Loving You (That's What I Wanna Do) *REDUX*

by MJchick

Summary:

Their eyes met, and he felt the warmth of her stare heat him up from top to bottom. When she held out her hand and he grasped it, he knew he had to find out as much about her as possible.

He knew he had to put himself out there and at least try.

or...

Michael Jackson had expectations for his last year of undergrad, but being paid to date the girl whose voice had haunted him occasionally over four years was not one of them.

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Notes:

UPDATE: I know. I know it's been forever. But I went through a bit of writer's block (and mental health stuff, and taking care of fam stuff) for months. Now that I'm putting myself together, I've begun writing again...and this chapter wasn't very good IMO, so I spruced it up a little bit.

I'm back...finally! It's been a while since Baby Be Mine came to an end, but now I'm introducing another perspective...I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1: NOTE about a REDUX

Summary:

This is an author's note about the future of this story.

I know. It's been MONTHS.

I've been going through a lot in my personal life: depression, anxiety, keeping two little kids healthy and happy, work...and it took a big toll on my everyday life.

On top of that, I felt like I rushed the first chapter out to the point where I made more errors than I usually do and when I didn't have a clear vision of what I wanted this to be. Should it be a 5+1 with vignettes? Should it be a complete retelling from a different perspective? A sequel?

But now that I'm doing a lot better on the mental health side, I've finally crystallized how this story should be, and I'm working on it how I normally do: in all-over-the-place chunks. I'll think about something and how it would fit in this chapter, or "Ooh, this song would be perfect for the atmosphere of this scene," etc.

So, YEAH, I'm working hard on it. I think I've fixed the mistakes of chapter one so that I can re-post it, but I want to have chapter 2 ready to go before I do that, and that's, like, 60% done. So there's that.

Lastly, I'm sorry for being MIA all these months, and thank you to those who reminded me that this story isn't (and shouldn't) be a complete and total bust. Catch y'all later!

~D.Star aka MJchick