Authors notes: Okay I haven't updated this story for a very long time because I haven't had time to write new parts. But now I have and I hope someone will still like it. I've written a resume in case someone don't want to read it all again if they've forgotten something. Please let me know if I should continue, and also read my new story "A group shattering to pieces".

Resume: Everyone meets up at the five years reunion except for Maria.

Max and Liz are married and live in Roswell where Max is a lawyer and Liz is a doctor.

Tess owns the Crashdown and lives in the Valenti-house.

Kyle hasn't been in Roswell for five years, but is a successful footballplayer. He and Tess still feel something between them when he returns.

Isabel and Alex met a year ago in New York and the feelings came back and they are now engaged. They live in New York.

Michael is an artist but only for himself and he works with kids in a daycare.

Right after high school when Maria and Amy were moving in at the Valenti house, something happened.

Maria and sheriff Valenti both died in a car accident and nothing was the same after that.

Michael shut himself of from the world, but at the reunion Maria showed up as a ghost to help save him.

She showed him the future and Michael did not like what he saw. He had to say goodbye to Maria and she went back to where she came from.

Admitting

Tess sat down in the couch next to Kyle. "Here you go," she said and gave him a cup of tea. "I hope you like it. It's herbal tea. It is supposed to be good for you."

"I'm sure it's fine," Kyle said and took a sip.

Tess smiled at him and put her own cup on the table next to the couch. "So, how long are you planning on staying?" she asked.

"Originally I was just going to stay a few days because I have an important game in a week, but I don't know now."

"You think you might stay longer?" Tess asked hopefully. She would love to have Kyle around.

"Maybe…" Kyle said and smiled at her. "Depends on what happens here." Then they stared at each other for a while before Kyle leaned in. Just as they were about to kiss, the doorbell rang. Both of them quickly reacted and the moment was ruined.

The bell started ringing more frantically and Tess went to open. Outside stood Michael with an unreadable look on his face.

"Michael!" Tess said and dragged him inside and closed the door. "Is everything okay. Where did you go? Have you called Isabel?"

"Hey, slow down will you," Michael said, more calmly than Tess had heard him for years. "I am okay, I will tell you where I went later and I haven't called Isabel. Did that cover it?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry Michael. We were just so worried about you when you just left like that," Tess explained and showed him into the living room where Kyle was still sitting.

"Hey Valenti," Michael said normally and went to sit in the lazy boy next to the couch.

"Hi Guerin," Kyle responded.

Tess just looked on with confusion. She hadn't seen Michael this relaxed since Maria was alive.

Earlier at the reunion she'd seen him hysterical. What was going on?

"Tess, would you call everyone over here?" Michael asked and took here by surprise.

"Of course. May I ask why?"

"I just need to talk to all of you," Michael said.

"Is something wrong?" Tess asked, suddenly getting worried.

"No, not really," Michael answered. "Nothing new anyway."

"Okay," Tess mumbled and went to call everyone.

She decided to go into the kitchen and make the calls so that she could talk without Michael and Kyle hearing and so that they had a chance to catch up.

Max answered on the second ring.

"Hi, it's me Tess."

"Oh hi," Max said and sounded a little surprised.

"I'm sorry to call you so late, but I need you and Liz to get over here right away."

"Why? What's happened?" Max asked and Tess could hear the worry in his voice.

"Don't worry," Tess quickly reassured him. "It's just that Michael came here and he wants to talk to everyone. He's acting very strange Max."

"What do you mean strange?"

"Just get over here," Tess said. "And call Isabel and Alex too. I think they're staying at the Roswell inn."

"I know, I offered them to stay at our place but they turned it down," Max said. "Anyway, I'll just try Isabel's cellphone."

"Good. So I'll see you soon. Bye!"

"Bye Tess…"

Alex stopped the car outside Tess's house, former Valenti-house, and he and Isabel quickly got out and ran up to the door. Isabel didn't even bother ringing the doorbell or knocking, she just opened.

Alex knew she was really worried about Michael and so was he, but it was different. He knew Isabel felt guilty about leaving Roswell after Maria died and it didn't matter that Alex told her she shouldn't.

They were the last one to arrive and everybody was seated in the living room exept Tess who was serving them all tea.

"Michael!" Isabel said and went to him and gave him a hug. "Are you okay?"

"Why does everyone keep asking me that?" Michael said when Isabel let go.

"Maybe because you left angry from the reunion," Alex said. "You seemed pretty upset."

"I know," Michael said and sighed. "That's kind of what I brought you here to talk about. I'm gonna try to explain my behavior the last five years and tell you about tonight when something very strange happened to me."

"You found Buddha," Kyle joked and Alex couldn't help but laugh. The others smiled too.

"No I didn't find Buddha," Michael said, glaring at Kyle.

"I found something else. And if you could all sit down," he said looking at Tess and Isabel who were standing up and staring at him like he was gonna crack, "then I will get to that."

Tess sat down the teapot and joined Kyle, Max and Liz in the couch.

Isabel sat down next to Alex in the loveseat.

"Now," Michael began "I can tell you…"

TBC...    If you want me to?