Sixteen-year-old Maria Deluca felt as if her life was ending. Once again she opened her heart to her sometimes boyfriend Michael only to have him disappoint her again. This time he went to far. She caught him with another girl. After he's told her time and time again that he could not afford to get attached to anyone. He goes to Courtney, a girl Maria suspects of being in league with the very race of aliens that are after the Pod Squad (as Kyle so adequately dubbed them). Michael finally managed to trample her heart into a million tiny pieces.

She was spread out across her bed with her face buried in her pillow, trying to hold in the flood of tears threatening to come out. She was crying so hard that she didn't realize that Max was outside her window tapping lightly to get her attention.

Max was having some trouble of his on. He went to his girlfriend Liz's house to invite her out on a date. When he got onto her balcony he looked into her room and there he saw that she was in bed with her ex-boyfriend, Kyle Valenti, a guy that he had healed and trusted with his secret. He had never felt so betrayed in his whole life.

Max really needed someone to talk to and Maria was the most obvious choice. They had really gotten to be close friends that past summer and he felt he could tell her anything. He knew that if he went to Michael then he would have received a lecture about how he should have never involved himself with Liz in the first place. If he went to Isabel then she would try to meddle in his affairs and he really didn't want that.

He zapped the lock on Maria's window and stepped into her room. He noticed Maria lying on the bed crying.

"Maria?" He sat down on the bed next to her and began to gently shake her.

"Maria girlfriend, what's wrong?"

"Go away Max. I don't want to talk about it." She tried to push him away but failed miserably. Max refused instead he scooped her up into his arms and rocked her back and forth as if she was a little baby. His actions caused he to cry harder.

"Shh. Shh. It's going to be alright. Just let it all out Ria." They stayed in that position for the next ten minutes until finally Maria managed to calm down.

Maria pulled out of his arms and stood up and went to her bathroom. A few minutes later Max heard the shower running. He stood up and went to her dresser to pull out her some nightclothes, knowing she didn't have any in the bathroom with her. He was familiar with Maria's room having slept over many times during the summer. Whenever either of them had a problem they usually comforted each other bye staying up late watching movies and eating ice cream.

"Max?" Maria called. "Could you get me some night clothes?"

"Already working on it girlfriend. Are you in the mood for Bugs Bunny tonight?" He asked while pulling out her favorite pajama set.

"No. I'm feeling ferocious tonight. I'm in the mood for Taz."

"One Tasmanian devil coming up." He got the specified jimmies and walked over to the bathroom door. He tapped lightly and she reached out a hand and took them from him.

"Is your mom still at that convention in Albuquerque?" He asked through the door.

"Yes she want be back until Tuesday. Max what brought you over tonight?" She opened the bathroom door and walked over to the lazy boy couch in the corner of her room. She curled up in the couch and stared at Max.

He sighed and gathered up his nightclothes that he had left over there before. "I'll tell you everything when I get through with my shower. Then you'll tell me why you were crying. Though I know it has to do with Michael and I'll probably have to kick his ass tomorrow."

Maria laughed and said, "Hurry up then."