Chapter 5
Michael walked into the Crashdown, he saw Liz was working behind the counter as Max sat at the counter with Alex and Isabel.
"Hey." Michael greeted as he sat on the other side of Max.
"Hey Michael, could you do me a favour?" Max asked and Michael looked at him with a suspicious glare.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Could you look after Tammy tonight? Liz and I are going out on a date, my dad is taking my mom out for dinner tonight, Isabel and Alex have plans tonight and they can't take Tammy with them." Max explained.
"What about Maria?" Michael asked.
"She and her mother are going out of town tonight, they have to go somewhere tomorrow for a job." Liz jumped in.
"What about your parents?" Michael asked and Liz sighed.
"Michael, Tammy gets upset when she is around people she doesn't know, she tends to leave silver handprints everywhere and I don't think you want to explain to my parents why that happens." Liz told him with a determined glare and he slumped in defeat.
"Fine, I'll look after her." Michael stated and Max nodded.
"Thanks, we shouldn't be long, maybe an hour and a half, two hours the most." Max told him and he nodded.
"And please put some padlocks on any low cupboards doors you have, she tends to get into them." Isabel warned him.
"And you will not feed her junk food." Liz interjected. "I will make her, her dinner and I will give it to you, I do not want to see her filled with junk food." Liz told him and Michael rolled his eyes as he nodded.
"Fine." Michael muttered and Liz nodded.
"Good, we will bring her over about six." She told him before lifting the tub of dirty dishes and took them into the backroom while Isabel sat there, smirking amusingly at Michael.
"What?" Michael asked, defensive.
"Nothing just impressed how Liz was managed to over match you." Isabel stated with a shrug before turning back to her food, leaving Max and Alex fighting to keep a straight face at Michael's befuddled look.
"You got her bag?" Max called out from Tammy's bedroom; Liz smiled down at Tammy, who was playing happily with her dolls.
"Max, we have everything, come on otherwise we are going to miss our reservation." Liz called out and Max came out and picked up Tammy while Liz picked up the bags and stuff and they headed out to the jeep.
"Don't even think about doing any powers while you are at Michael's house." Max warned as he strapped Tammy into the back of the jeep and Liz smiled as she settled the bags on the floor.
"Max, I don't think she is going to listen to you." Liz told him as she got into the jeep. Max sighed as he also got into the jeep.
"I had to try." He explained as he set the jeep into motion and headed over to Michael's apartment. "Do you think Michael will be able to handle her?" Max asked, worried and Liz shrugged.
"It will be a good experience for him, he was the one who wanted Tammy to stay at his house in first place before we told you parents, this is a way of letting him know just how easy it is to look after a child." Liz reminded and Max nodded.
"Plus, we had the reservation for ages and couldn't change it." Max added in and she nodded.
They soon came to a stop outside Michael's apartment, Liz grabbed the bags as she hopped out of the jeep while Max un-strapped Tammy, she wrapped her arms around his neck and looked around her surrounding as they took her up to Michael's apartment.
Max knocked on the door and Michael opened it, he stood to the side to let them in and smiled nervously.
"I cleaned up." Michael stated and Liz nodded as she looked around.
"Good, here's Tammy's dinner, make sure you heat it in the microwave, she tends to get fussy if you heat it with your powers for some reason, she is to have it a half six." Liz told him as she handed him the tub of Tammy's favourite food.
"Okay." Michael stated as he nodded and set the tub in the fridge.
"Here's her bags, she has PJ in them, if she is tired, just put them on her and she'll go to sleep." Max told him as he started to hang Tammy over to Michael, she shook her head as she clung tighter to Max, causing him to sigh. "Okay, go to Liz." He told her as he passed her off to Liz, Liz took her into her arms and walked over to the couch so they could get her settled into Michael's apartment while Michael took Max to the side.
"Isabel told me about seeing Liz in the flash of our past." Michael stated and Max nodded.
"We're still not sure why she was in the flash, Isabel believes that we must have known her in our past life, when she died, her soul came over here and reincarnated itself." Max explained with a shrug.
