Part 4
"I'm sorry, okay! I was gonna be late for work, what other choice did I have? I didn't exactly have time to go to the store and get myself one. I'll buy you a new one, I promise," said Tess, following Michael through the school grounds, where the others waited for them for lunch.
"Yeah, you better." He wasn't really angry at her, but he'd had a long shift the night before and he was slightly irritable.
"What's going on?" Isabel asked as they sat down.
"Nothing, really," said Michael after kissing her hello, "We just had our first fight" he said with a small smile.
"Well good," said Isabel, at which point the others turned to her in confusion. "I'd be worried if they weren't fighting, that's all." They laughed shortly and started unpacking their lunches.
"You know," Maria started, looking to Isabel, "I'm thinking you could come and work with us at the Crashdown..."
"Why?" said Isabel.
"Well, you know, Liz, Tess and I are there already and... well then all four of us girls could be working together and everything." Isabel smiled.
"Maria, you're one of my dearest friends, but I don't think waitressing is right for me."
"Oh, come on, please!" Maria pleaded, "They pay you to do it!"
"I did it once, and already that was too much."
"Wait, how come no one ever told me about that?" asked Tess, getting excited.
"Because I made them swear not to," she said, then to the others, "And that still stands."
"Oh, don't worry, Is," said Liz.
"Our lips are sealed," said Maria as the two girls made a dramatic gesture of zipping their lips shut.
"Don't I get special privilege or something?" said Tess with a fake sad face.
"I think a late night game of 'truth or dare' should clear up the whole deal for you," said Maria with a wink.
"Oh great," said Isabel before biting into her sandwich.
Liz turned her head to talk to Kyle and found him in a deep discussion about a basketball game their school had won against another school the previous week. Alex wasn't really participating, but more than a couple times could be heard jumping in with a comment on one of the players that wasn't related in any way to the game.
Typical of them in the last couple months. She remembered how at first, the four new couples had been a bit uneasy around each other, especially the ones whose exes were now dating and vice versa... But as time went by, they managed to put aside their differences and found themselves to become quick friends.
And now, more than three months later, they were almost inseparable. They were practically always in the same general area, in packs of two, three and more. There were still a few awkward moments here and there, but the number had dramatically decreased by now.
"Alright, we're heading out to class," Isabel said sometime after, as she and the other girls got up and kissed their boyfriends before leaving the guys at the table.
"So... Michael... what's this I hear about spilled ketchup and Mr. Parker," said Alex, finishing his question with the sliding gesture.
"Who told you?" asked Michael, already knowing the answer.
"Maria, of course... I couldn't bring it up before with what happened with Nasedo and everything... Now I think it's about time you told us. So spill it."
"No way Whitman," said Michael.
"Oh come on!"
"It's a miracle I still have my job, if this gets around, I could lose it, don't make me make you shut up," Michael said, only half seriously.
"Geez... relax, okay, I was joking!" said Alex, holding up his hands in a sign of 'surrender'.
*
In the halls
"I remember, when I first... woke up. There was no one else around. You'd already left... and then he arrived. I can't, even to this day, explain the expression on his face when he realized he'd arrived too late... and then he saw me. It didn't really make him feel better but, I think it made him feel like he hadn't COMPLETELY failed his duty as our protector," said Tess as the girls walked slowly.
"What were you thinking about?" asked Liz.
"Nothing much, really. I was still too confused to know just what was happening. I didn't start understanding anything until the next day. I woke up in a bed in a hotel room. He was sitting on a chair near me and the he started talking, telling me so many things. Somehow I think it wasn't so much to explain something to me, but to reassure himself..."
"I don't know if I would have had a choice between... being found by my parents and not knowing anything about myself, or being found by Nasedo and being told all of it... I'm not sure of what I would choose."
"I wonder... if we HAD been found together..." started Tess.
"We might have never come to Roswell... We wouldn't have the two of you, and Alex, and Kyle... seems impossible... but it could have happened," continued Isabel.
