A/N: So this is my 2nd Roswell story... My muse wouldn't leave me alone until I typed this chapter up... Now what you need to know about this story is that it will eventually be CC... It will also be AU in a lot of ways but at least they won't all be human in this story... The other thing is Liz left after she found out that not only had Max and Tess slept together but that Tess got pregnant from it... She also left for another reason... But that is all I can say without giving the whole story away... So onto the story... LOL... Oh and Alex will be alive in my story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Roswell... * mutters and blinks * I don't even own myself right now...
Summary: Liz returns to Roswell a year after she left a completely different person. Will she let the rest of the gang be there for her or will she push them away? Will she finally tell them the real reason as to why she left? Will Max and Liz finally get to be together?
Liz couldn't believe that she was back in Roswell, New Mexico. When she had left a year ago she had sworn to herself that she wouldn't come back. After all she had left for two very good reasons. Not only had she left because Max had slept with Tess and gotten her pregnant but she had left because the symptoms she had been having had progressively gotten worse and she didn't want anyone to know. Now here she was back a year later and she had changed drastically. Not only had her appearance changed but she had changed in many other ways as well.
She sighed as she stopped in front of her father's restaurant and then took in a deep breath and let it out and then pulled the door to the Crashdown open. She kept her head held high as she walked inside. She couldn't help but smile as she saw that not much had changed. She saw her Dad and her heart soared as he glanced towards the door and looked into her eyes. She saw his eyes widen in shock and then he was running towards her with his arms held out in front of him. She couldn't stop herself from taking a couple steps towards him and walking straight into his arms. She knew that everyone was still looking at her but she didn't care. Right now all she cared about was that she was finally back home and she was in her Dad's arms.
"Oh my God Liz it's been so long. I can't believe you're home." Jeff Parker said.
Liz smiled and pulled back and looked at her Dad. She could tell that he was genuinely happy to see her and that he wasn't mad that she had stayed gone so long. She stood on her tip toes and kissed his cheek before pulling back again. "I've missed you Dad."
Jeff smiled at his daughter as he looked her up and down. "I've missed you too Lizzie. Wow though you sure have changed in a year. If it wasn't for your eyes I'm not sure I would have recognized you."
Liz nodded and sighed. "I know I've changed Dad and I'll try to explain eventually why I've changed so much but for now would it be okay if I helped you out here in the restaurant? I've missed helping out around here."
Jeff looked at his daughter for a few minutes and then finally nodded. "Yeah I could use the help. Maria is running late and won't be here for another hour or so. Are you sure you're up to helping though Lizzie? You look as if you're about to fall over."
Liz smiled and shook her head. "I'm fine Dad. I just have a headache. I took some medicine right before coming here so it should be kicking in soon. I need to stay busy right now."
Jeff nodded and hugged his daughter once more before letting her go. "Your uniform is in the back room where it's always been. Does anyone besides me know that you're here Lizzie?"
Liz sighed and shook her head. "No Dad they don't and I'd prefer it if you didn't tell them. I want to see how long it will take for them to realize it's me."
Jeff frowned but nodded and went back to what he had been doing when he first saw Liz. He wasn't sure what it was but there was something definitely wrong with his daughter and he wanted to know what it was. But he was also smart enough to know that he wouldn't find out what was wrong until she was ready to tell him. He didn't understand why she didn't want anyone to know she was back but he would go along with it for her. He saw everyone in the restaurant looking at him but instead of answering their unspoken questions he just smiled at them.
Liz took a look in the mirror and then took in a deep breath and let it out before she walked out of the back and into the main part of the restaurant. She could tell that everyone's eyes were on her and wondering who she was but she didn't care at the moment. All she really wanted to do was something normal for once. She just wondered how long it would be before Max, Alex, Kyle, Michael or Isabel showed up but she shook that thought from her head. She couldn't handle thinking about them right now because if she did she would lose it.
She walked behind the counter and grabbed one of the ticket books and went to the first table and took their orders. Soon she was back in the swing of things and it was as if she never left. She couldn't help but chuckle to herself as she thought about how many people she waited on that knew her but didn't even recognize her. She knew that she had changed a lot but she had thought that people would still recognize her with one look. She found it a little bit amusing when they didn't. She couldn't help but wonder if any of the gang would recognize her. Just as that thought entered her mind the bell above the door dinged as it was opened and she looked towards it and saw Max, Isabel, Michael, Alex, Kyle and Maria all walking in. At the sight of Max she felt her heart stop and then resume but she ignored it.
She took in a deep breath and let it out before placing a smile on her face and making her way towards t he table where the gang had sat down at. She knew that this was going to be hard but she couldn't help but wonder which one of them would recognize her first. When she got beside their table she took in another deep breath and let it out. "Hi what can I get you guys today?"
Max, Michael, Isabel, Alex and Kyle all turned to look at her and then Michael said "We'd like some cherry cokes please."
Liz nodded and with a smile she walked over behind the counter. She could feel their eyes on her but she ignored it. After getting their drinks she decided that she had better take a couple things of Tabasco sauce over so she also put them on the tray and then headed back over to their table. She set their drinks down in front of them and then put the Tabasco sauce on the table and looked at them all with a slight smile. She had to stop the laugh that threatened to bubble up at the shock on their faces. "Do you know what you guys would like to eat yet?"
Michael narrowed his eyes at the waitress but he finally gave her all of their order. As she walked away he couldn't help but think that not only did she seem familiar but the way she walked reminded him of someone he hadn't seen in a year. He shook his head and turned back towards everyone else after watching their waitress give the order to the cook. "Is it just me or does she seem familiar?"
Max who had also been watching the waitress turned towards Michael and said "She seems familiar to me too but for the life of me I can't place where I know her from. I feel as if I should know her but yet at the same time I'm not sure how I know her."
Isabel nodded and said with a frown "I feel the same way. What about you Alex and Kyle?"
Kyle who was shifting through memories finally realized who their waitress was and stood up ignoring everyone and as he looked at the girl behind the counter he couldn't help but shout in joy "Liz!"