ForcedTogetherpart21

The next day Max, Isabel, Liz, Alex, Kyle and the sheriff met in the Max�s and Alex�s room at 5:30 in the morning. This was the only time Max felt that he could get together with them without Amy and Tess since both women were still asleep and were sharing a room together.

�Max, why are we here and why aren�t Amy and Tess here too?� Liz asked, unable to keep the annoyance out of her voice.

Max sighed, the relationship that had seem so promising less than a year ago was gone. Him and Liz were friends, but they never went anywhere with their feeling for each other. The minute she had found out about Max�s destiny she had shut him out completely.

�Look I wanted to talk with everyone and run something by you. Yesterday when me and Liz went to verify if it really was Michael and Maria I wasn�t expecting to see what I saw.� He said to the others.

�Yeah, well I don�t think any of us thought that Michael and Maria were going to hit the sheets and make a baby either, but what does that have to do with anything.� Kyle asked.

�Everything.� Max snapped. �Look this is serious. Maria is going to have the first human/alien baby, do you really think it is in her best interest to come back to Roswell with an intergalactic war looming ahead of us.�

Isabel shot up when what her brother was saying sunk in. �You can�t be serious. You want to leave her here don�t you. Have you lost your mind, do you really think Michael would ever walk away from his own child not to mention the baby�s mother.�

�Isabel�s right. Michael won�t leave her. Beside what is she suppose to do, go into hiding or something all by herself.� Alex said as he stood next to Isabel.

�No Alex, I don�t expect her to go into hiding or anything like that and you and Isabel are right, Michael will never walk away from them.� Max responded before he got up and walked over to the window and looked outside knowing the next words he said were going to be the hardest he ever said in his life.

�I think that we shouldn�t approach them, either of them. Look, I don�t know how it happened but they fell in love and yesterday I watched them exchange vows on that bluff. Vows to stay together forever. If we approach them and tell them what we know, Michael will feel it is his duty to come back and fight. I think it goes without saying that Maria will come with him. Is that something we really want, a pregnant woman who could get hurt or God forbid killed in the middle of this thing.�

�You just want us to walk away. Max we have been searching for them all this time, how can you ask us to just give them up. I�m sure Liz and Alex miss Maria as much as I miss Michael and God what about Amy. You are asking a woman to give up her only child.� Isabel said as she tried to reason with her brother.

�Isabel, you didn�t see them. You didn�t see Michael. I can�t go to him and destroy the one thing he has always wanted. I can�t ask him to make that sacrifice, especially since he has already sacrifice so much of his life for us.�

�This is ridiculous, Amy will never agree to this so I don�t even know why we are disgusting it.� Liz reasoned.

�She might if we all are in agreement. If we went to her as a united front then maybe we could get her to agree.� He urged.

�Even if we could, what about Tess? She isn�t invested personally in either of them, I doubt she�s gonna care about them being happy.� Kyle argued.

�Tess won�t fight too much, she�s afraid of losing face with me. She is still hoping I will follow my destiny with her.� Max countered.

�What about Maria? I understand where your coming from Max in regards to Michael and wanting to see him happy, but what about Maria. She hasn�t had the same raw deal that he has. She has a mother that loves her that she loves just as much.� Alex said.

�Ask Liz, Maria was happy yesterday. More than happy. Look we�ve known you all since third grade and since I�ve found out about the rape I�ve thought a lot about the old Maria. The little girl she was before and the young woman she grew into after. The one thing I remember the most is that the before the rape Maria always had a sparkle in her eyes, but it disappeared after she was raped. Yeah she could faked being happy, Hell she should have won an Oscar for her performance over the past five years. Yesterday she wasn�t faking it, it was real. She�s at peace with what happened to her and has moved on with her life.�

�Is that true Liz, do you think that she has moved on?� The sheriff asked as he took in and processed Max�s argument.

Liz looked at everyone, she wanted to say no. She wanted to say that Max was wrong. She wanted her best friend back. No, as much as she wanted Maria back home she realized that it was out of selfishness and that Max was right. Bringing them home only put them in danger and could serve no real purpose. So she simple shook her head and said. �It�s true.�

�Big shock, Liz agreeing with Max.� Kyle snapped. �Then why the Hell did we bother looking for them?�

�We had no way of knowing Kyle.� Alex said as he walked over to Liz and hugged her.

