Part 13: Abbott Alert VII
Four days later Liz and Pogue found themselves back in their respective homes. Kate had been hanging off of Pogue throughout visiting hours and now that he was back home she was there all the time. Liz meanwhile had to deal with Maria, Amy, Caleb, Mrs. Danvers and her parents all mothering her to death.
"Guys I am fine really I just want to go to sleep, I have school in the morning and I need to rest." Liz pleaded with her father and Amy who reluctantly agreed to leave her alone. She had been feeling anxious and jumpy all day and she could not figure out why. She felt an odd tingle down her spine and she tossed in her king sized bed.
It felt as if hours went by until she heard a rustling on the other side of her door and it was slowly pushed open. Liz gasped when Pogue entered her bedroom looking disgruntled and just as anxious as she was. "Rough night?" She asked quietly.
"I can't sleep." He grumbled from her doorway. Liz smirked at him before pulling back the covers and motioning for him to join her. Pogue quickly moved into bed with her and pulled her against his left side the same way he had pulled her against him in the shadow world and the hospital.
"What is happening Pogue? Why do I feel so scared when you are not close?" Liz asked rubbing her cheek against his bare chest.
"I don't know I think we need to talk to Caleb and Faith about this tomorrow." Pogue's chest rumbled against her cheek as he spoke. Liz found her eyes dropping as he stroked her hair and before either of them knew it they were fast asleep.
Liz felt as if she was being watched and she slowly opened her eyes only to see green, blue, and brown eyes staring at her. She moved slightly and saw that the eyes belonged to Maria, Caleb, and Reid. "Morning." Liz groaned sleepily moving to stretch but she found herself unable to move due to the mass half on her. Liz looked to her right and saw Pogue dead to the world with his face buried in her neck, his one leg pinned between hers while half his body covered her keeping her close but it was where his hand was that had her blushing. "Pogue, Pogue wake up." Liz said gently being mindful of their three friends who were watching them curiously.
"Mmm just a bit longer Liz." Pogue mumbled before pulling her closer.
"Pogue we have a room full of people watching us." Liz whispered gently hoping to revive her friend who had yet to remove his hand from inside her shirt. Pogue reluctantly opened his brown eyes and looked up at a furiously blushing Liz and then at those around him.
"What do you all want?" Pogue groaned, he had been perfectly content sleeping with Liz surrounded by her and now he had his friends glaring faces to deal with and he wanted nothing to do with it.
"It's time for school." Maria whispered with wide eyes.
"Right…school." Pogue grumbled putting his head back next to Liz. Suddenly he realized that his right hand was holding something and it was not Liz's hand. The others watched as Pogue's eyes traced the path of his arm to where his hand was rested and saw his eyes widen in surprise. Maria and Reid snickered when they saw that Pogue finally realized he had a hand full of Liz, Caleb just looked pissed. The three expected him to shy away and start apologizing to Liz but where surprised when he just moved his hand and rolled out of bed.
"Caleb mind if I use your shower?" Pogue asked as he helped Liz up. Caleb was trying to reign in his anger at his friend but still managed a stiff response.
"Go ahead." He ground out. Pogue sent him a look and with a kiss to the top of Liz's head was out the door. Liz stood alone beside her bed as she faced her three friends.
"Maria, Reid would you mind going to Maria's room for a moment? Liz and I have a few things to discuss." Caleb said never taking his eyes off of Liz. Liz shifted around knowing that tone, she knew that she was either in for an ear full or he was really worried about something, she was going to bet that it was the first one. Maria and Reid shared a look before they bolted out of the room not wanting to get caught up in WWIII. Right when her bedroom door shut Caleb started his pacing.
"Liz why was Pogue in your bed today? I mean it was one thing at the hospital but here…" Caleb asked his eyes wild with…fear.
"The two of us have a hard time sleeping apart now Caleb for some reason. It's like I get restless and I feel panic starting to set in when he is not around." Liz said not liking the caged animal look her best friend had going.
"He feel the same way?" Caleb asked.
"Yes." Liz said "We were going to ask you about this later today." Caleb stopped letting out a deep breath as he ran his hands through his dark locks.
"Liz did you and Pogue connect?" Caleb asked.
"Yes, remember we said that we did so that I would not die." Liz said.
"No I mean like did the two of you connect like on a spiritual level?" Caleb asked.
"Well I am assuming so since we were in the shadow world when we connected." Liz said and Caleb looked sick.
"I hate this." He grumbled.
"What?" Liz asked.
"Liz the only way the two of you would be able to connect on the spiritual or soul level was if the two of you were." Caleb stopped looking disturbed.
"If we were what?" Liz asked just then Nancy Parker entered the room her hands on her hips.
"Elizabeth Parker get your behind ready for school, you too Caleb. Now!" Nancy ordered and the two scrambled away from the ferocious red head.
Caleb charged into his room in time to see Pogue pulling on his boxers that he kept there for when they boys spent the night. "You alright man?" Pogue asked as Caleb huffed against the door.
"Nancy kicked me out of Liz's room." Caleb muttered looking closely at his friend taking note of the way Pogue seemed to bristle at his being in Liz's room alone.
"Right." Pogue said as he pulled on his spare uniform.
