Title: The Easy Life
Author: SpiderGirl
Disclaimer: I own nothing on this planet. Roswell belongs to Metz and Katims.
Summary: Max and Michael think they live the easy life, what happens when their life becomes not so easy?
Rating: ADULT
Coupling: Max/Michael
A Note: The little girl is Abby Breslin from Signs and Raising Helen. They're going to be Jaqueline and Cassie.
***
He padded barefoot and lonely to the empty couch to watch the video recording of Max's birthday. He hated it when Max went away on cases, it got so lonely. He tucked his feet underneath himself and pulled the big blanket up over him as he curled up then pressed play on the remote. Max would be getting home tomorrow night and he couldn't wait to have his lover in his arms once more. He hated playing the love-sick-lonely housewife, it was degrading but he wouldn't change it for the world. Not when he knew Max was coming home to him. He smiled as he watched the shenanigans on the TV but his happy moment was interrupted by a knock at the door
"Who on Earth could it be this time of night?" he mumbled to himself as he paused the tape and got up. He opened the door to see a woman dressed in a dark grey suit holding a sleeping girl in her arms
"Are you Michael Guerin?" she asked shifting the little girl higher
"Yes, can I help you?"
"May I come in?" she asked he held the door open as she came in and settled the sleeping four year old girl on the couch "Allow me to introduce myself my name is Amber Jenkins and I worked for Stevens, Stevens and Sweeney in New York" he nodded confused as to what she wanted to him
"Why are you all the way down here in Roswell? Is it to do with her?" asked Michael pointing to the girl on the couch
"Yes. She, my client, lost her family in a tragic accident three days ago. Her family was all she had and we've been trying to locate relatives since she lost her parents and grandparents. That's where you come in"
"Me? What have I got to do with it?"
"According to records and Will Testament you are her Uncle and legal guardian"
"What?" he gasped moving to sit down
"You are Michael Guerin adopted by the Whitmore-Guerins in 1989 aren't you?"
"Yes, yes I am... are you saying that my real parents and my sister and her husband are dead and now I'm that little girl's guardian"
"Yes that is correct" said Amber as she began taking out sheets of stapled paper "Will you sign to adopt her?"
"Wait! Adopt?"
"Yes, you have to adopt her to be her legal guardian. If you fail to adopt her she becomes a ward of the state and shall enter into the foster care system..." that was all it took and Michael was on his feet
"No!" he snapped "Where do I sign?" he asked he picked up the pen when the door was pushed open and in walked a man carrying another little girl. Michael looked confused until she was laid down next to the first girl. Twins!
"They're twins Jacqueline and Cassandra Stevens" she explained he looked at the two girls and his heart went out to them. Max was going to kill him! He signed on the dotted line and it became official, he was now legal guardian to Jaq and Cassie Guerin.
***
Max stuck his key in the door and pushed it open, thank god he was home! He smiled as he came in then it vanished when he saw Michael watching two four year old girls stand on the coffee table performing a little play. There were shopping bags everywhere and tons of girls clothes scattered around
"Michael?" he said and Michael jumped up with surprise
"You're back! Come in! Come in! I want you to meet Jaq and Cassie" he said pulling his partner inside towards the coffee table.
"Whose he?" whispered Jaq to her sister
"Dunno" she replied just as quietly
"Jaq, Cassie this is Max. Max this is Jaqueline and Cassandra Guerin, my nieces" he explained
"But you don't have any nieces. I thought the Guerins couldn't have children that's why they adopted"
"No Max, my real nieces. From my real sister"
"They tracked you down? They're here in Roswell?" Max demanded angrily Michael shook his head and pulled his partner towards the kitchen
"Some lawyer turned up last night. My parents and sister were killed in a car crash, they survived because they were at school. After some tracking the lawyers found me. I'm their legal guardian now, I'm going to need you to check the paper work out but Max! I have nieces! We have kids! We're a big family now!" he said excited then threw his arms around Max. Max had never seen his lover this excited before and despite how weird and far fetched it sounded he'd fight to keep Michael happy.
