Name: Forced Together
Author: Vallygirl
Rating: Strong R
Spoilers: Up to and including season 1 and season 2
Summary: Maria and Liz go with the Aliens to the Evans summer cottage. While there things are revealed, and Michael's and Maria's lives are turned upside down.
Disclaimer: As much as I wish I did I don't own them.
Warning: This story will contain a brief sexual abuse scene that involves a child. The scene is not graphic, but you should be warned. You can skip this if this upsets you, you will still be able to follow the story.
Author's Note: So I''m going through some of my old files and found my Roswell stories from back in the day and thought I would post them as I clean them up. This is actually the first story I ever posted on line back in 2001...yikes now I feel really old.
Anyway, I hope people enjoy.
Thanks
Val
Chapter 1
"But Liz, I don't want to go to some cabin this weekend with the Czechoslovakians." Maria whine to her best friend who was currently busy packing Maria's clothes into her duffel bag.
"Maria you agreed to go. Max and I both agree that this would be good for the five of us. We need a chance to discuss things without worrying about someone eavesdropping on our conversation. Also, this will give us a chance to get to know each other better and maybe learn to trust each other more."
"Liz, Max might be able to make this kind of connection, but I seriously doubt that the Ice Queen and Shock Hair Boy will. Did you not see the look in their faces in the ally, if they could have killed us then and there they would have. Not to mention the way Isabel acted when the Sheriff wanted to talk to me."
"Stop being so paranoid. They appreciated what we did. Look this get away isn't just for us to get to know each other but to also to unwind from the past few weeks. Come on, I swear you'll have a good time." Liz said nicely but firmly, there was no way she was going to let Maria back out of this weekend.
"Yeah where have I heard that before." Maria moaned while following Liz out to the Jetta.
"Max I actually agree with Michael on this. Maria is afraid of us. She almost blew it with Valente" Isabel huffed to her brother.
"She almost blew it because of you Izzy. You deliberately tried to scare her onto our side." Max chide. "Besides I think the reason you don't want to go is because you're afraid of liking Liz and Maria, especially since Maria didn't crack, even after you tried to intimate her."
"Well that might be Izzy's reason, but it sure the Hell isn't mine. Max, I have no desire to get to know them, trust them or understand them. I say we stay away from them and they stay away from us." Michael shot back to his brother.
"Michael that just isn't going to happen, so get used to it." Max snapped back.
"Maxwell…" Michael didn't get to finish his thought because Max had already grabbed his bag and was heading out toward the jeep.
"Forget it Michael, you know how he gets where Perfect Parker is concerned." Isabel said as she grabbed her bag and followed her brother to the car.
No sooner did Michael reach the jeep than the thorn, make the thorns, in his side pulled up in their car. He watched as both girls got out of the car and came over to them. Michael almost choked on his own vomit from watching the way Max and Liz were giving each other those disgusting soulful looks. He turned his attention to the blonde one when he heard her yapping.
"So, everyone's here." She said as she stood next to Liz, clinging to the other girls hand.
Michael snorted, "yes everyone is here. Damn Max your right she is a genius. The master of understatement herself." Michael sneered.
"Michael, cut it out." Max warned.
"That's okay Max, you don't have to apologize for him. I completely understand, and if making rude and nasty comments to me make him feel more secure about himself I can take it." Maria said, deciding to take the high road.
"Oh, how insightful, where you get that garbage from Psychology 101." Michael snapped.
"No, Cosmo. I just finished an article about how guys with really small dicks try to overcompensate by being smart asses!" Maria shot back.
Isabel and Liz couldn't help the snickers that erupted after Maria's comeback. Max on the other hand didn't even crack a smile, some things are sacred with guys and making fun of another guys dick was not cool. Not to mention Michael had actually won a few contests in the locker room regarding size.
