"YOUR CHILDREN?" Screamed Amy.

"Yes mum. Mine." Said Maria calmly. She knew the second she got inside hell was going to break loose.

"WHO'S THE FATHER, OR DON'T YOU KNOW?" Amy had let out, coldly.

"YES I DO! I DIDN'T SLEEP AROUND. I TOLD YOU OUTSIDE THEY WERE MICHAEL'S!" Maria was not in the mood to spoken to like trash, even if it was by her mother.

"And here I was, thinking you were my VIRGIN daughter." Said Amy sarcastically.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Said Maria holding her ground.

"That's it. I want you out!" said Amy calmly.

"But mu-"

"OUT MARIA! NOW!"

Maria got her children, who were playing in the backyard with Rath.

Tears threatened to spill by time they got to the car.

"Are you ok mummy? You look upset." Said Alex and Amy in unison.

"No, it's ok. I'm fine. How about you two?" she asked lightly.

"We're fine, but that lady was kinda scary. We heard her yelling from all the way out side. She's loud." Said Alex in a matter-of fact way.

"Yeah she's always been like that, for as long as I can remember." She said truthfully.

"So, where are we goin?" asked Rath, speaking for the first time.

"To a motel, I guess." Replied Maria.

They got checked in. They could only afford a two room place at the motel. Two beds, both queen size. The twins didn't want to separate so they shared and Maria and Rath shared the other. As they lay down, Rath made some comment.

"I didn't know I could ever be in the same bed as someone so hot." And he said it with a grin.

"Shut up, I know you don't mean it anyway…." She said with a distracted look across her face.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, why do you ask?"

"Because we've been living together for three years now and I know when something is bothering you. Now tell me or I'll find out my own way" he said, seriously, whole holding up his hand.

"I'm just thinking about…"

"Let me guess, your thinking about what might happen if it was a crash and what your going to do if it is Michael."

"Kinda. I don't know what's going to happen. I'm scared, Rath, that's the only way I can put it."

He rolled closer to her and put his arm around her. "You don't have to be an alien to figure that out." There were no more words that night. he just put her arms around her and she cried herself to sleep in his arms.