Title: A Tangled Web
Author: Morgan
Rating: R to NC-17
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Roswell, it's characters/actors and everything, but I don't. I own nothing but my plotline and any made-up characters I may bring in later on. I disclaim.
Summary: Maria is thrown into a world she would have never imagined existed, one that has aliens walking among her and her family. As she tries to help out people, family who have lied to her for so long she finds herself bitter and angry, but at the same time, falling in love with someone, something she'd never think possible.
Author's Note: Of course by the summary, you know that there are aliens in this story and that Maria's just learning of them. It won't follow the regular Roswell type storyline, it's AU with the Aliens and that's all that can be explained for now.
*** Chapter One ***
Maria Valenti sat at the kitchen table of her mother's house, wincing everytime she moved her body in the hard chair, trying to hide her pain in fear her mother would go into another frenzy. It had been a week since she'd had her accident, and 2 days since she'd been home, back in her mothers house instead of her own apartment, but she didn't mind.
A week earlier she had been out riding her horse with her oldest brother at her side along with his son, her oldest nephew...her only nephew. They had been having a blast at her father's stables, Alex talking to Shane about the horses and outdoors, herself with her camera and explaining how the scenery made for good shots.
She still didn't understand how the accident had happened, considering her and her brothers, Alex, Sean, and Kyle had grown up on ranches, around horses and animals, the outdoors, on that exact ranch.
She didn't remember much of it anyways, only what Alex had told her, Shane had not spoken of the accident since then and that made Maria even more wary. She rememebered her and Alex fooling around, trying to race through the woods like they had when they'd been kids, but lightening had struck, even though there had been no rain. She remembered Dakota, her horse since she was a teenager, had darted off, scared, she didn't remember after that, only waking up in the hospital, bruised and scraped, hurting, and needing care.
She pulled herself from confusing thoughts when Alex's voice floated from upstairs as he made his way towards the kitchen. He was talking to someone and Maria frown, confused as she stared at the back of a dark blonde head. She gasped when the man turned around to show off her brother, Kyle.
"What are you doing here?!" She cried, wincing when she went to stand, then quickly sat back down, welcoming her twins warm embrace. "Your supposed to be on your honeymoon!" She frowned as she watched her brother back away, frowning at her in return, taking in her battle scars.
"I just couldn't stay away, you know that, not when Alex called and told me what happened. Ava had insisted we come back right away anyways." He muttered, touching her face, frowning more when she flinched away from the contact in pain.
"You brat.." She accused Alex, though she was more than happy to see her brother.
She, Alex, Kyle and Sean were all related in one way or another, but she and Kyle were the only ones who shared the same parents, both their mother and father. Sean, the middle child in the family of four kids, the youngest being twins, was from their father's previous marriage, before them, and Alex...was from their mother's side, she had never married, but she'd had him when she was young.
"I called Sean too, he's on a shoot, but he's flying in with Lonnie as soon as he can." Sean, he had taken after the same passion as her, photography, they had even worked for the same magazine one time, but then he'd met and married Lonnie and his passion had just become passion and he'd settled into acting which he did quite well.
Alex had always been a man of computers and technology and ran his own business, he had his wife and child, Isabel, a model that worked alongside her twin, Lonnie, and then their was shane, her 5 year old nephew who was anxiously awaiting the arrival of his sibling that Isabel was due to have anytime.
Kyle had never wanted to do anything but ride horses and he did, winning rodeo's and in doing so, he'd won the heart of Ava Harding, now turned Valenti. The wedding had been beautiful, Maria had taken the pictures herself.
But along with her inlaws came their family, a weird family that sometimes made her uneasy to be around. Ava had a twin sister, Tess, who just happened to be married to Lonnie and Isabel's brother, Max and whenever the family got together, they would come, along with Tess and Ava's father, Ed Harding, and Lonnie, Isabel, and Max's brother, Michael.
Sometimes she'd get confused who was who with all the twins walking around, sometimes she thought she was living in some bad soap opera, but a big family made everyone happy and that was fine by her.
"Sooo....Ava's here...and you've brought Isabel here.." Maria started naming off, "And when Sean's back, Lonnie will be with him, and that means the whole heard will be here too." She sighed, then groaned as she began to get a headache.
