Chapter 4 revise 1/19/10
About One month later
Michael had found an apartment. He and Isabelle were officially in an exclusive relationship.
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Isabelle woke up at the crack of dawn today was December 1st the count down had finally begun. She sat up in bed smiled as she glanced around her spotless bedroom and the Christmas lights that twinkled in the window. Pushing back the covers she jumped up out of bed only to have a wave of dizziness over come her. She sat down and just as the world stopped spinning she became nauseous and made a dash for the bathroom.
She found herself praising the king of porcelain a couple more times through out the day. Overall she felt fine, she was only tired and she didn't get nauseous unless she moved too fast or at certain scents so she avoided the crash down and went to the mall to finish up some last minute shopping. She wanted this Christmas to be perfect.
After regurgitating her breakfast four mornings in a row she wasn't sure what was going on. Walking out the girl's bathroom she ignored the look of concern that Liz gave her and rinsed out her mouth then popped in a piece of Trident.
"Out with it Liz"
"Are you okay? Maria said that you got sick yesterday too."
"Maria needs to mind her own damned business." (sigh) "Look I'm sorry okay things have just been crazy lately, that's all"
"But that doesn…"
"Just Drop it." Isabelle rushed from the bathroom decided it will probably be better if she just left school for the day.
On her way to the parking lot Tess came running after her asking her if she was okay. Getting in the Jeep she forced herself to remain calm. Tess got into the passenger side of the Jeep "You okay?"
Isabelle decided to confess, not only was Christmas not going the way she wanted, but she didn't make an A on the English Exam she'd had yesterday nor had she had her monthly visitor.
"I thought you said that nothing happened between you and Michael" Starting up the car she drove toward a pharmacy.
"We didn't. I mean at first, when you asked we hadn't but then later I couldn't … We couldn't. It was like … uhh He was just irresistible." Isabelle explained finding it hard to put her and Michael's relationship into words.
"I warned you that the desire to mate would only get worse" Tess reached out and patted Isabelle's shoulder.
"Isabelle everything will be fine. He didn't force you or anything?" Tess asked cautiously.
"What? NO. Michael would never. How could you even suggest something like that?"
"I didn't mean anything about I just always heard that the urge to mate was so strong that you couldn't control it"
"It's not like that the desire was mutual"
They continued to drive, once they got to the pharmacy they both got out and noticed that Maria's mom was inside. Shit thought Isabelle that was all she needed the lady would probably mention to her mom that she saw her here then life as she knew would be over.
"Why don't you go wait in the car?" Tess suggested noticing how tense Isabelle got when she saw Ms. Delucca
"You sure you want to do this Tess?"
"Look. Be honest if your mom found out that you skipped class to buy a pregnancy test what do you think she'll do?"
Three hours and just as many tests later the results were still the same. Isabelle shook her head and ran her fingers through her hair and started pacing the length of Tess' bathroom. No, No, No, I'm not pregnant. We only did it once. I'm so stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. What will Michael say?
"You okay in there"Isabelle opened the door. "What did that one say?"
"The same as the rest, it's positive, See" Isabelle showed her the test that had yet another little blue line.
"Maybe it's another false positive." Isabelle suggested not ready to face the truth.
"You could always go to the clinic"
"Me and Michael are finally together and stable. This is unacceptable" Tess looked at Isabelle not sure what she meant.
"You're not thinking of doing anything drastic are you?"
"Huh? Oh. Of course not. I just don't know how we're going to deal with this. I graduate in a couple of weeks. So I guess me and Michael can work this around our schedule."
"I'm sure he'll be supportive."
Sitting in Tess' bed eating Chocolate cake and Tabasco sauce, Isabelle figured now was as good a time as any to find out about their homeland. "Hey there's something I've wanted to ask you."
"What's that?"
"You said a while ago that Ava and Zan didn't get a happy ending and that Ava was you, and Max was a reincarnation of Zan. So what happened?"
"Nothing. We were sent here and the pod chamber was where we developed and now we are what you see now."
" No I mean Wrath and Valondra were destined to be together and despite trying to stay away from one another we still ended up together. Why aren't you with Max?"
Tess stared at her "You know why, Max is so wrapped up in Liz that he doesn't want to know about Ava or even about Zan. He is so whipped that for some reason the love we shared isn't what it should be. It's become warped or something."
Laughing Isabelle looked at Tess. "Sorry, I thought someone had told you already."
Tess stared dumbly at Isabelle trying to figure out what was so damn funny. "There is nothing going on between Max and Liz. Max did have a crush on her at one point, but she never noticed him until she discovered he was an alien. Max could never tell if it was him she wanted to be with or the boy from out of space. Liz started hanging around him after he saved her life at the shooting that happened at the Crashdown awhile back. The only reason he's letting her follow him around is because she knows about us and they both have a love of astronomy."
"Wait a minute. You're telling me that Max isn't with Liz?"
"Exactly."
"But she seems so possessive that I just assumed they were together."
"She seems to be in love with him. Other than the I-want-to-date-an-alien possibility, Max figured that maybe it has something to do with his ability . He thinks that it created some sort of bond between them and now Liz thinks she's in love with him."
"I can't believe this. Thanks for telling me"
"Well now that I've told you the 411 on Max and Liz, you mind telling me of our world?"
"Yeah, Well I do remember that our world was a lot like this one filled with plants, animals, and metals, we had a sun and two moons. "
"Serious. Wow." Surprised that an alien planet would be so much like earth but it did explain why this planet was chosen.
"Antar's beauty shone brightest at night as our world was bathed in the white light of our moons. Your brother who went by Zan then was king and I was his queen. When I found you guys again I just knew he'd love me but so far it seems one sided. I just can't believe that he doesn't feel it, nor can I believe that he's not with Liz. Any way, we ruled, Michael or Wrath was best friend to the King, and the leader of the militia. He had a mind like a labyrinth he could strategize like no one else in the galaxy. He was also a Prince not and Antarian prince mind you but Prince of Onuris his home planet located in the Andromeda galaxy. You went by the name Valondra but we all called you Lonnie." Isabelle smiled Lonnie I like that.
"Kivar is the current ruler of Antar and he is the reason why we are here. He was an ambassador who plotted against Zan he was strong enough with enough allies that he destroyed us. My last memory as Ava is of Zan screaming for Kivar to spare my life and the lives of our children."