Unexpected Decisions

Author: Susan

Category: UC/CC, M/M, Maria/Kyle and Michael/Isabel

Rating: PG-13 – R (for language and talk about sex)

Distribution: Roswell Desert Skies. Anyone else can have it if they want just ask first.

Disclaimer: Don’t own a thing.

Summary: Tenth part to my Unexpected series, which can be found at Roswell Desert Skies.

Author’s Note: Series is based on Improv challenges. Although this one is not. I couldn’t wait. I wanted to write a new part. At this point who knows how it will end. It could be unconventional or conventional.

Well I made my decision. It was the most difficult one I have had to make in my life. Kyle or Michael? I love them both so much. But I need Kyle. I can’t continue to live without him in my life.

I have come up with a compromise to our little problem but I don’t know if Michael will agree to it. Kyle, however hesitant, is willing to give it a try, for my sake as well as Jaime’s.

Kyle and I talked for hours the day I went to see him. I had missed him so much when he was gone and we had a lot of catching up to do. Isabel had been more than willing to share with Kyle that I was living with Michael and that we seemed to be the perfect couple who were expecting our first child but I had to tell him the truth of how things were. That Michael and I were living in the same apartment but we were not together.

I couldn’t be with Michael until I knew how I really felt about Kyle and everything that had happened. Jaime was a beautiful tribute to Michael’s and my relationship but his existence did not change the fact that things were not how they used to be. I was different and so was he. Michael admitted to me that he still wanted Isabel but he also said that he would choose me over her if need be. When I walked out of the door that day I was still unsure what I was going to do. I had to talk to Kyle about what happened in “my dream world” and the things that were said and done. I also needed to know how he felt. To say I was confused would be an understatement.

I knew the moment that I saw Kyle standing in his bedroom door waiting for me and he said my name what I wanted. See in my mind I had come up with this elaborate world where Kyle and I were together. I had even come to a point in my dream where we were graduating high school and deciding what to do with our futures. In my dream Kyle asked me to marry him and I said yes. We went off to Vegas and eloped before our parents could say anything about it. We knew that we wanted to be together. It was at that point of our honeymoon that the real Kyle came into the dream. He saw what was keeping me locked up in my own mine, a life of perfect happiness, joy and love without all the complications that our real world has. No Aliens, No FBI, No Destinies. Once Kyle came into my dream the dream Kyle faded and real one came before me and I knew that what I had been living was just a illusion. It almost crushed me. I had been happier in those months of living in my world then I had ever been in the real world. I had everything in my life that I had always wanted. But when reality was rushed back to me and I knew what was waiting for me on the outside it broke my heart. In the real world I had a beautiful baby who had never known his mother. In the real world Alex was dead. In the real world I didn’t have Kyle.

I sobbed and sobbed in Kyle’s arms after I realized what I had done and of all that I had missed and all that I would never have. Kyle held me and whispered comforting words to me in my ear. The one thing that I remember him saying was that he loved me and would always be there for me. I looked into his eyes and asked him if he really meant it and he said he did. He then asked me to show him the rest of my world. Show me what would have happened next if he had not come. And I did. Somehow I was able to show him how I envisioned our honeymoon. How it would have been for us if the real world had not happened. We became voyeurs as we watched ourselves making love for the first time as husband and wife. It brought tears to both of our eyes to see us together so in love and obviously so happy. When the dream us faded away Kyle pulled me into his arms and gave me the most passionate kiss I have ever had, one that I would never ever forget, and told me he loved me. He then told me I had to come back. I had a child to take care of and people out there who were worried to death about me. Michael and Jaime needed me to come back. I asked him what would happen in the real world once we came back and he said that was up to me. The decision was mine to make.

And when I saw Kyle again in the real world I knew my answer. I knew where I belonged and where I needed to be. I had to be with Kyle. I could not face this world without him. We kissed and I knew that I was right in my decision. I was home. We made love again that afternoon and then we talked about our future together. After much discussion and a bit of arguing Kyle agreed to what I asked of him. I know that I was asking a lot from him. Probably more than I could’ve done in his place but for me and my son it was our only choice. It was an all or nothing proposition.

After all was said and done I wanted to properly introduce Kyle to my son. I needed for Kyle and Jaime to accept each other. In the back of my mind I was worried. Jaime, who was a wonderful and loving baby, had spent limited time around other people. Michael, my mom and Jim and Max, Liz and Isabel were really the only people to have had contact with him. But my concerns were for naught. Jaime adores Kyle. The really amazing thing is Jaime immediately went to Kyle, in fact when he saw him the first time he reached for Kyle to pick him up. Jim, my mom (who had come home) and I were stunned. It was almost as if Jaime knew Kyle. The only other people that Jaime ever went to like that were Michael and I. It was truly amazing. I think Kyle fell in love with Jaime the moment he picked him up in his arms. I wish I could have gotten a picture of the look on Kyle’s face when he looked into Jaime’s beautiful blue eyes for the very first time. It is something that I will remember for as long as I live. To me it was also proof that I had made the right decision and that my plan could work if Michael would agree.

