I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm making the entire gang 18 years
olds in their senior year of high school instead of sophomores. I just
think it works out better this way. And, Michael isn't closed off from
everyone in this story. The girls are more guarded than the guys. Thanks.
Chapter 2
"This sucks," Isabel said with a pout.
"Yes, you've made that unbelievably clear to us since last night Isabel," Tess said slightly annoyed with Isabel's complaints.
"We don't even know what we're going to do when we get there," she said.
"Well, we'll figure that out when we get there," Amy said from her position at the driver's seat.
"We'll make the best of it, Izzy," Maria said trying to make Isabel feel better about having to leave New York. She didn't like leaving either and she was sure that she'd hate Roswell, but she knew that they weren't safe in New York anymore. They had to leave as quickly as possible.
"Yeah, as long as we've got each other, we'll be fine," Liz said resting her head on Isabel's shoulder.
"Fine," Isabel said finally giving up her fight. "I might as well accept it, we might be there for a while. Where are we now, mom?" she asked leaning forward from the backseat.
"Well we're somewhere in Arkansas right now, so we'll probably get there by late tonight," Amy replied.
"All right, I'm going back to sleep," she said already drifting off to sleep.
A few hours later everyone in the car was asleep except for Amy and Maria.
"Don't you want to get some sleep honey?" Amy asked.
"No, I'll keep you company," she said. After a pause, she asked what had been on her mind all night. "Do you think we're doing the right thing?" she asked.
"Of course I do. This could be your chance to find four other people just like you," Amy replied.
"But what if we're making a big mistake. I know that Tess, Isabel, and Liz wouldn't have agreed to this if I didn't agree. They always look to me to make the final decisions, which is okay with me, but what if I made the wrong decision this time?" Maria asked worried about what they were getting into.
"Honey, you made a decision that you think is the best thing for all of you, and that's all they could ask of you. They're not going to resent you if something bad happens, they're basically your sisters and they love you," Amy said trying to reassure Maria.
"Thanks, I already knew that, but it feels better to hear it from someone else," Maria said with a smile.
"No problem, now why don't you get some sleep and forget about keeping me company, okay?"
"All right," Maria said before falling asleep.
In Roswell.
"That's game," Michael said as he, Kyle, Max, and Alex finished their basketball game.
"What do you guys want to do now?" Alex asked.
"Kyle and I can't do anything. We're going to have dinner with dad," Michael said.
"What about you, Max?" Alex asked.
"I'm working at the Crashdown till closing," Max replied as they all headed toward Michael's car.
"So I'm all alone now?" Alex asked.
"You could join us for dinner," Kyle said settling in the passenger side of the car next to Michael.
"Fine," Alex said settling next to Max in the back seat as Michael started drive.
"So how are the Whitman's?" Kyle asked referring to Alex's adopted parents.
"Still freaked out about my alien status," Alex replied with a roll of his eyes. "They act like I'm going to orb them to another planet or something. I knew they wouldn't be able to handle this," he said.
"It's been almost a year since they found out, you'd think they'd get over it. Phillip and Diane got over it after only a week," Max said referring to his adopted parents.
"That's what I'm saying," Alex replied getting annoyed with the Whitman's behavior toward him. "It doesn't matter anyway. Since I moved in with you guys, I've had to see them less and less, and I think they'd prefer it to stay that way," he said.
"Diane and Phillip could barely hold back their tears when I moved in with you guys," Max replied.
"Yeah, that sounds like them," Michael said with a smile, picturing Phillip and Diane's reaction to Max moving out. He parked the jeep in the parking lot of their apartment, and they all got out and headed upstairs.
"Hey guys, try and get some food from dad's house when you go there," Max said looking in their refrigerator and seeing that they had nothing edible.
"You know how he gets on our back about not doing our own grocery shopping," Kyle said from his position on the couch.
"Well we're running low on food, and none of us get our paycheck till the end of next week," Max replied.
"We'll see what we can do," Alex replied from his room.
"All right, I've got to get to work, tell dad that I said hi and if you guys have time, stop by the Crashdown," Max said to the guys who were like brothers to him.
"All right, see ya later," Michael replied.
An hour later, Michael, Kyle, and Alex, found themselves sitting in Jim Valenti's living room after dinner.
"So are you're all doing well in all of your classes?" Jim asked all of them, but looked pointedly at Michael and Kyle.
"Of course dad, why do you ask?" Michael asked slightly nervous.
"Maybe because I received a call this week from you school saying that you and Kyle haven't been to third period for almost five days," Jim replied looking sternly at them. Michael and Kyle looked at Jim in shock while Alex laughed at the look on their faces.
