~A/N~ Hey everyone. OK, so I didn't get many reviews. That isn't alright
but I guess one will have to do. I am going to finish this story but it
would help me SO MUCH if you PLEASE review! I need reviews to write. I can
understand this whole predicament though. I was music writer and I am
pretty used to getting about five reviews per chapter- at least. I know I
am not getting that many here because, well, this could just be a bad story
or it could be because I am not a known Roswell writer. I had become, over
the years, a known and respected music writer. I only hope you guys give me
a chance. I promise I'll come up with some better Roswell stories! I only
hope you'll read them.
Anyway- review please? And enjoy this chapter, I thought it was pretty good.
P.S.- I changed the summary a little- for anyone who was wondering.
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*A month or so later*
It had been weeks since the day with Sean in her room. She saw Sean almost every day and they never talked about the night in the bowling ally again. As the days wore on she found her self beginning to forget the way it was before more and more every day. Sean made her laugh, Sean made her smile, and most of all Sean made her forget.
As much time as she spent with Sean Liz couldn't lose that ounce of hope she had in her heart that Max would come back some day- some day soon and not in a few years. She found herself wondering what exactly Max had wanted her to do- sit and wait? Wait for him for years? Max didn't understand what it was like to be left behind. While Max, Isabel, and Michael were up fighting a rebellion she was stuck on earth doing Civics homework and working at the Crashdown. While Max was saving a whole civilization from despair she was trying to make it through a week at school and through her shift at work.
It had been almost three months since they had left and Liz still found it hard to not let her mind wander back to the many hours she had spent with Max. From the good days to the bad- it had always been Max for years and she found it unbearable wandering Earth alone without him.
"Something's up with you," Liz was pulled out of her trance when Maria walked up beside her and began wiping down the counter.
"Why do you say that?" Liz asked, her mind still wandering.
"Well, the fact that you've been wiping that spot on the table for about five minutes could be what it was the tipped me off," Maria laughed, "or maybe it is that distant look in your eye that tells me that you aren't here with me anymore."
Liz shook her head, "yeah I guess. I just have had a lot on my mind." She shrugged her shoulders and moved over to the next table wiping it down and getting ready to close up for the night.
"Yeah you and everyone else around here. Even SEAN has seemed like he is distant and thinking all the time. I mean, Sean doesn't think does he?" Maria asked and Liz snapped out of her trance at the sound of Sean's name.
"Sean? What's he acting like?" She asked curiously devoting her whole attention to Maria.
Maria gave her an odd look, "not like I care or anything but he's just been acting weird. Moody and distant. He disappears all the time too during the day and mom doesn't know where he goes and neither do I."
"Oh," She commented and nodded as she went to refill the Salt shakers.
Maria looked at her curiously. "You wouldn't happen to know where he goes would you?"
Liz spun around and looked at her shocked. "Why would I know?" She asked innocently as she gathered the Salt shakers and carried them over to the counter.
"Well you seemed awfully curious when I said Sean seemed distant," Maria paused looking Liz over. "Oh no. You guys aren't like- doing what you were before were you?" Maria asked her voice raising a pitch. "Please tell me you aren't seeing him again."
Liz smiled, "of course I'm not SEEING him again. I mean I see him but I'm not dating him. Come on Maria- has it been so long that you've actually forgotten Max? Michael and Isabel? I mean really."
Maria sighed and shook her head. "Of course I didn't forget them Liz but I was just wondering. She went on wiping the counter and then stopped. "Wait, when do you see him? You haven't been to my house in weeks and Sean barely goes anywhere except for when he disappears and when he works."
Liz sighed, "will you just drop it Maria? I'm not dating Sean alright? End of story."
Maria glanced over at her and nodded slowly, "OK Liz." She said but couldn't suppress the feeling that Liz was hiding something from her.
*Meanwhile- in another galaxy*
"My Lord," the troops entered the large spacious room and their troop leader stopped in front of Max saying the word in a language he somehow understood. Max stood slowly and looked at them. "My Lord it is proven now. Kivar is dead. His body was found outside of Telaham."
