Maria walked into history class the day after they returned from their little excursion to
Texas. Max and Liz were already sitting in class, making eyes at each other. Maria
shook her head and sat down in a desk near the front of the class. Isabel walked in just as
the bell rang, and walked quickly to the back of the room.
The teacher instructed them all to hand in the questions they had answered about their
partners in the exercise he had assigned. Everyone got up to toss the answered questions
and his desk. When Maria handed hers in the teacher said �You were able to track down
Mr.Guerin?�
Maria nodded wordlessly, not mentioning of course that she had tracked him down by
being abducted in his mission to get to Texas.
Maria slid back into her desk, wondering where the hell Michael was. After seeing
Ms.Topolski, the supposed guidance counselor knock out Sheriff Valenti, they had
grabbed the papers they had found in the secret room and made a run for it. Nobody in
the group new whether or not Ms.Topolski or anyone had actually seen them, they just
left.
They had made in back to Roswell, barely in time for school this morning. They had all
gone home to change clothes, but everyone except Michael seemed to have made it back
in time. Maybe he was doing what he had suggested in the first place, skip school.
Maria had assumed Max and Isabel had talked him out of it. It would look too
suspicious, if Ms Topolski really hadn�t seen them. They had all agreed to meet at the
library later tonight to look over the papers they had found, and see if they meant
anything.
As Maria was thinking all this, Michael skidded into class.
�Nice of you to actually join us Mr.Guerin,� the teacher said dryly.
�Sorry I�m late,� Michael said, not very apologetically, sliding into the desk beside
Maria.
As the teacher started on a little spiel about the world domination of Hitler, Maria stared
over at Michael. After the trip, she was seeing him in a different light. In spite of
herself, Maria was actually finding herself attracted to him. She kept telling herself it
was insane, but the feelings were still there below the surface. Not that it mattered.
Hadn�t he himself said, �Not if you were the last woman on earth.�
The class flew by, Maria not hearing a word of the teachers lecture. When the bell rang
the signal the end of class, Maria said to Michael, �Where were you this
morning.�
Michael shrugged, �I got called into Ms Topolski�s office.�
With that he walked out the door. Maria followed him , �You what? Why? Does she
know anything?�
�Not so loud.� Michael admonished, turning back to her
�How can you be so calm,� she shrieked, earning her glances from the students walking
in the halls. �What did she say to you?�
Michael noticed the curious glances directed at them. He grabbed Maria�s arm and
pulled her into the empty science classroom across the hall.
He shut the door and turned to Maria, �Calm down,� he hissed, �Are you trying to get us
caught?�
Maria shook her head and he continued, �Yes, she called me in this morning, but she said
nothing about yesterday. All she said was that I seemed like a bright boy and could
probably go far if I just applied myself a little more.�
�That�s it?� Maria asked dubiously, �I mean, she didn�t even act suspicious. For crying
out loud, we saw her bean the sheriff over the head.�
Michael shrugged, �She must not know we saw her. I mean, it�s pretty obvious that she
isn�t your average guidance counselor, but she sure is doing a good job of acting like one.
A nosy one maybe, but if we hadn�t seen her yesterday we would never suspect her of
being anything else.�
Maria leaned back against one of the desks, �She must know about you guys. I mean,
how else could she have known about the dome, or why else why would she have called
you in this morning. I mean, she�s been paying pretty close attention to the five of us,
and Alex as we. My god, she�s probably just playing with us, waiting for us to trip up.
What if she......?�
Michael did something without thinking at all. He leaned over and kissed her, cutting her
off in mid speech. He was surprised as anything, he had never actually kissed a girl
before, but he just kissed Maria, a girl he hadn�t known well at all for very
long.
Maria was as surprised as he was, but that didn�t stop her from returning his kiss. The
sexual tension that had been present yesterday in the motel room exploded in the kiss
they were sharing right now. This was nothing like any other kisses she had shared
before, the feelings she was having were equivalent to fireworks. She didn�t know if it
was because he was an alien, or because she was more attracted to Michael than she had
been to any other guy.
Michael pulled away first. They were both breathing heavily.
�That was just to clam you down,� he said, for lack of something better to say.
Maria on the other hand said nothing at all. What could she say? That that was the most
explosive kiss of her life, that she wanted to do it again? Michael probably didn�t want
to hear any of it.
When she didn�t say anything, Michael just picked up his books and walked out of the
room. Maria stayed there a minute longer. What had just happened?
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Maria walked into work after school, wearing the ugly bluish green uniforms. Liz was
already serving tables.
�Table 6 needs their order taken,� Liz said to her as Maria tossed her stuff in the
back.
Maria nodded wordlessly. She grabbed a pad of paper and a pen and went to wait on
table 6.
The after-school crown didn�t clear out until nearly half past four. Liz and Maria sat at
an empty table, taking a break until the supper crowd came in.
Maria, who hadn�t said anything to Liz all day, fiddled with a piece of thread she had
pulled from her uniform. Liz watched her silently for a couple minutes, then said, �Okay,
what�s eating you? You haven�t talked to me since we got back into town.�
Maria shrugged, then replied without preamble, �Michael kissed me.�
�What?� Liz was surprised. �When.�
�After history,� Maria replied. �I was stressing about him being called into
Ms.Topolski�s office, and well, he just kissed me.�
Liz leaned back, �Did anything happen? I mean, different because he�s
a...Czechoslovakian?�
Maria shrugged, �It was the best kiss of my life, but I don�t think that was simply because
he�s a Czech.�
�Well, did he say anything to you after?� Liz asked.
Maria put her head in her hands, �All he said was, �That was to calm you down�. Then I
couldn�t think of something appropriate to say, so I didn�t say anything. Then, he just
left and I haven�t talked to him since.�
Maria sighed, �Liz, I don�t know what to do. I mean, I think I really like the guy, but I
don�t think he feels the same way.�
�He kissed you, didn�t he?� Liz asked rhetorically.
Maria shook her head, �That doesn�t mean anything, I mean all we�ve really done is
fight. Kissing me was probably just the most effective way to shut me up.�
Liz smiled at the despairing note in her friends voice, �Maria, Michael doesn�t strike me
as a guy that just kisses any old girl. I�m sure he feels at least some of what you
do.�
Maria sat up straighter, �I hope so. Because I�ve decided to tell him how I feel.
Tonight.�
Liz sighed, �I hope you know what you�re doing. If they have to leave because they are
found out, you�ll have to deal with losing him.�
Maria shrugged, �I�ll deal with that, when and if, I have to.�
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