SURPRISE
Liz saw Sean walk in and take a seat in the back booth. She went over
him with her order pad. "What can I get you to drink?"
"How about a root beer float?" he said.
"We don't have those here," she said.
"Well, I know of a great place that makes the best floats in town,"
Sean said with a smile. "Care to join me?"
"Sean."
"It's just a root beer float," he said.
Liz nodded. "Sure." She went back to the counter. "It's just a root
beer float," she said to herself.
* "So we can't tell Liz or Maria?" Kyle said to Max and Michael as they sat in his living room. "No," Max said. "They're probably going to have a lot of questions and we don't have any answers yet." "I have a couple of questions, Max," Michael said. "When am I going to get my answers?" Max looked sternly at him. "When I get mine." * Tess found Isabel sitting alone in the kitchen. She clasped her hands together nervously. "I'm sorry." Isabel looked up at her. "What?" "Max told me about Alex," Tess said. "I don't remember what I did exactly, but I'm sorry." Isabel felt the tears in her eyes. "I'll tell you what you did. You abused your powers and violated an innocent person's mind for your own purposes. You weakened him so badly that he died. You killed him." Tess tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. "I know." She tried to pick her words carefully. "I know I caused a lot of people pain, but all I'm asking is do you think you could ever forgive me?" "I'm not asking you if you would ever forgive her," Alex had said, "but if you could forgive her?" Isabel wiped away a tear. "I could." She stood up. "But I'm not going to." She walked out of the kitchen. * Sean walked Liz back home after getting their root beer floats. "Thanks for coming with me," he said. "Thanks for inviting me." She looked at her front door. "I should get going." "Night," he said. She watched him go and then searched for her keys inside her bag. "Liz?" She turned around and gasped. It was Tess. No. This wasn't Tess. Liz remembered her fishnet stockings and mini-skirt. Her purple hair was now pink. But her eyes. That was what she and Tess had in common. Those big blue eyes. "Ava?"
END OF PART ONE
* "So we can't tell Liz or Maria?" Kyle said to Max and Michael as they sat in his living room. "No," Max said. "They're probably going to have a lot of questions and we don't have any answers yet." "I have a couple of questions, Max," Michael said. "When am I going to get my answers?" Max looked sternly at him. "When I get mine." * Tess found Isabel sitting alone in the kitchen. She clasped her hands together nervously. "I'm sorry." Isabel looked up at her. "What?" "Max told me about Alex," Tess said. "I don't remember what I did exactly, but I'm sorry." Isabel felt the tears in her eyes. "I'll tell you what you did. You abused your powers and violated an innocent person's mind for your own purposes. You weakened him so badly that he died. You killed him." Tess tucked a piece of hair behind her ear. "I know." She tried to pick her words carefully. "I know I caused a lot of people pain, but all I'm asking is do you think you could ever forgive me?" "I'm not asking you if you would ever forgive her," Alex had said, "but if you could forgive her?" Isabel wiped away a tear. "I could." She stood up. "But I'm not going to." She walked out of the kitchen. * Sean walked Liz back home after getting their root beer floats. "Thanks for coming with me," he said. "Thanks for inviting me." She looked at her front door. "I should get going." "Night," he said. She watched him go and then searched for her keys inside her bag. "Liz?" She turned around and gasped. It was Tess. No. This wasn't Tess. Liz remembered her fishnet stockings and mini-skirt. Her purple hair was now pink. But her eyes. That was what she and Tess had in common. Those big blue eyes. "Ava?"
END OF PART ONE