"Don't stress it, sis." Kyle said with a frown, never smiling. Her brothers were so easy to read. Kyle was usually in protective mode with it came to family or her, Alex was always sweet and sensitive to other's wishes unless he thought otherwise, and Sean was a big kid that everyone loved. She could read in their eyes, their words and in their expressions just what was going on in their minds, and at the moment, she knew something was seriously wrong if Kyle looked so worried.
"I don't look that bad do I?" She questioned with a small, nervous chuckle. Whatever had happened in those woods had left her bruised, scratched, scraped and broken. The scraps and bruises on her would fade soon, but then she was left with her fractured ankle that left her on crutches, her three bruised rips that hurt everytime she moved. She had been told that her shoulder had been knocked out of joint and had needed to be put back and that's why it hurt to move that arm, and her right wrist had been broken, leaving her to forget about taking her pictures until she was healed. Along with that she had a nasty cut on her forhead, not shallow like the others and had needed 7 stitches, she had stitches in her leg and on her side too.
"You look like you got hit with a truck." Kyle stated with a frown. "What the hell happened to you?"
'So Alex hadn't told him everything, huh?' She thought before she spoke outloud, "I don't remember, but I was on Dakota when it happened, she's usually so gentle, I don't understand what could have happened. Alex and Shane were there, they know what happened." She watched in more confusion as her brothers exchanged looks and after that, the accident was again not brought up.
She spent the afternoon with her two brothers until dinner, when her mother had announced that the others were there. She had watched in silence as everyone piled into their large kitchen, hugging and chattering with her other brother who she hadn't seen in 4 months. Conversation had gone on around the table as they ate, but she could tell that she had been watched the entire time, everyone sizing her up, waiting for her to do something, say something.
Again, the accident had not been brought up. No one had asked how she felt, if she was alright or what had happened, everyone had looked at her, talked to her like she wasn't a mess of black and blue and red.
But after dinner, with the help of her father as she went to her bedroom, she had felt eyes on her, had heard whispers. Something was going on, and she was going to find out.
TBC...
Author: Morgan
Rating: R to NC-17
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Roswell, it's characters/actors and everything, but I don't. I own nothing but my plotline and any made-up characters I may bring in later on. I disclaim.
Summary: Maria is thrown into a world she would have never imagined existed, one that has aliens walking among her and her family. As she tries to help out people, family who have lied to her for so long she finds herself bitter and angry, but at the same time, falling in love with someone, something she'd never think possible.
Author's Note: Of course by the summary, you know that there are aliens in this story and that Maria's just learning of them. It won't follow the regular Roswell type storyline, it's AU with the Aliens and that's all that can be explained for now.
*** Chapter One ***
Maria Valenti sat at the kitchen table of her mother's house, wincing everytime she moved her body in the hard chair, trying to hide her pain in fear her mother would go into another frenzy. It had been a week since she'd had her accident, and 2 days since she'd been home, back in her mothers house instead of her own apartment, but she didn't mind.
A week earlier she had been out riding her horse with her oldest brother at her side along with his son, her oldest nephew...her only nephew. They had been having a blast at her father's stables, Alex talking to Shane about the horses and outdoors, herself with her camera and explaining how the scenery made for good shots.
She still didn't understand how the accident had happened, considering her and her brothers, Alex, Sean, and Kyle had grown up on ranches, around horses and animals, the outdoors, on that exact ranch.
She didn't remember much of it anyways, only what Alex had told her, Shane had not spoken of the accident since then and that made Maria even more wary. She rememebered her and Alex fooling around, trying to race through the woods like they had when they'd been kids, but lightening had struck, even though there had been no rain. She remembered Dakota, her horse since she was a teenager, had darted off, scared, she didn't remember after that, only waking up in the hospital, bruised and scraped, hurting, and needing care.
She pulled herself from confusing thoughts when Alex's voice floated from upstairs as he made his way towards the kitchen. He was talking to someone and Maria frown, confused as she stared at the back of a dark blonde head. She gasped when the man turned around to show off her brother, Kyle.
