Bringin' Home The Family (AU,TEEN) Pt 27 AN 12/20/04 [WIP]

[SpiderGirl]

Title: Bringin' Home The Family
Author: SpiderGirl
Rating: I don't think I know what I'm doing so G-PG13
Couple: Max and Liz with some implied Max and Tess.
Disclaimer: Don't have any claim to Roswell whatsoever. Sure as hell don't own it.
Summary: Somebody dies leaving behind a child, I had intended for it to be Maria but I like her too much. So it's Tess. Liz takes the baby in and all the emotional baggage that comes with him.
A Note: Oh BTW Max and Serina were raised in New York like the dupes and there will be swearing in this. Here's Jacob.

OK I am confused. Are there 2 Aria's? One that came from the pod, was that the one walking on the side of the road and another that is at the diner in a husk, who was talking to Leanna?

Quote:
"No. Listen to me, Kivar let you come here to my care and you are not ruining the plans"

There is only one Aria. Aria looks exactly like Liz except she has blue eyes. We'll get to why she is under Leanna and Kivar's care later on in the story.

What Plan? And Max is Leanna's Uncle? Who are her parent? And if they were podded, and these two are in husks does that mean the originals are still alive on Antar? Cause Aria just said she was Liz's sister, she is in a husk, and then Max says there was an Aria in a pod? So that's why I am asking if the one talking to Leanna is an original are the other original still alive on Antar? How are they connected to Kivar?

Quote:
"Ava's husk failed with being in the desert. Serina's should too then we'll be rid of the little ditz Queen once and for all"

As for the plan you'll just have to wait and find out. Max isn't Aria's uncle, he thought it was Liz on the side of the street. The original Zan and Ava came to earth in husks but Rath and Vilandra didn't. Sorry if you got confused about Aria. I'll try and fix it, what I meant was that Aria was in pod. It's three pods to the city, so forth. I'm still trying to work things out!

Are there two Serina's too? Cause Max said she was in a pod. Serina's the Queen? If Max is her brother and King, how can she be Queen? Or do I have it wrong that Max is King?

There is only one Serina. I wrote early on about the relationship they had. Zan pretended to be from one of the pods but Tess didn't, Serina loved Zan and Tess loved him. Serina saw Max as a friend and when Zan died she feared she would loose him too, her feelings turned sisterly when he got involved with Tess.

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Max stood there on the sidewalk as he remembered everything. Ava as Tess had brought them here. She was the one who brought them to Earth. He remembered her explaining when he was little. That's why she had a husk, that's why Zan did too. He always thought Zan was from one of the pods, they never let on. They should have been three for three, Michael, Isabel and Aria then Max, Serina and Liz. Liz was alien like him...

Max thought Zan was from a Pod? Tess/Ava brought them to NY along with Zan, right? So if husk never age, didn't Max get curious that Zan stayed the same, never getting older? I still don't understand how Tess was able to get pregnant in a husk? Isn't a husk just a outer shell, housing the alien inside? So I am confused how Max got her pregnant? I don't mean to be persistant about this, just trying to understand exactly how a alein/human hybrid and skin can mate?

I'll try and do my best to fix this story. I started it without much thinking.

So Isabel and Serina look a like, right? Aria and Liz look a like, right? So why don't Michael and Max?

Oh... Um. Never thought about that. Okay... I don't know. I'll try and think of a reason for that.

Liz was dreaming being in NY, didn't her mother see Aria there? I mean didn't she turn to look to see who Liz was calling out to? What does Liz want to talk to Maria about?

Liz didn't call out to Aria when she was in New York. She screamed her name when she woke up. Hope that helps!

Thanks for all your feedback. I know I said I would close this but I can't, you can thank Devillishly Charming for that. It's always been a dream of mine for someone to look for my fic on the find-a-fic thingy, kinda sad but it came true! I guess that means I'm not so bad after all?
Discount all the stuff about Aria and Antar in the past posts, there should be a better explanation further on.

***

Maria and Liz sat at the counter sipping coffee like nothing was out of the norm.
"So..." began Maria and Liz nodded
"Yeah so..." she replied "This is mind bending. I didn't even remember about it until..."
"Until you decided to decorate" she said noticing the missing vase
"Yeah sorry. I know dad bought you that when you passed..."
"Never mind Liz, we're even now. I broke your Creed CD"
"What!" she screeched and the fruit bowl slid across the table dangerously close to the edge "No!" she cried throwing up her hands and it stopped mid air. She backed away
"God, god, oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god..." she mumbled as she backed away "What's happening to me!" Michael came half stumbling half falling down the stairs looking like he had spent the night on a floor
"Liz? Are you okay?" he hurried over to her and she pointed to the bowl poised mid air. The three of them watched as it corrected itself
"Did you...?" asked Michael and she shook her head
"Ahem" coughed a voice and they all turned to see a dupe of Liz standing there "I guess I should explain" she said shakily. Liz moved past her sister's boyfriend and straight to Aria. She hugged her tight and a soft glow encased them. Aria felt life being poured into her, she stood taller and her shaking stopped
"Thank you. Leanna would kill me if she knew I was here" she confessed sadly.
Jacob came down the stairs and paused when he saw two mommy's standing there
"Wheely Cow! I gots two mommys!" he cried as he entered the kitchen
"Come here sweetie. This is your auntie Aria, she's going to tell us a long story"
"Better be good" he said as Liz lifted him up into her lap.
"On Antar there were Five People and they ran the planet. There was King Zan, Queen Aria, Princess Vilandra, General Rath and Lady Ava. One day they were overthrown by a horrible man called Kivar. His army killed Aria, Ava and Vilandra. Zan re-created his wife, cousin and best friend's wife but their pods were damaged. He made a new set and loaded all the made pods aboard a ship to send to Earth. Kivar caught up with Rath and Zan and killed Rath but Zan managed to make one last pod of Rath and he put it on with them sending them all to Earth.
The only pods that failed where Ava's and Vilandras in New York. I was in the new York set. My pod was taken by Leanna and I hatched into her life. Liz you were with Michael and Isabel here... Ava and Zan came down in husks, they couldn't survive. Zan pretended to be Max's copy so he wouldn't go searching for the thing that made his heart beat faster. Max was satisfied that it was Zan he felt in his mind and not you"
"Me?" asked Liz "Where is this leading"
"Look at me. I look exactly like you don't I?"
"Yes, except your eyes"
"I know. That's due to the damage my pod received, I came out blue and weak. Ava and Zan were in husks because they were terribly wounded and they had no idea that they would survive in this atmosphere in their condition. Does that explain?"
"So my mommy's a queen and your my aunty A-A-Arry?" asked Jacob and she nodded
"Yes I am. Michael is General Rath and Isabel is Princess Vilandra, Michael and Isabel should have been together"
"Wha? Isabel's my sister!" he protested "Anyway she's married. To Alex. Whose a great guy!"
"I know, I know everything about you. You're my family"
"So let's just go over this. To be sure" said Maria "How many pods were made with Isabel?"
"Two, one was badly damaged" said Aria
"Okay and what about Aria" continued Maria
"Two and only one was damaged, nothing serious" she grinned "There was only one made of Rath because it was last minute and only one made of Zan and Ava as they were still alive"
"Right okay. So my sister... my sister that our mother adopted is a queen?"
"Yes"
"And you're a queen too?"
"Sort of yes, I am a clone of the queen but the seal lies in Liz because I'm damaged goods. I have the DNA and all but no cigar"
"Who was Zan married to?"
"Aria. The only reason I believe Max got involved with Tess was because he thought he would loose her too"
"I've met a skin. I know all about the husks, how did Tess get pregnant?"
"A husk is capable of reproduction but it weakens the life force inside. When Max and Tess got it together that's probably what killed her" she said. Maria and Liz gasped at her bluntness
"Oh sorry, forgive me. I've been raised by Kivar's lackeys"
"You work for Kivar?" demanded Michael angrily
"Leanna found the New York pods, she was the reason for the pod failures and the reason I hatched into her hands. I'm a copy of the Queen, she thought I had the seal. If Kivar got it on with me then it would have been over. He would have had an heir"
"Did he..."
"He tried, quite a few times in fact. When I was fourteen and fifteen, he almost killed me when he found out I wasn't carrying the seal. He abandoned me and because I had been infected by him my body began to reject the energy he poured into me. Liz has restored that balance"
"So are you on Kivar's side?"
"No. I'm not. I was weak before and could have been killed easily. I forced myself to listen to Leanna till I could get a time to come to you and have my energy put back to normal. I dont want to go back to them" she whispered and Liz nodded. She lifted Jacob down and hugged her sister
"You can stay here Aria. For as long as you want" she whispered, Jacob moved closer and hugged their legs
"Yeah Aunty Harry. I loves you like my mommy" he said and she smiled feeling at home for the first time in a very long time.


