Partial Explanations

My weekend went pretty uneventful after that. I mean uneventful except for that the fact that I now knew that I was an alien. My mom noticed my quietness, but wrote it off to hormones. The only thing she couldn't figure out was how I left the house so fast without her seeing me.

"Just call me the flash, Mom."

She shook her head and laugh. I wonder if I do have power to transport myself. I feel as if I know nothing of my powers. Actually I don't.

Max didn't come by to see me over the weekend. I was half hopping he would, and half hopping he would forget my existence. No such luck.

It was Monday morning, and I was standing talking to Maizy. Or I should say Maizy was talking to me. "So," Maizy was saying, "Robbie and I went out Saturday night. It was okay. Mediocre really. I just didn't feel any sparks. But I could feel sparks with him." By the change in her tone, I somehow figured she was talking about someone else. "Who are you talking about?" I asked. I was use to Maizy changing topics fast, but that was even fast for her. Before she could respond, a male voice spoke behind me.

"Emma, I was hoping I would see you this morning."

Oh my stars, I didn't expect him to talk to me at school. As I slowly turned around, I could see Maizy through the corner of my eye, with a " what haven't you told me" expression on her face. "I umm..well…"

Max looked intently at me. I was on my fourth "Umm…" when Max said " I just wanted to know if needed a ride home after school today? Your uncle mentioned you didn't have a car, and I know walking can be a pain." "Umm…Ok…thank you." He shot me a smile. "Okay then I'll meet you out front." "Umm…" I said as he walked away.

" I thought you said you said your weekend was Dullsville." Maizy complained as soon as Max was out of ear shot."

"It was." I replied

"Any weekend that involves Max Evans cannot be dull."

"Who said my weekend involved Max Evans."

"Please, if you knew Max Evans well enough to give you a ride I would have know about it by now."

"We don't. He's a friend with my cousin. I saw my cousin this weekend, and Max happened to be there. End of story." Well that is sort of what happened. I did see Kyle and he was with Max.

Maizy was about to say more and knowing Maizy it would be a mouthful, but luckily the bell rang. "Saved by the bell," I said as I closed my locker with a snap. "Ok, Zack Morris, but don't think you're going to get out of this." I knew Maizy wouldn't let up. I didn't have much time to worry about Maizy though. I had to walk up to English.

I love English. Granted, I wish I had more creative freedom then they give us in school. (One can only write so many compare and contrast papers, before one wants to spew) As I open up "The Great Gatsby" I wonder if my planet has books? I learn best through reading. Maybe if I could read a book about my planet. As if they would have one at the local library. Excuse me Miss Troll. Do you have any books on my home planet? No, Miss Troll, not Earth, my real planet. Wouldn't work.

My day passes in a daze. During lunch, I learn that while Maizy didn't find "sparks" with Robbie, Robbie took a liking to her. He asked her out for next weekend. Maizy said yes and is hoping that maybe this time she will feel sparks. It felt nice to hear normal problems. I wonder what Maizy would say if I told her what really happened this weekend. She would think I was joking. That I was making fun of our city's main tourist attraction, which I actually do quite frequently. Ironically, I dressed up as an alien last Halloween and said that I was looking for my native planet, and had been trapped on Earth since 1947. Little did I know. Towards the end of lunch, Maizy asked me if I thought Max might have a crush on me. Milk flew out of my mouth. "You have got to joking!" I explained loudly enough to turn a few heads. Then I just started laughing. "Max Evans has no romantic interest in me. I can tell you that for a fact." Please, like Max would like me. There's nothing wrong with me or anything, it's just that my mind isn't really thinking about getting a date in light of the fact that I am an alien, a minor thing I have to focus on. Maizy laughed with me, even thought she didn't know why I was laughing. I have one of those types of laughs that makes everyone know it's me right off. Me and Tickle Me Elmo.

After school, I stood on the stairs outside where everyone waits for rides. I realized I had no clue what Max drove. As each car drove by, I would try to peek into the windows, and see if Max was the driver. Luckily I didn't have to wait long. I jumped as I heard a car horn blaring. The jeep caught me off guard. I have never pictured Max Evans in a jeep. I figured he'd have a car with a top. What do they do when it rains?

I climbed into Max's jeep. And I do mean climb. I am not the tallest person in the world. We were quite for a long time. Finally didn't take it anymore. "Are you going to tell me about this alien thing or not?". Even after I asked.

"We come from a planet named Antar. At least Tess, Michael, Isabel and I do. We assume you do too since you have similar powers and appear to be a hybrid." He was so calm it was getting on my nerves. I mean I was about to go crazy. And he just sits there and speaks in a tone of voice as if we were talking about the football game.

"What's a hybrid?"

"It a mixture of human and alien. You are an alien and a human all in one."

"Is that all you all know about yourselves…us?"

Max looked sad for a second. Then shook his head. "No. There is more to the story."

"On our planet there was a war. Over what, I don't fully understand. I was king. Tess was queen. Isabel was my sister. And Michael was my right hand man."

Okay now I'm confused. "And what was I? Court Jester. And why are we here on Earth?"

"We're on Earth to save our planet."

"They sent us to another planet to save our planet. Does that make sense to you?"

Max smiled. "I hadn't really thought about it."

"And where do I fit in?"

"Well that's what we don't understand. You aren't one of the royal four. You aren't in the destiny book." Seeing my look of confusing, he said "Another story."

Max told me as much as he and the others knew, which honestly wasn't much. He also explained how Kyle and the other humans discovered the fact that aliens were in Roswell. When he dropped me off at home, I was still confused. Max and the others had no clue how I fit in. I'm still betting on the Court Jester theory.