I'll post chapter three to 6 maybe, and you're probably are wondering why since I haven't got any reviews in this story. I'll tell you: I really don't care. I'd inmensely appreciate the reviews but what am I going to do to those who doesn't? what I really care about it's that I have someone who reads them and liked it or hated it, even though they don't say so. I love to write and will keep doing so until the day I die or a meteor crash the earth, whichever comes first. So Enjoy!
PART# 3
The next morning, Leona woke up tired. Mr. Johnson suggested she stay home and call in sick, but she refused. In Liz's room, Liz could hardly get up. She was so tired from cleaning the kitchen, but she couldn't skip school. Big test today: You skip, you fail! thought Liz. She searched her closet for something to wear. She found her favorite GAP Jeans, but she couldn't decide on which shirt to wear. She then spotted a sky blue V neck shirt. At the time she touched it she wished it was black. When she got it out of the closet, she noticed that it was black instead of the sky blue color it had been when she first saw it. At first, she freaked out, but then she tried to look for a possible explanation. When she realized there wasn't any, she rushed to take a shower, got dressed and skipped breakfast.
"Bye mom, dad!" She said to her very confused parents.
"What happened to her?" Asked Mr. Parker
"I don't know, but I don't remember her having that shirt before." His wife answered.
"She probably borrowed it from Maria," her husband replied, then sipped his coffee.
At school, Liz searched for Isabel, but she couldn't find her anywhere. She gave up when the bell rang for class to start. When she went to her first period class she was surprised to find Leona there. She thought she'd be absent because of her brother's death, but there she was. She wasn't looking too good either, but she could guess the reason. Liz approached her.
"Hey!" said Liz, who now was sitting behind her.
"Hey." she replied almost in a whisper. Then, both girls saw Max, Isabel and Kyle approaching them. They heard the teacher say to form groups of five and Max, Isabel, and Kyle grabbed a chair to sit with the girls.
"Hey!" They said in unison and Leona smiled as she turned to look at them.
"Leona, I'm really sorry about your brother." said Liz in a whisper and took her hand.
"Why did you come to school? You're supposed to be at home until everything calms down." commented Isabel
"Yeah, honey. You don't have to be here in a day like this. I can give you a ride home if you don`t feel well." agreed Kyle
"Thank you, Kyle, but... It's just that I didn't want to be there grieving. I wanted to do something to keep my mind off the subject. You know, be somewhere I can control my emotions." replied Leona
The group looked at each other not knowing what to say next until the teacher called them to pay attention. They turned around to face the teacher when suddenly Leona whispered to them:
"I'll tell you about him at lunch; I know how curious you are." They just looked at her and Liz said:
"I need to talk to you, Isabel." and they agreed to meet at the eraser room after lunch.
Lunch time finally came and Max went with Leona up to her locker. The rest of the gang was waiting for them outside. As usual, Michael was very impatient. He was growing more impatient when finally he saw Leona walking towards him, but she was stopped by one of her popular friends. Michael walked over to try and take Leona away from her friend. When they were alone, Maria went up to Leona and hugged her.
"I'm so sorry about your brother." she said and then let her go.
"How about a group hug for her?" said Tess smiling, as she approached the two girls..
"Works for me!" replied Kyle. Then everybody formed around her and hugged her until they heard Leona laugh.
"Yay! We did it!" Said Maria playfully and Leona couldn't help but smile.
"Yes! I do feel better now." said Leona. "I think we better sit down if you want to know about my brother." everyone took seats and Leona started:
"First of all, I know that I haven't talked much about my brother, but you know that as a FBI family we have to keep things secret. It's not that I don't trust you. As a matter of fact, I do trust you, but I promised and you know how I am when I make promises." She stopped trying to not to burst to tears.
"My brother's name was Derek. He was a FBI agent, just like my parents. He taught me everything I know about FBI, but soon he took another path. As much as my mom pleaded with him to not to go, he said he had made his decision. He joined the Special Unit. At first, it was okay to talk about him. I used to talk about how proud we were of him, how much we missed him, but it all changed when he became the head of the Special Unit. We had to keep everything secret." she didn't notice how everyone's face changed when she mentioned the Special unit. Isabel just whispered, "Oh my God!" Michael felt terrible. He looked at Max and Max looked back at him in acknowledgement.
