Fan Fic and More

wow these updates just keep getting better and better.
can't wait for the next one.
Isabel at the beginning was histerical especially the bit when liz said isabel use to throw her shoe's at churping birds. lol reminds me very much of my sister.

(But i can't help feeling jealous of Isabel. Why can't my birthday's be like her's lol)

“Little! Little? Woman, I don’t ever want to hear you use the word little when you’re talking about Fred.

... : :

As usual great part Paul.

I wish I could have a boyfriend like Alex,just for one day *sigh*

WEll it certainly won't be an eloquent FB this one, but it is a FB nonetheless.

Sweet scene in the woods. Loved the jewlery. Sounds absolutely beautiful.

And the named star, and a picture of it, he put so much thought into her birthday. So very much that he melted her even more than he had before.

So the necklace was changed by thier "encounter" huh? Cool.

WEll she did get what she wanted, but by having Alex give it to her, she got so much more.

I wonder if they will get together with the friends for her birthday or was that it?

Either way, awesome part.

Rhonda

Stargazer Gets the Girl
Chapter 22-E Izzy Becomes an Adult
By Stargazer MD

FRIDAY, Isabel’s Birthday Party
Isabel swept into her other house, intent on simply dropping Alex’s PDA into it’s cradle before heading home for a quick salad and then spending the following several hours in the perfect execution of her grooming rituals in preparation for her grand entrance at her party. Seeing Gloria sitting at the kitchen table, she paused to give a perfunctory kiss and greeting before running up the stairs.

“Isabel? ISABEL!” Gloria called out.

“In a moment,” she replied as she completed her task before trotting back down the stairs.

“Sit, please! Let me make you a mug of tea.”

“I’m fine,” Isabel answered politely as she headed for the door. “I’ve got only eleven minutes of slack in my schedule for the evening.”

“Have a seat,” Gloria continued as if she hadn’t heard. “I insist.”

Isabel settled rather nervously into her seat while Gloria made a show of gathering the materials and implements of the afternoon ritual, but her level of unease soared as she watched her future Mother-in-law dig out her kettle and hold it under the faucet.

“Is your In-Sink-Erator broken?” Isabel asked cautiously.

“No,” Gloria replied as she faced the stove and put the kettle down, her smile hidden from her guest.

“The boiler would be quicker.”

“Um hum,” Gloria agreed as she placed a plate on the counter and slowly placed a number of Milano Armaretto cookies onto it into a starburst pattern, as she expertly played her hand in this little power play.

“I,,, I,,,” Isabel’s voice faltered as her hostess sat and offered her a cookie.

With the capitulation of the young woman who had become the mistress of her son’s domain, it was time for Gloria to get down to business. “I received a call from your realtor this afternoon.”

“Candice? She called here?”

“Yes, she couldn’t get through to your cell.”

“I,,, ahhmm,”

“She said she had a house or two for you to look at.” Seeing Isabel gasp like a fish out of water, she pushed her advantage. “Just what are you intending to do with my son?”

Isabel started to gain confidence as she stood and walked to the stove and picked up the kettle, starting her own little power play. Finding that the copper pot was still cool, she clandestinely brought the water to a boil. She took her time making the tea, and by the time she returned to the table her smile was firmly in place.

Gloria realized the enormity of her mistake the moment Isabel turned from her and stood, but she drew on years of experience to hide her dismay. She almost pulled it off, but her eye brows shot up in amazement as she took a sip of tea. “This is good!”

“Thank you,” Isabel replied. She let slip the tiniest bit of attitude, not enough to be the least bit disrespectful, in fact not enough to be readily noticeable, but it was there none the less.

“About Alex?”

“I have a number of intentions towards Alex,” Isabel replied with noticeable affection in her voice. “I am going to make him the happiest man on the face of this planet, I am going to make him more successful that his wildest dreams, I am going to present him with a family that will make him the envy of all that know him, and out of respect for you,” she added while watching for Gloria’s reaction over the top of her mug, “I have a plan or two that I’ll keep private.”

“I was referring to the house you’re looking for.”

“Oh, sorry,” Isabel replied, feeling chastised as she sat back down. “I don’t know what you’re upset about,” Isabel stated levelly, “Everyone knows that we’re going to be Albuquerque,,,”

“Albuquerque!!?” Gloria choked out in surprise.

“Yes, Albuquerque,” Isabel confirmed slowly. “You didn’t think,,,” Isabel stammered as she suddenly understood the older woman’s concern. “Roswell?”

“You’re looking for a place to live when you’re in college,” Gloria gasped in relief.

“Yes,” Isabel answered slowly. “I started early enough so that Alex and I could get a place big enough for all of us,,,”

“Oh no,” Gloria said softly. “Take it from someone’s who been to college. Things change, fast and often,,,” Seeing Isabel getting her dander up, she quickly explained herself. “I’m not referring to you and Alex, but more towards your entire group, and the dynamics of the couples.” Seeing Isabel’s expression change from alarm to confusion she continued, “Lets say you buy this big place and invite everyone in, then Max gets Liz pregnant. Lets say Kyle gets hurt and looses his scholarship, or more likely, he gets invited to play for a pro team. Or maybe Michael or Maria decide that college isn’t for them and they decide to move back here. The thing is, you don’t want to be straddled with a big place like that so soon in life,,,”

“But the economics of owning instead of paying to live on campus,,,”

“Lets talk about that,” Gloria added confidently. “At the end of four or five or six years you sell the place and are leaving with a tidy little profit while all the others have to show for their time and effort is a pile of rent receipts.”

