Chapter 3
Ham and Jake are in Jake's room talking.
"Well, at least Finn never said anything," Jake said.
"Well, that day was crazy. He was covered in feathers, maybe he doesn't know what he saw."
"Yeah, maybe."
Ham and Jake kissed.
Meanwhile, Finn is in his office going over his classes' assignments. "I know what I saw." He thought out loud. Finn pushed the assignments aside and turned on his computer. He searched the web on a 'find a person' site. When he typed in 'Pratt' he got Monica, but then the screen said that Monica had a girl, not a boy. Finn checked again, and again he got a girl, Jacquelyn. He went into the Rawley student database. There he found a picture of Jake, Finn stopped. "I can't do this." He though. "Without Jake we might not have won the Regatta, and Jake has friends here." Finn turned the computer off and left the room.
Ryder and Kyle's room-Kyle is getting ready for football practice. Ryder walks in and groans when he sees Kyle. Suddenly a smile spreads across his face.
"You're from Roswell, right?" Kyle just stares at him. "Right?" Ryder asks again. "Yeah? Why?" Kyle asks putting on his shoe.
"So do you know any aliens?"
"Why?"
"Cause I'm from England and I was wondering what they look like."
Kyle sighed and then leaned over and reached into his backpack. "Here." He tossed Ryder one of Maria's keychain's. Then he left. Ryder opened his hand to find a little green alien with big black eyes on a keychain. Ryder smiled.
The gas station-Since Bella's mom sighed the deed over to Bella, Charley decided to change the name of the station. Scout and Will happened to walk up as Bella was watching Sean and Charley put up the new sign.
"Hey, what's going on?" Will asked.
"Hi Will, hi Scout." Bella answered. "Charley's changing the name of the gas station."
The sign they were putting up was covered.
"Hi, guys." Sean yelled. "Ready, Bella?"
"Ready!" She replied. They took the cover off. The sign read, "Bella's Garage."
"So how does it look, honey?" Charley asked from the top of the ladder. Bella was at the point of crying. The second he got off the ladder, Bella was hugging him. "Thank you, Dad."
Charley smiled.
"Hey, what about me?" Sean asked.
"Thank you." Bella turned around and kissed him.
Suddenly the roar of a motorcycle could be heard. Bella turned around, it was Jake and Ham.
"Horrah!" Bella screamed in excitement.
The bike pulled up in front of the station. Jake got off and took her helmet off as well. "Hey, Bella!"
"Ya like?" Bella pointed to the sign.
"Hey, cool!" Ham said.
"That's awesome!" Jake said as she gave Bella a hug. "Well, I guess I'm you're first official customer."
"So what can I do for you?" Bella asked as Jake wheeled the bike up. "Fill 'er up, please." Will, Scout, Ham, Sean, and Charley laughed at what Bella and Jake were saying.
Meanwhile, Kyle was in the middle of football practice, when he saw Max and two girls sitting on the sidelines watching. "Wow," Kyle thought to himself, "it's our second day here and Max is already picking up girls."
"So, Max, which one is Kyle?" Gwen asked.
"He has a red shirt on."
"That one?"
"Yeah, that's Kyle."
"He's cute." Gwen commented.
After practice Kyle walked over to Max and the girls. "So, Max, who are your friends?"
"You must be Kyle." The blonde said.
"Yeah." Kyle smiled.
"I'm Gwen and this is Lena."
"Hi, nice to meet you."
"Are you girls hungry? We could meet in a few minutes and get something to eat. Trust me, give Kyle some soap and afterward he's a whole different person."
Gwen laughed. "Okay."
"Ten minutes, we'll meet you in the parking lot."
"Sure." Lena answered.
"See ya." Kyle answered as they left.
"He's hot." Gwen said.
"I like Max." Lena said as they walked away. They giggled.
Max and Kyle walked to the dorms. "Hey, Max?"
"Hmm?"
