Part 13A
"And they lived happily ever after." Liz said, before leaning down and tucking in two children, twins Arianna and Matthew.
"Tell it again, Momma." 9-year-old Arianna muttered, half asleep. Liz laughed softly, "Maybe tomorrow night." She turned around and started to blow out the candle that was lighting up the room when he heard, "I love you Momma." Liz smiled with tears in her eyes.
"I love you, too, Mattie." She said to 9-year-old Matthew. She blew out the light and closed the door softly. When she turned around, she was hit with the image of Max, her husband of the past 10 years. She could tell something was bothering him, so she walked over to him and sat on his lap. Max looked up surprised, he hadn't even noticed that Liz was out there. Liz smiled at him and whispered into his ear, "The kids are in bed. We have time to ourselves." She started kissing his neck, when Max suddenly pulled her back from him. "We have to talk." He said, so serious that it was scaring Liz.
"What's wrong?" Liz asked.
"You remember when we got that letter from Alex and Isabel? After them and the kids came to visit us?"
"Yeah. Mattie and Arianna were so happy to see their cousins. I really wish that Alex, Isabel, Micheal and Maria all lived closer to us. The kids miss their cousins-"
"Liz, your parents have been looking for you. They even tracked down Alex, Isabel and Maria. They are trying to find us, Liz."
Liz was so shocked by the news, she never thought he parents would do something like that.
"What are we going to do? We can't let them find us, they'll find the kids. God knows what they would do or how they would react if they found out that we got married when we were 16, let alone had kids at such a young age!" Liz said, overreacting.
"Liz, calm down, ok? We'll figure something out. They won't get to the kids, ok? Tomorrow we'll take them to my parents house so we can figure this out." Max pulled a shaking Liz into a tight hug and kissed her on her temple, "Don't worry, babe, we'll fix this."
The two of them sat like that for a while, until they heard, "Momma, Daddy. I had a nightmare." They turned and saw Matthew in front of his room. Liz got up to take him back to bed, but Max pushed her down into the chair. "I'll take care of him I think you should go to bed." He kissed her lightly, resisting the urge to deepen it, and walked over to Matthew, picking him up. "Do you want a story, Mattie?"" Max asked. Mattie nodded, "The Princess Liz story, Daddy." Max smiled, more to himself than Matt, because him and Liz were the only one's who knew it was a true story. "Sure, buddy, whatever you want."
"And they lived happily ever after." Liz said, before leaning down and tucking in two children, twins Arianna and Matthew.
"Tell it again, Momma." 9-year-old Arianna muttered, half asleep. Liz laughed softly, "Maybe tomorrow night." She turned around and started to blow out the candle that was lighting up the room when he heard, "I love you Momma." Liz smiled with tears in her eyes.
"I love you, too, Mattie." She said to 9-year-old Matthew. She blew out the light and closed the door softly. When she turned around, she was hit with the image of Max, her husband of the past 10 years. She could tell something was bothering him, so she walked over to him and sat on his lap. Max looked up surprised, he hadn't even noticed that Liz was out there. Liz smiled at him and whispered into his ear, "The kids are in bed. We have time to ourselves." She started kissing his neck, when Max suddenly pulled her back from him. "We have to talk." He said, so serious that it was scaring Liz.
"What's wrong?" Liz asked.
"You remember when we got that letter from Alex and Isabel? After them and the kids came to visit us?"
"Yeah. Mattie and Arianna were so happy to see their cousins. I really wish that Alex, Isabel, Micheal and Maria all lived closer to us. The kids miss their cousins-"
"Liz, your parents have been looking for you. They even tracked down Alex, Isabel and Maria. They are trying to find us, Liz."
Liz was so shocked by the news, she never thought he parents would do something like that.
"What are we going to do? We can't let them find us, they'll find the kids. God knows what they would do or how they would react if they found out that we got married when we were 16, let alone had kids at such a young age!" Liz said, overreacting.
"Liz, calm down, ok? We'll figure something out. They won't get to the kids, ok? Tomorrow we'll take them to my parents house so we can figure this out." Max pulled a shaking Liz into a tight hug and kissed her on her temple, "Don't worry, babe, we'll fix this."
The two of them sat like that for a while, until they heard, "Momma, Daddy. I had a nightmare." They turned and saw Matthew in front of his room. Liz got up to take him back to bed, but Max pushed her down into the chair. "I'll take care of him I think you should go to bed." He kissed her lightly, resisting the urge to deepen it, and walked over to Matthew, picking him up. "Do you want a story, Mattie?"" Max asked. Mattie nodded, "The Princess Liz story, Daddy." Max smiled, more to himself than Matt, because him and Liz were the only one's who knew it was a true story. "Sure, buddy, whatever you want."