Chapter 35 Complaints and other things

Kyle and Maria were on their way to the meeting place they arranged with Liz and Alex. Everybody agreed to be at the big oak in front of the building where they did their registration. Actually they wanted to meet at the entrance of the school building, but decided against it. Alex said it should be something the girls would definitely find. He wasn´t so sure about their sense of direction. Of course he told that just Kyle and not Liz and Maria or else they would have slaughtered him without mercy. They were so sensitive about some subjects. Especially Maria, which were under the impression she was made out of teflon and nothing could hurt her. People who didn´t know her, would agree with her, because they were just looking at the outside. But her family and her friends knew her better and could see behind her mask she wore in front of other people. She wasn´t like Liz, which showed her emotions if she felt like it. She was harder to read and only opened up to people she knew. She appeared like a social butterfly who could make many friends, but that was just an act. In reality, she was just as insecure and scared like everybody else. Just that she was better at hiding it. And that was the reason, why Kyle was worried about her. He didn´t like it when guys like Michael were lusting after her. They usually were just after a night of pleasure and then they were never seen again.

" What?!", Maria finally lost her patience. Her brother stared at her for a while now and it robbed her off of her last nerve. What did he try to see?

Kyle shrugged with his shoulders. Wasn´t it allowed to look at her anymore? " I´m just curious what happened before I got there. I mean with Michael".

Maria stopped in her tracks and turned to her brother. " What do you mean happened? He was being friendly".

" Yeah. A little too friendly for me", Kyle wouldn´t let himself fool from her. He knew when a guy put a move on a girl. And he definitely saw that Michael was hitting on his sister. But after her expression she seemed to have liked it.

Marias face broke out in a smile. Oh Kyle was trying to protect her. Slowly she put her head on his shoulder. " I love it when you go all big brother on me. It makes me feel so loved".

Kyle rolled his eyes at her. But she wasn´t so wrong about that. He always behaved like the big brother that had to protect his little sister from harm. Actually it was bullshit, because they were the same age. " I just want you to be careful. I don´t want to see you get hurt. Is that so bad?".

" No it´s not", Maria loved her brother because of that. He made her feel safe and she knew he only meant it well. But he shouldn´t worry about her. She wasn´t so helpless. " I know you´re just looking out for me, but I can take care of myself".

Kyle was aware of that, he really was. Still he felt better when he knew that she was well and happy. He didn´t want to see her be crushed from another guy like she was with Billy. She almost lost everything that made her who she was. It was bad to observe it one time, he had no desire for a repeat. " I know. But be careful after all".

" I will, I promise", Maria couldn´t stop herself and pinched his cheeks with both hands. " Besides I could hurt him without even touching him. This babies never let me down", like a gunslinger she blowed on her two forefingers.

Kyle laughed about the true statement. She wasn´t just a normal girl. She was a special girl with the gift to move objects with her mind or blow things up. They discovered them when they were eight years old. They both played with their toys outside in the garden, Maria with her barbie doll and he with his spiderman figure. Suddenly he jumped to his feets and said that he wanted to try something. Before his sister could say something he was already on his way up the big tree that was standing in the middle of their garden. Immediately Maria went after her brother and screamed that they weren´t allowed to climb on the tree, because it was too dangerous. But Kyle wouldn´t listen and looked for the highest branch. After he found him, he placed himself directly on him and jumped up and down. He wanted to check out if he could swing through the air like his hero. But then the branch under him broke and he fell in the direction of the hard ground. Scared he closed his eyes and waited for the brutal crash. However it never came to that. When he opened his eyes again he was hovering over the ground. Surprised he looked at his sister, which was stunned looking at him with her outstretched arms. It was like she was holding him, althrough she was at least five feets away from him. Pretty terrified about the thing she just did with Kyle, she pulled her hands back and saw how he fell the remaining way down. After that she ran away crying. Since that day, they shared a special bond with each other. A bond that was deeper than just blood related. Nobody knew about her, except for Alex and Liz, who learned about Marias powers later, when she saved the life of her best friend from a gunshot. " Yeah. But don´t use them in front of others. I don´t want that anything happens to you".