Leona kept talking:
"It hurt not to mention him at all. My parents had to say that I was an only child and soon it made me feel alone. I'd see Max and Izzy and I felt even more alone and that made me miss him so much more. One night, my dad got a call from him. You should have see his face all lit up! My mother couldn't keep her pace and I was just so happy. Everyone had turns to talk to him. He told me he was here in Roswell and that he had sent me a package with something and asked me not to open it until he said so. Now that I think about it, I'll open it today after I get home. I know my parents are not going to be there so, I'll get the chance to open it alone, just the way I want." She stopped to see how shocked her friends were.
"What?" she asked when nobody answered. "what?!"
"Um...well..." Replied Kyle, "it's just seems so...um...X-Files?"
"I know! You can't even begin to imagine how many of the stories are true!"
"So...how did he die?" Asked Michael, "if you don't mind me asking."
"That's the part you don't want to know" replied Leona
"By the way...uh...can I ask you something?" Said Maria.
"Honey, you just did." replied Leona smiling.
"Very funny!" Maria said, "another question: What the hell is the Special Unit?!" She had to ask the question almost whispering. The rest of the gang looked at her not understanding what she was trying to do. Leona just looked at her in surprise.
"Well, it's just a team that takes care of certain special cases." she said, "The agents that work there are under fake names. Let's take Kyle for example. He's an agent...agent Valenti to the FBI, but to the Special Unit he's ...um...agent Foster, for example. You can't use your real name when you work for the Special Unit. They always make up a name for you or you can choose your own." She said matter-of-factly. Now, everybody looks at each other.
"Too weird?" asked Leona, "Well, since I'm not the only one with secrets, I can relate to you because you have things that you can't share with just anybody, right?"
"We appreciate your confidence. And yes, you're right, it's weird!" replied Tess, "Being alien is not easy. You can't trust anyone. But, we're glad we found someone we can trust with our secrets, even if they're weird!"
"Too weird, if you ask me!" commented Maria.
"Um..." Liz then cleared her throat, "Can I ask what name your brother had when he was in the Special Unit?"
"Well, curiosity killed the cat!" Said Leona in a playful tone. "Well, it's more than just curiosity that's killing me." thought Liz.
"Just kidding." Leona replied, almost apologizing for the earlier statement. "Well, my brother did tell me his name."
"Don't tell me he was agent Bond, James Bond?" Kyle said, imitating James Bond.
Everyone laughed except Leona, who was just smiling and looking down. Then Kyle looked at her and his smile faded.
"Sorry." he said.
"It's ok. I was kinda trying to imagine him being like James Bond but..."she sighed
"It didn't work." she wrinkled her nose and then continued.
"Do you have a picture?" asked Isabel trying sound calm.
"Ok, ok let me see if I have one here." she replied searching in her wallet. "Oh! Here you are!" Then she showed the picture to Isabel face down. When Isabel took it, everyone practically stopped breathing. When Isabel and the others finally saw the man who was Leona's brother, they went pale. Leona spoke:
"Ladies and gentlemen meet Derek Johnson, secret name: Agent Pierce!"
Everybody looked at her suspiciously. Leona looked back at them knowing what they were trying to imply with those glances.
"So, what do you think? Is he a hunk or what?" She asked smiling.
"Well, he is...um." started Tess not knowing what to say. Everybody had found really hard to act composed in front of her.
"He's really hot!" finished Maria fienging enthusiasm.
"OK, let's stop talking about cute brother here. It's making every poor guy uncomfortable!" said Kyle, pointing at some guys that were around.
"Like yourself?" said Liz trying to grin grinning.
"Well, for the first time in my life, I agree with Kyle." said Michael and then turned to Max and said: "Hey, Max! I need to talk to you about what we talked last time."
"Sure, let's go!" He grabbed his backpack while Michael approached Leona and hugged her saying:
"I'm sorry about your brother. If you need anything, call me, ok? I will come by your house to pay you a visit anyway."