Max looked over to his brother and saw his eyes narrowing and he had started to storm over to Maria who looked like she wasn't about to give in. Max figured he should put a stop to this before it got too far out of hand. "Maybe we should get going. Izzy why don't you go with Liz and Maria, Michael your with me."
He saw that Michael wasn't paying attention to him because he had stopped in front of Maria, who was actually pretending to ignore him and was talking to Liz.
"Come on Michael, let's go." Max said while dragging him over to the jeep. He handed Michael the keys hoping that he would blow off some steam while driving. This is going to be a long weekend. Max thought to himself as Michael took off at an obscene speed.
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Seven hours later the teens were relaxing in the living room of the Evans summer cottage. Max and Liz immediately took over the love seat and Isabel sat down on the couch. Maria walked over and Izzy smiled and gestured for Maria to sit next to her. Michael could either sit next to the blonde bitch or the floor. Amazingly the floor looked pretty comfortable.
Max noticed this and signed. They needed to do something and soon. "So, what do you guys want to do?" Max asked.
Nobody said anything causing Max to shrug his shoulders mumbling to himself. This actually made Maria feel bad for Max and she decided to actually try. "I don't know, how about we play a game or something."
Max smiled his appreciation but frowned when he remembered the only games they had here were from when he and Izzy were little, and he didn't see Michael as a Shoots and Ladder type of guy.
"Actually, we don't have any games up here." Isabel said.
"Oh, well that's okay." Maria said looking over at Liz and saw that her best friend was actually beaming at her for trying, oh well, in for a penny in for a pound Maria thought as the next words came out of her mouth. "We could always play Truth or Dare. I mean the whole idea of this weekend was to get to know each other and that is a pretty good way to achieve that."
Michael couldn't help but snort at Maria's suggestion. "I think you know enough truth about us."
"Michael loosen up a little." Isabel scolded her almost brother then she turned her attention back to Maria. She had to admit it to herself, Maria could be fun. No one had ever shot Michael down like she did today. Not to mention she did handle herself pretty well with the Sheriff.
"Truth or Dare sounds like a good idea." Liz chimed. Max also shook his head in agreement.
"Well Michael are you going to play or what?" Maria asked, not even trying to hide her annoyance. She decided to try and tempt him some more. 'Look you can go first." She added in a rather condescending voice.
Michael looked around, Max was silently begging him to go along and Is was just giving him one of her usual sterns don't make me get angry looks. Liz didn't even seem to notice anyone other than Max, pathetic. What really got his goat was Deluca. She was talking down to him. So, he decided to teach her a lesson and get back at her for what she said earlier.
"Fine I'll play." Huffed Michael.
"OK, well I think we all know the rules so let's just dive right in." Maria said, taking control of the room. I always thought I would make a great camp counselor she said to herself while mentally patting herself on the back.
"Well then, Izzy truth or dare?" Michael said. He had decided to at least let one round go around before embarrassing Miss Mouth.
"Um truth." Isabel said.
"What was your most embarrassing moment?" Michael actually smiled. This wI'll teach her for laughing at him.
"Oh God Michael. Give me something else." Izzy demanded.
"Sorry Isabel, but the rules are the rules." Liz said.
Isabel glared at Liz but knew she had to answer the question. "Fine but just remember it's my turn next. OK, when I was twelve my family went on a ski trip. Anyway, on the way up to the mountains I really had to pee. My dad pulled the car over and I had no choice but to go the bathroom behind the car."
"That's your most embarrassing moment. Peeing behind the car." Maria said.
'No actually that's not the embarrassing part. Come on Is tell the rest of the story.' Max said while chuckling.
Isabel just gave her brother a dirty look but continued anyway. It sucked that both Max and Michael knew the whole story. "I went behind the car and pulled my pants down and it was freezing cold. I couldn't keep my balance, so I sort of sat on the rear bumper while I was going."
At this point Liz and Maria started to smile; both had a good idea where this story was going being that A Christmas Story was one of their favorite movies. Besides Max was already laughing and Michael was actually smirking while she told the story.
