"Roswell's not all that bad." Tess said out loud, smiling at Jack. "Not the people .Other than that it can be kind of boring." Tess danced around Jack. "The scenery can be amazing."
Jack ran his hands over his face as his eyes followed Tess's every move. "Well I guess if you call a desert a scenery, then yeah it's beautiful."
"Didn't your mother warn you about following strange girls out into the wilderness?" Tess laughed, pushing herself up and stood on the small cliff. "Quit whining Jack!" Tess responded to his grumbling. "You'll like this, I promise." Tess stood on her toes in front of him and wrapped her hands over his eyes. "Wait," she whispered, watching the magenta and orange colors sneak up over the horizon. "Okay." Tess moved out of his way, and stood behind him. "Tell me that's not amazing."
The scenery below was breathtaking. The foliage and wildlife turned charcoal gray, where as the hard sand was dark brick red. The sky was streaked pink and orange, early stars sparkling like glitter. "That's what I thought." Tess said quietly.
Jack stared at the sunset, his eyes engulfed in the beauty of it. "Okay, it's nice looking." Jack was never the one to admit he was wrong, and he wasn't about to start now.
"And?" Tess prodded, poking him in the ribs. "There's more to that, I know there is."
Jack smiled. "Okay, it's beautiful." Jack continued to stare at the sunset for a second and then advanced his gaze to Tess. What was it about her?
Tess grinned, "I have my ways."
"Uh huh." Jack replied, rolling his eyes. "Do you always have to have the last say?"
"Yup." Tess nodded. "I do." Tess chuckled. "There are ways of quieting me down, but..." Tess raised an eyebrow.
Jack tilted his head and grinned. "Not the place and the time."
Tess shook her head. "Come on Jack Phillips, society awaits." Tess took his hand and started down the trail.
Jack followed Tess, keeping his hand in Tess's. "So Tess, you don't seem like a person that would belong in Roswell, why are you here?"
"Excellent schools." Tess answered sarcastically. "Why do you ask Jack?"
Jack shrugged. "Just wondering. You seem like the kind of girl who would always be on the road."
"I would love to. That just sounds so..." Tess opened her eyes, bringing herself back to reality. "If I had the
chance, but the ways things have turned out, I can't. Trust me, I'd love to leave Roswell."
Jack stared at Tess oddly. "How things have turned out? Why can't you leave?"
Tess laughed. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
Jack shrugged. "Try me. My little sister Fiona, well she tells me all sorts of things that are unbelievable, and between me and you, sometimes I believe her."
"You believe her?" Tess held her breath, biting her bottom lip. "You can't tell a soul Jack." Tess looked around them nervously.
Jack saw the nervousness etched on Tess's face. "I, promise."
Tess furrowed her eyebrows. "Come on." Tess walked off the trail, into denser wilderness. "You sure?"
Jack released his hands from Tess, he was starting to get worried. "I'm more sure then I have ever been."
Tess nodded. "Watch." Tess stretched out her hand, and touched a tree they were standing in front of. She held her breath, and closed her eyes. The trunk started to glow.
Jack stared at the tree, Jack stumbled over backwards and fell down on his butt. His eyes were wide with
shock, Jack let out a silent gasp. "W-What was that?"
"At the risk of sounding like a complete lunatic, I'm not from here, and until I can go home, I have to stay in
Roswell." Tess said quietly.
Jack pushed himself up and walked over to the tree and touched it, and then withdrew his hand quickly. "But that was... where are you from?"
"Um." Tess bit her lip. "We should go."
Jack opened his mouth to protest, but couldn't find the words, he just stood there not moving, not daring to
move away from the tree that a few seconds ago had been glowing.
"Jack?" Tess stood on the outside of the bush. "Come on."
"Where are you from?" Jack had never felt the need to know more about this Tess girl before. There was something about her, that made him want to know everything about her, and when she couldn't give him any more information, he wanted more.
"I can't." Tess hissed, slowing down her pace so he could walk next to her. "It's not just me."
Jack walked with Tess, he kept his eyes focused on her face. "How many?"
Tess dropped her face to the ground. "There's four of us."
Jack nodded. "Okay, well since you can't tell me where you are from, can you tell me, whatever you are, or whatever happened back there, is beyond logic?"
