Color My World

Summary: Takes place after “Destiny” While eating lunch at the Crash Down one day Kyle realizes that the once crazed and kooky Maria that he has known since they were kids is no more. Feeling dejected himself after Liz dumps him and the whole being saved by an alien thing…he does something that he never thought he would do…he asks her out. To find out what happens next just read below. Side note…this is going to be in Kyle and Maria’s POV

She looked sad. Not the kind of sadness that most of us feel from one time to another…no this sadness seemed to have inhabited her completely…locking out the once crazed and kooky side kick of my ex Liz Parker. To tell you the truth I had never paid much attention to Maria before that day as horrible as that sounds…but in perfect honestly it was Liz and not her that controlled my full attention. I mean Maria…Liz and myself had been friends in a sense from grade school through high school…if you call a nod and a grunt in acknowledgement a form of friendship. I mean I knew them…they knew me but we just never hung out in the same social circles and at the time that was all that I could give them. That all changed the summer of our sophomore year when I finally did notice them or more so her. Liz Parker that is and she became my obsession for years after that. I focused so hard on winning the affection of Liz that I completely forgot that Maria existed. But as I continued to sit there and watch her I …for the first time in a long time noticed her…I noticed everything.

I noticed that way that her shoulders sagged slightly…as if the weight of the world was laying heavily upon them and yet she continued to push on like the trooper that I knew she was. I noticed the smile that she plastered across her ample lips…a smile that made anyone that witnessed it smile in return…but I could see that it was a forced smile and if not for the hungry patrons of the Crash Down it would not have been there at all. Most importantly I noticed the sadness screaming out like a beacon from those formerly sparkling diamond of her eyes. Her eyes spoke to me in a way that I had never experienced before as she glanced in my direction…giving me one of her sad fake smiles before disappearing into the backroom leaving me feeling utterly alone and confused.

“What the hell are you staring at Valenti” the always aggravated voice of the man that was the root of all her unhappiness and pain boomed around me…jerking me quickly back into reality.

“Nothing” I replied gruffly as I tugged a twenty dollar bill from my pocket…laying it on the counter before me and the man that I was beginning to consider my friend. “Give that to Maria” I rushed as I grabbed my jacket…heading out the front door. Maria continued to plague my mind as I begrudgingly made my way back to the garage where I had just started my employment. It was only a part time job…nights and weekends but it kept my mind occupied and off of other things such as there were truly aliens living among us and that I owed my young like to their leader. “You’re late…” I heard my boss yell out to me as I walked past his office and back towards the car that I had been working on before I left for lunch.

After that the day just went nuts as the work orders continued to stack up one of top of another. It was crazy and hectic…but it was a nice distraction from the lack of normalcy of my life and if helped me to forget at least for a few hours that sad smile of Maria DeLucca that since I left her had been haunting me.

It was nearly midnight before I left work that night and to say that I was exhausted was an understatement as I dragged my sorry ass towards my awaiting car. As I placed the key in the lock I found my eyes gravitating towards the Crash Down as that same sad smile once again invaded my mind. I don’t know what made me do it…don’t know if it was her loneliness or mine that urged me forward…despite how tired I was towards the front door of the restaurant. I knew she was working that night for the Crash Down always stayed open later on Saturday nights and with Liz gone to visit some relatives for the summer…she was the only waitress available to close. I watched her through the clearness of the glass as she moved throughout the diner as if in a daze as she placed chairs upon freshly cleaned tables. My heart literally stopped beating in my chest at the realization that not only was there that smile of sadness…but also tears of sadness as well as she wiped haphazardly at them. Knocking gently as not to startle her too much I waited for her to make her way towards where I stood nervously on the other side of that door as I tried to come up with all sorts of reasons as to why I was there so late in the evening and yet as I continued to gaze at her…I could come up with none.

“Is something wrong” I questioned once I opened the door…more then a little afraid to hear what it was he might have had to tell me. I could feel my heart pounding crazily in my chest as I continued to wait for his response for I knew it had to be something of vital importance by the look of pure upset sprawled across his face. All that I kept thinking about was that something had happened to one of them…but more importantly something had happened to Michael. “What…what is it” I spoke more forcefully as I yanked him inside and out of the heated air of a typical Roswell night as all sorts of horrible ideas converged upon my already frenzied brain.

“Nothing…” I heard him reply nervously as he continued to stand before me with that same look plastered across his face. “I…I was just wondering if you wanted some help cleaning up” he stammered as he made his way past me and began to place the remaining chairs on top of the empty tables. I found that I couldn’t utter a word as my heart began to beat normally once knowing that there was no great danger out there lurking over the horizon or that no one had been hurt of killed in the process.

“What are you really doing here Kyle” I questioned him as I walked over to where he stood…holding his gaze upon one of the small metal chairs he held in his hand as if it was the most interesting thing he had ever seen in his lifetime. “Because I know that you didn’t come over her after working all day at your own job to help me close down” Taking it from him I began to place it on the table in front of us…only to drop it loudly upon the floor at his reply. “I just wanted to make sure that you were ok…Maria”

The racket of the chair hitting the floor reverberated loudly around us as we both went scrambling for it…hands grabbing hands as we reached out for it at the same time…only to quickly jerk back as heated skin came in contact with heated skin. “Of course I am fine” she came back quickly as she jerked the chair from its resting place upon the floor…dropping it on the table before she nearly ran towards the other end of the room. “Why wouldn’t I be fine” she gushed as she pretended to arrange anything that she could get her hands up upon the length of the counter.

“With all that has happened in the last few months…I just wanted to make sure that everything was ok with you” I spoke truthfully as I walked over towards the counter…taking a seat on one of the moving chairs before her. I could see the tears in her eyes as she pondered my words…but just as quickly as they were there they were gone as she plastered that damn sad smile upon her lips and once again flashed it my way.

