Meetings
"How does this look?" Kat asked stepping out of her room, she was wearing a cream color see though peasant off the shoulder blouse, over a black midriff tank top and hip hugger jeans. "Alec isn't going to know what hit him." Lizzie replied. "I'm wearing this for Alec," Kat told her. "Sure you're not." "I'm not." "You know the world won't come to an end if you'd admit you like him." "It's too dangerous, with me being who I am." "So what if you're not exactly like other people, neither am I and I'm not gonna let it affect my life." "What if he finds out and reacts badly to it? Or what if I lose control?" "Kat in the five years I've known you only lost control of your vamp genes once and you were able to calm down and gain control of yourself before anyone was hurt. Besides you're not afraid you'll lose control around me." "That's because you can defend yourself, if I do. Any normal person doesn't stand a chance. Now come on or we'll be late."
(Crash)
Alec looked up and stared as Kat walked through the door with Lizzie. "Hey guys, let me introduce you to everyone, this is Max and her boyfriend Logan, Original Cindy, and Sketchy." "So you're the girl who kicked Alec's ass at pool?" Max asked. "It was nothing." Kat replied smirking at Alec. "You're right about that, it was just luck." "We'll see about that, I seem to remember you challenging me to a rematch earlier. Coming?" she said walking over to an unused pool table.
After a repeat performance of the night before Kat found herself on the dance floor in Alec's arms. She rested her head on his shoulder as they played a slow song, thinking about what Lizzie had said earlier. [Maybe she's right and I do need to move on. I ran away from L.A. so I could live my life but am I really living, not letting anyone get too close.] "Hey song's over" Alec said bring her out of her thoughts.
[She's so beautiful] Alec thought as Kat rested her head on his shoulder. [Looks like I'm about to break my own rule.] he thought as the song ended. "Hey song's over," he said looking into her eyes. They stood there for a moment then Alec began to lean in.
Kat backed away just before Alec's mouth meant hers, "Alec, I like you, I really do, but I'm just not ready for a relationship right now. I've had some problems in my life [Some try more like a billion] and I'm still trying to work through them. I really want to know you but could we just take it slow." Alec looked at her and knew she wasn't telling the whole truth but was sincere about wanting to get to know him. "Sure Kat, we'll take however long you need," he told her. [What is it about her, I've only for a little over a day and I'm willing to wait till she's ready for a relationship.]
(Couple of weeks later)
[You'd think having alien powers to help me get ready would mean I'd never be late but NO! Stupid, freakin, no good clock.] Lizzie thought as she ran down the street. She was supposed to meet Kat, Alec, and Krit for lunch and as usual was running late. Just then she bumped into someone, "Sorry!" she said. "That's ok I've should have been paying attention to where I was going," a young dark haired girl told her. "Do I know you from some where? You look familiar," the girl asked. "You do too, but I don't think so I've just moved here about a month ago." "Really where." "Hey Guerrin, Come On, we'll starving here!" Alec yelled from down the street followed by Kat giving him a slap to the head.
Lizzie rolled her eyes, "Sorry. Gotta go," she said again to the girl not noticing the surprised look on her face.
"You're late." Alec commented with a smirk. " Hey!" "Is the clock on the fritz again?" Kat asked smacking Alec on the head. "Ya" "How come you two are allowed to make fun of each other and me but I can't make fun of you?" Alec complained as Lizzie gave Alec a kiss. "Cuz its more fun for us this way." Kat and Lizzie teased. "What about me can't I have some fun?" "Oh I'm sure Kat can give you a little fun later." Krit remarked earning a slap on the head from Lizzie. "Hey what was that for?" "For taking my line." Lizzie replied laughing as Kat choked on her soda and both her and Alec went red in the face from Krit's remark. "Ok if you two are done humiliating the two of us can we go get something to eat now? Kat commented when she got her breath back.
Liz watched as the girl, she ran into, and her boy friend laughed at the reactions their other friends had to a comment he made. [Could she be? She looks just like Maria, but Michael was destined to be with Isabel. Not that he's was known to do as he's told especially when it came to her.] she thought to herself as she walked to the dojo.