"Anyway, after I was done, I went to stand up, but I couldn't because my ass was stuck to the stupid bumper." Isabel said as she saw that now the other two girls had joined Max in uncontrollable laughter. "If I was thinking straight, I could have just used my powers, but I wasn't so instead I screamed, and both my parent jumped out of the car."
"Oh God, no way." Maria said while trying not to fall off the couch from laughing so hard. Even Isabel had started to laugh while recounting her tale of woe.
"Yes way! There I was bare ass and stuck to the damn bumper. My mom desperately tried to think of a way to free me of my dilemma."
"What was your father doing?" Liz asked while wiping away a few tears from laughing.
"Doing what you're doing now. Him and my beloved brother over there stood at the side of the road doubled over laughing like hyenas. My mom finally remembered that she had brought a thermos with hot tea. She poured that over where I was stuck, and my dad pried me from the bumper at the same time."
"Oh my God. Izzy that is the funniest thing I have ever heard." Maria said while giving the other girl a quick hug.
After everyone had settled down Isabel decided to make Max pay for making her tell the whole story. "Ok, my turn. Max truth or dare?"
Max looked at his sister and realized all the embarrassing things she could make him confessed to, so he decided to take a dare. "Ok Is I choice dare." Max said warily.
"Fine, I dare you to kiss. Maria." Isabel challenged. No way was she going to give him free range to kiss Little Miss Doe Eyes. Besides this would be more fun.
"Iz." Max warned.
"Oh no Max, the rules are the rules." Isabel said, mimicking Liz's earlier comment. Izzy looked over in time to see Maria give Liz a weak smile and a silent apology conveyed through the bubbly blonde's eyes. Izzy almost felt guilty for using Maria like this, almost.
"Come on Max, this whole weekend was to get to know each other better, remember." Michael said. "Now put your money where your mouth is and get to know Maria a whole lot better." He couldn't help it. Michael loved to watch both Max and Liz squirm. Not to mention how uncomfortable Maria was that was just a bonus as far as he was concerned.
"Fine this is no big deal. Maria, I hope you're not too uncomfortable with this." Max said gently to the girl across from him.
"No Max. It's no biggie." She said while smiling at her best friend and the guy of her dream.
Max got up and squatted down in front of Maria. He slowly leaned in and brushed his lips against the blonde. After ten seconds he pulled back. Michael couldn't help but notice how Maria blushed after Max and her pulled apart. He also couldn't understand why he was actually angry that Max had kissed her.
Maria cleared her throat and turned to Liz with a naughty gleam in her eyes. "Not too bad, I give him a 9.7. We'll just have to wait for the free style to see if he can take the gold." Liz, Max and Isabel couldn't help but laugh at Maria's joke.
Leave it to Maria, she always knows how to turn an awkward moment around. Liz thought to herself as she gave her friend a reassuring smile to let her know all was well between them.
"Okay Max it's your turn." Michael snapped, for some reason he couldn't take the silence any longer.
"Alright Michael relax. Maria truth or dare?"
"Um, I guess I'll go for a dare." She said hoping Max wasn't going dare her to kiss Mr. Personality, even if he was kinda cute.
"Okay, I dare you to let Izzy do something to you using her alien powers while your eyes are closed." Max said, hoping Maria wouldn't freak out too much and maybe, just maybe learn not be afraid of their powers.
"What exactly do you mean?" Maria questioned. She hated that she couldn't keep the fear out of her voice, she was starting to think kissing Michael wouldn't be so bad.
"Just close your eyes and Izzy will change something on or about you. Maybe she'll change the color of your sweater or something along those lines." Max explained.
"I guess that wouldn't be too bad." Maria said while closing her eyes.
Isabel got up and whispered in Liz's ear. Liz shook her head and whispered something back. Isabel smiled when Liz was done speaking and went back over and stood in front of Maria blocking everyone's view.
