Chapter 10:
Isabel felt the bright sun beaming on her face and wiped off the slight gleam with a napkin. She had been in the mall for almost three hours and still hadn't found what she wanted for her mother. She stopped at a concession stand to get a drink when she saw the football highlights on the television.
"And it was another win for the Jets as Kyle Valenti scored the winning touchdown!" Isabel almost spit out her drink at the sound of the announcer's words.
"Wait... wait excuse me sir. Did he just say Kyle Valenti?"
"Darn tootin', he did."
"Kyle Valenti as in Jim Valenti's son? The sheriff's son?"
"That's right! Right here from Roswell." Isabel laughed in amusement.
"Son of a gun. He made it." Isabel shook her head as she looked up at the screen.
"He's not too bad huh?" She laughed and paid the older man the fee for the pretzel.
"Thank you, I try." The voice came from behind her but she knew immediately who it was from. She slowly turned and saw a much older, much manlier Kyle Valenti than she had remembered.
"Kyle?!" Isabel's eyes lit up in excitement.
"Are you a fan?"
"You wish Buddha boy." Kyle's statement went blank. There were only two people who ever called him that. Tess and ....
"Isabel?! No way! What the...? I mean... how did... wow!" She laughed and hugged him tightly.
"I can't believe this! You look... great. I just... I thought you were... you know, gone." Kyle looked at Isabel still uncertain of what to believe.
"Oh, you mean in another realm of existence, passing on to Nirvana, reincarnating into some sort of strange mammal with my qualities."
"Well, I wouldn't put it quite that way." She laughed and hugged him once more.
"It's so good to see you!" He smiled and finally hugged her back.
"Same here! I'm guessing this is an... alien thing." He whispered the words and looked around carefully to make sure no one was watching.
"Good guess." She smiled and without even thinking took his hand into hers. "Come on let's walk." They were in the mall for hours, and Kyle completely forgot why he had gone in the first place. It got late and it started getting dark. They had gone to eat at the Crashdown, to Isabel's house, and finally back to Amy and Jim's house. They were ecstatic to see her again. She was so beautiful and so confident. She had done a lot of growing. Amy offered to make some pies and Isabel and Kyle spent some time watching movies. It was about ten when Amy and Jim went to sleep and finally, they were "alone."
"So... I know this is a weird time to ask you but... when you kissed me that night." Kyle said it as if it had been simply a week ago. Isabel smiled, knowing that she felt the same.
"Kissed you?" Isabel drew near to Kyle and he began to get nervous.
"Uh.. yea... you remember right? Ten long years ago..." Isabel closed her eyes and softly touched his lips with hers. He kissed her back, just as soft, and when he went to kiss her with the passion that was building in him, her cell phone rang. She laughed and picked it up. He hadn't found it quite as funny.
"Hello?"
"Iz..."
"What Max..."
"We're getting married."
"What?!"
"We're getting married. We're coming to pick you up; we'll be there by dawn. Get ready, you're gonna be a bridesmaid."
"Max, isnt' that kind of soon!" Isabel began to get up and take her things.
"It's now or never Iz. Tomorrow may be too late." Isabel sighed and agreed to meet them in front of the Crashdown at dawn. She looked at Kyle with an apologetic smile and kissed him.
"I'm sorry." She began to walk away and Kyle grabbed his jacket.
"I'm coming."
"What! What for?"
"I finally got you back... let's make every moment count. Isabel, will you go out with me?" Isabel felt like she was back in grade school. She smiled shyly and then laughed. This was ridiculous. But it was so special to her; she didn't quite know what to say.
"I'd love to Kyle." He reached out for his hand, and they left together under the cover of darkness.
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"This is unbelievable! I don't understand it! Why do we have to take MY car! This is always! I guess some things never change!" Maria was furious as Michael sped down the highway at over eighty miles an hour.
"Maria, the other one was rented. We had to give it back." Michael tried to remain calm. He was used to Maria tantrums, it had just been a while, so he was a little rusty.
"You're gonna get arrested."
"For what stealing your heart?" He incorporated a cockiness to his comment that made her even angrier.
"For stealing my car!" Michael, Max and Liz rolled their eyes.
"Maria we've been down this road before..."
"Yes, and it seems you never learn from your mistakes because you keep making them!!!!" Maria was flipping out and Liz could just laugh. Max smiled and held Liz in his arms. Yes, this would be perfect.
"Look Maria! You're not a minor and this is not Marathon, Texas ok? We're not going to find some dome in the middle of nowhere, we're getting married! So chill out." Maria looked at Michael and sniffled.
"I'm just a little nervous... that's all." The car erupted in laughter and even Maria laughed at her silliness. The time had finally come.
