I looked at Micheal as his eyes searched mine,
"What's my best friend's name?" I asked looking at up at him as I moved to the couch and sat on it,
"Carla Jackson." Micheal said as he sat next to me,
"You did research. I don't do that because the way I feel I wanna hear everything from you so today. As in I go to sleep and wake up, you and I are getting to know each other." I said looking at him he had a look in his eye like a sparkle as he looked at me,
"Alright. I'll be out for an hour or two tomorrow but I'll be back and we can spend the day together." He said placing his hands in mine. I nodded slowly,
"Wait. What's one thing no one knows about you?" I asked as I stood up to go to bed,
"I fall in love too fast, but I guess I was waiting for someone perfect." He said softly,
"Are you sure this isn't because I said I'd work from the bottom up to take your spot?" I asked raising an eyebrow,
"I'm sure, I love you because you're bold and you seem so value oriented. I have to say tonight when you told Zack off I was both impressed and very smitten." Micheal said before he picked me up with a grin, I giggled as he carried me to my bed and laid me down,
"Hey, talk to you tomorrow." I whispered up at him, he shook his head,
"I'm staying here." He said before taking his shirt off revealing his perfect abs causing a blush to rise in my cheeks.
"I thought you were gonna put pajamas on." I said with a smirk before his eyes widened and he bolted out of my room, I laid there trying to make sense of the situation, Micheal wants to marry me. Micheal was yelling at me about me wanting what's best for business after knowing nothing about it. I heard the door slowly open,
"Chelsea?" I heard a voice I never thought I'd hear again. I jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom switching the light on,
"Oh my god. Leave, now." I said sternly,
"No you're coming home with us." Georgia said,
"Hunny we are still your parents." Kyle said walking toward me,
"No. I was supposed to be here, you trained me for this and I know I'm supposed to be here." I said distancing myself,
"I gave birth to you almost 18 years ago, I'm not giving you up to the mafia." Georgia said, I shook my head,
"Leave!" I yelled, "Don't you get it? I never want to see you again! You broke a promise to Barry, and you broke one to me when you said you'd never lie to me. You never prepared me for the fact I'm the heiress of a huge business." I said looking at him,
"Chelsea? Are you okay?" I heard Micheal ask before he looked at me and my parents standing in front of me,
"Is he why you don't want to leave?" Kyle asked looking between us before he grabbed my wrist and pulled me behind him as he went to exit the room,
"Hey! I think you made a huge mistake coming here because, my father would love to beat the crap out of you again. He wants her here." Micheal said glaring at my parents blocking the door,
"Micheal." I whispered as tears crept to my eyes,
"I want her here." He said looking at me for a second before his face grew dark, he grabbed my arm and released Kyle from my wrist,
"Go! Before Barry hears you were here and you get hurt, this is where I belong and you don't, you need to go so you can be safe." I said as Micheal held me,
"You fell in love with the boss man's son in less that three days." Georgia said as if she didn't believe it,
"It takes one look to fall in love." I said with a slight smile.
"Fine but you know where your real home is." Kyle said with a bitterness that had to come from a twisted place in his brain before turning in his heel and marching off,
"Yeah I know, it's here." I said with a smile looking at Micheal would pulled me close to his chest,
"You really want to stay, you could have left without anyone knowing." He said softly as he held on to my waist swaying with me for a moment,
"Now you finally believe me when I say I want to be here?" I asked looking at him, he nodded. He picked me up and carried me to bed, we landed with a plop, I giggled as we rolled over and Micheal wrapped his arms around me holding me close to his chest, with my back resting against his abs and out legs tangled together. Micheal ran his fingers through my hair kissing behind my ear, I smiled.
"Chelsea."
"Yeah?"
"I love you so much." Micheal said as he held me tight in his arms, I put my hands on his as he rested them around my waist,
"I love you too Micheal." I said softly with a smile. Micheal moves slightly, I rolled over so I was facing him. He smiled at me and kissed my nose, I giggled as we laid there, I put my head on his chest taking a deep breath,
"You okay?" Micheal asked softly. I nodded with a smile,
"Just tired." I whispered letting my eyelids fall heavy,
"Rest sweetheart." He said softly before kissing the top of my head. I fell asleep laying on his chest running my fingers up and down his arm.