" Sure thing, bro", Maria was always careful about using her powers. How did Kyle think their parents were still in the dark about her? Not even Billy knew something and he spent the most time with her alone.

Kyle laid his arm around her shoulder again and continued their way. He couldn´t help himself, he was always so worried about her, althrough he could spare that. She could do more damage without using her limbs than him with a baseball bat. Suddenly he was thrown out of his thoughts when he noticed their friends sitting under the tree. Obviously something went wrong, because Liz was hiding her face behind her hands and Alex was caressing her head. Instantly he and Maria, which realized the same, picked up their speed and almost ran to them.

" What happened?", Maria let herself slump besides her best friend and stroked her back.

Liz dropped her hands from her face and looked at the other girl. She wasn´t crying like they expected. Instead her eyes were flashing dangerously. " My new roommate is what happened!".

Kyle stepped back from the intensity of the words. He didn´t know that Liz could be so loud and so angry. Usually she was one of the nicest person. But he didn´t know this side of her. " What about her?".

" She´s a total princess. She came into the room and started complaining about the furniture. She wasn´t even there for a minute and she already began to rearrange everything. And she was asking me if she could use my closet as well, because all her clothes wouldn´t fit in hers. She had four suitcases. FOUR!", Liz was a nervous wreck. She was close to rip her hair from her head. It would be hell to live with Queen Elisabeth.

Maria faced her brother, who was trying to hide his laughter behind his hands. She herself was close to laughing out loud. She had never seen her friend so outraged. " Yeah and? I have three suitcases. What is so bad about that?".

Alex shook his head. He didn´t want to listen to the list of complaints again. He had still enough from the first time. He didn´t understand the problem actually. It was just clothes and he couldn´t get his head around the fact that Liz was so angry about that. Maybe it was a chick thing and he wasn´t supposed to get it. " Hey Kyle. I heared there is a pool table somewhere here. How about we go and look for it?".

" That´s a great idea", he was glad to get away from the girls. He hated to listen to girl talk. And he didn´t even understand all this fuss. " Are you both staying here?".

Maria looked up from comforting her friend. " At least for a while. Maybe later we look around campus".

Alex stood up and walked to Kyle. " Ok. Then we´ll see each other later".

Maria waited until the boys where out of sight before she focused all her attention on her best friend again, who seemed to be close to explode. She didn´t know why Liz was so angry. But she was sure that it has nothing to do with the four suitcases or the many clothes. There was more. " Alright. Now that we´re alone, you can tell me the real reason for freaking out".

" Do you have enough time for that? I think we´re still sitting here tomorrow", Liz tried to stall as long as possible. Maria would probably think she was stupid when she told her the real reason for her outburst. Of course it wasn´t about the clothes or the many luggage.

Maria looked at the other girl with a raised eyebrow. She wouldn´t fall for the stalling tactic, after all she was the one who was master to avoid questions or try to draw the attention to another topic when there was something she didn´t want to talk about. " Oh I think we have enough time. I can sit here all night long if I have to. So don´t try to avoid the subject here".

Liz sighed while she brushed a strand behind her ear. She should have known that she couldn´t fool her best friend that way. " It´s just that my roommate makes me feel like I´m still in high school. I mean she´s like Pam Troy without the slutty clothes".

" Uh, that´s nasty", Maria scrunched up her face. She remembered Pam all too well. That girl tried more than once to destroy her reputation in school. And she was her greatest rival at the prom. That was no wonder, because she was very popular with the complete football team. Three guesses why. They both were in the same cheerleading squad and everytime they clashed it was like world war III. " What did she do that was so bad?".

" She ordered me around and didn´t listen if I refused to do something. It was like I was her slave", Liz had enough to be the whipping boy for everyone. Alright she wasn´t gorgeous or even talkative like other girls, but she was smart. And yet she couldn´t open her mouth to say what she wanted. She was too shy to stand up against girls that were more beautiful than her. There were just two people from the popular crowd that weren´t intimidating her. Kyle and Maria.

