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AN: I'm sorry it's been soooo long, but I've been going through some serious writer's block. So to make up for it I've made this chapter really long, 14 pages! The chapter jumps from present to earlier in the day. I've marked were the scenes change to the different times, so I hope no one gets confused.
All of the kids look just like their parents except for the things I mention and little things that only someone who knows them really well would notice. And to make things easier, here is a list of all the kids are their powers:
Michael and Maria Guerin:
Alexander Maxwell (Zan or Zander) -17- He has blonde hair, but prefers to keep it brown. He has his fathers' power and is able to create any non-living object.
Isabel Elizabeth (Beth) -15- She has brown hair, but prefers to keep it blonde. She can create andcontrol fire and ice.
Max and Liz Evans:
Michael Jeffrey (Mike) -16- He has brown hair. He has his fathers' powers and can become invisible.
Alex and Isabel Whitman:
Jason Andrew -16- He has blonde hair. He has his mothers' power and has super speed.
Ava Marie (Everyone calls her Marie, but I'll put her full name whenever they are not actually saying it so you won't get to confused with her and Maria's name being so close.) -15- She has long black hair. She is a telepath; this power is strongest with her twin sister Anna. She also can make a copy of herself so she can be in two places at once.
Anna Maria -15- She has short black hair. She is a telepath; this power is strongest with her twin sister Ava Marie. She can also change her body so she can go through solid objects.
Kyle and Ava Valenti:
Kyle Travis Jr. (Travis) -16- He has blonde hair. He has his mothers' power and can also teleport.
Emma Jane -15- She has long brown hair. She is an empath and has visions.
Now enough with my notes and on with the story!
Chapter 18 - Life's More Fun as an Alien
Michael and Maria were sitting by a tree in the park. School was over and they were talking about what all had happened.
"What exactly were you and Mike talking about when we first got to school?" Maria asked her boyfriend.
"Marie." Michael said.
"Marie?"
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Michael walked across the school grounds to a guy who he assumed was Max's kid, since they looked the same.
"Hey, Zan." he said as Michael got closer.
"Hey." Michael said.
"So have you and Marie worked things out yet?"
"What things?" Michael asked confused. Who's Marie? Man, how am I going to make it through this day when I don't know who these people are? Michael thought.
"You know the whole drama scene that happened at lunch yesterday." Max's son said.
"Right….um……well…..you see here's the thing…." Michael said not knowing what to say.
"You don't want to talk about it. Alright I get it, I'll leave you alone. But you know sooner or later you're going to have to talk about it, because the girls are going to make you." he said laughing.
"Yeah, they probably will." Michael said as he looked over toward "the girls".
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"You never told me how you figured out where your locker was or what classes you had." Michael said. She smiled, knowing he wasn't going to like this much.
"Well, I walked over to the three girls calling me." Maria began.
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Since Maria didn't get the chance that Michael had to see all the photos hanging around her future home, she was a little shocked when she saw twin girls that looked just like Isabel but with black hair. I wasn't expecting that. She thought.
"Beth, I never got to thank you for coming in and helping yesterday. I don't think I could have made it if you weren't there." Emma said.
"No problem." Maria said just realizing Emma was there. "Oh my gosh! I almost forgot how are you? Are you ok?" she asked worried.
"Yeah I'm fine. Once Andon got me outside and away from you two I started to get better."
"What are you guys talking about? Emma what happened?" the Isabel look a like with short hair asked.
"Beth and Zan were packing some serious emotions last night at the Crashdown. And I couldn't take it."
"What were you two so upset about?" the same girl asked Maria.
"I don't know why Beth was mad but I'm guessing Zan was upset because of me." her twin said quietly.
"Oh, Marie, I'm sorry I completely forgot about the breakup." Emma said.
"Beth did you talk to him? What did he say? Does he forgive me?" Ava Marie asked.
"Um….well…." Maria said, not sure how to answer.
"I guess that's a no."
"Anna!" Emma said.
"What! I was just saying what you were thinking." Anna said.
"But I didn't say it. And stop reading my mind." Emma said.
"Well I would stop if……."
"Marie what's wrong? I can feel that you're scared." Emma asked worriedly cutting Anna off.
"He's…..I……I…." Ava Marie stammered holding back tears.
