ROSWELL : THE AFTERMATH

CHAPTER ONE

MAY 2002

"hey you feeling okay?" Liz Parker ran her fingers through Maria's hair, looking the girl over for any sign on sickness. Maria DeLuca smiled gratefully at her best friends; for the first time in the last week she had been feeling sick to the point where she would throw up whatever she had eaten and get a fever that would only last an hour or so. "Isabel is looking up your symptoms while the boys get us some food, okay?" Maria nodded while taking deep breaths, the thought f any type of food was starting to make her feel sick. her stomach churned while bile climbed in her throat. her eyes burned with tears and her mouth began to water notifying her that soon enough she would be puking up everything in her stomach. "i have to puke!" she managed to get out, shoving the blankets off her body as she stumbled to her feet, rushing into the bathroom.

Thankfully she was able to make it to the toilet before throwing up. Liz pulled Maria's hair out of her face while rubbing her back; cooing words of encouragement in her ear. Isabel Evans stepped into the room with a worried look in her eyes. after typing the symptoms into a search engine from another room there weren't many things that could have been wrong with her; but there was one thing that popped up constantly. Pregnant. she continued to search in disbelief that Maria could be carrying Michael's baby at a time like this but she had all the symptoms and they were running out of time to figure this out before they had to be back on the road. deciding that they should just get it out of the way, Isabel went to the nearest drug store buying two pregnancy test.

Liz sighed in relief when Maria had finally stopped throwing up, leading her back to the bed. Isabel just watched silently from the door, her mind was filled with 'what if's" and it was driving her insane. "the boys aren't back yet?" Liz took a deep breath. Maria's sickness had taken a toll on all of them, especially Michael. Isabel opened her mouth to speak, pausing after hearing the door to the motel they were sharing opened and the boys walked in with bags of food in each hand. "finally!" Liz rushed into her husbands arms, pressing a quick kiss to his lips as their bodies molded together. Isabel rolled her eyes, her heart breaking a little as she went to help Kyle sort out the food. when they had decided to just up and leave Roswell, she was forced to leave her own husband, Jesse, behind. being around Max and Liz caused her to think about Jesse more and more even though it had only been a week since she had seen him. it was still hard on her.

Michael pressed a sweet kiss to Maria's forehead, as she laid on the bed, her closed eyes popped open the moment she felt Michael cress her cheek. "Michael," she moaned, reaching out to run her fingers through his hair. "i missed you!" Michael smiled lowly at her, he loved the way her eyes lit up the moment she had seen him; when he had to leave with the boys it killed him to hear the desperation in her voice for him to stay with her. "i threw up again." a frown now laced his lips at the news, it frightened him that Maria was sick and they didn't know what was wrong with her. the only thing in his mind was hoping that whatever was wrong with her wasn't fatal.

Isabel rubbed her sweaty palms against her jeans, making her way to the bedroom where Max and Liz had disappeared into. Kyle finished rearranging the food before he followed everyone into the room, having an idea that whatever was going on with Maria was to be heard by everyone. Liz looked up once Isabel entered the room, "do you know what's wrong with her?" everyone turned their attention towards Isabel. "i looked and looked but only one thing popped up more then once," she admitted. "i don't wanna believe that this is what's wrong with Maria, but she has all the symptoms and it would sort of make sense." Isabel went to her purse that sat on the dresser, pulling a brown bag from it. reaching inside the bag she pulled out a pink and white box. "i got two pregnancy test for her to take."

Maria sat up in a panic at the sight of the pregnancy test; a wave of dizziness washed over her causing a low moan of pain to leave her lips. "i am not pregnant!" she exclaimed, pushing Michael's hand away from her as he reached out for her. "Maria we just need to be sure,: Liz assured her; with everything that is happening right now the last they need if for her to be pregnant but they can't rule it out completely unless they know for certain that she isn't pregnant. Chewing her bottom li thoughtfully, Maria slowly nodded her head in agreement. Isabel pulled the second box from the bag as Liz helped Maria to her feet. Everyone watched as Maria took the test from Isabel's hands before making her way into the bathroom. "what do we do if she's pregnant?" Liz asked as the bathroom door is shut. No one said anything.

Maria sat on the toilet for a few seconds, trying to build up the courage to take the test. she was afraid the est was going to come out positive but if it came out negative she knew she was going to be sad. She always knew she wanted to be a mother but right now honestly was not the right time for a baby. taking a deep breath she chanted, 'you can do this' over and over in her head as she pulled her pants down and sat on the toilet. quickly she ripped the pregnancy test open managing to pee on both before she ran out of pee. "okay," she breath out, sitting on the now closed toilet seat. her heart was hammering in her chest as the seconds ticked by. on the back it said she had to wait five minutes before the results would be in. time seemed like it had slowed down but soon enough it was time for her to read the results. "here goes nothing." lifting both test, she read the results.