Ebony, samantha and mmcandygoodness: Thank you.

PART 6

Rath couldn't stop staring at her. They were now sitting on the couch and she was still crying against his shirt but not so hard anymore. Zan sat on the coffee table and looked at Rath with interest. This was the first time Rath acted this way. Rath smoothed her back and mouthed 'water' at Zan. Zan got the message and went to the kitchen. When he came back he handed a glass filled with water to her and she took it with a small softly whispering 'thanks'.

"So?" Rath asked and Maria looked at him.

"So what?" She asked and sipped her water and tried not to think about how much Rath's eyes looked like Michael's. 'Of course his eyes looks like Michael's! They're duplicates!' she told herself.

"So, are ya gonna tell us wat has happened?" Rath asked softly which surprised Maria. She had no idea that he could be sweeter than she thought.

"No." Maria said looking at the glass in her hand. She really wanted to talk about it but she wasn't still exactly sure if it was a good idea to tell Rath and Zan even thought she had a feeling it was safe. She had hard time to trust her emotions right now. 'Why is Rath so sweet and caring?'

"C'mon. Tell us. It's good to talk about things. Ya know? It's therapeutic." Rath said and Maria watched him like looking for something. Then she found something that she thought she'd never find. Something that she has seen in Michael's eyes so many times. Want to protect?

'If he wants to protect me, I guess it's safe to tell,' she thought changed her position so that she was sitting straight. "How much do you want to know?"

"I want to know wat has happened after the summit. Details ain't necessary." Rath said and stared at her. She looked too tired. 'It can't be good for the baby. Or for her.'

Maria started to told them what had happen. She told them about Max seeing Liz with Kyle and how Liz wouldn't talk about it. She told them about Tess being pregnant, Alex's death, Liz's quest for finding the killer, how the baby couldn't live on earth, Liz finding that Alex had translated the book, finding out how to make the granolith work and that the aliens were leaving. She told them that Liz found out that Tess killed Alex and how Michael left the cave for her and that how Max was now for quest for finding his son and Bob's arrival. How Bob has trying to seperate humans from aliens and how their lives had changed. She told them about her meeting with Bob, him threatening her and her leaving Roswell. She told them everything. "... and now I'm here all alone. Can I go home now?" Maria asked and got up, handing the glass back to Zan. "I have to work tomorrow."

"Ya can try to leave but the door's..." Rath started but Maria cut her off.

"...welded shut. Yeah, I got that. Could you open it?" She asked and Rath just shook his head. "Why not?"

"'Cause I like ya here." Rath said and Maria saw red.

"What? I am so not staying here. I have to go home and hopefully get some sleep before my shift starts tomorrow morning. I can't stay here, can't you understand that?!" Maria yelled on top of her lungs. "Are you agreeing with him?" She asked politely and looked at Zan.

"No need to yell, and yes, I agree. Yar not going anywhere." Zan said and Maria looked at him with shock. She had thought that Zan would agree with her since he had been quiet throught entire conversation.

"Great, just great. This is a kidnapping, you know that?" She said. "No, not kidnapping. Abducting, that's what this is."

"C'mon, Maria. Just think about it." Rath said and Maria turned to him with fury.

"I've thought about it. I thought that I was going to leave and forget that I have ever been in Roswell. I am six weeks pregnant and been alone four of them so I don't need you, okay?" She yelled and then took few deep breaths to calm down. "I can't... I... I'm tired and I want to go home..." she said her yell turning to sobs. 'Damn these mood swings.'

"Maria..." Rath said sweetly and got up. He walked to her and took her to his embrace. He couldn't help but think how perfectly she fitted into his arms. Slowly he took her to the couch and then laid them on the couch, Maria on top of him. "Sleep, rest. We'll talk more tomorrow."

Maria barely had a change to nod when she already fell asleep. Rath looked at Zan who had a grin on his face. "Wat?"

"Nuthin'. It's just funny to see ya so sweet over one chick." Zan said and chuckled.

Rath glared at him but knew what he was talking about. He knew that he didn't act like this when it came to women. He messed around and had one night things but knew that he had never been this sweet. But he had to admit that even thought he liked it or not, it felt good. Knowing that she was near and safe made him smile.

Suddenly Rath's black shirt turned to pink. Zan looked at him, trying hard not to laugh his lungs out and to wake up the sleeping beauty on top of Rath. To say that Rath was in shock would be an understatement.

"Dude, I hafta say that the colour suits ya. Good choice." Zan said and again tried not to laugh.

Rath glared at him. "Shut up. I didn't change it."

"Then who did? There's only two aliens in this room." Zan said and Rath looked at Maria.

"Wrong." Rath whispered and Zan followed Rath's gaze to Maria's stomach. Then he looked at Maria's hand laying on Rath's chest and noticed that a faint, blue glow was coming from her hand.