Part 4
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...but I fear I have nothing to give.
I have so much to lose here in this lonely place.
Tangled up in your embrace
there's nothing I'd like better
than to fall...
As nature`s images flew by and dawn was breaking, Liz started to awaken. After opening her eyes,she couldn`t help but gaze at the man on her side. Oh, my...how much happiness also heartbreak could this man bring her...
If she let herself feel for someone again, Max Evans would definitely be the one to win her heart.
`In case her heart wasn`t already in his posession...` thought Liz to herself, closing her eyes.
Not sure what else to do, Liz decided she needed to end this before it even began. Two of them could never be... Less hurt will be caused if she just left now.
She glanced out the window, seeing one of bigger cities getting closer, and acted on autopilot from that point on. She extricated herself from Max`s embrace, easing from her seat, careful not to wake him up. She just hopped he won`t hate her.
`Yeah, like once you get to New Yrok, there will even be the slightest chance you will see him ever again... Just break it off already, Parker!` ordered Liz to herself silently.
She bowed down and took her bags, that Max got to her, on her insistance few hours before, and entered the aisle. Bus driver slowly parked the bus on the station and Liz finally arrived to the front of the bus, asking the driver where they are.
"Miss, we`re just at the half of our journey to N.Y:C." sighed driver tiredly. Liz nodded.
"If I wanted to get off now and take another bus, would I be able to get to N.Y. directly?" driver nodded 10 seconds later. Liz longingly glanced back at the sleeping face of Max Evans and cursed the fates that brought her love and pain at the same time.
Maybe love wasn`t in the stars for her in this lifetime...
She swallowed painfully, tears burning in her eyes, and asked driver to open the door. Slowly, Liz got outside and hurriedly walked inside the building, hoping bus would pull of in the next 15 minutes.
After 20 minutes, her unwilling wish came true and bus was once again on its way to Big Apple. But looking into one of her bags, Liz was surprised to find that not everything Max`s was gone with him. There, on the bottom of her bag, "FRIENDLY GUIDE THROUGH UNIVERSE" layed. And Liz couldn`t help but cry painfully at the cards destiny dealt her. Now all she had was her child. And who knows... Maybe life will bring her and Max once again to each other.
Meanwhile on the bus...
He could feel it...the emptiness inside...It was ready to swallow him whole, but suddenly, from the darkness, a hand struck out, offering rescue. Carefully, he took it and a face came into view...LIZ PARKER. Then he opened his eyes, her name on his lips in a whisper.
Once out of the dreamworld, Max couldn`t find Liz nowhere. He started turning toward the back of the bus, in an full-blown panic, but somehow he knew...She wouldn`t be found. In the last attempt of finding out her wherebeings, Max stood up from his seat and walked over to the driver.
After all, if Liz left this bus, she would have gone pass the driver, right?
When he arriver to the front of the bus, Max was trying his very best to stay calm, determined to find out what happened to Liz. He still was unable to believe she would just leave without a word...But then again, everyone left him at same point. At least, she didn`t stay long enough for him to care...
`Keep telling that to yourself,buddy, and maybe one day you`ll believe it...`
"Sir, can I ask you, do you remember pettite young woman, early 20-ties, leaving the bus?" ventured Max into questioning. Driver still concentrating on the road, stayed silent for a split moment.
"You mean, that little angel of a girl you sat with?" asked driver casually, small grin on his face. That girl had the unseeming resemblance to his lovely wife of 35 years... Max nodded, hope in his eyes.
`Poor guy...some people just don`t have luck in love.` thought driver grimly to himself.
"She left this bus about half hour ago. Didn`t say nothing..." answered driver. Max aknowledged him, his worst fear coming true. She really left...
With led in his feet, Max turned and walked to his seat. He glanced longingly out the window, tracing cold glass with his fingertips, and once familiar face in his mind`s eye. What were the odds of them meeting ever againin the city as big as New York?
Filled with bitterness and inexplicable pain for the girl he hardly knew, Max slipped back into dreams, wishing to see Liz Parker once again.
