PART 2 - THE DREAMS ARE BACK
He was standing there, looking gorgeous as always. He was dressed in black. She couldn't move. His eyes met hers and she couldn't look away. He slowly walked towards her. She looked away, around. There was no one there.
They were in a big room which reminded her about some suite in some expensive hotel. It was night and she felt a cool wind gently coming in. The windows were open, they looked too expensive.
This can't be real, she thought. This can't be.
Then she saw the bed, king size one. The man took her hand and caressed her cheek. Then he gave a kiss on her forehead and then on her nose. He took her to bed and they sat down. They stared at each other's eyes and then his lips came closer and closer. His kiss was gently and then it roughen up a little bit. She put her right hand on his cheek and responded to the kiss. His hands went under her top and he gently he lowered them to lie down on the bed. He then gently kissed her again and...
*****
Maria DeLuca woke up on her bedroom with a cold sweat. She couldn't believe what she had done in her dream. And who was that man???
*****
Next day at school...
Maria walked towards Liz who was talking to Isabel. Maria smiled and like an instinct Isabel knew that Maria needed to talk to Liz alone. Isabel waved at them and walked away.
"Maria, how are you?" Liz asked casually but Maria decided to let it out immeadiately.
"Well, Liz, my boyfriend is destinied to be with another girl, I'm afraid that they'll find out about me now 'cause now Tess is involved, and like a frosting on a cake the dreams are back." She said and Liz seemed to be shocked.
"The dreams? Those dreams about a guy with a black hair and pale skin? Those dreams which you haven't seen like since the shooting?" Liz said and Maria just nodded.
"That's right but this time they're more intimate. And to top of that... Guess who can accidently set fires." She said and took a piece of cloth out of her pocket.
"Maria... This is all burned." Liz said and Maria gave her 'duh' look. "How did this happened?"
"What happened?" Max asked and Liz quickly hide the cloth. They didn't even heard him coming.
"Nothing." Maria answered and then smiled. Max seemed to felt something because he quickly said 'see ya' and walked away.
"So?" Liz said and Maria just shrugged.
"I don't know but that used to be a kettleholder before. See the alien head?" Maria said. "I was so confused... I was just woken up and the dream was still fresh in my memory and then I remembered that Michael and Isabel saw those dreams too so does that mean that that man from the dream is my mate or something and while I thought what those dreams means the kettleholder was set on fire. And the weird thing is that only my powers were able to do it 'cause the stove wasn't on or nothing else was able to do it." Maria said it all with on breath.
"Okay. Let's tear the problem apart. What's the problem?" Liz asked getting ready to woman scientist mode.
"My dreams and their intimacy and the strange man and my overly loose powers." Maria said but then the bell rang.
"Damn. I better go but we'll talk this thing, 'kay?"
Maria just nodded and smiled. "Okay, we'll talk about this over lunch."
They walked to different directions. Maria to history and Liz to math.
*****
"Oh, Isabel! Did you hear? There's a new guy in town and the word is that he is HOT!" Pam Troy said to Isabel. Isabel put her books in her locker and turned to Pam. Isabel gave her a 'I couldn't give less' look but Pam just kept going. "He's from Chicago and lives by himself. He's like a dream guy."
"You know what, Pam? I don't care." Isabel turned and walked away. She didn't see a guy stepping inside wearing a black tight T-shirt, black jeans which hugged his hips very nicely, and a black leather jacket which hung from his shoulder. His bookback hung from his other shoulder. All girls turned to look at him and only gasps were heard.
He walked down the corridor and glanced the girls. Some blond haired girl came to him and started to flirt with him shamelessly. He looked into her eyes and then dumped her saying, "Go away. I'm looking for someone who's not you." She stayed there to look at him as he walked away.
Lunch...
"Have you noticed anything weird?" Isabel asked and Tess, Michael and Max gave her a weird look.
"Like... What?" Michael asked. Morning had went pretty much like every morning.
"I don't know." Isabel said. "This morning I felt someone using powers."