“I,,,” Isabel stammered. “That’s not my intentions at all!”

“I know Hon,” Gloria interjected consolingly as she quickly left her chair, squatted down next to her charge and gave her a shoulder hug. “All I’m saying is that you need to think about this before you do anything. Sit down and talk to us, we’ve all been through it before you know.”

Isabel watched as Gloria returned to her seat.

“Why don’t you buy yourself a nice little three bedroom townhouse,,,”

“Three bedroom?”

“Three,” Gloria answered with authority. “The first would be your guest room, which when I’m not making frequent visits, you would also use as an office, the second would be your room, your sanctuary,,,”

“Sanctuary?”

“Yes, sanctuary. Alex is a gentleman,,,”

“I know, that’s one of the things I love that about him,,,”

“He’s not going to share a room with you unless you have a place of your own to retreat to, so he doesn’t feel as if he’s imposing himself,,,”

“Whitman women don’t need a sanctuary, If Alex is so foolish as to fail to meet my expectations, he will be,,, encouraged to sleep on the couch,,,”

“And the third bedroom is your own little loveshack,,,”

“What would I do with a loveshack?” Isabel asked shyly.

“The same thing you’re doing to him right now,” Gloria answered with an evil smile.

“Oh, you’re good,” Isabel cried out in admiration as she bolted upright and kissed her cheek again before heading for the door.

“Like I said, you’ll make a good Whitman wife, but you’ve still got a lot to learn.” Gloria stood and rinsed her mug at the sink before turning and leaning her hip against the counter. “I am confused though,” she continued. “I didn’t set out to detain you this long, so I never turned the gas on.”

“Obviously you’re mistaken, the water was quite hot,” Isabel replied with a smile. “Or maybe I still have a trick or two up my sleeve.”

**********
Later that evening, Steve Lydick parked his lightning in front of Gas-and-Gulp while on his way to pick Vicki up for Isabel’s party. He banged knuckles with Patrick Brisroe and nodded to the rest of the hangers-on before going into the store to get Vicki a Astronut bar.

Meanwhile Malamoot was entertaining the guys with one of his many lies about his conquest between the sheets when his phone rang. “Hey.”

“~~Malamoot?~~”

”Pam? Hey, what gives?” Malamoot replied, gesturing wildly to his buds while keeping his voice level. He clicked the phone into speaker so the hangers-on could hear another of his conquest in the making.

“~~Well I find myself with the evening free, so I thought I would take you up on your offer for dinner and a movie.~~”

“Really?” Malamoot replied encouragingly, while pointing to his phone and mouthing the words, ‘She wants me.’

“~~I’m kind of stranded at the Mall,~~” Pam explained hesitantly. “~~Do you think you could pick me up?~~” she continued, her voice gaining confidence.

“Okay, let me get this straight,” Malamoot summed up. “You want me to pick you up, feed you, and take you to the movies?”

“~~Yea,~~” Pam replied, confusion evident in her voice. “~~You did ask me out, right?~~”

“Yea Pam, but I want to know what’s your plans for after the movie. I mean I’m a popular guy and I need to know that I won’t be missing out on a better offer,” Malamoot replied arrogantly.

“~~What?~~” Pam gasped.

“I figure about an hour out at the quarry would be fair,,,”

“~~Fair? For what?~~” Pam demanded.

“That’s my reward for picking you up, feeding you, and taking you to a movie,,,” Malamoot reasoned.

“~~Malamoot, you horses ass. I may be a slut, but I’m not a whore. Frack you!~~” she shouted as she hung up.

Malamoot looked at the cell in amazement as his buddies hooted and hollered.

“That’s pathetic Malamoot,” Benji Sanderson taunted. “Can’t even get a date with Wham-Bam Troy.”

“Dude,” Steve advised, shaking his head in shame. “If that’s your best stuff, you had better get a gold card, because unless you’re willing to pay for it, you’re going to die a virgin.” Steve climbed into his Lightning and left for his date.

Malamoot turned his back on his friends and headed home. Despite his failure with Pam, he still had plans for the evening. He had a fresh box of Kleenex, a dollop of pilfered wrinkle cream from his mom’s vanity, and a bookmark for Naked-Asian-Teenagers-dot-com on his computer. Life, as far as he was concerned, was good.

**********
“So what if they are, Ria?” Liz said with a trace of exasperation in her voice. “I mean after all, they were, or maybe still are the hold outs in the group,,,”

“You just help me get Alex alone,” Maria implored, “I’ll get him to spill.”

“What are you going to do, beat him with a rubber hose?” Liz almost screamed as she started down the stairs to the back of the Crashdown. “He’s not going to dish, not about Isabel!”

“I told you everything,” Maria whined. “You spilled, eventually,” she added with a touch of hurt in her voice. “Now it’s his turn,,,”

“Alex is a guy Maria, and we taught him to be a gentleman. He doesn’t do gossip,,,”

“Gossip?” Isabel asked cheerfully as she swept through the dining room door. “What I miss?”

Maria’s eyes were wide as saucers as she grasped for an answer didn’t involve Alex and as such, wouldn’t bring down the wrath of Queen Amidala. “Pam Troy got caught with her pants around her ankles.”

“Again? How long was the waiting line this time?” Isabel sneered as she took off her black leather duster. “Wait, don’t answer that. I don’t want to know.”

