Manny knew that it really was not Michele’s fault that she didn’t go to him right away.  When you suffer from a trauma you tend to do things without thinking.  Besides he loved her how could he ever be mad at her for anything.  When Mickey came around and placed her head on his chest he could not help but sigh a little and just held her close.<br/><br/>Manny could not help but place his hand on her cheek and smile when she told him that she had always loved him.  He could not help himself and bent down and kissed her.  It was actually the first he had ever given her the passionate kiss of a lover instead of those friendly cheek kisses they had always shared.  “I have wanted to do that for a long time.”<br/><br/>He could not help but pick Michele up while he went back to kiss her again and the kiss got heated and he pushed her up against the nearest wall.  He had wanted her in this fashion for so long, but he had to take a moment to think and pulled away from her still holding her against the wall.<br/><br/>“It’s not fair of me to make you stay just because I know you love me.  I want you to stay because you really want to, not just to make me happy.”  Manny knew all too well if she did things just to keep him happy then in the end they would both end up unhappy.”