Left Behind
By Imogin2 of the xsorbit4 rebelfic board.
Disclaimer: I take no credit in this story it was created by Imogin2, who does not own Roswell.
Two weeks later
Tess walked back into her bedroom from the bathroom. She held her stomach in pain as she lay back on her bed. Isabel knocked on the door and then walked in.
"You sick?" Isabel asked quietly.
"Yeah. Nothing a little bit of puking won't help." Tess responded.
"You've been feeling sick for over a week now. Maybe you should go to the doctor." Isabel suggested.
"I don't know. I think I'll get better soon. Don't worry about it, Is. I'll be fine." Tess tried to shrug it off.
"Okay. Do you want me to bring home anything from the Crashdown?" Isabel asked.
"Yeah, maybe some gravel pills. We ran out of them last night. But I don't think they'll have them at the Crashdown. You'll have to go to Shoppers Drugmart for them. Oh, and can you say hi to Max for me if you see him?" Tess asked.
"Sure, no problem. Are you sure you'll be okay?" Isabel asked again.
"Yes Isabel! Now go and let me sleep!" Tess yelled, getting fed up. Isabel closed her door and walked down stairs. Her mom was in the kitchen cleaning up the breakfast dishes. She saw Isabel but not Tess and wondered where she was.
"Hey Izzy! Come over here please." Diane called over Isabel.
"Yeah mom?" Isabel answered.
"Where's your sister? Oh wait, don't tell me…she's sick, right?"
"You got it mom! I don't suggest you bother her right now. She's really tired and cranky. She'll blow up at anything you say." Isabel warned her mother.
"Okay. Then I'll talk to her later." Diane answered. "Are you going out now?"
"Yup. See ya." Isabel waved good bye.
A few hours later, Tess woke up from her deep sleep. She still felt awful, but not as bad as before. She got up and walked downstairs to get something to eat. She looked on the counter at a note with her name on it.
'Tess, I'm doing some errands. Be back by 1 p.m. Get better. Love, mum.' Tess opened the fridge and searched for some chicken. She had a strong craving for chicken and if she didn't get some soon, she felt like she'd explode. There was none to be found, so she got on her jacket and headed towards the KFC a couple of blocks away.
Inside KFC, Tess gobbled away at her chicken, which she had smothered with tobasco sauce and gravy. She just couldn't get enough of it. People around her started staring, wondering how this girl could eat such an atrocious meal. Tess didn't care, all she wanted was her long awaited chicken.
Max took off his apron and hung it up on a hook. Then he walked over to the table where Michael and Isabel sat.
"Hey." Max said as he sat down.
"Hey." Michael and Isabel said in unison.
"So, uh, where's Tess?" Max asked as he looked around.
"She's sick." Isabel said, stuffing her mouth with ice cream.
"Sick? What do you mean she's sick? I just talked to her last night and she was fine." Max asked.
"Yeah, well people can get sick over night, you know." Isabel responded.
"But she was sick yesterday morning and then she got better. Now she's sick again? And she was sick Monday and Tuesday too. That's weird." Max said.
"Bravo Mr. Thinker. You figured something out." Michael applauded Max sarcastically. Max gave him a sarcastic smile.
"You on your brake?" Isabel asked.
"No, actually my shift is over. I was hoping to talk to Tess, but I guess I can't." Max said.
"Well you can go see her at home. Just be careful what you say, she might bite your head off." Isabel warned. Max gave a little worried look.
"I think I'll go now. See you guys." Max bid farewell to his friends and left.
Diane's POV
There she comes, walking through the door. I go over to her and ask where she was. She tells me she was at KFC having some lunch. I tell her that it's no time be eating greasy food when you're sick. She yells at me to mind my own business and then stomps up the stairs crying. She's been like this for almost two weeks now and I can't figure it out. Each time I tell her to go to the doctor, she tells me no and that she'll be fine. I think differently. Something is definitely wrong and I intend on finding out. I walk up the stairs after Tess and follow her into her room.
