Hidden, Alex/Isabel, 1/1 {COMPLETE}

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Hidden

By Trude (marti_ms@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: I am pretty sure that you all know that Roswell doesn’t belong to me.
Spoilers: up to “Wipe Out”
Rating: TEEN, I guess
Pairing: Alex/Isabel
AN: Thanks to Mt Gazer for being my beta and to Stargazing101/Winternymph87 for writing “Island in the Dark” from where I have the idea for this story.



Seeing the familiar house, Isabel subconsciously quickened her pace, needing to see Alex after everything that happened that day. Isabel looked around carefully and felt like a criminal, sneaking into the Whitman’s backyard in the middle of the night. She constantly expected someone to call out to her to see what she was doing there, tonight even more so than usual.

Approaching his window, Isabel couldn’t help the smile that was blossoming on her face. And when she heard Alex play his guitar, it gave her a much needed feeling of normality and of coming home.

For a moment she pondered how to get to Alex; knocking on the window and letting him do the gentlemanly thing – helping her through the window – or just opening it with her powers and launching herself at Alex without letting go of him till the morning. When she thought back on what had happened today, she realized that she was not in the mood to use her alien powers again – she had already used them too much for her own liking.

Knocking resolutely on Alex’s window, Isabel waited impatiently for Alex to appear. After what felt like hours, Alex finally stood in front of Isabel, giving her a big grin that made her stomach do flip-flops.

“Hey.” Alex greeted Isabel softly before offering her his hand and helping her into his room. Isabel silently watched Alex’s every move as he closed the window, as if to memorize everything about him.

When Alex turned back to Isabel with a smile, he was knocked back onto the window seat when Isabel launched herself at him. Holding Isabel just as tightly as he was held, Alex whispered, “I already thought you dumped me tonight when you didn’t show up at the usual time.” Shaking her head but not loosening her tight grip, Isabel replied, “No, of course not. I would’ve called you if that were the case. I just wanted to spend some time with my parents after,” she let out a shaky breath, “ … after everything that happened today.”

Alex stroked Isabel’s hair in a calming manner, “Yeah, Maria called me and told me about everything – with lots of details, of course.” Somehow, Isabel managed to tighten her grip on Alex even more. “God, Alex! I was so worried when I called you and you didn’t answer.”

“Wait!” Alex interrupted, “When did you call me? Maria didn’t mention that and she mentioned a lot.”

Isabel moved back a bit, so she could look at Alex. “It was before we met up with the others at the Crashdown. Mom had just disappeared and Max came back from the neighbors, reporting that they were gone too. I didn’t think, I just grabbed the phone and called you. God! I thought I had lost you, Alex!” She said in a tone that was increasingly starting to panic.

Isabel put her hands on either side of Alex’s face and brought her lips down on his for a desperate kiss. Alex moaned into Isabel’s mouth and let his hands roam her back when the kiss deepened. Isabel felt Alex pull her closer to his body – so tightly that it seemed as if every part of her body was touching Alex’s. Letting out a content sigh, Isabel put her hands on Alex’s neck, playing with the soft ends of his hair.

But like all good things, the kiss had to end eventually. Isabel put her forehead against Alex’s for a moment before backing off a bit, but not moving off of Alex’s lap. ’When did I get to sit here?’ Isabel asked herself without really caring about the answer. After all, she was where she belonged.

Looking down at their intertwined hands, Isabel continued, “Max was with me when I tried calling you, but he didn’t ask whom I called and I don’t think he suspects that it was you.” Alex moved one hand up and rubbed Isabel’s shoulder to calm her down. “I really had to bite my lip, so I wouldn’t just blurt out to the others that I already called you when we saw the Whit’s CD at the Crashdown and Maria suspected you to be gone too.”

Isabel laid her head on Alex’s shoulder, letting his scent invade her nose, while finally coming to terms with today’s events. “Do you know what happened with you when you guys were gone? Or do you know where you were?” Isabel asked after a few moments of comfortable silence.

