Michael's POV

I wake up the next morning and smile to myself, looking down at Faith who's snuggled into my chest. "quit staring at me" she mumbles making me chuckle slightly as she opens her eyes. "but, you look so sweet when you sleep. I can't help myself"

"you weirdo" she giggles pecking my lips and I lean in kissing her slightly deeper and push myself into her slightly more than I have been all night and she breaks away. "you have to go" she sighs moving away from me. "so it's like that, huh? I give you a night of passion and you kick me out once I'm done... I feel so used" I sigh playfully pretending to be offended. "yup" she giggles getting up. "you have to go before someone finds out you've been here all night"

"fine!" I sigh playfully, getting dressed "awww, baby I'll you some attention later, but right now you have to go before you get caught" she smile "you better" I smile pecking her lips and "she breaks away "go!" she says stern yet playfully and I put my head around the door to check the coast is clear, before sneaking out and making my way downstairs, while Faith finishes getting dressed.

I know Faith's right and I had to hurry up and leave before someone caught me in there. I know they all know where together so it seems weird we had to sneak around, but my mother had asked me not to sleep in the same room as her in her house and if we got caught it would only cause an argument.

I was really disappointed about having to rush out of the room though because it's the moments like like that I love the most. We always wake up snuggling and talk for awhile about our dreams and stuff. We're both always busy during the day so those little moments some people take for granted and don't see as a big deal actually mean the most to me. I used to hate coming he from the studio, because I'd come home to and empty home and feel so alone, but now it's the part of the day that excites me the most because just like when I wake up in the morning, when I leave the studio I'm not greeted by nothing but loneliness anymore, instead I'm greeted by Faith's beautiful smile and her warm embrace. Which is why I'm disappointed I hadntoneush out of her room.

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Jackie's POV

I get up the next morning and go check Michael's room and sure enough he's not there and clearly his beds not been slept in. Refusing to let it go I sit at the kitchen table waiting for him and eventually he happily comes downstairs "morning" he smiles making himself some cereal walks over and sits opposite me at the table and I don't answer his "what did I do now?" he sighs rolling his eyes "it's not but who you did" I frown and he doesn't say anything and begins eating "Mike, you were asked one thing, but instead you decided to be a sneaky little shit and sneak into Faith's room and sleep in there"

"no I didn't" he shakes his head innocently "Edin saw you going in there"

"oh" he mumbles and continues eating "that's it!? 'oh'?" I frown "what do you want me to say?" he shrugs. I'm about to speak when Joseph walks in. "what are you two arguing about now?" he frowns "nothing, just talking" I fake a smile "well keep 'nothing' down, it too early to be listening to you two go at it" he frowns and turns to make a cup of coffee "this conversation isn't over you dirty, sneaky, little fucker!" I whisper to Michael so Joseph doesn't hear us. "you know maybe if you tried fucking your wife a little better, she wouldn't be so interested what me and Faith were doing" he frowns talking in the same hushed tone as me. With that I swing my leg back and kick him hard "Aaaahhh...... Fuck!!!!" he groans out in pain holding himself. I was aiming for his leg, but I'm guessing (but not sorry) I missed "what happened?" Joseph asks confused turning to us. "he kicked me in the dick!" Michael winces and Joseph turns to me frowning "what the fuck is wrong with you!?"

"he fucked my daughter" I shrug. "I don't care if he fucked your wife! You never kick a man in the dick! What the hell is wrong with you!?"

"that sneaky little pervert deserved it" I shrug refusing to back down "no man deserves to be kicked in the dick Jackie!" he snaps helping Michael over to the freezer and hands him some ice. "what's going on?" mother asks coming into the room "Jackie attacked me for no reason" Michael winces holding a bag of ice against his crotch "no I didn't!"

"yes you did! Don't lie to your mother boy!" Joseph snaps "I was just sitting there quietly eating breakfast and he just kicked me for no reason" Michael lies "right in the dick!!!" Joseph adds "Jackie! Why can't you just leave your poor brother alone and stop picking on him all the time?" mother turns to me "WHAT!!?" I gasp wide eyed "that's not what happened he was..."