“Isabel,,, I’m impressed!” Liz gasped as her tall friend turned back from the coat rack.

“You like?”

“I like,” Liz continued, casting an apprising eye over her friends dress.

Isabel twirled to show off her new royal blue party dress, the mesh outer layer settling a perfect three inches (75 mm) above her knee as she faced her friends. With a deep v-neckline that plunged daringly to a ruched bodice over the dropped waist that flared out to a full skirt.

“It’s not red,,,” Maria protested.

“No it’s not,,,” Isabel teased, letting Maria twist in the wind a moment before striking a pose and continuing, “But it does match my new earrings, don’t you think?”

“Oh my God,” the twins gushed in perfect synchronization as they moved in for a closer look.

“Alex, you done good,” Maria sighed.

Isabel simply nodded in agreement as she muttered, “You should have seen me scramble to get this dress,,,”

“Albuquerque?”

“No, he didn’t give me enough for that, he didn’t even give me time to go out to Penny’s at the mall,,,”

“So you had this sitting around waiting for a special occasion?” Maria asked in amazement.

“Please,” Isabel gasped. “It would be a crime to have something really nice sitting in a closet growing out of date just waiting for a reason to wear it.” Seeing the blank look on her friends face she continued, “This is a Evans’ original. It started out as an old flannel night gown, and it took me most of the afternoon to get it just right.”

“A little conservative, isn’t it?” Liz ventured.

“No,,, More like a modern classic, but once Daddy goes home,,,” Isabel teased as she slowly slipped the right shoulder of dress down to her elbow revealing a lot of skin exposed by the halter top underneath, “Izzy comes out to play.”

Maria’s eyes bulged as she traced Isabel’s spine down to the small of her back. “Skin?” she gasped. “Are you trying to kill poor Alex? He’s not into skin. That’s why you go strapless.”

“Do you know how hard it is to wear a strapless dress?” Isabel answered in amusement. “Not only do you have to find the correct length, color and fabric, but the cut has to be exact. The fit across your bust has to be perfect, or you get those ugly armpit and breast bulges that makes you look fat. You need a good strapless bra, or the dress will make you look saggy. The dress has to stay up without hanging on your breast or your bra will end up around your waist. The neckline has to lie just right, exposing two inches of cleavage. Any less and you look like you have a mono-boob, any more and you look like a slut. At the same time if the neckline has to be just the right amount of give, so if you lean down your cleavage will grow revealing just the right touch of make up in there so you can get your date’s eyes will pop out, and finally if the bust line’s too tight you can’t breathe, but if it’s too loose, you have to worry about fallout.”

“Ahhmm, guys? Your public is waiting,” Liz explained as she turned and left the room.

Isabel stepped towards her petit friend and effortlessly wrapped her arm over her shoulder as she led Maria out of the break room. “Oh one more thing, if that gossip you’re digging for involves Alex? Well you remember those monsters that visited you while you slept,,,”

TBC

I have been educated on the pros and cons of a strapless dress :
Great points Paul

I like the sound of 'Whitman Wife'.
It has a nice ring to it :D

I'm glad Malamoot got what he deserved

Love the new updates. Been really busy recently so I just caught up properly. The whole 'strapless dress' - WAY true. I have tried on about a million of the things over the years and never found one thats sits juist right. They are in general just a BAD idea..

Can't wait to see what's gonna happen at the party.

what':shock:'!!!
you left it there oh man i want to know whats gonna happen in the party.':('.

anyway great part,i just love gloria. please update soon ':D'

HOLY FRAK, BATMAN!

I have really missed out on some new updates : I really loved the new parts and am glad that Isabel and Alex have become physical. What surprises me is how vocal Isabel was about losing her virginity to anyone and everyone (including her parents) but now that she has, Isabel has become more reserved and tight lipped

Great updates! can't wait for more

Kara

Stargazer Gets the Girl
Chapter 22-F Izzy Becomes an Adult
By Stargazer MD

Maria was quite upset by the time her tall friend finished with her, causing her to seek out her boyfriend for a little comfort. It didn't matter if he offered her a warm hug or a good argument, she knew he would be good for whatever ailed her.

Michael didn't flinch as his pixie flopped onto his lap, and his arms automatically wrapped around her waist as she settled onto his strong shoulder without noticing that she was doing so. He grunted softly in acknowledgment of her rather incoherent rant, but a quick glance towards the entrance caused him tighten his grip. He watched as Jim took Amy's elbow and led her off to the side where he helped her off with her coat. In contrast to Jim's crisp western shirt, Amy was styling in a little black dress which would have looked great on a woman half her age.

"Oh No!" Maria gasped. "Not again! Not another sex dress,,,"

"Maria,,," Michael interjected softly. "Maria! It's not that bad. Your Mom's wearing more than all of you guys,,,"

"More than we're all wearing?" Maria snapped, poking Michael in the chest. "More than I'm wearing? Are you calling me a slut now?"

"Are you calling your Mom a slut?" Michael asked levelly. "Are you calling Jim a whore dog?"

"Michael,,,"

"Listen, all I'm saying is that your mom is one of the finest women I know. She and Jim have both been alone for a long time and they deserve a little happiness in their twilight years,,,"

"You never caught them coming out of the pantry with their clothes all mussed,,,"

"I think it's much more important that she never caught us coming out of the pantry,,,"

"Michael," Maria whined, "Aren't you going to support me on this?"