"Well, you see, what happened was." Kyle said trying to come up with an excuse to explain why he and Michael cut their class,
"There's no way you can explain skipping class. Now unless it is something alien related, you two are to go to every single class, is that clear?" he asked.
"Yes," they replied sullenly with their heads down.
"I told you that he would find out," Alex replied, still laughing.
"And you," Jim said looking at Alex. "Next time you know that they're doing something like this, you tell me. Is that clear?" he asked sternly.
"Um, yes," he replied nervously to the man basically raised him.
"Good, now let's head to the Crashdown to see Max," he said already heading out of the house.
At the Crashdown, Max had just finished closing the restaurant and was putting everything away when the guys arrived.
"Hey Max," Jim said.
"Hey, dad," Max replied to the man who he considered his father.
"Where are Nancy and Jeff?" Michael asked.
"Right here," Jeff said coming in from the backroom with Nancy. "How are you doing Jim?" he asked.
"Good, I hope my boys are doing well here at work," he said.
"Yeah, they're my best employees yet," Jeff said. Ever since Max had healed him when he was shot a year ago, he held a newfound respect for him and his quasi brothers. He made it his number one priority to watch over them and protect them at all costs. Since he and Nancy never had any children of their own, they constantly looked out for the boys and considered them their own children.
"How are Phillip and Diane?" Nancy asked.
"Okay, I guess," Max replied. "It's been a few days since I've seen them. They said they would come by tonight, but I guess they changed they're minds."
"Guess again," Phillip said as he and Diane walked in from the back. "Sorry, we're late."
"It's okay," Max said going over to hug both of them.
"How are you guys doing?" Diane asked as she went over to hug Michael, Kyle, and Alex, all three boys who were like sons to her.
"Good," Michael replied. "No alien attacks or anything," he joked.
"That's not funny," Diane said with a fear shining in her eyes.
"It was just a joke, relax Diane," Michael said, feeling sorry for scaring Diane. "Don't worry, no one besides everyone in this room and the Whitman's know our secret. We're completely safe," he said trying to reassure her.
"All right, if you're sure," Diane replied.
"Hey could you guys help me?" Max said referring to the mess he had to clean up.
"Yeah, sure," Alex replied before they all got to work and started to clean up the restaurant.
Meanwhile.
"Are we there yet?" Liz asked for the third time just to piss off everyone.
"Yes, finally!" Amy said, exasperated.
"So, what do we do now?" Tess asked.
"We find someone who can give us directions to a hotel," Amy said.
"Who?" Isabel asked seeing that absolutely no one was walking on the street. 'Probably because it's midnight,' she thought to herself. "In New York, we would have already found someone," she said.
"Whatever, Izzy," Maria replied. "Look there's a restaurant right there and the lights are on. We'll just ask for directions and be on our way," she said pointing to the Crashdown restaurant.
"Please tell me I'm not seeing what I think I'm seeing," Liz said looking at the Crashdown.
"Oh my God, is that a spaceship on the ceiling?" Isabel asked. "Great, the first thing we see in this town is an alien themed restaurant. That's always a good sign," she said sarcastically.
"Let's just get the directions and go," Tess said getting out of the car and heading toward the door. She looked in and saw a large group of people cleaning up the restaurant. She raised her hand and knocked on the door, waiting for one of them to let her in. A tall dark haired boy about her age came over to the door.
"I'm sorry, but we're closed," he said.
"We don't want to stay. We just wanted to see if one of you could give us directions to a good hotel around here," Tess replied as the rest of the girls came up behind her.
"Oh, sure, come on in. My name's Max," Max said letting all of them in the restaurant.
"Hi Max," Maria said. "My name is Maria, that's Tess, Isabel, Liz, and our mom Amy," Maria said pointing at each person as she called their names.
"What's going on Max?" Jeff asked wondering who these girls were.
"They just wanted directions to a hotel," Max replied.
"Are you visiting Roswell?" Michael asked looking at the girl who introduced herself as Maria. 'She's hot,' he thought to himself.
"We're moving here," Tess replied.
"Why are you staying at a hotel then?" Alex asked confused.
"That's not really your business," Isabel replied coolly not liking the questions they were being asked.
"You'll have to excuse my daughter, it's been a long ride and we're all a little cranky," Amy said trying to explain Isabel's ice queen attitude.
"Okay," Alex replied still taken back by Isabel's response to him. "My name is Alex, and that's Michael, Kyle, Jim, our dad, Nancy, Jeff, Phillip, and Diane," he said introducing everyone.
"Hello," they all replied.
"So what brings you ladies to Roswell?" Max asked trying to get rid of the uncomfortable silence in the room.