Isabel felt the bright sun beaming on her face and wiped off the slight gleam with a napkin. She had been in the mall for almost three hours and still hadn't found what she wanted for her mother. She stopped at a concession stand to get a drink when she saw the football highlights on the television.
"And it was another win for the Jets as Kyle Valenti scored the winning touchdown!" Isabel almost spit out her drink at the sound of the announcer's words.
"Wait... wait excuse me sir. Did he just say Kyle Valenti?"
"Darn tootin', he did."
"Kyle Valenti as in Jim Valenti's son? The sheriff's son?"
"That's right! Right here from Roswell." Isabel laughed in amusement.
"Son of a gun. He made it." Isabel shook her head as she looked up at the screen.
"He's not too bad huh?" She laughed and paid the older man the fee for the pretzel.
"Thank you, I try." The voice came from behind her but she knew immediately who it was from. She slowly turned and saw a much older, much manlier Kyle Valenti than she had remembered.
"Kyle?!" Isabel's eyes lit up in excitement.
"Are you a fan?"
"You wish Buddha boy." Kyle's statement went blank. There were only two people who ever called him that. Tess and ....
"Isabel?! No way! What the...? I mean... how did... wow!" She laughed and hugged him tightly.
"I can't believe this! You look... great. I just... I thought you were... you know, gone." Kyle looked at Isabel still uncertain of what to believe.
"Oh, you mean in another realm of existence, passing on to Nirvana, reincarnating into some sort of strange mammal with my qualities."
"Well, I wouldn't put it quite that way." She laughed and hugged him once more.
"It's so good to see you!" He smiled and finally hugged her back.
"Same here! I'm guessing this is an... alien thing." He whispered the words and looked around carefully to make sure no one was watching.
"Good guess." She smiled and without even thinking took his hand into hers. "Come on let's walk." They were in the mall for hours, and Kyle completely forgot why he had gone in the first place. It got late and it started getting dark. They had gone to eat at the Crashdown, to Isabel's house, and finally back to Amy and Jim's house. They were ecstatic to see her again. She was so beautiful and so confident. She had done a lot of growing. Amy offered to make some pies and Isabel and Kyle spent some time watching movies. It was about ten when Amy and Jim went to sleep and finally, they were "alone."
"So... I know this is a weird time to ask you but... when you kissed me that night." Kyle said it as if it had been simply a week ago. Isabel smiled, knowing that she felt the same.
"Kissed you?" Isabel drew near to Kyle and he began to get nervous.
"Uh.. yea... you remember right? Ten long years ago..." Isabel closed her eyes and softly touched his lips with hers. He kissed her back, just as soft, and when he went to kiss her with the passion that was building in him, her cell phone rang. She laughed and picked it up. He hadn't found it quite as funny.
"Hello?"
"Iz..."
"What Max..."
"We're getting married."
"What?!"
"We're getting married. We're coming to pick you up; we'll be there by dawn. Get ready, you're gonna be a bridesmaid."
"Max, isnt' that kind of soon!" Isabel began to get up and take her things.
"It's now or never Iz. Tomorrow may be too late." Isabel sighed and agreed to meet them in front of the Crashdown at dawn. She looked at Kyle with an apologetic smile and kissed him.
"I'm sorry." She began to walk away and Kyle grabbed his jacket.
"I'm coming."
"What! What for?"
"I finally got you back... let's make every moment count. Isabel, will you go out with me?" Isabel felt like she was back in grade school. She smiled shyly and then laughed. This was ridiculous. But it was so special to her; she didn't quite know what to say.
"I'd love to Kyle." He reached out for his hand, and they left together under the cover of darkness.
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"This is unbelievable! I don't understand it! Why do we have to take MY car! This is always! I guess some things never change!" Maria was furious as Michael sped down the highway at over eighty miles an hour.
"Maria, the other one was rented. We had to give it back." Michael tried to remain calm. He was used to Maria tantrums, it had just been a while, so he was a little rusty.
"You're gonna get arrested."
"For what stealing your heart?" He incorporated a cockiness to his comment that made her even angrier.
"For stealing my car!" Michael, Max and Liz rolled their eyes.
"Maria we've been down this road before..."
"Yes, and it seems you never learn from your mistakes because you keep making them!!!!" Maria was flipping out and Liz could just laugh. Max smiled and held Liz in his arms. Yes, this would be perfect.
"Look Maria! You're not a minor and this is not Marathon, Texas ok? We're not going to find some dome in the middle of nowhere, we're getting married! So chill out." Maria looked at Michael and sniffled.
"I'm just a little nervous... that's all." The car erupted in laughter and even Maria laughed at her silliness. The time had finally come.