Max glared at Alex. "You told her?" Max said out loud. "I swear Whitman."
Alex scooted behind Fi, chuckling. "I, uh..." Alex stuttered. "So you're the daughter of Molly Phillips?" Alex asked, changing the subject.
Fi smiled at Alex, and for the moment she ignored the angry look on Max's face. "Um yeah, have been her daughter for almost 17 years, hence the last name Phillips." Fi smirked, but then she turned to Max. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you. I am so not getting along with the people in Roswell well; First I make a fool out of myself in front of that Michael guy and now I make you mad."
"It's not you." Max said dryly. "Sorry. Max Evans. I'm usually friendly." Max glared at Alex.
"He's lying!" Alex crouched down behind Fi. "So, 17 years, that's a long time to have a relationship with a rockstar." Alex teased.
"Hi Max, I'm Fi." Fi reached out her hand to shake Max's. Fi turned to Alex and grinned. "Well I'm a committed kind of person."
"Hello Fi." Max chuckled. "Welcome to Roswell, New Mexico."
Fi smiled at Max. "Well thank you Max. Um my mom is right in there if you guys want to go meet her. Or we could hang out, I don't have a lot of friends in this town, I think I made a bad impression."
"I bet." Alex circled his arms around Fi's waist. "Be cautious." Alex hissed, laughing.
"Whitman, you're scaring her. Get up." Max barked. "Maria is a difficult person. Trust me."
"Trust US." Alex piped.
Fi laughed. "Well you two seem trustworthy enough." Fi smiled at Max. "Believe me nothing scares me, living on the road does that."
"I bet." Max stared at Fi, there was something about Fiona that struck him. She seemed trustworthy. Like she had seen.... "Get up, seriously Alex."
"I kind of like it down here." Alex called back.
Fi pulled Alex up and grinned at him. "So is the crashdown the only place where you can get something to eat? I'm kind of hungry, but I don't want to go back there."
Max laughed. "Maria got to you, huh?"
Fi shrugged. "Actually it wasn't her."
"Is there any place else to eat here Max?" Alex asked, his ears red with embarrassment. "The cafeteria at school, and that's not a place to take outsiders, it's dangerous."
Fi bit her lip. "Ahh, the dangerous cafeteria food, beware huh?"
"Isn't it that way in all cafeterias?" Alex asked more bravely. "We could stop by my house for something."
Fi thought for a second and then nodded. "Sure, that sounds great." Fi looked over at Max. "How does it sound to you?"
Max nodded. "My car's around back, unless you want to ride on the back of Whitman's bike."
Alex pouted. "He doesn't like my car."
"It's a death trap!" Max piped up.
Fi planted herself in the middle of Max and Alex. "Besides that, what's wrong with the car?"
"My car? Nothing." Alex crossed his arms across his chest.
Fi laughed. Since the first time she arrived in Roswell, New Mexico, she felt as if she had friends. "Well, if you say so mister Whitman. I think Max's car sounds more safe though." Fi grinned and locked her arm in Alex's.
Alex blushed. "There's just this rust on the side."
"Did you mention the hole in the seat where it looks like it was attacked by rats?" Max tossed in a few words. "Mention the interior Alex."
Fi doubled over in laughter for a second and then finally straightened her body up. "Okay Max's car it is then!"
Max laughed, his whole body shaking. "I haven't done that in the longest time." Max's whole face smiling.
"Glad I could give you this chance." Alex muttered, turning his face away. "A laugh at my expense."
Fi linked her free arm with Max's and smiled at both of them. "Okay you two, let's go to Max's car and get something to eat. You don't mind having to stick with the weird little sister do you?"
"I have a mean older sister." Max responded. "Never had a little sister."
Fi looked at Max and smiled. "I feel your pain. My older brother, is evil... well at least to me."
Alex shook his head. "Okay you two, let's hit it."
Fi nodded. "Alex's is right, let's go."
Max nodded, as he started his jeep. He reached over and turned down the music that blared.
Fi listened to the low tone of the music and smiled. "Sheryl Crow?"
"He likes stuff loud. Except girlfriends." Alex yelled over the music.
Fi turned to Alex and grinned. "Ahh! it's a miracle you still have your ear drums." Fi laughed.
"I deal!" Alex yelled back.
"So do I, actually I always bring a spare pair of ear plugs whenever we have to go to concerts or something."