After a few seconds she moved back and told Maria to open her eyes. When she did, she saw that Max, Liz and Isabel were smiling at her. Even Michael was looking at her differently.
"What did you do?" Maria asked while looking down and noticing that her clothes looked the same.
"Why don't you go over to the mirror and see." Isabel urged her gently.
Maria got up and walked over to the mirror that hung over the fireplace and couldn't help gasping when she saw her reflection. Instead of her short blonde bob she now had long curly auburn hair. Even Maria couldn't believe how she looked. This was something she wanted had to do for the longest time before she had cut off her long blonde curls, but never had the courage to actually go through with it and cut her hair instead over the summer.
She couldn't stop herself. She practically tackled Isabel to the ground in her eagerness to hug her new friend. "How did you know?" She asked.
"Liz told me." Isabel said while hugging the other girl back.
"Oh, thank you so much." Maria gushed.
Isabel couldn't help but smile at the other girl. "Your welcome. It's your turn." She reminded the new red head.
"Oh yeah. Okay Lizzie, what's it going to be Chica. Truth or dare?" Maria said while playing with her new hair.
"I think I'll take a truth." Liz said smiling at the other girls happiness.
"What was the best thing that ever happened to you?" Maria questioned; hoping this would make up for the whole kissing Max thing.
Liz blushed and turned to Max. "The day Max healed me and let me into his life."
Max smiled and reached for Liz's hand. Michael snorted, which earned him a thump on the head from Maria. 'Your ass is mine Deluca!' he thought to himself.
"Okay you two, come on Liz it's your turn." Isabel said in an attempt to break the soulful staring contest her brother and Liz was having.
"Um who hasn't gone yet? Oh, that would be Michael, I guess. So, Michael truth or dare?" Liz said.
Michael almost groaned out loud but remembered his plan and stopped himself. "Truth."
Liz looked around trying to think of a question to ask and couldn't help smiling at Maria who was still playing with her new hair. Liz smiled and decided what to ask Michael. "Do you think Maria is prettier with her new hair or was she prettier before?" She couldn't help but grin, she was dying to hear what the brooding teen would say.
Maria's head shot up when she heard the question. Why the Hell did she ask him something like that for. Just what she needs to be insulted by Mr. Wonderful. She also noticed the look that came over Michael, a look that was kinda interesting, in a self-abusive type of way.
Michael almost choked on his own tongue. How the hell was he supposes to answer that one? Yeah Deluca was a royal pain in the ass and never knew when to keep her mouth shut, but that doesn't mean he didn't think she okay looking, for a human that is.
"Um." Was all Michael was able to get out. He looked around the room and saw that they were all smiling at him, dying to hear his answer, all of them except one, Maria looked mortified at what would come out of his mouth.
"Now, I guess." Michael finally said. He was going to let it go, but then he caught her smiling at him. No way could he let her think she had the upper hand. "Yeah diffidently now since its actually long enough that she could comb it over and cover that puss of her." He said, cringing on the inside at how cruel that came out.
"Michael!" Max snapped.
Michael ignored him and Isabel who were both giving him the death glare. Liz looked like she wanted to shove something extremely painful up his ass, but the worst was Maria. She looked like she was on the verge of crying, her eyes were glistering with unshed tears.
Michael cleared his throat. "My turn." He said before anyone could lay into him. "Okay Red, what's going to be truth or dare?"
Maria looked up and the hurt that was in her eyes-only seconds earlier was replaced with share hatred. "Truth needle dick!" She hissed at him.
Michael narrowed his eyes, good now I have no reason to feel guilty for what I'm going to ask. He looked her dead in the eyes and asked, "are you still a virgin? If no, then you have to give us all the detail about how you lost it."
"Oh my God, you can't ask her something like that!" Liz shouted as she shared a look with a clearly shaken Maria.
"Michael that's a little personal don't you think." Reasoned Max.
"No more personal than her knowing my biggest secret." Michael shot back.
