Pile of lies
Category- Max and
Liz, and Max/Tess (sort of)
Summary- Isabel
has weird 'dreams', everybody chats at
lunch, Maria unknowingly discovers a plot, and Alex talks with Ava,
Disclaimer- don't
own it, don't sue, don't have anything you want
Rating- PG, PG-13…
A/N- Sometimes people might seem a bit out of character. That's just cuz I sometimes have a different picture of them in my mind (or how I'd like them to be once in a while) Sorry if you don't like it. Oh, yeah. Please review :D Thanks for the feedback!
Tess walked alone through the old
alleyway, her hair flying behind her as the wind blew forcefully against her
skin. She heard someone's footsteps from behind. Startled, she turned around,
and found her face with Alex. "Oh, Alex! I thought it was someone else," he
didn't answer, but grabbed her. She tried to scream, but his hand quickly
covered her mouth. He dragged her through the alley, into his house. There, Ava
was waiting impatiently, "Khivar, I really don't want to do this!" her voice was
nothing like her normal self. It was poised and had a bit of an Australian
accent. It sounded exactly like if Tess were speaking. "I got her. Where shall
we put her for the time being?" Alex had completely ignored Ava's complaint. "I
don't know! I don't want to do this!" Ava's voice rose. Tess's eyes widened,
she feared she had an idea of what they were going to do. Why was Ava calling
Alex 'Khivar'? It wasn't possible, was it? Alex glared at Ava, "You want to be
with Zan, do you not?" Ava hesitated a little, not wanting to have to stand up
to the almighty Khivar. Who knew what he would do to her. "He's not Zan, he's
Max. Zan is dead," she flinched, remembering how Lonnie and Rath had
cold-bloodedly killed him. She could have stopped it. Would she want to be with
Max? Max wasn't Zan. Max would never be Zan. Besides, Max was in love with Liz.
Liz had been so kind to her…why was she doing this to them? "Max and Zan are
the same person. They were made from the same person; therefore they are the
same person. It would be no different. This is the only way," Alex answered
sternly, as if reading her thoughts. Tess tried to wriggle out of his grasp,
but he held tight and kicked her. "Why would Max want to be with Tess when he's
in love with that Liz girl?" Ava countered. It was better off to pretend she
wasn't well acquainted with Liz. "That's just it. Zan is a weakling when it
comes to her. He'll give up on Elizabeth yet, just remember to offer comfort."
Alex smirked. Ava wanted to scream 'Its Max, not Zan!' but she decided against
it. Instead, she calmly said, "You just want to kill him anyway. What's the
point of all this?"
"I don't wish to kill him outright, Ava. I merely wish to weaken him,
make him suffer, along with all the Royal Four. And we must kill the Heir, as
well." Ava took a deep breath, "This is wrong." Alex narrowed his eyes in a
cruel manner, "Ava, either help me with this, or I will kill you right now.
It's your choice." Tess bit Alex's hand. He didn't react at all. Ava gave Tess
a pitying look that said 'I'm sorry' and sighed, "Fine. I'll do it. We can put
her in the closet in your room. It has a lock, and you can, of course, make it
foolproof," she closed her eyes in concentration; slowly her features began to
change. Her hair grew longer and lost its pink dye, her clothes were replaced
with the exact same thing Tess was wearing, ECT. "Perfect. Now, off you go.
I'll go place our new friend where she needs to be," Alex gave Ava/'Tess' an
evil smile, and she left. (Using incredibly strong curse words under her
breath) "Remember what you have to do!" he called after her. Then he turned to
Tess, "I'm going to have some fun with you!"
Isabel woke up with a start, "Oh, my
God."
I WEEK LATER (Wednesday at lunchtime)~
"…And
Michael was being so sweet! I couldn't believe it. I mean, isn't this just the cutest
thing you ever saw?" Maria bounced up and down, showing Liz and Alex the
new teddy bear Michael had bought for her the day before. It was white and had
a little pink heart on its stomach, bearing the words 'I love you'. "Wow! That
doesn't seem like a very…Michael thing to do," Liz exclaimed, taking the bear
in her arms and cuddling it, "you're soo cute!"
