…so why should I listen to you? I finished, and then watched with great pleasure as her eyes curled up in to an evil glare and her mouth formed an o shape. I sat there and  sweetly smiled, cause I know that this would show her that I was enjoying making a fool out of her in front of my friends. It all very 3rd grade playground mode, but the truth was I WAS enjoying it.

'Liz, I think I speak for everyone when I say confusion has settled in.' max said looking down on me, but I didn't want to look away from her the…the…the, darn it I just cant think of anything bitchy enough.

'Not me max, I know her and her evil ways,' Maria said still holding her hand

'Yeah I don't know you but I know your type.' Isobel said calmly giving her the well known ice queen glare and talking directly to the enemy

'Yeah and what's my type'

'Bitch'

'Oh and who are you.' With that Isobel stood up and stood next to ashley. Then looking down at her with the same look said

'Your boss, or maybe your great holy god' she that stopped for an instant to muse over this then gracefully and calmly continued. 'Either way back off.'

'Hey, no need to get so defensive "boss" but me and Liz are ALWAYS doing our little banter. It's totally harmless.' Then she turned to me with a wicked little grin on her face. 'Right… cousin.' Oh that amused her. I looked around and Kyle mouthed  C-O-U-S-I-N widely, as if he had lost the ability to speak, but one swift and, what looked to be a painful nudge in the ribs from Maria cleared that problem instantly. 'cousin, and, always I mean ALWAYS…Liz you must be a saint, I mean I  mediate regularly and even I'm struggling. Just looking at… at… at, I'm sorry I don't think I got your name'

'Ashley'

'Thanks. Just looking at Ashley is just so yuck!!'

'Its been no walk in the park but I'm lucky,' I looked at the faces around the round table and all the confused faces asked the same question, HOW?... 'Being only cousins I didn't receive the mentally challenged gene'

'OH. Yeah. See how that's lucky for you Liz.' Kyle said

'Hey Liz what about-' Ashley was about to protest about something but never got the chance

'hey Pandora-back in your box I'm talking now and I have something very very very really intensely serious and relevant to this particular moment that I would like to share with my fellow friends, so I guess you don't have to listen.' Everybody leaned in to hear the intensely serious news that Michael was so egger to share, he could have spotted something suspicious, or strange that could in danger use all. Then he looked at me. 'Liz' oh god he is serious it's the F.B.I! Oh god' Liz I can't believe she's your cousin.' Mickey then began laughing…a lot. '…and the plot thickens!' he added than continued to laugh at my situation. But it didn't last long. Max noticed just how uncomfortable it was making me and to my delight through a bread roll that hit him right on the nose.

'Ouch…hey look I was just…'

'Michael'

But there's absolutely no need to…'

'Michael'

'Fine. Oh mighty fearless lead…'

'Michael' and then a second bread roll sped towards Mickey, but this time it came from the standing Isobel who had been watching the display of "brotherly love"

'would people stop throwing bead at me, come on people, its not right,  and it just wont do…your wasting food!' with that Michael took a mouthful out of the roll, then noticed everybody looking at him, and then through a breadful mouth he innocently said 'WHAT?' maybe it was true that the way to a mans heart is through his stomach

 Isobel then rolled her eyes at him and then looked at max 'oh god I can not be believe you two are the…'very almost making the very same mistake that Michael had she smartly stopped herself. Then with a little sigh and rolled her eyes back to the unwelcomed guest 'look miss bad outfit, we don't approve of your bad insults, do we?' Isobel then turned back to us and as if it were in a play and had been rehearsed everybody slowly and silently shook their heads.

'Wait Izzy I agree that 1. We don't approve 2. they are BAD insults but the out fit, not all that  bad, however would help if it wasn't two sizes to small, face it your not a size 10.' Ouch Maria really went all out, I laughed out loud. And Ashley was on her way out the door, like a dragon returning to its cave or a dog going back to its kennel, oh I like that one better…the animal kingdom is fun (can you believe this is what I think about?? Weird)  

'Amazing Maria and Isobel I appalled you, there's only one other person I know that has ever been able to get Ashley so annoyed that she has left the room, well done!'

'Thank you Liz' Maria said taking a sip from her drink

'No need for all that Liz, with my experience it was a piece of cake' Isobel said rejoining the group at the table.

