Sorry I took so long, RL is a nightmare!
This part, I'm just assuming that the kids all go to Roswell High. Just a little note for this chapter.
Chapter 7
Tess made her way into the science lab, she noticed that Max was sitting up the back with Liz and was laughing at something Maria and Alex said. She scowled slightly, she had tried to get into his mind more than one occasion but it didn't seem to work, there was a block upon his mind, making it hard to get in. She even tried getting into Liz's mind but she met with the same block.
"Hi, are you the new girl?" a female asked, she turned and saw a teacher with dark brown hair standing next to her and she smiled.
"Yes, I'm Tess Harding." She informed and she nodded.
"Come up to the front with me." She informed as she led the way to the front. "Class!" she called over the noise, everyone silenced and looked at the teacher. "This is Tess Harding, she is the new student." The teacher told them and everyone nodded. "Okay I need a partner so will…" she started and Tess sent her a thought telling her to choose Max Evans but she bumped against the wall, startled she looked at the teacher before feeling a chill run over her body, she looked toward the door and saw Tammy standing there with dark eyes. "Tommy James please be her partner?" The teacher asked, Tommy nodded as he picked up his stuff and moved the to the empty table while Tess shook her head in annoyance.
"TAMMY EVANS!" a female voice shouted, everyone in class jumped and they turned to the door where Tammy was smiling up at an elderly lady.
"Mom?" Max asked and Diane turned to him.
"Oh, hey kids. Sorry, Tammy had gotten away from me." Diane explained as she looked down at Tammy.
"Oh she's adorable." The girls stated as they hurried over to Tammy and fussed over her.
"Okay class, settle down!" the teacher stated and everyone got back to their seat.
"Can you come and see me after this class?" Diane asked Max and he nodded as he sat back down next to Liz. "Come on Tammy, we need to go." Diane told her as she led her down the hallway.
Max and Liz linked hands as they made their way out of the science lab when the teacher held them back.
"Mr Evans, Miss Parker." She called, Max and Liz turned and walked over to her.
"Yes miss?" Liz asked.
"I was wondering if you two could help Tess in this class, just till she gets settled and caught up." She asked them, Max looked at Liz and she shrugged.
"Sure, if you want." Max stated and she nodded.
"Good, Tess, they will help you catch up with your class work, when do you want to work on it?" she asked.
"Today would be great." Tess stated as she shot Max a brilliant smile and Max winced.
"I'm working this afternoon." Max informed them and Liz smiled.
"We can over during your break." Liz suggested and Max nodded.
"Sure, is that all?" Max asked the teacher and she nodded.
"Sure, you can go for your lunch now." She told them and they nodded.
Tess hurried after Max and Liz.
"Are you going to meet Isabel?" she asked Max, ignoring Liz.
"Erm, not at the moment." Max stated and saw his mother standing in front of the office with Tammy holding her hand. "We have to go Tess, see you this afternoon." He told her before letting go of Liz's hand and wrapping an arm around her waist as they walked over to Diane. "Hey mom." Max greeted as he kissed her cheek; Diane smiled.
"Hey honey, hi Liz." She greeted and Liz smiled.
"Hey Mrs. Evans." Liz greeted back and smiled when she felt Tammy tugging on her skirt, she knelt down and hugged Tammy. "How are you today adorable?" she asked. Tammy smiled as she hugged her back.
"What did you want to speak to me about?" Max asked, curious.
"Could you please pick Tammy up after school? I have a case to get to." Diane told him and he nodded before shaking his head.
"I can't, I have work!" Max groaned and Liz stood up, making sure that she was holding Tammy's hand.
"I can pick her up." Liz told them and turned to Max. "Maria has a shift right after school, she can drop you off at the U.F.O Centre and I can drive the Jeep." Liz told him and he nodded.
"That sounds okay." Max told him, I'll give you the keys last period." He told her and Liz nodded as smiled down at Tammy, who was looking around the room.
"Now, we have that sorted, time for you to go and see your teacher missy. You two have a good day." Diane told them as she kissed them on the cheek before taking Tammy's hand leading her over to the section where younger children went to class while Max wrapped his arm around Liz's waist once more and they headed to lunch.
"Hey, I heard mom was here." Isabel stated as Max and Liz neared the group, Tess was sitting next to Isabel.
"Yeah, she just wanted to know if we could pick Tammy up after school." Max explained as he straddled the bench and Liz in-between his legs, resting her side on his chest.
"Are you picking her up?" Isabel asked and Max shook his head.
