Roswell Fanatics

~ROXIE~

I can hear the discussion getting out of hand again and I sigh. Chris is twisting Michael's words all up. I feel bad because they can't seem to listen to what each other is saying. Chris doesn't seem to know how to relate to his father and Michael is so insecure that Chris doesn't love him that they can't see how much each other cares. Just then, my sinuses decide to betray me and I sneeze without warning.

~MICHAEL~

Frustrated I scratch my eyebrow, trying to figure out how we got back to arguing again. I thought I was making progress with him. Suddenly there's a sneeze from the closet. My eyes jump to it and then to Chris' face. "There something you want to tell me, son?"

~CHRIS~
"Maybe you should go, Dad." I say quickly. I need to get him out of there so he doesn't relize Roxie is in the closet.

~MICHAEL~

"Maybe I should go?! I hear a sneeze coming from your closet and you tell me I should go?" I can't believe this. I storm over to the closet and yank open the door and as I do, Roxie falls out onto the floor. I cross my arms over my chest.

~ROXIE~

I'm leaning against the door to find out if anyone heard me when I hear Michael. Then suddenly, the door is yanked open and I fall out onto the floor. "Ouch!" I say. Then looking up, I give him a weak smile. "Hi, Michael," I say quietly and wave.

~Maria~

As I listen to the chaos going on upstairs, the yelling abck and forth between my husband and Chris. The hurtful words they're both saying. It all kind of hurts me. ANd I wonder for the millionth time today how it all got so hard.

But I know I can't go talk to either one of them now...it wouldn't get any of us anywhere...unfortunately.

So instead I move into the living room with isabel.

"Mostly I only know what Micahel said," I tell her,"But the boys, Chris and Angel, they got into a fight...." I add the little bit that Michael didn't say,"Over one of Angel's visions...and I don't know, that's just so unlike them."

I sigh slightly. "And I'm sorry about Angel and Sarah, I didn't like the idea either, but I really needed to talk to Michael..."

~Chris~
"See I can explain, Dad." I reply as I help Roxie to her feet.

~Isabel~
"Maria, you don't have to worry about anything. I don't blame any of this on you. Sarah and Angel should have known better." I say comforting Maria.

~Sarah~

"Look, Sarah let's just talk this out. Tell me everything. Okay?" Angel says and I nod my head.
"After the fight. I was walking with Stacy. We were on are way to cheerleading practice, you know how the coach likes to get things started at 7:30 at night. I guess she saw that I was upset and she asked me what was wrong. I didn't tell her, but you know how whinny she can get. I blurted it all out. About, how it all started because, I wanted you to come to the party with me that night and you wanted to hang out with your brothers instead. I was selfish and only thinking of myself, wanting you to come with me to that party. I mean it was just a stupid party. She said she wouldn't tell anyone. I held her to that. I went to the party and I saw stacy talking to them, I should have known. But, I was, too busy blaming you for the fight we had. Then, Chris comes and tells me your in the hospital and that you've been there since the day before. I felt so guilty, I mean I should have been with you instead of at that party. I could have prevented it from happening. I could have done, something." I say and I feel the tears come down my face again. "I could have stopped it." I sob.

~ROXIE~

Chris helps me up from the floor and I kind of move behind him, praying that Michael will remember that he likes me before he kills me. When Chris says he can explain, I can't help but look at him incredulously. I can't wait for this.

~MICHAEL~

My eyes narrow to slits at Chris' words. "Oh, I can't wait to hear this! Go ahead. Explain." Max is going to kill me. Roxie wasn't skipping when we were at the principal's office which means that she had to have left school sometime after she left for her class.

~Chris~
"Well, Roxie dicided that I needed help, so she came over as soon as she heard." I tried. "She needed to borrow sugar." I say. Man is my dad going to get a kick out of this. I hardly ever lie to him.

~MICHAEL~

I pinch the bridge of my nose. "I believe I have the beginnings of my first headache ever," I mutter. Louder, I say, "Ok, let me get this straight. You have some sort of vision that you don't seem to want to talk to me about and ditch school because of it, not by yourself but with your brother and his girlfriend. Then you get in a fight with Angel and come home all bruised up and get in trouble for both the ditching and fighting and you call Roxie. She ditches school and comes over and is in your room alone...to help you. Have I got it all? Did I miss anything?" I'm surprisingly calm about this.

~ROXIE~

Uh oh. The fact that Michael starts listing things calmly means that this is just the calm before the storm. I know he's about to blow his top.

~Chris~
"Well, you forgot the fact that I lied about me starting the fight. Well okay granted I said something that made Sarah cry, but Angel threw the first punch. I swear." I reply. "Please don't yell at me." I plead with him.