A/N: So I know I shouldn't be starting another story because I have so many going but I also have several chapters of the other stories wrote so I can update when I want... LOL... I have really got to stop watching T.V because when I do then I come up with ideas... Now this is my first Roswell story so this is going to be interesting... I loved the show and hated when it ended... Anyways until I can get use to writing the characters I decided that my first Roswell story will be pretty much AU well as far as the fact that everyone is human in this story... Some of what happened in the show though will have happened in the story such as Max sleeping with Tess... But Alex will not be dead in this story! Now with all that being said it's time for the story... Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Roswell... * blinks * I'm pretty sure I don't own my muse either...
Liz took a deep breath and let it out before she pushed open the door to the Crashdown. It has been three years since she had last been here. It has been three years since she last saw her Dad and her best friend Maria. She smiled slightly down at the little girl who's hand she was holding as they walked into the Diner. She just hoped that she could get in here and up to the apartment without running into anyone other than her Dad or Maria.
She lifted her head up when she heard a familiar voice and her heart threatened to beat out of her chest. She took him in with her eyes and felt all the hurt that she had thought went away bubbled up. She swallowed hard and got her feet moving again. She only had four more steps to go and then she would be in the clear but her feet froze when she heard Maria shout "Liz! Oh my God Liz!"
She heard the Diner go quiet and she took in a deep breath and turned her head towards her old friend. "Hey Maria."
Maria couldn't believe that she was actually seeing Liz. She forgot that she had been talking to Max, Isabel and Alex as she took off running to her friend. She pulled Liz into a hug and took in a deep breath. "God Liz I've missed you."
Liz smiled slightly and hugged Maria back. "I've missed you too Maria. But can you let me go please? I'd like to get my daughter upstairs and tucked in."
At Liz's words Maria pulled back and she looked down and her breath caught in her throat as she saw the little girl that was the exact replica of Liz and Max. Her eyes filled with tears as she realized that Liz had been pregnant and alone and then a mother and alone. She nodded and stepped back and as she did her eyes connected with Max's eyes and she saw the shock and the anger in them. She wasn't sure what had went down between Max and Liz three years ago but it must have been bad.
"Come back down when you get your daughter settled in Liz." Maria said with a smile.
Liz nodded and started walking towards the employees only door but was pulled to a stop. She turned her head and looked over her shoulder and saw Max standing behind her with her hand still on her arm and all her anger jumped to the forefront pushing the hurt back. "Get your fucking hand off of me Max!"
Max's mouth dropped open at Liz's words in shock but then he shut his mouth and shook his head. "Not until you talk to me Liz. You just upped and left three years ago without saying goodbye to me or to any of us and we haven't heard a word from you in three years and now you come back with a kid?"
Liz laughed bitterly and said "Oh you see Max that is where you're wrong. I may not have seen my dad in three years but I talk to him twice a week. And did you really expect me to tell you that I was leaving or to even talk to you at all after I caught you screwing Tess?"
Max's eyes widened in shock. "How do you know about that?"
Liz shook her head. "Why don't you ask the little slut you cheated on me with Max? Now if you don't mind I have a two year old to get cleaned up and put to bed plus I'm tired myself. I didn't come back home to see or talk to you Max. I have nothing to say to you and I want you to leave me alone. I came back home so my Dad could help me with my daughter while I get the treatment I need. Now let me the fuck go!"
Max dropped his hand off of Liz's arm like he had been burnt and in a way maybe he had. He closed his eyes on a wave of pain as he realized just how much he had lost. He couldn't believe that this was Liz standing in front of him. He couldn't believe how much hatred he heard in her voice. As he looked into her eyes his breath caught in his chest as he saw the hatred sparkling in her eyes towards him. He knew then that whatever he had had with Liz ended three years ago for her even if it didn't end for him.
He stepped back and watched in silence as Liz walked through the door for employees only. He couldn't believe that he had a daughter that he knew nothing about. He knew without a doubt that Liz's daughter was also his because she looked like a minute of him and Liz combined. His heart stopped beating as he realized not only had he lost Liz three years ago but he had lost his daughter as well. The pain he started feeling was so overwhelming that his legs buckled and he fell to his knees.
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Liz heard something hard hit the floor a minute after she stepped into the back and she sighed. She smiled when she saw her Dad standing there and she went over and hugged him. "Can you take Maxine up to my old room Dad?"
Jeff Parker looked at his daughter in concern but nodded. "Just make sure that you don't stress yourself too much sweetheart."
Liz nodded and watched as her Dad took her half asleep daughter and carried her up the stairs to the apartment above the Diner. She took in a deep breath and let it out as she slowly turned on her heel and took the two steps it took to get to the door and pushed it back open. Her heart broke just a little bit as she saw Max on his knees on the floor with Michael and Isabel beside him. When she heard the bell above the door she looked towards it and when she saw the person walking in any control she had snapped as she stormed past everyone and growled "What in the fuck do you think you're doing here?"
