Maria woke up the next morning refreshed. She hadn't gotten a good night sleep for two nights. She smiled to herself. She knew they were just nightmares. Maria sighed and rested her head more on Michael's chest. Michael opened his eye's. He pulled Maria closer to him. Not wanting to let her go. What happened last night with Max, scared Michael. If something ever happened to Maria, he wouldn't know what to do. She was the reason why, he would have stayed on earth. She was the reason why he woke up in the morning. She was the reason why he loved, why he let himself love. Michael kissed the top of Maria's head. "Morning." Maria said in a sleepy voice. "Morning." Michael said back to her, while she turned around to face him. "Did you sleep good?" Michael asked concerned. "Yep, not one nightmare." Maria told Michael with a smile. Maria sighed and kissed Michael's lips. "Come on, lets go eat some breakfast." Michael said as he got out of bed and headed to the kitchen. Maria sighed and followed Michael. "Morning, Maxwell." Michael said. "Morning. Where's Maria?" Max asked. "I'm right here." Maria said walking in the kitchen. "How did you sleep?" Max asked, wondering if she had another nightmare like the one he saw in his flash. Maria rolled her eye's. "If your asking if I had a nightmare, then no. I didn't." Maria told Max while sitting down on the stool. "See I told you it was nothing." Maria told him with a smile. Max just nodded his head as he got up and headed for the door. "I'm gunna go eat breakfast at the crashdown. See you guys later." Max said before he left. ----- Maria walked up to her door. She got her purse and looked for her key's. She found them and was about to unlock the door, when she noticed the door was already open. Not all the way open but still open. Maria slowly walked into her house. It was so cold, Maria closed the door and walked around the house. "Mom? Are you here?" Maria yelled through the house. She knew her mom wasn't due back for another week and a half, but she could have come home early. Maria sighed and walked to her bedroom. She put down her purse and looked at the window. She smiled to herself, it was closed. Maybe she wasn't loosing it totally. Maria rolled her eye's and headed for the bathroom to take a shower. ---- Michael was sitting down watching T.V. Michael sat up, he got a painful feeling in his stomach. He got them a lot lately. 'Maybe I'm catching something.' Michael thought to himself. Michael walked to the kitchen to pour him some water. But the pain went away. Michael sighed to himself and sat back down on the couch. His thoughts turned to Maria. He knew there was something she wasn't telling him. He could see it in her eye's. But he didn't want to push her. He knew she would come to him in time. He just hoped that when she did come to him, it wouldn't be to late. Max walked into the apartment and sat down next to Michael. "Michael can I talk to you for a minute?" Max asked him. Michael nodded his head and turned off the T.V. "Go ahead, Max." Michael said giving him his attention. "I think that Maria's hiding something from you." Max was cut off by Michael's voice. "Maxwell, before you go any further, I have to say something. I know Maria's not telling me something about herself. She's not hiding something. She's just not telling me something. She probably thinks it's not big deal." Michael explained. "How do you know?" Max asked Michael. "I just do. Max, Maria and I have this connection. I can look into her eye's and know when something's wrong. And I know something's wrong with her. But I also know, that she doesn't think it's a big deal. Give her time. She tell me." Michael said and then turned on the T.V. Max sighed and thought about how much Michael has changed. The old Michael would have demanded that Maria would tell him what was going on, or not cared at all. But Michael cared and loved Maria very much. She has changed Michael or brought out the real Michael, that was deep inside of him all along. ----- Maria got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around herself. She walked into her bedroom and got dressed, everyone was meeting at the crashdown later on tonight. She was still tired, she did get some sleep last night but no enough. Maria sighed to herself and walked to the bathroom the blow dry her hair. She wanted to go sleep afterwards. Maria wiped the steam off the mirror and started to blow dry her hair. Maria stopped her blow-dryer, she thought she heard footsteps. Maria shook her head. 'How could you hear footsteps with your blow-dryer?' Maria asked herself. Maria finished blow-drying her hair and walked back to her bedroom. She walked to her bed and laid down. She could get some sleep before she would go to the crashdown. Maria closed her eye's and slowly drifted off toe sleep. "Mariaaa, Mariaaa, Mariaaa." Maria opened her eye's and looked around her. She was in her room still. She sighed to herself and noticed her window was open again. 'What?' Maria walked to her window and looked at for a little bit. Now she knew she closed it this time. "Mariaaa." Maria turned around and looked around her bedroom. No one was there. Maria's hands started to shake. She needed Michael right now. She needed to be his strong arms, his protective and safe arms. Maria was about to walk to phone when someone pulled her from behind. Maria screamed and sat up from her bed. She looked around and noticed she was still in her bed. 