Chapter 8
Tess ran blindly, the tears running silently down her cheeks. “How could this happen?” she thought to herself. “I trusted them…”
She was running so fast, and not paying any attention, that she barely heard the squealing brakes and car horn before she felt a crack and a searing pain in her right thigh. She felt the sensation of flying and then and her head hit the ground hard. She thought “I’m going to die and no one will even care…” before her world went black.
“Oh SH*T!!” Kyle cried as he slammed down hard on his brakes. He saw Tess running into the street and barely had enough time to even try to break before he hit her. He had been looking for her, on the most likely route she would have taken home, for the past 30 minutes. He couldn’t figure out where she went! He knew she hadn’t gone with Max and the others because he saw Michael on the way out and he told Kyle that Tess had went to the restroom, and was going to look for him after. She never showed up.
Kyle saw Tess fly through the air and land about 15 feet in front of his car. He cursed again and scrambled with the door handle, finally making it out of his car and over to Tess. He knelt down next to her, tears forming in his eyes and whispered “Tess, please don’t die…please…”. He could see blood pooling under her head and that she had a broken leg. He was sure there were more non-visible injuries, but knowing he could not call an ambulance, for obvious reasons, he quickly picked her up and laid her gently in the back seat of his car. He kicked the car into gear and simultaneously picked up his cell phone. He punched in the speed dial number for Max’s cell phone. “Please answer, please god, answer!” He said frantically while turning in the direction of town and pressing down harder on the accelerator.
Max pulled the Jeep into the Valenti driveway and quickly got out. Looking all around, he walked up the path to the front door and knocked as hard as he could without pounding on the door. The sheriff opened the door in a T-shirt and shorts and looked surprised to see Max at that late hour.
“Max, what’s going on?” He moved aside so Max could come in and closed the door.
“Hey Sheriff, is Tess home?” Max asked.
“No, no, I haven’t seen her since this morning.” He crossed his arms in front of his chest to fend off the night chill Max let in when he came through the door. “What’s this all about Max?” he stated beginning to get suspicious.
“I need to tell you something about Tess. Maybe you should sit down” Max said
“Ok” the sheriff replied and took a seat at the dining room table.
Max quickly followed his lead, and sat down.
“So what do you have to tell me son?” the sheriff asked with a little foreboding in his voice.
“Well, Tess isn’t from around here.” Max stated.
“I know that, she’s from Albuquerque” the sheriff replied.
“No, that’s not what I mean sheriff…” just then Max’s cell phone rang. “I’m sorry, give me a second ok?” The sheriff sat back in his chair waiting. Thinking it was Michael calling to say they found Tess, Max leaned down a little and flipped open his phone. “Michael?”
“Max!” Kyle yelled “I just hit Tess with my car!” he continued.
Max quickly stood up from his chair “Kyle? What? How? Why did you do that?”
“It was an accident for pete’s sake! I didn’t even see her before she was right in front of the car!”
“Where are you?” Max asked hurridly.
“I’m on Main street, heading straight into town…” Kyle replied.
Max broke in “Listen, come to your house! I’m here with your father.”
“Does he know about Tess?” Kyle asked.
“He will soon…Hurry and get here!” Max replied and hung up.
Isabel and Michael were still looking for Tess around the center of town when Michael’s phone rang.
Seeing the caller ID, Michael said “Max, did you find her?”
Isabel looking nervous, grabbed Michael’s arm and said “What? Did he? What’s he saying??”
“Gosh Iz, hold on! Ok, Max yeah, we’ll be there as soon as we can get Alex and the others. Ok, bye.”
“What did he say Michael?” Isabel asked looking frantic.
“He said Kyle hit Tess with his car. He doesn’t know all the details but Kyle is bringing Tess to the Valenti’s house. That’s where Max is.”
Just then they saw Kyle’s mustang whizzing by them-they simultaneously hoped he wouldn’t get pulled over for speeding…
“Oh my god…” Isabel said while looking shocked and holding her hand to her forehead. “I can’t believe this is happening.”
“Come on” Michael said, practically dragging Isabel with him. “We have to go get the others and get to Kyle’s house in Alex’s car.”
Maria had just put the finishing touches on Alex’s newly painted toe nails and Liz was removing his face mask with a wet, pink washcloth when Michael and Isabel burst into Liz’s room through the window.
Michael coming in first said “Alex we need your…oh my god, what are you letting them do to you?”
Alex stood up since Liz was finished removing the mask. “It’s ok, I’m secure enough in my manhood to have a face mask done from time to time.”
Isabel saw his bright green toenails, and tried to stifle a giggle. It was a welcome mood change from the heavy emotion she was just feeling. She pointed down at his nails, “And those?” she asked with a coy smile.
“Oh don’t be so mean to him!” Maria exclaimed. “It takes a special kind of guy to let his friends paint his toenails to relieve stress.”
“Relieve stress for you or him?” Isabel asked.
“Guys! We aren’t here to insult Alex, even though that’s what it looks like” he gestured in Alex’s direction.
Alex crossed his arms over his chest and looked hurt. Isabel felt bad, but she’d have to talk to him about it later. She was having to put off all of their conversations for later these days. She gave an internal sigh.
“Max just called my phone, and we know where Tess is.”
“Where is she?” Liz asked.
“Apparently Kyle hit her with his car, and he’s taking her to his house. Max is there.”
“Oh my god!” Maria exclaimed.
“I’m guessing this means Kyle knows about Tess, huh?” Maria asked.
“Yeah, I saw him at the carnival, and I told him briefly while we were in the restroom.” Michael replied.
“Well what are we standing around here for?” Liz almost yelled. “Let’s go!” She didn’t want Max to be the only alien around when Tess came to, if she came to…
Kyle pulled up behind Max in his driveway and threw the car in park. Max and the sheriff came running out of the house. The sheriff looked like he had seen a ghost, and Kyle assumed Max had just finished telling him about Tess.
“Quick, help me get her inside!” Kyle yelled
“No, I have to check her first!” Max stated. “I have to see if her neck and back are ok before we move her.”
“Ok man, hurry up!” Kyle practically screamed. His perfect girl was slipping away, and he couldn’t help her one damn bit. He finally saw one of the advantages of being and alien; or at least Max Evans. He would give anything for the ability to heal right now.
Max came over and knelt down by Tess’s head. He put one hand on her forehead and the other on her abdomen. The tell tale signs of an internal exam, being his glowing hands, told Kyle and the sheriff that he was checking her out. Max broke the connection and gave a strangled sigh. “Her neck and back aren’t broken, but I can’t get through to heal her internal injuries. She needs to open her eyes so I can form the connection to heal. Quick help me move her.!”
Max picked up her upper torso, and Kyle grabbed her legs. The sheriff went for the front door, and they quickly carried her inside. Just before they got there, the sheriff had laid down a thick layer of towels on the couch for Tess to lay on. Max and Kyle laid her down there as gently as possible.
Max again knelt down beside her and said “Tess, Tess can you hear me?” He touched right side of her face with his whole hand “Tess, I need you to look at me so I can heal you.”
Tess moaned and began to stir. She opened her eyes just a slit, and that was all Max needed. He plunged in for the connection. Tess moaned again when she realized that Max was touching her.
“Traitor!” she said to Max in her mind. “Leave me alone!”
“Tess..” he replied “Tess, you are hurt. You have to let me help you!”
Just then the Sheriff’s front door burst open and the rest of the gang piled into the room. Liz’s eyes went automatically in search of Max and found him kneeling next to Tess. She couldn’t help but feel a pang of jealousy as outwardly all she could tell was that he was touching her face and that they were staring at each other. She knew he was attempting to heal her, and she hoped Tess wouldn’t hate them all when she was healed.
“Kyle” Liz said “How is she?”
Kyle sighed and turned around to face Liz “She’s pretty banged up, but Max said her neck and back weren’t broken.”
“That’s good” Liz replied while coming over to put her hand on Kyle’s arm in comfort. He looked pretty guilty even though she was sure it wasn’t his fault.
“So what happened Kyle?” Liz asked quietly with concern on her face.
“I don’t know Liz!” he states exasperated. “One minute I’m driving down the street looking for her, and the next thing I know she ran right in front of my car! I barely had time to break, much less swerve…”
“Oh Kyle, I’m so sorry…we didn’t know where she ran too.” Liz stated while looking down.
“What? When did you see her?” Kyle asked.
“Well, it was more like she saw us. After meeting with Tess at the Carnival, Max, Michael, and Iz came over to the Crashdown to tell us how it went. While we were all caught up in talking she slipped in…and I’m not sure what she heard, everyone was pretty much talking about her….but the next thing we new she yelled out traitors! You betrayed me! Then she ran out of there as fast as she could.”
Kyle looked slightly pissed and replied “I’m guessing those three…” indicating Max, Michael, and Isabel “never got around to telling her about us knowing?”
“No, they were going to wait until tomorrow…guess they shouldn’t have.”
“Yeah I guess not” Kyle said.
“Tess, you have a lot of internal injuries. If you don’t let me heal you, you will probably die.” Max pleaded with her.
“I don’t care! You, Michael, and your sister aren’t who I thought you were…you have betrayed me!!”
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How Dreams Connect Us (AU, ALL, Teen/Adult) Ch 9 - 6/19/2006
Chapter 9
“Tess, please! It’s not what you think! They are our friends! They know about us and would never turn us in! I’m in love with one of them for crying out loud!” Max pleaded with her.
“You are lying, and I don’t believe you…” Tess snapped back.
“Tess please, search my mind, I know now that since we are talking in this connection that you can tell if I’m lying…please! Your life depends on it!” Max was internally crying by this time. He didn’t know what about this girl called to him, but he knew he didn’t want to let her go like this.
Tess knew what to do, she’d done it before to her unsuspecting foster parents when they were asleep. She knew when they lied to her, and they never could figure out how. She had used her abilities to weed out the bad foster parents…the ones who just wanted her for the check. She had systematically revealed their intentions to CPS, and each time she would be moved. Humans were more trouble then they were worth sometimes! Tess gave an internal sigh of resignation and probed into Max’s mind. Max could feel when she entered his thoughts and opened wide the flood gates, not hiding anything from her. Tess was assailed with images and pictures of Max’s life.
*flash* Max’s sorrow of not knowing where he came from as a child and wandering naked with Isabel.
*flash* His love for the people that took him and Isabel in and eventually became mom and dad to them.
*flash* His love for Liz, pure and complete. She saw him healing Liz and Kyle that day on the Crashdown floor.
*flash* The sheriff hugging Kyle outside the Crashdown and accepting Max, not even caring what he was or how he did it.
*flash* The day Liz asked where Max was from and his feelings while he told her the truth.
*flash* So many happy times since all the humans found out-love, friendship, acceptance, love, friendship, acceptance…
*flash* Max meeting Tess and feeling connected to her just like he was connected to Isabel and Michael.
Then the flashes stopped, and Tess was sobbing internally. “Ma-Max, I’m so sorry…I di-didn’t know…” Tess could feel her life slipping away. “Ma-ax…”
Internally Max screamed “No TESS!! Don’t give up now!” and quickly he found that she was letting him in. He scanned her body and started repairing the most damaged areas. Moving from one area to the next, he healed every inch of her. He didn’t know he had the ability to heal so quickly, but healing Tess was very easy now that she was letting him in. Finally after repairing the last severed vein, Max broke the connection.
He opened his eyes and found that he and Tess were wrapped in a tight hug. She was still sobbing, and was thanking him over and over. “Max, I didn’t know…..thank you …thank you for showing me…thank you for healing me…”
“Shhh, Tess. It’s ok. I understand. Shhh, you are going to be ok now.” He said as he stroked her hair. Max then pulled away slightly and Isabel came over and gathered Tess up in a hug.
“Tess, I’m so sorry we didn’t tell you sooner. You don’t ever have to be afraid of us. Or them” she said as she gestured to all of the humans in the room. “Well, maybe that one” she said with a giggle pointing at Kyle as she winked at him.
Maria handed her some tissue and Tess wiped her eyes and blew her nose. She looked around the room with puffy albeit shining eyes and studied the faces of those around her. Genuine concern showed on everyone’s faces. Her eyes came to Kyle’s and stopped.
“Tess, I’m SO sorry…I didn’t even see you! I wish the car would have hit me instead of you…”Kyle trailed off at the end.
Tess stood up and walked over to Kyle “It’s ok Kyle, it wasn’t your fault. I’m actually kind of glad that you did hit me though.”
Kyle looked confused and asked “Why…?”
“Because if you hadn’t I wouldn’t have found out from Max about all of you….or at least it would have been a lot harder and not as meaningful. I actually didn’t care if I lived or died in the moments before you hit me. I thought everything I had been dreaming about my entire life was a lie. Every day I endured in a foster family a waste…Since Max showed me the truth though, I see things as they are. I really see the truth.”
“Well, I’m sure you kids need to get home” the sheriff broke in.
“It’s past curfew, and I’m still the sheriff!” he said.
Everyone broke out into relieved laughter and made plans to meet the next day for lunch. Isabel hugged Tess again, and Tess then walked up to Liz and Maria. “Liz, thank you for being there for Max and everyone…he really loves you, you know…”
Liz’s eyes misted over at hearing those words from Tess, and she replied “Well, he did save my life, but I know I’d love him the same even if he never had to.”
“We have that in common now!” Tess replied “He saved both of our lives!” And Tess hugged Liz. Liz looking somewhat taken aback, hugged her new friend back.
“You gave us a big scary missy!” Maria broke in while patting Tess on the back. “No more jumping in front of moving vehicles ok?” Mara said smiling.
“Don’t worry, I won’t be doing that willingly again” Tess replied with an embarrassed look on her face. Maria and Liz both hugged her. Alex then jumped into the hug and encircled all three of them. “Oh you girls! I so like when everyone is healthy and happy!”
Isabel saw Alex hugging the girls and wondered what it would be like with his arms around her. She gave her head a little shake and continued thinking internally “Wait a second, what did I just think? Huh…I think it’s time for me and my green-toe nailed friend to have a little talk…” She continued to think while outwardly blushing.
“Ok guys, enough goodbye’s, go home. Get some rest for tomorrow, I have a feeling you will need it!” the sheriff exclaimed with one eyebrow raised.
Everyone filed out, and Kyle ran out to move his mustang so Max could get out of the driveway. As Isabel walked by his car she noticed the blood staining the back seat. She quickly waved her hand over it and erased all signs of Tess’s ordeal.
“Thank Iz, that makes me feel much better…” Kyle said with genuine thanks.
Isabel just smiled and continued to get into the Jeep “No problem.”
“Can you swing by Main St. and 4th on your way home? The road its…” Kyle broke off at the end
“We got it Kyle, don’t worry.” Isabel said.
As everyone was leaving Jim came up beside Tess, who was still wiping her cheeks and blowing her nose, and put his arm around her.
“You have been through quite a lot today, haven’t you?” he asked Tess.
She sighed and said, “Yeah, but I think this is the beginning of something big. I’ve finally found my family and I know we will begin to unlock the secrets of our past soon…I can feel it!”
“Ok, little lady, but right now you can unlock the secrets of a good night’s sleep! Off to bed with you.” He said while giving her a slight hug.
“Thanks Jim, see you in the morning.” Tess said as she walked to her room and closed the door behind her.
Kyle walked in just in time to see the back silhouette of Tess before she closed her door. “Man!” He thought to himself. “I almost lost her today…I don’t know how much longer I should wait to make this girl something other than my sister!” He wondered how he could have ever thought anything bad about aliens before….
Tess got into her bed and laid down. She snuggled into her sheets and cuddled with her pillow. She reached over and turned off her lamp, on her dresser, and took a deep breath before falling right to sleep.
That’s when her dream began….
“Tess, please! It’s not what you think! They are our friends! They know about us and would never turn us in! I’m in love with one of them for crying out loud!” Max pleaded with her.
“You are lying, and I don’t believe you…” Tess snapped back.
“Tess please, search my mind, I know now that since we are talking in this connection that you can tell if I’m lying…please! Your life depends on it!” Max was internally crying by this time. He didn’t know what about this girl called to him, but he knew he didn’t want to let her go like this.
Tess knew what to do, she’d done it before to her unsuspecting foster parents when they were asleep. She knew when they lied to her, and they never could figure out how. She had used her abilities to weed out the bad foster parents…the ones who just wanted her for the check. She had systematically revealed their intentions to CPS, and each time she would be moved. Humans were more trouble then they were worth sometimes! Tess gave an internal sigh of resignation and probed into Max’s mind. Max could feel when she entered his thoughts and opened wide the flood gates, not hiding anything from her. Tess was assailed with images and pictures of Max’s life.
*flash* Max’s sorrow of not knowing where he came from as a child and wandering naked with Isabel.
*flash* His love for the people that took him and Isabel in and eventually became mom and dad to them.
*flash* His love for Liz, pure and complete. She saw him healing Liz and Kyle that day on the Crashdown floor.
*flash* The sheriff hugging Kyle outside the Crashdown and accepting Max, not even caring what he was or how he did it.
*flash* The day Liz asked where Max was from and his feelings while he told her the truth.
*flash* So many happy times since all the humans found out-love, friendship, acceptance, love, friendship, acceptance…
*flash* Max meeting Tess and feeling connected to her just like he was connected to Isabel and Michael.
Then the flashes stopped, and Tess was sobbing internally. “Ma-Max, I’m so sorry…I di-didn’t know…” Tess could feel her life slipping away. “Ma-ax…”
Internally Max screamed “No TESS!! Don’t give up now!” and quickly he found that she was letting him in. He scanned her body and started repairing the most damaged areas. Moving from one area to the next, he healed every inch of her. He didn’t know he had the ability to heal so quickly, but healing Tess was very easy now that she was letting him in. Finally after repairing the last severed vein, Max broke the connection.
He opened his eyes and found that he and Tess were wrapped in a tight hug. She was still sobbing, and was thanking him over and over. “Max, I didn’t know…..thank you …thank you for showing me…thank you for healing me…”
“Shhh, Tess. It’s ok. I understand. Shhh, you are going to be ok now.” He said as he stroked her hair. Max then pulled away slightly and Isabel came over and gathered Tess up in a hug.
“Tess, I’m so sorry we didn’t tell you sooner. You don’t ever have to be afraid of us. Or them” she said as she gestured to all of the humans in the room. “Well, maybe that one” she said with a giggle pointing at Kyle as she winked at him.
Maria handed her some tissue and Tess wiped her eyes and blew her nose. She looked around the room with puffy albeit shining eyes and studied the faces of those around her. Genuine concern showed on everyone’s faces. Her eyes came to Kyle’s and stopped.
“Tess, I’m SO sorry…I didn’t even see you! I wish the car would have hit me instead of you…”Kyle trailed off at the end.
Tess stood up and walked over to Kyle “It’s ok Kyle, it wasn’t your fault. I’m actually kind of glad that you did hit me though.”
Kyle looked confused and asked “Why…?”
“Because if you hadn’t I wouldn’t have found out from Max about all of you….or at least it would have been a lot harder and not as meaningful. I actually didn’t care if I lived or died in the moments before you hit me. I thought everything I had been dreaming about my entire life was a lie. Every day I endured in a foster family a waste…Since Max showed me the truth though, I see things as they are. I really see the truth.”
“Well, I’m sure you kids need to get home” the sheriff broke in.
“It’s past curfew, and I’m still the sheriff!” he said.
Everyone broke out into relieved laughter and made plans to meet the next day for lunch. Isabel hugged Tess again, and Tess then walked up to Liz and Maria. “Liz, thank you for being there for Max and everyone…he really loves you, you know…”
Liz’s eyes misted over at hearing those words from Tess, and she replied “Well, he did save my life, but I know I’d love him the same even if he never had to.”
“We have that in common now!” Tess replied “He saved both of our lives!” And Tess hugged Liz. Liz looking somewhat taken aback, hugged her new friend back.
“You gave us a big scary missy!” Maria broke in while patting Tess on the back. “No more jumping in front of moving vehicles ok?” Mara said smiling.
“Don’t worry, I won’t be doing that willingly again” Tess replied with an embarrassed look on her face. Maria and Liz both hugged her. Alex then jumped into the hug and encircled all three of them. “Oh you girls! I so like when everyone is healthy and happy!”
Isabel saw Alex hugging the girls and wondered what it would be like with his arms around her. She gave her head a little shake and continued thinking internally “Wait a second, what did I just think? Huh…I think it’s time for me and my green-toe nailed friend to have a little talk…” She continued to think while outwardly blushing.
“Ok guys, enough goodbye’s, go home. Get some rest for tomorrow, I have a feeling you will need it!” the sheriff exclaimed with one eyebrow raised.
Everyone filed out, and Kyle ran out to move his mustang so Max could get out of the driveway. As Isabel walked by his car she noticed the blood staining the back seat. She quickly waved her hand over it and erased all signs of Tess’s ordeal.
“Thank Iz, that makes me feel much better…” Kyle said with genuine thanks.
Isabel just smiled and continued to get into the Jeep “No problem.”
“Can you swing by Main St. and 4th on your way home? The road its…” Kyle broke off at the end
“We got it Kyle, don’t worry.” Isabel said.
As everyone was leaving Jim came up beside Tess, who was still wiping her cheeks and blowing her nose, and put his arm around her.
“You have been through quite a lot today, haven’t you?” he asked Tess.
She sighed and said, “Yeah, but I think this is the beginning of something big. I’ve finally found my family and I know we will begin to unlock the secrets of our past soon…I can feel it!”
“Ok, little lady, but right now you can unlock the secrets of a good night’s sleep! Off to bed with you.” He said while giving her a slight hug.
“Thanks Jim, see you in the morning.” Tess said as she walked to her room and closed the door behind her.
Kyle walked in just in time to see the back silhouette of Tess before she closed her door. “Man!” He thought to himself. “I almost lost her today…I don’t know how much longer I should wait to make this girl something other than my sister!” He wondered how he could have ever thought anything bad about aliens before….
Tess got into her bed and laid down. She snuggled into her sheets and cuddled with her pillow. She reached over and turned off her lamp, on her dresser, and took a deep breath before falling right to sleep.
That’s when her dream began….
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How Dreams Connect Us (AU, ALL, Teen/Adult) Ch 10 - 6/19/200
Chapter 10
Tess was in a dimly lit room, it felt like it was around 60 degrees in temperature. She shivered, in what felt like her pajamas, and tried to warm her bare arms with her hands. The room was hazy with a kind of spicy, sweet smoke and she could feel that her back was pressed up against a wall. She heard a woman scream and so she froze where she was. In front of her she could make out a woman laying down on a slightly inclined surface. Around the woman were two other figures, she could tell were assisting with a birth. She didn’t know what was happening, but she remained entranced by the occurrence in front of her.