"About time, thought you got lost crossing the street." Richie joked as Liz walked into the dojo, with their lunch. "What's up?" he asked noticing her distracted expression. "Nothing, I think I've may have ran into a kid of two of my old friends," she told him. "That kid from the bar the other night?" he asked, "What makes you think she's related to them. The girl would have had to be pregnant with her before you left." "Ever heard of a fake i.d. they're really easy to get a good one in Roswell, [if you're an alien hybrid with the power to change the date on your i.d.] Besides she looks just like my friend Maria and has the same last name of her boy- friend she was dating when I last saw her." "You think there's a chance you'll run into them? How would they react to you still being alive and not aging?" "I don't think so, they probably still live in Roswell, so we don't have to worry about that." "Well I have to run some errands later you think you can close the place by yourself?" Richie asked. "Sure" "I'll try to get back to help" "That's ok."
(Later that night)
Liz was walking down the street when she felt the presence of another immortal, looking around she expected to see Richie but put her hand on her sword just in case. An older looking man stepped out in front of her, "How about we find a quieter, and more private place," he said so she would understand it was a command not a question. "I don't play the game." Liz told him. "Too bad, I do," he said indicating for her to follow him into a nearby alley. Liz reluctantly followed him; bring her sword up just in time to block a strike to her head. She parried and began to fight in earnest.
"So what's up for tonight?" Kat asked. She, Alec, Krit, and Lizzie were walking to where the first three's bikes were parked when they heard the sounds of fighting. Kat and Lizzie took off towards the sounds due to their slayer instincts. "Damn It!" both Alec and Krit muttered taking off after them. [What the hell do they think they're doing? Like either of them could take some one on in a fight. They could get hurt.] Krit thought. [What if this is transgenic business, they don't need to get messed up in it, it could be dangerous.] Alec thought.
They reached an alley and saw two people fighting with sword, one of them being the brunette from the dojo. "What the hell? What is this the freakin Middle Ages?" Kat asked as the boys caught up with her and Lizzie. [They run nearly as fast as us, what the.] Alec thought when he caught sight of the sword fight. "We need to stop them," Lizzie said stepping forward. "How do you propose we do that, in case you failed to notice they have swords?" Krit said grabbing her arm. "We can't just let them kill each other." Kat said going forward. "You two stay back," Alec told her as he stepped forward with Krit. [How the hell do we stop them in front of the girls without revealing we're transgenics] he thought to himself.
"None of you can interfere," a voice said from the entrance to the alley. The red headed man from the dojo walked up to them, watching the fight. "What the hell are you talking about?" Kat asked the fold in her eyes seeming a little more noticeable. [What the hell?] Alec thought noticing Kat's eyes and hearing Lizzie whisper, "Kat eyes, calm down," before Kat's eyes return to normal.
Richie was walking back from seeing if Liz was still at the dojo when he heard the sound of two immortals fighting and a group of people arguing. He got to the entrance of the alley just in time to hear one of two guys tell two girls to stay back as he and his friend went to stop the fight, [That's pretty brave of them if stupid] he thought.
"None of you can interfere," he said causing all four of them to turn around and he recognized them as the group from the bar. "What the hell are you talking about?" asked the dark haired girl starting to get angry. "It's against the rules," he told them as he worriedly watched Liz fight the older immortal. "Are you nuts?" Alec asked, "Shit!" Lizzie and Krit exclaimed as they watch the girl knock the sword from her opponent's hand and then cut off his head. "I'd take cover if I were you," Richie told them calmly as he ducked behind a dumpster, earning weird looks from all four young people. Just then the Quickening hit, Krit grabbed Lizzie shoving her behind the dumpster, while Alec ducked behind a bunch of crates with Kat shielding her with his body.
"What the hell is going on here?" all four exclaimed at the same time as the red haired man went to check on the brunette after the freak lighting storm subsided. "You ok?" Richie asked. "Ya but I could do with an Alien Smoothie about now," Liz joked. Unfortunately for her, she didn't know Lizzie was there and over heard that remark. "Hey how do you know about Alien Smoothies?" she asked suspiciously getting weird looks from Alec and Krit and a worried one from Kat. Liz looked up, "Damn" she said seeing the four confused and suspicious young people. "You're just like Michael," she remarked. "Whoa! How the hell do you know my dad?" Lizzie asked taking a step back getting ready to defend herself, Kat was also getting ready to defend her friend if need be and both Alec and Krit stepped in front of them to protect them. [Jeez don't they think we can take care of ourselves, it's cute that they want to protect us but they could get hurt.] [What the hell is going on here? What the hell is Lizzie hiding?"] Krit thought. [Look's like Lizzie's hiding something also and only Kat knows what.] Alec thought.