"He's right Max, besides what difference does it make." Isabel said, figuring that Maria was still a virgin like her and almost certainly Liz.
"Look he is only asking that question to embarrass her." Liz counted.
"What the Hell is the big deal. Does little Miss Big Mouth have a deep dark secret? What is she doing banging the football team?!" Michael shouted and then turned to Maria. "So, are you going to answer the question or not?"
Liz moved over and sat down next to Maria. "Honey you don't have to answer the question." Liz said while wrapping an arm around her friends shoulder.
Maria looked up and saw that both Max and Isabel were giving her sympathetic smiles, but when she looked over to the third alien, she saw a look of triumph on his face. She knew that if she didn't answer the question that he would win the silent battle they had begun back in Roswell in front of the Evans home.
Taking a deep breath, she decided not to let him win and answered his question. "No, I'm not still a virgin." She said in a voice barely about a whisper.
"Oh wow." Isabel said, clearly surprised by her answer.
Even Michael seemed to be a little shocked by the girls admission. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all. He thought to himself, but instead he actually said. "Well, well, well seems Little Miss Big Mouth can keep something to herself. Come on the question also called for the details of your sordid little past."
"Michael, I think Maria answered your questions and the details are not needed! SO JUST LET IT GO!" Max demanded when he noticed the way Liz had tightened her grip on the other girl.
"Yeah Michael, Max is right. Enough is enough." Isabel said walking over to join the other two girls. She knelt down in front of her new friend and gave her hand a gentle squeeze.
"Oh, come on." He didn't understand why he kept it up but for some reason he couldn't just let this go as Max had commanded. "So, she sleeps around, what's the big deal. Besides she's the one who wanted to play this stupid game. Hell, she even goaded me into playing and now that we know shell spread them for anybody we have to pussy foot around her feeling. Give me a freaking break."
Maria looked up after Michael finished his rant and he actually stopped breathing for a few seconds when he saw the look of utter hatred in her eyes for him. Good that's what I want to see. I can handle hatred any day over the other looks she had been giving him. He thought.
"I'll finish answering your question. You want the details; I'll give you the fucking details." She shot back while standing up to face him.
"Honey, don't give him the satisfaction." Urged Liz.
Maria turned and smiled at her friend. "It's ok Lizzie don't worry; I can handle this." She turned her attention back to the spiky hair alien praying that she could keep the brave fade up for as long as it would take for her to tell her story. "His name was Jake.'
"Oh, not Jake Carter. Maria his gorgeous." Isabel gushed, clearly impressed.
Maria turned and gave the other girl a sad smile and shook her head no before turning back to look Michael in the eyes. "No Iz, you don't know this guy. His name was Jake Harper and he was a guy my mom dated when I was eleven."
Michael swallowed hard when she said this and started to look down at the floor. He didn't like were this was heading. But Maria wouldn't have any of that and she walked the few steps that stood between then and grabbed his chin making him look up again into her eyes.
"You wanted to hear this so damn bad, you better look me in the eyes while I'm speaking to you." She hissed to him.
Isabel moved to sit on the couch next to Liz grabbing the other girls hand unconsciously. She could tell that this wasn't going to be some harmless teenage sex romp story by the way the other two girls were acting. The smaller girl looked up and Iz was saddened to see unshed tears in the other girls eyes. Both turned their attention back to the scene in front of them.
Maria took a shaky breath and continued. "I was home by myself, my mom had to work late. She used to send me over to Liz's house when she worked late, but I had convinced her that I was old enough to stay home alone. It was around 9:00 and the doorbell had rung. I checked the peep hole like my mom had taught me to and saw that it was her new boyfriend Jake."
She stopped for a second to collect her thoughts. This was going to be harder than she thought. She had buried this memory so deep and now it was barreling through her so fast her head was swimming. She couldn't help it; she actually started to chuckle when she remembers how she felt that night while answering the door.
