Title: Secrets
Author: Gaudicia
E-mail: acussing_crane@hotmail.com
ICQ: 101624726
IM: Gaudy831
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of Roswell, except David.
Category: Liz/Max
Rating: PG
Summary: Liz has a secret no one knows. Its short, but I don't want to give much away.
Distribution: Just ask. This is so I know where to send the other chapters.
Author notes: You all have to thank Julie, Lacy and Brie, my beta (editors') readers. Lacy does a wonderful job and most important puts up with me. Brie helps me keep the fic going. Julie helps me with my writer's block and it's my fountain of information.
Authors note 2: The time line will be a bit different I will be changing something like when Nasedo show up and Liz meet Maria and Alex when she was 8 years old and Max first saw her at that age also. (I wanted to clear this up)
Authors note 3: Please bear with me if I take long with sending out the chapters. This is my first fic, so I'm new at this. I hope you enjoy.
Authors note 4: I also want to thank everyone who sent feedback for the previous chapters. I really appreciate it.
Feedback: You know the drill. Please, send your comments good or bad.


Chapter 11

David had seen Liz's breakdown, but waited until she calmed down to approach her. Max seemed to calm her.

"Liz, are you all right?" David asked.

Liz put some distance between her and David. "Yeah, I'm okay."

Max saw David's arms wrapped around her and his jealousy flared up. He wished it was his arms around her. Max was slightly satisfied when Liz moved out of David's arms putting some distance between herself, and David. But he still wanted Liz to trust him, to be able to confide in him 'Doesn't she know I would do anything for her? I even broke into my father's office, to try to figure out how to help her! Doesn't she see that all I want to do is rip her away from David, and cradle her in my arms?! I mean, I would steal, kill, and die for her!" Max's trains of thoughts were interrupted when he heard David talking. Max was barely able to register that David was talking to him.

David extended his hand. "Thank you for taking care of Liz."
Max not wanting to be rude, or to get on Liz's bad side, shook David's hand, not quite gently. "I will always take care of her." Max said, never breaking eye contact.

After the testosterone-filled staring contest, David directed his gaze towards Liz. "Let's go."

Liz glared at David, and then looked back to Max. "Max, we'll talk later. Bye."

"Liz, wait!" Max called. When Liz turned, he grabbed her gently by the arms. "Liz, you know you can tell me anything, right? You can trust me."

Liz dropped her gaze to the floor, and quietly answered, "I know I can. I just need to find some answers myself, before I can tell you anything." Liz was furious. She was hurting everyone she loved, because David wouldn't share any information. "Max, I have to go, I need to find some answers, okay?" Liz turned and left with David.

"But…" Max didn't get to finish, she had already left.

David didn't like the look in Liz's eyes, he knew she was furious. He quietly and carefully asked, "Liz, what's wrong?"

In a voice too sweet for David's liking, she answered, "Oh, you mean besides the fact that I fought with Mom?" Before David could respond, Liz continued, "How could you?! You had no right to just barge on my conversation with Max!"

"Liz, I thought you wanted to make Max suffer."

"Yeah, well enough is enough. I should have never agreed to that! I'm tired of you coming and telling me what to do. I'm not a puppy, I have a mind of my own! Don't you understand?! I need him, like I need air! I love him and you ruined any chance I had to get him back!" Liz quietly said, "I want some answers David. I'm tired of all the secrets. Mom actually hid the letters you sent me. Can you believe it?"

Remorsefully, David answered, "Yes." David, seeing that Liz was about to get upset again, changed the subject. "Liz, we are going to look for some answers."

"Where? I'm not in the mood to dig up any more graves, so that better not be it, or you'll be the one in the hole with no way out."

David laughed, "Great, you still have your sense of humor."

"Ha ha. I meant what I said." Liz angrily retorted.

"I know, you did. We are going to the reservation," David answered.

"Why?"

"Well, we used to live there. So, maybe we will find some answers."