I woke up the next morning feeling the bed move,
"Micheal!" I groaned as I opened my eyes,
"I've got to go, I'll be back soon I swear!" Micheal said with a soft chuckle as he leaned down and kissed my forehead. I looked up at him and then got out of bed picking up his shirt he left on the ground and put it on. I leaned against the wall and saw Micheal look at me, he picked me up holding me bridal style,
"Can you give me one thing before you leave?" I asked softly. Micheal chuckled putting me down for a moment,
"What do you want?" He asked with a knowing smile looking down at me. He backed me up against the wall,
"One kiss?" I asked holding up one finger with puppy dog eyes. Micheal smiled at me as if melting slightly, he leaned down,
"One and then I have to go." He said softly his morning breath brushed my nostrils, although disgusting, it made me want it more, I leaned up and wrapped my around around his neck and let my lips crash into his. He pulled away slowly,
"Go I got my kiss." I said softly pushing him gently out the door, he laughed,
"Fine but I'll see you later." He said before he walked to his room. I put my flannel back on and went down to breakfast. Mama and Barry weren't up yet so I grabbed something from the kitchen, then sat at the table eating alone.
"Sweetheart you're up early!" Mama said as she shuffled into the room sitting beside me and my cereal.
"Yeah I just wanted an early start to the day I guess." I said softly as I continued to eat my breakfast. Mama was giving me a look as if I totally lied to her,
"Micheal was smiling when he left. Do you know why?" She asked, I shrugged slightly,
"I guess we were just getting along." I said softly as I continued eating. Mama glanced at me,
"Tomorrow's your birthday. He left to do work but he'll be back. Let me guess he's taking you out today." She said, I sucked in a breath,
"Mama, I know we shouldn't but, it's the best case scenario for both of us, plus I think there is something there." I said softly with a smile burning on my face but as much as I tried it wouldn't leave. Mama had the same smile,
"I want what's best for the two of you, and you two are very happy. I can tell." She said before winking at me, I nodded and cleaned up my breakfast before I ran off to my room to change for my lunch with Micheal.

I was sitting in my closet looking through my clothes,
"Chelsea!" I heard Mark yell into my room,
"In my closet Mark!" I yelled with my legs crossed as I was alarmed by the urgency in his voice, I walked out of my closet to see Mark, in a suit, ruffled up and blood on his fists and face,
"It's Micheal." He said softly still panicked,
"I'm going to get dressed, then I'm going to get in my car. You are going to get in my backseat and take a deep breath and tell me why happened." I said calmly and sternly, fighting against my mind which is thinking of the worst, he's dead, I'm panicking as I change.

I ran out of my closet and grabbed my keys and phone,
"Chelsea, are you okay?" Mark asked searching my eyes,
"I'll be fine." I said as I walked briskly to my car and getting in, Mark sat in the back and took a deep breath preparing to tell me,
"We were discussing a deal, your parents showed up and yelled about us brainwashing you, your mom had a gun. She shot Micheal." Mark said as a tear ran down his cheek. I threw my car in drive in both rage and fear,
"What hospital." I urged out trying to keep my vision from blurring,
"Gray Sloan Memorial." Mark said quickly, I nodded slowly and quickly drove to said hospital. I parked and jumped out running inside with my flip flops nearly falling off underneath me. I stopped at the desk,
"Micheal Jacobie" I nearly yelled putting my hands on the desk while catching my breath,
"Are you family?" The receptionist asked, I looked over at Mark,
"I'm his twin brother and she's his fiancé." He said grabbing my shoulders to calm himself and me. She nodded and gave us the room number. I walked in briskly to find some doctors crowding him, I looked at Mark,
"He was shot four times." A doctor said as they moved back,
"You're his fiancé?" Another asked looking at me, I nodded slowly,
"It's a whirlwind romance. Mark knows more than I do." I said gesturing to Mark who nodded,
"Go ahead and talk to him." The original doctor said, I nodded quickly before rushing to Micheal's side.
"Hey Chelsea." He said huskily clearly in pain, I caressed his pain stricken face which was covered in blood,
"They're gonna fix you I said softly, we're going to get married I promise babe." I said as the tears spilled over and I started sobbing, Mark put his hand on my shoulder,
"Police are asking for you." He whispered.
"What time is it?" I asked quickly,
"4 in the afternoon, why?" Mark asked,
"I need to stall for 5 hours, I'm not 18 yet." I said glancing around,
"I'll tell them that you are in distress and you can't talk but you need to avoid them yourself." A doctor said with a gentle look. I nodded,
"Mark, go in my jacket pocket, I need you to grab that little box" he said softly, Mark grabbed the jacket and searched the pockets before revealing a small velvet box and then handed it to his brother,
"I'm going to record this." He said with a smirk, I got on my knees watching him open the box,
"Ryan Chelsea Cooper, will you marry me?" He asked softly. I giggled as a tear ran down my cheek,
"Absolutely." I said as he slid the ring on my finger. I grinned before a doctor rushed in,
"We need to take him to surgery. We'll call you when we know anything." She said quickly, Micheal grabbed my hand and squeezed it,
"I love you." He said before letting go,
"I love you too!" I yelled as he got wheeled out of the room, I could heard Micheal's chuckle and then a grunt, a couple bullets landed in his guts. Mark looked at me,
"Come here Chels." He said softly as he opened his arms. I walked up to him and sobbed into his shoulder,
"I'm scared Mark. So scared." I mumbled into his shoulder as the tears spilled pooling into his jacket. He moved slightly,
"You're gonna be okay." He said softly as he grabbed Micheal's jacket and wrapped it around me. He wrapped a protective arm around me before guiding me to the waiting area, we passed some police officers who looked me up and down, I ducked my head as Mark shielded me.