"I've got to go Jack. I can't do this." Tess looked panicked. "I, bye." Tess took off running.
Jack watched after Tess, he sighed. He knew he should have just stayed put, or go back to the bus and find
Fi, but instead he took off running after Tess. "Wait!" Jack grabbed Tess's hand and then smiled warily. "Okay we don't have to talk about whatever it is you're hiding. Do you watch sports?"
"I'm an alien Jack." Tess blurted out. "An alien."
Jack stared at Tess, not believing what she had said, or at least not wanting to believe her, but for some
reason he believed every word of it. "Um, like an immigrant?"
"No, the little green guys you said your sister chases." Tess said quietly.
Jack took in a deep breath. "Well actually Fi said that they were gray."
Tess started to laugh. "I wish I could tell you."
Jack suddenly brushed a strand of her hair out of her face. "So an alien huh? So what were you one of the aliens that were transported here in the 1947 ufo crash?" Jack replied, joking.
"Something like that." Tess muttered uncomfortably.
Jack scratched his hair, not knowing what to actually do. "Are you going to get in trouble for telling me?"
"Not unless you tell anyone else." Tess said quietly. "Okay?"
Jack thought for a second. "Not even Fi?
"I think..." Tess smiled. "She'll find out eventually."
Tess took Jack's hand. "Trust me on this one."
Jack nodded. "Um okay. I just hope Fi finds out on her own." Jack smiled at Tess. "So is it okay for a human to kiss an alien?"
Tess laughed. "It worked for Maria and Michael. Why don't you try and see?"
"Maria, she's with Michael? Thank god!" Jack nodded and leaned over and brushed his lips against Tess's.
"She was." Tess said quietly. "Wait wait wait."
Jack looked at Tess. "Yeah?"
Tess stood up on her toes, resting her hands on the back of his neck, she smiled at him. "Like this."
Jack smiled nervously. "Would you believe me if I told you I wasn't a real ladies man?"
Tess laughed softly, embarrassed for him. "I'm patient."
Jack nodded and then leaned in and kissed Tess, after a few seconds pulled away, a red color forming in his
cheeks. "Okay, I think walking would be good." Jack took off walking.
Tess laughed. "Wait!" Tess jogged to catch up with him. "Where are you from?"
Jack ran his hands over his face as his eyes followed Tess's every move. "Well I guess if you call a desert a scenery, then yeah it's beautiful."
"Didn't your mother warn you about following strange girls out into the wilderness?" Tess laughed, pushing herself up and stood on the small cliff. "Quit whining Jack!" Tess responded to his grumbling. "You'll like this, I promise." Tess stood on her toes in front of him and wrapped her hands over his eyes. "Wait," she whispered, watching the magenta and orange colors sneak up over the horizon. "Okay." Tess moved out of his way, and stood behind him. "Tell me that's not amazing."
The scenery below was breathtaking. The foliage and wildlife turned charcoal gray, where as the hard sand was dark brick red. The sky was streaked pink and orange, early stars sparkling like glitter. "That's what I thought." Tess said quietly.
Jack stared at the sunset, his eyes engulfed in the beauty of it. "Okay, it's nice looking." Jack was never the one to admit he was wrong, and he wasn't about to start now.
"And?" Tess prodded, poking him in the ribs. "There's more to that, I know there is."
Jack smiled. "Okay, it's beautiful." Jack continued to stare at the sunset for a second and then advanced his gaze to Tess. What was it about her?
Tess grinned, "I have my ways."
"Uh huh." Jack replied, rolling his eyes. "Do you always have to have the last say?"
"Yup." Tess nodded. "I do." Tess chuckled. "There are ways of quieting me down, but..." Tess raised an eyebrow.
Jack tilted his head and grinned. "Not the place and the time."
Tess shook her head. "Come on Jack Phillips, society awaits." Tess took his hand and started down the trail.
Jack followed Tess, keeping his hand in Tess's. "So Tess, you don't seem like a person that would belong in Roswell, why are you here?"
"Excellent schools." Tess answered sarcastically. "Why do you ask Jack?"
Jack shrugged. "Just wondering. You seem like the kind of girl who would always be on the road."
"I would love to. That just sounds so..." Tess opened her eyes, bringing herself back to reality. "If I had the
chance, but the ways things have turned out, I can't. Trust me, I'd love to leave Roswell."