TBC...

[SpiderGirl]

Title: Bringin' Home The Family
Author: SpiderGirl
Rating: I don't think I know what I'm doing so G-PG13
Couple: Max and Liz with some implied Max and Tess.
Disclaimer: Don't have any claim to Roswell whatsoever. Sure as hell don't own it.
Summary: Somebody dies leaving behind a child, I had intended for it to be Maria but I like her too much. So it's Tess. Liz takes the baby in and all the emotional baggage that comes with him.
A Note: Oh BTW Max and Serina were raised in New York like the dupes and there will be swearing in this. Here's Jacob.

***

She slammed the menu down hard on the table and caused a scene, but it only looked like a nine year old was throwing a temper tantrum
"What do you mean she's gone to the other side?" Leanna demanded
"Lady Leanna" began one of her lackeys sat opposite her in the little coffee shop.
"No!" she threw up her hand "I don't even want to hear it. Aria was the key in Kivar getting the bitch with the seal or at least Zan's brat! Now we have nothing!" he hung his head in shame "I want you to try, can you do that? Try and get that little brat and I don't care what you do to get him! It's important that you don't screw up on that otherwise your life will not be worth living!" she hissed angrily as she stood up and stormed out.

***

Michael and Maria set out a proper breakfast. Well Maria burnt the cornflakes and Michael made pancakes. They all settled down to eat when there was a knock at the door. Serina stood up excusing herself to get it, she came back with Max in tow.
"Liz... Aria?" he said looking back and forth
"You knew about her?"
"I err ran into him on the street. He said I should go to you" she explained and Liz calmed down some
"We're having pancakes Daddy, want some?" asked Jacob pointing to his plate with sticky fingers.
"Um that's if it's okay with your mommy"
"I guess" she said quietly. Max slid into the seat between Jacob and Liz. His hand accidentally brushed hers and a connection roared to life. She looked up at him after he moved his hand away and smiled
"Um oh sorry" he apologised moving his hand away quickly. Jacob shoved some of the pancakes off the plate onto his dad's but it didn't quite make the plate and ended up on the counter. Max smiled at his kids clumsiness but suddenly his pager went off. Serina's did too, he looked up at her then looked round
"We have to go. We never planned on staying this long, Jared needs us"
"Jared?" Maria asked raising an eyebrow
"Our vice president. We run a company together" he said. He wiped his hands and a napkin before pressing a kiss to Liz's cheek and ruffling his sons hair before the two of them left
"Bye Liz! Bye Jacob!" waved Serina as they disappeared. Liz touched her cheek where she kissed him and sighed
"Uh oh" said Maria she looked down at her watch "They're not the only ones who have to go! Liz our shift starts ten minutes ago, we have to get our butts in line!"
"What about me? My butts round" said Jacob innocently
"And very cute too" said Maria as she picked him up and blew a raspberry on his cheek "Come on mini man we'll all get going. Dishes will have to wait, you have customers waiting!" she said
"I could do the dishes!" piped Aria "I mean it's no problem and if I'm going to stay here I at least want a chance to help out"
"Uhm okay" said Liz smiling at her sister. She couldn't believe that she had just gained a sister
"Thank you" smiled Aria as she gathered the plates up. Liz went outside to join the others in the car. Michael drove to the cafe
They didn't see the other car following them, it was one of Leanna's lackeys. He was terrified he would screw up and get killed, he would get the little Prince, because his life depended on it!

TBC...

[SpiderGirl]

Title: Bringin' Home The Family
Author: SpiderGirl
Rating: I don't think I know what I'm doing so G-PG13
Couple: Max and Liz with some implied Max and Tess.
Disclaimer: Don't have any claim to Roswell whatsoever. Sure as hell don't own it.
Summary: Somebody dies leaving behind a child, I had intended for it to be Maria but I like her too much. So it's Tess. Liz takes the baby in and all the emotional baggage that comes with him.
A Note: Oh BTW Max and Serina were raised in New York like the dupes and there will be swearing in this. Here's Jacob.

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!MILD VIOLENCE WARNING!
***

"Ugghhh" she sobbed. Fresh tears filling her eyes as she sat on the bathroom floor. Blood stained the grimy yellowish white worn tiles of the floor. A large metal bar was sticking through her stomach and her knees were pulled up as close at were allowed. She had been here for what seemed like an eternity, the bathroom door opened and light shone onto her face. The light pierced her vision as the scream shattered her hearing, she chuckled hysterically before darkness crept through her vision.