"I'm not going anywhere until you at least tell me something, and I want a straight answer. I have a right to know, she was my mother too." Liz stood her ground. 'I have been through worse this, in the last couple of months,' she thought. 'I have ignored my friends and the love of my life for what? I have gotten nowhere! David has the answers, and he won't share. I've had enough! I have even ignored Maria! I can't keep this up!'

"What do you want to know?" David asked, finally giving up. David guided Liz to his car, so they could make their way to the reservation.

"You can start by telling me. What did Mom mean when she said use your gift and when you said that with us it was more than a dream?"

David started the engine. "I said that, because we have a strong sixth sense that most people don't have, and it's natural for us, a form of Extra Sensory Perception, you could say." David seeing Liz's look added, "You wanted to know, I answered with what I know. So, what else do you want to know?"

Liz needed time to absorb what he had just told her, it was hard to accept, so she decide to move to something else. "What are we looking for?"

"I have already told you."

"No, you haven't. You told me we were looking for answers, but I don't even know the questions! So tell me, I know Mom is dead, but she didn't die when we thought she did, and that's basically all I know and it's not fair. At least give me the questions, so I can help you find the answers to them! I want to know what you think and what questions plague your mind."

"So you want to know what questions plague my mind? Here are some. Why did Mom fake her death? Why did she leave us with our godparents? Who helped her do it? Who was after her, and why?" David trailed off, and thought some more about his questions.

Liz sat back in her seat, and contemplated what David had said. 'At least he told me something.'
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Max went to his house. 'I swear, next time I see them together, I don't know what I'll do!' When he got there Isabel, Michael, Alex, and Maria were in his room.

Max was immediately concerned. "What's wrong?"

Everyone remained silent, until Maria blurted out, "Liz."

Maria was tired of Liz's attitude. Liz wasn't talking to anyone, not even her, and Maria wanted to put an end to it. 'I've been her friend for years, and I'm not going to let some new guy take my place as Liz's best friend.'

Max took a deep breath. He knew this was coming sooner or later. "What can we do?"

"You have powers, use them! You can connect with her, or dreamwalk her, or something." Maria was willing to use any means necessary to get some answers. Almost hysterically Maria continued, "What if he is the enemy? What if he's brainwashing her, or worse, hurting her?"

Michael snapped, "Why don't you yell it louder? I don't think they heard you in Siberia! I care for Liz too, but telling everyone about us isn't going to help." Michael couldn't believe Maria could be so stupid. They might as well have ALIENS stamp on their foreheads. The way she was yelling about their situation. Michael shared her worries and maybe even more. 'What if he is the enemy and Liz doesn't know it? What if it was a trap?' The questions and worries were endless. They had too much to worry about, before Liz started to behave strangely. 'Can't she understand that we can't always trust people? Max was another thing completely. He gets jealous over the smallest thing!' Michael mentally chuckled. He had never seen Max act like a little green monster. Which brought Michael's others concerns. 'Will Max's jealousy get us into more trouble? How far will Max go?

"I'm glad to know you care about something, and like always, it is only about yourself." Maria stated, the anger obvious in her tone.

"Michael is right, and biting his head off isn't going to help. We have to work together if we want to find anything out," Isabel stated. It was fun watching the two fight usually, but this wasn't the time for it. Isabel was scared. Liz knew so much about them. Isabel had been scared that Liz would take Max away from her and Michael at first, but she learned Liz loved Max too much to take him away from them. Isabel never imagined that she would be scared that David would take Liz away from them, and she wouldn't have that. Liz had become a true friend, who knew their secret and accepted them anyway. All of this brought out her feelings of protectiveness. 'What if David is the enemy? Can we trust Liz to make the right decision? I know Liz cares about us, but is it enough?'

During their exchange Max stayed quiet. His concerns were the same as Maria's. Although he didn't think Maria's yelling helped out at all, he was mentally beating himself for not thinking of that before going through his father's files. Max looked at each one of them. Maria was sniffing some cedar oil on Michael insistence. Michael had a pensive look on his face, Isabel just looked upset and worried, and Alex's face was unreadable. Max wondered why Alex hadn't said anything. "We have to come up with a plan to figure out was happening. I don't trust David, or the way Liz acts when he is around."

