The Real Royal Four
by HannahC
Chapter Ten
"Comfort"
Recap:
I headed down stairs where I knew Maria would be waiting. And sure enough, there she was waiting at the bottom of the stairs. She gave me a smile and my eyes started to water again. When I got to the bottom, she hugged me and told me everything was going to be okay. When she stepped away, I finally looked at the other person that was behind her and smiled....
Chapter Ten
When I saw Max, my heart about skipped a beat and I couldn't help the smile that came to my face despite my tears. He held his arms out to me as I all but ran into them. As his arms encircled me, I realized how much I had missed this. The comfort that came when I was near him was overwhelming, all that I had been holding back just broke through. My shoulders shook as he helped me over to the couch in the employee lounge. He pulled me into his lap and and kissed my forehead.
"It's gonna be okay. I promise, we'll figure this out." He said into my hair. And in that moment, I wanted nothing more then to just believe that. It may seem silly, but after all that had happened these last few days and the truth that I learned today, all of it seemed to melt away when I was in Max's arms. You know that cheesy moment in Jerry McGuire? Yeah, it was like that.
"What did he say? Where did he get you from?" Maria. Always the one to cut to the point.
"He said they found me walking along the highway. Like how they found you and Isabel, Max." I looked up into his eyes and I saw something I hadn't been expecting to see. There was pity, I had been expecting that, but there was also hope. Strange. I felt it too. I mean, I am sad about my parents not being my biological parents, but..... this was a feeling of coming home. Maybe it wasn't so impossible for Max and I to be together. Maybe it was our destiny.
"What do we do now?" Maria was now looking at Max.
Max tore his eyes away from mine and answered her, "We need to get the others. We need to discuss this more. We need to know for certain that what you both have seen is true. And if it is, we need to figure out how many more of us there are and who they are." At this Max looked away from them both and thought to himself. His expression was worried. What could he be thinking?
"Well, I'll go and make the calls to get everyone down here." Maria sent a wink to me and walked out of the employee lounge. Great, Thanks....
"Max, what if it is true?" I shocked myself with how strong my voice was. I know this had to be brought up sooner or later, but it still made me nervous. "If all of this is true, it changes all we thought we knew about your life back on Antar. It means that Nassato lied to us all about everything."
"I know." Max was still looking out into space, but finally he looked back at me and gave me a weak smile. "But would you think I was crazy if I told you I was relieved? If what you saw is true, it means everything I feel in my heart is true. God, Liz! Ever since that day in the desert, my heart has been torn in two! One side by my love for you and the other over the loyalty I feel for a home that I have never been to! They told me that my destiny was with Tess! But I have never felt that way about her. I care for her, yes, but just as one of my own kind. But you, you make me feel alive! You are my home....." At this Max just stopped speaking and kissed me like we had never kissed before.
I closed my eyes. I couldn't believe this was happening. I mean, I dreamed this would happen, but I never thought it actually would. Max was everything I wanted and more, and to hear him say those words back to me just made everything that happened to day fade away. He was my soul mate, my destiny. Everything I could ever want was right here.
"Sorry to interrupt, but everyone is on their way. Soooo...." Maria was standing in the door way to the employee lounge with a huge grin on her face. "I guess I'll meet you two out front." With that she gave a laugh and was back out into the cafe in the blink of an eye.
"We should get out there too. We have a lot to talk about." I stood up and held out my hand for Max. He smiled up at me and took my hand, and together we walked out to face what laid ahead.
Hey Ya'll! Soooooo..... I'm back! (Which is like my motto of each chapter cause I'm too ADD to sit down and just write, I have to be in the mood) Anyway, big shout out to ALL those that reviewed, but a bigger shout out to WolfPrincess82s who really made me want to write more! Yay! I love you all! See you next chapter (which will be soon I promise!)!
PS- Random thought: I was 14 when I started writing this, now I am about to be 20.... sad but true ;p