Intense


Disclaimer: I now state I do not own any of the people mentioned in this fan fic (though I'm welcome to offers Brendan and Jason!) This is purely for entertainment.

Rating: If you're old enough to watch the show you can read this.

Author's note: What should have happened after Blind Date.

Song:24/7 by Kevon Edmonds. I thought about what Maria was saying about popular songs and how it would be ironic for Liz. Plus with my tiny changes it is so perfect to be sung by Maria for Michael.

"Isabel, I don't think this is a good idea," Michael urged as a tall blond who had sweet-talked him into going to the club where the Whits were performing. And not just the Whits. The object of his affection. He'd heard her voice singing an old Phil Collins song on the car radio. He already drew comparisons between the song and his relationship with her.
"I said I'd be there so I will!" she replied thinking of who she had come to think of as her very own sweet hearted geek. "And don't tell me you don't want to see her," she said.
Michael let himself be dragged into the club. Isabel charged right in and walked right to the front of the stage in direct sight of Alex.
He chuckled as he saw the tall boy nearly drop his guitar.
And then he heard her voice.
"It's the last song of the night. I kinda changed the words so it would make more sense to my wacky life. Enjoy," she smiled as Alex started strumming his guitar soon joined by the other members of the band.
Michael leaned against the wall, unsure weather he could stand unsupported.

Maria scanned the audience already knowing that the one she was looking for wasn't there. Her eyes stopped at Liz who was now standing next to Isabel, filling her in on the night's events. She saw Liz flinch when she heard the song.
"Oh, well here goes nothing. This is for you spaceboy," she muttered under her breath. But somehow Michael heard even though he was across the room. Call it an alien perk.

Baby it's no mystery
You're bringing out the best in me

Michael smiled. To think she was singing this song about him. It was the other way around. She brought out the best in him. When he was with her home was the last thing on his mind. It was only when he thought, that he found reasons to pick holes in their relationship.

And though I've never been in love before
I know this is the kind of love that makes me feel secure

Change number one, she thought. And her words were true. She had never loved anyone the way she loved Michael. Not that she'd ever admit it to any of them. That would be laying herself wide open for disappointment. What was the point anyway? Sure, he cared about her. But not enough to be with her. She felt safe with him, even though she was technically in the most danger she ever had been in. She just had this gut feeling that Michael wouldn't sit back and let anybody hurt her. Except maybe him, she thought darkly.

I never thought that give and take
Mentality was right for me, hmm
You made me open up and see
That it's for real
And there's no other place I'd rather be

Michael had always worked on a no strings basis. He repaid debts quickly to avoid messy entanglements like the whole napkin holder thing. He didn't even know why he did it at the time. But when she told him he kept it he felt good. Knowing that she wanted a physical reminder of him that wouldn't fade, like the hickey he had given her, made him feel wanted.

I think about you all the time
24-7 babe

Yet another thing that's true for me, Maria mentally sighed. She thought about Michael when she got up, when she drove to school in the Jetta where she had first got to know the real Michael Guerin on their mad jaunt to Texas. She thought about him in classes, when she passed the eraser room or when he turned up to history. Sometimes she felt his eyes on her but when she turned around he was either staring out the window or smirking at Max and Liz making goo goo eyes at each other.

The love I have inside for you
Is more than any words can say
Thanking God on bended knee
We'll always be together babe
You and me

Although he wouldn't admit Michael knew something about him and Maria. I love her, he thought. And in his heart he knew he would never be to far apart from her. They could be on different planets and all he would have to do would be look to his heart and he would be with her. Mushy as it was he knew it was true.

If there's a high or low
Anything can be babe

Maria knew she was ready to face FBI, other aliens, and the sheriff, anybody who would cause trouble for them. She knew nothing could stop them.

I'll be there for you to pick you up off your feet, yeah
Thanking God on bended knee
We'll always be together babe
You and me

If anything ever made Maria fall, he would be there to pick up the pieces. He would make sure of it. He would thank the god he never believed in to keep her where he could see, not taking her away, so he could prevent any harm that may come. Together they could fight it and win it.

When I'm in my nine to five
A smile goes across my lips when I
Daydream about the night before
I count the minutes till I'm in your arms once more

Maria was used to day dreaming in the Crashdown but during the heatwave things took on a whole new meaning. She'd be taking orders from the table, on which the previous night she had been kissing him. She couldn't keep the smile of her face. She didn't think she'd ever earned so many tips. The shift could never go fast enough until she was with him again.

My friends they don't understand, no

He knew Max and Isabel didn't understand. They never could. Max and Liz had that whole soppy romance thing and he was sure Isabel had a crush on Alex but like him was too afraid to build a relationship on earth. Unlike him she hadn't rushed in, gave Alex a few days of happiness than smashed his heart to smithereens.

In me they see a brand new woman
I give you props and tell them that
My shorty's bout it
He personifies the love he gives

Even Liz-I'm-so-in-love-with-my-alien-boyfriend-I- can't-think-straight-Parker had noticed the change in Maria. Gone was the ever so slightly flaky best friend and in her place was a new improved, mature Maria DeLuca. Liz would be jealous if she ever knew how deep things went. Still waters run deep? Then tempestuous waterfalls must run a hell lot deeper because Michael Gueirn the hot-headed alien certainly had a lot more to offer than what met the eye. Although Michael had never said anything remotely like I love you, she felt it all the same. It was there. Another alien perk.

I think about you all the time
24-7 babe

Michael was well aware that he thought about her all the time. Anytime he caught a glimpse of golden hair he was worse than before. She must have found a spare sledgehammer somewhere because she was slowly knocking down his stone wall.

The love I have inside for you
Is more than any words can say
Thanking God on bended knee
We'll always be together, babe
You and me

It was mushy she knew but she couldn't describe the way he made her feel. Whatever she had done to make god think she was worthy of him she knew she would be forever thankful for having the chance to be with him.

If there's a high or low
Anything can be babe

As long as they were together they were strong, alone they would wither and die. Seeing her at school and the Crashdown would have to do until it was safe for them to be one.

I'll be there for you to pick you up off your feet, yeah
Thanking God on bended knee
We'll always be together babe
You and me

She wanted to be with him all the time. Weather he was rich or poor or sick or well. She wanted to be with him. God thank god he can't hear me. He'd think I wanted to drag him up the aisle. Hmmm, maybe that would be a good idea? She thought her grin making her face light up.

Oh how I've waited for this moment in my life
It's you that I adore
Baby with you I am secure
My life is in your hands
And now I understand
What it means to be in love, oh
Never gonna let you go, oh no

Michael had waited for this all his life. To find someone he could be with forever. Adoration and love described the way he felt. She was like a goddess. One that he would spend the rest of his life adoring if he could. He'd called her a princess in the Arabian night's room at that nookie motel. If only she knew that that was exactly what he thought she deserved to be.

I think about you all the time
24-7 babe
The love I have inside for you
Is more than any words can say
Thanking God on bended knee
We'll always be together babe
You and me
If there's a high or low
Anything can be babe
I'll be there for you to pick you up off your feet, yeah
Thanking God on bended knee

I want him, she thought.
I want her, he thought.

As Maria wound the song down her eyes focused on the tall, spiky haired boy standing at the back of the room looking right at her. She kept eye contact and shivered at the soul-searching look he was sending her way. She somehow knew he understood why this was the last song.

We'll always be together babe
You and me...

The song ended and before the club erupted into outrageously loud applause there was a couple seconds of silence. The two teens from totally different worlds stared at each other. The song, the club, their friends all disappeared. It was just them. And that suited them just fine.