Title: Kiss The Rain
Author: Brittthedreamer
Couples: M/L, M/M, I/?, K/?, CC
Rating: Adult eventually
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot line. Any characters, places, etc. that you recognize belong to someone other than me!
Summary: 5 years ago (Departure), Max, Michael, Isabel and Tess left Earth, so that Tess and Max's child could be born. They left behind their true loves, best friends, and a secret that they didn't know about. Now they're back 5 years later, never thinking so much time had passed. Liz, Maria and Kyle are in college, starting their senior year, and never realizing their life is going to change…again.
Author's Note: [b]I run a crossover RPG site that has been open and active since 2010. We recently did a major overhaul and added Roswell to it. Right now we only have Liz and Maria being played so we desperately need a few more Roswell characters. Any of you Roswell fans please come and check it out. The link is in my signature![/b]
Leaning his head back against the chair he was occupying his relief was palpable as he finally got a hold of the 'kids' who in reality weren't kids any longer. He knew he should have given them warning as to what was going on but really, how could one prepare for this The aliens that Liz and Maria had been in love with had returned back to earth with seemingly more questions than answers…how could one really prepare for that? "Sheriff?" He heard Isabel's voice ask and he opened his eyes to face the woman who looked so unsure it was almost comical. The Isabel he remembered had pretty much always known what she wanted and how to get it, yet this woman looked as if she was a child waiting for him to tell her what to do. "Who's coming?" She asked, afraid that someone was going to try and hurt them. Being held captive for a few weeks had done nothing to curb any of their paranoia.
Jim sighed, knowing he had to give them something. He still wasn't sure if he wanted to tell the three hybrids that five years had passed since they had left or if he wanted to wait until the rest of the group got there before explaining it. A small part of him wanted to wait to have backup when the blow up that was ensured when everyone found out how much time had passed. Each of them would freak out for different reasons, but he knew none of them would take the news well.
Michael would be stricken by the fact that he had left Maria for five years…however he would handle the news the best. Michael had never really made any ties on Earth, having always assumed he would go back to his home planet one day. Maria had been the only one to get under his skin and in that he had only let her down. It was enough though since he cared more about Maria than anyone else in his life. Max and Isabel had it worse though. Isabel and Max had left their parents, the parents that had raised them. Jim knew that Isabel had begged Michael and Max to allow her to tell her mother for years, wanting her to know the real her. Max and Michael had denied her that chance for years and now it had been five years since the woman had seen her children, something he knew Isabel wasn't going to take well.
Max was in the same boat as Isabel with his parents. He had always loved and respected the Evans who had taken him and his sister in and provided for them over the years. Yet Max had never had the blind faith that Isabel did. Isabel had always been completely secure in the fact that even if her mother found out what she and her brother were, that she would still love them. Max had questioned that from an early age, and it had been that fear that had kept him from telling their mother what they were. Max had also left Liz…something that he had never even questioned before everything with Tess had gone down. He had never told anyone, especially not Michael and Isabel, but after he and Liz got together he had made a choice…whether it was conscious or unconscious was anybody's guess, but he had made the choice to never leave her. Even if he was asked to return one day he wouldn't have gone, not for anything. Then Tess had arrived and that decision had been shot to hell with what had transpired, but the knowledge that he had broken a promise, even an unspoken one such as this cut him to the core.
Jim looked at the three hybrids, trying not to notice how much time had passed since they had been gone and instead focus on the fact that they were here. "That was Kyle on the phone, he alone with Liz and Maria are on their way." He stated simply, not bothering to tell them why the three of them were coming there at three in the morning on a supposed school night. It would do no good.
An hour later the three hybrids and one human were again seated back in the living room of the Valenti house. Isabel had asked if she could take a shower which prompted the other two to go before her, wanting a tiny bit of hot water, so once the three were done they simply sat in silence, having no idea what to say. Isabel wanted nothing more than to go to her parents and throw herself into their arms, begging for their forgiveness. Michael had taken to pacing the room and then sitting down, pacing and then sitting down, wanting Maria to walk in so he could apologize. Max however, Max was silent, stoic, completely immobile. He wanted to see Liz, wanted that more than anything in the world, and yet he was deathly afraid to see her. Did she hate him? Did she wish that he had never come back? What was she thinking? Several weeks of no word from them…even with everything that had been happening when they left.
This sparked something in Max's mind and he turned to the Sheriff quickly. "Sheriff…did you guys ever find out what happened to Alex? Before we left Liz and I found out that Leanna was human because of her blood cells but we never got to go any further." He explained, ignoring the gasp that came from his sister and the silence that followed as Michael sat down once more.
Jim nodded his head wearily. "Yes, Liz found out what happened. She actually found out right before you guys took off…the kids tried to get to you before you left to tell you but they didn't make it." He told them, not wanting to inform them that Liz, Kyle and Maria had actually stood there and watched the Granolith take off, knowing it would break all their hearts. "I'll let them tell you what all they found out." He stated, knowing he was taking the coward's way out but not knowing what else to do. He had a feeling that Isabel especially was going to need someone to lean on when she found out that someone they had trusted had been the one to kill Alex.
"Listen, there are a few things you need to know before they…" He started but trailed off as headlights flooded the living room. Damn, they had really sped if they were already here. "Nevermind." He muttered, hearing the engine shut off. Several moments later he heard three car doors shut, though it was clear they were trying to be quiet about it. All four occupants of the room waited with bated breath as the door opened and Kyle Valenti walked in, his eyes widening. "Holy shit." Was all that was heard as the two groups made eye contact with one another for the first time in five years.
TBC! Yeah I know, not the chapter you wanted. Lol. Sorry guys! I felt like a few things needed to be said and I really just wanted to make sure that I was in top form when I wrote the reunion. Lol. Tonight is definitely not my top form but I wanted to write so here ya go. Sort of a filler chapter but eh, it's a chapter at least. :D. Make sure to read the top author's note to check out my Roswell RPG site.