Disclaimer:  I don’t own any of the characters they belong to fine people that created Roswell and the fine TV stations that airs them. Also I don’t own the two lovely songs in the story, Fumbling towards ecstasy belongs to Sarah McLachlan and My Lover’s Gone belongs to Dido. I am just borrowing them to pass the time till Roswell starts in October.
Rating:  PG-13
Summery:  Alex has been invading Isabel’s dreams ever since his death.
Warning:  Takes place after the “Departure”. Some minor spoilers from that episode.
Feedback:  I need all the feedback I can get. It’s my first so don’t be too nice. (e-mail: gatita93@aol.com)

Alex grabs Isabel pulling her close to him, he run his hand threw her hair.  Their lips meet in a gentle passionate kiss.  The kind of kiss that shows what their love could have been.  No, what it should have been.  Alex pulls her in tighter and deepens the kiss.  Isabel starts to feel a fire building inside that she can't explain.  He starts to trail kiss down the side of her neck, then he whispers in her ear, "I'm coming home"

“Alex!” Isabel wakes in a start.  She trails her fingers across her swollen lips.  She thinks to herself that this can’t be real.  Yet she could still feel every kiss as if he had branded her for life.  Isabel glances over at her alarm clock and decides to give up on sleeping.

“Liz, you have company.”

“Ok, Mom.  I will be right there.”  Liz hurries thinking that it might be Max.  “Oh, hi Isabel.  What are you doing here?”

“Liz, we need to talk now,” Isabel said nervously.

“Ok, lets go to my room.” Liz turns to her mom.  “Hey mom will you let Max know if he calls that I will meet him later.”  Liz goes to her room and shuts the door.  “Isabel, is everything ok?”

“Liz, I don’t know anymore.  This has to stay strictly between you and me.  I don't want to tell Max until I find out what's going on.”  Liz nods to give Isabel her word.  “Ever since Alex's death I have been dreaming about him.  He is mostly there to comfort me.”

“Isabel, I understand.  That's normal.”

“No, Liz you don’t.  The dreams sort of changed.  I can feel him, his hand and his kisses.  They feel so real, and last night, he told me he was coming home.”

“Isabel, what did he mean by he is coming home?”

“I don’t know.  I woke up before I found out.  Liz, I think I am losing my mind.”

“What do you want to do?”

“Can I spend the night tonight?”

“Sure but Maria will be her, and she will KILL me if I cancel on her.  She thinks we need to have a female bonding night.  She says that with everything that has happened in the last few months, we need to bond.”

“Sure, why not?  What time do the festivities start?”

“7pm sharp, so I will see you then.  Bye Isabel”

Isabel never thought that she would have this much fun with Liz and Maria.  Things have been a little strange since the whole Tess incident.  Thinking of Tess brought back painful memories that Isabel wanted to forget at the moment.  She still never understood why she did it.  Because of Tess she lost Alex.

“Look what space boy brought me.”  Maria grins proudly at the stuff animal Michael gave her.

“Oh its sooo cute.” Liz comments.  Isabel grins knowing that she went with Michael to pick it out.  He had been so silly in the store.

“Hey I think I am going to take a quick nap before we start the next movie.  You don’t mind, do you?”

“No, not at all.  Maria and I can go make some popcorn.  Come on, Maria.”

As soon as Isabel closed her eyes it began. “Isabel don't be afraid.  I love you.”

“Alex, I am not afraid.  I'm just…”  Alex interrupts Isabel's plea with a kiss.  Within seconds every once of her will power was gone.  She wraps her arms around him finally giving in.  “Alex, don’t leave me again,” she cries looking into his eyes.

“I won’t leave you.  I am coming home to you.”

“What?  I don’t understand.”

Alex pulls her closer; he starts to unbutton her nightshirt. Isabel can feel the heat of his hand on her shoulder as he slides the shirt off.  He kisses her neck and whispers in her ear, “I’m coming home soon”

“But, but how…” Alex quiets Isabel's question.

“You will know soon enough.”  He gently kisses he lips and mouth the words “Isabel, wake up.”

“Isabel, wake up.”  Liz pushes her again.  “Isabel.”

“Al… Liz?!  How long have I been out?”

“I am not sure but I have been trying to wake you for about 10 minutes.  It was him again, wasn’t it?”

“Who?” Maria asked

“Yeah, Liz.  I swear he was here.”  Isabel completely ignores Maria.

“Yoo hoo.  Who are we talking about?” said Maria now very frustrated

“I must be going crazy.”

