Roswell Fanatics

Title: The Easy Life
Author: SpiderGirl
Disclaimer: I own nothing on this planet. Roswell belongs to Metz and Katims.
Summary: Max and Michael think they live the easy life, what happens when their life becomes not so easy?
Rating: ADULT
Coupling: Max/Michael
A Note: The little girl is Abby Breslin from Signs and Raising Helen. They're going to be Jaqueline and Cassie.

***

He padded barefoot and lonely to the empty couch to watch the video recording of Max's birthday. He hated it when Max went away on cases, it got so lonely. He tucked his feet underneath himself and pulled the big blanket up over him as he curled up then pressed play on the remote. Max would be getting home tomorrow night and he couldn't wait to have his lover in his arms once more. He hated playing the love-sick-lonely housewife, it was degrading but he wouldn't change it for the world. Not when he knew Max was coming home to him. He smiled as he watched the shenanigans on the TV but his happy moment was interrupted by a knock at the door
"Who on Earth could it be this time of night?" he mumbled to himself as he paused the tape and got up. He opened the door to see a woman dressed in a dark grey suit holding a sleeping girl in her arms
"Are you Michael Guerin?" she asked shifting the little girl higher
"Yes, can I help you?"
"May I come in?" she asked he held the door open as she came in and settled the sleeping four year old girl on the couch "Allow me to introduce myself my name is Amber Jenkins and I worked for Stevens, Stevens and Sweeney in New York" he nodded confused as to what she wanted to him
"Why are you all the way down here in Roswell? Is it to do with her?" asked Michael pointing to the girl on the couch
"Yes. She, my client, lost her family in a tragic accident three days ago. Her family was all she had and we've been trying to locate relatives since she lost her parents and grandparents. That's where you come in"
"Me? What have I got to do with it?"
"According to records and Will Testament you are her Uncle and legal guardian"
"What?" he gasped moving to sit down
"You are Michael Guerin adopted by the Whitmore-Guerins in 1989 aren't you?"
"Yes, yes I am... are you saying that my real parents and my sister and her husband are dead and now I'm that little girl's guardian"
"Yes that is correct" said Amber as she began taking out sheets of stapled paper "Will you sign to adopt her?"
"Wait! Adopt?"
"Yes, you have to adopt her to be her legal guardian. If you fail to adopt her she becomes a ward of the state and shall enter into the foster care system..." that was all it took and Michael was on his feet
"No!" he snapped "Where do I sign?" he asked he picked up the pen when the door was pushed open and in walked a man carrying another little girl. Michael looked confused until she was laid down next to the first girl. Twins!
"They're twins Jacqueline and Cassandra Stevens" she explained he looked at the two girls and his heart went out to them. Max was going to kill him! He signed on the dotted line and it became official, he was now legal guardian to Jaq and Cassie Guerin.

***

Max stuck his key in the door and pushed it open, thank god he was home! He smiled as he came in then it vanished when he saw Michael watching two four year old girls stand on the coffee table performing a little play. There were shopping bags everywhere and tons of girls clothes scattered around
"Michael?" he said and Michael jumped up with surprise
"You're back! Come in! Come in! I want you to meet Jaq and Cassie" he said pulling his partner inside towards the coffee table.
"Whose he?" whispered Jaq to her sister
"Dunno" she replied just as quietly
"Jaq, Cassie this is Max. Max this is Jaqueline and Cassandra Guerin, my nieces" he explained
"But you don't have any nieces. I thought the Guerins couldn't have children that's why they adopted"
"No Max, my real nieces. From my real sister"
"They tracked you down? They're here in Roswell?" Max demanded angrily Michael shook his head and pulled his partner towards the kitchen
"Some lawyer turned up last night. My parents and sister were killed in a car crash, they survived because they were at school. After some tracking the lawyers found me. I'm their legal guardian now, I'm going to need you to check the paper work out but Max! I have nieces! We have kids! We're a big family now!" he said excited then threw his arms around Max. Max had never seen his lover this excited before and despite how weird and far fetched it sounded he'd fight to keep Michael happy.
"I bets he hates us" whispered Cassie "he's a misog! Not like unca Mical" her sister nodded then they both gasped when Michael pressed his forehead against Max's and kissed him. Michael glanced over to them pulling away from Max when he heard them gasp
"Uh oh, I think we better explain"
"Let me go get changed first. I've been in nothing but suits for the past week" he said and disappeared to the bedroom. He came out wearing jeans and a baggy shirt like Michael. They sat down on the couch and pulled the girls onto their knees; Jaq on Michael's and Cassie on Max's
"You know that I'm your Uncle well Max is going to be your Uncle too. Sometimes grownups... grown up guys like other guys instead of girls and they get together and they're... happy. Together" Michael tried to explain and Cassie began to cry
"Yous like guys insteada girls? Doncha like me?" she sobbed and Max chuckled giving her a hug
"We love you" said Michael then squeezed Jaq "Both of you! You're our family!"

***

Michael carried the two girls to the large guest room bed and laid them down and pulled the blanket over them. He went back out to find Max looking over all the papers
"Well?"
"It's official, and real Michael. You really adopted them" he said leaning back and dropping the last sheet on the table "They're Guerins now" Michael wrapped his arms around Max's shoulders
"Thanks for looking it over" he said the pressed a soft kiss to Max's cheek
"Hey it's what I do" Max smiled leaning back and closing his eyes as his lover began kissing his neck innocently. He slid his hand up into Michael's hair and sighed
"Let's go to bed. I missed you" Michael said taking Max's hand and pulling him up. They shut off the lights and went to their bedroom and stripped down to their shorts before climbing into bed. They met in the middle of the cool bed and began kissing and making out
"A week is too long" Max commented as their shorts came off. Michael curled up with his back against Max's chest as Max wrapped his arms around his lovers waist and they began to drift off too sleep.

***

The next morning Jaq pushed the door open and peeked in, they were curled up under the blanket still fast asleep, she put her hand over her mouth and giggled then hurried back to the kitchen to help Cassie get the tray down from the counter. Between them they carefully carried the tray into the bedroom and stood near the bed they counted to three
"SURPRISE!" they shouted together and the boys jerked awake with fright. Max smiled when his eyes settled on the two girls standing there holding a tray with two bowls of soggy cereal and over filled glasses of juiece; they'd made them breakfast
"Wow! Now who made this for us?" he asked as he sat up. Michael growled and buried his head under the pillow. Any noise in the morning was not good especially for a Sunday! Max shoved Michael
"Wake up! The Angels made us Breakfast!"
"Huh?!"
"Our nieces!" he snapped shoving Michael's ass once more
"Stop spankin me! I'm up!" he rolled over covering himself with the sheet and he saw Jaq and Cassie standing there trying to lift the tray onto the bed. Michael took it from them and set it between them then the girls climbed onto the bed
"Well! Eatie up!" ordered Cassie the guys settled into their soggy cornflakes and warm milk and orange juice and even though it didn't taste that good they ate each and every single bit to make the girls happy. Jaq and Cassie sat there watching and making sure they ate it all up before they pulled the tray away from them and headed back to the kitchen. Michael grabbed his shorts and quickly put them on disappearing into the bathroom Max jumped when he heard something smashing in the kitchen and he grabbed his shorts and his dressing gown and went to investigate. Cassie was standing there with both hands over her mouth staring at Jaq who was holding the tray and all the bowls and glasses where broken on the floor
"Whoopsie" she said then burst into tears
"Didn't mean ta break 'em" said Cassie and she burst into tears too. Max just smiled and pulled them into a hug
"It's okay, it doesn't matter. As long as your okay" he said trying to calm the girls down "Come on, let's go watch some TV and I'll clean this up"
"Weally sorewee unca Max" sobbed Jaq as she began to sniffle
"It's okay" he said as he ushered them to the couch and sat them in front of the TV. So this was parenting? He thought as he began to clean up the mess then he paused; he was a parental figure now... a parent. Michael came out wearing a towel and saw Max cleaning up the mess
"Michael we're parents" he whispered suddenly and Michael nodded with a grin
"Yeah, yeah we are" he replied as he suddenly realised it too.

