Part 18
"Oh my god Max!" Diane cried and ran over to him and hugged him.
"I want to find who ever did this and make them pay." Philip shouted angrily.
"Dad you won't have a problem with that." Max reassured his father.
"Why, Max?" Diane asked unsure what why Max would say that.
"I killed him" Michael told everyone.
There was a gasp in the room. "You... k..illed s..omeone." Nancy stuttered out sounding frightened.
"Yes he did. Mrs P. He did it to save Kyle's dad, Max and your daughter. " Maria defended Michael.
"Oh right." Nancy understood still confused that there are aliens among them.
"I think we better stop this for the evening. We can start afresh in the morning. There is a bit more to tell you and we need to sort out what we are going to do with the children. We also need to find out how to stop Marcus from killing us. And taking the children," said Max.
"About the children, Max. I have an idea. But Maria it's time to tell your mother the truth." Liz suggested.
"Liz you have to be kidding!" Maria told Liz shocked.
"If you want to keep Ricky, we have to tell her. Oh and Alex we need tell your parents as well." Liz told everyone.
"Liz, what is your idea?" Max asked looking at his only love.
"Well, my idea is: Mr. Evans if you could make up some adoption papers for the children and have you and Mr Evans adopt Isabel's child Anne, and get Maria's mother to adopt Ricky, My parents to adopt Katie and the Sheriff to adopt Jenny." Liz suggested.
"Um, I think I can do that." Philip Evans managed to take all that in. He was surprised that Liz and Max could take charge.
"But Liz." Maria spoke softly. Her eyes shined with unshed tears.
"Ria, I know that you want to be with Michael and Ricky. My god I want nothing more to be with Max and Katie as a family should but we can't yet. We have so much to do and we can't afford looking after them by ourselves. It will only be for a few years and then we can all be with the people that we love." Liz said hugging her best friend.
"Kyle you need to fill in your dad, about what's going on. Max told Kyle.
"Okay then I'll let him know when we break up our little get together."
"Maria, you and Michael go with Julie first thing tomorrow and tell you mother the truth then bring her... " Liz then looked to Max and asked "Max where are we going to meet up?"
"Mum, dad can we gather at our house tomorrow?" Max asked his parents.
"Yeah, that will be fine. We can have a barbecue." Diane suggested.
"Liz and Maria can bring the children over." Max looked over to Liz and Maria who both nodded.
The sound of shuffling on the stairs caused everyone to look up.
"Aunty Lizzie what's going on." Katie rubbed her eyes, with one hand and held Anne's hand with the other. Ricky was holding Jenny's hand.
"What are you doing up?" Liz went over to pick up Anne and placed her on Isabel's lap. Kyle went over and picked Jenny up.
"We just woke up and couldn't get back to sleep and we missed you." Katie went over and scrambled onto Max's lap.
Ricky ran over to Maria and Michael and opened his arms. Michael pulled him to Maria and himself.
The adults just stared at their children with their children.
"My baby's got a child." Nancy started to cry and buried her head in Jeff's body .
Jeff held is wife's body tightly to him.
Kyle was blowing raspberries on Jenny's tummy which caused her to bust out with laughter. Serena just watched Kyle and Jenny with happy tears in her eyes.
Isabel and Alex were playing with Anne's toes and making her laugh.
Ricky was explaining to Michael that he loved to watch football but missed the last games.
Katie and Max were bonding talking softly to each other. While Liz was brushing Katie's hair. "Okay I think we better get the kids to sleep and then we better get some rest ourselves." Liz brought the group back to the present.
"Aunt Lizzie, who's going to take care of us?" Ricky walked over to Liz and asked her.
"Kids come here for a minute." Liz called them and they all scrambled over to Liz and Liz crouched down to their level.
Maria moved so she was near Liz. Alex and Kyle did the same.
"You know how much we love you, and how sorry we are that we weren't there to look after you. We were kids at the time ourselves. And I wished things could have been different. We would have never let Marcus take you away from us when Julie left. We are going to have to spilt you up tomorrow." Liz said softly while stroking Katie's head.
"What? No!!" Ricky shouted clinging to his sisters.
"Lizzie, you promised that we would all stay together." Katie cried.
Maria cried softly into Kyle's shoulder.
Alex put his hand on Liz's shoulder to allow comfort.
"Ricky, Katie you know that in our life on Antar you were cousins." Liz spoke again." And here you still are cousins but we all can't live together, not yet. But you will be with these people. They all know who we are." Liz motioned around the room with her hand. "Katie you will be staying with me and my parents. Anne you will be staying with Kyle, Serena and his dad. Jenny you will be staying with Isabel, Max and their parents."
Maria went over to Ricky. "Ricky I want you stay with my mother and myself."
"Aunt Lizzie why can't we all be with our parents?" Katie asked confused.
"Katie, Ricky you know that things are different here. We can't afford a place of our own and I am pretty sure our parents don't want us all living together. It will also cost us some unwanted attention." Liz tried to explain.
"Okay but promise us that we can see each other every day?" Ricky agreed and asked
"Of course you can." Nancy Parker interrupted causing them to look around. They forgot that the parents were around.
"Lizzie can we have a song?" Katie asked her eyes lighting up.
"What? Now?" Liz asked.
"Yeah, please?" Ricky asked.
"Alex, can you get your guitar?"
"Liz, you can sing?" Nancy asked her daughter. Amazed.
"Why have you never let us hear your voice before?" Jeff asked shocked.
"I stopped singing awhile ago." Liz confessed. "As soon as I have sung, you kids are going off to bed and we will call it a night."
