BELIEVING THE LIE
TV Show: Roswell
Disclaimer: I do not own Roswell. In fact I don't own anything of value to anyone. I have no car. I live with my parents and about too many credit card bills. So there!
Author's Note: First-time fanfic writer so please be kind. spaceman@earthlink.net is supposedly Michael's email address. loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com is supposedly Maria's email address. Anyone who actually has that e-mail address is purely coincidental on my part. Research on the Sinus Bradycardia symptoms quoted by Michael in Chapter 7 was from emedicine.com I don't claim to be an expert on the medical field so please overlook whatever inaccuracies on the medical stuff.
Rating: R for language
Summary: M/M. Maria confronts issues in her life when she was forced to face them right after graduation and before Liz's wedding.
Genre: Angst
Chapter 8: Mail Call
A month later.
To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: I'm ALIVE!
Dear Michael,
It's been a long time. Woooohooo! = ) Needless to say the operation went well. I have around a month of physical therapy and I can go back to Roswell, go to Ethiopia (I still want to go but I don't think my Mom would agree) or do whatever I want. Well pretty much anything I want as long as it doesn't do something to the pacemaker. So that means nothing too strenuous, which is just a tad too bad since there's a cute young doctor here who I wouldn't mind engaging in something strenuous with. Just kidding! = ) I've been smiling a lot lately and I'm really glad to be alive.
I guess if there's one good thing about being sick was that it made me realize everything I wanted to do and actually giving me the reason to do it. So even if things are fine, I still think I should do it. I think you shouldn't ever put too much stock in waiting around for things to happen because you never know how much long you'd have. Okay, enough about that morbid stuff.
What's up with you? How are you and Carla?
Write me back,
Maria
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To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: RE: I'm ALIVE!
Hey M,
Well, Carla and I have decided to call it quits. But hey! Don't worry about me. It was time and we had an amicable settlement. She gets the fish and I get to have my life back. Can you tell I'm smirking? Seriously though, it was about time and we were just prolonging the agony. Lay off on the doctors there or I might just pop in and keep you in line.
I've been taking night classes in Art History. Who knows I might just even go to college. It's funny that when you basically told me to stop frittering my life away, things sort of fell in place and I've always been interested in art. Oh and yeah! I fixed up my apartment. I think you'll like it. You might be wondering where I'm getting all my dough and nope it's not from robbing a bank. Give me a little credit. My night college professor saw my portfolio of doodles and the old geezer probably liked it because he got me a job commissioning art work and photography, cataloging art in the local museum. Nope it's not the Roswell Alien Art Exhibit either across Crashdown so don't look down on it. There are more than crackpot places here if you get past the X-files mumbo jumbo that people insist on touting about this town.
Anyway, so this doctor? What's his name and should I get worried? I've been meaning to ask you something but it can wait.
Michael
4 months later.
To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: We interrupt this regular programming, for some news .
Hey M,
Max and Liz are back. Liz is pregnant and everyone is really excited. Well except for me of course. Heck, I mean what if the kid comes out with 12 tentacles and one big eye? How would they explain that to every body? I mean I wouldn't know what we looked like when we were kids. But it seems even Max isn't thinking straight about this. They went to a doctor and had a sonogram. They told me that I was being paranoid and that the kid definitely only had two legs and two arms. So what? I mean it could come out weird in some other way. What if it's blue? Or has ears at the back of its head?
Everyone was waiting for you to come back but they understand that you have to stay there longer. Anyway, ever since I got a computer and have e-mail access at home, they've taken to reading over my shoulder and dictating things to say to you. Like what they're doing right now. BTW, Liz sends her love and Isabel wants to know whether you're seeing anyone there. I mean heck, why don't they write their own letter or get their own e-mail account and leave me in peace?
So, what or who is keeping you there?
Michael
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To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: We interrupt this regular programming, for some news .
Michael,
Are you crazy?! Tell Liz, that's great news and I can't wait to be Aunt Maria. Don't worry about the baby though. I'm sure knowing, Max as well as we do, he'd have that covered.
I had to delay the trip back though because there was a minor glitch with the pacemaker. Nothing major. Just a few tweakings because I was picking up extra frequency and now I could listen to the radio anywhere by opening my mouth. Kidding.
Sorry this is going to be short because I have to go to the hospital again.
