Definition: In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the events that happen before that sentence, or are likely to have happened before it. Does any of them directly cause it, or simply make it possible? You should write your answer in the form " A >causes/enables> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible.
Input: story: Michael has liked alicia for years. He was always too scared to confess. One day when they went out to the movies, he confessed to her. She did not like him that way. They hardly talk now.
 selected sentence: Michael has liked alicia for years.

Michael falls in love with Alicia >Causes/Enables> Michael likes Alicia