Jacob was sat in the back seat between Michael and Maria Liz drove, they had almost reached work when Jacob announced he needed the bathroom.
"Mommy! I gotta pee!" he cried
"Why didn't you go before we left?"
"Didn't need to go then" he replied curtly
"Well can't you hold it in? We're almost there"
"Mommy! I really gots to go!"
"Come on Liz... look we can stop and let him go. Don't you need gass anyway?" she shooked her head then looked to the meter and watched the line flutter down to empty. She glanced back at Michael glaring at him and his innocent expression. She pulled into a station just as the car was starting to sputter
"Michael! Gas costs money and if you're going to do the freaky thing you're paying for it!" she hissed at him. He just nodded, smirking, as he let Jacob out and he bounded across with Liz chasing after him.
Michael climbed out leaving Maria alone while he went to get the gas, she switched on the radio and cranked it up loud to sing along
There was a loud relieved sigh as Jacob went to the toilet, she chuckled as he over reacted, she jumped when the door burst open and in walked a man
"Oh um I'm sorry but the toilets for men are next door" she explained, he turned and she expected him to leave but he locked the door. She knew instantly something was wrong. Jacob opened the stall door and the man made a grab for him. She was quicker and pulled him to her but he grabbed Jacob's arm and yanked him down so he landed hard on the floor. He knew that he had to kill her, she would never let the boy go if he didn't. He charged at her and she grabbed his arms in his hands, he pulled away and back handed her. She slumped against a stall as he pulled off the metal hand rail from the door. She jumped back up and he stabbed her right in the middle with it. She groaned eyes wide as she almost bent double with the rail through her middle
"Ugh" she gulped and he let go of the rail and picked the boy up in his arms. Despite her situation she lunged at him with the strength she had left, he swept her back with a back hand to her cheek and she hit the wall and slumped down leaving a blur of red on the wall. He unlocked the door and disappeared with her son.
Michael came back and jumped into the back, he had paid and he was waiting for Liz and Jacob
"Man, if I knew that the kid took this long I wouldn't have suggested we stop" he joked
"I'll go see what's up" she said. She climbed out and felt a wave of dizziness hit her, she buckled and felt like something had exploded her middle before it passed. She continued to the bathroom and got shoved out the way by a man, she couldn't quite see what he was carrying
"Hey! Watch it!" she cried but he didn't even look back to acknowledge her. She opened the door and her eyes landed on the red running out over the floor and Liz sitting in the corner by the sinks and wall. She screamed out loud as Liz slumped forward.

She opened her eyes cautiously and found white, lots of white and the stink of bacteria and sick mixed together. She felt so weak and tired
"Ja-Jac-Jaco-Jacob" she called out trying to focus and see her son. Something had hold of her hand and she looked up and spotted her blurry sister "Maria?" she said shaking her sister's hand. Maria sat up and looked round before her eyes landed on Liz "Maria. Where's my son?" she asked. She sat in silence for a moment before answering her
"They took him Liz. Max..."
"Max took him?" she shook her head trying to clear the drugs out of her system
"No. Max, Michael, Serina and Aria are all out trying to find him. They think Leanna took him"
"How long have I been out?"
"Four days" she said. Liz's stomach flipped over, if she had been unconscious for four days god only knew what they had done to her son. She pulled the blankets back and swung her legs around intending to stand up. Maria tried to stop her but she shoved her back in the chair and stood up only to flop down to the floor like a jelly fish
"Help!" cried Maria as some nurses came over. A shooting pain shout through her stomach as black over took her
"Jacob!" she cried out before she fell unconscious.

TBC...

[SpiderGirl]

Title: Bringin' Home The Family
Author: SpiderGirl
Rating: I don't think I know what I'm doing so G-PG13
Couple: Max and Liz with some implied Max and Tess.
Disclaimer: Don't have any claim to Roswell whatsoever. Sure as hell don't own it.
Summary: Somebody dies leaving behind a child, I had intended for it to be Maria but I like her too much. So it's Tess. Liz takes the baby in and all the emotional baggage that comes with him.
A Note: Here's Jacob aged 3and Jacob aged 20.

A Note: There is going to be a major jump forward in time. So please bear with me! Memories/flashbacks are in Italics.

***

"Just shut up!"

"No one cares for you!"

"Why do you think you're here?"

"You're pathetic!"

"No one wants you!"

"No one loves you!"

"Your real mommy didn't!"

"Neither did Liz"

"No!" he jerked awake in his sleep, sweating and breathing hard. He looked around in the darkness and saw his small shoebox room. He sucked in a breath and buried his head in his hands "It was a dream. Just a dream" he fumbled in the darkness for his glass of water resting on the crate next to his mattress. He chugged it down quickly and then hicupped, he tossed back his thin blanket and stumbled achingly to his feet.
He crossed his dirty wood floor and picked up the protective gloves and slid them on his hands before he began taking his frustration out on the punchbag.

***

Liz rubbed the scar idly thinking about Jacob again, she was always thinking about him. Her lost son, how she missed him and wished he was safe and home. She had no idea whether he was alive or not!
"Mom? You okay?" asked Ana, her fifteen-year-old daughter didn't know why she had that scar or why she went so quiet when she touched it. She knew that it was a really sad thing for her.
"I'm fine sweetie. I'm just thinking about things"
"What things?" asked Ana
"Just stuff in that past" she replied with a smile. Ana shrugged it off, it always upset her that her mom couldn't tell her what made her so sad. They shared everything, because there wasn't many people like Ana and it was difficult to make friends.
"Come on Maria is going to blow a fuse if we don't get these cakes over to the cafe soon" she said and Ana smiled knowing her Aunt Maria far too well.

***

He had been punching the bag for almost an hour now when the dreams got to him and he collapsed down burying his head in his hands and began sobbing. He missed his family, he missed the friends he made when he was younger. They had been all he had known through out the five years he had been held captive by the Skins and the ten years living rough on the streets doing all sorts just to get by.
He couldn't take much more of this loneliness, he stood up quickly and swayed with dizziness before he moved across his floor and gathered up the few clothes he had and shoved them into a ratty backpack.
He pulled out a wad of money from under his mattress and shoved that into the back pack before pulling on his jeans and an old shirt then he left. He was going home to Roswell.