"Count me out." Max said and took a sip from his juice.
"Me too. I didn't do anything." Michael said and added tabasco to his drink.
"I heated water this morning. Maybe you felt me." Tess said but Isabel just shook her head 'no'.
"It coudn't be it. First of all it felt like an accident, secondly that person used a lot of powers to do it, and thirdly it didn't felt like us. It was so strong." Isabel said and Max seemed to recognice something.
"What time was this?" Max asked.
"Seven thirty." Isabel said, "Did you felt it too?"
"Maybe. Yeah, I felt it." Max answered and turned to Michael and Tess. "What about you two?"
"I got up at eight so... no." Michael said and looked at the humans table. Maria and Liz was talking about something.
"I felt it too but not as strongly, just barely." Tess said and looked at Maria. "Do you feel that something's strange on Maria?"
"What do you mean?" Michael asked immeaditely.
"It's like something's off. She seems to be more scared and more full of secrets than before." Tess said and looked at Maria again.
"I know. I mean me and Maria became a pretty good friends during the summer and she was so sparky. Today when I approached her and Liz, they went quiet and I swear that Liz literally hide somthing from me. Maria put this stonewall around her and I coudn't find out if she was happy or sad or angry." Max said quietly.
"It can't be anything alien, can it? I mean that Maria isn't alien." Isabel said althought had felt the same thing herself.
"Of course it can't be anything alien. Isabel, you felt wrong. We are the only aliens around here now." Michael said and continued looking at Maria.
*****
"Okay, lets start with your dreams. What happened?" Liz asked when they were seated down to eat.
"Well... we, me and that man, were in this really luxury room and then he came closer and closer and I couldn't help but stand still. Then I noticed this king size bed. He laid me down to the bed and started to kiss me and his hand kept going under my shirt and..." Maria smiled when she noticed that Liz couldn't wait to hear more.
"And... Then what?" Liz asked not liking that Maria prolonged the tension.
"And then I woke up." Maria said simply and Liz couldn't believe it.
"You just woke up?" She asked and Maria nodded. "That's it?"
"Yeah." Maria said. They saw Alex coming towards them and waving.
"Hello ladies." He said and sat down. The look on Maria and Liz's faces was somehow strange. "What?"
"Alex... If someone you know would dream about some man she hasn't seen before and things would get intense in the dream, what would you conclude about it?" Liz asked carefully.
"You saw a dream about someone?" Alex asked and Liz rolled her eyes.
"Not me. Maria." Liz said and Alex turned to Maria.
"You saw someone in your dream?" He asked.
"Well don't try to sound so amazed." Maria said but then grew serious. "You know those dreams which I hasn't seen since the shooting?" She asked and Alex nodded. "Well they're back and are more intense than before."
"Wow... I mean... Wow..." Alex was stunned. "Wait a second. What trigged them?"
"Well, they stopped when Liz was shot and I met Michael and now that I'm over him," she mentally added 'almost' "they're back. But do you think that they could be like a program or something?"
"Like they'd be programmed to your brain before you were sent here?" Alex received a nod from Maria. "Could be. Nothing's sure, right?"
"Right." Maria put her head on her hands. "What am I going to do?"
"I don't know, Maria. Maybe we can figure the dream thing out if we get your powers under control." Liz tried to calm her. Alex seemed to jump a little.
"What? Your powers aren't under control?" He asked little bit scared.
"Yes, but don't worry. I'll try to get them under control in no time." Maria was amused that Alex still was scared of her powers. She remembered how Alex freaked when her powers really got loose for the first time.
It was their first day in Junior High and they were walking to their lockers. Alex had some troubles to open his locker so Maria decided to help. She had practiced her powers over the summer and now was pretty sure that the locker would open with no problem. She was wrong. The door of that locker was blowned to the other side of the hallway. Maria, Liz and Alex left school very quickly. On that day Maria decided that she would never use her powers in public. And she haven't.
