Author's Note: Just so we're all on the same page here: The gangs in their senior year, Tess did not get pregnant or "kill" Alex. Everything else did happen. Sorry for the lateness. School, work, yada, yada. I hope you enjoy.
I needed to be alone for the night. I needed time to myself to think about what had to change. The
choices I had to make so that the pain would stop and I'd be able to enjoy waking up in the morning
again. Enjoy singing randomly at school again. Enjoy living again. So I drove around town for a
while not knowing anywhere that I could be truly be alone. As I was driving out of Roswell I looked
into the desert and knew that this is where I had to be . The empty acres of sand, the moon high in
the sky and lack of life may not seem therepeutic to you but there's nothing like it in the world. I
parked in a random spot and laid down on the ground, thankful for the peace and silence.
What's so great about normal?
I remember Liz saying that before, when everything was new and exciting. Sure we had our share of
dangerous sitatuions but at least we were a group. We hadn't heard anything about destiny or past
lives. Max, Michael and Isabelle were just...different. Michael was what I wanted. All I really
wanted.
Liz was my bestfriend and Alex was my brother. We were the human counterparts to the aliens and
it was very much made-for-tv.
Relationships, friendships, love, loss...I never thought that our lives would turn out this way.
What's so great about normal?
Normal would mean not worrying about saving the world. Not lying to my mom. Normal's being
able to go to school dances and having to only worry about who's going to ask me to the
homecoming dance. Not having to put my life on hold for whatever alien madness is going on.
Acting like my life is something to simply brush to the side as if it's not important. I have missd out
on so many simple moments that most high school girls have experienced. I'm a freaking senior and
I haven't even had time to think about life after high school because we're always so caught in the
moment.
What's so great about normal?
Not that there's only been the bad. I'm one of the only humans out of billions that not only knows
that we are not alone in this universe but I interact with extraterestrials daily. Heck I spend a lot of
time trying not to be killed by them as well. I also wouldn't know Michael like I do now. He's this
amazing person who is a lot more gentle and compassionate than people give him credit for being.
Yes, he can be a jerk and immature and he runs around doing his own thing thinking he knows best.
But that's really the only side of himself that he allows others to see. Hank and the fact that he was
seperated from Max and Isabelle along with his lack of control with his powers affect him more than
others realize. It's really at night when it's just me and him, laying on his couch or his bed when
you get to see him for who he really is: Beautiful. I love Michael Guerin. I know he loves me. I just
don't know if love is enough to get us through the situation that we're all in.
What's so great about normal?
One of the only positive surprise to come out of this was Tess. She's not the self-obsorbed, Max-
obssessed bitch that I first thought her to be. I guess, if I'm totally honest here, I didn't try to be
friends with Tess. She came spouting destiny and because it almost ruined all of our love lives we
simply tolerated her when we needed her powers or information. Throughout all of the deceit and
the lying she was the only one with a freaking conscious. She wanted to tell the truth regardless of
what the implications would be for her and Kyle. Alex was the other good surprise. I feel like I've
been taking him for granted this whole time and he's been the only one who's been there for me
from the beginning. I really have to show him how much he means to me real soon.
What's so great about normal?
It all comes back to trust and what's best for me. I finally have to stand up and say "Hi, my name is
Maria Alejandra Deluca and I need to do what's best for me".
What is so great about normal?
Peace of mind. Security. A stress-free existence. People you can count on and maybe even true
love. The excitement of a new adventure that really only belongs us and kinda makes us special
because of it. Knowing that I've helped to save the world. Being different but sharing that difference
with the people I love. I want it all.
Plus the bottom line is who gets to decide what's normal anyways?
The sun rises over the horizen and as a new day approaches I stand up from the desert floor. I
realize what I have to do and what my decisions will mean. For the first time in ages I feel a real
smile cross my face and I know that it's genuine and real. A new day has come and I'm going to
make the most of it.
...tbc