ForcedTogetherpart13

The next several weeks went by in a blur. Maria had been right when she felt that she would become friends with Ruthie and Jeanie. She was also right when she felt that she could trust that skanky bottle blonde Courtney about as far as she could through her.

Maria tried everything she could think of to show Michael how much she was in love with him. She had become the perfect �wife� as far as she could see. Unfortunately Michael was pulling even further away from her as time went on.

Maria found a comrade in the �I hate Courtney Club� with Jeanie. It seemed that every small town has to have a �Town Slut� and the bottle job had gladly assumed that title. Jeanie�s son Peter had gone to school with the bottle job and had gotten suspended and kicked off the football team when he had been caught as Jeanie put it �crossing the end zone� under the bleachers with the bottle job. Making him lose a football scholarship.

Maria had turned to both Ruthie and Jeanie for advise. Both woman had confided to her that they could see that her and Michael were having �marriageable problems� and that Courtney was in full seduce mode.

She had given both ladies an somewhat accurate account of her and Michael so call romance, sticking to the �Gulliver�s� history for the most part. Note to self, never let Michael choose their last name again. Only he would think using the name Gulliver was funny since they had just finish traveling across country.

Now it was just a few days before Christmas and her and Michael were barely talking. Maria decided to try another tacit when she got up this morning. She went downstairs and started breakfast and had just finished setting a place from him when he came into the kitchen.

�Hey Michael. I hope you don�t mind oatmeal, it�s on the stove.� She said in her most pleasant voice she could find.

�That�s fine.� He said as he grabbed the bowl she had set out and filled it up.

Maria watched him for a few minutes and waited until she thought it was a good time to approach the thing she wanted to discuss with him.

�You know Michael, Christmas is only in a two days.� She said sweetly, silently praying that maybe they could find their common ground over the holiday spirit.

�Yeah, I know. I was the one who hung all the decorations inside and outside of the inn last week.�

Maria groaned to herself. He wasn�t going to be Mr. Jolly Guy was he, but she plowed ahead anyway. �Well I know that. See decorations is what I kinda wanted to talk about. I thought it would be nice if tonight we went out and bought a tree together. I can go to the store today to pick up some ornaments and tinsel. It�ll be great.�

Michael looked at Maria as if she had lost her mind. �What the Hell are you talking about. Maria you are not wasting the money on this Christmas crap. Look if you want to get all sappy and stare at a Christmas tree go up to the inn and stare at the one in the foray.�

She couldn�t help getting upset with him. Why was he treating her this way and before she knew it Hurricane Deluca decided to make an appearance. �What bug crawled up you ass and died. What the f-uck have I done to you in the past couple of weeks to make you treat me like a piece dog s-hit?!� She screamed.

Michael just glared at her and flung his spoon in the bowl. �Look I�m not going to get into this with you. And if you think that if you give me the silent treatment or start crying that you will get your way, forget it.�

�OH we are so getting into this! I don�t believe you! I have been trying everything under the sun to get US back, but you haven�t given me an inch!� She screamed.

He couldn�t believe he was hearing this. �Getting US back�. What a joke there never was an US. Dammit why was she doing this to him. He had to keep his distance from her, he wasn�t going to let her hurt him anymore.

�ENOUGH!� He shouted at her, startling her that she dropped her cup of juice when she jump in shock at the sheer volume of his voice. �I don�t know what the Hell you are up to, but just cut it out!�

�Michael.� Maria whispered. Things had been bad up to now, but right before her eyes it was quickly turning to horrible.

She wanted to cry when he turned his back on her and headed walked over to the back door to leave. Her breath caught when he stopped and leaned against the door. �I can�t do this anymore Maria.�

�I don�t understand. What do you mean?� She asked in fear.

Sighing he turned and faced her. He had to force himself from running over to her and gather her in his arms when he saw how frightened she looked. Clearing his throat he said as calmly as possible, knowing she wasn�t going to want to hear what he had to say.

�Look Maria, I think it�s pretty obvious that we gave the FBI the slip and covered our trail pretty well.�

�Yeah, that�s because we worked together.� She reminded him, terrified where he was going.

�Yeah well, whatever. Look I�ve been thinking, I think we should stay here for the winter.� He said softly.