"Why'd he
give it to you in the first place?" Alex asked suspiciously as Liz tried to get
him to hold the bear, "Get that thing away from me!" he covered his face with
his hands. "For your information, it is not a thing!" Liz informed him, putting
her hands on her hips. "That's the amazing thing," Maria explained, "He gave it
to me for no reason at all!" she clapped her hands happily. (She was in a hyper
mood) "Are you sure it was for no reason?" Liz raised an eyebrow. There had to
be a reason. "Yes, I'm sure! Well…" Maria's demeanor slumped a little, "Monday
night, I got mad at him because, as usual, he was being a jerk. I told him I
would rather go out with Max, because Max is always sweet," she sighed
unhappily, "It's not fair!" Liz put a comforting hand on her friend's shoulder,
"Well, I'd rather be going out with Max, too. But we don't always get what we
want in this life." Alex looked around the lunchroom, "Where is everybody? Max,
Michael, Isabel, Tess, and Kyle still haven't gotten back from the lunch line!"
"I hope Tess
doesn't get back any time soon," Maria grumbled. "Why is that?" Alex inquired
curiously. "Oh, please!" Maria rolled her eyes so far back; you could only see
the white part. Liz cringed, then turned to Alex, "Have you realized Maria and
I never eat any more after Tess gets to the table?" she took a big bite of her
pizza. "Well, yeah. I've wondered why," Alex shrugged, tapping his fingers on
the table. "It's because we can't stand to eat while watching Tess hang all
over poor Max," Maria explained, throwing her sandwich wrapper at Doug Shoun,
who was sitting at the table next to them. "It's disgusting," Liz agreed,
poking the teddy bear again. Just then, Max, Michael, and Isabel sat down at
the table. "What are you guys talking about?" Isabel asked as she sat down next
to Alex. "Hey, Isabel," he greeted her in a cool manner. "Hey," she flashed him
a flirtatious smile. "We were just talking about how much we can't stand Tess,"
Maria made a face, "No offense, Max."
"None
taken," Max smiled. "How can you stand to go out with her, Maxwell?" Michael
grinned at him. "I don't even know exactly why I'm going out with her anymore,"
he confessed. Isabel and Maria laughed while Liz suppressed a smile. "That's
not good brother, dear," Isabel patted him on the back. "You know what's
weird?" Liz said thoughtfully, "I was starting to think Tess was pretty cool,
the just a few weeks ago, she turned into Bitch-Queen out of nowhere." Michael
straightened up, "Hey, your right. Since a while ago she's been acting kind of
weird…" Everyone mulled over this for a few minutes in silence. Alex looked
worried and kept cracking his knuckles. Finally, Tess and Kyle came up to join
them. "Hey, guys!" Tess said cheerfully. "Hello, my fellow classmates," Kyle
smiled serenely. Michael groaned, "Don't do that." Max was obviously
uncomfortable, to everyone except Tess and Liz, as Tess sat down next to him.
"Oh, Tess?" Maria leaned over. "Yes?" Tess was playing with Max's hair. Max
wasn't liking it. (By this time, Liz and Maria had stopped eating, and Isabel
was looking at her food in disgust.) "What is it with you and salt?" You've
been pouring it al over your food for the past week!" Maria exclaimed. "That
was blunt," Liz whispered to her. "I'm not sure," Tess answered, "I've been
craving it since last Sunday morning." She looked over at Max pointedly. He
went into a coughing fit, Michael laughed silently, Isabel's eyes became huge,
and Kyle stabbed his food a few times. Liz excused herself hurriedly to go to
the bathroom and Maria followed. Alex leaned back, smiling a self-satisfied
smile that no one else noticed. "What's up with her?" Tess wondered out loud.