Maria didn´t like to hear that. Nobody was allowed to treat her best friend like a maiden or make her feel bad. Slowly she took the other girls face in her hand and made her look at her. " Don´t let yourself put down. Tell her that you´re not her attendant or her mother. Kick her ass if you have to. But do something".

Liz shook her head. If she could do that she would have done it already. She didn´t have the confidence in herself to step up to someone. " I can´t. You know me. I´m always shy around girls, who look like models".

" And? You´re beautiful, too. Not to mention smart", Maria hated it when her best friend thought she wasn´t pretty enough or she had to hide behind others. She had more to offer than all this super models on the world. She was intelligent, she was always friendly to others, she was a loyal friend and most of all she was the truest soul ever. " But if you want I can help you. I could sneak into you´re room when she´s sleeping and cut her hair".

Liz broke out in laughter just by the thought. Yeah that would be funny to watch, when her roommate woke up with her long hair gone. But she wasn´t like that. She would never do something that could harm someone. " Thanks for the offer, but I have to refuse".

" Well. If you change you´re mind, give me a call", Maria set out to help her friend anyway, even if she just talked to her roommate. " By the way. What is her name".

Liz rolled her eyes and assumed her voice that she sounded like a preppy cheerleader. " Isabel Evans".

" No wonder you´re hating her. The name says already everything", Maria could picture the mentioned girl. Tall, blonde and snobby. The kind of princess she always despised in high school. The kind who thought they were better than others and stood above everyone.

Liz was glad that Maria was her best friend. She always knew how to cheer her up and make her laugh. If they talked with each other she felt like the world wasn´t so bad anymore. And as long as she had her friend at her side, college wouldn´t be so hard.

Girls building

Tess was just finished with talking to her grandfather and put her cellphone in her bag again. She just wanted to let him know that they arrived save. Of course he was sure about that, but he was relieved to hear that they made it in one piece to the college. Now Tess took her jeans jacket and made her way to Michaels room. She had so much to tell her brother and she was curious how his roommate might be looking. Maybe he was cute and she would finally meet someone other than all this slimy rich men who just wanted a girl as a trophy. A woman they could show around and who kept her mouth closed. Too bad that she wasn´t one of this women. She was loud, she talked too much and she wasn´t afraid to speak right from her mind. And the man who would win her heart someday should accept her like she was and not like he wanted her to be. She wouldn´t change for anybody, not even for someone she would love in the future. Suddenly Tess was kicked out of her thoughts when she collied with something. Startled she looked up at the object she ran into. Unfortunately it was another person, to be exact it was a girl that looked like a super model. She was pretty tall, had long blonde hair and brown eyes.

" I´m sorry. I didn´t see you".

The girl eyed her with disdain at first and then she checked her out from head to toe, before she let her gaze wander to her face again. " It´s alright. Nothing hurt".

Tess didn´t like to be viewed at from above from other girls. Especially the ones who thought they were more pretty than others. And yet something seemed to draw her to this girl. There was something familiar. The same feeling she got from her roommate Maria. " Alright then. We´ll probably see each other around here from time to time".

" Wait. Do you know the building where the boys are in?", the girl didn´t want to lose the conversation with Tess. It was like something told her that she should get to know her. That she was somehow different than the other people around campus. And there was this instant connection between them.

Tess smiled friendly at her. " Yeah. I´m just on my way there to visit my brother".

" Cool. I wanted to do the same right now. Maybe we can go together", the girl let a small grin appear on her face.

Tess liked that suggestion. Maybe her first impression on the girl wasn´t the right one. Her grandfather always told her that she should base her opinion on the second glance and not the first. And obviously he was right about that. " Sure. I don´t mind. By the way my name is Tess Dupree".

The girl smiled really this time and not just some fake smile that most of her kind did. " Isabel Evans".

" Nice to meet you", and she really meant. It wasn´t just a polite empty phrase, she really felt that way. It was strange, but it appeared to her like she would finally come to the place where she belonged and find people who seemed to be familiar to her. Maybe she imagined everything, but it was like it was her destiny to meet them.

