[Inside The Crashdown
Cafe ]
"Molly Phillips Band to headline Save the Quails benefit
concert." Maria read outloud from the newspaper article she was reading,
where it told about the Molly Phillips Band coming to Roswell to do a benefit
concert to save the quails, the whole idea of the benefit concert was just
bizarre ... who knew that the quails needed saving? Obviously Maria DeLuca
didn't.
"Can I ask a question??" Alex asked, raising an eyebrow
up.
"None of us were aware the quails needed saving Alex."
Isabel said, already knowing the question Alex was going to ask, and no
not just because she could read minds, she rested her hands on Alex's shoulders
and smiled at him.
"Right." Alex said, shaking his head.
"Molly Phillips ... " Max muttered quietly.
"Mom and dad listen to her." Isabel answered Max' quiet
mutter, she cast him a look.
Max shook his head. "There's something else ... " Max
muttered once more.
"Max?" Michael asked, looking at Max curiously.
Max sighed. "I just don't know yet ... "
[ The Streets of Roswell, New Mexico ]
Fi followed Jack, Carey and Clu closely, she looked over
her shoulder and cast a look at the MP Band 2001 Tour Bus, Fi sighed and
continued to walk down the streets of Roswell, New Mexico; Usually Fiona
Phillips would be ecstatic to be in Roswell, New Mexico ... after all this
was the exact town where the 1947 U.F.O. crash happened, but lately Fi's
heart wasn't into it. Fi still had her ability to see into the paranormal,
one of Fi's friends in Seattle, Caitie, had found a way to reverse the
spell that Bricriu had tricked Fi into doing right before Fi had went back
on tour after Annie went to Chicago with her parents when her dad got a
job promotion, but for some reason Fi didn't want to explore the paranormal,
it didn't excite her anymore, she just wanted to be normal, for at least
once in her life; Sure Fi had led a very normal life in Seattle but that
was away from Jack and everybody else that made up her family, Fi wanted
to be normal with her family, and maybe once she got that, if something
was to come across her eyes, she would want to explore the paranormal again,
but right now she just didn't know. Fi knew that the guys noticed the change
in her but Fi just shook off their words of concern or Clu's many attempts
to get Fi to check out a paranormal website; Fi sighed, as she continued
to walk with Jack, Clu and Carey, Fi blew some strands of her brown hair
with red streaks out of her eyes. When in Seattle Fi had decided she needed
a little change but nothing really drastic, so Fi had put red streaks in
her hair, it gave her a more mature look.
"I wasn't aware that quails needed saving." Carey replied,
his brand new guitar, which he had actually talked his mom and Molly into
buying when they were in Virginia, was strapped onto his body as him, Fi,
Clu and Jack walked down the streets of Roswell, New Mexico. The parents,
or "The Rents" as Clu called them, were back on the bus, looking
over scheldues and whatever else they did when the kids left them behind.
Carey had actually, for some weird reason, asked Ned, Irene and Molly if
they wanted to attend them to wherever they were going to go, but the parents
had just waved a dismissive hand. Lately Ned, Irene and Molly were burying
themselves into the music and the band, or maybe Carey, Fi, Clu and Jack
were just growing apart from the music. Carey didn't really know, but he
did know that he wanted something that didn't completely evolve
around the band, it wasn't like he wanted to quit the band, he just wanted
something that was just his, and for some reason Carey knew that "The
Rents" didn't understand that.
Jack nodded slowly at Carey's statement.. "That makes
two of us, I mean quails?" Jack asked, shaking his head; Jack looked over
his shoulder and shot a look at Fi who had just recently re-joined the
tour after being gone a whole year. "Hey sis, you must be excited to be
in Roswell with all the aliens, unidentified flying objects and such."
Jack said, with a grin of his face. For once Jack wasn't actually criticizing
Fi, he would do just about anything to get his little sister to just talk
to him. Fi was different ever since coming back from Seattle, she was more
quiet, read a lot more, and not quite as "weird" as she used to
be .
Fi merely just shrugged. "I guess."
Clu shot Fi a look but said nothing, Clu being Fi's best
friend, knew something was wrong with her, but said nothing, Clu had seen
Carey and Jack try to get Fi to talk about it and to tell you the truth
Clu didn't feel like getting being killed. "Let's find somewhere to eat,
I'm starving." Clu said, looking around Roswell. "This place is just full
of things to do ya know ... " Clu said sarcastically.
Jack rolled his eyes. "You're always hungry."
"It's a nasty habit." Clu shot back, smiling.
Carey laughed, he looked at a small diner that was just
a few steps in front of them, Carey eyed the sign of the diner, which read:
"The Crashdown", Carey turned to Jack, Fi and Clu. "How does this
place sound?" Carey asked.