�OK.� She agreed.

Taking a deep breath Michael said the thing he had dreaded saying since he had decided this is what he had to do to keep his sanity. �Then in the spring I think we should take off.�

�Un hun.�

�And I think since everything seems safe that we should split up. Maybe you can even go home if things look good. Then you could go back to your love ones.� He explained.

Maria couldn�t hold her tears back any longer. �You promised that we would stick together.�

Michael closed his eyes, praying he wouldn�t brake down in front of her. �Yeah, well that was when it wasn�t safe and now it�s seems that we made it.�

Maria shook her head. �I�m not going to discuss this with you now. Look I�m sorry about the whole Christmas tree thing, ok.� Maria said, begging with her eyes that Michael would change his mind.

�Look, I�ve made my decision and you are going to have to deal with it. I have to get going. I�ll see you.� He said as he rushed out the door.

Maria looked around the kitchen wondering how everything got so screwed up so fast. She couldn�t breath and need to get out. She didn�t bother with the breakfast dishes, she just grabbed her coat and start to run up to the inn to see Ruthie and Jeanie.

Maria looked longingly at Michael as he started hauling some wood that had been delivered over to the shed to be chopped later. If she had seen his face she would have seen all the hurt and sorrow consuming him from the inside.

She only watched him for a minute before she jogged up the steps to the kitchen�s backdoor. Maria stepped inside without even knocking and saw the two women who had come to mean so much to her in such a short amount of time sitting at the kitchen table drinking their morning tea.

Ruthie and Jeanie exchanged a look when they saw Maria stricken face and the tears streaming down her cheeks. Jeanie hopped up and pulled the younger woman into a loving motherly hug while whispering words of comfort and stroking her hair.

Ruthie got up and motioned for the other woman to help Maria through the kitchen to her small sitting room and to sit down on the sofa. Jeanie sat down with Maria�s head resting on her lap as she curled up in a ball next to the older woman. Both women�s harts broke as they watched the small slip of a girl body wracking with sobs.

�Maria dear, please we can�t help if you don�t tell us what happened.� Ruthie said as she reached out and took one of Maria�s hands.

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After a few moments they heard her mumble that her and Michael had a fight. Eventually Maria sat up. She gratefully accepted the tissues that Jeanie held out to her and wiped her eyes and blew her nose. She scooted over to the other end of the couch with her feet tucked up under her knees.

Sniffling she began to tell her friends what happened. She explained how she thought that maybe going shopping for a tree together might have helped bring her and Michael together, instead all it did was drive the final nail into the coffin. All three woman were so caught up in their talk the didn�t hear Courtney come into the kitchen or see her eavesdropping at the door.

�Then he said he thinks that we should just stay here for the winter and then in the spring he wants to split up.� She cried helplessly.

�Oh I just knew that little girl couldn�t keep that fine specimen of manhood satisfied. Know I will just get him alone for a while and soon I will have Michael for myself.� Courtney vowed.

Quickly she stepped back and went into the kitchen again. She was getting a glass of water when she saw the object of her desire heading down into the basement through the window.

Smiling she pulled down another glass and filled it with water and headed to the basement door. She stopped to check out the way she looked in the mirror and put the glasses down so that she could fix her hair and open up another button on her tight shirt. Grinning she picked up the glasses and headed down to the basement.

She watched Michael for a few seconds shovel coal into the old furnace. Jeez, you would think with Ruthie�s money that she would update that old thing. Who the Hell still used a coal furnace to heat an inn. But then when she noticed how Michael had stripped down to just his jeans to do the job she thought better of her original comment about getting a new furnace.

Grinning she cleared her throat to let Michael know she was in the room, causing him to spin on his heals with is right hand held up like some kind of shield or something. �Hey Mickey G., I thought you might want a drink or something.�

Michael forced himself not to groan out loud. This girl just didn�t know when to stop. For crying out loud as far as she knew he was a happily married guy, but it didn�t stop her from flinging herself at him whenever she found a chance.

�Thanks.� Michael said as he took the glass from her and sat down a little away from the furnace.

�So, Maria is up at the inn with Ruthie and Jeanie.� She said, baiting him slightly.

