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Liz realized she was still in this creep's arms. Granted her heart loved her mind was angered. Angered that she couldn't tell this wasn't Max. She also realized Max thought she was holding another he couldn't see this Zan guy's face. So she ripped herself from him and ran to Max screaming " I thought he was you!" Zan turned around and nearly died.
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"You're me!" Max grabbed Zan's arm he then got flashes of the dreams Ava, Lonnie, and Rath. Zan got everything from Max. His and Liz's love the Tess issue and all the assorted bits of alien information. Zan knew they were on equal ground now. He knew he loved Liz just as much as Max did if not more. He knew that Liz knew it too.
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Now that Liz was over the shock of Zan she really liked him. She felt love for him because he was the Max she had been wanting, clean start Max, dangerous Max. She stepped away from both of them just standing in the middle of the two. As if they had pre-planned it, at the same time they stepped toward her and tried to put a protective arm around her. Liz realized she had to say something. " Max I believe that you and Tess are currently testing the proverbial waters?" She felt smug as she saw Max's ears turn ruby red. " Well, then Zan why don't we go back in and I'll get you your food. Even as she said this she knew that she was in for it. She loved them both so much. How could she decied?
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Zan was floating on air he realized that for the minute he was in the lead. Liz had chosen him. He hooked arms with her and they went back inside leaving Max alone with his feelings.
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Liz stopped as she heard Max say her name. Go on in Zan I'll be there in a second. Zan grudgingly let go of her arm and slunk into the Crash Down. "Yes Max?" " Liz you know I love you and that's that why are you even considering him?" " Well, Max I have never heard you say something to selfish. You know that I love you and you're still considering Tess." " Liz, honey that different." " Oh really how?" " Well. Ilook I love you." " And I love you." With that Max swooped her into his arms and kissed her. Liz saw things.
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Zan wondered what was taking so long. He noticed another waitress. She had blond hair and green eye's she was walking over his food. Rath would like her he thought. He liked blondes with spunk for a while he even bugged Lonnie to dye her hair. She didn't go for it of course and dyed her hair back just to tick him off.
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Liz was shocked. She saw Max standing outside her window crying. She saw him crying every night while he was with Tess. She saw that Tess was so insecure that if Max broke up with her she might just kill herself. She saw that everytime Max tried she would put her hand to her stomach and threaten her life. In that moment she knew that she would always be second. It wasn't even his fault he was just so kind so loving she would be second to his emotions.
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Zan waiting for her. He sat ordering more food until Liz got off from her shift. She sat down across from him and said wait a minute I'll get changed and you come up-stairs and wait for me, my parents are out of town.
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