Smile

Chapter 2

February 23rd 1988 (12:32 pm)

Michael walked in circles around the room boredly singing bad. "Uhh Mike?" His assistant Eric asked as he cautiously walked into the room. Michael snapped out of whatever it was that he was in. "Yes Eric?"

"About that thing you wanted the crew to do, what wing do you want us to look in?" He asked.

Michael stared at him in confusion. "What thing?"

Eric sighed and held the bridge of his nose. "You wanted us to look for a beautiful girl in the audience and bring her to you, don't you remember?"

Michael finally realized what it was that he was talking about. Michael thought about it for a split second. "Go in the way back where the people with the least expensive ticket would be because
I don't want no spoiled little rich girl, I want to make someone's life a little better." He replied giving a well thought out answer.

Eric nodded. "I do realize that you are my boss and I must follow your orders but if I may Mr. Jackson I don't think your just going to magically fall in love with some woman that you picked out of the audience, why don't you just let love come naturally?" He suggested.

Michael looked down. "It doesn't matter if I don't love her, she'll love me because I'll give her everything she needs and wants." He explained. "I just want somebody to love me."

"Very well then." Eric replied in his English accent and then walked out of the room.

Eric truly wished he could try to make Michael realize that you can't hurry love but Michael didn't want to listen.

After Eric walked out of the room Michael flopped down on his bed. He desperately wanted to go back to never land however he couldn't do that until his tour was finished. 'Please just let the rest of this tour fly by.' He thought.

February 25th 1988 (7:20 pm)

Michael sat at the table with the whole Jackson family, they had to put tables together just so everybody could fit.
Michael drowned out the others voices as he stared at his food not wanting to eat it.

Tomorrow's show was close to where his family lived so he decided to stop by. Katharine of course got so excited that she invited the whole Jackson clan over for dinner.

As Michael was lost in his thoughts he was quickly interrupted by Jermaine. "So Michael you got a girl yet?" He asked. Joseph eyed him and it made him nervous.

"Y-Yeah." He lied.

Jermaine smiled. "That's wonderful Mike!" Katharine exclaimed and then brought a green bean up to her mouth. "Why didn't you bring her over for dinner?"

"W-Well I invited her but she said she didn't want to be rude so she didn't come." He lied again.

"What's her name?" Janet asked critically. She knew most of the girls Michael had dated before only wanted him for his fame and fortune.

Michael paused thinking of a name. "Tasha Reinhard." He responded nervously.

Janet shrugged her shoulders. "Nice name I guess." She said back and continued eating her plate full of food.

"How long have you two been together?" Tito asked skeptically.

Michael looked up pretending he was thinking about how long it had been but really he was trying to figure out how long he should say. "About 3 weeks now."

"Well I can't wait to meet her." Katharine replied with a wide grin on her face.

Katharine wasn't like the rest of the Jackson family. She never judged anybody or listened to what anybody else had to say, she got to know the person. And though every time Michael got a new girlfriend the rest of the family thought that it was just another girl using him, Katharine gave them all chances because she figured every person had different intentions.

She just didn't know Michael was lying through his teeth.

Michael got up and pushed in his chair. He took his empty plate to the sink and rinse it off. "Was it good, Mike?" Katharine questioned.

Michael rolled his eyes and chuckled. "Mother it's always good." He replies and then walked out of the house abruptly.

Janet's eyes widened. "I wonder what that was about, he just up and left."

Katharine sighed. "Baby you know he's very serious about his work and he's on tour right now, we are lucky he even decided to stop by."

Janet shrugged her shoulders and yawned. "And about that girlfriend whatever her name is I already know she's trouble, I mean Tasha Reinhart? What kind of name is that?"

"You just said 'whatever her name is' and then said her name." Marlon deadpanned.

Janet rolled her eyes and got up from the table. "Whatever I'm going upstairs."