Okay, I wanted to let you know, Tammy is the same person in Secrets Among Friends and in this story, just different ages. I have kinda become fond of Tammy that I wanted to put her in this story.
Chapter 3
Max and Isabel stepped into the Evan's house, Max was holding onto Liz's hand tightly while Tammy cuddled into Max's chest. Diane Evans stepped out of the kitchen when she heard the door opened and stopped short when she saw the little girl in Max's arms.
"Max?" she asked and Max sighed as his hand tightened a bit more on Liz's.
"Is dad here?" Max asked and Diane nodded.
"Phillip!" she called out, Phillip came out of the study and stepped into the hallway.
"What is it Diane?" He asked and stopped short when he saw the little with Max.
"Can we please sit down and talk?" Max asked and they nodded as they all stepped into the living room.
Max sat in the middle of the couch while Liz sat to the right of him and Isabel sat to the left of him, he settled Tammy on his lap so she was comfortable.
"Max, who is the girl?" Diane asked and Max sighed.
"This is Tammy, she is our sister." Max explained and Diane head reared back in shock.
"What?" she gasped out meanwhile Phillip went into lawyer mode.
"Are you sure she is your sister? I mean, it could be someone who is playing tricks on you." Phillip told him and Max shook his head.
"No, she's really my sister." Max assured.
"How?" Diane asked and Max gulped, he opened his mouth but no words came out.
"Mrs. Evans, Max and Isabel are special." Liz started and Diane smiled.
"I know." She whispered as she looked at her kids fondly.
"There is no easy way to say this but they are not of this planet." Liz whispered and both adults looked at her.
"What are you talking about?" Phillip demanded.
"Dad, Max and I are aliens, we came out of the pods from the crash." Isabel jumped in and they looked at her.
"Isabel, this is not the time for jokes." Phillip snapped and Tammy whimpered as fear started up once more, everyone looked at her and the Evans gasped when they saw sliver handprints appearing over Max's arms.
"Hey, sh." Liz soothed as she took Tammy into her arms, they saw the handprints fading slowly as Liz rocked Tammy in her arms, comforting her.
Liz looked up and smiled at them. "Sorry, she's tends to get frightened when people start getting a bit angry." Liz explained as she felt Tammy calm down in her arms.
"What did I just see?" Phillip asked and Max sighed.
"Tammy is like us, that why we know that she is our sister. We tend to leave sliver handprints when we do something." Max explained.
"He left a sliver handprint on me when he healed me that day of the shooting." Liz told them and they looked at her.
"You were shot that day?" Diane asked and Liz nodded.
"Yeah, If Max hadn't healed me, I would have died." She told them, rubbing her thumb over the back of Max's hand.
"This is getting…" Phillip started but Diane placed her hand on his arm, silencing him.
"Not now Phillip." She whispered before turning to Max. "Is this the secret you didn't you want to tell me?" she asked and Max nodded.
"Yeah, we were never abandoned, the day you found us was the day we came out of our pods." Max explained.
"And you can do things?" she asked and Max nodded.
"I can heal, Isabel can go into people dreams and see what they are dreaming; we call it a dream walk." Max explained.
"Max, this is nonsense." Phillip stated and Max shook his head.
"Max." Liz whispered and he turned to her. "Show him."
Max nodded as he looked around, he saw the picture that had a painting in it, he stood up and walked over to it, everyone watched as he waved his hand over the painting, draining it of it's colour. Phillip and Diane's face paled when they saw this, Max waved his hand again and the colours filled the painting once more. He walked over to the couch and sat down once more.
"Oh my." Diane whispered and Max winced slightly.
"We're still Max and Isabel." Max explained and Liz tightened her grip on his hand, comforting him.
"I know you are honey, it's just going to take some time getting use to." Diane explained and Max nodded.
"What are you going to do about Tammy, as she's like us, she needs to be around people who can help her with her powers." Isabel explained and Diane nodded.