"Thanks Michael. I appreciate it!" she replied when he let go of her. Then he said good bye to everybody and took off with Max.
They went to the football field. Under the stands, Michael broke down. He was really upset and Max couldn't find a way to calm him down.
"How do you expect me to react after we found out that one of our best friends is
Pierce's sister? I don't think I can take it at all!"
"Michael, you did what you had to do. We had no choice!" Replied Max, who also felt was breaking down from all the pressure and frustration and uncertainty of this new situation.
"Choices? Then what was Tess doing there? She could have mind-wrapped him!"
"Ok, we didn't think of that in the first place, but let's not make any mistakes here, all right? Now more than ever we need each other and we need to think of a plan to prepare ourselves before Leona finds out about this."
"Max, it won't make any difference! I killed a man! No plan in the whole wide universe can change that. You can try and it won't change because, deep inside, I will know what really happened!"
"Then, what do you want me to do? Tell her? Tell her what we did to her brother? Michael, she will be devastated. She will hate us. She will probably go to the Special Unit and tell them about us!"
"She would never do that!" replied a female voice. Both guys turned around to see Isabel and Tess. "I know that she'll understand and..." Tess broke off as Michael interrupted her.
"Tess, what if she doesn't understand? We're talking about her brother here. Take for example that I killed Max and told Isabel. She wouldn't understand. She'd hate me even tough she considers me a brother. It won't matter what we do. It's all the same! I killed her brother!"
"But you had very good reasons to kill him!" She replied.
"Michael is right." replied Isabel, "Besides, we have caused enough damage to her life. Let's not forget Kivar kidnapped her because of us."
"Besides, we're all in this together! We can think of something that'll get us out of it temporarily." said Max looking away at the field.
"Like what?" asked Michael, "Like not talk to her anymore?"
"Ok, I'm sure we can work something out...like getting away from her...just for a while!" Max said, now desperate because he couldn't think about anything. The many emotions that were rushing through his veins were clouding up his judgment; he didn't know what to do anymore.
"Max, we can't do that! She needs us." pleaded Tess.
"I'll come up with something later; right now, I can't even start to think." Max replied. "I need a break. I'm taking a drive. I don't care where it takes me. I...I...I just need to get out of here. I need to think. I'll see you later."
"Max!" Michael called when he saw Max take off. "Max!" But he couldn't make him stop. Max wasn't listening.
"We'll call it a bad day." he said looking at the girls.
"I need to go somewhere, too. Liz told me she wanted to talk to me. See you." said Isabel. Michael saw Isabel go, and then turned to look at Tess, who now seemed more worried than before.
"I guess it's just you and me now." He said to her.
"What do you think we should do?" She asked without looking at him.
"I was thinking of telling her, but I guess that would mean disobeying our fearless leader." he replied sarcastically.
"I hate it when you call him that!" she commented.
"Well, he seems to be used to it anyway."
"If we tell her, how would she react?"
"Simple, she'll hate us, but at least we'd be honest with her and she respects that."
"What if we go to her house and tell her?"
"My friend, you just came up with a great idea!"
"Pick me up at Kyle's house at 7."she said reluctantly.
"You got it!" He agreed. With that, they finished their conversation and went off in different directions.
Isabel went to the eraser room where she was supposed to meet Liz. Isabel had a worried look on her face when she saw Liz. She wondered what possible reason Liz had to meet with her there. Liz was the first one to speak:
"Hey, thanks for coming. I really need help with this."
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Something really weird happened this morning."
"Liz, you say that everyday!" said Isabel with her arms crossed.
"No, I mean it this time! This morning, I went up to my closet and I got this shirt out, but the weird thing is this, you see, this shirt WAS blue and now it's black!" Liz said with her hands in the now black shirt.
"What do you mean?" She replied in confusion.
"The first time I saw it, it was blue, and then I touched it and it changed to black!"
"Just like that?!" She said waving her hands.
"I don't know. I think I must have wished it were black or something. I really don't know, but I was wondering if this had something to do with Max healing me. Maybe something in me changed."
