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Author: Tina at Vi3txkyuti@aol.com
Title: Always meant to be Part 2/9
Diclaimer: Nope...I don't own the characters of Roswell or anything of them.
Distribution: Please ask me first
Rating: PG-13 ...Maybe not for long...
Category: M&M, I&A, M&L...Some other stuff too...with TESS ....Through MARIA POV
Spoilers: It has Tess, the Max & Tess thing...So if you do not want to be spoiled, don't read! It takes place after Sexual healing so a lot of mentioning of the other episodes are in here. Plus Tess is in here, so maybe its a foreshadowing of "Crazy". I don't know. haha.
Notes: If no one likes this, I'll stop writing. Haha.
Feedback: I Love them...as long as they're happy ones.
Dedication: to Jackie, Liz, and Jenn for your inspiration...
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I sat on the couch staring blankly at my mother and my dad. He didn't change much. He started balding though and he seemed much shorter. I've always dreamed of him coming back in a limo to take us away to an exotic destination where we could live like royalty. I did not expect him to come back unexpectedly waiting on my driveway and expect me to accept him back into my life. This is so weird! I can feel the massive headache growing inside my head.

"Why are you here?" I managed to say after a whole lotta hiccupy sobs.
"To see you, Maria." He said.
"You come back after 9 years! That's not fair. You expect me to let you back into my life? That's not going to happen. You abandoned mom and me. You can't do it again!"
"Maria, honey, calm down. We all need to talk about this." Mom blurted out.
"Mom, how can you accept this?" The tears were coming back.
I wanted to stand up and give my dad a hug and never let him go but something about him seemed so distant.

"I can't handle this. I CAN'T!" I said as I stood up and walked to the front door.
"Maria DeLuca, where do you think you're going?" Mom cried.
"You sit here and chat with Dad or did you forget that he wasn't here for the last decade or so?"

I walked out the door and slammed it so hard I can feel the windows shake. I instinctively got into my car and drove to the the Parkers. It was strange to drive through the streets so late at night but I had nowhere else to go. I walked up the stairs into her house, and knocked on her bedroom door...

"Mom, I'm here!!! You don't need to check up on me all the time!" Liz yelled.
"No, Lizzie. It's me, Maria."

I heard the knob of the door turn and in less than a second a later, I saw her smiling sweet face.
"OMIGOD, Maria..Are you Ok?"
"Liz, I need to talk."
"Ok..Let's close the door. Sit down, Maria."
"Liz, My dad came back."
"What?? When?"
"Like tonight. My dad is at my house right now. I don't know what to do. i feel so bad for leaving my mom back there but it was so strange to see someone...that..."
"Yeah, I know"
"How could you know, You don't know what I feel.." I screamed.

It hit me that I just yelled at my own best friend for the feelings that were in me. I yelled at her for trying to console me.

"Liz, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you."
"It's ok. My fault for trying to understand something I don't. Maybe you should call your mom and tell her you're at my house tonight. She'll worry."
"I don't want to talk to any of them tonight. Can you call them for me?"
"Yeah, Ok. I'll be right back."

She stood up to leave. All these years, I believed that my father had died or something. That he couldn't come back because something life-threatening happened. Now I know that he didn't come back because he didn't feel like it. Right when something good happened in my life, something from the past comes along and kills it. I started to lay down on Liz's bed and closed my eyes, trying to forget about everything that was happening to me. I wanted to think of Micheal. I wanted to think of the days that we were going to have together now that we were "together".

I borrowed Liz's clothes the next morning and when we got to school, I pretended that nothing happened. That nothing happened last night.

It was lunch and all of us are sitting together. Us meaning Max, Liz, Isabel, Micheal, Alex. I think it was obvious I was spacing out when Isabel poked me with her finger.

"Are you ok, Maria? You seem to be speaking less than usual." Isabel said with a grin.
"I was thinking about something, that's all."
"Yeah, with your dad back and all..." Liz blurted.
"LIZ!" I am shocked she just said that in front of everyone.
"Maria, your dad's back? How come you never said anything?"
Micheal looked at me. "It's nothing important. He's back. That means he'll be gone soon." I said coldly.
"and you didn't say anything....?" Isabel dropped her food and stared at me.
"Hey, it's my problem. I don't need you to get involved in my business." I shouted.
Surprised by my own words, I stood up and grabbed my books and left. I kept walking into something stood in my way. "Tess, hi.."
"Maria, in a rush?"
"why do you ask?"
"You're walking away really fast..That kind of gave it away."
"Why do you care? Haven't you had your fun screwing with Max and Liz?"
"What are you talking about? It's not like I wanted to ruin your little love affair..It is something that was planned. Max and I are meant to be. Micheal and Isabel. That's why there's the dreams."
"What dreams?"
"The exotic dreams that are happening between Micheal and Isabel...You don't know?"
"Whatever, Tess." I just continued walking until the next period bell rang.
I didn't feel like going to class. I wanted to keep going and never look back. That is, until Micheal came along behind me calling out my name insanely loud.

"MARIA!"
"What do you want?" I mumbled.
"Ok...You stand up inthe middle of a conversation and leave. You ditched the rest of the day. Maria, you don't ever cut class." Micheal said with this serious tone.
"Micheal, you don't understand. I'm not in the mood today, Ok?"
"Maria, I do understand. I do! I'm sorry that you're confused."
"Why did he come back? Why?"
"Maybe you should ask him that."
"Yeah, maybe I should." "Come here.." He pulled me closer to him and gave me a hug and kissed the crown of my head.
"Micheal, when were you gonna tell me about your sex dreams with Isabel?"
"What do you mean?"
"Tess told me that you two were having this weird dream thing together. Is that true?"
"Well...it's not like I intentionally want it.."
"Can my life be more ruin-y?"
"I didn't want them"
"Yeah? But you could've told me."
"I thought you knew."
"I knew you and Isabel were meant to be together prearranged or something. I thought you two had dreams of each other in the past or something. I didn't know they were like...exotic dreams."
"I had no control over it."
"No...I don't want to talk about this, Micheal. Listen, I know you didn't want to have those dreams. But I just want... to go home." I got the keys out of my bag and walked to my car. He followed me silently but I could hear him breathing heavily beside me.
"Maria, I'll drive you home.."
"No, I'll be fine. You go and tell everyone I'll be at the crashdown tonight." I rose my head and gave him a peck on his cheek. I got into my car and drove home. I got to the front door and opened it, the same door I walked out just last night. I came in to see the house empty. Mom must be at her shop. As I walked through the kitchen, I heard a knock on the door . I opened the door to see my own father standing there looking down at me.
"Maria....We need to talk."
"Yeah, we do."
"Can I come in?"
"Um...sure.." I felt strange to have to be able to make a decision to have my father come in or not.
"Maria, you need to understand that I left you and your mother because I had to."
"There was another woman? Mom and I did something to piss you off?"
"No.."
"Then tell me...Why?"
"Because it's not safe if I stayed..."
"What do you mean..?"
"Maria, I'm different..."
"Of course you are.."
"NO, Maria. I'm an alien....."
"OMIGOD!!!!"

*Part 3 to be continued*

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