Maria, Max, and Alex were on their way to Roswell, the place Maria left sixteen years ago without saying a word to anyone, not even Amy. They had been driving for about five hours, and Maria hadn’t said a word; she was obviously deep in thought.

“So why are we going to Roswell, Mom?” Max said to her mother, and broke Maria out of her own little world.

“Because, we have to help Alex” Maria stated.

“But why Roswell, it’s just a town built on the alien crash” Max said and laughed a bit but stopped when she saw the plain face her mom was making.

“It’s more then that,” Maria answered, and looked out of her window; it had started to rain.

“Wait Mom, what?” Max asked.

“I…I grew up there” Maria said as a tear ran down her face but she wiped it away before Max saw it.

“So, what does that have anything to do with us?” Max asked curiously.

“More then you know” Maria whispered, thinking back.

:::Flashback:::

Maria holding a pregnancy test in her hand. It read positive; she was going to have a baby at eight-teen years of age, an alien baby at that. So she took her things and left the house walking towards Michael’s apartment.

:::End of flashback:::


“Mom, tell me; you can’t keep this secret any longer.  Alex is sick, Mom!”  Max yelled in frustration. Maria pulled the car off the freeway and came to a screeching halt. Ok, so this was it, Maria was finally going to tell her children about their father and other life they had.

TBC