Through the smoke she could tell that a baby had just been born and was handed to a woman to the left. Before Tess could make out if the baby was a boy or a girl, the woman in labor gave another piercing scream. Tess could hear a man in front of the screaming woman say “Another?” and then he quickly bent to help the woman deliver her second child.
The woman, holding the crying baby, blew on what looked like an incense burner and instructed the woman in labor to breathe in deeply-that it would help give her strength to push. After another scream and much effort, the second child was born and handed to the now calm woman, and Tess could make out a golden sheen on that baby’s head, through the haze.
The man said, “Andrina…this baby is female…what will we do?”
The woman waved her hand over her daughter, and the evidence of just being born was wiped away. Then she replied, “I will name her 'Ava' because she will be “my light”.
“Andrina, my love, you know we will have to send her to Kentwaisis, she can’t stay here on Antar…it is the law…” the man continued.
“Shh, shhh” Andrina cooed to the restless baby in her arms “All will be worked out Jameus…for this day has been foretold…many years ago.”
Jameus took their other baby, a son, out of the other woman’s hands, cleaned him in the same way, and sent the woman out of the room. “Andrina, what are you saying?”
“I have known this day would be coming for a long time now. The wise woman Bethsheta told me on her deathbed of its coming. She told me I’d give birth to twins, whose births would lead the way to redemption for our people.”
“How can this be?” Jameus asked.
“The prophecy has been given, but the road ahead is unmarked. We will have to use our greatest judgment and raise our son in the best way we can. Unfortunately we will have to watch our daughter grow from afar...”
“You mean send her away to Kentwaisis?” Jameus asked.
“No, I have made arrangements for her to live with Mayverna and Lyatso. They agreed, long ago, to take her when the time arrived…she will be well taken care of.” Andrina breathed in her daughter’s fresh scent, and kissed the top of her golden head. “Please call them Jameus, the sooner the be-eh-ter” she said with a catch in her throat. “Even though I have known this day would come, I don’t want to let her go!”
The woman cried silent tears as she rocked her baby, and the man left the room. Tess was still frozen in her spot, and had been mesmerized during this whole exchange. She tried to move forward now, and found that she was frozen in place. She was about to call out to the woman, when she woke up out of her dream.
She was chilled, having thrown her covers off, but she was covered in a fine sheen of sweat. She was breathing heavy, and sat up in bed, trying to calm down. She put her hands on her temples and closed her eyes, trying to figure out what her dream meant. “Antar…” she heard herself say out loud. “Our home is called Antar…” She knew it with every fiber of her being; and that’s the only solid piece of information she could remember from her dream…that, and a baby’s cry.
She didn’t know it now, but this dream would be the beginning of a long forgotten prophecy that would eventually lead all the aliens…home.
Isabel woke up the next morning with a horrible headache. Stumbling into the bathroom to wash her face, she bumped the door into Max who was attempting to relieve himself.
“Um, Iz? Do you mind?” Max said.
“Well, you could have locked the door!” Isabel snapped then grabbed her head, as that comment caused her whole head to throb even more.
Isabel laid her forehead against the cool wall outside of the bathroom, waiting for her brother to finish. When the door opened and he walked out, Max attempting to annoy his sister even more, grabbed one of her hands with his freshly washed one. It was still sopping wet. When he made contact with her hand though, they both froze and looked into each others eyes. Their pupils dilated and they both murmured one word “Antar…” Max shook his head as if to clear it, and Isabel found that her splitting headache was suddenly gone.
“Max, you dreamed it too…didn’t you…” Isabel whispered.
“Yeah Iz, I guess I did. I didn’t remember it until I touched your hand. Do you remember the woman and the babies ?” he asked.
“Yes, but parts of the dream are hazy. I do remember there was a boy and a girl.” She grabbed Max by the arm, “Max, do you think it was us?” she asked with wide eyes.
“I don’t know Iz.” He started to rub his head in a thinking gesture “Maybe, I mean we both had the same dream and there was a boy and a girl… What was the last thing you remember?”
“I distinctly remember our…I guess she’s… our Muh-Mother…” she stumbled over the word as if foreign to her “…Andrina saying ‘The prophecy has been given, but the road ahead is unmarked…’ and that was the last thing I heard before I was thrown into one of my regular dreams.” Isabel thought to herself “Could that have been our mother?”
As if reading her thoughts Max replied “If that was our mother Iz, she is a very strong woman.” Max sighed and said, “Well, it’s Saturday. Let’s hurry and get showered and dressed so we can tell the others about our dream. I’ll call Kyle and he can tell Tess. Then I’ll call Liz and she can call Maria and Al-” he was cut off by Isabel.
“I’ll call Alex and Michael should be working grill this morning, so he’ll be there already…ok?” Isabel stated hurriedly.
Max smiled and gave his sister a knowing look, “Ok Iz, tell ALEX” he said slowly “that we’ll meet at the Crashdown at 11 pm for an early lunch. You better hurry up, we leave in 30 minutes…”
“Whatever you say big brother” Isabel replied.
Alex was attempting to go back to sleep after a bathroom break, and was scooting down in his sheets trying to find a cooler spot, when his phone rang. He rubbed his eyes, and picked up the cordless phone to look at the caller ID. He read Isabel Evans, and almost dropped the phone. His eyes bugged out of his head, “No WAY!” he said aloud. The phone was just starting its fourth ring when Alex thought to push the button to answer it, and frantically pressed fearing she would hang up on the fifth ring.
“Hello?” he said almost out of breath.
“Alex? It’s me Isabel.” She began.
“Oh Iz…Isabel. Hi! good to hear from you. How are you?” he said all at once and then slapped his forehead praying she didn’t think he was a big weirdo.
“I’m good Alex” she said while giggling quietly to herself. “Listen, all of us are meeting at the Crashdown at 11 to talk about a dream that Max and I had last night.” Deciding to take her brothers previous advice she then said “Maybe we can catch a movie after or something…if you aren’t too busy that is.” She said slyly.
“A movie? Yes, NO. I mean yes I’d like that and, no I’m not busy.” He was rapidly turning red, and was so glad she couldn’t see him at that moment. “I’ll bring my dad’s Corolla, so your hair won’t get windblown like it usually does in the Jeep. I MEAN, not that it usually looks windblown, I just mean that-” Isabel broke in then.
“It’s ok Alex, I understand. Thanks for thinking of me.” She said with a smile. “See you at 11 then, and you better hurry!”
“Why?” Alex replied “What time is it?”
Isabel smiled and said “10:15.” Then she hung up.
Alex jumped out of bed so fast that he got tangled up in his bed sheets and after waving his arms like a windmill, cried “Oh NO!” and fell with a smack on the floor. “Ouch” he said. Then he picked himself up and ran to the bathroom, limping the whole way there.
Tess was in a dimly lit room, it felt like it was around 60 degrees in temperature. She shivered, in what felt like her pajamas, and tried to warm her bare arms with her hands. The room was hazy with a kind of spicy, sweet smoke and she could feel that her back was pressed up against a wall. She heard a woman scream and so she froze where she was. In front of her she could make out a woman laying down on a slightly inclined surface. Around the woman were two other figures, she could tell were assisting with a birth. She didn’t know what was happening, but she remained entranced by the occurrence in front of her.
Through the smoke she could tell that a baby had just been born and was handed to a woman to the left. Before Tess could make out if the baby was a boy or a girl, the woman in labor gave another piercing scream. Tess could hear a man in front of the screaming woman say “Another?” and then he quickly bent to help the woman deliver her second child.
The woman, holding the crying baby, blew on what looked like an incense burner and instructed the woman in labor to breathe in deeply-that it would help give her strength to push. After another scream and much effort, the second child was born and handed to the now calm woman, and Tess could make out a golden sheen on that baby’s head, through the haze.
The man said, “Andrina…this baby is female…what will we do?”
The woman waved her hand over her daughter, and the evidence of just being born was wiped away. Then she replied, “I will name her 'Ava' because she will be “my light”.
“Andrina, my love, you know we will have to send her to Kentwaisis, she can’t stay here on Antar…it is the law…” the man continued.
“Shh, shhh” Andrina cooed to the restless baby in her arms “All will be worked out Jameus…for this day has been foretold…many years ago.”
Jameus took their other baby, a son, out of the other woman’s hands, cleaned him in the same way, and sent the woman out of the room. “Andrina, what are you saying?”
“I have known this day would be coming for a long time now. The wise woman Bethsheta told me on her deathbed of its coming. She told me I’d give birth to twins, whose births would lead the way to redemption for our people.”
“How can this be?” Jameus asked.
“The prophecy has been given, but the road ahead is unmarked. We will have to use our greatest judgment and raise our son in the best way we can. Unfortunately we will have to watch our daughter grow from afar...”
“You mean send her away to Kentwaisis?” Jameus asked.
“No, I have made arrangements for her to live with Mayverna and Lyatso. They agreed, long ago, to take her when the time arrived…she will be well taken care of.” Andrina breathed in her daughter’s fresh scent, and kissed the top of her golden head. “Please call them Jameus, the sooner the be-eh-ter” she said with a catch in her throat. “Even though I have known this day would come, I don’t want to let her go!”
The woman cried silent tears as she rocked her baby, and the man left the room. Tess was still frozen in her spot, and had been mesmerized during this whole exchange. She tried to move forward now, and found that she was frozen in place. She was about to call out to the woman, when she woke up out of her dream.
She was chilled, having thrown her covers off, but she was covered in a fine sheen of sweat. She was breathing heavy, and sat up in bed, trying to calm down. She put her hands on her temples and closed her eyes, trying to figure out what her dream meant. “Antar…” she heard herself say out loud. “Our home is called Antar…” She knew it with every fiber of her being; and that’s the only solid piece of information she could remember from her dream…that, and a baby’s cry.
She didn’t know it now, but this dream would be the beginning of a long forgotten prophecy that would eventually lead all the aliens…home.
Isabel woke up the next morning with a horrible headache. Stumbling into the bathroom to wash her face, she bumped the door into Max who was attempting to relieve himself.
“Um, Iz? Do you mind?” Max said.
“Well, you could have locked the door!” Isabel snapped then grabbed her head, as that comment caused her whole head to throb even more.
Isabel laid her forehead against the cool wall outside of the bathroom, waiting for her brother to finish. When the door opened and he walked out, Max attempting to annoy his sister even more, grabbed one of her hands with his freshly washed one. It was still sopping wet. When he made contact with her hand though, they both froze and looked into each others eyes. Their pupils dilated and they both murmured one word “Antar…” Max shook his head as if to clear it, and Isabel found that her splitting headache was suddenly gone.
“Max, you dreamed it too…didn’t you…” Isabel whispered.
“Yeah Iz, I guess I did. I didn’t remember it until I touched your hand. Do you remember the woman and the babies ?” he asked.
“Yes, but parts of the dream are hazy. I do remember there was a boy and a girl.” She grabbed Max by the arm, “Max, do you think it was us?” she asked with wide eyes.
“I don’t know Iz.” He started to rub his head in a thinking gesture “Maybe, I mean we both had the same dream and there was a boy and a girl… What was the last thing you remember?”
“I distinctly remember our…I guess she’s… our Muh-Mother…” she stumbled over the word as if foreign to her “…Andrina saying ‘The prophecy has been given, but the road ahead is unmarked…’ and that was the last thing I heard before I was thrown into one of my regular dreams.” Isabel thought to herself “Could that have been our mother?”
As if reading her thoughts Max replied “If that was our mother Iz, she is a very strong woman.” Max sighed and said, “Well, it’s Saturday. Let’s hurry and get showered and dressed so we can tell the others about our dream. I’ll call Kyle and he can tell Tess. Then I’ll call Liz and she can call Maria and Al-” he was cut off by Isabel.
“I’ll call Alex and Michael should be working grill this morning, so he’ll be there already…ok?” Isabel stated hurriedly.
Max smiled and gave his sister a knowing look, “Ok Iz, tell ALEX” he said slowly “that we’ll meet at the Crashdown at 11 pm for an early lunch. You better hurry up, we leave in 30 minutes…”
“Whatever you say big brother” Isabel replied.
Alex was attempting to go back to sleep after a bathroom break, and was scooting down in his sheets trying to find a cooler spot, when his phone rang. He rubbed his eyes, and picked up the cordless phone to look at the caller ID. He read Isabel Evans, and almost dropped the phone. His eyes bugged out of his head, “No WAY!” he said aloud. The phone was just starting its fourth ring when Alex thought to push the button to answer it, and frantically pressed fearing she would hang up on the fifth ring.
“Hello?” he said almost out of breath.
“Alex? It’s me Isabel.” She began.
“Oh Iz…Isabel. Hi! good to hear from you. How are you?” he said all at once and then slapped his forehead praying she didn’t think he was a big weirdo.
“I’m good Alex” she said while giggling quietly to herself. “Listen, all of us are meeting at the Crashdown at 11 to talk about a dream that Max and I had last night.” Deciding to take her brothers previous advice she then said “Maybe we can catch a movie after or something…if you aren’t too busy that is.” She said slyly.
“A movie? Yes, NO. I mean yes I’d like that and, no I’m not busy.” He was rapidly turning red, and was so glad she couldn’t see him at that moment. “I’ll bring my dad’s Corolla, so your hair won’t get windblown like it usually does in the Jeep. I MEAN, not that it usually looks windblown, I just mean that-” Isabel broke in then.
“It’s ok Alex, I understand. Thanks for thinking of me.” She said with a smile. “See you at 11 then, and you better hurry!”
“Why?” Alex replied “What time is it?”
Isabel smiled and said “10:15.” Then she hung up.
Alex jumped out of bed so fast that he got tangled up in his bed sheets and after waving his arms like a windmill, cried “Oh NO!” and fell with a smack on the floor. “Ouch” he said. Then he picked himself up and ran to the bathroom, limping the whole way there.
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How Dreams Connect Us (AU, ALL, Teen/Adult) Ch 11 - 6/19/06
Chapter 11
On his early morning walk to work Saturday Morning, Michael had the distinct feeling that something significant had happened in one of his dreams last night, but he couldn’t be sure. It had been such a long time since any of their group had had a dream of any significance and he was lost in his thoughts trying to remember any of it. He was almost sure that he heard someone talking about his home planet. Antar…the word was stuck in his head and he knew that’s what he was dreaming about. The only other thing he could seem to remember was the sound of babies crying; that, and a word, a name, or something…Rath. He tried to think about it more, but was already late to work, and began a slight jog-clearing his head for the day ahead. He could think about his dream later.
After her dream that night, Tess got up to get a glass of water, with a shot of Tabasco. Afterwards, Tess came back to her room and removed the wet stickiness from her sheets with a wave of her hand. There was nothing she hated more than sweaty sheets. She had stayed up for 10 more minutes trying to glean more from her memory regarding her dream, but the only thing she could remember solidly was that someone said the word Antar, and she knew that had to be her home planet’s name. That and she also remembered a baby’s cry. Why was this dream so vague? All her dreams were usually pretty easy to remember. Yawning in resignation, she had succumbed to her tired state, and laid back down to fall asleep. The next morning, she woke to a soft knock on her door.
“Tess, hey are you awake?” Kyle asked softly.
Tess stretched, rubbed her eyes, and replied “Yeah Kyle, what time is it?”
Kyle replied “It’s 10:15…are you decent?”
Tess smiled to herself, knowing she was wearing only a thin white tank top and some sleeper pants. She ran a quick hand through her hair to calm the frizzies, threw back her covers and stood up “Sure, come on in.”
Kyle walked through the door, and Tess could tell his eyes were instantly drawn to her chest. She knew she was driving him crazy, but pretended she didn’t notice him staring. “What’s up Kyle?” she asked as she crossed her arms beneath her breasts, raising them tantalizingly.
Kyle licked his suddenly dry lips, and looked back up to meet Tess’ eyes. He thought to himself “Whew, I don’t think she noticed I was checking her out!” He cleared his throat and said “Max just called. He said he and Isabel shared a dream or something last night, and he wants all of us to meet at the Crashdown at 11 to talk about it.”
“Eleven?” Tess asked “…but it’s already 10:20! I have to get in the shower!” and with that she grabbed the bottom of her top and looked as though she was going to pull it off right in front of Kyle and he rushed out of the room slamming the door behind him.
“What is Tess trying to do to me?” he thought to himself. “If she keeps this up, I will not be able to hold back telling her how I feel about her for much longer.” He was leaning against Tess’ door and breathing heavily, and trying to calm down when Tess opened her door again in a bathrobe.
“Auughhh!” Kyle cried as he fell on top of Tess.
“Mmmphhh” Tess said as she caught Kyle and prevented him from falling.
“Thanks Tess, uh, I was just…” Kyle began, but then Tess cut him off and pushed him away from her.
“Kyle! What are you doing? Go get dressed! I still have to take a shower!” and she pushed him in the direction of the office while she glided into the bathroom and threw him one last look over her shoulder before closing the door behind her.
“She really doesn’t know what she’s doing to me…” he muttered as he rummaged through his things looking for something clean to wear.
Behind the bathroom door, Tess said to herself “I have him exactly where I want him now…If he doesn’t make a move to tell me how I make him feel soon, I may have to take matters into my own hands.” She turned on the shower and hung up her robe, preparing to step in, and felt like she may need colder water…
Liz descended the steps leading from her room to the back room of the Crashdown while pulling her hair back into a ponytail. She saw Maria finishing up getting into her uniform and adjusting her antennas. Maria heard Liz’s foot falls and turned to look over her shoulder at her friend.
“Liz, you really need to talk to your dad about these things!” she exclaimed while trying to get her antennas to stay put. “They make us look ridiculous!”
Liz just laughed and said “I know Maria, but you look so cute in them!” she said while pinching Maria’s cheeks.
Maria rolled her eyes and Liz said “Oh! By the way, you will be on a break in 15 minutes. Max-” then Maria broke in by holding up her hand in a stop gesture.
“I know, I know. We have a meeting about a dream he and Isabel had last night.” she stated.
“Yeah” Liz replied “How did you know already?” she asked with her hands on her hips.
“Alex called my cell phone. Apparently he and Isabel have a DATE after our little meeting, and he was bouncing off the walls to tell someone. Can you believe it?” Maria asked.
“Wow, I can’t believe he finally asked her!” Liz said.
“No girl, get this! She asked HIM. I knew that girl was hiding feelings for our best friend…” she stated with an impish grin.
“Well, I never thought Isabel would do that…but I’m glad she is finally letting Alex in. He deserves someone special…he’s been such a good friend to us…” Liz stated wistfully.
“Woah girl, don’t go all sentimental on me! It’s time for our little meeting anyway.” Maria stated while ushering her friend into the dining area.
Liz walked over to a table where Isabel was already seated, while Maria stepped into the kitchen with Michael. “Hey Spaceboy, we-”
“I already know about the meeting, Maxwell was just in here. Now if José would get in here, I could get out of here!” Michael stated irritated.
Just then José brushed by Maria, in a way that was not very appropriate, and said “I’m here, I’m here. Go on break before I have to kiss this pretty lady” he stated while throwing a kiss to Maria.
Maria replied back with a smile and a slight blush to her cheeks “Hey José, don’t forget about my six inch rule…that area around me is MY space.”
“Whatever you say Mi Vida” he replied while throwing her another kiss. Michael glared at him, but said nothing. He then touched Maria in the small of her back and ushered her out of the kitchen.
José called back “Hey, he can touch you but I can’t?!”
Before she could respond, Michael had them both out of the kitchen and almost at the table Alex, Isabel, and Liz were already sitting at. “OK Michael” Maria stated “We’re out of the kitchen, slow down!”
“There is something about that guy I don’t like” Michael said.
“Really?” Maria replied sounding interested.
Maria slid in the booth beside Alex, who was currently staring at Isabel. He was trying to be sly since she was on the other side of him and Maria smiled when she noticed.
“What’s up Alex?” Maria said while jabbing him in the ribs.
“Ow Maria, that hurt!” Alex replied.
“Oh, I’m sure your in a lot of pain right now..” she stated conspiratorially in only his direction, causing Alex to blush deeply.
“Ixnay on the ainpay ariaMay” (pig latin translation: =) Nix on the pain Maria) Alex told Maria.
“Whatay?” Isabel asked.
Just then Max came from the direction of the bathroom and Michael stood up so Max could slide in next to Liz. “Sorry to keep you guys waiting. Isabel wouldn’t let me use the restroom at home, so we wouldn’t be late.”
“Shut up Max…” Isabel stated in a warning voice.
Everyone turned their head at the jingle of the bell on the front door to see Tess and Kyle stroll in. Since there was no room left in the booth, they both pulled up chairs at the end of the table, Kyle next to Maria and Tess next to Michael. Michael got that strange feeling that he got from Tess the night of the carnival, and this time he pondered its meaning. One time he could forget, but two times…his thoughts were interrupted by Kyle.
“Hey guys” Kyle said. “What’s shaking?”
“How are you feeling today Tess?” Maria asked.
“Much better…thank you for asking!” Tess replied.
“It’s the least I can do, since this guy almost killed you!” Maria indicated Kyle with a flourish of her hand.
“You know it wouldn’t have happened at all if 3 certain people had let Tess know a vital piece of information.” Kyle said while looking at Isabel, Max, and Michael.
“Stop you guys. I’m fine” Tess said with a chuckle. “Really, I think it all ended up working out for the best. I’m alive, and after all, I have no after effects from flying through the air so…” she said while smiling and watching Kyle’s face for a reaction. She had used her hand to give the impression of flying up and going splat-landing on Michael’s hand. He grimaced and took his hand away from underneath Tess’ and she said “Just kidding Kyle!”.
“Please don’t do that to me again…”Kyle said. “I really want to forget the memory of you flying. You belong on the ground, safe and sound. Period.” He said while looking worried.
“Kyle it really is ok.” Tess said while touching his arm. She was moved he seemed to care so much for her.
“Ok” Michael said “Let’s get this show on the road. So, what happened last night Max? Iz…?”
Max and Isabel exchanged a look and then Isabel began “Well, I had the worst headache this morning when I woke up. I couldn’t remember having a dream or anything. I walked to the bathroom to wash my face, and had to wait on King Max” she gestured to her brother with a nod of her head “to finish his stint on the throne so I could get in the bathroom.” This elicited a giggle from Liz and Alex, and Max narrowed his eyes at his sister. “What? I did have to wait!”
“Yeah, that was after she banged the bathroom door on my head-” Max began but was interrupted by his sister.
“Well, if you’d just lock the door…” Isabel said but was then interrupted by Kyle.
“Hey! Can we move past the sibling rivalry? I have other stuff to do today.” Kyle said.
“Anyway” Max began again “After I washed my hands I opened the door to give my favorite sister a wet hand shake on her way in, and something happened when our eyes met.”
