| I walk blindly for what seems like forever and I find my self at the park. I walk directly to the swings since swinging always made me feel better when I was a child. I feel some one sit on the swing beside me and without turning I say; �Hey Alex� what he said in reply did not surprise me. �I spoke to Liz� �She told you?� I state more then question. �Yeah but what I want to know is why didn�t you?� this does surprise me I expected him to react like Liz had to be afraid of me I turn to face him. �Like it is that easy. Hey Alex how are you today? By the way I am an alien. It is not something you really bring up in conversation� I instantly regret saying this when I see his face. �I am sorry Alex but it wasn�t just me I had to think about. It wasn�t just my secret to share� �I understand well I am trying to understand but your still the same Maria Evans you were before I knew that you are� well� you know�� �You can say it if you want Alex. Alien it is only five letters A-L-I-E-N see.� I smile again and receive a true Alex Whitman grin in return. �She will come around� my smile slides off my face when I remember Liz and the look on my brother�s face when he came down the stairs. �Alex I don�t know if she will. I mean you should have seen Max�s face after he told her and he said she was really freaked out. She is meant to be my best friend and she is afraid of me.� I start to lose it because all of a sudden my world was falling to pieces. First Liz got shot then Max healed her which means our secret was out. Liz told Alex so who else could she have told. Was I going to go home and find them waiting for me? To take me away and put onto a padded examination table and cut me up then preserved in some jam jar. Or was I going to be put in a glass cell and kept in a zoo like some animal with a plaque with the words Maria Evans � alien. Or evening worst would they want us to reproduce and that means Michael and me would have to� That is just too gross I so don�t want to have to think about that. �Hey earth to Maria� I pulled out of my thought when Alex starts to wave his hand up and down in front of my face. �Sorry Alex did you say something?� Alex just rolls his eyes but before he can repeat what he had said another voice cuts through the air from behind us �I am sorry� we both turn and see Liz standing by the slide before I can say anything Liz continues. �I am sorry that I freaked out on Max. I am sorry I run. I am sorry that I never thanked you or Max for saving my life. I am sorry that I told Alex but most of I am sorry that for a small moment I forgot that you are my best friend� As I walk closer to her I see the tear tracks down her face and realise that I am crying too. She pulls me into a bear hug and I cling to her just as tight as she is to me. �Oh now I feel left out. I think it is time for a group hug.� Alex announced as he walks toward us �Shut up� I say playfully hitting him on the shoulder �God Maria that really hurt� he says in mock pain at the same time rubbing his shoulder while Liz and me burst out laughing and Alex soon follows us. Maybe just maybe everything will be alright. TBC |
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