TBC...

Title: The Easy Life
Author: SpiderGirl
Disclaimer: I own nothing on this planet. Roswell belongs to Metz and Katims.
Summary: Max and Michael think they live the easy life, what happens when their life becomes not so easy?
Rating: ADULT
Coupling: Max/Michael
A Note: The little girl is Abby Breslin from Signs and Raising Helen. They're going to be Jaqueline and Cassie.

***

Michael opened the frosted shower done and climbed in with Max, yeah he'd already had a shower this morning he doubted he'd get another chance to be alone with his partner
"Well hello Mr Guerin, fancy seeing you here" Max said as Michael slipped his arms around his lover's neck
"Well were else could we meet and have our secret lover's tryst?"
"Tryst? You've been spending too much time with Maria and Amy"
"Well I was on my own, us wives all gathered together when the menfolk go off" he joked but it hit home a little too hard
"I'm sorry" he apologised instantly
"No, it's okay. I know you have to work" he buried his head in the crook of Max's neck "I just... I just miss you is all. I hate it when you go away"
"I'll talk to my dad, try and get more work here"
"No, no you don't have to do that for me..."
"Michael look at me" Max ordered and Michael slowly lifted his head locking eyes with his lover "It's just work. It will never be as important as you are to me. I love you"
"I love you too" he whispered back and they kissed softly then pressed their foreheads together then began to enjoy their shower together.

***

The phone rang and Jaq slid off the couch and walked over to pick it up
"Hi" she said cheerily into the phone
"Michael Guerin don't you dare Hi me! I've been waiting since Tuesday for your canvas and nothing! I have a deadline to keep and you made me miss it! Don't you realise how many days that puts me behind? Huh do ya? I'm behind two weeks now! Giovanni sent me his stuff but since I'm several displays behind I can't put his stuff up! Either you send me your last painting otherwise start looking for another dealer pally!"
"Do you wanna talk to my Unca?" asked Jaq
"Who is this?" asked the voice on the other end of the line just as Michael came out with a towel around his hips
"Unca, there's a crazy lady on the phone" she said holding up the phone for him. He took it off her
"Hello Maria"
"Where were you? Who was that? How did you know it was me? Where's your canvas?" she demanded all at once
"I was in the shower, that was my niece Jaq and I knew it was you because only you call this early in the morning and my canvas should have been delivered yesterday"
"Right... okay I'll call around and see where it is, when did you have a niece?"
"Since about four years ago and I don't just have one niece. I have two, they're twins" he explained "I'm now their legal guardian due to... family matters"
"Okay, well I'm coming around to see them later on. Big hugs Michael!" she said then hung up
"Unca Michael who was that cwazee lady?"
"That Jaq was Maria Deluca. She's a hurricane and she's going to be coming round later on"
"Do wes gots to put tape on da windows?" asked Cassie
"No" Michael chuckled then the phone rang again he picked it up "Listen Maria..."
"Michael? Is Max there?" Michael trailed off when he heard Phillip Evan's voice
"Yes sir, I'll just go get him" he went into the bedroom as Max was zipping his jeans up "Max, it's your dad on the phone" Max went out and picked up the phone. Michael watched nervously, he always hated it when Max's dad called; although he accepted Michael he didn't really approve of them being together.
"What? What? Really! Oh My God thank you! Yes! Thank you so much! I can't believe it! I have to go tell Michael..." he said excitedly then his smile fell "Please don't. Do that! It's my life and I can choose who I want to be with, no... yes he can hear me. No he's not, dad can't you just be happy that I've found someone to share my life with?" he closed his eyes then hung up. Michael left him standing there and went to get dressed. Jaq and Cassie sat on the couch watching Max, he opened his eyes and saw them staring, the twins tried to hide their smiles but couldn't help burst out laughing when Max began to do a happy dance
"What are you so excited about?" asked Michael as he came back out
"I landed the Jefferson case" he said excitedly
"What? Oh My God! No way!" he threw his arms around Michael and swung him round, yeah he was happy for Max but he knew deep down that this was him off to be a fantastic defence lawyer while Michael got left at home with his arts and trappings. Max looked into Michael's eyes then scowled when he realised at what they'd been talking about before
"I'll call my dad and tell him to give it to Jesse"
"What? Are you insane? You've been waiting for a case like this since you starting working for your father" Michael pointed out pulling away from Max. The girls were watching them avidly and lost interest in the TV
"I know but it's you. I said before that I'd spend more time here with you. It's not right going away, I get just as lonely as you do and there's plenty of work here in Roswell for me... I have enough money to start my own firm if I wanted too, playing the stock market a few years back gave me more than a nest egg to settle down"
"But Max your work is your life..." Michael began but Max put his hand over his mouth
"No Michael you are my life; you're my family now... you and the girls... I don't want it any other way. In fact I want us to be a family" he said then slowly lowered himself to one knee. Michael sucked in a breath in disbelief "I've been waiting to give you this for quite some time now... I just never found the right moment" he held out the little satin box then opened it revealing a little diamond ring.
"Wots he doin?" whispered Cassie
"He wants ta marry Unca Michael" Jaq replied
"Can they do dat?" Cassie asked confused and Jaq just shrugged
"Michael Jacob Joel Guerin will you give me the honour of becoming my husband?"
"Yes!" he replied then threw his arms around Max. The girls clapped and cheered!
"I'm going to my dad's office to tell him officially that I am resigning to settle down with you to raise my family, then I'm calling my mom and Isabel and Liz... and Tess then Kyle... oh I can't forget Alex" Max began rambling and Michael smiled, he'd never see Max so excited about something especially when it was related to him.
He distracted himself with the large rock on his finger when the girls came over and tried to see his ring
"I wanna see it! I wanna see it!" they shouted shoving each other out of the way. Michael held his hand down as Max grabbed his coat
"I'll be back later" he said then pulled Michael to him giving him a big kiss.

***

Michael handed the girls their coats and got the soft round ball from his garden, they were heading to the park when he heard a key in the door, at first he thought it was Max but then whoever it was kicked the bottom of the door. Maria. He smiled and went over and opened the door for her, she tugged her key out of the lock and walked in putting her bag down on the table
"Where are you going?" she asked seeing him with his jacket on
"We are you going to the park to play ball and go on the swings" he said, Maria didn't see the girls because they were in the bathroom taking turns on the toilet before they left
"Aren't you and Max a little old to be playing swing?" she quipped
"Not Max. Me, Jaqueline and Cassie"
"Who the hell are Jaqueline and Cassie?" Maria asked confused then she spotted the large rock on Michael's finger, she pointed to it "Is that... is that what I think it is?" she grabbed his hand and began to exam the ring "OMG! It is! Michael? You're getting married?"
"Max asked me to marry him. He's quitting his job and we're going to settle down" he said with a big cheesy grin
"Michael! That's fantastic!" she threw her arms around him congratulating him when the twins came out the bathroom. Jaq looked at the lady hugging her Unca and wondered who she was
"Who are you?" she asked and Maria turned to see two little girls standing there. Maria looked at Michael confused
"This is Jaq and Cassie Guerin my..."
"Wes his daughters" Cassie said suddenly, she'd rather be his daughter than his niece.
"Daughters?" Maria said still confused as to the explaination given
"Why did you say you were my daughters?" he asked Cassie crouching down opposite her
"I wraver have you as a daddy dan a unca" she said
"Me too" added Jaq
"Okay" he smiled "These are my daughters Jaq and Cassie Guerin, I became their legal guardian and father last night
"Why didn't you tell me you'd been thinking about adopting? I thought we shared everything"
"It wasn't planned Maria... they're my nieces from my real family... apparently I had parents and a sister"
"What happened to them?" she asked
"Car accident" he whispered in her ear, he was still a little unsure about how to act around the twins
"Can we go ta da park now daddy?" asked Jaq and his heart melted he nodded and grabbed his keys
"Let me just leave a note for Max" he said scribbling a note quickly "Want to come with Maria?"
"Sure" she said taking the soft soccer ball off the table and opened the door "Let's go"