"Our lives could have been completely different, but... would they have been good or bad? I guess we'll never know..." said Tess, "I mean, it wasn't all bad, growing up with him... practicing my powers was fun... at first. After more than an hour, it sort of got boring..."
"What about Michael? I mean, he's had a pretty rough life... would it have been better with Nasedo?" said Isabel. She'd always felt bad about what happened to him... getting beat up by his 'dad'... even more now that they were a couple. She'd been so happy when he finally left Hank and got to go live on his own, in the home he now shared with Tess.
"Speaking of Michael, how's it going with your roomy?" Maria asked Tess with a smile that just screamed 'We want juicy details, and we want them now!'
"Well, there's not much to tell, really" said Tess.
"Oh, come on," pleaded Maria as Liz and Isabel began to plead as well.
"Look, I'm serious! I'm already in enough trouble with what happened this morning, I don't want to have to start looking for a new place to stay!" explained Tess.
"Michael won't kick you out. And if he tries, well he'll pay for it in a way he doesn't want to, if you know what I mean," said Isabel with a grin.
"So how about you start by telling us about this whole 'incident' from this morning," said Liz with a smile. Tess hesitated, then whispered in Isabel's ear, since she stood next to her. When she heard, Isabel laughed a bit, then turned and whispered it to Liz. It had the same effect on her, and then Maria.
Once every one of the four knew they all had a long laugh together.
"I can't believe you did that!" said Liz.
"But I didn't have a choice! I wanted to get him a new one after work so that hopefully he'd never have to know, but I was too tired and I think the store was closed. So this morning, I snuck out of the house and left before he saw what I'd done. Of course, when he got here, he didn't wait very long to complain." She didn't seem to be feeling sorry for herself at all, in fact, she laughed at it now.
"Come on, we better hurry and get to class," said Liz as they continued down the hall in laughter. Throughout the rest of the day, even the rest of the week, they often found themselves and each other trying to hold back another round of giggles...
End of part three of the Destiny Series
"I'm sorry, okay! I was gonna be late for work, what other choice did I have? I didn't exactly have time to go to the store and get myself one. I'll buy you a new one, I promise," said Tess, following Michael through the school grounds, where the others waited for them for lunch.
"Yeah, you better." He wasn't really angry at her, but he'd had a long shift the night before and he was slightly irritable.
"What's going on?" Isabel asked as they sat down.
"Nothing, really," said Michael after kissing her hello, "We just had our first fight" he said with a small smile.
"Well good," said Isabel, at which point the others turned to her in confusion. "I'd be worried if they weren't fighting, that's all." They laughed shortly and started unpacking their lunches.
"You know," Maria started, looking to Isabel, "I'm thinking you could come and work with us at the Crashdown..."
"Why?" said Isabel.
"Well, you know, Liz, Tess and I are there already and... well then all four of us girls could be working together and everything." Isabel smiled.
"Maria, you're one of my dearest friends, but I don't think waitressing is right for me."
"Oh, come on, please!" Maria pleaded, "They pay you to do it!"
"I did it once, and already that was too much."
"Wait, how come no one ever told me about that?" asked Tess, getting excited.
"Because I made them swear not to," she said, then to the others, "And that still stands."
"Oh, don't worry, Is," said Liz.
"Our lips are sealed," said Maria as the two girls made a dramatic gesture of zipping their lips shut.
"Don't I get special privilege or something?" said Tess with a fake sad face.
"I think a late night game of 'truth or dare' should clear up the whole deal for you," said Maria with a wink.
"Oh great," said Isabel before biting into her sandwich.
Liz turned her head to talk to Kyle and found him in a deep discussion about a basketball game their school had won against another school the previous week. Alex wasn't really participating, but more than a couple times could be heard jumping in with a comment on one of the players that wasn't related in any way to the game.
Typical of them in the last couple months. She remembered how at first, the four new couples had been a bit uneasy around each other, especially the ones whose exes were now dating and vice versa... But as time went by, they managed to put aside their differences and found themselves to become quick friends.
