Liz stepped in the door after a long drive home with her young daughter,
Eilidh. Eilidh was now seven years old and Liz had been away for eight. Her
first thought was Maria, she hadn't seen her face-to-face since her 21st
birthday party in Edinburgh which had cost quite a lot of money, in pounds
and pence, not dollars and cents. She had to have a babysitter for 3 year-
old Eilidh. She had worried all night about her, as if she wouldn't be safe
with her best-mate Lori's mum. Edinburgh was a brilliant city for Eilidh to
begin her life in, now she was going home. Liz had missed all her friends
so much, especially Max. But Scotland was a lovely country. She had learned
to ski, made lots of new friends, been to London, been on Scottish T.V.,
set up her own business and sold it five years later for a whopping three
million pounds. She had been what they call a Scottish Millionaire, which
she was quite proud of.
Now she was back, back to the place in which she had her broken by her ex-soulmate, where her best friend was murdered, where her parents owned a very popular café and where her best friend Maria lived with her husband Michael, Max's friend from the Royal Four, where Max was King, Michael was his second, Liz's enemy Tess, was his wife, and Isabel, Max's sister, was Michael's destined wife, but wasn't having any of it. Max had taken up his destiny with Tess, instead with Liz, the woman who had held his heart, and he hers, for two and a half years of powerful love and friendship. Michael and Isabel had not taken up their destinys as part of the royal four, but a individual people with happy relationships with humans, instead of entwining in their alien cultures. Alex, Liz and Maria's best friend and Isabel's boyfriend was killed by Tess, but Max refused to believe the truth and carried on with Tess breaking Liz's heart even more.
Her history here was in the painful return to her faithful home, of Roswell. Liz thought Eilidh had a right to see who her biological father was and see what he was really like, instead of Liz just telling her stories of young sweethearts.
The Crashdown café hadn't changed much except the new murals on the wall. The style of the seating space had changed from booths to tall and small tabled with stool-chairs. Behind the counter was one of her parents, her mum. Her mum, shrieked and ran towards her daughter embracing her in a massive bear hug. Eilidh, who had been hanging on to her mother's sleeve, let go when this happened. When they had pulled apart, her mother saw the young girl, and stared. Noticing she was looking at her this way, she sucked in a breath, sharp but sleek.
" So you must be Eilidh. I've heard a lot about you young lady, from your mother. You can call me Granny, or just plain Nancy if you like, Jeff, my husband and you're grandpa, is upstairs." Looking back up to Liz she said,
" Your dad's not been well love, but Doctor Evans says he'll be fine. "
" Shall I go up?"
" Sure love, I'll look after Eilidh, the doctor's still with him."
Liz ran upstairs and knocked on the door. There was a gruff ' come in'. Liz opened the door and called, " Dad? How are you doing?"
" Fine love, just fine."
Her dad was propped up against the headboard with many pillows.
" You look green dad."
" That's nice Liz. I've not been well, as you're mother may as well have told you."
" Yes. So dad, do you think you're ready to meet Eilidh?"
The doctor had just turned round from the seat beside the bed. She had been inspecting her fathers' pulse.
" Welcome home Liz!"
" Isabel! I didn't know you were a doctor!"
" You don't know a great many things Liz."
" I know that. It's just that Maria never told me."
" Didn't she? I thought she would have, being me that delivered her baby last month."
" She's had her baby? I thought I'd be back before it was born. I haven't spoken to her in two months, with me travelling half way across the world and everything."
" I can gather that. Did you know, you have arrived just in time for my birthday party? You will be coming won't you?"
" If I can get a baby-sitter for Eilidh."
" I didn't know you had a daughter!"
" Well, she's only seven. She's eight in July."
" You won't need a baby-sitter because it's at 2pm. I wanted my little Sarah to be awake for the celebrations. According to Max, Kyle's organised fireworks for us and a magic show for the kids."
" You and Kyle had a baby? Oh, congratulations!"
" If you're that surprised I guess Maria didn't tell you I had kids then?"
" How many do you have?"
" Three. They can be a bit of a handful at times, when Luke and Mark were born it was such a hassle. I thought one kid would be noisy, think a bout two at the same time, they're identical twins. Max still can't tell them apart. It's really bad, him being their uncle. He hasn't heard from her since the Wedding. Maria didn't tell me what sex by the way, the sex of yours I mean."
" Oh. They never got married?"
