And nothing but the truth
By MoonSwirl
Part two of my No Destiny series
Part 1
The day after Max and Liz, Michael and Maria, and Alex and Isabel were reunited as promised, Tess went to see Kyle. He'd said he needed to talk to her, so there she was.
"You... wanted to talk to me?" she asked as she sat next to him.
"Yes," he said, and she noticed he seemed nervous.
"What's this about?" she asked.
"Well... I'm still very confused about... you... and Max, Michael and Isabel..."
"Oh." Now she knew what it was about. It wasn't what she'd hoped for, but it was better than not talking to him. "What do you want to know?" she asked him calmly. That only made him more nervous apparently. He got up and took some steps around the room.
"Let's see... where did you come from?" he asked.
"I don't know."
"How'd you get here?"
"Come on, Kyle, even you know this one."
"What are you talking about?" he asked, not sure of what she meant.
"You've lived in Roswell your whole life... you HAVE to know. You'd have to be living under a rock not to know."
"You..." he started, letting what she said go around his mind, "You couldn't have been... that was over fifty years ago..."
"Calm down, there, one step at a time," said Tess, enjoying herself a lot more than she should have been. "Now sit down and I'll tell you, okay?"
"Okay," said Kyle as he slowly did as she asked.
"Alright, well... we crashed here in 1947, as you know. The thing is, we were in incubation pods..."
"Oh..." said Kyle, starting to understand.
"We came out of them in 1989, looking like six-year-olds. The thing is, Max, Michael and Isabel... woke up... before I did. They left the cave where we had been hidden for many years then... Max and Isabel were found by Mr. and Mrs. Evans, but Michael wasn't."
"So that's why he's not living with them," said Kyle.
"Exactly. Now as for me, I woke up after they'd left. And when I did, that's when I met Nasedo."
"Who?" he asked in confusion.
"He's our... protector, like a guardian. He's a shape shifter, so he can appear to be anyone... He's been posing as my father."
"That guy's an alien, too?" Kyle asked, shocked.
"Keep your voice down!" Tess said, putting her hand over his mouth, "Do you want the whole city to hear you?" Both stood still once they became aware of just how close they were sitting, only a few inches separating them. Tess let go quickly and each of the two backed up a bit. "S... sorry," said Tess, feeling herself get red in the face.
"Don't worry about it," said Kyle, in a kind of small surprise. "So... what is it that you can all do exactly?"
"Well... um... in basics I guess we could ALL do what each of us is currently able to, we're just not very good at it so we haven't really tried it," said Tess.
"Alright... what can Max do?" asked Kyle. Tess gave a small laugh at how weird that question felt.
"As you've probably figured out already, he can heal people. He healed you, and Liz..."
"So THAT's what this was all about," said Kyle in amazement, "He saved her life."
"Yes, and it's because of that, that Liz, Maria, Alex, and now you and your dad... got to know our secret."
"So... what else can he do?"
"As far as I know... he can manipulate molecular structure... we can all do that..." she said before Kyle interrupted her.
"Manipulate what?" She smiled.
"Let's say you have... a blue coffee cup. And you decide you'd prefer a red one..."
"You can just turn the blue cup into a red cup?" he completed for her.
"Exactly!" she said, happy that he'd understood.
"Alright, I get it. So what else?"
"I don't know..."
"Oh... okay. What about Michael?" She continued telling him about their powers, using demonstrations when it came to her own powers. She was extremely relieved as she saw how well he was taking it all in.
"All this time... you and your... protector... were looking for Max and the others. And they were here..." said Kyle.
"Very close to our pod chamber," added Tess.
"Wow. Must have been hard. I mean, you couldn't have been able to stay in one place very long, with all this searching."
"It wasn't easy... but I managed," said Tess.
She knew inside that she'd only told half the truth. She didn't tell him about all the nights she wished to every star in the sky for true friends, ones that she COULD show her home to. It had always been so frustrating to her when some friends wanted to come over to her place and she had to make-up excuses every time.
But now she had all of them, and she didn't want to lose any of them... especially Kyle. She only wished she could find the courage to tell him how she felt. But she was too scared. How could she be scared? She still wondered that. She'd never had problems going up to guys before, so why now?
