Thx Jessie for my only review for chapter 9. And thx for reviewing chapter 8 Claire.

Claire - M/M are in the future. The reason everone has different names and personalities is because they are not the Pod Squad they are their kids. Sorry, I'll try to be more clear.

Chapter 10 - Kissing the Enemy

Maria was sitting on the counter in the Crashdown waiting, not so patiently, for Michael. Emma walked in from the backroom and sat down on a stool next to Maria.

"Still not here yet?" Emma asked worried.

"No! Not yet! When he gets here I'm going to kill him!" Maria said angrily.

"Calm down, Beth. You know whatever it was that is keeping him must be important. I meanZan always calls if he's going to be late." Emma said trying to calm her cousin down. Whoever "Zan" is he's nothing like Michael. Michael is always late and never cares to call. Maria thought.

"That's why I'm so worried, Emma. Like you said he's never late and always calls. I'm just really worried that something might have happened to him." Maria lied, hoping Emma would by it. I am so not worried about him. Maria thought. Her anger at Michael was growing more by every passing minute.

"Don't worry I'm sure he's fine." Emma said trying to comfort her friend. I just hope she's not right.Emma thought sadly.

Just then, the bell over the front door sounded. Both girls looked up expectantly. But to their dismay it wasn't Michael or Zan.

"Hey, Andon." Emma said, greeting the guy wearing a leaterman jacket who had just walked in.

"Hey, Emma. Hey Bethy." Andon said. He then walked over and stood in front of Maria putting his arms around her waist and then leaned in for a kiss. Maria quickly pushed him away from her and jumped off the counter.

"What do you think you re doing!" Maria said loudly, completely shocked that some stranger would come up and try to kiss her.

"Ahh....trying to kiss my girlfriend. What's wrong? Are you ok? Oh, I get it. I'm sorry I called you Bethy, I know you hate it. I won't do it again." He said. Girlfriend? Oh, no! He's dating that girl, Beth, everyone seems to think I am. Then I go and freak out on him. He probably thinks I'm crazy or something. Quick think! If he were Michael and you did that to him,what would you do to fix it? AHH! I can't think! While Maria was still thinking Emma began to speak.

"She's worried about Zan." Emma said to Andon. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You are my all time favorite person! Maria thought happily.

"Why? What's wrong with him? He didn't have some terrible accident did he?" Andon said laughing. He really hated Beth's brother.

"Shut up Andon! That's not funny!" Emma said, mad that he would even joke about something like that.

"Ow. Sorry. I didn't mean anything by it." He said when he got a punch in the arm from Emma. It was then that Maria noticed Michael walking across the street to the Crashdown. She quickly formed a plan to get Michael back for the jerk he'd been earlier.

"Andon." She said slowly hoping she had his name right. "I'm sorry about before. Let me make it up to you." Maria kissed Andon and he gladly expected, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close.

Just then Michael got to the door and saw Maria kissing some jock! He threw it open and practically ran over to them. He grabbed Andon by the shoulder and turned him around. Andon didn't have time to even realized what had happened before Michael punched him. Andon was knocked out cold on the floor, but before either girl could do anything to help him, Michael began yelling.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!!!???" Michael yelled at his girlfriend.

"You jerk! Why did you hit him!?" Maria yelled back.

"Why did I hit him? He was all over you!"

"No he wasn't!"

"Yes he was! Now tell me why you were kissing him!?" Michael yelled, it was driving him crazy. He couldn't get the image out of his head.

"I can kiss my girlfriend if I want. I'm dating your sister no matter how much you hate me, Zan." Andon said finally coming around and standing up. Michael was just about to say that Maria was his girlfriend, but then he realized that the guy had called him Zan. Zan? My son! He said he's dating Zan's sister, so that would mean...Beth! No way is this punk dating my daughter!

"Listen, loser!" Michael said grabbing Andon by the shirt collar. "Keep away from Beth! If I ever see you near her again, I'll make sure it's the last thing you ever do!" he said, then threw Andon against the counter.

"Let's go." Michael said to Maria as her grabbed her arm and began to pull her towards the door.

"I'm not going anywhere with you." Maria said angrily, as she pulled out of his grasp.

"Come on, Beth, I'll take you home." Andon said.

"Did I not just tell you to leave her alone?" Michael asked, trying, but not really succeeding, to hold his anger in. He knew that was the only way to get Maria to calm down and come with him. Andon was about to reply when a voice was heard.

"AAHHH!!! STOP IT NOW!" Everyone turned to where the voice was coming from. They saw Emma on the floor holding her head. "JUST SHUT UP EVERYBODY! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" She screamed. The pain was just too much for her.

"Oh my gosh! Are you okay!" Maria said running up to where Emma was lying.

"I'll be fine if you guys just calm down." she said weakly.

"Andon, will you take her home?"Maria asked, hoping that if she separated the boys than maybe whatever it was that was wrong with Emma would stop.

"Yeah, sure." he said. Andon picked Emma up off of the floor and carried her out to his car to drive her home. Maria turned to Michael with fear on her face.

"Michael, what's wrong with her? Do you think it has something to do with what happened to us? Could it be some after effect from the granolith?" she asked, worried that her new friend wouldn't get better.

"Probably not, but I don't know." he said truthfully. "But when you mentioned what happened to us, you reminded me that I haven't told you what I found out."

"You know what happened! That's great! Do you know how we can fix everything! Do you know if.....Michael where are you going?" she asked as he walked out the door and across the street. She saw him go over to the car they had stolen earlier and take out something, a bag, then he headed back to the Crashdown.

"Michael, whose stuff is this?" she asked, when he dumped the contents of the bag on top of a table.

"I went back to the Granolith and found this bag. When I saw the Divers license I realized that we were in the future."

"WHAT!!" Maria said shocked. That is the absolute last thing I thought he was going to say. She said to herself. "Are you sure? I mean how can you bee certain?" she asked.

"Because I went to the address to make sure. Maria, it's real."

"I can't believe it! We're actually in the future!" she said excited.

"There's more." he said not quite sure how to tell her.

"What?" she asked, curiosity peaked.

He took the drivers license from the wallet and held it in his hand. Michael took a deep breath and began. "This ID belongs to the owner of this stuff. I went to their house and everything is real. It's all true."

"Michael, get on with it already." she said, slightly irritated that he was taking so long to get to the point.

"Maria, thislicense belongs to Isabel Elizabeth Guerin."

"WHAT!" she screamed. "I have a daughter! I've always wanted a little girl! I can't believe it! Wait, she is mine right? You didn't marry someone else did you? Cause that would explain why you didn't want to tell me who she was. I....." but she didn't get to finish her rant because Michael shoved the picture in her face.

"She's defiantly yours." he said irritated that she would even think he would marry someone else. She was the only person who would ever want him.

When she saw the picture Maria squealed with delight and threw her arms around Michael. "I can't believe it! We have a daughter! Wait, is this who everyone thinks I am?" she asked realization just hitting her.

"Yes, and everyone thinks I'm our son." he said.

"Our son! We have a son and daughter! And you went to our home without me." she said pouting.

"Well if you stop talking and come on, then you can see it too." he said. At his words Maria quickly went to make sure all of the lights were out, while Michael put everything back into the bag. Once they were done she locked the door and followed Michael tothe car, so she could see her future home.

AN: R&R otherwise I don't know if people are actually reading this.