" No. Maria marched in saying that if Max really ever loved you, he wouldn't be hurting you that much. Max was surprised, you should've seen the look on his face! Tears were poring down when he marched out. He demanded to know where you'd gone, but Maria said you were on your way to Europe with an unborn baby in your womb. He cried so much after that. He went to Europe to try and find you, thinking he could sense you. But couldn't. He's finally cheered up about being an uncle but I still see him down in the dumps sometimes. Where in Europe did you go?"
" Scotland. It's beside England, in Britain. I was a millionaire, it was so much fun. I lived in the country's capital, Edinburgh. It's really pretty. Did you know it's castle sits on an old volcano? The festival is famous in most parts of the world. Eilidh has learnt the traditional language already. She's a very fast learner. Max is upset? He should be! Sorry, Iz, but he deserves it. Sorry, Dad, I'll call her up now, she'll love to meet her Auntie Izzy. Won't she?"
" Yes love" replied Jeff, Liz's dad.
" Eilidh!" Liz called downstairs. At this there was a small patter of feet coming up the stairs, and Eilidh's small face appeared at the door.
" Yes, mummy?"
" This is your grandpa, me wee pet, and this is your Auntie Izzy, your daddy's sister. She's a doctor, love, maybe she can show you the works when you're older."
" Cool. That's wicked! I want to be a doctor when I'm older."
" Hey, Isabel, what does Max work as now?"
" He's a cop."
" Hear that Eilidh, your daddy's a cop."
" Cool. I wanna be like daddy. Can I meet him now?"
" Where's he working today?"
" He's got a day off. He's at the art exibition. Your paintings have arrived here at last, then?"
" Yeah, delivered them this morning."
" I'm surprised that you didn't see Max then."
" Well, I guess he wouldn't have been there a whole hour before it started, would he?"
" No, I guess not."
" Where did you go all morning then?"
" The alien exibition. Eilidh was desperate to see it. I should've come straight here, sorry dad."
" That's alright Lizzie, I'm just glad you're home. You two do and see how your work's going."
" Thanks dad."
" Bye Grandpa!"
" See you later pet."
The sun had finally risen higher in the sky than that morning, Liz stepped out her new Mercedes, and looked around. There were quite a few people standing outside waiting to go in.
She stepped up to the door with Eilidh and was about to open the door when someone called,
" Hey, no que-jumping!"
Liz turned round to the person, " I'm the painter, I think I'm allowed to go and see my own exibition without queing, Kyle."
" Hey, Liz! I didn't know you were back in town. Sorry, go ahead, Dad told me to watch out for pushers."
" S'ok Kyle, see you soon."
Liz opened the door and felt the warm breeze of the air conditioning inside. She looked around her and went to the nearest painting.
" Look, love, that's the one I did when I was pregnant with you"
" Wow mummy, that's bright." It was infested with sunset colours and wasn't really anything.
" It showed happiness with you, and unhappiness with your dad. 'A Mix Of Both Worlds' I called it. Do you like it?"
" I do." Said a voice from behind them.
" Maria! How are you, how's your baby?"
" Fine, she's just perfect. A bit of a noisy one though, but Michael's still pulling me through. Are you still a millionaire?"
" I'm afraid so. It's not that great I can tell you. Eilidh gave me the passion to paint."
" Hi Eilidh! I haven't seen you since you were three! My, how you've grown, you must be, oh, seven now?"
" Yes, Auntie Maria."
" She remembers me. That's good to know. How have you been holding up Liz?"
" Just fine. I've just seen Isabel with mum and dad."
" How's your dad feeling."
" He says he's fine, but I'm not so sure. You didn't tell me that Max came looking for me."
" I didn't want him to hurt you again, I guess. Oh, here he comes now."
Liz turned and there stood Max looking at her with pleasure and confusion. He began walking over when he stopped short, he had spotted Eilidh.
" Eilidh, that's your dad." Said Liz to her daughter pointing to Max.
" Liz." Whispered Max.
" Hi Max. How are you doing?" said Maria.
" Ok, Maria. How's Beth?"
" She's excellent, but noisy as usual."
" Hi Liz."
" Max. This is Eilidh. Your daughter."
Eilidh pulled on her mums' sleeve. " Mummy. Is that Daddy?"
" Yes darling, that's your daddy."
" Liz, that's my daughter?" Liz nodded.
" She's beautiful."
