Others Like Me
Chapter 4
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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“No Maria we can’t” Alex told his sister firmly.
“Why not, come on Alex, he has all the info we want in the vault in his office, everything I want to know could be in those, I need them” Maria argued. This was her chance and there was no way she was giving it up. It had been 2 weeks since she found out about the files. She now had the perfect plan but she needed Alex.
Alex shook his head. They just couldn’t do this. He liked it here in Roswell he liked being with Isabel. He and Isabel had gotten considerably closer since they first arrived and were now a couple. Even Maria had gotten close to someone, even if it was Michael, which he wasn’t to happy about but he dealt, he just couldn’t understand why she’d want to ruin her chances at a normal life. If they did this and were caught they’d have to leave. “Maria no, I want to stay here”
“Roswell is not our home Alex, well not mine at least, god what happened to you? 2 weeks ago you would have jumped at the chance to help me.” Maria said.
“That was then, Maria I still want to help I just don’t want to do anything to jeopardise what we have here. I’m happy here, I thought you were too.”
“No Alex, I’m not.” She shook her head then laughed bitterly. “This is because of Isabel isn’t it? Because you’re with her now you don’t care about me. You have hardly spent any time with me here Alex. Your always with her.”
Alex looked at her with his mouth open. “What? Maria, that’s not it at all. Of course I still care about you, I always will. I just don’t want to leave here”
“Alex you promised me that you’d always help. You said that no matter what you’d help me find out who I am.” Maria said steadily trying not to let how hurt she was show.
“I do want to help it’s just---“ Maria cut him off.
“You just don’t want me to ruin what you have with Isabel.” Maria said as she turned. Alex shook him head but Maria continued. “Fine, I get it, I’m not as important to you as I thought I was. I guess I’ll just have to do this myself” with that she walked out leaving Alex alone.
He understood that she was hurt but he didn’t want to leave, he just hoped that whatever she had planned wouldn’t work now that he wasn’t going to help her.
Maria walked angrily through the streets of Roswell. She could not believe that the one person she could count on would turn there back on her. She lied to Alex though; she too liked it here in Roswell. Over the past 2 weeks she had gotten closer to Michael, they talked and hung out but that was all. She knew he liked her and wanted more but she couldn’t, not right now. Sure she liked it here but still, it wasn’t her home. She just wanted to find something out about herself, anything at all. She had to get those files and she was going to tomorrow night, with or without Alex’s help.
Maria continued walking until she got to the park. She sat on one of the benches and looked at the stars. “Beautiful huh?” a voice from behind said. Maria jumped but calmed down when she saw Michael.
“Yeah, and don’t ever do that again” she smiled. “What are you doing out here anyway?”
Michael shrugged. “Just walking I guess, why aren’t you at your place?”
Maria shook her head. “I just can’t go back there right now, I got into a fight with Alex so I’m kind of avoiding him” she smiled
“You could stay at my place tonight if you want?” Michael offered. “I mean I have a spare room if you want it”
Maria thought about it and nodded. She knew she shouldn’t but she just couldn’t face Alex right now. “Thanks” Michael nodded then they walked to his apartment. Maria took off her coat and sat on the couch. She had been there before but for some reason tonight it felt different.
“Want anything to drink?” Maria shook her head and Michael sat next to her. “Wanna tell me what happened?” Maria shook her head again. Michael nodded and they sat in silence.
After a while Maria looked over to Michael and saw him watching her, she reached out and grabbed his hand pulling him closer, when there faces were centimetres apart Michael took the initiative and kissed her. He pulled away and closed his eyes ready for the rejection she would probably bestow upon him. He felt her hand caress the side of his face and opened his eyes.
Maria smiled at him then closed the gap between them once more. Maria opened her mouth to allow Michael entrance in a passionate kiss. He pulled her closer so she was straddling his lap. After a few minutes of kissing he felt her undo some buttons on his shirt. He pulled away and stared into her eyes.
He saw lust and desire, how could he deny the one thing he wanted so badly. Michael pulled her off the couch and led her to his bedroom where they spent the night kissing and caressing each other until they screamed the others name in pleasure.
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Maria awoke when the sun hit her face through the window. She tried to get up but was stopped by an arm pulling her closer to a body. Maria looked up into the sleeping face of Michael and smiled. He looked so innocent when he slept. Maria then frowned, how could she sleep with him? She hadn’t regretted it but the timing was so bad, she promised her self that she wouldn’t be attached but she could feel herself doing so. She had to get away. She had other things to worry about right now.
She moved out from his warm embrace quietly and got dressed. As she started to leave she turned and glanced at his sleeping form wanting nothing more than to just climb back in there with him, but she couldn’t she had to concentrate on what was in the vault first. She just hoped that when she got what she wanted that Michael would forgive her for leaving.
She climbed through her bedroom window and went to her closet to get a change of clothes. She could here Alex moving around in the next room but left before he found her, he would only try to stop her but she was to far in it to just let it go.