"Try?" Alex sighed and tried to smile.
He was standing there, looking gorgeous as always. He was dressed in black. She couldn't move. His eyes met hers and she couldn't look away. He slowly walked towards her. She looked away, around. There was no one there.
They were in a big room which reminded her about some suite in some expensive hotel. It was night and she felt a cool wind gently coming in. The windows were open, they looked too expensive.
This can't be real, she thought. This can't be.
Then she saw the bed, king size one. The man took her hand and caressed her cheek. Then he gave a kiss on her forehead and then on her nose. He took her to bed and they sat down. They stared at each other's eyes and then his lips came closer and closer. His kiss was gently and then it roughen up a little bit. She put her right hand on his cheek and responded to the kiss. His hands went under her top and he gently he lowered them to lie down on the bed. He then gently kissed her again and...
*****
Maria DeLuca woke up on her bedroom with a cold sweat. She couldn't believe what she had done in her dream. And who was that man???
*****
Next day at school...
Maria walked towards Liz who was talking to Isabel. Maria smiled and like an instinct Isabel knew that Maria needed to talk to Liz alone. Isabel waved at them and walked away.
"Maria, how are you?" Liz asked casually but Maria decided to let it out immeadiately.
"Well, Liz, my boyfriend is destinied to be with another girl, I'm afraid that they'll find out about me now 'cause now Tess is involved, and like a frosting on a cake the dreams are back." She said and Liz seemed to be shocked.
"The dreams? Those dreams about a guy with a black hair and pale skin? Those dreams which you haven't seen like since the shooting?" Liz said and Maria just nodded.
"That's right but this time they're more intimate. And to top of that... Guess who can accidently set fires." She said and took a piece of cloth out of her pocket.
"Maria... This is all burned." Liz said and Maria gave her 'duh' look. "How did this happened?"
"What happened?" Max asked and Liz quickly hide the cloth. They didn't even heard him coming.
"Nothing." Maria answered and then smiled. Max seemed to felt something because he quickly said 'see ya' and walked away.
"So?" Liz said and Maria just shrugged.
"I don't know but that used to be a kettleholder before. See the alien head?" Maria said. "I was so confused... I was just woken up and the dream was still fresh in my memory and then I remembered that Michael and Isabel saw those dreams too so does that mean that that man from the dream is my mate or something and while I thought what those dreams means the kettleholder was set on fire. And the weird thing is that only my powers were able to do it 'cause the stove wasn't on or nothing else was able to do it." Maria said it all with on breath.
"Okay. Let's tear the problem apart. What's the problem?" Liz asked getting ready to woman scientist mode.
"My dreams and their intimacy and the strange man and my overly loose powers." Maria said but then the bell rang.
"Damn. I better go but we'll talk this thing, 'kay?"
Maria just nodded and smiled. "Okay, we'll talk about this over lunch."
They walked to different directions. Maria to history and Liz to math.
*****
"Oh, Isabel! Did you hear? There's a new guy in town and the word is that he is HOT!" Pam Troy said to Isabel. Isabel put her books in her locker and turned to Pam. Isabel gave her a 'I couldn't give less' look but Pam just kept going. "He's from Chicago and lives by himself. He's like a dream guy."
"You know what, Pam? I don't care." Isabel turned and walked away. She didn't see a guy stepping inside wearing a black tight T-shirt, black jeans which hugged his hips very nicely, and a black leather jacket which hung from his shoulder. His bookback hung from his other shoulder. All girls turned to look at him and only gasps were heard.
He walked down the corridor and glanced the girls. Some blond haired girl came to him and started to flirt with him shamelessly. He looked into her eyes and then dumped her saying, "Go away. I'm looking for someone who's not you." She stayed there to look at him as he walked away.
Lunch...
"Have you noticed anything weird?" Isabel asked and Tess, Michael and Max gave her a weird look.
"Like... What?" Michael asked. Morning had went pretty much like every morning.
"I don't know." Isabel said. "This morning I felt someone using powers."