" Yes she is. Eilidh, you can talk to him."
" I know mummy. I'm not dumb."
" See you later Liz!"
" Bye Maria, see you later." Replied Maria.
" How have you been Max? Isabel said you're finally through the worst."
" You've talked to Izzy?"
" Yes. She was checking up on my dad."
" Ah, yes."
" Eilidh's seven."
" I'm in P3."
" P3? What's that?"
" Primary three. Her third year in primary school."
" Oh. What system is that?"
" The Scottish system. I heard you came to Britain, where did you go?"
" England, a place called Newcastle."
" Oh, I was only a couple of hundred miles away. About three hundred I think. I was in Edinburgh."
" Did you see the Fringe festival?"
" Yes. Seven of them."
" I only saw one." At this point Eilidh must have been getting bored because she said:
" Daddy, what do you want to do today?"
" She called me daddy!"
" Well duh, if you are my biological dad, then you're my daddy. Simple as that."
" Smart kid, she learn that off of you?"
" No, Iona taught it to her. My friend Iona was also her after-school science teacher."
" You had her working after school?"
" No! Iona would come round and teach her stuff, that's just from our conversations."
" So she picks up on individual stuff."
" Mostly only stuff to do with you. Her Daddy. Why don't you start acting like one? You take her off my hands for a day this week if you like, that's when you have a break from the bad-guys."
" Look, I don't want any arguing, ok, just calm talk."
" After the way you treated me no thanks. Come on Eilidh, we're off."
" But you just arrived."
" And saw what was here, so now I'm leaving."
" Hey, wait up, I'd like to catch up with old times. How about tonight?"
" Sorry, I've got OUR kid to look after, maybe next millennium."
" Liz.."
" Get lost Max. I don't want anything to do with you, but Eilidh has her rights so you can see her once a week, ok? Fine. Bye." Liz marched out the door and waved goodbye to Kyle.
" Wait mummy, I want to ask dad something."
" Ok, love, two minutes. I'll just be over there with Kyle. Don't let him take you anywhere."
" Yes, mummy. I'll be back in a minute."
Eilidh rushed inside and stopped Max in his tracks.
" Wait up Daddy, I wanna ask you something!"
Max stopped, turned round and smiled.
" Hey Eilidh! You wanted to speak with me?"
" Yes. Was Tess really a two faced cow?"
Max grinned. " Yes honey, she was. You go and tell your mum that if you want. Tell her I should never have left her."
" Okay Daddy. See you later."
" Bye sweetheart."
Eilidh came running out the door calling 'mummy, mummy!'
Suddenly Eilidh slipped on the icy steps and her hands flew into the air.
Now she was back, back to the place in which she had her broken by her ex-soulmate, where her best friend was murdered, where her parents owned a very popular café and where her best friend Maria lived with her husband Michael, Max's friend from the Royal Four, where Max was King, Michael was his second, Liz's enemy Tess, was his wife, and Isabel, Max's sister, was Michael's destined wife, but wasn't having any of it. Max had taken up his destiny with Tess, instead with Liz, the woman who had held his heart, and he hers, for two and a half years of powerful love and friendship. Michael and Isabel had not taken up their destinys as part of the royal four, but a individual people with happy relationships with humans, instead of entwining in their alien cultures. Alex, Liz and Maria's best friend and Isabel's boyfriend was killed by Tess, but Max refused to believe the truth and carried on with Tess breaking Liz's heart even more.
Her history here was in the painful return to her faithful home, of Roswell. Liz thought Eilidh had a right to see who her biological father was and see what he was really like, instead of Liz just telling her stories of young sweethearts.
The Crashdown café hadn't changed much except the new murals on the wall. The style of the seating space had changed from booths to tall and small tabled with stool-chairs. Behind the counter was one of her parents, her mum. Her mum, shrieked and ran towards her daughter embracing her in a massive bear hug. Eilidh, who had been hanging on to her mother's sleeve, let go when this happened. When they had pulled apart, her mother saw the young girl, and stared. Noticing she was looking at her this way, she sucked in a breath, sharp but sleek.
" So you must be Eilidh. I've heard a lot about you young lady, from your mother. You can call me Granny, or just plain Nancy if you like, Jeff, my husband and you're grandpa, is upstairs." Looking back up to Liz she said,
" Your dad's not been well love, but Doctor Evans says he'll be fine. "
" Shall I go up?"
