Chapter 2.
The words hung in the air. Finally Isabel sputters out. "I'm their aunt?" She asks
Liz nods.
"I'm there father?" Max asks
"Yes, I'm sorry I never told you, but I had to leave, if you knew you would of came with me, or tried to keep me here."
"Of course I would of went with you, I would never of left you alone." Max says
"That's was the problem. What if something went wrong, you were already under enough suspicion if I stayed here and something went wrong, you three could of ended up in a lot of trouble." Liz informs them
"But-"
"She's right Max" Michael interrupts him "That was smart of Liz."
Isabel nods in agreement.
Still excepting the fact that he was a father, Max recalls that fateful night that changed Liz's life and now changed his own. Who ever thought all that could happen after once? "Do they know I am their father?" He finally asks
"Yes, of course, they didn't recognize you because they were fighting, I told them you stayed here because you had important work to do, and we would move back to you when I was done with college."
"They know?" Max asks
"Yes, Max, they hated that you didn't get to play with them but Matty talk all the time about how his Daddy is going to teach him how to play basketball and Lori tells all her friends that your are going to take her out for ice cream and play with her. They really love you Max."
"I am so surprised and so, so happy" Max says a smile overcoming his face.
"Do your parents know Max is the father?" Maria asks
"Yes, they thought I wanted to get away for a while then come back after school"
"So what did you go to school for?" Kyle asks
"I'm a pediatrician" Liz says "I plan on opening a clinic out here."
"Well then Max can help you, he went to school for the same thing." Michael laughs
"You two were always the perfect match"
"I see you two are too" Liz says looking at the ring on Maria's hand. "Congratulations"
"Thank you. You know you my maid of honor of course. Right?" Maria asks
"Of course."
"Hey did you name them Lori for the L in Liz and Matty for the M in Max?" Kyle asks
Liz laughs "Yea, you noticed?"
"Liz? What was that thing that Lori was telling you about burnt food?" Isabel inquires
Liz looks serious for a moment "They are half- well Czechoslovakian" Liz says in a hushed voice "Matty figured out how to burn things, they cant do much except annoy each other with what they can do. They know the rules about not doing it anywhere except at home. But this is my old home so…." Liz trails off and Lori and Matty run back into the café and jump up on some stools and start spinning around on them. "Stay here Max. Maria can you come with me?" She asks
Maria and Liz walk over to Lori and Matty.
"You nervous Max?" Isabel asks
"I am more scared now, then when I was in the white room." He admits
"They'll love you, they already do." Michael assures him
Suddenly they hear a squeal of delight, they turn to see Lori running to Max.
"Daddy!" She screams and Max scoops her up into his lap and gives her a hug, it felt so natural to do this, like he had always done this.
"Dad!" Matty says pouncing Max
"Hey Kiddo" Max says pulling Matty over too.
The two of them start chattering happily and Liz looks on with tears in her eyes.
"We missed you Daddy, but we knew you had important business, but now we will live together forever right?" Lori asks
"Yea and now you can teach me to learn basketball. Cause I'm going to be six so I am old enough, but it will have to be after school and homework mommy says because when you go to first grade you have homework" Matty says a matter a factly
"Matty, Lori, this is your Aunt Isabel" He says gesturing
"Hi Lori says brightly "You're pretty"
"She's just a girl" Matty says disgusted "Boys are better, who are you?" He asks Michael and Kyle.
"That's your Uncle Michael and Uncle Kyle." Max says
"Will they play basketball too?" Matty asks "I hope so, cause they can be on a team and you and me can be on a team, no girls allowed." He says to Lori.
"I don't wanna play it anyways it's stinky!"
"Is not!"
"Hey!" Liz's voice cuts them off.
"Sorry mommy" They mumble
"Why don't you go play with your toys and me and daddy will play with you later." Liz suggests
"Promise?" Lori asks Max
"Promise" He answers
"OK" She gives him a kiss on the cheek and runs off
"I'll give you a hug, but no kiss, only girls give kisses" Matty announces
Max tries to hold back a laugh and agrees solemnly "All right son"
"How did that feel?" Liz asks sitting down next to him
"It felt great, it felt so natural." Max answers
"I always knew you were going to be a great Dad."
"I only wish I could of been for the first five years, but I do understand your reasons I still wish though….."
"I know, but at least I'm here now."
"You know, you two have a lot of talking to do, we should all go." Maria says getting up
"Yea" Isabel follows along with Michael and Kyle.
Liz and Max take there seats again.
"So are you going out with anyone?" Liz asks
"I would of waited for you forever." Max says "What about you?"
"I could never of loved anyone but you."
"So where are you going to live?" Max asks
"I'm not sure yet, my parents are expanding this place so they can have a guest room, but I don't know yet."
"Live with me, I have a small house, it's not huge, but I have my clinic built into it off to the side, it has four rooms, it always seems so huge and empty."
"Really Max?" Liz asks
"Yes, really I want you to live with me, so we can be a family."
"We never will really be one though." Liz answers
"I want to show you something." He pulls a box out of his pocket. "I bought an engagement ring for you, the night you left I went over you're house to ask you and we had that fight and you told me you were leaving and I never got to ask you, but I still want to marry you, after 6 years and two children I see no reason to not want too."
Liz searches for words and looks up to see her mother in the background, her mother nods yes, telling Liz she should, because she knows it's what Liz wants. "Yes of course Max" She says happily
"What's going on?" Matty asks
"Your mom and dad are going to get married." Mrs. Parker says happily.
"Really?" Lori asks
"Yes!" Matty says putting his fist in the air.
They watch on as for the first time in 6 years Max's lips meet Liz's and they kiss.
