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Chapter 11 Part A
Evan’s Household – Kitchen
Max sat at the counter staring at his Tabasco drenched cereal wondering how he was the only one this weekend with no plans. His parents were gone on a business trip, Michael went out of town, and now he finds out that Isabel left Roswell to check out some colleges. Pushing the food away from him he stood up and thought sarcastically, ‘Yeah that’s just the kind of thinking we need in case we ever get attacked again.’ Sighing he picked up his bowl and went to place it in the sink. He gave the bowl a quick rinse and dried his hands before heading to the living room to find something to do. ‘Well maybe I catch up on some tv since no one is home. This might be a good thing, you know get some me time.’ Settling down on the sofa he grabbed the remote preparing to turn on the TV when all of a sudden there was a knock at the door. Groaning at the interruption he dropped the remote on the coffee table and went to go get the door. ‘This had better not be Maria asking me where Michael is again. I’d already told her twenty-three times today I don’t know where Michael is and no I don’t know why he didn’t tell her why she couldn’t go with him. Michael is so much trouble when he gets back.’ Shaking his head he opened the door silently chanting ‘please don’t be Maria, please don’t be Maria.’
There standing on his front step was Tess with a smile on her face looking at him happily. ‘Damn what is this stalk Max day? First Maria calls and here’s Tess coming around unannounced.’
“Hello Max,” she said in a sugar coated voice.
Coming out of his thoughts he gave her a half smile and told her, “Hey Tess. Come on in.” He stood to the side as Tess brushed past him to enter the house. Closing the door behind them he turned to find Tess standing behind him. He looked at her waiting for her to say what she wanted. Several minutes went by as the two stood in the hallway looking at each other waiting for the other to speak. Finally tired and curious as to why she had come by, Max asked her, “So…did you want anything.”
“Well I just came to see if you and Isabel wanted to anything since it’s been pretty boring at the Valenti homestead as Kyle is gone for the day,” she smiled at him.
“Well it’s pretty boring here as well, and actually Isabel isn’t here. She went to check out some colleges without telling me,” he sighed again which was something he seemed to be doing a lot lately.
“Oh she didn’t mention anything to me either, so it looks like it’s just the two of us then,” she told him as she thought to herself, ‘It’s about time I have him all to myself. Maybe I can get him to try some memory retrieval techniques, well the memories I decide to show him anyway.’ She smiled to herself as she was sure that she would have Max in no time.
Max looked back at Tess and smiled, ‘at least someone wants to spend time with me.’ “I guess it’s the two of us then, so did you have something in mind,” he asked her.
“How about I teach you some memory retrieval techniques,” she asked putting on her best innocent look.
He eyed her for a minute before coming to a decision. Nodding his head he told her, “Sure. Why not, it might be fun.”
Tess was overjoyed but tried not to let it show as she took his hand and led him to his room. ‘Like taking candy from a baby,’ she thought with glee. “Maybe we should do this in your room.”
Shrugging he agreed and led her to his room as she quickly grabbed his hand and just smiled at him innocently when raised his eyebrow in question.
Entering his room she sat down on the bed and told him, “This would work better if we did this on the bed.”
Wondering what he gotten himself into he sat down on the bed hesitantly. Looking at her he asked, “So what’s the first thing I do.”
Tess smiled at him as she thought, ‘Oh this is going to be fun.’
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Victoria’s Secrets Shop
Isabel walked through the risqué store browsing through the items quickly discarding the ones she didn’t like with a flick of her wrist and set aside the ones she liked. She had already purchased multiple items from other shops when she decided that she needed a new pajama set which is how she ended up here to begin with. She had already found a pair of midnight blue silk pajamas, but decided to look around to see if anything else might catch her fancy. Humming she spotted a red teddy with a matching robe and decided to try it on. Making her way to one of the dressing rooms she closed the door and made sure the door was locked. A minute later found her standing in front of the mirror as she inspected the piece of lingerie. Tapping a finger on her chin she considered her image and a satisfied smile crossed her face as she thought of what Alex was going to say when he saw her in it. The fabric of the teddy was almost completely see-thru except for the important areas and the hem of the robe stopped just under the edge of her toned butt. ‘Alex, prepare to have your socks knocked off. This is so perfect it’s like something you wear on your honeymoon.’ Suddenly she frowned as she remembered the events that had transpired earlier that morning. Reaching her hand up she brushed away a few stray tears that had escaped her eyes. ‘I can’t believe he did that even if the person was a future version of me. It’s like he cheated on me with me. God this is so confusing, I mean she’s me but not me.’ Moving away from the mirror she sat on the little bench on the other side of the dressing room and wrapped her arms around herself as she tried to make sense of it all.
