1 Starting Over-1
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A few years after college, this is a dreamer fic.
Author's note: Thanks for all the feedback. Anyway, I just wrote this chapter to fill in some of the misunderstandings. None of the stuff happened from "Heart of Mine" Max and Liz still go to prom, but nothing happens between Max and Tess. Tess does not get pregnant. Alex did die, but from an car accident. And sorry but yes, only one couple. I'm working on another story that has all couples. Thanks.
1.1 Liz
Thinking about meeting Max has kept me awake all night. I don't know what I was thinking all that time ago. But I guess I wasn't. So now I have to face the music. I remember that last day clearly. A little too clearly.
Flashback-Liz
I never thought that I would actually be leaving Roswell. Well, to clear that up, I mean leaving Roswell without Max. I'm going to Harvard. The last week and a half have been absolutely wonderful.
Well it pretty much happened like this.
"We finally got through it Max." I say happily as he hugs me in his arms on graduation night.
"I know we did it. We're going to college and we're going to start our own lives." He say kissing the top of my head.
I remember cuddling and then we made the final decision that night. Max had found out about future Max a while back. I remember it was the most spectacular night of my life.
Two days later, I received a letter from Harvard. They wanted to know if I was interested in a summer Biology program. I, of course, accepted. The date I was to leave was two weeks from yesterday. What was I going to tell Max? He knew I was going to Harvard but he thought we would have our last summer together. How was I going to tell him?
10 days later I made the decision to tell him that I was going to go. I had no choice. I went to his window as I had always done before. He opened the window immediately.
He knew something was wrong.
"Max." I began. I didn't even know how to start so I just went on in. "There is a summer bio. Program and I'm going to go. I've already made up my mind." I say blinking back tears.
He stared at me. I don't think he knew how to respond to me. He stood there. "What about us, what about our summer?" He asked in a strained voice.
"There isn't going to be one. There can't be one." I say. I let the tears run freely now.
"Liz, I-I'm happy for you but, I'm going to miss you." He looks at me with accusing eyes. "How long have you known?" He asks.
"Two weeks." I said plainly, not knowing how to elaborate on it.
"When do you leave?" He asks softly.
"Day after tomorrow."
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asks in tight voice. I can't tell whether he's sad, angry, or a mixture of both.
"I-I didn't want it to come between us." I say.
"Well it couldn't have come between us even more. You could have told me before." He said.
"I know."
"Why didn't you?"
"I don't know." I state. I honestly don't know why I didn't.
"When will I see you again?" He asks looking me in the eye.
"I-I honestly don't know Max. I probably won't make it home before fall session starts. I might be home for the Christmas holidays." I look at him. There's something in my eyes I've never seen before.
He walks up to me. "Max please don't." I say desperately. If he kissed me now I wouldn't be able to leave.
He kisses my forehead then turns his back to me. "Good-bye Liz." He says. I take that as my cue to leave.
"Good-bye Max." I say and crawl back out the window. Out of Max's life.
1.2 Liz
I never made it back for the holidays. I didn't make it back. My parents decided to come to me instead. They said it would be easier. I don't know why, but I figured anything would be easier than going back to Roswell.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A few years after college, this is a dreamer fic.
Author's note: Thanks for all the feedback. Anyway, I just wrote this chapter to fill in some of the misunderstandings. None of the stuff happened from "Heart of Mine" Max and Liz still go to prom, but nothing happens between Max and Tess. Tess does not get pregnant. Alex did die, but from an car accident. And sorry but yes, only one couple. I'm working on another story that has all couples. Thanks.
1.1 Liz
Thinking about meeting Max has kept me awake all night. I don't know what I was thinking all that time ago. But I guess I wasn't. So now I have to face the music. I remember that last day clearly. A little too clearly.
Flashback-Liz
I never thought that I would actually be leaving Roswell. Well, to clear that up, I mean leaving Roswell without Max. I'm going to Harvard. The last week and a half have been absolutely wonderful.
Well it pretty much happened like this.
"We finally got through it Max." I say happily as he hugs me in his arms on graduation night.
"I know we did it. We're going to college and we're going to start our own lives." He say kissing the top of my head.
I remember cuddling and then we made the final decision that night. Max had found out about future Max a while back. I remember it was the most spectacular night of my life.
Two days later, I received a letter from Harvard. They wanted to know if I was interested in a summer Biology program. I, of course, accepted. The date I was to leave was two weeks from yesterday. What was I going to tell Max? He knew I was going to Harvard but he thought we would have our last summer together. How was I going to tell him?
10 days later I made the decision to tell him that I was going to go. I had no choice. I went to his window as I had always done before. He opened the window immediately.
He knew something was wrong.
"Max." I began. I didn't even know how to start so I just went on in. "There is a summer bio. Program and I'm going to go. I've already made up my mind." I say blinking back tears.
He stared at me. I don't think he knew how to respond to me. He stood there. "What about us, what about our summer?" He asked in a strained voice.
"There isn't going to be one. There can't be one." I say. I let the tears run freely now.
"Liz, I-I'm happy for you but, I'm going to miss you." He looks at me with accusing eyes. "How long have you known?" He asks.
"Two weeks." I said plainly, not knowing how to elaborate on it.
"When do you leave?" He asks softly.
"Day after tomorrow."
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asks in tight voice. I can't tell whether he's sad, angry, or a mixture of both.
"I-I didn't want it to come between us." I say.
"Well it couldn't have come between us even more. You could have told me before." He said.
"I know."
"Why didn't you?"
"I don't know." I state. I honestly don't know why I didn't.
"When will I see you again?" He asks looking me in the eye.
"I-I honestly don't know Max. I probably won't make it home before fall session starts. I might be home for the Christmas holidays." I look at him. There's something in my eyes I've never seen before.
He walks up to me. "Max please don't." I say desperately. If he kissed me now I wouldn't be able to leave.
He kisses my forehead then turns his back to me. "Good-bye Liz." He says. I take that as my cue to leave.
"Good-bye Max." I say and crawl back out the window. Out of Max's life.
1.2 Liz
I never made it back for the holidays. I didn't make it back. My parents decided to come to me instead. They said it would be easier. I don't know why, but I figured anything would be easier than going back to Roswell.