“I am just fine Kyle” she spoke adamantly…but I could still hear the sadness that lingered on every word that she spoke. “Thank you for being concerned…but this is Teflon DeLucca you are talking to here…nothing sticks to me and anyways…” she continued to speak…stopping quickly as I placed my hands gently upon her own.

“It’s just that with everything that has happened…everything that we had learned I thought that you might want someone to talk with about it and with Liz gone to visit her relatives and all. I just thought that since we are the only two humans left in the “I know an alien club” that we could confide in each other for lord knows that I need someone to talk to about how Max Evans…alien king saved me from dying and…”

“Sure Kyle…I will listen to you. You know that I am here for you anytime that you need me” she spoke and I could tell that she meant it…but it was the way that her eyes seemed to become duller that made my heart ache for her.

“And I am here for you too…whenever you need me” I countered as I squeezed that same hand that I had been covering with my own hand. I watched a range of emotions flash across her face as she tried to make sense of my words. “I’m serious about this Maria” I spoke softly…hoping like hell that she would read the truth in my words. “I know that you and are have not always been the best of friends in the past…but with all that has happened I would like to change that. Will you allow me to become your friend Maria” I questioned as I eagerly awaited her reply and a few minutes later when she still hadn’t responded…I gave her my own saddened smile and with a nod of my head I bid her a good evening

“Would you…would you like to have lunch with me tomorrow” I heard her cry out after me as I made my way towards the door. “I mean…” she continued to babble as she jumped from behind the counter and came to stand before my grinning form. “I have to work and all…but we could have lunch when I take my break…on me. It’s the least I can do since you left me this hefty tip today” she giggled…pulling out the twenty-dollar bill that I had left for her earlier.

I could feel myself blushing from head to toe and it was more then a bit weird for this was Kyle Valenti standing before me. This was the same guy who vaguely knew that I existed growing up until he needed my help in landing my best friend as he girlfriend once we entered high school. I’ve always liked Kyle…not in the he is the man of my dreams kind of fashion…but in the if you look past the shallow exterior of the football jock you would see a really great guy kind of way. I had heard from Tess that since Max had saved him that fateful day at the UFO center that he had found Buddha and not that I paid him much mind…but I had begun to notice that he was no longer that cocky…to popular to care about anything but himself jock…but instead was becoming that really great guy that I knew he was always possible of being.

“It’s a date” he chuckled uneasily…quickly realizing his blunder as he began to stammer over his words…causing my own laughter to overtake me. “I mean…lunch tomorrow”

“Night Kyle” I giggled as I pushed him out the front door so I could finish cleaning up the Crash Down in order to go home and get some much needed rest.

“Night Maria…” he replied with a truly genuine smile reaching across his face. “See you at lunch tomorrow” I watched as he crossed the deserted main street of our small town…whistling as he went which in turn caused me to smile my own first true smile in what felt like forever.

I was late that day of course…because it turned out to just as busy that day as it was the day before and it caused my frustration level to sky rocket when noon came and went and I was still no closer to taking my lunch break. Aggregation haunted me as for what felt like the tenth time I jammed my finger against the cool metal of the engine as a fit of not so nice words flew from my mouth. My boss finally having enough of me and my foul mouth sent me on my way and to tell you the truth I was more then happy to oblige him as I sprinted like hell across the street and into the Crash Down.

“Your late” I heard her holler over the loud din of the diner…but I could see that the playfulness behind her words as she grabbed my hand and ushered me into the back room. “Sit…” she ordered and I was more then happy to do as she said as I waited eagerly for her to return. I didn’t have to wait long as she appeared with a plate over loaded with loaded cheese fries and a double-decker hamburger to boot. I didn’t know how she knew but they were both my favorites as I dug greedily into the plate once she handed to me as she plopped down exhausted besides me.

“Rough day” I spoke with a mouth full of food as I showered her with bits of hamburger bun…causing her to shriek in laughter as I tried to clean up the mess by bushing them from her uniform only to pull my hand back quickly as it came in contact with her ample chest. “Sorry…” I stammered like a fool as I fell back against the ratty couch wishing that the heat radiating from my cheeks would incinerate me into nothingness.

“A simple thank you would have been suffice” she laughed easily…punching me in the arm…causing my own laughter to ring with hers. For the rest of my break we talked and it was nice. No…we didn’t talk about anything in depth like how her ex-alien boyfriend broke her heart into a million pieces or how King Max saved me with his healing ways…but we talked about small stuff. Things that normal teens should be talking about and even now I have to say that it was the best conversation that I had ever had in my life.

I hated to see that hour in time come to an end. It was nice to just sit there with Kyle and talk about normal stuff. It was nice not to have to worry about what might possible be around the corner waiting to attack us…or having to watch what I said around Michael for fear of setting him off again on how we should not be together. At that moment in time I felt like myself for the first time in years and I had only to thank the wise cracking boy next door known as Kyle for that. I don’t know how Kyle knew that was exactly what I needed and to tell you the truth I don’t care…all that mattered was that he made me feel happy to be alive again and once I had gotten a taste of it again…I was never going to let it end.

“I guess I better go” I heard him speak as he pulled himself off of the couch and headed for the door. “Thanks for the grub DeLucca” he grinned that lop sided grin that I knew drove all the girls at WRH crazy and I had to admit that it was doing something for me as well. I gave him a smile that I hoped showed him just how great our short time together had been…but also one that said I want more…I crave more…I need more. I guess it worked because before he even made it out the swinging door he turned back and asked me if I would like to go out to a movie later that night. He stumbled through his words ensuring that it wasn’t a date or anything…but just two friends hanging out together. I have to admit that those words really disappointed me at that time…but both of us had been through so much thanks to the aliens in our lives that time spent together as friends was more the enough for the either of us.