Maria
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To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: RE: RE: We interrupt this regular programming, for some news .
Maria,
Are you holding out on me? Just the plain facts, ma'm. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Michael
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To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: The Truth
It's not because of my heart Michael. If that's what you think. Well it is in some part about my heart. I've spent a lot of time there when I was hospitalized and I got around to helping out at the kids' wards. You know entertaining them and stuff. Painting their toenails. = ) It's really heart-breaking to see those kids and it puts a lot of things in perspective. John, the doctor I was telling you about, said that I was great with kids and it does a lot for them to see me around. It makes me happy making them happy and they say that laughter or should I say happiness is the best medicine. So there.
Maria
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To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: RE: The Truth
Maria,
You seem to be talking about this John character quite often. Are you going out with him? If you're seeing this John then I hope that he loves you the way you deserve.
I know I said I was waiting for you to come home before we talk about it but I was wondering about that part where you said that we have to do things now instead of waiting for the right time to come because we'll never know if we are afforded the luxury to wait. So.here goes, I love you. Not that it should be an issue because it isn't.
Michael
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To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: RE: The Truth
Michael
I think my heart stopped when I read your last e-mail. I'm not seeing John. He's pretty much involved with this other doctor here but I don't think he knows it yet. He's nice and he did ask me out once but we figured out pretty quickly that we'd be better off as friends. That and the fact that there's this other boy I sort of fancy. He's jealous and strange and flawed but he's perfect because he speaks his mind, reads Ulysses and puts up with me.
Maria
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To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: Now that you've mentioned it,
So does that mean that we are officially a couple now? No more doctors? Interns? Other crazy loons? Want to get married? Maxwell, tells me that proposing through e-mail isn't too romantic but sap is his department and not mine. But this doesn't mean that I feel less sure than he did. You're the only one for me.
Michael
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To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: Now that you've mentioned it,
Michael,
I think we're going too fast. Why don't we just enjoy what we have for now. I love you. You love me. Let's not complicate things. Yet. Besides, I wasn't even sure that wasn't a hypothetical. I'll give you another chance to propose to me when I get back. Be ready. = ) But first why should I Maria deLucca marry you Michael Guerin?
Maria
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To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: So what's it gonna be?
Huh? Is it a yes, a no or eventually a yes. You've got me all confused. What could be more logical than getting married. Isn't that the normal progression of things in human sociology? Anyway, since you're such a smart-aleck, here's why.
1. Bigger tax exemption and better medical coverage. What could be more practical than that.
2. Because, admit it, I've ruined you for other men. = )
3. My hair. Your voice. My eyes. Your beauty. My brains. Heck, our kids would rule the world like Caesar did.
4. Because I'm marooned in your planet and annoying you is one of the better perks of being here.
5. Your kisses would be the other perk.
6. Your family likes me. Well sort of. I know your Mom loves me. Sheriff Valenti doesn't think I'm too bad. Kyle doesn't want to kill me anymore - Hey! I'm working on it.
7. Liz thinks it's a great idea and we all know that of our little clique here, she has the market corner on the brains. Well next to you of course.
8. Isabel actually approves of this latest hare-brained scheme. Her words not mine
9. I love you. You love me.
10. Because # 9 is the most logical reason there is and I just threw in the rest so that my list wouldn't be too short. Oh and did I say that you're irritating but that's part of your appeal and in case you didn't quite get it yet. I Michael Guerin, superior warrior being from Antar, actually love you, a lowly human. Heck considering that there are worse things to fall in love with in this planet, hooking up with a human isn't so bad.
Michael
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To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: So what's it gonna be?
Michael,
That was pretty amusing. I promise you that I'll have an answer when I get back week after next but I have to go to the hospital and have to have them check me. We were cutting up onions with my Mom's new electric dicer from the home shopping network when we noticed a strange whirring sound. We had it packed and shipped back to the company where we brought it from and they sent us a new one. It turned out that it was my heart that was making the noise. = ) As this nice new British chap in cardiology would say, "Not to worry love. It just needs lubricant." Not to worry, the thing is spanking brand new. It probably needs some time to adjust inside my body that's all. I'm fine. See you in 6 days and 5 hours. I can't wait.
BTW, I'm blaming it on you. I think your last e-mail short-circuited the wiring of my pacemaker. = )
The Tin Man from Oz
TV Show: Roswell
Disclaimer: I do not own Roswell. In fact I don't own anything of value to anyone. I have no car. I live with my parents and about too many credit card bills. So there!
