Title: Secrets
Author: Gaudicia
E-mail: life_mistery@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 13


Max grabbed David by the arms, and turned him around, his fist instantly connecting with David's face.
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Liz didn't know what was happening. One minute she was dancing with David, the next David was ripped out of her arms, and she was sitting on her butt. When she was aware of her surroundings, she saw David and Max going at each other like savage, wild animals. Liz's eyes grew wide, knowing they weren't about to stop anytime soon.
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Michael, Isabel, Maria, and Alex were surprised by Max's actions, never thinking Max could be so possessive. They had never seen him so violent, even Liz landed on her keister during the altercation. If Max hadn't been in such an outrage, he would never have let that happen to Liz.
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Liz didn't know what Michael or Alex were waiting for, they needed to stop the fight.

"Michael, Alex, do something!" When she saw that they weren't moving, she decided to do something herself. When she moved to the fight Michael held her back.

David was taken by surprise at first, but it didn't last long. He knew Liz cared for Max, but he wasn't about to let Max beat the crap out of him. He was going to defend himself even if later he had to listen to Liz's lecture. David shoved Max. "What is up with you man?" David asked as he prepared himself to receive Max's next assault.

Max threw a fist in David's direction. "Liz is MINE! MINE! You hear me! You don't have a right to touch her!"

"It's them you have to hold back! Not me!" Liz yelled, as she tried to get loose of Michael's hold. Since Michael wouldn't budge, she yelled, "Max! David! Please, stop!" Liz didn't know what to do, so she continued to yell, "Please! Stop hurting my BROTHER!"

David was lucky enough to be able to avoid the punch, but Max wasn't when David's fist connected with his jaw. David couldn't believe he was fighting a guy, because he was jealous of him being with his sister. 'I didn't know my little prank would have affected him so much.' David was so distracted by his thought that he didn't see the punch Max threw him, so he was unable to avoid it, which caused him to land on his butt, like Liz had just moments before. Just then Liz's scream ended their fight.

After her announcement, everyone stood around in shock, more so than they were before. Max's movements faltered, and Michael's hold loosened. Liz was instantly tending David's wounds. Liz wanted to see how Max was, but she wasn't sure how to approach him after her outburst.
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Maria's thoughts about Michael left her mind, as she heard Liz's announcement. 'That proves it! They are definitely brainwashing her! That has to be it!' Maria didn't know what else to think. She was Liz's best friend, and she was supposed to know if Liz had a brother, or anything.

Alex looked at Liz trying to see if there was any sign that she had lost her mind, but all he saw was certainty that she was telling the truth. 'Liz couldn't hide the fact that there were aliens among us, but she could hide her brother from us?'

Isabel didn't know what to think. Isabel thought she was about to faint when she heard Liz. 'Alex and Maria would have known if Liz had a brother, wouldn't they? Could Liz's words be true?'

Michael couldn't have been more shock, if a spaceship came saying they were from their home planet. Before he knew it Liz was out of his hold.

Max was relieved when Liz declared that David was her brother, but another part of him was stunned. He didn't know what to think, or believe. The person he thought he knew the best had secrets. 'How could she have been hiding something like that from me?! Why didn't I know it? I even saw into her soul! Does this mean she doesn't trust me? Could she have purposely hidden the fact that she had a brother when we connected? If she did, how did she do it?'

Max voiced the question that plagued everyone's mind. "Your brother?"

They were interrupted by a very loud, angry voice. "What is he doing here?!" Mr. Parker returned, after accidentally leaving some papers he needed for his meeting. He was now glad he had turned back.

They all turned to see who it was, that is everyone except Liz and David, they already knew who it was. David decided to break the ice. "What? Can't I visit my kid sister?"

Mr. Parker fumed, "I told you I never wanted to see you here again. Get out!"

"Hey, chill! I'm going. Liz, you know where you can find me." With that said, David left.

Liz was about to follow him when she felt a hand grab her arm. "Just where do you think you are going? I told you once to never go near him!"

"He is my brother! How can you ask me to do such a thing?!"

Mrs. Parker had seen the familiar figure storm out of the Crashdown, so she decided to go and see what was going on. She got there in time to hear Mr. Parker's words and Liz's response.

"Liz, you have to respect your father, and do as you are told! We are your parents, and you owe us respect!" Mrs. Parker intervened.

"Well, that's the problem! YOU AREN'T MY PARENTS!"

They had been watching what was transpiring in front of them, and when Liz shouted those words, all attention was drawn to Liz, not believing they heard right, they were stunned. They looked at the Parkers and at Liz waiting for some answers, but no explanation was offered.

