Michael's POV

It's finally Thursday and I wake up with the biggest smile. Leanne's coming over today to hang out and I still can't believe this is happening. She hasn't actually said we're dating or that's she's my girlfriend, but she did agree to give me a chance which means she's alteast considering it. I was nervous at first about the two of hanging out alone again after what happened last time, but Randy assured me that things couldn't possibly go any worst that the first time.

After fixing myself some breakfast, the mail arrives. It's nothing unusual just Bill's and stuff then I get to last one and frown confused as I read it.

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After reading the letter, I quickly get dressed then make my way over the Lisa's house.

"What the fuck is this!?" I snap waving the letter at her when she opens the door. "You got the letter from my lawyer, huh?" She sighs softly "Well duh! I'm hold in my hand. Are you seriously that petty your taking me to court for 'joint custody!' What the fuck!?" I snap "I miss him and I have every right to see him. It's not like I'm asking for full custody. Just visitation" she says innocently. "You mean your just looking for an excuse to come over and see me are you really that thirsty for my dick?" I say sarcastically. "This isn't about you Michael, I have every right to see him and even my lawyer said so" she folds her arms cockily. "You really wanna go to court about this an waste both are time?" I say still surprised and confused by this whole thing. "You can't keep him away from me and if I have to take you to court to get visitation then so be it" she shrugs and I sigh rolling my eyes. "That's the only reason your doing this? Because you miss him and wanna spend time with him?"

"That's the only reason I promise"

"Fine if that's what you want" I shrug walking towards my car and she follows me. "Where are you going? We could just make some kind off arrangement between us. It'll save us both alot of grief.

"You wanna see him so bad here you go. He's all yours" I say getting Spike out of the car and handing him to her. "But..."

"I can't believe you tried to take me to court over custody of a bunny" I roll my eyes "bunny? What a you a child now?"

"Yeah, that's kinda rich coming from you... dumb ass" I snap and get in the car and drive off leaving her standing by the road looking confused as I drive off.

I get home and see I have a message from Leanne and sigh heavily, reading the message.

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Leanne's POV

I get a message back from Michael and now I feel even worst. I'm about to reply when I see Emma walking towards me and quickly put my phone in my pocket.

"Is there a point to me asking who that was?"

"I was just..."

"Have you thought of what your gonna say to him?" She cuts me off and I nod. "Good. Anyway your client is waiting for you" she cuts me off "You mean Mia's client?" I frown annoyed. "I can't believe I have to work on my day off"

"It's not my fault I'm sick" I hear Mia scoff and turn to see her walking up the stairs towards us. "No, but it's your fault you booked and appointment with the doctor when you knew you'd be booked with a client" I scoff back. "It was the only time they had available" she shrugs innocently "Why are you so mad anyway? If you had something important to do then..."

"She doesn't, but that doesn't mean she can't be pissed off about having to deal with your client on her day off!" Emma snaps cutting her off and Mia's attitude quickly changes. "I have to get ready for my doctors appointment" she mumbles walking away.

"It's just one more client and then your done for the day" Emma smiles at me through pursed lips and I smile back the same way and go down stairs.

*

"I guess it's my lucky day!" Pete, Mia's client smiles as I walk over to great him. "Are you ready?" I mutter wanting to get this over and done with as quickly as possible. "I'm always ready for you" he smirks as we walk down the hall way. "I'm looking forward to this. I've been trying to book you for like a month" he says and I fake a smile at him through pursed lips not replying to his comment.

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Jermaine's POV

"No Mike today?" I ask Randy going into his office "nah, he was supposed to be hanging out with Leanne today so he took the day off" he shrugs. "Supposed to be?"

"Yeah, she was gonna go over to his place this morning, but she had to um.. fill in for one of the girls this morning"

"So She's messing him around already?" I frown "No... she had to rearrange. She's going over this afternoon instead" he shrugs. "Unless she has to work" I say sarcastically. "What's your problem? The girl had to work and Mike's more pissed off about Lisa than anything"

"Why? what's she done this time!?" I snap and he tells me about the who Rabbit custody thing.