*All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die,
Says the man next to me out of nowhere
It's apropos of nothing
He says his name's William but I'm sure
He's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy
And he's plain ugly to me
And I wonder if he's ever had a day of fun in his whole life
We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday
In a bar that faces a giant car wash
The good people of the world are washing their cars
On their lunch break, hosing and scrubbing
As best they can in skirts in suits
They drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks
Back to the phone company, the record store too
Well, they're nothing like Billy and me, cause
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun*
Max shook his head and turned up the radio. "Almost there." Max yelled back to them.
Fi nodded and leaned into Alex and whispered in his ear. "So how do you deal with the loud music?"
"Like this!" Alex laughed as the jeep pulled into his street. He unbuckled his seat belt and jumped from the back of the jeep. "See you there!" Alex waved as he ran down the street.
Fi smirked and listened to the music, letting the lyrics pour into her ears. "It's a good song!" Fi screamed over the music at Max.
"Huh?" Max reached over and turned down the stereo. "Sorry. I really like that song."
Fi tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "So do I. I was just saying it was a real good song."
"Oh. Yeah." Max pulled into the driveway. "Hey Whitman!"
"Hello!" Alex had tied an apron around his waist. "Welcome!"
Fi unbuckled herself from the car and jumped out of the front seat and walked over to Alex and stared at his house, with a weird look in her eyes. "Nice house."
Max shook his head and followed. "You should see his room."
Fi smiled at Max. "No I really mean it, it's a nice house. It has a homy feeling to it."
"I mean it, you should see his room." Max whispered in Fi's ear.
Fi grinned. "How bad is it?"
"Okay!" Alex said loudly. "The kitchen is this way."
Max smirked
Fi smiled and followed Alex into the kitchen with Max beside her.
"Do you like Tonic?" Alex turned up the radio a little. "Sandwiches, sodas, the whole deal."
Fi leaned against the kitchen counter and listened to the radio. "Well thank you, my humble host." Fi smiled and looked down when she heard her cell phone ring. "So, you guys known each other long?"
"A couple of years." Alex leaned against the counter.
"That's cool. You guys seem close." Fi grabbed a sandwich and bit into it. "Is it always this exciting?" Fi grinned.
*Love Is Tragic
Love Is Bold
You Will ALways
Do What You Are Told
Love Is Hard
Love Is Strong
You Will Never Say That You Were Wrong
I Don't Know When I Got Bitter
But Love Is Surely Better When It's Gone
'Cause You Wanted More
More Than I could Give
More than I could handle
In a life that I can't live
You wanted more
More than I could bear
More than I could offer
For a love that isn't there*
"It's all for you, dear." Alex bent down on one knee. "I only knew his name before"
Fi laughed at the scene right in front of her, she had to admit Alex Whitman was like no one else she ever met.
"I'll be seeing you." Max stuck his head back in the kitchen. "I gotta run."
Fi looked away from Alex to catch Max leaving. "Uh, okay bye!" Fi turned back to Alex. "He left in a hurry."
"He glows with mystery." Alex rolled his eyes. "There's a lot you don't know about us Fiona Phillips."
Fi tilted her head at Alex and nodded knowingly. "Vice-versa Alex Whitman."
"I mean it." Alex said seriously. "Just be glad you're only here for a short time."
Fi looked at Alex, her brown eyes with a serious look in them. "Alex, I know I just met you and all, but believe me, I've seen things. I've seen things that go beyond everything the world of science has taught us."
"And to think that would impress me." Alex smiled slowly. "But I can't say."
Fi smiled. "I understand, some things just have to stay a secret. Even though you may want to tell me or vice-versa, you can't."
"You have no idea."
Fi looked down at her hands for a second, thinking about what kind of secret Alex could be carrying, but then she looked up a second later. "Life sucks sometimes you know that?"
"I can't Fi."
Fi smiled. "I know." Fi looked down at her pager this time. Fi looked up and smiled at Alex sadly.
"It's my brother again, I better go."
Alex nodded. "Give me a call while you're in Roswell."
Fi looked back at Alex before leaving. "I'm here for a few days, and I know where you live, you can depend on it."
Fi turned to leave but then glanced back again. "And hey Alex?"
"Yeah?"
"That secret you're carrying, whoever you're covering for, is lucky to have such a great guy like you helping them out." Fi smiled and then turned to leave.