"Ok, wait a minute! Your shirt was blue, then you touched it and it went black?" Isabel asked, still confused about what Liz was trying to tell her.
"Yes!" Liz replied, almost yelling.
"That is really weird! I...I don't know what to say!" she said.
"I know. I didn't know what to do or think. I just thought of you and that probably you could help me." Liz said.
"You think Max knows something? Wouldn't you like to talk about it with him?" Izzy said, almost hopeful that this would get them to talk and get them closer. On the other hand, Liz was still doubtful about talking to Max. She knew that she would get all awkward once she was with him. She always gets that feeling every time she is alone with him.
"I'm...I don't know. What if he doesn't know anything? Don't you know anybody else we could talk to about this?" Liz commented. She thought she should probably just let the subject go for a while.
"You're right, but in case you still have that little power of yours, we will look for something that will help you." Isabel replied
"Wait a minute! My little power? You don't think I'm getting powers now, do you?" Liz said almost freaked about the thought.
"What do I know? Maybe...yes...I mean...probably!" she replied, then Liz groaned.
"Why? Why now? why me? why?! why?! why?!" Liz repeated.
"Liz, calm down! It will be all right!" Isabel said, hoping that it'll help.
"Oh! Will it?" She said sarcastically.
"I know it will! Look, let's get out of here before we get busted and we'll go somewhere else to talk. I can probably come up with something while you show me how you did it."
"I don't know if I can do it again." Liz replied doubtful.
"Just try and if it doesn't work, then it's probably nothing."
"Um.. Isabel? I forgot to tell you that it's not the first time it happens."
"What? Liz!!" Isabel yelled.
"I know, I know, I'm sorry! I should have said that in the first place. Sorry I didn't tell you!" she said apologetically.
"Ok, first, we get out of here, then we talk, ok?" Isabel replied.
"Ok"
"Let's go." she said. They took off out of the eraser room to the parking lot, where she had her car. Isabel has had her car since last year. Her parents had told her she needed her own car so she could go anywhere she needed. But, she got the car, mostly because Max persuaded them. Once they got in the car, Liz was thinking about Max and how he would react to this. Like it or not, she cared about what Max thought, just like Leona had told her. Like always, she was right.
PART# 3
The next morning, Leona woke up tired. Mr. Johnson suggested she stay home and call in sick, but she refused. In Liz's room, Liz could hardly get up. She was so tired from cleaning the kitchen, but she couldn't skip school. Big test today: You skip, you fail! thought Liz. She searched her closet for something to wear. She found her favorite GAP Jeans, but she couldn't decide on which shirt to wear. She then spotted a sky blue V neck shirt. At the time she touched it she wished it was black. When she got it out of the closet, she noticed that it was black instead of the sky blue color it had been when she first saw it. At first, she freaked out, but then she tried to look for a possible explanation. When she realized there wasn't any, she rushed to take a shower, got dressed and skipped breakfast.
"Bye mom, dad!" She said to her very confused parents.
"What happened to her?" Asked Mr. Parker
"I don't know, but I don't remember her having that shirt before." His wife answered.
"She probably borrowed it from Maria," her husband replied, then sipped his coffee.
At school, Liz searched for Isabel, but she couldn't find her anywhere. She gave up when the bell rang for class to start. When she went to her first period class she was surprised to find Leona there. She thought she'd be absent because of her brother's death, but there she was. She wasn't looking too good either, but she could guess the reason. Liz approached her.
"Hey!" said Liz, who now was sitting behind her.
"Hey." she replied almost in a whisper. Then, both girls saw Max, Isabel and Kyle approaching them. They heard the teacher say to form groups of five and Max, Isabel, and Kyle grabbed a chair to sit with the girls.
"Hey!" They said in unison and Leona smiled as she turned to look at them.
"Leona, I'm really sorry about your brother." said Liz in a whisper and took her hand.
