CHAPTER 6 (The Answer)
Michael still stood there in silence not believing that they were his. He turned his eyes to a recent photo of the two and noticed how much they did infact look like him. "There mine?" he questioned quietly and looked to Maria who nodded. A sudden burst of anger then shot through Michael. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" he yelled.
Maria's mouth hung open. 'How dare he' she thought. "Why didn't I tell you?" she asked him sarcastically. "Why didn't I tell you? Oh I don't know Michael. Why don't you take a stab at guessing why I didn't tell you huh? I didn't tell you because YOU WEREN'T HERE," she yelled. "I didn't tell you because you were off on your own planet doing god noes what with who" she huffed. "I didn't tell you because you didn't have the common decency to tell me YOU WERE LEAVING"
During Maria's rant Liz had heard a knock on the door and went to answer it. Tess gasped as Necado entered the apartment.
"Necado?" Max said not believing he was really there
Before Necado could reply Maria cut in. "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?" she yelled.
"Maria" Necado started
"Oh don't you Maria me. I'm sooooo not in the mood right now. I called you last night and all I got was the damn answering machine so I repeat. WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?"
"Well I was---" he was cut off once again
"Oh my god" Maria gasped, "You knew. You knew they were coming back and you didn't tell me. You knew and didn't TELL ME?" Maria screeched angry that he would keep this from her.
Necado tried to explain but was again cut of by the venomous blond. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU"
"You can't believe him? I can't believe YOU" Michael yelled at Maria.
"What?" she turned to him
"You should have told me," he growled.
"Oh yeah when? In the whole 5 mins you've been here?" she asked sarcastically
Necado intersected "Look Maria I know that I should have told you---"
Maria glared at him "Your damn right you should have"
"Look will you just let me get a word in?" he asked
"No, I think what Maria and I were discussing is a little more important don't you think?" Michael asked Necado not happy with being interrupted.
"I think that we all just need to sit down and calmly work things out" Liz intervened as the peacemaker
"SHUT UP" Maria, Michael and Necado all yelled at her.
Liz just sat down in a huff mumbling about angry aliens and the affect they're having on her brain.
Maria turned to Necado ignoring Michael who put his hands in the air in frustration then sat down knowing that he wasn't going to get answers anytime soon. "Why?" she asked quietly.
Necado looked at her apologetically and sighed. "There were two reasons why." He started "One being that I couldn't give you a chance to take off. And don't look at me like that. We both know you would have."
"You still should have told me," Maria said looking at the ground
"Maria" he said walking up to her and placing his hands on her shoulders. "Look at me" Maria looked into his eyes as he spoke. "I'm sorry. I know you're a little mad at me" Maria scoffed "ok, a lot mad but I did it for you. You need to deal with this face to face. If not for you then for your children." He whispered so only she could hear. "They need to know their father"
Maria nodded. He was right. She may hate him but her children have a right to know who he is. She looked at him. "I thought you said there were two reasons"
Necado smiled at that. "Yes well the second was of an entirely selfish nature. I couldn't let my family leave now could I?"
Maria smiled "Guess not"
Necado hugged her. "Forgive me?"
"No" Maria said but smiled. "You can buy me something nice to make up for it"
Necado laughed and hugged her tighter.
Max was confused "Family?"
Necado let go of Maria then asked her "What do they know?"
"Only that Michael's the father," she replied.
"Well we better explain some things then" Necado told her
"Well yeah that'd be nice" Michael exclaimed sarcastically
Maria glared at him and was about to retort when Kyle spoke. "Why should we?" he asked. "They don't deserve an explanation. They left and as far as I'm concerned everything that has happened is there fault." He yelled
"We can't not tell them Kyle" Necado addressed him
"Whatever" Kyle yelled before walking away. Necado looked to Maria who shrugged then followed Kyle and Alex into the kitchen.
Max was still confused. "Family?"
Necado sighed and shook his head. This was going to be a long day.
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Maria and Alex found Kyle in the kitchen trying to fix Liz's broken garbage disposal. The other two could always tell when Kyle was angry because he had this obsession with fixing things.
"Damn thing" they heard him mumble from the floor.
"Kyle stop that and come out of there," Maria demanded
Kyle sighed and stood up. "What?"