"I don't care what he said or did there was no need for that!" Joseph cuts me off "if Michael's pissing you off punch him in the face like a real man!"

"Joseph!" mother snaps at him. I'm about to speak when mother shushes us as Faith and Edin start making their way down the stairs.

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Faith's POV

I go into the kitchen with Edin and everybody immediately has a huge smile on their face, which from personal experience means they were arguing about something. "morning sweetie! did you sleep well?" Katherine asks leading me to the table "I did, thank you" I smile politely "yeah, the beds are really comfy" Edin adds sitting beside me "that's nice" she smiles slightly at Edin then turns back to me. "so what do you have plans for today anything nice?" she smiles "umm.. I'm not sure not yet" I shrug and I can feel Edin frowning at me for some reason. I have a feeling she doesn't like me, but I'm not sure why, since I've been nice to her. "I made you some coffee" Michael's smiles bringing it over "are you ok?" I ask concerned when he winces slightly as he sits down beside me "I'm fine. I just hit my leg on the table" he smiles at me through pursed lips.

My phone rings and I see it's my mom "I'm just gonna take this outside" I smile politely and leave the room, not wanted to be rude and be on the phone at the breakfast table.

"what?" I answer coldly, still pissed about what happened last time we talked. "Faith?" I hear a faint whisper. "mom?" I frown confused, never hearing her like that before. "I know you probably hate me right now, but I need your help. I'm at the hospital and I can't leave unless somebody's with..."

"your what!?" I cut her off "last night. I umm..."

"mom?" I say concerned as she pauses and begins sniffling "I- I was mugged" she sobs "oh my God! Are you ok? I'll be right there" I say and hang up the phone.

"everything ok?" Michael asks as I come back into the kitchen and I shake my head "that was my mom, she's at the hospital" I answer shakily "what happened?" Jackie asks "she got mugged last night. I have to go, I'm so sorry" I turn to Kathrine "sweetie you have nothing to be sorry for. You go be with your mother" she smiles sweetly "I'll drive you down there" Michael's says getting up and I shake my head "you can't, if she sees you there or..."

"I'll drop you off outside and I won't even get out of the car. It'll be fine" he smiles through pursed lips and I smile back at him the same way. Then turn back and we say our goodbyes to everybody, before heading for Michael's car.

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Julie's POV

It takes a good two hours, but eventually Faith turns up. "I'm so sorry I took so long are you ok?" she asks concerned "I'll be ok" I sigh "who did this!? Have you called the police yet!?"

"they've taken my statement and said they'd keep a look out, but I couldn't give them a good description. It was dark and I could barley see their faces"

"where did it happen? Surly somebody must have seen something"

"At home, I was just walking towards the door then... It happened" I sniffle "but you have cameras all around they must have picked up who it was"

"they weren't switched on" I shake my head "why the hell wouldn't you switch them on?" she frowns confused. "after you left to be with Michael I didn't see the point. I only had them installed for your protection after... You know? And...."

"is it safe to go back there?" she asks nervously and I could see I hit a nerve bringing up the past. "the house has been checked and everything's fine the police said it's safe for us to go back" I smile at her reassuringly and she smiles back the same way.

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Michael's POV

I get off the phone with Faith. And Jackie comes in "Me and Enid are gonna take the kids home soon" he mumbles and I nod "Faith called you yet?"

"mhm... Her mom's in a really bad way, so she's gonna stay there with her tonight" I mumble "and your not gonna do anything? Mike, lf Julie gets Faith alone all night, who's knows what bullshit she'll be putting in her head or what game she's gonna play next"

"Faith's spent the past 17 years with the woman she knows to keep her guard up"

"but what if...."

"her moms seriously hurt" I cut him off "what do you expect her to do, just leave her there alone? Regardless about what you or even I think of Julie, she's still Faith's mother. You can't expect her to just switch off her feelings and stop caring, just because you don't like it" I shrug and he sighs sitting beside me. "I'm sorry about kicking you earlier" he mumbles "so why did you?"

"because... I was pissed off you snuck into Faith's room last night and..."

"I get it!" I cut him off "you don't want me to be with Faith. You've made that perfectly clear many times. But what about what she wants? You say you care about Faith, but you clearly don't"

"of course I care!"