"How are we going to treat them to dinner, we don't even have a car."
"Go take a shower, meet the girls, and then go to the green behind the cafeteria."
"What do you have in mind? Max?" Kyle looked at Max who was smiling.
"Hanging out with Maria all summer, showed me a thing or two."
"Okay, see you in ten."
"Ten."
Max and Kyle went their separate ways. Kyle got to the room to find it empty. He smiled. "For once that British brat isn't here." Kyle thought. He took his shower, changed, and got to the parking lot just as the girls walked up. They had changed into nicer clothes as well.
"What happened to Max?" Lena asked.
"He's preparing a surprise."
"Ooo." Gwen said.
Kyle smiled, then he held out his arms. "Ladies." Gwen and Lena linked arms with him and he escorted them to meet Max.
They walked up to Max to find a picnic spread. Since the sun would be setting soon, Max had alien candles from Maria.
"Wow, Max!" Kyle said.
"Aww, it's so nice." Lena said.
"You're a real ladies man, aren't you?" Gwen said as they sat down.
"Well, this is what happens when you spend the whole summer with a friend whose a girl."
"She must be some friend." Lena said.
Meanwhile, Ham and Jake came back to Jake's room to find it empty.
"Alone at last." Ham said.
"Horrah!" Jake said as they kissed.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Ham and Jake pulled away. "Who could that be?" Ham said.
Jake looked herself over, then opened the door. It was Max.
"Hey, I forgot something." Max reached down and grabbed his backpack. Then left, Jake closed the door, and she and Ham got back to kissing.
Max walked up to his picnic. "Yea, he's back!" Lena giggled. The sun was setting, so Max lit the candles.
"So what was it that you forgot?" Lena asked.
"Well, since it's going to be dark, when you walk back, I got you these."
Max pulled out two alien flashlights.
Kyle covered his face with his hands. "Oh no. Max, you're not trying to start a fad, are you?"
"Sorry, Maria insisted that I take stuff."
"Is Maria your special friend?" Gwen asked.
"Yeah." Max answered, then looking at Lena he said. "She's my best friend's girl friend." Lena smiled.
Soon the stars started to come out. All four laid on their backs and stared at the stars.
"Look there's the Big Dipper." Gwen cried out.
"I see the Little Dipper." Kyle pointed out.
"Anything else?" Lena asked.
"North Star." Gwen said.
"Same here." Kyle said.
"I guess we're not too advanced." Gwen said.
"Nope." Kyle said. "How about you, Max?"
"Well, there's Orion, and that's Hercules."
"How can you tell?" Lena asked.
"Cause Hercules is the body without a head."
Gwen turned her head. "Just like your candles over there." Kyle laughed.
"Yeah." Max said smiling, then he and Lena burst out laughing, too.
In the distance, Finn walked by. He saw four twinkling lights. He started to go toward them, when he heard laughter. He smiled and went on this way. "This will definitely be an interesting year." Finn thought.
"Well, it's ten o'clock. We'd better get going." Lena said.
"Ooo, yeah, class tomorrow." Max said.
"Already?" Gwen whined, playfully.
"Five more minutes." Kyle said as though he was asking for more sleep. The two started laughing.
"You're so cute." Gwen told Kyle.
"Really?"
"Yup."
Max and Lena folded the blanket ad Gwen and Kyle gathered the candles. "Um, Max, your aliens are just feet." Gwen said.
Max smiled. "That's okay."
"Well, I definitely had a great night. Thanks, Max." Lena said as she leaned over and kissed Max's cheek.
"Yes, it was a great night." Gwen agreed. Then she turned to Kyle. "Maybe I'll come by your practice tomorrow."
"I'll look for you."
"Bye." The girls said as they walked away with their flashlights.
"Bye." Max and Kyle replied. They watched the girls leave and then they too took off.
"See, Max, this is definitely going to be an interesting year."
"Yes, it is, Kyle."