She's preparing herself for anger, maybe. Disappointment of some kind. How could you make that decision for me? would be a fair comeback to what she did, especially if he hasn't had the last near year to live that she has. Her pushing Michael away isn't exactly her smartest move ever. It's not the nicest thing she's ever done to herself, let alone him.

But instead he just smiles. And Maria's confused.

"How can you love him and not want to be with him?" she asks. "How can he and be with someone else?" He can't possibly mean like brotherly or friendly love, not with the way they were.

"And even so, you're his ex. And I was his friend first. I shouldn't have done anything to even start with." But he had been there. Michael had shown up for her, even if he had been kissing Lindsays in between.