drink?" She asked peering at me
I shook my head and took a seat at the dining table and waited as Maddie lit another cigarette and grabbed a can of Coke from the fridge "How was poker?" I asked
Maddie looked at me in that I know you are here for another reason that to ask about my poker game look and said "What happened this time Fiona? I may not be a spy or anything but I know that there are things you would rather be doing on a Friday afternoon than sitting in my house."
"How do you love him?" I asked spitting the words out before my confidence failed me that was the one thing I wanted to know the most. No matter what stunt Michael pulled she would always love him and not just because she is obligated to either but really love him.
Maddie burst out into laughter "I don't know" she said "I really have no idea, sometimes I feel like telling him he can not keep another client here but I understand how much he needs me. The worrying about weather he's going to call me tomorrow or in the next ten years nearly kills me and the never knowing if he's going to be alive for Christmas keeps me up at night. It's just something that I do, I know that no matter what crazy stunt he pulls he will do his best to keep me safe and while it doesn't seem like he is listening to a damn word I say I know he is."
She looked into my eyes "I know it doesn't seem like he is listening to what you are telling him but honestly he is. Every time you tell him he is working to hard and it seems like he is shrugging it off those wheels begin turning and he is planning how he can show you he's not. Without you, Fiona, he would not be the person he is today. I don't know much about what happened in Ireland but I do know that when he left you there it killed him inside and he does everything he can so he doesn't have to do it again." She finished, took a sip of her Coke and put her hand on mine looking at me with an intense expression on her face "You know he called me today about ten minutes before you arrived. He said that you guys had argued and that he was worried you might leave Miami-"
"So I came here-" he said and stepped out from the hallway that led to his old bedroom
I spluttered "You-you- you heard everything?!" and had to restrain my self from attacking him "You're not supposed to hear that!" I was so angry with him all over again that I didn't notice Maddie had slipped out of the room.
He stepped towards me arms open in surrender but I back away not wanting him to be near my right now. He had heard everything I had told Maddie and….the anger radiated from me and Michael seemed to know this because he backed off. I looked him dead in the face "You never listen to me or at least it doesn't seem like it. You always shrug it off like dying is no big deal to you" I paused and took a breath "Maybe dying isn't a big deal to you Michal but I-I-I" I stopped my tirade not sure of how to continue
He took a step forward "Fi I do listen to you, every word you say."
I couldn't help but laugh a cold unbelieving laugh "Really?"
"Yes," his voice remained calm and he took another step towards me
"Michael" I started wrapping my arms around his neck "You can't die." I was expressing a part of me I had never let him see before. It was the part of me that knew if he died I would go back to Ireland and get my self killed, the part of me that knew without him I was not who I am. I needed him. With that thought on my mind and the heat of his body radiating onto me I kissed him.
Ten minutes later we were back at his house his keys fumbling in the lock as he tired to open it so we would get out of the pouring rain. As he closed the door behind him we looked at each other and he knew I had forgiven him. He walked closer to me wrapping his arms around my waist and I rest my head on his chest. As we walked backwards towards the bed he murmured in my ear "Thank-you."
So I'm not sure what I think of it 'cause the ending gave me some problems but I suppose I'm okay with it. I am now accepting request for a oneshot or character pairings you would like to see. I enjoy writing Michael and Fiona oneshots and would like something less lovey dovey and more action I suppose. Any ideas are welcome as long as they are accompanied by a review
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