“My headache instantly vanished, and we both remembered parts of the dream we had.” Isabel finished for her brother.
Not paying attention to her hand, since she was paying close attention to Max and Isabel, Maria reached for her water, and knocked over the glass spilling cold water into Kyle’s lap and all over the table in front of Michael and Tess.
Kyle howled “Aughghhg!! That’s cold!” and jumped up from the table so the rest of the water would drip off. Liz was reaching around Michael to hand Kyle some napkins when Michael and Tess made a grab for the glass at the same time. When their hands came in contact of the wet glass Michael’s hand covered Tess’ and they both got wet. When Tess looked over at Michael, she found that he was already looking down at her, and their pupils instantly dilated. After what seemed like a few minutes to them, but really only a second passed, they both dropped the glass and continued to stare heavily at each other.
Suddenly out of breath Michael touched Tess’ face and said “Ava…”
Tess grasped Michael’s hand on her face and replied in awe “Rath?”
On his early morning walk to work Saturday Morning, Michael had the distinct feeling that something significant had happened in one of his dreams last night, but he couldn’t be sure. It had been such a long time since any of their group had had a dream of any significance and he was lost in his thoughts trying to remember any of it. He was almost sure that he heard someone talking about his home planet. Antar…the word was stuck in his head and he knew that’s what he was dreaming about. The only other thing he could seem to remember was the sound of babies crying; that, and a word, a name, or something…Rath. He tried to think about it more, but was already late to work, and began a slight jog-clearing his head for the day ahead. He could think about his dream later.
After her dream that night, Tess got up to get a glass of water, with a shot of Tabasco. Afterwards, Tess came back to her room and removed the wet stickiness from her sheets with a wave of her hand. There was nothing she hated more than sweaty sheets. She had stayed up for 10 more minutes trying to glean more from her memory regarding her dream, but the only thing she could remember solidly was that someone said the word Antar, and she knew that had to be her home planet’s name. That and she also remembered a baby’s cry. Why was this dream so vague? All her dreams were usually pretty easy to remember. Yawning in resignation, she had succumbed to her tired state, and laid back down to fall asleep. The next morning, she woke to a soft knock on her door.
“Tess, hey are you awake?” Kyle asked softly.
Tess stretched, rubbed her eyes, and replied “Yeah Kyle, what time is it?”
Kyle replied “It’s 10:15…are you decent?”
Tess smiled to herself, knowing she was wearing only a thin white tank top and some sleeper pants. She ran a quick hand through her hair to calm the frizzies, threw back her covers and stood up “Sure, come on in.”
Kyle walked through the door, and Tess could tell his eyes were instantly drawn to her chest. She knew she was driving him crazy, but pretended she didn’t notice him staring. “What’s up Kyle?” she asked as she crossed her arms beneath her breasts, raising them tantalizingly.
Kyle licked his suddenly dry lips, and looked back up to meet Tess’ eyes. He thought to himself “Whew, I don’t think she noticed I was checking her out!” He cleared his throat and said “Max just called. He said he and Isabel shared a dream or something last night, and he wants all of us to meet at the Crashdown at 11 to talk about it.”
“Eleven?” Tess asked “…but it’s already 10:20! I have to get in the shower!” and with that she grabbed the bottom of her top and looked as though she was going to pull it off right in front of Kyle and he rushed out of the room slamming the door behind him.
“What is Tess trying to do to me?” he thought to himself. “If she keeps this up, I will not be able to hold back telling her how I feel about her for much longer.” He was leaning against Tess’ door and breathing heavily, and trying to calm down when Tess opened her door again in a bathrobe.
“Auughhh!” Kyle cried as he fell on top of Tess.
“Mmmphhh” Tess said as she caught Kyle and prevented him from falling.
“Thanks Tess, uh, I was just…” Kyle began, but then Tess cut him off and pushed him away from her.
“Kyle! What are you doing? Go get dressed! I still have to take a shower!” and she pushed him in the direction of the office while she glided into the bathroom and threw him one last look over her shoulder before closing the door behind her.
“She really doesn’t know what she’s doing to me…” he muttered as he rummaged through his things looking for something clean to wear.
Behind the bathroom door, Tess said to herself “I have him exactly where I want him now…If he doesn’t make a move to tell me how I make him feel soon, I may have to take matters into my own hands.” She turned on the shower and hung up her robe, preparing to step in, and felt like she may need colder water…
Liz descended the steps leading from her room to the back room of the Crashdown while pulling her hair back into a ponytail. She saw Maria finishing up getting into her uniform and adjusting her antennas. Maria heard Liz’s foot falls and turned to look over her shoulder at her friend.
“Liz, you really need to talk to your dad about these things!” she exclaimed while trying to get her antennas to stay put. “They make us look ridiculous!”
Liz just laughed and said “I know Maria, but you look so cute in them!” she said while pinching Maria’s cheeks.
Maria rolled her eyes and Liz said “Oh! By the way, you will be on a break in 15 minutes. Max-” then Maria broke in by holding up her hand in a stop gesture.
“I know, I know. We have a meeting about a dream he and Isabel had last night.” she stated.
“Yeah” Liz replied “How did you know already?” she asked with her hands on her hips.
“Alex called my cell phone. Apparently he and Isabel have a DATE after our little meeting, and he was bouncing off the walls to tell someone. Can you believe it?” Maria asked.
“Wow, I can’t believe he finally asked her!” Liz said.
“No girl, get this! She asked HIM. I knew that girl was hiding feelings for our best friend…” she stated with an impish grin.
“Well, I never thought Isabel would do that…but I’m glad she is finally letting Alex in. He deserves someone special…he’s been such a good friend to us…” Liz stated wistfully.
“Woah girl, don’t go all sentimental on me! It’s time for our little meeting anyway.” Maria stated while ushering her friend into the dining area.
Liz walked over to a table where Isabel was already seated, while Maria stepped into the kitchen with Michael. “Hey Spaceboy, we-”
“I already know about the meeting, Maxwell was just in here. Now if José would get in here, I could get out of here!” Michael stated irritated.
Just then José brushed by Maria, in a way that was not very appropriate, and said “I’m here, I’m here. Go on break before I have to kiss this pretty lady” he stated while throwing a kiss to Maria.
Maria replied back with a smile and a slight blush to her cheeks “Hey José, don’t forget about my six inch rule…that area around me is MY space.”
“Whatever you say Mi Vida” he replied while throwing her another kiss. Michael glared at him, but said nothing. He then touched Maria in the small of her back and ushered her out of the kitchen.
José called back “Hey, he can touch you but I can’t?!”
Before she could respond, Michael had them both out of the kitchen and almost at the table Alex, Isabel, and Liz were already sitting at. “OK Michael” Maria stated “We’re out of the kitchen, slow down!”
“There is something about that guy I don’t like” Michael said.
“Really?” Maria replied sounding interested.
Maria slid in the booth beside Alex, who was currently staring at Isabel. He was trying to be sly since she was on the other side of him and Maria smiled when she noticed.
“What’s up Alex?” Maria said while jabbing him in the ribs.
“Ow Maria, that hurt!” Alex replied.
“Oh, I’m sure your in a lot of pain right now..” she stated conspiratorially in only his direction, causing Alex to blush deeply.
“Ixnay on the ainpay ariaMay” (pig latin translation: =) Nix on the pain Maria) Alex told Maria.
“Whatay?” Isabel asked.
Just then Max came from the direction of the bathroom and Michael stood up so Max could slide in next to Liz. “Sorry to keep you guys waiting. Isabel wouldn’t let me use the restroom at home, so we wouldn’t be late.”
“Shut up Max…” Isabel stated in a warning voice.
Everyone turned their head at the jingle of the bell on the front door to see Tess and Kyle stroll in. Since there was no room left in the booth, they both pulled up chairs at the end of the table, Kyle next to Maria and Tess next to Michael. Michael got that strange feeling that he got from Tess the night of the carnival, and this time he pondered its meaning. One time he could forget, but two times…his thoughts were interrupted by Kyle.
“Hey guys” Kyle said. “What’s shaking?”
“How are you feeling today Tess?” Maria asked.
“Much better…thank you for asking!” Tess replied.
“It’s the least I can do, since this guy almost killed you!” Maria indicated Kyle with a flourish of her hand.
“You know it wouldn’t have happened at all if 3 certain people had let Tess know a vital piece of information.” Kyle said while looking at Isabel, Max, and Michael.
“Stop you guys. I’m fine” Tess said with a chuckle. “Really, I think it all ended up working out for the best. I’m alive, and after all, I have no after effects from flying through the air so…” she said while smiling and watching Kyle’s face for a reaction. She had used her hand to give the impression of flying up and going splat-landing on Michael’s hand. He grimaced and took his hand away from underneath Tess’ and she said “Just kidding Kyle!”.
“Please don’t do that to me again…”Kyle said. “I really want to forget the memory of you flying. You belong on the ground, safe and sound. Period.” He said while looking worried.
“Kyle it really is ok.” Tess said while touching his arm. She was moved he seemed to care so much for her.
“Ok” Michael said “Let’s get this show on the road. So, what happened last night Max? Iz…?”
Max and Isabel exchanged a look and then Isabel began “Well, I had the worst headache this morning when I woke up. I couldn’t remember having a dream or anything. I walked to the bathroom to wash my face, and had to wait on King Max” she gestured to her brother with a nod of her head “to finish his stint on the throne so I could get in the bathroom.” This elicited a giggle from Liz and Alex, and Max narrowed his eyes at his sister. “What? I did have to wait!”
“Yeah, that was after she banged the bathroom door on my head-” Max began but was interrupted by his sister.
“Well, if you’d just lock the door…” Isabel said but was then interrupted by Kyle.
“Hey! Can we move past the sibling rivalry? I have other stuff to do today.” Kyle said.
“Anyway” Max began again “After I washed my hands I opened the door to give my favorite sister a wet hand shake on her way in, and something happened when our eyes met.”
“My headache instantly vanished, and we both remembered parts of the dream we had.” Isabel finished for her brother.
Not paying attention to her hand, since she was paying close attention to Max and Isabel, Maria reached for her water, and knocked over the glass spilling cold water into Kyle’s lap and all over the table in front of Michael and Tess.
Kyle howled “Aughghhg!! That’s cold!” and jumped up from the table so the rest of the water would drip off. Liz was reaching around Michael to hand Kyle some napkins when Michael and Tess made a grab for the glass at the same time. When their hands came in contact of the wet glass Michael’s hand covered Tess’ and they both got wet. When Tess looked over at Michael, she found that he was already looking down at her, and their pupils instantly dilated. After what seemed like a few minutes to them, but really only a second passed, they both dropped the glass and continued to stare heavily at each other.
Suddenly out of breath Michael touched Tess’ face and said “Ava…”
Tess grasped Michael’s hand on her face and replied in awe “Rath?”
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How Dreams Connect Us (AU, ALL, Teen/Adult) Ch 12 - 6/19/06
Chapter 12
Everyone was silent after hearing Tess and Michael saying those strange names. Maria’s jaw dropped completely open, and was looking at them like they’d lost their minds. Three seconds later, Max grabbed Michael by the shoulder and shook him.
“Michael, Michael are you ok?” Max asked him.
Kyle was doing the same thing to Tess since Tess was nearest to him. Tess and Michael both shook their heads, as if clearing their vision.
Michael whipped his hand out of Tess’ as soon as he realized what he was doing.
Tess looked back at Michael, and then at Max. Softly, and very slowly she said “Max,…Michael…is my brother…”
Michael, who was staring at Tess, looked away from her and put a hand on his forehead. He was trying to process what he had just seen. It was his dream, but in total clarity. He assumed Tess saw the same thing he just did, and he could not believe these implications. Tess was his sister? He finally found someone he could really call his family? “I’m having a really hard time thinking straight right now…” Michael mumbled.
Tess was now staring a hole into the wall, and had a tear falling down one cheek. Maria looked at Michael and saw that his eyes were misting over as well. She reached across the table and gently touched his arm. “Michael what did you just see?” she asked him.
“I…” he looked over at Tess, looking unsure if he should say. He felt an instant connection to her, and wanted to consider her feelings before saying anything further.
“…I mean, we…we saw…our birth.”
Tess wiped her eyes, as now more tears were falling. “I had a dream last night…and when I woke up I couldn’t remember all of it. It was mostly vague, except for knowing our planet’s name is Antar, and I remember babies crying. After I woke up this morning, the dream was so vague, that I didn’t even remember that I had it until what just happened.” Tess said.
Michael looked around him at all the stupefied faces and took a deep breath. After letting it out he said, “I had the same dream this morning, right before getting up for work. I was remembering the same things as Tess had on the way to work this morning. When I got here though, I also forgot about it until our hands touched. That’s when I felt pulled into the dream again.”
“Me too...” Tess said.
Michael suddenly turned to Max and said “How long were we out Maxwell?”
“Maybe only three seconds passed before I touched your shoulder. Why, how long did it seem?” Max replied.
“It felt like I lived that dream…maybe 20 minutes? Tess?” Michael asked Tess for confirmation.
“Yeah Michael…that’s about right.” She replied.
“What did you see?” Isabel asked Tess and Michael.
Tess took a deep breath, and realized suddenly that she could read Michael’s thoughts!
-“Michael!- Can you hear me?”- Tess asked in her head as she reached out with her mind.
-“Tess…is that you?”- Michael replied mentally.
-“Oh my gosh Michael, I can’t believe we can do this!”- Tess said excitedly through their mental link. Tess and Michael were staring at each other, during this time, and had changing expressions. Of course they were also silent.
-“Tess, I can’t believe it…this is so weird! I guess maybe this is part of being brother and sister?”- Michael asked.
-“Maybe, I know about as much as you do right now. I think I might know how to show everyone, at the same time, our dream. Max can connect with Liz, so I don’t see why the humans wouldn’t be able to join in with all of us…you know, in one big connection.”-Tess replied.
“Guys?” Isabel asked both Tess and Michael.
“Helloooo?” Max and Kyle were now waving hands in front of Tess and Michael’s faces.
“Sorry everyone” Tess said looking embarrassed. “We just got sort of caught up”
“Caught up in what?” Liz asked.
“Yeah, what were you guys doing? That was totally weird” Maria exclaimed.
“Weird was just the word I used…” Michael replied.
“Used for what? What happened??” Alex said now getting excited and anxious at the same time.
“Apparently, for our new connection.” Tess said.
“Wait, wait, wait.” Maria stated. “What new connection…” Maria couldn’t yet put her mind around Tess being Michael’s sister….much less them having a connection to each other!
Michael lowered his voice and leaned close to the table “We can speak telepathically Maria…in our heads.”
“Ok, this is getting a little too deep. We need to go somewhere we can be alone to discuss this further…” Max said while his eyes darted around the room.
“Not to mention we still have to hear the dream!” Isabel stated quietly but impatiently.
“That’s just what we were thinking” Michael said to the group.
“The break room is free right now” Liz said. “My dad is on the grill for another half hour, and my mom is at a friends house for the day.”
“Great, because I need somewhere to process all of this without looking completely psychotic.” Kyle said.
Everyone gave nervous laughs at that, and various exclamations of agreement. They slid or stood up out of their seats, and made their way to the break room. Once inside Michael and Tess explained to them Tess’ idea of trying to form a link between them all so Tess and Michael could not just tell them the dream, but actually show it to them. They all agreed, and joined hands. The four aliens first reached out to one another to form the initial link. One by one they pulled the humans into it too. At first it wouldn’t work. Isabel was trying to pull in Kyle, who was to her right, and it wouldn’t work. Then as Alex squeezed her hand, from her left, she tried him next and he slid right in. Tess was on the other side of Kyle so Tess then tried Kyle and he slid in without a problem then. Since all that were left was Liz and Maria, Max pulled Liz in and Michael pulled Maria in. No one wondered why at first Isabel couldn’t pull in Kyle. They all just assumed she was stressing out to much, and Alex helped her to relax enough to form the connection. As soon as everyone was in, Michael and Tess made their special link. Once this was accomplished within the connection, unbidden and without warning, the dream began.
-Recap of the dream-
Tess and Michael were holding hands, up against the back wall in a dimly lit room. The temperature was again, about 60 degrees, like their last dream; the air still hazy with a kind of spicy, sweet smoke. Their eyes were drawn to the woman in front of them as she screamed. She was again laying down on a slightly inclined surface. Around the woman were the two other figures, who were assisting her with giving birth. This time the dream was very clear to Tess & Michael. They were taking in every detail as the scene in front of them unfolded. Her first baby, a boy, was born and handed to the woman on her left. As the woman was just sighing from the last push she gave, she let out another scream, and the other person in the room, a man, said “Another?” The woman, holding the crying baby boy, blew on what looked like an incense burner and instructed the woman in labor to breathe in deeply-that it would help give her strength to push again. After another scream and much effort, the second child was born and handed to the now calm and smiling woman. The second baby had a golden sheen on her head that could be seen through the haze.
The man said, “Andrina…this baby is female…what will we do?”
The woman waved her hand over her daughter, and the evidence of just being born was wiped away. Then she replied, “I will name her 'Ava', because she will be “my light”.
The man continued, “Andrina, my love, you know we will have to send her to Kentwaisis, she can’t stay here on Antar…it is the law…” he said as the baby girl was crying.
“Shh, shhh” Andrina cooed to the restless baby in her arms “All will be worked out Jameus…for this day has been foretold…many years ago.”
Jameus took their other baby, a son, out of the other woman’s hands, cleaned him in the same way, and sent the woman out of the room. “Andrina, what are you saying?”
“I have known this day would be coming for a long time now. The wise woman Bethsheta told me on her deathbed of its coming. She told me I’d give birth to twins, whose births would lead the way to redemption for our people.”
“How can this be?” Jameus asked.
“The prophecy has been given, but the road ahead is unmarked. We will have to use our greatest judgment and raise our son in the best way we can. Unfortunately we will have to watch our daughter grow from afar...”
“You mean send her away to Kentwaisis?” Jameus asked.
“No, I have made arrangements for her to live with Mayverna and Lyatso. They agreed, long ago, to take her when the time arrived…she will be well taken care of.” Andrina breathed in her daughter’s fresh scent, and kissed the top of her golden head. “Please call them Jameus, the sooner the be-eh-ter” she said with a catch in her throat. “Even though I have known this day would come, I don’t want to let her go!”
Andrina cried silent tears as she rocked her baby and Jameus, after handing Andrina the other baby, left the room.
Andrina leaned over her new baby boy and said, “I will name you 'Rath' which means great strength…I fear you will need all the strength you have for the road ahead.” She hugged both of her children to her breast and cried more silent tears, knowing this was probably the last time she’d hold both of her children in her arms at the same time.
Suddenly Andrina was standing right in front of Michael and Tess. She was dressed in a flowing white gown, which was slightly iridescent. Her blue eyes were a clear blue and her soft brown hair fell in long waves.
“My special children, Ava and Rath, you have lived before. You were chosen to fulfill a very important journey. Your destiny was interrupted when your enemies killed you on that horrible day, but our technology has allowed us to clone you. Evil may gain a foot by devious devices, but fate will always triumph! We on Antar are all essentially human, just with advanced capabilities, so we have sent you to earth to grow and mature. Your guardians, Mayverna and Layatso, were sent with you to protect you as you grow. Trust them for while you grew here, they kept you safe my daughter, and taught you well my son.
As of now you have seen only your beginning. Please do not be frightened, all will be revealed to you in due time. Love each other, and protect each other, for you are family. Two others of the royal family have been sent with you as well who are also extremely important for our redemption to come to pass. Each one of you has been seeded with dreams that will awaken your past and help you learn what you will need to know. You also have special talents, that will develop, that will aid you on this great journey. As each of the four of you find out more, through your dreams, you will soon know what you have been born to do.
Before we sent you to earth we deliberated about how best to teach you of your past and the prophecies. This dream technology proved to be the safest, most effective, way of letting you learn who you are. Our enemies continue to look for you, and without any physical evidence of who you are, this hopefully will aid in protecting your identities. On your 2nd earth year, you will look approximately 7 years old. Now your dreams will begin in full force. Spend as much time with each other as you can, and while you are together, your essences will have a chance to mingle with your dreams…giving you knowledge that will help you on your journey. You, my daughter and son, must be within 4 mekatis, a distance of 6 earth miles, of each other in order to awaken your dreams to their fullest capacity. I’m sure you will have no problem with being near each other, because I know as you learned to speak, you felt your familial connection almost instantly to each other. I pray that that connection has made you very close, and has helped you feel loved, since I can’t be there to care for you.
I leave you with one last instruction my children. Upon waking each morning, wet your hands and join them with each other. This will allow your dreams to replay in your heads as often as you want to better aid you with retaining what you saw. After joining hands once, the dream will be able to be replayed as many times as you would like. Somehow the conductive property of water, and your connection to each other, helps the dream to solidify in your essences. You will also be able to share your dreams with your fellow court members by connecting to each other. Don’t worry, in time you will know how to do this too” She said with a smile.
“On your 11th earth year, you will look approximately 16 years old, and will now be ready to return home. All will have been revealed to you by this time, and all that will be left to do is to walk through the door of fate. You may, around this time, be treated with a low regard as being ‘too young’ on the planet you are on now, but never forget who you are. You are Antarian Royalty…at least you will be when you return. The means to get here will also be revealed to you in due time. Have patience my children and faith in each other.
The strength of four combined will forever bind you. I know I will see you some day and I pray this time comes with much haste. We did not think redemption would come at the cost it has, but are strengthened daily by the hope of your return. I love you with all that is in me, and long to have you with me again, so I can once more hold my children in my arms…"
With that last statement Andrina put her hand over her heart, and she winked out of sight.
Everyone was silent after hearing Tess and Michael saying those strange names. Maria’s jaw dropped completely open, and was looking at them like they’d lost their minds. Three seconds later, Max grabbed Michael by the shoulder and shook him.
“Michael, Michael are you ok?” Max asked him.
Kyle was doing the same thing to Tess since Tess was nearest to him. Tess and Michael both shook their heads, as if clearing their vision.
Michael whipped his hand out of Tess’ as soon as he realized what he was doing.
Tess looked back at Michael, and then at Max. Softly, and very slowly she said “Max,…Michael…is my brother…”
Michael, who was staring at Tess, looked away from her and put a hand on his forehead. He was trying to process what he had just seen. It was his dream, but in total clarity. He assumed Tess saw the same thing he just did, and he could not believe these implications. Tess was his sister? He finally found someone he could really call his family? “I’m having a really hard time thinking straight right now…” Michael mumbled.
Tess was now staring a hole into the wall, and had a tear falling down one cheek. Maria looked at Michael and saw that his eyes were misting over as well. She reached across the table and gently touched his arm. “Michael what did you just see?” she asked him.
