Chapter Thirty-Three

This chapter is mostly to prepare to you for the next...sorry if some of you are disappointed but just read and review...

"We have to talk about Max" Diana said as soon she walked into her husband's law office. Philip Evans stood up immediately and greated his wife with an endearing kiss on the forehead.

"Well, hello to you too" Philip stated with a humorious smile even though he knew that the subject she brought up was a serious on at that, "He said he would talk to us tonight"

"I know that" She respounded and shook her head holding on to him, "I just want to know how we should react when he tells us that that Tess's baby is our grandchild"

Philip led his wife to the couch and sat her down, "We will try and be understanding and we will talk about what he is going to do..."

"No" Diana interupted in a laughing tone, "I will be understading, you will yell because I know you Philip"

Philip looked shocked at her wife's statement, "I will not..."

"Yes you will" Diana said totally convinced that she was absoloutely right as she stood up and walked toward the window, "Just want to remember that we love our son and that he needs us"

Philip looked at his wife for a moment and sighed, "What's wrong, sweetheart"

"What's wrong?" Diana looked back at her husband and folded her arms, "How about the fact that our son got a girl pregnant and we had no idea...we didn't know"

"He didn't tell us" Philip pointed out and walked over to her, "How were we suppose to find out?"

Diana was silent for a moment then shook her head, "We are his parents there had to be clues, I mean shouldn't there be some maternial instincts about these things..."

"I am going to stop you right there" Philip said interupting pulling her into his arms, "You are a great mother but you are not a psychic so please don't doubt yourself"

Diana noded her head and after a giving her husband a kiss of gratitude she left the office still feeling like a heavy weight on her shoulders. Ten minutes walking on the sidewalk her thought began to go all over the place as she questioned herself as a mother. Why hadn't Max come to her and told her about Tess and the baby? Why hadn't she known about this, Isabel had to have known about this? All those times she had thought that he was on drugs he was busy worrying about Tess. How many people knew, probably all his friends. Diana broke from her thoughts as she saw her son holding a baby walking from the park across the streets.

"Max" She whispered to herself before jailwalking to get to the other side before she called his name this time so he could hear her,

"Max!"

Max stopped, turned around and offered a nervious smile as his mother got closer. He hadn't thought that he would see his parents until tonight and hadn't really given thought to what he was going to tell them about Tess and Zan. The truth would probably surfice but he didn't want to concern his parents and if he was truthful to himself, Max was scared of how they would react to the news. Their son and daughter, alien royalty from another galaxy. He knew that it wouldn't change how they felt about him and Isabel but honestly he didn't want to risk finding out.

"Hey mom" Max greated his mother as he handed over the baby to her.

For a few minutes Diana completely ignored her son while gushing at the baby and making faces and watching the young face lighting up. She was also studing her grandchild and noticed that his eyes were the same as his fathers, they also had the nose. He was such a cute baby. Sweet baby...wait a moment. Diana almost laughed as she realized that she didn't know the name of her grandson.

"Max" Diana looked at her son finally, "What...is the baby's name?"

"Oh" Max couldn't believe that he had forgotten to tell his mother the name of his child then again he hadn't excatly indulged on any of this with them, "His name is Zan"

Diana was silent for a moment staring at Max with an 'are you serious' look but when it seems to be true she shrugged and looked at her grandchild, sweet baby Zan, "What an interesting name"

"Tell me about it" Max said in totally agreement even though that had been his name in his past life, he could understand what his mother was thinking. "It was Tess's choice"

"What...you didn't have one?" Diana asked quickly still smiling and making faces at the baby.

"Not really" Max said quietly before snapping out of his thoughts and shook his head taking the baby from his mother, "Look I have to go, Tess will be worried about Zan and I wouldn't want to piss her off"

"Say no more" Diana said carressing Zan's head softly wearing a bright smile. She remembered how she had felt to be separated from either Isabel and Max when they were first adopted.

