Together Again

Disclaimer: I do not own anybody or anything Roswell. Or UPN. So please do not sue me.

Author's Note: The time is about a year after they have graduated from high school. By the way, Tess in this version. Max, Isabel, & Michael find out where they come from on their own.

Summary: Max, Isabel, & Michael get back from being at their home planet for a year. But Max finds out some surprising news when he returns home to Liz.

Three people, two guys and a girl, where walking in the desert to the Jeep that they left behind some boulders about a year ago. When they got to the Jeep they turned it on and drove home, back to Roswell.

Max dropped off Michael first at Maria's.

"Thanks man." – Michael

"No problem. Say hi to Maria for us." – Max

"Will do, see ya." – Michael

Michael got out of the Jeep and went to Maria's window. As Max drove off to drop off Isabel at their parents house. When they got to the house Isabel felt something was coming from her brother.

"Max, are you ok?" – Isabel

"Yeah, I'm ok... It just feels like there is another presence in my connection with Liz." – Max

"Do you think that she might be seeing someone else?"

Max shot his head up.

"No. I mean she wouldn't have done that to me." (Especially since I asked her to marry me and she expected the day before we left.)

"Well, I hope that you figure it out when you see Liz, tonight."

"Yeah me, too."

"Good night, Max."

"Night, Is."

Max waited a few minutes then took a deep breath and started the Jeep again headed to the Crashdown.

It was just after ten o'clock at night when Liz finally got her daughter back to sleep. She had been asleep for a couple of hours, before she woke up crying about a half an hour ago. And now she was asleep, Liz very carefully carried her to her crib and put her to bed.

"Night, Claudia."

Liz kissed her hand and then put her hand on her daughter's cheek. After that, Liz just stood there and watched her daughter sleep for a few minutes, until she heard someone coming up the ladder to her balcony. Liz froze; she didn't know who it could be. When the person reached the balcony, she know who it was. The connection made her a little dizzy. She went to the window open it and was outside kiss him in a second.

Max didn't know what happened at first, one moment he was climbing over the edge of the balcony and then when he stood up Liz was kissing him.

Then the flashes started, what Max saw confused him, he saw a baby in some kind if fluid, then he felt pain, and then he saw a baby wrapped up in a blanket. Then the flashes and the kiss stop. Max was still confused, but he will figure it out later all he cared about right now was that Liz was back in his arms.

"Liz."

They stood in each other's arms for a while and then Liz remembered something. It was time to tell him what she had been waiting to tell him for almost a year.

"Max. (She pulled away a little) There is someone you need to meet."

She grabbed his hand and Max followed her into her bedroom. She pulled him over to the crib.

"Max, I would like you to meet our daughter, Claudia."

It took Max a moment to register what she was saying.

"Our... daughter?"

Liz just nodded and smiled.

All he could do was look at her and think how much their daughter looked liked Liz. Their daughter. Max pulled Liz to him and hugged her. Then pulled away a little and kissed her.

"Thank you." – Max

"For what?"

"For her." (Looking at Claudia)

Liz turn around in Max's arms and rested here head on Max's chest as they watched their daughter sleep. After a few minutes Liz was feeling asleep. So, Max picked her up and carried her to bed then he laid down next to her and fell asleep.

The Evans' House

Isabel woke up and went downstairs and into the kitchen to get something to drink. She got a glass and some orange juice out of the refrigerator. She poured the orange juice in the glass and put it back. When she closed the door she saw a picture of a baby. She picked it up and that is when she heard someone gasp behind her. She turned around and saw her mother.

"Mom."

Isabel ran up to her and hugged her.

"When did you get back?"

"Last night."

"I'm so glad that your back."

"So am I."

"Where's your brother?"

"Oh, he went over to Liz's as soon as we got back."

"Oh."

"Mom, can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Who is this?" (showing her the picture of the baby that was on the refrigerator door.)

"Look on the back."

Isabel turned the picture around and on the back it said, Claudia Isabel Evans 8 wks.

"Mom, is this a new cousin or relative or something?"

"Or something?"

Isabel looked that the picture again and study it for a few moments and then she realized who the baby was.

"Mom, is this Liz's daughter?"

Diane nodded her head.

"Mom, why would you have a picture of Liz's daughter (and then she did the math in her head and realized why) She's Max's isn't she."

"Yes."

Liz's Bedroom

Claudia started whimpering, Max woke and noticed that Liz was still asleep And didn't have the heart to wake her. He went over to the crib and picked her up. As soon as he picked her up she stop. By this time, Liz had woken and she watched Max pick Claudia up and was amazed at how that when he did, she stop crying. Max look over at Liz and smiled. He then walk back over to the bed with little Claudia still in his arms and sat down. Liz sat up in bed. Max leaned in and gave Liz a kiss.

"Morning."

"Morning."

"It 's hard to believe that we did this." (Both looking down at their daughter, who was smiling up at them)

"Yeah, I know what you mean." (Smiling)

"Liz?"

"Yeah Max."

"What her name?"

"Claudia Isabel Evans."

"Claudia Isabel Evans." Max repeated quietly

"I thought that since her first name came from my side of that your middle name should came from yours."

"It's perfect. And Isabel will love it." (Thinking about how much his sister is going to love being aunt and the fact the her niece's middle name is her name.)

"Yeah she will."

Liz looked over at the bedside clock and saw that time it was.

"We better get going, we're supposed to be at parents house in an hour."

"What?"

"Oh, (Smiling) every few days I go over to your parent's place and talk the visit with them. Mainly your mom. And since my parents are away at a restaurant convention in Santa Fe for the week, your mom want me by to see if I needed anything. I don't. I think that she just wants me to check in with her."

"Oh."

"Way don't you go get cleaned up and I'll get her ready to go. Okay?"

"Okay." Max said while handing Claudia to Liz.

TBC...