Isabel threw her blonde hair over her shoulder. " Same here", she couldn´t shake the feeling to know Tess from somewhere. But she couldn´t remember if it was just her mind playing tricks on her or if it was true. " So I think we should finally go".

Tess shook her head. She thought too much and it wasn´t good for her. She would get behind this feeling someday. But she wouldn´t find out something if she tried to hard. It would come to her when she at least expected it. " Yeah ".

They both started walking and on their way to the other building they spoke about their favourite music, about their families and of course about boys.

Across campus

Kyle and Alex were wandering around the whole place and they were at least in three buildings. But they didn´t find this room with the pool table in it. They even asked a few people, which were no help at all, because they were also new students here. Now they were sitting in front of their house on the provided chairs that were standing there. Both observed the sky that was slowly getting dark and sometimes they eyed the people who were still walking around.

" And how do you find your roommate so far?", Alex was curious with whom his friend was staying for the next few years. He already knew about Liz and he wanted to know if it was just her or if he was the only one who was satisfied with his companion.

Kyle grinned. " Actually he´s really cool. He´s the grandson of Charles Dupree and he´s exactly like me in some kind".

Alex noticed that a but would follow this sentence. " What do you mean with actually cool?".

" I don´t like that he was obviously flirting with Maria and he spoke about her like she was just an object", it really bothered him that his roommate was after his sister. It wasn´t so unusual that boys put a move on her. But he knew those guys like Michael and they were just after a quick lay. After they had what they wanted they disappeared and he didn´t want that. Not when he had to share a room with the said guy.

Alex refrained from laughing out loud. He didn´t know how many times they had this conversation. It was always the same. A boy had interest in Maria and Kyle went totally big brother on her. In the end she got on a date with the boy and was pissed at her brother. " Dude, you´re worrying too much. And don´t tell me you don´t talk about girls any different?".

" It´s something complete different. He was talking about my sister that way", alright, Kyle shouldn´t be mad at Michaels behaviour, because he was guilty to do the same. But it wasn´t like he spoke like that in front of the girls brothers.

Alex patted his friend on his shoulder. If kyle wanted to believe that lie, he wouldn´t say something against it. But it wasn´t that different. This girls probably had brothers, too and he didn´t think they would have acted so weird. " Alright. If you think so".

Kyle didn´t want to talk about his roommate any longer, so he changed the topic. " How about you´re housemate?".

" He´s a pretty ok guy. I feel like I´m living with Liz. Just without the boobs and the estrogen", Alex couldn´t subject something at him. He was someone that would have perfectly fitted in their tight little group. Especially with Liz. They both had much in common. Well, except for the music taste. But all in all, it was like they were seperated by birth.

Kyle could already picture this guy. He was probably wearing glasses and looked like Steve Urkel. Someone from the sort of nerds, which had only interest in academic grades and didn´t know fun. Thank god that he was spared to share a room with that kind. Not that he had anything against those, but he wanted to have fun as long as he could and he didn´t need someone who would stop him from doing that. " That´s sounds pretty boring if you ask me. Not that I think Liz is boring or something. But you know what I mean. She´s not exactly miss party".

Alex knew what he meant with that. Liz wasn´t the kind of girl who went out that much. At least not of her free will. It was always Maria who took her along. But it didn´t seem like his roommate was like that actually. " Max isn´t so, at least I think so from what I´ve heared. His sister was always taking him with her to a party. She seemes to be exactly like Maria from what he told me".

" Oh boy. It´s hard enough to get along with one of her kind. But to have two? That´s the end of the world as we know it", Kyle loved his sister dearly. But she could be real pain in the ass sometimes. They were often too much alike than he liked it. And it happened that they clashed against each other. Unfortunately she won this fights all the time.

Alex didn´t even told him the funniest part of the story. " Yeah. And guess what? She´s Liz roommate".