**Michael’s Apartment**
Michael woke up when he rolled over and felt that the space next to him was empty. She left. She slept with him and left. Had she regretted last night? He knew he didn’t, maybe se didn’t feel for him what he felt for her. He had obviously been kidding himself when he thought she had feelings for him.
Michael got up and showered trying to wash the scent of Maria off him. He had to get over her; he had to stop deluding himself. Maria would never be his. But how do you get over someone your in love with?
**Later that night – Police Station**
Maria waited until she saw Jim’s headlights fading into the distance before she made her move. She used her powers to unlock his window and the vault. As she stepped into the vault she saw boxes full of papers so she started going through them quickly hoping to find what she was looking for.
**Valenti Residence**
Michael and Kyle were sitting in the living room playing the play station while Isabel, Tess and Liz were in the kitchen with Alex when Jim walked in. He noticed that Michael was a little quieter than usual but shrugged it off. “Hey boys”
“Hey dad” Kyle answered. Just then Jim’s phone rang.
“Hello, are you sure? Thankyou” he hung up and ran a hand through his hair.
“What’s up?” Michael asked.
“Someone’s broken into my office, a woman walking out of the store across the road saw someone crawl through my window, she thinks there still in there,” Jim answered. Alex listened from the hall and swore, obviously Maria had went ahead with her plan. He just hoped she got out of there soon.
“Why your office?” Kyle asked
Jim shrugged then froze. “The vault.”
Michael stared at him. “I’ll go with you.” Jim nodded as he grabbed his keys and headed outside.
“Me too” Kyle called as he jumped in the car. They arrived at the station and walked around to where his window was. They stopped as they saw someone dressed in all black, jump from the window.
Jim called out for them to stop but they ran, Kyle grabbed them as they ran passed him but the person punched him in the gut forcing him to let them go. Michael appeared from the bushes and tackled them to the ground. The person struggled as Michael stood them up and Jim cuffed them.
They had a balaclava on so they couldn’t tell who it was. “Well let’s see who you are” Jim said as he removed the material. They gasped as they noticed it was Maria.
“Maria? Why?” Jim whispered in shock. Maria just hung her head not saying anything. “Well young lady I should throw you in jail but we’ll deal with this back at the house. Michael get her into the car.” Jim ordered.
Michael pulled her into the car trying to get her to look at him. “Maria”
“Michael don’t please” she whispered as she stared out the window. As they reached the house Amy ran out.
“Jim what on earth is going on?” she yelled. “Maria?”
Jim took the cuffs off and they all went inside. “It seems Maria was the one in my office” Amy stuttered in shock not knowing what to say. “Sit down Maria, now explain to me why you broke into my office.”
Maria just sat there silently with her head down. Alex walked into the living room and sat next to her. “Just tell them Ria”
“I can’t” was all she said.
Jim sighed. “If you don’t give me a good enough explanation then I’m sorry Maria but I’ll have to send you back to New York and into the custody of the courts there,” he warned. Maria still sat not saying anything. “Fine, you leave in 2 days”
Alex stood. “You can’t do that, if she leaves then so do I,” he yelled. There was no way in hell they were being split apart.
“Then so be it” Jim told him. “She won’t tell me so she leaves. I thought that we were doing a good job here; I thought that you were happy here Maria but I was wrong, you haven’t learnt anything from your stay here. You leave in 2 days.”
“Fine we both leave then” Alex said crossing his arms. Maria stood and shook her head.
“No Alex, I go, you stay. I’ve screwed up your life enough, you deserve better” with that Maria walked to her room and shut the door. Alex sighed and started to follow her when Jim stopped him.
“What did she mean by that?”
Alex shrugged his hand off. “You wouldn’t understand” he said then went to Maria’s room. “Maria?”
“What?” she asked as she sat on her bed.
“Why don’t you just tell them? Maybe they’ll understand?” he told her
Maria stared at him in shock. “No Alex, god how could you even suggest that? They won’t understand, they’ll turn me in,” she yelled
“You don’t know that, they could help you” Alex said as he tried to calm her down.
“Help me? Jesus Alex I can’t believe you, there is no way I’m telling them anything and neither are you” Maria threatened
“Maria I just don’t want to be separated” Alex said quietly.
“Well it’s to late now”
“No it isn’t look all you have to do—“ Maria interrupted him.
“I am not telling them so get over it.” She told him then laughed dryly. “You know I never pegged you for a traitor Alex. I guess loyalty to you means nothing”
Alex shook his head. “That’s bullshit and you know it. I just want you safe and I know they can help you, if you can’t see it then you deserve everything you get.” He instantly regretted saying that when he saw the hurt on Maria’s face. “Maria—“
“Just go Alex” Maria said facing the window. Alex closed his eyes but left anyway. When he walked into the living room he grabbed a vase and threw it at a wall. Isabel went to calm him down but he shrugged her off and ran out of the house.
“Alex wait” she called out. Alex didn’t hear her as he walked
out onto the road nor did he see that car headed straight for him.