"Excuse me"

Diana and Max turned to find an army officer standing a few feet from them. The officer was a woman about six feet and with blond hair holding a photo of someone that looked a lot like Tess. Diana had to do a double take before she realized that it indeed was Tess.

"Have you seen this girl?" The officer asked politely.

"No" Max said without hesitation to Diana's surprise, "Not since her disapperance about six to seven months ago"

"Is that right?" The officer asked spectically letting her hand drop to her side, "Did you know her?"

Max was silent for a moment as if assessing the right answer then nodded her head, "Yeah, I knew her back then"

The officer nodded her head then turned to Max's mother, "About you ma'am , have you seen this girl?"

Dian froze from the question looking between Max's pleading eyes and the officer's questioning eyes and for a moment didn't know what to do. She didn't know what to do or how to lie about something that was true because she knew where Tess was. Her senses were brought back by the giggling sound coming from the baby. She knew her choice then looking at the baby's smiling face.

"No" Diana said turning to the officer, "Sorry I can't help you"

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"Okay, remember when I was eight and trying for cheerleading?" Tess asked looking at Eric adoringly.

"you were nine and so cute in that outfit" Eric said remembering the past. He knew that Tess needed this to make herself feel human again because as he could tell being in Roswell wasn't a good thing for her. He knew that she wished for the past, before the alien thing and complecations of all that past life crap.

"Thats not what you said back then" Tess said trying not to laugh as she remembered what he called her when she had tried on the cheerleading outfit, "A pig in red, that's what you called me"

"I did not" Eric in denial but at Tess's look relented his former statement, "Okay, so I did say that however I was wrong...you know...who knew that 4 years later I would be begging you to be my girlfriend"

Tess leaned forward, "Certanly not me, you were so cool"

"That's true" Eric said in totally agreement with Tess, "And you...I loved it when you cheered for me on the football feild, you were the best at dancing"

Tess looked at Eric in a thoughtful manner then smiled, "I never told you this but on my planet...with my tribe, I used to dance on religious occussates and other holiday manner and sang too. On my marriage night I performed this erotic dance for Zan...remember that Indian dance that Sheila forced upon me at the school dance for entertainmain"

Eric frowned, Tess had looked way too erotic for his test that day, "Yeah, I remember"

"It was better and hotter" Tess shook her head, "That's when I found out that I would never never dance again in public because queens have a certain image that they present...Eric I wish that I never went back to Antar for anything because..."

"Tessa" Eric whispered her name seeing the tears that were threatening to come out, "What did happen when you got to Antar?"

That was the only part that she hadn't told him as of yet...

"It doesn't matter what you want...Queen Fadilia" Tess shouted throwing her arms around, laughing hysterical, then stopped and looked at her mother and then turned to the queen. "Zan, Rath, and Valena have earth lives. Valendra is called Isabel Evans, she is as beautiful as ever, and she and her brother, Zan whose called Max have new parents, whom they love very much. Rath goes by the name Michael and he may not love his life on earth by he has an earth love. A human girl, speaking of human girls, so does your son. He has fallen in love with a human girl...her name is Liz, she is pretty and smart and she has his heart"

Fadilia looked at Tess in shock then shook her head, "It's not true"

"It's true" Tess said with a smirk as if she couldn't care less even though it deeply hurt her to even think about Liz and Max together. "Those three couldn't care less about Planets that are lightyears away from the only home they know, and neither do I"

"You lie" Kalia, Ava's mother spoke for the first time, years blazing with knowledge and wise value, "You feel envious because of this girl, but you do care about Antar"

Tess shook her head and them placed her hands on her bulging stomach finally smiling brightly, the first sincere smile either Fadilia and Kalia had seen since Ava's return "I only care about my son"

"Your son is Antar" Kalia said walking slowly to her, then reached for her daughter who pulled before she could be touched.