�Yeah, well she usually spends the morning with them.� He answered, not sure if he wanted to hear what the blonde next to him had to say.

�Oh yeah, she�s a real regular. Of course then again she is always seeking them out to ask for their advice.� She teased.

That statement got his attention. �What do you mean she is always seeking them out to ask them for their advice?�

�Oh you know, advice on how to make her marriage work. I must say Mickey G., from the stuff I�ve heard you should be nominated for sainthood. For crying out loud here you are a healthy 20 year old guy married to a girl too frigate to have sex with her own husband.�

Michael was fuming. �How much has she told those women!� he shouted to himself.

�I mean granted, I did feel bad when I heard that she had been raped by one of her foster fathers but I mean you have to learn to put things behind you and move on with you life. I mean how many girls in her situation finds a guy who loves her enough to marry her even with all her baggage. And for you to wait all this time for her to be willing to; well how can I put this delicately, willing to perform her �wifely� duties.�

Michael couldn�t believe what he was hearing. Thank good it sounded like Maria had stuck to their basic history that they came up with for Maria and Michael Gulliver and she had incorporated her own story into it.

He was still kinda mad at her though. She had told them a lot of personal stuff that she should have kept to herself. Well at least he didn�t look like a complete loser she had actually made him sound kinda noble from what Courtney was saying.

�How to make her marriage work.� Well that probable explained where she came up with some of the stuff she had pulled over the last couple of weeks. She had made him a candlelight dinners, drew him baths. He almost choked when she offered to give him a back rub. Michael felt kinda of bad, he knew she was scared of being abandoned again. But that wasn�t the same as being in love with him the same way he was with her.

Michael was brought out of his thoughts when he felt Courtney running her hand up his arm. �So Mickey G. tomorrow is Christmas Eve.�

�Yeah I know.� He said as he moved a little so that he didn�t have to push her hand off of him.

�Well I�ve been thinking, how would you like to come over and help trim my tree. I bet your great at hanging balls.� She said with a wink.

Michael looked at her and decided that he had had enough. �Why not just f-uck her and maybe it will help you get over Maria. Sure why not go over and help trim the tramp�s tree, it could be his own Christmas present to himself. Lousing his virginity with her wouldn�t be so bad. So what if she has been around the blocks a few hundred times.�

�Sure, why not.�

Courtney smiled. �Great, I�ll see you around 7:00.� She said as she grabbed the glasses and head back up to the kitchen.

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That night Michael and Maria didn�t even speak. She had spent the day with Ruthie and Jeanie and then had come back to change for her shift at the diner. The next day wasn�t any better and Maria just had more time on her hands than before because her boss had decided to close the diner from Christmas Eve until the day after New Years at the last minute.

Maria spent the day shopping looking for small gifts to give Ruthie, Jeanie, Jeanie son Peter and his wife Karen and their baby boy Josh. She also wanted to pick up a gift for Mr. Lucas, the kindly old handyman had taken Michael under his wing the first few days on the job and Maria wanted to show their appreciation.

Ruthie had told her that every Christmas Eve they had a dinner party at the Inn and this year she wanted her and Michael to join them. Maria had just picked up an adorable Winnie the Pooh sweat suit for Josh when she looked in the store window of a little boutique. There was a beautiful green velvet dress that she couldn�t stop looking at.

Mrs. Connelly; the woman who ran the shop, saw Maria admiring the dress and made her come in and try it on. It was the first dress she had put on since they had been on the road and it was heavenly to get all dressed up again feeling all girly. She usually wore jeans and flannel shirts most of the time, occasionally she would wear a sweater, even her waitress uniform was jeans and a tee-shirt with the diner�s name on it.

�Oh honey that dressed was made for you. I mean it the way it picks up the green in your eyes. Not to mention the way it hugs you in all the right places. Oh I miss my girlish figure.� The woman said as she continued to smooth out invisible creases. �I have the most adorable green satin shoes and purse to go with it.� She said as she rushed over to the other display.

�No, please don�t show me the shoes and purse. I�m sorry Mrs. Connelly as much as I love it I just can�t afford it.� Maria said as she fingered the price tag on the sleeve.