"Go. It's okay." Anna said to her sister. Ava Marie smiled slightly and left.
"What was that about?" Maria asked confused.
"You're brother and Mike are over there. Marie's afraid they might come over and she doesn't want to be around Zan just now." said Anna.
"Oh." was all Maria said as she looked at the guy that was talking to MichaelHe looked exactly like Max except he had brown hair.
"Hey." Andon said as he wrapped his arms around Maria.
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"He did what! That's it I'm going to kill him!" Michael said angry.
"Calm down Spaceboy. Can I finish my story please?" Maria asked obviously irritated. Not wanting to get in a fight with her over Andon again he nods.
"Thank you. Now as I was saying….."
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"Hey." Andon said as he wrapped his arms around Maria. Who said it was ok for you to hang on to me like I'm your property. Maria thought, irritated that someone other than Michael was holding her. Emma and Anna exchanged worried looks, but Maria didn't seem to notice.
"Andon, would you carry my books to my locker for me." Maria said pulling away from him as she suddenly got the idea. "Please." She said when he gave her a weird look.
"Ok. How can I say no to that face?" Andon said smiling. He carried her books in one arm and wrapped the other around her. Then lead the way to Beth's locker with Emma and Anna trailing behind.
Once they were at the locker Maria realized she had no idea what the combination was.
"Do you know my locker combo, Andon?" she asked.
"Of course." he said, confused as to why she would ask.
"Prove it."
"Okay." He grabs the lock and quickly has it done. 5 to the right, 22 to the left, and 3 to the left. Maria thought to herself as she watched.
"Well, I've got to get to class so I'll see you at lunch." Andon said as he walked off down the hallway.
"What was that about?" Anna asked when Ando was out of earshot.
"What was what about?" Maria asked confused.
"The whole being disgusted by him holding you." Emma said.
"What?" Maria asked still confused.
"And what was with the whole 'Who said it was ok for you to hang on to me like I'm your property.'" Anna said.
"I don't know what you mean." Maria said not sure what else to say.
"Beth you should know better than to try and lie to an empath and a telepath." Emma said.
"Okay." Maria said finally understanding how they knew so much.
"Well?" Anna prompted.
"I'm thinking of breaking up with Andon." Maria said thinking of the lie she had told future Michael earlier.
"What!?" both girls said shocked.
"Hurry up Beth we're going to be late for class." Ava Marie said as she came up to the group and grabbed Maria's arm leading her to their class.
"Bye guys." Maria said to the still shocked girls as she was pulled down the hall.
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"And I don't have to tell you how I figured out all the rest of my classes you were there." Maria said. Michael nodded as they both remember the incident.
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The bell rang as the first class let out. The eight friends, minus the twins, met up in the hallway by Anna's locker. The two boys who Michael and Maria hadn't met yet looked just like Kyle and Alex, but both had blonde hair.
"Hey." Mike said when he and Michael joined the group.
"Hey Mike." Maria said. Michael looked at her confused. How does she know his name and I don't? Wait did she call him Mike as in Michael? What do you know Max named his kid after me! Michael thought feeling proud and flattered.
"So I hear you guys were late again." Emma said to the two boys that looked like Alex and Kyle.
"Jason, I still don't get how you and Travis can possibly be late for anything." Anna said as she joined the group. "I mean one can teleport and the other has super speed." She said still baffled.
"Leave me alone sis, I had a long night." Jason, the one that looked like Alex, said.
"Anna's right, there is no excuse for you two to be late for anything." Emma said.
"I have a perfectly good excuse for being late." Travis said.
"Don't waste your breathe Travis. Emma isn't going to buy anything you tell her. Remember she is your sister." Mike said. Travis and Jason just stared at their sisters, wishing they were only children.
"Well we better get going the bell should be ringing soon and I don't want to be late for class." Anna said. "Oh and before I forget I made a little something for everyone." she said. She then quickly looked around to make sure no one else was looking and put her hand through her locker and pulled out some papers and passed them out to everyone. "What's this?" Mike asked his cousin.
"It's everyone's class schedule." she said as if it was plainly obvious.
"Why?" Jason asked.
"I thought it was a good thing to have just in case something comes up and we need to get in touch with each other." They all just looked at her like she was crazy.
