Thanks for all the wonderful feedback.
PML - Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying it.
Dream Weaver - Glad you enjoyed it. As to what to do about Serina and Thomas, maybe you should read and find out
begonia9508 - Well Emily had already been showing powers, and Liz had been trying to teach her to control it, but blasting is certainly on a whole other level...
Emz80m - maybe try and see it her way, she's worried about her friend, she doesn't know what's going on really, but she does know that Liz was worried, and she did kinda take her under her wing you know... Anyway, I didn't intend to make Serina into a baddy, honest...
roswell3053 - Thanks for reading, but what's everyone got against Serina?
Flamehair - Has it ever been simple lol. Thanks for sticking with the story, I'm glad you're still enjoying it. As to Serina, I guess only time will tell...
Timelord31 - Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Alien614 - Is this soon enough?
83 AlienAngel - Well here it is
IzzyEvans2201_PuetroRico - Thanks for reading
Isabelle - You're making me blush, and I'm certain there are plenty of people whose fics are better than mine, but thanks for the compliment anyway, I'm only happy you're still enjoying them... As to Thomas and Serina - Kyle was just setting off, but I guess he had to slam on the break to keep from running her over, plenty of time to get in then... As you say, there's every reason why they should leave, but do you think she's going to? And as far as Maria goes - who says she hasn't already remembered and just not said anything...?
ceg - Well, you never know, but I guess the only way is to continue reading to find out, hope I won't disappoint if you do...
Oh, and just two little plugs - if no one minds - The sequel to my CC fic goes up today (Reality Revealed), and I put up a little one parter a short while back too which is actually like a little prequel this in the cannon universe part (basically just set at some point after Graduation)The Important Thing, if anyone is interested, I'll make sure the links are provided on my author's thread.
Here's the new chapter, I hope you all enjoy it.
Kat
Chapter 44
“What do you mean she blasted him…?” Isabel looked over at Liz questioningly as the two of them stood at the edge of a small patch of grass at the side of the road. The van apparently needed more fuel, and it had been decided that for safety reasons they shouldn’t all go. Better, it had been judged, for one or two to go along and then there was less chance of them being picked up.
In the end Serina and Max had been chosen to go, posing as a young married couple on holiday with their son, and the others had been left a little way back up the road. Liz had objected to Serina’s participation of course, but the other woman was stubborn, and it did no good… The young brunette knew her friend was getting deeper and deeper into something she didn’t even understand, and there was nothing she could do about it.
After Max and Serina had left, Kyle, Michael and Maria had all headed to a nearby diner, but Emily had made a beeline towards the grass, insisting that she wanted to play and Liz hadn’t had the heart to refuse her so Isabel had volunteered to keep the two of them company.
Liz sighed and shook her head as she watched her little girl playing happily. From looking at her now, who would have thought that Emily was anything other than a normal child…? “Just what I say… One minute she’s yelling at him to let go, the next the poor little guy gets what he thinks is a static shock…” She ran a hand through her hair, pushing the long brown tresses back out of her face and glancing over at Isabel briefly. “It was a really little one obviously, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to cover it up, but…”
“It’s got you worried…?” The red-head guessed. Strictly speaking, she hadn’t known the young woman very long, having spent less than a day in her company before, and another day travelling now. There were certain things about her which made her feel as though she had known her for a lifetime however, and right at this moment in time she felt so sorry for the young girl.
Liz nodded. “Yeah… I mean, there was no warning about it, and I have enough trouble controlling it myself, how’s she supposed to be able to…?”
“With practice…it’ll be okay…” Isabel gave her a reassuring smile and reached out to touch her arm. “You know this is one of the reasons you should stay with us… We know how to deal with these things…” She pointed out softly.
“Yeah…I know…” The younger of the two girls sighed and pulled her coat more tightly around her body. She had come to the same conclusion after thinking on what had happened in Asbury Park, although she hadn’t voiced that conclusion to the others as yet. She was never going to be able to live a truly normal life it seemed, but at least if she were with the others, she was with people who understood, even if it was…complicated… “You know that Serina wants to come with us as well don’t you…?” She commented, making a blatant attempt to change the subject. Her own plans for the future, as in whether she was staying with the others or not really weren’t something she wanted to discuss right now…
“How much does she know…?” Although still uncertain about the older woman who it appeared had befriended Liz, there was something about her that she couldn’t quite put her finger on.