‘Is it really any worse than what I’ve done to him in the past,’ she asked herself as she remembered the look on his face as she flirted with Grant right after she told him that she didn’t want a relationship. She realized that she had used him when things got bad and played hot and cold with his emotions. ‘At least he didn’t cheat on me with someone else who wasn’t me. Okay I’m losing it if that made sense to me.’ She leaned back against the wall and closed her eyes. Finally a conclusion formed in her mind and she made her decision. Standing up she gathered her clothes and quickly got dressed.
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Las Cruces – Diner (lunch)
The small diner bustled with activity as the waitresses floated around attempting to appease the masses. In the corner of the room, three men sat quietly as they ate their food.
Michael liberally added Tabasco to his strawberry pancakes as his orange juice was already a healthy shade of red. He lifted his eyes and quickly glanced at Alex, who had his head down as he ate his of blueberry pancakes. Michael turned his gaze on Kyle who was reading the sports section of a newspaper. Deciding to be the first to break the silence he said, “So…some weather we’re having huh?” He groaned inwardly as the words left his mouth. Alex and Kyle both lifted their heads and looked out the window, and then stared back at Michael as if he was clearly insane. The weather of New Mexico was always the same, hot. Michael returned his attention to his food as he remembered the events that had occurred that morning.
*Flashback*
“You did what,” Isabel screamed at Alex as he stood his ground.
“I did what I thought appropriate,” he argued back hoping maybe he could get her to see it from his perspective.
“Appropriate? How was it appropriate to sleep with somebody else other than me? I don’t care if it was a dream,” she said lowering her voice not wanting to draw attention to them.
“I don’t see her as somebody else I only see her as you.” Alex let out a shaky breath as he argued his point.
Michael and Kyle sat back and observed neither wanting to anger Isabel anymore than she already was.
Alex slumped onto the bed as he rested his face in his hands. “She…you…looked so sad and all I wanted to do was make her…you happy again. Nothing else entered my mind it was always you…” He let out a weary sigh. “…her.”
Isabel closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “I need to think,” she told him as she grabbed her purse. Reaching the door she turned to him and said, “Do me a favor and don’t sleep with anymore future versions of me.” She turned back to the door and slammed the door behind her.
Alex let out a trembling breath as tears formed in his eyes. ‘I may have just lost the only girl I will ever love,’ he thought to himself as he swiped away the escaping tears as they ran down his face.
Michael and Kyle looked at each, neither not knowing what to do. They both felt sorry for Alex but they weren’t about to meddle with anybody else’s love life.
‘What would Maria do with this situation,’ Michael asked himself. An image of Maria chocking Alex came to his mind.
“How could you have done that to her, I thought I had trained you better than that,” Maria yelled as she chocked the life out of Alex. She turned and looked at Michael as he observed the dispute. “And you…why are you just standing there and not doing anything about this!? Not to the mention the fact that you didn’t even tell me any of this was going on!” She advanced on him…
Kyle slapped Michael on the back of the head. “Dude are you alright? You looked scared there for a minute,” Kyle asked his tall friend.
Michael shook his head and stood upright. “Yeah I’m fine, just thinking about something.” He returned to his thoughts completely zoning out on Kyle.
Kyle eyed Michael for a minute before shaking his head and chuckling as another flash of horror appeared on Michael’s face. An idea formed in his mind when all of the sudden he enthusiastically commented, “Food!” Seeing his friends stare at him strangely he smiled at them happily and said, “Let’s get some food.”