"Of course we'll keep her but we need to go through the adoption process and such in order to gain her legally." Phillip informed them and Max nodded.
"Do you want to talk about the stuff you just found out and make plans about Tammy?" Max asked, both parents nodded.
"That's a good idea." Diane stated and Max nodded as he turned to Liz.
"Liz, could you take Tammy with you?" Max asked and Liz nodded.
"Sure, no problem. I will be at the Crashdown." Liz told him and kissed him slightly before taking Tammy's hand and walking out of the house with her.
"Why are you letting Liz take her?" Diane asked.
"Tammy tends to get upset easily, Liz and I are the only one who can calm her down. Beside, we need to talk about things and I don't want to do it with Tammy around." Max explained and Diane nodded as they all went into the kitchen to get drinks and talk.
Liz walked into the Crashdown, she was looking after Tammy while Max and Isabel discuss some stuff for Tammy's living arrangement, Tammy was holding onto Liz's hand as tight as she could while looking around at all the strange stuff with wide eyes.
Jeff and Nancy Parker stepped out of the backroom and their eyes widen when they saw Liz walk up to the counter and lift a little girl up on to the stool. They walked over to their daughter.
"Liz?" Nancy asked and Liz turned around and smiled when she saw her mother.
"Hey mom, dad." Liz greeted.
"Who is this?" Jeff asked as he watched the little girl look up at them, regarding them with serious dark eyes before smiling sweetly.
"Oh this is Tammy, she's Max's little sister; the adoption service called the Evans and told them that Max and Isabel had a little sister that had been abandoned. The adoption service knew that Tammy belonged to Max because they have the same blood." Liz explained and Nancy shook her head.
"Their parents abandoned her as well?" Nancy asked and Liz nodded.
"It looks that way, she's hasn't spoken." Liz explained and Nancy smiled at the young girl who turned to look at Nancy's bracelets.
"She's adorable." Nancy stated and Liz smiled.
"You should have seen Max when he first seen her, he was completely gone." Liz stated with a small laugh. "Could you watch her while I get her a drink please?" she asked and they both nodded as Liz headed over to the fruit machine and filled out orange juice with a hint of Tabasco before heading back to the counter and grabbed a straw, she sat herself next to Tammy and helped her to drink. "There you go sweetie." Liz soothed as she ran a hand through Tammy's dark locks.
"Where's Max?" Jeff asked.
"He and Isabel are talking with his parents over living arrangements for Tammy, you know, what bed should they get and such." Liz explained and Jeff nodded.
"How old is she?" Nancy asked and Liz shrugged.
"The adopting service says she either about five or six, they're not so sure." Liz admitted as she watched Tammy finish off the drink.
"Will Max be coming over?" Nancy asked and Liz nodded.
"Yeah, once he and his parents have sorted out most of the details, he will be coming over here and we're just gonna hang out here with Tammy till she gets used to people." Liz explained as she lifted Tammy into her arms. "She tends to get upset when people are angry and such."
"That's okay, we'll see you later honey." Nancy stated as she kissed Liz's forehead before walking out with Jeff, wondering if Liz wasn't getting in too deep with Max Evans.
"What am I gonna do with you?" Liz teased Tammy as she tickled Tammy side, revelling in the giggles Tammy elicited before moving over to the back room so she could take Tammy up the stairs in case an argument or the tension got her upset.
Liz found herself back in the Crashdown, Tammy had a lot of fun playing with her dolls and stuff but she had made a habit of changing colours on stuff that Liz had given up and took her back down the stairs, she made a note to tell Max to see if he could change everything back, she would keep it the way it was if it wasn't for her parents. She sighed as Tammy looked at the paintings with wide eyes from where she was sitting on Liz's lap.
The door jingled and Tammy turned to the door, her dark eyes lit up when she saw Max come striding through the door, she started bouncing in Liz's lap, causing Liz to start laughing as Max sat down beside her and took Tammy into his arms.
"How was she?" Max asked after he kissed Liz hello.