“I…” he looked over at Tess, looking unsure if he should say. He felt an instant connection to her, and wanted to consider her feelings before saying anything further.
“…I mean, we…we saw…our birth.”
Tess wiped her eyes, as now more tears were falling. “I had a dream last night…and when I woke up I couldn’t remember all of it. It was mostly vague, except for knowing our planet’s name is Antar, and I remember babies crying. After I woke up this morning, the dream was so vague, that I didn’t even remember that I had it until what just happened.” Tess said.
Michael looked around him at all the stupefied faces and took a deep breath. After letting it out he said, “I had the same dream this morning, right before getting up for work. I was remembering the same things as Tess had on the way to work this morning. When I got here though, I also forgot about it until our hands touched. That’s when I felt pulled into the dream again.”
“Me too...” Tess said.
Michael suddenly turned to Max and said “How long were we out Maxwell?”
“Maybe only three seconds passed before I touched your shoulder. Why, how long did it seem?” Max replied.
“It felt like I lived that dream…maybe 20 minutes? Tess?” Michael asked Tess for confirmation.
“Yeah Michael…that’s about right.” She replied.
“What did you see?” Isabel asked Tess and Michael.
Tess took a deep breath, and realized suddenly that she could read Michael’s thoughts!
-“Michael!- Can you hear me?”- Tess asked in her head as she reached out with her mind.
-“Tess…is that you?”- Michael replied mentally.
-“Oh my gosh Michael, I can’t believe we can do this!”- Tess said excitedly through their mental link. Tess and Michael were staring at each other, during this time, and had changing expressions. Of course they were also silent.
-“Tess, I can’t believe it…this is so weird! I guess maybe this is part of being brother and sister?”- Michael asked.
-“Maybe, I know about as much as you do right now. I think I might know how to show everyone, at the same time, our dream. Max can connect with Liz, so I don’t see why the humans wouldn’t be able to join in with all of us…you know, in one big connection.”-Tess replied.
“Guys?” Isabel asked both Tess and Michael.
“Helloooo?” Max and Kyle were now waving hands in front of Tess and Michael’s faces.
“Sorry everyone” Tess said looking embarrassed. “We just got sort of caught up”
“Caught up in what?” Liz asked.
“Yeah, what were you guys doing? That was totally weird” Maria exclaimed.
“Weird was just the word I used…” Michael replied.
“Used for what? What happened??” Alex said now getting excited and anxious at the same time.
“Apparently, for our new connection.” Tess said.
“Wait, wait, wait.” Maria stated. “What new connection…” Maria couldn’t yet put her mind around Tess being Michael’s sister….much less them having a connection to each other!
Michael lowered his voice and leaned close to the table “We can speak telepathically Maria…in our heads.”
“Ok, this is getting a little too deep. We need to go somewhere we can be alone to discuss this further…” Max said while his eyes darted around the room.
“Not to mention we still have to hear the dream!” Isabel stated quietly but impatiently.
“That’s just what we were thinking” Michael said to the group.
“The break room is free right now” Liz said. “My dad is on the grill for another half hour, and my mom is at a friends house for the day.”
“Great, because I need somewhere to process all of this without looking completely psychotic.” Kyle said.
Everyone gave nervous laughs at that, and various exclamations of agreement. They slid or stood up out of their seats, and made their way to the break room. Once inside Michael and Tess explained to them Tess’ idea of trying to form a link between them all so Tess and Michael could not just tell them the dream, but actually show it to them. They all agreed, and joined hands. The four aliens first reached out to one another to form the initial link. One by one they pulled the humans into it too. At first it wouldn’t work. Isabel was trying to pull in Kyle, who was to her right, and it wouldn’t work. Then as Alex squeezed her hand, from her left, she tried him next and he slid right in. Tess was on the other side of Kyle so Tess then tried Kyle and he slid in without a problem then. Since all that were left was Liz and Maria, Max pulled Liz in and Michael pulled Maria in. No one wondered why at first Isabel couldn’t pull in Kyle. They all just assumed she was stressing out to much, and Alex helped her to relax enough to form the connection. As soon as everyone was in, Michael and Tess made their special link. Once this was accomplished within the connection, unbidden and without warning, the dream began.
-Recap of the dream-
Tess and Michael were holding hands, up against the back wall in a dimly lit room. The temperature was again, about 60 degrees, like their last dream; the air still hazy with a kind of spicy, sweet smoke. Their eyes were drawn to the woman in front of them as she screamed. She was again laying down on a slightly inclined surface. Around the woman were the two other figures, who were assisting her with giving birth. This time the dream was very clear to Tess & Michael. They were taking in every detail as the scene in front of them unfolded. Her first baby, a boy, was born and handed to the woman on her left. As the woman was just sighing from the last push she gave, she let out another scream, and the other person in the room, a man, said “Another?” The woman, holding the crying baby boy, blew on what looked like an incense burner and instructed the woman in labor to breathe in deeply-that it would help give her strength to push again. After another scream and much effort, the second child was born and handed to the now calm and smiling woman. The second baby had a golden sheen on her head that could be seen through the haze.
The man said, “Andrina…this baby is female…what will we do?”
The woman waved her hand over her daughter, and the evidence of just being born was wiped away. Then she replied, “I will name her 'Ava', because she will be “my light”.
The man continued, “Andrina, my love, you know we will have to send her to Kentwaisis, she can’t stay here on Antar…it is the law…” he said as the baby girl was crying.
“Shh, shhh” Andrina cooed to the restless baby in her arms “All will be worked out Jameus…for this day has been foretold…many years ago.”
Jameus took their other baby, a son, out of the other woman’s hands, cleaned him in the same way, and sent the woman out of the room. “Andrina, what are you saying?”
“I have known this day would be coming for a long time now. The wise woman Bethsheta told me on her deathbed of its coming. She told me I’d give birth to twins, whose births would lead the way to redemption for our people.”
“How can this be?” Jameus asked.
“The prophecy has been given, but the road ahead is unmarked. We will have to use our greatest judgment and raise our son in the best way we can. Unfortunately we will have to watch our daughter grow from afar...”
“You mean send her away to Kentwaisis?” Jameus asked.
“No, I have made arrangements for her to live with Mayverna and Lyatso. They agreed, long ago, to take her when the time arrived…she will be well taken care of.” Andrina breathed in her daughter’s fresh scent, and kissed the top of her golden head. “Please call them Jameus, the sooner the be-eh-ter” she said with a catch in her throat. “Even though I have known this day would come, I don’t want to let her go!”
Andrina cried silent tears as she rocked her baby and Jameus, after handing Andrina the other baby, left the room.
Andrina leaned over her new baby boy and said, “I will name you 'Rath' which means great strength…I fear you will need all the strength you have for the road ahead.” She hugged both of her children to her breast and cried more silent tears, knowing this was probably the last time she’d hold both of her children in her arms at the same time.
Suddenly Andrina was standing right in front of Michael and Tess. She was dressed in a flowing white gown, which was slightly iridescent. Her blue eyes were a clear blue and her soft brown hair fell in long waves.
“My special children, Ava and Rath, you have lived before. You were chosen to fulfill a very important journey. Your destiny was interrupted when your enemies killed you on that horrible day, but our technology has allowed us to clone you. Evil may gain a foot by devious devices, but fate will always triumph! We on Antar are all essentially human, just with advanced capabilities, so we have sent you to earth to grow and mature. Your guardians, Mayverna and Layatso, were sent with you to protect you as you grow. Trust them for while you grew here, they kept you safe my daughter, and taught you well my son.
As of now you have seen only your beginning. Please do not be frightened, all will be revealed to you in due time. Love each other, and protect each other, for you are family. Two others of the royal family have been sent with you as well who are also extremely important for our redemption to come to pass. Each one of you has been seeded with dreams that will awaken your past and help you learn what you will need to know. You also have special talents, that will develop, that will aid you on this great journey. As each of the four of you find out more, through your dreams, you will soon know what you have been born to do.
Before we sent you to earth we deliberated about how best to teach you of your past and the prophecies. This dream technology proved to be the safest, most effective, way of letting you learn who you are. Our enemies continue to look for you, and without any physical evidence of who you are, this hopefully will aid in protecting your identities. On your 2nd earth year, you will look approximately 7 years old. Now your dreams will begin in full force. Spend as much time with each other as you can, and while you are together, your essences will have a chance to mingle with your dreams…giving you knowledge that will help you on your journey. You, my daughter and son, must be within 4 mekatis, a distance of 6 earth miles, of each other in order to awaken your dreams to their fullest capacity. I’m sure you will have no problem with being near each other, because I know as you learned to speak, you felt your familial connection almost instantly to each other. I pray that that connection has made you very close, and has helped you feel loved, since I can’t be there to care for you.
I leave you with one last instruction my children. Upon waking each morning, wet your hands and join them with each other. This will allow your dreams to replay in your heads as often as you want to better aid you with retaining what you saw. After joining hands once, the dream will be able to be replayed as many times as you would like. Somehow the conductive property of water, and your connection to each other, helps the dream to solidify in your essences. You will also be able to share your dreams with your fellow court members by connecting to each other. Don’t worry, in time you will know how to do this too” She said with a smile.
“On your 11th earth year, you will look approximately 16 years old, and will now be ready to return home. All will have been revealed to you by this time, and all that will be left to do is to walk through the door of fate. You may, around this time, be treated with a low regard as being ‘too young’ on the planet you are on now, but never forget who you are. You are Antarian Royalty…at least you will be when you return. The means to get here will also be revealed to you in due time. Have patience my children and faith in each other.
The strength of four combined will forever bind you. I know I will see you some day and I pray this time comes with much haste. We did not think redemption would come at the cost it has, but are strengthened daily by the hope of your return. I love you with all that is in me, and long to have you with me again, so I can once more hold my children in my arms…"
With that last statement Andrina put her hand over her heart, and she winked out of sight.
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How Dreams Connect Us (AU, ALL, Teen/Adult) Ch 13 - 6/19/06
Chapter 13
With a rush of air, that felt like a wind tunnel, the connection broke between the eight friends. They were all still holding hands, and everyone had tears in their eyes. This dream had so many implications, and everyone was extremely overwhelmed. The boys, the alien boys of course, quickly waved a hand in front of their face to erase the signs of tears. Kyle and Alex let go of the hands around them and quickly turned to wipe at their eyes. Isabel looked stunned and just stood their in silence with tears running down her cheeks.
Tess walked over to Isabel and touched her on the arm. “Hey, it’s ok. I know that was hard to watch…” she said while wiping at her eyes. “…I think seeing my mother brought up more questions than answers.”
Isabel turned to Tess and tried to smile, hiding her pain… “Oh, I know…”she said while wiping at her cheeks. “…It was just a little overwhelming, that’s all. Don’t worry about me ok?” Isabel said while pulling Tess into a hug. “We just met your mom!”
“I know…” Tess said with a bright smile. “I can’t believe I lived this whole time on earth, and I really do have a mom who wants me somewhere. I’ve always felt so abandoned, and now…I can’t believe it! I’m so happy!” Tess exclaimed while giving Isabel a fierce hug back.
Tess then turned to Michael and pulled him into a hug while Alex walked over to Isabel. “He Iz, are you ok?” he asked her.
“Yeah Alex, I’m fine. That was just so big…and there is so much we still don’t know. I guess that we are on the right track though finally” she said while forcing a smile.
Alex could see right through her fake happiness, and knew something was bothering her. He decided not to push it though, since they would be alone very soon, and he would bring it up then. For the moment he just offered her a hug, and she gratefully stepped into his embrace.
Tess, once she finished hugging Michael, told him “Well brother, I guess we aren’t alone in the world anymore!”
Michael was somewhat stiff during the hug, and was still looking uncomfortable. He was not used to showing so much emotion, so he just shrugged and said “I guess so” with a strained smile.
“Ok, well we’ll talk later Michael.” Tess said as she turned to walk away. She could tell he wasn’t quite ready for much PDA and left Michael standing with Maria while she strolled over to where Kyle was standing looking dejected.
Kyle, seeing Tess coming up to him, quickly schooled his features and said enthusiastically “Wow Tess, well I guess you are a princess after all huh? Or something like it…royalty…wow. This must be so huge for you, and Michael is your brother! You have a real brother-” Kyle knew he was babbling and was happy when Tess interrupted him.
“Kyle! Thanks for all the enthusiasm, it really means a lot. I don’t think we know a lot of useful information though right now. My mom…wow…I have a mom! I still can’t believe it!” she said while still smiling from ear to ear.
“I hope you get to meet her one day…” Kyle said with a far away look in his eyes.
“I’m sorry Kyle, I know your mom left when you were really little…Jim told me” Tess said kind of embarrassed. “I didn’t think how my excitement about my mom would make you feel” she said with her eyes on the floor.
Kyle took a step closer to Tess and picked up her chin to look in her eyes “Tess, I’m happy for you…really. I’m glad that you have this chance, even though I don’t know if I ever will. You are very lucky, and I couldn’t be happier for you” he said while pulling her into a hug.
Tess felt like crying all over again being in Kyle’s arms. It’s where she had felt drawn to be since their first meeting. She gave a small sigh of contentment and hugged him back.
Maria leaned over to Michael when Tess walked away and said “Wow spaceboy, you have a family…and a sister right here in Roswell! Can you believe it?!”
Michael crossed his arms over his chest and said “No, I don’t think I really can right now. This is so much Maria. I wish I could just-”
“Michael” Mr. Parker interrupted Michael as he walked through the swinging door. “We are starting to fill up out there, and Jose needs your help. Hurry up!”
Maria put her hand on Michael’s arm and gave it a squeeze. “It’s alright we can talk later, ok?”
Instead of making a sarcastic remark Michael found himself replying to Maria “Ok”. He thought internally “What just happened?” but before he could ponder that polite response further, Maria started saying hurried goodbyes to everyone then strolled through the dining room door to her waiting tables. Michael followed her lead and made his way to the grill, his mind churning with confusion and a new enlightenment he was yet to understand.
Alex and Isabel made their goodbye’s and took the back door exit. Kyle and Tess did the same, deciding to go home and tell Jim what they had just seen.
That left Max and Liz alone in the break room. “I thought they would never leave” Max said while pulling Liz close.
“Maaax, don’t you feel a little weird to be getting so cozy with me after all that’s happened?” Liz asked while looking up into his eyes.
Max kissed her on the forehead and replied “Liz you are right. There is a lot of information we found out today. You know what though? We still aren’t even close to having all the answers we need. With so many unknowns in my life, I’m glad I’m still sure of one thing.”
“What’s that?” Liz asked with a coy smile.
“You know what.” Max replied While guiding her mouth to his. Liz was always unable to resist Max while in his arms and relaxed into his kiss.
Just then the swinging door opened and Liz’s dad popped his head in. He cleared his throat and gave Max a “You better watch in buddy” look.
“Liz, we are starting to get busy out here. Are you sure you don’t want to make some extra money today?”
“No dad, me and Max have plans. We were just leaving…” she said as she grabbed Max’s hand and started dragging him out the back door.
Max shot Mr. Parker a helpless look and Mr. Parker said “Ok, well…you two be careful!”
“We will dad, see you later tonight!” Liz replied while the door was closing behind her. Mr. Parker rolled his eyes. He thought to himself that his daughter really was seeing that Max boy pretty often. He then hurried back into the dinging room to see where he could help out his staff.
Michael was just putting one of his finished dishes up in the pick up area when Maria walked over. “Is that for table 10?” she asked.
Michael found himself flustered all of a sudden and bit out without thinking “Yeah, I’m here to cook just for your tables of course.”
Maria looked hurt, and took the plate away without another word. Michael pressed the heel of his palm to his head and thought to himself “What is wrong with me? Why is she getting to me so much?”
Jose looked over at Michael from where he was frying up some onion rings and said “You sure have a funny way of showing that girl that you like her.”
“I don’t ‘like’ her Jose.” Michael said sarcastically.
Jose held up his hands in surrender and said “Hey man, I call ‘em how I se ‘em…and you my friend are in love with that one” he said while gesturing in Maria’s direction with his head.
Michael just turned and muttered “Whatever” while preparing his next plate. All of a sudden Tess was in his head.
“Michael you really are in denial you know.” She said mentally.
“Tess, why are you in my head right now?” Michael asked her.
“I was just testing out this connection. The sheriff doesn’t live that far from the Crashdown, and I wondered if I could still talk to you from home.”
“Well I guess you found out you can, huh?” Michael asked her. “How long have you been hanging around in my head Tess?”
“…long enough to know that you are denying your feelings for Maria. Why don’t you just talk to her? Tell her how you feel.” She asked.
“I don’t know how” he admitted quickly. “Wait, did I just say that?” he asked her in his head.
“Yes brother you did.” Tess said while giggling in his head.
“I didn’t want to tell you that though.” Michael said getting irritated.
Tess sighed inside the connection, and replied “Well, I think we just figured out something about our connection.”
“What’s that?” Michael asked.
“That we can’t hide our true feelings from each other in here. I guess that could be a good thing and a bad thing….” Tess said uncertainly.
“Hey Tess…how do you really feel about Kyle?” Michael asked quickly with an internal smile.
“Well, I think he’s really hot and I SO don’t think of him as a brother. I’m just waiting for him to ask me out and-HEY! You aren’t supposed to ask me that!!” Tess said while getting pretty irritated herself.
Michael laughed inside their connection and said “See?? You didn’t like it much when I did that did you?”
Tess huffed in response and said “Ok ok, I’ll try and not ask you embarrassing questions too much. Well, at least now that you know how I feel about Kyle, we can talk about it.” Tess said.
“I really don’t want to hear about you and Kyle thanks” Michael replied.
“Ok, we don’t have to talk about him, but really Michael, you should tell Maria how you feel. She’s crazy about you, I can tell.” Tess said very matter of fact.
“Oh really?” Michael asked. “Ok Ms. Know it All, how do you think I should go about this? I’m not exactly known for my suave ways around here.”
“Just be sensitive to her Michael. She’s waiting for you to make the first move that much I’m sure of… I know! Just help her out at work today. Bus her tables when she’s on break, get her orders out super fast, that kind of stuff. She’ll be really impressed with you. Then later, when she’s almost off her shift, ask her what her plans are for the night. See if she takes the hint.” Tess advised.
“No promises over here, but I’ll try.” Michael said with a mental sigh. “I never thought I’d be admitting my feelings to anyone like this.”
Tess smiled internally and said “Well, I bet you thought you’d never have a real sister either!”
“Ok sis, gotta get to work, you can get out of my head now!” Michael said.
“Pushy, pushy …I’m outta here” and with that, he could feel Tess pop out of his head. When he looked up, he saw Maria staring right into his eyes.
“Tess?” she inquired.
“Yeah, she was testing her range” he replied. “I have your other order right here, and sorry for earlier” he said quickly. Then he turned back to the grill before she could reply.
Maria just smiled to herself and quickly picked up the plate he had just put down for her. As she turned to walk to her table she knew, without a doubt, that not one plate would burn her hand today and she felt a familiar warm feeling in her tummy. She thought to herself “Maybe today…maybe today he will finally tell me!”
With a rush of air, that felt like a wind tunnel, the connection broke between the eight friends. They were all still holding hands, and everyone had tears in their eyes. This dream had so many implications, and everyone was extremely overwhelmed. The boys, the alien boys of course, quickly waved a hand in front of their face to erase the signs of tears. Kyle and Alex let go of the hands around them and quickly turned to wipe at their eyes. Isabel looked stunned and just stood their in silence with tears running down her cheeks.
Tess walked over to Isabel and touched her on the arm. “Hey, it’s ok. I know that was hard to watch…” she said while wiping at her eyes. “…I think seeing my mother brought up more questions than answers.”
Isabel turned to Tess and tried to smile, hiding her pain… “Oh, I know…”she said while wiping at her cheeks. “…It was just a little overwhelming, that’s all. Don’t worry about me ok?” Isabel said while pulling Tess into a hug. “We just met your mom!”
“I know…” Tess said with a bright smile. “I can’t believe I lived this whole time on earth, and I really do have a mom who wants me somewhere. I’ve always felt so abandoned, and now…I can’t believe it! I’m so happy!” Tess exclaimed while giving Isabel a fierce hug back.
Tess then turned to Michael and pulled him into a hug while Alex walked over to Isabel. “He Iz, are you ok?” he asked her.
“Yeah Alex, I’m fine. That was just so big…and there is so much we still don’t know. I guess that we are on the right track though finally” she said while forcing a smile.
Alex could see right through her fake happiness, and knew something was bothering her. He decided not to push it though, since they would be alone very soon, and he would bring it up then. For the moment he just offered her a hug, and she gratefully stepped into his embrace.
Tess, once she finished hugging Michael, told him “Well brother, I guess we aren’t alone in the world anymore!”
Michael was somewhat stiff during the hug, and was still looking uncomfortable. He was not used to showing so much emotion, so he just shrugged and said “I guess so” with a strained smile.
“Ok, well we’ll talk later Michael.” Tess said as she turned to walk away. She could tell he wasn’t quite ready for much PDA and left Michael standing with Maria while she strolled over to where Kyle was standing looking dejected.
Kyle, seeing Tess coming up to him, quickly schooled his features and said enthusiastically “Wow Tess, well I guess you are a princess after all huh? Or something like it…royalty…wow. This must be so huge for you, and Michael is your brother! You have a real brother-” Kyle knew he was babbling and was happy when Tess interrupted him.
“Kyle! Thanks for all the enthusiasm, it really means a lot. I don’t think we know a lot of useful information though right now. My mom…wow…I have a mom! I still can’t believe it!” she said while still smiling from ear to ear.
“I hope you get to meet her one day…” Kyle said with a far away look in his eyes.
“I’m sorry Kyle, I know your mom left when you were really little…Jim told me” Tess said kind of embarrassed. “I didn’t think how my excitement about my mom would make you feel” she said with her eyes on the floor.
Kyle took a step closer to Tess and picked up her chin to look in her eyes “Tess, I’m happy for you…really. I’m glad that you have this chance, even though I don’t know if I ever will. You are very lucky, and I couldn’t be happier for you” he said while pulling her into a hug.
Tess felt like crying all over again being in Kyle’s arms. It’s where she had felt drawn to be since their first meeting. She gave a small sigh of contentment and hugged him back.
Maria leaned over to Michael when Tess walked away and said “Wow spaceboy, you have a family…and a sister right here in Roswell! Can you believe it?!”
Michael crossed his arms over his chest and said “No, I don’t think I really can right now. This is so much Maria. I wish I could just-”
“Michael” Mr. Parker interrupted Michael as he walked through the swinging door. “We are starting to fill up out there, and Jose needs your help. Hurry up!”