***

Liz could tell something would happen today. She wasn't quite sure what it would be and it put her nerves on edge. After Jacob disappeared Max looked for him but when he couldn't find his son he went back to New York a cold and bitter man. He blamed her for his son's disappearance, he believed that Jacob was dead and it was all her fault. She had no idea how wrong he was.
"What's up Liz? What's going on with you?" asked Maria hand on a hip
"Nothing"
"Don't give me that. I've married a Czechoslovakian and given birth to them. I know when something's up..." she said as the door swung open. Ana went over in her little uniform to greet the shoddy looking young boy with shaggy hair and sickly looking skin
"Hi I'm Ana what can I get you?" she asked politely. But he wasn't looking at her, he was staring at her mom behind the counter
"Mom!" he grinned and her face crumpled up, she charged at the counter, climbed over it and pulled him straight into her arms
"My baby. Oh Jacob!" she cried kissing his hair "Where have you been!"
"I've missed you so much mom" he cried "So much"
"Mom? Mom what's going on? Who is that?"
"This is your older brother Jacob" she said "I haven't seen him in fifteen years"
"I don't have a brother" said Ana angrily
"Yes you do. He's standing right here"
"No, you never told me I had a brother. Why didn't you tell me?" she demanded. Jacob backed off with a sad look in his eyes
"You never did want me did you. They were right" he mumbled. She grabbed his shoulders
"Jacob Parker you are my son and nothing can change that. I love you, I've missed so much all these years. I risked my life trying to protect you" she said and lifted up her shirt to show him the scar "This is what they did to me" she explained. He touched it gingerly and suddenly felt guilty
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I made you upset, I'm a bad son"
"No you're not. I love you"
"I bet I'm a bad brother too" he sobbed. Maria came over and the two of them lead him off into the back to the employees room.
Liz sat him down on the couch and took off his jacket, and then his worn holey shirt and tossed it in the bin. She saw scars and track marks over his arms and chest she gasped when she saw them
"Jacob" she began
"Call me Jake" he replied "I... didn't have much else to do really. I was eight when I got away from them and I had no money. People always wanted to give me money if I did things for them... so I did and that's how I managed to get here" Ana had heard and watched from the door and her heart went out to the strange boy. She felt so protective of him, he was going to need a sister and she would be there for him.

TBC...

[SpiderGirl]

Title: Bringin' Home The Family
Author: SpiderGirl
Rating: I don't think I know what I'm doing so G-PG13
Couple: Max and Liz with some implied Max and Tess.
Disclaimer: Don't have any claim to Roswell whatsoever. Sure as hell don't own it.
Summary: Somebody dies leaving behind a child, I had intended for it to be Maria but I like her too much. So it's Tess. Liz takes the baby in and all the emotional baggage that comes with him.
A Note: Here's Jacob aged 3 and Jacob aged 18.

A Note: There is going to be a major jump forward in time. So please bear with me! Memories/flashbacks are in Italics.

***

"Just shut up!"

"No one cares for you!"

"Why do you think you're here?"

"You're pathetic!"

"No one wants you!"

"No one loves you!"

"Your real mommy didn't!"

"Neither did Liz"

"No!" he jerked awake in his sleep, sweating and breathing hard. He looked around in the darkness and saw his small shoebox room. He sucked in a breath and buried his head in his hands "It was a dream. Just a dream" he fumbled in the darkness for his glass of water resting on the crate next to his mattress. He chugged it down quickly and then hicupped, he tossed back his thin blanket and stumbled achingly to his feet.
He crossed his dirty wood floor and picked up the protective gloves and slid them on his hands before he began taking his frustration out on the punchbag.

***

Liz rubbed the scar idly thinking about Jacob again, she was always thinking about him. Her lost son, how she missed him and wished he was safe and home. She had no idea whether he was alive or not!
"Mom? You okay?" asked Ana, her fifteen-year-old daughter didn't know why she had that scar or why she went so quiet when she touched it. She knew that it was a really sad thing for her.
"I'm fine sweetie. I'm just thinking about things"
"What things?" asked Ana
"Just stuff in that past" she replied with a smile. Ana shrugged it off, it always upset her that her mom couldn't tell her what made her so sad. They shared everything, because there wasn't many people like Ana and it was difficult to make friends.
"Come on Maria is going to blow a fuse if we don't get these cakes over to the cafe soon" she said and Ana smiled knowing her Aunt Maria far too well.

***

He had been punching the bag for almost an hour now when the dreams got to him and he collapsed down burying his head in his hands and began sobbing. He missed his family, he missed the friends he made when he was younger. They had been all he had known through out the five years he had been held captive by the Skins and the ten years living rough on the streets doing all sorts just to get by.
He couldn't take much more of this loneliness, he stood up quickly and swayed with dizziness before he moved across his floor and gathered up the few clothes he had and shoved them into a ratty backpack.
He pulled out a wad of money from under his mattress and shoved that into the back pack before pulling on his jeans and an old shirt then he left. He was going home to Roswell.

***

Liz could tell something would happen today. She wasn't quite sure what it would be and it put her nerves on edge. After Jacob disappeared Max looked for him but when he couldn't find his son he went back to New York a cold and bitter man. He blamed her for his son's disappearance, he believed that Jacob was dead and it was all her fault. She had no idea how wrong he was.
"What's up Liz? What's going on with you?" asked Maria hand on a hip
"Nothing"
"Don't give me that. I've married a Czechoslovakian and given birth to them. I know when something's up..." she said as the door swung open. Ana went over in her little uniform to greet the shoddy looking young boy with shaggy hair and sickly looking skin
"Hi I'm Ana what can I get you?" she asked politely. But he wasn't looking at her, he was staring at her mom behind the counter
"Mom!" he grinned and her face crumpled up, she charged at the counter, climbed over it and pulled him straight into her arms
"My baby. Oh Jacob!" she cried kissing his hair "Where have you been!"
"I've missed you so much mom" he cried "So much"
"Mom? Mom what's going on? Who is that?"
"This is your older brother Jacob" she said "I haven't seen him in fifteen years"
"I don't have a brother" said Ana angrily
"Yes you do. He's standing right here"
"No, you never told me I had a brother. Why didn't you tell me?" she demanded. Jacob backed off with a sad look in his eyes
"You never did want me did you. They were right" he mumbled. She grabbed his shoulders
"Jacob Parker you are my son and nothing can change that. I love you, I've missed so much all these years. I risked my life trying to protect you" she said and lifted up her shirt to show him the scar "This is what they did to me" she explained. He touched it gingerly and suddenly felt guilty
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I made you upset, I'm a bad son"
"No you're not. I love you"
"I bet I'm a bad brother too" he sobbed. Maria came over and the two of them lead him off into the back to the employees room.
Liz sat him down on the couch and took off his jacket, and then his worn holey shirt and tossed it in the bin. She saw scars and track marks over his arms and chest she gasped when she saw them
"Jacob" she began
"Call me Jake" he replied "I... didn't have much else to do really. I was eight when I got away from them and I had no money. People always wanted to give me money if I did things for them... so I did and that's how I managed to get here" Ana had heard and watched from the door and her heart went out to the strange boy. She felt so protective of him, he was going to need a sister and she would be there for him.

