For Roswell this takes place after Departure and for the Covenant this takes place after the movie.

Disclaimer: I do not own Roswell or the covenant. This story is my take on what might have happened if Liz had been willing and able to stand strong against her draw to Max.

Liz Parker slipped her long dark brown hair into a ponytail as she slid into her seat in Liz had once been quite happy to sit in the front she now sat next to Pam Troy. While she still openly hates Pam, Liz had taken to slipping into class at the very last minute to avoid contact with the aliens. Ever since Max Evans broke her heart she could not stand to be in their presence. She had withdrawn and was focusing most of her energy on her school work. Other than that she helped manage the Crash Down Café for her parents and talked to Maria.

Mrs. Abbot, their English teach came in right as the bell sounded a mammoth stack of papers in her arms. As she started passing them out she explained, "we are embarking on a project that you will receive extra credit for participating in. Each of you has a flyer in front of you. You fill it out and it is used to match you up with a pen pal at another school. I urge each of you to consider participating." She then turned back to the white board at the front of the room and resumed her lecture on Shakespeare's, "The Taming of the Shrew" As one would expect there were a lot of papers in the trash bin at the end of the period. Not too many people were keen to participate in a pen pal program at a school like West Roswell.

That day passed as they had since Tess's departure. Liz made her way from one class to the next until the lunch bell. She felt relieved when she managed Maria sitting alone in the cafeteria. Maria was the only friend Liz still had in Roswell. They talked for a little bit and then Maria spotted the flyer in Liz's notebook. "Are you planning on joining that pen pal program that they are setting up," Maria asked? Liz took a bite of her burrito before replying, "yes, it would be good to get some extra credit and get to know someone whose not from here, learn about other places and possibly see them." This brought a smile the face of the blond across from her.

Maria DeLuca had been her best friend since kindergarten and it made her happy to finally see something spark Liz's interest. She knew that Liz had taken it all pretty hard with first trying to process and handle Alex's death and the fighting that came afterwards. Then she had to learn about Tess and Max hooking up and producing a child. Then they learned that Tess was in fact, Alex's murderer. That doesn't even begin to cover the aftermath of it all. Liz went through the rest of the day trying to make sure that she took appropriate notes and reminding her self to refocus. She found that more than usual she was interested in doing something again finally. That made her even more excited to get home to work on her letter.

When Liz got home she went straight to the apartment, gave her mother a hug and then went into her room. Liz sat down in her favorite chair on her balcony and pulled out a pen and started her letter for the program.

Dear New Friend,

My name is Liz Parker and the date is 10-23-01. I live in the sleepy little town of Roswell, New Mexico. The town is called infamous and I'm sure that you know why. Like most small towns everyone in Roswell knows everyone and has pretty much from birth. The opening line of Ana Karinana states that, "Every happy is family is the same but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Well, my family is pretty well normal. We are pretty happy normal people. My parents own the Crash Down Café, a restaurant here in town.

I love the desert and the beautiful majestic caves and canyons but long to leave it. I hope to go to college far away from here so that I can see what the rest of the world is like. I know that I am probably boring you to death right now.

The main reason that I got involved in this program was to meet a new friend and learn about people and places beyond my own experience. What is your home and town like? What is your school like?

Please write back soon,

Liz

Once finished with her letter Liz quickly placed it into her backpack for school the next day. Then she went down to dinner for once looking forward to the future, thinking it could mean a change for the better. Liz even found herself gathering all of her favorite bath supplies. Something she had not done in a while. She ran a bath with her favorite bubble bath and used a new shampoo her mom had bought her in hopes to coax her out of her depression. Eventually, it had even begun to bother her parents. She had stuck to plain soap and hadn't really bothered with dressing up since telling Max that she couldn't give him another chance. She let herself soak and took care of herself for the first time in a long time. She was not vain by any means but she cleaned and shaped her nails, shaved her legs and worked on the calluses that were on her feet. Afterwards, she brushed her hair and went to bed. It was definitely easier to sleep that night with something nice to look forward too.