"I liked Jake. He always paid attention to me. The other guys my mom dated use to ignore me completely or would demand that she sent me somewhere else because I put a damper on the mood. Not Jake, he actually would take me out with them sometimes. He would take us both out to dinner and to the movies. A week earlier he had taken us to the carnival, he even won me a stuff animal. So, I never thought twice about letting him in the house." She explained.
"I told him that my mom was working but she would be home in an hour or so. He said that was fine that he would wait. I didn't think about it and told him I just had to finish my homework and then I was going to bed. He didn't say anything he just looked at me and then went into the kitchen and grabbed a beer. So, I left and went to my room. I finished my reading and had just put my stuff back into my book bag and was getting ready to turn down my comforter to get into bed when Jake knocked on my door and came in. I was so stupid I didn't think anything about him coming into my room and then he said something to me that I hadn't heard from a man since my father left when I was five, something that actually made me feel special."
"Hi Sweetie, would you like it if I tucked in you?" Jake said while taking a swig of his beer.
Maria couldn't help but to giggle. "I'm kinda old to be tucked in." She said while snuggling down into her bed.
"Okay, well how about a kiss and a hug. Are you too old for that?" He asked while walking over to her bed. He put his beer down on her nightstand and ran his hand through her hair.
Maria started to get nervous having Jake sitting on her bed and touching her hair, but she just thought she was being silly. "No, I'm not too old for that." Maria said with a laugh as she reached up and gave Jake a hug and a smacking kiss on the cheek. "Good night Jake." She added as she lay back down.
The nervous feeling came back when Maria noticed that he wasn't getting up to leave. Nervousness quickly turned to fear when Jake reached out and ran his hand down Maria's cheek while saying. "You're so pretty, just like your mother."
Maria tried to push him away but couldn't stop Jake as he brought his face down and crushed his lips to hers. All she could smell was the beer he had been drinking and the cigarettes that he had been smoking earlier. She finally pushed Jake off of herself and was trying to jump out of the bed when he shoved her back down, ripping the blankets away and covering her body with his.
Maria could barely breath with Jake's weight on her. She was trying to fight him, and she managed to kick him in his shin. "You little bitch!" He cried while pulling back and punching the frightened girl on the side of her head. Maria tried shaking her head, trying to clear her vision when she felt her nightgown being torn and her underwear being pulled off of her.
"Oh God, please don't! I promise I'll be good! Please don't punish me!" Maria begged, not completely sure what this man who she had trusted was going to do to her. She was getting ready to say something when she felt a terrible pain down in her private area. She felt like she was being ripped in two.
"Please stop, this hurts so much. Please stop." She whimpered. The monster didn't seem to hear her as he continued hurting her. After what seemed an eternity, he finally got off her and stood up while adjusting his pants. "You tell anyone about what happened here tonight I will kill your mother." With that he walked out of her room.
Maria came out of the nightmare she was reliving to hearing both Isabel and Liz weeping on the couch. She truly looked into Michael's eyes for the first time to see tears that he tried to control by blinking rapidly.
She hadn't realized that she also had started crying at some point well telling her story. She didn't even try to hide the hatred in her voice when she spoke to him. "So now you know my secret. Does that make us even in your book?" She hissed.
"I'm sorry." Michael said in a voice just above a whisper. He didn't even realize that he was reaching out to touch her shoulder until he felt his hand being slapped away.
"Don't touch me you bastard!" Maria snapped. "Don't you ever fucking touch me! I'll kill you if you ever touch me again!"
Michael actually backed away from the girl when he saw the wild look in her eyes. He realized that she wasn't actually speaking to him but to Jake. She was still reliving the rape over again in her head and she had identified Michael in the here and now as the Jake from her memory.
He couldn't blame her. In some ways Michael was actually feeling like he was raping her again with making her tell her story. Michael watched helplessly as Maria finally collapsed on the floor, hugging her knees to her chest in a vain attempt to disappear.
