For All Time

Chapter 1

It was a extremely hot summer day. i pulled up into Michael's driveway. I hadn't seen him in like forever sense he and his brothers went on tour.it was his birthday and i wanted to spend some time with him. It was something that i always did for him, I gave him a whole day with me, so we could talk and do music together. It was like my own little personal birthday gift to him. He didn't know that because he was like the strict Jehovah Witness.

i walked up to the door and ranged the doorbell.

"Coming!"

The door sung open. It was Michael older sister La Toya. She always looked so pretty to me, her was always down she had on long Jeans a shirt that showed off her figure perfectly."Hey Aaliyah, i didn't know you and Michael had plans."She said it as if she was suppose to check with him before inviting friends over.

"Where is he?"i asked.

She stepped back for me to come in."He's in kitchen making cookies."

I smiled."Thanks." i walked down the long hallway where there was platinum records hanging on both sides, they had had so much fame after there hit single 'I want You Back'. Now they don't even record much anymore, now that Michael is about to go solo, I don't think they would ever do anything together again.

When Got to the kitchen i stood in the doorway and watched him as he got the cookies out the oven. He had on oven mitts and everything, he actually looked cute as he did it. He pulled off the glove and started picking up the cookies and putting them into a bowl, he was humming a catchy tune as he did it.

I put my nose in the air a got a good whiff of them, The smelled Oh-So good. he made the best cookies.

"Hey Michael." I said, finally walking into the kitchen.

He turned around."Oh Liyah, you scared me. How long were you standing there?" He asked as he hugged me.

"Long enough." I said smiling in his sweet sweet hug,

He pulled away from me."You haven;t changed a bit." he smiled, His eyes were so beautiful, something in them always captured my soul.

"Neither have you, Except it looks like you finally  reached five foot ten."I said. With a huge smile on my face.

He chuckled."Hahaha, very funny."He rolled his eyes.

i walked over to the cookies and picked one up."so this how your spending your birthday,huh??"

He shrugged his shoulders."You know it's just another day for me." he said as he got one out of the bowl."And Besides, i made these for you."

I felt a huge smile stretch across my face."Really?

"Yeah, i knew u were coming and i know how much you like my cookies so, there you go."

"you are so sweet you know that right." i said. I wanted so badely to kiss him. i had to practically hold myself down to the chair to stop myself from doing it.

He smiled.Then took another bite out of his cookie."So how ur new album going?"

i swallowed the bits i had in my mouth."oh speaking of that, I'm leaving Motown."

His eyes widened"Really? What does Susanne think about that."

i gave him a sheepish smile."I haven't told her yet."

He almost choked on the cookie he had in his mouth."what?? Liyah you got to tell her before Berry do."

"I know, Michael." i said then threw the half eaten cookie that o ha in my hand back on the empty plate." I'm trying to figure out a way to tell her, You know my mom was on Motown."

"yeah i know, And expects you to stay with the same record company?"he asked as he stood up to throw the half eaten cookie in the trash.

"Well yeah, because i'm part of my mother legacy. But i don't want stay with Motown, I'm nineteen years old it's time i start doing my own music." i said as i started playing with a piece of my straight  hair.

"that's why we left and went to destiny, But Liyah just because your going to a different record company doesn't mean your gonna ruin your mothers legacy." he said as he handed me a glass of milk.

"Try telling that to Susanne." I mumbled mostly to myself..

He looked at me as if he could feel the stress i was going threw. he grabbed my hand."Hey I want to show you something." Before i could respond he was taking threw the long hallways all the way until we got into his room. i sat down on his bed as he walked over to his desk drawer and pulled out a photo album.He Plopped down on the bed next to me and opened it.

"Berry gave this to me." He said as he opened it."It's a photo album of all the great stars of Motown." The photos was separated tabs the read 1930s to the 1970s.He opened to the 1950s tab. the first person that was on the front page was my mother. In Big letters it said THE QUEEN OF MOTOWN. Ti had old newspaper articles about her success and over to the far left was an article with a headline in big bold letters that read:

THE QUEEN OF MOTOWN DIES IN CAR CRASH!!!!!

"see that's your mother."

She looked beautiful, Her hair was long, and she had on a beautiful gown that i had hanging in my closet. she looked as if she was in the middle of a song.Her head back slightly and she had her eyes closed holding a microphone.

"You look just like her."He said.

I tried to hold back tears but it didn't work, My eyes was already soaked.

He turned the page, there was a picture her and my dad, i quickly turned the page and the last picture was of her when she was pregnant. i smiled. I missed my mother so much. i knew she was looking down on me and she did leave me in good hands, but i still missed her.

MIchael turned the tab to the late 1960s to late 1970s. There was a picture of me In big letters it had THE PRINCESS OF MOTOWN. It also had articles of about me in my success, and there was a picture that was almost looked the exact same way as my mothers.

He turned the page again and there was another headline that read:

AALIYAH AND THE JACKSON 5 CLIMB THE CHARTS!!!!!

At the bottom of the headline was a picture of Michael, his brothers, and I at the grammy's. We were about fifteen years old.

"Why are you showing me this.?" I asked.

He looked up at me. "because i'm trying to show that your mother legacy will live on with or without you, you have your own fame growing, and it's not because your mother was Leah Haughton, It's because your Aaliyah Haughton and you do things differently, you do it in your own style."

I stared into his eyes, that was the nicest thing anyone had said to me. before.

He looked at me me and started carressing my cheek, then he leaned it closer to me.

oh my God He's gonna kiss me, He's gonna kiss Me!

Just then La Toya burst through the doors."what is going on in here?!"

Michael pulled away from me as quick as he could."So anyways..."he said, nervously.

I looked away thinking damn La toya, just damn