Max nodded slowly and looked over at Isabel and Michael, speaking in English he said the words they had longed to hear for so long. "We're going back. As soon as I can get the civilization stabilized and a new ruler in position we will go back to Earth." He stopped choosing his words carefully, "don't get too excited. It could be a year before we get back, no one can tell. Just know we are going back- sometime sooner than we had expected."
*A few days later- Earth*
"So you just said it?" Liz asked smiling as she looked over at Sean across the bed.
"Yeah, it was no big deal. I told him he was an asshole- like he didn't know it already. Everyone at work knew it, I was just the only one with enough guts to say it. True, I did get fired but that was just a minor complication. Plus, I have a new job now anyway." He smiled at her and she laughed as she played with the bracelet on her wrist. "Are you doing alright Liz?" Sean asked casting a worried glance in her direction.
"Me? Oh yeah Sean. I'm fine." Liz lied smiling and trying to hide the feelings that had been dominating her thoughts for months.
"No you're not Liz!" Sean said, his voice raising to a level higher than he had wanted it to. She looked up at him startled. "You're not alright. Why won't you ever tell me? Why do you always lie to me? You haven't been alright for months- ever since Max Evans disappeared to who knows where." He stopped and looked at her sighing. "You don't have to lie to me anymore Liz. I can take it. I get the fact that Max is the one you are upset over alright? You don't have to lie anymore."
She stared at him and she felt the tears prick behind her eyes begging to be let free- begging her to give in and cry. "I- I don't know what to say Sean," She said her voice cracking.
He looked at her for a minute before speaking. "You know what you need Parker?" He asked.
"What do I need Sean?"
He smiled and laughed, "you need to bowl."
*Ten Minutes Later*
"They gave you a key?" Liz asked as she watched Sean unlock the doors, shivering in the November night air.
He held open the door for her and she walked in, "of course. I do work her you know and they pretty much knew I was going to come at night whether they gave me a key or not and they said it was alright as long as I pay for whatever I eat and don't wreck anything." She laughed and he walked over flipping on the lights. One by one each of the lanes lit up and they walked over. Liz sat in one of the chairs as she watched Sean grab a ball from one of the racks by the concession stand.
He typed in their names and he threw the first ball, getting a perfect strike. He turned and smiled back at her.
"Been practicing Sean?" Liz asked laughing at the look of pride on his face.
Sean laughed as he walked over and sat down next to her, "hey Liz?" He asked breaking the silence.
She looked over at him, not exactly knowing what he was going to say- and not knowing if it was going to be something she wanted to hear. Sean had said so many things to her lately- things that brought her back to the days Max had hurt her so much- the days where Sean had saved her and the days she had forgotten so easily when Max came back to her. "What?" She questioned finally.
He smiled, "it's your turn to bowl." He said motioning toward the lane. He laughed as Liz glanced over at the lane.
"Oh yeah," she said laughing slightly at her stupidity. She got up and threw her first ball- watching it go into the gutter. She sighed and when her second ball went into the same place she sat down helplessly next to Sean giving him a pitiful look. "I suck at bowling," she pouted making him laugh.
"Well, who needs bowling anyway?" He asked taking off his shoes and standing up, grabbing her hand and leading her toward another lane.
"Oh no you don't," She said realizing what he was doing. "The last time I did this I almost sprained my ankle Sean!" She screamed as she watched him slide down the lane effortlessly.
"Oh come on Liz, just once? For me?" He begged pitifully laughing slightly at the reluctant look on her face. "Come on, I mean, we can go back to bowling, if that's what you really want to do."
She glanced over at the place where they had been before realizing she didn't want to embarrass herself anymore. She shrugged, "Here goes nothing," She said taking off her shoes and running the short distance to the lane, sliding a little to fast for her liking. She let out a little scream as she ran into Sean and they both tumbled to the floor.
He laughed as he caught her and they fell to the floor. "Now there's the Liz I remember!" He said and looked at her. "Fun and full of grace." He laughed again as she stuck her tongue out at him.
She looked over and realized they were still wrapped up together out on the lane. She didn't want to stay like that but found herself reluctant to move as she caught his eye and they both fell silent. Instantly the scene flashed through her mind- the last time she had been at the bowling ally.