*End Flashback*
Michael shook himself out of his thoughts as he noticed a tall blonde figure approach their table, Isabel. He noticed that she was carrying multiple bags and could only assume that she had been shopping. She stopped beside the table and abruptly dropped the bags on the floor. “Hey Isabel…did some shopping I see,” he commented off hand.
Isabel simply glared at her adoptive brother as she slid into the seat next to Alex. Alex stayed focused on his food not wanting to anger Isabel further.
The group sat in silence as nobody wanted to be the first to speak. Alex decided to be the first to jump through the threshold and ask the one question that was on all the guys’ minds. “Did you come to any conclusions on your thoughts Isabel,” he asked in a low voice never taking his eyes off of his food.
Isabel let out a sigh as she replied to the question at hand. “Yes I did,” she said tersely as she inspected her nails.
Alex brought his gaze up and watched Isabel intently, not getting his answer from her vague reply he pushed it further. “And the conclusion would be?”
“I have decided that I am still mad, but I won’t push the subject any further as long as there are no more late night jaunts with my future self. I have also decided that the best punishment for you is to let you make it up to me for the rest of our lives,” she told him as she pulled out a small plastic card out of her purse and handed it to Alex. “Starting now,” she said as she took his plate of food and liberally added Tabasco sauce to it.
“Why do you have my ATM card,” he asked confused. His face went pale as he remembered that she had walked in with shopping bags, lots and lots of shopping bags. He stared at her in shock as his muddled mind tried to form words for him to say. “You…buy…my ATM…,” was all that managed to escape his lips, coherent thoughts long since gone.
Isabel took a bite of her stolen pancakes and chewed thoroughly before replying. “Yes I did, do you have a problem with that sweetie?” She smiled sweetly at him and took another bite of her food.
Alex shook his head and chuckled. ‘Well I got myself into this mess…’ he thought to himself as he held up his hands in mock surrender. “Nope no problem, my money is your money,” he told her as he reached over to take a drink of his orange only to have it ripped from his hands by Isabel.
“Thanks sweetie I was thirsty,” she stated as she tainted the sweet orange juice with Tabasco and drained the glass.
“No problem Izzy,” he said as he leaned back in his seat and sat quietly while watching her finish his breakfast.
“Whipped,” Kyle exclaimed as he made the sound effect to go with it. Michael followed suit and they broke out laughing causing Alex to glare at the two teenagers.
“Ok that’s enough fun and games, let’s get on the road. We don’t want to miss our flight now do we,” Isabel told them as stood up and strode towards the door of the café leaving her bags on the floor.
Alex slid out from his seat and picked up the shopping bangs. Grunting under the load he meekly followed after Isabel as Michael and Kyle continued to laugh while making whipped sounds as well.
Reaching Kyle’s car, Isabel turned to Kyle with her hand held out and said, “I want to drive so give me the keys.”
He laughed at her and said, “I don’t think so. Nobody and I mean nobody drives my Mustang but me.”
Isabel didn’t back down she just continued to hold her hand out as she glared at him.
“I mean it Isabel!” He crossed his arms in front of his chest and made a stand.
“Fine,” she told him and turned to the car and got in the driver’s seat. A few moments later the engine roared to life and she tooted the horn with an “everybody in.”
Kyle sputtered as Michael dragged him into the backseat of his car. Once everybody was in Isabel took off down the road towards the airport in El Paso.
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Crashdown Cafe
The Crashdown was quiet as only a few patrons had come in. Liz, Maria and their new friend Mary rested behind the counter talking.
“I still can’t believe Michael just left without even saying good bye to me. I thought he was better than that you know. I am done with him I really am, and if he wants to just come up and kiss me well I’m going to push him away. Okay he can kiss me, but that’s it and I mean it this time…,” Maria ranted before Liz interrupted her.
“Maria you’re rambling and I am sure what ever Michael is doing is important,” she told her as she tried to make her eccentric friend calm down, but she knew it was hopeless. She looked over to Mary who was looking at Maria with a dazed look on her face. ‘I guess if you’re not used to listening to Maria that can happen,’ she thought to herself with passing amusement. The bell above the door chimed happily and Liz turned to greet the newcomers with a smile. The smile left her face as she saw that it was Max and Tess strolling through the door, and she watched as they made their way to an empty booth. ‘They had to sit in my section,’ she thought to herself with a sigh.