Fi looked at the diner. "Seems fine to me." Fi walked
over to the diner and pushed the door open, her ears perked up when she
heard a ringing sound, indicating the bells ringing above the door. "Oh
how cheery." Fi said, walking all the way into the diner.
[ Inside The Crashdown Cafe ]
Jack smirked. "I'll go find some help, come with me Clu,
Carey? Fi, go find us a table to sit at, and I'll call mom on the cell
and tell her where we're at, although I doubt she'll notice we're gone,
she seems to be burying herself in her music lately."
"I've noticed that too." Carey said, walking off with
Clu and Jack to find help.
Fi walked over to a vacant table which was near a table
full of talking teenagers, Fi cast them a look before sitting down in the
free table; Fi's brown hair with red tints fell in her face as she waited
for Jack, Clu and Carey to come over with a waitress.
"There's a waitress, I think, go get some help okay Carey,
Clu? I got to call my mom, tell her where we are." Jack said, he pulled
out his small black cellphone, he looked over to where Fi was. "There's
the table Fi picked out for us." Jack said pointing over to where
Fi was. Jack groaned, why in the world did he have to
call his mom everytime him and Fi went somewhere? That was the part of
being the son of the famous Molly Phillips that he hated ... among other
things that he would never admit to.
Carey looked over to the table and nodded. "Alright, Clu,
come on let's get some help. I bet a place like this has some sort of meal
called the Men In Black special." Carey said, grinning, he nudged Clu who
smirked.
"Funny." Jack said, dialing Molly's cell phone number.
"Pick up ... pick up ... " Jack said, tapping his foot on the floor of
The CrashDown Cafe impatiently. Jack looked down at his watch, where in
the world was his mom? He knew she had to be there, it was hardly even
lunch time, but knowing his mom, Molly was probably rehearsing as usual,
like always ... Jack shook his head.
"Get it Irene!!" Molly yelled as she danced to the music
playing. "One two, one two." Molly snapped her fingers as she stared at
the band members with a very stern and concentrated look gleaming in her
dark eyes.
The men around her shook their heads.
"It's simple!" Molly screamed over the music.
Irene just simply shook her head, she grabbed the phone.
"Hello?" She said into the phone.
Clu walked to the counter and hit a little bell on the
counter. "Helloo, any help around?"
Carey smirked. "This place is more empty, then your brain
baby bro."
Clu half glared. "Shut up guitar man, hey you would think
Fi would be all excited to be in Roswell, right?"
"You would think so." Carey said, tapping his fingers
against the edge of the counter.
Kyle walked into the CrashDown, he walked over to where
everybody was seated, he sat next to Isabel. "Hey, who are the new people?"
Kyle asked, pointing to a pacing Jack. Kyle then let his eyes advance over
to Fi, who still had her hair in her face, and was
currently messing with the napkin holder. "Who's she?"
Kyle looked at Maria and Liz. "And why aren't you two working?"
Maria rolled her eyes, straightening her apron.
"I don't know." Liz replied. "We're about to see." Liz
said, standing up.
Alex yawned. "The blonde looks familiar ... "
"He's the guitar player." Isabel replied, resting her
head on Alex's shoulder. "I saw him in the cd insert."
"What she means ... " Max chuckled. "She had a crush on
him."
"Max!" Isabel cried.
Michael and Alex laughed.
Liz shook her head. "You guys are bad. Hungry Kyle?" Liz
asked Kyle.
Kyle smirked, this was what everyday was like. "I seriously
need to get a life, but yeah I am. My usual, I'm going to go try to talk
to the new girl, hopefully her band of guys won't be on my case for doing
so." Kyle shot Liz a smile, before pushing himself up, he walked over to
where Fi was.
Fi looked up when she felt eyes on her. "Can I help you?"
Fi asked, a bit snappish.
"Hey new girl, welcome to Roswell, I'm Kyle Valenti."
Kyle said, looking at the table. "Those seats taken?" Kyle asked, smiling.
"Yep." Fi said, adverting her gaze back down to her finger
nails which were painted blue.
Kyle shook his head and went back to his original table.
"Okay, total ice queen."
"You need to try the nice guy approach." Alex replied,
he stood up and dusted himself off. "Watch."
Michael held the collar of Alex's shirt. "Sit down nice
boy."
Alex raised an eyebrow.
"Let her be. If she's an ice queen to Mr. Jock over there
... no one's going to warm her but ... "
"You?" Max asked, smirking.
Michael groaned. "Watch it Maxwell ... I can be friendly."
"Friendly my ass." Maria grumbled, walking over to the
table where Fi was.
"Welcome to the Crashdown." Maria threw the menus down
in front of Fi. "Drinks?" Maria asked.
Jack watched Kyle walk away, Jack shook his head and sat
down next to Fi. "Hey Irene, look I'm just calling to tell you guys where
we are. We are at this little diner or whatever called The CrashDown Cafe,
what's mom doing?" Jack asked, grabbing the menu.