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...but I fear I have nothing to give.
I have so much to lose here in this lonely place.
Tangled up in your embrace
there's nothing I'd like better
than to fall...
As nature`s images flew by and dawn was breaking, Liz started to awaken. After opening her eyes,she couldn`t help but gaze at the man on her side. Oh, my...how much happiness also heartbreak could this man bring her...
If she let herself feel for someone again, Max Evans would definitely be the one to win her heart.
`In case her heart wasn`t already in his posession...` thought Liz to herself, closing her eyes.
Not sure what else to do, Liz decided she needed to end this before it even began. Two of them could never be... Less hurt will be caused if she just left now.
She glanced out the window, seeing one of bigger cities getting closer, and acted on autopilot from that point on. She extricated herself from Max`s embrace, easing from her seat, careful not to wake him up. She just hopped he won`t hate her.
`Yeah, like once you get to New Yrok, there will even be the slightest chance you will see him ever again... Just break it off already, Parker!` ordered Liz to herself silently.
She bowed down and took her bags, that Max got to her, on her insistance few hours before, and entered the aisle. Bus driver slowly parked the bus on the station and Liz finally arrived to the front of the bus, asking the driver where they are.
"Miss, we`re just at the half of our journey to N.Y:C." sighed driver tiredly. Liz nodded.
"If I wanted to get off now and take another bus, would I be able to get to N.Y. directly?" driver nodded 10 seconds later. Liz longingly glanced back at the sleeping face of Max Evans and cursed the fates that brought her love and pain at the same time.
Maybe love wasn`t in the stars for her in this lifetime...
She swallowed painfully, tears burning in her eyes, and asked driver to open the door. Slowly, Liz got outside and hurriedly walked inside the building, hoping bus would pull of in the next 15 minutes.
After 20 minutes, her unwilling wish came true and bus was once again on its way to Big Apple. But looking into one of her bags, Liz was surprised to find that not everything Max`s was gone with him. There, on the bottom of her bag, "FRIENDLY GUIDE THROUGH UNIVERSE" layed. And Liz couldn`t help but cry painfully at the cards destiny dealt her. Now all she had was her child. And who knows... Maybe life will bring her and Max once again to each other.
Meanwhile on the bus...
He could feel it...the emptiness inside...It was ready to swallow him whole, but suddenly, from the darkness, a hand struck out, offering rescue. Carefully, he took it and a face came into view...LIZ PARKER. Then he opened his eyes, her name on his lips in a whisper.
Once out of the dreamworld, Max couldn`t find Liz nowhere. He started turning toward the back of the bus, in an full-blown panic, but somehow he knew...She wouldn`t be found. In the last attempt of finding out her wherebeings, Max stood up from his seat and walked over to the driver.
After all, if Liz left this bus, she would have gone pass the driver, right?
When he arriver to the front of the bus, Max was trying his very best to stay calm, determined to find out what happened to Liz. He still was unable to believe she would just leave without a word...But then again, everyone left him at same point. At least, she didn`t stay long enough for him to care...
`Keep telling that to yourself,buddy, and maybe one day you`ll believe it...`
"Sir, can I ask you, do you remember pettite young woman, early 20-ties, leaving the bus?" ventured Max into questioning. Driver still concentrating on the road, stayed silent for a split moment.
"You mean, that little angel of a girl you sat with?" asked driver casually, small grin on his face. That girl had the unseeming resemblance to his lovely wife of 35 years... Max nodded, hope in his eyes.
`Poor guy...some people just don`t have luck in love.` thought driver grimly to himself.
"She left this bus about half hour ago. Didn`t say nothing..." answered driver. Max aknowledged him, his worst fear coming true. She really left...
With led in his feet, Max turned and walked to his seat. He glanced longingly out the window, tracing cold glass with his fingertips, and once familiar face in his mind`s eye. What were the odds of them meeting ever againin the city as big as New York?
Filled with bitterness and inexplicable pain for the girl he hardly knew, Max slipped back into dreams, wishing to see Liz Parker once again.