"Relax, we're not going to hurt you." Liz told them. "Look this is going to take a long time to explain. How about we head somewhere more comfortable. You can decide where." Richie suggested [Great now what are these people hiding] Richie thought seeing their reactions. [The other girl knows about her alien status but I don't think the boys do.] Liz thought. Lizzie looked at her friends, Krit looked worried but nodded, Alec and Kat both mouthed restaurant. Despite her worries Lizzie smiled inwardly at how the two thought alike, [God when will Kat get a clue] she thought. "Sure" she told Richie and Liz, "we can talk at the restaurant," she said as everyone followed her out of the alley.
It was a nervous group that sat down at the booth in the diner. Lizzie was nervous about rather these people knew about her half alien hybrid status, Kat was nervous because she was worried about Lizzie's secret, not to mention her own, and Alec and Krit were nervous because Kat and Lizzie were. Richie and Liz were nervous about telling their secret, though to anybody who walked in they just looked like a group of friends hanging out after work.
"So you two going to explain about the swords and how you know Lizzie's family when she doesn't seem to know you?" Alec asked cutting to the chase. He hadn't known her for long but he viewed Lizzie as a good friend. "First off why don't we introduce ourselves?" Liz suggested. "Sure, I'm Kat, you seem to know Lizzie, this is Alec, and Krit." Kat introduced her friends, and herself making sure not to give any last names. Richie and Liz noticed the omission of last names but decided not to comment on it, "I'm Richie," Richie put in. "And I'm Liz Parker." At this Lizzie who had been drinking a cherry coke (with Tabasco sauce) started to choke. "You can't be, she would be my parents age IF she were still ALIVE! She died when they were in high school." "I know but the thing is I'm immortal." "I need some cypress oil." "Are you nuts?" "That's impossible." "Ya right." The four mortals reacted with various states of disbelief. Richie seeing that they wouldn't believe them without evidence took out his pocketknife and handed it to Krit, "Look over this to make sure its real." "Its real" he said after looking at it and handed back. Richie then stabbed it in his hand and dragged it across his palm making a long deep gash. Lizzie immediately grabbed a bunch of napkins to stop the bleeding, "You are nuts!" she practically yelled. Kat, Alec, and Krit just looked at him like he was insane. "Watch the wound," Liz told them. All a sudden little blue sparks started to jump across the wound, as if stitching it back together, till the wasn't even a scar left. The four young people just looked at him in shock while he cleaned up the blood. "How old are you?" Kat asked. "I'm about 31, I died fro the first time in high school like Lizzie said I was 16, so I'll look like this for the rest of my life." "That's got to suck, how do you get into bars?" Alec commented earning him and Krit and Richie who snickered at eh comment slaps on the head from the girls. "Ow!" "Hey!" "What, he's the one that said it!"
The group stayed fro a little longer while Liz and Richie explained what being an immortal involved. "You can't tell anyone about this. People would probably think we're transgenics, and that wouldn't do us or any transgenics in the area any good." Richie commented offhandedly not noticing the reactions from the four friends. [You have no idea] Kat thought and slightly shook her head when Lizzie looked at her. Five years of being the only ones in their age group either could talk to about their secrets caused them to develop a silent communication with each other plus they could every now and then tell what the other were thinking. Kat knew Lizzie was wondering if they tell them their secrets. They both knew Liz knew about aliens but wasn't sure about Richie and neither knew about Kat's secret. [I wonder what that was about] Alec thought seeing Kat and Lizzie's silent communication. He had noticed they had a silent form of communication that they used a lot when planning some prank to pull on him or Krit or when they were pissed at them, but this time Kat looked a little worried. "No prob," Kat replied as she loosened up her shoulders, which had automatically tightened at Richie's comment.
(Next Day)
Liz walked into the diner and sat down. A little while later Lizzie came up "Hi, May I take your order?" she asked. "Ya I'll have a burger, fries, and a shake, do you have a break coming up we need to talk?" "Sure, I get your order taken care of and then take one."