"I'll be seeing you Fi." Alex said to himself.
Alex scooted behind Fi, chuckling. "I, uh..." Alex stuttered. "So you're the daughter of Molly Phillips?" Alex asked, changing the subject.
Fi smiled at Alex, and for the moment she ignored the angry look on Max's face. "Um yeah, have been her daughter for almost 17 years, hence the last name Phillips." Fi smirked, but then she turned to Max. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you. I am so not getting along with the people in Roswell well; First I make a fool out of myself in front of that Michael guy and now I make you mad."
"It's not you." Max said dryly. "Sorry. Max Evans. I'm usually friendly." Max glared at Alex.
"He's lying!" Alex crouched down behind Fi. "So, 17 years, that's a long time to have a relationship with a rockstar." Alex teased.
"Hi Max, I'm Fi." Fi reached out her hand to shake Max's. Fi turned to Alex and grinned. "Well I'm a committed kind of person."
"Hello Fi." Max chuckled. "Welcome to Roswell, New Mexico."
Fi smiled at Max. "Well thank you Max. Um my mom is right in there if you guys want to go meet her. Or we could hang out, I don't have a lot of friends in this town, I think I made a bad impression."
"I bet." Alex circled his arms around Fi's waist. "Be cautious." Alex hissed, laughing.
"Whitman, you're scaring her. Get up." Max barked. "Maria is a difficult person. Trust me."
"Trust US." Alex piped.
Fi laughed. "Well you two seem trustworthy enough." Fi smiled at Max. "Believe me nothing scares me, living on the road does that."
"I bet." Max stared at Fi, there was something about Fiona that struck him. She seemed trustworthy. Like she had seen.... "Get up, seriously Alex."
"I kind of like it down here." Alex called back.
Fi pulled Alex up and grinned at him. "So is the crashdown the only place where you can get something to eat? I'm kind of hungry, but I don't want to go back there."
Max laughed. "Maria got to you, huh?"
Fi shrugged. "Actually it wasn't her."
"Is there any place else to eat here Max?" Alex asked, his ears red with embarrassment. "The cafeteria at school, and that's not a place to take outsiders, it's dangerous."
Fi bit her lip. "Ahh, the dangerous cafeteria food, beware huh?"
"Isn't it that way in all cafeterias?" Alex asked more bravely. "We could stop by my house for something."
Fi thought for a second and then nodded. "Sure, that sounds great." Fi looked over at Max. "How does it sound to you?"
Max nodded. "My car's around back, unless you want to ride on the back of Whitman's bike."
Alex pouted. "He doesn't like my car."
"It's a death trap!" Max piped up.
Fi planted herself in the middle of Max and Alex. "Besides that, what's wrong with the car?"
"My car? Nothing." Alex crossed his arms across his chest.
Fi laughed. Since the first time she arrived in Roswell, New Mexico, she felt as if she had friends. "Well, if you say so mister Whitman. I think Max's car sounds more safe though." Fi grinned and locked her arm in Alex's.
Alex blushed. "There's just this rust on the side."
"Did you mention the hole in the seat where it looks like it was attacked by rats?" Max tossed in a few words. "Mention the interior Alex."
Fi doubled over in laughter for a second and then finally straightened her body up. "Okay Max's car it is then!"
Max laughed, his whole body shaking. "I haven't done that in the longest time." Max's whole face smiling.
"Glad I could give you this chance." Alex muttered, turning his face away. "A laugh at my expense."
Fi linked her free arm with Max's and smiled at both of them. "Okay you two, let's go to Max's car and get something to eat. You don't mind having to stick with the weird little sister do you?"
"I have a mean older sister." Max responded. "Never had a little sister."
Fi looked at Max and smiled. "I feel your pain. My older brother, is evil... well at least to me."
Alex shook his head. "Okay you two, let's hit it."
Fi nodded. "Alex's is right, let's go."
Max nodded, as he started his jeep. He reached over and turned down the music that blared.
Fi listened to the low tone of the music and smiled. "Sheryl Crow?"
"He likes stuff loud. Except girlfriends." Alex yelled over the music.
Fi turned to Alex and grinned. "Ahh! it's a miracle you still have your ear drums." Fi laughed.
"I deal!" Alex yelled back.
"So do I, actually I always bring a spare pair of ear plugs whenever we have to go to concerts or something."