That shift turned out to be the longest shift of my life as I waited for it to end so I could rush home and get ready for my non-date with Kyle. I felt as if I was walking on air as I greeted each and every customer that came through the door with a hearty smile as I served them their greasy food. I hadn’t felt so good in so long that it felt strange being back in my old skin again…but I knew that it was just a matter of time before it was going to be a perfect fit. “What the hell are you so chipper for all of a sudden” I heard Michael growl in his normal way of annoyances as I presented him with another order slip…singing softly to myself as I tried to walk away. “Nothing” I answered quickly…already feeling the looming presence of upset as it descended upon me. “Can’t I just be happy for once…or do you expect me to be like you and be a unhappy jerk all the time” I cried out fully frustrated as I removed the apron from around my waist…tossing it as him as I flounced out into the back to retrieve my purse…leaving him grumbling something in audible in my wake.

I could tell that something was bothering her as soon as she opened the door to the apartment she shared with her always absent mother. “What is it” I questioned as she stepped out into the heat of the evening…but I already knew the answer to that question.

“Nothing” she lied…walking past me as she headed for my waiting car. “Lets just go and have some fun”

I wasn’t going to argue as I rushed past her…opening the passenger door as I ushered her in like the lady she should have always been treated like. “After you my lady” I teased…giving her a wink and she in turn graced me with one of those rarely seen…but always-beautiful Maria smiles. The rest of the night flew by in a flash and before I knew it the night was over and it was time to go back to our plain ole boring lives once again. However…one thing had changed and it was something that makes me smile even to this day for that night something began to bloom between Maria and I and it was something beautiful and special. No…nothing like what you are thinking. That night a friendship started…one that two formerly lost souls needed for their salvation.

After that Maria and I spent just about every waking moment that we could together. Lunches and evenings after work…phone calls were swapped and in a matter of months we were the best of friends…so much so that we could read each other’s thoughts and finish each others sentences without hesitation. I loved the time that I spent with her and I know that she felt the same for me and it almost went to hell in a hand basket in a matter of a few days.

It was still hard to believe that Kyle was quickly replacing Liz in the best friend department…but as much as I loved Liz she was still nowhere to be seen two months into the summer and without any real word from her I was more then a little angry at her. Not only that but I had to deal with the barrage of questions from Max and Michael every time that they saw Kyle and I together. I was tired of having to explain myself to either one of them…but in particular to Michael. I felt that he didn’t’ deserve the right to know anything about me or what I had going on in my life…he however had other ideas as he began an extreme interrogation one night that ended just as badly as I would have expected it to.

It all started as I waited for Kyle to come and pick me up after his shift at the garage. Michael was once again badgering me for information as to what was going on between Kyle and I and as usual was trying to best to ignore him. Tired of his line of questioning I pushed my way past him and headed towards the bathroom to freshen up for my impending date…only to be halted as Michael grabbed my by the arm pulling me tightly against his body and before I knew it his lips were crushing brutally over my stunned ones. I couldn’t move at first but as he tugged determinedly upon my bottom lip my body took over and allowed him entrance into a mouth that he had visited many time before. Back and forth we exchanged this smoldering kiss…until my brain once again started to function and I attempted to push away. He…however was having none of it as he pushed me heavily against the wall and began to kiss me even harder. I was trying to regain control…but the heat of his kiss was quickly short-circuiting all simple train of thought. “NO” I screamed against his lips…trying like hell to push him away but he was having none of it. I could feel the weight of his body as it continued to plaster me against the wall…but soon all I felt was a startling blast of cold air as I opened my eyes to find him no longer pining me against the wall…but unconscious before my feet. “What did you do” I screamed as I lunged past a highly pissed of Kyle as I fell to the floor trying to revive my former love.

“He was trying to hurt you” he blurted out…causing my own anger to explode deep within me and so I lashed out…lashed out so severely at the only man that had ever really treated me with any real respect.

“He wasn’t trying to hurt me you asshole” I screamed out madly as Michael began to come around. “He was trying to kiss me and you had to come in here and ruin it for me didn’t you. You haven’t been able to find love since Liz dumped you…so that means that no one is allowed to be in love then” I continued to scream madly…not knowing why I was so angry and why it was Kyle that I was directing it to when it was so clear that it should have been Michael.

“Maria…that’s not fair” he replied sadly and for the moment it caused my heart to ache for him…but it was short lived as a highly pissed of Michael had begun to stir where I kneeled before him. I knew how Michael was going to react to what Kyle had done to him and I knew how angry Kyle was for everything that had happened to him since he found out about Michael…Max and Isabel. So I knew that this was about to get ugly and so I did the only thing that I could think of at the time. I hurt Kyle even more with the words that I spoke next so much so that I had to grab onto Michael…pretending to give him loving support…but in truth it was so stop me from running after the man that is such a short span of time had wormed his way into my heart.

“Get out…” I heard her cry out angrily as she cradled Michael’s head against her bosom. “Get out and don’t you dare come back” I could literally feel my heart shatter in my chest as her words echoed brutally around me. I couldn’t move…couldn’t speak as I stared into eyes that screamed out to me that the words that she had spoken were not true…but as she continued to clutch to Michael as if her life depended on it…I knew that my own eyes had deceived me. I knew that I should have fought her…knew that I should have grabbed her…even if it was kicking and screaming and dragged her away from the man that I knew was going to once again slowly begin to kill the girl that I had fallen head over heels in love with…but I didn’t. I didn’t do any of those things as I turned away from the sight that was breaking the already shattered pieces of my heart into even tinier fragments of pain.