After getting Liz's food Lizzie sat down across from her. "So how is everyone?" Liz asked. "Mom and dad are fine, your parents sold them the Crash Down a couple of years ago. Kat and I worked there in high school." "Did Maria get rid of those god awful uniforms, she hated them when we worked there." "What! Her and dad made us keep them!" Lizzie complained as Liz laughed, "So what about the others?" "Uncle Max and Aunt Tess are ok they have twin kids, Eliza and Zan, it was pretty confusing with me and E having such close names but Max wanted his daughter named after you or as close as he could get with out copying my name. When ever both of us are around we call her E." "So how did Tess handle that?" Liz asked. "She was ok, she knew you were his first love and thought she didn't show it according to everyone including herself she respected you a lot." Liz smiled glad that Max was happy. "Aunt Isabel finally got Uncle Alex to marry her when I was ten. They have a little boy named Rafe. The sheriff retired, he's still doing ok. Uncle Kyle is the sheriff now." "I'm glad everyone's doing good. Any news on the Czechoslovakian front?" Liz asked. Lizzie rolled her eyes, "Leave it to mom to come up with a code name from a country tat didn't even exist anymore back then. No things got pretty quiet after the incident with the FBI and orbs. We had a little scare last year with the FBI but nothing happened. Oh and Kat knows about us, but Krit and Alec don't." "That's good, how did Michael take Kat finding out." "Not so good at first but after she didn't freak out or anything he got over it." [The fact Kat had her own secret helped a lot] " He won't admit it but she's like a second daughter to him now." "Are you going to tell Krit?" Liz asked. "I'm not sure, I'm kinda scared of how he would take it. I know he took your secret ok, but you're still part of the earth." "So are you, your mom was completely human and your dad is part human, plus you were born here. Don't worry when it comes time to tell him or not to you'll know." Liz comforted her. "Does Richie know?" "Ya I started to develop powers a little while after I left," "Ya so did Kyle, it has something to do with Max healing you both." Lizzie told her. "Well anyway he and four others were there when it happened so I had to tell them," Liz told Lizzie noticing her expression so she quickly added, " One was mortal so now other then Richie only three others know. They don't know who are aliens just that you guys exist. You can trust them." "Thanks, I better get back to work. Are you and Richie coming to Crash tonight?" We might, I better get Richie something to eat before he starts complaining about starving to death," Liz joked ordering more food. Lizzie laughed as she went to put the order in. "C-ya later Chica!" she called out as Liz left when she had gotten the food.
"How does this look?" Kat asked stepping out of her room, she was wearing a cream color see though peasant off the shoulder blouse, over a black midriff tank top and hip hugger jeans. "Alec isn't going to know what hit him." Lizzie replied. "I'm wearing this for Alec," Kat told her. "Sure you're not." "I'm not." "You know the world won't come to an end if you'd admit you like him." "It's too dangerous, with me being who I am." "So what if you're not exactly like other people, neither am I and I'm not gonna let it affect my life." "What if he finds out and reacts badly to it? Or what if I lose control?" "Kat in the five years I've known you only lost control of your vamp genes once and you were able to calm down and gain control of yourself before anyone was hurt. Besides you're not afraid you'll lose control around me." "That's because you can defend yourself, if I do. Any normal person doesn't stand a chance. Now come on or we'll be late."
(Crash)
Alec looked up and stared as Kat walked through the door with Lizzie. "Hey guys, let me introduce you to everyone, this is Max and her boyfriend Logan, Original Cindy, and Sketchy." "So you're the girl who kicked Alec's ass at pool?" Max asked. "It was nothing." Kat replied smirking at Alec. "You're right about that, it was just luck." "We'll see about that, I seem to remember you challenging me to a rematch earlier. Coming?" she said walking over to an unused pool table.
After a repeat performance of the night before Kat found herself on the dance floor in Alec's arms. She rested her head on his shoulder as they played a slow song, thinking about what Lizzie had said earlier. [Maybe she's right and I do need to move on. I ran away from L.A. so I could live my life but am I really living, not letting anyone get too close.] "Hey song's over" Alec said bring her out of her thoughts.
[She's so beautiful] Alec thought as Kat rested her head on his shoulder. [Looks like I'm about to break my own rule.] he thought as the song ended. "Hey song's over," he said looking into her eyes. They stood there for a moment then Alec began to lean in.
Kat backed away just before Alec's mouth meant hers, "Alec, I like you, I really do, but I'm just not ready for a relationship right now. I've had some problems in my life [Some try more like a billion] and I'm still trying to work through them. I really want to know you but could we just take it slow." Alec looked at her and knew she wasn't telling the whole truth but was sincere about wanting to get to know him. "Sure Kat, we'll take however long you need," he told her. [What is it about her, I've only for a little over a day and I'm willing to wait till she's ready for a relationship.]
