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| I'll go with the second one 
Max and Tess. Just for the record, though I am a dreamer and I can't stand Tess, when it comes to discussing her, I like to do so logically and try to remain objective 
Well, on one hand, I don't think Michael and Isabel ever had a chance. I bet Michael might have thought in the beginning they had because of his comment to Isabel in Max to the Max:
Quote:
ISABEL: Michael, this can’t be.
MICHAEL: I know. But why not?
| But we know that Michael really wanted to believe and thought he had to follow everything that was on that book, whereas Max didn't.
But Max had more pressure to deal with from Tess than Michael from Isabel. Whether Tess was evil, misguided, in love, following the NasedoPact, whatever, the fact was that Tess did want to be with Max, or at least thought it was the ultimate goal, or her right as his previous wife. She did want that life back -for whatever reason, good or not- so Max had to be constantly walking in circles around her.
Opposite to Michael, who wanted to embrace his alien heritage, Max was too scared of it, and Tess was just about the best representation out there of that alien side. So I think that Max was afraid of her in the beginning, and afraid of what Tess made him feel, and had made him seen.
Max had more pressure from Nasedo as well -at least for a little while- while both Michael and Isabel seemed to have let it go, and no one had argued the point. Tess never said anything to them, and they just dropped it.
It seems that after The End of The World Max had finally seen in Tess something more than the girl that was out to get him. He might have started to see her as a possible friend. And he must have felt guilty of rejecting her -however reasonable his reasons were - beause it's not nice to do that. And Tess was there, supporting him.
The Summit must have drove the point home to Max that there really was another world out there, and other four planets that did recognize him as Zan. Now, I don't believe for one second that Max and Tess are Zan and Ava. Zan and Ava could have been soulmates, as well as have hated each other, but I don't think that played any role on Max and Tess now. They were told they were these people, but in reality, without those memories, they are just Max and Tess, their own persona.
But, beside that, it gotta be hard to be next to this person you were married to, and not recognize her or him  I do believe that Tess was in love of an idea of Max but not of Max, because she didn't really know him. And I don't think she ever really let go of that notion, that Max was hers, or that they belonged to each other.
Or, if she was following the plan, then she was just waiting for the right opportunity, but she knew that Max would have to come to terms with it first, which Max did by the end of season 2: He came to terms that, because everything was falling apart on his world -his very human life- all was left clear was his alien destiny.
At least, that's how I see it  Max and Tess did not just happen. There were a lot of circumstances around them both -most of them unknown, especially from Tess' past- but if Tess had never believed in her destiny, I bet Max and her could have been good friends, without the pressure of being a couple regardless of their own feelings and wants.
So, in conclusion, Max and Tess had more pressure because Tess wanted it, when Michael and Isabel never did so. Besides, Max and Tess were married, and the leaders, so I guess that sort of sucked too 
Now I think I'm ranting... 
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