Others Like Me
Chapter 2
Author: Sezza
Disclaimer: I own nothing but this fic
Rating: Strong PG
Couple: M&M
Summary: Alex and Maria have to move to Roswell and live with their cousin Kyle.
What are Maria and Alex hiding? How do the pod squad feel about there arrival?
Spoilers: None this is AU
Authors notes: This was a new idea of mine I thought was interesting. Tell me
what you think. Oh and with Alex’s character, think Zan’s look in
meet the dupes with the longish hair and facial hair.
Email: sezza43@hotmail.com
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Inside Jim showed Maria where her room was as well as Alex’s. Maria walked into hers and shook her head. It was pink. Alex came in behind her and started laughing until tears formed in his eyes. Maria glared at him. “Yuk it up Alex but wait till you see yours” she smirked. Alex stopped laughing and went to his room where he froze. It was bright yellow.
He turned to Maria who was trying not to laugh. “Don’t even”
“Ah we have paint in the garage if you want to re do your rooms” Jim suggested.
“You got black?” Maria asked
Jim shook his head. “No, but we have burgundy or blue”
“Burgundy it is then” Maria said as she walked into the living room. Tess walked over to her.
“Hi, Tess Harding, I’m Kyle’s girlfriend so you’ll probably see me around a lot, so Maria. Tell us about yourself” Tess smiled sweetly.
Maria smiled and clasped her hands together. “Well, I like knitting, kittens and long walks on the beach” she replied sarcastically as she rolled her eyes.
Tess nodded. “Ok then well ah I guess I’m going to go find Isabel or something,” she said as she walked away. For some reason she felt strange when she was near her, like she somehow knew her.
After Kyle helped Alex bring in their stuff Michael, Max and the others all decided to go home and meet up with them tomorrow. Kyle went into Maria’s room where Alex was helping her unpack. “So, why are you guys here?”
Alex looked up at him. “Jim never told you?” Kyle shook his head. “We were arrested and it was either be sent here or to a detention centre, so…” he trailed off.
“What’d you get arrested for?” Kyle asked
“Maria broke into a government building but tripped a silent alarm.” Alex told him as he put clothes in the closet. “And I was arrested for hacking into the buildings main computer system to allow her to get through the door.”
Kyle’s jaw dropped. “Are you serious?”
“Yeah son unfortunately they are.” Jim said as he came up behind his son. He looked to Maria and Alex. “I need to see you all in the living room, we’ll need to go over the rules and conditions of your staying here”
“Here we go” Maria mumbled as she followed Alex and sat on one of the lounges.
Jim stood in front of the TV. “Ok, well you’re here because your parents thought that because I am a police officer that I may be able to teach you a thing or two about abiding by the law. Now, you will do exactly that while you are living underneath my roof. When you go out I need to know exactly where and when you will be home, and if I set you a curfew then you will be home by that time am I understood?”
Alex and Maria nodded. “Ok, you will not try to break into any thing or hack into anything or I will send you straight back to New York where you will be put into custody and taken to a detention centre, and as you are my family I am not one to want to see that happen, so if you just follow those few rules then I think everything will be fine.”
Maria nodded then stood. “Fine whatever I’m going to my room”
Jim looked at Alex questionably. “She resents the fact that we have a cop in the family and that we’re stuck here” Alex gave as an explanation. Jim nodded in understanding. He knew that they weren’t going to be happy straight away so he wasn’t about to push them. “I’ll go and check on her,” Alex said as he left the room.
Kyle turned to his father. “They’re the 10 year olds from that photo?”
Jim nodded. “Yeah, your Aunt Gwen doesn’t know what happened to them, but whatever did happen I’ll find out and try to help. I need you to help me to Kyle, ok? Make them feel comfortable, get them to hang out with the others or something, they’re bound to have something in common with at least one of them.”
Kyle nodded then turned on the TV. Football was on.
Alex sat on his sister’s bed. “Ria it’s not that bad.”
“I hate it here Alex, I just want to go home” Maria said softly.
“Maria you don’t technically know where your home is” Alex joked trying to lighten the mood. Maria hit him with her pillow. “But seriously, I know you miss New York but everything will be ok, we may even find something here about your past or whatever.”