"Count me out." Max said and took a sip from his juice.
"Me too. I didn't do anything." Michael said and added tabasco to his drink.
"I heated water this morning. Maybe you felt me." Tess said but Isabel just shook her head 'no'.
"It coudn't be it. First of all it felt like an accident, secondly that person used a lot of powers to do it, and thirdly it didn't felt like us. It was so strong." Isabel said and Max seemed to recognice something.
"What time was this?" Max asked.
"Seven thirty." Isabel said, "Did you felt it too?"
"Maybe. Yeah, I felt it." Max answered and turned to Michael and Tess. "What about you two?"
"I got up at eight so... no." Michael said and looked at the humans table. Maria and Liz was talking about something.
"I felt it too but not as strongly, just barely." Tess said and looked at Maria. "Do you feel that something's strange on Maria?"
"What do you mean?" Michael asked immeaditely.
"It's like something's off. She seems to be more scared and more full of secrets than before." Tess said and looked at Maria again.
"I know. I mean me and Maria became a pretty good friends during the summer and she was so sparky. Today when I approached her and Liz, they went quiet and I swear that Liz literally hide somthing from me. Maria put this stonewall around her and I coudn't find out if she was happy or sad or angry." Max said quietly.
"It can't be anything alien, can it? I mean that Maria isn't alien." Isabel said althought had felt the same thing herself.
"Of course it can't be anything alien. Isabel, you felt wrong. We are the only aliens around here now." Michael said and continued looking at Maria.
*****
"Okay, lets start with your dreams. What happened?" Liz asked when they were seated down to eat.
"Well... we, me and that man, were in this really luxury room and then he came closer and closer and I couldn't help but stand still. Then I noticed this king size bed. He laid me down to the bed and started to kiss me and his hand kept going under my shirt and..." Maria smiled when she noticed that Liz couldn't wait to hear more.
"And... Then what?" Liz asked not liking that Maria prolonged the tension.
"And then I woke up." Maria said simply and Liz couldn't believe it.
"You just woke up?" She asked and Maria nodded. "That's it?"
"Yeah." Maria said. They saw Alex coming towards them and waving.
"Hello ladies." He said and sat down. The look on Maria and Liz's faces was somehow strange. "What?"
"Alex... If someone you know would dream about some man she hasn't seen before and things would get intense in the dream, what would you conclude about it?" Liz asked carefully.
"You saw a dream about someone?" Alex asked and Liz rolled her eyes.
"Not me. Maria." Liz said and Alex turned to Maria.
"You saw someone in your dream?" He asked.
"Well don't try to sound so amazed." Maria said but then grew serious. "You know those dreams which I hasn't seen since the shooting?" She asked and Alex nodded. "Well they're back and are more intense than before."
"Wow... I mean... Wow..." Alex was stunned. "Wait a second. What trigged them?"
"Well, they stopped when Liz was shot and I met Michael and now that I'm over him," she mentally added 'almost' "they're back. But do you think that they could be like a program or something?"
"Like they'd be programmed to your brain before you were sent here?" Alex received a nod from Maria. "Could be. Nothing's sure, right?"
"Right." Maria put her head on her hands. "What am I going to do?"
"I don't know, Maria. Maybe we can figure the dream thing out if we get your powers under control." Liz tried to calm her. Alex seemed to jump a little.
"What? Your powers aren't under control?" He asked little bit scared.
"Yes, but don't worry. I'll try to get them under control in no time." Maria was amused that Alex still was scared of her powers. She remembered how Alex freaked when her powers really got loose for the first time.
It was their first day in Junior High and they were walking to their lockers. Alex had some troubles to open his locker so Maria decided to help. She had practiced her powers over the summer and now was pretty sure that the locker would open with no problem. She was wrong. The door of that locker was blowned to the other side of the hallway. Maria, Liz and Alex left school very quickly. On that day Maria decided that she would never use her powers in public. And she haven't.
"Try?" Alex sighed and tried to smile.