-Andrea
Chapter 29
"Ummm.. yeah…did that just happen??" Kyle asked in amazement. "Or am I dreaming?"
"Yes, it happened." Tess replied while putting one of her hands on his shoulder. "Can you believe it…" Tess asked with a blush on her cheeks "husband?"…
"Come here you!" he replied while squeezing her in a hug and then picking her feet off the floor and swinging her around.
"Wooo hooo I'm married!!!" Maria yelled while jumping up against Michael's chest. He quickly scooped her up and kissed her neck while Maria giggled.
Liz had tears in her eyes and a big smile on her face. Max tenderly wiped her tears away as he ran his hands through her hair and pulled her towards him in a bear hug.
Alex could feel his cheeks begin to burn as he had never smiled this much in his whole life. He didn't mind. It was a good burn. He was burning all over his body it would seem… Isabel felt awkward, now that she was apparently a married woman and suddenly she began to feel Alex's eyes on her like she had never felt them before. She shivered involuntarily when he squeezed her hand as she delicately fingered her green topaz hanging from her necklace.
It seemed everyone in the room seemed to be sharing the same heated emotions. No, it was beyond heat. They was fire in everyone's eyes.
Max, feeling it was his duty to break the ice, or heat, for them all, and with his eyes glued to Liz's began "Well everyone, you know we have to be back by noon tomorrow. I know this is going to be hard…" to which he heard a snicker from Maria, "…I mean difficult to go home and pretend like nothing has happened today." He finished while Liz stuck her tongue out at Maria.
"Whatever Max." Michael exclaimed "I'm taking Maria home with me!"
"Wait, wait, waaaait spaceboy…" Maria interjected.
"Don't tell me you don't want to be with me on our wedding night??" Michael stated in disbelief.
"Michael, did you forget we are going to be gone for like six months on Neweden?"
"No." he replied while kicking a rock on the ground.
"I just want to see my mom before we leave. You know, have a little girl time. She won't have a single daughter anymore when we get back."
"She doesn't have a single daughter now you know." Michael replied.
"Come on spaceboy…" she said while trailing her fingers lightly down his arm. "It's only for one night…we'll have six months of nights all to ourselves…" she finished, with her words dripping with seduction.
"Ok. But for the record, I think this sux." He replied with a smirk on his face. Maria just smiled and punched him in the arm.
"Ow!" what was that for?
"Old habits die hard I guess…" she replied before she jumped in his arms again, wrapping her legs around his waist, and kissing him full on the lips.
"Ooook, well, ahem, I agree with Maria. I want some alone time with mom tonight…" Isabel said while Alex winked at her.
"I can wait princess, don't you worry about that." He replied as he winked again. Isabel blushed in response.
"Well Tess lives with me soooo." Kyle stated to no one in particular while he raised his eyebrows up and down and looked at Tess suggestively.
"Don't get any ideas, oh husband of mine. If everyone else has to wait, so do we. Besides, you will have to fill your dad in on the past few days events, and I will have to get my beauty rest for tomorrow." She replied while flipping her hair over her shoulders.
Kyle responded with a harrumph, and crossed his arms over his chest. Tess giggled as she ran her hands over her hips just a tad suggestive of things to come.
Kyle harrumphed again, which made everyone laugh.
"Max, um, could we take a drive before you take me home?" Liz asked.
"You better not be going out to the desert missy!" Maria exclaimed.
"God Maria, can't we just go for a drive?" Liz asked with a red flush on her neck and face.
"Hey, if Maxwell gets a ride (emphasis on the word ride) than I get one too." Michael said sarcastically.
"Michael!" Maria yelled while smacking him on the arm.
"What??" he replied in an innocent voice.
"Everyone, save your dramatics for later…I've gotta get my lady home! The sooner tonight is over, the sooner tomorrow arrives, and the sooner…well you know….sooner…soon." he exclaimed while looking uncomfortably giddy. Isabel just laughed at her quirky husband, and slipped an arm around his waist, pulling him along with her back to the van. He threw a glance over his shoulder to everyone else, which was probably the dopiest smile he had ever smiled. Liz, Tess and Maria exchanged a knowing look, while the guys just rolled their eyes.
"Wait…" Kyle began, and everyone stopped. "…how are we going to explain our clothes?"
"What, you weren't at the school play practice today?" Tess replied.
"Gooood One!" he replied as he slung an arm across her shoulders, and they all turned to leave the cave.
"Although I think Jim could probably be told the truth…" she replied with an excited giggle.
On the drive back, Isabel pulled the notepad she kept in her purse out, and waved her hand over three of the papers.
"Seeing as tomorrow is Monday… here we go…one for you…" she handed a paper to Liz "…one for you…" she handed a paper to Alex "… and one for you…" she handed another to Maria.
They looked at the papers, then back at Isabel in disbelief.
"How do you know my mothers signature?" Maria asked.
"Photographic memory…I used to work in the registrar office." She replied with a smile.
"Don't we get one?" Kyle whined.
"I think Jim would be up to writing us a note." Tess replied while jabbing him lightly in the ribs.
"Hey! Well then you tell him we got married!" He said while Tess rolled her eyes.
"I can write my own note." Michael said with a smile.
"I'm sure you'll take care of our note, right Isabel?" Max asked.
Alex just folded his note and tucked it into his pocket while giving Isabel a shy smile. If he thought anymore about what they would be doing tomorrow night he would not be able to get them all home safely.
