Very AU by now, I wrote this right after the Michael and Isabel Family dreams and I just found it. I tried to stay in character, let me know If I failed or better yet if I didn't. lol
Isabel lay in her bed, with the lights off. 'Why couldn't she sleep?' She hadn't slept in almost a week, and yet her brain would just not shut up. She should be especially appeased by that particular chore since she knew for sure that there would be no more dreams of Michael, and their son… their future son… No, their imaginary son. She would not be having any child of Michael Gaerin's any time soon, or at all for that matter. She couldn't get pregnant from dreams, which meant she wasn't pregnant, as she had suspected for the last four days, nor did she want to be pregnant of course, she had only just turned 18. It was a huge weight that had been lifted off her shoulders this afternoon, so again she came back to the question, why couldn't she sleep? It was so frustrating! Hard as she might try to even distract herself from the thought of previously mentioned tall dark and handsome rebel alien who happened to be her husband in a past life, she couldn't stop obsessing over him. No not obsessing, just thinking about, 'I mean who could not think about someone that you thought you were carrying their child only hours before… right? I mean She was right in thinking like this wasn't she? Maybe it was Tess, Maybe she had put a mind warp on her, and there was something she just didn't trust about Tess Harding. Maybe it was because Michael…ARG! There he is again… why cant I stop?'
"Shut up brain, Shut up!" She said aloud pulling her pillow from under her head and smothering her face with it.
'maybe a little dream walking… that might help get her thoughts off Michael, course she couldn't dream walk him…could she? I mean that would be ethically wrong right? But then again it might help her sleep… and after all its not like he knew she would be there.'
"All right" she told her self sitting up on the bed, pulling her hair back and grabbing the picture on the night stand of Her Max and Michael at last summers Lake Morris vacation trip.
She shut her eyes tight and held on to the picture frame as she felt a pull at her navel and appeared inside Michael's dream. And what an odd dream it was. She was back on the cliff again, no map in the sand, and it was just now dusk… if he was having another dream about their child, surely shed have felt the drowsiness and had another dream as well. Her clothes were different. She was startled to see herself in blue jeans and a black Metallica concert T
"The dress didn't suit you" She heard a familiar voice say to her. She looked up to see Michael perched on a higher rock tossing small stones off the edge. He too was more relaxed, and still beautiful.
'no! not beautiful…good looking, but in a friend sort of way, I just…oh fuck it' she mentally cursed
"you look lost" He said smirking at her.
"Im not lost, What are we doing here?" She asked running a hand through her hair
"What we usually do," He said with a primal smile in his eyes he leaped from the rocks and landed beside her, before she knew what was happening he had grabbed her face and was crashing his lips into hers. She ate back at his mouth hungrily. It felt so good, so natural. He pushed her back onto the ground and laid on top of her. She blinked and they were without clothes, yet she wasn't embarrassed. She kissed up Michael's neck at he kissed down hers,
She moaned as his lips went lower and lower, tracing along her collarbone, the valley between her breasts, each nipple only once, leaving them puckered and begging for more, then down her stomach to her belly button. He kissed there soundly and whispered
'Be fruitful, and multiply' but to her ears it sounded muffled, like she was under water.
She took his hair in her hands pulling his face back up to hers and kissing her roughly
"I need you…now" She hissed and ground against him. He gasped and positioned himself over her. She moved her hips upward and they were locked together. Like pieces in a puzzle they fit perfectly. Moving in a rhythm that seemed timeless, they were both soon climaxing. The pleasure washed over her in wave after wave of ecstasy. She could feel him pulse inside of her, spilling his seed into her.
"Michael," She whispered out of breath when she was finally able to speak again
"MMMmm?
"Is this because of our destiny?"
"No babe, you know its more… its us…its real…you know that I love you Izzy"
"What?" She gasped pushing up from beneath him and climbing to her bare feet.
"Michael, did you just say you love me?"
"Yea… I always …Isabel?" She stood rooted to the spot
"Are you dream walking me?" He asked angrily getting to his equally bare feet
"Michael…" She began but was thrown back, out of his dream. He had woken up.
"Shit" She whispered to herself turning over on her side and placing the picture frame back in its proper place
"shit shit shit" She swore… now what… her thoughts had warped his dream… she never done that to anyone before. What was she going to do? What if he remembered his dream… what if he knew it was her? Would he be upset? She could protest innocence, No, that would be lying and where Michael was concerned she tried to lie as little as possible, considering had she had betrayed him in their past life.'
She again tried to smother herself in her pillow. She laid there for what seemed an eternity, probably only half an hour or so, contemplating the consequences of her actions in that dream.