Quickly the five agreed that Liz was not to be left alone if at all possible. They would follow her wherever she went, no matter who she was with, especially if that person was David.

Alex couldn't believe it. They were planing things as if Liz was the enemy. Alex understood that they were worried and Maria was jealous. Alex still trusted Liz. Alex knew Liz would tell them something when she was ready and when she wanted. Alex didn't even want to be there, Maria had barged into his house, and made him come. "You guys can't actually be serious! This is outrageous! Liz is our friend and you are acting like she is the enemy."

"Of course we are serious!" Maria answered.

"Maria, just take me home." Alex didn't want to argue with them. 'Let them do what they want. I won't take any part of it."

"Fine then Alex, if you can't see what is right in front of you, and you want to go home then fine I'll take you, guys we can continue our talk later." Maria turned to Alex, "Let's go."

They got into Maria's car. "Alex, what is wrong with you?"

"Nothing, I just can't believe what I just heard."

Maria, checking her mirrors for any cars, when she saw David and Liz pulling out. "Let's follow them." Before Alex could protest, Maria was already after them. Alex's attention was caught when he saw that they were taking the route to the Reservation. Maria's tailing skills weren't great, and she stayed too far behind, and she lost them. 'Why are they going to the reservation?' both of them thought.
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Michael voiced another concern before Max and Isabel had time to leave too. "We have a problem. Mr. Harding is asking question about us."

Isabel was exiting the room when she heard Michael causing her to stop dead in her tracks, and Max quickly gave all his attention to Michael. "Are you sure? How do you know that?"

"Well, I heard him asking around in the Sheriff's office."

"Michael, what were you doing in the Sheriff's office?" Isabel asked.

"I was trying to find some answers as to where we came from!"

"Michael, you know you have to tell us what you are going to do. You just can't run off and do things without thinking," Max lectured.

"At least I'm doing something!"

At that Michael stormed out of the house. Isabel and Max headed towards the kitchen. They stopped at the foot of the stairs when they heard their parents talking in the living room.

"Do Jeff and Nancy know that David is here?" Mrs. Evans asked from her place in the couch.

"I don't think so."

"I didn't like what the Parkers did then, and I don't like it now. They should have told Liz the truth. I don't like the fact that we know things that Liz and David should know, but don't," Mrs. Evans argued.

"I don't like it either, but we can help them now." Mr. Evans stopped talking when he heard a sound.

Isabel and Max immediately went upstairs, not wanting to be caught. They thought, 'What do they mean? When they said they should have told Liz the truth? What truth were they talking about?'
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David and Liz were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't notice Maria and Alex were following them. David made a sudden turn, which led to an unseen street, that wasn't visible unless you knew where to look for it. They stopped in front of a small house, in a very secluded part of the reservation.

"Liz, let's see if we can find a way inside."

"I'm coming. Hold your horses."

When Liz reached David, he was already checking the windows. Liz didn't know why, but she took the key she found in the box out of her pocket. Liz inserted the key in the lock, turned it, and the door cracked open.

David attention was drawn by the squeak he heard. When he returned to Liz's side, he saw the door was ajar. "Should we go in?"

"David, that's why we are here isn't it?"

"Yeah." David pushed the door, so they could have a better view. "Ladies, first."

"Coward," Liz muttered, as she entered the room. Liz had only taken one step inside the room, and immediately stood stiff. Flashes assaulted her.

Liz saw her mother looking at some strange symbols…her mother coming out of a cave…standing in front of a man…the man threatening her…her mother meditating…talking with River Dog…her mother looking at 3 pods….

"Liz, are you okay?"

"She is fine."

When David turned to see who it was, he saw a middle age Indian. "Who are you?"

After Liz came out her trance, she saw the man who had spoken, Liz recognized the man instantly. "River Dog, what are you doing here?"

To be continued…