TBC...

[SpiderGirl]

Title: Bringin' Home The Family
Author: SpiderGirl
Rating: I don't think I know what I'm doing so G-PG13
Couple: Max and Liz with some implied Max and Tess.
Disclaimer: Don't have any claim to Roswell whatsoever. Sure as hell don't own it.
Summary: Somebody dies leaving behind a child, I had intended for it to be Maria but I like her too much. So it's Tess. Liz takes the baby in and all the emotional baggage that comes with him.
A Note: Here's Jacob aged 3 and Jacob aged 18.

A Note: There is going to be a major jump forward in time. So please bear with me! Memories/flashbacks are in Italics.

***

He walked around the kitchen with a grin. He ran his fingers over the table top and smiled harder
"It's just like I remember it" he whispered. He was wearing one of Michael's old shirts, Ana had taken him shopping as soon as she saw the state of his clothes. They had just got back
"Jake?" she whispered
"Yeah?" he replied glancing up at his sister, he couldn't believe he had a sister
"Are you... are you different?"
"What do you mean differnet?" he asked
"Just different like Uncle Michael and Aunt Aria and mom?"
"Yes I am. You're different too aren't you?"
"Yes" she nodded "You were taken away because of that weren't you?"
"Yes"
"You've been on your own for so long. I'm glad you're here Jake"
"Me too. You've been alone too though haven't you, you needed me and I wasn't there for you"
"It's okay. I had my mom and Maria and Michael and Aunt Aria" he nodded and slid down to sit on the floor with his back against the wall. He began shaking violently and Ana panicked
"Jake!" she cried
"It's okay. I'm ok I'm just, coming down. I get affected more since I'm alien" he said as he clenched his fists and kicked his feet along the floor
"I'm calling mom"
"No! Please! Don't! It's okay, it'll stop soon. It's okay" he said he closed his eyes tight and rocked back and forth. He felt sick, he had never fallen so hard off the drugs like this before. He felt warmth surround him and the pain and sickness seemed to ebb away. He opened his eyes and saw Ana kneeling over him with two glowing hands.
She was healing him, bringing him back from a dangerous place. He stared up into his sister's eyes and he felt like a little boy again as he gave up fighting the sickness and collapsed.

Leanna blasted him up against the wall and he whimpered out in pain. She had been doing this for the past few hours and she didn't appear to be letting up any time soon
"Mommy!" he cried out and she charged at him, bringing her face only inches from his. Her hot breath burned him and he cringed looking away in fear
"Shush you little brat! You're mommy will never want you! Why do you think you're here? She could never want a brat like you. No one wants you! You're a pathetic stupid brat who should have never been born!" she hissed rapidly.
"S'not true! It's NOT TRUE!" he shouted and her and she slapped him hard across the face
"Don't you dare speak to me you little bastard. I would enjoy nothing better than cutting you up like ribbons. You're the reason I'm stuck on this lousy rock!" she said picking up the scissors that had been brough in along with other sharp objects.

Liz watched her son with fear, Ana had called her after he collapsed of drug abuse. She had tried to heal him but he blocked her out subconsciously. Now Liz was sitting on the old guest room bed watching him sleep. He was restless and tossed and turned, he jerked up in his sleep
"Nooooooo! Noo! No! No!" he cried "Please! Don't hurt me!" he struggled with his blankets for a moment before the dream faded and he realised where he was
"Jacob?" she whispered and he turned to her. He reached out a large worn hand and touched her cheek before throwing his arms around her and sobbing wildly "What did they do to you?" she thought as she put her arms around him. He winced as she touched his back "What's wrong with your back?" she asked, she leaned over him and pulled his shirt up revelling large scars made by scissors. Some of them were red and some were stained with blood "Oh my god" she gasped.
"It's my fault. I should have shouted at Leanna, I deserved it because I was bad" he said "I should have just kept quiet"
"Oh Jacob" she gasped pulling him close. She was going to make Leanna pay for this, if it was the last thing she did Leanna would pay.

TBC...

[SpiderGirl]

Title: Bringin' Home The Family
Author: SpiderGirl
Rating: I don't think I know what I'm doing so G-PG13
Couple: Max and Liz with some implied Max and Tess.
Disclaimer: Don't have any claim to Roswell whatsoever. Sure as hell don't own it.
Summary: Somebody dies leaving behind a child, I had intended for it to be Maria but I like her too much. So it's Tess. Liz takes the baby in and all the emotional baggage that comes with him.
A Note: Here's Jacob aged 3 and Jacob aged 18.
A Note: There is going to be a major jump forward in time. So please bear with me! Memories/flashbacks are in Italics.

***

"This is Katie and this is her younger brother Adam and this is my best friend Nicky. Guys this is..."
"Jacob?" gasped Katie "Oh my god! It's me Katie! I used to push you round when you were younger"
"Oh you're that brat who was always picking on me! I remember you, you were Aunt Isabel's daughter weren't you?"
"Yeah where have you been all this time?" she asked hugged him
"You've met before"
"When we were three I used to boss him about and then one day he was just gone. I missed him so much..." she said then turned a frosty glare to him "Where have you been Jake Parker! It's been fifteen years and we all thought you were dead! How could you do that to your family! You're mother was traumatised!" she snarled pointing an evil finger at him
"Oh yeah I'm sorry I was kidnapped and brutally tortured, next time I won't be so clumsy!" he snapped and his hands began to shake
"Jake? Are you okay?" asked Ana putting her hand on his arm, if only he would let her heal him
"I'm fine" he said shrugging her off before walking away mumbling, "Why did I agree to come here? This was stupid, stupid fucking school" he shook his head and snarled then ran off
"Jake!" cried Ana with worry, she hurried after him and Katie hurried after her knowing of her friend's condition.
Jake could hear Ana following him, she really did care about him. He shouldn't push her away she was his sister after all and he had to protect her. Protect him from the people who hurt him and protect her from himself, he was a horrid and awful person. It had been drummed into him so much he believed it. He just didn't want to ruin the light his sister had with his vile darkness.
"Jake! Wait! Wait for me Jake!" she cried as she hurried after him, she began to wheeze and stopped for breath only to end up on the floor in a coughing fit.
"Ana!" cried Katie and he turned round to see his sister lying on the floor, he hurried back over as a crowd was forming around her
"What's wrong with her?" Jake demanded of Katie
"She's having a fit. She gets them and she can't breath" said Katie as she pulled Ana's backpack off her shoulders and began rooting through it quickly "It's to do with the hole she has in her heart. She was born with it" she explained and found a box of tablets. She quickly popped some out the foil and placed them in Ana's mouth before pulling her up and rubbed her back. She had been taught what to do if that ever happened at school, she was a little startled when Jake copied her.
"It's okay. It's okay Ana" he whispered into her ear "You're going to be okay little sis. It's okay" he said but it wasn't clearing and she was still struggling to breath
"Jake it's not working! You have to get her to Aunt Liz!" she cried, with one swoop he lifted his tiny sister into his arms and hurried down the corridor with Katie in tow.
"Please be okay little sister" he whispered as she went limp.