"Mom, please don't come in. I'm not in the mood for having another lecture. I'm not going to the doctor. You know I hate the doctor." Tess tells me.
"I know, but we've got to figure out what's wrong with you. You can't keep living like this." I say.
"I'm fine mom!" She almost yells.
"Tess, you do not talk to me that way. I am your mother and you are to treat me with respect." I say firmly. I'm sick and tired of her giving me lip.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell. It's just that one minute I'm happy and the next I want to cry. I don't know what's wrong with me." Tess started crying again. I walk over to her and sit down. She leans her head on my shoulder, sniffing.
"You know Tess, this won't stay around forever. Soon this'll pass and you'll be all better again. But what I'd really like is for you to see the doctor." I say calmly, hoping she won't protest this time.
"Fine. But give me one week…please. If I'm not better by next week then I'll go. I promise." She says. I agree and she smiles happily. Then Max comes walking into the room.
"Oh. Hello Max." I welcome him.
"Hi Mrs. Evans. May I speak with Tess please?" He asks politely. I say yes and the leave the room.
narrator POV
"Hey." Max said.
"Hey." Tess said back. Max sat down next to Tess on her bed. "How you feeling?"
"Okay right now. It's weird, you know? I'm always sick in the mornings, but by the evenings I'm fine." Tess said.
"Tess… do you think that maybe…you…" Max stopped as if dreading what he was going to say.
"Go on, you can tell me." Tess urged him to go on.
"You think maybe you could be pregnant?" He said quickly.
"What! Ha ha, I don't think so Max." Tess laughed.
"Think about it Tess. You've had morning sickness, you're moody, you're gaining weight." Max pointed out.
"Hey! I don't need you telling me that I'm chubby." Tess snapped.
"I'm sorry, but it's true. I know it's freaky to think about, but it's possible. Just think about it." Max said. Tess leaned back on the bedpost, knowing how true Max was. Her eyes started to tear as she started thinking of the possibility.
"But…I'm only 16. I'm too young to be a mother." Tess whimpered. Max took Tess in his arms and held her close.
"Hey, it's going to be okay. We don't even know for sure yet. Tell you what, I'll go down to the store and buy a pregnancy test for you. Kay?" Max suggested.
"Okay." Tess accepted. Max got up and rushed out the house towards the pharmacy. He bought the test and brought it back to Tess as quick as his feet could carry him. He walked in to her room and locked the door behind him.
"Here it is. I bought three of them so we could be sure." Max said handing them over to her. Tess went to the bathroom. She did all three tests and then brought them into her room where Max waited. They waited for a few minutes with out looking at them.
"Max, what do we do if they're positive?" Tess asked, scared half to death of the possibility she could be a mom.
"I'm not sure. Let's first see if it IS positive, okay?" Max said and Tess nodded. After a few minutes, they turned their eyes to the tests. All three had dark red positive signs on them. Tess gasped in horror and her knees gave way. Max rushed to her side.
"Tess, are you alright." Max asked.
"Yea…no, I'm not. I'm not all right. I'm pregnant. I can't believe I'm pregnant." Tess gasped in between breaths.
"I have to tell my mom." Tess told Max. "Max you have to help me. I won't be able to tell her by myself."
"Wait a minute Tess. I think you should think about this a second before you go tell anyone." Max said.
"What are you talking about? I'm pregnant, that's all that's to it."
"But it's not just a pregnancy. It's a human-alien pregnancy, which means it's going to be different."
"How? Do you know?"
"Well…Nasedo told me that alien pregnancies take about a month, maybe a little more."
"Only a month? That's not enough time! That mean's I only have two weeks left. Oh, I'm not ready for this." Tess started whimpering.
"Hold on a minute. I didn't finish. Alien pregnancies take about a month, but human pregnancies take nine months. This baby is both which means it will take longer. Nasedo said that if we would have a child on earth, then the pregnancy would probably take about 10 months or maybe a little more." Max informed her.
"10! That's too long. What else did he say? I need to know as much as possible." Tess asked.
