"Between Falling"
Part 1/?
By Neese C. ([email protected])

Disclaimer: Believe me I don�t own Roswell. Because if I did there is no way Tess would be off on another planet while Kyle crushes on Isabelle. Eww.
Summary: Tess and Kyle are having identical dreams.
Distribution: Send me a link and we�re cool.
Note: Song lyrics are Somewhere In Between By Lifehouse, in Italics.
Rating: PG.
Spoilers: Up to Heart of Mine.



Tess was roaming through an abandoned field. It was filled with beautiful sunflowers, her favorite. She was dressed in a silky, white gown and she looked beautiful. She wandered through this field, wondering how and why she was there. But something about it seemed so right. It seemed like home. The more she walked, the more she felt as if she had been there before.

She seemed to be walking forever, but night just wouldn�t come. Then suddenly in the distance she saw something that seemed like a mirage. It was Max and he was coming toward her. Her eyes gleamed and she smiled a bright smile. "Max," she said softly. "I knew you would come for me. Deep inside I knew."

Max hugged her and looked down at her eyes. "Of course I came for you. You�re my Tess. My queen." She knelt her head, almost upon instinct and he placed a tiara a top her head. And together they walked hand in hand through the sunflowers. It no longer mattered why or how they had gotten there. It was the forgotten mystery.

"Max," someone sang out. All around them voices swirled. Singing, "Max."

"Max."

Max dropped Tess�s hand and began looking for the voice. "What is that?"
He said. "I have to find that voice. It�s so beautiful." Then suddenly Max turned to see Liz, wearing Tess�s gown.

Liz giggled and smiled like a child. "Max," she sang innocently, holding out her arms to him. And he glided toward her, without effort, through a sudden mist.

"No!" Tess screamed. Why was she here? Why was she ruining this?

"Liz. My Liz." Max said as he hugged her.

"No! Tess! Your Tess is right here! Your queen. Max� Remember?" Random tears escaped from her eyes and clouded her vision.

"My queen. My love." Max looked down into Liz�s eyes. He looked deep into them and he saw the entire universe. He hadn�t looked into Tess�s eyes. He had merely looked at them, as if it were an obligation. As Max placed a tiara upon Liz�s head, Tess�s disappeared and suddenly she was wearing jeans. Max walked away, hand in hand with Liz as Tess perched, crying by a tree. Through her tears she watched them disappear into the mist and she couldn�t understand why Max would hurt her that way.

Tess buried her head in her hands and wept for a man whose love she would never know. Night came quickly then, as if it were waiting for her heartbreak. The clouds roared and lightening struck holes into the ground. Her world began to shake with fury and somehow Tess knew it was her doing. "Stop! Stop it!" She cried. Then a lightening bolt struck below her feet and she fell through the earth. "Max! Help me!" As she fell, she could feel her life crumbling. She was drowning in her sorrow, suffocating from her own despair. One last tear and it would end.

Without warning it stopped. Tess could feel someone holding her. Someone had caught her. "Max?" She whispered.

He laughed. "No. It�s me. It�s Kyle."

"Kyle. You saved me?"

"Of course I did. You�re my Tess."

"Am I your queen?" Tess asked.

Kyle looked down at the petite blonde in his arms and smiled. "No. You�re my love." Tess looked up at Kyle and saw the universe in his eyes. She loved him too.

Tess bolted upright in bed. "What the hell was that?" She whispered. "I can�t be having dreams about Kyle. I�m meant to be with Max. Even if he doesn�t see that, yet." Tess closed her eyes and hugged her knees. She was lying to herself. Submerging herself in some deep twisted form of denial and didn�t even realize it. "But why would I have a dream like that? About Max abandoning me for Liz and then Kyle saving me in my hour of need. Could it be some bizarre unconscious realization? No. I can�t be in love with Kyle. He�s�he�s Kyle." She said. "He�s goofy and silly. But he�s funny in his own way and can�t forget charming� He�s got this whole tough guy bravado� That I happen to know is just a front� He�s a jock! With an impressively tight body. Stop it! Tess, you�ve got to pull it together girl! Breathe�" Tess took two long breaths. "Inhale� Exhale�"

Would catch me if fall out what I fell in
Don�t be surprised if I collapse down at your feet again
I don�t want to run away from this
I know that I just don�t need this
Cause I cannot stand still
I can�t be this unsturdy, this cannot be happening
Cause I�m waiting for tonight, then waiting for tomorrow
And I�m somewhere in between what is real, just a dream
What is real, just a dream
What is real, just a dream
What is real, just a dream

Just a few insignificant feet away from her, Kyle was pacing back and forth in the living room. He�d been doing so for the last three hours, ever since he�d had that dream. He�d been watching Tess roam in this beautiful field, full of flowers. She was wearing this white gown and he had never seen her more beautiful. Then suddenly Evans had showed up and broken her heart, leaving her for Liz. Then Tess had lost it and caused some sort of earthquake. But Kyle had been standing by, waiting patiently to save her. And he did. He�d also professed his undying love to her and she had rewarded him with the same three words.

It wasn�t as if Kyle hadn�t dreamt about Tess before. He had. Except she�d been wearing less clothing then� "Maybe my feelings toward her are more than plutonic." He knew they were. They always had been. Ever since the first day, he�d seen her in his jersey� Buddha help him.

I can�t be losing sleep over this, no, I can�t, and now I cannot stop pacing
Give me a few hours, I�ll have this all sorted out
If my mind would just stop racing
Cause I cannot stand still
I can�t be this unsturdy, this cannot be happening
This is over my head but underneath my feet
Cause by tomorrow morning I�ll have this thing beat
And everything will be back to the way that it was
I wish that it was just that easy
Cause I�m waiting for tonight, then waiting for tomorrow
And I�m somewhere in between what is real, just a dream
What is real, just a dream
What is real, just a dream

And in the same house, just a few insignificant feet away from each other, two teenagers, one human, one alien, where thinking about each other. Where having the same thoughts and didn�t even know it.

"Just a dream." Kyle said, reassuringly.

"Just a dream." Tess whispered into the night air.

They both looked up. Had they heard something? No�

"I wonder if he�s awake�"

"I could go watch her sleep�"

But neither of them moved. Deciding against their feelings, they both climbed back into their beds, closed their eyes, and tried to sleep. But it would be a long night.