Author's Note: First-time fanfic writer so please be kind. spaceman@earthlink.net is supposedly Michael's email address. loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com is supposedly Maria's email address. Anyone who actually has that e-mail address is purely coincidental on my part. Research on the Sinus Bradycardia symptoms quoted by Michael in Chapter 7 was from emedicine.com I don't claim to be an expert on the medical field so please overlook whatever inaccuracies on the medical stuff.
Rating: R for language
Summary: M/M. Maria confronts issues in her life when she was forced to face them right after graduation and before Liz's wedding.
Genre: Angst
Chapter 8: Mail Call
A month later.
To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: I'm ALIVE!
Dear Michael,
It's been a long time. Woooohooo! = ) Needless to say the operation went well. I have around a month of physical therapy and I can go back to Roswell, go to Ethiopia (I still want to go but I don't think my Mom would agree) or do whatever I want. Well pretty much anything I want as long as it doesn't do something to the pacemaker. So that means nothing too strenuous, which is just a tad too bad since there's a cute young doctor here who I wouldn't mind engaging in something strenuous with. Just kidding! = ) I've been smiling a lot lately and I'm really glad to be alive.
I guess if there's one good thing about being sick was that it made me realize everything I wanted to do and actually giving me the reason to do it. So even if things are fine, I still think I should do it. I think you shouldn't ever put too much stock in waiting around for things to happen because you never know how much long you'd have. Okay, enough about that morbid stuff.
What's up with you? How are you and Carla?
Write me back,
Maria
-----
To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: RE: I'm ALIVE!
Hey M,
Well, Carla and I have decided to call it quits. But hey! Don't worry about me. It was time and we had an amicable settlement. She gets the fish and I get to have my life back. Can you tell I'm smirking? Seriously though, it was about time and we were just prolonging the agony. Lay off on the doctors there or I might just pop in and keep you in line.
I've been taking night classes in Art History. Who knows I might just even go to college. It's funny that when you basically told me to stop frittering my life away, things sort of fell in place and I've always been interested in art. Oh and yeah! I fixed up my apartment. I think you'll like it. You might be wondering where I'm getting all my dough and nope it's not from robbing a bank. Give me a little credit. My night college professor saw my portfolio of doodles and the old geezer probably liked it because he got me a job commissioning art work and photography, cataloging art in the local museum. Nope it's not the Roswell Alien Art Exhibit either across Crashdown so don't look down on it. There are more than crackpot places here if you get past the X-files mumbo jumbo that people insist on touting about this town.
Anyway, so this doctor? What's his name and should I get worried? I've been meaning to ask you something but it can wait.
Michael
4 months later.
To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: We interrupt this regular programming, for some news .
Hey M,
Max and Liz are back. Liz is pregnant and everyone is really excited. Well except for me of course. Heck, I mean what if the kid comes out with 12 tentacles and one big eye? How would they explain that to every body? I mean I wouldn't know what we looked like when we were kids. But it seems even Max isn't thinking straight about this. They went to a doctor and had a sonogram. They told me that I was being paranoid and that the kid definitely only had two legs and two arms. So what? I mean it could come out weird in some other way. What if it's blue? Or has ears at the back of its head?
Everyone was waiting for you to come back but they understand that you have to stay there longer. Anyway, ever since I got a computer and have e-mail access at home, they've taken to reading over my shoulder and dictating things to say to you. Like what they're doing right now. BTW, Liz sends her love and Isabel wants to know whether you're seeing anyone there. I mean heck, why don't they write their own letter or get their own e-mail account and leave me in peace?
So, what or who is keeping you there?
Michael
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To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: We interrupt this regular programming, for some news .
Michael,
Are you crazy?! Tell Liz, that's great news and I can't wait to be Aunt Maria. Don't worry about the baby though. I'm sure knowing, Max as well as we do, he'd have that covered.
I had to delay the trip back though because there was a minor glitch with the pacemaker. Nothing major. Just a few tweakings because I was picking up extra frequency and now I could listen to the radio anywhere by opening my mouth. Kidding.
Sorry this is going to be short because I have to go to the hospital again.
Maria
---
To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: RE: RE: We interrupt this regular programming, for some news .