***

Max walked along the path, things hadn't gone too well with his father but his mother was over the moon. He had yet to call his friends because when he got home there was a note saying that Michael, Maria and the twins had gone to the park. He could see the girls playing on the round-about and Michael and Maria sitting talking on a bench. He smiled, his little family was growing and he felt like the luckiest man in the world, his smile fell when he saw a man talking to Cassie. He could see him offering her a lollipop, he heard Michael shout then the man jumped then grabbed Cassie pulling her off the round-about and made a run for it.
"HEY!" shouted Michael running after the man as Maria went over and made sure Jaq was safe.
The man was running towards where Max was, Max stepped back off the path behind a tree out of sight of the man and when he heard him coming he put his arm out, the man ran smack bang into it and fell down to the floor with Cassie in his arms. Max picked Cassie up and the second she saw him she wrapped her arms around his neck
"Daddy" she sobbed
"It's okay sweetie. I've got you, daddy's got you" he didn't realise that he'd called himself daddy or she'd called him daddy it was just natural Michael reached them out of breath
"Oh My God is she okay?" he asked Max just nodded as he stroked her hair
"She's fine, just got a shock that's all" he said as he gently rocked her in his arms trying to soothe her crying. Maria came over carrying Jaq in her arms and Michael took her in his arms
"I think we best be getting home now" he said and Maria nodded
"Do you want me to come with you?" she asked as she pulled out her cell phone
"No it's okay, we'll just go home and I'll call you later" he said she nodded then gave him a kiss on the cheek before turning to the man unconscious on the grass and scowled. He began to stir so she pulled off her scarf tied her hands up and sat on him then called Kyle
"Hello? Kyle can you come down to the park? I've apprehended a kidnapper, he tried to take Max and Michael's adopted daughter Cassie" she explained
"I'll be right there" he said then hung up. The guy was fully awake under Maria now and wriggling to get free
"Try and kidnap my niece and get away with it? I don't think so pally! My brother's a cop. He's on his way to arrest you right now" she said triuphantly.

TBC...

Title: The Easy Life
Author: SpiderGirl
Disclaimer: I own nothing on this planet. Roswell belongs to Metz and Katims.
Summary: Max and Michael think they live the easy life, what happens when their life becomes not so easy?
Rating: ADULT
Coupling: Max/Michael
A Note: The little girl is Abby Breslin from Signs and Raising Helen. They're going to be Jaqueline and Cassie.

***

Max and Michael stood in the doorway watching the two girls curled up asleep together on the single guest room bed. They had been so terrified that they'd cried themselves to sleep after they got back.
"We're going to have to move out and get a bigger place" Michael said "This little apartment is just too small for the four of us now" Max sighed and rubbed a hand through his hair then whimpered
"Are you okay?" Michael asked worried. He carefully took hold of Max's arm and pushed his sleeve up to see a large nasty purplish blue bruise
"It must have happened when I put my arm out" he whispered sadly "I was just so worried about him taking Cass I just had to stop him then afterwards I was so relieved I didn't notice"
"Oh poor baby" Michael said softly stroking his bangs back then he leaned down and carefully kissed the bruise better. Their fingers locked together and Michael pulled Max to the bed room, stripped off and lay down together curled up with their legs intertwined
"I love you" Max whispered as his hand slid up into Michael's hair "Always" they began to kiss then Michael rolled ontop of his lover staring down with darkened love. Max gasped when he saw burning passionate love shining in Michael's eyes
"I'm gonna make love to..."
"Daddy?" the teeny quiet voice interupted him and they glanced to the door they'd shut to see Jaq standing there rubbing her eyes. Michael rolled over and grabbed his PJ pants and tugged them on as Max grabbed a shirt and some shorts and put them on under the covers. By the time they were semi clothed Cassie had come along carrying a small blanket and she was sucking her thumb
"I hads a bad dweam" she said as she stood next to her sister. Max held out his arms and both girls rushed over and climbed onto the bed. They settled the twins in between them then pulled the covers up and closed their eyes to get some sleep.

***

The next morning Michael woke up first and found that the girls were gone, he looked around and saw Cassie standing there wearing one of Max's shirts while Jaq was wearing Michael's wifebeater and boots holding one of his paintbrushes
"Hold still so I ca do ya make up" she said brushing the paintbrush over her sister's cheek before doing the same of the other side. Michael smirked and nudged Max who jerked awake then rubbed his eyes sleepily Michael pointed to the girls standing there and a grin spread across his face. They watched as Jaq tried walking about in Michael's clumpy boots before falling over then began to giggle, she rolled over and sat up as she wiggled her bare toes
"Shush!" Cass said "Ya wake up daddies" Jaq clapped both hands over her mouth but she was still giggling. Cass heard the bed creak suddenly and looked over with worry. Both of them closed their eyes and pretended that they were still asleep. Jaq got up and the two of them made their way over to the bed. Cassie stared at Michael then jumped when his eyes flew open
"Raaaahhhh!" he shouted as he grabbed her picked her up then dropped her onto the bed and began tickling her. Jaq climbed up trying to get over Max to help her sister but he grabbed her and began tickling her too
"Daddy! Daddy stop!" cried Jaq then they heard a sharp gasp Michael glanced over his shoulder to see Diane Evans standing there with a shocked look on her face. She had come over to start talking about the wedding, Max had told her yesterday at the office and mentioned something about settling down to raise a family but she had no idea that it would happen so soon.
"Mom... um I'd like you to meet Jaqueline and Cassandra Guerin... we adopted two days ago"
"Oh Max! Why didn't you tell me you were adopting and why didn't you tell me about the two new family members! Oh the are so adorable!" she said as she marched into the room and sat on the edge of the bed to look at her grand daughters "Hello, I'm your Gramma"
"Gramma?" the girls smiled and began bouncing "I's gots a gramma! I gots a gramma!"
"She's my gramma too!" Cassie whined
"Michael, Max I came here to talk about the wedding but I realise that we have a lot more to talk about. Do they have toys? Clothes? What about school? This apartment is far too small for a family of four..." Michael smiled when she said family of four. He had a family
"We know" Max said "That's why we've decided on looking for a bigger place... some place with a garden right?" he looked at Michael who had a big cheesy smirk on his face "What?"
"We're a family of four" he whispered "We're a family Max" Max nodded like he was suddenly realising it
"Speaking of family your dad is in the car. He's refusing to come up since you quit" said Diane
"Wes gots a grandadda?" asked Cass and she nodded
"Do you want to come with me to go get him?" they girls nodded enthusiastically
"Go put your shoes and coats on" said Max and the girls jumped from the bed and hurried off
"Oh Max they're adorable"
"Technically they're my nieces" Michael explained "My real sister and my parents were killed in a car accident. I'm their only living relative"
"Oh Michael I'm so sorry!" she pulled him close and hugged him then looked confused "Why do they call you both dad then?"
"Well they wanted dads instead of uncles and since I'm with Max he became a dad too"
"Oh I'm so happy for you. The both of you!" she said squeezing their hands
"I ready!" called Jaq from the bedroom door she stood there in trainers and her coat oddly buttoned up with her arms in the air. Cass came round the corner and held her hands up the same showing she was done Diane chuckled
"Well then lets go" she said taking the two small hands within hers and led them out to the car. Max got out of bed to watch his mom convince his dad to come inside, he grinned when Max wrapped his arms around his chest hugging him safely and rested his chin on his lover's shoulder. They watched as Phillip came out after Diane and the twins talked to him, he picked both girls up and hugged them both. Max let out a heavy breath glad that his father had accepted the two girls it meant that he wasn't above some things.
"I knew he'd love them" whispered Max then nibbled on his ear "Just like I love you"
"Hmm" Max sighed as Michael's hand slid down teasing the front of his shorts "Shower. Together" he said and the two of them disappeared into the bathroom.