"Okay, so I did all of this week homework and needed something to do. Happy now." she said irritated that they had caught her. She is such a nerd. Michael thought.
"I heard that!" Anna said pointing at him.
"Heard what? I didn't say anything." he said confused.
"Zan you think you would have learned by now not to think bad things about a telepath when they're around." Travis said laughing.
"Come on Emma, Beth. Let's get to class." Anna said irritated as she started to walk off.
"Okay, Anna." Maria said as her and Emma ran after the girl.
"We better go too." Mike said leading the way, reluctantly the others followed.
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"I can't believe all of the powers they have!" Maria said still astonished.
"I can't believe they are less alien than we are, but have more powers than us." Michael said still irritated.
"Aww is somebody jealous?" she said smiling.
"No. I just think its unfair." he said not wanting to admit that she was right.
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Michael quickly made his way down the hall hoping he wouldn't get caught. The guys had all decided to skip 4th period and meet up outside of the gym. He was almost at the end of the hallway when Mike appeared in front of him.
"Whoa!" Michael said as he stopped dead in his tracks and starred at Mike in awe.
"Sorry, I just had to do it." Mike said laughing at Michael's expression.
"No problem." He said trying to cover his amazement and shock.
Just then they hear foot steps coming down the hall and getting closer. Mike grabs Michael's arm and they both become invisible. Not a minute later Principle Carter walks around the corner and down the hall past the aliens.
"That was close." Mike said after Principle Carter had gone and they were visible again.
"No that was awesome!" Michael said, thinking of all the possibilities. Mike shoke his head smiling and lead the way outside the gym.
"It never fails those two are always late." Mike said when they got there.
"I am not late." Travis said as he appears out of no where. I'm guessing he's the teleporter. Michael thought to himself.
"And neither am I." Jason says as he also appears out of no where. Ok, now I'm not sure, thought Michael.
"See we are both on time." Travis said.
"Actually, I've been here for five minutes. I was just running laps around the school until you guys got here." said Jason. Now I've got it. If Jason's the one with super speed then Travis must be the teleporter. And Mike can become invisible. What is with these kids? Michael asked himself.
"So Jason did you do it?" Travis asked changing the subject.
"I don't want to talk about it." Jason said.
"What do you mean you don't want to talk about it? That's the reason we all skipped class." Mike said to his cousin.
"Forget that! You can't just dream walk Mindy Andrews and not tell us what happened." Travis said.
"Fine I'll tell you." Jason said grinning from ear to ear. "It was the best dream walk EVER!!!"
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"I can't believe you guys ditched." Maria said.
"At least we just skipped on class and not the whole day." Michael said defensively.
"Where did she go anyway?" Maria wondered.
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Maria was sitting in History class excited. They were studying the 1990's. I can't believe it. This it's my lucky day. She thought. Suddenly she heard a voice in her head.
Beth, do you know where Marie is? Realizing the voice belonged to Anna, Maria quickly responded.
No, sorry. I haven't seen her since this morning.
Ok, well, thanks anyway. Anna said.
That was really strange. I've never had a conversation in my head before. Well at least with another person. Maria thought.
"Miss. Guerin." said a firm voice for the third time. Realizing she was being talked to Maria quickly looked up into the stern face of Mrs. Jefferys.
"Since you are so obviously paying attention would you please tell the class when was the World Wide Web Born?" the teacher asked smugly.
"1992." Maria answered smiling. Mrs. Jeffreys glared at Maria and walked back to the front of the class to continue the lecture.
At lunch Maria found the gang already waiting for her at their table.
"So Anna, now that everyone's here are you going to tell us why you paged us about Marie?" Emma asked.
"What are you guys talking about I'm right here?" Ava Marie said.
"We have gym together and she wasn't there." Anna said ignoring her.
"What do you mean I wasn't there I was to there!" Ava Marie said mad.
"Where is she?" Travis asked, also ignoring her.
"Why did you ask us when you can just figure out where she is yourself, using your powers?" Jason asked obviously worried about his sister.
"She doesn't want me to know where she is. She's blocking me somehow." Anna said hurt.
"Do you have any clue where she could be?" Mike asked.