"I'll support you," Michael answered, "When you're right,,,"

Maria took a breath for an attack, but Michael silenced her with a finger across her lips, reinforced by his thumb under her chin holding her mouth closed. "Let me put it to you this way. "Your Mom's happy. I like her happy. When she's happy, she's not looking at my shortcomings. We get the run of the house, we get the Jetta, and most importantly, she's not buying newspapers to hit me with."

**********
Meanwhile, on the dance floor, Alex and Isabel were discussing plans for the upcoming Fire Fighters Ball. "Izzy, a Class-A uniform is five hundred bucks. (416 €) And even though the department will pay the bill through my clothing allowance, with us leaving for college next summer, I can't see us spending that kind of money for what may turn out to be just one night."

"You can't see,,," Isabel stammered. "When was this about you?" she demanded as she stepped in close to him. She opened the top button on his shirt and smoothed his collar as she explained, her voice softened as the physical contact calmed her, "This may be just a night with your hose-dragging buddies, but for me this is going to be my first adult ball. It's also going to serve as our coming out party, the first time we've appeared in public outside of our own little group. I know just about everyone in town through Daddy's firm, so for me the ball is practically a command performance."

Alex let a little groan slip upon hearing his thoughts of a nice dinner out with the guys being hijacked, a sound of protest that Isabel missed, or more likely chose to ignore.

"We're going to have to go to Albuquerque. I'm going to need a dress, shoes, a bag, we'll have to stop by Rhonda's shop for a couple of things,,,"

"And I was worried about a uniform?" Alex teased, receiving a gentle slap on the shoulder for his efforts.

"I'll have to make appointments at Twinkle-Twinkle-Little-Spa for that morning. Lets see, massages, mannies, peddies, facials,,,"

"Hey,,,"

"A haircut for you,,,"

"What's with the plurals,,,"

"My hair. Oh God, I have only three weeks to go through my magazines and pull a look together,,," Isabel realized with rising panic as she pulled back to look at her mate, only to be miffed to find a total lack of sympathy in that quarter.

"I'm a guy," Alex declared levelly. "I'm not going to any spa,,,"

"Alex Charles Whitman!" Isabel hissed softly enough so no one else could hear her. "I am granting you the supreme honor of escorting me to the Fire Fighters Ball, and you will rise to my standards. Is that understood?"

"Yes Dear," Alex answered indulgently, "But no pedicure!" he insisted. "And no massage either," he continued, adding in a softer voice, "I don't want Fred embarrassing me."

"You know," she whispered, snuggling back onto his strong shoulder, "I think I'll pick up a pair of dark stockings. The ones with the seams up the back. You'll have to help me straighten them. A black lace garter belt,,,"

Alex simply pulled her deeper into his arms in response, willing to do for her whatever she wanted.

"No panties. Do you like me that way Sweetie? Panties ruin the effect of the garters, the black lace caressing the front of my thighs, framing my soft golden hair that I let grow wild just the way you like it,,,"

Alex growled deep in his throat as he sent her a wave of love that made her knees weak.

'I should be ashamed of myself, using sex to get what I want from Alex,' Isabel thought. 'Oh who am I trying to kid? I'm not inducing him with sex, the sex is a bonus for me,,, Well he does like it. I don't know how he was able to hold out as long as he did, but he can't possibly like it as much as I do, can he?' As she lost herself to the music, Isabel placed all of her scheming and plan making on the back burner, happy to let her mate lead her slowly around the dance floor, satisfied that she had been able to accomplish the secret task that Chief Montoya had asked of her.

**********
Michael held Maria tightly as she swayed in his arms to a rhythm that only she could hear. Despite the rather boisterous couples all around them, she was here, allowing him to hold her, while he did his best to 'not dance' with her, for it was the only way he knew of to take her mind off the fact that Amy and Jim had been inseparable for the entire evening. Michael bent down and kissed the top of her head, causing her to sigh a moment before looking up to face him. He watched with amusement as she came out of the stupor that she had been enjoying for the last several minutes, but before she could torque herself up for God alone knew what kind of reaction, he bent again and kissed her fully on the mouth.

Flash: Maria saw her self in full alien waitress regalia, leaning with her back against the pass through window shouting a stream of inventive yet not necessarily inaccurate insults at Michael through the serving window, yet the mischievous gleam in her eyes along with the beaming smile on her voice took any sting out of her words.

"Michael!" Maria gasped. "Was that,,,"

"Um-hum," Michael replied softly as he placed his hand behind her neck and pulled her tight. He kissed her again, more gently this time, as if she were the most precious gift he had ever been graced to receive.

Maria saw herself safe in her own bed, sound asleep. She was disoriented a moment before she realized that this time she was seeing herself through Michael's eyes as he watched her sleep after sneaking into her room to keep her safe. She was momentarily embarrassed to have been caught with her 'UFO' sheets off the top of her body, revealing her 'Little Green Men' pajamas. But the most touching sight was the way she was wrapped around her stuffed 'alien' doll which she held fiercely in her sleep.

"Is that the way you see me?"

"I see you in a number of ways," Michael replied. "Sometimes as a fierce warrior, other times as if you were a part of me that needs to be protected."

Maria reached up and pulled him down for another kiss. "Let me in Spaceboy, I'm going to show you how you're going to see me tonight." Maria pulled out all the stops, letting her passions soar.