�But today is Christmas Eve and I know your going over to the party at Ruthie�s, you just have to wear this dress. You�ll be the prettiest girl there.�

Maria smiled at the kindly woman. �Thank you, that is very sweet of you. I just can�t afford to buy it. I already spent what money I had saved on buying presents and I just don�t have any left over to buy the dress.

Mrs. Connelly clucked her tongue and shook her head at Maria. �There is no way I am letting you leave here without that dress. Now stop shaking you head, I think I know how we can work this out. Lets just say that for the next month I don�t tip you when I eat in the diner and we�ll call it even. Two months and I�ll throw in the purse and shoes.�

�Oh Mrs. Connelly, your too generous. I just can�t do that this dress is so expensive and I know you�ll losing money in this deal.� Maria said.

�Nonsense. Maria honey it�s Christmas Eve and I would give you that dress as a gift if I thought you would take it. Sweetie seeing you were that dress makes me happy, it reminds me of when I was young and the boys lined up to take me out.�

Maria took one last look at herself in the mirror then turned and smiled at the older woman. �Make it three months and you got a deal.�

�Deal.� Mrs. Connelly said as she went over and got the purse and shoes for Maria to try on.

Maria couldn�t help giggling as she twirled around looking at herself in the mirror. The older woman had to laugh as she handed Maria the shoes to try on. �Honey wait until that handsome husband see you in this dress.�

Maria smiled, maybe Michael would feel different when he saw her later tonight.

Later that night Maria came downstairs all dressed for the party. She had come home that afternoon and had taken a long bath and then spent the past hour an half getting her hair and makeup just right.

�Michael.� She called out.

�In here.� He called out from the kitchen.

Grinning she walked into the kitchen. �Hey, don�t eat too much. You want to be able to eat at the party.�

�Huh.� Michael said around a mouthful of tuna sandwich. He almost choked when he looked up and saw Maria standing in the doorway. �God, she�s beautiful� he thought as he drank in the sight of her in green form fitted velvet dress. �Where the hell did she get that dress, and where the Hell is the rest of it.� He fumed when he noticed that the dress was an off the shoulder number and stopped at her mid-thigh. He almost sent her back upstairs when she turned and he saw that the back of the dress had a deep v neck cut that went down to the small of her back.

�Where you get the dress?� He asked a little harsher than he meant to.

�The party, you don�t want to be all full before you get there. � She said as she walked over and poured herself a glass of milk. �Oh and don�t worry about the dress Mrs. Connelly basically gave it to me. We made a deal, she won�t tip me for the next three months when she eats at the diner and I wear the dress to the party tonight.�

Michael finally stopped drooling and started to listen to what she was really saying. �What are you talking about?� He asked.

�The party at the inn. Why else did you think I was all dressed up?� She asked as she picked up her milk and headed out of the kitchen.

Michael groaned, he forgot all about the party that Ruthie had invited them to a couple of weeks back. Damn, he looked at her again and knew that if he went to the party and played the dutiful husband that he would get all caught up in the fantasy again and it would just hurt too much when it would end again.

�I� I�m not going to the party. I have plans for tonight.� He said.

Maria stopped walking and turned around and looked at him. He was showered, shaved and dressed and if her nose wasn�t deceiving her he was wearing after shave. When she actually caught his eyes she could see that he almost looked ashamed.

�Plans.� She said willing herself not to cry.

�Damn, please don�t cry.� He cursed to himself. �Yeah, look I forgot about the party and I kinda promised somebody I would help them tonight.

Maria shook her head up and down. Her heart was braking and there was nothing she could do other than get out of the room with some of her dignity intake. She walked over to where he stood and placed her milk on the counter. �I see, well I�ll think of an excuse for why your not there.�

Looking up she stared into his chocolate brown eyes and blinked back her tears. She finally managed to find a small smile and lightly placed her hand over his. �I�m sorry things ended up this way Michael. I just want you to be happy and I hope you find that happiness tonight.� She said as she leaned forward a little and placed a light kiss on his lips. �Merry Christmas.� She whispered as she turned and left.

�Dammit.� He shouted as when he heard the front door open and closed.