"Coke." Jack said, still speaking into the phone. "Yeah,
okay Irene, tell my mom I said hi, bye." Jack clicked off the phone.
Carey slid in. "Pepsi." Carey said, taking his guitar
off.
Clu was the last one to sit down. "7-up." Clu said, stretching
out his feet. "Fi?"
"Iced tea." Fi said, straightening up in her seat. "Is
there by any chance I could get that with lemon?" Fi asked, pushing her
hair out of her eyes. Fi adverted her gaze back at the napkin holder, she
looked at her reflection in it, she shook her head.
Maria raised an eyebrow. "Anything else your majesty?"
Maria asked, rolling her eyes.
"Sorry ... " Isabel smiled, yanking on Maria's arm. "She
apologizes for her bad behavior." Isabel muttered.
"Stop it!!" Maria cried.
"You!" Isabel said through a clinched smile. "New people
... no bitchiness."
Maria shook her head, "Hey Liz! I need a pepsi, coke and
7 up and ice tea for Ice Queen in the corner."
Jack shot Carey a look. "Wow the service here is so friendly.
Nice, friendly place mom picked to do a concert in, Washington, our original
destination, would have been so much better. At least we don't get insulted
upon ordering something to drink." Jack replied.
Clu snickered.
Fi sighed. "Ice queen." Fi repeated Maria's words. "I'm
not an ice queen, maybe I don't like people I don't know coming over and
leering at me, maybe if he had been nicer."
"He said hi nicely." Carey replied.
"Yeah but he was leering." Fi replied.
"Missed the memo sorry." Carey said shaking his head.
"Wouldn't have noticed if it reached you in the first
place." Fi said.
Jack snapped his fingers. "What is everybody's function
today?"
"She started it!" Carey barked out. "Ever since she came
back on tour, she's been so cold, it's practically like ice land here."
Clu glared. "Shut up Carey."
Maria looked at Kyle and snickered.
Isabel rolled her eyes. "They're going to be in town awhile
... nice way of getting on their good side."
"She has a point." Liz handed Kyle the bag of food.
"But Kyle LEERED at her." Maria laughed.
Michael shot her a glare. "Watch it Ria ... "
"Ooh okay." Maria said sarcastically, walking into the
back room.
"I don't know what's wrong with her." Michael muttered.
Max raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know it mattered what's
wrong with her."
Michael shot Max a glare.
"Now would be a good time to shut up Max." Alex whispered.
"Thank you Alex."
"Can I take your order?" Liz asked Fi, Clu, Carey and
Jack as she forced a smile.
Fi looked up. "Oh yeah, um ... " Fi looked down at the
menu. "The alien blast I guess. Thanks." Fi handed Liz her menu.
Jack wrinkled his nose. "Alien blast?"
Clu laughed.
"I guess I'll have that too, nice choice sis." Jack said,
wiggling his eyebrows.
Carey rolled his eyes. "Holy crap, they really do have
a Men In Black meal here!"
Clu laughed harder. "We'll have two of those."
"Does it come with a toy?" Fi said, rolling her eyes.
"Shut up." Carey said.
"They were rude to me first." Fi snapped.
"Don't be so rude." Carey replied.
"Why don't you sit at another table?"
"I just might." Carey said, glaring at Fi.
"Leave her alone." Clu and Jack said at the same time.
Fi shot Carey a triumphant smile.
Clu smiled at Liz. "Sorry if we seem a bit rude today,
it was just a long ride here."
"I've seen worse." Liz chuckled. "Nice shirt ..." Liz
nodded to Clu. "The Men in Black plate doesn't come with a toy, but I could
find something, if you like." Liz took a deep breath. "And you wanted lemon,
right?" Liz asked Fi.
"Go Liz!" Kyle screamed, when he heard the toy bit, he
doubled over in laughter.
Fi rolled her eyes when she heard Kyle's loud scream and
laugh. "Yes please, I mean if it's not too much trouble, and don't worry
I won't need the toy, unless Carey needs something to play with while he
eats."
Clu laughed. "Thanks uh," Clu looked at the nametag Liz
was wearing. "Liz."
Jack leaned back. "Dun dun dun."
Carey glared. "Shut up Fi."
Jack rolled his eyes. "And miss do you know where the
stadium or theater is? You know where The Molly Phillips band will be playing?
We're a bit lost here."
"Not we ... Carey got us lost." Fi said, rolling her eyes.
Liz covered her mouth to keep from laughing out loud.
"It'll be a sec." Liz walked past Kyle and slapped his back. "Shut up Kyle."
Liz whispered in his ear. "Now's not the time."
Maria stood against the counter and pouted. "There's only
one cute guy out of the three of 'em, and Izzy likes him."
"I do not!"
The crowd rolled their eyes.
"I don't!"