"What are you doing here?!" She cried, wincing when she went to stand, then quickly sat back down, welcoming her twins warm embrace. "Your supposed to be on your honeymoon!" She frowned as she watched her brother back away, frowning at her in return, taking in her battle scars.
"I just couldn't stay away, you know that, not when Alex called and told me what happened. Ava had insisted we come back right away anyways." He muttered, touching her face, frowning more when she flinched away from the contact in pain.
"You brat.." She accused Alex, though she was more than happy to see her brother.
She, Alex, Kyle and Sean were all related in one way or another, but she and Kyle were the only ones who shared the same parents, both their mother and father. Sean, the middle child in the family of four kids, the youngest being twins, was from their father's previous marriage, before them, and Alex...was from their mother's side, she had never married, but she'd had him when she was young.
"I called Sean too, he's on a shoot, but he's flying in with Lonnie as soon as he can." Sean, he had taken after the same passion as her, photography, they had even worked for the same magazine one time, but then he'd met and married Lonnie and his passion had just become passion and he'd settled into acting which he did quite well.
Alex had always been a man of computers and technology and ran his own business, he had his wife and child, Isabel, a model that worked alongside her twin, Lonnie, and then their was shane, her 5 year old nephew who was anxiously awaiting the arrival of his sibling that Isabel was due to have anytime.
Kyle had never wanted to do anything but ride horses and he did, winning rodeo's and in doing so, he'd won the heart of Ava Harding, now turned Valenti. The wedding had been beautiful, Maria had taken the pictures herself.
But along with her inlaws came their family, a weird family that sometimes made her uneasy to be around. Ava had a twin sister, Tess, who just happened to be married to Lonnie and Isabel's brother, Max and whenever the family got together, they would come, along with Tess and Ava's father, Ed Harding, and Lonnie, Isabel, and Max's brother, Michael.
Sometimes she'd get confused who was who with all the twins walking around, sometimes she thought she was living in some bad soap opera, but a big family made everyone happy and that was fine by her.
"Sooo....Ava's here...and you've brought Isabel here.." Maria started naming off, "And when Sean's back, Lonnie will be with him, and that means the whole heard will be here too." She sighed, then groaned as she began to get a headache.
"Don't stress it, sis." Kyle said with a frown, never smiling. Her brothers were so easy to read. Kyle was usually in protective mode with it came to family or her, Alex was always sweet and sensitive to other's wishes unless he thought otherwise, and Sean was a big kid that everyone loved. She could read in their eyes, their words and in their expressions just what was going on in their minds, and at the moment, she knew something was seriously wrong if Kyle looked so worried.
"I don't look that bad do I?" She questioned with a small, nervous chuckle. Whatever had happened in those woods had left her bruised, scratched, scraped and broken. The scraps and bruises on her would fade soon, but then she was left with her fractured ankle that left her on crutches, her three bruised rips that hurt everytime she moved. She had been told that her shoulder had been knocked out of joint and had needed to be put back and that's why it hurt to move that arm, and her right wrist had been broken, leaving her to forget about taking her pictures until she was healed. Along with that she had a nasty cut on her forhead, not shallow like the others and had needed 7 stitches, she had stitches in her leg and on her side too.
"You look like you got hit with a truck." Kyle stated with a frown. "What the hell happened to you?"
'So Alex hadn't told him everything, huh?' She thought before she spoke outloud, "I don't remember, but I was on Dakota when it happened, she's usually so gentle, I don't understand what could have happened. Alex and Shane were there, they know what happened." She watched in more confusion as her brothers exchanged looks and after that, the accident was again not brought up.
She spent the afternoon with her two brothers until dinner, when her mother had announced that the others were there. She had watched in silence as everyone piled into their large kitchen, hugging and chattering with her other brother who she hadn't seen in 4 months. Conversation had gone on around the table as they ate, but she could tell that she had been watched the entire time, everyone sizing her up, waiting for her to do something, say something.
Again, the accident had not been brought up. No one had asked how she felt, if she was alright or what had happened, everyone had looked at her, talked to her like she wasn't a mess of black and blue and red.
But after dinner, with the help of her father as she went to her bedroom, she had felt eyes on her, had heard whispers. Something was going on, and she was going to find out.
TBC...