Life went back to the way it had been before after that. Michael and Maria reconciled as I had expected that they would…leaving me utterly alone once again. I avoided the Crash Down…avoided everything having to do with Maria and the aliens as I focused on the teachings of Buddha as I attempted to unclutter my mind and soul. My aversions worked briefly…but one night I literally ran into Maria at the tiny convenience store located between our two places of employment and with just one look upon her darkened face all my resolve crumbled at my feet. She didn’t even utter a word and she didn’t have to for the sadness lying heavily deep within the windows of her eyes told me all that I needed to know. An anger unlike anything I had ever experienced before began to boil deep within me as I came up with all sorts of ways to murder the alien that I knew had done this to her. Tears splashed down her face as we continued to stand there awkwardly and it caused my already aching heart to ache even more. Taking her hand I led her away from the prying eyes of the people around us as I led her still unspeaking frame towards my car. “Where do you want to go” I asked…as I assisted her into the front seat of my mustang.

“Anywhere but here” I heard her sob as she stared at me with eyes so full of pain that I had to literally grab onto the side of the door to control the urge to run in the direction of that man that I wanted to beat within an inch of his life for once again putting that look of pain back onto her beautiful face. However…I forced all thoughts aside as I placed as true to a genuine smile upon me face…hoping that it brought her at least a bit of comfort. “Your wish is my command my lady” I winked as I closed the door…running over towards my side as I jumped in and raced out of the city limits of Roswell. I knew exactly where we were going for it was a place that despite how unhappy someone was it was bound to put a smile upon that face and I was bound and determined to see that gorgeous smile upon Maria’s face again…and this time it was going to last forever.

I didn’t know where he was taking me and in truth I didn’t care. At that very moment in time he could have taken me just about anywhere and I would have followed him happily just as long as he was by my side for always. I knew that I had hurt Kyle with my actions and my words and yet he was still there for me without fail when I needed him most. “Hey…” I heard him whisper with a small smile playing across his lips as he reached over and took my small hand into his larger one. “Hey…” I replied back with my own smile as he willed the pain to go away with the gentle massaging of his thumb over the top of my hand. “It’s going to be ok” he continued with that same smile reaching across his face. “From now on everything is going to be ok” I wanted to doubt him…wanted to laugh in his face and tell him that as long as Michael was in my life that nothing was ever going to be ok again…but as I gazed into eyes so blue that I felt I could drown in them and be happy forever I forced all the negativity away and for once in such a long time believed that it was possible. “Where are we going” I questioned as we continued to speed down the long highway and far away from Roswell and Michael.

“It’s a surprise” he chuckled as he gave my hand a playful squeeze. I couldn’t help but get caught up in the laughter and it was absolutely amazing. I noticed that not once for the entire car ride did he let go of my hand and it caused my own smile to double in size. I liked the way that his touch was making me feel…as if I was the only woman in the world and that he was only concerned with my wants and my needs. Yes…I got that from only one touch and I found that I was burning to feel more of those simple touches…burning to feel perfectly proportioned lips as they brushed softly against my own. I longed to feel his arms wrapped around me as his body lay heavily against my own. It was at that very moment that I realized that I was in love with him and that I wanted him unlike I had ever wanted another man before…even Michael whom I thought at one time was going to be the love of my life.

“OMG…” I screamed giddily as we pulled into an over crowded dirt parking lot. “I didn’t know that this was here” I continued to squeal as I jumped out of the car ready to have the time of my life. I was so excited and for the moment everything that had happened in the last few days left me as I snatched open the drivers side door…grabbing onto his hand as I dragged him towards the road side carnival that he had taken us to.

Hours later I was exhausted…but it was a good kind of exhaustion and it was all due to the bubbly girl that was sitting besides me on the benching jabbering on about something that I couldn’t really comprehend…but I just smiled and nodded in the appropriate places perfectly content with the way the day had progressed. She looked so happy and relaxed as I looked upon her chirpy happiness and I couldn’t help but smile because I knew it was me and me alone that had did this for her and no matter what was in store for me later between I and the brooding asshole…it was going to be worth it all. “You look tired” I heard her speak concern dripping from every word as she laid her hand tenderly upon my cheek. Without realizing it I closed my eyes relishing the heat that was radiating from its softness as it reached into my very soul. “Kyle…”

“I SAID NO…” a piercing scream jerked me out of my thoughts as a mother and her hollering child walked past us. “Um…I am a little tired” I stammered as I jerked myself away from the closeness of her body. “It’s really hard to keep up with hurricane DeLucca” I joked uneasily as I pulled my reluctant frame from off the bench that we had been sitting on…standing before her…hands in pocket as I kicked the dirt nervously at my feet.

“Well yes…it isn’t an easy job to keep up with me” she laughed as she pulled herself into a standing position. “But you stood up to the job” I couldn’t help but laugh as she continued to stand before me with a goofy look upon her normally serious face. “Come on Valenti…lets get you home” she spoke happily as she wrapped her arm around my waist and led me silently towards my car. “Give me the keys” she stated once we reached the prized possessions of my youth.

“The keys…” I repeated flabbergasted at her request for no one…not even my pop had ever been allowed to drive my Stang. “Um no” I countered as I pulled the keys out of my pocket and dangled them in front of her. “You actually think that I am going to let you drive my baby…the only thing that means anything to me in the world” I watched her face crumble in defeat…but then it was replaced with a look of mischief as she once again wrapped her arms around my waist…but this time it was from the front. I could feel the heat of her body seep into my own as she looped her arms over my back…resting her hands upon what I hoped weren’t shivering shoulders. I tried to focus…tried my damnest to stay alert…but as she meshed herself tighter against me I lost all train of thought and before I knew it the keys were no longer in my hand as a blast of summer heat hit my lonely body square on. Shaking my head I tried to figure out what the hell had just happened…but it was short lived as the rev of the engine blasted loudly behind me. “Maria…NO” I shouted as she threw the car in reverse and began to pull out of the parking lot.

