Author: Susan

E-mail: susanandtad@cs.com      
Rating: PG-13 - R, for language and sexual situations. Nothing explicit.
Pairing: Maria/Kyle

Improv Challenge #2: strong -- eve -- dire -- fault
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the other characters they
belong to Jason Katims and UPN.
Spoiler: Everything up to Departure
Author's Notes: This story is my first unconventional fic. I am usually a Candygirl but I am a strange fascination for Kyle and Maria

Maria’s POV

I don’t know how it happened. But one second Kyle and I were just watching a movie feeling sorry for ourselves and the next thing I know we are naked, bumping uglies in my room, on the bed that I have shared with Michael on more than a few occurrences.

I guess I should explain. See my mom and the Sheriff were married last year on New Year’s Eve and since neither the Valenti house nor ours was big enough for all of us they bought a new house. The house is really nice and it is kind of good being part of a real family. Living with Kyle and the Sheriff took a lot to get used to at first. I mean they are such guys. Sundays during the fall is pure hell, Football from noon to midnight. Thank god we have more then one TV. But after a while things started really feeling nice. But I guess we screwed that up tonight.

Well about a month ago Michael decided to wig out on me again. Things had been great between us since that night he, Max, Isabel and that murdering ho Tess were going to go home; the first night we made love. And then all of a sudden he went back to his stonewall routine. He didn’t actually tell me he wanted to break up with me but he started avoiding me at all cost and we’ve barely had any “alone” time together. That in itself told me our relationship was in dire straits. So here I was on a Friday night all by myself because Michael was being, well Michael, and Liz was out with Prince Charming, I mean Max. I came downstairs to watch some TV and I found Kyle already there. I made us popcorn and grabbed us both a couple of Cherry Cokes and we decided to wallow in our misery together. See Kyle was lovesick. He took the whole Tess thing really bad. It wasn’t bad enough that the bitch killed Alex but then she had to mindwarp him into moving his body. Alex had become a really good friend to Kyle and knowing that he had a part in the whole mess really screwed with his mind. I can’t blame him. He loved Tess. She was like a sister to him, well at least some of time, and then she betrayed him. Well after everything that happened he had a hard time trusting any woman. The only one beside Liz and I he was close to was Isabel. You guessed it Kyle was in love with Isabel, only she didn’t have a clue. He couldn’t bring himself to tell her, afraid of rejection.

So we were watching some mindless movie. I can’t even tell you what it was now and then I couldn’t take it anymore. I told him we had to stop acting so pitiful. We are strong, independent people who don’t need someone else to make us happy. He looked at me like I am crazy so I am left with little choice I had to do something drastic, so I start tickling him. It became and all out war. I don’t think I have ever laughed so hard in my life. It felt really good. What happened next is kind of a blur to me. I don’t know if I am subconsciously blocking it out or what but we ended up kissing. To tell you the truth I don’t know who started it but I know I certainly didn’t stop it. It felt incredible being held again, to feel like I was desired. Michael hadn’t acted like that in awhile, not that I am saying what happened was his fault because it wasn’t. It wasn’t anybodies except for Kyle and myself.

So we had sex, on my bed, and here I am writing in this stupid journal that Liz gave me for my birthday, as Kyle sleeps beside me. I don’t know what will become of us now. I know I still love Michael with all my heart and I am going to have to confront him about the last month but I don’t know if we will stay together. As for Kyle, I don’t know. I don’t think we will ever be able to get past what happened tonight. How do I feel about him now? If you asked me yesterday I would have said he was my friend and like a brother to me, but now I really don’t know. All I do know is I need to wake up Kyle before the parental come home and find us. As for the rest, well I guess that will have to wait to later. To quote Scarlet Ohara “Tomorrow is another day” and I will have to figure it all out then.

The End