*All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die,
Says the man next to me out of nowhere
It's apropos of nothing
He says his name's William but I'm sure
He's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy
And he's plain ugly to me
And I wonder if he's ever had a day of fun in his whole life
We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday
In a bar that faces a giant car wash
The good people of the world are washing their cars
On their lunch break, hosing and scrubbing
As best they can in skirts in suits
They drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks
Back to the phone company, the record store too
Well, they're nothing like Billy and me, cause
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun*
Max shook his head and turned up the radio. "Almost there." Max yelled back to them.
Fi nodded and leaned into Alex and whispered in his ear. "So how do you deal with the loud music?"
"Like this!" Alex laughed as the jeep pulled into his street. He unbuckled his seat belt and jumped from the back of the jeep. "See you there!" Alex waved as he ran down the street.
Fi smirked and listened to the music, letting the lyrics pour into her ears. "It's a good song!" Fi screamed over the music at Max.
"Huh?" Max reached over and turned down the stereo. "Sorry. I really like that song."
Fi tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "So do I. I was just saying it was a real good song."
"Oh. Yeah." Max pulled into the driveway. "Hey Whitman!"
"Hello!" Alex had tied an apron around his waist. "Welcome!"
Fi unbuckled herself from the car and jumped out of the front seat and walked over to Alex and stared at his house, with a weird look in her eyes. "Nice house."
Max shook his head and followed. "You should see his room."
Fi smiled at Max. "No I really mean it, it's a nice house. It has a homy feeling to it."
"I mean it, you should see his room." Max whispered in Fi's ear.
Fi grinned. "How bad is it?"
"Okay!" Alex said loudly. "The kitchen is this way."
Max smirked
Fi smiled and followed Alex into the kitchen with Max beside her.
"Do you like Tonic?" Alex turned up the radio a little. "Sandwiches, sodas, the whole deal."
Fi leaned against the kitchen counter and listened to the radio. "Well thank you, my humble host." Fi smiled and looked down when she heard her cell phone ring. "So, you guys known each other long?"
"A couple of years." Alex leaned against the counter.
"That's cool. You guys seem close." Fi grabbed a sandwich and bit into it. "Is it always this exciting?" Fi grinned.
*Love Is Tragic
Love Is Bold
You Will ALways
Do What You Are Told
Love Is Hard
Love Is Strong
You Will Never Say That You Were Wrong
I Don't Know When I Got Bitter
But Love Is Surely Better When It's Gone
'Cause You Wanted More
More Than I could Give
More than I could handle
In a life that I can't live
You wanted more
More than I could bear
More than I could offer
For a love that isn't there*
"It's all for you, dear." Alex bent down on one knee. "I only knew his name before"
Fi laughed at the scene right in front of her, she had to admit Alex Whitman was like no one else she ever met.
"I'll be seeing you." Max stuck his head back in the kitchen. "I gotta run."
Fi looked away from Alex to catch Max leaving. "Uh, okay bye!" Fi turned back to Alex. "He left in a hurry."
"He glows with mystery." Alex rolled his eyes. "There's a lot you don't know about us Fiona Phillips."
Fi tilted her head at Alex and nodded knowingly. "Vice-versa Alex Whitman."
"I mean it." Alex said seriously. "Just be glad you're only here for a short time."
Fi looked at Alex, her brown eyes with a serious look in them. "Alex, I know I just met you and all, but believe me, I've seen things. I've seen things that go beyond everything the world of science has taught us."
"And to think that would impress me." Alex smiled slowly. "But I can't say."
Fi smiled. "I understand, some things just have to stay a secret. Even though you may want to tell me or vice-versa, you can't."
"You have no idea."
Fi looked down at her hands for a second, thinking about what kind of secret Alex could be carrying, but then she looked up a second later. "Life sucks sometimes you know that?"
"I can't Fi."
Fi smiled. "I know." Fi looked down at her pager this time. Fi looked up and smiled at Alex sadly.
"It's my brother again, I better go."
Alex nodded. "Give me a call while you're in Roswell."
Fi looked back at Alex before leaving. "I'm here for a few days, and I know where you live, you can depend on it."
Fi turned to leave but then glanced back again. "And hey Alex?"
"Yeah?"
"That secret you're carrying, whoever you're covering for, is lucky to have such a great guy like you helping them out." Fi smiled and then turned to leave.
"I'll be seeing you Fi." Alex said to himself.