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Chapter 4 – Another Alien in Roswell?

Roswell

Sunday, 2 days after the bowling night Maria called Ava and Dan, "Hello Ava, it's Maria. I want to ask you if you want to come over to my place to decide to what movie to watch and then go together?" "Yeah, that sounds like fun, but let me ask Dan if he wants to join us. Only problem is he won't be back from the shop for another half hour. Is it ok if I call you back when he comes?" "Sure, sounds good. See you then." "See ya"

Exactly half an hour later Maria got a phone call from Ava saying that they would be at Maria's in 5 minutes. Maria was surprised to see them 5 minutes later, because she thought it would take them longer to get ready and drive to her house. Michael drove to the Evans' house to pick up Max who first protested against it but soon got 'overthrown' by his second-in-command. They arrived at Maria's house the same time Ava and Dan did. Everybody was there; Max, Michael, Kyle, Maria, Ava, and Dan. They decided to watch a comedy.

After the movie was over, Max suggested they go eat somewhere. Kyle proposed going to the CrashDown café and the others agreed except Max who wanted to go anywhere but there. Max was thinking 'Why do we always end up going there?' 'Will Mr. and Mrs. Parker ask me where Liz is?' The owners of the CrashDown, Liz's parents, were out of town on a restaurant convention in San Diego.

When Max, Michael, Maria, Kyle, Ava, and Dan occupied two booths, they ordered their food. They had just started talking about the movie as their meals arrived. Max and Michael poured Tabasco sauce on their French fries like always. To Kyle's surprise so did Ava. Nobody else realized it because they were busy on talking about the movie and eating their meal. After everybody was done, Kyle asked if everybody would come to his house where they could talk more privatly. Everyone agreed accept for Max who wanted to go home but he got ignored and he needed Michael's ride to get back. So Max had no choice but to join them.

As soon as everyone was seated, Kyle asked straight forward, "Ava, are you an Alien?" "What?" Every one of them shouted and were now looking at Ava. Ava and Dan were looking perplexed at Kyle with their mouths dropped. Ava knew there was no way she would be able to talk herself out of it so she simply replied, "Yes, but how do you know?" Kyle answered that he saw her putting Tabasco sauce on her French fries. "Oh – how do you know about the Tabasco sauce?" Kyle didn't say anything because he didn't know what to say.

Michael put him out of the spotlight by saying, "Kyle knows because I am an Alien, too, and so are Max, his sister Isabel and Tess." Ava was stunned to hear that there are at least four aliens beside her on earth. Dan asked surprised, "Who else knows that you are aliens?" Max answered, "Everybody in this room for starters and then Liz, my ex-girlfriend and Alex, Isabel's boyfriend and best friend of Liz and Maria. Who knows about you?" "Only Dan, he saw me changing the color of the wall and sofa. You should have seen his face! It looked hilarious."

Dan was turning a dark shade of red. He never really wanted to be in the spotlight and not because of something so embarrassing. It was starting to get awkward when Maria suddenly said, "Kyle's dad, the sheriff, knows too." Everybody stared at her because it was out of the blue, but the others did admit that they forgot all about Jim Valenti.

Kyle asked if he could bring them something to drink. Short after he left for the kitchen Sheriff Valenti entered the living room. "Hello everyone; Tess! where were you? We were looking for you all around Roswell!" Ava looked at him confused. "I am not Tess. My name is Ava and this is my friend Dan. Nice to meet you Sheriff." "Max, Michael, Maria did you guys forget to tell me something important? And by the way where is Kyle?" "I am here. I think you should sit down it can take some time." Kyle told his dad about how they met Ava and Dan and about Ava being an Alien and about them knowing about Max, Michael, Isabel, and Tess being an Alien. When Kyle was done talking the Sheriff just looked at him in disbelief even though he believed his son. "Dad, why are you here? Don't you have to be at the station" "Yeah but Mr. Harding came and said that Tess is missing, so I thought I would ask you, if you knew something, but instead I saw Ava here. How come you look exactly like Tess?" "I don't know, but it probably has something to do with Antar and what happened there," Ava answered his question. Maria said "Ok back to the topic, where is Tess. Sheriff how long has she been missing?" "Mr. Harding said that she has been gone since Friday after school." "She came by at my place at around 8 o'clock I think short before Michael picked me up. She didn't stay long because I threw her out" Max said "Maybe she is in the pod chamber to get away." Every one of them agreed and Michael said he would go to the granolith to look for her there.

Michael and Sheriff Valenti left the house at the same time only in opposite directions. At the pod chamber Michael could find nothing that would indicate that Tess was there.

When Michael pulled up the drive way to Valenti's house, he saw Maria leave the porch to come to him. Michael took off his helmet, "Maria, what's wrong?" "I don't know. It was suffocating in there. Nobody said a word since you left. Everybody is just lost in their own thoughts for the last half hour. What took you so long?" "Do you really want me to tell you what exactly I did?" "Yes," Maria answered simply. "Ok if you want to know it. First I drove there then climbed to the door and opened it. Do you still want to hear it? Gonna be really boring." "Doesn't matter" "Fine, I entered the pod chamber and looked around and couldn't find a thing. Then I went through the pods to get into the granolith. She wasn't there either and then I went the same tour back I took to get there. Happy now?" instead of answering Maria just threw herself at him. He least expected to get kissed. As soon as her lips touched his, he pulled her closer to him.

Max had heard Michaels bike pull up but he thought that Maria needed some time alone with him. After about 15 minutes Max interrupted them saying that they should discuss what to do next.

As soon as Michael, Maria and Max entered the living room Dan asked, "Did you find her? Tess was her name right?" "No I didn't find her and yes Tess is her name. What really wonders me is where she is. I don't know but it feels weird." "I know what you mean" Kyle said. Max and Maria agreed as well.

Ava and Dan didn't say anything to that statement because they thought that it wouldn't have changed anything because they don't know Tess. But they also had a weird feeling that something bad will happen or already happened.

Nobody said a thing until Michael, Maria and Max were sitting again. Maria sat down on Michaels lap. Max sat down in the armchair standing beside the sofa were Kyle and Ava were sitting on. Dan was still wandering around the room. He was doing that since Michael had left for the chamber. To break the silence Michael asked, "What did I miss?"

Author's Note: Hope you like it. Please review.

Aligewe