This Kiss VI
by CuteDiva
A/N: A direct continuation of Part V. Liz Parker's POV.
"Oh, I can't look!" I said to Maria, passing her the small test, my eyes still closed tight.
"Liz," Maria said quietly. I didn't like her tone.
"Well?" I asked cautiously, biting my lip.
Maria passed the test back to me. "You did it wrong."
"Argh!" I yelled, banging my head against the wall and bursting into tears. "Damn thing!" I screamed, and threw the test on the floor, stepping on it until I heard it crush. Maria looked at me carefully. I closed my eyes to hold back tears. Instinctively, Maria hugged me tight, letting me cry on her shoulder.
"You can take another test. C'mon, girl, stop crying," she said, grabbing my shoulers and literally trying to shake some sense into me.
"But what if I'm.-"
"And what if you're not?" Maria interrupted. "I know you, Liz, and you can deal with it. You can deal with anything. Trust me."
Using Maria's "words of wisdom," I went back to the store and bought another pregnancy test. And this time, I would look at the results myself.
Again, I stood in the bathroom, waiting for the test to give me the results. Resisting the urge to shut my eyes, I took a deep breath and looked at the test.
My eyes bulged. I walked out the bathroom, my eyes still wide in shock, and Maria was waiting to hear what had happened. She read my expression. Her eyes opened wider than mine.
"Well?" she asked anxiously, biting her lip.
I took a deep breath. Then I smiled.
"I am not pregnant!"
"Ahh!" Maria screamed, grabbing my hands in disbelief. "See girl, I TOLD YOU SO!" she said. I sighed in relief.
I grabbed my coat from the couch, and was just about to walk out the door to go to Max's house and tell him I wasn't pregnant when the door opened from the outside.
"Max!" I said. "I was going to look for you!"
"Liz," he said, grabbing my shoulders urgently. "I need your help."
A/N: Okay, so Liz isn't pregnant. One thing out of the way. But what could Max need Liz's help for? Find out in the next installment of "This Kiss."