Max didn't know if he heard right, but when he saw the look on the others faces he knew he had. 'Why didn't Liz tell me she was adopted, or that she had a brother? Didn't she trust me enough? Did Alex and Maria know of this?' When Max looked at both of them he discarded the question. 'How could have Liz kept this secret for so long? Why would Liz hide this from us? Why didn't I know this when I connected with her? Did she deliberately hide this from me? How could she block those thoughts from me, could it have been her lack of trust?' Another part of him thought. 'Maybe that's what happened. When I healed her we didn't know each other so well.'

Maria couldn't believe what she had just heard, her closest friend had secrets and she hadn't shared them with her. Maria wished Liz had really been brainwashed, but the Parkers outburst confirmed Liz's words. 'How long has she been lying? How could the Parkers not be her parents? Did Liz know she had a brother since she was born or she just found out? Did she always know she was adopted? If she knew all along, why didn't she tell me? I'm her best friend, I'm supposed to know everything about her! What other secrets might she be keeping from me?!' All Maria could do was stare at Liz, hoping to get some answers. 'Why is it that lately we have been hoping to get answers, and all we get are more questions?'

Michael would have thought this was funny, if it weren't for the look the others had, and his own shock. 'Max was getting jealous over Liz's brother!' Michael almost laughed out loud, but when he saw the Parkers glaring at Liz, he sobered up. 'I guess they aren't happy about Liz's outburst. Today is definitely full of surprises.' Michael turned serious. 'I guess humans are entitled to have secrets of their own. Maybe we have more things in common with each other than I thought. There has to be something more going on, why would the Parkers get so mad at seeing Liz's brother? There has to be something not even Liz knows. Why would they go to the reservation? It doesn't make sense.' Michael couldn't help it his suspicion got the better of him.

Isabel was confused. 'I guess that's why I at first thought David looked familiar, now that I know David is her brother I can associate their looks.' Isabel couldn't believe she was thinking about their appearances first. 'We even told her we were aliens! And she couldn't trust us with this? How could she have kept this secret for so long? Why do I feel that more people knew this? Do my parents know? If they did why didn't they tell us?' Isabel continued to stare at Liz, there wasn't anything else she could do, but to stare. Isabel wanted to see Liz's reaction, or get some answers. Isabel noticed she wasn't the only one.

Alex didn't know what to think. 'Liz was adopted, and she has a brother, what else is she keeping from us? I guess that is why there aren't many pictures of Liz when she was baby, or why when she came to Roswell she wouldn't talk about where she used to live. Maria won't take this well. I can just hear her rambling on and on. Why wouldn't Liz tell us, or just Maria, or Max, or even me her secret? I hope Liz is ready to answers some questions, because she will finally have to.' Alex observed Liz and the Parkers waiting for hell to brake lose, since all that could be felt in the room was tension.

Liz couldn't believe she was so careless, but she wasn't ashamed, she was actually glad they knew something about her, that they new at least one of her secrets, even though they didn't understand it. Liz felt like a great weight had been lifted of her shoulders, but she could still feel the rest holding her down. Liz could feel their stares penetrating her. Liz knew she needed to talk to David first, so she decided to go to him. When she started to move towards the door something held her back, when she looked to see what it was, she saw her mother holding her by the arm.

"Liz, where do you think you are going?" Mrs. Parker asked.

Liz looked from her arm to Mrs. Parker's face. "I'm going to find David."

"No, you are not. You will not go anywhere near that boy," Mr. Parker interjected.

"He is my brother! Why are you so afraid I'll talk to him, or that I'll be near him?" Liz asked the question that had always been in her mind.

Mrs. Parker let go of Liz's arm, "He is no good to you."

"Why, because he used to play a few pranks, or he wouldn't keep quiet when you told him too, or he didn't obey you like a puppy? Liz asked, bitterly.

The Czechs, Maria, and Alex were all watching their exchange with interest. They were surprised to see Mrs. Parker grab Liz like she did, and to hear the bitterness in Liz's voice.

Liz shook her head, "You can't even answer my question, than how can you forbid me to see David?" Liz was out of the door before the Parkers could answer. Liz took the Parker's car without thinking twice.

Max instantly started to go after Liz, the others weren't too far behind. They were lucky they were fast, because if not Max would have left them. They all had the same thought going through their minds: "We are going to get some answers."

Liz knew the others were behind her, but she didn't care, she had to see David and make sure he was all right. Liz knew that even though David tried to hide it, every time he had a fight with her adoptive parents, he always felt bad and even though she didn't know why, he even felt guilty. Liz didn't know why, but she knew David was at the reservation, and that was her destination.