She narrowed her eyes as Max looked after Liz, his face full of concern.
Maria
ran into the bathroom after Liz, "Liz, babe, what's wrong?" she didn't get an
answer. She checked to make sure no one was in the bathroom with them, and then
locked the door, "There. Now that we have established complete privacy, you can
tell me what's wrong." Liz shook her head, "I don't know. I couldn't stand
watching Max and Tess, but then…" Maria groaned, "Oh, honey, I thought we were
over this!" Liz gave her best friend a sharp look, "Maria, I wasn't finished
yet!" Maria gave a little giggle, "Oops! Sorry! Okay, continue." Liz took a
deep breath, "Last Sunday was the day after Max and Tess…anyway, and I just had
a sudden thought. What if it's some sort of side effect?" Maria giggled harder,
"Wait, are…are you trying to tell me…you think…so, like, you think alien sex
equals…salt craving?" she was now laughing insanely. "Maria, it's not funny!"
Liz argued. "Sorry again, it just that it's a little far-fetched, don't you
think?" Maria looked at her disbelievingly. "I wasn't thinking that
exactly…more like…Well, Max was drunk, and so they probably didn't use
protection. I read somewhere that when-" Maria interrupted with a high squeal,
"You think Tess could be pregnant?!" Liz sighed, "It's very possible…I
hope that's not it, but it could be."
"Liz there's
another possibility you haven't gone over," Maria told her. "What's that?" Liz
asked hopefully. "See, it's possible that Tess could be…lying! She gets Max
drunk, tells him they did stuff, and then pretends she's pregnant. Next, she'll
just conveniently 'lose the baby'!" Maria declared triumphantly with an
isn't-it-obvious look. "That's stupid. Why would she lie?" Liz furrowed her
brows. "Lizzie, Lizzie, Lizzie…you are so naïve. Just like the girls in
soap operas," Maria shook her head sadly and made a 'tsk, tsk' noise. "What?"
Liz put her hands on her hips defensively. "She, just like everyone knows, that
Max is still gaga over you-" Liz gave her and 'oh, please' look, but Maria
ignored her, "So she thinks to her self with that puny little alien brain of
hers, 'If I make Max think I'm pregnant, he won't leave me for that smart and
beautiful and talented human,'" Maria made a fake simpering sound. "Maria…" Liz
warned. "What? It would be the perfect plan for her!"
Alex
came into his house whistling, he was extremely happy. Isabel had obviously
been flirting with him at lunch after Liz and Maria left, but he was mostly happy
because Ava was finally going to complete step 4 in the plan tomorrow. She had
better do it tomorrow. And Max was so gullible; he would fall for it hook,
line, and sinker. The doorbell rang, and he went to open it. It was Tess. Or,
at least, it looked like Tess. "Oh, do come in…Tess," he greeted her. "There's
no one here, don't call me that!" she hissed angrily. "Touchy, touchy, touchy.
All right. Ava, dear, you need to loosen up a little," he smiled, "What did you
come here for? You aren't as the humans say, 'chickening out', are you?" his
face turned menacing. "No, I am by no means chickening out!" Ava flared up at
him. "Easy, honey, easy. What do you want then?"
"First, I want to know how Tess is doing." Alex laughed coldly, "Oh,
she's alive. Barely, but alive. Don't worry." Ava glared at him with hatred,
"Spare me the sarcasm. Now exactly how will I pass off this pregnancy thing?"
he pressed his lips together tightly and exhaled, "You figure it out. You
probably won't even have to reach that point anyway. The plan will be completed
by then." Ava sighed, "This is all too much lying and deceit. I hate this!"
Alex shrugged his shoulders dismissively, "The real problem will be getting rid
of Elizabeth, the wonderful princess."
"Why does anything have to happen to her?!" Ava cried in a childish
voice. "Have I not taught you anything? She's the key!"