It was so funny to watch the look of pure shock and then utter fear converge on his face and despite the fact that I knew he would probably get anger with me I had to continue with my fun as I slowly inched his baby out of the parking spot with him screaming behind me like a banshee for me to stop and desist. “Get in or get left” I yelled just as loudly over his wails of distress laughing so hard that I could barely catch my breath. I think that he knew that he was no match for me as he ripped open the door and slinked his way into the passenger side of the car. “Buckle up” I screamed at the top of my lungs as I raced out of the parking lot and away from our day of fun as we headed back towards the open highway and Roswell. He didn’t utter a word the whole way back as he clutched to the handle of the passenger door as if for dear life…muttering words so low that I could not hear them over the whipping wind of my open window. Eventually I decided to give the poor guy a break as I slowed the car down to a halfway normal speed as we entered the city limits. I really didn’t want this day to end…but as I looked at the tired face of Kyle…I knew that as the saying went that all good things must come to an end.

“Safe and sound” I spoke triumphantly as I rolled the Mustang into his empty driveway.

“Praise Buddha” he whispered as he grabbed the keys out of the ignition…safely depositing them into the front pockets of his tight jeans as he jerked himself out of the car. “You…you…you are so…so…” he stammered trying to come up with what I was to assume were going to be words of threats…but in the end it only came out sounding silly…causing me to laugh crazily. I could see the look of the devil in his eyes as he began chasing me around his precious car…intent on catching me and torturing with in some way…shape or form. He was no match for me however…or so I thought before I ran for the door…tripping over my own to feet as I fell ungracefully before him. He converged on me in seconds and before I had a chance to defend myself his hands were a whirling blur as they assaulted my tender and extremely ticklish sides. “Kyle stop” I screamed though my laughter as he continued to torment me.

“Oh this is just the beginning of your torture DeLucca for kidnapping me and Bitsy” he spoke…winded as he lay his frame full body atop my own.

“Bitsy…” I snickered at the realization that it was what he had named his car. “You named your car Bitsy” I continued to tease as he continued to lay on top of my heaving frame but my laughter was cut short as he face hovered mere inches above my own and before I had a chance to even comprehend what was happening…his lips were whispering softly against my own.

I didn’t mean to kiss her. I mean don’t get me wrong I wanted to kiss her…wanted to kiss her so bad that I could barely contain myself most times when I was with her…but at that time with all the had happened it was not what I had planned to do. However there we were making out like bandits on the front lawn of my house…unaware of anything around us but each other. Her lips were softer and sweeter that I could have ever imagined as they devoured mine like it was their last meal…but I didn’t care for I was more then willing to let her consume me wholly if that was what it took to encourage her to continue with our lip lock. She immediately took control of the situation and I sent a silent shout out to Buddha for leading us to where we were that day. Back and fourth our lips crushed in a frantic dance of motion and when that was not enough our tongues got in on the action as they too danced the dance meant only for two. Back and forth they moved to the rhythm that we set for them until we had to break free or end up passed out from the rapture of it all.

“Kyle…” she spoke winded as she stared at me though shock filled green eyes.

“Yeah…” I replied just as winded…pulling my gaze away from those windows to her soul for I knew that if I continued to stare into them that she would forever capture me within her forever. I wanted to speak…wanted to say something articulate…but all I could mumble was a simple apology as I quickly removed myself from her body. “Sorry” was all I could manage as I put out my hand in order to assist her off the hard ground making sure to avoid all eye contact at all cost. She ignored my offer as she helped herself up…and although I refused to look at her I could feel the heat of her eyes as she attempted to make eye contact.

“We need to talk and we need to talk now” she spoke quickly as she roughly took my hand into her own…jerking me in the direction of the house. “Open it now” she spoke irritated as she pointed towards the door with her head. I did as I was told…reluctantly for I knew that I was about to get my ass reamed up and down and in and out. However I was completely wrong for as soon as we entered the foyer she led me into the living room where she proceeded to push me backwards onto the faded couch. She had a look on her face that I could not quite understand…but it all became crystal clear as she silently straddled my lap…forcing my shoulders as far back as the back of the couch would allow with her hands before she leaned in and assaulted my lips with her beautiful mouth

I wanted to do right by her…didn’t want to rush her into anything that she wasn’t ready for because in truth we still hadn’t discussed why she had broken down in the convenience store like she had earlier that day…but as she continued to plunder my mouth with her explosive tongue I could see that anything that had happened before that very moment was not of importance to her any longer. I needed to taste her…needed to taste the heated skin of her body as I traced my tongue down the curve of her neck…a small smile placating my lips at the shudder that it caused her. However my silent gloat was short lived...as my own shudder of want inhabited me with the warmth of her hands as they frantically worked their way down the front of my shirt. Within seconds she had my chest completely exposed as she traced two fingers downward between my nipples. Closing my eyes I relished the way that her skin felt upon my skin as I allowed my mind to wonder as to what it would feel like to feel her skin as she lay completely nude beneath me…but I quickly came to my senses as her moist mouth came in contact with my already hardened nipple.

