Manny smiled a little when he saw her standing by the window, their window as he used to call it.  He always loved those times with her and he missed them.  In fact if one looked close enough on the ledge he had carved MW & MS BFF in the wood of the ledge.  “Not only did we discuss our dreams, but remember trying to picture what the people were doing in the windows across the street.”<br/><br/>Manny placed a arm around Michele as she talked and it was true that she did most of the picking her tastes we always better than his.  He did do one thing they had talked about but he had not shown it to her yet, but he would.<br/><br/>Manny took Michele by the hand and led her over to the elevator that went to the roof of the building.  Actually Manny had bought the entire building so he didn’t have to worry about other people or anything like that.  He loved it, and he bought it under a secret identity so that was not a problem either.  “We are going to the roof.”  He said with a smile.<br/><br/>Once they made it to the roof and the doors open you could see a beautiful garden covering the roof top.  Manny thought it made it feel like being out in the country in the middle of the city.  Mostly of course he had planted her favorite flowers, he always wanted to have a picnic up here, but it would never be fun alone.<br/><br/>It wasn’t that Manny had actually ignored what she had said downstairs he was just trying to brush off that fact that he was hurt.  She was his life and she didn’t want to be with him and sometimes he couldn’t understand, but then what was special about his life.  His life was forfeit if he didn’t do what the gang wanted him to do.  His life was ruled by them.<br/><br/>He pulled Michele close to him and took his thumbs and wiped away the tears that were there, “Hay I am as tough as a rock, I am not hurt.”  Manny said with a fake smile, “I am the one who is no good for you.  You know what I do Mickey, what I am.”  Manny had given her that nickname of Mickey a long time ago, he thought it had something to do with her fascination with anything Disney her couldn’t remember.  “ You can have no life with me I know that.”<br/><br/>Manny wanted her to feel that everything was his fault and to him it was.  He did not like the idea of tainting this perfect Angel with his dark life, even if he did love her because she would at least be in his heart.<br/><br/>“Of course I can set you free when you want to go.”  Manny said with a shrug, “I closed myself off a long time ago, I don’t love, loss, or anything.  No one can hurt me.”