CHAPTER 4 (The reason)
Michael, Isabel, Max and Tess all walked into the Crashdown.
"I never got a good look last night but it hasn't changed much has it?" Said Tess.
Max looked around and spotted a familiar figure. "No it hasn't," he said smiling.
Liz caught his eye and walked over to give him a kiss. "What can I get you?" she asked them
"Maria, Alex and Kyle" answered Michael.
Liz sighed and sat down with them. "I got a hold of Kyle this morning and he flat out refused to come so I asked to talk to Alex. He said that he'd try to talk to Kyle about changing his mind."
"What about Maria?" Isabel asked before Michael got a chance to "Well if Alex can convince Kyle than he may have a chance with Maria but don't get your hopes up." Liz told them. In the distance she heard the phone ring and went to answer it.
"I hope Alex can get them to come," said Tess
"I know what you mean," Michael told her then looked up to a smiling Liz.
"There coming" she announced happily. "Alex said that he talked Kyle into it."
"What about Maria? Michael asked
"Well." Liz mumbled something after
"What was that?" Max asked
"I said that Maria doesn't know you guys will be here. She thinks that there coming for breakfast." She sighed. "Look I told you that it wasn't gonna be easy but it's the best we could do"
"Then we can't ask for more" Max smiled up at her.
"Well then I guess you all better head upstairs. I'll make an excuse and get them to come up here." Liz told them before scooting them out of the booth.
As the others went upstairs Michael turned around and whispered thankyou to Liz. She smiled at him and was about to reply but he walked off. 'Typical Michael' she thought as she went back to work. 30 mins later the bell on the door signalled the arrival of Maria, Alex and Kyle.
"Hey Liz" Alex greeted her.
"Hey you guys, um listen can you all come up stairs with me for a second I have to talk to you all about something in private." Liz lied
"Oh god what is it?" Maria asked worryingly
"It's nothing big just kind of important" she told them. 'God I hope this goes ok and that I don't loose Maria as a friend.' She thought.
As Alex and Maria headed for the back room Kyle whispered to Liz "I hope you know what your doing"
"Kyle I know what I'm doing. Maria needs to talk to them" Liz tried to explain
"No, Maria owes them nothing and you know that" Kyle whispered harshly before following the other two.
Liz sighed. On some level she agreed with Kyle. Maria did owe them nothing but even so she needs to talk to them. Even if it is just to yell at them. She needs to let go of the anger that's inside her before she does something crazy.
Liz unlocked her front door and led the others into the living room. "Look Liz what's this." Maria paused as she spotted the aliens. ".About?" Maria shook her head. "Liz? What are THEY doing here?" Maria said as she turned on her best friend.
"Well there just."
"There just what" Maria interrupted her angrily
"Maria we just want to talk to you. Please. Don't get angry with Liz. Will you please just sit down and listen to what we have to say." Max pleaded with her
To everyone's surprise Maria sat on one of the couches and calmly waited "Well?"
Isabel took this opportunity to speak "Ok, well we want you to know that we didn't come back just to use you. We didn't come back to use you at all. We came back because we realised that, that up there wasn't home. This is here, with you guys. We all love you and we want to make things right. We know we screwed up in leaving and we have regretted it ever since. You have to believe us Maria. We came back because you guys are our home."
Maria looked at the girl suspiciously. "Oh, I believe you." She stated earning sigh of relief all round. "I just don't trust or particularly like any of you. So if that was all you had to say then I'm leaving." Maria told them as she stood.
Kyle smirked as the rest gasped. "Maria you don't mean it" said Tess
"Like hell I don't." she spat out bitterly
"Maria just sit back down alright. We are ALL going to talk and we are ALL going to listen to each other." Alex told her. Maria glared at him but sat anyway. "Good. Now, we know why you're here and what you want from us but do you all really expect us to just forgive you straight away?" Alex asked
"No, but we'll work hard to try and get us to." Said Isabel getting a smile off Alex. Just then the phone rang and Liz went to answer it. While she was gone Isabel looked at a photo of the four playing at the park with Maria's kids.
"Do you three live together?" she asked them
Alex answered. "Yeah it's easier that way and Ria had the space."
Isabel nodded. As Liz walked back in the room Michael asked Maria a question. "What are there names? The kids I mean"
Maria looked at him not expecting that question. She walked over to a photo of them. She pointed to a little boy with blond hair and brown eyes "That one's Joshy. His full name is Joshua Kyle," she then pointed to the boy with the brown wild hair and green eyes "And that one's Matty. His full name being Matthew Alexander."
Michael smiled. "Matthew and Joshua Deluca, they fit."
Maria looked at Kyle and Alex before speaking again. "There last names not Deluca."
"What? Michael asked confused
"I gave them their fathers last name" Maria explained
Michael looked at her strangely. "So what is there last name?"