"It's a fucking Rabbit" I frown confused. "That's what Mike said and went over and give it her. Obviously it was just an excuse to get his attention, but clearly it didn't work" he chuckles. "And what's he doing now?"

"Probably just chilling out at home" he shrugs. "You haven't bothered to check on him to make sure he's ok?" I frown "for what?"

"To check he's ok, stupid!" I snap. "I just told you he called me an hour ago and he seemed fine... pissed off, but fine" he shrugs "I'm gonna go get some coffee" he smiles getting up and leaves the room.

*

I know Randy said Michael was ok when he spoke to him, but I still can't help but worry. I tried calling him a few times, but it keeps ringing to voicemail so decided to go over. I'm sure he is ok like Randy said, but I just need to make sure to put my own mind at rest.

When I get there I'm about to knock on the front door, but see it's open a crack and that worry quickly turns to fear and I slowly walk into the house.

"Mike!" I call out looking around downstairs and get no reply. All his stuff is still here so luckily he hasn't been robbed. I continue calling him, walking around then stop in my tracks when I walk into the kitchen and see a bottle of pills on the counter. "Fuck!" I panic and rush upstairs opening every door looking for him then finaly I open the last door and find Michael lay unconscious on the bed and rush over him.

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Michael's POV

"Mike! Mike!" Jermaine screams pulling me off the bed shaking me. "What the fuck!?" I snap, pushing him off me. "What are you doing here? An why were you shaking me!?" I frown confused and still half asleep.

"How many did you take?"

"Huh?"

"Mike, we don't have time for this. I saw the full bottle of pills on the counter how many did you take?" He says in a rushed and panicked tone. "If you found a full bottle of pills then their OBVIOUSLY not inside me are they?" I frown when I finally realise what he's getting at and he sighs heavily. "I'm sorry I thought..."

"Yeah, I know what you thought!" I snap. "When I saw those pills and I found you unconscious. Surely You can understand why I panicked. "I was asleep in my bed"

"In the middle of the day?" He frowns confused. "I had a headache and took two pain killers and went for a lie down. That's all" I explain, hurt he thought that. "I'm sorry" he mumbles an I shrug. "It's fine. I probably would have thought the same" I mumble. "How did you even get in here?"

"Your front door was open"

"It was? I guess I must have forgot to lock it" I say rubbing my eyes still half asleep. "I'm sorry. I just got worried when Randy told me about you seeing Lisa today and with Leanne cancelling on you..."

"She didn't cancel. She's just coming over a little later is all"

"And your ok about that? Why she rearranged the time?" He asks softly. "It's her job. I knew that when I first asked her out" I Shrug. It does bother me about the other men, but obviously I was already fully aware of what she does for a living before I started getting to know her.

"You asks her out!?" Jermaine ask surprised and I nod. "What did she say?"

"She didn't exactly say yes, but she's thinking about it and gonna give me a chance so that's something" I say hopefully. "So she didn't just give you a straight yes or no?" He raises an eyebrow skepticaly. "It's not that simple. The girls aren't supposed to have boyfriends and stuff" I explain. "this is all a little too complicated. Do you really think your ready for all this?"

"Jermaine, I get you being worried and I appreciate that I truly do, but you have to trust me sometimes" I say softy, not wanting to sound ungrateful for everything he's done for me. "I do trust you, but i'm still gonna worry about you no matter what"

**
Jermaine and I sit and talk for awhile and after about an hour he leaves and I go and take a quick shower before Leanne gets here and now I'm sat waiting nervously, hoping I don't get another text from her saying something's come up.

20 minuites go by and Leanne finally shows up. "Hey, come on in" I smile moving aside to let her in the house."Hey. Sorry I took so long" she smiles, following me into the living room."that's ok, your here now. Who's this little cutesy?" I smile stroking the kitten she's holding. "He doesn't have a name, so it's up to you" she smiles gently handing him to me. "You got him for me?"

"Mhm... I felt bad when you told me about Spike and was gonna get you a bunny, but the store sold out. And He looked so adorable" she coo's stroking his little head. "You didn't have to do that" I smile at her sweet gesture.