"I am such an idiot, I cant believe I did that. Ok… calm down, its all right, tomorrow, I'll deal with it tomorrow, and its no big deal, no big deal at all. Your fine, he'll be a little mad, whatever… all you have to do is keep your cool. You've been dreaming about him for weeks, what's another night, and he's been dreaming about you… so…"
"You know generally, talking to yourself is considered a sign of insanity" She gasp and sat up quickly, removing the pillow from her face.
"You scared the shit out of me!" She cussed as he climbed in the window
"And you didn't scare me when you invaded my private dreams?"
"How long were you standing there?"
"Long enough"
"What do you want?"
"To know why the hell you decided it was necessary to peep in on my dreams? Did Max put you up to this?"
"No…No… Max didn't...I…I couldn't sleep." He scrutinized her looking for signs of lies
"Why my dreams? Why not Alex's or that little tart Tess's ?"
"I don't know"
"You…you let me…" "I think maybe I influenced…" they began at the same time after a moment of awkward silence
"You didn't influence anything…Isabel" He told her sitting down on the end of the bed
"You were dreaming about me…about us…on the rock…"
"Im…aware of what I was dreaming"
"Why…"
"Ive had those…types of dreams for years…"
"Yea but not with me…" She said but the look on his face made her blush
"OH" She said
"The rock formation was new scenery," He said matter-of-factly.
"I knew that it wasn't just a dream when…you reacted…like you did…when I said…When…. When I said"
"you love me" she supplied
"Its just because of the dreams lately…"
"Yea" She said lamely…"I….I figured that…It was just…sort of a shock" He nodded looking at his feet.
"Im gonna go, I just wanted to explain, you know… what you saw…and please…" He left off
"Don't mention this to Max…definitely not. Sex dreams aren't something I discuss on a regular basis with my brother." There was another silence filled with tension,
"Im gonna go back home now… I… see you tomorrow Izz" She smiled and waved as he stood and removed himself from her room via her window
"Night" She said cheerfully as possible, but as soon as he was gone she smothered herself in her pillow again.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!" She told herself.
'now I'll never be able to sleep' she laid there thinking of the mountain and Michael, his dreams, her dreams, the last few days, and before sleep engulfed her, Michael's beautiful eyes that their son had inherited.
"Isabel, Isabel, Wake up…" She moaned and turned over
"What time is it?" She asked her brother groggily
"Its, like 8:00, I came in here to ask if you were driving to school or if I was and your still asleep, you have to get up!" Max said
Isabel sat bolt-upright "Shit!" Max stopped
"Is…you just…"
"OUT! Out Now Max, I have to get changed, we have to go…im gonna be late." Max just smirked and whispered to his sister
"you're an alien Is" And walked out saying he would drive.
She waved a hand and she was dressed and her make up was done…she smelled like,
"Daisies" She said smiling, her favorite fragrance. She grabbed her bag and ran down the stairs to catch Max as he was walking out the door
"Im driving thank you!" She told him stealing the keys from his hands
"Whatever." And closed the door
Max and Isabel walked into the courtyard of school in time to witness Maria stalking away from Michael with a very angry, determined and upset look on her face.
"What's up with her?" Max asked as he stood by his best friend
"Eh, she's still mad about Izz, thinking she was… ya know…pregnant… how I didn't trust her enough to tell her… that this alien 'stuff(and he quoted with his fingers in the air) is too stressful for her… she needs space, and we should consider us over until further notice…further notice, well I've got news for her, she wont be getting any notices from me. Her "Human" Stuff is to complicated, emotional and stressful for me" he said slamming his locker shut
"Im sorry I put a rift between you Michael" Isabel said
"Nah, it was there before… she just didn't want to see it… I don't love her… I thought maybe I could…but I cant" He said more to himself than to either of his companions.
"Speaking of…anyway… did either of you have any dreams last night?" Max asked grabbing the straps of his bag
Isabel blushed and Michael coughed. "Umm, no, I didn't sleep very well," He paused and looked at Isabel "But no dreams about babies or maps on the ground.
'at leased he isn't lying, the baby wasn't there and neither was the map
"Izz?"
"hmm?"
"Dreams?" Max prompted
"No, I barely slept… my mind just wouldn't shut up." She said and forced a smile
"That's good, look I gotta meet up with Liz, I'll see you guys later" They waved and turned away from him walking down the hall
"We should talk about this" He said
"Talk about what?"
"Very funny Is, what's your last period of the day?"
"5th"
"Mines 6th, meet me in the parking lot after 6th and we'll go someplace," He looked around at the hustling bustling teenage humans, "Quieter, and more private to talk" She nodded
"All right, make sure to let Max know I wont need a ride after school, I usually don't see him till 7th period" She grabbed a book from her locker and shut it with a metallic snap
"Ok. It's a date"
"Its not a date Michael."