"Maxwell, we should be finding out more of our past, not going out!" Michael grounded out and Max looked at Michael straight in the eyes.
"You listen to me and you'll listen to me now, you will not attempt to connect to Tammy at all tonight, no matter what." Max stated, Michael opened his mouth to protest but Max was firm. "No Michael, forget it. Tonight I would love to able to put Tammy down without her crying at night because of the connection, ever since Isabel connected to her, she has been unsettled, she only settled down last night and I will not let you give her any more nightmares, do you hear me?" Max stated and Michael backed down.
"Okay." He muttered and Max nodded.
"Good, beside, I think Liz would kill the next person to make a connection with Tammy, Tammy has been extremely clinging when it comes to Liz, especially after Isabel connected with her." Max explained and Michael looked at him.
"You don't think she saw Liz's death in our past life do you?" Michael asked and Max shrugged.
"I don't know, I mean, I saw her die when I connected with her, I think connecting with her to get her memories have some sort of backlash on her, she can't settle down for days and refuses to sleep." Max explained.
Liz walked up to them; she had left Tammy sitting on the floor, happily playing with the remote control to the TV before giving up and using her powers to change the channel.
"She's okay now, we can leave." Liz told him and Max nodded as he turned to Michael.
"We should be back about half seven, eight." Max informed him. "Call us if there's any problem."
"Sure, have a good night." Michael stated as he waved them out of his apartment, Liz shook her head as they both left the apartment, she had a bad feeling.
Michael turned back around after shutting door; he clapped his hands. "Right Tammy…" he trailed off when he realised that she wasn't around and he looked around, he noticed that his bedroom door was open and there was a faint giggling sound coming from it. "Oh hell." He muttered as he hurried into the bedroom.
"Do you think Tammy is okay?" Liz asked as Max pulled out her chair so she could sit down.
"Liz, relax. If you are like this with my sister, I wonder what you are gonna be like if we have kids." He teased and she blushed.
"Okay, okay, you got me there. I can't help it, I just get this feeling I have to protect her." Liz explained and Max nodded.
"I feel the same, Isabel thinks that I might have been Tammy's protector in our past life." Max explained and Liz tilted her head slightly.
"Do you think it was the same for me? Considering I was in the flash?" she asked and Max shrugged.
"Probably, it would make sense why she is clingingly around you." Max suggested and Liz shrugged.
"Hope Tammy is okay." She stated.
"He'll be fine." Max assured.
"Tammy, get back here." Michael called as he chased her around his apartment, she giggled as she made her way into the kitchen, changing the colours into brink pink and white. "Oh god, I'm living in a damn Barbie house." He muttered to himself.
"How do you think Michael is getting on?" Alex asked, they were both sitting on the cliff out in Frazer woods, looking at the stars above them and Isabel smiled.
"Terrible probably, she has dad running around in circles." Isabel told him and he smiles.
"How is she getting on with Max and Liz?" Alex asked.
"Oh, she loves them, she's more settled down around them, she actually behaves herself whenever they are around." She explained and Alex smiled, they both continued to stare up at the stars, enjoying themselves.
Max and Liz found themselves outside Michael's apartment, they could hear some yelling and muttering, they both looked at each other then looked at the door, Max raised his hand and knocked on the door.
Soon the door opened and revealed Michael looking harassed.
"We're here to pick up Tammy." Max reminded and Michael nodded as he opened the door and they stepped in. They took in the sight of pink and purple cupboards, bright blue tiles; white walls with bring pink hearts. They could see that the bedroom was open and there was a blue carpet with a pink cover. "You redecorated?" Max asked and Michael glared at him as Liz bent down to pick up Tammy.
"Hi adorable, did you have a good time?" Liz asked as she kissed Tammy's cheek.
Tammy smiled up at her before resting her head on her shoulder while Michael grabbed the bags and thrusted it into Max's hands before pushing them out of the apartment.
"Don't even think about asking me to baby-sit her ever again." Was all Michael stated as he shut the door in their face, leaving Max and Liz shaking their heads as Tammy smiled. She liked Uncle Michael and hoped that she would get to play with him again.
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