Michael, Isabel, Max and Tess all walked into the Crashdown.
"I never got a good look last night but it hasn't changed much has it?" Said Tess.
Max looked around and spotted a familiar figure. "No it hasn't," he said smiling.
Liz caught his eye and walked over to give him a kiss. "What can I get you?" she asked them
"Maria, Alex and Kyle" answered Michael.
Liz sighed and sat down with them. "I got a hold of Kyle this morning and he flat out refused to come so I asked to talk to Alex. He said that he'd try to talk to Kyle about changing his mind."
"What about Maria?" Isabel asked before Michael got a chance to "Well if Alex can convince Kyle than he may have a chance with Maria but don't get your hopes up." Liz told them. In the distance she heard the phone ring and went to answer it.
"I hope Alex can get them to come," said Tess
"I know what you mean," Michael told her then looked up to a smiling Liz.
"There coming" she announced happily. "Alex said that he talked Kyle into it."
"What about Maria? Michael asked
"Well." Liz mumbled something after
"What was that?" Max asked
"I said that Maria doesn't know you guys will be here. She thinks that there coming for breakfast." She sighed. "Look I told you that it wasn't gonna be easy but it's the best we could do"
"Then we can't ask for more" Max smiled up at her.
"Well then I guess you all better head upstairs. I'll make an excuse and get them to come up here." Liz told them before scooting them out of the booth.
As the others went upstairs Michael turned around and whispered thankyou to Liz. She smiled at him and was about to reply but he walked off. 'Typical Michael' she thought as she went back to work. 30 mins later the bell on the door signalled the arrival of Maria, Alex and Kyle.
"Hey Liz" Alex greeted her.
"Hey you guys, um listen can you all come up stairs with me for a second I have to talk to you all about something in private." Liz lied
"Oh god what is it?" Maria asked worryingly
"It's nothing big just kind of important" she told them. 'God I hope this goes ok and that I don't loose Maria as a friend.' She thought.
As Alex and Maria headed for the back room Kyle whispered to Liz "I hope you know what your doing"
"Kyle I know what I'm doing. Maria needs to talk to them" Liz tried to explain
"No, Maria owes them nothing and you know that" Kyle whispered harshly before following the other two.
Liz sighed. On some level she agreed with Kyle. Maria did owe them nothing but even so she needs to talk to them. Even if it is just to yell at them. She needs to let go of the anger that's inside her before she does something crazy.
Liz unlocked her front door and led the others into the living room. "Look Liz what's this." Maria paused as she spotted the aliens. ".About?" Maria shook her head. "Liz? What are THEY doing here?" Maria said as she turned on her best friend.
"Well there just."
"There just what" Maria interrupted her angrily
"Maria we just want to talk to you. Please. Don't get angry with Liz. Will you please just sit down and listen to what we have to say." Max pleaded with her
To everyone's surprise Maria sat on one of the couches and calmly waited "Well?"
Isabel took this opportunity to speak "Ok, well we want you to know that we didn't come back just to use you. We didn't come back to use you at all. We came back because we realised that, that up there wasn't home. This is here, with you guys. We all love you and we want to make things right. We know we screwed up in leaving and we have regretted it ever since. You have to believe us Maria. We came back because you guys are our home."
Maria looked at the girl suspiciously. "Oh, I believe you." She stated earning sigh of relief all round. "I just don't trust or particularly like any of you. So if that was all you had to say then I'm leaving." Maria told them as she stood.
Kyle smirked as the rest gasped. "Maria you don't mean it" said Tess
"Like hell I don't." she spat out bitterly
"Maria just sit back down alright. We are ALL going to talk and we are ALL going to listen to each other." Alex told her. Maria glared at him but sat anyway. "Good. Now, we know why you're here and what you want from us but do you all really expect us to just forgive you straight away?" Alex asked
"No, but we'll work hard to try and get us to." Said Isabel getting a smile off Alex. Just then the phone rang and Liz went to answer it. While she was gone Isabel looked at a photo of the four playing at the park with Maria's kids.
"Do you three live together?" she asked them
Alex answered. "Yeah it's easier that way and Ria had the space."
Isabel nodded. As Liz walked back in the room Michael asked Maria a question. "What are there names? The kids I mean"
Maria looked at him not expecting that question. She walked over to a photo of them. She pointed to a little boy with blond hair and brown eyes "That one's Joshy. His full name is Joshua Kyle," she then pointed to the boy with the brown wild hair and green eyes "And that one's Matty. His full name being Matthew Alexander."
Michael smiled. "Matthew and Joshua Deluca, they fit."
Maria looked at Kyle and Alex before speaking again. "There last names not Deluca."
"What? Michael asked confused
"I gave them their fathers last name" Maria explained
Michael looked at her strangely. "So what is there last name?"