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Maria took her time going up to the inn. She dreaded showing up in front of all those people alone. Ruthie and Jeanie weren�t the only ones to notice that things were strained between her and Michael. Even Karen, Jeanie�s daughter in law had tried to help her by giving her advice. Of course Maria wasn�t brave enough to serve Michael dinner weren�t nothing but a smile and a wink.

�Maybe if I did he would be here with me know instead of going to a friends. I�m such an idiot, I took so long to admit my true feeling for Michael that when I finally do he thinks I�m just saying it to make him happy. I drove him into Courtney�s arms.� She cried to herself.

�Maria honey is that you?� Ruthie called out from the back window. �Child get in here before you freeze to death. I need your help with the pumpkin soup, I just can�t seem to get it to come out as well as yours.�

Maria smiled and went inside. All her thought floated out of her head as she was surrounded by all the wonderful smells in the kitchen. Ruthie had been cooking all day and Maria decided that she wasn�t going to ruin the older woman�s party by crying on her shoulder.

�Sweetie, where�s Michael?� She asked as she watched Maria pour a little more cream into the soup and taste it.

�I�m sorry Ruthie, but he couldn�t make it tonight. He wanted me to tell you he was sorry but he will be here tomorrow for Christmas dinner.� She said as she added more nutmeg and cinnamon.

The older woman looked at her and just smiled. �Well that�s his lost. This is going to be a wonderful dinner party. Now how is that soup dear?�

Maria smiled gratefully at the older woman and dipped a spoon into the pan of soup gathering some on it. �Why don�t you taste it and see.� She said holding the spoon out for her to taste.

Ruthie�s eyes closed and she sighed. �Heavenly.� She said as she took the spoon from Maria�s hand and placed it on the counter before taking both of her hands into hers. �He loves you child, he can�t hide it no more than you can hide how much you love him. Tonight is Christmas Eve a night of magical moments, and tonight I think you and Michael will share one of those moments.�

Maria brushed away a few tears that she couldn�t stop from spilling. �Ruthie I don�t know how I would have gotten through this past month without you and Jeanie. I�m just sorry to say I don�t think there are any magical moments left for me and Michael.�

�Dear, just promise me you won�t close the door if he holds it open to you.�

Maria couldn�t help thinking back to all those earlier talks with Michael and how she had always promised not to shut him out, but it hadn�t stopped him from doing it to her. She had vowed to Michael she would never turn her back on him and now she made the same vow to Ruthie.

�I swear I would never closed the door on him and if he could bring himself to open the door to me again I would gladly walk through it holding his hand without a doubt in my mind."

�Then tonight when we go to midnight mass pray that he does open the door to you again.�

�I will Ruthie, I will.� Maria said as she gather the other woman in a hug.

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Michael pulled up in front of Courtney�s house. It was a small clapboard house that her mother had left before she took off with some guy. If he hadn�t seen it for himself he wouldn�t have believed it. The house was a tacky as it�s occupant.

He sat in the car for a few minutes figuring out what he should say when he saw the front door open. There she stood in some cheap red spandex dress that looked to be at least one size to small.

She smiled and waved as she bounded down the steps of her house and walked over to the car. The window was rolled down and Michael almost gagged when he smelt her perfume. �Jeez lady you�re not suppose to bath in it.� He thought to himself.

�Hey sexy, you going to sit in the car all night or are you going to haul that gorgeous ass of yours out of it and help me trim my tree.� She said in what she had thought was playful voice. Michael groan when she actually winked at him to get her point across.

�Courtney�� Michael said as he reached for his door handle his decision finally made.

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Maria couldn�t believe how much fun she had tonight at the party. Her and Karen had sung �Rockin� Around the Christmas Tree� while they kicked off the shoes and danced. She had eaten so much food she was terrified her dress would split just to teach her a lesson about eating her weight in food and embarrass her to no end.

The best part of the night had been going to midnight mass with Ruthie, Jeanie, Jeanie�s son Peter and his wife Karen and their son Josh as well as Jeanie other son Marc. She was also pleasantly surprised when Mr. Lucas joined them for the Mass as well.

It was almost 1:30 by the time Maria finally got home. She noticed that the car was in the driveway which meant Michael was home. Maria had actually forgotten about her problems for a little while during the night and had followed Ruthie�s advice and prayed in church that her and Michael would find some kind of peace and happiness together.

