~A/N~ Hey, thank you to the few reviewers I have. If I don't get enough
reviews then I am going to stop updating- just a warning so PLEASE review!
I love this story and I don't want to have to quit just because I don't
have to motivation to write. Also, in order to make this story better I
have set it in the time frame where Tess isn't dead yet and Max hasn't met
his son OK? Just to let you know. Adios and please review? I would love it
sooo much.
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*The Next Day*
Liz flipped through the pages, running her hand over the familiar words scrawled by her pen not long ago, yearning to get a glimpse of those days when her thoughts were completely different.
She stopped on the page she wanted and began in the middle of the page, slowly reading the words she had written- the words that seemed so foreign to her now.
~. I ran out and I saw THEM- Max and Tess and they were kissing. The worst feelings I could ever imagine all went through me at the same time. Hurt, loneliness, and shame most of all. I ran out, searching for somewhere that I could go to escape- for someone I could see to make me forget everything Max Evans had done to me. So I went to Sean. I feel so bad sometimes when I go to Sean to help me forget- like I am using him to get away from Max and then I toss him aside once Max comes. But last night I felt something I never felt for Sean before. He took me bowling and I had so much fun- so much fun on the night that only an hour before had felt like the worst night of my life. I didn't mean to but I let Sean kiss me and although it wasn't like when Max kissed me, Sean made it feel so special- like he hadn't been with so many girls like I knew he had. It wasn't like that day in the car either- because I wasn't thinking about Max when I let Sean kiss me. I was thinking about Sean. Sean let me see that he would do anything for me- almost like he loved me and I think I may be falling in.~
She shut the book and closed her eyes tightly before she could finish the sentence. Before she could read the words she knew came next- before she could see that she had loved him.
Max had hurt her so much- how could she forget. Max had loved her so much that for a moment Liz had actually been able to block out the days when he denied her love and claimed his love for Tess instead. True, it had been Liz that pushed Max away but he didn't have to hurt her like he did. He didn't have to lose the one thing Liz had saved for him for so long to Tess on that night in the observatory. He didn't have to shatter her dreams like that.
Liz slid off her bed and walked out onto the patio outside her room and glanced up at the stars that littered the sky on that dark night and she sighed thinking that Max was up there- somewhere. Up there leading his planet, defeating Kivar, and saving his people from despair they had felt for so long.
Deep in her heart she felt the twinge of jealousy as she remembered who was also up there with Max- Tess. Tess and Max's son.
*A Week Later*
"Hey Liz," Sean said as he entered her room through her window and jumped carelessly onto her bed.
Liz laughed as she looked up from the homework she had been stooped over for hours, "is this going to become a regular thing for you and me Sean?"
He smiled, "what's wrong Parker, not enjoying my company?"
"Did I say that?" Liz asked innocently and Sean let out a snort of laughter.
"What are you doing anyway?" He asked curiously.
"Converting and evaluating chemical equations for Chemistry."
"Whoa whoa," Sean held up his hands, "the guy who slept through the amount of high school he actually finished here remember? You know, the criminal? You're going t fast for me," he looked over at her, "you know what? I don't even want to know."
She giggled as she set down her pencil and spun around to face him. "So what's up with you today Sean?"
"Oh not much- you know the usual. Sleep 'till noon, get up, eat, lounge around, come and see you. Life is good. I don't see why you waste your time at high school anyway- seeing you doing homework just further proves why I didn't finish high school."
Liz shook her head, "you really should have you know Sean. It would take you so much further in life and-"
"Parker, Parker, Parker. Geez, I get enough of this from Amy and Maria without you getting on me about high school too."
"Sorry Sean," she apologized, "but you know I think you should have finished."
He nodded and a silence fell after her statement. She picked at her nails as he traced the lines in her ceiling until finally he looked over at her. "Hey Parker, you remember that night in the bowling ally?"
Liz felt her heart skip a beat at what he said and looked up and saw him staring at her. She had been thinking about that night since she had read her old journal entry.
"Th- that night at the bowling ally?" She stuttered, "yeah Sean. I remember that night at the bowling ally."
He tore his eyes away and he sighed. "I think a lot about that night at the bowling ally."
She stayed silent, just staring at him and wondering what she should say- what exactly could she say? She had acted like she loved him and then the moment Max was back in the picture Sean was back out of the picture. How could she explain how she had replaced him so easily? How could Sean ever understand what Max had meant to her- how she would have done anything for him.
"That night did mean something to you didn't it Liz? I mean, you didn't just go to me and then forget it all? I know you and Max got back together but I just need to know- I need to know if it meant as much to you as it did to me."
Liz sat in complete silence choosing her words carefully. Trying to think of what the right thing to say would be.
"You know what? Never mind. I gotta go but I'll see you later alright?" Sean said as he jumped off the bed and headed for the window.