Maria put her hand on Michael’s arm and gave it a squeeze. “It’s alright we can talk later, ok?”
Instead of making a sarcastic remark Michael found himself replying to Maria “Ok”. He thought internally “What just happened?” but before he could ponder that polite response further, Maria started saying hurried goodbyes to everyone then strolled through the dining room door to her waiting tables. Michael followed her lead and made his way to the grill, his mind churning with confusion and a new enlightenment he was yet to understand.
Alex and Isabel made their goodbye’s and took the back door exit. Kyle and Tess did the same, deciding to go home and tell Jim what they had just seen.
That left Max and Liz alone in the break room. “I thought they would never leave” Max said while pulling Liz close.
“Maaax, don’t you feel a little weird to be getting so cozy with me after all that’s happened?” Liz asked while looking up into his eyes.
Max kissed her on the forehead and replied “Liz you are right. There is a lot of information we found out today. You know what though? We still aren’t even close to having all the answers we need. With so many unknowns in my life, I’m glad I’m still sure of one thing.”
“What’s that?” Liz asked with a coy smile.
“You know what.” Max replied While guiding her mouth to his. Liz was always unable to resist Max while in his arms and relaxed into his kiss.
Just then the swinging door opened and Liz’s dad popped his head in. He cleared his throat and gave Max a “You better watch in buddy” look.
“Liz, we are starting to get busy out here. Are you sure you don’t want to make some extra money today?”
“No dad, me and Max have plans. We were just leaving…” she said as she grabbed Max’s hand and started dragging him out the back door.
Max shot Mr. Parker a helpless look and Mr. Parker said “Ok, well…you two be careful!”
“We will dad, see you later tonight!” Liz replied while the door was closing behind her. Mr. Parker rolled his eyes. He thought to himself that his daughter really was seeing that Max boy pretty often. He then hurried back into the dinging room to see where he could help out his staff.
Michael was just putting one of his finished dishes up in the pick up area when Maria walked over. “Is that for table 10?” she asked.
Michael found himself flustered all of a sudden and bit out without thinking “Yeah, I’m here to cook just for your tables of course.”
Maria looked hurt, and took the plate away without another word. Michael pressed the heel of his palm to his head and thought to himself “What is wrong with me? Why is she getting to me so much?”
Jose looked over at Michael from where he was frying up some onion rings and said “You sure have a funny way of showing that girl that you like her.”
“I don’t ‘like’ her Jose.” Michael said sarcastically.
Jose held up his hands in surrender and said “Hey man, I call ‘em how I se ‘em…and you my friend are in love with that one” he said while gesturing in Maria’s direction with his head.
Michael just turned and muttered “Whatever” while preparing his next plate. All of a sudden Tess was in his head.
“Michael you really are in denial you know.” She said mentally.
“Tess, why are you in my head right now?” Michael asked her.
“I was just testing out this connection. The sheriff doesn’t live that far from the Crashdown, and I wondered if I could still talk to you from home.”
“Well I guess you found out you can, huh?” Michael asked her. “How long have you been hanging around in my head Tess?”
“…long enough to know that you are denying your feelings for Maria. Why don’t you just talk to her? Tell her how you feel.” She asked.
“I don’t know how” he admitted quickly. “Wait, did I just say that?” he asked her in his head.
“Yes brother you did.” Tess said while giggling in his head.
“I didn’t want to tell you that though.” Michael said getting irritated.
Tess sighed inside the connection, and replied “Well, I think we just figured out something about our connection.”
“What’s that?” Michael asked.
“That we can’t hide our true feelings from each other in here. I guess that could be a good thing and a bad thing….” Tess said uncertainly.
“Hey Tess…how do you really feel about Kyle?” Michael asked quickly with an internal smile.
“Well, I think he’s really hot and I SO don’t think of him as a brother. I’m just waiting for him to ask me out and-HEY! You aren’t supposed to ask me that!!” Tess said while getting pretty irritated herself.
Michael laughed inside their connection and said “See?? You didn’t like it much when I did that did you?”
Tess huffed in response and said “Ok ok, I’ll try and not ask you embarrassing questions too much. Well, at least now that you know how I feel about Kyle, we can talk about it.” Tess said.
“I really don’t want to hear about you and Kyle thanks” Michael replied.
“Ok, we don’t have to talk about him, but really Michael, you should tell Maria how you feel. She’s crazy about you, I can tell.” Tess said very matter of fact.
“Oh really?” Michael asked. “Ok Ms. Know it All, how do you think I should go about this? I’m not exactly known for my suave ways around here.”
“Just be sensitive to her Michael. She’s waiting for you to make the first move that much I’m sure of… I know! Just help her out at work today. Bus her tables when she’s on break, get her orders out super fast, that kind of stuff. She’ll be really impressed with you. Then later, when she’s almost off her shift, ask her what her plans are for the night. See if she takes the hint.” Tess advised.
“No promises over here, but I’ll try.” Michael said with a mental sigh. “I never thought I’d be admitting my feelings to anyone like this.”
Tess smiled internally and said “Well, I bet you thought you’d never have a real sister either!”
“Ok sis, gotta get to work, you can get out of my head now!” Michael said.
“Pushy, pushy …I’m outta here” and with that, he could feel Tess pop out of his head. When he looked up, he saw Maria staring right into his eyes.
“Tess?” she inquired.
“Yeah, she was testing her range” he replied. “I have your other order right here, and sorry for earlier” he said quickly. Then he turned back to the grill before she could reply.
Maria just smiled to herself and quickly picked up the plate he had just put down for her. As she turned to walk to her table she knew, without a doubt, that not one plate would burn her hand today and she felt a familiar warm feeling in her tummy. She thought to herself “Maybe today…maybe today he will finally tell me!”
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How Dreams Connect Us (AU, ALL, Teen/Adult) Ch 14 - 6/19/06
Chapter 14
Alex was fiddling with the edge of his shirt, obviously nervous, and quietly walking by Isabel’s side down Main Street. Isabel had her arms crossed across her chest and was looking away from Alex’s direction. He could tell her eyes were still a little misty, and debated breaking the silence. He took a deep breath and was about to tell her how pretty he thought her outfit was when Isabel spoke up.
“I still can’t believe it Alex…” she said quietly. I really thought Andrina was my mother…Max’s mother…I feel so jealous of Tess and I know I shouldn’t!” she ended on a frustrated note, throwing her hand out in front of her.
Alex took the opportunity to slowly grasp her left hand with his right, and pull her to a stop. He wasn’t sure if she would let him hold her hand, but he just couldn’t resist somehow making contact with her to give her comfort. Isabel was kind of startled at the sudden close physical proximity, but did not even think of pulling her hand away.
“Iz, it’s ok to feel a little jealous. I know I’d feel jealous too if I was in your shoes. You just have to not lose hope that you will meet your mother as well. I mean, you guys have just cracked the surface of really understanding your dreams, it would seem, and who knows what you will learn next!” Alex grinned at Isabel then and said “Don’t be so hard on yourself.”
Isabel took a quiet breath in through her mouth then looked down at Alex’s shoes “Alex, thank you for that. It really means a lot to me that I can talk to you like this. I know I can always talk to Max or Michael…but with you, it’s different…” She hesitantly looked up to meet his eyes “…I just feel completely safe with you. I feel like I can tell you anything…Wow, did I just say that?” Isabel asked Alex looking slightly dazed.
“Uh, yeah you did” Alex replied with a goofy grin coming on.
“What are you doing to me Alex?” Isabel asked with a blush on her cheeks a big grin appearing on her face. “It’s like you make me so comfortable, I don’t feel the compulsion to hide any of my feelings.”
Alex gave Isabel’s hand a squeeze and said “Well, honestly Iz, I can’t even believe we are here right now, walking down mainstreet…” Alex looks over into Isabel’s eyes and says quietly “…holding hands…” Before he loses all of his nerve he looks straight ahead and tells Isabel “Thanks.”
“For what?” she replied.
“For giving me this chance…to be your friend, maybe more than a friend…” Isabel gave him a sideways glance. “Whatever you are comfortable with I mean…” Alex stammers.
This time it’s Isabel’s turn to look into Alex’s eyes “Alex, I told you before you are on the inside, and I meant it. I didn’t know what I really meant though until right now. When I’m around you, you do things to me. You make my heart happy.” Isabel then looked away, suddenly overwhelmed with the new warm feelings coursing through her, but she still does not pull her hand out of his. “You are inside my heart Alex…even if you have green toenails!!” She cracked a joke, in an attempt to lighten the rapidly increasing emotional moment.
“Heeey!” Alex exclaims, feigning being hurt “Can’t a man have green toenails and not be chided??” This elicits a giggle from Isabel.
“So what movie do you want to see Alex? The Green Mile Maybe? Green Goblins?” Isabel is now laughing so hard she has to hold her sides feeling that they will burst.
“Ha Ha, Miss Isabel, why don’t we see Signs or My Stepmother is an Alien?? Alex replies.
“Alex, your stepmother is an alien?? You never told me we might be related!” Isabel says in a low tone as she continues to laugh till tears are coming out of her eyes.
Alex pretends to huff in exasperation, but really he feels warm all over. He just made his beautiful princess laugh till she cried. He gave a mental sigh of contentment as he dragged Isabel into the theatre still in a laughing fit. He thought to himself “Life is good.”
Michael was keeping himself occupied on the grill, while his thoughts were all on Maria. He had taken Tess’ advice about helping Maria out with her tables, and had made double sure that all of her orders came out correct in an effort to catch her attention, but she didn’t seem to be treating him any different. It was busy that day though, so maybe she was just caught up.
“Ow!” Michael exclaimed as he stuck his thumb in his mouth. Lost in thought, he hadn’t been paying close attention, and when his thumb slipped off of the spatula and onto the grill, he got a hot wake up call.
“Hey man, you need to wake up.” José said with a warning look. “If you burn your hand, then I’ll have to do all the work!”
“Don’t tempt me…” Michael shot back.
Just then Maria came up to the order counter. “What can I get for you mi vida?” José asked.
Maria rolled her eyes and said “I need what Michael has José” Maria replied pointing at Michael. Michael practically jumped out of his skin when he heard those words come out of her mouth, and then relaxed as he realized he was holding a Men in Black Bean Burger, and Orbit Rings-her next order. Michael put the plate on the counter and looked up to meet Maria’s eyes.
“Thanks spaceboy.” Maria said with a small smile, and she turned to walk away.
“Hey Guerin, I think I know why that chika calls you spaceboy all the time.” José said.
Inwardly cringing to ask the question he knew he had to ask back Michael replied “Yeah, why is that?”
“Your head is always in space when you are around her! Come down to earth spaceboy, and get your head out of the clouds. You better make a move on that one before I do!” José said with a wink.
Michael grumbled to José that he was going on a break, and hung his apron on the hook by the door. He knew Maria was due for a break too, and was going to attempt to find out her plans for the evening like Tess suggested.
“You will never go wrong following my advice, good luck Bro!” he heard Tess say in his head.
“Tess! Get out of my head, this will be hard enough as it is without you in there making me more antsy.” Michael replied.
“Ok, ok brother. I just wanted to wish you luck. Kyle is calling me anyway. Talk to you soon!” Tess said with an internal wink.
“Not too soon I hope…” Michael replied with a big sigh, but Tess was already out of his head.
Michael walked into the dining room just as Maria was entering the break room and the door banged into them both. Michael resisted the urge to yell at whoever was on the other side and opened the door wide. Maria was standing there with a chocolate shake dripping down the front of her waitress outfit. Maria brushed past Michael in a flurry and unlike him, she wasn’t resisting any urge to make a comment.
“Michael! Auuughgh! This is so cold! There goes my snack...” She said as she hurriedly picked up a towel from the bathroom and started wiping at her dress. “Chocolate stains you know, oooh… this is my last dress without any stains” she said starting to get emotional.
Michael was at a loss for words at the moment. He had wanted to get Maria’s attention today, but this was not the way he had envisioned. He thought to himself “Can’t I do anything right?” Then he got an idea.
He walked over to her and said “Maria, stop.”
“Michael, I have to get this chocolate off, or it will stain my dress! Now I’ll have to buy another one-”
“Maria! Just stop for a second…” he said as he caught her frantically wiping hand in one of his and used his other hand to wave over the front of her dress, erasing any signs of milkshake from it.
Now it was Maria’s turn to be at a loss for words. She stood there silent, with her mouth slightly open, trying to think of what to say. Michael was just standing their speechless too, and he wasn’t walking away from her like he usually would in a situation like this one. When she realized he was also still holding her hand, she looked up to meet his eyes and was even more surprised when she heard the next words to exit his mouth.
“Do you have any plans for tonight?” he asked without taking his eyes away from hers.
“I…um…no, not really.” She replied while tucking her hair behind her left hear.
“Do you want to come by the apartment later and watch TV? I know a hockey game is coming on that I wanted to see and we could pick up some Chinese food—what? Why area you making a face? He asked her.
Maria’s face had been looking hopeful until he got to the part about the hockey game. “A hockey game?” she thought to herself. “Sorry for that, I really have a hard time keeping my feelings from escaping my head and onto my face.” she replied.
“What, this conversation is making you feel bad or something?” Michael replied.
“No, no. That’s not what I’m saying.” She said while gesturing with her free hand. “That really sounds like fun Michael, how about if I drop by around 8?” Maria said while slightly cocking her head to one side.
“Ok, see you then…” Michael said as he pulled his hand away from hers and made a beeline for the kitchen.
Maria was slightly dazed from the sudden loss she felt at having Michael take his hand away, but felt warmth permeating her belly as she contemplated tonight. Even if it was a hockey game, she’d get to spend some alone time with Michael. She smoothed her hair, and smiled to herself in the bathroom mirror and then made her way out to the dining room. She couldn’t wait for her shift to be over so she could call Liz, and get home to put on a killer outfit. Michael was in for a treat!
At 6:55 p.m. Maria was wiping down tables in a routine motion, having done it a million times before. She was thinking to herself “Only five more minutes, only five more minutes, only five more minutes.” She looked up at the clock, and continued with her internal mantra. “Only four more minutes, only four more minutes…” Just then the bells on the front door jingled and she saw Liz walking in with Max. They were laughing and hanging all over each other. Maria rolled her eyes and straightened up just as Liz walked over to her. Max headed for his usual booth and continued to stare in Liz’s direction.
“Walk with me Maria.” Liz said with a big grin.
“Ok” she replied and wasn’t allowed to say anything else because Liz was pulling her by her arm into the break room. Once they were inside Liz released her arm.
“Oh my gosh Maria, I just had the best day!” Liz said with a contented sigh as she sunk down on the couch.
“Max took me to the park, and we just walked around for hours just holding hands. We fed the ducks, and those huge goldfish in the park pond…” Maria came over and quietly sat down next to her, with a big smile on her face.
“Wait, why do you have that smile on your face? I know that smile isn’t because of the day I had!” she said while poking her friend in the ribs.
“Michael invited me over tonight…”she said while clasping her hands together over her knees.
“I told you Maria! I knew that guy would eventually come around.” Liz replied.
“Well, it’s not that special” Maria began “we’re only watching a hockey game and eating Chinese food.”
Liz pushed her friend’s right shoulder gently and said “It’s a start though right? You can’t expect him to be all Don Juan or something right off the bat”
“Yeah, I guess so.” Maria replied while beginning to blush. “I was just thinking about what outfit I can wear tonight to see if Don Juan wants to come out and play.”
“Well, Max is going home in a few minutes, I was just going to pull a pie out of the cooler for him to take home with him. I could go to your house to help you pick something out…” Liz said with a calculating look at Maria.
“Ok, well hurry, it’s 7 and I said I’d be there at 8.” Maria said while getting up and pulling her friend to her feet as well.
“Ok, Ok Maria…sheesh. You are acting like you like this guy or something.” Liz said with a laugh as she went over to the cooler and pulled out a Chocolate cream pie for Max.
“I’ll be right back. Try not to hurt yourself while I’m gone” Liz said with a giggle. Maria rolled her eyes and went to the bathroom to change out of her uniform.
Alex was fiddling with the edge of his shirt, obviously nervous, and quietly walking by Isabel’s side down Main Street. Isabel had her arms crossed across her chest and was looking away from Alex’s direction. He could tell her eyes were still a little misty, and debated breaking the silence. He took a deep breath and was about to tell her how pretty he thought her outfit was when Isabel spoke up.
“I still can’t believe it Alex…” she said quietly. I really thought Andrina was my mother…Max’s mother…I feel so jealous of Tess and I know I shouldn’t!” she ended on a frustrated note, throwing her hand out in front of her.
Alex took the opportunity to slowly grasp her left hand with his right, and pull her to a stop. He wasn’t sure if she would let him hold her hand, but he just couldn’t resist somehow making contact with her to give her comfort. Isabel was kind of startled at the sudden close physical proximity, but did not even think of pulling her hand away.
“Iz, it’s ok to feel a little jealous. I know I’d feel jealous too if I was in your shoes. You just have to not lose hope that you will meet your mother as well. I mean, you guys have just cracked the surface of really understanding your dreams, it would seem, and who knows what you will learn next!” Alex grinned at Isabel then and said “Don’t be so hard on yourself.”
Isabel took a quiet breath in through her mouth then looked down at Alex’s shoes “Alex, thank you for that. It really means a lot to me that I can talk to you like this. I know I can always talk to Max or Michael…but with you, it’s different…” She hesitantly looked up to meet his eyes “…I just feel completely safe with you. I feel like I can tell you anything…Wow, did I just say that?” Isabel asked Alex looking slightly dazed.
“Uh, yeah you did” Alex replied with a goofy grin coming on.
“What are you doing to me Alex?” Isabel asked with a blush on her cheeks a big grin appearing on her face. “It’s like you make me so comfortable, I don’t feel the compulsion to hide any of my feelings.”
Alex gave Isabel’s hand a squeeze and said “Well, honestly Iz, I can’t even believe we are here right now, walking down mainstreet…” Alex looks over into Isabel’s eyes and says quietly “…holding hands…” Before he loses all of his nerve he looks straight ahead and tells Isabel “Thanks.”
“For what?” she replied.
“For giving me this chance…to be your friend, maybe more than a friend…” Isabel gave him a sideways glance. “Whatever you are comfortable with I mean…” Alex stammers.
This time it’s Isabel’s turn to look into Alex’s eyes “Alex, I told you before you are on the inside, and I meant it. I didn’t know what I really meant though until right now. When I’m around you, you do things to me. You make my heart happy.” Isabel then looked away, suddenly overwhelmed with the new warm feelings coursing through her, but she still does not pull her hand out of his. “You are inside my heart Alex…even if you have green toenails!!” She cracked a joke, in an attempt to lighten the rapidly increasing emotional moment.
“Heeey!” Alex exclaims, feigning being hurt “Can’t a man have green toenails and not be chided??” This elicits a giggle from Isabel.
“So what movie do you want to see Alex? The Green Mile Maybe? Green Goblins?” Isabel is now laughing so hard she has to hold her sides feeling that they will burst.
“Ha Ha, Miss Isabel, why don’t we see Signs or My Stepmother is an Alien?? Alex replies.
“Alex, your stepmother is an alien?? You never told me we might be related!” Isabel says in a low tone as she continues to laugh till tears are coming out of her eyes.
Alex pretends to huff in exasperation, but really he feels warm all over. He just made his beautiful princess laugh till she cried. He gave a mental sigh of contentment as he dragged Isabel into the theatre still in a laughing fit. He thought to himself “Life is good.”
Michael was keeping himself occupied on the grill, while his thoughts were all on Maria. He had taken Tess’ advice about helping Maria out with her tables, and had made double sure that all of her orders came out correct in an effort to catch her attention, but she didn’t seem to be treating him any different. It was busy that day though, so maybe she was just caught up.
“Ow!” Michael exclaimed as he stuck his thumb in his mouth. Lost in thought, he hadn’t been paying close attention, and when his thumb slipped off of the spatula and onto the grill, he got a hot wake up call.
“Hey man, you need to wake up.” José said with a warning look. “If you burn your hand, then I’ll have to do all the work!”
“Don’t tempt me…” Michael shot back.
Just then Maria came up to the order counter. “What can I get for you mi vida?” José asked.
Maria rolled her eyes and said “I need what Michael has José” Maria replied pointing at Michael. Michael practically jumped out of his skin when he heard those words come out of her mouth, and then relaxed as he realized he was holding a Men in Black Bean Burger, and Orbit Rings-her next order. Michael put the plate on the counter and looked up to meet Maria’s eyes.
“Thanks spaceboy.” Maria said with a small smile, and she turned to walk away.
“Hey Guerin, I think I know why that chika calls you spaceboy all the time.” José said.
Inwardly cringing to ask the question he knew he had to ask back Michael replied “Yeah, why is that?”
“Your head is always in space when you are around her! Come down to earth spaceboy, and get your head out of the clouds. You better make a move on that one before I do!” José said with a wink.
Michael grumbled to José that he was going on a break, and hung his apron on the hook by the door. He knew Maria was due for a break too, and was going to attempt to find out her plans for the evening like Tess suggested.
“You will never go wrong following my advice, good luck Bro!” he heard Tess say in his head.
“Tess! Get out of my head, this will be hard enough as it is without you in there making me more antsy.” Michael replied.
“Ok, ok brother. I just wanted to wish you luck. Kyle is calling me anyway. Talk to you soon!” Tess said with an internal wink.
“Not too soon I hope…” Michael replied with a big sigh, but Tess was already out of his head.
Michael walked into the dining room just as Maria was entering the break room and the door banged into them both. Michael resisted the urge to yell at whoever was on the other side and opened the door wide. Maria was standing there with a chocolate shake dripping down the front of her waitress outfit. Maria brushed past Michael in a flurry and unlike him, she wasn’t resisting any urge to make a comment.
“Michael! Auuughgh! This is so cold! There goes my snack...” She said as she hurriedly picked up a towel from the bathroom and started wiping at her dress. “Chocolate stains you know, oooh… this is my last dress without any stains” she said starting to get emotional.
Michael was at a loss for words at the moment. He had wanted to get Maria’s attention today, but this was not the way he had envisioned. He thought to himself “Can’t I do anything right?” Then he got an idea.
He walked over to her and said “Maria, stop.”
“Michael, I have to get this chocolate off, or it will stain my dress! Now I’ll have to buy another one-”
“Maria! Just stop for a second…” he said as he caught her frantically wiping hand in one of his and used his other hand to wave over the front of her dress, erasing any signs of milkshake from it.
Now it was Maria’s turn to be at a loss for words. She stood there silent, with her mouth slightly open, trying to think of what to say. Michael was just standing their speechless too, and he wasn’t walking away from her like he usually would in a situation like this one. When she realized he was also still holding her hand, she looked up to meet his eyes and was even more surprised when she heard the next words to exit his mouth.