All this wondering made her unable to hear the tiny voice deep inside her, the one that said the answer whenever she asked herself that question. "Maybe because he's special. Maybe he's not like the other guys and that scares you."
She felt this sort of urge, ever since she arrived to talk to him, like she just wanted to reach over and touch him... and get closer... But then she had to remember that she couldn't do that... not for now at least.
She thought of just blurting out, "Do you want to go out with me?" a few times, but always stopped herself before she did it. She didn't want to have to deal with rejection if it ever came. She couldn't take that from him. She imagined that if thinking about it made her feel the way she was at the moment, if it actually happened, it would make her feel ten times worse... no, thank you.
Kyle was also lost in is thoughts at that moment. Why was he not freaked out about all this? There were aliens, real aliens, living in his town... and he was totally cool with it... It didn't hurt that one of them was absolutely gorgeous.
Somehow, having her sitting next to him, looking completely normal (except for the 'wow' feeling he had every time she walked into the room...), made the fear he COULD be feeling just evaporate into thin air. She had an effect of making him calm and relaxed inside and out, but make his heart beat so fast he thought it would explode...
He was never sure what would happen next, and he sort of liked that... Things had been very 'interesting' to say the least since the whole incident with Liz happened. Of course, he hadn't known most of the time...
And then Tess came along... he just had a feeling when he first saw her... things were about to change for all of them. And he'd been right, amazingly. He put his thoughts on hold when Tess spoke up.
"Listen, I should go, I have to go talk to some other people."
"O... Okay," he replied, feeling suddenly saddened.
"But I'll... I'll talk to you later, okay?" she continued.
"Yeah," he said. She hesitated for a few seconds, then finally stepped forward and hugged him. He was a bit shocked by the gesture but didn't pull back.
"I was so scared... when you were lying there on the ground at the UFO Center... I'm so glad you're okay," she said, holding back a few tears. He smiled.
"Thank you for worrying about me," he said. She smiled as well as they separated.
"See you later," she said as she slowly left the room. He was silent for a few seconds.
"I can't wait," he said to himself.
By MoonSwirl
Part two of my No Destiny series
Part 1
The day after Max and Liz, Michael and Maria, and Alex and Isabel were reunited as promised, Tess went to see Kyle. He'd said he needed to talk to her, so there she was.
"You... wanted to talk to me?" she asked as she sat next to him.
"Yes," he said, and she noticed he seemed nervous.
"What's this about?" she asked.
"Well... I'm still very confused about... you... and Max, Michael and Isabel..."
"Oh." Now she knew what it was about. It wasn't what she'd hoped for, but it was better than not talking to him. "What do you want to know?" she asked him calmly. That only made him more nervous apparently. He got up and took some steps around the room.
"Let's see... where did you come from?" he asked.
"I don't know."
"How'd you get here?"
"Come on, Kyle, even you know this one."
"What are you talking about?" he asked, not sure of what she meant.
"You've lived in Roswell your whole life... you HAVE to know. You'd have to be living under a rock not to know."
"You..." he started, letting what she said go around his mind, "You couldn't have been... that was over fifty years ago..."
"Calm down, there, one step at a time," said Tess, enjoying herself a lot more than she should have been. "Now sit down and I'll tell you, okay?"
"Okay," said Kyle as he slowly did as she asked.
"Alright, well... we crashed here in 1947, as you know. The thing is, we were in incubation pods..."
"Oh..." said Kyle, starting to understand.
"We came out of them in 1989, looking like six-year-olds. The thing is, Max, Michael and Isabel... woke up... before I did. They left the cave where we had been hidden for many years then... Max and Isabel were found by Mr. and Mrs. Evans, but Michael wasn't."
"So that's why he's not living with them," said Kyle.
"Exactly. Now as for me, I woke up after they'd left. And when I did, that's when I met Nasedo."
"Who?" he asked in confusion.
"He's our... protector, like a guardian. He's a shape shifter, so he can appear to be anyone... He's been posing as my father."
"That guy's an alien, too?" Kyle asked, shocked.
