| �Hey! Where�d you go? We were looking all over for you.� Tess said in a worried tone. �I just followed that guy to his hotel room. That way we can go talk to him.� Michael answered. �What�s there to talk about?� Tess asked. �I�ll tell you later. Where�s Izzy?� Michael asked, looking around. �She�s with Liz, cleaning her up. I guess she got so scared, she knocked over the ketchup.� Tess chuckled. ~~ Tess was walking through the park later that night. She had felt a need to go to the park; it was as if someone was calling her there. She sat down on the bench and looked around the park, as if waiting for someone to come meet her. She looked up to the stars and started thinking about what happened at the Crashdown earlier that day. �Who was that guy who Michael followed?� Tess wondered. Lately, she had started getting these dreams. They were always in the same place and she was always doing the same thing. She was sitting on this very bench she was sitting on now and she was holding out her hands to a boy. He was the most magnificent boy she�d ever laid her eyes on. He had brown hair and brown eyes. He was meant for her, she knew it. Then the boy would kiss her and they�d start floating in mid air. She came to this bench every night, hoping that one day these dreams would come true. Suddenly, she saw a dark figure approaching her in the darkness. When light lit up his face, Tess recognized him immediately. �Are you real?� Tess whispered, not sure if this was a dream or not. �Yes. Are you?� The boy whispered back, approaching her ever the more. �I think so�I, I mean yes. You were in my dreams.� Tess said. �And you mine. I�ve looked for you all my life.� The boy said. �Who are you?� Tess asked. �I�m your soul mate. Your love. Your life.� He whispered in her ear. Her whole body shivered. They enveloped each other in a passionate kiss. ~ flash ~ Max as a boy just out of his pod, shivering with loneliness. He looks around, but no one is there. ~ flash ~ Tess sleeping in bed with Isabel by her side. She�s so comfortable and warm with family love. ~ flash ~ Max getting his by Nasedo for not saying thank you. �You always say thank you to me on this world, boy! You�re not king here.� Nasedo says harshly. ~ flash ~ Tess playing hide and seek with Michael and Isabel in their back yard. �Three..Two�one. Here I come!� Tess shouted and started looking behind all the bushes. Max could hear her thoughts. �Forget this!� and then she closed her eyes and read Isabel�s mind. Right away she ran over to a tree and looked up to see Isabel sitting on a branch. �Hey, that�s not fair! No powers allowed!� Isabel shouted. �You�re it!� Tess shouted back. Max and Tess pulled away from each other and looked deeply into each other�s eyes. They had seen who the other was. Tess wished she had waited for Max all those years ago, but it was too late now. �I want to know you now, Max.� Tess said. �Then kiss me.� And Max moved into Tess� air space and covered her mouth with his. Suddenly, they weren�t in the park anymore. Instead, they were Max�s hotel room on his bed. They continued kissing� ~~ Two weeks later ~~ Tess walked back into her bedroom from the bathroom. She held her stomach in pain as she lay back on her bed. Isabel knocked on the door and then walked in. �You sick?� Isabel asked quietly. �Yeah. Nothing a little bit of puking won�t help.� Tess responded. �You�ve been feeling sick for over a week now. Maybe you should go to the doctor.� Isabel suggested. �I don�t know. I think I�ll get better soon. Don�t worry about it, Is. I�ll be fine.� Tess tried to shrug it off. �Okay. Do you want me to bring home anything from the Crashdown?� Isabel asked. �Yeah, maybe some gravel pills. We ran out of them last night. But I don�t think they�ll have them at the Crashdown. You�ll have to go to Shoppers Drugmart for them. Oh, and can you say hi to Max for me if you see him?� Tess asked. �Sure, no problem. Are you sure you�ll be okay?� Isabel asked again. �Yes Isabel! Now go and let me sleep!� Tess yelled, getting fed up. Isabel closed her door and walked down stairs. Her mom was in the kitchen cleaning up the breakfast dishes. She saw Isabel but not Tess and wondered where she was. �Hey Izzy! Come over here please.� Diane called over Isabel. �Yeah mom?� Isabel answered. �Where�s your sister? Oh wait, don�t tell me�she�s sick, right?� �You got it mom! I don�t suggest you bother her right now. She�s really tired and cranky. She�ll blow up at anything you say.� Isabel warned her mother. �Okay. Then I�ll talk to her later.� Diane answered. �Are you going out now?� �Yup. See ya.� Isabel waved good bye. ~~ A few hours later, Tess woke up from her deep sleep. She still felt awful, but not as bad as before. She got up and walked downstairs to get something to eat. She looked on the counter at a note with her name on it. �Tess, I�m doing some errands. Be back by 1 p.m. Get better. Love, mum.� Tess opened the fridge and searched for some chicken. She had a strong craving for chicken and if she didn�t get some soon, she felt like she�d explode. There was none to be found, so she got on her jacket and headed towards the KFC a couple of blocks away. Inside KFC, Tess gobbled away at her chicken, which she had smothered with tobasco sauce and gravy. She just couldn�t get enough of it. People around her started staring, wondering how this girl could eat such an atrocious meal. Tess didn�t care, all she wanted was her long awaited chicken. ~~ Max took off his apron and hung it up on a hook. Then he walked over to the table where Michael and Isabel sat. �Hey.� Max said as he sat down. �Hey.� Michael and Isabel said in unison. �So, uh, where�s Tess?� Max asked as he looked around. �She�s sick.� Isabel said, stuffing her mouth with ice cream. �Sick? What do you mean she�s sick? I just talked to her last night and she was fine.� Max asked. �Yeah, well people can get sick over night, you know.� Isabel responded. �But she was sick yesterday morning and then she got better. Now she�s sick again? And she was sick Monday and Tuesday too. That�s weird.� Max said. �Bravo Mr. Thinker. You figured something out.� Michael applauded Max sarcastically. Max gave him a sarcastic smile. |
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