"Oh my god Max!" Diane cried and ran over to him and hugged him.
"I want to find who ever did this and make them pay." Philip shouted angrily.
"Dad you won't have a problem with that." Max reassured his father.
"Why, Max?" Diane asked unsure what why Max would say that.
"I killed him" Michael told everyone.
There was a gasp in the room. "You... k..illed s..omeone." Nancy stuttered out sounding frightened.
"Yes he did. Mrs P. He did it to save Kyle's dad, Max and your daughter. " Maria defended Michael.
"Oh right." Nancy understood still confused that there are aliens among them.
"I think we better stop this for the evening. We can start afresh in the morning. There is a bit more to tell you and we need to sort out what we are going to do with the children. We also need to find out how to stop Marcus from killing us. And taking the children," said Max.
"About the children, Max. I have an idea. But Maria it's time to tell your mother the truth." Liz suggested.
"Liz you have to be kidding!" Maria told Liz shocked.
"If you want to keep Ricky, we have to tell her. Oh and Alex we need tell your parents as well." Liz told everyone.
"Liz, what is your idea?" Max asked looking at his only love.
"Well, my idea is: Mr. Evans if you could make up some adoption papers for the children and have you and Mr Evans adopt Isabel's child Anne, and get Maria's mother to adopt Ricky, My parents to adopt Katie and the Sheriff to adopt Jenny." Liz suggested.
"Um, I think I can do that." Philip Evans managed to take all that in. He was surprised that Liz and Max could take charge.
"But Liz." Maria spoke softly. Her eyes shined with unshed tears.
"Ria, I know that you want to be with Michael and Ricky. My god I want nothing more to be with Max and Katie as a family should but we can't yet. We have so much to do and we can't afford looking after them by ourselves. It will only be for a few years and then we can all be with the people that we love." Liz said hugging her best friend.
"Kyle you need to fill in your dad, about what's going on. Max told Kyle.
"Okay then I'll let him know when we break up our little get together."
"Maria, you and Michael go with Julie first thing tomorrow and tell you mother the truth then bring her... " Liz then looked to Max and asked "Max where are we going to meet up?"
"Mum, dad can we gather at our house tomorrow?" Max asked his parents.
"Yeah, that will be fine. We can have a barbecue." Diane suggested.
"Liz and Maria can bring the children over." Max looked over to Liz and Maria who both nodded.
The sound of shuffling on the stairs caused everyone to look up.
"Aunty Lizzie what's going on." Katie rubbed her eyes, with one hand and held Anne's hand with the other. Ricky was holding Jenny's hand.
"What are you doing up?" Liz went over to pick up Anne and placed her on Isabel's lap. Kyle went over and picked Jenny up.
"We just woke up and couldn't get back to sleep and we missed you." Katie went over and scrambled onto Max's lap.
Ricky ran over to Maria and Michael and opened his arms. Michael pulled him to Maria and himself.
The adults just stared at their children with their children.
"My baby's got a child." Nancy started to cry and buried her head in Jeff's body .
Jeff held is wife's body tightly to him.
Kyle was blowing raspberries on Jenny's tummy which caused her to bust out with laughter. Serena just watched Kyle and Jenny with happy tears in her eyes.
Isabel and Alex were playing with Anne's toes and making her laugh.
Ricky was explaining to Michael that he loved to watch football but missed the last games.
Katie and Max were bonding talking softly to each other. While Liz was brushing Katie's hair. "Okay I think we better get the kids to sleep and then we better get some rest ourselves." Liz brought the group back to the present.
"Aunt Lizzie, who's going to take care of us?" Ricky walked over to Liz and asked her.
"Kids come here for a minute." Liz called them and they all scrambled over to Liz and Liz crouched down to their level.
Maria moved so she was near Liz. Alex and Kyle did the same.
"You know how much we love you, and how sorry we are that we weren't there to look after you. We were kids at the time ourselves. And I wished things could have been different. We would have never let Marcus take you away from us when Julie left. We are going to have to spilt you up tomorrow." Liz said softly while stroking Katie's head.
"What? No!!" Ricky shouted clinging to his sisters.
"Lizzie, you promised that we would all stay together." Katie cried.
Maria cried softly into Kyle's shoulder.
Alex put his hand on Liz's shoulder to allow comfort.
"Ricky, Katie you know that in our life on Antar you were cousins." Liz spoke again." And here you still are cousins but we all can't live together, not yet. But you will be with these people. They all know who we are." Liz motioned around the room with her hand. "Katie you will be staying with me and my parents. Anne you will be staying with Kyle, Serena and his dad. Jenny you will be staying with Isabel, Max and their parents."
Maria went over to Ricky. "Ricky I want you stay with my mother and myself."
"Aunt Lizzie why can't we all be with our parents?" Katie asked confused.
"Katie, Ricky you know that things are different here. We can't afford a place of our own and I am pretty sure our parents don't want us all living together. It will also cost us some unwanted attention." Liz tried to explain.
"Okay but promise us that we can see each other every day?" Ricky agreed and asked
"Of course you can." Nancy Parker interrupted causing them to look around. They forgot that the parents were around.
"Lizzie can we have a song?" Katie asked her eyes lighting up.
"What? Now?" Liz asked.
"Yeah, please?" Ricky asked.
"Alex, can you get your guitar?"
"Liz, you can sing?" Nancy asked her daughter. Amazed.
"Why have you never let us hear your voice before?" Jeff asked shocked.
"I stopped singing awhile ago." Liz confessed. "As soon as I have sung, you kids are going off to bed and we will call it a night."