Michael found himself looking up at Maria as she strained against him, her face and upper body shining in sweat. She had her head thrown back and her small but perfect breasts quivered in response to some mysteriously frantic activity that was occurring just below his line of sight. Moments later Maria bit her lower lip as a delightful pink blush covered her face and spread down her neck flowing out to cover her chest. Michael pulled back, gasping for breath, with a look of amazement in his eyes.

"I saw Mom slip Jim a key card," Maria explained breathlessly. "She's not the only DeLuca woman taking her man home tonight."

"Ria," Michael groaned in frustration. "I'm not going home with you, I won't be able to stop myself. Your Mom has been so good to me, I have too much respect for her,,, not in her house,,, not under her roof."

"How about your roof?" Maria teased. "How do you feel about your upstairs neighbors?"

"I don't give a flying frack about my neighbors," Michael snapped, going for her neck, "Upstairs or otherwise."

"Then I'm going home with you."

"Spend the night?" he replied, his voice in near panic. "She'll find out! She'll kill me,,, us!"

"Michael," Maria smiled in response. "I'm going to have to show you the contents of my nightstand,,,"

"What's that have to do with anything?"

"Mom doesn't want to see us hurt, but she was young too,,,"

"Still is," Michael muttered.

"She got me condoms, jellies, foams, sponges, a diaphragm, a little pink diversionary friend, and a DeLuca birth control pill,,,"

Michael shook his head in disbelief before asking, "What the hell is a DeLuca birth control pill?"

"What?" Maria paused in mid rant, "Oh that,,, Well actually it's an alien head key charm, but I'm supposed to hold it between my knees and never let it hit the ground, but this,,," Maria purred, showcasing her shoulder and upper arm.

"What's that?" Michael asked in concern, seeing a small old and faded bruise as well as a slight ripple in the surface of the skin just below her shoulder. "Are you hurt? Let me take care of that,,,"

"Don't you dare," Maria snapped, slapping his hand away. "That's my Norplant."

"Norplant, what the frack is a Norplant?"

"Five years of hassle-free, forget-me-not, birth control."

(Note: Norplant consist of six plastic-like strips that are impregnated with contraceptive hormones that are slowly released into the woman's bloodstream, providing a safe and reliable form of birth control. Norplant was available in late 2001, the time period of this chapter, before being withdrawn from US markets in 2002. It remains available in much of the rest of the world.)

"So you're telling me your Mom's alright with this?" Michael asked skeptically.

"Not so much that she's alright with it as she's accepting the inevitability of it," Maria answered softly. "Mom doesn't want to see us apart and miserable, but she doesn't want to see us starting our family as young as she did either."

"Well that may be all well and good," Michael sighed, "But we're not going to poke the bear either. Lets keep things low key."

"Fine, low key," Maria replied in exasperation. "But I have almost five hundred dollars (410 €) worth the happy times stuck into my arm, and I intend to start using them."

**********
Isabel held tightly to her mate as they slowly swayed to the music. "Sweetie, I need more from you, I need to be closer," she thought, as she made soft sounds while her face was buried in his neck.

"Okay, lets see, you have my heart, my mind, my body, and soul. You are my future. We're closer that any of the others with our minds, and to be honest we're having a lot of fun discovering each others naughty places. I will do anything to ask, in fact you don't even need to ask, I will do anything for you that I can sense you want."

"There is one thing more, Sweetie. Ava told us that we've already bonded as mates,,,"

"Um hum, you're the only one I have even wanted, the only woman there will ever be for me."

"And we're going to marry, right?" Isabel asked, for once confident of his answer.

"Yes, we will marry, we'll raise a family, and we'll spend the rest of our lives together." He backed up a bit so he could look he in the eyes. "But you don't think we're ready for that now, do you?"

"No Sweetie, as much as I want to be your wife, I'm not ready to get married right now," she responded softly with a teasing laugh. "But I do want to know that we will be married, that we are promised to each other, on this world as well as our other one."

They stopped dancing as Isabel took both of his hands in hers. She looked around the room until she had everyone's attention. "Alex, I have spent two lifetimes looking for you, and I didn't know the meaning of the word happiness until I found you."

Gloria's brow edged up at this proclamation, but excusing Isabel's math error, she settled in to watch the show with a knowing smile on her face.


"AW FRACK!" Phillip exclaimed as he watched Isabel take Alex's hands in her own. Not noticing his wife come close to him he continued to no one in particular, "She's not going to wait, she's going to do it now,,,"

"Do what Dear?" Diane asked nervously.

"She is, she's going to do it right now,,," he gasped as he turned and slammed into his wife.

"What's going on?" Diane asked in confusion. "What's she going to do?"

"She's going to make sure she gets what she wants from Alex for her birthday," Phillip answered impatiently as he scooted around her. "I've got to go to the office for a minute,,,"

"Now?" Diane asked incredulously.

"You know she doesn't want to be kept waiting," Phillip grunted as he went out the door.


Maria gasped and put her fist into her mouth as Liz's eyes lit up as she stepped closer to Max. Jim and Amy looked at each other in dismay, not having shared in the 'softening up' that the young couple had been bestowing on both sets of parents. They looked back at the young couple as if they were watching a train wreck. Ava smiled and reached for Kyle's hand. "Kewl, go for it," Kyle's exclamation quickly faded to silence after he received a withering glare from his father. Of her brothers, Max looked as stunned as Michael was happy.