"Sean?" Liz called as he began to climb out and he stopped to look back at her. She paused, "it did mean something." She said and she watched as the smile slowly spread across his face.
He laughed slightly, "see you later Parker." And he was gone.
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*The Next Day*
Liz flipped through the pages, running her hand over the familiar words scrawled by her pen not long ago, yearning to get a glimpse of those days when her thoughts were completely different.
She stopped on the page she wanted and began in the middle of the page, slowly reading the words she had written- the words that seemed so foreign to her now.
~. I ran out and I saw THEM- Max and Tess and they were kissing. The worst feelings I could ever imagine all went through me at the same time. Hurt, loneliness, and shame most of all. I ran out, searching for somewhere that I could go to escape- for someone I could see to make me forget everything Max Evans had done to me. So I went to Sean. I feel so bad sometimes when I go to Sean to help me forget- like I am using him to get away from Max and then I toss him aside once Max comes. But last night I felt something I never felt for Sean before. He took me bowling and I had so much fun- so much fun on the night that only an hour before had felt like the worst night of my life. I didn't mean to but I let Sean kiss me and although it wasn't like when Max kissed me, Sean made it feel so special- like he hadn't been with so many girls like I knew he had. It wasn't like that day in the car either- because I wasn't thinking about Max when I let Sean kiss me. I was thinking about Sean. Sean let me see that he would do anything for me- almost like he loved me and I think I may be falling in.~
She shut the book and closed her eyes tightly before she could finish the sentence. Before she could read the words she knew came next- before she could see that she had loved him.
Max had hurt her so much- how could she forget. Max had loved her so much that for a moment Liz had actually been able to block out the days when he denied her love and claimed his love for Tess instead. True, it had been Liz that pushed Max away but he didn't have to hurt her like he did. He didn't have to lose the one thing Liz had saved for him for so long to Tess on that night in the observatory. He didn't have to shatter her dreams like that.
Liz slid off her bed and walked out onto the patio outside her room and glanced up at the stars that littered the sky on that dark night and she sighed thinking that Max was up there- somewhere. Up there leading his planet, defeating Kivar, and saving his people from despair they had felt for so long.
Deep in her heart she felt the twinge of jealousy as she remembered who was also up there with Max- Tess. Tess and Max's son.
*A Week Later*
"Hey Liz," Sean said as he entered her room through her window and jumped carelessly onto her bed.
Liz laughed as she looked up from the homework she had been stooped over for hours, "is this going to become a regular thing for you and me Sean?"
He smiled, "what's wrong Parker, not enjoying my company?"
"Did I say that?" Liz asked innocently and Sean let out a snort of laughter.
"What are you doing anyway?" He asked curiously.
"Converting and evaluating chemical equations for Chemistry."
"Whoa whoa," Sean held up his hands, "the guy who slept through the amount of high school he actually finished here remember? You know, the criminal? You're going t fast for me," he looked over at her, "you know what? I don't even want to know."
She giggled as she set down her pencil and spun around to face him. "So what's up with you today Sean?"
"Oh not much- you know the usual. Sleep 'till noon, get up, eat, lounge around, come and see you. Life is good. I don't see why you waste your time at high school anyway- seeing you doing homework just further proves why I didn't finish high school."
Liz shook her head, "you really should have you know Sean. It would take you so much further in life and-"
"Parker, Parker, Parker. Geez, I get enough of this from Amy and Maria without you getting on me about high school too."
"Sorry Sean," she apologized, "but you know I think you should have finished."
He nodded and a silence fell after her statement. She picked at her nails as he traced the lines in her ceiling until finally he looked over at her. "Hey Parker, you remember that night in the bowling ally?"
Liz felt her heart skip a beat at what he said and looked up and saw him staring at her. She had been thinking about that night since she had read her old journal entry.
"Th- that night at the bowling ally?" She stuttered, "yeah Sean. I remember that night at the bowling ally."
He tore his eyes away and he sighed. "I think a lot about that night at the bowling ally."
She stayed silent, just staring at him and wondering what she should say- what exactly could she say? She had acted like she loved him and then the moment Max was back in the picture Sean was back out of the picture. How could she explain how she had replaced him so easily? How could Sean ever understand what Max had meant to her- how she would have done anything for him.
"That night did mean something to you didn't it Liz? I mean, you didn't just go to me and then forget it all? I know you and Max got back together but I just need to know- I need to know if it meant as much to you as it did to me."
Liz sat in complete silence choosing her words carefully. Trying to think of what the right thing to say would be.
"You know what? Never mind. I gotta go but I'll see you later alright?" Sean said as he jumped off the bed and headed for the window.
"Sean?" Liz called as he began to climb out and he stopped to look back at her. She paused, "it did mean something." She said and she watched as the smile slowly spread across his face.
He laughed slightly, "see you later Parker." And he was gone.