You Were Mistaken Chapter 1, a roswell fanfic

Title: You Were Mistaken

Disclaimer: I own nuttin' except this story. Even though I sincerely wished I owned more. ::pouts::

Author: Okoboji_chica

Summary: When their plan doesn't work, Liz gets a visit from someone stuck in another dimension.

Authors note: I love feed back. GIMME!! Thanks. :o)

"Remind me to ask your father for a raise, Liz. We deserve much more than minimum wage. They could at least leave a decent tip." Said Maria as the last customers of the night just left and left a mess only five six year olds could make.

Liz reached for the broom as Maria locked the front door. "Do you honestly believe that he would give us one? I mean my father isn't one to actu…" She was interrupted by the gang coming through the back door.

"Hungry?" mumbled Maria as they all sat down.

"Bored." Stated Michael as he stared down at the menu. "Is the fryer still on?"

"Nope." Replied Liz as she started to clean up the disaster at table six.

Isabel waved her hand over the table, cleaning it in a matter of seconds.

"Thanks." Sighed Liz as she slumped down into a chair at the counter, laying her head on the counter.

"Hey, are you alright?" asked Alex as Maria started to take the garbage out to the dumpster and Isabel and Michael started to cook something in the kitchen.

"Yeah, I'm just a little dizzy all of a sudden." She replied as she squirmed to get in a relatively comfortable spot on the counter.

Max snorted and got up to go into the bathroom leaving Alex, Tess and Liz looking after him.

"What's up his butt?" asked Kyle as he and Alex joined Isabel and Michael in the kitchen.

Maria sprinted into the room as if she had just seen a ghost, grabbed Liz's arm, pulling her off of her chair and ran back outside into the alley with Tess running after them to catch up.

"Maria, what…what are you doing? Let go of…" Liz stopped in mid-sentence when she saw why Maria brought her into the alley.

Tess practically ran into them when she noticed who was there. "Oh…god." Whispered Tess as she stared at him for a possible explanation.

"That… is… him... right." Squeaked Maria as she held on to Liz for dear life. Liz nodded slowly to confirm her suspicions.

"I thought Zan was dead. That Lonnie and Rath killed him, right?" Whispered Tess huddling behind Liz, grabbing her hand.

"That's not Zan." Mumbled Liz as she untangled herself from their grasp and walked up to him. "Max… What are you doing here again? I thought you were supposed to… you know." She couldn't bring herself to actually say the words, disappear. It hurt too much.

"I did… but not… completely." He replied with an unsteady voice.

"Let's get you upstairs before anyone else sees you. Can you climb up the stairs?" asked Liz gently as she looked around to see if anyone was behind them at the end of the alley. He nodded as they started for the door. "Tess, come with me. Maria keep everyone out of the backroom, especially Max. Got it?"

Maria nodded and ran in ahead of them to do what she was told.

"Hey, where did you go?" asked Alex as he picked at his cheese fries.

"Um…nowhere? Where's Max?" asked Maria as she looked around the room starting to panic.

"Doing his business. Why, you want to help him?" replied Kyle only to be rewarded with nasty looks from both Michael and Maria. "Sorry." He mumbled and got up to go into the kitchen to more soda.

"Where are you going?" asked Maria quickly stepping in his way.

"Uh…kitchen." Said Kyle confused at her behavior all of a sudden.

"Why?"

"I'm thirsty." He tried to get past her, but she kept blocking him until she was finally pushed up against the door with her hands firmly grasping the doorframe.

"Maria what is up with you all of a sudden? Let him past, for cryin' out loud." asked Michael as he came up to them.

Just then, Max walked out of the bathroom as they all heard Liz yell from the backroom. "Dammit! Okay…THAT hurt."

"Hey! What's going on back there?" shouted Max as he tried to get past all three people in his was but Maria was still standing firm in her place.

"Uh…um… nothing…I just…um… tripped." She made a help me face at Tess. Tess nodded at her in response and closed her eyes to get their attention away from the backroom.

As Tess went to work, Liz quick helped their new discovery up the stairs, out of view. When she reached the top, she ordered Max to go to her room quietly and whistled downstairs for Tess. Tess finished up and ran up the stairs to join her and silently, they crept into Liz's bedroom so they wouldn't hear them.

"Okay. Just humor me and tell me who that really is." said Tess, out of breath from using her powers as she sat down in the chair farthest from Max staring at him in disbelief.

Liz started to pace ignoring Tess and trying to focus on the problem at hand. She stopped in front of him, "What do you mean by 'not completely'? Were you here the entire time, just…like…I don't know…in ...invisible?" asked Liz her voice breaking a little at the end.

"Liz… No… well, not… really. I did leave, but I don't know… where … I went. I… It was like…I was…stuck…between both realities. I could see… and feel everything… that was happening. I don't know why I am back, but… I do know…one…thing." He stopped and stepped up in front of her as she stood in semi- shock, her eyes fixated on a stain on the floor.

She lifted her eyes to meet his with tears gathering. "And?" she asked meekly.

"It didn't work. Not completely." Max said slowly as she sank into the chair behind her heavily and let out a loud sigh.

"What do you want me to do now? … Kill myself, just to remove the opportunity?" replied Liz sarcastically. She was starting to get angry and he was her target.

Tess snorted but quickly recovered when Max shot her a look that simply stated 'don't-even-think-about-it'.

"Do you have any idea what it feels like to constantly have to lie to him when he constantly keeps pursuing the truth? Do you have any idea how bad I want to tell him the truth but, no. I can't, because according to you it would cause the end of the world for me to be truly, remotely, happy for once in my life. To have the one person I need the entire universe hate me because of this entire thing. Of something that didn't even happen." She wasn't even yelling but it was having the same effects on everyone in the room as she sat there, staring him straight in the eyes.

Finally Tess spoke up. "So let me get this straight. From what I have heard so far, and I am purely guessing. You never slept with Kyle. He came to you before," Tess pointed to Max as she continued, " You are from like a different time or dimension or something. And you have been lying to Max about everything that has happened lately."

Liz was about to respond when Maria came running into the room, slammed the door and locked it swiftly. "What'd I miss?" she stated out of breath from running.

Just then she noticed Liz's angry look and got defensive. "What are you making her do now? Move to Antarctica maybe, Mongolia, Greenland?" Hissed Maria starting to get up in Max's face. Tess rushed up and pulled Maria onto the bed and told her to sit.

Suddenly the door knob started to rattle "Liz?! Tess?! Maria?! What are you guys doing in there? What's going on?" hissed Michael and Max through the door. They soon realized that everyone was outside the door.

"We need to get out of here!" whispered Liz as she stood up abruptly. She quickly headed out the window on to her balcony followed by everyone in the room. They heard the lock start to turn and hastily descended the ladder to the ground and hid from view.

To Be Continued……