***

Diane came up and heard the showing going but couldn't see Michael around, she figured it was Max in the showing because he got one every morning. Phillip shut the door with his foot
"Where are Max and Michael?" he asked still with Jaq and Cass in his arms
"Theys in da shower" said Cassie "Ta save water" Phillip blushed and Diane shook her head
"Have you had breakfast yet sweeties?"
"No, can we have Cwunchie Nut Cornflas?"
"Do your daddies have them in?" asked Phillip "No but we can get Maweeya to go to da shop and get some"
"Why Maria? Have you met her yet"
"Yeah she's our maid isn't she?" asked Jaq confused
"No sweetie," said Diane "We don't have maids"
"But when we lived in Nuw York we had a maid call'd Maweeya and she made our ceweal" Phillip raised an eyebrow
"Girls, can I ask you something. Do you remember your mommy? Can you tell me her name?"
"Lorelei Stevens" said Cassie "Why?" Phillip glanced to Diane. If they were who he thought they were then that meant that they had been the Stevens of the big law firm, he'd read about them being killed in an accident and all their money went to their granddaughters and their new legal guardian. Why hadn't they been told about it? Why did Max and Michael try and hide it? Michael came out of the bathroom wearing his terrycloth robe and Diane scowled
"When were you going to tell us about the money?"
"What money?" he asked confused
"Your real family wasn't poor. All the money they made and owned goes to you, Max and the girls"
"What? he said rushing over to get the papers out of the draw in Max's desk he read through it then disappeared back into the bathroom there was a thud and everyone went rushing.
"Michael passed out when he saw how much that had been put into his back account" he said. There would be no trouble putting the girls through school or getting a new house. They could probably be able to buy the whole town of Roswell now! The girls wriggled down and hurried to Michael
"Daddy? Daddy are you okay?" shaking him. Michael's eyes slowly opened and he smiled
"We can get that new place and all the toys the girls ever wanted" he whispered to Max who just nodded

TBC...

Title: The Easy Life
Author: SpiderGirl
Disclaimer: I own nothing on this planet. Roswell belongs to Metz and Katims.
Summary: Max and Michael think they live the easy life, what happens when their life becomes not so easy?
Rating: ADULT
Coupling: Max/Michael
A Note: The little girl is Abby Breslin from Signs and Raising Helen. They're going to be Jaqueline and Cassie.

***

"I'm going to go to hire a private investigator or something" Max announced as the family stood around in the zoo. Maria had desperately tried to talk the soon to be wedded couple into shopping for the big day but they had insisted that they take the girls to the zoo. Maria grumbled but joined them now she was carrying a large panda bear and was eating an icecream. She had the biggest grin on her face and was enjoying it more than the girls.
"Why?"
"Umm..." he pulled Michael away from the little group to talk in private "If your parents were rich and wealthy and were settled why did they give you up? They didn't give your sister up, don't you want to know why they did that?"
"Look I don't care Max. I've come to terms with it a long time ago, I just... I just don't think about it" he said unconvincingly Max waited for a few seconds before Michael buried his head "Okay... I want to know. I've always wanted to know. Why did they get rid of me? Why didn't they want me?" he asked becoming teary eyed
"When we get home and after we bath Jaq and Cass we'll call the Lawyer who brought them and we'll talk" Cassie over heard him and she gasped. She rushed over and tugged on his trouser leg
"You don't wanna get rid of us do ya?" she asked and Max knelt down picking her up
"No of course not!"
"Den why are ya calling the lady who gabe us to you?" she asked with her small arms around his neck and her fingers playing with the hair on the back of his neck
"Because your daddy wants to know something. He wants to know why he didn't live with your grandparents" he explained and she looked over to Michael reaching her arms out for him. She jumped into his arms and hugged him
"You gots to live here to meet daddy," she said pointing to Max, she kissed his cheek and he nodded
"Thank you" he whispered giving her a little hug
"Let's get on! I want to see the gorillas!" cried Maria bouncing on the spot, when she stopped the scoop of ice cream fell from the cone. The second she realised her ice cream was on the floor her face crumpled up. Jaq reached up and took the cone from Maria and tipped one of her scoops in then handed it back. She smiled warmly before she continued to walk hand in hand with her grandpa.
They trekked through past the gorillas and the apes then saw the Zebras then the elephants before Jaq held her arms up to be carried. Cassie had already fallen asleep against Michael's shoulder
"I think you should take them home now son" said Phillip as he clapped his hand on Michael's free shoulder. Phillip had never been approving of their relationship mainly because he never thought they'd have children but now he was beginning to warm up to him again.

Flash Back

Thirteen year old Max rushing in all excited to his dad reading through his case at the kitchen table, Isabel playing with her barbies on the floor and Diane cooking
"Mom! Mom! Guess what! There's this new kid a school named Michael, he was in my P.E class and he can shoot hoops better than anyone in class and he taught me how to climb a rope and at lunch I shared my lunch with him and he liked your sandwiches. I asked if he wanted to come round for dinner but he said he had to get home" he looked down sadly "But he said maybe he could come round tomorrow. If that's okay?" he asked nervously looking down
"It's fine" smiled Diane "You tell Michael that he's welcome and I'm glad he liked the sandwiches. Didn't he have any lunch?" she inquired as she went back to cutting carrots
"No. His mom and dad aren't like you" he said looking down again. Diane nodded and tried to remember to make twice as much sandwiches in case this poor boy had no lunch tomorrow.
Max and Michael became best friends against the world they did everything together from then on. Michael spent most of his time at the Evans household and as Phillip watched he thought Michael met end up liking Isabel. But that all went to hell when he came home early when Max was fifteen. He thought everyone was out and off it being a Saturday but he heard something from the kids hallway. He went to investigate and found Max tucked safely in Michael's arms together in bed
"Oh hell" he said sadly, his words woke up the two entwined lovers and their content faces turned to features of shame and embarrassment at being caught like this...