"She was fine, she managed to take her drink with no problem." Liz explained and Max nodded. "How did it go with your parents?"
"Fine, Mom and Isabel have gone shopping to get stuff for Tammy, they are still a little shocked about Isabel and I but you were right, they still accept us." Max stated and Liz smiled as she saw Tammy looking curiously at her necklace before reaching out.
"She's been one curious cat all day." Liz stated as Tammy traced the sliver heart necklace.
Max smiled.
"I was the same when I first came out, everything was new to me. I had to touch something just to see what it felt like and such." Max explained and Liz nodded.
"I was the same when I was younger, always getting into mischief and such." Liz told him and he laughed.
"I can just imagine that." He teased and she hit him on the arm.
"Shut up." She told him, good-naturedly and he laughed. "What did you parents say?" Liz asked and Max sighed.
"Dad is going to draw up some adopting papers so they can adopt Tammy and look after her with us." Max explained.
"What about when you are at school?" she asked.
"Mom will stay behind till she is ready to start school then when she is, I have to pick her up as we stop at the same time." He told her and Liz nodded.
"Do you think she will be okay at school?" Liz asked, concerned and Max smiled down at her, pleased that she was concerned about Tammy.
"Once she gets used to people and relax instead of being scared, she won't be leaving sliver handprints about." Max assured and Liz smiled up at him.
"Don't think you would be leaving any about when you are in a really good mood huh?" Liz teased and Max gulped at the lust that was shining in his eyes, he bent down to kiss her but Tammy decided to squirm a little, being bored and Liz laughed. "Remember, we have a child with us." Liz teased and Max glared at her, playfully. "Oh by the way, could you change my stuff back to their normal colours later? Tammy had a lot of fun finding my underwear and transforming my furniture into the same colour, I would keep it the same if I wasn't living with my parents." She told him as she got up and headed over to the counter while Max sat there, open mouth before looking down at his sister.
"Underwear?" he muttered to himself. "Oh hell." Liz was giggling as she got the drinks thinking that Max was most definitely a guy.
Isabel and Diane were walking through the shopping mall.
"So, how are you coping with everything?" Isabel asked and Diane sighed.
"I can see why Max held back from telling us, he was so scared." She explained.
"How did you know?" Isabel asked and Diane smiled.
"He was holding on Liz's hand so tight." Diane told her and sighed sadly. "He loves her, doesn't he?" she asked and Isabel nodded.
"He's been crazy about her since he first met her in third grade, from what I heard from Maria, Liz has been crazy about him since she first met in third grade but because he tends to blend into the background and not notice his surrounding, she tried to approach him and he stayed aloof." Isabel explained and Diane shook her head.
"My baby boy." She whispered and Isabel smiled.
"How are you dealing with the whole Tammy thing?" she asked and Diane smiled.
"She's cute isn't she?" Diane asked and Isabel laughed.
"Yeah she is, Max and Liz love her and we've only know her a day." Isabel explained.
"How did you managed to keep your secret a secret all these years?" Diane asked and Isabel sighed as she pointed to the bench.
"Let's sit down." Isabel suggested and they both sat down, Isabel turned to face her. "It was hard but we needed to keep it a secret so that the F.B.I didn't find out, we have already had an close encounter with one of them after the shooting. We just made sure that we didn't use our powers a lot unless it was an emergency, like Max healing Liz." Isabel explained and Diane nodded.
"Will Tammy have powers like you?" Diane asked and Isabel shrugged.
"So far, Max's powers are more physical, mine is mental as I can go into people's dreams, Max can't do that but he can heal while I can only heal a little bit, the only thing that Max has mental is the connection he can make. He had made a connection to Liz so that Liz could see that he was still him after finding out the truth." Isabel explained. "As we have different powers, we don't know what kind of powers Tammy could have." Isabel explained and Diane nodded, they both looked off into the fountain that was across them, wondering what the future was going to bring.
TBC
I have updated Secrets Among Friends.