Finally, Liz seemed to get her baring and slipped off the couch to crawl over to the other girl. Liz wrapped her arms around the hysterical girl and began to rock her back in forth in an attempt to calm her down. "It's okay Baby. I'm here and Max and Isabel are here too. Well make sure no one hurts you again Baby." Liz said while placing soft comforting kisses on the other girls forehead.
Michael drew his attention away from the two girls on the floor to look at his brother and sister and the glares they were giving him actually made him feel even more ashamed than he thought possible. As did Liz's words 'Max and Isabel are here too. We'll make sure no one hurts you again'. His name wasn't included and with good reason, he had hurt her.
He went back to watching the two girls on the floor. Liz was rocking Maria in her arms like a mother would with a small child that awoke from a bad dream. He tried to hear the words Liz was whispering in an attempt to comfort the other girl. Michael was shock to see Isabel get up and go to them. Kneeling on the floor beside Maria, she reached over and began to rub the other girls back.
"Maria, how about if Isabel and I take you into the bathroom and help you into a nice hot relaxing bath. I remembered to pack your favorite bubble bath." Liz asked.
Maria just nodded her head and Isabel wrapped her arm around her and helped her stand up. Both boys watched Liz and Isabel helping Maria walk down the hall. Max waited until he was sure they were out of earshot before he turned around to lay into the other boy.
Max stopped himself when he looked into Michael eyes. He had never seen so much self-hatred. Michael bowed his head and in a voice of defeat said to him. "Please Max, don't. You can't say anything to me that I haven't already said to myself. I'm a bastard for putting her through that again. How was I supposed to know some sick bastard raped her when she wasn't much more than a baby."
Michael couldn't help but picturing the younger Maria. They were in fifth grade when it happened. He remembered that year the little pixie who always giggling had changed. It happened around the fall sometime. She would smile but there was always something sad in her eyes.
"It happened around Halloween." He said to Max.
Max was so busy watching the young man in front of him that he didn't really hear what he said at first.
"What?" Max asked.
"I said it happened around Halloween. Don't you remember how Maria always acted around the holidays when we were younger? But in fifth grade she changed, she didn't giggle anymore." Michael reflected.
Max didn't get a chance to answer him because Liz came into the room. "How is she?" Max asked as he walked over to stand next to her.
"Isabel is sitting with her, she's actually pretty good with her." Liz said with a small smile.
Her smile disappeared when she heard Michael asking. "What ever happened to that bastard?"
"Why you want to ask him if she was a good lay!" Liz snapped. "Tell me did you enjoy it. Does it make you feel superior to us? Now you know her secret, what are you going to do? No let me guess, use it as leverage to keep her in line! Listen to me and listen well, I don't care if you have powers or not but if you so much as look at my best friend the wrong way, I will personally cut your balls off and force feed them to you!" Liz hissed.
Michael looked at the petite girl in front of him and saw the look of conviction in her eyes and knew that if it were the last thing, she did she would follow through on her threat.
"No, I'm not going to use this information against her. Look I got to get out of here." Michael said as he grabbed his coat and headed for the front door.
"Michael, were are you going?" Max asked.
He didn't know why but he was getting such mixed feeling from the other alien. He was almost afraid to even think about it. Could it be that Michael harbored feelings for Maria much like he had for Liz since they were in grammar school. Why did Michael notice that the girl had changed in the fifth grade?
"I won't go far; I just need to get some fresh air." Michael said while opening the door. He held the door open and looked down at his feet and spoke without turning around. "What happened to him?" He asked again.
Liz was actually shocked at the sound of defeat in his voice and was surprised to hear how soft her voice was when she finally answered him. "He was killed in a car accident. He was drunk and wrapped his car around a tree two days after he had raped her. Maria didn't tell her mother for almost two weeks after it happened."
Michael didn't say anything; he just nodded his head and walked through the door heading for the surrounding woods.
TBC