By: KimberAnn

Liz looks up from her book, and glances across the park. She spies Michael in a group of kids, trying to get a game of street hockey going. She smiles, knowing what he's like when he gets all that nervous energy going - can't seem to stand still, he's all constant movement. (Which will only serve her well later, right?)

As she watches him, she thinks about how far he's come from that dangerous, angry, sullen boy that she found in the trailer park. He always tells her that her love is the only thing that keeps him going. And while that makes her happy, it also scares her in a way. There worlds are so separate, both the ones they inhabit here, and his on Antar so far away. What happens when that day comes that there worlds force them apart?

She looks back at her book, trying to push the thoughts away. The words don't really make sense to her, and three pages later she realizes she hasn't read a word.

And that someone is watching her.

She looks up to find Michael standing in front of her. Sweaty, hair loose and in his eyes, a small bit of dirt on his cheek. Man, but he is beautiful to look at, she thinks.

He reaches down and takes her hand, pulling her up to him. He pulls her in close, kisses her softly. And asks her to take him home. He needs a shower.

And someone to wash his back...