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Storm you're more than welcome to both! Isabelle that was a fantastic post!

~* Kyle *~

The early morning light trickled through the windows, waking me. Opening my eyes blearily, I cast an annoyed look towards them, breifly thinking about going up to close the curtains. But then I looked down at the form sleeping next to me and all thoughts of getting up vanished.

Tess and I must have fallen asleep on the couch. I mused, feeling a thrill shoot through me. I should wake her, tell her to go back to her own room so that she would be more comfortable but as I watched the sunlight hit her blond hair, her soft skin, I hesitated. She looked so peaceful sleeping like this.

And I wasn't in any hurry to send her away from me. I softly trailed a finger over her silken tresses and smiled when she murmured in her sleep and turned towards me, snuggling close. Her warmth, her closeness brought a sharp pang of love that I tried not to dwell over. After all, it could never be like that for us.

But just because it couldn't didn't mean that I wouldnt grab whatever oppurtunity came my way. Linking my arms loosely around her, pulling her close to me, I layed my head back down and decided to just enjoy the feel of her in my arms.

I didn't know when I fell asleep again but the sound of glass shattered had me springing awake. Instantly I realized that Tess wasn't sleeping next to me anymore and that disappointed me. I had wanted to watch he wake up, to see her eyes clody from sleep, her hair tousled.

Groaning slightly at the image, I got to my feet. Rubbing my eyes to get rid of the sleep from them, I walked into the kitchen where I could hear my dad and Tess talking. The smell of coffee had me rolling my eyes in thanks.

The moment I stepped into the kitchen though, all talk stopped and Tess and dad both turnedto look at me. I paused, suddenly feeling like I had walked in on something. Slightly uncomfortable by the silence, I said, "'The glass woke me. " Then, without thinking, I added to Tess. "And you were gone."

My dad moved away suddenly saying, "I'll get you guys some coffee. Why don't you guys go and get dressed and I'll clean up the glass, you shouldn't be in here with bare feet." He shifted his gaze to give Tess a pointed look as he said, "You could get hurt without meaning to."

That had me wondering what I had just walked in on. The slightly puzzled yet disturbed look in Tess's eyes had me even more curious and wary. When she replied and left the kitchen, I paused, giving my dad a contemplating look. when he avoided my gaze, I hurried out after Tess.

Seeing me, she asked, "Do you want the first shower?"

I watched her face carefully for any sign of whatever had happened between my father and her, hoping she'd tell me but when she made no move to, I sighed slightly. "No, you go ahead." I told her.

She shrugged. "Okay, thanks." She began to move past me but then, without warning my hand shot out to grasp her arm, stopping her. I was as suprised as her when I found myself asking, "What were you and dad talking about before I walked in?"

Isabel

When I woke this morning it took a moment before I remembered the events of the night before. My brother was going to be a father?! How were things going to end up being now? I mean it couldn't possibly be an easy thing and I know I wasn't the greatest of support for him when I should have been. Both Michael and Max were my family and I should have been better at being there for Max last night. With a sigh, I stood and began making my way down the hall to the restroom where I had heard the water shut off only a few moments before.

Noting that it was safe, I went in and showered. Blow drying my hair, I used my powers to help style my hair, my glamour. Once settled, I was rushing from the bathroom when I saw Max, obviously heading down to breakfast, "Morning." He says to me and as I reach my room I respond.

"Hey, Max. I'll be down in a bit." Closing the door behind me. I know I'm being short with him, but the talk we need to have is not one for the house where the parental units might overhear. After making certain I had everthing that I needed, I sat down on my bed to think. What the hell had happened to screw up the way our lives were now?

I don't blame Max for letting out our secret to Liz anymore. He saved her life, just as he'd saved others since then. Now, it's as if everything is falling around us. Max is going to be a father, Tess the mother and Alex is.. gone. And the conversation I'd had with Michael last night before making it home was still playing over in my mind.

"How could Maxwell be so stupid?" Michael questioned as he paced back and forth.

"You know he didn't expect this, Michael. He wasn't expecting any of this. What we need to do is figure out what to do from here on in?" I'd responded.making it more of a question instead of a statement. "What happened between them shouldn't affect us, but it does. It affects all of us, we are all a part of this never ending nightmare." I felt Michael put his arm around me in a comforting manner. "What do you think happens from here, Michael?"

