Alex sat opposite Michael at their regular booth at the Crashdown. He glared at him for 20 minutes before either of them spoke.
"I trusted you both," everyone could see that Alex wasn't angry, he was hurt. His girlfriend had betrayed him, with one of his best friends.
"It was once, OK. I've felt bad about it ever since, but you can't change the past." Michael had clammed up. He was refusing to show any of his emotions.
"You don't get it do you, I feel like such a fool." Maria got up and walked out of the restaurant.
"Now look what you did," Liz was walking out after Maria.
"This is ridiculous, we can't talk this through without Isabel." Max also walked out.
"Well I guess this meeting is over," only Tess was left between Alex and Michael.
Isabel slowly drove home, she had been gone for 6 days and now she was back in Roswell she was glad she had got out of there. The whole town had an air of confinement and she couldn't help feeling trapped by who she was. At least away from Roswell she was anonymous; she was just another face in the crowd, not an alien. Three blocks from her house she stopped. She had a choice; either go home and get a lecture from Max, or try to sort things with Alex. She just wished there were some way of knowing who her baby's father was. This was so complicated, but she was kidding herself if she said that the only reason she had slept with Michael was to stop the dreams. It had been blind passion, and they both knew it. She loved Alex, but the electricity that she had felt when she had been with Michael had been amazing. God, being a teenager was hard enough without all the destiny crap, and now she was pregnant. Things couldn't get much worse. She had to try and sort things out with Alex.
Isabel and Liz hadn't ever got on very well, and Tess and Liz hated each other, but that was nothing compared to the way Maria felt towards Isabel at that moment. Still, they were trying to put aside all the complicated love triangles that were controlling their lives to help Isabel. They had never expected to be in this situation but they were. Tess was the only one with any ides what to do. She had a feeling that the baby's mind might hold the key to whether the baby was part human. They had to compare the baby's mind with that of a human baby of the same state of development, and they figured that if they hung around the hospital they would find one. Then all Isabel had to do was dreamwalk into the baby's mind. Who were they kidding, this was along shot, they had no idea if this would work.
Isabel calmed her mind; she pushed her mind slowly into the baby's mind. It was so strange to be connected to a mind that only recognised sensations and emotions. She was glad she only had to get an impression of the mind and not try and communicate. She had what she wanted, so she eased her mind away from the baby's.
That had been hard, but later that day she had a harder task, she had to look into her own baby's mind. She was so afraid of what she would find. She wasn't even sure if she would be able to tell, because she had no alien baby's mind to compare it with.
Alex hadn't cried since he was 9, but the hurt he was feeling at that tine was worse than any possible physical pain. He had got used to the fact that he was going to be a father, but then to have that questioned was like having his heart ripped out. He didn't ever want to see Isabel ever again, but he knew the baby still could be his. Then the one person he wanted to forget walked into his room.
"What the hell do you want?" Alex was angrier than he had ever been.
"I can't do this on my own. I have to dreamwalk into my own baby's mind and I'm slightly terrified. I need you. I want this baby to be yours more than I've ever wanted anything in my whole life." Isabel dissolved into sobs and Alex instantly knew that who ever the baby's biological father was, he would always treat it as his own child.
Isabel cleared her mind for the second time that day, she needed to be absolutely calm, and that was the one thing that she was definitely not. She was just glad that Alex was there to hold her hand. As her mind connected with the baby's mind she felt something so strange, this baby was part of her. She was looking into this tiny, hardly formed mind, and it was like looking in a mirror. This baby was so like her and yet completely different. She knew instantly that Alex was the baby's father, she didn't know how, but she knew. At that moment she was so relaxed, but she knew that the worst was ahead of her.
"I trusted you both," everyone could see that Alex wasn't angry, he was hurt. His girlfriend had betrayed him, with one of his best friends.
"It was once, OK. I've felt bad about it ever since, but you can't change the past." Michael had clammed up. He was refusing to show any of his emotions.
"You don't get it do you, I feel like such a fool." Maria got up and walked out of the restaurant.
"Now look what you did," Liz was walking out after Maria.
"This is ridiculous, we can't talk this through without Isabel." Max also walked out.
"Well I guess this meeting is over," only Tess was left between Alex and Michael.
Isabel slowly drove home, she had been gone for 6 days and now she was back in Roswell she was glad she had got out of there. The whole town had an air of confinement and she couldn't help feeling trapped by who she was. At least away from Roswell she was anonymous; she was just another face in the crowd, not an alien. Three blocks from her house she stopped. She had a choice; either go home and get a lecture from Max, or try to sort things with Alex. She just wished there were some way of knowing who her baby's father was. This was so complicated, but she was kidding herself if she said that the only reason she had slept with Michael was to stop the dreams. It had been blind passion, and they both knew it. She loved Alex, but the electricity that she had felt when she had been with Michael had been amazing. God, being a teenager was hard enough without all the destiny crap, and now she was pregnant. Things couldn't get much worse. She had to try and sort things out with Alex.
Isabel and Liz hadn't ever got on very well, and Tess and Liz hated each other, but that was nothing compared to the way Maria felt towards Isabel at that moment. Still, they were trying to put aside all the complicated love triangles that were controlling their lives to help Isabel. They had never expected to be in this situation but they were. Tess was the only one with any ides what to do. She had a feeling that the baby's mind might hold the key to whether the baby was part human. They had to compare the baby's mind with that of a human baby of the same state of development, and they figured that if they hung around the hospital they would find one. Then all Isabel had to do was dreamwalk into the baby's mind. Who were they kidding, this was along shot, they had no idea if this would work.
Isabel calmed her mind; she pushed her mind slowly into the baby's mind. It was so strange to be connected to a mind that only recognised sensations and emotions. She was glad she only had to get an impression of the mind and not try and communicate. She had what she wanted, so she eased her mind away from the baby's.
That had been hard, but later that day she had a harder task, she had to look into her own baby's mind. She was so afraid of what she would find. She wasn't even sure if she would be able to tell, because she had no alien baby's mind to compare it with.
Alex hadn't cried since he was 9, but the hurt he was feeling at that tine was worse than any possible physical pain. He had got used to the fact that he was going to be a father, but then to have that questioned was like having his heart ripped out. He didn't ever want to see Isabel ever again, but he knew the baby still could be his. Then the one person he wanted to forget walked into his room.
"What the hell do you want?" Alex was angrier than he had ever been.
"I can't do this on my own. I have to dreamwalk into my own baby's mind and I'm slightly terrified. I need you. I want this baby to be yours more than I've ever wanted anything in my whole life." Isabel dissolved into sobs and Alex instantly knew that who ever the baby's biological father was, he would always treat it as his own child.
Isabel cleared her mind for the second time that day, she needed to be absolutely calm, and that was the one thing that she was definitely not. She was just glad that Alex was there to hold her hand. As her mind connected with the baby's mind she felt something so strange, this baby was part of her. She was looking into this tiny, hardly formed mind, and it was like looking in a mirror. This baby was so like her and yet completely different. She knew instantly that Alex was the baby's father, she didn't know how, but she knew. At that moment she was so relaxed, but she knew that the worst was ahead of her.