Maria let herself into the house and found herself singing �O Holy Night� softly to herself as she climbed up stairs to go to bed. She passed the master bedroom and sighed because she and Michael should be in that room together or a least she should, she really did love that room.

Shaking her head she went into her room to get ready for bed. She had a busy day ahead of her tomorrow. Her and Michael were expected at the inn at 3:00 for dinner and to exchange gifts. Maria still had to wrap the presents she had bought earlier and bake a mincemeat pie to bring for desert.

Without turning on the light Maria had kicked off her shoes and slipped out of her nylons as she went over to the chest of draws to pull out a pair of long johns and shirt to sleep in. She reached in and pulled out a pair of long johns, but they weren�t hers they were Michael�s.

�What the Hell.� She said as she looked around the room for the first time since she got in. When her eyes landed on her bed she started to scream because their was a rather large form hunkered down under her covers.

�AHHHHHH!!!!� She screamed causing the person in her bed to jump and fall out of the bed, banging their head against the end table.

�What the Hell is your problem.� Michael said as he got up and untangled himself from the bedding.

Maria stared at him dumbfounded. �What the Hell are you doing in my room!� She demanded, silently biting her cheek to keep from laughing when she realize he was clad only in a pair of boxers, a pair she had bought as a joke because they had happy smiley faces on them and she had teased him saying they reminder her of him when she saw them.

Michael sighed as he tossed the blankets that had fallen with him back on the bed. �Look I didn�t mean to startle you, it�s just I felt kinda bad about the party tonight and making you go by yourself so I thought I would make you a little peace offering. You may even call it a Christmas present. I know how much you really wanted the other room so I�m giving it to you. You can have it, kay.�

Maria had to smile, maybe things could work out between them. �Okay.�

Michael looked at her and fought the urge to pull her over to him and kiss her senseless. �So are you going to stand there all night or are you go check out your new room?�

She nodded her head excitedly at him. �Oh I�m going to check out my new room.� She said as she took off bouncing down the hallway.

Michael watched her from his doorway and grinned from ear to ear when he heard her deep intake of breath when she opened the door to the room. Quickly he followed her down the hallway into the room.

He couldn�t help but to smile as he watched her look around the room in awe. It had taken him most of the night but he had gotten everything just right and hoped that she would like it.

�Oh my God, Michael.� Maria said. She couldn�t believe her eyes. Michael had decorated the room just for her. She couldn�t stop from crying as she took in the Christmas tree and all the ornaments on it or the garland and holly he had hung around the room. There was even a small Nativity scene on the mantle of the fireplace.

�I told you that the room was a Christmas present and since I couldn�t put a room under the tree as your present I put the tree inside the present. I figured that it still counted.� He said shyly.

�It�s the most beautiful Christmas tree I ever saw.� She said as she turned around and walked over to him. �Thank you.� She whispered as she reached up and kissed him gently on the lips for the second time that night.

Michael gulped as he looked down into her eyes. �Maria.� He hissed as he felt her fingers trailing along his stomach.

�Just tell me one thing.� She asked wrapped her free arm around him neck bringing him closer to hers as she began to lightly kissed him, sucking his bottom lip into her mouth for a few seconds before she asked the question she dreaded most. �Did you sleep with her?�

Michael let out the breath he had been holding. �No.� He said as he mated his forehead to hers. �She wasn�t you.� He confessed.

�Good, I think that would be the one thing I wouldn�t be able to overcome.� Maria said as she rubbed her hand along Michael�s chest before letting it drop to run her index finger along the elastic of his boxers before moving lower and cupping his c-ock through the thin material.

�Maria, you don�t have to do this.� Michael said as he found himself getting harder with each soft caress. �I know your afraid and that you think you have to do this but��

�Shut up Michael.� Maria commanded. �Don�t talk. Don�t you see that is were everything gets all mixed up for us is when one of us opens our mouth and tries to tell the other one what they are feeling. So just shut up and look in my eyes and truly see what I am offering you.�

Michael was a little taken aback by what she said but decided that maybe she was right about what she had just said. So instead of arguing with her, he stared into her emerald eyes for the first time since they had landed on the island.

