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 12b

When Liz entered the Crashdown she saw Alex seated in a booth. Knowing he was there to see her, she approached him. "Hey, Alex. What's up?"

"I could ask you the same thing." Alex, seeing Liz's weariness, asked, "Liz, is everything okay? You know you can tell me, right?"

"I know, I can tell you anything. It's just not easy." Liz said, as she sat in the booth.

"Why isn't it easy?"

"Alex, I just found out some things I hadn't known, and there are still answers I need to find." Liz looked around, and when she saw her adoptive parents weren't near she continued, "Have you ever felt you been living a lie?"

Alex, sincerely answered, "No, I haven't"

"I have, and it's not nice. I can't tell you, or the others, until I figure out what is going on myself."

"Can't you tell Max, or Maria, or anyone, it doesn't have to be me?" Alex wanted her to confide in someone; he wanted her to share her troubles with them like she used to.

"Alex, this is something I have to do on my own."

"Then how come you let David help you?"

Liz was going to answer, but she saw her parents out of the corner of her eye. "Alex, can we continue this some other time?" Before Alex could answer, Liz was out of the booth, and making her way towards her parents.

As Liz approached her parents, she could feel the tension. 'Well, you just yelled that she wasn't your mother, shouldn't there be tension?' Liz thought sarcastically.

Liz with a sudden shyness approached them. Liz couldn't believe she yelled at Nancy that way, it wasn't like her, but she got caught up in the moment… "Dad, can I take two hours off every afternoon? It's just for a little while." Liz wanted to be able to go to the reservation without asking anyone to cover for her.

"What? Why?" Mr. Parker asked. After her fight with her mother, he hadn't expected Liz to ask that.

"Well, I have to do a History project. I need to go to the reservation, and talk with the Indians to find things about the past, and stuff." Liz said, thinking fast.

"Well, we put aside the incident with the money. Since Mr. Evans explained, and sent the money. But the fight with your mother is not yet dismissed, but seeing as it is for a school project, we can work something out." Mr. Parker answered sternly, like most of his other answers.

Mrs. Parker didn't agree with her husband, but she stayed quiet--she didn't want another fight with Liz. 'Jeff is such a softy, when it comes to Liz. Doesn't he understand that we have to be strict and stern for Liz to obey us?'

Liz remembered that David sent the money by mail, so he didn't have to go in person, since that would be quite difficult. "Okay, what are the arrangements?" 'At least I get to go to the reservation. I just hope they don't find out there isn't a History project. I've been telling so many lies. I can't even remember some of them!'

Mr. Parker and Liz talked about the arrangements. After Liz got out of school around 3:30, so she would head to the reservation instead of the Crashdown. They thought it would take at least half an hour to get there, she would stay two hours and then come back to the Crashdown to start her shift from 6:30 to 10:30 maybe, since she would have to close. Liz had to find her own time to do her homework.
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Sunday morning, Liz thought back on her week. River Dog had thought her to meditate, although Liz was skeptical at first. She still had trouble believing what they had told her about her gift, but she was surprised that she was starting to believe it. River Dog told them that Liz's gift was more advanced, and stronger than David's was. In just a couple of days Liz was able to connect with David. River Dog said it was due to the fact that she always had her connection with him open. Liz connected with River Dog too, he said it was her doing, but she had a feeling he had his own tricks up his sleeve. Liz noticed that Maria, Alex, and the others were acting strange, but she didn't pay too much attention, she was too involved in her own personal discoveries, and she thought it pay back time.