"so why are you always trying to break us up? I get that you and Julie and some others don't accept us being together and so does Faith, but all we ever hear is what you all think and what you all want and how what we're doing is wrong and disgusting, but not once has anybody asked us what we want or how we feel"

"I think you've both made it pretty clear what you both want and feel, but do you ever consider how I feel, having my own brother and my daughter together in that way and..."

"actually we do" I cut him off "this whole time we've been here at mothers house have you seen me kiss her or be affectionate towards her in any way? Or her be like that with me? No, because we know how you feel and we know you'll probably never accept us together which is why we make a point of not being so close around you because we don't want you to feel uncomfortable. Yeah, I'll admit I snuck into her from last night when I thought nobody was watching and yes, I spent the night with her and yes! we had sex, but we didn't do any of that to pissed you off or spite you. We did it because we're together and like all couples we enjoy being affectionate towards each other, but obviously you don't care about that. We can't just switch off our feelings and stop loving each other any more than you can with Enid or mother and Joseph. I'm sorry, but love doesn't work that way.

Jackie's POV

I don't say anything for a moment and I can see Michael is on the verge of crying. I knew he was upset about the whole me kicking in the dick incident this morning, but I had no idea he'd be this upset. Even though Michael is an annoying, cocky little shit sometimes. I've seen him get upset many times too, but this time seems different. Ever since he came back from dropping Faith at the hospital to see her mother he's looked like he's about to emotionally break down and I've never seen him like this before. Especially over a girl and I know his feeling are feel for her are true, but that doesn't make the situation any easier on me.

"I'm sorry" I mumble "I'm trying to accept you two of you I really am" I tell him honestly "you never will though" he mumbles "but Mike, surly you can see why it's so difficult for me?" I say softly and he nods, not sating anything. "I'm sorry I've been giving you such a hard time about it " I sigh and for the whole kicking you in the dick this morning. I honestly didn't mean to do that, I was aiming for your leg, but umm.. Missed. Sorry about that" I tell him honestly and he shrugs "it's fine... I'm sorry for what I said about Enid"

"so.. Are we ok?" I ask and he nods and smiles slightly through pursed lips and and smile back the same way. "did Faith say how long she's staying with her mother?" I ask changing the subject "she's really freaked out about being alone, but Julie's boyfriend will be home in the morning so she's gonna stay with her until then"

"then try not to get so upset, you'll see her soon" I smile.

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Julie's POV

"I'm sorry of I ruined any plans you had. I'm sure Michael wasn't best pleased your here with me" I sigh, pretending to feel bad "I was with my friend Kylee when you called" she smiles through pursed lips and I can tell she's lying. "are you and Michael still together?"

"I'm gonna go fix us something to eat" she says, heading towards the kitchen, ignoring my question and I follow behind her "I'm not gonna start going on at you. I was just wondering" I say softly "I can understand why you'd be with him I honestly do. There's probably a billion women who'd wanna be in your shoes and be dating Michael Jackson" I shrug "you and him are dating still aren't you?"

"I'm gonna run you a bath, it'll help ease the pain. I should have dinner ready by then" she says ignoring my comment about Michael once again. "It's fine to talk about him. Like I said I'm not gonna get mad at you"

"let's just concentrate on getting you better" she smiles leaving the room and goes upstairs. Once I hear the bath water running, I sigh disappointed and take the recorder from my shirt, knowing I'm not going to get anything put of her today.

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Faith's POV

Michael told me about what happened between him and my mom yesterday and I had a feeling she was gonna try and do the same with me and it was pretty clear she was by the way she was being so nice about the two of us and making a point of saying Michael's full name. I've been surrounded by reporters and the media my whole life so I know exactly what she's up to. my mom told me at a young age about always keeping a recorder hidden on you incase you just happened to have a candid conversation that could lead to some kind of celebrity gossip and I can't believe she'd think od be that stupid to fall for that trick. As much as I can't stand my mom and can see she's clearly using what happened to her as a way to get something out of me, but She's still my mom and she's hurt which is why I said I'd stay with her tonight, but and soon as Fernando gets back I'll be leaving straight away.