"Keep your voice down!" Tess said, putting her hand over his mouth, "Do you want the whole city to hear you?" Both stood still once they became aware of just how close they were sitting, only a few inches separating them. Tess let go quickly and each of the two backed up a bit. "S... sorry," said Tess, feeling herself get red in the face.
"Don't worry about it," said Kyle, in a kind of small surprise. "So... what is it that you can all do exactly?"
"Well... um... in basics I guess we could ALL do what each of us is currently able to, we're just not very good at it so we haven't really tried it," said Tess.
"Alright... what can Max do?" asked Kyle. Tess gave a small laugh at how weird that question felt.
"As you've probably figured out already, he can heal people. He healed you, and Liz..."
"So THAT's what this was all about," said Kyle in amazement, "He saved her life."
"Yes, and it's because of that, that Liz, Maria, Alex, and now you and your dad... got to know our secret."
"So... what else can he do?"
"As far as I know... he can manipulate molecular structure... we can all do that..." she said before Kyle interrupted her.
"Manipulate what?" She smiled.
"Let's say you have... a blue coffee cup. And you decide you'd prefer a red one..."
"You can just turn the blue cup into a red cup?" he completed for her.
"Exactly!" she said, happy that he'd understood.
"Alright, I get it. So what else?"
"I don't know..."
"Oh... okay. What about Michael?" She continued telling him about their powers, using demonstrations when it came to her own powers. She was extremely relieved as she saw how well he was taking it all in.
"All this time... you and your... protector... were looking for Max and the others. And they were here..." said Kyle.
"Very close to our pod chamber," added Tess.
"Wow. Must have been hard. I mean, you couldn't have been able to stay in one place very long, with all this searching."
"It wasn't easy... but I managed," said Tess.
She knew inside that she'd only told half the truth. She didn't tell him about all the nights she wished to every star in the sky for true friends, ones that she COULD show her home to. It had always been so frustrating to her when some friends wanted to come over to her place and she had to make-up excuses every time.
But now she had all of them, and she didn't want to lose any of them... especially Kyle. She only wished she could find the courage to tell him how she felt. But she was too scared. How could she be scared? She still wondered that. She'd never had problems going up to guys before, so why now?
All this wondering made her unable to hear the tiny voice deep inside her, the one that said the answer whenever she asked herself that question. "Maybe because he's special. Maybe he's not like the other guys and that scares you."
She felt this sort of urge, ever since she arrived to talk to him, like she just wanted to reach over and touch him... and get closer... But then she had to remember that she couldn't do that... not for now at least.
She thought of just blurting out, "Do you want to go out with me?" a few times, but always stopped herself before she did it. She didn't want to have to deal with rejection if it ever came. She couldn't take that from him. She imagined that if thinking about it made her feel the way she was at the moment, if it actually happened, it would make her feel ten times worse... no, thank you.
Kyle was also lost in is thoughts at that moment. Why was he not freaked out about all this? There were aliens, real aliens, living in his town... and he was totally cool with it... It didn't hurt that one of them was absolutely gorgeous.
Somehow, having her sitting next to him, looking completely normal (except for the 'wow' feeling he had every time she walked into the room...), made the fear he COULD be feeling just evaporate into thin air. She had an effect of making him calm and relaxed inside and out, but make his heart beat so fast he thought it would explode...
He was never sure what would happen next, and he sort of liked that... Things had been very 'interesting' to say the least since the whole incident with Liz happened. Of course, he hadn't known most of the time...
And then Tess came along... he just had a feeling when he first saw her... things were about to change for all of them. And he'd been right, amazingly. He put his thoughts on hold when Tess spoke up.
"Listen, I should go, I have to go talk to some other people."
"O... Okay," he replied, feeling suddenly saddened.
"But I'll... I'll talk to you later, okay?" she continued.
"Yeah," he said. She hesitated for a few seconds, then finally stepped forward and hugged him. He was a bit shocked by the gesture but didn't pull back.
"I was so scared... when you were lying there on the ground at the UFO Center... I'm so glad you're okay," she said, holding back a few tears. He smiled.
"Thank you for worrying about me," he said. She smiled as well as they separated.
"See you later," she said as she slowly left the room. He was silent for a few seconds.
"I can't wait," he said to himself.