Tess walked over to the crystal window, arms crossed. Those two didn't understand anything, Max wasn't Zan. As much as Tess wished for the opposite the truth was that Max was in love with Liz, after all it didn't take him long to believe Liz and accuse her of killing Alex. It didn't matter either way, because now that she was on Antar the only thing that matters was that little boy inside of her. He was her world. And as for hating them, well she probably did in a way because of everything she had gone through, watching Zan the man that was promised for her, loving someone else. It wasn't fair, she knew that, to compare Zan with Max. Zan had such a vivid spirit, she had such wonderful and interesting memories about him, how he had always claimed that they were destined.

"It doesn't matter" Tess said finally making up her mind, she turned and looked straight at the former Queen of Antar and declared in a finally manner, "I am not going back to earth, I have nothing there...Nothing" She said that as a fact, rather calmly.

Kalia looked at the human girl that was her daughter and closed her eyes before opening them a moment later, "There is someone who wishes to see you"

Tess looked at her mother as she strode to the big double door and flung them open. Standing on the other side was a beautiful woman with dark hair highlighted in blond, a little taller that Tess wearing long back dress that clung tightly on her body. In the next moment the woman ran to Tess engulfing the small queen of Antar in a hug.

"Ava" The angel whispered in Tess's ear before stepping back and studying the queen's human body as Tess studied her as well, the angel's bright red/orange eyes lighten even more so as her smile grew brighter, "Or do prefer the name Tess now, of course you may not remember me..."

"Ana" Tess siad interupting, she knew who this creature was. Ana was her precious little sister.

Ana smiled before pacing back and forth then began to speak, "I saw this moment Tess, your face. You have such anger and hate for us, don't you? You wish you had died so you would not have seen Zan with another but he loves you. He would choice you if you go back now and fight for him"

"Tessa" Eric called out interupting Tess while she was in her thoughts.

Tess looked at Eric for a moment before she stood up and strode to the window, "I met my mother and sister on Antar"

Eric opened his mouth in shock while staring at Tess trying to obsorb what she was really saying, "You met..."

"I gave birth to Zan and they were there, we were underground meaning we were with the with the rebels before being attacked by Kavir" Tess said silently before turning to Eric, "The Queen mother and my mother and my sister were taken as prisoners... do you know what this means? They are real to me now, really real...I have no choice but to convince Max, Michael and Isabel to come back with me or they will die"

Eric looked at Tess for a moment in utter shock before asking that forboreding question, "Tess, how long are you going to on earth?"

"Probably a month" Tess answered with a shoulder shrug, "Or as soon as I convince Max"

At that moment the door opened and in walked Max carrying baby Zan with him.

"Hey" Tess exclaimed exicitedly surprising Eric with her enstant joyious expression. Tess walked to Max and immediately took Zan in her arms, "Hey baby, I missed you...did you miss mommy? Oh I bet you did?"

"Why?" Max asked looking at Tess with a frown on his face before rasing his eyebrows, "His father is not enough?"
Tess looked at Max's eyes and shrugged, "What can I say...mommies are the best"

Max rolled his eyes before they landed on the other character in the room. Eric, Max had almost forgotten about the guy with everything that had taken place in the park with his mother but now back in Michael's apartment Max suddenly remembered that Tess had lied before and had infact attempted to manipulate him and Michael into going to the park with Zan. He had of course played along with her but now it was time for her to be truthful and Max would need some privacy during that confrontation with Tess.

"Tess I need to talk to you alone" Max said looking at Eric pointly, "Do you mind?"

Eric met eyes with Tess before she turned away, "Don't worry about it, I have to go get my car from the crashdown anyway"

Eric walked toward Tess giving her a kiss on the lips right in front of Max with the intention of pissing the king of Antar off. And Max's face wasn't a very happy one when Eric pulled away from Tess, Eric gave Max a bright smile as he open the door to leave.

"I know what you want to know" Tess said as soon as the door closed behind Eric, "But were is Michael?"

Max looked pointly at Tess trying to get the image of Eric and Tess kissing, "Apparently he has some food shopping to do, he found a list of things to get in his jacket"

"Well" Tess smiled a little before shrugging her shoulders, "All he has are already-made dinners and I can't survive on that...I need real food"