Faith's POV

I get to Michael's house and the front door is open slightly which was really weird because he's always very safety conscious and when i've been here before he's made sure all the doors were locked and never once left a window or door open unless he was in the room. I Knock but don't get a response so walk into the house slowly feeling really nervous. "Hello?"

I shout and still don't get a response. I'm standing in the hallway and it's eerily quiet. And suddenly the front door closes "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!"

I scream turning round and see Michael giggling like crazy. "You jerk!" I giggle playfully hitting him on the arm. "Happy birthday" he smiles softly, pulling me in for a friendly hug and I sigh contently as we embrace for a moment then my phone rings and I quickly break away.

I roll my eyes seeing it's my mother calling. "sorry, I have to take this" I turn to Michael and he nods and walks off into the living room.

"Hi mom"

"Where the hell our you? I've been calling the house?" She snaps "I'm on my way to Kylee's house"

"well you could have told me your father was worried sick he thought you'd been murdered! Or kidnapped! Or raped!"

"well tell dad. I've not been raped, murdered or kidnaped" I say sarcastically "no need for the attitude! Anyway I'm calling to let you know the housekeepers sick so you'll have to take care of things yourself for the next few days. Talk soon sweetie"

She hangs up and I go to join Michael in the living room and he's standing at the door waiting for me. "were you listening to that?" I mutter, bummed out by the call. It's nice to know my dad cared about my safety, but it would be nice if my mother cared every now an then "Mhm... since we're celebrating I got us some champagne. Your parents won't mind you drinking will they?" he ask and I nod smiling slightly "they don't mind" I shrug.

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Michael's POV

Faith and I have a few drinks and even though she's smiling and laughing, I can still see in her eyes she's sad. she's been like that since her mother called. "so What did your mother say to you earlier?" I ask pouring us some more drinks and she shakes her head. "nothing really, just that the housekeepers off sick and she'll deal with it when she gets back in a few days"

"where did she go?" I ask handing, her drink and She shrugs taking her glass from me "she didn't say...and I never asked" she sighs and goes quiet again. "why do you do that?" I ask softly and She looks at me confused. "open up when someone's asks you a question then close down straight after" Sighs an she takes a sip of her drink then answers me. "because if they're really interested then they'd ask" she finishes her drink then continues."or maybe it's because my parents are reporters and every conversation feels like an interview" she shrugs and we both giggle. "So I have to interview you to get to know you?" She smiles thinking for a moment "you wanna play a game?"

"sure!" I smile "ok... We get five questions each and we both have to be completely honest"

"only five?" I raise an eyebrow at her "Only five....so you better make it good" she winks "Sounds fair" I shrug, pouring us both another glass of champagne. We're both getting pretty tipsy now but maybe this will help her open up to me more. I sit back next to her thinking of what to ask. I have so many things and there's one in particular I really wanna know. "What kinda stuff can we ask?"

"we can ask anything we want no matter how personal and whatever it is the other person has to answer and be completely honest"

"and how will we know if the other is being honest or not?" I look at her skeptically. She thinks for a moment then shrugs. "I guess we'll just have to trust each other" Even though I agreed to play this five questions only game with Faith, I'm kinda nervous about her answers and what she's gonna ask me. "You wanna go first?" Faith purses her lips smilingly slightly and I can see in her eyes she's just as nervous about what I'm gonna ask her.

Michael's questions to Faith:

1- why did you lie to your mother about where you were going tonight?

A- Because I didn't want her to know we've been hanging out and talking on the phone.

2- why didn't you want her to know?

A- she told me, she didn't want me talking to you anymore

3- why weren't you mad when you found out I text your boyfriend?

A- I thought it was kinda cute

4- do you have sex with him?

A- I'm still a virgin

I get to the last question and as much as I really wanna ask her. I'm too scared of the answer so I ask her something else I wanted to know instead.

5- is a family friend really taking care of you while your parents our away?

A- I've been staying home alone while their gone since I was 11.

"they've been leaving you to take care of yourself since you were 11!?" I frown and She smirks and laughs under her breath "you only get five"

"ok...your turn" I smile nervously.

Faith's questions to Michael

1- are you close with your family?