“Maria…no” I heard him gasp as he jerked his body forward…nearly knocking me to the floor. I wanted to die right then and there…wanted to bawl my eyes out due to my confusion and the mixed up signals that I had apparently received from him. He looked absolutely mortified as he gathered my hands into his own as I continued to straddle his hips…drinking in large amounts of air before he began to speak. I however beat him to the punch. “I’m so sorry Kyle” I cried out…unable to even look at him. “I…I thought that this was what you wanted…what we wanted…but I guess that I misread the signals and…”

His laughter reverberated around us as he tugged my body forward…wrapping his arms around my neck…his mouth mere inches from my lips. “You didn’t misread anything cutie” he breathed heavily against it…sending another bout of shivers to course crazily throughout my body…not only from the lust I heard so clearly in his voice…but also by the cute nickname that he penned me with. “I want this more then anything Maria…but I don’t want to force you into anything. I’m crazy about you…I have been for such a long time now and I don’t want to push you into anything that you may not be ready for”

My eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as I leaned back and looked deep within his eyes and saw just how true his words were. I could also see something else…I could see the honest and pure love that this man felt for me and it caused my heart to squeeze with my own growing love of him deep within my chest. “I know that you would never push me into anything that I wasn’t ready for Kyle” I spoke softly…laying my hand tenderly upon his cheek. “But I want this Kyle…I’ve wanted it just as badly as you have for such a long time now” That time it was his eyes that doubled in size as the true extent of my words had begun to sink in…only to grow even larger as I removed myself from atop his body…taking his hand into my own as I pulled him off the couch and led him into the seclusion of his bedroom.

I had my shirt completely removed as we entered into the room that we were going to come together physically for the first time. I wasn’t a prude when it came to sex…far from it. I had only slept with Michael a few times in the years that we had been together…so I knew what I liked and I was more then determined to get it from Kyle. Quickly I shed the rest of my clothes as I turned to face the still dressed man before me. “Kind of hard to make love when you still have these on” I giggled in my most seductive tone as I literally yanked the shirt from his body…my fingers working double time on the buttons of his jeans…as they joined his shirt as well. “Kyle…” I breathed in awe as he stood completely bare before me. I had always known that Kyle was built. Hell he was the captain of every sports team that we had in high school…but as I looked at the chiseled hardness of his body I realized just how little I actually knew.

“What…what is it” he asked concerned as he pulled me into his strong arms. Are you ok…we don’t have to do this” he blurted out in a long breathless sentence as he crushed me against the rock solid form of his body…causing my breath to once again catch in my throat.

“Your absolutely beautiful” I whispered in wonderment as I laid my head upon his shoulder…my hands filling there need to touch him as I ran my fingers over the sculptured firmness of his chest and stomach.

“Nah…I’m nothing special” was his instant reply and I could tell that he meant it. I could tell that he truly had no idea just how magnificent he was…physically as well as spiritually.

I could feel the blush that crept hotly into my cheeks as she continued to gape at me as if I had lost my mind. “Your everything special” she whispered as she leaned in and kissed me gently upon my lips. “You are the kindest…sweetest…sexiest man I have ever met in my life” she continued to bath me with such compliments…setting my mind and my body ablaze as my need to consume her over took me. Effortlessly I lifted her perfect form into my arms…holding her tenderly against my body as I made my ways towards our love nest. “Make love to me Kyle” she whispered with lust filled words as she lay before me in all her glorious beauty. I didn’t waste any time as I climbed onto the bed besides her…quickly pulling her into my arms as I captured soft and tempting lips under my own needful ones. As our kiss intensified so did my desire to feast upon the bountiful goodness that was and still is my Maria.

I wanted to express my love for this women with words of beauty and want…but for once in my life I was completely speechless as I allowed my mouth…my hands…my body express everything that she needed to know that night. With swift measures I latched my taste seeking mouth upon the tenderness of her neck as I lapped at the slightly scented section of her neck and shoulder. Her skin was the most beautiful shade of alabaster that I had ever seen…it was perfection in every way but perfection quickly disappeared as I marked her as my own with bites of love and unadulterated need. With each brand upon her body she would cry out in complete response…urging me even further with my need to consume her fully.

“Oh Kyle…” she murmured against my ear as she wound her slender fingers within the shortness of my hair…gently urging me towards full…round breasts that screamed out to be tasted…taunted and bruised by my eager lips. I wasted no time as I greedily sucked one into my moistened depths…immediately realizing that I was never going to tire of the taste of her…or the softly mewing sounds that were wafting through my ears as I continued with the task at hand. Rolling her under my body…I closed my eyes and relished the heat of her skin as it burned into my own.

I had been with lots of women before Maria. Hell my name was legendary when it came to the bedding of the more then eager masses of teenage girls who would jump at the chance to sleep with the star athlete or WRH…but that night as I continued to make love to Maria for the first time it felt different…I felt different. Everything about that night was magical and special and I made a decision that no matter what the cost that I was going to ensure that she was gong to be mine from that night forward. I have never really been in love with anyone before her…not even Liz and I haven’t since because on that particular night as we made slow and passionate love…I became a true man.

That night Kyle did things to my body that I didn’t even know were possible. He brought out at side in me that I thought had died years before then. Where the world around me always seemed drab and without color…by the love that he shared with me the world became full of beautiful vibrant color. He made me feel sexy and wanted as he brought me to heights that I never even knew existed before him…but once I got taste I knew that I would do anything in my power to keep it with me forever. Before the night I had only been in love with one other man…the one that I felt was my true soul mate…but as Kyle continued to stroke the fire of passion deep within me I finally realized just how wrong I was at my assumption. It was all made crystal clear to me on that night that Kyle was in fact my true soul mate.