“HELLO!!  Earth to everyone.  WHO are we talking about?”

“Maria SHUT UP!!” Liz shouted, “Isabel look at your shoulder.”

Isabel runs her hand over the hand print on her shoulder.  “It can’t be.  This doesn’t make any sense.”

“Ok, now that’s it.  I am standing right here.  I know I am not invisible.  Will someone PLEASE tell me what the HELL is going on!!”

Isabel proceeds to tell Maria about the dreams she had been having.  “Maria this needed to stay between us. You can’t tell Michael or Max.”

“Yeah, sure.  You have my word.  What did Alex mean by he is coming home?”

“Maria, I don’t know.”

“So, did you ladies have a good time?” Max asks as he kissed Liz's cheek.

“Oh yeah.  We had a blast.  Hey, you guys, I am going to head home.  I will talk to you later.”

“Bye Isabel,” everyone says in unison.

“Well, let’s get started with another grueling day of work.  Come on, space boy.  Its off to the fry room with you.”  Maria pushes Michael towards the grill area.

“Well I guess I should get to work.  Are you going to stay and hang out for awhile?”  Max nods, Liz smiles.  “I'll go and get you a drink.”

As Isabel leaves the Crashdown she felt a hand on her shoulder.  When she turned to see who it was she hears ,“I'm home.”

“Alex?!”  Then all goes black.

“Oh my god, Max.  Look Isabel.”  Liz points towards the door.   Max rushes to Isabel's side, picks her up off the ground and carries her back into the Crashdown.

“Here Max lay her on the bench.”

“Isabel, Isabel,” Max begins to look a bit worried.

“Here Max, try this.” Liz hands him some smelling salt.

“Isabel, are you ok?”

She looks around, “Max, where am I, what happened?”

“You are at the Crashdown, you fainted outside.”

“Where did he go Max? Where is he?”

“Isabel who are you talking about?”

“Alex, where did he go?” Everyone around looks stunned.

“Isabel, Alex is dead, remember.”

“No Max he was just here outside.  I saw him.”

“Ok Iz, let me take you home.”

“Ok.”

“I came as soon as I could.  How is your head?”

“Liz I am fine.  Did you see any one out side with me?”

“No, you had fainted when I saw you?”

“Liz I saw him.  He was right there in front of me.  He touched me.  He said he was home.  Liz I am not crazy.  I know what I saw.”

“I believe you, but we have to find an explanation.  Isabel something is not right about all this.”

“Okay, I will come by the Crashdown later.  Liz, I need to be alone for awhile.  How about we meet at 8:30pm, okay?”

Later that evening.

Isabel knew that she was being followed, she could sense it.  When she turned to confront her assailant, she soon realizes there was no one there.  As she turns around she heard a familiar voice whispering “Isabel.”

“Alex!“ she gasped, “How is this possible… am I dreaming…are you really here?” Isabel reached for Alex's face.

“Yes, I am right here.  Can we go somewhere to talk? Some place private.  I don't want to draw any attention.”

“Sure, we can go to the abandon soap factory.  Oh wait I need to call Liz.  I was supposed to meet her.  She will get worried.”

“Isabel, she can wait, I don't have much time.  You can call her when we get there.” Isabel nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile at the Crashdown.

“Hi Max, is Isabel with you? She was supposed to meet me.  She is late, by the way what are you doing here?”

“Isabel asked me to pick her up.  She said she wanted to talk to me about something.  Liz what's been going on with Isabel lately?”

“Max have a seat, there are something I need to tell you.”

Across town Alex leads Isabel into the abandon soap factory.  “Alex, how did… I mean how is this possible that you are here?”

“It doesn’t matter right now.  All that matters I that I am here with you .  Hey you should call Liz and tell her were we are.”

“Oh, I almost forgot.” Isabel grabs her phone to call.  “Hello Liz… I am okay… did Max make it there yet….  I am at the soap factory… Alex is here, Liz he is really here… Okay I will see you when you get here.” She turns to Alex.  “They are on their way.”

At the Crashdown

“Max, that was Isabel.  She said that her and Alex are at the soap factory”

“Liz something isn't right, Isabel maybe in danger.  Call Michael tell him to meet us there, now.”

Soap factory.

“Alex I've missed you so much.  There were so many things I never got to tell you.  Alex, I…” She touches Alex’s face.

“Isabel I know, I have always know,” Alex pulls here close, “I love you too.” Alex kisses Isabel. 