"Honey?" Charles asked warily of his loving wife.

"Shush," Gloria snapped. "Isabel promised to share this moment with us, and I don't want to miss a word of it."

"Hang on Izzy, if we're going to do this, we're going to do this right," Alex interjected, lowering himself to bended knee.

Isabel looked at Alex with all of her love for him showing in her eyes. She tented her hands in front of her chin. As soon as Alex's knee touched the floor she answered, "Yes, yes, of course I will marry you,,,"

"Izzy, you have to wait for me to ask,,,"

"Well hurry up. What have you ever seen about me that makes you think I'm a patient woman?"

"Okay," Alex said, taking a deep breath. "Isabel, ever since the day I first met you, I knew you were the only woman I ever wanted in my life,,,"

"Yes, yes,,,"

"Izzy,,,"

"Well just ask the question!"

"I will ask, but I've been dreaming of this moment for years, and I won't be rushed." This comment drew a chorus of sighs from the onlookers. Amy was won over, and even Jim was starting to soften.

Isabel looked at Alex. She was obviously impatient, and was pivoting on her hips and biting her lower lip.

Alex looked into her eyes, and forgot everything he wanted to say. There was just one thing left on his mind, "Isabel Evans, will you make all of my dreams come true. Will you marry me?"

Isabel looked at him.

"Ahhmm, Izzy?" Alex asked.

"This doesn't look good," Michael whispered so only those closest to him could hear. "She's going to hurt him."

"Stand up Alex." Isabel said tenderly.

"What do you mean, 'She's going to hurt him'," Maria whispered back as the rest of the room watched spellbound.

Alex stood slowly, a question on his face.

"Oh yea," Max agreed. "She's going to hurt him bad."

The moment Alex stood upright Isabel slammed into him. "Yes, yes, a thousand times yes." She hit him so hard he would of fallen over backwards if the wall wasn't behind him. "I don't care if we don't get married this year,,," she kissed his face. "I don't care if we wait the five years for us to finish college,,," she held him tightly in acknowledgement that her life did depend on him.

"Izzy, you scared the hell out of me,,,"

"A ring," Isabel exclaimed. "I need something to make into a ring." She reached for her breast, "I'll use my heart."

"No," Alex declared. "That heart is special to us."

Isabel reached to the counter, finding the only loose thing close at hand, an old french fry. "I can change this."

"Izzy," Alex whispered fiercely as he nervously scanned the room for his mother. Finding her at what he hoped was a safe distance away he continued, "We don't need a ring right this minute, do we? I'll take care of it. I don't want to look at your hand for the next fifty years and see a ring that I know used to be a french fry."

Isabel giggled at the thought of wearing a french fry. "No, I can wait. You know me, I'm a patient woman," she said as she ran down her internal list of jewelers. Before the first well wisher reached her she was already well passed Albuquerque, discarding jewelers right and left as unworthy of crafting a symbol of Alex's love that she would be wearing for the rest of eternity.

While Liz and Maria headed straight for Alex, Michael was the first to reached Isabel. "I only have one thing to say. Are you happy?"

"I'm happier than you can imaging," Isabel answered hugging him.

"Then you hang onto him and never let go," he said, holding her tightly. "But one thing, did you have to raise the bar so high so publicly?"

"I heard that!" Maria rebutted.

Philip stumbled back into the room, out of breath after his sprint to his office. In his hand he held a small box. "I thought you would need this."

"Daddy?" Isabel asked in confusion.

Ignoring her he looked Alex square in the eyes. "Take care of her."

"With my life," Alex answered earnestly before turning to Isabel. "I hope you like it," he added softly as he opened the box.

Isabel held her hand to cover her gasp of surprise but she quickly recovered and gently lifted the ring out of the box. "It's beautiful."

Alex smiled indulgently, not surprised at all that his carefully planned proposal had been hijacked by his rather impatient and impulsive fiancée. He figured that when she deemed it necessary, she would again involve him in the process. He was surprised at how quickly that moment was.

"What does the inscription say?" she asked softly,,, "Wait! For as long as the stars burn in the heavens above, so shall we two be one. That's beautiful," she sighed. "It's also in Antarian, and I can't read Antarian."

"I can," he answered levelly. "I felt you pulling the language from me, so I guess that means you can read it now too."

Isabel took his hand and softly pressed the ring into his palm. "You have to do this," she said breathlessly. "You have to place that ring on my finger and tell the whole world that you are taking me as your own."

"I've already done that in my heart," he replied breathlessly as he slipped the ring onto her finger. "And now the whole world knows it."


"Come on old man," Gloria teased as she took her husbands hand. "Time for us to go."

"But Alex came with us," Charles replied innocently. "Shouldn't we wait for him?"

Gloria looked at Charles in amusement. "Unless you missed it, Isabel just proposed to our son. Do you really think she's going to let him go home tonight?"


Max kissed his sister on the cheek. "I've never seen you happier, but we have to get out of here sometime tonight."

Alex took that as his cue, and seeing the last of the parents leaving, he looked towards the improvised DJ's table, "Ava?" Catching her eye he nodded.

Ava waved her hand and the lights dimmed. The ceiling fans turned into mirror balls, reflecting several small spotlights through out the room. She held her hand over a CD and the guitar riffs of a brand new Shania Twain song filled the air. Before the first line of the introduction was over the guys knew it was too fast for them, and they surrendered the small dance floor to their sister and her fiancé, who were already soaring in their own corner of the heavens.