End Of Flash Back

Phillip was just grateful that they knew Michael, he doubted that he'd have been as accepting about it even if the boys didn't think he was. If it was any other boy in Max's bed then he was sure that he wouldn't accept it at all.
"Yes sir" Michael nodded as they made their way back towards the parking lot. Maria snuggled closer to Michael and laid her head on his shoulder sleepily "I'm not carrying you too" he said suddenly but she didn't care. They reached their cars and Max put Jaq in one side fastening her seat belt and making sure it was tight enough before he slammed the car door. Michael eased Cassie in next to her sister and fastened her belt before slamming the door and climbing into the passenger seat. Maria caught a ride back to town with the Evans.
Max reached for Michael's hand and linked fingers as they drove home
"Love you" he said glancing at Michael briefly who blushed and smiled
"Maybe we can finish what we started this morning?" he suggested lewdly
"Deal" he said leaning over quickly stealing a kiss from his fiance. Michael glanced over his shoulder and smiled warmly
"They're beautiful aren't they" he said "Still can't believe they're ours"
"I know. It's incredible. They're our kids! We have kids" he said happily
"We'd never touched on adopting" said Michael still staring at the twins "Do you think... that we would have adopted? I mean did you want to?"
"Yes" Max said without hesitation Michael chuckled
"Don't need to think about that?"
"No. I'd always wanted kids and feeling how happy I am to be a father now... I just... I'd give anything to have this. You... two kids... a wedding coming up..." Michael nodded as his smile grew
"Well if you're good I'll knock you up and we can have a shotgun wedding" he joked
"Oh Mr Guerin... you're such a tease" Max joked right back
"Call me Mr Evans" he replied suddenly and Max gasped his eyes wide "Well since we're getting married then shouldn't I take your name or something?"
"I thought I was going to take your last name. After all the girls have your name..."
"Really?" he asked becoming misty eyed "You'd be Maxwell Guerin"
"I'd be your Maxwell Guerin and yes any day of the week" he said as they pulled up just as it began to rain. Michael struggled with Jaq, Max grabbed Cassie and left Michael to lock up. Max came back down to help Michael who was thoroughly soaked and Jaq was awake and crying now because she was all wet. Max grabbed their daughter and Michael locked the car before joining them in their crowded apartment.
He just stood there watching Max play perfect father, he pulled the wet clothes off Jaq and dried her with a warm towel from the shelf in the boiler cupboard then got her into her pyjamas before tucking her into bed next to Cassie. He came back out and Michael was still watching him, it was nearly five fifteen, the girls would wake up a little later for something to eat and if not then they were down for the night.
"You're going to catch a death of cold!" Max said pullind Michael's denim jacket off
"You're an amazing father" Michael said suddenly but Max ignored him as he went to work on unfastening his jeans and pulling the stiff material down. He grabbed the towel he'd discarded on the couch and rubbed Michael's hair, it went fluffy and into spikes before he tugged the wet transparent white shirt off over his head then yanked his shorts down and wrapped the towel around his hips before pulling him into their bedroom and closing the door. Michael lay on the bed in nothing but a towl as he watched Max get some warm jammies for him
"Max" he groaned out "Come here and make love to me" Max stopped and turned suddenly to see Michael laying there staring at him hungrily. Off came Max's shirt as he prowled towards the bed, he kicked off his shoes and climbed onto the bed as his eyes darkened to match his lover's...

TBC...

Yes I'm but I'm going to watch Cherry Falls now. Maybe I'll get a little inspiration from the film to type up the rest of this part?
S.

Title: The Easy Life
Author: SpiderGirl
Disclaimer: I own nothing on this planet. Roswell belongs to Metz and Katims.
Summary: Max and Michael think they live the easy life, what happens when their life becomes not so easy?
Rating: ADULT
Coupling: Max/Michael
A Note: The little girl is Abby Breslin from Signs and Raising Helen. They're going to be Jaqueline and Cassie.

***

Jaq and Cassie's Mirror
Jaq and Cassie's Picture Wall
Both of these arts were made by the brilliant c_which. Thanks!

***

Max and Michael sat nervously on the stiff plastic chairs in the office while the principal gave them the evil eye. He laid the forms down on the desk then clasped his hands together
"You do realise that this is the middle of the term?"
"Yes, we do but they need a school. It should be pretty straight forwarded, don't you just transfer their records from their old school?" Michael asked getting annoyed with the man behind the desk.
"Mr Evans..."
"I'm Guerin" Michael pointed out "He's Evans"
"Sorry... Mr Guerin... it's not that simple. Jaqueline and Cassandra were home schooled, there are no official records"
"So what does that mean?" asked Michael confused he glanced at Max who was studying the principal in his lawyer like way
"It means that they won't enrol the girls without records and since it's the middle of term they won't create new ones"
"So what are we going to do?" Michael demanded angrily
"Mr Evans please calm down" he said gesturing for Michael to sit back down. Michael sat down grumbling, Max grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze to keep him settled.
"I know that there might be a way for the girls to register at this school... I don't know if you can afford it..." Max slapped his hand down on the desk
"What's your price?" he asked without emotion
"Most fees start at $250... if you were willing to make a generous contribution I could hurry things up and they could start tomorrow morning?" suggested the greedy principal. Max glanced at Michael who just nodded. Max pulled his wallet and took out two hundred, Michael pulled out one fifty and they handed their money over.
"Excellent. I'll head over to the office straight away and get the ball rolling on those papers" he stood shaking their hands. Once their backs were turned he wiped his hands on his coat jacket and grumbled in disgust; fags didn't deserve to have children he thought before he put the money in the safe and took off to the office.

***

"We got you into school" said Max as he lifted Cassie to sit on his shoulders "Now let's go shopping"
"Ta get bubble shus?" asked Jaq as she walked along holding Michael's hand
"What are bubble shoes?" asked Max Michael just shrugged "I think we might have to invite Maria onto this shopping expedition. She'd kill us if we did what we did last time on Tess"
"I still can't believe she made us apologise to the shop owners on our knees" Michael sighed as he dug out his phone "Hi Maria. Do you want to come clothes shopping? We're going to get the girls some new clothes and stuff for school. Bring Liz if you want" he hung up quickly before she could squeal with excitement. They reached the car and Max lifted Cassie down and sat her in the back fastening her in while Michael did the same with Jaq. They climbed into the front and headed to the mall.
Maria, Liz and even Isabel who hadn't yet met the twins were waiting in the mall for them, Maria began to bounce up and down when she saw them
"There they are!" she pointed as the four of them came over. The girls were sitting atop their shoulders, Jaq had a painfully tight grip on Michael's hair
"Hey Maweea!" the girls called
"Hi girls. These are my best friends Liz and Isabel, Isabel is your daddy's sister" Isabel waved at them as the guys lifted them down
"Right... he's the thing. You buy them what ever and we'll give you the money for it. Their clothes have to be suitable and have to last do you hear?" said Michael the women nodded then Isabel stepped forward taking Cassie into her arms resting her niece on her hip
"Now here's our deal. We get to take the girls with us, no questioning what we buy for them while you get all the books and stuff they might need"
"Done" Max shook his sisters hand. Liz took hold of Jaq's hand but Jaq pulled away and clung to Michael's leg
"I wanna go wit them!" she cried
"Okay sweetie" said Max as he knelt down in front of her "You have to let go of daddy so we can get going" she let go and Max took her right hand while Michael took her left. The girls had already headed off.