“I love you Kyle” I whispered heavily as he tasted of the skin of my stomach…drawing me deeper in the pits of explosive passion…only to quickly end his advances as he gazed over my aching breasts with a look of pure uncertainty floating in those blue eyes. I quickly reprimanded myself internally for allowing my raw emotions to get the better of me…for allowing myself to get caught up in the passion of the moment before I knew the true depths of his feelings for me. But then something changed in those effervescent eyes of his and in an instant I knew that I would never have to fear my feelings for this man ever again.

“Oh god Maria…” he gushed as he slide his finely chiseled physic back over the heated contours of my body as he once again pinned me under the bulk of his shivering frame. “Say it again” he asked softly…the frantic wind of his breath blowing warmly across my lips and face. “Tell me that you love me again” his words were soft and almost begging as I leaned in and captured soft and perfect lips under my own…quickly letting go as I gazed into those crystal oceans of blue once again.

“I…I love you too Maria” he blushed in feverent reply once again crushing those lips that I would never tire of kissing against my own. Once again we began the dance only meant for the two of us as our tongue glided together in joyful ecstasy. This shared kiss quickly turned explosive as our bodies began to rock to the rhythm our mouths had begun until we were both tittering on the edge of wild needful discovery. “Maria…I…I need you” he cried out as his manhood brushed against the wetted folds of my core. I understood his need…for I was feeling each and every want he held for me as it pulsed throughout my frenzied body.

“Now Kyle…pleases” I begged in needful abandon as I locked my legs around his lower body…needing to be as close to him as possible as the pleasureful pain he was causing me continued to course crazily within my womanhood.

Her body was hot…her words of want heavy and mind numbing as she locked her legs around my own legs forging us as close as two lovers without the actually act of making love. I was my fire…a fire that inhabited not only my body but also my soul as I kissed her quickly on the lips before reaching under my bed as I searched for the box of condoms I had kept there for just such as occasion. I know what you are thinking…but this wasn’t just any act of having sex…not that time…for the first time it was the act of making love to the only person that you ever want to make love to for the rest of your life. With as stable hands as possible I knelt before the porcline goddess that was known as Maria DeLucca as I covered my penis with the textured lambskin before positing myself between the juncture of her opening.

“I love you Cutie” I smiled sheepishly as I slowly thrust my way forward…deeply embedding myself into exquisite warmth that reached up through my manhood and into the rest of my shivering body. The soft cries of passion that erupted from her luscious lips as I began to set a slow and steady motion are music to my ears as the need to consume her overtook me as I increase the urgency. Here walls were hot and tight as I drove forward…once again filling her to capacity. I knew that for our first time I should have taken it slow…knew that I should have enjoyed the slow pleasureful torture that our love making was causing me…but it was all too much as I clamped onto her hips and began to fuck her unlike I had never fucked anyone before. “Jesus Maria” I cried out as she started screaming at the top of her lungs in wanton lust. “I’m close…so fucking close” I continued with my own outbursts as I reached up and squeezed a bouncing breast against the palm of my hand.

“Harder…” she screamed as she clasped her hand atop my own in a vice like grip as I increased the pressure on the tender nub. “Fuck Kyle…OMG” her words ricocheted around me and although I should have been shocked for before that very moment I had never heard anything harsher then damn come out of her mouth…but as she continued to shout every known curse word known to man…it only served to urge me on.

Having sex with Michael was always orgasmic. It was always so intense and the after effects seemed to last for hours afterwards…but it always seemed fake and contrived. I know that really doesn’t make sense but just know that human sex is so much better then alien sex any day. With Kyle that day it felt more real…I felt more real then I had in such a long time. With him I knew I could be the real me…the one that liked to talk rough and dirty during sex…the one that would scream at the top of my lungs as his glorious dick drew me closer to the first human inflicted orgasm of my lifetime.

“Maria…I’m ready” I heard him belt out as he removed his hands from my pelleted breast…once again clasping onto my hips as he with the greatest of ease flipped me over onto my knees as he pulled my fire flushed body against his own. “You are so fucking amazing” he growled fiercely against my ear as he wrapped his arms tightly around my waist and my chest as he continued to pound into me with an all fired passion. I tried to speak…tried to make any sort of a noise…but I was speechless as his hand crept down the flatness of my heaving belly…wedging those wondrous fingers right over my swollen clit before giving it a not so subtle flick. My body instantly ached backwards in forced pleasurement as I jerked my hands over my shoulders grabbing onto the straining cords of his neck as he and I exploded together in one of the most intense orgasms I have ever felt even to this date.

Immediately we fell to the bed exhausted as together we tried to coop our shattered breathes. The after effects were absolutely amazing as he nestled his sweat sheened face over my breasts…the force of his breath molding it into a hard jutted peak as I continued to lay beneath him in contented exhaustion. My hands felt as if they weighed a ton as I lifted them and began to trace them lazily over the rugged ridge of his shoulder blades. I loved the way that he skin felt so soft and hard at the same time…loved the way that the weight of his body pinned me unmoving to the bed and I would have longed for him to stay there forever…but forever was cut short at the insistent pounding upon the front door.

“Fuck” I heard him curse as he let out a frustrated breath…once again rolling across my tender tits.

“I love it when you call me baby” he cooed as he lifted his head to look at me…leaning his chin atop my furiously aching breast.

“I love what we just did here” I giggled lustfully ready for another round as I ran my fingers though his post sex tussled head…urging his head forward. He knew exactly what I was needing as he nipped playfully at the pointed tip…a soft cry of passion erupting from my lips. Arching forward I expected to feel soft…yet firm lips as the once again began to torture and tease me into extreme delirium…but all I got was a hateful blast of cool air as he extracted himself from my thoroughly over heated body. “Kyle…” I questioned as looked up and found him halfway across the room in search of discarded clothing.

