"What about her?…….Michael…..I was on my way to tell you that I was pregnant and I hear that." Maria said to Michael.

"Maria, you weren’t suppose to hear that." Max said.

"Max, I did hear it and that's when I realized that I would never have a normal life, a normal family." Maria said as tears ran down her face.

Max looked over at Michael and gave him a nod. Michael turned to Maria and started telling:

"Maria, you should have staid a little longer because after you left…

::::FLASHBACK::::

"Max, I have to leave." Michael said.

"Michael, you can't just go up and leave, what about Maria?" Max answered.

"What about her?" Michael asked.

"You can't leave her, it would break her." Max stated

"Max, they know about me, they knew I love Maria and I can't risk her getting hurt, I love her to much for that." Michael said and drew his hand through is hair in frustration.

"But running away doesn't help," Max said and laid a hand on Michael's shoulder.

"It will save her." Michael said and turned towards to door.

"Ask her. Maria can take care of her self, she can make her own decision." Max said to Michael. Michael turned around and looked at Max, he knew he was right. He had to talk to her and let her know….

"Fine Maxwell, Ill go talk to her." Michael said and walked out of the door.


::::FLASHBACK::::

Michael knocked on Maria's window but nobody opened so he opened it and climbed in, once inside he saw the mess. Michael started panicking they couldn't have taken her, right? But then he saw the note on her dresser.

Dear Michael

I know this is wrong but I have to.
I have left town, I need time.
Time to find myself.

Maria


Michael read the note a couple of times and then ran out the window and started running towards the desert.

Once he was at the cave he looked up towards the sky and yelled:

"WHY! … WHY ME!" Then he slumped down on the ground.

Hours later he noticed the jeep coming towards him and once it stopped Max and Isabel came running towards him.

"Michael, what's wrong?" Isabel asked as she sat down right infront of him.

"Maria." Michael whispered.

"what about her?" Max asked as he looked over at her sister with worry.

"She's gone." Michael said and looked up at Isabel.

"What do you mean gone?" Isabel asked. Michael gave her the note and she read it.

"Oh God," she whispered.


::::END OF FLASHBACK::::


"I was going to give you a choice but you didn't give me one." Michael said after he finished telling.

"I'm sorry," Maria said sad.

"No Maria, sorry doesn’t bring 16 years back, sorry doesn’t bring back my family!" Michael yelled. He was mad, how could she leave like that.

"Michael!" Maria said but was cut of by Michael yelling:

"No! Maria you knew how much I wanted a family, you knew I would protect it."

"STOP IT!" Maxine yelled and stepped in between her parents.

"If everybody would just calm down." Alexander said. Then he turned to his sister and saw that she was falling apart, he knew that she cared about her family and now she had family on both sides, which one was she to choose?

Matt saw this to, so he stepped up to Max and laid a hand on her shoulder and said

"Max?"

"Stay away from me Matt," she answered and pulled away from him.

"Max?" Maria asked.

"I have to get out of here," Max said and took of out the door. Maria wanted to follow but her son stepped infront of her and said:

"Mom, let her go…she needs time alone."

"I think we should go back to the hotel." Maria said to her son and then looked over at the Roswell group.

"Maria, will you stay in Roswell?" Liz asked.

"For a while I guess, they need to know their father and train their powers." Maria said and looked over at Michael. He was still mad she knew this wouldn't go away easily.

"Will you be here tomorrow?" Max asked her.

"What happens then?" Maria asked.

"It's mine and Liz's anniversary." Max answered and pulled Liz into his arms.

"Yea sure, bye." Maria said and walked out of the Crashdown with her son.

TBC
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