***

Jared and Serina watched him pace, he had destroyed half his office and was seconds away from taking out the hall
"She's... she's not breathing! Someone! Do something! Help her!" he begged to the air as his two closest friends watched him. Jared believed that he was having an episode, it was something that they could explain away but Serina knew better. It wasn't Liz who was sick, she had spoken to her this morning. Despite Max's orders that they stay away from Roswell she had kept contact with Liz and even visited her and her daughter from time to time. She had a feeling that it was Ana who was sick, she had witnessed one of the fits her niece went into and realised that it must be happening now.
"Max" she began "We need to sit down" she stood up from under the table
"No! She's sick! We have to help her!"
"We can't do anything to help her Max" she said soothingly "We're in New York. You have to sit down and it'll be okay"
"But she's not breathing! She's dying!" he protested, when she was close enough to whisper to him she did
"I know Max, but Liz will take care of it. Ana is going to be okay"
"Ana?" he repeated "Is that her name? How do you know?"
"Because she's my niece" she said calmly
"What?" he shouted, he turned and grabbed his jacket off the broken chair and hurried out "I'm on the first plan to Roswell! If you need to contact me, DON'T!" he shouted. Serina buried her head in her hands before she grabbed her coat too
"Jared, I'm really sorry about this. Could you get someone to clean this up?" she asked and he nodded before she hurried out after her brother. They were going to Roswell.

[SpiderGirl]

Title: Bringin' Home The Family
Author: SpiderGirl
Rating: I don't think I know what I'm doing so G-PG13
Couple: Max and Liz with some implied Max and Tess.
Disclaimer: Don't have any claim to Roswell whatsoever. Sure as hell don't own it.
Summary: Somebody dies leaving behind a child, I had intended for it to be Maria but I like her too much. So it's Tess. Liz takes the baby in and all the emotional baggage that comes with him.
A Note: Here's Jacob aged 3and Jacob aged 18.
A Note: Thank you all so much for the Wonderful Feedback you guys left for this fic! Thanks so much!

***

He stood guiltily in the corner of the bedroom watching his mom help his wheezing sister in her bed. It was all his fault, he shouldn't have run off and let her chase him
"Get some sleep baby, you'll feel better soon" whispered Liz rubbing a hand over her daughter's head and making it glow softly. Ana fell asleep instantly and Liz stood up gesturing for them to leave the room.
"I'm sorry" he apologised
"Why are you apologising?" asked Liz "You didn't do anything wrong"
"She was running after me when she got like that!" he protested
"But you didn't know she was ill and when you did you brought her straight to me" she said
"But she could have died" he repeated
"Jacob. Let it go, some things are beyond our control and as much as I worry for Ana I know that when she's ready to leave this world I won't be able to stop her" she said sadly. She looked down letting her hair cover her face and Jacob knew she was crying.
"Mom" he whispered and she looked up at him cracking a smile and wiping away her tears
"You should get settled in. Have you put the clothes you bought away yet?" she asked him changing the subject dramatically
"Not yet. Do you need me to do anything?" he asked and she nodded
"Keep an eye on Ana. If anything happens you call me okay, I have to go back to the restuarant"
"Okay. I will" he nodded and she left quickly, she didn't want him to see her cry.

***

He had spent the day folding his clothes and putting them away and watching his sister sleep. She wheezed when she breathed and he felt his heart clench every time she did.
He was sat on his bed watching her from across the hall when she woke up. She rolled over then sat up looking round glassy eyed
"Mom?" she called out and she spotted him, it took her a moment for her to remember who he was "Oh hey Jake. Where's mom?"
"She's at the restuarant" he explained "I'm really sorry you're not well"
"It's not your fault. I think it's my parents fault, though I never tell mom that. When mom was pregnant with me she got her heart broken by our dad and she gave it to me"
"How sad" he replied
"Yeah" she said and patted the bed for him to sit down on he slid in under the covers and she curled up with him
"Can you remember what our dad's like?" she asked
"He was kind of annoying. You have his ears" he said and she rubbed one in surprise
"Really?" she smiled
"Yeah. He looks a lot like me only cleaner and a lot tidy. He was very stuck up and I was always trying to get him to behave" he said and Ana nodded
"I wish I could have met him" she sighed "But I don't think he wants me"
"He was a bad person, he sucked at being human but he loves his kids, I know it doesnt seem like it but he does care"
"If he did you wouldn't have spent so long alone"
"I was only a child when I got away. I had just turned eight and I was stuck in the middle of nowhere. I ended up... I did things that I'm not proud of with a lot of bad people. Then when I turned fifteen I managed to get this little place in some abandoned building. I fixed it up and got myself into shape or tried to" he chuckled
"You're not going to go away are you?" she asked and he shook his head
"No, I'm not going anywhere. I just want to stay here and learn to be a good son and a good big brother"
"Well you're doing fine so far" she smiled as she began to drift back off to sleep.

***

Liz, Maria and Michael didn't get back in till round seven and Liz gasped when she saw the state of the kitchen and dining room. Everywhere was clean, all the dishes had been washed and put away and there was a large dinner for five set out on the dining table with candles included, they found Jacob snoring softly on the couch with a "kiss the chef" apron on. Liz couldn't help but smile at the kind thing her son had done, she woke up him and he looked round startled before seeing them
"I'm sorry if I did too much. I mean... I just-" he mumbled
"It's wonderful Jacob" she said "Thank you. Come on let's go eat"
"I'll go see if Ana's awake" he said as he headed upstairs quickly. She was watching TV flicking through the channels whilst sitting in bed
"Do you want to come down and have dinner? Mom and the others are back" he said and they headed downstairs to eat as a family.

