Part
28
Maria
woke up for the first time in a few weeks, happy. She was out. Way from her
father and from Mark. She turned
over to look at Michael. He was sleeping peacefully with a small smile on his
face. Maria looked around the room at all of
her friends who were still asleep; she had hid a lot from them and was not pleased about it. Maria knew that she had
shocked them when she blew up the building, and
she even scared them a little bit. They were all being brave around her and
trying to hide their fear. Not all of them
were afraid, but it still hurt that no one would talk to her about it.
Michael
woke up when Maria started moving around. It usually bothered him when he was
woken up when he didn't want to be, but
when Maria woke him up it didn't bother him at all. He could see that Maria was deep in thought and that what she was
thinking was making her upset.
"Are
you okay baby?" He asked pulling her closer.
Maria
turned to him, startled that he was awake. "Yeah, I was just
thinking."
"I
could tell. But you know that thinking isn't good for the brain this early in
the morning." Michael smiled
mischievously.
Maria
smiled back, all her troubles forgotten. "Is that right?"
Michael
nodded, completely serious now, "It's a proven fact. It kills the brain
cells, and before you know it, you have
none at all. Now I think I know a way for you to stop thinking."
"Do
you think it will work?" Maria asked seriously.
Michael
nodded, "I'm sure. Let's try it out and see what happens." He pulled
her closer to him for a deep kiss. He had
meant for it to be short, considering that there were other people in the room,
but he couldn't help himself. They were
both gasping for breath when they pulled apart, but that didn't stop them from kissing again. Although this time not as
long, because someone was clearing their throat very
loudly.
"Are
you two quite finished?" Max asked.
Michael
and Maria pulled apart embarrassed. "Couldn't you people have stayed
asleep for a little bit longer?"
Michael asked angrily.
Liz
laughed. "Well I was asleep, having a really good dream too, when this
heavy breathing woke me up. Is that what
happened with you guys? Liz asked everyone else, who nodded.
"It
had to have been pretty loud too, considering that I sleep like the dead."
Kyle said.
Maria
who was now even more embarrassed buried her head in Michael's shoulder.
Michael scowled at the rest of
them and soothed Maria. They all laughed at the two of them.
Maria
knew she was being childish, but she couldn't help it. She decided that it was
time to give a little bit back. She
looked at Liz. "Liz, you said that you were having a really good dream.
You wouldn't care to tell us
what that was about would you?"
Liz was
now the embarrassed one buried her head in Max's shoulder.
"Do
you two have some sort of fetish about burring you heads in people's
shoulders?" Isabelle asked laughing.
Liz
looked up and smiled, "I can't help it if Max has god shoulders for me to
hide in. I'm sure that he doesn't have a
problem with it. Do you Max?"
Max
smiled at her. She looked so cute when she just woke up. Like a kitten. He gave
her a soft kiss, "No I don't
mind, I like it."
"Well
it's a good thing that I haven't had breakfast yet," Kyle said.
"Otherwise all of you would be seeing it right
about now."
Tess looked
at him with raised eyebrows. "Oh, come on Kyle, you know that you can be
as sweet as Max can be. Don't
try and act all macho."
Everyone
looked at Kyle and laughed. "So Kyle," Liz said. "You're not as
macho as you like everyone to think are you.
And to think that you kept that side of you from me. I'm hurt." She
pretended to wipe away a tear.
Kyle
pulled Tess to him and whispered in her ear, "You shouldn't have said
anything. I have a reputation to
maintain."
Tess
just smiled and patted his cheek. "So, what's for breakfast?"
They all
spent the next half hour trying to decide how to get breakfast. Since Michael
didn't have anything to eat
in his whole apartment, they would have to go out and get something.
"We
could just order take out." Liz suggested.
"But
then they'd know that we were back." Michael said. "If we start
ordering thing to here then people are going to know
that someone's living here again. It would be better if two of us go out and
get some food."
"Good
idea," Maria said getting up from the couch. "I volunteer to be one
of the people to go."
"Oh,
no you don't." Michael said stopping her before she got more than three
feet. "You're not going anywhere. You
might faint again, and I don't want that to happen in a crowded area."
"But
I've been cooped up in small areas for ages, I can't take, much more of this
without going insane."
"Michael's
right Maria," Max said. "We can't risk anything happening to you, any
of you. Michael and I will go and get
some food. It'll be okay." Max gave Liz a hug, then went to the front door
waiting for Michael.
Michael
groaned, but got up and followed Max out the door, giving Maria an apologetic
look.
Maria
was angry that everyone was treating like she had some sort of terminal
illness. She was fine, people fainted
all the time. There was no special reason why she had fainted. She just needed
regain her strength.
Liz
noticed the look on Maria's face. "Are you okay Maria?"
Maria
nodded. "Yeah, I just tried of not being able to go anywhere."
"This
will all be over soon, Maria." Tess said going over to the couch to sit
next to her.
"How
do you know? I don't even know if what I did worked. They all could have gotten
out of the compound and be coming for us
right now. Nothing's certain anymore. I just want them to all go away on leave us alone."
"I
know Maria. But I will all end soon. I can feel it. And don't worry about
anyone else. We're all perfectly safe
here." Tess said.
"How
do you know?" Liz asked.
Tess
shrugged. "I can just feel it. Look there's nothing for us to do, so I'm
going to go back to sleep. I was having a good
time of it, until I was rudely awoken." She smiled teasingly at Maria who
blushed.
"I
think I'll go to sleep to. That will make the day go faster." Maria said
lying down on the couch.
*******
Maria
was awoken quickly when Michael and Max rushed in the door. They were both
breathing hard and looking
really worried.
"What's
wrong?" Liz asked.
Max
walked over to her and hugged her tight. "Nothing, everything's okay
now."
Liz
pulled away unconvinced. "No, tell me what's wrong."
"We
saw Brian and Sean at the store." Michael said softly.
"Did
they see you?" Isabelle asked anxiously.
"No
they didn't. We had just got the food, and were leaving the store, when Michael
saw them. We bolted before
they saw us." Max said.
"What
are we going to do? They got out and we have no idea how to stop them."
Tess said.
"Sean's
on our side we know that." Maria began.
"How
do you know that?" Alex asked.
"Because
I went into his mind. He wasn't lying when he said that he wanted to help us.
He should be able to slow my
father down, and lead him in the wrong directions. Meanwhile we need to go to someone who knows what they're doing. Who knows how
to get rid of my father once and for all."
"Who
would know something like that?" Kyle asked.
"My
mother." Maria responded.
