'Well,' demanded Isabel as a scilence settled over the room. 'What happened
then?' she said, fast becoming hysterical. 'Tell me!'
'Isabel,' said Maria soothingly, taking her hand. She looked towards Adam. 'What did happen then?'
Adam hesitated. 'It- It get's complicated.'
'The whole thing's complicated.' muttered Michael.
Liz sat quietly in the corner, her eyes red. Dried tears lay on her cheeks. Instinctively she raised her hand to pull the hair off her face. She took a shallow breath. 'So you made a translation of the book? Copied it into the super computer. Why?'
Max shot a quick look at Liz. This situation was just so messed up! How had they got here? What sadistic force had the inhumanity to drag eight defenseless teenagers into a situation?
'I translated the book for Alex,' replied Serena quietly, her voice weak with emotion. 'And then we copied it into the computer incase something happened to me and you needed another copy. That took a couple of weeks. We had to stay there until Alex' exchange time was over so we didn't cause suspisioun. And then-'
'Yes,' said Kyle impatiently.
Serena swallowed and blinked tears out of her eyes. 'Alex came back to Roswell and we stayed in Las Cruses. He was going to keep in touch. He was going to montior the situation for us, so we knew when to approach you all. But then he stoped,' her voice cracked slightly. 'He stopped contacting us.'
Adam kept his eyes glued to his hands as he began to speak. 'We gave it a week then we knew something must be up. So we began to pack up to go back to Roswell.'
'We didn't know anything bad had happened but it just didn't feel right. Alex had promised to keep in touch. We were within a mile of Roswell when we heard the news on the radio.'
***
You make my heart sing
You make my heart sing
You make my heart sing
My baby, baby yeah
You make my heart sing
Girl you should be my girlfriend
Girl you should be my girlfriend
Girl you should be my girlfriend
Girl you should be my girlfriend
Girl you should be my girlfriend
My girlfriend
'That was Nsync with Grilfriend. And now for a news Report over to you Hannah.'
'Thanks John. Our main story tonight is a sad one folks. Only a few minutes ago, just outside our little town of Roswell was a terrible crash. Now anyone who can get us information on what happened will be very useful! All we know as of yet is that it was head on collision between a car and a lorry. The car swerved into the oncoming lane. There has just been one casualty. A local boy, Alex Whitman.'
Serena froze at the wheel. Her eyes wide open like a deer in head lights. 'Alex,' she gasped.
Next to her Adam began to hyperventilate. 'Get off the road!' he shouted.
'What?'
'Get off the road! NOW!' he screamed at her.
'Isabel,' said Maria soothingly, taking her hand. She looked towards Adam. 'What did happen then?'
Adam hesitated. 'It- It get's complicated.'
'The whole thing's complicated.' muttered Michael.
Liz sat quietly in the corner, her eyes red. Dried tears lay on her cheeks. Instinctively she raised her hand to pull the hair off her face. She took a shallow breath. 'So you made a translation of the book? Copied it into the super computer. Why?'
Max shot a quick look at Liz. This situation was just so messed up! How had they got here? What sadistic force had the inhumanity to drag eight defenseless teenagers into a situation?
'I translated the book for Alex,' replied Serena quietly, her voice weak with emotion. 'And then we copied it into the computer incase something happened to me and you needed another copy. That took a couple of weeks. We had to stay there until Alex' exchange time was over so we didn't cause suspisioun. And then-'
'Yes,' said Kyle impatiently.
Serena swallowed and blinked tears out of her eyes. 'Alex came back to Roswell and we stayed in Las Cruses. He was going to keep in touch. He was going to montior the situation for us, so we knew when to approach you all. But then he stoped,' her voice cracked slightly. 'He stopped contacting us.'
Adam kept his eyes glued to his hands as he began to speak. 'We gave it a week then we knew something must be up. So we began to pack up to go back to Roswell.'
'We didn't know anything bad had happened but it just didn't feel right. Alex had promised to keep in touch. We were within a mile of Roswell when we heard the news on the radio.'
***
You make my heart sing
You make my heart sing
You make my heart sing
My baby, baby yeah
You make my heart sing
Girl you should be my girlfriend
Girl you should be my girlfriend
Girl you should be my girlfriend
Girl you should be my girlfriend
Girl you should be my girlfriend
My girlfriend
'That was Nsync with Grilfriend. And now for a news Report over to you Hannah.'
'Thanks John. Our main story tonight is a sad one folks. Only a few minutes ago, just outside our little town of Roswell was a terrible crash. Now anyone who can get us information on what happened will be very useful! All we know as of yet is that it was head on collision between a car and a lorry. The car swerved into the oncoming lane. There has just been one casualty. A local boy, Alex Whitman.'
Serena froze at the wheel. Her eyes wide open like a deer in head lights. 'Alex,' she gasped.
Next to her Adam began to hyperventilate. 'Get off the road!' he shouted.
'What?'
'Get off the road! NOW!' he screamed at her.