"Chill out, I was just saying… it's a plan, ya know… not" he shook his head "Whatever, see you after 6th"
The day went by very quickly for both Michael and Isabel and before they knew it the 6th period bell was ringing. Isabel had been sitting in the library reading and when she realized how late it was she almost stole a book, trying to get out of there and to the other end of the school where the exit to the parking lot was.
When she got there, which was at leased 5 minutes into 7th period Michael was leaning on his car hood
"Your late"
"Im sorry, I got absorbed in a book." He smiled
"I know."
"How" She asked not believing a word of it
"I skipped 6th period, I saw you… in the library, you looked like you'd fallen into another universe" There was a softness in his voice that she didn't understand
"Why didn't you get me, we could have left early"
"You seemed to be enjoying your book, and I didn't mind watching you. you know, Its kinda cute how you bite your lip right before you turn a page? And you blink exactly 4 times after the finish of each chapter." He told her as he opened the car door for her
"I never really paid attention"
"Yea, well," He closed the door on her and jogged around to the other side
The ride was fairly silent, there was small talk 'how was your day?' 'Fine' 'I had a Trig test' 'did you pass' 'I don't know' but as they passed the city limit sign Isabel became increasingly aware of the direction in which they were heading
"Where are we going?" she asked He looked around, shook his head as if clearing it the side of the road
"Now im starting to get freaked out, we were heading to Pullman Ranch weren't we?" Isabel said unbuckling her safety belt
"Yea, I don't even know why…I just… you were there, and that… was the only place I wanted to be… it was like being drugged…I don't know, it was…weird" He said the last word breathlessly, as an all consuming lust swept over him as though by a breeze.
"your inhibitions drowned" She said as she leaned towards him
"You have to fight…for control" He whispered getting closer to her
"Michael…this is…"
"Destiny" he said against her lips just as he kissed her. It was gentle but passionate. Careful, wary but in his heart he knew, that she could not pull away.
"Michael" She hissed into his mouth
"Isabel"
"I want…I want"
"What do you want?" He asked pulling back and cupping her face. She looked into his eyes, and tears began spilling from hers. She could see his shock and his sadness.
She pulled the door handle and got out of the car walking perhaps, 10 feet onto the curve of the road
"Isabel" He said getting out and standing beside her
"Im sorry" She whispered
"I love you" He said boldly and without thought
"Michael. This is just because of the dreams, you…you don't really want me…you want M…"
"Don't" He said pulling a hand on her lips
"Don't say her name… I love you, I have since the moment I saw you, when we were 8 years old, covered in slime. I knew… you were my one. But Max insisted that we were brothers and sister. I never… and now with these dreams, and Tess. I know for sure, what Ive suspected since I woke up on Pullman ranch. Im ment to be with you. This isn't Destiny… this is Just us, its real, I swear it to you Isabel… Its real." He smiled past the tears that were falling down his face
"At least it is…for me." He said. She reached up and hugging his neck fiercely
"Michael, I love you too, forever. Its real." She whispered "its real" She said it like a prayer
He lifted her up by her waist and twirled her around and laughed out loud
The only other time she had ever seen him so happy was with their child… their son
He put her down and kissed her with so much passion and heat that she stumbled back. He caught her and laid her gently on the ground never breaking their lustful kisses. He kissed down her neck and sucked her collarbone his hands finding their way to her breasts and kneading them gently.
"Oh, god, Michael" She moaned
"No" He pulled away "Not here"
"You…?" She put her hand on the side of his face, looked deeply into his eyes that told her everything she needed to know. She was safe, She was loved and it would all be all right. She didn't need a planet to distant to see, her home was here.
"Michael, I want… I Want it to be true"
"Want what to be true?" He didn't dare hope, he had her love, and he was happy with that…ecstatic, but she couldn't be saying what he could only dream that she was saying
"I want the dreams, the visions to be true Michael, I want you to make love to me, where we were born, and I want…I want the baby… I want him to be true too." She said grazing his cheek with her knuckles
"O god, Isabel, I love you so much, It'll all come true, I promise… I promise." He whispered to her hair, letting a few more tears fall
He took her hand in his and laced their fingers bringing their entangled arms above her head and kissed her, lovingly, tenderly. No burning passion, desire and lust, like before. Soft, gentle, slow kisses. He took one more look into her beautiful eyes and stood up over her. He held out his hand and helped her to her feet in her long white skirt, now covered in red sand
"come on" He said taking her hand again and pulling her to his car, as they sped off toward their destiny.