FLASH- A galaxies of stars, a strange planet.  Alex deepens the kiss FLASH- A beautiful woman, her secret love.  FLASH- The royal four, their funeral, the start of a revolution.  FLASH- her mother, her real mothers tears.  FLASH- two people making love, her and….  FLASH- she betrayed them all for love.  Isabel breaks free of him kiss.  She look deep into his eyes, “ You’re not Alex,” she cried, “who are you?”

“You don’t remember me? Let me help you remember,” he grabs her and kisses her again.  FLASH- her and him making love, she betrayed he family for him.  He whispers in her ear “Now do you remember, Valandra.”

“Cavar?.” He smiles as Isabel tries pulls away from him.  “How did you know about Alex?”

“Tess told me, she said you were heartbroken when he died.  She betrayed you because Max loves another.  Soon you will betray Max, and history will repeat itself.“

“I would never betray Max, I am NOT Valandra.”

“Oh my dear, but you already have.  Max is on his way to see you.  He has no clue that he is heading into a trap.  He will die by my hands.” Isabel tries to escape to the door but Kivar overpowers her.  “You can have a front row seat for the festivities.” He ties her to a chair, and turns on a familiar looking device.  “I wouldn’t want you to ruin the kings surprise.” Isabel realizes it’s the same has the one Brody had in his office.

“Max will defeat you, you will die by HIS hands, and our people will rule again.” Isabel said proudly.

Cavar went to Isabel, gently touching her face, “ We will just have to wait and see won’t we.”

Outside the soap factory, “Max, do you see her,” Liz walked around Max to get a better look.

“I can see her, she is tied up, but I can’t tell who is with her, Liz are you sure she said she was with Alex?”

“That was what she told me on the phone, look he has one of those devices that Brody had.  Max if you go in there you might not be able to use your powers.”

“Hey, we came as soon as we could, where’s Isabel?” 

“She is inside Michael, but we don’t know with who or how many are in there.” Max pointed in the window.  “See she is over there and the person she thinks is Alex is right in front of her.”

“Let’s just go in and get her.” Michael begins to stand up.

“We can’t, Michael,” Max points to the device, ”He has one of those things that Brody had.” 

“So how do we get her out of there, Max.”

“Maria and I can sneak in, turn it off and get Isabel.” Before Michael and Max protest Liz says, “Max we don’t have a choice, Maria and I are not affect by that thing you and Michael are.  What good would it do for Isabel if you were helpless? Just make a distraction, Maria and I can sneak in threw the window by Isabel.” Liz touches his face.  “Max we’ll will be okay.  Trust me.”

“Liz be careful, I don’t know what I would do with out you.”

“I will.” She kisses him quickly the leaves.

“Maria watch yourself,” Michael kisses her cheek.

“I will space boy.”

As Maria and Liz run to the window near Isabel they hear a loud boom.  “Maria that’s the signal, look he is walking towards the door.  Hurry up.” They climb through the window.

“Oh my god, Maria… Liz… it wasn’t Alex, “ Isabel starts to cry, “It’s Cavar, he wants to kill Max.”

Liz grabs the alien device and moves her hand over it.  “Isabel are your powers back?”

“Yeah I can feel them, where is Max and Michael?”

“Outside, lets go.”

“Zan, or should I say Max show yourself.”

“I am right here, and since you know my name may I have the pleasure of yours.”

“I am Cavar, and I shall have the pleasure of sending you to your grave for the second time.” Max looked confused.  “It was I that your sister betrayed you for in your other life.”

“Max, we got her,” yelled Liz.

“Michael, now” Max and Michael used their powers fight against Cavar.  There was a bright flash of light and an explosion.  Cavar was gone.  Max rushes over to the girls, “let’s get out of here.”

“Isabel are you alright?”

“I am fine Max, I am so sorry I didn’t know who he was.  I thought he was Alex, I wanted him to be Alex.  Oh Max…”

“Isabel it will be okay, everything will be ok,” Max hugs her, “you didn’t know.  Isabel I know you are NOT Valandra and you wont betray me.”

“Max how do you know that?”

“Because you are my sister, Isabel Evan.”

“Max, he is never coming back is he?”

“No Isabel, he’s not.  Try and get some sleep.”

Two days later Isabel went to Alex’s grave site.  “You’re gone you are really gone,” Isabel starts to cry, “I never got the chance to tell you I loved you.” She whispers as she turns and walks away, “Alex, I love you.”

The End

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