This Kiss III

by CuteDiva



A/N: Damn, you people really like this story, don't you? I just wish I'd get as much feedback on my Harry Potter fics as I do for THIS series *grins.* Anyway, I'm finally writing a third part to this, you deserve it for being such loyal fans. I wrote "This Kiss I" on a whim, and I was planning on making this a three-part mini series, but I guess I'll make it longer. Oh, well, you don't wanna hear no more mouth from me, you want to read my story, don't you? Well, go on, brave warrior. Onward in your journeys. *runs from the people in the nuthouse, who want to lock me up (again!)* Oh, and this story is told from Liz's POV, in case you forgot.



After leaving Max's house, I rewinding the conversation in my head, but blurred images flashed through my mind. Blurred images of that night. That night that totally changed me. I was no longer Liz Parker. I was something else, something deeper, but what that something was, I did not know. I don't think it is possible to ever know.



My eyes were still red from the tears I'd cried when I broke down and told Max the truth. I grabbed a mirror from my drawer, and looked at myself. I still looked the same. No different. Could anyone tell? Could anyone tell what I'd done the other night? My regrets from that other night faded. They faded just as I could still feel the warmth on my skin. I could almost feel exactly where his hands had been, all over my skin. I let my eyes close lazily, and I daydreamed for a while. What would I change, if I could, from that night? Hmm. I guess I'd change the way it started. The fact that Max was just testing me. But other than that? Nothing. Nothing at all would I change. Nothing at all.

***



At school, I could tell Max felt as awkward as I did. In Science, his hand touched mine when we both reached for the textbook on the desk, and chills went through my spine. He shook his hand away a bit, but still kept it touching mine. I smiled.



"Max, let go of my hand," I whispered with a sheepish grin.



He grinned back, moved his hand, then glanced at me with a knowing smile.



And all through the day, our eyes kept meeting. I would just stare at him all through class, looking away when he noticed. I felt so in love with him. And in the pit of my heart, I knew I couldn't have him.

***



That evening, I was in my room studying when I heard my window open. I looked, and saw that Max was coming through it. Deja vou. Yet this time, I knew it was right.



"Max, what are you doing here?" I asked, though I already knew the answer. He walked over to me, and I grabbed him by the neck and kissed him. We fell back onto my bed, and I could feel his kiss piercing right through my soul.



"This is so wrong," I breathed in between the kiss, but I was trying to convince myself. How many rules was I breaking? How many people was I hurting? I didn't care. Right now, destiny was this. It was this kiss, and everything that came with it.



"I love you, Liz," Max whispered, just as flashes flew through my head. At that moment, I knew this was greater than both of us. That this was what was REALLY meant to be. This was the ultimate test. From now on, we made our own destiny. From now on, it was us, and we would never let anyone or anything destroy that.

***



I woke up the next morning to find that Max was still sleeping. I lay my head on his chest, just hearing his heart beat for a while. He stirred awake and smiled.



"Slept well?" I teased. He leaned in and kissed me, his arms running down my bare back.



"So I'm supposing you didn't think last night was a mistake," Max said.



"How could something so perfect be a mistake?" I asked, in barely a whisper. I ran my fingers through his hair.



"What's going to happen now?" Max asked.



"I was hoping you knew."



"Tess can never find out about any of this. Or else what my future self told you will come true," Max said.



"I want to spend the rest of my life with you," I said, closing my eyes.



"So do I," Max said.



A/N: Evil cliffhanger! What will happen next? Will Tess find out? Will destiny come true? Will Max and Liz stay together forever? You'll just have to wait and see...