'no Iz your should take pride, Lizzy is right you two are regular bitches' after he said this he casually took a swig from his drink and Maria spit hers out as soon as she heard the comment.

'CAN I JUST VERIFIELY THAT, THAT IS BY NO MEANS WHAT I WAS SAYING!' I told the two women that were now giving glares to Kyle.

'What?' Kyle said after finishing his drink

'Not really much of a compliment Kyle' max told him softly holding back a snigger.

Kyle then looked from Isobel, also known as the ice queen and Maria the girl that had tried to ruin his diner and then he realised that he was in way over his head.

'believe me max, I'm seeing that now, get it SEEING IT, it's a joke cause you guys are glaring at me…

'kyle don't explain the joke' I told him, they would probably think he thought they were stupid in doing so.

'yeah man, if I was in your near death situation I would be thinking about how to take back the "bitch" thing' max told him, probably feeling sorry for him now.

'are you two aware that you haven blinked for like 2miniutes now? Is that normal?' micheal  told the two girls that would not stop looking, or rather glaring at kyle.

'look im sorry, it was a lot funnier in my head.'

'FUNNIER??'

it is seriously is freaky' micheal said

'maybe I shouldn't say words' kyle let out feeling defeated

'I agree' Isobel said'

'what Michael'

I second that' said Maria

'There non-blinking status'

'Huh?'

'Liz, is that something that they train all girls in school'

What?

The ability to say I want to kill you with your eyes'

'Michael don't be stupid' max said ' women are born with that'

'Look just stop it….please…I…don't…like it! Max helps me'

'Sorry' max said

miche-' Kyle turned to look at Michael who was looking like he was enjoying Kyle's unfortunate mishap. 'is there any point me asking you?

'Sorry man, you dug your own grave.'

I couldn't take it any more. So I slowly mouthed the words "I am sorry" to Kyle. It took 2 attempts before he understood.

'Oh I get-' cutting himself of he made his face serious and then said sweetly his line sweetly 'I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to offend-either of you, you  both were amazing.' There was a gap of silence.

'Like that's going to work' Michael sniggered

'Thank you Kyle you of the hook

'Yeah you can thank Buddha'

Yeah I will be thanking some one' Kyle answered and then winked at me. I couldn't let him die a horrible and painful death at the hands-eyes whatever of my two girlfriends. That would just be unfair.

'Wow, you two have ganged up on two people and won' max started obviously choosing his words carefully 'maybe you should consider becoming a team'

Max's suggestion didn't go down to well with Isobel, and it was apparent to everyone from the first look on her face.

'I will be president' Maria said in her normal chirpy voice.

'no thanks I work alone.' She said stubbornly and the leaned back on to the booth seat. 'probably live, and die alone as well' she added this and intended it to be too quite for any body else to hear, but yep you guessed it, EVERYBODY, well everyone in the pod squad sitting at that table heard, and it automatically made the tension go up and the atmosphere was immediately damped. She was missing Jessie and this was the key to her up and down emotions. In fact right now it was really hard to even hold a conversation with her, one minute she would be being nice and agreeing and then the next, boom! You feel like you have been beaten to almost death with your own rib bone. Let me tell you, its not nice or pretty…not something that you would like to experience…ever. But we all new the reason behind it, so we put up with it and just hope that one day soon she will feel able to open up to us….soon.

'Isobel it is going to get easier. It's never going to be okay that you had to live him behind, but maybe some day you can see him again' he stopped then fond my hand under the table and squeezed it with his own. 'its never to late to have what you would have had' I knew he was now talking from experience. Max looked down at me and smiled and I smiled back.

'Yuck yuck yuck YUCK'

Our attention was then snapped straight to Kyle

'What is it Kyle?' I asked concerned by the look on his face

'My coffee it tastes….weird'

'Oh yeah, urm I was angry and after you hurt my hand I put salt in your coffee…woops' Maria told him then smiled at him

'Maria I'm not sitting next to you ever again, I'm not risking my dinner and first decent coffee since Roswell ever again.

'Kyle don't worry the coffee wasn't all that great'

'Not the point Maria!!'

Okay so I know that I haven't done all that much about Maria, so just for you pixie lovers I was thinking that I would base the next chapter around her. Do you think it would be a good idea to do it from a Maria point of view?? Tell me what you think. Oh and special thanks to the nice reviews, advice and suggestions that I received. Thank you.

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