MEMORIES FORGOTTEN / LOVE REMEMBERED
chapter 2

Memories Forgotten / Love Remembered
chapter2

Maria walked through the doors of the crashdown and waved at the young girl behind the counter at the cash register. Sitting down at a booth in the corner, Maria looked out the window, then down at the menu in front of her.

"Hey Maria, what are you doing here, I thought you were going with your Mom today."

Maria looked up from her menu, to the young girl that had slipped into the booth across from her..

"Yeah, I was, but mom's client had to cancel, so she decided to finish up some personal work of her own today, and i came by to see if maybe you wanted to go catch a movie or something".

"Oh. I would love to ria, but I can't. My parent's have decided that tonight is family night".

"Why don't you ask Alex to go with you?" asked liz.

"I think he's going out with Isabel tonight.".

"Well, I'm glad that at one of us are happy with the Czechoslovakians.".

"Speak of the devils" said Liz looking up at the sound of the front door of the diner
opening, signaling new customers..

Maria turned and looked in the direction that Liz was staring..

Great she thought This is just what I needed right now .

. It was getting to be really hard to be around them lately..

"I just cannot deal with them right now liz. I'm going to go, I'll see you later.".

Maria got up from the booth trying not to be seen by the trio that had just entered the iner..

"Call me later tonight." whispered Liz.

Smiling, Maria went into the kitchen and out the backdoor of the diner. Maria took deep breathes, trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to come..Turning the corner, Maria started running as fast as she could. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest and then the tears came, more and more. Maria ran until she couldn't run anymore and fell down to her knees..

Getting up, Maria turned and looked around at the desert area that surrounded her. Had she ran that far? It didn't feel it..

> she muttered..

Sighing, Maria turned and started walking back towards town..

Stopping suddenly, she grew still. Something wasn't right. Maria was getting scared..

Someone was watching her. Her heart began pounding in her chest again and she suddenly became very cold. Looking around her, Maria couldn't see anyone..

Running back towards town as fast as she could, Maria could feel the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. The fear in her stomach was causing her chest to tighten. Then suddenly she was falling, tripping over her own shoe laces and stumbling. Getting up, and wiping the tears from her cheeks, Maria turned and started to run towards roswell again..

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Maria never saw him coming. She only felt the fist that knocked her across the desert floor, and then the second one came down on her and the blackness overtook her..

All Maria could hear was bells ringing, and ringing........ringing....... .

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. Maria bolted upright on her couch in her living room in a deep sweat and breathing heavily. Her heart pounding I, Maria walked into her kitchen and got herself a glass of water..

Going to the bathroom, Maria splashed some water on her face trying to shake off her nightmare. Maria suddenly realized the doorbell was ringing..

"Coming, I'm coming, who is it " shouted Maria walking towards the door..

"It's me penny, open the door Ria, these bags are starting to get heavy.".

Opening the door for her friend. Maria took one of the bags from her and ushered her inside..

"I thought you were going to just pick up a couple of movies for tonight" asked Maria putting the bag down on the kitchen counter..

"Well, I got to thinking when I was closing the shop p. If we're going to have a girlnight, then we should have a super girls night..

"What did you bring".

"I picked us up a couple of pizzas from Toni's, and I brought over my CD collection, along with some Rocky Road and Pistachio ice-cream..

Along with a few other Items of course," stated penny, pulling out a container of strawberries and wine, along with a huge box of chocolates and smiling..

"Chic, I think I just gained twenty pounds just looking at all this stuff " laughed Maria.

"And on that note, I have a suprise for you," said penny.

"Robert gave this to me for my birthday last month" said penny, pulling out an envelope from her purse. And handing it to Maria..

What's this" Maria asked, looking at the envelop in her hands..

"Open it up ducky, and find out".

Opening the envelop, Maria examined the contents and looked at her friend..

"A brochure to a spa retreat?".

"Yeah, a two day one night stay at a luxurious five star spa".

"Business ids doing well, and i was thinking we could go this weekend, ".

"Come on Ria, how often is it that we both have our kids gone at the same time".

Looking at the brochure in her hand, coming to an immediate decision, Maria smiled..

"You know what, your right. I could use a vacation, and this is just the thing".

"Great" smiled Penny.

Laughing and giggling, both women started looking through the brochure to the spa, and making plans for the weekend........

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