“I’m sorry cutie but it might be important. Stay here and I will be right back” he winked as he walked over and kissed me tenderly upon the lips before disappearing out of the room.

I was cursing and wishing death to whom ever it was on the other side of that door as I quickly opened it. I should have known before I even opened the door who I was going to find…but I have to admit that I was startled to find a frowning Max Evans standing there with that forever look of doom and groom spread across his face. “We need to talk” He spoke in whispered tones as I continued to gape at him like an idiot.

“What about Maria” I yelled at the defensive as I pull the door open even wider and step out onto the front porch.

“Have you seen her” he questioned…stepping back fearfully. “Her and Michael had a huge fight and then she told him that she didn’t love him anymore and that she was in love with someone else…but she wouldn’t say who” he continued as he eyed me suspiciously as he looked me up and down. I knew that he knew something had been going on with me for the glowing sheen of sweat that covered my entire body...as well as the fact that all I had on only a pair of jeans and nothing else. “You wouldn’t know anything about that now would you”

“Kyle” I heard her call our behind me. Turing I come face to face with my fully radiant lover…clad only in my over sized t-shirt.

“Michael has been worried sick about you…but I can see that he had nothing to be worried about” Max snided as he looked past me…and at the girl with so much shame on her face that it angered me more then I had ever thought it was possible to be angry.

“Don’t you do that to her” I yelled as I slammed my open palm against his unsuspecting chest…sending him tripping backwards. “Don’t you make her feel guilty for what has happened between up. I love her. I love her more then Michael Guerin could ever love her and you and he can use your alien powers on me if you choose…but it won’t change the fact that she is the most important person in my life” I continued to speak in angry upset as I towered over the supposed king of Antar. “So you tell Michael that he better leave her the hell alone or I will…”

“Kyle…” I heard her soft voice call out to me as she laid her hand upon the quivering shoulder. Instantly I began to feel the calming effects as I turned to face her…as she wrapped her arms around my waist. “I meant what I said to Michael…Max” she spoke as she continued to cling to me. “Were over. I have been in love with Kyle for months now…but was to afraid say or do anything about it because I was afraid that he didn’t love me in return…but he does. Don’t you get that Max…he truly loves me. He doesn’t have these great expectations of me…he takes me as I am and he knew before Michael or any of my friends knew that I was dying inside. Please just go and leave us alone. Let us be happy because none of us humans have been truly happy in a long time. I love you Max and I still care very deeply for Michael but I…we need a break from the alien connection” I was ready for a fight…was ready for king Max to begin spouting his bullshit words of needing to stick together…but he didn’t. In fact he didn’t say anything…just nodded his head in understanding as he pulled himself off the ground and left the two of us staring after him.

It was actually months before we even stepped foot inside the Crash Down after the last confrontation with Max. Maria had quite her job there at her own decision and began working part time as a receptionist at the auto shop. At first my boss balked at the idea…but decided to give her a chance due to the fact that I threatened to quit if he didn’t. No offense but even then I knew that I was the best mechanic that he had. However…he quickly realized it was the best thing that he could have done for due to her and her quick wit his profit margin went up twenty percent in the first month. We were together constantly as ever so slowly the wounds of the past began to heal.

I was expecting a huge confrontation the first time we walked into the Crash Down…but instead of having to throw around the huge chip that I still held on my shoulder…it was actually quite calm and uneventful. He was upon me as soon as we walked in…asking if he could speak me in alone. Instantly my guard was up as Maria begged me not to…but I told her that it would be ok and took my leave with him towards the back. “I don’t want to start any shit with you Guerin” I spoke as calmly as I could as he continued to stand there with a look that I could not quite understand upon his face.

“Do you truly love her” he asked blatantly…catching me completely off guard.

“Yes…I truly love her” I replied in truthful fashion as I once again prepared myself for battle. He didn’t say anything for a long while…just stood there with that same look upon his face.

“I still love her you know” he spoke softly and I could tell that it was nearly killing him to speak these words to me.

“I know” and I did know…because how could he not love her. In the few months that we officially became lovers each day I found that I loved one more thing about her…one more thing that made me love the beautiful women that she was.

“She’s happy” he continued to speak strained…and I couldn’t tell if it was a question or a statement.

“She’s happy Michael” I promised…looking him square in the eyes to ensure that he understood just how true my words were. He didn’t utter a word…just gave me a sad smile as he turned and left out the back door of the room. I couldn’t move as I watched him leave…but the sounds of her voice quickly pulled me out of my thoughts as she entered the room behind me. “Hey…” I whispered as I turned and pulled her snugly into my arms.

“Everything is perfect” I replied as I leaned down and kissed her tenderly upon those beautiful lips of hers and from that moment on it was.

Maria and I dated steadily for the next two years after that. Right before our graduation from college I proposed to her as the craziness of the roadside caravel roared on around us. I know what you are thinking…how could I mark the most romantic day of our lives and ruin it…but I realized the true extent of my love for her there and nothing seemed more perfect. She of course laughed at first…but as soon as she realized the seriousness of the situation it was mere seconds before she was in my arms as she littered my face and lips with many gloss…scented lips. Our wedding was small compared to the circus that was Jesse and Isabel’s wedding…but it was perfect for us. They all attended…even Michael with his new girlfriend Liz Parker on his arm…but that is for another story. We’ve been married for ten years now…ten wondrous years of marital bliss with the woman that still manages to amaze me with her wisdom and her beauty. I still practice the teachings of Buddha and on a daily basis I praise him for allowing me to have the wisdom to realize my true soul mate. I have loved her for as long as I can remember…for before her nothing else matters and I will continue to love her until my dying day.

Color my world

By StormyBear30

Rating: NC-17

Disclaimer: I don’t have anything to do with Roswell or its related companies