Butterflies- A Michael Jackson story

"The stay" - Chapter 7

Michael's Pov

When Frank, my manager says that there's no rooms available I start to think, what should I do? I can't let her go home. She's in too much pain and I don't want her to suffer because it's my fault that she got hurt in the first place.

"Did you say it was for Michael Jackson?" I ask Frank. Stuff like this have happened before and then I just mentioned my name and they usually changed their mind right away.

"Of course I said it's for Michael Jackson, but they can't do anything about it." Frank said

I look over at Saga who looks a little troubled and confused by this whole situation. She's still in the bed with her leg on the stack of pillows, but this time in my pants and only a croptop. I have to admit that she looks very pretty and it's hard not glancing at her bare stomach. I don't want to make her even more uncomfortable though so I keep my eyes in check.

I can't let her go home. I try to think of a way so she could stay. Every crew member's room was full so she couldn't sleep there. Well, except for Tatiana's. I thought about the 2 of them sleeping in the same room and I cringed at the thought. Tatiana had totally ignored Saga earlier and the two of them would defiantly not be a good match together. Tatiana had very strong opinions and would probably not get along with it without protesting.

I made up my mind and said "She can stay with me". Frank looked at me as if I was crazy, so did Saga.

They both started speaking at the same time, protesting. But I interrupted them by saying "It's totally fine, I will just sleep on the sofa. Well, if it's okay with you Saga?" I turn to her, she looks at me with disbelief in her eyes.

"I'm not sure it's a very good idea Michael, you have a concert tomorrow and..." Frank tries to protest but again I cast an irritated look at him and he goes silent. "So...?" I ask Saga while seeing Frank in the corner of my eye leaving the hotel room. Totally not fine with my suggestion.

"I really don't need to stay Michael, I don't want to be any trouble and I know that you are exhausted and have a show tomorrow" she starts, my heart jumping at the sound of her saying my name. Weird.

"It really is no trouble." I ensure her, she looks conflicted not sure of what to say.

"Great, you are staying" I say clapping my hands together making the decision for her.

She doesn't say anything. It's probably not very smart of me to sleep with a fan that I had just met in my hotel room, but what could I do? From the moment that I fell on her on stage she was my responsibility, I owe her for causing her pain. This was the least I could do and she didn't seem like the crazy type of fan. She seemed normal in my presence and I could talk to her. Not many fans could remain normal and calm when meeting me, i'm not meaning to sound self obsessed when saying that. I'm just stating a fact. Many fans I meet seems to forget that I'm just like them, a human with feelings and opinions, but Saga didn't seem to forget that. She hadn't start screaming, crying or passing out when she got up on stage.

To be honest I think I actually looked forward to her stay because it meant that I wouldn't spend another hotel night alone, which I did too often.

Saga's POV

Apparently I'm staying in Michael's hotel room. There's so many mixed feelings in my body right now, excitement, nervousness, fear, resistance to name a few of them. I feel like I should protest even more, but i'm too tired to change Michael's mind about this. He seems so sure of his decision.