"No offense, but we're all really tired. Could we please just have the directions so that we can leave?" Maria said not wanting to explain their reason for being in Roswell.
"Why do you all keep avoiding our questions?" Michael asked suspiciously.
"Because the questions you ask are none of your business," Maria replied not liking the suspicious look Michael was giving her.
"They're just simple questions. There's nothing too personal about them, unless you're hiding something," he said coming to stand in front of Maria in a tall stance.
'Does he think he can intimidate me? Just because he's really hot and really tall, and well built doesn't mean he can scare me,' Maria thought to herself.
"Would you kindly get out of my face?" she said looking him in the eye.
"Just answer our questions," Michael replied.
"You know what, we don't need this. Could somebody give us a damn address so we can get out of here? The four of us have to start school tomorrow morning and we don't have time to participate in some mindless conversation," she said rudely surprising many people in the room. No one ever talked to Michael like that; it was just an unwritten rule.
Before Michael could respond to Maria, Liz cut in, also annoyed with the questions they were being asked.
"I don't know why you guys are asking these questions, but we're not going to answer them. So give us a hotel name, and we'll leave. It's as simple as that," she told them.
"There's a hotel about ten minutes from here. Just keep going straight from here and you'll run into it," Diane replied trying to ease the tension.
"Thank you," Amy replied, leading all of the girls to the door.
"We don't like too much trouble and commotion in this town," Kyle called out in a warning voice.
"That's too bad. You're in for a rude awakening," Tess replied in a serious tone as she and the others left the restaurant.
"Why do I feel like she's not lying?" Kyle asked once they left.
"Probably because she's not," Alex replied also worried about what was to come.
"It doesn't matter, we've spent all our lived hiding this secret and not a single person has tried to hurt us. We'll be fine," Max said.
"Yeah, sure," Michael replied sarcastically. "It's only a matter of time before someone comes after us."
"It's too late for this. We'll talk more about it tomorrow at school," Kyle said preparing to leave.
"He's right, let's go," Michael said going over to hug Diane and Nancy. "We'll see you guys tomorrow after school. Bye dad."
"Bye dad," Max said to Jim after hugging Nancy and Diane. Alex and Kyle did the same thing before walking out of the restaurant.
TBC
I know I haven't explained a lot of things, like why everyone calls Jim 'dad' but I promise to explain everything in later chapter, you just have to stick with me.
Please leave feedback!!!!
Chapter 2
"This sucks," Isabel said with a pout.
"Yes, you've made that unbelievably clear to us since last night Isabel," Tess said slightly annoyed with Isabel's complaints.
"We don't even know what we're going to do when we get there," she said.
"Well, we'll figure that out when we get there," Amy said from her position at the driver's seat.
"We'll make the best of it, Izzy," Maria said trying to make Isabel feel better about having to leave New York. She didn't like leaving either and she was sure that she'd hate Roswell, but she knew that they weren't safe in New York anymore. They had to leave as quickly as possible.
"Yeah, as long as we've got each other, we'll be fine," Liz said resting her head on Isabel's shoulder.
"Fine," Isabel said finally giving up her fight. "I might as well accept it, we might be there for a while. Where are we now, mom?" she asked leaning forward from the backseat.
"Well we're somewhere in Arkansas right now, so we'll probably get there by late tonight," Amy replied.
"All right, I'm going back to sleep," she said already drifting off to sleep.
A few hours later everyone in the car was asleep except for Amy and Maria.
"Don't you want to get some sleep honey?" Amy asked.
"No, I'll keep you company," she said. After a pause, she asked what had been on her mind all night. "Do you think we're doing the right thing?" she asked.
"Of course I do. This could be your chance to find four other people just like you," Amy replied.
"But what if we're making a big mistake. I know that Tess, Isabel, and Liz wouldn't have agreed to this if I didn't agree. They always look to me to make the final decisions, which is okay with me, but what if I made the wrong decision this time?" Maria asked worried about what they were getting into.
"Honey, you made a decision that you think is the best thing for all of you, and that's all they could ask of you. They're not going to resent you if something bad happens, they're basically your sisters and they love you," Amy said trying to reassure Maria.
"Thanks, I already knew that, but it feels better to hear it from someone else," Maria said with a smile.
"No problem, now why don't you get some sleep and forget about keeping me company, okay?"
"All right," Maria said before falling asleep.
In Roswell.
"That's game," Michael said as he, Kyle, Max, and Alex finished their basketball game.
"What do you guys want to do now?" Alex asked.
"Kyle and I can't do anything. We're going to have dinner with dad," Michael said.
"What about you, Max?" Alex asked.
