AN: This idea came to me some time ago and I am wondering if anyone is interested in me finishing it. Let me know(



Human to the Max

Kyle and Maria were sitting in the local coffee shop. They were on the outskirts of some little town in the middle of Colorado, which only served to make the loneliness they felt more acute. They were the only two 'normals' in a group comprised of extra-ordinary people. Although Kyle had a theory that his state was going to undergo some changes soon.

The air outside the huge picture window that overlooked the massive snow capped peaks was chilly for early September according to the locals. Frankly cold to the two sitting together in a companionable silence, they were used to the much warmer climes of New Mexico.

It was of course Maria who broke the silence; she never could abide being quiet for too long. "Kyle," She asked softly. "Do you ever feel like we are ever going to get anywhere? I mean-Do you think that we will ever be able to settle somewhere?" The longing in her musical voice was clearly apparent to her longtime friend, and now according to Isabel's latest dream- walk, her stepbrother of four months.

Kyle looked up at her and shrugged. He had no answer for her. He wished that he could tell her that everything would be fine, that things would settle down and so could they, but he couldn't.

The revelation that her mother and his father had tied the knot soon after they left was what in fact had prompted the little tête-à-tête between the two in the tiny coffee shop. They had asked the others to allow them some time alone together to discuss how they now felt towards each other, now that they were family.

One thing that they had agreed on was that they both wished with all their hearts that they could have been there for them. Maria knew that she would have been her mother's maid of honor and Kyle probably would have been his father's best man. Maria had longed for her mother's presence at her own wedding to Michael on August 1st.

Her hand slid down under the table and splayed protectively over the small bulge that was just beginning to push out her tummy. She desperately wanted to talk to her mother and tell her that she was going to be a grandmother, but thanks to the taps still being on the phone lines of all their parents, it was impossible.

Kyle was fighting his own inner demons, he had used more brains than anyone ever gave him credit for and figured out the time frame that had passed between Max healing Liz and her manifesting her powers. He had then applied the same math from when he had been healed from near death by Max.

By his calculations it had been roughly sixteen months after Liz had been healed from her encounter with a bullet that her powers had made an appearance and now it was roughly sixteen months since he had had his own close encounter with some lead. His own version of powers should start manifesting any day now.

They were both pulled out of their own thoughts by the merry beep beeping of the old VW van that Jesse had given them as their getaway vehicle. Looking out the window to the parking lot they saw their friends hanging out of windows and waving. Automatically the both smiled and waved back, but neither of their hearts was in it.

Maria motioned for Kyle to grab the bill as she picked up the congratulations card that they had bought for their parents in the small gift shop beside the coffee shop. Kyle fished in his jeans pocket for some bills and dropped them on the table and followed his new sister out into the cold air of the mountains.

~*~ tbc.