At the booth Max and Tess were chatting about the memory session they just completed. “I still can’t believe what I managed to remember,” Max told Tess excitedly. He thought back to all the visions he received of Antar. “It was beautiful Tess especially the sky, it was like a burnt orange with light green clouds floating all around.” He got a far away look in his eyes as he pictured it.
Tess smiled at him as she took his hand from across the table. “Did you see anything else,” she asked as closed her eyes and started to mindwarp him.
Max’s eyes became hollow and empty. He blinked repeatedly as the fabricated memories and feelings seeded their way into his brain. “I remember…” he looked directly into her eyes and smiled. “I remember you. I remember how much I loved you.”
Liz walked up interrupting the conversation. “Welcome to the Crashdown, may I take your orders,” she asked. She looked down and noticed that they were holding hands and she blinked to keep the tears from forming.
Tess glared at Liz. ‘She has the worst timing!’ “Yes I would like a cherry coke with lemon and an Eclipse burger,” she told her with a dismissive wave.
Liz rolled her eyes and turned to Max who had a far away look in his eyes. “Max,” she asked as she waved her hand in front of his face. Getting no response she lightly touched his shoulder and that’s when it happened. Electricity flew between them and Liz’s hold became firmer as she swayed slightly from the shock. Time seemed to hold still as their bodies leaned into each other as if they couldn’t be apart from each other. Liz shook her head and looked back at Max, who was looking directly at her with loving eyes. She smiled at him as they stared into each other eyes as their souls briefly touched and comfort each other. They were interrupted by Tess waving her hand in front of their faces.
“Hey can you like go and get my food or something,” Tess asked annoyed that Liz was interfering with her plans yet again.
“What,” Liz asked in a daze as she regained her bearings. “Oh…yes I will get your order as soon as I takes Max’s… Max?” She turned to him as she finished speaking. She looked up to see his eyes were like fire that seemed to burn into her very soul and she found that she could not look away, and God help she didn’t want to.
“Hello,” Tess shouted at Max as she sent him a glare that could peel paint off a wall.
Max snapped out of his staring contest and blushed slightly. He picked up the menu and eyed it for a minute as he tried to hide his blush. “Um…I’ll just have what Tess is having please.”
She smiled back and him and made her way back to place their orders. She turned to the other two waitresses. “Hey would you guys mind taking Max and….Tess their drinks?”
Mary stepped forward and filled two cups with cherry coke. “No problem Liz,” she told her as she went to deliver the drinks. ”
Maria put her arm around Liz and guided her to the back room for a much needed break. “So what’s up chica,” Maria asked worriedly as she had seen the way Liz had reacted to Max and Tess holding hands. She had also seen Liz sway after touching Max, and she was curious and concern at the same time as to what had happened.
“It’s nothing really,” Liz told her as she sat down on the couch and put her feet up. She felt so tired as if her energy had suddenly left her.
Maria eyed her best friend for a minute before commenting. “Ok I won’t push it but I expect details later tonight ok?” With Liz’s nod Maria made her way back to the dining area when she heard the shrill scream that could only be Tess. She all but skipped into the dining area to watch the show.
“How stupid are you to spill soda on me twice,” Tess screamed as she made her way out of the restaurant. She was none to happy with this situation in which she found herself. She was all but disgusted by the dreamy look in Max’s eyes and the fact that she was covered with soda which was now becoming sticky, she decided to take a break from her manipulative activities and maybe treat to herself to a nice bubble bath or something.
Back in the Crashdown Maria waited for Mary to return behind the counter before giving her a high five. “Girl you are so good at that,” she said with a laugh as she wiped down the counter top.
Mary laughed with her and made her way to clean up the unfortunate mess that had happened. When she reached the booth she noticed that Max was still sitting there, with a smile on his face. “Sorry for disturbing you lunch,” she told him with a shy smile.
“Oh don’t worry about that…I found it funny actually,” he said while smiling back at her and after she left he turned his mind to more important things, Liz.