At that Kyle broke out in laughter. Now finally it got really interesting. But before he could open his mouth, something caught his eye. There were two pretty hot girls on the way in their direction. One was tall, blonde and absolute gorgeous, however she didn´t have his attention at the moment, because he wasn´t so into the model type anymore. No his eyes wandered to the other girl with the blonde curly hair. She was cute and exactly like he wanted his future girlfriend to be. Trying to be as unflashy as possible he nudged Alex with his elbow and pointed in front of him. Seconds later his friend saw to the same direction and noticed the babes walking towards them.

" Wow. Now I´m finally home", Alex wasn´t so sad to attent do this college anymore. If every girl would look like that, he was sure that he made the right desicion.

Kyle nodded with his head. " I second that".

Alex roamed his eyes over the body of the tall blonde. She was breathtaking beautiful and the kind of girl he only could dream of. Too bad that he wasn´t more like Kyle or even a little like his rommate. They seemed to attract the attention of the girls around them. " Should we say hello or something?".

Kyle turned his face towards his friend. Was he asking this for real? No wonder he never had a date with a cute girl. It wasn´t because of his looks, because he wasn´t ugly. At least as much as he could tell from a guys opinion. It was just his clumpsy way to approach the other gender. " Oh my. You really have no idea how to charm a girl. You have to play it cool, man".

The girls were slowly coming closer to them. Alex got more nervous the closer they were to them. Contrary to his companion, which sat lazyily in his chair and put on his trade mark smirk. That always worked for him. Finally he caught eye contact with the smaller blonde. Immediately her cheeks turned a nice shade of pink and she looked away. But not before Kyle could see the little smile playing around her lips. Score. The taller one didn´t even notice anything, she was too busy with talking. When the girls passed them, Alex couldn´t control himself.

" Hy", he blurted out. He almost screamed it and startled them.

Kyle rolled his eyes at his friend. But to spare him the humilitation, he tried to draw the attention to himself rather than to Alex, which was looking like he wanted the earth to open up and swallow him. Hence he intensivied his smirk and raised his eyebrow. " Hey".

" Hey", the smaller one gave him a shy smile before she disappeared behind the door. At least she acknowledge them. The other one didn´t even look in their direction. Except shortly when Alex cried out loud. But after that she turned to the front immediately.

Kyle saw after his new interest and watched how her butt swayed seductively from side to side. Too bad that she closed the door behind her. With a full smile this time he faced Alex. " Wow, what a great ass".

" Oh my god! I was behaving like an idiot! I embarrased myself! Please shoot me!", Alex put his face into his hands and tried to make himself disappear. How stupid could he act? He wasn´t some dumb jock. He could formulate whole sentences, complete with subordinated clauses. And now his brain failed him. One good thing was there at least. He didn´t drool or start stuttering.

" Hey, don´t beat yourself up. It wasn´t that bad. They noticed you and believe me, they won´t forget you that easily", they would probably never forget him. He scared them a little with his outburst. But Kyle intented to help his friend. He would show him his tricks.

Alex looked through his fingers. It wasn´t that bad? Was he sleeping while he made an ass out of himself? Oh god, he should change the university or better, leave the country. Or maybe the NASA had still a seat available in a rocket. " I can´t let myself be seen here on campus ever again".

Kyle thumped his friends arm. " Don´t say that. I´ll help you and in a few days the girls will be after you, like moths after the light".

" Do you think that will still help with me?".

" Of course or I wouldn´t have suggested it. Now come one, get your ass in gear. I want to look after the girls", Kyle jumped to his feet and walked away.

Alex shook his head while he heaved his body out of the chair. Maybe it would help to ease his mind to concentrate on Liz´ problem.

Kyle and Michaels room

Tess knocked softly at the door. She wasn´t so sure if it was the right room, but her brother told her that it was the first door at the stairs. Now she waited until the door opened. While she was doing that, she thought about her new friend Isabel. They both had so much in common that it was scary. It felt like they would know each other forever. She only had this feeling once and that was with Maria. But before she could elaborate on that too much, the door finally opened and Michael stretched his head out.

" Oh it´s just you".

Tess rolled her eyes at him. " Hello to you, too". Without waiting for an indication that she could enter, she squeezed past her brother into the room. " Did you expect someone else?".

