Author's Note: As you can see I deleted Chasing Butterflies because at the moment I'm not getting any inspiration for it, I will however repost it when I finish Rose Garden and am close to finishing this. I am putting We Are The World on hiatus right now because I have too many stories going on, it gets kind of confusing, but I will finish that eventually. I was thinking about how much I strived to update and overall loved Smile. I also realized that I never did Michael's POV in Smile; I think that it would be interesting for me as a writer and for you as readers to explore what Michael was thinking during all of this. I love Sophie and Michael, I love their story, and I couldn't get away from them just yet! You're probably thinking one of two things: 'Great, Sophie and Michael's story again.' or 'Yes! I love Sophie and Michael's story.' I would hope that all of you are thinking the latter. You will recognize most of the dialogue from Smile, because again it's the same story line in Michael's POV. So without further ado I present Heaven Can Wait.
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*Remember this whole story is going to be in Michael's POV*
Heaven Can Wait
Chapter 1: Prologue: Looking Down
September 2009 (Sophie is 28, Michael is 51)
I had gotten use to this place by now, sure I was away from my family and one's I cared about, but I was sure I would see them again.
I had a rare glimpse of those people's lives; I could watch them whenever I wanted.
I checked on Sophie and my children every day from my cloud in my heaven.
Sometimes I would glance on things that made me sick, made me sad; the destruction of the earth, sick children, rainforests being cut down.
I tried not to look at these things, but sometimes I was curious as to if anyone was stopping it, if anyone was helping the children.
Today I decided to peek in on my wife, who had been torn apart by my tragedy.
I hated to leave, but then again she always told me that everything happened for a reason.
The sky up here in my heaven was turning a light pink with traces of orange, my favorite sunset colors.
I looked down at her sitting on my bed at Havenhurst looking at old pictures of us together.
Right at this moment I wished could read people's thoughts on Earth, just to see what my sweet wife was thinking.
I stared at her legs, one was underneath her and the other was tucked beside her, she had on her little shorts she would wear all the time.
She had on a shirt that I had bought her for her 28th birthday; her long, dark brown hair framed her face and came down all around her in soft curls.
She stacked the pictures up and placed them neatly in a brown box before sliding the box under the bed.
I watched her get up and undress before walking to the closet and putting on a fresh pair of jeans and a shirt.
I saw her go into my secret closet and grab my favorite black coat and my prized black fedora that I would wear nearly every day.
I watched as she pulled on the coat and breathed in the sweet scent of my favorite cologne that still lingered on it.
She rested the hat upon her soft curls and walked into the bathroom; she picked up my aviator sunglasses and slid them onto her face hiding her beautiful blue eyes.
She walked back out to the bedroom and picked up her purse sliding one of my favorite books in it before she left the room.
She walked through the house and out to the driveway where a black limo awaited her.
She climbed in, the driver shut the door and climbed in the front and drove out of the gates.
The limo arrived at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Sophie walked through the cemetery, the September leaves crunching beneath her feet.
She found where I was laid to rest and sat down, leaning against the tombstone.
I watched as she pulled out my favorite book and opened to the page she had left off on two days ago.
I decided I would go and sit by her for a little while and soon found myself beside her, invisible to her eyes.
I sat there admiring her beauty, being so close to her felt like I was alive again, sitting with her on those summer days in Neverland.
I saw her eyes through the sunglasses cloud with tears as she tried to read through them.
Tears fell out from under the sunglasses dropping on the pages.
I stroked her hair- she probably thought that it was the wind blowing it-wishing I could comfort her and hold her.
She closed the book silently and slowly buried her head in her knees and cried harder.
This broke my heart, I couldn't stay here anymore, but for some reason I couldn't bring myself to leave her.
She stopped crying and got up from my gravesite, I sat right there looking up at her as she crouched down and kissed the tombstone, leaving a letter behind.
I picked the letter up as she was leaving and found myself back on my cloud looking down at the limo departing the gates of the cemetery.
It was too much for me to take, my eyes clouded with tears as I looked away from Earth, I couldn't watch Sophie anymore today.
I opened the letter and removed the neatly folded up piece of paper and unfolded it.
Tearstains had smudged some of the words, but I could make out the letter perfectly.
Dearest Michael,
I know you are dead, but I can't bring myself to actually believe it. I feel you all around and it haunts me. I know that you won't actually read this, but I'd like to believe that you do. I've been working on this letter for a while now, but I always find myself crying until my body is aching. I long for your touch and sometimes I swear I can feel you beside me. The kids are perfect and they haven't cried since the funeral, unlike me. I know you're looking down on us so you probably know all that's been going on. I miss you desperately and I love you more than you could ever know.
I love you,
Sophie
I held the letter close to my chest, right over my heart.
My body shook with sobs and I finally broke down and cried for the first time since I've been here.
I was gone and Sophie was alone.
Author's Note: I really hope you enjoyed that! Please review! I would love some positive feedback and maybe some constructive criticism.
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