" Sure love, I'll look after Eilidh, the doctor's still with him."
Liz ran upstairs and knocked on the door. There was a gruff ' come in'. Liz opened the door and called, " Dad? How are you doing?"
" Fine love, just fine."
Her dad was propped up against the headboard with many pillows.
" You look green dad."
" That's nice Liz. I've not been well, as you're mother may as well have told you."
" Yes. So dad, do you think you're ready to meet Eilidh?"
The doctor had just turned round from the seat beside the bed. She had been inspecting her fathers' pulse.
" Welcome home Liz!"
" Isabel! I didn't know you were a doctor!"
" You don't know a great many things Liz."
" I know that. It's just that Maria never told me."
" Didn't she? I thought she would have, being me that delivered her baby last month."
" She's had her baby? I thought I'd be back before it was born. I haven't spoken to her in two months, with me travelling half way across the world and everything."
" I can gather that. Did you know, you have arrived just in time for my birthday party? You will be coming won't you?"
" If I can get a baby-sitter for Eilidh."
" I didn't know you had a daughter!"
" Well, she's only seven. She's eight in July."
" You won't need a baby-sitter because it's at 2pm. I wanted my little Sarah to be awake for the celebrations. According to Max, Kyle's organised fireworks for us and a magic show for the kids."
" You and Kyle had a baby? Oh, congratulations!"
" If you're that surprised I guess Maria didn't tell you I had kids then?"
" How many do you have?"
" Three. They can be a bit of a handful at times, when Luke and Mark were born it was such a hassle. I thought one kid would be noisy, think a bout two at the same time, they're identical twins. Max still can't tell them apart. It's really bad, him being their uncle. He hasn't heard from her since the Wedding. Maria didn't tell me what sex by the way, the sex of yours I mean."
" Oh. They never got married?"
" No. Maria marched in saying that if Max really ever loved you, he wouldn't be hurting you that much. Max was surprised, you should've seen the look on his face! Tears were poring down when he marched out. He demanded to know where you'd gone, but Maria said you were on your way to Europe with an unborn baby in your womb. He cried so much after that. He went to Europe to try and find you, thinking he could sense you. But couldn't. He's finally cheered up about being an uncle but I still see him down in the dumps sometimes. Where in Europe did you go?"
" Scotland. It's beside England, in Britain. I was a millionaire, it was so much fun. I lived in the country's capital, Edinburgh. It's really pretty. Did you know it's castle sits on an old volcano? The festival is famous in most parts of the world. Eilidh has learnt the traditional language already. She's a very fast learner. Max is upset? He should be! Sorry, Iz, but he deserves it. Sorry, Dad, I'll call her up now, she'll love to meet her Auntie Izzy. Won't she?"
" Yes love" replied Jeff, Liz's dad.
" Eilidh!" Liz called downstairs. At this there was a small patter of feet coming up the stairs, and Eilidh's small face appeared at the door.
" Yes, mummy?"
" This is your grandpa, me wee pet, and this is your Auntie Izzy, your daddy's sister. She's a doctor, love, maybe she can show you the works when you're older."
" Cool. That's wicked! I want to be a doctor when I'm older."
" Hey, Isabel, what does Max work as now?"
" He's a cop."
" Hear that Eilidh, your daddy's a cop."
" Cool. I wanna be like daddy. Can I meet him now?"
" Where's he working today?"
" He's got a day off. He's at the art exibition. Your paintings have arrived here at last, then?"
" Yeah, delivered them this morning."
" I'm surprised that you didn't see Max then."
" Well, I guess he wouldn't have been there a whole hour before it started, would he?"
" No, I guess not."
" Where did you go all morning then?"
" The alien exibition. Eilidh was desperate to see it. I should've come straight here, sorry dad."
" That's alright Lizzie, I'm just glad you're home. You two do and see how your work's going."
" Thanks dad."
" Bye Grandpa!"
" See you later pet."
The sun had finally risen higher in the sky than that morning, Liz stepped out her new Mercedes, and looked around. There were quite a few people standing outside waiting to go in.
She stepped up to the door with Eilidh and was about to open the door when someone called,
" Hey, no que-jumping!"
Liz turned round to the person, " I'm the painter, I think I'm allowed to go and see my own exibition without queing, Kyle."
" Hey, Liz! I didn't know you were back in town. Sorry, go ahead, Dad told me to watch out for pushers."
" S'ok Kyle, see you soon."
