You were up in your room sitting on the bed, dressed in the dress that you and your mom bought specially for the dinner with the "special" guest tonight. Your hair and makeup were already done, your mother's too and she was down in the kitchen, making sure the food was perfect.

Anyway, that wasn't important. You had something on your mind that got you worried. It was a conversation you had with your dad this morning. He seemed to have lost his mind...

"Honey, I need to tell you something, come here please!"
"What dad?"
"About tonight and my business partner..."
"Dad, I thought we had already discussed it! I'll give it a try but I don't promise anything!"
"No, no.. there's something else. Oh and I'm very happy you decided to give it a try but I wanted to tell you who he is just to avoid strange reactions when you see him... 'Cause I want everything to go smoothly and that's why I wanna tell you now!" what was your dad talking about?
"Okaaayyyy???"
"Honey, my business partner is Michael Jackson."
"What? Michael Jackson like Michael Jackson?"
"Yes, the one you have in your room hanging on the wall!" he smiled.

Ok, great. Your dad was not only a money-thirsty, gold sucking vampire but also has lost the little mind he had left.

"Dad, are you ok?"
"YN, I know it's little shocking but it's the truth!" you sighed.
"Ok, dad. Whatever you say! I'm going now..."
"Don't tell me later I didn't warn you and don't freak out when you see him!"

He was crazy indeed. Michael Jackson his new friend and business partner? Yeah, right and you were Oprah! But on the bright side, if your dad was really crazy and making things up, you won't have to marry some stranger!

Your thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a car parking in front of your house. You looked through the window and saw a man getting out of the car and shaking hands with your dad and mom. The man's face was covered with a mask, sun glasses, hoodie and a hat. Sun glasses during night? Was that your dad's choice for you, some strange man who wears sun glasses during night? He was dressed in black only. You could see his curly hair coming through the hat. He gave your mom flowers and had another bouquet, maybe for you.They stopped talking and headed for the house.

Wait a minute.... surgical mask, hat, those type of clothes, curly long hair, the slim body.. You knew that body and hair! Only one man had them and it was Michael Jackson! You watched his videos so many times that there was no chance to not recognize him. And he was all covered so that no one would see him here! Jesus, your father wasn't crazy!

"YN, COME DOWN HONEY, OUR GUEST IS HERE!" you heard your dad calling you.

OMG. What were you gonna do now? Well, Michael Jackson or not Michael Jackson, you were not gonna marry him! You loved Jacob! But how on Earth did your dad meet Michael Jackson? Mistery...

"YN ARE YOU THERE, SWEETY?" this time it was your mother. You had to go downstairs.
"COMING MOM!"

Author's POV, few hours before the dinner

Michael was in his closet, surrounded by piles of shirts and pants. He had taken almost every piece of cloth out from his wardrobe to look for something nice to wear for the dinner tonight but had hard time deciding.

'Should I wear red or blue?' he was thinking while holding two shirts up in his hands. 'But I don't know if she likes red or blue.. I don't even know what her favorite color is... Maybe I should wear the green shirt! But what if she doesn't like green? I think it's best to wear the red one 'cause most girls like red!' he threw away the blue one and put on the red shirt with black pants. He took his jacket, surgical mask and hat, he didn't want to be seen because that would ruin the dinner. He headed for the car.

But just as he was about to get in, he felt he's made a mistake with the shirt. Since he didn't know what her favorite color was, he should've worn all black! He headed back to the house, in his bedroom and changed clothes. He was wearing all black now and besides, he loved black.

He got in the car and the driver drove off.

He was sitting in the back seat, thinking about what was gonna happen and the girl on the picture... Finally tonight he was gonna see her in person!

He was so filled with hope that it was scary. So much hope could bring no good as his experience had shown him before but still he wished and prayed that the girl would like him and that this time it would be different! It was time the luck smiled at him! It was time for him to be like everybody else - married and happy!

They finally reached town. As the driver drove, Michael was looking through the window. Streets, lights, people, life was on the max out there. There were so many couples on the streets, walking and holding hands together, laughing, having a good time, enjoying life... When was he gonna do that too? He prayed to God again 'make it work, please make it work...'

Later at YN's house,

YN went downstairs. Everybody was waiting for her. The first person she saw as she came in, was Michael who was between her mother and father, already removed his mask, hat and hoodie, holding a bouquet of red roses in his right hand, smiling. He looked her up and down and she did the same.

The second he saw her walk in, his heart begun beating faster.

"Mr. Jackson, this is my daughter, YN." he pointed at her and Michael nodded. "YN, honey, this is my new business partner, Mr. Jackson."
"Hi!" Michael said to her and bowed his head.
"Hi." she replied and tried to give a little smile. After all, she had to fool her dad she liked him.
"This is for you..." he reached his hand for her to receive the flowers. His voice was softer than usual. Was his hand shaking as he gave her the flowers?
"Thanks, they're beautiful!" YN took them from his hand and went to put them in a vase. Michael's eyes followed her. He closely examined the way she walked and moved her body. She was very gentle and classy. He liked her, oh yes he did! Here comes his weakness again - he falls for women too quickly! He had promised himself not to do it anymore but how can one actually prevent it and stop their emotions?