And now, more than three months later, they were almost inseparable. They were practically always in the same general area, in packs of two, three and more. There were still a few awkward moments here and there, but the number had dramatically decreased by now.
"Alright, we're heading out to class," Isabel said sometime after, as she and the other girls got up and kissed their boyfriends before leaving the guys at the table.
"So... Michael... what's this I hear about spilled ketchup and Mr. Parker," said Alex, finishing his question with the sliding gesture.
"Who told you?" asked Michael, already knowing the answer.
"Maria, of course... I couldn't bring it up before with what happened with Nasedo and everything... Now I think it's about time you told us. So spill it."
"No way Whitman," said Michael.
"Oh come on!"
"It's a miracle I still have my job, if this gets around, I could lose it, don't make me make you shut up," Michael said, only half seriously.
"Geez... relax, okay, I was joking!" said Alex, holding up his hands in a sign of 'surrender'.
*
In the halls
"I remember, when I first... woke up. There was no one else around. You'd already left... and then he arrived. I can't, even to this day, explain the expression on his face when he realized he'd arrived too late... and then he saw me. It didn't really make him feel better but, I think it made him feel like he hadn't COMPLETELY failed his duty as our protector," said Tess as the girls walked slowly.
"What were you thinking about?" asked Liz.
"Nothing much, really. I was still too confused to know just what was happening. I didn't start understanding anything until the next day. I woke up in a bed in a hotel room. He was sitting on a chair near me and the he started talking, telling me so many things. Somehow I think it wasn't so much to explain something to me, but to reassure himself..."
"I don't know if I would have had a choice between... being found by my parents and not knowing anything about myself, or being found by Nasedo and being told all of it... I'm not sure of what I would choose."
"I wonder... if we HAD been found together..." started Tess.
"We might have never come to Roswell... We wouldn't have the two of you, and Alex, and Kyle... seems impossible... but it could have happened," continued Isabel.
"Our lives could have been completely different, but... would they have been good or bad? I guess we'll never know..." said Tess, "I mean, it wasn't all bad, growing up with him... practicing my powers was fun... at first. After more than an hour, it sort of got boring..."
"What about Michael? I mean, he's had a pretty rough life... would it have been better with Nasedo?" said Isabel. She'd always felt bad about what happened to him... getting beat up by his 'dad'... even more now that they were a couple. She'd been so happy when he finally left Hank and got to go live on his own, in the home he now shared with Tess.
"Speaking of Michael, how's it going with your roomy?" Maria asked Tess with a smile that just screamed 'We want juicy details, and we want them now!'
"Well, there's not much to tell, really" said Tess.
"Oh, come on," pleaded Maria as Liz and Isabel began to plead as well.
"Look, I'm serious! I'm already in enough trouble with what happened this morning, I don't want to have to start looking for a new place to stay!" explained Tess.
"Michael won't kick you out. And if he tries, well he'll pay for it in a way he doesn't want to, if you know what I mean," said Isabel with a grin.
"So how about you start by telling us about this whole 'incident' from this morning," said Liz with a smile. Tess hesitated, then whispered in Isabel's ear, since she stood next to her. When she heard, Isabel laughed a bit, then turned and whispered it to Liz. It had the same effect on her, and then Maria.
Once every one of the four knew they all had a long laugh together.
"I can't believe you did that!" said Liz.
"But I didn't have a choice! I wanted to get him a new one after work so that hopefully he'd never have to know, but I was too tired and I think the store was closed. So this morning, I snuck out of the house and left before he saw what I'd done. Of course, when he got here, he didn't wait very long to complain." She didn't seem to be feeling sorry for herself at all, in fact, she laughed at it now.
"Come on, we better hurry and get to class," said Liz as they continued down the hall in laughter. Throughout the rest of the day, even the rest of the week, they often found themselves and each other trying to hold back another round of giggles...
End of part three of the Destiny Series