If You Want Me To
"Liz you can trust me…"
"I don't know Max…after
what I did that night I knew things had changed forever. We could never go back to the way it was
before. But in the back of my mind I
was clinging to the hope that someday…(Liz sighs)…it would be okay for us to be
together again, that Tess would realize that she was a part of the group and
stay, that we would be safe from all this danger. But then you betrayed my trust with her…"
"Liz, I can't promise you
that it is ever going to be 'safe.' I
mean being an alien kind of leaves out that option. And you know that I didn't love her…I have always loved you."
"That's not how you acted
when I thought that Alex might have been killed by an alien…I never meant that
any of you were involved or that it was your fault. But you turned your back on me…"
Liz starts to sob, "…And I was just so alone. I've never been so scared Max.
I was scared because I knew the killer was still out there and for once
you wouldn't help protect us from them.
I kept thinking what if Maria, or Michael, or Isabel, or even you might
be next. Even though we weren't
together, I would do anything I could to keep another of my friends from
dying. I couldn't lose you for good
Max!"
He sat down next to her on
her lawn chair and took her hands in his.
"Liz, you know that I
blame myself that I didn't see through Tess's lies and that you or Maria could
have been hurt or even killed trying to find Alex's killer. It would have been entirely my fault…if
anything had happened to you…I would have died inside. I love you so much…I don't really care what
our future holds Liz as long as you are there.
If you need time to learn to trust me again, then I can deal with
that…we can take it slow. We have both
changed in the past year, maybe we can get to know each other again."
She smiled…
"That sounds like a good
idea Max. I do realize that I'm not the
only one who went through this…Tess hurt you too. It just may take a little while to put the past behind me enough
to move on."
"I hope that you can
forgive me someday. I know that I have
no right to ask anything of you…but there is one thing…I need you to help me
save my son. I can't do this without you
Liz. And I can't let him grow up with
Tess, assuming Khivar doesn't kill him first.
He is my responsibility now and I have to do something about it…"
"Max you know I'll help
you. This child may be Tess's but he is
still an innocent helpless baby, your baby.
Besides I'm a part of this…I have to see it through."
Relief flooded over Max
and he finally smiled.
"Thank you Liz…"
He leaned over and hugged
her as if he was holding on for dear life.
She held him back.
"It's going to be okay
Max, everything's going to be okay…"
TBC…
The pathway is broken
and the signs are unclear
and I don't know the reason
why you brought me here
is it just
because you love me
the way that you
do
I'm gonna walk through the valley if you want me to
Cause I'm not who I was
when I took my first step
and I'm clinging
to the promise
you're not through with me yet
so if all of these trials
bring me closer
to you
then I will go through the fire if you want me to
It may not be the way I would've chosen
when you lead me thru a world that's not my home
but you never
said it would be easy
you only said I'd never go alone
So when the whole world turns against me
and I'm all by
myself
and I can't hear you answer my cries for help
I'll remember the
suffering your love put you through
and I will go
through the valley if you want me to