"I bets he hates us" whispered Cassie "he's a misog! Not like unca Mical" her sister nodded then they both gasped when Michael pressed his forehead against Max's and kissed him. Michael glanced over to them pulling away from Max when he heard them gasp
"Uh oh, I think we better explain"
"Let me go get changed first. I've been in nothing but suits for the past week" he said and disappeared to the bedroom. He came out wearing jeans and a baggy shirt like Michael. They sat down on the couch and pulled the girls onto their knees; Jaq on Michael's and Cassie on Max's
"You know that I'm your Uncle well Max is going to be your Uncle too. Sometimes grownups... grown up guys like other guys instead of girls and they get together and they're... happy. Together" Michael tried to explain and Cassie began to cry
"Yous like guys insteada girls? Doncha like me?" she sobbed and Max chuckled giving her a hug
"We love you" said Michael then squeezed Jaq "Both of you! You're our family!"
***
Michael carried the two girls to the large guest room bed and laid them down and pulled the blanket over them. He went back out to find Max looking over all the papers
"Well?"
"It's official, and real Michael. You really adopted them" he said leaning back and dropping the last sheet on the table "They're Guerins now" Michael wrapped his arms around Max's shoulders
"Thanks for looking it over" he said the pressed a soft kiss to Max's cheek
"Hey it's what I do" Max smiled leaning back and closing his eyes as his lover began kissing his neck innocently. He slid his hand up into Michael's hair and sighed
"Let's go to bed. I missed you" Michael said taking Max's hand and pulling him up. They shut off the lights and went to their bedroom and stripped down to their shorts before climbing into bed. They met in the middle of the cool bed and began kissing and making out
"A week is too long" Max commented as their shorts came off. Michael curled up with his back against Max's chest as Max wrapped his arms around his lovers waist and they began to drift off too sleep.
***
The next morning Jaq pushed the door open and peeked in, they were curled up under the blanket still fast asleep, she put her hand over her mouth and giggled then hurried back to the kitchen to help Cassie get the tray down from the counter. Between them they carefully carried the tray into the bedroom and stood near the bed they counted to three
"SURPRISE!" they shouted together and the boys jerked awake with fright. Max smiled when his eyes settled on the two girls standing there holding a tray with two bowls of soggy cereal and over filled glasses of juiece; they'd made them breakfast
"Wow! Now who made this for us?" he asked as he sat up. Michael growled and buried his head under the pillow. Any noise in the morning was not good especially for a Sunday! Max shoved Michael
"Wake up! The Angels made us Breakfast!"
"Huh?!"
"Our nieces!" he snapped shoving Michael's ass once more
"Stop spankin me! I'm up!" he rolled over covering himself with the sheet and he saw Jaq and Cassie standing there trying to lift the tray onto the bed. Michael took it from them and set it between them then the girls climbed onto the bed
"Well! Eatie up!" ordered Cassie the guys settled into their soggy cornflakes and warm milk and orange juice and even though it didn't taste that good they ate each and every single bit to make the girls happy. Jaq and Cassie sat there watching and making sure they ate it all up before they pulled the tray away from them and headed back to the kitchen. Michael grabbed his shorts and quickly put them on disappearing into the bathroom Max jumped when he heard something smashing in the kitchen and he grabbed his shorts and his dressing gown and went to investigate. Cassie was standing there with both hands over her mouth staring at Jaq who was holding the tray and all the bowls and glasses where broken on the floor
"Whoopsie" she said then burst into tears
"Didn't mean ta break 'em" said Cassie and she burst into tears too. Max just smiled and pulled them into a hug
"It's okay, it doesn't matter. As long as your okay" he said trying to calm the girls down "Come on, let's go watch some TV and I'll clean this up"
"Weally sorewee unca Max" sobbed Jaq as she began to sniffle
"It's okay" he said as he ushered them to the couch and sat them in front of the TV. So this was parenting? He thought as he began to clean up the mess then he paused; he was a parental figure now... a parent. Michael came out wearing a towel and saw Max cleaning up the mess
"Michael we're parents" he whispered suddenly and Michael nodded with a grin
"Yeah, yeah we are" he replied as he suddenly realised it too.
TBC...
but I'm going to watch Cherry Falls now. Maybe I'll get a little inspiration from the film to type up the rest of this part? 