Michael closed the door and followed his sister, which was in the process to eye their little empire. " No".

" Then why the sullen face when you saw me?", Tess noticed that Michael´s side of the room looked exactly like his bedroom at home. Above his bed was a big Metallica Poster and besides that one from Staind. She didn´t know why her brother listened to such crap. It was so dark and you even couldn´t dance on this music. The only thing you did was nodding with your head and play an invisible guitar. At least that was what Michael always did.

Michael took a seat on his bed. " Because".

Tess looked at her brother. Great he was answering in simple words again. Why couldn´t Michael be normal for once? Why did he have to be such a jerk sometimes? " That´s not an answer".

" For me it is and it´s all you will get from me", Michael didn´t want his sister to snoop around his private life. She didn´t need to know that he hoped to see Maria again and get behind the feeling of knowing her. It was strange, but he never was so interested in a girl that obviously had no desire to be in close proximity with him.

Tess sat besides her brother and stared at him. Something was going on in him, something that bothered him. " Is it a girl?".

Michaels head snapped in the direction of his sister. Was he that obvious? " Why you´re asking me that? It´s not always about a girl, alright!", althrough she wasn´t that wrong about that, but she wouldn´t find that out.

Tess was taken aback from the intensitiy of his voice. She had hit a sore spot or else he wouldn´t react so strongly about a simple question. And the fact that he had looked at her like a deer caught in the headlights was another indication that it was a girl. " Geez, what crawled up your butt? I was just asking. You don´t have to bite my head of because of that".

" I´m sorry. It´s not you. I think I finally realised that I´m not at home anymore and everything caught up with me", he wasn´t mad at his sister. He was mad at himself for thinking about Maria since he bumped into her. She didn´t get out of his head anymore and it bugged him to no end. He didn´t know what was so different about her, why she was not like any other girls he meet so far?

" Yeah I know that feeling", Tess knew that it wasn´t the reason, but she knew that her brother wouldn´t talk when she pushed him. He would tell her when he thought it was the right time. " So how is your roommate so far?".

Michael was glad that his sister didn´t bug him anymore. Sometimes she was more sensitive than he thought. " He´s really cool. A little like me, althrough not so attractive".

" You´re so full of yourself, you know that", Tess looked at the opposite side of the room. It was still a little messy, but she was used to that from Michael. She noticed trophies and medals. Obviously his roommate was a jock. Probably someone who crashed beer cans on his forehead, thought that armani was a new product by McD´s and had a brain of the size of a pea. Suddenly she detected a little frame with a photo on the nightstand. Slowly she arose from the bed and made her way there. Carefully she took it in her hands and eyed the picture. She saw a happy family, complete with parents and three kids. The boy was the one who flirted with in front of the building. Alright, maybe dumb wasn´t so bad with that face. Then her glance wandered to the girl besides him. It was Maria. " Hey, your roommate is the brother of my roommate".

Michael jumped to his feet immediately. What was she talking about. " You´re sharing your room with Maria?".

Tess faced her brother surprised. Score. She had her evidence that it was a girl he was expecting. And after the excited expression on his face someone he wanted to know better. He didn´t remember every name of a girl he just meet. Usually he didn´t even remember the names of the girls he nailed for a night. " Yeah. Why do you wanna know? You´ve cast an eye on her or something?".

Michael was tempted to deny everything. But if someone would understand him it was his sister. Confused he brushed his hand through his hair. He let out a frustated sigh. " It´s not that. I mean she´s absolute gorgeous and exactly my type. But there´s something different about her. Something I can´t explain. It´s just this feeling like I would know her".

" You felt it, too?", Tess didn´t know if she should freak out or be happy. She and Michael knew all their lifes that they were not like any normal kids. They had powers nobody else had. Since they discovered their gifts they tried to hide them from everyone. They were scared to get captured or get branded as freaks. They didn´t know where their powers were coming from and they stopped looking for an explanation. Michael thought they were like Superman, aliens, who were stranded here. But Tess told him that they were born and not send on a spaceship. She thought they were just blessed with special gifts, nothing more.