*Flashback*
Sean looked at her from across the table where they had been sitting for hours. It was nearing one in the morning and he knew they should have left an hour ago but he didn't want to and he knew she didn't either.
He looked at her again as he watched her look around the bowling ally. "You know I don't come here enough. I realize that now- I mean it has been, what, five years? At the least. No wonder I suck so much at bowling. I never do it! See, now you're good. You come here all the time-"
"Liz," he said cutting her off and she glanced over at him startled.
"Yeah?" She asked as she took a sip of the Coke they had gotten from the concession stand. "What do you need Sean?" She asked urging him to finish his thoughts.
"I," he trailed off looking up at her, "what would you say if I said I wanted to kiss you right now?"
She looked at him and in the silence she considered what he said before finally answering. "Then I'd say go ahead."
He smiled before leaning over and catching her lips in a kiss. A kiss that felt better than she could have ever imagined, a kiss from someone who cared for her- a kiss not from Max.
*End of flashback*
Liz looked at him, still sitting in the lane. His eyes hadn't left hers and she could tell he wanted to kiss her again- she could also tell he was reluctant to do so. The last time he had kissed her she had gone back to Max, it had always been Max and had never been Sean.
Slowly she watched as he looked her over before looking away. "What are you thinking?" She asked softly.
He looked back at her, "I think you know what I am thinking." He said and he watched as she nodded slowly. "You remember it as well as I do Liz and I just can't believe that it didn't feel the same for you as it did for me. You know, Maria says I am incapable of loving. She says I am too much of a 'player' or whatever. That I could never care for a girl and not leave her. She said that I didn't have enough heart to love anyone the way they needed to be loved. It isn't true though," he paused and she knew what he was going to say before he said it, "I could love you the way you need to be loved."
She looked at him not saying a word, not trusting her voice to hold out of she did.
"I could love you if only you would let me," he muttered finishing his sentence and beginning to get up off the floor. She caught his hand and he looked down at her, waiting for her to speak.
"What would you say if I said I wanted to kiss you?" She asked as she watched a smile spread across his face as he slowly lowered himself back down next to her.
"Then I'd say go ahead," he said laughing as they both leaned in and the night replayed itself- the night from so long ago and the night they would never forget.
Anyway- review please? And enjoy this chapter, I thought it was pretty good.
P.S.- I changed the summary a little- for anyone who was wondering.
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*A month or so later*
It had been weeks since the day with Sean in her room. She saw Sean almost every day and they never talked about the night in the bowling ally again. As the days wore on she found her self beginning to forget the way it was before more and more every day. Sean made her laugh, Sean made her smile, and most of all Sean made her forget.
As much time as she spent with Sean Liz couldn't lose that ounce of hope she had in her heart that Max would come back some day- some day soon and not in a few years. She found herself wondering what exactly Max had wanted her to do- sit and wait? Wait for him for years? Max didn't understand what it was like to be left behind. While Max, Isabel, and Michael were up fighting a rebellion she was stuck on earth doing Civics homework and working at the Crashdown. While Max was saving a whole civilization from despair she was trying to make it through a week at school and through her shift at work.
It had been almost three months since they had left and Liz still found it hard to not let her mind wander back to the many hours she had spent with Max. From the good days to the bad- it had always been Max for years and she found it unbearable wandering Earth alone without him.
"Something's up with you," Liz was pulled out of her trance when Maria walked up beside her and began wiping down the counter.
"Why do you say that?" Liz asked, her mind still wandering.
"Well, the fact that you've been wiping that spot on the table for about five minutes could be what it was the tipped me off," Maria laughed, "or maybe it is that distant look in your eye that tells me that you aren't here with me anymore."
Liz shook her head, "yeah I guess. I just have had a lot on my mind." She shrugged her shoulders and moved over to the next table wiping it down and getting ready to close up for the night.
"Yeah you and everyone else around here. Even SEAN has seemed like he is distant and thinking all the time. I mean, Sean doesn't think does he?" Maria asked and Liz snapped out of her trance at the sound of Sean's name.