They followed Liz even though they knew the trail by heart after a week following her. They were surprise when she made an unexpected turn, if it weren't that they saw Liz making the turn they would have lost her again, like they had during the week they followed her. They stopped in front of a small house, only seeing Liz's car. The only place around was the house, so they figured that's where she had to be. 'She must be familiar with the house. How did she know about the house being here?' They all thought.

Maria was already getting out of her car, but Max called her. "Maria! Wait!"

"What?! Liz is over there!" Maria said, as she pointed towards the house.

"I know, but we have to be prepare for what ever waits for us behind that door," Max simply stated.
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Liz was grateful, when they didn't follow her in. Liz knew they would enter soon, so she was going to take advantage of the few minutes she had left. When she looked to where David was standing she saw he had pictures all over the floor. Liz approached them to take a better look at them; her breath got caught in her throat. Liz didn't know what to do, but instinctually she reached for one of the pictures, she stared at it for a few long minutes. Liz couldn't believed what she was seeing, the person she hadn't seen in years was in those pictures, the person whom she loved most and she knew she would never see again. Liz couldn't find her voice to speak, until she was finally able to squeak out, "David, where did you get this?"
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The Czechs, Alex, and Maria had entered just in time to see the pictures and hear Liz speaking. They couldn't believe what they were seeing. The only time they saw pictures like that was when they broke into the Sheriff's office and through their research to try and find Max, Michael and Isabel's home. And in those pictures the person with the handprint on its stomach was a man and in this picture it was a woman.

Max couldn't stay quiet any longer, "That's exactly what we want to know?"

David and Liz jumped, not expecting to hear Max's voice. Neither of them knew what to answer, they looked like deer caught in headlights.

Liz looked at them, and the first people she saw were Michael, Isabel, and Max, it was like something click inside her mind and flashes, flashed before her eyes.

Liz saw her mother talking to three pods over and over again. Liz somehow knew what that meant.

When Liz went into her trance, she looked like she was looking at Michael, Isabel, and Max, but at they same time it was like she was looking past them, and like she wasn't aware of her surroundings, they had never seen her like that.

Max got scared, so he neared Liz and started to wave her hand in front of Liz's face, trying to get some kind of reaction out of Liz, but nothing. "Liz, are you okay? Liz?"

David knew what was happening, but he still worried. When he saw they were all advancing towards Liz and that Max was already bothering her, he spoke, "She is okay. Just give her a minute."

Max protectively asked, "How do you know?"

"Well, I'm her brother and this isn't the first time this has happened."

They were surprised to hear that this had happened to Liz before. 'What else don't we know?'

She didn't know how, but even though she was in a trance, she knew she had to see River Dog. After she came out of daze, the first words out of her mouth were: "River Dog!"

They were all confused and even more worried. 'Why is she calling out for River Dog?' They asked themselves.

David, knowing the reason, said out loud, "Liz, you want to see River Dog, right?"

Liz shook her head, trying to clear it before nodding yes. Liz looked at Max, Isabel, and Michael in a new light, she couldn't believe what she had seen, or that she could even interpret what it meant. She knew River Dog would be able to confirm her thoughts, clear her doubts, and answer her questions.

Maria put her thoughts aside. She saw that Liz seemed to space out again. "Liz, are you there?"

Liz remembered that the others were still there, "Yeah."

David remembered River Dog wasn't at the reservation today. "Liz, your questions will have to wait. River Dog isn't here, remember?

Disappointed Liz answered, "I remember." Liz wanted to clear up her question, but she knew that had to wait. 'I guess answering their questions is the first priority, for now.'

Once Maria was aware that Liz was okay, all her anger came to surface. Maria hadn't known she was so angry. 'I guess, finding out your best friend has kept secrets from you the entire time she had known her can do that to you.' Before she forgot, she repeated Max's question, "Where did you get those?"

Even though the question was directed to both David and Liz, Liz looked at David waiting for answers, like the others, also wanting to hear it.
"That's none of your business," David answered.

"David, please tell me." Liz intervened, when she saw Maria was about to make one of her smart mouth remarks. "Please, they are my friends and its time we all know what's really going on."

Maria unhappy with Liz's secrets muttered, "So nice of you to finally remember."

Liz heard her and flinched. 'I deserved that.' Liz noticed Michael had positioned himself in front of the door and the others were covering all possible exits. 'Closing every means of escape.'