***

The entire living room and kitchen was covered with shopping bags. Several sets of stationary lay on the coffee table along with two little cute backpacks. The twins were sitting watching TV in Max and Michael's bedroom while the guys tried to sort out all the stuff for tomorrow.
Max emptied out the chest of draws in the girls room while Michael filled the packs up with the school supplies. Max dumped the old towels and sheets on the floor and grabbed four bags from the living room and carried them through. He set about folding the clothes away after half an hour he was finished. He went out to see Michael laying plates on the table as the smell of his favourite wafted from the kitchen
"I'll go get the girls. I can't believe you made my favourite" he grinned hungrily. He stuck his head in and saw the girls bouncing on the bed "Dinner time" they bounced and jumped off the bed racing to the kitchen to see Michael laying a home made sliced pizza in the middle of the table on a plate
"Tuck in!" he said, the girls climbed into their seats and grabbed some slices before tucking in
"Are you looking forward to school tomorrow?" asked Michael and Jaq just nodded as she tried to eat the stringy melted cheese "After dinner we'll give you a bath and do your hair..."
"Den watch TV!" smiled Cassie, she had tomato sauce around her mouth
"Maybe for a little bit. You go to bed at eight thirty" said Max and Michael nodded
"You don't want to be tired for your first day of school tomorrow do you?"
"Uh uh" she shook her head as she munched on another slice. Soon enough they were all done while Michael cleaned the plates away Max ran a bath and put both girls in the large tub. He tipped water over their hair with the jug unrealising Michael had come from the kitchen just to watch him playing parent. He couldn't stop staring at his partner's father-like nature, he was glad that Jaq and Cass had a good father, he was only average but he didn't care. At least they had one extremely wonderful father. Michael had no idea how to be a dad and was trying, he'd gotten by by winging it all. Michael grabbed some towels from the cupboard and took them into the bathroom and left them on the side for when they got out. He went back to the door and continued to watch, he'd never get tired seeing Max with their daughters. He grabbed a towel as Cass stood up he wrapped it around her and lifted her out she padded into the living room and sat on the couch as Max did the same with Jaq and Michael went to find a brush and some pyjamas for them both; he dried Cass off her dressed for bed then set about removing the tangles from her long brown hair then he began to braid it up, when he was a kid his foster mom Sheila had made him braid her hair every morning. It was one of the few good things he'd learnt when he lived with them. Max dried Jaq off while Michael made short work of Cassie's hair, he put her in PJs and sat next to Michael on the couch with Jaq on his left
"Next" Michael said pulling Jaq over to brush out the tangles then braid her hair back "All done" he said then wiped off the stray strands that were stuck to his damp jeans. Jaq curled up next to Max while Cass snuggled into Michael's shoulder. They put the TV on and settled down to watch.
Max glanced down at Jaq and saw her head drooping, any minute now she'd be asleep. He sat back and looked over to see that Cass had already gone.
"Michael" he whispered "They're falling asleep. Give them a few more minutes and we'll put them to bed" Michael nodded and five minutes later the TV went off and they each picked up a twin and carried them off to bed. They stood in the doorway staring at them sleep, Cass had sucked her thumb into her mouth and her hand was curled around her nose. The happy parents both smiled warmly before Max switched out the light.

TBC...

Title: The Easy Life
Author: SpiderGirl
Disclaimer: I own nothing on this planet. Roswell belongs to Metz and Katims.
Summary: Max and Michael think they live the easy life, what happens when their life becomes not so easy?
Rating: ADULT
Coupling: Max/Michael
A Note: The little girl is Abby Breslin from Signs and Raising Helen. They're going to be Jaqueline and Cassie.

***

Jaq held her sister's hand as they climbed down off the last big step of the yellow school bus and entered the world of school. They walked up the grassy path following the other kids who were running around and playing with their friends. Cassie tried to step closer to Jaq
"I don't like dis! I wanna go home" she whispered as her eyes became full Jaq put her arm around her sister and tried to comfort her
"It's gonna be okay Jaqquie" she said soothingly "Come on. Let's play on da junga gym a'fore we go in k?" Cassie nodded and let the older twin lead the way.
Two greyish green beady eyes watched as they got off the bus, the Queen of the Jungle Gym and Roswell Elementary resident bully Jessie Wilson scowled as they made their way over. New kids; she hated new kids, they were so dumb and inferior to her and she had no problem knocking them down a few pegs. She watched as they hung on the lower bars, she began to make her way down to them. She made her way towards Jaq, the stronger and braver of the two girls. She was hanging upside down trying to show how it was done for Cassie.
"Ya doin it w'ong" she said coldly then shoved Jaq off the bar. Jaq rolled and landed on the ground, she whimpered when she saw a cut oozing blood from her knee but she stood up angry that some kid had knocked her down. She pushed the girl from the bar and the girl landed on her back
"You were doin it w'ong too" she replied coldly with a triumphant smile. Several of the other kids watched including Cassie as Jessie got up and ducked under the bar coming over to stand in front of Jaq, her face was red with rage and she was scowling hard. She lifted her hands and shoved Jaq with all her strength; the kids in the playground held their breath as Jaq fell down hard Jessie moved to stop over her to grab her messy braid but suddenly she went flying
"Stay way from ma sister!" cried Cassie, she had no idea what she'd done but she stood there with arms outstretched and an angry look on her face. Jessie grazed her arm on a rock and it began to bleed she got up and ran off crying. Cassie helped her sister up who gave her a big hug as soon as she was on her feet
"T'ank you" she whispered
"Dat was soo cool!" the girls turned around to see a dirty blonde haired boy standing there waving his arms "I'm Gabriel but everyone calls me Gabe"
"I'm Cassie and dis is my sister Jaq"
"Jaq's a boys name"
"Is not!" she replied sulkily "It's short for Jaqueline"
"Wanna play football with me and my friends?"
"Ugh footballs for boys!" Cassie held up her nose but Jaq nodded
"Yeah I'll play!" she took off leaving Cassie alone near the bars she looked round but no one wanted to talk to her or play with her. She walked around until she saw a girl sitting on her own watching the sky
"Wat ya lookin at?" she couldn't help but ask
"I'm tryin ta see da stars" the little girl replied "But ya can't see em when it's sunny" she hung her head sadly
"You gots to look at da clouds when it's sunny. Clouds are like stars of da day" she pointed out and the girl nodded and smiled. Cassie sat next to her and pointed to one "Look at dat one! It looks like an apple"
"Dat one looks like a car" she replied "I'm Danielle but my mommy calls me Dan"
"I'm Cass. I don't gots a mommy"
"Den wot do ya have?"
"I have two daddies" she explained "Michael is my dad and Max is my other dad that loves Michael"
"Ya daddies love each other?" she asked confused
"Yeah" she nodded
"Can they do dat?"
"They said dat sometimes grown-up guys like other guys, I dunno grown-ups! They're weird" she said and Dan nodded in agreement. The bell rang and Dan grabbed Cass's hand
"We gots to go or we'll be late!" she said and the two girls raced inside.
Jaq had muddy hands and some mud on her nice dress that Maria had picked out when they went shopping and her hair was tangled but she didn't care. She was worried when she couldn't find Cassie anywhere
"Cass!" she looked around but there was no sign of her little sister
"Wots w'ong?" asked Chad, one of her new football friends
"I can't find my sister" she said worried
"The bell rang, she's gone to class" he said taking her hand and pulling her inside. He led her to a class and pointed to a room full of kids sitting on colourful mats. On the door it said Kindergarten (sp?) and she spotted Cassie sitting with some girl still holding hands "Go on" Chad told her and she went in but paused when he didn't follow her
"You're not comin in?"
"Nope, dats da baby class. I'm a first grader" she said proudly then hurried off down the busy hall full with kids and teachers. Jaq went in and hurried over to sit down next to her sister and her new friend.

***

Lunchtime came around all too soon and Jaq wanted Cassie to come and sit with her and her football buddies but Cassie wanted to sit with Dan on a table alone.
"Come on Cassie! They're really cool! Chad can drop-kick a ball ten yards"
"No I wanna go and sit with Dan, she's really cool"
"But she's got a boy's name and no one wants to sit with her"
"I wanna sit with her and yous gots a boys name too" she replied trying to pull away from Jaq's tugging hands. They stopped arguing when Jessie suddenly appeared
"Stupid babies!" she hissed "I'm gonna get you for wot you did to me"
"Go way Jessie or I'll knock you down" hissed Jaq angrily
"I'll knock you down first!" she said and pushed Jaq down again, she didn't go down quite as hard as this morning but it was still a surprise. Dan and several other kids came over to see what was going on, Dan gasped then scowled when she saw what Jessie was doing
"Jessie leave 'em alone!" she ordered, Jessie turned to glare at the shyest person there
"Go away Danny boy!" Jessie was about to push Dan down but Dan stepped up
"If ya don't I'll tell mom" she warned and Jessie went pale to her sister's threat
"Ya wouldn't!" Jessie cried but she knew that her little sister would. Their mother was a strong woman from across the seas, she had red hair fierce green eyes and strong Irish Blood as well as her Liverpuddlian Roots and certainly not a woman to be messed with.
"I will now leave em alone!" she said, Chad came over and helped Jaq up. Cassie was forgotten by the older twin but that suited her fine as she went over and had her lunch with Dan.
"Wot do you wanna do when ya turn inta a grown-up?"
"I wanna sing" she replied dreamily "I wanna sing like that singer Maria D" she said taking out a CD case from her little backpack and showed her
"That's my Auntie Maria" smiled Cassie and Dan went pale
"Ya makin dat up!" she cried
"No, she bought me dis dress. We went shoppin last night with Isabel and Liz my uver aunties"
"Wow"
"Can I meet her?"
"Sure. But I didn't know she sang" she said "Can we listen to the CD?"
"Yep yep! There's a little player in the class room" the girls packed up their lunch and snuck off to the classroom to listen to the CD.