"Sean? What's he acting like?" She asked curiously devoting her whole attention to Maria.
Maria gave her an odd look, "not like I care or anything but he's just been acting weird. Moody and distant. He disappears all the time too during the day and mom doesn't know where he goes and neither do I."
"Oh," She commented and nodded as she went to refill the Salt shakers.
Maria looked at her curiously. "You wouldn't happen to know where he goes would you?"
Liz spun around and looked at her shocked. "Why would I know?" She asked innocently as she gathered the Salt shakers and carried them over to the counter.
"Well you seemed awfully curious when I said Sean seemed distant," Maria paused looking Liz over. "Oh no. You guys aren't like- doing what you were before were you?" Maria asked her voice raising a pitch. "Please tell me you aren't seeing him again."
Liz smiled, "of course I'm not SEEING him again. I mean I see him but I'm not dating him. Come on Maria- has it been so long that you've actually forgotten Max? Michael and Isabel? I mean really."
Maria sighed and shook her head. "Of course I didn't forget them Liz but I was just wondering. She went on wiping the counter and then stopped. "Wait, when do you see him? You haven't been to my house in weeks and Sean barely goes anywhere except for when he disappears and when he works."
Liz sighed, "will you just drop it Maria? I'm not dating Sean alright? End of story."
Maria glanced over at her and nodded slowly, "OK Liz." She said but couldn't suppress the feeling that Liz was hiding something from her.
*Meanwhile- in another galaxy*
"My Lord," the troops entered the large spacious room and their troop leader stopped in front of Max saying the word in a language he somehow understood. Max stood slowly and looked at them. "My Lord it is proven now. Kivar is dead. His body was found outside of Telaham."
Max nodded slowly and looked over at Isabel and Michael, speaking in English he said the words they had longed to hear for so long. "We're going back. As soon as I can get the civilization stabilized and a new ruler in position we will go back to Earth." He stopped choosing his words carefully, "don't get too excited. It could be a year before we get back, no one can tell. Just know we are going back- sometime sooner than we had expected."
*A few days later- Earth*
"So you just said it?" Liz asked smiling as she looked over at Sean across the bed.
"Yeah, it was no big deal. I told him he was an asshole- like he didn't know it already. Everyone at work knew it, I was just the only one with enough guts to say it. True, I did get fired but that was just a minor complication. Plus, I have a new job now anyway." He smiled at her and she laughed as she played with the bracelet on her wrist. "Are you doing alright Liz?" Sean asked casting a worried glance in her direction.
"Me? Oh yeah Sean. I'm fine." Liz lied smiling and trying to hide the feelings that had been dominating her thoughts for months.
"No you're not Liz!" Sean said, his voice raising to a level higher than he had wanted it to. She looked up at him startled. "You're not alright. Why won't you ever tell me? Why do you always lie to me? You haven't been alright for months- ever since Max Evans disappeared to who knows where." He stopped and looked at her sighing. "You don't have to lie to me anymore Liz. I can take it. I get the fact that Max is the one you are upset over alright? You don't have to lie anymore."
She stared at him and she felt the tears prick behind her eyes begging to be let free- begging her to give in and cry. "I- I don't know what to say Sean," She said her voice cracking.
He looked at her for a minute before speaking. "You know what you need Parker?" He asked.
"What do I need Sean?"
He smiled and laughed, "you need to bowl."
*Ten Minutes Later*
"They gave you a key?" Liz asked as she watched Sean unlock the doors, shivering in the November night air.
He held open the door for her and she walked in, "of course. I do work her you know and they pretty much knew I was going to come at night whether they gave me a key or not and they said it was alright as long as I pay for whatever I eat and don't wreck anything." She laughed and he walked over flipping on the lights. One by one each of the lanes lit up and they walked over. Liz sat in one of the chairs as she watched Sean grab a ball from one of the racks by the concession stand.
He typed in their names and he threw the first ball, getting a perfect strike. He turned and smiled back at her.
"Been practicing Sean?" Liz asked laughing at the look of pride on his face.