"Well, I think your parents are going to flip out and I think that Max is going to need our support even more." I can tell from his tone of voice that he isn't liking the situation, but I've always known that no matter how upset he gets with my brother, he'll be there.

I forced myself to get out of those thoughts and grab my bag, heading down to the kitchen just in time to catch a glimpse through the window of Max pulling out of the drive. With a sigh, I looked at Dad, "Will you be able to run me by school, Dad?"

"Of course, honey." Dad responds sipping his coffee and not even looking at me.

"Why did Max leave so quickly?" I questioned, wondering if he had decided to try and tell them this early.

"I'm not sure honey, he seemed upset and said something about wanting to talk tonight. You wouldn't happen to know what he wants to talk about with your father and I would you?" Mom asks me and I simply shake my head.

Of course, I knew what he wanted to talk about. There was no way however that I was going to spill the news to them, it isn't my place. But, I decide that when I see Max in school, I am going to let him know that if he wants me there, I'll be there. I don't have to be happy about the situation, but I will accept that it's there and give my support as much as possible. Okay, and maybe the idea of being an Aunt does kind of make me the tiniest bit happy.

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Thanks FallenMagic

Hope this works... If not I can change it......

Michael post is in the works...
Storm

OOC: great post Storm

BIC

~Liz~

The next morning I turn over in bed as my alarm goes off. I want nothing more than to be able to turn over and ignore it but I know that’s impossible. Besides…maybe at school I can actually forget for a moment just how much of a disaster site my life is at the moment. All the stuff with Sean drove Maria away…and I know that she has every right to be mad at me…I didn’t mean him to get caught…I wish I could make it up to her…

I back the covers from my bed, sitting up and looking around her room. It looked just the same a it did two years ago… Sometimes I think it’s a shame my life has had to change so much… For a moment I try to persuade myself that perhaps I would be better if I had never met Max…but I know that's complete rubbish... I want a normal life… That’s what I told him that night thanks FutureMax…I never meant it though…Max may think that I did…but I didn’t… The only life I want is one which he is part of… Running from the FBI, hiding who we are…none of that matters…as long as I am with him I know that it would be ok… Of course that’s not likely to happen now is it…? I sigh, wishing that everything that happened yesterday could turn out to be a huge nightmare. I know that it wasn’t though…everything that was said was real…

Kyle said I had every right to be angry at Max…to hate him… The thing is I know that I can never do that… In fact, despite the fact there should be nothing further from my mind, as I start to rerun what he said in my head I find I’m wondering whether or not there is any way we could have a future… Tess would have to be part of it, however much I might hate that thought…and if I want Max I have to accept that…I have to accept that Tess and he will share something very special… I would have to accept that Max will always put his child first…because I know that’s true… Strangely enough these things don’t bother me as much as the thought that I might have lost him forever now though…

“LIZ, ARE YOU UP?”

“Yeah, I’m up mom…I’ll be down to have some breakfast in a minute…” I call back to her quickly. Her call turns my mind to thinking what her reaction would be if she knew what had happened…and more importantly, if she knew what I was considering… There’s no way that mom or dad would want me having anything to do with Max after this…the idea that I’m actually thinking about the possibility of a relationship with a man who will have a child by another woman... It doesn’t take a genius to know that they wouldn’t like it… The thing is though that this is my life, and my decisions to make…I’ve spent so long pleasing mom and dad…done things for other people… I’ve listened to their views and on most occasions abided by them…but now…I’m getting older, I’m not a child anymore and this is a decision I need to make myself. I already said last night that I think I could accept the situation…to cope with the ‘baggage’ that there would be now…

I shake my head. It’s useless me going through this in my head…if I honestly think this, I need to talk to Max…to find out what he feels about it…because if he says there’s no possibility…well what’s the point in torturing myself thinking about it any longer… Quickly I slip out of my room into the bathroom and less than ten minutes later I’m dressed in jeans and a beige shirt, grabbing my books to fill my school bag.

By the time I get downstairs mom’s already got some toast and jam ready and a grab a piece in my hand. She objects, saying that I need to sit down, but I argue that since I’m walking to school I’ll need to set off early… Yeah walking…it’s not like Maria’s about to give me a lift and I haven’t been going with Max for a few weeks now… Luckily she accepts this and grab my bag before hurrying out the door.

