Family Ties

This Is It

Four years later ...
Michaels POV
At the age of 50 I want to do something major . Something big . Our children are older now and I feel as though they need to finally experience what I do and what I love equally as I love them and their mother . Now before we get started let's go back to the trial that Took everything in me ... innocent was the verdict and to this day I can still hear them chanting the word innocent and I will never forget the look on Evan handler face as he looks defeated . I have nothing to say but for the fans I did a dance on top of my limousine with Roberta and the children in the car laughing and celebrating . That's the sound of victory ! I'm free now . Which is why I decided to go on stage one last time . Yes you read right . Michael Joe Jackson is retiring from the entertainment world . I have had a blast these last five decades giving my fans love and songs that they can share through generations to come . This was a blast I had fun ! Soo much fun from the beginning to end ! I have no regrets ! Roberta and I decided to grow old together away from the spotlight . To watch our children grow into young adults . Madelyn is now 12 1/2 Rilley is now 10 and Maddison will be 8 next month . I feel like they're at the perfect age to be on stage with me as I do my final curtain call . It'll be great .

Roberta's POV
These past four years have been amazing . My children are thriving and healthy and getting soo big oh my goodness it's unbelievable. So are Michael and I . I gave him a big birthday bash for his big 50th birthday last august ! I can't believe we have been together for 25 years . This man I am soo thankful to call my husband is 50 years old wow. And he doesn't look it at all !  I finished my doctorate last year and I am now Dr. Roberta Strawder Jackson . I am the chief surgeon of pediatrics at UCLA. Yes I switched my heals for medical shoes but don't get me wrong my heels show out every day I walk into that building in which my three children was born and my life was Saved more than once and my doctor also my colleague works besides me on our tough pediatrics cases . Michael and I decided to retire after his This is It Tour ended here in California next year . You know Michael he gotta go out with a bang ! We decided that we want to grow old and watch our children live life together without the weigh of the world on our shoulders . They agreed and that's the plan next year ... to retire our spotlights and engage into being everlasting parents for our children .

Michael's POV
I've been setting up teams and going to rehearsals all month long to make sure my final curtain call is nothing short of what my fans expect of me . I owe that to them . My wife birthday was the other day and because she was in surgery on her birthday tonight is her night . Me and her are going out . We having did that since the 90's . It's time we relive that moment at her favorite restaurant on sunset BLVD . She just got home not too long ago and she's In the shower and her brother took the kids for the week . She doesn't even know we going out and doing it big tonight . She thinks we are going to sleep and she thinks the kids are already in bed ... she doesn't know nothing yet I can't wait !

Roberta's POV
After a long day at the hospital I'm home and letting the hot water wash my stress away . My 48th birthday was a few days ago and I was in my third home ... the ER doing a heart transplant on a 10 year little girl who I connected to on an emotional level ... she was the great niece to Sarenity Morris ... Sarai mom . She was Sarai cousin who she never met because Sarai is still up there in the clouds with Miamor. I still miss that girl ! I successfully completed the surgery and gave Sofia and Nicholas the news that their brave Penelope was going to be ok . With that good news on my shoulders I'm home and getting ready for bed when I realize that my husband wasn't in the room and a dress and heels were on the bed with a note that read :
  "I want to witness your beauty tonight under the streetlights of California " Get dress and meet me in the family room .
    Yours truly
         Michael

I am completely blown away and wondering what he has up his sleeve tonight . I put on the dark red floral dress as Jose does my hair and Karen does a fine job on my makeup ... if she's up here where's Michael ? I adore my feet with Christian Louboutins gold heels with a red bottoms . I grabbed my gold clutch and made sure I look good then I made my way to the family room not before checking on my angles except they not here .. which is why I felt that this house was way too quiet  . I make my way to the family room and on the grand piano was my husband who was playing ribbon in the sky by Stevie wonder ...

Michael's POV
I left a sweet note on the bed with the dress that she wore on our second year anniversary. I knew she would fit into it like a glove and her red bottoms would do it justice . I wait for her the family room with a black tuxedo with a red tie , black shoes with a red bottom ..my hair is nicely done and I play ribbon in the sky by Stevie wonder . Until I hear heels click on the floor I look up and see my wife of  15 years and my world of 25 years walk towards me with her hair hanging down her back with a bang and makeup gracefully on her face with a seduction red color lipstick on her mouth . She looks stunning .
Roberta: how do I look ?
Me: just as beautiful then the day I first laid my eyes on you .
She blushes .
Tonight we are going somewhere and we are going to enjoy your birthday the way we always do .... Big

Roberta's POV
And we did just that for three hours we ate and danced and danced until our hearts couldn't do it anymore . A photographer was there to capture beauty , fun , and a very good time . To say I'm blown away again isn't the right word .
We brought the fun home and Michael made me feel like I was 25 again and made love to me in a way only he can . It was amazing . As we closed this beautiful night and our eyes as the California air breezes in our room .

This is life is what I thought as I closed my eyes with the love of my life ...
Life would be sweet for only a short while ...