5 YEARS LATER

AVA POV

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I poke Michael's foot with my toe.

"Doing work is so booooring." I sigh.

Michael and I were in bed handling "business" after we put Charlie to sleep. He is scared of the window from a traumatizing experience. Long story short, a fan had broken through his window and went a little crazy on him.

"Ava, you know I have to find away to get away from this debt." Michael sighed rubbing his nose bridge.

I took his fingers off his face and looked into his eyes. His face had grown tired after so much work and these kids.

"Michael, you need a break." I whisper placing my hand on cheek.

"Bu-"

"Michael! The debt can wait. It's only a few 10,000 dollars." I say.

"But Ava..." He sighed resting his face on my hand.

"We will find a way to get through this." I say.

"Maybe if I buy Marvel for cheap money then..." Michael said doing calculations in his head.

I let out a frustrated breath and I fall back on my pillow.

"Michael, you need to focus on your singing." I finally muster.

"But that alone won't do me any good!" He huffs.

"Just try. At least for me?" I ask.

Michael stares into my eyes for a few seconds and then nods.

"But first, you need a break, from the world for a second. You need a place to escape." I smile.

"With me." I finish.

"And the children." Michael added.

"Or not." I murmur.

"What do you mean?" He asks me.

"I mean, the kids are always with us, shouldn't we take a break of them?" I ask.

"But I love them." Michael said.

"I do too. But just one week break wouldn't hurt a soul." I say.

Michael gave me a disapproving look. I took my pointer finger and pointed it up, to signal 1.

"One week." I say.

"No."

"One."

"No."

"One, one, one, one, one, one, one, one-this-is-going-to-go-on-forever-until-you-choose, one, one, one-"

"OKAY OKAY!" Michael said dropping his paperwork and grabbing me.

He tickled me until I couldn't breathe. His smile brightened up his face and I couldn't possibly see him anymore happier.

Michael pinned my arms on the bed and kissed me. It has been so long since he kissed me like that. I hadn't realized how much I missed it until he did it.

I kissed him back with the same passion he gave.

"This is why I love you Ava." Michael whispered in my ear.

I smiled and kissed his ear. He let go of my arms and hugged me. We kind of just cuddled in a little ball for the rest of the time and we whispered our thoughts to each other. We even cried for a bit.

I woke up in cold sweat next to Michael. He was peacefully sleeping. I kissed his forehead and got up. I stretched and yawned.

I walked down the stairs to check on the kids. I looked in Charlie's room first and found it empty. This worried me a bit. I looked into Prue's (prudence) room and I didn't see her either. I rushed into Plum's room with anxiety. I saw Charlie and Prue snuggled against their brother. I smile and I kissed their cheeks.

After freshen up, I decided to make some breakfast. Even though I couldn't cook. I took some veggie bacon and egg whites and placed them in the steaming frying pan. I think you're supposed to put oil next? Or...

My "breakfast" turned out to become burnt. And I almost put the house on fire. Luckily Michael woke up and came in the kitchen with a fire extinguisher. But hey, at least I tried.

"Ava, you know you shouldn't cook where there are people around." Michael sighs.

"Why are you so mean?" I pout.

Michael looks at me and I see a crooked smile has taken up his face. Then it turned into laughing. I laugh with him as well.

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I dug my nose into Michael's shirt and gripped his back a little harder.

"Ava, this is my favorite part of the video, you're missing out." Michael said.

I brought my legs up on the couch and peeked at the screen. The zombies were crawling out their graves.

"MICHAEL!" I shout looking away.

Michael laughed.

"You are just so UGH!"

He just laughed more. I heard Ola's screams from the T.V and I whimpered.

I looked back and the singing had started. Michael had turned into a zombie by this moment. We were watching "Thriller."

"Why are you so scared if you know it's fake." Michael smiled.

"Because..." I mumble.

Michael turned off the video on the screen and looked at me.

"What?"

"I don't know."

It was silent. For a minute then I just wrapped my arms around him and hugged him.

"The kids are going to stay in school for a few more hours." Michael whispered.

"I know." I say.

"You know where I'm getting at right?" Michael asked.

"Yeah, sleep?" I ask.

"No..."

"Doing more business?"

"No..."

"I KNOW! Let's plan our trip." I say getting up.

"What the- no!"

"Hawaii or no Africa!" I giggle.

Michael grabs my arm and I drop in his lap. He kisses me and I kiss him back.

"Africa?" I whisper breaking the kiss.

"Where ever you want." Michael whispers back.

He kisses me again.

"Let's go somewhere where we can be alone." I say.

I place my head in his chest.

"I know this amazing place by Japan. It's this little island, almost deserted." Michael said.

"I don't want anything too crazy. Why don't we just go upstate?" I ask.

"Yeah. Upstate." Michael sighed.

"And Katherine can take care of them while we're gone." I say quietly.

"We can go tomorrow." Michael's chest rumbled with his voice.

I felt his heart beating in his chest. The heat from his body warmed me.

"I missed you so much Michael." I finally blurt out.

"But I was always right next to you." He said.

"But you weren't... you."

"Oh Ava, I'm so sorry."

"No Michael, I understand, work and stuff, but it's like you were in another world." I breathed out.

Michael didn't say anything. Then I noticed he was crying. My eyelids fell and I felt his tears fall on my neck.

So I know I said this would be the last chapter, but I had to split it in two because it was waay to long. So last chapter is actually after this one xD sorry.