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The words hung in the air. Finally Isabel sputters out. "I'm their aunt?" She asks
Liz nods.
"I'm there father?" Max asks
"Yes, I'm sorry I never told you, but I had to leave, if you knew you would of came with me, or tried to keep me here."
"Of course I would of went with you, I would never of left you alone." Max says
"That's was the problem. What if something went wrong, you were already under enough suspicion if I stayed here and something went wrong, you three could of ended up in a lot of trouble." Liz informs them
"But-"
"She's right Max" Michael interrupts him "That was smart of Liz."
Isabel nods in agreement.
Still excepting the fact that he was a father, Max recalls that fateful night that changed Liz's life and now changed his own. Who ever thought all that could happen after once? "Do they know I am their father?" He finally asks
"Yes, of course, they didn't recognize you because they were fighting, I told them you stayed here because you had important work to do, and we would move back to you when I was done with college."
"They know?" Max asks
"Yes, Max, they hated that you didn't get to play with them but Matty talk all the time about how his Daddy is going to teach him how to play basketball and Lori tells all her friends that your are going to take her out for ice cream and play with her. They really love you Max."
"I am so surprised and so, so happy" Max says a smile overcoming his face.
"Do your parents know Max is the father?" Maria asks
"Yes, they thought I wanted to get away for a while then come back after school"
"So what did you go to school for?" Kyle asks
"I'm a pediatrician" Liz says "I plan on opening a clinic out here."
"Well then Max can help you, he went to school for the same thing." Michael laughs
"You two were always the perfect match"
"I see you two are too" Liz says looking at the ring on Maria's hand. "Congratulations"
"Thank you. You know you my maid of honor of course. Right?" Maria asks
"Of course."
"Hey did you name them Lori for the L in Liz and Matty for the M in Max?" Kyle asks
Liz laughs "Yea, you noticed?"
"Liz? What was that thing that Lori was telling you about burnt food?" Isabel inquires
Liz looks serious for a moment "They are half- well Czechoslovakian" Liz says in a hushed voice "Matty figured out how to burn things, they cant do much except annoy each other with what they can do. They know the rules about not doing it anywhere except at home. But this is my old home so…." Liz trails off and Lori and Matty run back into the café and jump up on some stools and start spinning around on them. "Stay here Max. Maria can you come with me?" She asks
Maria and Liz walk over to Lori and Matty.
"You nervous Max?" Isabel asks
"I am more scared now, then when I was in the white room." He admits
"They'll love you, they already do." Michael assures him
Suddenly they hear a squeal of delight, they turn to see Lori running to Max.
"Daddy!" She screams and Max scoops her up into his lap and gives her a hug, it felt so natural to do this, like he had always done this.
"Dad!" Matty says pouncing Max
"Hey Kiddo" Max says pulling Matty over too.
The two of them start chattering happily and Liz looks on with tears in her eyes.
"We missed you Daddy, but we knew you had important business, but now we will live together forever right?" Lori asks
"Yea and now you can teach me to learn basketball. Cause I'm going to be six so I am old enough, but it will have to be after school and homework mommy says because when you go to first grade you have homework" Matty says a matter a factly
"Matty, Lori, this is your Aunt Isabel" He says gesturing
"Hi Lori says brightly "You're pretty"
"She's just a girl" Matty says disgusted "Boys are better, who are you?" He asks Michael and Kyle.
"That's your Uncle Michael and Uncle Kyle." Max says
"Will they play basketball too?" Matty asks "I hope so, cause they can be on a team and you and me can be on a team, no girls allowed." He says to Lori.
"I don't wanna play it anyways it's stinky!"
"Is not!"
"Hey!" Liz's voice cuts them off.
"Sorry mommy" They mumble
"Why don't you go play with your toys and me and daddy will play with you later." Liz suggests
"Promise?" Lori asks Max
"Promise" He answers
"OK" She gives him a kiss on the cheek and runs off
"I'll give you a hug, but no kiss, only girls give kisses" Matty announces
Max tries to hold back a laugh and agrees solemnly "All right son"
"How did that feel?" Liz asks sitting down next to him
"It felt great, it felt so natural." Max answers
"I always knew you were going to be a great Dad."
"I only wish I could of been for the first five years, but I do understand your reasons I still wish though….."
"I know, but at least I'm here now."
"You know, you two have a lot of talking to do, we should all go." Maria says getting up
"Yea" Isabel follows along with Michael and Kyle.
Liz and Max take there seats again.
"So are you going out with anyone?" Liz asks
"I would of waited for you forever." Max says "What about you?"
"I could never of loved anyone but you."
"So where are you going to live?" Max asks
"I'm not sure yet, my parents are expanding this place so they can have a guest room, but I don't know yet."
"Live with me, I have a small house, it's not huge, but I have my clinic built into it off to the side, it has four rooms, it always seems so huge and empty."
"Really Max?" Liz asks
"Yes, really I want you to live with me, so we can be a family."
"We never will really be one though." Liz answers
"I want to show you something." He pulls a box out of his pocket. "I bought an engagement ring for you, the night you left I went over you're house to ask you and we had that fight and you told me you were leaving and I never got to ask you, but I still want to marry you, after 6 years and two children I see no reason to not want too."
Liz searches for words and looks up to see her mother in the background, her mother nods yes, telling Liz she should, because she knows it's what Liz wants. "Yes of course Max" She says happily
"What's going on?" Matty asks
"Your mom and dad are going to get married." Mrs. Parker says happily.
"Really?" Lori asks
"Yes!" Matty says putting his fist in the air.
They watch on as for the first time in 6 years Max's lips meet Liz's and they kiss.
TBC'd please R&R Thanx!