"Well, how about we sit on the table, food's ready! I don't want it to get cold!" YN's mom suggested. Michael  nodded and they all sat on the table and begun dining.

Michael and YN were sitting against each other. While she tried not to look too much around instead focused on her food, Michael couldn't take his eyes off her although he was trying so hard to hide it. What is more, he was nervous and was trying not to spill something on the carpet or all over himself and be careful while cutting the food 'cause his hands were little sweaty and shaky. No matter how hard he tried to hide his nervousness and the looks he was stealing from YN, YFN noticed it all and was happy about it. He knew now that Michael was all over his daughter! Now it was time to observe her behavior towards Michael.

She wasn't cold or warm she just seemed to enjoy his company and smile at him, look at him from time to time but after all, she's seeing him for the first time YFN couldn't expect anything more. Things were actually going well. She was reacting positively to all this. Soon he might become Michael's father in law!

"Do you like the food, Mr. Jackson?" YMN asked him with a smile on her face.
"Oh yes, it's very nice, thank you!" he smiled back.
"My wife is an excellent cook!" YFN added.
"She is!" Michael replied. YFN noticed his daughter hardly spoke so he tried to drag her into the conversation.
"So Mr. Jackson what are your hobbies?" YFN asked.
"Well, creating music!" they laughed. YN smiled and looked at him briefly. "And I also like to do activities outside the house. I like nature and fresh air, green trees, animals " Michael wanted to talk to YN but didn't know how to ask her. Well, he knew but was afraid to be so direct... so he had to use another tactic! "What about you Mr. YFN?" he turned to her father.
"Oh... cars definitely!" they all laughed.
"What about you, Mrs. YMN?" he was asking them in a row on purpose. YN was next...
"Just give me the spa!"
"Yeah, that's my wife! She can spend a whole week there!" Michael looked at YN.
"What about you.. YN?" he felt his voice went softer when he talked to her. Hopefully, the others haven't  noticed that.
"Well... I like..." she begun thinking.
"Shopping!" her father made a joke. They all laughed.
"That's true!" she admitted
"I like shopping too!" Michael said.
"But there are other things I like as well!"
"Like?" he's finally managed to talk to her!
"I like nature too and animals and.. and I like to have picnics... I also like to dance!"
"Oh she does! When she was little-"
"DAD!" YN hated it when her dad discussed her as a child.
"It's ok honey, let your daddy talk!" her mother said.
"Yeah, when she was little, she used to invite her friends over and they would play and pretend to be singers and dancers and-"
"And we were holding perfumes bottles and pretended they were mics and we singed like crazy and I don't even know how we didn't bother the neighbors. That's it!"
"Hahaha" Michael laughed. They continued talking about things like that although YN didn't participate in the conversations anymore.

Michael was thinking about inviting her over at Neverland but wasn't it too early for this? He just wanted to spend some time with her and get to know her better, he just wanted to be around her. Dinner was over and he had to leave soon. Should he invite her? It seemed to him the parents were ok with him and after all, the father had already given him his blessings when they were at his house. He decided to ask her, he just had to see her again, he wanted to see her again.

"Thank you for the dinner, I had great time!"
"You're very welcome!"
"Next time, you're coming over to my house, how about that?" Michael invited them.
"That's great!" YFN said.
"In that case we can decide on a day right now?" Michael wanted to make sure they're coming... YN's coming.
"Oh let me think... we can come in 3 weeks, my schedule's very heavy..." YFN said. '3 weeks! I have to wait 3 weeks to see her again!! Oh no.' Michael was thinking. Then he decided to just invite her
"I see. Well, YN can come to Neverland anytime she wants and I think" he turned to her "you're gonna love the animals there and I can show you around the ranch to see... " he was almost gonna say 'where you're gonna live' but fortunately managed to control himself "m-my zoo and the amusement park.." they all looked at her, waiting for her answer. She couldn't say no.
"I'd love to come!" she gave a fake smile.
"Of course, if you don't mind!" Michael turned to her parents.
"No, not all! If she wants, it's fine with us!" that's what her father's been waiting for the whole night!
"Great. How about next week Wednesday?" he had to make sure she was coming.
"Okay.. I work till 3 so I can come straight from work."
"I'll send my people to pick you up at 3 from your dad's company. Is this ok?"
"Yeah."
"Once more thanks for inviting me and until next time!"

All of them were happy.

YFN was ecstatic because he saw Michael's reaction to his daughter and maybe very soon he was gonna be part of the family. Michael Jackson was gonna be part of his family and business! It was the same with YN's mother.

Then YN, she was happy because she has played her role perfectly. From her parent's faces she could see she had them fooled. Get that Oscar ready for her! Now all she needed to do was wait for the right moment and run away with Jacob. Until then, play along and be nice with Michael.

Michael was happy because he managed to invite her at Neverland and be alone with her. He was determined to find out if she liked him or not, when she came on Wednesday, and if she did, he wasn't gonna wait no more but ask straight for her hand!

Things were going great for everyone but only for now...
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