Title: Destined to be Forever
Author: Phoebe James
Disclaimer: I don't own Roswell or any of the
characters...if I did, boy would I be lucky!!
Category: Max and Liz
Rating: PG13 (I guess)
Feedback: please send feedback, this is y first fic
and I really want to know what you all think!!!
Part 2
Liz walked up to the Crashdown. She stood
outside, just looking at it. She thought about all
the memories. All her friends...Max. She thought
about the many times the gang all gathered at the
Crashdown. The many times Liz and Max had been alone
together there. Liz couldn't take it. She missed him
so much! How would she ever deal with the loss of
Max Evans?
Liz decided to forget about Max, even if it was
just for one day. She wanted to have fun. She walked
through the door to the Crashdown.
"Maria? Maria, where are you?" Liz shouted.
"In the kitchen! I'll be right out!" Maria
replied.
Maria came out of the kitchen with her keys in
her hand.
"Let's go." she said.
"Ummmm, okay, where exactly are we going?"
"That's for me to know and you to find out."
Maria told Liz smugly.
"Here, put this on." Maria said as she handed Liz
a bandana.
"What's this for?" Liz asked.
"It's a blindfold. Here, I'll help you."
"What's going on Maria?" Liz asked again, getting
excited.
"I told you, it's a surprise."
The car ride wasn't long, but to Liz it felt like an
eternity.
"Why do I smell fish?" Liz asked.
"I don't know, why do you smell fish?" Maria
asked, smiling.
"Are we there yet?"
"Not quite."
Maria drove a little further and parked the Jetta in
the shade. It was sunny out, and it was gonna be a
long day. Maria helped Liz out of the car and
insisted she keep the blindfold on for a little
while longer.
The two girls walked for a little while and finally
Maria stopped. Liz was really anxious to find out
just what Maria was doing. As Liz was thinking about
what this day could possibly bring, she heard:
"Surprise! Happy birthday Liz!"
Liz pulled off the blindfold and saw the whole
gang standing around her.Liz was shocked. She
couldn't believe she had forgotten about her own
birthday. She was so happy. Maria was the best
friend ever.
"OMG, I had no idea! You guys are so sweet!
Thankyou!"
"No prob Liz, happy birthday." Alex said.
Liz hugged Alex and Maria.
"I can't believe this! I don't even have any of
my stuff!"
"Yeah ya do Liz. I got it all from your mom
before you got home from school yesterday. I knew
you wouldn't miss it. So let's change and start
tanning girls!" Maria said.
Liz, Isabel, and Tess all followed Maria to the
changing room.
Max, Micheal, Alex and Kyle got changed and found a
spot on the beach, then Alex went back to wait for
the girls. Liz thanked Maria over and over again.
"Thank you sooooooooooo much Maria, I can't
believe you did this!" Liz squealed.
"Liz, you're my very best friend in the whole
wide world. You've been really down lately. I knew I
had to cheer you up somehow. Now the guys in bathing
suits, that was just a plus."
Liz and Maria walked out of the changing room.
Tess, Isabel and Alex were already waiting for them.
Together they all walked to where the guys were
sitting. Maria put her towel down next to Micheal's
and began tanning. Liz sat next to her. After about
half an hour Alex, and Kyle were getting impatient.
They wanted to go swimming and it was no fun without
gils to throw around. Tess was ready to go as well,
so Liz and Maria got up to join them. Max came as
well, even Isabel replied to everyone's pleas for
her to come with them.
The guys and Tess all jumped into the water, but
Maria went in slowly and Liz dived in and swam two
laps to get warm. Max watched Liz as she swam her
laps. She was so beautiful. Even the way she swam
was beautiful. The sun shined on Liz's wet hair, and
Max longed to touch it. To touch her. He missed her
But something told Max that today was
going to be a good day.