Alex briefly shook his head before he answered. “No, it was like no time had passed at all. One minute I was sitting in the Crashdown, wanting to eat my hot pancakes and the next minute, the pancakes were partly eaten and ice cold and the sheriff acted as if he hadn’t seen me in years.” Alex let out a chuckle. “If Maria hadn’t told me what happened, I probably would have thought that the sheriff had lost his mind.” ‘Except for the fact that someone had eaten my pancakes when I wasn’t looking.

“Don’t joke about this, Alex!” Isabel snapped, looking into Alex’s eyes. “I could have lost you today and if something had happened to you, it would have been my fault.”

Alex brought his hand up and wiped away the tears that were running down Isabel’s face. “How could that be your fault? That’s crap and you know it! It’s not your fault that the skins pulled that stunt.” Alex quickly placed butterfly kisses on Isabel’s eyes and nose. “And don’t think that Maria didn’t tell me that you ran into the lion’s den when going to Nicholas and Co. What were you thinking, Isabel?”

“I … I just …” Isabel stuttered. “I just thought that after everything that Whitaker told me about Vilandra,…” Alex was the only one Isabel had told about what she learned when facing the congresswoman, even though Alex tried to make her tell the others about it too. “I thought with everything that I did in my last life…”

“Vilandra’s life.” Alex cut in dryly. Isabel smiled at him, thinking it was endearing that Alex constantly insisted that she and Vilandra were two totally different persons.

“Anyway, I thought that with everything that went on up there, I could get to their leader – which I managed – and to find out what they wanted and … find a way to stop them. Well, that part of my plan didn’t work out as planned.” Isabel said guiltily.

Alex put his chin on Isabel’s head. “You should have told the others – aliens and humans. We work best as a team, after all.”

Isabel let out a sigh, having heard this already a few times but she couldn’t bring herself to believe Alex when he said that the others wouldn’t hate her for what Vilandra did on that other planet.

“Please, Alex. Lets not talk about this. At least not tonight.” Isabel pleaded with her boyfriend.

Her, secret-no-one-knows-about-him, boyfriend. When Tess came to town, everything changed between the six friends. It soon got obvious that Tess appeared when Alex and Isabel spent time together and that she just joined them without asking whether her presence was welcomed or not.

Hearing about destiny, Tess became like a dog with a bone – having learned about the alien’s destiny that day a few months ago, Tess never stopped telling Michael and Isabel how important it was that they drop their human friends and that they get together as a couple. And after two weeks of this, Isabel had enough and was tempted to blast Tess; but instead, she told Alex that it would be best to keep their relationship a secret, without telling anyone that they were still together and acting as if they were apart.

Alex was against the idea at first, because he believed that Isabel was ashamed of being seen with him, but after Isabel had told him of her reasons for that drastic step – being able to be together without having to deal with Tess and the others who might be against them – Alex reluctantly agreed.

At first, it was hard for them to keep their distance in public, especially for Isabel when Alex started his “puppy in love” routine all over again. He enjoyed “torturing” Isabel like this, knowing how hard it was for her to act indifferently when in reality she wanted to jump him. Isabel had made a huge mistake when she told Alex about that and he even intensified his efforts, which made Isabel – just like Alex hoped – more sexually frustrated and most importantly often the one to initiate the making out whenever they spent time together.

They both had hoped that Tess would stop believing in destiny when she spent more time with the humans but their hopes were short lived when she started commenting that Alex obviously didn’t get the hint that Isabel wasn’t interested in him anymore, like she, Tess, and everyone else thought.

When Isabel and Alex were discussing the Tess problem, Isabel quickly made it clear that she didn’t want to stay even more apart from Alex and was extremely shocked when Alex voiced his idea, “Why don’t you start dating again?”

It took some time for Alex and Isabel but finally they came up with a way to possibly make things work. They decided that the best candidate would be someone who didn’t go to school with the group, so the others wouldn’t have too much contact with him.

When Grant Sorenson had shown up in the Crashdown, one look passed between Alex and Isabel and they knew that they found their perfect pawn. Isabel did go on some dates with him, but most of the time when she was “officially” out on a date with Grant, she actually spent time with Alex.