The girls started cleaning as the first verse rang out.

Don't wantcha for the weekend - don't wantcha for a night
I'm only interested if I can have you for life
eUh, I know I sound serious - and baby I am
You're a fine piece of real estate, and I'm gonna get me some land

"Did you hear that?" Maria gasped. " 'I'm going to get me some man?' "

"Land!" Liz corrected, although she was laughing so hard she may not have gotten the point across. "But it does sound as if it was written with Isabel in mind."

I'm gonna getcha while I gotcha in sight
I'm gonna getcha if it takes all night
You can betcha by the time I say "go," you'll never say "no"

Thanks to a lot of help from Ava, the clean-up was done within moments, and the girls lined up to watch the show.

Isabel felt Alex gently tug her hand, and as he started to lift it, she spun into him, slamming into his strong chest. She wrapped her arms around him as she slowly slid her thigh up his side. "Izzy, we're dancing,,,"

"Frack the dance," she replied breathlessly as she settled in for a long kiss.

Michael smiled as he watched his sister, never having seen her so happy, but his happiness turned to horror as her skirt slid higher and higher, settling around her hip as she wrapped her leg around Alex. Turning away, he found Kyle leering at the sight. "Dude! That's my sister."

"I know," Kyle responded, barely able to speak coherently.

"He doesn't respond to subtly," Ava advised as she took control of the situation. Reaching down she took hold of Kyle's groin and squeezed. "Come on, time to go," she said laughingly as she twisted and lifted before towing him towards the door.

So, don't try to run - honey, love can be fun
There's no need to be alone - when you find that someone

TBC

They are engaged!!! :

Oh happy day! I really loved the fact that Isabel took over the whole proposal but even more so that Alex already had a ring :

Can't wait for more

Kara

Oh yaaayyy...that was a lovely,romantic proposal though I was confused for a second about who was proposing to whom :
Trust Izzy to jump the gun on that.Alex is 'Mr.Ready for any Eventuality'.

YAY their engaged.

Izzy finally got everything she wanted, Alexs' body and a fiancee.
She's a lucky girl.
I'm looking forward to the fireman's ball and the events leading up to it!

Good to know Maria's playing it safe''

Please update SOON.
I can't wait for more.

Stargazer Gets the Girl
Chapter 23-A The Circle Grows
By Stargazer MD

“She’s right Isabel,” Liz teased. “Two weeks ago you would have been sitting here threatening to drag him over here and have your way with him right on the table,,,”

“Now you’re just watching him with this goofy grin on your face,” Maria added.

Isabel held out her hand pausing the conversation. “Alex, Sweetie?” ”Alex!”

Alex turned away from the group of teens who he was talking to and looked at her, raising his eyebrows in question.

“Not the double-jointed thing.”

Alex looked at her in dismay, ”What do you mean, that’s some of my best stuff.”

Isabel mercilessly shook her head in response.

“Aw man,,,” he groaned as he turned back to his friends.

When Isabel again faced the twins, she was unable to hide the huge smile she had on her face.

“You faker!” Maria gasped. “You weren’t mad at him.”

“No,” Isabel admitted, “But I won’t let him put himself out as the class clown anymore.”

“So you want to protect him?” Liz probed carefully.

“No, not really,” she confessed. Seeing that the original conversation was back on track she continued, “It’s,,, different now,,,” she drawled out. It’s not like I’m waiting for him,,, or for some event anymore. It’s not like it’s about him or me at all,,,”

“And there goes the creep factor,” Maria sighed under her breath.

“I’m not waiting anymore,” Isabel smiled. “I’m,,, we’re complete,,,”

“Complete?” Maria quipped. “I knew it. The two of you had sex,,,”

“I’m only going to admit it this once Maria,” Isabel sighed, knowing that Maria would never quit until she got some kind of crumb.

“So what are you saying?” Liz queried delicately. “Is this going to be the worlds shortest engagement?”

“Oh we’ll marry someday,” Isabel waxed. “We’ll definitely perform the ritual before we start our family, but right now, it seems like merely a formality.”

Meanwhile, across the Quad,
“What are you boys doing?”

Kyle turned quickly and moved to his left, placing himself and between the interloper and his team mates. “Miss Leigh,,,”

“Good afternoon Kyle.”

“We’re welcoming a new arrival, Miss Leigh,” Kyle schmoozed. “It’s not that often that freshmen come to visit us at our table, so we’re throwing him up in the air in celebration.”

“That’s wonderful,” Miss Leigh replied happily. “It’s so good to see everyone getting along.”

“Could we go over there and talk about my college options?” Kyle asked smoothly, only to have his scheme blow up in his face.

“Valenti! Detention! Lydick! Detention! Pauley! Detention!”

“Mrs. Shaffer,” Miss Leigh protested. “I think it’s inappropriate for you to punish these young men just for being a little too boisterous in their welcome,,,”

“Welcome?” Principal Shaffer replied in amazement. “They’re giving that poor kid a wedgie!” Seeing a blank look on her face he explained, “They’re lifting him off the ground by his underwear.” Seeing her shocked reaction he continued, “It’s like a super thong,,, Never mind, you wouldn’t understand.”

“I’ll have you know that just because my parents entrusted my education to the Sisters of Perpetual Misery’s School for Girls, I’m not immune to the antics of the schoolyard,” she protested.