"What was all that about in there?" Alex questioned
"What was all that about? Well gee I don't know Alex let's think about it for a second huh. First of all they left. They left and then come back expecting things to be the way they always were. Second Michael doesn't even tell Maria he is leaving then comes back to find that he left her here alone and pregnant and then yells at her for not telling him about it, god who do they think they are? They don't deserve an explanation for what's been going on. They weren't here. They weren't here to see Liz cry all the time. They weren't here to help Maria through the pregnancy, they weren't here to save Maria WHEN SHE DIED." Kyle yelled then fell to the floor trying not to cry.
Maria just lent down and held Kyle in his arms. He was right. They weren't here when they should have been. Alex looked down at them and was thinking along the same lines. When Maria died it was the worst day of his life and it was their entire fault. It was all Michael's fault.
A gasp was heard behind them. "Maria died?"
Alex turned around and came face to face with Isabel. Max and Tess were talking to Necado about the birth of Maria's children while Michael was pacing the room occasionally stopping to look at a photo.
Isabel walked further into the kitchen. "Maria died?" she asked again
Alex turned to look at Kyle and Maria then back to Isabel and nodded. Then he stormed out of the room. After listening to Kyle he realised that he was right. They owed them no explanation. Isabel was confused and looked at the two still on the floor. Kyle glared at her and Isabel took the hint and left.
"You shouldn't have told Michael" Kyle said when she left.
Maria looked at him. "I know you didn't want me to but he is there father, he had a right to know that much."
"Yeah well what kind of father abandons his kids?" Kyle mumbled
Maria looked sad and said quietly "Mine"
Kyle caught her eyes and hugged her tightly. "Sorry, I shouldn't have said that"
Maria nodded. "But Michael didn't technically abandon them. He didn't even know he had children" she tried to reason
"Still, he shouldn't have left after sleeping with you. God I just want to kill him. And the fact that he comes in here and yells at you, god." Kyle babbled
Before Maria could say anything else Michael walked in after hearing the end of their conversation. "Kyle's right, I shouldn't have left nor should I have yelled at you."
Kyle got up ready to punch him when Maria stopped him. "Kyle don't"
He looked at her then nodded. "Can I speak to her alone?" Michael asked
"No" Kyle stated.
Michael looked towards Maria. "Please?"
Maria turned to Kyle then nodded and Kyle left but not before warning Michael first. "If you so much as make her cry I swear to god I'll kill you" with that he left.
Michael still stood there in silence not believing that they were his. He turned his eyes to a recent photo of the two and noticed how much they did infact look like him. "There mine?" he questioned quietly and looked to Maria who nodded. A sudden burst of anger then shot through Michael. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" he yelled.
Maria's mouth hung open. 'How dare he' she thought. "Why didn't I tell you?" she asked him sarcastically. "Why didn't I tell you? Oh I don't know Michael. Why don't you take a stab at guessing why I didn't tell you huh? I didn't tell you because YOU WEREN'T HERE," she yelled. "I didn't tell you because you were off on your own planet doing god noes what with who" she huffed. "I didn't tell you because you didn't have the common decency to tell me YOU WERE LEAVING"
During Maria's rant Liz had heard a knock on the door and went to answer it. Tess gasped as Necado entered the apartment.
"Necado?" Max said not believing he was really there
Before Necado could reply Maria cut in. "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?" she yelled.
"Maria" Necado started
"Oh don't you Maria me. I'm sooooo not in the mood right now. I called you last night and all I got was the damn answering machine so I repeat. WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?"
"Well I was---" he was cut off once again
"Oh my god" Maria gasped, "You knew. You knew they were coming back and you didn't tell me. You knew and didn't TELL ME?" Maria screeched angry that he would keep this from her.
Necado tried to explain but was again cut of by the venomous blond. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU"
"You can't believe him? I can't believe YOU" Michael yelled at Maria.
"What?" she turned to him
"You should have told me," he growled.
"Oh yeah when? In the whole 5 mins you've been here?" she asked sarcastically
Necado intersected "Look Maria I know that I should have told you---"
Maria glared at him "Your damn right you should have"
"Look will you just let me get a word in?" he asked
"No, I think what Maria and I were discussing is a little more important don't you think?" Michael asked Necado not happy with being interrupted.
"I think that we all just need to sit down and calmly work things out" Liz intervened as the peacemaker
"SHUT UP" Maria, Michael and Necado all yelled at her.
Liz just sat down in a huff mumbling about angry aliens and the affect they're having on her brain.
Maria turned to Necado ignoring Michael who put his hands in the air in frustration then sat down knowing that he wasn't going to get answers anytime soon. "Why?" she asked quietly.