Since Max and the others didn’t like Grant, they didn’t talk with him and never knew that he and Isabel were only going out once every two weeks, and for very short dates without kissing or anything. It was rather frustrating for Grant.

No matter how well their plan worked out, Isabel was worried that Alex might feel jealous and Alex was worried that Isabel might feel horrible since Maria and Liz made it rather clear that they weren’t happy with how Isabel treated Alex in public. Alex and Isabel’s relationship surely wasn’t easy but they knew that together they could manage it.

“I think we should stop this act.” Isabel announced after a few moments of silence. “I’m sick of meeting with Grant and I’m sure that aside from Tess, nobody will mind us being together again. They’ll most likely be happy that I’m over my infatuation with older men.” She shook her head at the thought of her brother’s possible reactions, while she chuckled softly to herself.

Alex looked a bit shocked at Isabel’s sudden out-burst. “Isabel, I know what you mean but …”

“No buts, Alex! I don’t want to pretend anymore. I’m tired of keeping my distance in public, not being allowed to touch or kiss you. Can’t you understand that?” Isabel asked.

Alex let out a sigh and pulled Isabel closer. “I do understand, believe me, I do. But … honestly, I’m unsure how we should break the news about our hidden relationship to the others without them being angry and hurt.”

”We don’t have to tell them, Alex. I’ll just stop seeing Grant – as if that would be a problem.” Isabel rolled her eyes. “And then, we’ll just spend more time together and your charm will soon have me captivated again.”

Alex seemed unsure. “I don’t know Isabel. Sure, your idea sounds reasonable, but ... I don’t know … it’s one thing to keep “us” a secret for now but to keep it a secret forever …” Alex trailed off.

“Not forever.” Isabel quickly assured him. “Just till things about destiny and “who’s dating whom” are over … in a few months maybe.”

When Alex still looked doubtful, Isabel went in for the kill. “Do you enjoy sitting next to me without touching or kissing me when we are in public? Or are you happy when I’m pretending to like Grant?”

“NO! Of course not.” Alex answered immediately.

“Then why ..” Isabel started but Alex interrupted her. “I know what you mean, Iz. I guess you are right, it’s really better to end this and tell the others later about what was going on.” He let out a sigh. “We have to tell them one day anyway, so if we are able to be “officially” together till then it’s way better than this hidden thing we have going on.”

“Thank you.” Isabel whispered into Alex’s ear, quickly kissing his neck up to his cheek.

“You really don’t have to thank me, Isabel. I’m happy about ending this secret relationship as well.” Alex groaned, finally managing to capture Isabel’s lips with his after she had teased him with little butterfly kisses. When they broke apart, gasping for air, Alex asked, “Won’t it be strange when you suddenly stop seeing Grant?”

Isabel let out a short laugh. “Don’t worry about that, Alex. It has its advantages to be the Ice Princess.”

With his arms wrapped around his girlfriend, Alex walked them over to his bed and lay back, pulling Isabel down with him. When they got comfortable, Alex started to twirl Isabel’s hair between his fingers. “Do you want to watch TV or do homework?” Alex asked.

Many of their “dates” were spent at Alex’s home; since his room was a bit separated from the other bedrooms in the Whitman house because it was on the first floor and even soundproofed because it used to be some kind of garage long ago. Isabel and Alex used their time together doing homework, watching TV, listening to music – happy that they actually were able to be together.

“No.” Isabel replied with a yawn, snuggling closer to Alex. “Lets just fall asleep, okay? It’s been one hell of a day, and one that I would like to put as far away from us as possible.”

“Yeah.” He sighed wearily. “As long as you are in my arms, I don’t care what we do.”

“Sweet talker.” Isabel muttered, but secretly she couldn’t wait for the day when they could be like this around their friends too.

“I love you.” She heard Alex say as she drifted into sleep. “Love you more.” She replied, groggily just before she fell asleep, dreaming of her and Alex’s future.


The End


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