“Sounds like a tough place,” Mrs. Shaffer commented, struggling to keep a straight place.

“It was,” Ms Leigh sighed as she continued obliviously. “Us poor girls had to take our comforts wherever we could find them.”

**********
~~”Tone, tone,,, Roswell dispatching Engine Three, Truck One, Rescue One. Fire alarm activation. Master box four-nine-zero-nine, Roswell Community Center, 807 North Missouri Ave. Zone one, cross street West Eighth Street. Time out eighteen forty-five. KKL-796”~~

“That will teach those sorry-assed bastards,” Paramedic Dossett called out from the station four kitchen. “They should know by now not to try to grill steaks while they’re on duty. Of all the meals that can’t be reheated,,,”

~~”Tone, tone, beep, beep, beep,,,”~~

“Frack!” Dossett shouted as the crew ran for the apparatus floor.

~~”Roswell transmitting first alarm assignment, master box four-nine-zero-nine. Roswell Community Center, 807 North Missouri Ave. Engine One, Engine Six, Truck Four, Rescue Four. PD (Police) on scene reporting fire in the kitchen with injuries. Building is being evacuated. Zone one, cross street West Eighth Street. Time out eighteen forty-seven. KKL-796. Roswell Chavez,,,”~~

~~”Chavez,,,”~~

~~”Roswell requesting Dexter engine, Dexter rescue to Richardson Station for station coverage, Sierra engine to Station Three for coverage.”~~

~~”Tone, tone,,,”~~ the rescue’s radio continued at a lower volume as it automatically muted the non-priority channel. ~~”Attention Dexter Fire Department. Respond with an engine and rescue to,,,” Tuning out the message on the county-wide channel, Alex slowed the rescue and allowed the siren to wind down as he stopped in the middle of the street where he was flagged down by Assistant Chief Montoya.

“Pull through the intersection and park,” Chief Montoya shouted through the window. “Dossett, stay with the wagon and set up for patients. Whitman, grab a portable (radio) and stay with me.”

Moments later Alex was in place as the Chief checked in with his crews. “Truck One, Rescue Four is ready to receive patients west of the intersection. Truck Four, I want the secondary search (for trapped victims) finished forthwith. Truck One, as soon as you turn your patients over to rescue, set up your ladder pipe to protect the northern exposure, (of the building) but do not charge (fill the hose with water) without orders.”

Alex keyed his radio. “Rescue Four to Roswell,,,”

“Rescue Command!” Chief Montoya corrected.

Alex’s brows shot up, but he didn’t let his shock stop him from performing his duties. “Rescue Command to Roswell, Rescue One on scene, out of service, (no) manpower. Rescue Four committed on scene. What is the status of (ambulance) transport?”

~~”A-M-R has one bus (ambulance) in route and a second bus at Eastern (Medical Center) that will be responding momentarily.”~~

Alex changed channels on his portable, and began to distribute the information that he had been gathering. “A-M-R first due. I have patients for you. First patient status one with burns to the arms, second patient status three with smoke inhalation. Meet the rescue on Eighth Street, west of Missouri. A-M-R second, expedite! I have patients for you as well.”

Alex changed channel again. “Rescue Command to Medical Control.”

~~“Eastern,,,”~~

“Eastern, I’m at the scene of a working structure fire, and I am preparing to transport four patients. One status one with burns to the extremities, one status two with an ankle injury, and two status three with smoke inhalation.”

~~”Received Rescue. Thanks for the warning. We’ll be ready.”~~


“You put the probie to work?” Chief Montoya asked.

“Not really,” Paramedic Dossett answered offhandedly. “He saw that I was under control over here so he went over and started helping the engine companies.

“So what do you think?” Montoya asked as they leaned against the side of the rescue and watched the crew roll their wet hoses and load them into the back of a utility.

“He done good Boss,” Dossett replied enthusiastically. “I can’t think of one thing I would have done differently.” After a moments silence he continued, “Did you get in contact with his parents?”

“No,,, Actually the Sheriff put me in touch with his girlfriend,,,”

“Fiancé,,,”

“Fiancé? He’s going to be married to her?” the Chief exclaimed, but his face clouded over as a thought occurred to him, “She isn’t,,,”

“No, nothing like that, they both have a good head on their shoulders. Apparently they’re planning a long engagement.”

The Chief’s sense of relief was evident as he chuckled, “That lucky dog.”

“Um hum,” Dossett agreed. “You think she going to play ball?”

“Oh yea,” the Chief sighed. “She’s on board. I told her what I was planning and she was like putty in my hands.”

TBC

great update

i wonder what the chief is up to?

i think it would take alot for Isabel to be putty in someones hand. unless of course it was to involve Alex

And the title of the chapter, the circle grows does this mean that more people will be added into the Alien secret?

PLEASE UPDATE SOON

but who???

P

Great update!

My guess is that Gloria will be the next one in on the secret :

Kara

yep thats my guess too.

Rhonda

im with karagail and Rhonda.

And if it is Gloria i wonder how she takes it, pretty well, i hope?

So the circle is growing now! Is that going to be a good thing or a bad thing, I wonder. I'm thinking good. Maybe the others are right and it's Gloria. That should be interesting... and fun, especially at first! And regarding Alex and Isabel's engagment, I loved the comment someone made that Isabel now has everything she could want, Alex's body and a fiancé.

Great parts!

please post more soon paul i know real life can sometimes take up all your time but remember we're anxiously awaiting your next update.