"Why did you come to school? You're supposed to be at home until everything calms down." commented Isabel
"Yeah, honey. You don't have to be here in a day like this. I can give you a ride home if you don`t feel well." agreed Kyle
"Thank you, Kyle, but... It's just that I didn't want to be there grieving. I wanted to do something to keep my mind off the subject. You know, be somewhere I can control my emotions." replied Leona
The group looked at each other not knowing what to say next until the teacher called them to pay attention. They turned around to face the teacher when suddenly Leona whispered to them:
"I'll tell you about him at lunch; I know how curious you are." They just looked at her and Liz said:
"I need to talk to you, Isabel." and they agreed to meet at the eraser room after lunch.
Lunch time finally came and Max went with Leona up to her locker. The rest of the gang was waiting for them outside. As usual, Michael was very impatient. He was growing more impatient when finally he saw Leona walking towards him, but she was stopped by one of her popular friends. Michael walked over to try and take Leona away from her friend. When they were alone, Maria went up to Leona and hugged her.
"I'm so sorry about your brother." she said and then let her go.
"How about a group hug for her?" said Tess smiling, as she approached the two girls..
"Works for me!" replied Kyle. Then everybody formed around her and hugged her until they heard Leona laugh.
"Yay! We did it!" Said Maria playfully and Leona couldn't help but smile.
"Yes! I do feel better now." said Leona. "I think we better sit down if you want to know about my brother." everyone took seats and Leona started:
"First of all, I know that I haven't talked much about my brother, but you know that as a FBI family we have to keep things secret. It's not that I don't trust you. As a matter of fact, I do trust you, but I promised and you know how I am when I make promises." She stopped trying to not to burst to tears.
"My brother's name was Derek. He was a FBI agent, just like my parents. He taught me everything I know about FBI, but soon he took another path. As much as my mom pleaded with him to not to go, he said he had made his decision. He joined the Special Unit. At first, it was okay to talk about him. I used to talk about how proud we were of him, how much we missed him, but it all changed when he became the head of the Special Unit. We had to keep everything secret." she didn't notice how everyone's face changed when she mentioned the Special unit. Isabel just whispered, "Oh my God!" Michael felt terrible. He looked at Max and Max looked back at him in acknowledgement.
Leona kept talking:
"It hurt not to mention him at all. My parents had to say that I was an only child and soon it made me feel alone. I'd see Max and Izzy and I felt even more alone and that made me miss him so much more. One night, my dad got a call from him. You should have see his face all lit up! My mother couldn't keep her pace and I was just so happy. Everyone had turns to talk to him. He told me he was here in Roswell and that he had sent me a package with something and asked me not to open it until he said so. Now that I think about it, I'll open it today after I get home. I know my parents are not going to be there so, I'll get the chance to open it alone, just the way I want." She stopped to see how shocked her friends were.
"What?" she asked when nobody answered. "what?!"
"Um...well..." Replied Kyle, "it's just seems so...um...X-Files?"
"I know! You can't even begin to imagine how many of the stories are true!"
"So...how did he die?" Asked Michael, "if you don't mind me asking."
"That's the part you don't want to know" replied Leona
"By the way...uh...can I ask you something?" Said Maria.
"Honey, you just did." replied Leona smiling.
"Very funny!" Maria said, "another question: What the hell is the Special Unit?!" She had to ask the question almost whispering. The rest of the gang looked at her not understanding what she was trying to do. Leona just looked at her in surprise.
"Well, it's just a team that takes care of certain special cases." she said, "The agents that work there are under fake names. Let's take Kyle for example. He's an agent...agent Valenti to the FBI, but to the Special Unit he's ...um...agent Foster, for example. You can't use your real name when you work for the Special Unit. They always make up a name for you or you can choose your own." She said matter-of-factly. Now, everybody looks at each other.
"Too weird?" asked Leona, "Well, since I'm not the only one with secrets, I can relate to you because you have things that you can't share with just anybody, right?"
"We appreciate your confidence. And yes, you're right, it's weird!" replied Tess, "Being alien is not easy. You can't trust anyone. But, we're glad we found someone we can trust with our secrets, even if they're weird!"
"Too weird, if you ask me!" commented Maria.
"Um..." Liz then cleared her throat, "Can I ask what name your brother had when he was in the Special Unit?"
