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"So did any of your relatives ever tell you any stories about, you know,
the UFO crash?" the guy asked.

These two were a total trip. I bet they have every episode of The X-Files
on tape, Liz thought.

"Well..." Liz hesitated. "I guess it would be okay to show you." She
pulled a worn black-and-white photo out of her pocket and gently placed it
in front of them. "A friend of my grandmother's took this picture at the
crash site -- before the government cleaned it up."

The two tourists leaned over the blurry photo and studied it carefully.

"Whoa," the woman mumbled. "Whoa."

"This looks exactly like the alien from the autopsy video," the guy
exclaimed. "Same oversized head and small, hairless body. I've got to get
it on my Roswell Incident web site." He reached for the photo.

"You'd be dead by the end of the week." Liz snatched the photo away. "Just
because it's been more than fifty years since the crash doesn't mean the
air force wants the truth exposed. They still want everyone to believe
that weather balloon story they used as a cover-up," she explained.

Liz glanced around the cafe nervously. She wanted to make sure her father
wasn't in earshot. If Papa heard her telling this story, he'd rip off her
head and feed it to her for breakfast.

"I shouldn't have shown this to you. Just forget about it, okay? You never
saw it." Liz rushed back behind the counter.

Maria DeLuca shook her head, sending her blond curls flying around her
face. "You are so bad."

"Hey, they'll have a great story to tell when they get home. And I'll have
a great tip," Liz answered.

Maria sighed. "You and your great tips. I've never known such a
money-hungry waitress."

Liz shrugged. "You know how I feel. I need as much money as I can get
because -- "

"One day after grad it's adios and hasta la vista, baby," Maria
interrupted. "I know, I know. You're not going to spend your life in a
town that has two movie theaters, one bowling alley, one lame-o comedy
club, one even more lame-o dance club, and thirteen alien-theme tourist
traps."