"I'm working at the Crashdown till closing," Max replied as they all headed toward Michael's car.
"So I'm all alone now?" Alex asked.
"You could join us for dinner," Kyle said settling in the passenger side of the car next to Michael.
"Fine," Alex said settling next to Max in the back seat as Michael started drive.
"So how are the Whitman's?" Kyle asked referring to Alex's adopted parents.
"Still freaked out about my alien status," Alex replied with a roll of his eyes. "They act like I'm going to orb them to another planet or something. I knew they wouldn't be able to handle this," he said.
"It's been almost a year since they found out, you'd think they'd get over it. Phillip and Diane got over it after only a week," Max said referring to his adopted parents.
"That's what I'm saying," Alex replied getting annoyed with the Whitman's behavior toward him. "It doesn't matter anyway. Since I moved in with you guys, I've had to see them less and less, and I think they'd prefer it to stay that way," he said.
"Diane and Phillip could barely hold back their tears when I moved in with you guys," Max replied.
"Yeah, that sounds like them," Michael said with a smile, picturing Phillip and Diane's reaction to Max moving out. He parked the jeep in the parking lot of their apartment, and they all got out and headed upstairs.
"Hey guys, try and get some food from dad's house when you go there," Max said looking in their refrigerator and seeing that they had nothing edible.
"You know how he gets on our back about not doing our own grocery shopping," Kyle said from his position on the couch.
"Well we're running low on food, and none of us get our paycheck till the end of next week," Max replied.
"We'll see what we can do," Alex replied from his room.
"All right, I've got to get to work, tell dad that I said hi and if you guys have time, stop by the Crashdown," Max said to the guys who were like brothers to him.
"All right, see ya later," Michael replied.
An hour later, Michael, Kyle, and Alex, found themselves sitting in Jim Valenti's living room after dinner.
"So are you're all doing well in all of your classes?" Jim asked all of them, but looked pointedly at Michael and Kyle.
"Of course dad, why do you ask?" Michael asked slightly nervous.
"Maybe because I received a call this week from you school saying that you and Kyle haven't been to third period for almost five days," Jim replied looking sternly at them. Michael and Kyle looked at Jim in shock while Alex laughed at the look on their faces.
"Well, you see, what happened was." Kyle said trying to come up with an excuse to explain why he and Michael cut their class,
"There's no way you can explain skipping class. Now unless it is something alien related, you two are to go to every single class, is that clear?" he asked.
"Yes," they replied sullenly with their heads down.
"I told you that he would find out," Alex replied, still laughing.
"And you," Jim said looking at Alex. "Next time you know that they're doing something like this, you tell me. Is that clear?" he asked sternly.
"Um, yes," he replied nervously to the man basically raised him.
"Good, now let's head to the Crashdown to see Max," he said already heading out of the house.
At the Crashdown, Max had just finished closing the restaurant and was putting everything away when the guys arrived.
"Hey Max," Jim said.
"Hey, dad," Max replied to the man who he considered his father.
"Where are Nancy and Jeff?" Michael asked.
"Right here," Jeff said coming in from the backroom with Nancy. "How are you doing Jim?" he asked.
"Good, I hope my boys are doing well here at work," he said.
"Yeah, they're my best employees yet," Jeff said. Ever since Max had healed him when he was shot a year ago, he held a newfound respect for him and his quasi brothers. He made it his number one priority to watch over them and protect them at all costs. Since he and Nancy never had any children of their own, they constantly looked out for the boys and considered them their own children.
"How are Phillip and Diane?" Nancy asked.
"Okay, I guess," Max replied. "It's been a few days since I've seen them. They said they would come by tonight, but I guess they changed they're minds."
"Guess again," Phillip said as he and Diane walked in from the back. "Sorry, we're late."
"It's okay," Max said going over to hug both of them.
"How are you guys doing?" Diane asked as she went over to hug Michael, Kyle, and Alex, all three boys who were like sons to her.
"Good," Michael replied. "No alien attacks or anything," he joked.
"That's not funny," Diane said with a fear shining in her eyes.
"It was just a joke, relax Diane," Michael said, feeling sorry for scaring Diane. "Don't worry, no one besides everyone in this room and the Whitman's know our secret. We're completely safe," he said trying to reassure her.
"All right, if you're sure," Diane replied.
"Hey could you guys help me?" Max said referring to the mess he had to clean up.
"Yeah, sure," Alex replied before they all got to work and started to clean up the restaurant.
Meanwhile.
"Are we there yet?" Liz asked for the third time just to piss off everyone.
"Yes, finally!" Amy said, exasperated.
"So, what do we do now?" Tess asked.
