Chapter 8
Diane: You're aliens?!
Isabel: Mom, please don't freak out. That's the last thing that I need right now. We're still your kids.
Phillip: Are you?
Max: Yes! This is exactly why we didn't want to tell you but when we found out Isabel was pregnant, everything changed.
Phillip: Just um... just tell us two things. Who or what exactly are you and where do you come from? (Michael and Isabel look at Max.)
Max: We don't know what we are but the three of us believe we're a hybrid of some kind since we look human but instead we have alien cells. We don't know where we come from. The only thing we really know is that we crashed in 1947 and didn't come out of our pods until 1989 with the look of six year olds.
Diane: You're really serious aren't you? That's why the two of you have been so secretive lately and Isabel, that's the reason why you won't go see a doctor.
Isabel: Mom, dad, you can't tell anyone. If anyone does find out, we could be in a lot of trouble.
Phillip: We promise we won't tell. You can trust us. I just have to ask, does anyone else know about this?
Michael: Only Liz, Maria, Alex, and Tess.
Diane: Okay moving on...
Max: Moving on? Don't you think you're moving on a little too fast?
Diane: Max you can trust us and in doing so your father and I are just going to pretend as if you didn't tell us any of your secrets. So Isabel, what are you going to do about this baby of yours?
Isabel: What do you mean?
Diane: Are you and Michael going to share visitation rights? Are you just going to live under one roof so the child will have both of its parents? Or are the two of you going to get married?
Isabel: Married?! Michael: It's funny you should mention that because I've actually thought about it. (Isabel turns and gives Michael a sharp look.)
Isabel: You have?
Michael: Yea. I've been considering it for a while, long before the dreams ever happened.
Isabel: Uh-hm. (Isabel looks at her parents.) Excuse us for a minute. (Isabel grabs Michael by the arm and leads him outside.)
Outside of Michael's Apartment
Isabel: Have you completely lost your mind?!
Michael: No I haven't, in fact this couldn't feel more right.
Isabel: You're just saying this because of our son.
Michael: No I'm not. Isabel those feelings and emotions in the dreams were real. Believe it or not that's how I truly feel about you. From the moment we came out of those pods I had a feeling that you and I weren't siblings that maybe we were something more and maybe that's what the dreams are trying to tell us, that you and I were something more to each other back where we came from. Isabel not once have you ever given up on me. When I needed you, you were there, when you felt I needed you, you were there. No one knows me better than you do Isabel not even Maria and that's because I chose not to let her in and that's because there was only room for one and that one was you.
Isabel: But this can't be Michael, it just can't.
Michael: Why not? Give me a reason as to why things can't be this way? I know your feelings and emotions for me in those dreams were real.
Isabel: They were.
Michael: Then what's the problem?
Isabel: Michael I'm only seventeen, my life is moving too fast right now. First having school to worry about, then a baby, and soon having to find a job so I can be able to support this child, and now you want me to marry you. It's just too much for me to handle right now. (Michael puts Isabel's face in his palms.)
Michael: Listen to me. I don't think they would've put you in this position if they didn't think you could handle it. You can do this Isabel, I know you can and I'll be right beside you. So what do you say? Will you marry me? I know I don't have a ring right now... (Isabel looks up at Michael.)
Isabel: The ring doesn't matter and the answer is yes, I will marry you. (Michael smiles as does Isabel and then they both kiss.)
Diane: You're aliens?!
Isabel: Mom, please don't freak out. That's the last thing that I need right now. We're still your kids.
Phillip: Are you?
Max: Yes! This is exactly why we didn't want to tell you but when we found out Isabel was pregnant, everything changed.
Phillip: Just um... just tell us two things. Who or what exactly are you and where do you come from? (Michael and Isabel look at Max.)
Max: We don't know what we are but the three of us believe we're a hybrid of some kind since we look human but instead we have alien cells. We don't know where we come from. The only thing we really know is that we crashed in 1947 and didn't come out of our pods until 1989 with the look of six year olds.
Diane: You're really serious aren't you? That's why the two of you have been so secretive lately and Isabel, that's the reason why you won't go see a doctor.
Isabel: Mom, dad, you can't tell anyone. If anyone does find out, we could be in a lot of trouble.
Phillip: We promise we won't tell. You can trust us. I just have to ask, does anyone else know about this?
Michael: Only Liz, Maria, Alex, and Tess.
Diane: Okay moving on...
Max: Moving on? Don't you think you're moving on a little too fast?
Diane: Max you can trust us and in doing so your father and I are just going to pretend as if you didn't tell us any of your secrets. So Isabel, what are you going to do about this baby of yours?
Isabel: What do you mean?
Diane: Are you and Michael going to share visitation rights? Are you just going to live under one roof so the child will have both of its parents? Or are the two of you going to get married?
Isabel: Married?! Michael: It's funny you should mention that because I've actually thought about it. (Isabel turns and gives Michael a sharp look.)
Isabel: You have?
Michael: Yea. I've been considering it for a while, long before the dreams ever happened.
Isabel: Uh-hm. (Isabel looks at her parents.) Excuse us for a minute. (Isabel grabs Michael by the arm and leads him outside.)
Outside of Michael's Apartment
Isabel: Have you completely lost your mind?!
Michael: No I haven't, in fact this couldn't feel more right.
Isabel: You're just saying this because of our son.
Michael: No I'm not. Isabel those feelings and emotions in the dreams were real. Believe it or not that's how I truly feel about you. From the moment we came out of those pods I had a feeling that you and I weren't siblings that maybe we were something more and maybe that's what the dreams are trying to tell us, that you and I were something more to each other back where we came from. Isabel not once have you ever given up on me. When I needed you, you were there, when you felt I needed you, you were there. No one knows me better than you do Isabel not even Maria and that's because I chose not to let her in and that's because there was only room for one and that one was you.
Isabel: But this can't be Michael, it just can't.
Michael: Why not? Give me a reason as to why things can't be this way? I know your feelings and emotions for me in those dreams were real.
Isabel: They were.
Michael: Then what's the problem?
Isabel: Michael I'm only seventeen, my life is moving too fast right now. First having school to worry about, then a baby, and soon having to find a job so I can be able to support this child, and now you want me to marry you. It's just too much for me to handle right now. (Michael puts Isabel's face in his palms.)
Michael: Listen to me. I don't think they would've put you in this position if they didn't think you could handle it. You can do this Isabel, I know you can and I'll be right beside you. So what do you say? Will you marry me? I know I don't have a ring right now... (Isabel looks up at Michael.)
Isabel: The ring doesn't matter and the answer is yes, I will marry you. (Michael smiles as does Isabel and then they both kiss.)