***

It was half eleven when he reached Roswel City Limits with Serina in tow, she was sitting in the car next to him not speaking to him. They had had a serious row and now it was far too silent.
He slowed down to see if the cafe was open, it wasn't and he wasn't surprised. He continued on toward the house and Serina turned to him, she was furious at the way he was behaving.
"Look you've been out of her life for fifteen years! Why can't you just leave her alone? You've caused enough trouble for her as it is!"
"If you can't leave her alone then I don't see why I should. I told you not to have any contact with her!"
"She's my friend Max" she snapped "I actually took the time to get to know her. But you just hopped into bed with her the first chance you got, you screwed up and now you're telling me to just drop it? I don't think so!"
"Look let's not argue. You're my sister and I don't want to fight"
"You're just saying that coz you know you'll loose" she replied crossing her arms and staring straight ahead. The house came into view and they parked up outside. Serina didn't move from the car and Max couldn't be bothered with her anymore, not when she was in this kind of mood.
He jogged up the steps and stood on the porch knocking sharply. Surely someone would be up at this time. He kept knocking until a light came on in the hall and the door opened, he had expected to see Liz or Michael even Maria if she was pissed off about being woken up but he saw a man he had never seen before.
"Yeah? What do you want? It's really late?" he asked sleepily, he was standing there in boxer shorts and a worn shirt
"I'm sorry I'm looking for Liz?" he asked politely
"Jake honey who is it?" called a voice from the stairs. Liz appeared in the doorway and she gasped "Max? What are you doing here?"
"Oh just making an ass of myself. I felt something was wrong but it was me who was wrong. I'm sorry to have disturbed you and your boyfriend" he said turning around and headed back to the car
"Wait!" cried Jacob, he hurried down the steps barefoot onto the gravel driveway. He couldn't let him leave without Ana getting a chance to meet her father. Max turned and saw Jacob standing there
"Look pal I'm sorry to have interupted whatever you were doing but I'll just go now. I can see I'm not wanted here, I hope you're very happy with her"
"Yeah I am happy. I'm happy to be home with my mom" he replied and it finally dawned on Max
"Jacob?" he gasped in shock "Oh my god"

TBC...

[SpiderGirl]

Title: Bringin' Home The Family
Author: SpiderGirl
Rating: I don't think I know what I'm doing so G-PG13
Couple: Max and Liz with some implied Max and Tess.
Disclaimer: Don't have any claim to Roswell whatsoever. Sure as hell don't own it.
Summary: Somebody dies leaving behind a child, I had intended for it to be Maria but I like her too much. So it's Tess. Liz takes the baby in and all the emotional baggage that comes with him.
A Note: Here's Jacob aged 3and Jacob aged 18.
A Note: Thank you all so much for the Wonderful Feedback you guys left for this fic! Thanks so much!

***

The silence was dragged out by the three people standing on the driveway. Max was shocked beyond belief, Jacob was trying to bite down on the pain the gravel was causing to his bare feet and Liz was trying to reign in the shock and anger for seeing him here again
"Mommy?" came a breathless voice all three of them turned to see Ana standing there in the doorway "Mo-" she collapsed and Jacob dashed towards her.
"Hey it's okay. It's okay" he said as Liz hurried back towards her daughter
"I'm scared" she whispered croakily
"It's okay baby mommy's here" she said as she put her hands over her chest. She focused hard for a few minutes before she cried out.
Serina got out of the car and came over to see what was going on, she saw Jacob and Ana on the floor with Liz kneeling over them. Max was still standing in the driveway in shock.
"I can't heal her! I'm not strong enough!" she cried out
"I don't want to die" cried Ana "I want to stay and get to know my brother! I want to grow old! I don't want this to be over now" she cried fearfully.
Max had unshed tears in his eyes as he made his way over and knelt down in front of Ana. He raised his hands over her heart and began to heal the damage that had been caused fifteen years ago. Ten minutes later he flopped back panting and sweaty onto the porch
"Jacob help me get her upstairs" said Liz, he lifted her into his strong arms and carried her up the stairs to her room. He left mother and daughter alone, Liz had almost lost her child tonight. He didn't think she could handle loosing both.
He padded downstairs and found Max and Serina sitting on the porch in silence
"I guess you better come in. I'll put on the coffee" he said as he pulled his dad up. Serina followed him to the kitchen and they sat around the counter on stools. Jacob switched on the coffee machine and spotted his jacket on the chair. He rooted in the pocket for his little plastic bags, he shoved the bag of pills back in and pulled out a joint and lit it before sitting down facing them.
"You smoke?" Max asked raising an eyebrow
"Bad childhood" he replied curtly and Max nodded guiltily
"Look" he began "Just because you came all the way from New York doesnt mean that I'm going to let you in my sister's life"
"Jacob. I- I don't even know why I'm here, but Ana... she's my daughter"
"Hey!" he snapped "She's not your daughter! You didn't even know she existed until tonight so don't go all father figure on her. I wasn't there for her growing up, she had her friends but she needed a brother who was tardy from her life. I've only been back a few days and I don't want to screw this up with her. She's sick, and she blames her parents" he said. Liz gasped standing in the doorway, he had no idea she was there and that was something he didn't want her to hear
"Stay away from my sister, I'm not the dumb naive kid you once knew Dad" he sneered Max scowled as he climbed to his feet
"Don't you speak to me like that! I'm the older figure here"
"I don't give a-"
"Jacob!" cried Liz
"No I'm sick of people pushing me about. All my life it's happened, do this! Take that! Drink this! Fuck that for money! You were never there for me! Mom tried to stop them from taking me but where were you? Where the fuck where you dad?" he asked "You screw up my sister's life and I will kill you!" Max stood up sharply and the chair fell on the floor. He raised his hand in anger and Jacob's eyes went wide. He fell to his knees and covered his face
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry I won't do it again!" he cried in fear. Liz moved to kneel down next to him, she scowled at Max who was shocked by his son's reaction.
"Get out of my house! Get out and don't come back! I don't want you anywhere near my children!" she shouted and he turned and stormed out to the hall.
"I'm sorry for shouting. I won't do it anymore I'll be good" said Jacob rapidly
"Jacob you don't have be sorry for wanting to protect your family" she said but he staggered up to his feet
"No" he said shaking his head "I should have just stayed in my dingy Arizona box apartment. I'm sorry for messing things up. I'm just going to pack my things and leave" he said backing up and shaking his head. He avoided eye contact with her.
"Jacob you're not going anywhere" she said trying to sound caring and loving but it inspired a memory from his dark past.

