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| Isabel sat straight up in bed and looked over at two faces covered in curiosity. Max and Liz looked at her and waited to hear about the dream. �Well�� Liz finally said. �What happened?� Isabel told them everything that had happened and Max and Liz sat silent with changing looks on their faces. ��And that�s when I woke up,� Isabel ended it. �So I was marrying Michael?� Liz said, glancing over at Max. He didn�t look too happy about that. �Yeah. But I don�t think you were happy about it cause you were arguing all the time I could see you,� Isabel said. �Well, I still don�t think it�s anything more to this than just a dream,� Max said. �I don�t know Max,� Isabel said looking at her brother. �It felt really real and familiar. Like it had happened. And why would Maria dream about Jack?� �Yeah. He�s new in Roswell and Maria just met him today. And what about the stomachaches she�s been having. It sounds like more than coincidences to me,� Liz said, agreeing with Isabel. �Maybe,� Max said skeptically. �But what can we do about it? We can�t control Maria�s dreams.� �Maybe not,� Isabel said. �But we can help her control her life outside the dreams�� Maria looked at Max observing Liz�s every move. He couldn�t seem to stop looking at her for even one second. Even in my dreams those two are disgustingly in love, Maria thought. �So what�s the deal with you and Liz?� Maria asked Max. �Liz? What�s the deal?� Max said and looked clueless. Right, this wasn�t really present time Maria remembered. �I mean are you in love with Elisabeth?� Maria asked hoping this was more appropriate. �What does it matter?� Max answered. �She is going to marry Michael Guerin.� �Well they don�t seem to be so much in love with each other,� Maria pointed out. �That does not matter,� Max said. �It is not right to go between two people who are supposed to get married.� �Same old Max. Always doing the right thing,� Maria mumbled to herself. �What did you say?� Max asked, curiously eyeing Maria. �Nothing,� Maria responded quickly. �What year is this anyway?� �It�s 1892,� Max answered, looking oddly at her. �Wow,� Maria breathed. �That is a long time ago. �What are you talking about,� Max asked. �What year did you think it was?� �2001,� Maria answered. �That�s when I live.� Max looked at her as if she was some kind of freak. He turned to walk away, but Maria grabbed a hold of his arm and stopped him. �Please Max, just let me explain,� she pleaded. �My name is Maxwell,� he corrected her. �Maxwell, right,� Maria reminded herself. �Can we go somewhere and talk Maxwell?� His face was doubtful but he gave in to her smile. �Let us go outside�� �So basically, this is my dream and you�re in it,� Maria said. She had told dream-Max about everything and he had listened patiently. At first he had been very skeptical about it, but Maria made him understand that she was actually telling the truth. �Well I don�t think this is a dream,� Max said. �This is my life and you�re in it.� �But I don�t live in 1892, I live in 2001,� Maria said, getting more confused every second. There were so many questions. How could she be dreaming about this if this was real? She was used to having weird dreams, but this wasn�t one of those. This was real. She could feel it. It was like it was her life, although in 1892. That was so freaky. �Maybe you somehow time-traveled,� Max said, not seeming to believe his own words. �That would be so cool,� Maria said exited. There couldn�t be many people who could say that they had traveled back in time over a hundred years. �Cool?� Max asked. �That�s a word we use in my time,� Maria explained, trying not to laugh. It felt weird having to explain to Max, well Maxwell, about stuff in another lifetime. She hadn�t told him about the whole alien-thing, cause she figured he didn�t know about that. If he was on Earth in 1892 he couldn�t be the same Max as in the future. But Maria didn�t have anymore time to think about that cause soon she felt the familiar feeling of being sucked out of her dream� Maria woke up with a weird feeling. She wished she could have stayed in her dream and found out more about 1892. But still it felt safe to be back in her real life. She didn�t really know what to believe of this whole thing. She knew for sure it wasn�t a dream, but it couldn�t be real, could it? Maybe it was time to talk with the others she decided. This was getting way to big for her to handle on her own� One hour later Maria knocked on the door to Michael�s apartment. He opened with a confused look on his face. It looked like he had just gotten out of bed. His hair was all messy and he was only wearing shorts. Wow, this is not making me remember why I shouldn�t be together with him, Maria thought. �I though you said we shouldn�t see each other anymore,� Michael said annoyed. �I didn�t say we should never talk again,� Maria said, moving Michael out of her way. �And besides, the others are coming over in a minute. We need to talk.� �About what,� Michael asked, closing the door and following Maria to the couch. �You can�t just send everybody over here without telling me.� �I�m telling you now, aren�t I?� Maria said smiling at him. She sat down in the couch and Michael sat down beside her. �Well, call them and cancel,� Michael said glaring at her. �I�m not in the mood for group-sessions.� Just then, another knock could be heard. �Too late,� Maria said and got up from the couch and opened the door. In came Isabel, Max, Tess, Kyle and Liz. Max and Liz took a place in the loveseat and Tess and Kyle next to Michael in the couch. Isabel got stuck sitting in the beanbag, while Maria sat down on the floor, leaning on the couch. �So what�s this all about?� Kyle asked when they had all seated. �Well it�s about something that you will all find hard to believe,� Maria said and got up from her seat on the floor. �But before you laugh at me and tell me I�m just fooling myself, please listen. It all started with this dream�� TBC |
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