A-Only my mother. I don't get along with the others so much

2- why aren't you close with them?

A- Same reason I don't get along or trust a lot of people ...they only really care about my money and my fame, not me

3- why did you text my boyfriend and tell him I made other plans?

A- Because he text after you'd been feeling me under the table and I got jealous

4- would you rather I was your girlfriend?

A- Yes

5- why didn't you ask me what you really wanted to know?

A- I did wanna know those things

She squints her eyes skeptically, moving closer to me "one more question each"

"you said only five" I point out and she shrugs "my birthday my rules" I nod nervously and take a deep breath

"ok....are you just getting close to me because your mother put you up to something?" She looks at the ground and nods and goes silent for a moment. "my mother made sure she was the one interviewing you that day so me and you could meet, she wanted me to befriend you and get close enough so she could find out some dirt on you and your family, she hates that you have such a clean image and she wanted to bring you down a little" she looks up and straight into my eyes "I didn't want to, but my mother pretty much pushed me into it....And I was gonna go along with it too but then I started getting to know you and it felt nice to have someone who actually wanted to be my friend and not just because my parents are on TV" I look at her for a moment and I see the sincerity in her eyes. "What do you mean you WAS gonna go along with it?" She purses her lips an looks down again. "my mother doesn't know I'm here or about our late night calls/texting or about our lunch or... What happened with us that day. All she really knows about is the day we met at the studio and that I came here for that interview and we talked in the phone a few times, but I told her you didn't really tell me much. And she said that she didn't want me to talk to you anymore because it had been two weeks and I hadn't given her anything to write about" I lift her chin slightly so she facing me and smile softly "thank you"

"for what?" She frowns confused. "For telling me the truth and for not going along with what your mother wanted you to do" I pull her in giving her a hug then break a away "your turn" I smile. "do you trust me?"

"yes...and I swear you can always trust me"

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Faith's POV

After our little game of Q&A Michael and I sit talking on the sofa. And My head is starting to spin slightly. I don't know if it's all the champagne or all these I mixed emotions I have right now. I'm relieved I've told Michael the truth and he didn't get mad at me for it and he's been honest with me too, but I feel guilty because this was the one and only shot my mother had of getting the inside scoop every reporter been trying to get for years and I've just messed everything up for her. I can't stand her most of the time but she's still my mom and she's gonna hate me for this."I almost forgot!" Michael gets up interrupting my thoughts. "forgot what?" I frown confused "close your eyes" He smiles biting his lower lip.

"why?"

"just do it" He giggles. I roll my eyes playfully then close them. "Ok, there closed" I hear him moving around then feel him sitting back next to me "open" I open my eyes and smile as he hands me a present "happy birthday" I open it and see a beautiful Diamond necklace "oh my god! it's beautiful!" I gasp slightly and he smiles taking it out of the box and I turn around while he puts it on for me "you like it?"

"I love it! You didn't have to get me anything" I smile turing back to face him "I know but I wanted to" He strokes a piece of stray hair from my face and sighs contently "I meant what I said earlier" he says softy looking into my eyes. "About wanting you to be my girlfriend" before I have a chance to reply or even think I feel him push his soft lips gently against mine. I start telling myself to push him away. I shouldn't be doing this. I have a boyfriend. I can't and shouldn't be cheating on him like this. Michael slides his hands onto my waist and even though my head is telling me to stop, my lips are now moving in perfect sync with his, kissing him back and my arms are wrapped around his neck as our kiss becomes deeper and more intense. I let out a light moan into his mouth as his tongue gently massages mine. He breaks our kiss and looks deep into my eyes stroking the side of my face with his thumb "will you stay with me tonight?" He whispers. "I... Umm" I bite my bottom lip nervously. "we don't have to do anything. We can cuddle if that's what you want" I purse my lips and smile nodding and He gets up taking my hand leading me upstairs.

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Michael's POV

I know what I'm doing is wrong and my family and closest friends would never understand. Not just because Faith is 17, but for many reasons. I've desperately been trying to fight the feelings I have for her, but everytime I hear her voice or look into her beautiful brown eyes eyes I feel myself falling for her more and more. I love Faith and i'm not gonna fight it anymore.