Michael stared at his sister stunned. " Do you think it means something? Maybe she´s one of us?".

" Do you listen to yourself? You´re talking like we´re freaks or creatures from outer space. We´re just different than everybody else", Tess didn´t want to start again with the hiding. She just wanted to be a normal girl on a normal college with her normal brothers. Why couldn´t Michael understand that. She needed a new start and that was the reason why she choose this college. It was far away from Tucson and nobody knew her here.

Michael was close to lose the control over his powers. That wouldn´t be the first time. Everytime he was highly emotional or really angry, his powers just appeared and let things near him explode or break. Sometimes he wished to know more about them, so that he could control them better. But they never figured out from where they were coming from or why they had them. " We are freaks, if you want it or not. Different means we´re not like normal people and that leads to my " Freak " concept. I know you don´t want to hear that, but it´s the truth. I accepted it, because I can´t change it. I´ll advice you to do the same and life will be easier".

Tess eyes were brimming with tears when she turned to Michael. " I can´t do that like you. I´m so sick of hiding who I really am from everybody. I just want a normal life. Is that so much to ask?".

Instantly Michael went to his sister and embraced her tightly. No matter how many fights they had, they always sticked together. No wonder, they only had themself. Slowly he stroked her head. " You´re not the only one who wants that. I want to find a girl, settle down somewhere and make a few babies with her. But there are things that will be always just a dream".

" If normal is just a dream, then I don´t want to wake up from it".

Michael looked over his sisters shoulder at the picture of Maria with her family. Strangly he felt the same since he meet her.

Alex and Max room

Isabel was still looking for the room her brother was in. She had knocked at every door on this floor, because she forgot, which number Max had told her. Well, she was actually too busy with arranging her side of the room to listen to her brother. But now she was standing at the last door of the floor and hopefully she was even on the right house. A little irritated she knocked at the door. Immediately she heared strange noises coming from the room, like something fell to the ground. Isabel tried to stiffle her laughter behind her hands. A few seconds Max opened the door with a pretty red face and a suspicious smile.

" Hey, I didn´t expect you so soon".

Isabel tried to peek around her brother to see what had him so nervous and embarressed. But he was blocking her view with his body. " What are you doing in there? Did I disturb you with something?".

Max made an attempt to hide his embarrassement. He just had been in the process to put his collection of UFO sightings and other things under his bed. Since he and his sister discovered that they could do things nobody else could, he was trying to find out why they had them and how they could control them. But so far, all he knew was that the crash in 1947 was just a supposedly weatherballon, the alienautopsy was just fake and he didn´t found any indication that aliens were real or even landed here. He even had a few articles from people with supernatural abilities. But he was sure that it was just BS to get money from dummies who believed in that. He also thought it was a possibility that they were mutants. Isabel didn´t want to believe anything that was not natural. She was under the impression that it was nothing unusual to get into dreams of others and snoop around there. She just wanted to forget about their gifts and be a normal girl. And he respected that, he didn´t understand it, but he respected it. " Nothing and No".

" Do you let me in or do I have to stand here on the corridor the whole time?", Isabel had the suspicion that her brother tried to hide something from her. If it was his collection of supernatural articles and other things, he didn´t have to do that. She knew about that and she even read a few of them. Not that she believed the things she read, but some were really funny.

Max stepped out of his room and closed the door behind himself. " Why don´t we take a look around campus? It´s such a nice evening and after tomorrow we won´t have the chance to see everything when not so much people are around".

Isabel raised her eyebrow. Her brother was probably the weirdest person on earth. But to avoid some kind of argument she shut her mouth and dropped her suspicion. " Alright. If you want".

" So how is everything? Are you comfortable with the girl you sharing a room with?", Max linked his arm through his sisters and started walking. He was glad that she dropped the topic and decided to be pleasantry for a change.

Isabel rolled her eyes. Her roommate was not what she expected. " She´s a nerd and has no fashion style. I mean if I would be looking so boring then I would definitely dress more eye-catching. But apart from that I think she´s a nice girl. We will never be best friends, but we will get along".