Well it has been two days and I have been avoiding it long enough. I had to approach Michael.

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Maria watches Michael as he puts Jaime to bed. She will never get over how loving and wonderful he is to their son. He really is a wonderful father and Jaime obviously adores him.

“Michael when you are done can we talk.” Maria asks Michael.

Michael closes his eyes for a brief moment and then turns to Maria. He had been waiting for this moment since Maria had gone to see Kyle. He knew what was coming.

“Sure. I think we are done here.” Michael says as he kisses his son good night. He looks at Jaime one last time before he turns on the monitor and walks out the room. He will miss these times with him. Having Jaime with him everyday has been better than he could ever imagine. He never knew someone could mean so much to him as Jaime.

Michael goes and sits on the couch besides Maria. He turns to her. “Maria I think I know what you are going to say and I wont you to know I understand. I know that you love Kyle. I just want you to know that I need to be in Jaime’s life. I can’t loose him.”

“Michael I would never take Jaime away from you. Your are his father and he needs you as much as you need him. Yes I do love Kyle and as you have guessed I have decided to be with him. After seeing you with Jaime I know that I can’t separate you from him but I also won’t be apart from him either. That is why I have come up with a little compromise that I hope you can agree to.”

“What kind of compromise?” Michael asks not sure what Maria is trying to say.

“I have already talked with Kyle about this and he is in agreement if you are. I would like for all of us to live and raise Jaime together.”

“What? You want us to what?” Michael asks stunned. He had never in his wildest imagination thought that Maria would come up with this. What exactly does she mean by together? “What do you mean by together Maria?”

“I want the four of us to be together as a family in any capacity that you are comfortable with. I love you Michael and I love Kyle and I don’t think I can loose either one of you.”

“Ok just so we both on the same page here and there aren’t any misunderstandings. You are saying that you want us to live in the same house and you will be with Kyle.” Michael wanted to make sure he was not hearing things wrong so he didn’t say what he thought he heard so that she could clarify everything.

“And with you to Michael, if that is what you want.”

Michael stands up and starts to pace. He hadn’t heard her wrong she is suggesting that they all live together and that she would be with them both.

“And Kyle has agreed to this?” Michael asks quite frankly stunned.

“After much discussion. Yes. I basically told Kyle it was an all or nothing proposition, which is the same thing I am going to say to you. You don’t have to agree with the two of us being together but you do have to agree with us living in the same home and accepting that I am going to be with Kyle. I am going to be with Kyle one way or another but it is up to you whether you want to be a part time dad or a full time dad to Jaime. If you don’t think you can live in the same house as us then we will come to some kind of visitation agreement. Make no mistake Michael Jaime is going to stay with me no matter what. I know it sounds crazy. Believe me I have been thinking of nothing else the past two days since I came up with this. I have tried to come up with something else so that no one will be hurt and everyone would be happy but I just can’t come up with anything. As for the me and you thing, I love you Michael. I always will even if I also love someone else. I know you said you wanted Isabel and if you would rather we just remain friends and family and you want to pursue something with her than I will understand and I will accept it. I just want you to know that there is another option if you want. It is entirely up to you Michael.”

“I need to think about this.” Michael tells Maria. He really doesn’t know what to say to her at this point. It is all too much. He had pretty much accepted the fact that she was going to be with Kyle but never in a million years would he have thought that she also wanted to be with him to and that Kyle would agree to it. It was all surreal.

“I understand. I am going to go stay with Kyle tonight Michael. I will come back tomorrow to find out what your decision is. I know I am not giving you much time but I have wasted too already and I need to get settled. I need it Michael. I can’t live like we are now. It all hurts too much.”

Maria goes into Jaime’s room and grabs her over night bag from the bedroom and walks out the door leaving a completely stunned and motionless Michael behind.

He had till tomorrow to decide what to do next. How the hell was he ever going to do that? He did know one thing he needed to do first. Michael picked up the phone and dialed a familiar number and waited for an answer.

“I need to see you. Can you come over?” Michael asks the person on the other line and they answered him yes.

“Thanks Isabel.” Michael says as he hangs up the phone.

The End…

In the next part.. Michael has a heart to heart with Isabel and makes his decision.