David sighed, "Well, you better get comfortable, because it's a long explanation. Where do I start?" The question was directed more to himself than to them.

Alex interrupted David before he could continue. "Why don't you start with how is it that you are Liz's brother?"

David cleared his throat and started his tail, "Our mother, Jennifer, met a man, whom she married, and in a night of passion she gave herself to him and that is how I was conceived and some years later, in another night the same thing happened and Liz was conceived. Does this answer how I am Elizabeth's brother?" David finished sarcastically.

Before any of them could remark on his speech, Liz put her in her two cents. "David, stop with the sarcastic remarks and already get to the point!" Liz was nervous and cranky too much had taken place, and her anxiety was getting the better of her. 'I can't believe I know who were in the pods!'

Maria made another rude remark, "At least we know she defends herself against him even if it's verbally."

David snapped, he had enough of her remarks. "Just because Liz didn't tell you a few things makes her the bad guy? Do you know how hard it is to keep a secret, not because you want to but because you were told too? Do you know how it feels to know you have a secret and the people around you who also know it are keeping things from you, things you should know?"

They were all stunned by the emotions they could hear in David's voice, even though three of them could relate to those feelings.

Liz not wanting things to get out off hand in a sad quiet voice said, "David, please stick to the main theme." David spoke the truth and the reminder hurt, because she knew that the Parkers were two of those people. They had raised her and she loved them, because they had taken care of her, and in a way they were her parents.

Max felt ashamed, but he needed answers. "Please, continue. We won't interrupt you anymore." Max said the last part glaring at the others, especially at Maria.

David sighed and hope Max's words were true. "When we were little we used to live here with our mother. Our mother was always looking for new discoveries and adventures and living near the reservation brought her that. Liz is like her." David said, omitting the part about learning to use her ability. "Liz and I went to the school on the reservation, we didn't go to the town too much, the times we went can be counted on one hand, nobody knew us and I think that was a plus for what happened later. When Liz was 7 and I was 10 years old our mother died. That day people we had never seen came to her burial four of these people being our godparents, the Parkers, Hector and his wife. They were old friends of our mother and neither of the couples had children. The Parkers didn't live in Roswell, but Mr. Parker had always wanted to start a restaurant here. Since we would have to stay with them, and they didn't want to take us away from our surroundings, so they stayed here. Hector, on the other hand, couldn't stay here, so they took me with them, saying it was unfair for the Parkers to take care of both of us, and that they were my godparents, so it was their duty to take care of me." David again omitted a few facts. "Since no one in town knew us or the Parkers, they didn't know we were adopted, so they kept living the lie."

Michael asked the question he had wanted to ask since the beginning, "Why are you looking for River Dog?"

David answered again, he knew they didn't know it all either. He also knew Liz didn't feel right lying to them either. "Because he knew our mother, and only he could clear some things for us. Things you don't need to know right now."

Michael was not happy with the answer, but before he could asked anything Isabel interfered.

"How do you know our father? Why have you been talking to him?"

Liz was the one that answered that question, "Your parents knew our mother and our secret, and we have been talking to them, because he was in charge of her finances and some other stuff we needed to know about." Liz was grateful that David had answered most of the questions. She didn't want to have to lie to them.

Alex felt there were still some things they weren't telling them. But he asked the question they had evaded. "Where did you get those pictures?"

Before David could start talking Liz said, "Let's go back to town, it's getting late." Liz wanted to know the answer to that question, but she felt she needed to go back to the Crashdown and it was getting late.

They hadn't known so much time had gone by and there still were questions unanswered. When they got to town they headed for the Crashdown, on Liz's insistence that they needed to stop there.

Liz didn't know why, but she felt she had to go there. The Crashdown was closed, but she saw the Evans there talking with her parents. Liz turned to see the others, but they were looking quizzically at her. Liz shrugged her shoulders and continued to make her way inside the Crashdown. The Evans and the Parkers were so deep in their conversation that they didn't notice the kids making their way towards them.

Mr. and Mrs. Evans had decided to have a chat with both Mr. and Mrs. Parker. They were finally going to talk about the situation they so much wanted to avoid. The Parkers weren't too happy to see them, but they heard their argument.

"We have to tell Liz and David the truth. They have been lied to for far to long," Mrs. Evans insisted.

"How do you know David is here?" Mr. Parker asked, suspiciously.

Liz, Max, and the others got there just in time to hear Mrs. Evans.

Liz totally confused asked, "Tell us what?"

Mrs. Parker was startled and furious with Mrs. Evans, she sent her a glare and then looked at Liz asking, "How long have you been there?"

To be continued…


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