(Couple of weeks later)
[You'd think having alien powers to help me get ready would mean I'd never be late but NO! Stupid, freakin, no good clock.] Lizzie thought as she ran down the street. She was supposed to meet Kat, Alec, and Krit for lunch and as usual was running late. Just then she bumped into someone, "Sorry!" she said. "That's ok I've should have been paying attention to where I was going," a young dark haired girl told her. "Do I know you from some where? You look familiar," the girl asked. "You do too, but I don't think so I've just moved here about a month ago." "Really where." "Hey Guerrin, Come On, we'll starving here!" Alec yelled from down the street followed by Kat giving him a slap to the head.
Lizzie rolled her eyes, "Sorry. Gotta go," she said again to the girl not noticing the surprised look on her face.
"You're late." Alec commented with a smirk. " Hey!" "Is the clock on the fritz again?" Kat asked smacking Alec on the head. "Ya" "How come you two are allowed to make fun of each other and me but I can't make fun of you?" Alec complained as Lizzie gave Alec a kiss. "Cuz its more fun for us this way." Kat and Lizzie teased. "What about me can't I have some fun?" "Oh I'm sure Kat can give you a little fun later." Krit remarked earning a slap on the head from Lizzie. "Hey what was that for?" "For taking my line." Lizzie replied laughing as Kat choked on her soda and both her and Alec went red in the face from Krit's remark. "Ok if you two are done humiliating the two of us can we go get something to eat now? Kat commented when she got her breath back.
Liz watched as the girl, she ran into, and her boy friend laughed at the reactions their other friends had to a comment he made. [Could she be? She looks just like Maria, but Michael was destined to be with Isabel. Not that he's was known to do as he's told especially when it came to her.] she thought to herself as she walked to the dojo.
"About time, thought you got lost crossing the street." Richie joked as Liz walked into the dojo, with their lunch. "What's up?" he asked noticing her distracted expression. "Nothing, I think I've may have ran into a kid of two of my old friends," she told him. "That kid from the bar the other night?" he asked, "What makes you think she's related to them. The girl would have had to be pregnant with her before you left." "Ever heard of a fake i.d. they're really easy to get a good one in Roswell, [if you're an alien hybrid with the power to change the date on your i.d.] Besides she looks just like my friend Maria and has the same last name of her boy- friend she was dating when I last saw her." "You think there's a chance you'll run into them? How would they react to you still being alive and not aging?" "I don't think so, they probably still live in Roswell, so we don't have to worry about that." "Well I have to run some errands later you think you can close the place by yourself?" Richie asked. "Sure" "I'll try to get back to help" "That's ok."
(Later that night)
Liz was walking down the street when she felt the presence of another immortal, looking around she expected to see Richie but put her hand on her sword just in case. An older looking man stepped out in front of her, "How about we find a quieter, and more private place," he said so she would understand it was a command not a question. "I don't play the game." Liz told him. "Too bad, I do," he said indicating for her to follow him into a nearby alley. Liz reluctantly followed him; bring her sword up just in time to block a strike to her head. She parried and began to fight in earnest.
"So what's up for tonight?" Kat asked. She, Alec, Krit, and Lizzie were walking to where the first three's bikes were parked when they heard the sounds of fighting. Kat and Lizzie took off towards the sounds due to their slayer instincts. "Damn It!" both Alec and Krit muttered taking off after them. [What the hell do they think they're doing? Like either of them could take some one on in a fight. They could get hurt.] Krit thought. [What if this is transgenic business, they don't need to get messed up in it, it could be dangerous.] Alec thought.
They reached an alley and saw two people fighting with sword, one of them being the brunette from the dojo. "What the hell? What is this the freakin Middle Ages?" Kat asked as the boys caught up with her and Lizzie. [They run nearly as fast as us, what the.] Alec thought when he caught sight of the sword fight. "We need to stop them," Lizzie said stepping forward. "How do you propose we do that, in case you failed to notice they have swords?" Krit said grabbing her arm. "We can't just let them kill each other." Kat said going forward. "You two stay back," Alec told her as he stepped forward with Krit. [How the hell do we stop them in front of the girls without revealing we're transgenics] he thought to himself.