The walk to school is lonely on my own. It’s not that long really but when you’re on your own it seems like an eternity. I quicken my pace, wanting to get to school as quickly as possible… Not that I know what I’m going to do when I get there…but at least I’ll be around people again… I’m obviously a lot quicker than usual since I manage to cut at least ten minutes off my usual time. Since I set of early anyway, the school’s still fairly quiet. I walk into the yard and look around, not really expecting to see anyone I know…

~*TESS*~

Kyle says I can have the first shower but then grabs my arm as I start past him and asks about my conversation with Jim.

'I- I'm not sure. He wasn't happy that we slept on the couch. I was just explaining when you came in. He said he loves me, but that... but that he loves you. I think he thinks that I might hurt you'

'Thats silly though, isn't it?' I smile slightly, 'I mean, what could I do that would hurt you?' I try to smile again, but I know it doesn't reach my eyes and as I realise the implications of what I'm saying I know the smiles slips.

Kyle looks at me a moment, his blue gaze searing into me. When I can't handle it anymore I start tug my arm free and attempt a giggle.
'I better hurry with my shower or we'll be late for school'

As I start away he just stands looking at me so I turn back. 'Kyle, if I ever did- I mean- I would never hurt you intentionally. You know that, right?'

~* Kyle *~

"I- I'm not sure. He wasn't happy that we slept on the couch. I was just explaining when you came in. He said he loves me, but that... but that he loves you. I think he thinks that I might hurt you" Tess replies. "Thats silly though, isn't it?"

She smile slightly and says, "I mean, what could I do that would hurt you?"

She offers me a smile again but for some reason it doesn't reach her eyes and I see something flicker in her eyes. For some reasons her words cause me to pause, wondering. What could she do to hurt me? The answer is like a revelation. Everything.

By just loving her, I'm risking hurt whether she knows it or not. I look at her sharply, trying to see if she feels anything for me. Anything at all but she just giggles and tugs her arm free.

"I better hurry with my shower or we'll be late for school." She says. She backs away while I am left there watching her, feeling as if she just walked out of my life. Doesn't she know what she is to me? What I feel for her?

"Kyle, if I ever did- I mean- I would never hurt you intentionally. You know that, right?" She asks suddenly.

The nervousness and hesitancy in her tone has me pausing for a moment before I answer. Then I nod. "I know that Tess." I tell her. "I know you'd never hurt me intentionally." She appears relieved and nods. Then, quietly, feeling a pain run through me, I say, "But you just might, Tess. You just might..."

She startles at my words and stares at me. I don't wait as I turn around and head into Tess's room to get my clothes. It's too late to worry about not getting hurt. I'm already in love with her, and she's in love with Max...

~*TESS*~

As I watch Kyle walk away from me my heart drops. His hunched shoulders beg me to go to him, to comfort him. But I can't. If I go to him now I may break. I may show him my indecision. I may somehow let my carefully hidden feelings show and I can't do that. Not today, not ever. I have to be there for Max now. That’s how it’s supposed to be, isn't it? Max and I are together now. We are telling his parents after school and Max needs me. We take care of each other as in time we will take care of our son. My feelings for Kyle don't matter. The baby matters. The baby is the only thing that matters.

I shower and dress quickly, throw my books in my bag and I'm ready to go when Kyle asks.

We drive in silence. I have no idea what to say to Kyle and he seems to feel the same. The easy silence of last night's movie watching has shattered like the broken glass from this morning. An unexpected presence and a few words enough to dislodge its fragile hold.

After parking we make our way silently to the school, we have a routine developed that doesn't change. We walk to Kyle's locker, then mine, and then he walks me to homeroom.

Today though as we walk through the gates I glance up and see Liz, entering the yard from the other side. The pain surrounding her is palpable, a living thing, rolling off her in waves.
Instinctively I reach for Kyle's hand, wanting his warmth and reassurance, the safety of his presence. Knowing that I contributed to that pain makes my stomach turn over, but then it turns again and I think I will be sick. I feel an overwhelming nausea that has nothing to do with my guilt. I grip his hand tighter and try to speak over the need to vomit ‘Kyle?’

*MAX*

I drive around Roswell, aimlessly for twenty minutes. It's too early for school and I just don't want to be there. I don't want to run into Liz, and see the hurt in her eyes. I don't want to see her and Kyle, moving on, together. I don't want to see Michael and Maria. Their silence last night was more than enough to tell me how little to expect from them. Not that I deserve any more than that, I know. I did this. I screwed up. It's my fault and I'm left to take the consequences on my own. I've got the baby to worry about now, and Tess.

