Thursday night - Dinner [for naughty_tess]
Michael had been planning on just calling Tess, check on her and let her know that he was going out of town, but somehow during the conversation he had gotten the urge to just tell her in person. Over dinner. Heh, the previous night he had already decided he wouldn't tell anybody he was going to be leaving, but throughout the day his mind had been changed as he started to realize just what a mess of lies he was making. Years ago he had been an expert at lying and keeping things hidden, and in a lot of ways he still was, but now it was different even if he couldn't really figure out how or why that was.
Throughout dinner, though, he had talked pretty much about everything else but what he wanted to tell her. There had been times when he'd grow quiet, and he was well aware that she had probably figured out that there was something big he wanted to tell her, but he never got around to it. He just wanted to have dinner with his friend, as calmly as possible. After that, he'd tell her.
But time seemed to pass a lot faster than he had realized, and before he knew it they were finishing up and the waiter had left the table with his credit card so the bill could be paid. While they waited, Michael took a small deep breath, and leaned back against his chair. He smiled at her for a moment before he finally managed to gather the words he needed to say. "Hey, there's...something I wanted to talk to you about."
Throughout dinner, though, he had talked pretty much about everything else but what he wanted to tell her. There had been times when he'd grow quiet, and he was well aware that she had probably figured out that there was something big he wanted to tell her, but he never got around to it. He just wanted to have dinner with his friend, as calmly as possible. After that, he'd tell her.
But time seemed to pass a lot faster than he had realized, and before he knew it they were finishing up and the waiter had left the table with his credit card so the bill could be paid. While they waited, Michael took a small deep breath, and leaned back against his chair. He smiled at her for a moment before he finally managed to gather the words he needed to say. "Hey, there's...something I wanted to talk to you about."