Liz opened the door and felt the warm breeze of the air conditioning inside. She looked around her and went to the nearest painting.
" Look, love, that's the one I did when I was pregnant with you"
" Wow mummy, that's bright." It was infested with sunset colours and wasn't really anything.
" It showed happiness with you, and unhappiness with your dad. 'A Mix Of Both Worlds' I called it. Do you like it?"
" I do." Said a voice from behind them.
" Maria! How are you, how's your baby?"
" Fine, she's just perfect. A bit of a noisy one though, but Michael's still pulling me through. Are you still a millionaire?"
" I'm afraid so. It's not that great I can tell you. Eilidh gave me the passion to paint."
" Hi Eilidh! I haven't seen you since you were three! My, how you've grown, you must be, oh, seven now?"
" Yes, Auntie Maria."
" She remembers me. That's good to know. How have you been holding up Liz?"
" Just fine. I've just seen Isabel with mum and dad."
" How's your dad feeling."
" He says he's fine, but I'm not so sure. You didn't tell me that Max came looking for me."
" I didn't want him to hurt you again, I guess. Oh, here he comes now."
Liz turned and there stood Max looking at her with pleasure and confusion. He began walking over when he stopped short, he had spotted Eilidh.
" Eilidh, that's your dad." Said Liz to her daughter pointing to Max.
" Liz." Whispered Max.
" Hi Max. How are you doing?" said Maria.
" Ok, Maria. How's Beth?"
" She's excellent, but noisy as usual."
" Hi Liz."
" Max. This is Eilidh. Your daughter."
Eilidh pulled on her mums' sleeve. " Mummy. Is that Daddy?"
" Yes darling, that's your daddy."
" Liz, that's my daughter?" Liz nodded.
" She's beautiful."
" Yes she is. Eilidh, you can talk to him."
" I know mummy. I'm not dumb."
" See you later Liz!"
" Bye Maria, see you later." Replied Maria.
" How have you been Max? Isabel said you're finally through the worst."
" You've talked to Izzy?"
" Yes. She was checking up on my dad."
" Ah, yes."
" Eilidh's seven."
" I'm in P3."
" P3? What's that?"
" Primary three. Her third year in primary school."
" Oh. What system is that?"
" The Scottish system. I heard you came to Britain, where did you go?"
" England, a place called Newcastle."
" Oh, I was only a couple of hundred miles away. About three hundred I think. I was in Edinburgh."
" Did you see the Fringe festival?"
" Yes. Seven of them."
" I only saw one." At this point Eilidh must have been getting bored because she said:
" Daddy, what do you want to do today?"
" She called me daddy!"
" Well duh, if you are my biological dad, then you're my daddy. Simple as that."
" Smart kid, she learn that off of you?"
" No, Iona taught it to her. My friend Iona was also her after-school science teacher."
" You had her working after school?"
" No! Iona would come round and teach her stuff, that's just from our conversations."
" So she picks up on individual stuff."
" Mostly only stuff to do with you. Her Daddy. Why don't you start acting like one? You take her off my hands for a day this week if you like, that's when you have a break from the bad-guys."
" Look, I don't want any arguing, ok, just calm talk."
" After the way you treated me no thanks. Come on Eilidh, we're off."
" But you just arrived."
" And saw what was here, so now I'm leaving."
" Hey, wait up, I'd like to catch up with old times. How about tonight?"
" Sorry, I've got OUR kid to look after, maybe next millennium."
" Liz.."
" Get lost Max. I don't want anything to do with you, but Eilidh has her rights so you can see her once a week, ok? Fine. Bye." Liz marched out the door and waved goodbye to Kyle.
" Wait mummy, I want to ask dad something."
" Ok, love, two minutes. I'll just be over there with Kyle. Don't let him take you anywhere."
" Yes, mummy. I'll be back in a minute."
Eilidh rushed inside and stopped Max in his tracks.
" Wait up Daddy, I wanna ask you something!"
Max stopped, turned round and smiled.
" Hey Eilidh! You wanted to speak with me?"
" Yes. Was Tess really a two faced cow?"
Max grinned. " Yes honey, she was. You go and tell your mum that if you want. Tell her I should never have left her."
" Okay Daddy. See you later."
" Bye sweetheart."
Eilidh came running out the door calling 'mummy, mummy!'
Suddenly Eilidh slipped on the icy steps and her hands flew into the air.