Maria,
Are you holding out on me? Just the plain facts, ma'm. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Michael
---
To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: The Truth
It's not because of my heart Michael. If that's what you think. Well it is in some part about my heart. I've spent a lot of time there when I was hospitalized and I got around to helping out at the kids' wards. You know entertaining them and stuff. Painting their toenails. = ) It's really heart-breaking to see those kids and it puts a lot of things in perspective. John, the doctor I was telling you about, said that I was great with kids and it does a lot for them to see me around. It makes me happy making them happy and they say that laughter or should I say happiness is the best medicine. So there.
Maria
---
To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: RE: The Truth
Maria,
You seem to be talking about this John character quite often. Are you going out with him? If you're seeing this John then I hope that he loves you the way you deserve.
I know I said I was waiting for you to come home before we talk about it but I was wondering about that part where you said that we have to do things now instead of waiting for the right time to come because we'll never know if we are afforded the luxury to wait. So.here goes, I love you. Not that it should be an issue because it isn't.
Michael
---
To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: RE: The Truth
Michael
I think my heart stopped when I read your last e-mail. I'm not seeing John. He's pretty much involved with this other doctor here but I don't think he knows it yet. He's nice and he did ask me out once but we figured out pretty quickly that we'd be better off as friends. That and the fact that there's this other boy I sort of fancy. He's jealous and strange and flawed but he's perfect because he speaks his mind, reads Ulysses and puts up with me.
Maria
---
To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: Now that you've mentioned it,
So does that mean that we are officially a couple now? No more doctors? Interns? Other crazy loons? Want to get married? Maxwell, tells me that proposing through e-mail isn't too romantic but sap is his department and not mine. But this doesn't mean that I feel less sure than he did. You're the only one for me.
Michael
---
To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: Now that you've mentioned it,
Michael,
I think we're going too fast. Why don't we just enjoy what we have for now. I love you. You love me. Let's not complicate things. Yet. Besides, I wasn't even sure that wasn't a hypothetical. I'll give you another chance to propose to me when I get back. Be ready. = ) But first why should I Maria deLucca marry you Michael Guerin?
Maria
---
To: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
From: spaceman@earthlink.net
Subject: So what's it gonna be?
Huh? Is it a yes, a no or eventually a yes. You've got me all confused. What could be more logical than getting married. Isn't that the normal progression of things in human sociology? Anyway, since you're such a smart-aleck, here's why.
1. Bigger tax exemption and better medical coverage. What could be more practical than that.
2. Because, admit it, I've ruined you for other men. = )
3. My hair. Your voice. My eyes. Your beauty. My brains. Heck, our kids would rule the world like Caesar did.
4. Because I'm marooned in your planet and annoying you is one of the better perks of being here.
5. Your kisses would be the other perk.
6. Your family likes me. Well sort of. I know your Mom loves me. Sheriff Valenti doesn't think I'm too bad. Kyle doesn't want to kill me anymore - Hey! I'm working on it.
7. Liz thinks it's a great idea and we all know that of our little clique here, she has the market corner on the brains. Well next to you of course.
8. Isabel actually approves of this latest hare-brained scheme. Her words not mine
9. I love you. You love me.
10. Because # 9 is the most logical reason there is and I just threw in the rest so that my list wouldn't be too short. Oh and did I say that you're irritating but that's part of your appeal and in case you didn't quite get it yet. I Michael Guerin, superior warrior being from Antar, actually love you, a lowly human. Heck considering that there are worse things to fall in love with in this planet, hooking up with a human isn't so bad.
Michael
---
To: spaceman@earthlink.net
From: loco_over_lucca@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: So what's it gonna be?
Michael,
That was pretty amusing. I promise you that I'll have an answer when I get back week after next but I have to go to the hospital and have to have them check me. We were cutting up onions with my Mom's new electric dicer from the home shopping network when we noticed a strange whirring sound. We had it packed and shipped back to the company where we brought it from and they sent us a new one. It turned out that it was my heart that was making the noise. = ) As this nice new British chap in cardiology would say, "Not to worry love. It just needs lubricant." Not to worry, the thing is spanking brand new. It probably needs some time to adjust inside my body that's all. I'm fine. See you in 6 days and 5 hours. I can't wait.
BTW, I'm blaming it on you. I think your last e-mail short-circuited the wiring of my pacemaker. = )
The Tin Man from Oz