Title: Secrets and Lies
Category: AU and eventually CC most likely
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Roswell.
Summary: Could a mysterious stranger unlock the mysteries the pod squad has so desperately wanted to find out?
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The wind blew through Liz Parker's hair as she walked towards her best friend Maria DeLuca's house. They were going to have a night in with their other best friend Alex Whittman. The three of them had been inseparable since the fourth grade when their teacher paired them up for a project. They had met at Liz's house and had the best time, they had laughed all day.
She smiles at this memory and keeps walking. Her mind then turns to more recent memories. In the sixth grade the two elementary schools of Roswell, New Mexico were combined into the middle school. On their first day in their new school they had met Michael Guerin and Max and Isabel Evans.
For Liz, it had been love at first sight. The moment Max Evans had walked into her science class; she felt something inside her that she never had before. Alex had fallen for Max's twin sister Isabel. Maria seemed to take an interest in Michael, who had turned into the classic rebel, although she vehemently denied it.
Liz and Max didn't really talk much until last year, when they had become bio lab partners. They had started to become close and he asked her out 8 months ago. Everything had been going great; she was head over heels for him. He even told her repeatedly that he loved her. She was on top of the world until he decided they should break up a month and a half ago. He didn't even give her a good reason as to why. Ever since then she hasn't been able to eat right. Her old nightmares have come back. They seem so familiar to her but she can't understand what they mean.
"I don't want to think about this anymore. I'm almost there."
She walks up to the door and rings the bell. A moment later the door swings open and Maria gives her a hug.
"Hey chica, are you feeling ok? You don't look so good," Maria asks with concern.
"Gee thanks," replies Liz, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"You know what I mean. Well come on in, Alex is already here."
She walks in the door and is greeted with an awful aroma. She scrunches up her face and looks around with disgust.
"Sorry, my mom was cooking again. I really need to get her a new hobby."
"Hey Liz, how are you doing?" says Alex as he walks in the hallway to see what's going on.
"I'm good I guess," she replies, putting on a strong front, trying not to burden anyone with how much she was really hurting.
"Well let's go watch the movies," Maria says in a way too cheery voice, trying to brighten the mood.
The three friends head into the living room and pop the movie into the VCR.
"Aww… not another chick flick," whines Alex who is sprawled out on the couch with a bag of chips.
"For your information Never Been Kissed is not just any chick flick, it's one of the greatest movies ever made," argures Maria, "right Liz?"
"Well I wouldn't go that far, but it's a pretty good movie."
"Don't worry Alex, we got The Matrix too."
"Well, I guess I can suffer through this movie."
He sits back and they relax and start to watch the movie. As Liz sits there with her two favorite people in the whole world she thinks how everything is nice and simple again. Everything will stay this way she thinks as she is brought out of her thoughts by Maria and Alex laughing hysterically. 'Yes, everything will stay the same' she repeats to herself.
How very wrong she is. At this very moment a 20 year old man is boarding a plane from Boston, Massachusetts to Roswell, New Mexico.
Please review so I know if I should continue writing this or not. Any input would be greatly appreciated.