Title: Anything For You
Part: 1
Author: Sativa
Email: Rvside420@aol.com
Disclaimer: I Own Nothing
Summary: Future Fic. Maria and Michael split up after four years together. About two years after they graduated. Three years later they've still remained long distance friends. Then Michael moves from New York to LA where Maria has lived for the last three years. Max and Liz are engaged and are doctors graduated from NYU, still living in New York. Isabel is an actress, who has an apartment in New York but is traveling a lot. Kyle plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers and he along with his wife Tess are filthy rich. Michael is in advertising and is also extremely wealthy. Maria is a detective with the LAPD.
Category: Michael/Maria
Rating: PG-13

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"So, did you get everything packed already?" Max asked Michael while at dinner. Isabel and Liz thought it would be nice if they spend Michael last night in New York together.

"The movers got all my furniture and appliances so I just have my clothes to take with me."

"That must've been a kick back job considering you have hardly any furniture or appliances" Isabel teased.

"Well, when you come to LA you're not invited to my place which is going to be hooked up. I just haven't had much time" Michael argued. "Now I'll have no friends and no social life so I'll have time to decorate"

"Not necessarily, Kyle and Tess are there, Alex and Maria" Liz mentioned. Maria. Michael and Maria had broken up almost three years ago. It wasn't chaotic and hateful. They left each other with understanding. They came to an agreement that it wasn't working that it couldn't. Sometimes Michael wondered if it was them that weren't working hard enough. They promised to be friends and they were. But whenever they saw each other every now and then. There was still this tension.

"Yeah, you're right. I got them there. It'll be great"

Michael had tried dating in New York but no one had what he was really looking for.

Interestingly enough Maria had the same problem.

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"Maria I'm sorry. I thought you'd like him" Kyle defended himself.

"Kyle the whole night was about him. His batting average. How much he makes per game. All the women that throw themselves at him. I had to listen to that shit all night thanks to you"

"Okay, okay I made a bad choice" Kyle agreed.

"What choice was that?" Tess asked as she walked in from shopping.

"He set me up with one of his loser friends"

"Who?"

"Billy Wilder"

"Kyle why would you do that?" Tess lectured "He's a pig"

"Okay, fine you're right I'm going to watch TV" he escaped as quickly as possible.

"Anyway besides that how are you? I haven't seen you in a few days"

"I know it was work. I had this case. But it closed now. One more point for the good guys" Maria informed. She was never too in to detail. Tess didn't like to hear all the gory stories of LA

"So, have you heard?"

"Yes, he's coming in tomorrow right?"

"Yeah and we're going to invite him to dinner on Thursday, so you should come"

"Okay I'll come after work" she agreed.

"This could be a very good thing. You know I always-"

"Tess don't" Maria interrupted. "Don't start. I told you that stuff in confidence. I don't want you to throw it back at me" Maria had admitted to Tess that she still cared deeply for Michael and she thought that maybe their break up was a mistake. She just found she wasn't brave enough to fix it.

"I'm not throwing it back I'm trying to help" she told Maria who was avoiding eye contact. "Why do you do that?"

"What?"

"Try to keep so much in. You don't have to be tough police detective around me, you know. We're friends"

Maria valued her friendship with Tess a great deal, especially at times like this.

"I should go. But I will be here on Thursday" Maria got up and left.

TBC 1