"The first month is when the baby is developing its alien side. Then after that, the next nine months are when it is developing its human side. So we'll probably see your stomach glow for a couple of weeks, because the baby is completely alien. After a couple of weeks, the glowing will subside as it becomes more human."
"So what are we going to tell my parents?"
"I don't think we should tell them just yet. I think they'll freak out if they find out you still have 10 months to go. They'll suspect something."
"Well, what else are we supposed to do? They're going to notice that I'm getting bigger."
"You can wear sweaters for the first while. We have to think. Which day is it that marks a month and a half?"
"Um, I think the 29th of next month. Why?"
"That's when we have to go out so when your parents find out, they'll remember that we were at my place alone that night. There won't be any questions then. We just have to make sure they notice that we're gone that night. Then a week after we can tell them the news."
"Okay, that sounds good. But I AM telling Isabel and Michael now."
"Sure, no problem. They'll understand."
Tess had called Michael over that night and now they were all sitting in Tess' room.
"So what's this all about?" Asked Michael. Max sat down next to Tess and put his arm around her, hoping that would comfort her.
"Well…something life changing happened and we thought you two should know." Tess started. "It's kind of hard to say, so I'm just going to strait out tell you. Max and I, we're going to have a baby." Isabel gasped when the words exited Tess' lips. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"What? You're pregnant?" Michael asked in disbelief.
"Yeah." Tess answered quietly.
"We just found out this afternoon. Now look, we can't tell anyone, not yet." Max told the two.
"Why?" Isabel asked.
"Because, Tess has 10 months to go. I think your parents will flip out if we tell them Tess still has 10 months to carry this baby." The others nodded in agreement. Isabel got up and sat next to Tess.
"When did this happen? I mean, you know." Isabel asked her sister.
"Two weeks ago, when I first met Max." Tess answered.
"Wow. You guys really hit it off." Michael noted sarcastically.
"Shut up Michael." Max said.
"So what are you going to do once the baby is here?" Isabel asked.
"We were thinking that Max and I would move into an apartment together. This way the baby has a mom AND a dad all the time." Tess replied. Isabel looked a little saddened by that decision. She loved her sister and wanted what was best for her, but she didn't want her to move out of the house.
"Do you think mom and dad will even let you leave?" Isabel asked.
"I don't think they'll have much choice. This is my life and my baby. I will do what I think is best, and right now I think it's best that I move in with Max. Besides, he's my husband." Tess said taking Max's hand in hers and kissed him. Michael's face quenched at the sight. Isabel looked at Michael and he pulled her down to him and they started making out, just to show off to Max and Tess. Then Max and Tess started making out too. They spent the rest of the evening all together in Tess' room, talking and making out.
Isabel knocked on Michael's door.
"Come in!" Michael shouted from the kitchen. Isabel walked in and closed the door behind her with her powers.
"Hey Izzy."
"Hey. What're ya doin?" Isabel asked.
"Just cleaning up the dishes. Don't worry, I'm done now." Michael put down his dishcloth on the counter and walked towards Isabel. "You want to sit on the couch?"
"Sure." They sat down quietly. "So what did you call me here for?" Isabel asked, referring to his message he left with her mother.
"Well…I guess I wanted to talk…about us."
"What about us?"
"Isabel…are you jealous of Tess?"
"What? What do you mean?"
"I mean, do you think that I'm not as good a boyfriend as Max is to Tess?"
"Michael, just because we don't sleep together doesn't mean you're not as good as Max. You're the perfect boy friend. I couldn't ask for anyone better. I guess I feel kind of weird…"
"Why do you feel weird?"
"Well, because you and I are actually married. We're only 16 and yet we've lived a whole life together. On that other planet, we actually had a wedding and everything. I don't feel married. I wish I did, but I don't."
"Isabel, I don't expect you to feel married. I don't either. But I do know that I will always love you as my wife." Michael moved closer to Isabel and put his arm around her. She rested her head on his shoulder.
"I love you as my husband too. I guess it doesn't matter on this earth whether we're married or not. We'll always be betrothed to each other. In my mind, you're my husband." They kissed and lay down on the sofa…