A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for the reviews on chapter one. :) This story is going to be a lot of fun for me to write, just because Mike and Eve are my one true pair. This is my first multi-chapter fic with this pair, though I have lots of oneshots with them, so make sure to check those out, too. :) Anyway, here's chapter two! Enjoy!
Chapter 2
Mike couldn't sleep that night. All he could think about was Eve, and how he was going to tell her that he would be forced to leave by his parents in six weeks. He didn't even know if he would be able to see Eve before he was sent away.
If he couldn't see her before he left, if he couldn't say goodbye to her, he didn't know what he would do. He loved Eve. He wanted to be with her forever. He had always wanted to be with her forever for as long as he could remember. But that didn't matter anymore because his parents were controlling him, and his life.
He sighed, sitting up. It was 3:30 in the morning, and he had school in two hours. He pulled his knees up to his chest, resting his chin upon them. He wanted to cry. The thought of leaving Eve forever killed him inside. It killed him side because of how much he loved her, but he also knew how deep this news would hurt Eve too, and that's what killed him the most.
Mike knew that he was already hurting Eve more than he ever wanted to by not being able to be with her as much as the wanted to, but he could thank his parents for that. He could thank his parents for ruining his life.
He looked at his window, the moonlight was the only thing lighting up his room. He sighed deeply, running his hand through his spiked hair. He spiked it because that's how it was when he and Eve had first met all those years ago, and that's how he liked it best.
Sitting here he began to think of their best memories from their childhood. Chuckling to himself, he remembered the first time in Kindergarten that they had really teased each other, and tested one another's limits. Even though the two had lived down the street all their lives, they never knew that until they had both entered Kindergarten.
[Flashback]
Eve Torres was excited; she was going to wear her new favorite white sundress her mother had bought her over the weekend. She was overly excited to go to school and show it to all of her friends.
When she had gotten to school that morning, all of her friends told her how pretty her dress was, and how it matched the flower in her hair.
Spinning around in her dress, she grinned at her friends. "Thank you!" five-year-old Eve said happily.
Mike made his way over to the group of girls, a smirk on his face. "Why are you wearing a dress? Dresses are for weddings, and it looks weird on you."
Eve glared at him, stomping her foot. "Oh yeah!? At least I'm going to have a wedding!" The five-year restored. "You're just gonna grow up to be an ugly old man and die all alone!" She yelled, stomping on his foot as hard as she could.
Mike yelped out in pain as he held his right foot, and hopped on his left. "You're crazy!" He yelled through the pain. "No one would ever want to marry a girl as crazy as you!"
Eve huffed at him before pushing him over into the sandbox. She laughed as she watched Mike lose his balance because of the fact he was hopping on one foot, causing him to fall face first into the sandbox.
Mike sat up, spitting out the sand that had gotten in his mouth, glaring up at Eve. "You're lucky I didn't break my arm!" He protested. "I would've had my mom sue you parents for all the money you got!" He said angrily.
Eve laughed. "Your face is red." She said, pointing to him as she laughed. Her friends had left the moment they saw Mike was headed their way, and now it was just the two of them.
"And your ears are big!" Mike said, crossing his arms over his chest, standing to his feet.
Eve got his face. "My head will get bigger! Your nose is fat!"
"You wouldn't want your head to get any bigger!" He yelled, "you already have a big head a big, fat head!" He said, storming off.
Though, he didn't get very far because Eve made sure to trip him. Eve always won; she always had the upper hand.
[End of flashback]
Mike smiled to himself, remembering the good times. Before things had got rough for him, and gone to hell. He sighed, blinking away his tears. He just wanted to be able to live his life the way he wanted to. But he couldn't. His parents had total control, and there was nothing he could do about it.
He remembers the days when his parents liked him and Eve together. He remembers the times they told him that the two of them would get married, grow old together, have children, and grandchildren.
Everyone who knew Mike and Eve always referred to them as the "perfect couple" or "soulmates". He just wanted that back.
He picked up his phone, thinking about texting Eve. He just wasn't so sure if he should text her this time of night. He didn't want to bother her. But he decided to take a chance. He couldn't take it anymore.
Miss you, can't sleep without you. Wish you were here. – Mikey
He hit send, throwing his phone towards the foot of his bed, not expecting a response. He lied down on his back, closing his eyes.
Moments later, he heard his phone vibrate. He got up, and grabbed his phone before lying back down on his back again. He had one new text message.