Now here she was Sunday morning, with nothing to do, her parents had to go to a meeting for a couple of days. They closed the Crashdown on Sunday, giving the employees the day off. On Monday they would start work on their own. 'This certainly has been an interesting weekend.' Liz thought as she took a seat in one of the booths. Liz was bored, she didn't have anything to do and she didn't know if David would come. Liz had told him, that her parents weren't going to be there today, hoping he would stop by, she wanted to catch up on old times, not having to worry about secrets, or lies. As Liz was thinking this she saw a person's shadow cross in front of the cafe, when she looked to see who it was, she found David. Liz got up from the booth, and opened the door, letting him in.
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Maria, Alex, and Michael were reunited at Max and Isabel's house, informing each other about their discoveries during the week. They came to the same conclusion: they had nothing, only more questions. They all would lose sight of them in the same street as Maria had. During the spying sessions they hadn't let Max spy on Liz, because they didn't know what Max would do in a state of rage.

Alex participated on their adventures, telling himself that it was just to see that they didn't go to extremes. But truthfully he was curious as a cat. He also had hoped he would have gotten some answers, unfortunately that never happened. 'And the fact that Isabel was your partner didn't have anything to do with it, either?' Alex asked, himself.

Maria couldn't have been happier they had finally begun to do something even though it was going nowhere. Maria wanted Liz to be able to confide in them; to talk to them like she used to. Maria knew that what they were doing was wrong at one point, but she was at the point where she couldn't just sit, and wait for something to happen. Maria had so many questions she wanted to ask Liz she couldn't remember half of them. Maria had thought up a lot of them, since when they tried to spy on Liz they would have to sit, and wait for Liz to get out, so there wasn't much to do except think, questions were on everyone's mind.

Michael had gotten stuck as Maria's partner. He acted annoyed, but secretly he enjoyed every minute he was with her. That was if he wasn't worried about what was happening. 'Could they have gone to the reservation, to talk with River Dog about us? Could Liz be exploring something that has to do with us, and she hasn't told us?' Michael wasn't surprise they had missed the entrance so many times, since all they kept think about were the questions to ask her.

Isabel was worried about Liz, but she actually had started looking forward to the time she got to spend with Alex. He always made her laugh no matter what. Alex had always made her feel alive, loved, and he did it in a special way that she couldn't even describe. Isabel was sure she would have enjoyed those moments more if it weren't for the situation, or if she weren't too stubborn to admit it, but she enjoyed them nonetheless. Isabel hoped Liz wasn't in trouble because of them. 'Could it be that she is trying to protect us? That would be so typical of Liz.' There were like a millions questions plaguing her mind. Isabel wanted answers. 'I didn't know I wanted answers this bad. All I ever really had to worry about was the three of us. How my-our lives have changed, since we let them really know us.'

Max couldn't believe that they could be so dense, when it came to him and Liz-more like his feelings for Liz. 'Can Liz actually have feelings for David? Why is she going to the reservation? Does she still have feelings for me? Did she ever really trust me? She would have told me something if she did, right? Is she doing this on her own free will or is she been forced? Why can't I have a straight answer? Why can't I have at least a short, uncertain answer?' Even after he heard that they hadn't found anything he knew something was up at the reservation, they just needed to pay more attention and keep a closer eye on Liz and David. Max broke the silence and spoke with certainty; "We will get some answers today."
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Liz and David talked for a while about what they would do for the rest of the day, when David suddenly got up and went to the jukebox. Liz wondered what he was up to. After a song start playing he went to Liz's side. Liz had seen the twinkle in his eyes, but she had no idea what he was thinking about. David bowed has he asked, "May I have this dance?"

When Liz saw David bow she remembered, when they were little, Liz would always make David dance with her saying she was a princess and she needed a prince to dance with.

"You shall." Liz answered, as she took his hand.

David twirled Liz around, and when the end of the song was coming, he dipped her.
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After the Czechs and the others thought that the Parkers would already be gone, they headed to the Crashdown. They were finally going to push Liz for some answers. They were going to go through Liz's balcony when they saw movement in the restaurant. Max got closer to the windows and what he saw made his blood boil and his face went red. Max didn't stop to think about what he was doing, he opened the door, and barged in as if the devil were in him. The others
Followed, immediately behind him. Max grabbed David by the arms, and...

To be continued…