"No, but she has to be ok. She wouldn't have created this copy of herself if she wasn't. She'll tell us what's wrong when she's ready." Anna said.
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"So how was cheerleading practice?" Michael asked Maria.
"You should know you were there." She replied.
"I still can't believe my daughter's a cheerleader. And all for some stupid guy! I just can't believe it!" her said irritated.
"You can't believe it! I'm the one who had to run around yelling and kicking my legs in the air." Maria said still mad that she had to do it.
"That was so funny!"
"Hey!" she said as she hit him.
"Ow! Ok, I'm sorry. It wasn't funny." He said trying not to laugh. Maria just glared at him.
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"This is the best part of my day." Travis said from his seat on the bleachers. "Watching the cheerleaders and messing with the football players."
School had ended, but the group was still hanging around. Beth joined the cheerleading squad to be near Andon, so Maria was now trying her best to do the cheers as the rest of the group waited patently for practice to be over. The guys were on the bleachers, while the girls were down on the sidelines talking to Maria when they could.
"Yeah this is the best." Jason agreed. "Oh my gosh! Did you guys just see that! Mindy Andrews just winked at me!" he said excited.
"I think you're losing it man. She was probably squinting from the sun." Michael said.
"Are you crazy, Zan? That was defiantly a wink! You heard my dream, she wants the Whitman love." Jason said. At this all three boys almost fall of the bleachers laughing.
"The Whitman Love? You are such a loser Jason." Travis laughed.
"I hate to break it to you Jason, but that dream does not mean she likes you." Mike said when they had finally stopped laughing.
"What are you talking about? She wants me. Tell them, Zan."
"The fact that the only part of her dream you were in was when she asked you to do her homework, speaks for it's self." Michael said.
"You guys are just jealous. You can't believe that someone that beautiful and perfect would like me and not you." Jason said.
"Let's have some fun with the jocks." Travis said changing the subject.
"Ok, who first?" Jason said forgetting why he was mad.
"Andon." Michael said before the others had time to even think.
"My pleasure." Travis said mischievously, as he began to mind warp Andon on the football field.
"What is he doing?" Maria asked Emma from the sidelines.
"Who?" Emma asked.
"Andon. What's he doing?" Maria said as she pointed to him across the field.
"It looks like he's talking to the water cooler." Anna said laughing.
"What? Why?" Maria asked confused.
"Travis." Emma said as pointed to the guys laughing hysterically on the bleachers..
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"You guys are so mean. Why won't you leave him alone?" Maria asked.
"Admit it you thought it was funny to." Michael said defensively.
"No it didn't." Maria said, but she couldn't keep the smile off her face.
"Do you think anyone has figured us out yet?" Maria asked after a few minutes.
"No. How could they?" he lied as he thought about what had happened earlier.
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After practice was over they were all waiting for Maria to finish changing. Just then Emma froze and her eyes glazed over with a far off look. After a few minutes she blinked and everything was back to normal.
"Emma, what'd you see?" Anna asked.
"I saw Zan and Beth, but there were two of them." She said confused.
"Two? What do you mean two?" Michael asked nervous.
"I don't know. I just saw two of you." Emma said.
"Maybe you saw Uncle Michael and Aunt Maria and thought they were Zan and Beth." Travis said.
"No, they were teenagers it couldn't have been Uncle Michael and Aunt Maria." Emma replied. Just then Maria joined them.
"Why dose everyone look so worried?" she asked, but before anyone could answer her Anna spoke.
"Marie just spoke to me. She's fine, but told me to tell you guys that she's sorry for ditching without telling anyone. She feels really bad about it."
"We better go." Michael said and pulled Maria toward the car. Once they reached the park Michael stopped the car and they got out. Sitting down in front of a tree they bean to talk over what had happened at school.
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"We should be going." Maria said when they had finished talking.
"Yeah, you're right. The others will be getting there soon and we should probably be there when they arrive." he said as he got up.
"And you need to apologize."
"Man, I was hoping you would forget about that." Michael whined as he helped Maria up off the ground.
"Not on your life, Spaceboy." she said as she led the way to the car.
AN: I'm been really busy with work and school lately so I don't know how often I'll be able to update. but don't worry I'm still writting, it just might take me awhile. Review and let me know what you think.