Leanna stood over him as he lay sobbing and bruised on the floor, she had a thick leather strap in one hand and a poker in the other
"You think you can escape from us? It was a nice try but not good enough" she teased evilly "Jacob you're not going anywhere" she said before raising the leather strap and bringing it down on his back
"Noooaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhhh!" he cried out as she beat him

"Noooaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhhh!" Jacob cried out and Liz jumped in surprise, he fell to the floor and Liz hurried over to him to see him unconscious and shaking.
"Jacob! Jake it's okay! Jake wake up!" she cried. When Serina saw him go into shock she rushed over to help Liz. Liz had pulled her son so he rested on her lap still shaking and breathing odd, Serina put her hands on his head and tried to get into his dreams. She was terrified by what she saw but pressed on to give him some peace. She gave him a memory of a picnic with Liz and Ana and he relaxed visibly. Serina sat back against the fridge and let out a heavy breath
"They beat him. They beat him till he begged them to stop," she said as she slowly lifted the back of his shirt and saw the scars from hot pokers and leather straps and chains that they had used on him.
"If I ever find whoever did this I will kill them" said Liz "That's not a promise it's a fact"
"I'll help you" said Serina as she brushed a damp curl off Jacob's forehead "Yeah I'll help you"

TBC....

[SpiderGirl]

Title: Bringin' Home The Family
Author: SpiderGirl
Rating: I don't think I know what I'm doing so G-PG13
Couple: Max and Liz with some implied Max and Tess.
Disclaimer: Don't have any claim to Roswell whatsoever. Sure as hell don't own it.
Summary: Somebody dies leaving behind a child, I had intended for it to be Maria but I like her too much. So it's Tess. Liz takes the baby in and all the emotional baggage that comes with him.
A Note: Here's Jacob aged 3and Jacob aged 18.
A Note: Thank you all so much for the Wonderful Feedback you guys left for this fic! Thanks so much!

***

Aria and Liz sat at the breakfast table with Serina, Michael, Maria, Ana, Adam, Katie and Nicky, Jacob had still yet to get up. They were talking about how Ana was okay now. She had been able to breath easy for the first time in fifteen years and it was a brilliant feeling.
"Adam hows you're dad doing? I hardly see him anymore" said Liz
"Dad's fine. Mom's fine too, you know how she is. She's been busy with the nursery again. Dad's burying himself in his work it's just me and Katie all the time. Thank god for Ana" he said smiling warmly at her. She blushed and looked down shyly.
"Oh Adam why don't you just ask her out already? You've liked her for years" said Katie teasing her little brother. Liz just chuckled at their interplay. So much like Alex and Isabel!

***

He paced the room like a caged animal. Jacob kept glancing back to the little box he had put on the bedside table, when it got too much when everything hurt he would open that box and make everything okay for a while. He was so close to opening it again; last night it had been horrible. He remembered everything Leanna did to him and passed out falling into that memory until he had a dream about a picnic with Serina, Liz and Ana he didn't know why he had that dream but it was the first good dream he had had in a long, long time. He sat down on the bed and began to rock back and forth
"Don't" he mumbled "Don't. Don't. Don't. Don't" then he stopped shook his head and with shaking hands he opened the box and took out the hyperdermic needle inside. He filled it up and shot it up into his arm, he put the needle back in the box and closed it before lying back on his bed staring off at the ceiling.

***

Ana suddenly felt light headed and she giggled aloud. She could see all these swirling shapes appear around her and she felt as if she would fly off. She reached out to touch a balloon that appeared in front of her but she couldn't quite reach it
"Ana?" asked Aria looking at her niece but Ana ignored her and climbed up onto the table to try and get the red balloon
"Ana what are you doing?" cried Liz
"Trying to get the balloon" she giggled everyone looked up but there was no balloon
"Honey there's no balloon" said Michael
"Of course there is! It's right there and I can almost reach it" she said, she slowly stood up and lost her balance. She fell back into Michael's arms and began chuckling
"There's something wrong with her" said Maria as she began giggling wildly
"I feel as though I can fly!" she cried jumping down from Michael's arms and began running about. She began bouncing up and down and on the third up she stayed up in mid air. She closed her eyes and sighed deeply as she floated
"Oh my god" cried Nicky "Mom? Dad? What's wrong with her?"
"I don't know son" replied Michael
"Aria. Just go upstairs and check on Jacob" said Liz and she hurried upstairs to find him sprawled out on the bed in pretty much the same state
"Jacob?" she began
"Aunt Aria? What's wrong?" he chuckled
"What have you taken?" she asked
"Oh just a little... I don't know but it was expensive" he replied "Just takes the edge off of things"
"You have to clear your head because it's affecting Ana too"
"It lasts longer for us and there's no way to clean it from the system. Just gotta let it flow" he replied dreamily
"It's making Ana sick. You have to do something"
"It is? Wow. I can't really do any thing right now... except make a burger" he said as he stumbled up and padded downstairs. He got distracted by seeing Ana floating about the hall
"Hey!" he cried grinning wildly "That looks like fun!"
"You. Have no idea!" she laughed as she began swimming through the air. He jumped up and down till he was copying her and they floated about the place.
"He's taken drugs" said Aria "I found this in his room" she held up the needle
"Yeah I was feeling kinda whoa so I took it to chill" he explained
"You've been taking drugs?"
"Yeah so? It helped me deal" he said floating down to the floor "Deal with... my life" he said and it wore off in seconds. It also did for Ana and her power high was cut off and she fell to the floor with a thump
"Ow!" she cried as Adam went over to help her. Jacob hurried to his feet and rushed off upstairs slamming the door. His hands glowed green and he paced the room again
"No. No. No not again" he said as it took over him. He fell down on the floor and threw up.
Liz found him trying to clean it up, she opened the door and found his tears pouring down his face
"I'm sorry I made a mess. I'm sorry I made Ana like that, I keep screwing up. I just shouldn't have come here" he said fast
"Jacob you're my son I want you here. I don't want you to leave... Ana likes having you here. She needs her brother"
"No she needs a brother. I'm not good enough to be that brother" he said
"Because you've had a bad life doesn't make you a bad brother"
"I wasn't there to see her grow up. I was off in Arizona playing gay rent boy who was addicted to god knows what. I smoke, I drink, I take drugs and I can't stop. I just want it all to stop and for things to be normal"
"Hmm I know how that feels. For a long time after I found I was different I wanted to be normal. But that's just it, we're not normal and wishing for something we can never have is just pointless. Just be grateful with the things you've got around you"
"What have I got around me?"
"Me" she replied putting her hand on his shoulder "And Ana, and Aria. You've got Michael and Maria. You've got a family who loves you and would do anything to help you get through your drug problem. You need to get off the drugs because it's bad for you. Not to mention it affects Ana"
"Sorry about that"
"You didn't know it was going to happen"
"I was just trying to escape the pain"
"I-I could take it away for you if you want?" she suggested. He looked up at her
"You can do that?"
"Yes. Give me your hands" she said he did as she told him and she sucked the painful out of his memories. The only problem was the pain was hers now and she had to live with it. After she took away his pain she stood up, walked out the room to the bathroom locked the door. Burst into tears and threw up.


TBC...