***

Max came to pick them up when it was time to go home. He parked the Jetta in the lot and went in search of the twins as they came out of school.
"Daddy!" cried Cassie when she saw him, he picked her up in his arms and swung her around before settling her on his hip
"Did you have fun today?" he asked then spotted Jaq coming out with several taller gruff looking boys, the nice dress she was wearing had been caked with mud during the day and her hair was tattered, there was a splodge of paint under her eye on the top of her cheek and her hands with filthy his jaw dropped open when he saw her "What happened?" he asked pointing to her dress
"I was playin football with my new friends"
"Football?" he closed his eyes in disbelief
"Where's daddy?" she asked looking around "Didn't he come with you?"
"Nope, he got some inspiration and locked himself in our office/art room this morning after we..."
"Wot's he doin?"
"Painting, every so often he really paints" he said as he carefully took Jaq's dirt covered hand and led her to the car
"Oh oh wait!" cried Cassie in his arms. She wriggled down and rushed back over to school to wear Dan and a sulky Jessie were sat
"Dan come and meet my daddy" she said as Max and Jaq were coming back over to get her "This is my daddy Max"
"Nice ta meet you Mr Cassie's dad" she said with a smile
"Hello" he smiled
"Cassie we have to get home. Dan... are you sure it's okay to sit out here by yourself? When's your mom coming to pick you up?" he asked then suddenly a red haired woman came rushing up the path wearing a white tuniq and green pants
"I am so sorry I'm late, I had another patient to deal with. Damn OTAs" she said then she spotted Max standing there "Hi"
"Hi are you Dan's mother?"
"You're not a teacher are you?" she asked as she narrowed her eyes at him
"No no. My daughter wanted me to meet her new friend, my girls started here today" he explained "I'm Max"
"Serena Wilson" she replied shaking his hands "Are those your girls?"
"Yeah Cassie and Jaqueline"
"Daaad" moaned Jaq "Don't say my full name! It's sooo girly"
"Sorry sweetie" he said ruffling her already messy hair up
"Well it's nice to meet you and it's nice to finally see my Danny with a new friend. We have to have her new friends round for tea some time"
"Mom! No!" cried Jessie but Serena ignored her eldest daughter's rude outburst. Jessie was spoilt, she'd gotten that off her father and then turned cold and mean when he split with his secretary.
"I'll talk to my partner and we'll arrange something" he said with a smile, her heart sank a little at the thought of this god having a partner
"Your partner?" she raised her brow "What's her name?"
"His name" he corrected her with a grin "Is Michael"
"Eww!" cried Jessie "Two guys can't be togevva! It's yucky and stupid!"
"Jessica knock it off! What have I told you?" she warned, Jessie just got up and walked to the car slamming the door "I'm sorry about her. She's been like that ever since her father split"
"It's okay. Look it was nice meeting you, let me give you my number because I have to go home and clean this one up" he nodded at Jaq. Serena whipped a pen out of one of her large pockets and they exchanged numbers.
"Nice meeting you Max" she waved as she carried Dan to the car. Cassie waved to Dan before the car drove off.

TBC...

Title: The Easy Life
Author: SpiderGirl
Disclaimer: I own nothing on this planet. Roswell belongs to Metz and Katims.
Summary: Max and Michael think they live the easy life, what happens when their life becomes not so easy?
Rating: ADULT
Coupling: Max/Michael
A Note: The little girl is Abby Breslin from Signs and Raising Helen. They're going to be Jaqueline and Cassie.

C_Which: thanks for the names! I'm going to bring Jared in, in a certain way; you dreamers will love it.

***

"Where's daddy?" asked Cassie as she dumped her jacket and backpack near the door
"He's in the office art room painting"
"Wot's he paintin?" she asked as she moved closer to the door, she went to open it but Max stopped her
"No you don't. You can't go in there till he's done" he said as he picked her up and carried her away
"But why?" she asked as her lower lip quivered and she hiccupped
"Because he needs to be alone when he paints... it's like when you need to go to the bathroom. Some things just need to be done on your own, but not cleaning Jaq up" he said looking to his other daughter still caked in mud "Alright, here's the deal we'll get your sister cleaned off then go to the park okay?"
"No!" cried Cassie "Not da park" she looked away remembering the other day
"Oh... well then we'll go to see Maria" he glanced at his watch "It's five thirty so she won't be in the gallery but at the studio"
"Aunty Ria's a singer" smiled Cassie and he nodded then set her down on the couch before turning to Jaq he grabbed the dress and pulled it up over her head sprinkling dirt flakes over her
"How did you know that?" he asked
"Dan told me"
"Dan's a stupid name for a girl" said Jaq adding her own two sense to the conversation. Max dumped the dress on the floor
"I think it's going to be pants for you from now on. Great, it means we have to give all your dresses to Cassie and get you a whole new wardrobe"
"Good. Now I can play footie with da boys" she said "Gabe, he's in grade one with Chad and Dillon they taught me how to kick a field goal and I got it in. The kick was good" she said enthusiastically "And tomorrow dey is gonna show me how ta tackle" he picked her up and carried her into the bathroom.
Cassie climbed off the couch and went over to the office art room door. She glanced to her dad washing Jaq off and turned the handle and crept inside. It was dark and she was in the office part of the room, it was divided by a curtain and she could see a bright light on the other side of the grab brown curtain and movement. She peeked round the edge of the curtain and gasped; her daddy was standing there in paint-dotted jeans holding a paint can in one hand and a paint brush in the other and he was finishing off a painting of Max kneeling lifting her sister out of the bath. He stepped back and looked at it, he wiped his sweaty forehead with the back of his hand and smeared blue paint over his forehead without realising it. Cassie stared at it and knew two things; that she wanted to paint as good as her daddy and that the painted water needed one more touch, she stood there debating whether she should go ahead and fix it for him or stay where she was? She bit her lip then walked in and grabbed a small paintbrush and dipped it in the white. Michael just watched as she squiggled some white into the water
"There" she said smiling proudly "All done"
"It's beautiful, thank you" he said she turned to look at him and burst out laughing
"Yous got paint on ya head" she pointed to his forehead still giggling he tapped her nose with the brush
"And you have paint on your nose" he laughed and she scowled crossing her eyes trying to see the paint. When she couldn't see it she grabbed a larger brush and flicked paint across his stomach, he flicked blue paint then she yelped as he got paint on her new dress. She picked up the red can and thrust it forward in her hands so half of the paint went on his stomach and jeans he wiped some off and began chasing her around the room until she slipped in the green and landed in it.
Max came to investigate once he got Jaq in clean clothes and saw Cassie and Michael covered in paint
"What the hell is going on in here?" he roared but Cassie couldn't stop giggling, she rolled over from her spot on the floor and pointed to Michael
"He's teachin me how ta paint!" she got up and grabbed her paintbrush and walked over to Max
"Stop! No! Don't!" he cried and she began chancing him around the room. Michael grabbed the last can of white and joined Cassie chasing him around the room. Michael chucked the paint at Max who side-stepped it and the white paint landed on the Sheriff! Michael's face went pale and Max stood there with his mouth open in disbelief
"After Kyle arrested that guy who tried the kidnap attempt I came to see if the girls were doing okay. Apparently they are" he said as he removed his now white sunglasses
"Let me get you a towel Sheriff" said Max rushing to get him a towel, Michael was still frozen in place; he'd just covered the town Sheriff with white paint. He dropped the can and grabbed his spare rag for cleaning paint of his hands and tried to clean off the Sheriff
"I am so sorry... I was aiming... I would never"
"It's okay. While messing around with paint like that in an unventilated area isn't really safe I'm glad you're finding ways to entertain your daughters"
"Thank you sir" he said just as Max came racing back in, he tripped over a can and went sliding across the paint covered floor on his front. When he stood up he was a myriad of colour even his face and bangs hadn't escaped! The sheriff pressed his lips tight together to keep himself from laughing but he couldn't help himself and just burst out laughing
"Maria seems really thrilled that you've got kids now, you have to come round and have dinner with the family. Amy would love to meet the little girls Maria raves about and Kyle well he just thinks it's cool that you're parents" he said
"We will do sir" said Max as he dried himself off with a clean corner of the towel.
"Daddies? Are we goin to da..." Jaq trailed off and burst out laughing at Max
"I'll get on and let you clean up. I have to go home and change"
"I'm really sorry Sheriff" said Michael as the sheriff left. Jaq and Cassie's tummies rumbled at the time and Jaq moaned
"Ya said wes were goin to da CrashDown" she said "I hungry!"
"Let me get a shower..." he began
"Max, just change your clothes. They're hungry" he said as he took Cassie away and changed her into a fresh dress and wiped off her face.
Max cleaned off his face and changed his clothes but did nothing about his hair, he was stood in the mirror fussing over it. Michael walked in and took one look at him before squirting some gel in his hands and began pushing Max's hair up into spikes
"There, very funky and sexy" he said and gave him a quick kiss "Now let's go!" he slapped his ass and they headed out to the CrashDown, paint splotches funky hair and all!

