Chapter 3
After school Maria and Liz were working at the Crashdown. Max, Isabel, and Michael sat down at their usual seat. Max didn't even bother looking at the menu or listen to what Isabel and Michael were talking about, he just looked at Liz walking around in her little alien dress. 'Focus Evans, focus!" Michael wasn't focusing much either when he saw Maria come out from the back.
"Why do we have to come here, we all know that we aren't hungry. Well except the fact that you two look like your ready to jump Maria and Liz."
"Don't be bitter, you would be doing the same thing as us if you stopped denying your relationship with Alex, and he worked here…bending over in a little….dddrrreeesss…" Michael's voice trailed off as he saw Maria bend over and pick up her pen.
"I'm not bitter, besides Alex I think hates me right now, which is fine I guess. I just hate coming here with no one to talk to because you two knuckle heads keep drooling over them." Isabel said pointing over and Liz and Maria who were cleaning off some tables.
Max and Michael just smiled at one another, then continued to look over at their girlfriends. Max was not sure when Michael and become so head over heels in love with Maria, but it didn't matter; Michael was happy and that's all Max cared about. 'They might be in love but they still fight like before.' Max thought and chuckled when he thought about them bickering that morning at lunch. 'They are hopeless!'
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Maria and Liz went to the backroom to get some more ice cream.
"Ugh. I have the worst headache ever. I need some aspirin." Maria said as she reached into her locker and took some Advil and swallowed it.
"Poor Maria. I know how you feel I have not been getting a lot of sleep the last couple days and my head sometimes is pounding." Liz said as she reached over and stroked Maria's head. When Liz's hand touched Maria's head the pain went away immediately.
'That's weird…I guess when they mean extra-strength they really mean extra.' Maria thought.
After restocking the ice cream Liz and Maria switched the sign on the door from open to closed, and then walked over to Isabel, Michael and Max. They had waited for the Crashdown to close, or rather Max and Michael waited and Isabel was forced to stay.
"Hey guys, you know as much as Maria and I appreciate it, you don't have to wait for us to get off work." Liz said.
"That's what I said!" Isabel mumbled. Liz and Maria glanced over at each other and laughed. Max lightly kicked Isabel under the table and gave her an evil look.
"Did you understand any of that chemistry homework? I swear Ms. Scott just gives us this work just to be evil." Max asked Liz.
"Uh yeah actually I did." Liz said. Everyone just looked at Liz with a "typical" look on their face. "Hey what's wrong with a girl being good in science, you never know when it might pay off." Isabel and Michael's faces dropped. 'She has a good point' Isabel thought.
"So how bout some one on one tutoring?" Max said with a grin on his face.
"Uh sure." Liz said. Everyone had disgusted faces. Just as Liz got up she stumbled, and was luckily caught by Max.
"Liz, are you okay? You do look a little flushed." Max asked.
"I don't know, can we cancel our chemistry tutoring for tonight, I don't feel so good." Liz mumbled.
"Sure, I mean its Friday and I have all weekend to do it. Here I'll help you up to your room." Max said, taking Liz's hand and walking up to her room. Once they got there, Max waited for Liz to change in the bathroom, then tucked her in. He gave her a kiss on the forehead and left. Max felt better knowing she was going to go asleep.
Lurking in the shadows a man saw Max leave and picked up his walkie-talkie and said, "It's time let's go."
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