�Then you agree with this? You think we should just leave them here?� Isabel cried.

�Izzy, Michael is our brother. That is our niece or nephew Maria is carrying. Could you look his child in the face if Michael was killed in this war?�

Isabel and Liz couldn�t stop sobbing. Everything he said was the truth, their live were being torn apart because of their mother�s message, how could they bring Michael and Maria and an innocent baby into it. Neither could speak and only shook their head in agreement. Max turned and looked at Alex, the sheriff and Kyle all three shook their head in agreement as well.

�Then you will help me convince Amy and deal with Tess and Nacedo when the time comes.� Max said, sighing in relief when everyone shook their heads yes.

�Then we approach Amy first, without Tess. Isabel, do you think you could distract Tess so that we could talk to Amy alone?� Max asked.

�I don�t know Max, she really doesn�t trust me. She thinks I prefer the humans over herself and Nacedo.� She explained, grinning at Liz that Tess was one hundred percent right.

�I think I can distract her.� Kyle offered.

�You?� Alex said while snickering.

�Yes me. Look since she staying with me and my dad we sorta started to bond.� He explained to everyone�s amusement.

�If you think you can do, then you�re the man for the job.� Max said as he slapped Kyle on the shoulder. �After breakfast you get Tess away from everyone else and we�ll talk to Amy.� Max said as he began to go over what they would say to Amy.

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�I�m stuffed. Look Max I would really like to head over to that inn and see my baby.� Amy said as she got up and started to walk out of the restaurant.

�I�m dying to meet Michael too.� Tess chimed as she followed Amy.

The rest got up and sprinted after the two women. Kyle walked over to Tess and took her by the elbow and walked over to one of the cars. The could hear snippet of his conversation as he offered to drive her in his car so they didn�t have to cram into one of the other cars.

�Amy, we need to talk to you first.� Max said as he urged the woman to follow him and the other over to a few outdoor tables.

�Fine Max, what do we need to talk about.� Amy asked, smiling at the young man.

Max took a deep breath and began to argue his cause. Amy sat and listened for twenty minutes as he repeated all of his arguments that he made earlier. He could see the way the older woman�s eyes began to narrow as she looked at him and that her jaw was clench tightly.

�Are you done! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE! How dare you try and tell me that my daughter has been pretending all this time. And how dare you try and tell me that if I loved my baby girl I would let her go! I know you think I�m a horrible mother and that it was my fault that she was raped but that doesn�t give you the right to tell me what is best for her!� She shouted as she got up and began to pace the ground.

Max looked at her in shock. �God no Amy. I don�t think any of those thing. I was just trying to explain how I saw thing. Amy I wasn�t trying to be disrespectful or anything I swear. If anything I always admired how much you gave up for Maria because you love her so much.�

Amy stopped and looked at Max who jumped up when he saw that she was crying. �She really had her sparkle back in her eyes?� She sobbed as Max pulled her into a hug.

�Yes.� He whispered as he tried to sooth the crying woman. �Amy, come with me and see for yourself. If you don�t see it the same way and think that she would be better off taking her chances in Roswell then I will honor your wishes and we will approach them together.�

Amy shook her head yes and Max stepped back and took her hand and lead her to the car.
Soon both were on their way to the inn. Max stopped the car across the way and both him and Amy watched as Michael and Maria pulled up in the Jetta.

Michael got out of the car and ran around the front and opened the door for Maria, holding his hand out to help her out of the car. They watched as Michael pulled her to him and kissed her before whispering something in her ear that made her laugh.

Max turned and saw that Amy was smiling as she watched her daughter and the man she had never gotten to meet laugh together before he dropped to his knees and kissed the belly that their baby slumbered in before getting up and taking her hand and leading her to a small cottage occasionally stopping to kiss the hand he held.

�Amy?� Max asked.

�Just go, go before I change my mind.� She whispered as she watched her daughter laugh for the last time.

TBC