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 12a

"I've been waiting for you both. Come, we must talk."

"Liz, do you know this guy?" David asked.

"Yeah, come on, he may have answers." Liz said, knowing River Dog wouldn't have been there if he didn't know something.

David didn't complain anymore, and followed them around the reservation to another small house. River Dog turned to them, "Please, come in."

David and Liz did as asked. David, not being able to wait any longer asked, "What did you mean? Why were you waiting for us?"

"Just that." River Dog looked at Liz. "What did you see?"

"What do you mean, what did I see?"

"You are so much like your mother."

Before David could say anything, Liz immediately jumped to her own conclusions. "So what David said is true?"

"Hey! Of course it's true!" David cried out.

River Dog continued, as if David hadn't interrupted. "Yes."

Liz asked another question, ignoring David. "Why didn't I know I had a this ability? Why don't I use it?"

"You used to, and you still do, unconsciously."

Liz interrupted, "I do? But how could I, if I didn't know about it?"

"Let me explain. When you were younger you used your abilities, but when your mother died you repressed it deep in your mind. Mr. and Mrs. Parker didn't help either; they forbid you to use it, or to even talk about it. They feared your gift, and the thought that people would make fun of you, which only made the Parkers more strict. They even went to the extreme of separating you and David. David was older and remembered things, he wouldn't obey them. They thought his constant reminder of what you both could do, encourage you to use your gift again. They sent David to live with his godparents. The Parkers didn't realize that your gift would always be in your subconscious, waiting for you to remember. Since it has always been there sometimes you activate it unconsciously. It's like a light switch you turn it on, and off without realizing it. Many 'people' have these abilities to a degree. Some of them are abused because of them, like you were."

Liz understood the hidden message River Dog sent her: 'It isn't an alien thing.' Asking, "What can I do to learn?"

"I can teach both of you. Come here, everyday after school, come here," River Dog offered.

"How do you know so much?"

"I promised your mother, I would look after you--even if it was from afar."

David was glad when Liz's questions seemed to end. "Can I ask my questions now?"

River Dog looked slightly amused by David's impatience. "Yes, you can."

"How well did you know our mother?"

Liz's attention was immediately drawn to their conversation.

"She lived here, as you already know. I helped her with her gift. Like I hope to help you." River Dog finished, looking at them both.

David knew there were some things River Dog wasn't telling them, but not knowing him, he didn't want to push the matter any further, deciding to wait until later to push for more details. David decided to ask the question that most plagued his mind. "Why did she leave us?"

River Dog sighed, he knew David feared that, their mother, Jennifer, left them, because she didn't love them. "Your mother left you to protect you. It pained her to have to leave you very much, but she would do anything for you."

"Protect us from whom?"

River Dog got up from the chair. "I have to go. Remember everyday after school meet me here."

"Hey!! You still haven't finish answering my questions!" David yelled, but River Dog was nowhere to be seen.

"David, stop it. He won't answer them, he'll tell us what we need to know when we need to know it. Let's go. We'll come back tomorrow."

David wanted to drop Liz off at the Crashdown, but she insisted on going to the park. She wanted some time alone, to process all the information. Liz walked from the park to the Crashdown. She didn't know what to think, first her fight with her adoptive mother, then she finds out she has special abilities, and River Dog knows things, but he wouldn't tell her. Liz knew that as soon as she saw any of her friends or even stepped into the Crashdown, she would have to lie again, and she was getting tired of that. 'All I want to do is to run to Max, and have him wrap his arms around me. But I don't know what's going on, I can't say anything 'till I have some answers.'
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Maria, after getting tired of waiting for Liz and David to return drove back to town. Maria didn't even argue with Alex when he asked her to drop him at the Crashdown. Maria was to busy thinking, 'Why would Liz go to the reservation? What is she hiding? Does David know about Max, Michael, and Isabel? Why else would they go to the reservation? Is David using Liz, to get information on our friends?'

Maria dropped off Alex, and at the first chance she got, she called Max, and alerted him of what she had seen.

Alex didn't approve of Maria's course of actions, but he had to admit his curiosity was perked. Alex wondered why Liz went to the reservation; he wanted some answers even if they were vague. When he saw Liz was about to enter the Crashdown, Alex decided that he wasn't going to mention the reservation. Alex hoped Liz would mention it, he didn't want her to know about his unwilling participation in Maria's plan.

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Max wished he had more eyes, so he could keep a pair on Liz, and another one on Michael. Maria had called to say that Liz had gone to the reservation with David. 'Could it be that David knows something about us?' He would have to worry about that later, Michael was more important at the moment. Max knew Michael would do something stupid, and he was right.

When Maria and Alex were busy spying on Liz, Michael decided to spy on Mr. Harding. Isabel and Max didn't know what Michael would do, but they had a feeling it had something to do with Mr. Harding. Michael had done so many reckless things that he was becoming predictable, so they decided to go to Mr. Harding's house, and see if they could find Michael. When they got there, they saw Michael near a window. Max and Isabel went to him, and they were so busy scolding him that they didn't notice when Mr. Harding approached them.

Michael, Max, and Isabel stiffened, when they felt someone behind them, they turned and saw Mr. Harding standing there. Max and Isabel could feel Michael's glare penetrating the back of their heads.

Michael wanted to choke them. If they hadn't come, he wouldn't have been caught.

Isabel, Max, and Michael were getting ready to run, but stopped, when they heard Mr. Harding speak.

"I was looking for you," Mr. Harding said to them.

Michael instantly asked, "Why? Who are you?"

Mr. Harding didn't say anything, but a bright, white light emitted from him and in his place stood the Sheriff, the light emitted again, and Hank stood in his place, and then he was Mr. Harding again.

Michael, Isabel, and Max stood in shock. Max was the first to recover. "You are Nasedo?"

"Yes."

Michael hearing Max got the courage to ask, "What do you want? Why are here?"

"To protect you three, of course."

Isabel, Michael, and Max spent four hours asking questions, hoping to be given some answers. When they noticed how late it was and they realized they were getting the same answers over and over again, they left. They decided not to tell the others anything until they resolved the problem with Liz.


To be continued…