Once everyone was in the water, the guys started
to get playful. First Micheal swam towards Maria and
pulled her under. In an attempt to retaliate, Maria
tried to pull Micheal under, but he was too strong
for her. He picked her up and threw her. By this
time everyone was fooling around and trying to
attack each other. Max and Isabel, Alex and Liz,
Micheal and Maria, Tess and Kyle. This changed
frequently however. Isabel and Alex fooled around a
lot in the water, despite he claims, that he was
ruining her hair. Tess and Kyle were constantly
engulfed in laughter, except, of course when they were
undre water. All of a sudden Liz felt herself
being picked up and thrown. When she finally emerged
again, she was standing directly in front of Max.
This alone almost caused her to lose her balance.
Max, not realizing what he was doing at the time,
put his arms around Liz's waist affectionatly. He
then proceeded to pick her up, spin her around and
toss her towards Alex. This went on and on, to
everyone's enjoyment.
After a while everyone got tired so they retreated
back to their spot on the sand and had a picnic
lunch.
"Time for presents!" Maria shouted as soon as lunch
was over.
"OMG, you guys got me presents?!? I can't believe
this! What did I do to deserve friends like you? You
are all soo great!"
"Who's first?" Maria asked.
"Me first, me first!" Alex yelled.
"Okay, Alex first." Liz said.
Liz slowly opened her first present. It was a brand
new journal with Liz's name and the signature of
everyone she knew on the cover.
"Oh Alex, this is sooooooo great! Thank you sooooo
much!" Liz squealed. Then she ran to Alex and kissed
him on the cheek.
Next came Tess's present. Tess got Liz a book about
famous women scientists. Liz thanked Tess as cordially
as possible, and went on opening gifts.
"This one's from Isabel."
Isabel had gotten Liz some really cool earrings that
she had seen in a store. Isabel really hoped Liz would
like them.
"Oh my gosh, Isabel, these are so cool! I love
them! Thank you!"
Isabel was happy with Liz's reaction and they kept on
opening gifts. Next Liz opened Kyle's gift.
"Kyle, how did you know I love Dido? This cd is
great, I've been wanting it forever! Thanks!"
Liz ran up to Kyle and gave him an affectionate hug.
Max felt the jealousy creep into his veins. Next was
Micheal's present. No one really expected anything
decent, but with Micheal you never know. Liz was
surprised to find that Micheal had gotten Liz a
beautiful japanese hair clip.
"Micheal this is wonderful! Where did you find it?"
"Actually, I found it at a thrift shop near where I
work. I thought it would look nice in your hair."
"Oh, well thank you Micheal." Liz said.
"It's my turn!" Maria said. "Here Liz, from me to
you."
Maria handed Liz her present.
"Ooooooh, what could it be?" Liz wondered out loud.
Liz opened the gift slowly, yet she was anxious to see
what it was. Liz's mouth dropped open in surprise when
she saw what Maria had gotten her.It was an
autographed picture of Dido along with six tickets to
her concert the next week. The package also contained
an autographed t-shirt and a limo pick up form.
"OMG! Maria how did you,...when did you....." Liz
stammered.
"I won this contest on the radio. However, the limo
ride is from yours truly. I told Kyle to buy you the
cd so you could get it signed. You have backstage
passes too! Are you happy?" Maria asked
"Oh totally! I'm psyched! Thank you Maria!" Liz
gave her friend a big hug. The two girls laughed.
Maria was beaming.
"Don't forget about Max's present." Alex said.
"Oh my gosh, I can't believe I almost forgot about
your present Max." Liz said happily. She wondered what
Max had gotten her. He had always given her wonderful
presents...when they were dating. Liz wondered if Max
was still bitter. *Why wouldn't he be?* Liz thought.
*He has every reason to be.*
Liz opened this present quickly. She was anxious to
get everyone's eyes off of her. When she took off the
wrapping paper, Liz found a box. She opened it, and
inside was a gorgeous gold neclace with a small ruby
pendant. Around the pendant was a heart. Whatever it
was Liz had been expecting, it certainly wasn't this.
Liz looked up at Max with tears forming in her eyes.
"It's beautiful." She managed to choke out.
Liz ran up to Max and hugged him. Max was upset that
Liz was crying, but overjoyed when she hugged him.