"So Pogue how are things with Kate?" Caleb asked not wanting to beat around the bush.
"They suck what else is new?" Pogue asked.
"What do you mean? The two of you have always been hot and heavy together."
"Man it's just like before with Chase. She freaks out on me all the time and she has the nerve to go off on me about Liz." Pogue's deep voice rumbled. Caleb knew his friend well enough to know that he was controlling his anger at his girlfriend, which just confirmed his fears.
"Yeah according to Maria, Kate is pretty open in her hostility towards Liz." Caleb said cringing when he saw Pogue's eyes flash black.
"What?" Pogue asked in a deadly calm voice.
"Oh come on Pogue please tell me you are not that blind that you have no noticed all the looks and remarks Kate makes at Liz's expense." Caleb growled taking note of how Pogue's eyes flashed black a few times at the distressing news.
"Why has Liz not said anything?" Pogue whispered.
"Because she is Liz and she wants you to be happy and she thinks Kate makes you happy. Liz would never want to do something that might ruin your relationship with Kate and if that means taking shit from Kate she will." Caleb said hoping to wake his friend up.
"Why would Liz do that I mean she never took that crap from anyone before?" Pogue asked sitting on Caleb's bed looking alarmed.
"Max Evens happened." Caleb growled his eyes black as well, it was just easier in their heighted state of emotions to let their magic go.
"What exactly did this guy do to Liz to make her into a doormat?" Pogue asked.
"Saw into her soul and then crushed it." Caleb huffed cringing when he saw that his hands were sparking, he looked over at Pogue and quickly moved away when he saw the flames dancing on Pogue's arms.
"He what?" Pogue ground out.
"I thought Liz and the others told you this story." Caleb said not liking the vibes that were coming from his best friend.
"The abridged version I think." Pogue snarled.
"Well you know how Max is an alien right?" At Pogue's nod Caleb continued. "When he saved her that day apparently he somehow managed to force a connection with her…" Caleb ducked when a power wave was released by Pogue hitting the walls shaking his room slightly.
"Go on." Pogue snapped.
"Well they apparently saw into each other's souls and Max somehow convinced Liz that they were soul mates or something. The two of them were all hot and heavy for awhile and then this girl Tess shows up who is like Max." Caleb said not liking the predatory look in his friend's eyes.
"Tess as in the evil she bitch gerbil?" Pogue asked using the name the girls had given her.
"That is the one any way Max kept telling her that there was nothing between him and Tess only to prove over and over how wrong he was and he kept stamping Liz down somehow making her feel like crap and that this was all her fault. I think that some of this has do with his friends whom Maria said were nasty to Liz all the time. Anyway remember how Liz ran to her aunt's house in Florida this summer?" Caleb asked and at Pogue's stiff nod he continued. "Well that was after a message from Max's home world saying that Max and this girl Tess were married in their past life and were meant to be together, long story short Liz ran and Max did not follow. He tried to get back together with her and the beginning of this year and he almost did until a future version of Max came back to have Liz fall out of love with him so the end of the world does not happen…" Pogue sent him a look and he stopped.
"I know I thought it sounded weird too and so did Liz and Maria they don't know if it was some alien trick or an enemy but Liz did what he said anyway figuring it was the best way to get the alien off their scent." Caleb said and Pogue gave him a stiff nod letting him know that he should continue.
"Liz pretended to sleep with Kyle…" Caleb ducked again as Pogue let off his anger.
"Sorry." Pogue grumbled as Caleb got up off the floor.
"It's alright your reaction was tame compared to mine when Liz told me." Caleb admitted making Pogue smirk.
"So Valenti saw her naked?" Pogue asked.
"No Liz said she had her underwear on and that all they did was talk and wait for Max to see them. Max got closer to Tess while pushing Liz to tell him the truth not believing that she would sleep with someone else."
"Wait this guy seriously thought that he was going to be Liz's first?" Pogue asked.
"Yeah." Caleb said with a small chuckle.
"She is too hot for that, guys have been trying to get with her for years." Pogue grumbled.
"I know sometimes I want to lock her in her room so no guy can look at her." Caleb admitted.
"That is the Caleb we all know and love." Pogue laughed.
"Anyway a lot of other crap happened but Liz and the other humans were forced out of the alien group and the lines were drawn and then you and Reid showed up taking them away. Liz is still mixed up about what has happened to her but she does realize that she is not how she used to be and she hates that she is so easily walked on." Caleb admitted.
"I am pissed that I did not know any of this." Pogue said softly startling his friend.
"Liz probably did not want to harp on about this." Caleb said but Pogue knew his best friend was lying.
"I think I am in love with her Caleb, in a very complicated all or nothing way." Pogue admitted.
"I know you are in love with her, all of us know this except Liz." Caleb said startling Pogue.
"It's that obvious?" Pogue asked.
"Very but Liz does not realize it and feels guilty for having lusty feelings for you. She does not want to be the Tess in your situation with Kate and that is what she feels she is turning into except unlike Liz, Kate is not taking your interest in another woman well." Caleb said patting his friend on the back as he went to change.
"Caleb, Pogue come on we have to get to school!" Liz hollered from the other side of the door. The two quickly rushed out and headed off to school.