Sean laughed as he walked over and sat down next to her, "hey Liz?" He asked breaking the silence.
She looked over at him, not exactly knowing what he was going to say- and not knowing if it was going to be something she wanted to hear. Sean had said so many things to her lately- things that brought her back to the days Max had hurt her so much- the days where Sean had saved her and the days she had forgotten so easily when Max came back to her. "What?" She questioned finally.
He smiled, "it's your turn to bowl." He said motioning toward the lane. He laughed as Liz glanced over at the lane.
"Oh yeah," she said laughing slightly at her stupidity. She got up and threw her first ball- watching it go into the gutter. She sighed and when her second ball went into the same place she sat down helplessly next to Sean giving him a pitiful look. "I suck at bowling," she pouted making him laugh.
"Well, who needs bowling anyway?" He asked taking off his shoes and standing up, grabbing her hand and leading her toward another lane.
"Oh no you don't," She said realizing what he was doing. "The last time I did this I almost sprained my ankle Sean!" She screamed as she watched him slide down the lane effortlessly.
"Oh come on Liz, just once? For me?" He begged pitifully laughing slightly at the reluctant look on her face. "Come on, I mean, we can go back to bowling, if that's what you really want to do."
She glanced over at the place where they had been before realizing she didn't want to embarrass herself anymore. She shrugged, "Here goes nothing," She said taking off her shoes and running the short distance to the lane, sliding a little to fast for her liking. She let out a little scream as she ran into Sean and they both tumbled to the floor.
He laughed as he caught her and they fell to the floor. "Now there's the Liz I remember!" He said and looked at her. "Fun and full of grace." He laughed again as she stuck her tongue out at him.
She looked over and realized they were still wrapped up together out on the lane. She didn't want to stay like that but found herself reluctant to move as she caught his eye and they both fell silent. Instantly the scene flashed through her mind- the last time she had been at the bowling ally.
*Flashback*
Sean looked at her from across the table where they had been sitting for hours. It was nearing one in the morning and he knew they should have left an hour ago but he didn't want to and he knew she didn't either.
He looked at her again as he watched her look around the bowling ally. "You know I don't come here enough. I realize that now- I mean it has been, what, five years? At the least. No wonder I suck so much at bowling. I never do it! See, now you're good. You come here all the time-"
"Liz," he said cutting her off and she glanced over at him startled.
"Yeah?" She asked as she took a sip of the Coke they had gotten from the concession stand. "What do you need Sean?" She asked urging him to finish his thoughts.
"I," he trailed off looking up at her, "what would you say if I said I wanted to kiss you right now?"
She looked at him and in the silence she considered what he said before finally answering. "Then I'd say go ahead."
He smiled before leaning over and catching her lips in a kiss. A kiss that felt better than she could have ever imagined, a kiss from someone who cared for her- a kiss not from Max.
*End of flashback*
Liz looked at him, still sitting in the lane. His eyes hadn't left hers and she could tell he wanted to kiss her again- she could also tell he was reluctant to do so. The last time he had kissed her she had gone back to Max, it had always been Max and had never been Sean.
Slowly she watched as he looked her over before looking away. "What are you thinking?" She asked softly.
He looked back at her, "I think you know what I am thinking." He said and he watched as she nodded slowly. "You remember it as well as I do Liz and I just can't believe that it didn't feel the same for you as it did for me. You know, Maria says I am incapable of loving. She says I am too much of a 'player' or whatever. That I could never care for a girl and not leave her. She said that I didn't have enough heart to love anyone the way they needed to be loved. It isn't true though," he paused and she knew what he was going to say before he said it, "I could love you the way you need to be loved."
She looked at him not saying a word, not trusting her voice to hold out of she did.
"I could love you if only you would let me," he muttered finishing his sentence and beginning to get up off the floor. She caught his hand and he looked down at her, waiting for her to speak.
"What would you say if I said I wanted to kiss you?" She asked as she watched a smile spread across his face as he slowly lowered himself back down next to her.
"Then I'd say go ahead," he said laughing as they both leaned in and the night replayed itself- the night from so long ago and the night they would never forget.