“Do you have any plans for tonight?” he asked without taking his eyes away from hers.
“I…um…no, not really.” She replied while tucking her hair behind her left hear.
“Do you want to come by the apartment later and watch TV? I know a hockey game is coming on that I wanted to see and we could pick up some Chinese food—what? Why area you making a face? He asked her.
Maria’s face had been looking hopeful until he got to the part about the hockey game. “A hockey game?” she thought to herself. “Sorry for that, I really have a hard time keeping my feelings from escaping my head and onto my face.” she replied.
“What, this conversation is making you feel bad or something?” Michael replied.
“No, no. That’s not what I’m saying.” She said while gesturing with her free hand. “That really sounds like fun Michael, how about if I drop by around 8?” Maria said while slightly cocking her head to one side.
“Ok, see you then…” Michael said as he pulled his hand away from hers and made a beeline for the kitchen.
Maria was slightly dazed from the sudden loss she felt at having Michael take his hand away, but felt warmth permeating her belly as she contemplated tonight. Even if it was a hockey game, she’d get to spend some alone time with Michael. She smoothed her hair, and smiled to herself in the bathroom mirror and then made her way out to the dining room. She couldn’t wait for her shift to be over so she could call Liz, and get home to put on a killer outfit. Michael was in for a treat!
At 6:55 p.m. Maria was wiping down tables in a routine motion, having done it a million times before. She was thinking to herself “Only five more minutes, only five more minutes, only five more minutes.” She looked up at the clock, and continued with her internal mantra. “Only four more minutes, only four more minutes…” Just then the bells on the front door jingled and she saw Liz walking in with Max. They were laughing and hanging all over each other. Maria rolled her eyes and straightened up just as Liz walked over to her. Max headed for his usual booth and continued to stare in Liz’s direction.
“Walk with me Maria.” Liz said with a big grin.
“Ok” she replied and wasn’t allowed to say anything else because Liz was pulling her by her arm into the break room. Once they were inside Liz released her arm.
“Oh my gosh Maria, I just had the best day!” Liz said with a contented sigh as she sunk down on the couch.
“Max took me to the park, and we just walked around for hours just holding hands. We fed the ducks, and those huge goldfish in the park pond…” Maria came over and quietly sat down next to her, with a big smile on her face.
“Wait, why do you have that smile on your face? I know that smile isn’t because of the day I had!” she said while poking her friend in the ribs.
“Michael invited me over tonight…”she said while clasping her hands together over her knees.
“I told you Maria! I knew that guy would eventually come around.” Liz replied.
“Well, it’s not that special” Maria began “we’re only watching a hockey game and eating Chinese food.”
Liz pushed her friend’s right shoulder gently and said “It’s a start though right? You can’t expect him to be all Don Juan or something right off the bat”
“Yeah, I guess so.” Maria replied while beginning to blush. “I was just thinking about what outfit I can wear tonight to see if Don Juan wants to come out and play.”
“Well, Max is going home in a few minutes, I was just going to pull a pie out of the cooler for him to take home with him. I could go to your house to help you pick something out…” Liz said with a calculating look at Maria.
“Ok, well hurry, it’s 7 and I said I’d be there at 8.” Maria said while getting up and pulling her friend to her feet as well.
“Ok, Ok Maria…sheesh. You are acting like you like this guy or something.” Liz said with a laugh as she went over to the cooler and pulled out a Chocolate cream pie for Max.
“I’ll be right back. Try not to hurt yourself while I’m gone” Liz said with a giggle. Maria rolled her eyes and went to the bathroom to change out of her uniform.
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How Dreams Connect Us (AU, ALL, Teen/Adult) Ch 15 - 6/19/06
Chapter 15
Maria was standing outside of Michael’s door working up the courage to knock. She was wearing her favorite blue jeans that accentuated curvy hips she knew she didn’t have. On top was a red v-neck tank top with stretch lace for straps. Around her neck was a silver necklace with a letter M on it. Liz thought this was a great touch since Maria and Michael’s names both started with an M. Maria had protested, but in the end had relented and worn it, just to shut Liz up; or so she told herself. After a quick shower, and getting dressed, Liz gave her friend a quick pedicure matching her toes to her top. While Liz was doing that, Maria had applied a thin line of black eyeliner to her top lids, light and medium brown shimmer eye shadow, and black mascara to her eyelashes. She had finished off the look by applying a little mousse to her slightly damp hair, and her signature pink lip gloss that went perfectly with her complexion. In short, she knew she’d get Michael’s attention with this outfit.
“You are going to kill him!” Liz had said as Maria was running out to her car. “I’ll see you later!” she said as she waved at her frantic friend.
“Wish me luck!” Maria said just before she closed her door.
Now she was trying to picture what Michael’s face would look like when he opened the door. Just then the door opened from the inside and suddenly she didn’t have to wonder anymore. Though the face she saw was not one she was expecting.
“Why didn’t you knock? You have been out there for 5 minutes.” Michael said looking annoyed. “The game is about to start. Come in.” he said while Maria walked through his front door.
She took in her surroundings as Michael walked into the kitchen. Well, it wasn’t the cleanest apartment, but at least he seemed to have tidied up the TV room area. The glass topper on the coffee table was cleared, but there was a few water marks left behind by glasses. The trash appeared to all be in the trash can, but it really needed to be taken out before it overflowed. Maria sighed and sat down on the couch.
“Hey, aren’t you going to come and get some food?” Michael inquired from within the kitchen.
“Ok…” Maria said quietly under her breath as she put her hands on her knees to push herself up.
“I didn’t know what you liked, so I got a couple different things.” Michael said while pointing to Lemon Chicken, and Moo Goo Gai Pan. Maria was relieved as she loved Moo Goo Gai Pan. She could eat those baby corn’s all day.
“I’ll take some Moo Goo if that’s ok.” Maria told Michael, and he served her in silence. After giving her a generous portion he handed her the plate.
“Thanks” Maria said after taking the plate I her hand. She then headed over to the kitchen table where Michael indicated the rice was. While serving herself some white rice, she saw Michael putting Tabasco Sauce on his serving of Moo Goo, and then adding sugar to his Lemon Sauce. “Ewww” she thought to herself, and then took a seat on the couch. “Alien tastes are so weird” she continued to think.
“I have Apple and Kiwi/Strawberry Snapple” Michael called from the kitchen.
“I like the Kiwi/Strawberry the best” she called back.
He came over to the couch setting down his food on the coffee table, and handing Maria one of the Snapple drinks in his hands.
“Kiwi/Strawberry is my favorite too it would seem” Michael said while looking at the TV and not making too much of a deal about it.
Maria just tilted her head to the side and thought “Here we go.” While opening the top of her Snapple and taking a drink.
45 minutes into the hockey game, and finished with her food, Maria asked Michael where the bathroom was.
“It’s over there” he pointed to a door adjacent to the kitchen.
Maria got up and walked over to the restroom, closing the door behind her.
Once she left the room, a commercial came on that started Michael thinking. It was a commercial about some new cocoa product, and showed people snuggling near a fire, drinking cocoa. He wondered if he would be able to get that close to Maria tonight. He doubted it. With Tess in his head, how could he expect to have any privacy? Even though that outfit Maria had on was driving him crazy! After eating her food, she had looked overly bored watching the game. He knew he should have rented a movie. At least he had remembered to clean the towel in the bathroom. He picked up the plates and the empty Snapple bottles and took them into the kitchen. Seeing the overflowing garbage can, he picked up the bag and squished everything down into it so he could close it. As he was taking the garbage outside he heard a familiar voice in his head.
“How is the date going bro?” Tess asked.
“I don’t know Tess. I knew I should have rented a movie tonight, but I really wanted to see this hockey game. Maria is completely bored I can tell.”
He walked back into the apartment and put a new bag in the trash can, dropping the empty paper plates, and Snapple bottles inside.
“Well, maybe you could suggest to change the channel or something. Kyle is taping that game because he’s doing something in the garage with his dad tonight. You can watch it later.” Tess encouraged.
“Oh, alright-hey wait, I can hear Maria talking to herself in the bathroom.” Michael replied. “I’m going to go and listen.
“I don’t know if that’s such a great idea Michael.” Tess said but Michael walked over anyway and quietly put his ear to the door.
Once Maria got into the restroom, she leaned against the door and took a deep breath. She started thinking to herself. “This outfit is wasted, he didn’t even notice it.” She started muttering under her breath as she washed her hands. When she wiped her hands on a surprisingly clean towel, she heard her cell phone vibrate in her pants pocket.
“Hello?” she whisperd.
“Maria, it’s me. How is it going?” Liz said.
“Horrible Maria replied, I don’t even think Michael noticed what I’m wearing, he’s so into that hockey game. It’s so boring Liz! I knew hockey was a sport, but it’s more like the WWF! Everyone picking fights…” Maria said while sighing.
“Maria, give Michael a chance. Max said he really loves hockey, so you should at least attempt to have a good time.” Liz replied.
“Oh, alright Liz” Maria said while checking her hair in the mirror. “Let me let you go, because If not, Michael will wonder what I’m doing in the bathroom for so long.”
“Ok, well call me after ok?” Liz replied.
“Talk to you then” Maria said and then put her phone back in her pocket.
“Michael? Michael what are you doing?” Tess said in Michael’s head.
“Shhhhh!!” He replied.
As he listened to Maria’s voice he heard her say how much she thought hockey was boring, and she was comparing it to the WWF!! He thought to himself “How could she think that about his favorite sport??!! Wait, she was talking to Liz in there? She was telling Liz all this stuff?” he was getting angrier by the minute.
“Michael! Calm down. Hockey CAN be like wrestling with all the fights.” Tess said trying to help the situation just as Maria was walking out of the bathroom.
“Get out of my head TESS” Michael said as he forced her out with a mental shove, snapping their connection off like an off switch.
“You think Hockey is boring??” Michael exclaimed to Maria.
“You think it’s like the WWF??” Michael said even louder.
“I don’t hate hockey ok Michael!” Maria shouted back. “but isn’t this supposed to be a date or something tonight? You don’t watch hockey with a date! You rent a movie or something, something we both like.” Maria shouted with her hands on her hips.
“For your information, I was going to rent a movie, but I really wanted to see this game. I was just going to suggest we watch something that you wanted to, since Kyle is taping this game anyway.” Michael said in a normal tone.
“You mean you knew Kyle was taping this game, and you wanted to see it now anyway?” Maria exclaimed.
“No, Tess just told me that” Michael replied.
“Tess? Tess?!! Is that girl always in your head now? How can I have a night alone with you with her in there all the time??” Maria shouted.
“Tess isn’t in my head all the time” he shouted back. “and correct me if I’m wrong here, but weren’t you jus in there talking to Liz? In my head or on the phone, you weren’t exactly keeping yourself all for me tonight either.” Michael said with a smirk on his face.
“Well, she called me and-”
“And Tess called me too, so to speak. I had just kicked her out of my head when you came out. Wait.” Michael looked to the side and tilted his head slightly “I kicked her out of my head, and she’s not in there…I didn’t know I could even do that!” He said to Maria now smiling slightly. He took a step towards her now.
“Michael what’s the matter?” Maria asked him as Michael took another step towards her.
“Tess isn’t in my head.” He replied while backing her into a wall.
“So why are you looking at me like that now.” Maria said while leaning against the wall and looking up into Michaels eyes.
“She won’t know I’m doing this…” he said as he lowered his head down and his lips met hers.
“Yes, yes, YES!” Maria thought in her mind as she wrapped her arms around Michaels neck as he gathered her in at the waist.
He broke the kiss for a moment and looked into her eyes “By the way, did I mention that outfit you have on is pretty hot?” he breathed into her mouth.
“You did now…she replied as she pulled his mouth back down to hers.”
Maria was standing outside of Michael’s door working up the courage to knock. She was wearing her favorite blue jeans that accentuated curvy hips she knew she didn’t have. On top was a red v-neck tank top with stretch lace for straps. Around her neck was a silver necklace with a letter M on it. Liz thought this was a great touch since Maria and Michael’s names both started with an M. Maria had protested, but in the end had relented and worn it, just to shut Liz up; or so she told herself. After a quick shower, and getting dressed, Liz gave her friend a quick pedicure matching her toes to her top. While Liz was doing that, Maria had applied a thin line of black eyeliner to her top lids, light and medium brown shimmer eye shadow, and black mascara to her eyelashes. She had finished off the look by applying a little mousse to her slightly damp hair, and her signature pink lip gloss that went perfectly with her complexion. In short, she knew she’d get Michael’s attention with this outfit.
“You are going to kill him!” Liz had said as Maria was running out to her car. “I’ll see you later!” she said as she waved at her frantic friend.
“Wish me luck!” Maria said just before she closed her door.
Now she was trying to picture what Michael’s face would look like when he opened the door. Just then the door opened from the inside and suddenly she didn’t have to wonder anymore. Though the face she saw was not one she was expecting.
“Why didn’t you knock? You have been out there for 5 minutes.” Michael said looking annoyed. “The game is about to start. Come in.” he said while Maria walked through his front door.
She took in her surroundings as Michael walked into the kitchen. Well, it wasn’t the cleanest apartment, but at least he seemed to have tidied up the TV room area. The glass topper on the coffee table was cleared, but there was a few water marks left behind by glasses. The trash appeared to all be in the trash can, but it really needed to be taken out before it overflowed. Maria sighed and sat down on the couch.
“Hey, aren’t you going to come and get some food?” Michael inquired from within the kitchen.
“Ok…” Maria said quietly under her breath as she put her hands on her knees to push herself up.
“I didn’t know what you liked, so I got a couple different things.” Michael said while pointing to Lemon Chicken, and Moo Goo Gai Pan. Maria was relieved as she loved Moo Goo Gai Pan. She could eat those baby corn’s all day.
“I’ll take some Moo Goo if that’s ok.” Maria told Michael, and he served her in silence. After giving her a generous portion he handed her the plate.
“Thanks” Maria said after taking the plate I her hand. She then headed over to the kitchen table where Michael indicated the rice was. While serving herself some white rice, she saw Michael putting Tabasco Sauce on his serving of Moo Goo, and then adding sugar to his Lemon Sauce. “Ewww” she thought to herself, and then took a seat on the couch. “Alien tastes are so weird” she continued to think.
“I have Apple and Kiwi/Strawberry Snapple” Michael called from the kitchen.
“I like the Kiwi/Strawberry the best” she called back.
He came over to the couch setting down his food on the coffee table, and handing Maria one of the Snapple drinks in his hands.
“Kiwi/Strawberry is my favorite too it would seem” Michael said while looking at the TV and not making too much of a deal about it.
Maria just tilted her head to the side and thought “Here we go.” While opening the top of her Snapple and taking a drink.
45 minutes into the hockey game, and finished with her food, Maria asked Michael where the bathroom was.
“It’s over there” he pointed to a door adjacent to the kitchen.
Maria got up and walked over to the restroom, closing the door behind her.
Once she left the room, a commercial came on that started Michael thinking. It was a commercial about some new cocoa product, and showed people snuggling near a fire, drinking cocoa. He wondered if he would be able to get that close to Maria tonight. He doubted it. With Tess in his head, how could he expect to have any privacy? Even though that outfit Maria had on was driving him crazy! After eating her food, she had looked overly bored watching the game. He knew he should have rented a movie. At least he had remembered to clean the towel in the bathroom. He picked up the plates and the empty Snapple bottles and took them into the kitchen. Seeing the overflowing garbage can, he picked up the bag and squished everything down into it so he could close it. As he was taking the garbage outside he heard a familiar voice in his head.
“How is the date going bro?” Tess asked.
“I don’t know Tess. I knew I should have rented a movie tonight, but I really wanted to see this hockey game. Maria is completely bored I can tell.”
He walked back into the apartment and put a new bag in the trash can, dropping the empty paper plates, and Snapple bottles inside.
“Well, maybe you could suggest to change the channel or something. Kyle is taping that game because he’s doing something in the garage with his dad tonight. You can watch it later.” Tess encouraged.
“Oh, alright-hey wait, I can hear Maria talking to herself in the bathroom.” Michael replied. “I’m going to go and listen.
“I don’t know if that’s such a great idea Michael.” Tess said but Michael walked over anyway and quietly put his ear to the door.
Once Maria got into the restroom, she leaned against the door and took a deep breath. She started thinking to herself. “This outfit is wasted, he didn’t even notice it.” She started muttering under her breath as she washed her hands. When she wiped her hands on a surprisingly clean towel, she heard her cell phone vibrate in her pants pocket.
“Hello?” she whisperd.
“Maria, it’s me. How is it going?” Liz said.
“Horrible Maria replied, I don’t even think Michael noticed what I’m wearing, he’s so into that hockey game. It’s so boring Liz! I knew hockey was a sport, but it’s more like the WWF! Everyone picking fights…” Maria said while sighing.
“Maria, give Michael a chance. Max said he really loves hockey, so you should at least attempt to have a good time.” Liz replied.
“Oh, alright Liz” Maria said while checking her hair in the mirror. “Let me let you go, because If not, Michael will wonder what I’m doing in the bathroom for so long.”
“Ok, well call me after ok?” Liz replied.
“Talk to you then” Maria said and then put her phone back in her pocket.
“Michael? Michael what are you doing?” Tess said in Michael’s head.
“Shhhhh!!” He replied.
As he listened to Maria’s voice he heard her say how much she thought hockey was boring, and she was comparing it to the WWF!! He thought to himself “How could she think that about his favorite sport??!! Wait, she was talking to Liz in there? She was telling Liz all this stuff?” he was getting angrier by the minute.
“Michael! Calm down. Hockey CAN be like wrestling with all the fights.” Tess said trying to help the situation just as Maria was walking out of the bathroom.
“Get out of my head TESS” Michael said as he forced her out with a mental shove, snapping their connection off like an off switch.
“You think Hockey is boring??” Michael exclaimed to Maria.
“You think it’s like the WWF??” Michael said even louder.
“I don’t hate hockey ok Michael!” Maria shouted back. “but isn’t this supposed to be a date or something tonight? You don’t watch hockey with a date! You rent a movie or something, something we both like.” Maria shouted with her hands on her hips.
“For your information, I was going to rent a movie, but I really wanted to see this game. I was just going to suggest we watch something that you wanted to, since Kyle is taping this game anyway.” Michael said in a normal tone.
“You mean you knew Kyle was taping this game, and you wanted to see it now anyway?” Maria exclaimed.
“No, Tess just told me that” Michael replied.
“Tess? Tess?!! Is that girl always in your head now? How can I have a night alone with you with her in there all the time??” Maria shouted.
“Tess isn’t in my head all the time” he shouted back. “and correct me if I’m wrong here, but weren’t you jus in there talking to Liz? In my head or on the phone, you weren’t exactly keeping yourself all for me tonight either.” Michael said with a smirk on his face.
“Well, she called me and-”
“And Tess called me too, so to speak. I had just kicked her out of my head when you came out. Wait.” Michael looked to the side and tilted his head slightly “I kicked her out of my head, and she’s not in there…I didn’t know I could even do that!” He said to Maria now smiling slightly. He took a step towards her now.
“Michael what’s the matter?” Maria asked him as Michael took another step towards her.
“Tess isn’t in my head.” He replied while backing her into a wall.
“So why are you looking at me like that now.” Maria said while leaning against the wall and looking up into Michaels eyes.
“She won’t know I’m doing this…” he said as he lowered his head down and his lips met hers.
“Yes, yes, YES!” Maria thought in her mind as she wrapped her arms around Michaels neck as he gathered her in at the waist.
He broke the kiss for a moment and looked into her eyes “By the way, did I mention that outfit you have on is pretty hot?” he breathed into her mouth.
“You did now…she replied as she pulled his mouth back down to hers.”
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How Dreams Connect Us (AU, ALL, Teen/Adult) Ch 16 - 6/19/06
Chapter 16
Sunday night, Isabel found herself tossing and turning. Her hair was plastered to her face in stringy strands and her head felt like it was going to explode. Aggravated, she laid down flat on her back, and tried to calm her breathing. After tucking her hair behind her ears, she waved a hand across her face to dry the sweat that had formed. She was ready to call Max and have him attempt to heal her headache so she could try and get some sleep when she felt pulled into a dream.
She could see two women talking at an oval table. The table was a clear green color, not unlike glass, but a little darker. The women were seated on chairs of a similar material, but they were not clear. In front of them was what she assumed was food. One big plate of a type of clay or plaster material, the color of the grass on Antar, was in the middle of the table with dollops of some kind of Golden Yellow Food. The dollops were sparkling the way a cookie would when sprinkled with sugar. Suddenly the two woman’s faces came into focus. One she immediately recognized as Andrina. The other she recognized as well, but it was like from a deep seeded memory. “Mother” Isabel whispered. The woman she recognized as her mother, stood and walked over to Isabel.
“My daughter, when you see this dream you will not remember my name. It is Dinah, and yours is Vilandra.”
Isabel’s breath caught in her throat at seeing her mother, and tears pricked the corners of her eyes as she took in how beautiful she was. She was wearing a dress very similar to Andrina’s but it was a deep purple color, gathered at the waist by golden cords. She wore a thin, delicate golden crown of the same gold cord material on her head as well.
“I know from the dream, that should have already been shared by Ava and Rath, that you know a little about them and why you are on Earth; but not really anything about yourself. In your other dreams I’m sure you have seen our planet and experienced events in your life here, but do you know who you are? You were my princess; my beautiful princess Vilandra. You were beloved by our people for your kind heart and charming ways. When you were killed that fateful day, a part of me died with you and I miss you deeply. You will have to be strong my daughter for the times to come. Your brother and you will need each other for your different abilities as well as your mutual encouragement as you grow and mature. Always keep each other safe. Know that I love you and your brother and your father, Salvetar, adores you both. We both live for the day when we can hold you and your brother Zan again. You both have an important role to fill, and we pray you take courage. The night after you were killed, Andrina came to me and told me Ava was her daughter. At that moment I knew the prophecy could still be fulfilled. I shared with her our new cloning technology and that very night we cloned Ava, Rath and you and your brother as well. “The Power of Four Combined” will not die as our enemies would have it. As Destiny would have it, fate has bigger plans for you and the others my daughter. The reason we sent you to Earth holds more than just a place to grow and mature, for the royal four, but for safety’s sake this information will be given to you closer to the time of your departure. Always follow your heart my darling, for it will never lead you astray. You will see me again soon…Each time more frequent until the time of your homecoming arrives. I love you Vilandra…always…”
Tess was sleeping fitfully, so much so that she thought maybe a change of scenery would help. Sometimes, when she was at a foster home with noisy people, she’d steal outside during the night and sleep under the stars in a sleeping bag or the like. The night air with the beautiful starlit view always seemed to calm her. Tess sat up and swung her legs out of bed, taking her comforter with her and walked to the back door. Quietly unlocking the sliding glass, she walked gingerly outside to the hammock and laid down. Almost instantly she was asleep.
