TITLE: Faked

DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything you recognise.

SUMMERY: (After Destiny) When Amy Deluca gets offered a job in Seattle, Maria jumps at the opportunity to have an alien free life. But when the aliens are replaced with transgenic how will the 'flaky' Maria cope with the truth about her father?

AUTHORS NOTE: Sorry this chapter took so long to post but my internet went down for a couple of days and this is a Christmas chapter and I don't feel Christmassy in July.

CHAPTER 3 - At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.

It was almost ten thirty in the evening and Maria was staring at the spot her mother said the tree was going to go.

"You have no idea how hard it was to find a tree".

"Obviously it was exceptionally hard since you haven't gotten one". It was less than a week until Christmas and Amy had left it to the very last second to try and find a tree. She, like Maria could have told her, didn't get one.

"Well, I did try. Baby since I couldn't get you a tree I made you one". Said 'tree' was made of twisted metal scraps and did look pretty good if Maria had to admit.

"Shall we decorate it then, or will we be staring for another hour and a half". Amy grinned and both women fell into a fit of giggles.

"Maybe after Christmas we can sell it for thousands as before the pulse modernistic art". Maria snorted with laughter and opened the box of ornaments they had brought from Roswell.

"Mum since it's only us I was wondering…".

"Mmm, out with it girl".

"Well OC and Sketchy are visiting their families and Logan has been ordered to see his. Can Max spend Christmas with us"?

"Well of course Maria but what about Alec, won't he be alone as well". Maria bit the inside of her cheek, since they had kissed Alec had said exactly three words to her, three words in as many weeks. "Maria. What happened"?

"We kmuffen", Maria whispered.

"You what"?

"I kissed Alec or technically he kissed me. It was an accident and really it wasn't anything but now he's not talking to me and it's awful". Amy shushed her daughters babbeling with a hand on her shoulder and a gentle smile.

"So, you have to act especially normal and make him see what he's missing. Just invite him and Max and well see how it goes".

Maria picked up a small alien shaped tree decoration and begum re-wiring it so it would hang on the tree suddenly feeling sick to her stomach.


"I'm wishing on a star and wishing on rainbows that I see, so far away from home, so far away from me".

"Since when does Maria sing"?

"Since always… it what I wanted to do".

"Wanted"?

"I get horrific stage fright".

"Lair". Maria was standing in front of her locker having been caught by Max and OC as they finished up there last working day before the holidays.

"Yeah boo Max is right, so tell us".

"I wanted to go to a music school, they said I wasn't good enough… hence the not wanting to do it anymore".

"Who said you weren't good enough 'cause I'll", Max made a fist that Alec almost walked into.

"Whatever it was I didn't do it. So don't hit me… I'm a fragile man. Honest". He held his hands up to his chest trying to sound sincere.

"There isn't an honest bone in you". Alec pouted and Max hit him over the head.

"I am so glad that I am finished for the holidays".

"Its alright for some, me, I'm going to get some extra mola".

"Ah Max, I have a favour to ask". Max looked sceptical. Probably since Maria had never asked her for anything.

"Ehh".

"Out with it girl… if I need time to prepare. I need time to prepare". Maria pressed her front teeth together.

"Doyouwanttospendchristmaswithmymumandme"?

"Wow. Thankfully I have extra special hearing and could decipher that. I don't know what to say".

"Yes would be good".

"Yeah, Ok. My first proper Christmas… cool". Maria smiled at her.

"Aww come on, now I wanna stay". Max patted OC on the back and said something about trying to act like a baby as the pair walked off. Maria pressed her forehead against her blue locker door.

"DeLuca". She sprang away from her locker, loosing the cool surface against her skin, feeling the paint come off with it. Alec made a sweeping motion about his forehead confirming her fears of having dirty sky blue paint flecks on her head. She tried to get them off causing Alec to laugh at her.

"Right then smart arse".

"What. Its funny".

"Have Christmas dinner with my mum, max and me". He looked stunned, almost slapped. "Hey if my kind offers are that offensive..".