“Nothing…” Liz shook her head slightly. “I haven’t told her a thing, except to insist that she doesn’t go back to the old apartment... I avoided giving details about my relationship, and yet even with so little information, and knowing we’re obviously in danger which I’m certain she does, she’s still saying she wants to come with us…”
“She seems like a good friend…”
The young mother nodded. “She is, she has been, she’s been wonderful, but she needs to go back to her life. It just isn’t fair on her, to drag her, and Thomas, into it… She shook her head. When Serina had first told her of her intention, a tiny part of her had been relieved to know she was still going to be around, but as the hours had past since the announcement, more and more she found herself thinking of the increased danger, and coming to the conclusion that she couldn’t let her do this… “Isabel, she’s saying she wants to stay because she’s worried about me, I know this and I’m grateful really, but I can’t let her…”
“Maybe this isn’t your choice to make though…” Isabel commented softly.
The other girl looked at her questioningly. “I don’t understand…” In telling Isabel about Serina’s intentions, she had been expecting to receive strong opposition and consequently support for her own thoughts, but instead…
She sighed. “Liz, back home, in Roswell, before we left, I was married… After Alex died, I graduated early and went to the community college. I started dating, in secret, a lawyer who had just joined my father’s practice. We got married a couple of months before we had to leave Roswell, and I made one of the biggest mistakes of my life… I told him he couldn’t come with us… I told him that I wouldn’t put his life in danger like that…” Isabel blinked, and blotted her eyes with a tissue. “The point is, that wasn’t my decision to make. He wanted to come with me, because he loved me, and I loved him too… There isn’t a day goes by I don’t wonder what it would have been like had he come with me…”
Listening in silence, Liz nodded slightly, her hand moving to her neck where her locket hung as always. She understood what Isabel felt, she too had lost someone, but this wasn’t the same thing. Serina was a friend, a good one yes, but just a friend…
Pausing for a moment, Isabel studied the expression on her face, and gave a little smile as though she understood. “I know it’s different, but the basis is the same… Max said something when we left Roswell, he said it wasn’t his decision to make for us all, that we had to make it for ourselves, and he was right…”
“But she doesn’t understand, how can she make a decision without understanding what she’s signing up for…? How can she know to protect herself, how can realise what she’s giving up…” The young brunette shook her head desperately. ”If Serina makes this decision now, she can’t back out and you know it… She can never go back…”
“Well maybe it’s time to tell her then…”
Both girls looked around in surprise to find that Maria had come out to join them. The other girl waved and smiled as she stepped out onto the grass.
Liz was stunned by the suggestion and shook her head. “I can’t do that, what if—“
Maria held up her hand. “Do you trust her…?”
She nodded silently. “Yes, bu-“
This time it was Isabel’s turn to interrupt. “For now, make her understand the danger, then give it another week… If by the time we’re moving on again, she’s still determined to come with us, tell her everything…” She instructed simply.
“What about Michael though…?” Liz stared at them with open eyes, unable to believe what she was hearing.
Maria smiled. “Leave him to me…” She lapsed into silence for a moment, and then looked back at the other girl. “She helped you, when you needed it, without knowing anything about you… And, she didn’t tell us that she knew you when we asked, she kept your ‘secret’ as such, and that’s a pretty good recommendation to me…” She explained softly, hesitating before adding something more in little more than a whisper. “Besides, a good friend of mine once told me ‘Serina’ would be a good friend…”
This comment drew another confused look from both Liz and Isabel, and Maria shook her head, knowing that explaining about their own Liz’s visitor from the future wasn’t something that needed to be done right now. The future he had come from didn’t exist anymore, her best friend had made sure of that… “Don’t worry about it… It’s not important…” She assured the young mother softly, although internally she couldn’t help but wonder – was this the same Serina…?
so glad you liked it! As you say, there may be bumps still to come - Michael to deal with for one, but I have faith in our little group hehe. And as for photos, maybe the girls just didn't think of that under the circumstances/ or when it comes to the wedding picture of course that woudl be in the room Max was staying in I imagine. 
. As for Liz and Max, they need time, and then, who knows...
Seriously though, I'm so glad you're still enjoying the story. I know this story has been going a long time and thanks for sticking with it.