***For those of you too lazy to read the prequel to this story I will give you a brief recap of it

***For those of you too lazy to read the prequel to this story I will give you a brief recap of it. Set after "Wipe Out" Liz keeps reliving the night Future Max came. Because of this she doesn't get much sleep, and people notice. Isabel and Michael think enough is enough and dream walk Liz. After seeing the truth of what really happen they wake up and tell Max. Max was ecstatic, and went to go talk to Liz. What he finds is a note explaining why she left. (Liz felt Isabel and Michael in her dream). Liz leaves for California with all her money saved from working at the Crashdown. Max leaves too in search of Liz, but not before confronting Tess and making her stay in Roswell. Liz works at this restaurant near her hotel. With Isabel's help and flashes he receives Max finds the right part of California. Right as he is about to give up his search he goes for something to eat. Fate makes Liz his server. Upon seeing Max, Liz flees. Max finds her and confesses his true feelings. They go back to the hotel Liz was staying at and make love. This is the morning afterwards*****

Liz slowly awoke and breathed in the fresh air coming from the window. It took a minute to remember what she was doing there, but then she remembered. Max had driven her away, but found her and proclaimed his endless love for her. Then they had made love. Remembering that wonderful night she turned over to Max, but he wasn't there. Liz panicked. She knew she hadn't dreamed that night. 'He left. Oh God. He left.' Liz saw her tape recorder on the desk with a note saying "To Liz" on it. She got up slowly and pressed play.

"Hey, you're probably thinking that I left. Nope. I had to get you back for giving me that scare. I'm just down stairs checking us out of the hotel. However since you left me a song to explain your feelings last time, I decided to do that too. Enjoy and see you in a few minutes."

"Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
I'm chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
Forgetting all I'm lacking
Completely incomplete
I'll take your invitation
You take all of me now
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and I question where to go
And I don't know what I'm tapping into
Just hanging by a moment here with you
There's nothing else to lose
There's nothing else to find
There's nothing in the world
That can change my mind
There is nothing else
There is nothing else
There is nothing else
Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
I'm chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you

-Life House, "Hanging by a Moment"

Liz suddenly felt a relief in her chest. 'I guess I deserved that.' A tear of happiness slid down Liz's cheek when she had listened to the lyrics. Just after the song ended Max entered the room.

"Well I see you're up. Guess you heard the tape." Max said knowing this would make her blood bubble. Liz ran over and kissed him. She grabbed him and threw him on the bed. "You're going to pay for that, you gave me a heart attack." Liz gave him a long deep kiss.

Max smiled. "Well if this is my punishment, I have to be bad more often."  Liz smiled and then said. "That's not your punishment this is." She found the ticklish spot behind his knees and tickled him like crazy. Max was laughing and trying to get out of her clutches. He managed to flip her so now he was on top of her. "My turn" is all Max said and he started tickling her everywhere. He then stopped.

"As much fun as this is we have to call Isabel so she can tell everyone that I found you and we are going home." Max explained. "But Max, can't we stay here a little bit longer?" Liz pleaded. Max realized what she was asking and they agreed that they could wait a little longer. They made love again. Max looked down at her head sitting on top of his chest. 'If only we could stay like this forever.' "Yeah I wish we could too." Liz replied. Max suddenly got pale, "What did you say?" "I said I wish could stay like this forever too," Liz reiterated.  Max tried to brush that off, thinking that maybe he had said it out loud after all.

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The bus ride was quiet but peaceful. Neither of them wanted to return to their lives in Roswell; a life that meant dealing with curfews, parents, other aliens, homework, and running from the FBI. Max thought it sounded kind of weird when you put all those things all in one sentence. Liz just rested her head on Max's shoulder and thought about how she probably hurt her friends and her parents by leaving like that. 'Will they forgive me?'

Max and Liz got off the bus and immediately were surrounded by their friends and parents.  Nancy Parker came up to her daughter and hugged her and whispered into her ear, "Honey I missed you so much, don't ever do that again!" Mrs. Parker was too happy to have her daughter home to yell at her. Alex and Maria came up and hugged Liz. "Hey you should have told me, after all what are best friends for but spilling your problems on." Alex told her. Maria whispered to Liz, "You, me, ice cream. We are overdue for a chat chica." Liz smiled.

Mr. and Mrs. Evans came up and hugged Max. "I'm proud of you, your friend was in trouble and you helped her. But if you ever leave without telling us first consider yourself grounded for life." Mrs. Evans told him. Maria and Alex thanked Max for finding their best friend. Isabel hugged her brother and welcomed him home. Michael just shook Max's hand and nodded. Max knew this was his way of saying 'I'm glad you're back.'

Mr. and Mrs. Parker approached Max. "Max, I know we don't know you that well, but I want to thank you so much for returning our Lizzy to us. Please join us for dinner sometime soon." Mrs. Parker asked as she hugged him. "I'd like that." Max replied. Liz looked over at Max and smiled adoringly. 'How did I ever do to deserve these people' Liz thought.