Tess found herself surrounded in a field of blue, the tall grass swaying gently in a cool breeze. As she turned to look around, one blonde curl blew across her face. She tucked her hair behind her ears so it would not block her vision as she continued to look around. The breeze was rather cool, and she ran her hands across her arms as goose bumps arose. Suddenly she saw Max across the field, standing in a gazebo type structure. It was tall by earth standards, and completely see-through. Tess couldn’t tell if the structure was made of a soft blue glass type of material, or if it was clear and just picking up a blue tint from the grass. Not knowing what else to do, Tess walked over to the structure to see if she could talk to Max. When she got nearby, she could hear him talking to someone. As she climbed the steps Max came into focus, as well as the person he was talking to. It was her! She stood numbly in place, as she listened to the conversation unfold in front of her.
“Ava, we have been friends a long time right?” the person that looked like Max asked.
“Yes Zan, but how can we do this? I don’t love you…well, I do…you know I do!” she said while giving Zan a mischievous smile.
“…but I don’t love you like that, and I know you don’t love me like that either.” She finished with a sad sigh.
Zan took a step and sat down next to Ava putting an arm around her shoulders. “Ava, I know our love is not that of soul mates, but maybe it could grow to be that. We have to do what are parents ask of us. We have no other choice.” He told her gently.
Ava, who had been staring at her hands in her lap, now looked up into Zan's eyes. “And what of Karindra? You have been betrothed to her since your birth! Your marriage to her would unite Antar and Kentwaisis for all time! I just don’t understand your parents!” she finished with small sob.
“I know, I don’t understand their methods either, but I do know that I’ve known you my whole life. If I have to be married to someone that isn’t my soul mate, I’m contented with the fact that at least I can marry someone I love.” Ava’s eyes began to mist over as Zan turned her face to look at his. I will promise to love you for all time when we say our vows, and I will try my best to make you happy.” Ava was shaking with silent sobs, with tears running down her cheeks as Zan continued. “Please say you’ll marry me Ava…we will make each other our soul mates.” He said while handing her a piece of cloth.
Ava wiped her eyes and blew her nose into the cloth that Zan handed to her. “I do know you will be a fine husband, and when the time comes to say our vows…I will promise too. I do love you Zan.” She said while squeezing one of his hands and looking into his eyes. “I will be your queen” she said as Zan leaned his head down and softly kissed her lips.
Isabel awoke breathing heavy, and ran a hand through her hair as she sat straight up. She pressed the heal of her right palm to her head, tears running from her eyes at the pain she felt in her head.
“Max, I have to find Max” was the only thought in her head as she struggled to stand up from her bed. Isabel stumbled down the hallway, her left hand holding the wall all the way for support, and the other hand on her face with tears flowing profusely. When she got to Max’s door, she practically fell through it and went down to her knees by his bed.
Max woke with a start, and looked over to see Isabel practically collapsed by his bed. He knew he had just been dreaming, and assumed Isabel had been as well. He grabbed her left hand, which was resting on his bed and tried to pull her up.
“Iz! Isabel, what is it?” He asked her frantically.
“Max, I think I had a dream…my head…ohh” she replied unsteadily, while Max was tilting her face up to look at him.
“Iz, open your eyes for me, please Iz…” Max said as he grabbed her right hand away from her face. As soon as her tear laden hand came in contact with Max’s hand Isabel’s eyes popped open and both of their pupils dilated.
Instantly they were both back in their dream, and the two dreams combined.
~Dream Recap with Max’s Dream Addition~
Max and Isabel were holding hands and could see two women talking at an oval table. When the two woman’s faces came into focus, they immediately recognized one as Andrina. The other they recognized as well, but from a deep seeded memory. “Mother” they whispered in unison. The woman they recognized as their mother, stood and walked over to them.
“My children, when you see this dream you will not remember my name. It is Dinah, and you are Zan and Vilandra.
I know from the dream, that should have already been shared by Ava and Rath, that you know a little about them and why you are on Earth; but not really anything about yourself. In your other dreams I’m sure you have seen our planet and experienced events in your life here, but do you know who you both are? You were my prince and princess; my handsome prince Zan and my beautiful princess Vilandra. You both were beloved by our people for your kind heart and charming ways. When you were killed, that fateful day, a part of me died with you and I miss you both deeply. You will have to be strong Zan for the times to come. Your sister and you will need each other for your different abilities as well as your mutual encouragement as you grow and mature. Always keep each other safe.
Know that I love you and your father, Salvetar, adores you both. We both live for the day when we can hold you close again. You both have an important role to fill, and we pray you take courage. The night after you were killed, Andrina came to me and told me Ava was her daughter. At that moment I knew the prophecy could still be fulfilled. I shared with her our new cloning technology and that very night we cloned Ava, Rath and you both as well. “The Power of Four Combined” will not die as our enemies would have it. As Destiny would have it, fate has bigger plans for you and the others.
The reason we sent you to Earth holds more than just a place to grow and mature, for the royal four, but for safety’s sake this information will be given to you closer to the time of your departure. Always follow your heart my darlings, for it will never lead you astray. You will see me again soon…Each time more frequent until the time of your homecoming arrives. I leave you now with the most important of all instructions, follow your heart, for your heart will never lead you astray. Your head will argue with you, but it is imperative that you both always follow your heart no matter what comes. In the past our people have made mistakes by letting our head lead us in all things, but the heart will always be true.” I love you both…always…
Isabel and Max found themselves standing in front of Max’s bed, hands clasped and staring at each other; Isabel’s earlier headache only a memory. Suddenly they heard a knock at Max’s door and the door opened to reveal Mrs. Evans.
“Max honey, you need to-” she stopped in mid sentence as she saw the picture before her. She stepped into the room, confusion painting her face. Max and Isabel jumped away from each other and Isabel ran past her mom, saying she needed to get into the shower.
“What were you two doing in here?” Max’s mom asked.
“Well, we were--praying Mom.” Max replied as nonchalantly as he could.
“Praying?” she asked in disbelief. They were a family that believed in God, but they didn’t really go to church except for holidays.
“Yeah, mom. Isabel has a test today and she’s really worried about it. I offered to pray for her.” Max stated very matter of fact.
Mrs. Evans, who didn’t look completely convinced said “Why didn’t she tell me she was so worried? I could have quizzed her last night?”
“You know Iz mom. She likes to handle things by herself. She doesn’t like asking for help.” Max replied, hoping she would let it drop already.
“Oh, ok honey. I was just coming up to tell you, that the trash needs to be taken out before you leave for school this morning.” She said as she left the room.
Max breathed a sigh of relief and wished he could talk to Isabel again this morning before he got in the shower.
“I’m here big brother” he heard in his head.
“Iz? You are kidding me… Does this mean we can talk telepathically now too?” he asked.
“Unless AT&T hooked up a line connecting our heads, that would be my guess.” Isabel replied sarcastically.
“I’ve been able to hear you since I left the room. By the way, nice save with the whole praying thing.” She said with a giggle.
“Yeah, well I guess we’ll have to go to church a little more often now.” He said with an internal wink.
Ignoring the implication, Isabel continued “Before you get in the shower Max, you should call the others and tell them to meet us at the Crashdown after school.”
“I was just going to do that Iz…now get out of my head so I can concentrate.” Max replied
“You mean you can’t concentrate with me in here?” Isabel asked innocently.
“Iz…” Max said in his signature low tone.
“Alright Max, I’ll give you your PRIVACY. For now that is.”
“Bye Iz.” Max replied.
Max rang Liz, Michael, Kyle and Maria. Kyle promised to tell Tess and he knew Iz would call Alex herself. He dropped to the floor to do his 30 pushups and then began to get ready for school.
Sunday night, Isabel found herself tossing and turning. Her hair was plastered to her face in stringy strands and her head felt like it was going to explode. Aggravated, she laid down flat on her back, and tried to calm her breathing. After tucking her hair behind her ears, she waved a hand across her face to dry the sweat that had formed. She was ready to call Max and have him attempt to heal her headache so she could try and get some sleep when she felt pulled into a dream.
She could see two women talking at an oval table. The table was a clear green color, not unlike glass, but a little darker. The women were seated on chairs of a similar material, but they were not clear. In front of them was what she assumed was food. One big plate of a type of clay or plaster material, the color of the grass on Antar, was in the middle of the table with dollops of some kind of Golden Yellow Food. The dollops were sparkling the way a cookie would when sprinkled with sugar. Suddenly the two woman’s faces came into focus. One she immediately recognized as Andrina. The other she recognized as well, but it was like from a deep seeded memory. “Mother” Isabel whispered. The woman she recognized as her mother, stood and walked over to Isabel.
“My daughter, when you see this dream you will not remember my name. It is Dinah, and yours is Vilandra.”
Isabel’s breath caught in her throat at seeing her mother, and tears pricked the corners of her eyes as she took in how beautiful she was. She was wearing a dress very similar to Andrina’s but it was a deep purple color, gathered at the waist by golden cords. She wore a thin, delicate golden crown of the same gold cord material on her head as well.
“I know from the dream, that should have already been shared by Ava and Rath, that you know a little about them and why you are on Earth; but not really anything about yourself. In your other dreams I’m sure you have seen our planet and experienced events in your life here, but do you know who you are? You were my princess; my beautiful princess Vilandra. You were beloved by our people for your kind heart and charming ways. When you were killed that fateful day, a part of me died with you and I miss you deeply. You will have to be strong my daughter for the times to come. Your brother and you will need each other for your different abilities as well as your mutual encouragement as you grow and mature. Always keep each other safe. Know that I love you and your brother and your father, Salvetar, adores you both. We both live for the day when we can hold you and your brother Zan again. You both have an important role to fill, and we pray you take courage. The night after you were killed, Andrina came to me and told me Ava was her daughter. At that moment I knew the prophecy could still be fulfilled. I shared with her our new cloning technology and that very night we cloned Ava, Rath and you and your brother as well. “The Power of Four Combined” will not die as our enemies would have it. As Destiny would have it, fate has bigger plans for you and the others my daughter. The reason we sent you to Earth holds more than just a place to grow and mature, for the royal four, but for safety’s sake this information will be given to you closer to the time of your departure. Always follow your heart my darling, for it will never lead you astray. You will see me again soon…Each time more frequent until the time of your homecoming arrives. I love you Vilandra…always…”
Tess was sleeping fitfully, so much so that she thought maybe a change of scenery would help. Sometimes, when she was at a foster home with noisy people, she’d steal outside during the night and sleep under the stars in a sleeping bag or the like. The night air with the beautiful starlit view always seemed to calm her. Tess sat up and swung her legs out of bed, taking her comforter with her and walked to the back door. Quietly unlocking the sliding glass, she walked gingerly outside to the hammock and laid down. Almost instantly she was asleep.
Tess found herself surrounded in a field of blue, the tall grass swaying gently in a cool breeze. As she turned to look around, one blonde curl blew across her face. She tucked her hair behind her ears so it would not block her vision as she continued to look around. The breeze was rather cool, and she ran her hands across her arms as goose bumps arose. Suddenly she saw Max across the field, standing in a gazebo type structure. It was tall by earth standards, and completely see-through. Tess couldn’t tell if the structure was made of a soft blue glass type of material, or if it was clear and just picking up a blue tint from the grass. Not knowing what else to do, Tess walked over to the structure to see if she could talk to Max. When she got nearby, she could hear him talking to someone. As she climbed the steps Max came into focus, as well as the person he was talking to. It was her! She stood numbly in place, as she listened to the conversation unfold in front of her.
“Ava, we have been friends a long time right?” the person that looked like Max asked.
“Yes Zan, but how can we do this? I don’t love you…well, I do…you know I do!” she said while giving Zan a mischievous smile.
“…but I don’t love you like that, and I know you don’t love me like that either.” She finished with a sad sigh.
Zan took a step and sat down next to Ava putting an arm around her shoulders. “Ava, I know our love is not that of soul mates, but maybe it could grow to be that. We have to do what are parents ask of us. We have no other choice.” He told her gently.
Ava, who had been staring at her hands in her lap, now looked up into Zan's eyes. “And what of Karindra? You have been betrothed to her since your birth! Your marriage to her would unite Antar and Kentwaisis for all time! I just don’t understand your parents!” she finished with small sob.
“I know, I don’t understand their methods either, but I do know that I’ve known you my whole life. If I have to be married to someone that isn’t my soul mate, I’m contented with the fact that at least I can marry someone I love.” Ava’s eyes began to mist over as Zan turned her face to look at his. I will promise to love you for all time when we say our vows, and I will try my best to make you happy.” Ava was shaking with silent sobs, with tears running down her cheeks as Zan continued. “Please say you’ll marry me Ava…we will make each other our soul mates.” He said while handing her a piece of cloth.
Ava wiped her eyes and blew her nose into the cloth that Zan handed to her. “I do know you will be a fine husband, and when the time comes to say our vows…I will promise too. I do love you Zan.” She said while squeezing one of his hands and looking into his eyes. “I will be your queen” she said as Zan leaned his head down and softly kissed her lips.
Isabel awoke breathing heavy, and ran a hand through her hair as she sat straight up. She pressed the heal of her right palm to her head, tears running from her eyes at the pain she felt in her head.
“Max, I have to find Max” was the only thought in her head as she struggled to stand up from her bed. Isabel stumbled down the hallway, her left hand holding the wall all the way for support, and the other hand on her face with tears flowing profusely. When she got to Max’s door, she practically fell through it and went down to her knees by his bed.
Max woke with a start, and looked over to see Isabel practically collapsed by his bed. He knew he had just been dreaming, and assumed Isabel had been as well. He grabbed her left hand, which was resting on his bed and tried to pull her up.
“Iz! Isabel, what is it?” He asked her frantically.
“Max, I think I had a dream…my head…ohh” she replied unsteadily, while Max was tilting her face up to look at him.
“Iz, open your eyes for me, please Iz…” Max said as he grabbed her right hand away from her face. As soon as her tear laden hand came in contact with Max’s hand Isabel’s eyes popped open and both of their pupils dilated.
Instantly they were both back in their dream, and the two dreams combined.
~Dream Recap with Max’s Dream Addition~
Max and Isabel were holding hands and could see two women talking at an oval table. When the two woman’s faces came into focus, they immediately recognized one as Andrina. The other they recognized as well, but from a deep seeded memory. “Mother” they whispered in unison. The woman they recognized as their mother, stood and walked over to them.
“My children, when you see this dream you will not remember my name. It is Dinah, and you are Zan and Vilandra.
I know from the dream, that should have already been shared by Ava and Rath, that you know a little about them and why you are on Earth; but not really anything about yourself. In your other dreams I’m sure you have seen our planet and experienced events in your life here, but do you know who you both are? You were my prince and princess; my handsome prince Zan and my beautiful princess Vilandra. You both were beloved by our people for your kind heart and charming ways. When you were killed, that fateful day, a part of me died with you and I miss you both deeply. You will have to be strong Zan for the times to come. Your sister and you will need each other for your different abilities as well as your mutual encouragement as you grow and mature. Always keep each other safe.
Know that I love you and your father, Salvetar, adores you both. We both live for the day when we can hold you close again. You both have an important role to fill, and we pray you take courage. The night after you were killed, Andrina came to me and told me Ava was her daughter. At that moment I knew the prophecy could still be fulfilled. I shared with her our new cloning technology and that very night we cloned Ava, Rath and you both as well. “The Power of Four Combined” will not die as our enemies would have it. As Destiny would have it, fate has bigger plans for you and the others.
The reason we sent you to Earth holds more than just a place to grow and mature, for the royal four, but for safety’s sake this information will be given to you closer to the time of your departure. Always follow your heart my darlings, for it will never lead you astray. You will see me again soon…Each time more frequent until the time of your homecoming arrives. I leave you now with the most important of all instructions, follow your heart, for your heart will never lead you astray. Your head will argue with you, but it is imperative that you both always follow your heart no matter what comes. In the past our people have made mistakes by letting our head lead us in all things, but the heart will always be true.” I love you both…always…
Isabel and Max found themselves standing in front of Max’s bed, hands clasped and staring at each other; Isabel’s earlier headache only a memory. Suddenly they heard a knock at Max’s door and the door opened to reveal Mrs. Evans.
“Max honey, you need to-” she stopped in mid sentence as she saw the picture before her. She stepped into the room, confusion painting her face. Max and Isabel jumped away from each other and Isabel ran past her mom, saying she needed to get into the shower.
“What were you two doing in here?” Max’s mom asked.
“Well, we were--praying Mom.” Max replied as nonchalantly as he could.
“Praying?” she asked in disbelief. They were a family that believed in God, but they didn’t really go to church except for holidays.
“Yeah, mom. Isabel has a test today and she’s really worried about it. I offered to pray for her.” Max stated very matter of fact.
Mrs. Evans, who didn’t look completely convinced said “Why didn’t she tell me she was so worried? I could have quizzed her last night?”
“You know Iz mom. She likes to handle things by herself. She doesn’t like asking for help.” Max replied, hoping she would let it drop already.
“Oh, ok honey. I was just coming up to tell you, that the trash needs to be taken out before you leave for school this morning.” She said as she left the room.
Max breathed a sigh of relief and wished he could talk to Isabel again this morning before he got in the shower.
“I’m here big brother” he heard in his head.
“Iz? You are kidding me… Does this mean we can talk telepathically now too?” he asked.
“Unless AT&T hooked up a line connecting our heads, that would be my guess.” Isabel replied sarcastically.
“I’ve been able to hear you since I left the room. By the way, nice save with the whole praying thing.” She said with a giggle.
“Yeah, well I guess we’ll have to go to church a little more often now.” He said with an internal wink.
Ignoring the implication, Isabel continued “Before you get in the shower Max, you should call the others and tell them to meet us at the Crashdown after school.”
“I was just going to do that Iz…now get out of my head so I can concentrate.” Max replied
“You mean you can’t concentrate with me in here?” Isabel asked innocently.
“Iz…” Max said in his signature low tone.
“Alright Max, I’ll give you your PRIVACY. For now that is.”
“Bye Iz.” Max replied.
Max rang Liz, Michael, Kyle and Maria. Kyle promised to tell Tess and he knew Iz would call Alex herself. He dropped to the floor to do his 30 pushups and then began to get ready for school.
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How Dreams Connect Us (AU, ALL, Teen/Adult) Ch 17 - 6/19/06
Recap of cast and some pronunciations:
Ava – Tess back on Antar
Rath – Michael on antar
Zan – Max on Antar
Vilandra – Isabel on Antar
Dinah & Salvetar – Max & Isabel’s parents on Antar
Jameus (Jay-mus)& Andrina – Tess & Michael’s Parents on Antar
Mayverna & Lyatso – Tess’s adoptive parents on Antar-to her, her real parents
Chapter 17
Isabel entered the bathroom in a red fluffy robe, and turned on the water, waiting for it to get hot. With a huge smile on her face, she checked to make sure all her favorite toiletries were in the shower and when she was satisfied that all was in place, she hung her robe on the hook attached to the back of the door and she stepped in. In the shower, and out of Max’s head, Isabel quietly broke down as the reality of what she had just seen sunk in. “My mother… Me and Max have a mother and she’s breathtakingly beautiful…She loves me…” She hugged herself and continued to cry in small sobs of joy. She couldn’t wait to tell Alex.
After talking with Max about the after school meeting, Kyle walked to Tess’ room and knocked softly on her door. Not hearing any kind of stirring, he called out to her.
“Tess, are you awake?” still he was met with silence. Getting worried, he decided to chance catching her in a compromising state, and opened the door a crack. Peeking in, he saw ruffled sheets, but no Tess. Her comforter was also missing. Just then his dad walked by and saw Kyle peeping into Tess’ room.
“Uh, Son? What are you doing peeking into Tess’ room? Haven’t we had the whole ‘privacy’ discussion before?” he said looking at Kyle with one eyebrow raised.
“Dad! I’m not peeping!” he replied as though insulted. “Max just called, and I needed to tell Tess about a meeting later for the ‘Alien Abyss’ members and when she didn’t answer when I called or knocked, I got worried!” he said all in one breath.”
A thought occurring to him he then asked “Have you seen her this morning dad?” Kyle asked while following his dad into the kitchen.
Jim replied while pouring himself a cup of coffee “I saw her early this morning when I got up to get a glass of water. She slept out on the hammock last night. Her comforter is still out there. I haven’t seen her this morning though.” He said getting a little worried himself.
“This is not good, she could have been kidnapped or aliennapped!” Kyle said getting wound up.
“Kyle…” his dad admonished for that last crack.
“Ok, not aliennapped, but something had to have happened! She didn’t tell you or me she was leaving…” Kyle trailed off.
“Son, I think you better call Max, and tell him what is going on.”
“Alright, I guess I’ll have to call ‘the King’ himself” he replied sarcastically.
“Kyle, leave your issues with Max out of this. We still don’t know where Tess is.”
“Ok, Ok, I’m calling.” He said as he picked his cell phone up from the table, and pulled it off the charger.
Upon waking to sunlight streaming into his window Monday morning, Michael learned had a splitting headache. The next thing he heard was the sound of frantic knocking on his front door, and gave an exhausted sigh as he kicked his covers off. He gave the curtains a hard yank, effectively blocking any more offensive sunlight from filtering in. Satisfied that the sun was vanquished, but the incessant knocking not showing any signs of letting up, he rubbed his eyes with one hand and pulled on a pair of jeans with the other. Still hopping into his jeans he stumbled to his front door.
“I’m coming, keep your shirt on!” he said sarcastically, always in a grumpy mood when awoke first thing in the morning; not to mention his head felt like his brain was too big for his skull. He unlocked both locks on his door, then opened it to reveal a crying Tess.
“Michael, I think something is wrong with me…” she sobbed. “My head hurts so much and I don’t know why.” She said while walking into his apartment and falling onto the couch.
Michael sat down next to her with one hand on his head.
“The only thought that was in my head was to come here.” Tess said while gripping the hair on top of her head.
“My head also feels like it was run over by a train, so I think we can safely rule this occurrence alien related.”
“Should we call Max? I don’t think I can take this pain for much longer…” Tess said quietly, afraid any more volume would hurt worse.
“I can’t think through this pain, so yeah I’ll call him.” Michael said as he reached for his cell phone. Pressing the speed dial for Max, he sat back and waited.
“Michael? I was just about to call you.” Max said.
“Tell him to hurry!” Tess cried trying to hold it together, but with a hand on her forehead, tears still escaping her eyes.
