)<center> Maria </center>
I ran after him, catching him about halfway down Liz's driveway. "So that's it then, isn't it? You say some stupid crap about how you keep hurting everyone, and then you walk away," I snapped, punching him in the arm. He opened his mouth to retort, but I interrupted him. "No, you see Michael, that's your M.O. When things get tough, your ass is out the door before anyone can blink." I took a deep breath, trying to rein in my anger. I noticed Michael was staring at me in what looked like shock, but I too pissed to care. He was just going to walk away from me. After everything we'd been through, he was just going to leave.
"Whatever. Nothing I say to you is going to make any difference. I don't know if it's because you don't think much of my opinion, or if you just don't have any confidence in yourself. But just to let you know, while you're in your whole woe-is-me funk, I'm not going to be begging you to stay." I said, and then turned to leave. "And guess what? It's my turn to walk out on you." I walked away, leaving him standing on the sidewalk.