'It was just a dream.' Maria said to herself. Maria looked over at her window and thanked god it was still closed. Maria looked over at the clock and cursed under her breathe. She was a half an hour late. Maria got out of bed and quickly brushed her hair and headed out the door. Maria hugged herself, it was freezing outside. Maria cursed herself for not calling someone to pick her up. She really didn't want to walk to the crashdown by herself. Maria stopped walking when she got the feeling that someone was watching her. Maria shook her head and started walking again. Maria heard footsteps behind her. She ignored them and continued to walk. The footsteps got closer, all of the sudden someone grabbed Maria's waist. "Gottcha!" Someone said. Maria gasped and turned around. "Kyle, don't you have anything better to do, than to scare the sh!t out of me?" Maria asked him. "Sorry, your just so easy these days." Kyle told her. "I saw you walking to the and just couldn't help myself." Maria rolled her eye's. "Where's your car?" Maria asked him. Kyle pointed to the back of him. Maria saw Kyle's car about 20 feet away. "Let's go, we're already like 30 minutes late." Kyle nodded his head and headed for his car. ------ "I just called Maria on her cell phone. She said that her and Kyle are on their way." Liz said sitting down next to Max. "Why are they late?" Michael asked her. Liz shook her head. "I don't know. I didn't ask. So Isabel isn't coming? Why not?" Liz asked. "She said her and Jesse are going to stay in tonight." Max told them. "I wonder what they are gunna do?" Michael asked with a smirk. Liz giggled and Max frowned. "Please, I don't need to hear about my sister's sex life." Max said covering his ear's. Michael and Liz laughed harder. "I guess we missed the big joke." Kyle said walking into the crashdown with Maria right behind him. Maria walked to the table they were all sitting down at and sat next to Michael. "Why are you guys late?" Michael asked giving Maria a kiss on the cheek. "Well, I took a nap and woke up late." Maria told them. "I don't know about Kyle." "Oh, I just forgot." Kyle said sitting down. Maria rolled her eye's and laughed. A couple hours later Maria went in the backroom to get her jacket that she left yesterday. Everyone was getting ready to leave and Maria didn't want forget her jacket. Someone came behind her and kissed her neck. Maria smiled and turned around to give Michael a passionate kiss. But when she turned around no one was there. Maria looked around. "Mariaaa." Maria shook her head. 'This is another dream. This isn't real.' Maria told herself in her head. Maria turned around and closed her eye's. All she needed to do was wake up. That's all, and this will all be over. "Wake up." Maria whispered. Maria opened her eye's and lifted her head of Michael's shoulder. She sighed to herself. She was back at the crashdown with everyone. Michael looked at Maria. "Are you ready to go?" Michael asked her. Maria nodded her head. "Let me get my jacket." Maria told him as she got out of the both and headed for the backroom. Michael nodded his head and followed Maria. Maria grabbed her jacket and put it on. Michael stared at her and crossed his arms across his chest. Maria tried to ignore his staring but he wouldn't stop. "What?" Maria asked him. "I'm just waiting for you to finally tell me what's wrong with you." Michael said to her. Maria rolled her eye's and walked up to Michael. "There's nothing wrong with me." Maria simply stated. "Come on, Maria. I know something's been wrong for a couple of days now. Even Max notices it. Now just tell me." Michael told her. Maria sighed, there was something wrong. Its just that it wasn't really something big. "Michael, there's nothing really wrong. It's just I've been tired. I just need to get some sleep." Maria told him. "Maria, that's all you've been doing. You slept last night, before you got here, and even when you got here." Michael said. Maria sighed in frustration. "First of all, I didn't go to sleep until like 2:30 in morning last night. Second of all when I got home I didn't just sleep and took a shower and blow dried my hair, then I went to sleep. And I didn't even get a good nap, I had a nightmare." Maria was cut off by Michael. "I thought you said everything was fine." Michael said. "Everything is fine. It's just a nightmare." Maria told him. She really didn't want to fight with Michael. But she knew Michael was just looking out for her. "Maria, one nightmare is fine. But a nightmare every time you go to sleep is bad." Michael told. "I don't have a nightmare every time I go to sleep." Maria snapped. "Oh ya, when's the last time you haven't had a nightmare?" Michael challenged. "Last night." Maria said with a smile. Michael glared at her as she walked by him. Michael sighed, he knew he wasn't going to win this fight. Not right now, that is. "Fine. I'm letting this go, for now. But if you have another nightmare, you tell me." Michael told her while walking out of the crashdown with her. Maria nodded her head. "No, I need you to promise." "Michael..." "Promise me, Maria." Maria sighed. "Fine, I promise." Maria told him. Michael smirked and kissed Maria on her cheek. "Now let's head to my apartment. It's freezing out here." Michael said as they walked to his bike. From far away, hiding near the darkness. Someone was watching the couple with a smirk on his face. He was so close, but yet so far. "Give me time, Mariaaa. Give me time." TBC

Part 6