"Well, curiosity killed the cat!" Said Leona in a playful tone. "Well, it's more than just curiosity that's killing me." thought Liz.
"Just kidding." Leona replied, almost apologizing for the earlier statement. "Well, my brother did tell me his name."
"Don't tell me he was agent Bond, James Bond?" Kyle said, imitating James Bond.
Everyone laughed except Leona, who was just smiling and looking down. Then Kyle looked at her and his smile faded.
"Sorry." he said.
"It's ok. I was kinda trying to imagine him being like James Bond but..."she sighed
"It didn't work." she wrinkled her nose and then continued.
"Do you have a picture?" asked Isabel trying sound calm.
"Ok, ok let me see if I have one here." she replied searching in her wallet. "Oh! Here you are!" Then she showed the picture to Isabel face down. When Isabel took it, everyone practically stopped breathing. When Isabel and the others finally saw the man who was Leona's brother, they went pale. Leona spoke:
"Ladies and gentlemen meet Derek Johnson, secret name: Agent Pierce!"
Everybody looked at her suspiciously. Leona looked back at them knowing what they were trying to imply with those glances.
"So, what do you think? Is he a hunk or what?" She asked smiling.
"Well, he is...um." started Tess not knowing what to say. Everybody had found really hard to act composed in front of her.
"He's really hot!" finished Maria fienging enthusiasm.
"OK, let's stop talking about cute brother here. It's making every poor guy uncomfortable!" said Kyle, pointing at some guys that were around.
"Like yourself?" said Liz trying to grin grinning.
"Well, for the first time in my life, I agree with Kyle." said Michael and then turned to Max and said: "Hey, Max! I need to talk to you about what we talked last time."
"Sure, let's go!" He grabbed his backpack while Michael approached Leona and hugged her saying:
"I'm sorry about your brother. If you need anything, call me, ok? I will come by your house to pay you a visit anyway."
"Thanks Michael. I appreciate it!" she replied when he let go of her. Then he said good bye to everybody and took off with Max.
They went to the football field. Under the stands, Michael broke down. He was really upset and Max couldn't find a way to calm him down.
"How do you expect me to react after we found out that one of our best friends is
Pierce's sister? I don't think I can take it at all!"
"Michael, you did what you had to do. We had no choice!" Replied Max, who also felt was breaking down from all the pressure and frustration and uncertainty of this new situation.
"Choices? Then what was Tess doing there? She could have mind-wrapped him!"
"Ok, we didn't think of that in the first place, but let's not make any mistakes here, all right? Now more than ever we need each other and we need to think of a plan to prepare ourselves before Leona finds out about this."
"Max, it won't make any difference! I killed a man! No plan in the whole wide universe can change that. You can try and it won't change because, deep inside, I will know what really happened!"
"Then, what do you want me to do? Tell her? Tell her what we did to her brother? Michael, she will be devastated. She will hate us. She will probably go to the Special Unit and tell them about us!"
"She would never do that!" replied a female voice. Both guys turned around to see Isabel and Tess. "I know that she'll understand and..." Tess broke off as Michael interrupted her.
"Tess, what if she doesn't understand? We're talking about her brother here. Take for example that I killed Max and told Isabel. She wouldn't understand. She'd hate me even tough she considers me a brother. It won't matter what we do. It's all the same! I killed her brother!"
"But you had very good reasons to kill him!" She replied.
"Michael is right." replied Isabel, "Besides, we have caused enough damage to her life. Let's not forget Kivar kidnapped her because of us."
"Besides, we're all in this together! We can think of something that'll get us out of it temporarily." said Max looking away at the field.
"Like what?" asked Michael, "Like not talk to her anymore?"
"Ok, I'm sure we can work something out...like getting away from her...just for a while!" Max said, now desperate because he couldn't think about anything. The many emotions that were rushing through his veins were clouding up his judgment; he didn't know what to do anymore.
"Max, we can't do that! She needs us." pleaded Tess.
"I'll come up with something later; right now, I can't even start to think." Max replied. "I need a break. I'm taking a drive. I don't care where it takes me. I...I...I just need to get out of here. I need to think. I'll see you later."