He desperatly wanted Liz to stay in his arms forever.
Little did he know that that is just what Liz wanted
too. After a few long seconds, Max pulled away from
Liz. Liz gave him aquick kiss on the cheek and
whispered 'thank you' in his ear. Liz thanked everyone
again for all the great gifts. Afer the party was
over, the girls started to sunbathe again and all the
guys read magazines and talked with the eachother.
Before they knew it it was almost six o'clock and
the sun was about to set. Everyone headed to the
changing rooms for showers and blowdryers. Once
everyone was done, people proceeded to cars. Alex, Liz
and Kyle all went in Alex's car. Micheal, Isabel and
Tess went in the jetta, and Maria and Max took the
jeep.
Liz sat in the backseat with Kyle while Alex drove.
"So Liz," Kyle said, "How are things between you
and Max?"
"What do you mean? We're broken up. You know. It
happened right after..." Liz trailed off.
"Well yeah, I knew...about the break up, but...but
I was wondering if you two were still, you know,
friends. I mean, is there still a chance you'll get
back together?" Kyle asked.
"Ummmmmmm, well...I don't really know...I mean, no
I, uh, I don't think so." Liz replied sadly.
"Oh."
"Yeah."
Micheal was driving the jetta, Tess and Iz were
sitting in the backseat talking about girly stuff.
"We should really do our nails together sometime."
Tess told Isabel.
"Yeah, I do Micheal's all the time, don't I
Michael?" Isabel replied.
"Yeah, right. I won't even let Maria do my nails."
Micheal said sarcastically.
Isabel ignored Micheals rude comments. "Well, maybe
we could go on Saturday."
"Yeah that would be fun." Tess answered.
Max was in the drivers seat and Maria was sitting
beside him.*How on Earth did we come up with this
seating arrangement?* Max wondered. Maria, talkative
as usual, started the conversation.
"So Max. What's up?"
"Nothing much. The usual."
"Did you have fun at the beach?"
"Yeah it was really great. Do you think Liz liked
my gift?"
"Are you kidding? The girl was practically in
tears! The necklace was gorgeous!"
"You don't think it was...too much? I mean, I
bought it for her before we broke up. It was going to
be a Valentine's Day gift."
"Max, the gift was spectacular. Let's just leave it
at that. You could really teach Micheal a little
something about romance. No, really...could you?"
Maria asked him.
Max laughed.
"Max I've noticed you've been kind of depressed
lately, ya know?"
"Yeah, I guess I have been a..."
"Yeah," Maria cut him off. "Well, Liz has been too
and it's killing me to see her like this. I have to
tell you something Max. Something really important."
"What do you mean Maria?"
"It's about you and Liz.Your...ummm...relationship.
"What about it? Am I gonna need to have the window
open for this 'news'?"
"Quite possibly actually. It's a lot to take in.
Especially while driving..."
"I'm pulling over."
"Good. Now, just for the record, I'm doing this for
Liz. Even though she's gonna hate me for it later.
Anyways, that's not the point. Here goes..."
Maria told Max everything. She told him about
Future Max, the betrayal, the lies, the feelings...
Max was amazed and shocked, but most of all happy. He
couldn't understand how he had been so blind. He
should have seen it in her eyes. Max knew Liz inside
and out, Liz couldn't lie. She was terrible at it. Max
obviously hadn't been paying her any attention or he
would have known. He should have known!
After Maria told Max Liz's story, Max poured his
heart out to Maria. He told her everything.How his
anger and depression had been building up inside of
him. How every time he saw Liz he felt like he
couldn't live without her. Max told Maria all his
troubles, all his thoughts. He poured out his
'bottle'.
Afterwards he felt so empy, so light, and so relieved.
It was a wonderful feeling. Maria was so content with
the look on Max's face that she completly forgot about
how Liz would react when she found out.
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FEEDBACK PLEEZ!!! I really would have liked to have
gotten more feedback than I did. The parts will come
out faster the more feedback I get! I hope you like!
Luv,
Phoebe