Max refrained from groaning. His sister was sometimes so shallow and mean. That wasn´t the girl he grew up with. She was always caring and helped others. She even did a few charity things at home. But sometimes she behaved like a snob, even in front of him, althrough he knew her better than that. " Why do you have to judge every person from their appearance? Not everyone is like you, you know".

" Why are you attacking me? I didn´t judge her, I was just stating a fact", Isabel didn´t understand her brother sometimes. Was it that bad to say the truth? She just told him her first impression on her roommate.

" I hate it when you do like you think you´re better than others. It´s not the Isabel I know. The girl who collected money for the children in the orphanage or supervised the little play at christmas", Max didn´t like it when his sister changed her personality in front of others. She wasn´t that cold hearted or snobby. She was just a scared girl that feared to be different than others and judge after that. That was the reason why she tried to appear like an Ice Princess.

Isabel sighed loud. Sometimes she forgot to drop her act in front of her brother. But it was hard to be two persons at the same time. The popular cheerleader with her friends and the loving sister/daughter with her family. " I´m sorry. It´s just that I´m so used to be like that. I don´t know how I can change that".

Max smiled at her. He knew that feeling all too well. He was also hiding behind his quiteness. He was always the boy behind the tree that was watching everybody else having fun. But he wanted to come out from his hiding place and join them. And now he could do that here in college. Maybe he would finally find some nice friends and a girlfriend. " Don´t worry. I will help you with that".

" So and what can you say about you´re roommate?", Isabel tried to take off her princess attitude and be like her family knew her. The nice girl.

Max thought about the first meeing with Alex. There was this instantly liking. He was the kind of guy who would perfectly match him. " I like him. He´s really funny and he plays guitar".

" So he´s a musician?", Isabel´s interest was piqued. Guitarist were pretty hot and they were popular. Maybe she should visit her brother more often in the near future.

Max shook his head. As much as he could gather from Alex he was more interested in Computer and such. " He said he had a band in high school with his best friend. But I think it was more a fun thing than a get rich thing. He´s taking classes in IT".

Isabel didn´t like the sound of that. Now she had a picture of some geek with classes in her mind. The kind of guy she looked down on during her school time. Alright, she wasn´t perfect and had her faults, but all her friend did it and she didn´t want to be different from them. " That´s sounding nice".

" Don´t say something wrong until you meet him", Max heard the tone in her voice and he wanted to prevent her from telling him her thoughts.

" I didn´t say anything".

Max turned his head to her. " I know what you´re thinking and it´s not nice".

Isabel started to pout and pulled her arm back. She crossed them over her chest. " You´re no fun. I hate that you know me so well".

" That´s the curse of being a twin. You know what I think and I know what you think", Max had so much fun with that gift. They could tease each other with it and nobody would know what it was about. Their parents often wondered about what they were talking.

Isabel laughed about that. Sometimes he didn´t know what was going through her mind. Thankfully or he would have gotten a heartattack already. She didn´t think he would find it so funny to hear what his sister was thinking about a few guys from their school. " You don´t know everything I think".

Max stopped in his tracks and faced his sister. What was she talking about? " Are you sure about that?".

" Absolutely. Do you know what I´m thinking right now?", she stared in his eyes and tried to see any reaction. She was just thinking that her brother was a dork. When she saw how his eyes widened she continued her walk.

Max immediately followed after her. " Hey. I´m not a dork!".

Somewhere on the campus

A man with blue jeans, a white shirt and a gray slipover was standing in a dark corner. He was observing the four people at the big tree with his blue eyes. Two guys and two girls. The blonde one had catched his eye. He would regnorize her everywhere. Marianna. then he turned his face to the couple, who was walking in another direction. Zan and Vilandra. After that he faced the window in the first floor of the boys dorm. There he saw the two remaining members of the royal family, Rath and Ava. Carefully he took some black object out of his jeans pocket and opened it up.

Immediately a voice came from it. " Yeah".

" They´re here".

A little pause on the other end. " Alright".

TBC