Necado looked at her apologetically and sighed. "There were two reasons why." He started "One being that I couldn't give you a chance to take off. And don't look at me like that. We both know you would have."
"You still should have told me," Maria said looking at the ground
"Maria" he said walking up to her and placing his hands on her shoulders. "Look at me" Maria looked into his eyes as he spoke. "I'm sorry. I know you're a little mad at me" Maria scoffed "ok, a lot mad but I did it for you. You need to deal with this face to face. If not for you then for your children." He whispered so only she could hear. "They need to know their father"
Maria nodded. He was right. She may hate him but her children have a right to know who he is. She looked at him. "I thought you said there were two reasons"
Necado smiled at that. "Yes well the second was of an entirely selfish nature. I couldn't let my family leave now could I?"
Maria smiled "Guess not"
Necado hugged her. "Forgive me?"
"No" Maria said but smiled. "You can buy me something nice to make up for it"
Necado laughed and hugged her tighter.
Max was confused "Family?"
Necado let go of Maria then asked her "What do they know?"
"Only that Michael's the father," she replied.
"Well we better explain some things then" Necado told her
"Well yeah that'd be nice" Michael exclaimed sarcastically
Maria glared at him and was about to retort when Kyle spoke. "Why should we?" he asked. "They don't deserve an explanation. They left and as far as I'm concerned everything that has happened is there fault." He yelled
"We can't not tell them Kyle" Necado addressed him
"Whatever" Kyle yelled before walking away. Necado looked to Maria who shrugged then followed Kyle and Alex into the kitchen.
Max was still confused. "Family?"
Necado sighed and shook his head. This was going to be a long day.
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Maria and Alex found Kyle in the kitchen trying to fix Liz's broken garbage disposal. The other two could always tell when Kyle was angry because he had this obsession with fixing things.
"Damn thing" they heard him mumble from the floor.
"Kyle stop that and come out of there," Maria demanded
Kyle sighed and stood up. "What?"
"What was all that about in there?" Alex questioned
"What was all that about? Well gee I don't know Alex let's think about it for a second huh. First of all they left. They left and then come back expecting things to be the way they always were. Second Michael doesn't even tell Maria he is leaving then comes back to find that he left her here alone and pregnant and then yells at her for not telling him about it, god who do they think they are? They don't deserve an explanation for what's been going on. They weren't here. They weren't here to see Liz cry all the time. They weren't here to help Maria through the pregnancy, they weren't here to save Maria WHEN SHE DIED." Kyle yelled then fell to the floor trying not to cry.
Maria just lent down and held Kyle in his arms. He was right. They weren't here when they should have been. Alex looked down at them and was thinking along the same lines. When Maria died it was the worst day of his life and it was their entire fault. It was all Michael's fault.
A gasp was heard behind them. "Maria died?"
Alex turned around and came face to face with Isabel. Max and Tess were talking to Necado about the birth of Maria's children while Michael was pacing the room occasionally stopping to look at a photo.
Isabel walked further into the kitchen. "Maria died?" she asked again
Alex turned to look at Kyle and Maria then back to Isabel and nodded. Then he stormed out of the room. After listening to Kyle he realised that he was right. They owed them no explanation. Isabel was confused and looked at the two still on the floor. Kyle glared at her and Isabel took the hint and left.
"You shouldn't have told Michael" Kyle said when she left.
Maria looked at him. "I know you didn't want me to but he is there father, he had a right to know that much."
"Yeah well what kind of father abandons his kids?" Kyle mumbled
Maria looked sad and said quietly "Mine"
Kyle caught her eyes and hugged her tightly. "Sorry, I shouldn't have said that"
Maria nodded. "But Michael didn't technically abandon them. He didn't even know he had children" she tried to reason
"Still, he shouldn't have left after sleeping with you. God I just want to kill him. And the fact that he comes in here and yells at you, god." Kyle babbled
Before Maria could say anything else Michael walked in after hearing the end of their conversation. "Kyle's right, I shouldn't have left nor should I have yelled at you."
Kyle got up ready to punch him when Maria stopped him. "Kyle don't"
He looked at her then nodded. "Can I speak to her alone?" Michael asked
"No" Kyle stated.
Michael looked towards Maria. "Please?"
Maria turned to Kyle then nodded and Kyle left but not before warning Michael first. "If you so much as make her cry I swear to god I'll kill you" with that he left.