"None of you can interfere," a voice said from the entrance to the alley. The red headed man from the dojo walked up to them, watching the fight. "What the hell are you talking about?" Kat asked the fold in her eyes seeming a little more noticeable. [What the hell?] Alec thought noticing Kat's eyes and hearing Lizzie whisper, "Kat eyes, calm down," before Kat's eyes return to normal.
Richie was walking back from seeing if Liz was still at the dojo when he heard the sound of two immortals fighting and a group of people arguing. He got to the entrance of the alley just in time to hear one of two guys tell two girls to stay back as he and his friend went to stop the fight, [That's pretty brave of them if stupid] he thought.
"None of you can interfere," he said causing all four of them to turn around and he recognized them as the group from the bar. "What the hell are you talking about?" asked the dark haired girl starting to get angry. "It's against the rules," he told them as he worriedly watched Liz fight the older immortal. "Are you nuts?" Alec asked, "Shit!" Lizzie and Krit exclaimed as they watch the girl knock the sword from her opponent's hand and then cut off his head. "I'd take cover if I were you," Richie told them calmly as he ducked behind a dumpster, earning weird looks from all four young people. Just then the Quickening hit, Krit grabbed Lizzie shoving her behind the dumpster, while Alec ducked behind a bunch of crates with Kat shielding her with his body.
"What the hell is going on here?" all four exclaimed at the same time as the red haired man went to check on the brunette after the freak lighting storm subsided. "You ok?" Richie asked. "Ya but I could do with an Alien Smoothie about now," Liz joked. Unfortunately for her, she didn't know Lizzie was there and over heard that remark. "Hey how do you know about Alien Smoothies?" she asked suspiciously getting weird looks from Alec and Krit and a worried one from Kat. Liz looked up, "Damn" she said seeing the four confused and suspicious young people. "You're just like Michael," she remarked. "Whoa! How the hell do you know my dad?" Lizzie asked taking a step back getting ready to defend herself, Kat was also getting ready to defend her friend if need be and both Alec and Krit stepped in front of them to protect them. [Jeez don't they think we can take care of ourselves, it's cute that they want to protect us but they could get hurt.] [What the hell is going on here? What the hell is Lizzie hiding?"] Krit thought. [Look's like Lizzie's hiding something also and only Kat knows what.] Alec thought.
"Relax, we're not going to hurt you." Liz told them. "Look this is going to take a long time to explain. How about we head somewhere more comfortable. You can decide where." Richie suggested [Great now what are these people hiding] Richie thought seeing their reactions. [The other girl knows about her alien status but I don't think the boys do.] Liz thought. Lizzie looked at her friends, Krit looked worried but nodded, Alec and Kat both mouthed restaurant. Despite her worries Lizzie smiled inwardly at how the two thought alike, [God when will Kat get a clue] she thought. "Sure" she told Richie and Liz, "we can talk at the restaurant," she said as everyone followed her out of the alley.
It was a nervous group that sat down at the booth in the diner. Lizzie was nervous about rather these people knew about her half alien hybrid status, Kat was nervous because she was worried about Lizzie's secret, not to mention her own, and Alec and Krit were nervous because Kat and Lizzie were. Richie and Liz were nervous about telling their secret, though to anybody who walked in they just looked like a group of friends hanging out after work.
"So you two going to explain about the swords and how you know Lizzie's family when she doesn't seem to know you?" Alec asked cutting to the chase. He hadn't known her for long but he viewed Lizzie as a good friend. "First off why don't we introduce ourselves?" Liz suggested. "Sure, I'm Kat, you seem to know Lizzie, this is Alec, and Krit." Kat introduced her friends, and herself making sure not to give any last names. Richie and Liz noticed the omission of last names but decided not to comment on it, "I'm Richie," Richie put in. "And I'm Liz Parker." At this Lizzie who had been drinking a cherry coke (with Tabasco sauce) started to choke. "You can't be, she would be my parents age IF she were still ALIVE! She died when they were in high school." "I know but the thing is I'm immortal." "I need some cypress oil." "Are you nuts?" "That's impossible." "Ya right." The four mortals reacted with various states of disbelief. Richie seeing that they wouldn't believe them without evidence took out his pocketknife and handed it to Krit, "Look over this to make sure its real." "Its real" he said after looking at it and handed back. Richie then stabbed it in his hand and dragged it across his palm making a long deep gash. Lizzie immediately grabbed a bunch of napkins to stop the bleeding, "You are nuts!" she practically yelled. Kat, Alec, and Krit just looked at him like he was insane. "Watch the wound," Liz told them. All a sudden little blue sparks started to jump across the wound, as if stitching it back together, till the wasn't even a scar left. The four young people just looked at him in shock while he cleaned up the blood. "How old are you?" Kat asked. "I'm about 31, I died fro the first time in high school like Lizzie said I was 16, so I'll look like this for the rest of my life." "That's got to suck, how do you get into bars?" Alec commented earning him and Krit and Richie who snickered at eh comment slaps on the head from the girls. "Ow!" "Hey!" "What, he's the one that said it!"