What he saw moved him to tears. All the love and desire she held for him was so clearly written in her eyes, as well as all the hurt she had been feeling since the night they moved in and he had started to push away from her. Michael didn�t even feel the tears streaming down his face until Maria lightly brushed them away.

�Oh God, how could I have been so cruel to you!� He sobbed. Maria shushed him and led him over to the bed.

�Your right I was hurt by how you treated me. But I also know that you were hurt and that you thought you were protecting yourself. It doesn�t matter to me Michael. All that matter is that you finally believe in me and let me say what I have been wanting to say for so long.� Maria said as she kissed his tears away.

He couldn�t find his voice, what had he ever done to deserve her. All he could do was to shake his head yes to her.

Maria smiled as she took both of Michael hands into her and slowly leaned in to rest her forehead to his looking. She smiled as she realized that he wasn�t the only one crying. Taking a deep breath and finally said the words Michael hungered to hear his whole life.

�I Maria Louise Deluca love you Michael Guiren. I CHOOSE to love you with all my hart from now until forever. I pledge myself to you and only you completely and without any doubts or fears. I love you for who you are, not because of what you are and not because I have to. I love everything about you, I love how you scratch you eyebrow when your nervous, I love how you think your funny when you make armpit farts, I love how excited you get while watching a hockey game on T.V. and how you scream at the players like they can actually hear you. And I love you for a million other reason that I can�t even begin to name, I just love you for you.�

�How can I ever make this up to you?� He begged softly as he gently kissed her.

�Easy, just love me back Michael. That�s all I will ever ask of you.� She said while kissing him back before adding. �That and that you start to put the toilet seat down when your done.�

Michael laughed and kissed her. �I think I can handle those two requests.�

Maria smiled and gently pushed Michael back onto the bed and swung her leg over and straddle him, rubbing her ass against his raging hard on. �Since your taking request I have another one for you.� She said as started kissing his chest.

�Oh sweet Jesus.� Michael hissed as Maria gently bite one of his nipples before flicking her tongue against it.

Michael reached down and buried his hand into her hair, bringing her face up and began kissing her with all the passion that was within him. He groaned when he felt Maria tongue seeking entrance into his mouth and signed when her silky tongue slid against his.

Moaning he placed both of his hands on her thighs and gently kneaded the flesh. Maria sighed as Michael sat up and grabbed the hem of her dress and slowly raised the dress over her head.

He looked up at Maria in awe as he gazed upon her semi-nude form. �Dear God in heaven she�s gonna be the death of me.� He thought as he watched her slid off of him and stood before him in nothing but a pair of green lace bikinis panties and matching garter.

Michael could barely breath as he sat up and watched as she stood next to the bed and raised one of her legs next to him. He groaned and felt his c-ock twitch in response as she bent forward and ran her hands up her leg and slowly undid the snaps of the garter before sliding the green tinted hoses down her shapely leg removing it completely before she placed her foot back on the floor.

�Okay, they may be old fashion but it sure is sexy to watch her taking them off.� Michael said to himself as Maria finished removing her other stocking and garter and now stood before him with only her panties.

Grinning she moved in between Michael�s legs and bent down to bestow a chaste kiss on his mouth before sliding down onto her knees. She reached a tentative hand out and ran her fingers underneath the elastic of his boxers before hooking both her index fingers on either side and slowly pulled the fabric down as Michael lifted himself up slightly to help her free him.

�God, your beautiful Michael.� Maria said as she gently wrapped her hand around his harden shaft, slowly pumping her hand up and down before she brought her mouth to his engorged head and licked some of his pre-cum that was slowly leaking forth from the pin-size hole at the tip of his head.

�Oh God, Maria I..I..I..I think that�s my linnneeee!� Michael said in a raspy cry as Maria slowly took the rest of him in her sweet mouth. �Oh s-hit!!� He screamed as his hips began to buck and his hand rested in her silky blonde hair.

Maria was lost in the feel of having Michael throbbing c-ock in her mouth and she began to explore to see what would get the most responses from him. She ran her tongue along the underside of his dick before she pulled up and only left the head of his c-ock in her mouth and began to lightly suck as she flicked her tongue across the tip.

�S-hittt, ohf-uckf-uck,f-uckkkkkkkk.� Michael screamed as he felt his balls starting to tighten. With the last clear thought going through his mind he gently pulled Maria back and lifted her onto the bed with him. He didn�t give her a chance to question what he was doing as his lips claimed her for another passion laden kiss.

He moaned as she slid her tongue into his mouth and he could taste his own cum still lingering on it. Michael slowly rolled them so that Maria was pinned underneath him as he continued to kiss her. Gently he brought his hand up to one of her breast and grazed his thumb across her harden nipple cause Maria to gasp and arch herself into his hand.

Michael slowly kissed his way down Maria�s neck and soon captured one of her breast in his mouth. Michael rolled the pebble flesh with his tongue before lightly biting it with his teeth. His head was swimming as he listened to Maria�s moans of pleasure as he switched over and showered the same loving treatment to her other breast.

�Michael, Michael oh God please don�t stop!!!� She cried as she felt him moving away from her breast and sprinkling kisses all the way down until he reached her panties. Michael stopped and kissed her clothe covered cleft and looked up to make sure Maria was truly ready to strip this last barrier between them.

�Please Michael, I need you! I need to feel you inside me!!� She begged.

Michael quickly slipped his thumbs into the waistband and slowly dragged her panties off leaving her completely bare to him. �Beautiful.� He sighed as he knelt between her legs running his hands up and down her calves before raising her up enough so that her knees were draped over his shoulders.

�Oh Lord, Michael what are you doinggggggggg!� screamed as she felt him run his tongue over her dripping @#%$. �OH SHITTTT!!!! She panted as he gently nipped her sensitive bud with his teeth.

�OHGODOHGODOHGOD!!!� Maria cried as Michael began to slid his tongue into her tight slit. �AHHHHHHHHH!!!� She screamed as he ran his thumb over her throbbing clit.

�FUCKKKKKKK!!! OH SHITTTTT!!!! OH MICHAEL I�M CUMMINGGGGGG!!!� Maria shouted as Michael quickly slide his tongue in and out of the her before he twisted her clit sending her over the edge.

Michael grunted as Maria came rubbed his c-ock against the bed to elevate some of the pressure that was building in his dick. With one last flick of his tongue Michael moved up Maria trembling body to claim another kiss.

He moaned when he felt Maria wrapped her legs around he and rubbed her wet cleft against him. �Please Michael, I need to feel you inside me.� She begged softly as she kissed him and arched up into him.

Michael rested his head on Maria shoulder and grunted when he felt her soft hand on his c-ock, slowly guiding him to her opening. Michael felt his hart start to beat faster as slowly slide his dick into her waiting @#%$ groaning as he felt the slight trembles of her last orgasm whispering seductively around his c-ock.

�Home.� Michael breathed into Maria�s ear as he sank himself completely into her.

�Home. Love.� Maria answered in a labor breath as Michael began to slowly pump into her. Moaning she felt her eyes drift shut as Michael found the perfect rhythm. Maria was still riding the wave of her last orgasm and could feel herself ready to slip over the edge again as Michael�s c-ock rubbed against her g-spot.

�OH GODDDDD, MICHAEL I�M CUMMING AGAINNNNN!!!!� Maria screamed.

�SHITTTTT!!� Michael shouted as Maria�s inner walls clamped around his c-ock bringing him over the edge with her. �@#%$ ME MARIA!!� He panted as he picked up speed pounding into her harder as both came.

Michael collapsed onto of Maria and sighed as she slowly drew circles on his shoulder blade causing Michael to raise his head and look her in the eyes. �Baby, what�s wrong?� He asked as he saw tears running down her face.

�Oh God, did I hurt you?� He asked as he started to pull out of her only to be stopped by Maria kissing him.

�No don't, not yet, don't pull out yet. Oh God no Michael you didn�t hurt me. It�s just that I never thought it could be so beautiful.� She said as she kissed him before whispering. �Thank you Michael for showing me how beautiful making love can be.�

Michael smiled and kissed her on the forehead. �Thank you for showing me how to love.� He said as his eyes start to close.

�Love you so much.� Maria said as she drifted off to sleep.

TBC