Maria sighed. “Yeah I suppose so,” she sat up from her lying position. “Hey I think that Isabel chicks got a crush on you”
“You think? Nah I don’t know, she’s pretty hot though, maybe I’ll ask her out or something” Alex smiled and Maria laughed.
“Awwww, Alex’s got a crush,” she teased. “Mmm, that Michael guy wasn’t so bad though”
Alex held out his hand and pretended to write on it. “Kill Michael” he said then laughed as Maria smacked him. “I saw him looking at you though, what do you think Ria? He good enough for you?”
Maria shrugged. “I don’t even know him, when I do then I’ll let you know if you can beat him up or not,” she laughed.
“Wanna go and get the goss about everyone from Kyle?” Alex asked getting up. Maria nodded eagerly then went out into the living room. Kyle looked up as they entered and turned off the television.
“Hey, ah can I ask you a question”
Alex looked at Maria before shrugging. “Yeah suppose so, what?”
“What happened to make you two, you know this way” Kyle motioned to their looks.
Maria glared at him. “What’s that supposed to mean?” she yelled angrily.
Alex grabbed onto her arm to hold her back, Maria didn’t take to well to people criticising her. Kyle shook his head. “Hey I didn’t mean to offend you it’s just, you’re so different, I knew you as the band camp geeks and now your…not”
Alex nodded in understanding, they had changed, but only because they wanted to. “Kyle, we simply grew up, in New York dressing like this is cool, it’s just who we are and if people can’t accept that then that’s there problem but we ain’t gonna change for no one.”
Kyle ducked his head. They grew up of course. Now he felt stupid. “Ok, but what’s with the arrests and things, dad told me that, well that it happened a lot, you getting arrested I mean.”
Maria nodded. “Yep, they don’t send you to the middle of nowhere for one arrest, and don’t ask us what we did the other times cause we aren’t going to tell you, it’s none of your business”
Kyle held up his hands in mock surrender. “Got it, I won’t ask. So why did you come out here anyway?”
Alex smiled. “We wanna know about your friends” Kyle froze for a second. Could they know? “Who they are, what they do, girlfriends, boyfriends, likes and whatever, if we’re going to be hanging around you all we’d like to know.”
Kyle sighed in relief; they just wanted to get to know them. “Ok, ah well there’s me, I like sports and am a practising Buddha. Don’t laugh its just fascinating.” He continued when Maria’s laughing subsided. “Then there’s Max Evan’s he’s sort of shy and into science and things, he’s dating Liz Parker who is exactly like him, shy and into all things school.”
Maria rolled her eyes. Great a bunch of nerds. Kyle went on. “Ok, um Isabel Evans, Max’s sister is pretty popular, kind of an ice queen to people she doesn’t like or doesn’t know, she likes shopping and will try to drag you along with her and she’s a cheerleader along with my girlfriend Tess Harding, who will try to make you over at any given opportunity, she want’s to be a make up artist so, she’s bubbly and gets over excited about things.” He said with a laugh.
“So you date a cheerleader?” Maria asked
Kyle nodded. “Yeah, I date Tess, Max and Liz like each other but won’t admit it so it’s kind of frustrating to watch. Isabel is single for now, oh and then there’s Michael. He plays football with me and is kind of a broody person, likes to be by himself a lot but is a good guy, he may come off as mean or whatever but you get used to it, many people are kind of afraid of him, he lives alone, his parents died a yeah ago and he got emancipated. He’s single as well, actually he’s only dated about once or twice, and he says he’s waiting for the right girl or whatever. So that’s our humble group,”
“How did two science geeks, a Buddhist, a loner and two cheerleaders and up in a group?” Maria wondered aloud.
Kyle shrugged. “It just sort of happened that way I guess, we’ve all known each other since we were 9 so just like you guys I guess we all changed, but stuck together. So what about you guys?”
Maria stood up, “Your friends are bound to ask this question right?” after Kyle nodded she continued. “Well I don’t want to have to say it twice so we’ll tell you when they ask. I’m going to bed,” she announced.
Kyle looked towards Alex. “She really doesn’t want to be here does she?”
Alex shook his head. “Nope, she took it harder than I did, you’ll get used to her behaviour sooner or later, just try not to piss her off, she can be pretty frightening at times.”
“Ok, well I’m going to bed as well, tomorrow we’ll go to
the Crashdown and meet the others for lunch.”