| Maria�s POV �Oh my god is Michael kissing me? Why is he kissing me?� as he takes his lips from mine he looks into my eyes with a look of confusion and guilt. I can�t believe that he kissed me; he must just feel bad after the whole thing with my dad. �Oh my god I am so sorry. I don�t know what came over me there.� Michael looks so embarrassed and I really don�t want to make him feel worse. That kiss felt really good and I was on the verge of returning it when he pulled back. It was probably for the best though; he doesn�t really like me he was just trying to make me feel better. �Its okay really.� �I gotta jet but meet me in the parking lot at school tomorrow and we can begin the plan to get you a little Brian loving and making Court insanely jealous.� Brian. I had almost forgotten about him with all the s.hit that has been going on in my life lately. �Yeah, I guess I will see you tomorrow.� Michael walks away with his shoulders slumped a little and he is dragging his feet. I ignore the feeling of sadness in my stomach and walk back into the house to my father and pappy. When I walk in the house the father is the first person to speak and I could do without what he had to say. �Maria don�t you dare walk out on me again, we were having a conversation. Furthermore I am your father and you will do what I ask you to do for that very reason.� �You walk out on me one week after mom dies, you dump me on your father for six years, the only contact I have with you is through your guilt presents and letters explaining that you cant come to see me because you are so busy with your new kid. And you expect me to do you a favor.� I storm away from him and bound up the stairs to my room. The nerve of him, I got home and he was sitting on the couch glaring at pappy for lying to him. When I saw him he started to laugh and asked how I could be stupid enough to believe that he would buy the running away story, he saw the mustang and knew that I was in the caf�. He told me that he would have missed me but he knew that I was with pappy all those years so he could properly move on. Then he told me that he and his wife got in some trouble with their bills and were deeply in debt and it was my duty as a daughter to give him ten thousand dollars to tide him over and pay off the creditors. He actually wanted me to use some of the fifty thousand that my mother left me. I love the fact that he could use the fact that this week I am conveniently his daughter, what was I when him and his whore were conceiving the replacement Maria? They even named her Mary. I heard a knocking on my door and pappy popped his head in. �Are you okay baby?� He had taken out his dentures and smiled big, he knew that that always made me laugh. �Yeah pappy I'm fine. I just don�t want to give him that money. Its our nest egg for if you ever get sick and I don�t want to do it.� �Maria I am the executor to your trust and as such I absolutely refuse that you give that man any of your money.� Pappy had an impish smile on his face as he said this. �Thank you pappy, now I cant even feel guilty.� �Go to bed young lady, you have school in the morning.� Pappy loves when he can jokingly exhibit authority over me. No doubt I would have never turned out as well as I did if I had grown up with my father instead of pappy. He made me realize my potential. He was the one who convinced me to take the job to sing on Saturdays at Silver Place. ** The next day** I parked the mustang and went to the front of the lot to meet Michael. He was on the verge of being late and I was almost ready to head into the school when he showed up. He jumped out of the car and ran toward me. His eyes were sparkling and he hugged me. He leaned down and whispered into my ear not to get mad. I was just about to ask why and then he kissed me. AGAIN. Before I even have a chance to think about kissing him back he pulls away and looks at something behind me. I turn around and see that it is Brian. He was staring at us with a look of surprise; he shook his head and walked into the school. �In English don�t talk to him or even look at him first. Let him come to you. I got his attention now it is up to you to keep it.� With that Michael walked away and into the school. In English I really didn�t have to worry myself with Brian, truth be told my feelings for him are not as strong as I used to think. The thing that bothers me though is now that I don�t really feel so much for Brian is when he chooses to notice me. Go figure. �Can you believe that he asked me out? I guess Michael is being the little trendsetter when it comes to asking geeks out.� Liz would not give up on the fact that Max had asked her out. It was cute though, they really belong together, and they can keep each other�s drooling in check. I notice that Brian is making his way over here and for the first time since I met him I don�t have to remind myself to breath. �Are you going out with Michael Guerin?� I nod my head and wonder were this is going. �I think I should warn you then that he doesn�t want you, he is in love with someone named Maria DeLuca.� Okay so I am not totally in love with him but that still hurt a little. TBC |
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