“Michael, who is that? Is there a girl there with you? Is it Maria?”
“Max, shut up. It’s Tess. She showed up on my doorstep this morning with a huge headache, and I feel about the same as she does; like 20 woodpeckers are trying to hack their way out of my head” He replied.
“Michael do you remember dreaming last night?” Max asked.
“Why are you asking me about my dreams? Just get over here and heal us before one of our heads explodes!” Michael snapped.
“Michael calm down. It’s the dreams. Isabel almost past out on my bedroom floor this morning with one whopper of a headache, and as soon as we connected her headache went away.”
“So, your telling me all I have to do is connect with Tess to make the insanity stop?”
“Yes, and Michael…”
“What?!! OW!” he cut Max off, then grabbed his head as the outburst seemed to double the pain.
“Don’t forget to wet your hands. I didn’t think about it this morning with Isabel, but she was crying so much, it didn’t really matter. Oh, and tell your sister we are meeting after school at the crashdown to discuss our dreams. I’m sure you two will have one to bring to the table after this.”
“Bye Max” Michael replied while snapping his phone shut with a click, effectively ending the conversation. He thought to himself “Doesn’t he care my head feels like it’s about to drain out of my ear!!”
He looked over at Tess who now was half sitting, half laying on his couch, her head pressed between her hands. “Tess, are your hands wet?” Michael asked.
“Yes, Michael” Tess answered exasperated “But what does that have to do with…”
Michael did not wait to hear the rest of her comment. He pulled her hands away from her face and held them tight.
“Tess open your eyes” he commanded.
Too worn out to argue, she slowly opened them, and their connection sprang to life.
Dream Recap with Michael’s Dream Addition
Tess was again surrounded in a field of blue, this time Michael was standing by her side. The wind was making havoc with Tess’ curls, but didn’t seem to be disturbing Michael’s spiky top at all. At the same time, they noticed Max across the field in a gazebo type structure. The gazebo was tall by earth standards, and completely see-through with a blue hue to it. While Tess was still taking in the gazebo’s beauty, she noticed Michael already walking over to it. Catching up quickly, she followed by Michael’s side and when they got nearby, they could hear Max talking to someone. Before ascending the steps, Michael sensed Tess’ unease, and took her hand and together they climbed. At the fifth or sixth step, Max came into focus, as well as the person he was talking to. She looked exactly like Tess! Together, hand in hand, they stood numbly in place and listened to the conversation unfold.
“Ava, we have been friends a long time right?” the person that looked like Max asked.
“Yes Zan, but how can we do this? I don’t love you…well, I do…you know I do!” she said while giving Manais a mischievous smile.
“…but I don’t love you like that, and I know you don’t love me like that either.” She finished with a sad sigh.
Zan took a step and sat down next to Ava putting an arm around her shoulders. “Ava, I know our love is not that of soul mates, but maybe it could grow to be that. We have to do what are parents ask of us. We have no other choice.” He told her gently.
Ava, who had been staring at her hands in her lap, now looked up into Zan's eyes. “And what of Karindra? You have been betrothed to her since your birth! Your marriage to her would unite Antar and Kentwaisis for all time! I just don’t understand your parents!” she finished with small sob.
“I know, I don’t understand their methods either, but I do know that I’ve known you my whole life. If I have to be married to someone that isn’t my soul mate, I’m contented with the fact that at least I can marry someone I love.” Ava’s eyes began to mist over as Zan turned her face to look at his. I will promise to love you for all time when we say our vows, and I will try my best to make you happy.” Ava was shaking with silent sobs, with tears running down her cheeks as Zan continued. “Please say you’ll marry me Ava…we will make each other our soul mates.” He said while handing her a piece of cloth.
Ava wiped her eyes and blew her nose into the cloth that Zan handed to her. “I do know you will be a fine husband, and when the time comes to say our vows…I will promise too. I do love you Zan.” She said while squeezing one of his hands and looking into his eyes. “I will be your queen” she said as he leaned his head down and softly kissed her lips.
-From the other side of the gazebo they watched as someone else approached. He looked just like Michael.-
Rath silently walked up the steps, and found Ava in what looked like a heated kiss with Zan.
“Am I interrupting something?” Rath said addressing the two with cool calculation. Ava and Zan instantly jumped apart, Ava blushing fiercely, gingerly touching her lips as if burned.
“Rath. No, no you aren’t. I was just leaving, I’m needed in the tactical room.” Zan stood and turned to address Ava. “I’ll see you at dinner tonight?” he inquired.
“Yes, in the flower garden. Your mother sent me an invitation.” Ava replied having schooled her features back to her usual calm expression.
“Until tonight then. Ava, Rath.” And he inclined his head to both in his retreat.
“Rath you scare him!” Ava replied with a giggle. Rath defined intimidation. With his dark gray armor, and his black woven bands across his arms, he was a picture. Well, he had earned his outfit. Her father, the head of military operations, had taken him under his wing at a young age, seeing the potential of a great military leader. As it was, he was rumored to be named the next Military Commander. He could never scare Ava though, he was at her home so often for training growing up, he was like a brother.
“Well he should be scared. I know you don’t love him, so why are becoming entangled with him? Is it just to be queen?” he asked disdainfully.
“You know me better than that Rath, but it would appease the king and queen. Zan is to be crowned king soon and his parents want him to have a wife before that. For the life of me I can’t understand why me though... I mean we grew up together! It just doesn’t feel right!” she said exasperated. “And what about Karindra? This negates the whole alliance. It makes no sense!”
“I have a feeling I know why they picked you. I have heard murmurings about it.” Rath said with his eyes downcast.
Ava flew to her feet in front of Rath “Are you telling me you have suspected their reasoning and have not told me??”
“I thought you would have suspected! Haven’t you listened to the prophecies lately?”
“Yes, but I don’t like to live my entire life surrounded in it.” She said flippantly.
Rath took her by the shoulders and gave her a little shake “You must! They mean everything attain perfect peace on Antar. You have been to court, you know how Salvetar thinks! As of now peace hangs by a thread. You do know why all females born from a Male Antarian and a Female from another race have to be sent back to their home planet until their eventual union don’t you?”
Tess shrugged her shoulders and tried to look away, but Rath turned her face back to his with his hand. “It’s because Antarian males are growing more prejudiced. You know females of other races don’t develop their powers as soon as Antarian females do. They would be powerless against the prejudice that is creeping onto this planet without the protection of melding with their husband.”
“Rath, but what does that have to do with me?” Ava pleaded.
“Salvetar wants you to marry Zan in an attempt to negate prophecy. To show it has no credence. He’s playing with fire. Dinah knows better, but will always agree with her king.” Rath said spitefully.
“How would my marriage negate prophecy though?” Ava asked sounding more interested.
“The prophecy states ‘The strength of four combined will forever bind them. Alliance will bring peace, mixed blood shall heal what pure blood destroys. Praise be to the God of Creation.”
“Honestly Ava, I don’t’ know what Salvetar is playing at, but he wants pure blood to stay on the throne.” He replied with disgust. “How can we find peace on this planet when the king himself is a bigot!”
“Rath you are scaring me. I trust in God. He has to have a plan for what is happening. I believe that with all my heart.” She said with a hand on her chest and staring up at the lavender skies.
“Don’t be naïve, the king has no regard for God. He will pay for that in the end. I’m sure of that fact…” he took Ava by the shoulders again “…and I just don’t want to see you get hurt.”
“You worry too much. Everything will be ok, you’ll see.” she replied giving him her most genuine smile.
“How did you know I was here anyway?”
“I was taking a message to your father, and he told me you were picking flowers in the valley. When I got there and noticed you weren’t there, something told me to climb the hill and there you were. With him.”
“Please be happy for me Rath. Zan says we will make each other our soul mates, and I believe him… Besides, you’ll always be there to protect me oh mighty Rath.” she said while taking on a wide, strong stance similar to the way he was standing.
“Don’t mock me Ava, it will only lead to your demise…” he said playfully as he grabbed her and starting tickling her sides while she was locked in a bear hug.
The dream faded with the sound of Ava's tinkling laughter resounding.
Kyle was still grumbling to himself while dialing Max’s number. Jim rolled his eyes and sat on the sofa waiting to see what Max would say about Tess’ strange disappearance.
“Kyle, what’s up? I still need to get in the shower.” Max said in a hurry.
“Max! Um, Hi. Yeah, have you seen Tess this morning? He said all in a rush.
“No, but Michael just called. She’s at his house.”
“Oh thank god” Kyle said giving a sigh of relief.
“Apparently she and Michael are about to replay their dreams through their connection. She had a headache this morning, and so did Michael. I am beginning to think that it has something to do with the frequency of the dreams…but I’ll explain that theory later. I really have to go. I’ll see you after school Kyle!” and with that, Max hung up.
“He just hung up on me!” Kyle said in disbelief.
“So where is she son?” Jim asked.
“She’s at Michael’s. They are connecting to see their dreams or something. She had a headache so she went to his house this morning. I don’t know why she thought he could help. She could have just told me. I’d have gotten her some asprin-”
“Kyle!” Jim broke in “Have you been hanging out with Maria more lately?”
“No, why?” he replied.
“Your babbling son. Amy babbles, Maria babbles, and now you are babbling.”
“Dad don’t remind me of your little ‘affair’ with Ms. De Luca. At least not before breakfast…” Kyle states with a hand over his stomach and a grimace on his face.
“Don’t push it Kyle” Jim replied with a frown.
Ava – Tess back on Antar
Rath – Michael on antar
Zan – Max on Antar
Vilandra – Isabel on Antar
Dinah & Salvetar – Max & Isabel’s parents on Antar
Jameus (Jay-mus)& Andrina – Tess & Michael’s Parents on Antar
Mayverna & Lyatso – Tess’s adoptive parents on Antar-to her, her real parents
Chapter 17
Isabel entered the bathroom in a red fluffy robe, and turned on the water, waiting for it to get hot. With a huge smile on her face, she checked to make sure all her favorite toiletries were in the shower and when she was satisfied that all was in place, she hung her robe on the hook attached to the back of the door and she stepped in. In the shower, and out of Max’s head, Isabel quietly broke down as the reality of what she had just seen sunk in. “My mother… Me and Max have a mother and she’s breathtakingly beautiful…She loves me…” She hugged herself and continued to cry in small sobs of joy. She couldn’t wait to tell Alex.
After talking with Max about the after school meeting, Kyle walked to Tess’ room and knocked softly on her door. Not hearing any kind of stirring, he called out to her.
“Tess, are you awake?” still he was met with silence. Getting worried, he decided to chance catching her in a compromising state, and opened the door a crack. Peeking in, he saw ruffled sheets, but no Tess. Her comforter was also missing. Just then his dad walked by and saw Kyle peeping into Tess’ room.
“Uh, Son? What are you doing peeking into Tess’ room? Haven’t we had the whole ‘privacy’ discussion before?” he said looking at Kyle with one eyebrow raised.
“Dad! I’m not peeping!” he replied as though insulted. “Max just called, and I needed to tell Tess about a meeting later for the ‘Alien Abyss’ members and when she didn’t answer when I called or knocked, I got worried!” he said all in one breath.”
A thought occurring to him he then asked “Have you seen her this morning dad?” Kyle asked while following his dad into the kitchen.
Jim replied while pouring himself a cup of coffee “I saw her early this morning when I got up to get a glass of water. She slept out on the hammock last night. Her comforter is still out there. I haven’t seen her this morning though.” He said getting a little worried himself.
“This is not good, she could have been kidnapped or aliennapped!” Kyle said getting wound up.
“Kyle…” his dad admonished for that last crack.
“Ok, not aliennapped, but something had to have happened! She didn’t tell you or me she was leaving…” Kyle trailed off.
“Son, I think you better call Max, and tell him what is going on.”
“Alright, I guess I’ll have to call ‘the King’ himself” he replied sarcastically.
“Kyle, leave your issues with Max out of this. We still don’t know where Tess is.”
“Ok, Ok, I’m calling.” He said as he picked his cell phone up from the table, and pulled it off the charger.
Upon waking to sunlight streaming into his window Monday morning, Michael learned had a splitting headache. The next thing he heard was the sound of frantic knocking on his front door, and gave an exhausted sigh as he kicked his covers off. He gave the curtains a hard yank, effectively blocking any more offensive sunlight from filtering in. Satisfied that the sun was vanquished, but the incessant knocking not showing any signs of letting up, he rubbed his eyes with one hand and pulled on a pair of jeans with the other. Still hopping into his jeans he stumbled to his front door.
“I’m coming, keep your shirt on!” he said sarcastically, always in a grumpy mood when awoke first thing in the morning; not to mention his head felt like his brain was too big for his skull. He unlocked both locks on his door, then opened it to reveal a crying Tess.
“Michael, I think something is wrong with me…” she sobbed. “My head hurts so much and I don’t know why.” She said while walking into his apartment and falling onto the couch.
Michael sat down next to her with one hand on his head.
“The only thought that was in my head was to come here.” Tess said while gripping the hair on top of her head.
“My head also feels like it was run over by a train, so I think we can safely rule this occurrence alien related.”
“Should we call Max? I don’t think I can take this pain for much longer…” Tess said quietly, afraid any more volume would hurt worse.
“I can’t think through this pain, so yeah I’ll call him.” Michael said as he reached for his cell phone. Pressing the speed dial for Max, he sat back and waited.
“Michael? I was just about to call you.” Max said.
“Tell him to hurry!” Tess cried trying to hold it together, but with a hand on her forehead, tears still escaping her eyes.
“Michael, who is that? Is there a girl there with you? Is it Maria?”
“Max, shut up. It’s Tess. She showed up on my doorstep this morning with a huge headache, and I feel about the same as she does; like 20 woodpeckers are trying to hack their way out of my head” He replied.
“Michael do you remember dreaming last night?” Max asked.
“Why are you asking me about my dreams? Just get over here and heal us before one of our heads explodes!” Michael snapped.
“Michael calm down. It’s the dreams. Isabel almost past out on my bedroom floor this morning with one whopper of a headache, and as soon as we connected her headache went away.”
“So, your telling me all I have to do is connect with Tess to make the insanity stop?”
“Yes, and Michael…”
“What?!! OW!” he cut Max off, then grabbed his head as the outburst seemed to double the pain.
“Don’t forget to wet your hands. I didn’t think about it this morning with Isabel, but she was crying so much, it didn’t really matter. Oh, and tell your sister we are meeting after school at the crashdown to discuss our dreams. I’m sure you two will have one to bring to the table after this.”
“Bye Max” Michael replied while snapping his phone shut with a click, effectively ending the conversation. He thought to himself “Doesn’t he care my head feels like it’s about to drain out of my ear!!”
He looked over at Tess who now was half sitting, half laying on his couch, her head pressed between her hands. “Tess, are your hands wet?” Michael asked.
“Yes, Michael” Tess answered exasperated “But what does that have to do with…”
Michael did not wait to hear the rest of her comment. He pulled her hands away from her face and held them tight.
“Tess open your eyes” he commanded.
Too worn out to argue, she slowly opened them, and their connection sprang to life.
Dream Recap with Michael’s Dream Addition
Tess was again surrounded in a field of blue, this time Michael was standing by her side. The wind was making havoc with Tess’ curls, but didn’t seem to be disturbing Michael’s spiky top at all. At the same time, they noticed Max across the field in a gazebo type structure. The gazebo was tall by earth standards, and completely see-through with a blue hue to it. While Tess was still taking in the gazebo’s beauty, she noticed Michael already walking over to it. Catching up quickly, she followed by Michael’s side and when they got nearby, they could hear Max talking to someone. Before ascending the steps, Michael sensed Tess’ unease, and took her hand and together they climbed. At the fifth or sixth step, Max came into focus, as well as the person he was talking to. She looked exactly like Tess! Together, hand in hand, they stood numbly in place and listened to the conversation unfold.
“Ava, we have been friends a long time right?” the person that looked like Max asked.
“Yes Zan, but how can we do this? I don’t love you…well, I do…you know I do!” she said while giving Manais a mischievous smile.
“…but I don’t love you like that, and I know you don’t love me like that either.” She finished with a sad sigh.
Zan took a step and sat down next to Ava putting an arm around her shoulders. “Ava, I know our love is not that of soul mates, but maybe it could grow to be that. We have to do what are parents ask of us. We have no other choice.” He told her gently.
Ava, who had been staring at her hands in her lap, now looked up into Zan's eyes. “And what of Karindra? You have been betrothed to her since your birth! Your marriage to her would unite Antar and Kentwaisis for all time! I just don’t understand your parents!” she finished with small sob.
“I know, I don’t understand their methods either, but I do know that I’ve known you my whole life. If I have to be married to someone that isn’t my soul mate, I’m contented with the fact that at least I can marry someone I love.” Ava’s eyes began to mist over as Zan turned her face to look at his. I will promise to love you for all time when we say our vows, and I will try my best to make you happy.” Ava was shaking with silent sobs, with tears running down her cheeks as Zan continued. “Please say you’ll marry me Ava…we will make each other our soul mates.” He said while handing her a piece of cloth.
Ava wiped her eyes and blew her nose into the cloth that Zan handed to her. “I do know you will be a fine husband, and when the time comes to say our vows…I will promise too. I do love you Zan.” She said while squeezing one of his hands and looking into his eyes. “I will be your queen” she said as he leaned his head down and softly kissed her lips.
-From the other side of the gazebo they watched as someone else approached. He looked just like Michael.-
Rath silently walked up the steps, and found Ava in what looked like a heated kiss with Zan.
“Am I interrupting something?” Rath said addressing the two with cool calculation. Ava and Zan instantly jumped apart, Ava blushing fiercely, gingerly touching her lips as if burned.
“Rath. No, no you aren’t. I was just leaving, I’m needed in the tactical room.” Zan stood and turned to address Ava. “I’ll see you at dinner tonight?” he inquired.
“Yes, in the flower garden. Your mother sent me an invitation.” Ava replied having schooled her features back to her usual calm expression.
“Until tonight then. Ava, Rath.” And he inclined his head to both in his retreat.
“Rath you scare him!” Ava replied with a giggle. Rath defined intimidation. With his dark gray armor, and his black woven bands across his arms, he was a picture. Well, he had earned his outfit. Her father, the head of military operations, had taken him under his wing at a young age, seeing the potential of a great military leader. As it was, he was rumored to be named the next Military Commander. He could never scare Ava though, he was at her home so often for training growing up, he was like a brother.
“Well he should be scared. I know you don’t love him, so why are becoming entangled with him? Is it just to be queen?” he asked disdainfully.
“You know me better than that Rath, but it would appease the king and queen. Zan is to be crowned king soon and his parents want him to have a wife before that. For the life of me I can’t understand why me though... I mean we grew up together! It just doesn’t feel right!” she said exasperated. “And what about Karindra? This negates the whole alliance. It makes no sense!”
“I have a feeling I know why they picked you. I have heard murmurings about it.” Rath said with his eyes downcast.
Ava flew to her feet in front of Rath “Are you telling me you have suspected their reasoning and have not told me??”
“I thought you would have suspected! Haven’t you listened to the prophecies lately?”
“Yes, but I don’t like to live my entire life surrounded in it.” She said flippantly.
Rath took her by the shoulders and gave her a little shake “You must! They mean everything attain perfect peace on Antar. You have been to court, you know how Salvetar thinks! As of now peace hangs by a thread. You do know why all females born from a Male Antarian and a Female from another race have to be sent back to their home planet until their eventual union don’t you?”
Tess shrugged her shoulders and tried to look away, but Rath turned her face back to his with his hand. “It’s because Antarian males are growing more prejudiced. You know females of other races don’t develop their powers as soon as Antarian females do. They would be powerless against the prejudice that is creeping onto this planet without the protection of melding with their husband.”
“Rath, but what does that have to do with me?” Ava pleaded.
“Salvetar wants you to marry Zan in an attempt to negate prophecy. To show it has no credence. He’s playing with fire. Dinah knows better, but will always agree with her king.” Rath said spitefully.
“How would my marriage negate prophecy though?” Ava asked sounding more interested.
“The prophecy states ‘The strength of four combined will forever bind them. Alliance will bring peace, mixed blood shall heal what pure blood destroys. Praise be to the God of Creation.”
“Honestly Ava, I don’t’ know what Salvetar is playing at, but he wants pure blood to stay on the throne.” He replied with disgust. “How can we find peace on this planet when the king himself is a bigot!”
“Rath you are scaring me. I trust in God. He has to have a plan for what is happening. I believe that with all my heart.” She said with a hand on her chest and staring up at the lavender skies.
“Don’t be naïve, the king has no regard for God. He will pay for that in the end. I’m sure of that fact…” he took Ava by the shoulders again “…and I just don’t want to see you get hurt.”
“You worry too much. Everything will be ok, you’ll see.” she replied giving him her most genuine smile.
“How did you know I was here anyway?”
“I was taking a message to your father, and he told me you were picking flowers in the valley. When I got there and noticed you weren’t there, something told me to climb the hill and there you were. With him.”
“Please be happy for me Rath. Zan says we will make each other our soul mates, and I believe him… Besides, you’ll always be there to protect me oh mighty Rath.” she said while taking on a wide, strong stance similar to the way he was standing.
“Don’t mock me Ava, it will only lead to your demise…” he said playfully as he grabbed her and starting tickling her sides while she was locked in a bear hug.
The dream faded with the sound of Ava's tinkling laughter resounding.
Kyle was still grumbling to himself while dialing Max’s number. Jim rolled his eyes and sat on the sofa waiting to see what Max would say about Tess’ strange disappearance.
“Kyle, what’s up? I still need to get in the shower.” Max said in a hurry.
“Max! Um, Hi. Yeah, have you seen Tess this morning? He said all in a rush.
“No, but Michael just called. She’s at his house.”
“Oh thank god” Kyle said giving a sigh of relief.
“Apparently she and Michael are about to replay their dreams through their connection. She had a headache this morning, and so did Michael. I am beginning to think that it has something to do with the frequency of the dreams…but I’ll explain that theory later. I really have to go. I’ll see you after school Kyle!” and with that, Max hung up.
“He just hung up on me!” Kyle said in disbelief.
“So where is she son?” Jim asked.
“She’s at Michael’s. They are connecting to see their dreams or something. She had a headache so she went to his house this morning. I don’t know why she thought he could help. She could have just told me. I’d have gotten her some asprin-”
“Kyle!” Jim broke in “Have you been hanging out with Maria more lately?”
“No, why?” he replied.
“Your babbling son. Amy babbles, Maria babbles, and now you are babbling.”
“Dad don’t remind me of your little ‘affair’ with Ms. De Luca. At least not before breakfast…” Kyle states with a hand over his stomach and a grimace on his face.
“Don’t push it Kyle” Jim replied with a frown.
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