Chapter 9

Tess looked in the mirror with a smirk on her face, she was wearing a low cut blue halter top and a tight hip hugging jeans as she fluffed out her hair, making sure that she looked great from every angle as she looked in the mirror before smiling once more. There was no way in hell that her husband was going to give her up after he sees her like this.

Meanwhile at the Evans' house, in the living room, Maria was freaking out a mile as she sniffed her cedar oil, muttering that her best friend was way too young to be a queen.

"What does Tammy mean?" Michael muttered and Alex decided to put forward his theory.

"I have a theory, well I have had it for ages, so no biting my head off." He warned and they all nodded as they looked at Alex. "Ever since I found out the secret, I have been watching you, you know, just seeing what you could have been in your past life, I came to the conclusion that Max was the leader as you all turned to him for answers on what to do, for guidance and such. Michael was more cautious and wanted to jump on every lead we had, reminding me of a protector, you know, like a second in command while Isabel took over the role of moderator between the two guys, taking over the role of the queen. I'm guessing that Isabel took over that role because there wasn't a queen there to take over beside Max's place." Alex explained and Maria nodded.

"I saw that too but Liz is still too young to be a queen." Maria protested and Alex shrugged.

"If the necklace is what I think it is, then I'm afraid it's a little too late." Alex told her.

"How do you mean?" Michael asked and Alex stood up.

"We've always wondered why Liz had been getting flashes from Max and we all just assumed that it was because either Max healing her had changed her, or by connecting to her, he somehow opened a doorway or it was because of the orb. What if the Queen's job was to be able to see things we all couldn't, I mean, she knew about Toloposky when she came here, her gut instincts have always been on the dot. What if she was made to help Max lead the way?" Alex asked.

"Makes sense." Max explained and Maria turned to him with shocked eyes.

"Max! She is too young to be a queen!" Maria snapped and everyone looked at her.

"What is the hell is your problem?" Michael demanded.

"She just can't be a queen." Maria muttered and Alex rolled his eyes.

"It's not like we have a say in it." Alex reminded.

"Like Hell!" Maria, Michael and Isabel stated.

Max just rolled his eyes and turned to Liz.

"Come on," Max whispered as he led her to his bedroom and shut the door behind him, drowning out the noise coming from the living room. "Are you okay?" he asked as Liz sat on the bed.

"I was in your past life." She whispered and Max sighed as he sat down next to her.

"There's something I need to tell you." Max told her and she looked at him. "I have been having dreams of your in past life memories." Max explained.

"What?" She asked. "Why didn't you tell me?" she demanded and Max sighed.

"I don't know, I guess I just wanted to know what it meant before telling you." Max explained and Liz sighed.

"This is just surreal." She muttered and Max sighed.

"Tell me about it, my little sister is the walking encyclopaedia of our past life." Max told her and Liz shook her head.

"Well, at least we have some idea of what's going on, we were her protector in our past." Liz stated.

"Doesn't explain why Naesco watched us all die in our last life if he was suppose to protect us." Max told her and Liz shrugged.

"We can't ask Tammy, she doesn't seem to understand it herself." Liz told him and Max nodded in agreement.

"I know, that what just makes it so frustrating because we have no idea if Naesco is now looking for us just to kill us." Max told her and Liz flopped back on the bed, tired from everything that was happening, Max flopped down next to her, he was just as confused as she was about everything that was happening and wished that there was some way that he could just wave his hand and give them all the answers that they needed.

Max sighed as he made his way into the U.F.O Centre; he rubbed the back of his neck as stress began to take a toll on him. "Hey Milton." Max greeted his boss and Milton looked at his favourite employee.

"Are you okay Evans?" he asked. "You look like a truck just ran you over." He explained and Max laughed slightly.

"Just bewildered, it seems that Tammy remembers more about our parents than we do." Max explained and Milton nodded.

"How is the little cutie pie?" Milton asked, he had seen Max's little sister about and thought she was cute.

"She's great, the rest of the gang is looking after her." Max explained and Milton nodded.

"Great, now can you please fix the display again, they keep pulling the poor guy's inside out." Milton muttered as he walked away, shaking his head at how teenagers could be cruel and Max smiled as he pulled on his vest and made his way over to the display.

He felt a chill run up his spine and turned around to see Tess standing there in her outfit and he wrinkled his nose slightly, he never could understand why woman wore really tight tops that looked like a size or two smaller.

