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Title: Consequences
Author: Kathryn C
Rating: PG-13 (for now)
Category: Mainly Michael/Maria, maybe Isabel/Alex too, but not near as much.
Spoilers: As it is with most fics recently, including mine, if you are spoiler free do not read. I read the spoilers, I write what might possibly happen. You have been warned.
Disclaimer: I don't own, although I wish I did.
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Isabel stood outside, staring into a window of the store. She looked at the crib and baby clothes in the window of the store. Absently she fingered her stomach.
She knew she was not carrying Michael's child, she knew it wasn't happening. Never the less, she got nervous at any protrusion of her belly. She almost thought she could feel a baby kick her. This had to stop, or she was going to go crazy.
Isabel sighed and turned away from the window of the store, and ran smack dab into another person walking down the street.
She stumbled back to see Alex in front of her. When he saw who he had run into, he got a guarded expression. "Sorry," he mumbled and started to stride past her.
"Alex," she called out, trying to detain him, "Wait!"
He stopped, but didn't turn around. She walked up to him. "Were you filled in on what has been going on."
Alex nodded, not meeting her eyes, "Yes, I have been. I know that you really aren't pregnant. Not yet."
"I'm not going to be," Isabel said insistently.
Alex shrugged, "Whatever."
Isabel gave a sigh, "Please Alex, we can't leave it like this between us. We both know there was something going on before all this, something we hadn't felt before."
Alex shook his head, "Key word, 'was' Isabel. You don't know how much you hurt me, you don't know how much I had started to care. I can't risk my heart for you again, knowing there's a good chance it will get stomped on."
"I won't...."Isabel pleaded.
Alex sighed, "You can't promise that Isabel, you know you can't. There is no gaurantee that you won't end up with Michael, you may not have the willpower. I'm not going to pretend I don't feel anything, I just don't think there's any point in trying again. I'm not going to be the one you're dreaming of."
"But it's not Michael I want," Isabel said pleadingly, tears in her eyes, "It's you Alex."
Alex gave a sad smile, "You know, there's nothing I wouldn't have given to hear those words. You don't know how much they still mean to me. But we can't Isabel, we can't. I'm not your biological mate, no matter how much I want to be."
"And it doesn't matter what I want?" Isabel whispered.
Alex shook his head, "We might as well not even try. You realize deep down that this isn't going to just go away. We're not meant to be, and neither you nor I can change that."
With that he walked away from her. He strode quickly, and Isabel could do nothing but watch him go. He was the only human guy she had let close to her, and now it was all gone. She had opened up, and not only got burnt in the process, but she hurt someone she had come to care about deeply.
She felt a hand on her shoulder. "You okay?" a voice asked.
Isabel turned around to find Max standing there. She desperately wiped at the tears in her eyes. "I'm fine." she nodded, "At least, I will be."
Max looked into her eyes, not buying it. "Give him time," was all he said.
"What's the point," Isabel said defeatedly, "He doesn't think I can avoid Michael forever with this pull we are feeling, hell even I don't believe it sometimes. But, I can't stop caring about him Max. Even though we swore we wouldn't, I've fallen for a human."
"Now you have some idea how I feel about Liz," Max said quietly, watching Alex fade into the distance.
Isabel watched him go, and turned back to Max. "Don't tell her Max," she said quietly. "Don't give Liz a reason to distrust you too."
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Maria stared out into the rain from her bedroom window. Music was playing on the stereo in her room. The angsty lyrics filled her room.
Why did you have to forsake me
Couldn't you tell me goodbye
I've been waking up lately with tears in my eyes
Love ain't worth making when it makes you the fool
A chance ain't worth taking
My heart is breaking
when she's holding you
He stood outside, watching her, watching what he couldn't have anymore. The rain pelted off the unbrella which shielded him from the water, but did not shield him from the empty feeling he had inside of him.
She twirled a piece of her hair in her hands. Hair Michael had once had the right to touch. A right he wanted again, but didn't know how to ask for. Didn't even know if it would be worth the effort.
You don't know how happy you made me
Couldn't you give it one more try
I know her arms are waiting to hold you tonight
Love ain't worth making when it makes you the fool
A chance ain't worth taking
My heart is breaking
when she's holding you
Maria felt so alone right now. Even if she had to live without Michael, there was nothing to fill the void. No biological mate for her to have dreams about. No, that brand of torture was reserved for him. Him and Isabel. She shouldn't hurt, shouldn't even care. It was time to move on, time to get past him. Michael wasn't her future, even though she wanted him to be.
So go on and pack up whats left
Of all that we shared
You're leaving me lonely tonight
Love Ain't worth making when it makes you the fool
A chance ain't worth taking
My heart is breaking
when she's holding you
Michael folded up the umbrella as he stood there, watching her, oblivious to his presence. He might as well be soaked through. It would match his mood.
It was time to go home. To sleep. And, perchance to dream.
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