Since the Sheriff knows, he won't be demanding that she go to a doctor for pre-natal care. That much is a relief. I don't know how we'll convince my mom and dad that she's being adequately cared for without that. I'm just not ready to spring the 'A-word' on them yet. Not if I don't have to.

I stop for a moment at the edge of town, staring into the desert. The situation seems so nearly impossible, but somehow, we'll find a way. I'll take care of Tess and the baby, somehow. I'll find some way to survive without Liz.

I hope we'll each be able to stay home. I don't think I could afford an apartment on what I make at the UFO Center. Not rent and food and everything. Not unless I quit school. Although, if we're heading back to Antar anytime soon, maybe a Earth education isn't all that important, afterall.

Still, Tess can't be staying at the Sheriff's after the baby is born. I'll need to be close by to help out. I'm not going to leave her on her own. She believes in me. I'll have to do whatever I can to make this work for her, no matter what the cost.

With a sigh, I realize that School is about to start. I start up the jeep again, and head back into town. I arrive in time to see Dad dropping off Isabel, so I turn to the other lot so he won't see me. I don't have time for him to start asking me about my sudden departure this morning. I park on the other side of the building and make my way to my locker, hoping I won't see anyone, knowing that there's no way I'll be that lucky.

Michael

My bedside alarm began going off and I rolled over hitting it off before groaning into the pillow. I did not want to get up. I hated the idea of getting out of bed. Last night was a total bust. It was so screwed up it isn't funny in the least. First, Max called us all together. Then, Liz comes in and goes out the other door and Max asks Kyle to go. I knew he would have preferred to go on his own. And the next thing I know I'm hearing Max say that Tess is pregnant and he's the father. Of course, I had to spur him into actually saying it because otherwise it would have taken him a great deal longer to tell us what the hell was going on.

Still, Tess and Max, having a baby? What in the cosmos had gone wrong? Okay, so yeah Tess is one of us and Liz is pissed at all of us... but how the hell was it decided that Max should father a child that Tess would carry? Hell, could things get anymore messed up?

One could definitely say that I didn't take the news well and from the look on Isabel's face when I looked over she was probably thinking the same thing. So later as Max went to talk to Liz and Tess went to talk to Kyle. Maria seemed to simply not care what was happening all that much and left, this left Isabel and I alone where we talked everything out. By the end of the talk, I was much calmer then I would have been without it. Isabel had a way of calming me down at times.

Of course, it was more like I calmed when I needed to give her comfort. She's like a sister to me, and in the same aspect Max is a brother. No matter how much I may not like the current situation, I couldn't turn my back on him. In fact, I would give as much support as I could. I didn't have to like it, but I did have to accept it. Woopee!

I sigh, finally getting around to getting out of bed as I realize that once again I will be late if I don't get moving and I need to try and speak with Max and Isabel before class if possible. Though, I am somewhat doubting that I'll have the chance by the time I reach school. Though, if I rush, I could make it.

Rush or not? hmm. I decided to rush. Besides, he might want someone else there and ready once he's told the parental units about the baby.
It was less then a half an hour later that I was walking through the school entrance, class not yet ready to begin, but growing ever closer. I really don't need to worry about not seeing Max since I actually made it in time for class and we have the same first class.

*MAX*

I got my things together and I'm ready for my first class with still about four minutes to spare.

I'd been hoping to avoid everyone, especially Kyle, but I really do need to check on Tess. Things are going to be especially hard on her. Besides our small group, nobody at school knows yet. I don't know what it'll be like when she starts to show. She will probably get through the end of this school year, but in September, it'll be obvious to everyone, and I don't know what will happen then. I'm glad that Kyle has promised to help her. I'm sure that'll make a big difference. Still, I don't really feel like talking to him right now. Hopefully, they're not still together.

I walk around to where her locker is, but Tess is not there. I look down the hallway and suddenly see her darting for the bathroom with Kyle hurrying behind her. My concern for Tess out-wieghs my distaste for Kyle. I walk over to where he's waiting outside the girl's room.

"Is she okay?" I ask.

~*TESS*~

As I rush into the bathroom I almost collide with Isabel checking her makeup before class.

She looks as surprised to see me as I am to see her.
I want to stop and talk but another round of nasuea overcomes me and I rush into a stall.
Luckily there is no one else inside as the sound of my own retching fills my ears.