Chapter 17: In Hiding

I'm Liz Parker and at this moment the house is being attacked. I don't know when this will stop. I just hope that guy will come back and help me. Ok, I learned I'm Slayer, or that Buffy is one, so that makes me her, so I'm one. I wanna go home. I hear the vampire throwing things. I'm trying to think of Anne Rice's books and what she said about vampires. Why couldn't I be back in Roswell, where the only thing I would worry about was aliens. If Max were hear then he could help me get out of this. You know I find it funny that I completely blocked out the existence of vampires. I am- was-am in love with an alien. So why would I not believe in vampires. This is insane. Vampires, aliens, probably demons. I wonder if the boogey man exists???

Liz jumped at the sound of something on the roof. She was convinced there was more than 1 vampire. She was hiding underneath the table. Lights off she grabbed a flashlight that was running low on energy. The pen she was holding fell from her hand as she screamed. She looked at her watch, she had a couple of more hours left till sunlight. She wished she was home, back with her friends.

Meanwhile outside the head vampire Mike was planning to bombard the house, if only he had been invited.

"What do we do now, Mike, the Slayer should have came out," the other vampire said.

"We wait."

Chapter 18: With You

"You're drunk, Kyle," Max said trying to have his voice heard over the loud music.

"So, I can still think right," Kyle said relaxing on the couch.

"No you can't. You're drunk," Max said reliving the time he got drunk with Kyle. He didn't really remember it, but sometimes at the weirdest times flashes of it would come back to him. But he never remembered the whole thing. What kind of secret does Kyle know? He knows nothing, he's drunk.

"Thanks for the dance," Buffy told the guy she was dancing with. Before he got a word out, Buffy left to see what Maria was doing. As eccentric as that girl was she grew on Buffy, even though she's known her for a short time.

When she saw Maria, Michael was handing her a cup of soda. How sweet!

"Hey, Maria," Buffy said. Michael handed her a cup too, Buffy accepted.

"Liz, you better take advantage, Michael is acting nice," Maria said with a laugh. She looked at Michael and made a face.

"Nice time over ladies, I'm going over to Max," he said. He left Maria, but gave her a quick kiss on her temple. He went over to Max and sat next to him.

"I think you spoke to soon," Buffy told Maria.

"Yeah I did, but its ok. He's still my number 1 space boy," Maria said glancing at Michael then at Liz.

"You've got it bad," Buffy said. Space boy? Must be the Roswell thing.

"Me?!? What about that guy you were dancing with? And may I say WOAH! I have never seen you dance like that before" Maria said.

"Right, I wanted to, you know, be someone else for a moment," Buffy said eyeing Maria to see what she would say next.

"Well that worked. You know I really like that outfit you have on. In this lighting you really don't see anything," Maria said taking notice of Liz's new persona.

"Thank you," Buffy said nodding her head.
"Ok I know this is completely going against the rules...." Maria started.

"Uh, huh"

".....BUT I think you should ask Max to dance with you," Maria was expecting the "No, I can't you know the whole destiny thing. The Future Max and destruction of the world" but instead got a "Sure" from Buffy, which left Maria trying to get Liz back, but lost her in the crowd.

"Hey Max," Buffy said sitting next to him,"Oh Michael, Maria is looking for you and Kyle Tess wants to dance with you so go" she said pushing them away.

Both Michael and Kyle went away. "I'll tell you later, Evans" Kyle said before going to his object of affection.

"Liz," Max said not knowing what to say. "You look nice tonight."

"Thanks Max you too," she told him. She could see that Max wasn't looking at her so she decided to make the next move.
"Do you wanna dance?" Buffy asked before she stood up.

"Um I don't know....."

"Look its platonic. We just dance," Buffy said, she added the pout, which won him over. She grabbed his hand and they went to the dance floor. They didn't realize they had spectators.

"Alex, look Max and Liz are dancing," Isabel told Alex. They just finished dancing about a zillion songs according to Alex which left him exhausted. He pleaded with his princess to stop and take a break, but she wouldn't. Finally he dragged her off the dance floor and plopped her on the couch.

"Yes, something we won't be doing for another 20 years," Alex said.

"Hey Tess wanna dance," Kyle asked Tess.

"Um I was about to go to Max, but if you want to sure. I guess its ok," Tess said. They went off dancing at the opposite section that Liz and Max were.

"See Max, nothing scary," Buffy said told him.

It's true
The way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you're not with me
I'm with you

You
Now I see
Keeping everything inside
You
Now I see
Even when I close my eyes

I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor, the rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake, slow to react
Even though you're close to me
You're still so distant, and I can't bring you back
"With You"--Linkin Park off of "Hybrid Theory"