Jack stared at Tess oddly. "How things have turned out? Why can't you leave?"
Tess laughed. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
Jack shrugged. "Try me. My little sister Fiona, well she tells me all sorts of things that are unbelievable, and between me and you, sometimes I believe her."
"You believe her?" Tess held her breath, biting her bottom lip. "You can't tell a soul Jack." Tess looked around them nervously.
Jack saw the nervousness etched on Tess's face. "I, promise."
Tess furrowed her eyebrows. "Come on." Tess walked off the trail, into denser wilderness. "You sure?"
Jack released his hands from Tess, he was starting to get worried. "I'm more sure then I have ever been."
Tess nodded. "Watch." Tess stretched out her hand, and touched a tree they were standing in front of. She held her breath, and closed her eyes. The trunk started to glow.
Jack stared at the tree, Jack stumbled over backwards and fell down on his butt. His eyes were wide with
shock, Jack let out a silent gasp. "W-What was that?"
"At the risk of sounding like a complete lunatic, I'm not from here, and until I can go home, I have to stay in
Roswell." Tess said quietly.
Jack pushed himself up and walked over to the tree and touched it, and then withdrew his hand quickly. "But that was... where are you from?"
"Um." Tess bit her lip. "We should go."
Jack opened his mouth to protest, but couldn't find the words, he just stood there not moving, not daring to
move away from the tree that a few seconds ago had been glowing.
"Jack?" Tess stood on the outside of the bush. "Come on."
"Where are you from?" Jack had never felt the need to know more about this Tess girl before. There was something about her, that made him want to know everything about her, and when she couldn't give him any more information, he wanted more.
"I can't." Tess hissed, slowing down her pace so he could walk next to her. "It's not just me."
Jack walked with Tess, he kept his eyes focused on her face. "How many?"
Tess dropped her face to the ground. "There's four of us."
Jack nodded. "Okay, well since you can't tell me where you are from, can you tell me, whatever you are, or whatever happened back there, is beyond logic?"
"I've got to go Jack. I can't do this." Tess looked panicked. "I, bye." Tess took off running.
Jack watched after Tess, he sighed. He knew he should have just stayed put, or go back to the bus and find
Fi, but instead he took off running after Tess. "Wait!" Jack grabbed Tess's hand and then smiled warily. "Okay we don't have to talk about whatever it is you're hiding. Do you watch sports?"
"I'm an alien Jack." Tess blurted out. "An alien."
Jack stared at Tess, not believing what she had said, or at least not wanting to believe her, but for some
reason he believed every word of it. "Um, like an immigrant?"
"No, the little green guys you said your sister chases." Tess said quietly.
Jack took in a deep breath. "Well actually Fi said that they were gray."
Tess started to laugh. "I wish I could tell you."
Jack suddenly brushed a strand of her hair out of her face. "So an alien huh? So what were you one of the aliens that were transported here in the 1947 ufo crash?" Jack replied, joking.
"Something like that." Tess muttered uncomfortably.
Jack scratched his hair, not knowing what to actually do. "Are you going to get in trouble for telling me?"
"Not unless you tell anyone else." Tess said quietly. "Okay?"
Jack thought for a second. "Not even Fi?
"I think..." Tess smiled. "She'll find out eventually."
Tess took Jack's hand. "Trust me on this one."
Jack nodded. "Um okay. I just hope Fi finds out on her own." Jack smiled at Tess. "So is it okay for a human to kiss an alien?"
Tess laughed. "It worked for Maria and Michael. Why don't you try and see?"
"Maria, she's with Michael? Thank god!" Jack nodded and leaned over and brushed his lips against Tess's.
"She was." Tess said quietly. "Wait wait wait."
Jack looked at Tess. "Yeah?"
Tess stood up on her toes, resting her hands on the back of his neck, she smiled at him. "Like this."
Jack smiled nervously. "Would you believe me if I told you I wasn't a real ladies man?"
Tess laughed softly, embarrassed for him. "I'm patient."
Jack nodded and then leaned in and kissed Tess, after a few seconds pulled away, a red color forming in his
cheeks. "Okay, I think walking would be good." Jack took off walking.
Tess laughed. "Wait!" Tess jogged to catch up with him. "Where are you from?"