The group stayed fro a little longer while Liz and Richie explained what being an immortal involved. "You can't tell anyone about this. People would probably think we're transgenics, and that wouldn't do us or any transgenics in the area any good." Richie commented offhandedly not noticing the reactions from the four friends. [You have no idea] Kat thought and slightly shook her head when Lizzie looked at her. Five years of being the only ones in their age group either could talk to about their secrets caused them to develop a silent communication with each other plus they could every now and then tell what the other were thinking. Kat knew Lizzie was wondering if they tell them their secrets. They both knew Liz knew about aliens but wasn't sure about Richie and neither knew about Kat's secret. [I wonder what that was about] Alec thought seeing Kat and Lizzie's silent communication. He had noticed they had a silent form of communication that they used a lot when planning some prank to pull on him or Krit or when they were pissed at them, but this time Kat looked a little worried. "No prob," Kat replied as she loosened up her shoulders, which had automatically tightened at Richie's comment.
(Next Day)
Liz walked into the diner and sat down. A little while later Lizzie came up "Hi, May I take your order?" she asked. "Ya I'll have a burger, fries, and a shake, do you have a break coming up we need to talk?" "Sure, I get your order taken care of and then take one."
After getting Liz's food Lizzie sat down across from her. "So how is everyone?" Liz asked. "Mom and dad are fine, your parents sold them the Crash Down a couple of years ago. Kat and I worked there in high school." "Did Maria get rid of those god awful uniforms, she hated them when we worked there." "What! Her and dad made us keep them!" Lizzie complained as Liz laughed, "So what about the others?" "Uncle Max and Aunt Tess are ok they have twin kids, Eliza and Zan, it was pretty confusing with me and E having such close names but Max wanted his daughter named after you or as close as he could get with out copying my name. When ever both of us are around we call her E." "So how did Tess handle that?" Liz asked. "She was ok, she knew you were his first love and thought she didn't show it according to everyone including herself she respected you a lot." Liz smiled glad that Max was happy. "Aunt Isabel finally got Uncle Alex to marry her when I was ten. They have a little boy named Rafe. The sheriff retired, he's still doing ok. Uncle Kyle is the sheriff now." "I'm glad everyone's doing good. Any news on the Czechoslovakian front?" Liz asked. Lizzie rolled her eyes, "Leave it to mom to come up with a code name from a country tat didn't even exist anymore back then. No things got pretty quiet after the incident with the FBI and orbs. We had a little scare last year with the FBI but nothing happened. Oh and Kat knows about us, but Krit and Alec don't." "That's good, how did Michael take Kat finding out." "Not so good at first but after she didn't freak out or anything he got over it." [The fact Kat had her own secret helped a lot] " He won't admit it but she's like a second daughter to him now." "Are you going to tell Krit?" Liz asked. "I'm not sure, I'm kinda scared of how he would take it. I know he took your secret ok, but you're still part of the earth." "So are you, your mom was completely human and your dad is part human, plus you were born here. Don't worry when it comes time to tell him or not to you'll know." Liz comforted her. "Does Richie know?" "Ya I started to develop powers a little while after I left," "Ya so did Kyle, it has something to do with Max healing you both." Lizzie told her. "Well anyway he and four others were there when it happened so I had to tell them," Liz told Lizzie noticing her expression so she quickly added, " One was mortal so now other then Richie only three others know. They don't know who are aliens just that you guys exist. You can trust them." "Thanks, I better get back to work. Are you and Richie coming to Crash tonight?" We might, I better get Richie something to eat before he starts complaining about starving to death," Liz joked ordering more food. Lizzie laughed as she went to put the order in. "C-ya later Chica!" she called out as Liz left when she had gotten the food.