"Tess." Max greeted and Tess smiled.

"Hey Max, are you busy tonight?" Tess asked and Max nodded.

"Yeah, I have a date with Liz." Max explained as he moved around the display, making sure that the alien was in between the pair of them.

"Oh, I was just wondering if you could come to my house and help me catch up with my class work." Tess stated as she moved in closer, she bent down slightly, giving Max a view of her assets but Max never noticed.

"Sorry, the teacher said it was to be me and Liz, we can work tomorrow afternoon if it's okay with you." Max told her and Tess sighed.

"Max, I like you." She told him and Max looked up at her. "In fact, I'm in love with you and I know you feel the same so why don't you just give in and let us be together?" Tess asked and Max laughed.

"Sorry Tess, I think you have gotten yourself mixed up with Liz, I'm in love with Liz and I don't like you that way, let alone love you." Max told her and she laughed.

"Max, I think I know when a guy likes me." Tess told him and Max rolled his eyes, he couldn't understand why she wasn't getting the message.

"Sorry Tess, I don't dig blondes." Max stated with a shrug.

"Every guy likes a blonde." Tess retorted and Max snorted.

"Not this guy." Max told her.

"Beside, I thought it was Blonde for fun and Brunette for life." A female voice stated and they turned to see Liz standing behind them.

"Liz." Max greeted with a smile.

"Liz, sorry you had to find out about us like this." Tess stated and Max stifled a snicker at Tess's pathetic attempt to make Liz think that he was cheating on her.

"Give it up Tess, Max would never cheat on me." Liz stated as she moved over beside Max and Max wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. "Sorry I was late, Tammy was a little annoyed with the others for asking questions that she didn't want me to leave, it was only till your mother showed up and got on to them for upsetting her that she let me go." Liz told him and Max nodded as he bent down and kissed her gently on the lips before looking at Tess.

"Are you still here?" Max asked and Tess rolled her eyes.

"This little show isn't really going to put me off." Tess told them and they both rolled their eyes.

"Maybe you should rethink the whole 'guys want me' thing, cause never every single guy is going to drop their pants for you." Max told them and Tess glared at him.

"You just watch, I always get what I want and no one is going to stop me." Tess warned them before shooting Liz a glare and walking out of the Centre leaving the pair of them shaking their heads.

"Thank god you came in time, I had a feeling that was I going to get arrested for assault." Max told her, seriously and Liz nodded.

"She really lives up to what Tammy said doesn't she?" Liz asked and Max nodded.

"Tell me about it." Max muttered as he buried his face in Liz's hair, trying not to think about what Tess had just said before leaving, he had a feeling that it wasn't going to be anything good.

"Tammy has done something to them!" Tess shrieked out as she entered the house and Ed looked up from where he was studying a folder.

"What do you mean?" Ed asked and Tess turned to him.

"Max is not attracted to me at all, he made it very clear that he is 'in love' with Liz!" she told him before grabbing her blonde hair and tugged slightly. "God, how can he be in love with that mousy little brat? I mean, what does she have that I don't? I have bigger breasts, I'm blonde for crying out loud!" she shrieked out and Ed sighed.

"I knew that Shila was going to muck up everything, we need to get to her as soon as possible and silence her. For good." Ed stated and Tess turned to him.

"Won't that be a little suspicious?" she asked. "I mean, Tammy is hardly ever away from them and if she goes missing, they won't stop till they get answers." Tess told him and Ed smirked.

"Not if we use our good enemies for our job." Naesco told her before lifting his cell phone and dialling a number and lifting the cell phone to his ear.

Tammy looked up from where she was playing with her dolls and looked out of the window, she had a feeling that something bad was going to happen soon and she had a feeling that someone else was going to get caught in the crossfire, she shuddered as the memories of Lilly dying came through her mind once more, she had been kidnapped by their enemies, she was almost raped but she cut her own throat to save herself from anything happening and to prevent anything from spilling out of her mouth when she would have been tortured, she looked at the V constellation once more and walked over to the window and placed her palm on the window.

"Look after them." She whispered before moving back toward her dolls, the feeling has been forgotten.

TBC

I will try and update this every Wednesday if I can.

Sequel to Secrets Among Friends is now out - Destructive Intentions and i have a new story - What A Tangle of Love - if you are a Tess fan, this is the story for you. ML is together.