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Leanne's POV

I know it probably wasn't the best idea to buy Michael a pet, but I felt really bad about cancelling on him this morning, especially after he told me what happened with Lisa.

I've been here an hour and I still haven't mentioned anything about what Emma told me to and Michael hasn't even mentioned what he said the other day and I'm kind of hoping he doesn't because the truth is I do want more than just a 'business arrangement' I know obviously that can't happen and he probably wouldn't even want anything to do with me if he found out how old I really was, which he would eventually. He's tried getting personal with me a few times and asked about my parents and stuff, but I've managed to dodged his questions when it comes to anything personal about me.

My thoughts are broken when I hear the smoke alarm going off. "Is everything ok?" I ask going into the kitchen. "Yeah, my alarms just highly sensitive" Michael chuckles switching it off. "Or... You just turn your stove on way too high" I giggle turning it down. "Maybe we should order a pizza or something" Micheal suggest "it's fine. We can still save the chilli" I smile and help him finish cooking.

*

"Where did you learn to cook so good?" Michael asks taking another mouth full. "My mom used to take me to work with her at the restaurant and..." I pause realising what I said and he looks at me confused by my sudden silence "does she work around here?"

"Umm.. no.. she doesn't" I mumble, reminding myself to think before I speak. He's about to ask another question, but I cut him off quickly. "What do you do? For work and stuff?" I ask changing the topic from me. "My parents own a property company and I work for them. It's mainly just buying and selling thing's" he shrugs. "So it's a family buisness?"

"Mhm... what about you?"

"You already know what I do" I shrug akwardly. "I meant with your aunt? Do you run the place with her or..."

"I just work there" I cut him off and he nods. "I didn't mean to offend you. I was just wondering" he mumbles and there's an awkward silence. "Have you thought of any names for your cat yet?" I ask breaking the silence. "I'm not sure yet. I think I'm gonna leave it awhile an see what kind of personality he has first" he smiles looking at the kitten wondering around the kitchen.

After lunch we're sat watching a movie and I get a text.

From: Emma
Where are you? Have you done it yet?

"Is everything ok?" Michael asks sensing my change in mood and nod and smile at him through pursed lips and he smiles back then turns back to the movie.

I really don't want to do this and I've been dreading this moment all day. "Michael, I need to talk to you about something... about us" I mumble and he nods and pauses the movie. "I wanted to talk to you about that too" he smiles turning to me. "Umm...We're not supposed to date..."

"I know" he cuts me off "and I know you could get in alot of trouble. But when you quit, you won't have to worry about all that because i'll take care of you so you won't have to work there anymore"

"I don't wanna quit" I lie shaking my head and he nods and I can see in his eyes he's upset by my reply. "If that's what you want" he mumbles "I'm really sorry" I say truthfully. "It's fine. If you don't wanna quit, then we can just keep it between us. I'm not gonna get mad if you wanna stay there"

"But that's not fair on you"

"It's not like your cheating on me. I obviously knew what you did for a living and I don't judge you for it and I won't hold it against you"

"Michael, you don't understand. It's not that simple. I'm sorry, but if Mary even found I was here she'd..."

He presses his lips softly against mine cutting me off from my trail of thought. "Your scared I get it. I'm scared too, but I can't help the way I feel about you and I know you have feelings for me too"

"I do but..."

"Then we should at least give us a chance. We can keep this between us if your worried about your aunt. All I'm asking for is one chance and that's it"

"If Mary or any of the girls found out..."

"They won't" he cuts me off and I don't say anything. "Soo... will you be my girlfriend?" He asks and I nod. "You have no idea how much this means to me" he smiles and leans forward and kisses me softly and I kiss him back the same way as he leads us both down onto the sofa.

*
"You took your time" Emma says when I get home "did you tell him?"

"Mhm..." I lie "How did he take it?"

"He was a little upset, but he was really understanding and agreed he'll back off trying to get so personal and keep things as they are"

"Are you ok?"

"Mhm" I fake a smile "I know your upset, but trust me, it would have hurt alot more in the long run. Nothing good would have come out of it. Trust me" she smiles sympathetically through pursed lips and pulls me in for a hug.