TBC...

Title: The Easy Life
Author: SpiderGirl
Disclaimer: I own nothing on this planet. Roswell belongs to Metz and Katims.
Summary: Max and Michael think they live the easy life, what happens when their life becomes not so easy?
Rating: ADULT
Coupling: Max/Michael
A Note: The little girl is Abby Breslin from Signs and Raising Helen. They're going to be Jaqueline and Cassie.

***

Cassie was sitting with Dan reading some printout lyrics she'd gotten when something changed. She had no idea if the air grew warmer or colder or the world tipped on it's axis but for the four and a half year old girl it was suddenly different. Her eyes began to search out the cause for this change.
"Wot ya lookin for?"
"I dunno" she replied as she peeked over to the school bus as a young brown haired boy with sharp blue eyes got off, she sucked in a breath and her cheeks tinged pink
"Wot?" asked Dan trying to see the same thing Cass was seeing
"Whose he?" she whispered pointing to the boy who got off the bus
"Oh that's Jared"
"Jared? Wot a weird name!" she put the sheets of paper down in her seat and got up going over. By the time she got near the bus Jared had already gone to play football with his friends. She stood near the large grassy field watching them play until the play came down by her, she looked up to see the ball flying at her; it hit her square in the chest then Jared jumped at her knocking her down in the mud. Dan came rushing over
"Cass! Cass! Are ya okay? Get offa her!" she shoved Jared off her best friend and helped her up. Cassie couldn't help but start crying as she felt the mud drying into the back of her lovely dress, Jared felt extremely bad so be began looking round until he spotted something on the grass.
"Here!" Cassie opened her eyes to see Jared holding a little red flower out for her she sniffled rubbing her eyes before she accepted it
"Thanks" she sniffed hard "Red like you a red flower from Red"
"It's Jared" he replied but she just smiled, he bowed his head and scuffed his toe on the ground Chad called to him
"Jared! Come play!" Jared picked up the ball and threw it to his friend
"Um can I sit wit you and..." he looked to Dan but had no idea who she was "um... ya friend for a bit"
"Sure" she blushed and the three of them went back to their quiet little spot reading sheet music.

***

Jaq sat in bed surrounded by tissues and a little sink bowl on the floor, Michael came in carrying broth on a try. His poor baby was all sicky
"There you go sweetie"
"Fanks dhaddy" she said with her stuffy nose
"Have your broth then you can get some sleep" he said, she'd been awake all last night throwing up. She ate too much at the CrashDown and had gotten sick
"Whill ya scing ffor me dhaddy?" she asked grabbing another tissue from the box trying to clear her blocked nose
"What do you want me to sing?"
"Wone offff Maweeya's scongs dat Ccasssie likes"
"Life could be hell and bliss or it could be nothing at all..." he crooned softly and within seconds she was fast asleep. He put the tray on the floor and the bowl of soup on the bedside table for her to reach later on when she woke up. He gathered the used tissues up and dumped them in the bin before leaving her to get some sleep
"Poor mite" he mumbled before closing the door to her room. He went out and sat down on the couch, Max had been wigging out so he'd gone to the office to do some paper work; he'd left Michael alone looking after Jaq for a while.
There was a knock at the door and Michael sighed getting up to answer it, he wondered briefly who it could be but as he opened the door it was the person he least expected
"What are you doing here?"
"I heard you'd adopted, can I come in?"
"No" he replied bitterly "Leave no before I call Kyle and have him remove you from the premises"
"Stop it" she hissed shoving her way inside, he scowled angrily then shut the door and marched over to the phone
"I'm calling the cops now, you've broken in" he said angrily "Forced entry"
"Michael not it off..."
"No!" he shouted angrily tightening his grip on the phone, he wanted to throw it at her but he held back "I left! I never wanted anything to do with you! You're my mom you never were! My real parents are dead now..."
"And all you have is me" said Sheila Guerin with a cold smirk
"No. No you are not my mother and Hank is not my father" he replied "The only people I have for parents are Max's and mine six feet under! You've never been a parent to me, neither of you have"
"Are your girls at school?"
"How did you find out about them?"
"News travels fast, especially in the trailer parks. Serena from next door came ranting and raving over some hottie called Max Evans when he was picking up his daughters. I knew you had something to do with it, you always were hanging around with that little faggy freak" Michael snapped and flung the phone at her, she ducked as it smashed into the wall. He heard a little cough and Sheila turned to see Jaq standing there
"Hello sweetie. I'm your gramma!" she cooed, Michael dashed across the room and stood in front of Jaq
"Stay away from my daughter! You're not welcome here!" he said as he began to shake, she'd gotten to him in all the wrong ways. He walked over and grabbed the door "Get out!" she ignored him and crouched down in front of Jaq. Whoever this lady was her daddy hated her and she was going to get her so doing the only thing she could she put her head down and rammed into her using one of the moves Chad had shown her in their pretend practice. Sheila went down landing hard with an oompfh! She got up dusting herself off then stormed to the door, she stared hard at Michael glaring him down
"I will be apart of my grandaughters lives whether I get them through court or not" she hissed before walking out. He slammed the door then collasped toe the floor wrapping his arms around his knees Jaq hurried over and put her arms around his shoulders and laid her head on his
"Itss gonnha be kay dhaddy" she told him, he looked up and pulled her into a hug. He couldn't bare the thought of loosing his family now that he'd just got it!

TBC..