Marie Valenti looked around the restaurant. Juan and Cassie were doing homework at one of the booths. Al and Kyle were eating lunch and talking about something. /-/ Probably politics /-/ she thought. And Beth was at the counter working on the books. Marie made her way over to Beth and sat down. "How are the books?"

"Almost done. Should have the final price soon."

"Really? Your quick this week," Marie exclaimed.

"Not really. She woke up at four and started then," All said coming up behind them.

"Nervous," Marie teased Beth.

"Leave me alone Marie."

"Nope, I'm just gonna sit here with you till your done, and then we are going to take a walk down memory lane with our loved ones and a few people we use to know quite well."

"Who all is coming to this thing today?" Al asked

"Everyone involved," Marie told them.

"Everyone?" Kyle asked joining them at the counter.

"Yup, your Dad, my Mom, Susie, everyone,"

"Where are the girls going?" Kyle asked

"Your mother-in-law's," Marie said with a smile as Kyle shuddered.

Then the familiar tune played as the door opened. Max, Michael, Isabel, and Tess walked in slowly. "Hello, are we early?" Isabel asked.

"No, the others are late, you're right on time. Come on, we'll go to the living room," Al said.

"The others?" Michael asked.

"Yeah, Jim's coming," Marie began

"We're here," Jim said coming through the door with Amy and Susie.

"What are you doing here?" Tess sneered.

"We are involved in this, we have a right to know too," Jim said.

"Involved in what, a high school reunion?" Isabel asked.

"Cut the crap Isabel. We all know the truth, you four aren't human, so what. Your still family. My granddaughter isn't human. You think I care? No! Now, stop the secretive routine and lets all sit down and get this over with so we can figure out the next steps to take," Amy said walking towards the aliens.

"Umm ok. However, who else knows?" Max asked

"Just Susie. The only people who know are those directly involved. Someday we'll tell Kyle's kids, but right now they are too young," Beth said getting up. "Now, shall we all go back to the living room?" she continued before walking through the back door.

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Juan looked around the living room, to his right was Cassie, who was stretched out on the floor. Next to her were Amy and Jim on the loveseat, on the other side of Jim was Max in one of the restaurant chairs. Michael was on the couch with Tess and Isabel, next to them were Kyle and Susie, Kyle was in a chair and Susie had Marie's beanbag. Marie was next in a whicker chair, and then his mom and dad sat together. His dad was in the other chair and his mom sat on the floor leaning against his dad's legs, he himself was in his beanbag chair.

They had already been here for an hour or two, the Czechs had asked Cassie about her powers and they had been just going on and on about their time on their planet.

"Excuse me," Susie said interrupting Tess.

"Yes?" Max asked

"I know I speak for everyone when I ask, but why did you come back?"

"Well that's a bit difficult to explain," Max began

"Difficult my foot Maxwell. We came back because we can't defeat Kivar without some chosen one. Who ever the hell he is. Anyways, we were told that they sent him to Earth too, so we came back," Michael said.

"Straight to the point aren't you? If that's why you came back, then why are you here?" Cassie asked.

"We are here, because even through all that we have done, our hearts have been here. This is our home. We can just hope you guys will take us back as friends someday," Isabel trailed off while staring at her hands, which were in her lap.

"Speak for yourself," Tess mumbled.

"Tess, if you don't want to be here, why did you even come back? We all know you've hated us from the beginning, so get over your anxiety or leave. I know I speak for Al and myself when I say that you won't have to wait forever to be friends. We can start again today. I know that there will be some problems, particularly between Max, Al, and I. And probably between certain people, which is to be expected. But we'll deal with them. And maybe we can even help you find this chosen one. It will be like old times again," Beth said.

"Thank you Liz, I mean Beth," Isabel said softly.

"She's right, I'm willing to try and be friends," Kyle said.

"Me too," Marie said quietly.

"Maybe this time we can all be friends," Jim added.

"Thanks," Michael said.

"You don't know how much this means to us," Max told them.

"Alright, I guess I'll stick around too," Tess said.

"Alright, that's over with. Now, on to the next problem. Names," Cassie said.

"Names?" Isabel asked.

"Yeah, you guys can't be you anymore," Jim said.

"Why?" Tess asked

"Too many questions if we all showed up again. Could lead to trouble," Max explained.

"Yeah, you four need new identities," Marie said

"Well, like what?" Isabel asked

"You could do what we did, small changes," Beth said.

"Yeah. Michael could be Mike, ummm," Cassie began.

"Aren't Michael and Tess siblings?" Juan asked

"Yeah, so," Tess asked.

"What about Mike Hardings?" Juan asked.

"You know, I actually like it," Michael said.

"Good, who's next? Isabel?" Cassie asked

"How about Belle?" Amy asked

"I could get use to that again," Isabel said

"Belle what?" Susie asked

"How about Belle Ravens?" Marie asked

"Ravens?" Al asked with a smile, "How did you get Ravens?"

"It's the closest thing to Evens that makes any sense."

"Oh, ok. What do you think Isabel?" Beth asked shaking her head slightly at Marie

"I like it. So, what would Max be? Max Ravens?" Isabel asked

"That works. What about Tess?" Max asked

"I got it. Teresa Michaels," Amy said with a giggle.

"Michaels??? It sounds like I belong to him."

"No, you'rr family. There's a difference," Marie said knowingly.

"Yeah, you can get use to it right?" Kyle asked

"I guess so."

"Ok, umm, I think we should stop for now," Beth said. "Give us some time to think and relax. I mean get use to the idea..."

"Yeah, we should stop for now," Al said looking closely at Beth.

/-/ Cassie. Mom's not doing good. Get your mom's attention, we have to get them out here now, before she has another attack /-/ Juan thought.

/-/ Alright, you get their attention, I'll get mom's and Kyle's /-/ Cassie thought back.

"Hey, why don't you guys stop by tomorrow. Maybe we can watch movies or something," Juan said.

"Yeah. Tomorrow would be a good day. I just remembered we have something to do in about ten minutes," Marie said standing up and ushering the Czechs and the majority of the Valenti's out. "We'll see you guys later," She said shutting the door.