Once Jackie had gotten them back to Michael's house, he waved goodbye and drove off, them waving at him. Once he was out of sight, they walked back into the house, Michael holding Aislinn up. She was so dead from walking and running so much that her legs gave out on her for an hour. "I'm so sorry I'm making you carry me, Michael." She apologized. He chuckled. "It's no problem, Aislinn. Don't worry about it." He realized when he first picked her up that she was as light as he was, maybe even lighter. 'Maybe she's gone days without eating...' Michael thought to himself. 'I've done that before, that's for sure.' He felt her shivering and got her into his private library and put her on a couch next to the fire place. He covered her up with a blanket and started the fire. He stood up and looked at her. "I'll get you some hot cocoa, ok?" She nodded and he went out of the library and into the kitchen to make hot cocoa for the both of them.
She looked around the library and found a book right next to her. She picked it up and looked at it. "Moonwalk, huh?" She opened it up and started reading it. She was so into reading it that she didn't realize Michael came back in with the hot cocoa and sat next to her, placing one of the mugs in front of her on the coffee table. He held his mug and smiled. "You like my book?" She jumped slightly. "Whoa, when did you get here?" He chuckled at her reaction. "Just a few seconds ago, Aislinn. Your hot cocoa is right there." He pointed to her mug on the coffee table. She placed the book down gently on the table next to her and grabbed her mug and took a sip of the cocoa. Her eyes went wide and a smile crept on her face. "This is really good, Michael." "Thanks. Its homemade from regular cocoa powder, sugar, marshmallow minis, and coffee creamer." She took another sip and savored the taste. "It's really good. I love it. Mother never made anything like this before." Michael smiled and placed his arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer to him. "Your mother must have been nice at some point, right?" Aislinn giggled. "Yeah...I loved her so much...it makes me sad to know that she and my father are gone...and have been gone for 13 years..." Michael placed his hand on her head and placed her head on his shoulder, moving his head onto hers. He placed his mug on the table next to him and grabbed the remote. He pressed the 'on' button and it turned on the television. He clicked 2 times to turn it to the movie 'Jaws'. Aislinn looked at Michael after placing her mug down on the coffee table. "I've...uh...I've never seen this movie before." He looked at her. "You scared, Aislinn?" "N-Not really, but..." "Look, if you get scared, hold onto my hand, ok?" She looked at him and nodded nervously. He smiled and placed his arm around her shoulder yet again, pressing 'play' on the remote.
About 30 minutes into the movie, Aislinn grabbed his hand. He realized she hated seeing attacks like that. So he whispered in her ear, "If you need to, you can cover your eyes." She looked at him. "How would I do that?" He chuckled. "Just turn your head away, bury your head in my shoulder. Whatever you feel like." She nodded and then continued watching the movie. When it got to a really scary part, she both held his hand and buried her head in his chest. He placed a hand on the back of her head and patted her head softly, running his fingers through her hair.
Once the movie ended, she was calm, but she kept seeing things. They realized that it was about 9 pm and started getting ready for bed. Once they were ready, they slid into bed and pretty soon, Michael fell asleep. Aislinn, on the other hand, was having a hard time sleeping. Because of 'Jaws', she kept moving around. Until..."AH!" she woke up, scared out of her mind. She panted like crazy. Michael woke up a bit after and looked at her. "You alright, Aislinn?!" She looked at him and buried her head in his chest and started to cry. He held her closely to him, running one hand up and down her back and the other hand rubbing the back of her head. "Sh...calm down, Aislinn. It's going to be alright." She was shaking and he could tell. She was so frightened. "Don't like sharks, huh?" She looked at him. "I love sharks, Michael, but...shark attacks freak me out, to be honest. My nightmare consisted of a shark attack while I was swimming out in the ocean...I'm scared. Don't let them eat me, please???" She buried her head back into his chest. He continued comforting her. "I won't even let them touch you, Aislinn." He kissed her head and they laid back down and fell asleep, Michael letting her sleep on his chest with his arms around her.
The next day, that is, after rehearsal and McCauley went home tired, Michael got an idea. "Hey Aislinn, wanna go out into Neverland?" Her head shot up when she heard 'Neverland'. "Neverland? Really? You'd take me out there?" He smiled and nodded. "Of course. You haven't seen Neverland before, have you?" She shook her head no. "No I haven't. I'd love to see it, though." He smiled and led her to the golf cart he had behind the house and they drove off into the theme park. She looked at everything and smiled. "This is Neverland? It's even better than I imagined!" He smiled even more. "You can act like a kid all you want here. I come in here sometimes to get away from the stresses of work." "And John?" Michael giggled. "Yep, and John. Well, here we are." He stopped the golf cart and they got out in front of the theater. Aislinn saw a bridge that was over a lovely river. She ran towards the bridge and looked at Neverland. "Wow, its so beautiful here. It must have cost a lot to build this place." Michael soon joined her, putting his hand on her hip. "Yeah, a whole $17 million. And kids have asked me if I still had money." Aislinn giggled. "I love it here already. If I was a kid again, I would never want to leave Neverland. Ever." She leaned her head against his shoulder. "You know what, Michael?" "What?" "Sometimes, when I was real little, I wished I could go to Neverland to get away from my family and to never grow up. I didn't like the way my older sister ended up...and I never wanted to be the same way. Now she's been married 5 times, still on the 5th husband of hers." "5 times? Wow...you don't mind if we talk about yesterday for a minute?" "Not at all." "What did Cory tell you before Jackie and I showed up?" Aislinn looked down at the water. "She asked me if I ever felt like I was in love with you. I told her about how my parents would tease me for, not only being 2 years younger than you, being in love with you when I knew almost nothing about you." "Do you still feel like you know almost nothing about me now?" She looked at him and he looked at her. "No. I feel as if I've known you for a long time...I remember a time when I was about 4 that I heard music coming from a house down the street. Every night, I'd listen to them practice and it lulled me to sleep." He thought it sounded familiar. "If you don't mind me asking...where were you born?" "Gary, Indiana." He was taken back. "You were that little girl a couple grades behind me?" Now that she thought about it, she remembered a boy she met that long while back. "Yeah, I guess I was. I was just a preschooler, but...I guess I..." "You guess you what?" She looked at him. "I guess you can say I had a crush on you since I was very little. I just never realized it until now." Michael smiled at her. Now he found out who that little girl was that always came over to his house in Gary to play with Randy while his mom and her mom talked, and while Joseph was out of the house. The wind blew her hair back and he was getting attracted to her a lot more. He put his left hand on her cheek and turned her head toward him. "I guess you can say that I had a crush on you, too, Aislinn." He hugged her and held her close, not wanting to let go. She hugged him back. They pulled a part for a few seconds and looked at each other in the eyes. Michael leaned in, closing his eyes and Aislinn closing hers, and kissed her. This time, she wasn't shocked or anything. The sparks came back and she finally realized...they were good sparks.