"We find someone who can give us directions to a hotel," Amy said.
"Who?" Isabel asked seeing that absolutely no one was walking on the street. 'Probably because it's midnight,' she thought to herself. "In New York, we would have already found someone," she said.
"Whatever, Izzy," Maria replied. "Look there's a restaurant right there and the lights are on. We'll just ask for directions and be on our way," she said pointing to the Crashdown restaurant.
"Please tell me I'm not seeing what I think I'm seeing," Liz said looking at the Crashdown.
"Oh my God, is that a spaceship on the ceiling?" Isabel asked. "Great, the first thing we see in this town is an alien themed restaurant. That's always a good sign," she said sarcastically.
"Let's just get the directions and go," Tess said getting out of the car and heading toward the door. She looked in and saw a large group of people cleaning up the restaurant. She raised her hand and knocked on the door, waiting for one of them to let her in. A tall dark haired boy about her age came over to the door.
"I'm sorry, but we're closed," he said.
"We don't want to stay. We just wanted to see if one of you could give us directions to a good hotel around here," Tess replied as the rest of the girls came up behind her.
"Oh, sure, come on in. My name's Max," Max said letting all of them in the restaurant.
"Hi Max," Maria said. "My name is Maria, that's Tess, Isabel, Liz, and our mom Amy," Maria said pointing at each person as she called their names.
"What's going on Max?" Jeff asked wondering who these girls were.
"They just wanted directions to a hotel," Max replied.
"Are you visiting Roswell?" Michael asked looking at the girl who introduced herself as Maria. 'She's hot,' he thought to himself.
"We're moving here," Tess replied.
"Why are you staying at a hotel then?" Alex asked confused.
"That's not really your business," Isabel replied coolly not liking the questions they were being asked.
"You'll have to excuse my daughter, it's been a long ride and we're all a little cranky," Amy said trying to explain Isabel's ice queen attitude.
"Okay," Alex replied still taken back by Isabel's response to him. "My name is Alex, and that's Michael, Kyle, Jim, our dad, Nancy, Jeff, Phillip, and Diane," he said introducing everyone.
"Hello," they all replied.
"So what brings you ladies to Roswell?" Max asked trying to get rid of the uncomfortable silence in the room.
"No offense, but we're all really tired. Could we please just have the directions so that we can leave?" Maria said not wanting to explain their reason for being in Roswell.
"Why do you all keep avoiding our questions?" Michael asked suspiciously.
"Because the questions you ask are none of your business," Maria replied not liking the suspicious look Michael was giving her.
"They're just simple questions. There's nothing too personal about them, unless you're hiding something," he said coming to stand in front of Maria in a tall stance.
'Does he think he can intimidate me? Just because he's really hot and really tall, and well built doesn't mean he can scare me,' Maria thought to herself.
"Would you kindly get out of my face?" she said looking him in the eye.
"Just answer our questions," Michael replied.
"You know what, we don't need this. Could somebody give us a damn address so we can get out of here? The four of us have to start school tomorrow morning and we don't have time to participate in some mindless conversation," she said rudely surprising many people in the room. No one ever talked to Michael like that; it was just an unwritten rule.
Before Michael could respond to Maria, Liz cut in, also annoyed with the questions they were being asked.
"I don't know why you guys are asking these questions, but we're not going to answer them. So give us a hotel name, and we'll leave. It's as simple as that," she told them.
"There's a hotel about ten minutes from here. Just keep going straight from here and you'll run into it," Diane replied trying to ease the tension.
"Thank you," Amy replied, leading all of the girls to the door.
"We don't like too much trouble and commotion in this town," Kyle called out in a warning voice.
"That's too bad. You're in for a rude awakening," Tess replied in a serious tone as she and the others left the restaurant.
"Why do I feel like she's not lying?" Kyle asked once they left.
"Probably because she's not," Alex replied also worried about what was to come.
"It doesn't matter, we've spent all our lived hiding this secret and not a single person has tried to hurt us. We'll be fine," Max said.
"Yeah, sure," Michael replied sarcastically. "It's only a matter of time before someone comes after us."
"It's too late for this. We'll talk more about it tomorrow at school," Kyle said preparing to leave.
"He's right, let's go," Michael said going over to hug Diane and Nancy. "We'll see you guys tomorrow after school. Bye dad."
"Bye dad," Max said to Jim after hugging Nancy and Diane. Alex and Kyle did the same thing before walking out of the restaurant.
TBC
I know I haven't explained a lot of things, like why everyone calls Jim 'dad' but I promise to explain everything in later chapter, you just have to stick with me.
Please leave feedback!!!!