Chapter 1: Starting Line
It was a normal Sunday morning but for some reason the day felt different. It had been four years since the group left Roswell but now they were back. As Isabel stared out of the window from the apartment she could feel something was about to change. There was a part of her that wanted to know just what that change was but at the same time she was scared to death. Isabel was so lost in thought before she realized Jesse had come up behind her and put his arms around her waist. "Hey, what are you doing up so early?" Jesse said as he gave his wife a kiss on the cheek. "Just felt like getting up I guess," she replied. "Have I mentioned how happy I am to have you home?" he asked. "Only about a hundred times, now that the special unit has come to trust us we all can live our normal lives," she said while still staring out of the window. Isabel then remembered a question she had been, wanting to ask Jesse ever since she returned home but never seemed to find a right time to ask. Isabel turned to face Jesse. "Speaking of which, why didn't you ever move to Boston?" Jesse stared right into Isabel's eyes and said, "I couldn't leave without you. The offer still stands though. You and I can move to Boston anytime. The firm is still holding a place for me so you just say the word." "Are you serious?" Isabel quickly replied. "Gosh I don't know. I'd have to talk to Max and Michael about this." "You can't be serious," Jesse replied with sarcasm. "Isabel, you're an adult you don't need both of your brother's approval on how to live your life." Isabel took a seat on the couch. "Correction, Max is my brother and Michael is my ex fiancé." "Since when?" Jesse asked. "He always has been I was just too scared to admit it in the past." "Okay whatever I'm just saying..." "I know what you're saying." Jesse took a seat next to Isabel. "Isabel you can't live your life based on what Max wants. What happened to the woman I once knew who would do what she wanted?" Isabel stood up and went over to the window and answered without looking at Jesse. "She changed. Whitaker was right." "Whitaker?" Jesse asked. "You mean the congress woman from five years ago who died in a car crash?" "That's the one. She was right about history repeating itself." "How do you figure?" Isabel kept staring out of the window. "When we were on the road for four years Max kept telling us he wasn't the king anymore but there was always this side of me, this evil side that believed he was. At the time we had been on the run for three and a half years and I got so fed up with it because I was never allowed to contact you so whenever I saw Max with Liz or Michael with Maria I would get angry and jealous all at once. I thought of getting together with Kyle but it just didn't feel right and the thought of cheating on you was unbearable. I sold them out Jesse. I left an anonymous tip to the FBI and I sold them out," Isabel turned around to face Jesse, her eyed welled up with tears. Jesse got off the couch and put his hands on her arms. "Yea but everything was okay. Granted they held you for six months they didn't torture any of you since you all did what they said and in the end you showed them you could be trusted and in return they helped you find out more about your history." "Jesse, that's beside the point. I sold my family out. Am I really that bad of a person?" Isabel asked as more tears fell down her cheeks. "No," Jesse quickly responded. "You got frustrated everyone gets frustrated once in a while. It's nothing to be ashamed of." "But I can't help feeling ashamed. Jesse, I betrayed my family once before. Do you know how awful it feels to know I've betrayed them again?" "No, I don't. Isabel I don't know what it's like for you, to have lived in another world, to have been part of a royal family, none of that. The only thing I know how to do is be human so being the human that I am, I'm going to come close to you and give you a hug since I'm told it's something aliens have in common with humans." Jesse gave Isabel a hug and as Isabel was hugging Jesse, she got a flash of her and Michael and then a flash of their son. 'Not now,' Isabel thought to herself.
It was a normal Sunday morning but for some reason the day felt different. It had been four years since the group left Roswell but now they were back. As Isabel stared out of the window from the apartment she could feel something was about to change. There was a part of her that wanted to know just what that change was but at the same time she was scared to death. Isabel was so lost in thought before she realized Jesse had come up behind her and put his arms around her waist. "Hey, what are you doing up so early?" Jesse said as he gave his wife a kiss on the cheek. "Just felt like getting up I guess," she replied. "Have I mentioned how happy I am to have you home?" he asked. "Only about a hundred times, now that the special unit has come to trust us we all can live our normal lives," she said while still staring out of the window. Isabel then remembered a question she had been, wanting to ask Jesse ever since she returned home but never seemed to find a right time to ask. Isabel turned to face Jesse. "Speaking of which, why didn't you ever move to Boston?" Jesse stared right into Isabel's eyes and said, "I couldn't leave without you. The offer still stands though. You and I can move to Boston anytime. The firm is still holding a place for me so you just say the word." "Are you serious?" Isabel quickly replied. "Gosh I don't know. I'd have to talk to Max and Michael about this." "You can't be serious," Jesse replied with sarcasm. "Isabel, you're an adult you don't need both of your brother's approval on how to live your life." Isabel took a seat on the couch. "Correction, Max is my brother and Michael is my ex fiancé." "Since when?" Jesse asked. "He always has been I was just too scared to admit it in the past." "Okay whatever I'm just saying..." "I know what you're saying." Jesse took a seat next to Isabel. "Isabel you can't live your life based on what Max wants. What happened to the woman I once knew who would do what she wanted?" Isabel stood up and went over to the window and answered without looking at Jesse. "She changed. Whitaker was right." "Whitaker?" Jesse asked. "You mean the congress woman from five years ago who died in a car crash?" "That's the one. She was right about history repeating itself." "How do you figure?" Isabel kept staring out of the window. "When we were on the road for four years Max kept telling us he wasn't the king anymore but there was always this side of me, this evil side that believed he was. At the time we had been on the run for three and a half years and I got so fed up with it because I was never allowed to contact you so whenever I saw Max with Liz or Michael with Maria I would get angry and jealous all at once. I thought of getting together with Kyle but it just didn't feel right and the thought of cheating on you was unbearable. I sold them out Jesse. I left an anonymous tip to the FBI and I sold them out," Isabel turned around to face Jesse, her eyed welled up with tears. Jesse got off the couch and put his hands on her arms. "Yea but everything was okay. Granted they held you for six months they didn't torture any of you since you all did what they said and in the end you showed them you could be trusted and in return they helped you find out more about your history." "Jesse, that's beside the point. I sold my family out. Am I really that bad of a person?" Isabel asked as more tears fell down her cheeks. "No," Jesse quickly responded. "You got frustrated everyone gets frustrated once in a while. It's nothing to be ashamed of." "But I can't help feeling ashamed. Jesse, I betrayed my family once before. Do you know how awful it feels to know I've betrayed them again?" "No, I don't. Isabel I don't know what it's like for you, to have lived in another world, to have been part of a royal family, none of that. The only thing I know how to do is be human so being the human that I am, I'm going to come close to you and give you a hug since I'm told it's something aliens have in common with humans." Jesse gave Isabel a hug and as Isabel was hugging Jesse, she got a flash of her and Michael and then a flash of their son. 'Not now,' Isabel thought to herself.