Chapter 5
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"Out of all the people in the world. Why do I have to work alongside Michael? It is t*****e" I mutter as I sit with my girls and have a milkshake.
Paulette cracks her gum. "Why not kiss and make up? That is always more fun than fighting" she laughs.
"He has a girl. He has moved on from us. As I always knew he would he met a girl from his college" I mutter pitifully.
"You still love him though?" Rhonda questions me as she touches the tip of her nose. She was obsessed with her new nose she had these days.
"Yes, I freaking love Michael. But we can never be together" I mutter.
Frenchie was coming to join us. We were having dinner then I was going to have to head into work. Alongside Michael. I was still training him. I kept thinking of his kisses.
How good it felt to be in his arms. How he could sing. Just everything about him. How long it took me to see he had always been the man of my dreams. Like dreams they were not meant to be.
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"Hi Frenchie" everyone greets our friend. She sits down beside me.
"Hey guys how are things?" she asks.
"Good!" they all begin to yammer all at once.
"How is the new job going Steph?" she wants to know.
I roll my shirt sleeves up. "I bet you already know" I tell her.
"Yeah Michael said you two are working together" says Frenchie.
"She hates it" Rhonda tells her.
"Rhonda" I groan.
"It is not easy. Its hurts" I admit to them all.
"I have some news for you Steph" says Frenchie.
"Oh?"
"Yeah guess who was able to get his green card on his own?" she brags.
Everyone squeals.
"How?" I want to know. It shocked me. Was he married to that chick already??
"He studied and paid for the test. His parents did back in Aussie. And he did it. I helped him study. He passed with flying colors. He also has a work visa here now and a student one. He is here for good!" promises Frenchie.
My heart sinks. "Good for Michael. I am proud of him" I mutter.
"Is that all?" she wonders.
I shrug and nod. "How long did it take for him to get it?" I wonder.
"About a week after he began college, he had to get his green card. He has had it as long as he began to date that new girl Dotty. She seems nice. But he was happier with you Steph" mentions Frenchie.
I smile. "Thanks, it is over with Michael and I" I say.
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Everyone goes aw.
"But Steph, he worked hard to stay in the country. I know why he wants to stay. Want to know?" she asks me.
"Look at the time. Ladies I better go. Or I will be late for work here" I ramble on. I make them let me out of the booth. I really did not want to talk about Michael anymore. It hurt to much. I had to let him go. I had to let us go. I was not smart enough for someone like him.
Green card or not.
I walk to work. I begin my workday once I clocked in. I notice Michael was on time to. Girls from work were always flocked around him. I could not blame them. He was handsome. He was sweet.
He was everything a woman could want in a man. His kisses made you go weak in the knees. His smile made you have the sweetest dreams in the long nights.
His words, were the prettiest ones to make your heart sing all day long. My heart sinks. I go to my register. I begin to check people out. I see him walk over my way. I ignore his presence. Try to anyway.
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"Hi" I hear him softly speak to me.
I glance over at him. Those doe eyes look at me sadly. He smiles at me. "Hi!" I reply back.
He begins to bag some old ladies' groceries.
"Congrats" I mutter to him.
"Excuse me? For?" he wonders curiously.
"On the work visa. And the green card thingy" I ramble out as my cheeks blush like crazy.
God, I sounded retarted.
"Who told you about it? Our boss?" he asks me.
"Frenchie" I admit.
He laughs. "I should have guessed" he chuckles.
Ugh that laugh.
His smile.
I had to get the f**k out of here.
"Please excuse me" I tell them all.
I find my boss. "I have to go" I tell her.
"Steph why?" she asks to know.
"I am sick" I lie.
"You do not look sick to me" she grumbles.
"I got my period. I am cramping. I swear I will work Saturday. Whatever day Michael can't work" I add.
I hand her my smock. I clock out then run out the door. I stop there in the parking lot. Tears fall. The moon shines down on me. He really did it! He was staying in America. He replaced me with someone new. Like I feared he would. He was over me. I was never going to get over him. I rest my hands on my knees before I prepare to walk home.
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"Steph wait!!" I hear him say.
He came after me. I go to leave.
He grabs my arm. He stops me.
"No Steph" he demands.
We look at one another. He smiles at me sadly. Then the next thing I know I am in his embrace. He touches my cheek with his hand. Then his lips fall to mine. "Steph please come back to me" he begs after the kiss was over.
"Michael you have a girl" I remind him.
"I dropped out of college. And I broke up with her" he mutters.
"Michael why?" I say softly.
"f**k, Steph you tell me why? I can't focus. I was failing in my classes. For the first time in my life I was failing. I was unhappy. I kept thinking how college was keeping us apart" he says to me. "But I am not leaving. I am staying. And even though I am staying I still can't have you" he bitterly says.
He was missing me as much as I missed him.
"Michael!" I say softly. Tears are in my eyes. "I miss you to"
"Take me back" he begs me.
"But I am not the girl for you" I warn him. "We are nothing alike. We will part at some point"
He shakes his head. "You are the only girl for me Stephanie" he warns me sternly. "I need you! I crave you" he tells me. He kisses me. "Please, please take me back"
I hated to see him this way. I felt the same way inside. Desperate to have him back again.
I nod. "Yes Michael" I agree at last.
He pulls me in his embrace. He holds me close to him.
"I love you. I want to be with you. Please stop pushing me away! It is not fair when you want to be with me to" he reminds me. "I need you in my life so badly it hurts"
He pulls me back. He touches my cheek with his fingers. "I love you" he vows. "I never stopped. I am sorry that girl I tried to date came by. I am sorry I hurt you" he tells me. "I know it did"
I nod. "It did. I thought you were over me" I manage to say.
Tears shine in his eyes for me. "No, I was never over you" he states.
"I never got over you Michael. I love you with all my heart" I vow.
He sighs happily. His lips crash to mine. "Let's figure out what comes next but together. When we have an issue, we will deal with it together. We need each other" he points out after our kiss.
I touch his cheek. He kisses my hand. "We will have to celebrate soon" I tease. "Everyone will know"
"Good let them" he laughs.
"Michael lets go for a ride" I beg him. "Can you take me home my cool rider?" I ask him.
He grins. "Of course, I can Steph" he says. "Any time"
We walk hand in hand to where his bike was parked. He hands me a helmet. Then I grab on tightly to my cool rider.
I press my face into his back. He starts up the motor and we drive away from there. Michael never stopped loving me. I was never going to take him for granted again. Or push him away. We needed one another.
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