"I have work straight after my last class, Liz is picking her up, do you need a lift?" Max asked.
"Nope, Alex is dropping me off home, how are you getting to work?" Isabel asked.
"I was wondering if Maria could drop him off as the Crashdown is just across from the UFO Centre?" Liz asked as she looked at her best friend and Maria winked.
"No problem, just meet me at my locker moon doggie and don't be late or I will be leaving without you." Maria teased and Max laughed.
"No problem." he replied as he continued to eat his lunch.
"Hi adorable." Liz called out when Tammy came running up to her.
"Lizzie." She called out as she ran into her arms; Liz wrapped her arms around Tammy and kissed the side of her head. "Where's Max?" Tammy asked, looking around for her big brother.
"He's at work, we're gonna go down to see him." Liz told her and she nodded as Liz helped her into the Jeep.
They reached the UFO Centre, Liz helped Tammy out of the jeep and took her hand as she grabbed her school bag before moving toward the building, she smiled when she saw Milton before making her way over to Tess, who was staring at the display with a look of distaste on her face. "Hey Tess." Liz greeted and Tess turned to face Liz with a smile.
"Hey Liz." Tess greeted before looking down at Tammy who was staring up at her.
"Tess, you remember Tammy?" Liz asked and Tess smiled at the young girl.
"Hi Tammy." Tess stated, Max came up behind them and smiled when he saw Tammy peeking over Liz's shoulder.
"Maxie!" she called out, holding out her arms for him to take.
"Hi Tam, Tam." Max greeted as he lifted Tammy into his arms and kissed the side of her head as she rested her head on his shoulder. "Hi Tess." Max greeted, he was still wary around the new girl, there was something about her that set him on the edge. He felt a flicker at the edge of his mind but it disappeared when Tammy placed a hand on his cheek, he looked down at her. "What's up sweetie?" he asked.
"Can I please have a drink please?" she asked, giving him the puppy dogs' eyes and the small pout causing him to chuckle as he looked at Liz.
"She learned that off of you." Max teased her and Liz rolled her eyes as a smile curled up the corner of her mouth as she pulled out a bottle of juice mixed with Tabasco that Max carried about in his bag and pulled a straw from her bag before handing it to her,
"Here you go." Tammy took the drink and sipped the straw while staring at Tess with her dark eyes as she rested her head on Max's shoulder once more.
"How come she is attached to you two?" Tess asked and Liz turned to face her.
"Oh, Erm, Max and I were the one who went to the adoption centre and picked her up. She is kinda attached to us as we were first one to pick her up." Liz lied and Tess nodded.
"Cool, so is she your adopted sister?" Tess asked, looking at Max, Max looked at Liz before looking at Tess.
"She's my real sister, the adoption centre had taken mine and Isabel's blood when we first went into adoption, they saw that she looked like me and decided to test our blood which ended up being a perfect match and called my parents up. Turns out that our parents have abandoned her as well." Max explained as he lifted Tammy higher, Tess just nodded as he led them over to the break area, wondering what the hell she was going to do.
"What's new?" Ed asked and Tess sighed.
"Max says that Tammy is his real sister, that the adoption agency compared the blood samples they have taken and found that it had seven allay in match, meaning that she is his sister." Tess explained and Ed shook his head.
"I don't understand, Shila is dead, there is no way for her to come back and mess around with your destiny so how come Max has this attachment to this little girl?" she muttered and Tess looked at him.
"There's something else." She stated and he looked at her. "Max and Liz have this block up in their mind, I can't break through to mind warp Max and I tried mind warping my teacher this morning so I would get paired with Max but met with the same block, plus Tammy had shown up, I don't know if it's just coincidental." Tess explained.
"Shila had the same powers, she was the reason why Khivar had her killed, if she had been alive, she would have ended the war and sent Khivar to hell." Ed informed her and sighed. "She's dead, I killed her before the ship crashed." He muttered as he stalked away, leaving Tess looking up into the sky, staring at the V-Shaped crystal alignment, wondering if she'll ever get her husband back and go home to where they belong.
"What now?" Liz asked as she looked up at her boyfriend, who was staring pensively at the stars.
"I don't know; there's just something weird about Tess." He explained and she rested her chin on his chest.
"How come?" she asked and he looked down at her.
"Don't you think it's weird she keeps asking about Tammy?" he asked. "She keeps asking if she is our adopted sister and the look on her face when I told her that Tammy's was our real sister just set me on the edge." Max explained.
"But it doesn't make sense Max, why would anyone be interested in if Tammy is your adopted sister or not?" she asked and Max sighed and she looked back up at him. "Max?" she asked.