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The car was quiet as the group made their way to the airport. Michael sat in the back with Kyle and pondered what his torture would be when Maria found out exactly what he was doing. He didn’t like any of the scenarios his mind had thus far come up with. Kyle was still shocked that somebody other then himself was driving his car, but other things were on his mind as he inspected the glasses that were once again in his possession. He grinned like a Cheshire cat as he thought of all the things he could do with them, none of them being something that the group would approve of. As Isabel continued to drive Alex sat quietly and did what he found himself doing a lot of lately, thinking. He thought back to the dream he had last night, the dream that had got him into so much trouble. He went through the details of the dream and started to remember things he had forgotten. He had received flashes from future Isabel, flashes that showed things that shocked him. The prominent thing being of these flashes was an image of a pregnant Tess, which he got the feeling that the baby belonged to Max as well. Despite everything that had happened he knew that he had to let the others know about it.
“You know there was something that I just remembered from my dream last night,” he said breaking the silence. For his statement he received a glare from Isabel and he also heard Michael muttering something that sounded like “Whitman you must got one hell of a death wish.” Ignoring the muttering in the back and avoiding Isabel’s glare he continued on anyway. “I received flashes from her, flashes that if are correct give us a better glimpse at what the future might hold.” He looked at each of them in turn and seeing that he had their attention continued on. “I saw Tess and she was pregnant, and from the feeling I was getting I believe the baby belonged to Max.” Suddenly the car swerved almost hitting another car as Isabel swore and she finally got the car in control again. ‘Maybe I should have waited until we weren’t driving to tell them that tidbit of information.’
“Well that doesn’t really change anything, but it is interesting and I doubt that it’s going happen this time if we do things correctly that is,” she told him as she cast a sideways glance at Alex and smiled letting him know that the topic didn’t offend her, well not anymore.
Michael let out a small chuckle from the back seat. “Leave it to Mr. Responsibility to be the first person to knock somebody up, and the enemy no less.” He indulged himself with another chuckle as the rest of the group joined in.
The group spent the rest of the trip in silence, and an hour later they arrived at their destination. Isabel parked the car and exited the car quickly followed by the rest of the group. “Ok Kyle I guess we will see you in two weeks. Don’t forget to watch Tess and make sure she doesn’t do anymore damage,” Isabel told him. Kyle nodded and helped unload the luggage and bags from the car.
“Ok guys have a nice flight,” he told them with a smile before getting in the car and starting it up. With a final wave he pulled off and headed down the parking lot.
They watched him drive away before making their way to the terminal. Isabel walked in front of Michael and Alex both of them carrying the luggage. They made their way through the metal detector without any problems. They arrived at their gate and after a brief wait, boarded the plane. They found their seats and sat down waiting for take off. Isabel sat in between Alex and Michael.
“So how long is the flight,” Michael asked as he looked around the plane observing the people as they walked around finding their seats.
“Its five and a half hours, and we make a stop off at Dallas before heading to La Guardia,” Alex replied as he thumbed through a copy of PC World.
Michael nodded and continued his observations. Within a few minutes the doors were closed and the flight attendants started their lecture on safety.
“Hello I am Stacie, and I will be going through the safety procedures,” the flight attendant lectured. Michael watched with fascination, never having been on an airplane before. His eyes appraised the flight attendants body as she continued to talk. She turned around giving Michael a view of her rear. ‘Not bad’ his thoughts were interrupted by Isabel who punched him in his arm. “What did I do,” he asked as he rubbed his throbbing arm.
“It’s not polite to stare at a woman’s ass Michael,” Isabel said loudly which cause a few people including the flight attendant to look at him. Michael turned bright read and buried face in a copy of Maxim he had purchased to read on the flight.
The plane took off and the group chatted lightly. Stacie approached them. “Would you guys like anything to drink,” she asked as she looked directly at Michael who was once again blushing.
“No thank you, maybe later though,” Isabel replied as she smiled at the friendly flight attendant. Stacie nodded and walked away, but not before winking at Michael with a smile on her face. Isabel noticed and decided to comment,” Looks like you made a friend.”
She laughed and he merely grunted in response and continued to read his magazine. ‘This is gonna be a long flight…’
End Part A
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