"No, no wait". He grabbed her arm, "I'll do it".

"Make it sound like a chore". He smiled.

"I'll be there". He called as he walked out of Jam Pony.

"Wait, you don't know where I live". It was obvious that he hadn't heard. Maria groaned then bent her head to wipe off more paint chips only to stop when she heard Normal's voice.

"He probably stalks you. If your planning on procreating with that… I suggest you don't. Wont have you messing up my bronzed…".

"Gotta go boss", she shouted making a dash for the safety of the darkened Seattle, post pulse, knife filled streets and away from Normal's creepy Alec fantasies.


It was twelve o'clock on Christmas day and Maria was sitting in the lounge/ dinning room of with Max and Alec watching the television. She had been on the phone to Liz less than an hour before, Liz said that Max was going to heal some children in hospital for Christmas. Mighty nice of him. Maria noticed how no one ever mentioned Michael to her anymore.

She walked into the kitchen to find her mother staring into a pot of soup.

"Is there a reason for why your glaring that soup to death"?

"I should have invited Jim".

"Jim? Oh you mean Valenti. Ah, well there's always next year". Amy nodded in a agreement leaving Maria feel slightly disgusted.

"O.K. All this is ready", she waved her hand over the food, "I think we should do gifts first".


Amy and Maria had swapped most of there gifts earlier leaving just one each under the tree. Amy pulled out two identical gifts one in red and the other in green and handed to Max and one to Alec. After getting over their shock they opened them. Maria mouthed hippy to them when she saw the self-motivation books.

"I didn't know what to get you but there's some money in your cards so you can buy yourself something you want".

"We… we didn't".

"Its O.K. that you didn't get me something. Maria and I usually spend Christmas just the two of us and its nice to have other people here to share it". Amy handed Maria a gift that turned out to be a book as well, at least it was buy her favourite author. Maria handed Amy a loosely wrapped sheriff teddy.

"Your crush is gross but since he's in Roswell… I can deal". Maria gave Alec a book of classic piano music since he told her he could play. Maria handed Max a box.

"Maria… oh".

"I made it. You said Logan was taking you to dinner and I thought this would look great on you". Max held the black dress against her with obvious happiness shining in her eyes which she tried helplessly to disguise. Max and Alec got Maria some aromatherapy oils.

"You don't wanna know what I had to do to get those", Alec said smugly only to be elbowed by Max.

"Oh there is one left. Maria its for you". Maria took the gold wrapped box from her mother. Her name was written in a stylised script across the front of a card. Ignoring the card Maria opened the box and removed some tissue paper that was inside.

In the box was a cream coloured dress much like the one Maria had tried on when she was looking for something to buy Max (she hadn't found anything and had made a dress herself). Maria checked the label to see who had bought her the dress. Who ever had bought it had obviously seen her trying it on. As soon as she saw the label though Maria dropped the box and pushed it away with horror.

"Ria, what is it honey"? Alec lifted the label and read.

"To my darling baby, I'll always be watching out for you, Brian DeLuca".

"What, how did that get in here". Amy screamed in a rage.

"He's been watching me and he's been in this house. I can't believe it my own father is stalking me". Alec wrapped his arms around Maria as she began to cry. Amy quickly went to dispose of the gift.


A/N: I'm sorry this is so short but I don't like Christmas… I really hate it when people give me gifts. I feel like I don't deserve them, I'm happy to give them but not get them so Christmas always feels odd for me. I noticed something today when I was watching Roswell. If Liz developed powers from Max healing her and Kyle is also going to develop powers… doesn't that mean that all those cancer patients Max healed would also develop powers?

I hope to have Alec and Maria dating buy Alex's funeral so he can go to Roswell with her.

I also want to make it clear. Lydecker is Maria's father and she isn't totally human…

Thanks to: cjsl8ne, candy soul, jean, Taylen-Swordbreaker, Kirstills, WolfRainSS, jules452, akka and Fashiongurl3118