My room is cold, and my heart is empty without you here. Come back. I need you. I miss you. – Eve
Mike felt a sharp pain hit him in the chest; he could feel his heart breaking. The next time he would see Eve, he would have to tell her how he was leaving. This wasn't the type of news he wanted to give her over text, he would never put her through something that painful.
He laid there for a few moments, as he tried to decide on whether or not he should go and see Eve. It's not that he didn't want to, because he did want to, more than anything. He just didn't want to have to put up with more of his parents bullshit.
Fuck them, he thought to himself. I don't care. I'm going to see the girl I love tonight, and fall asleep with her in my arms.
He climbed out his window, and began to make the two hour drive to go and see his other half, his best friend, the love of his life.
Eve sighed as she sat there in the darkness. It was now 5:30am which meant Mike would be getting ready for school. She wished that the two of them at least went to the same school so they could see each other every day, but Mike's parents made sure that would never happen.
She began to doze off, her phone in her hand in hope of Mike texting her back.
Her eyes opened quickly at the sound of rocks hitting her window, when she walked over to it, she was able to see Mike's figure standing on the ground. "Aren't you supposed to be at school!?" She asked him in a hushed whisper, making sure not to wake her parents.
Mike only shrugged. "I wanted to see you. I needed to see you." She heard him say.
Eve nodded, and waited as she watched Mike climb through her window. She knew something wasn't right the second the two of them had locked eyes. "Mikey…what is it? What's wrong?" She asked the look of confusion on her face as she tried to read his.
"Eve…" he whispered trialing off as he began to feel the tears well up behind his crystal blue eyes. "We need to talk…"
Eve could feel her heart sink. She knew this wasn't going to be good, no matter what came out of Mike's mouth. The sound of his voice, the look in his eyes, it was all no good, and Eve was scared. She was scared out of her mind.
"Talk about what?" She asked in such a low whisper, she could barely hear herself speak.
"I have something I need to tell you…" he said. "I just don't know how I'm going to tell you, because I don't want to hurt you." His voice cracked as he tried his best to finish what he was saying, but this was becoming harder and harder for him with each passing second.
Eve sniffled as she had tears now rolling down her cheeks. But she didn't bother to wipe them away; she didn't see the point in it. "Mike, what is it?"
Mike took a deep shaky breath, letting it out slowly. "My parents…their making me leave for the Army…I leave in six weeks." He whispered his voice was still shaky. "I don't have a choice, Eve. I have to go."
Eve looked at him, crying harder than she was a few moments ago. She didn't know what to say. Her mind couldn't process this information no matter how hard she tried. "What do you mean you don't have a choice?" She finally asked him after many long moments. "How can they do this? How can they just make you go!?" She asked raising her voice a bit as tears of anger and frustration fell from her green eyes.
"I don't know, baby." He answered honestly. "But I wish I did know. I wish there was something I could do. I don't want to leave you. Trust me, leaving you is the last thing I want to do. It's going to be the most painful thing I'll ever have to do, Eve. I don't want to do this. I'm going to try and make things right."
Eve shook her head. "There's no point, Mike. We can't stop them, we can't change this. You…you said it yourself…you have to go…that's all there is to," she looked away from him as she roughly wiped the tears off her cheeks with the back of her hand. "If that's what you came here to tell me, then you can just go now, because I know."
Mike frowned sadly as he turned her head back to him, causing her to look into his eyes. "Eve, baby, look at me, I love you. I'm not leaving for six weeks. And even when I do leave, I'm going to write you every single day, telling you how much I love you. I'm going to tell you how I'm going to marry you, how our wedding will be perfect, and our children will be beautiful. I'm going to tell you everything."
Eve cried harder as she sniffled, and choked on her sobs. "What if you never come back? What if you don't make it home? What if lose you forever?"
Mike wiped away her tears, and kissed her forehead softly. "Baby, I'm going to make it home. I promise. I'm going to make it home because I have to do all those things with you. I'm never going to leave you, Eve. I'm going to home after my deployment is up, then you and I will finally begin to live our lives the way we we're supposed to. I promise."
Eve nodded as she took a deep breath, and began to calm down a bit. "Okay, Mikey. I'll wait for you to come home forever. I don't care how long it takes."
Mike kissed her softly. "I won't make you wait too long, I promise."
"Will I get to see you again before you leave?"
"I'll be spending my last night with you before I go," he promised.
"What about your parents? What if they try to stop you?"
"Screw them. All that matters is you. I don't give a damn about anything else."
A/N: Reviews would be great. (: They keep me going, give me a lot of motivation, and they just make a huge difference like you wouldn't believe. I promise! Chapter three will be up soon. (: