Chapter 4.
Dinner, Deadlines and Trouble
Michael and Bree have gone to the moon and back with one another, except a single act. They have still not felt the feeling of being one with each other. They made a bet over a game of paint ball that if Bree won, they would move the date up and midnight that night they would make love for the first time, but Michael's Ex found them on the way out. She asked Michael for one dinner to discuss their relationship. Bree convinced him to go and if he still didn't wait her she would be waiting at midnight.
This is part 4.
-Part 4-
You cannot stop love, even if you want to.
Michael drove back to his apartment in silence. Part of him still sat in disbelief that Bree had told him to do this. She told him she loved him, he heard her plain as day but now he was going home to shower and change for a date with the woman who had cheated on him and almost broken his heart. It didn't seem right some how when he thought about it.
He hadn't been back to his apartment since he had walked in on Veronica in the aftermath of sex with Chad. The apartment was a mess. His clothing was all over the place, the coffee table was shattered. Veronica seemed to be taking his leaving hard. The bedroom was clean, eerily so. It was as if Veronica had sterilized the entire room after she got caught with Chad. Maybe she did regret it after all?
Michael showered and changed into a pair of black slacks and a black and white button up shirt. He could at least look nice, and then leave to go to "their restaurant". The restaurant was called Donavan's of La Jolla and made the most amazing steak. When he walked into the restaurant the woman at the counter smiled and showed him in. They all knew him here.
Veronica was already seated when he walked up and he had to admit, she looked ravishing. Her hair was in ringlet curls an she wore a silver dress that sparkled in the light. It was cut low enough to show off a generous amount of her 36C breasts. Her lips were painted red and she wore a shade of light brown eyeshadow. When she saw him she smiled a wide smile and stood. "Thanks for coming Mike."
"Save it." He said shortly and sat down. "I am only here because Bree said I should."
"Because she knows that I made a mistake but that doesn't mean I don't love you." Veronica said with a wide smile. "Because I do, and I have regretted it ever since."
"Tell me something." He said as he took a drink from the water sitting at the table. "And don't lie to me. Whatever happens here, if you lie to me and I find out will mean the end of even a friendship between us. How long was it going on?"
Veronica visibly winced, like she had hoped that question wouldn't come up. "....Five months."
"Five....god damn months." Michael said to himself and shook his head. "Five months of telling me you love me." He whispered in a hiss. " Five months of telling me I am the only one and letting some jock fuck stick shot his load inside you!"
"Keep your voice down!" Veronica hissed and then sighed. "I made a mistake! I was stupid and immature and I didn't realize what I stood to lose."
"Oh and now you do?" Mike asked sourly. "You expect me to believe that you have suddenly changed? Or is it more likely you just realized that I might be fucking someone else too now and you got jealous?"
"Yes, okay I was jealous!" Ronnie snapped. "Bree is beautiful and smart and funny and she was fucking my man."
"I am not your man anymore." He said softly. "Ronnie, who are we fooling? You cheated on me, you ruined this. Don't blame me."
"Oh, like you weren't hoping this would happen?" She snarled. "I know all about the dreams and how you wanted Bree for weeks." Mike could only stare at her opened mouthed. "See? Your not innocent in this Michael James Laroux."
Veronica reached over the table and took his hand in her own. It was small, polished names and she still wore his dead brothers school ring. "We both made mistakes, but can we throw away everything we had? All the good times? The laughs? Your mom and dad love me, and my parents think the sun rises and falls around you. I was the first woman you let sleep in your bed Michael and I should be the last."
"But Ronnie." He whispered, losing his heat now. "How can we go back now?"
"We leave." Veronica whispered and watched the shock spread across his face. "That's right. We transfer you schools and we leave. Let's go back to Silver Springs. You can be with your family and me and you can start over. Baby I love you and I am sorry for what I did."
Michael sat in silence as a waiter brought, not his menu but his steak and potato. Veronica smiled and said. "You always order the same thing. I ordered for you."
This brought a smile to his lips and the two of them ate in silence. Once the meal was over a waiter brought them two classes of Champagne and they drank. As time went on they began to laugh and smile more. Michael began to feel more at ease. "Do you remember the first told you tried to kiss me?" Veronica asked.
Michael laughed and nodded. "I was so nervous I actually fell over as I leaned in to kiss you."
"You were so cute." Veronica purred. "That's what made me fall in love with you. You were just so cute."
As she spoke her heard Bree's voice 'Maybe this time you marry someone else...and I am forced to live without you' what if she was right? "Let's just say that maybe I will give this a second chance, how do I know that you won't do it again?" Even Michael wasn't immune to the failing of all men, What If.
"You have to trust me." Veronica purred knowing she had him. "Do you love me?"
".....Yes." Michael answered honestly. Veronica leaned over across the table and Michael did the same.
The two kissed very softly and Veronica smiled.
"I won't be a slut for anyone else. I promise." Veronica purred.