"Tammy was really important in our past." Max whispered.
"How do you mean?" she asked and Max ran a hand through his hair.
"I don't know, I know that she was killed in order to prevent something from happening, that she would have been the reason for something major to happen but she died before she had the chance to grow." He explained and Liz shook her head.
"Amazing how they would kill an eight year old child just because something might have happened." Liz whispered and Max looked down at her.
He hadn't told her that he had been receiving a bit more of his memories and she was the star of the show.
At the Evan's house, Tammy was sitting on the window ledge, looking at the same stars, she was wondering how long it would take before everything was going to blow up in their faces.
Diane looked in and smiled when she saw Tammy sitting at the window.
"Tammy," she called out and Tammy turned to face her. "Bed time." She told her and Tammy nodded as she hopped down from the window still and made her way over to the bed, Diane tucked her in and kissed her forehead, marvelling how much a like she was to Max. "Night sweetie." Diane whispered.
"Night…Mom." Tammy whispered back, Diane felt her throat choke up at Tammy's word before leaving the room, thanking whoever was above for sending her three amazing children.
Max was sleeping soundly when all of a sudden a pierce scream pierced the air, Max bolted up in bed before stumbling out of his room, he slid across the room and slammed the door opened, seeing Tammy sitting in the middle of the bed, clutching the sheets to her chest, tears running down her face as her eyes were wide, filled with fear.
"Tammy?" Max asked as he hurried over to the bed, she looked at him before crumpling into tears, Max lifted her up and wrapped his arms around her small body, holding her to him as he looked up at his parents and sister hovering in the doorway. "She's okay, just a nightmare." Max assured them as he stood up and headed into his room.
Once he reached it, he settled on the bed, making sure Tammy was comfortable on his bed.
"You okay now?" Max asked; Tammy nodded as she huddled in tighter to Max, not wanting to lose the warmth of his body, the phone rang and Max picked it up. "Hello?"
"Max, I felt panic, what happened?" Liz asked.
"Tammy had a nightmare, she's okay now." Max explained and Tammy looked up.
"Can I talk to Lizzie?" she asked and Max smiled as he handed the phone to her, helping her hold it to her ear. "Lizzie?" Tammy called out and Liz felt her body go weak with relief.
"Hi sweetie, did you have a bad dream?" Liz asked.
"Yeah, but I'm better now." Tammy informed her and Liz smiled.
"Okay, you have a good sleep and I will see you tomorrow okay?" Liz told her and Tammy nodded.
"Okay, love you Lizzie." Tammy stated and Max smiled down at his little sister.
"Love you too, let me speak to Max." Liz told her and she handed the phone back to Max before snuggling down beside him once more, her eyes lids drooping as Max put the phone back to his ear once more.
"She's sleeping now." Max informed her.
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow Max, I love you." Liz whispered and Max smiled.
"I love you too. See you soon." They both hung up and finally got some sleep, wondering what the next day would bring.
The gang laughed as they entered the Crashdown, Liz was busy wiping the tables when Max came up behind her and hugged her.
"Hey." He greeted and she smiled as she leaned into his chest and turned her face around to receive her kiss.
"Hey." She whispered back before pulling away and lifting Tammy as she came running up to them. "Did you have a better sleep?" Liz asked and Tammy nodded.
"Yep, no more nightmares." She told her and Liz nodded.
"Good." Liz stated.
"Liz, is the grill open?" Michael asked and Liz nodded.
"Yep, want to order?" she asked and they all nodded as Liz handed Tammy to Max when he grabbed a seat at the booth, he was sitting next to Alex as Michael, Maria and Isabel grabbed the other side of the booth and Tess pulled a chair over.
Liz took their orders and made to go over to the hatch when a small voice spoke up.
"Can I go with Liz?" Tammy asked Max, Max looked down at Tammy and saw her staring at Tess with an unreadable look on her face.
"Come on honey, I'll see if Jose can slip you some food while we're waiting." Liz told her as she took Tammy's hand and led her over to the hatch while Max watched them leave before turning to Tess when she asked him a question.
Liz was standing at the hatch when Tammy looked up at Liz.
"I don't like her." Tammy whispered to Liz as she snuggled closer to Liz while staring at Tess, Liz looked down at her.
"Why?" Liz asked.
"She's not nice." Tammy whispered. Liz looked at Tess once more and saw how she was laughing at something Isabel said but shooting glances at Max before looking at Tammy once more, wondering what she can see.
TBC