"Max!" Michael called when he saw Max take off. "Max!" But he couldn't make him stop. Max wasn't listening.
"We'll call it a bad day." he said looking at the girls.
"I need to go somewhere, too. Liz told me she wanted to talk to me. See you." said Isabel. Michael saw Isabel go, and then turned to look at Tess, who now seemed more worried than before.
"I guess it's just you and me now." He said to her.
"What do you think we should do?" She asked without looking at him.
"I was thinking of telling her, but I guess that would mean disobeying our fearless leader." he replied sarcastically.
"I hate it when you call him that!" she commented.
"Well, he seems to be used to it anyway."
"If we tell her, how would she react?"
"Simple, she'll hate us, but at least we'd be honest with her and she respects that."
"What if we go to her house and tell her?"
"My friend, you just came up with a great idea!"
"Pick me up at Kyle's house at 7."she said reluctantly.
"You got it!" He agreed. With that, they finished their conversation and went off in different directions.
Isabel went to the eraser room where she was supposed to meet Liz. Isabel had a worried look on her face when she saw Liz. She wondered what possible reason Liz had to meet with her there. Liz was the first one to speak:
"Hey, thanks for coming. I really need help with this."
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Something really weird happened this morning."
"Liz, you say that everyday!" said Isabel with her arms crossed.
"No, I mean it this time! This morning, I went up to my closet and I got this shirt out, but the weird thing is this, you see, this shirt WAS blue and now it's black!" Liz said with her hands in the now black shirt.
"What do you mean?" She replied in confusion.
"The first time I saw it, it was blue, and then I touched it and it changed to black!"
"Just like that?!" She said waving her hands.
"I don't know. I think I must have wished it were black or something. I really don't know, but I was wondering if this had something to do with Max healing me. Maybe something in me changed."
"Ok, wait a minute! Your shirt was blue, then you touched it and it went black?" Isabel asked, still confused about what Liz was trying to tell her.
"Yes!" Liz replied, almost yelling.
"That is really weird! I...I don't know what to say!" she said.
"I know. I didn't know what to do or think. I just thought of you and that probably you could help me." Liz said.
"You think Max knows something? Wouldn't you like to talk about it with him?" Izzy said, almost hopeful that this would get them to talk and get them closer. On the other hand, Liz was still doubtful about talking to Max. She knew that she would get all awkward once she was with him. She always gets that feeling every time she is alone with him.
"I'm...I don't know. What if he doesn't know anything? Don't you know anybody else we could talk to about this?" Liz commented. She thought she should probably just let the subject go for a while.
"You're right, but in case you still have that little power of yours, we will look for something that will help you." Isabel replied
"Wait a minute! My little power? You don't think I'm getting powers now, do you?" Liz said almost freaked about the thought.
"What do I know? Maybe...yes...I mean...probably!" she replied, then Liz groaned.
"Why? Why now? why me? why?! why?! why?!" Liz repeated.
"Liz, calm down! It will be all right!" Isabel said, hoping that it'll help.
"Oh! Will it?" She said sarcastically.
"I know it will! Look, let's get out of here before we get busted and we'll go somewhere else to talk. I can probably come up with something while you show me how you did it."
"I don't know if I can do it again." Liz replied doubtful.
"Just try and if it doesn't work, then it's probably nothing."
"Um.. Isabel? I forgot to tell you that it's not the first time it happens."
"What? Liz!!" Isabel yelled.
"I know, I know, I'm sorry! I should have said that in the first place. Sorry I didn't tell you!" she said apologetically.
"Ok, first, we get out of here, then we talk, ok?" Isabel replied.
"Ok"
"Let's go." she said. They took off out of the eraser room to the parking lot, where she had her car. Isabel has had her car since last year. Her parents had told her she needed her own car so she could go anywhere she needed. But, she got the car, mostly because Max persuaded them. Once they got in the car, Liz was thinking about Max and how he would react to this. Like it or not, she cared about what Max thought, just like Leona had told her. Like always, she was right.