~A/N~ The final chapter is here. You guys I enjoyed this story! This is the
first Roswell story I have ever completed. YAHOO! Go me! Hehe! Oh yeah,
back to the AN. So anyway- I hope you guys enjoyed this story. Even though
I never got many reviews I still enjoyed writing it. I hope you like the
end- please review and tell me what you think! ~Radiogirl
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*Two Nights later*
"I can't believe I am doing this," Liz muttered as she soundlessly snuck around the side of the house and Max's window came into view. She had finally made her decision- the decision that she realized had been made all along.
She saw him sitting on his bed with his Calculus book in his lap and as she raised her hand to knock on the window she paused. Was this the right decision? Was this really what she wanted to do?
She shook her head and quickly knocked on the window. His eyes shot up and when he saw her a smile spread across his face. He jumped up from the bed and opened the window.
They stood staring at each other for a moment before Max spoke. "Come on in Liz," he said and helped her as she slowly climbed through the window. Once she got inside she scanned the room that used to be so familiar to her. The books lined neatly in the book case and CDs scattered around on the desk. The room she had once loved more than her own because it was so Max.
She caught his expectant gaze and she sighed. "I made my decision Max."
A hopeful smile played on his lips and he took a deep breath before speaking, "and it's me?"
She felt her heart drop at the happy gleam in his eye. "No," she whispered and sadly watched as the smile dropped from his face.
"How? How could you forget Liz? Don't you even remember what we had? It has only been six months! I just don't know how you could have stopped loving me in six months!" He heard the despair rising in the back of his throat and swallowed the tears of disappointment before they could surface. So many months on Antar had showed him to never show weakness- never let Kivar know you were faltering. Never let them know that you were scared.
Liz shook her head the tears gleaming in her tired eyes. "That's where you'll never understand Max and I know that. I can never expect you to understand and I can never make you. You have absolutely no idea how terrible it was for me to watch you with Tess do you?"
"Of course I know Liz! You told me how-"
"No Max," she inturrupted shaking her head. "You never knew because I never let you know. I never let you know how much you hurt me. I told you it hurt but I never told you- it killed me. I wanted to die every time I saw you smile at her. That isn't what turned me away from you Max. Who says your first love is your only love? I used to think that. I know you still do but I- I just can't. Sean showed me while you were gone that there were things so- so amazing that I had never even realized. Things I had never felt. I only wish you could understand Max- because if you did then you would let me go. You would let me finally be happy."
Max paused looking at her. For the first time he saw the pain in her eyes- the pain that had always been there but for some reason he only saw it now. He had hurt her so much and he had never known it. He took a deep breath before replying, "I do want you to be happy Liz. That is all I want you to be. I want you to be happy and if that means letting you go then I will."
Max watched as a smile broke out on her face. "Really?"
He smiled slightly too, "really."
She laughed and hugged him tightly. She pulled away and looked up at him. "I love you Max. You have to always know that. I love you but I just- I just can't-"
"Don't worry about it Liz." He cut her off and smiled, "I'll see you at school alright?"
She smiled once more before turning for the window and slowly climbing out. She looked back at him, "goodbye Max."
"Bye Liz."
Ten minutes later
Sean heard the sound of the door slowly creaking open and he let out a muffled groan not wanting to be bothered.
"Maria go away! For the last time NO I don't want tea, NO I don't want ice cream. All I want is to sleep, OK?" He asked not rolling over to look at her.
"That isn't really what I had in mind," he heard the voice and instantly he felt his heart skip a beat. He sat up and turned around seeing Liz standing in the doorway.
She smiled, "I just wanted to talk."
"Yeah, uh, come in," he said pushing the scattered clothes off of the end of his bed giving her a place to sit. "Sorry, uh, I'm not the cleanest person in the world."
She laughed at the nervous tone of his voice and shook her head as she sat down. "Sean would you calm down? I just want to talk."
He too laughed, "I know but we haven't talked for a very long while Liz. We haven't talked since- since Max came back."
She sighed and nodded, "yeah, that's what I need to talk about."
Sean watched her expression change slightly and felt his heart drop. "You chose Max didn't you?" He asked sadly.
To his surprise she let out another laugh. "Of course I didn't choose Max. Sean! How could you think I would choose Max," she smiled slapping him playfully. "If I chose Max who would I bowl with? Max hates bowling."
He smiled at her and laughed, "true. But you know I was thinking of a little more than bowling."
She giggled, "and what exactly were you thinking of Sean?"
"This," he said and he leaned over catching her lips in a long awaited and much needed kiss. He slowly pulled away and looked into her eyes, "I love you Liz."
She smiled as she looked at him again. As she looked in his eyes she knew she had made the right decision and for the first time in years everything seemed right.
"I love you too Sean. I love you so much."
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*Two Nights later*
"I can't believe I am doing this," Liz muttered as she soundlessly snuck around the side of the house and Max's window came into view. She had finally made her decision- the decision that she realized had been made all along.
She saw him sitting on his bed with his Calculus book in his lap and as she raised her hand to knock on the window she paused. Was this the right decision? Was this really what she wanted to do?
She shook her head and quickly knocked on the window. His eyes shot up and when he saw her a smile spread across his face. He jumped up from the bed and opened the window.
They stood staring at each other for a moment before Max spoke. "Come on in Liz," he said and helped her as she slowly climbed through the window. Once she got inside she scanned the room that used to be so familiar to her. The books lined neatly in the book case and CDs scattered around on the desk. The room she had once loved more than her own because it was so Max.
She caught his expectant gaze and she sighed. "I made my decision Max."
A hopeful smile played on his lips and he took a deep breath before speaking, "and it's me?"
She felt her heart drop at the happy gleam in his eye. "No," she whispered and sadly watched as the smile dropped from his face.
"How? How could you forget Liz? Don't you even remember what we had? It has only been six months! I just don't know how you could have stopped loving me in six months!" He heard the despair rising in the back of his throat and swallowed the tears of disappointment before they could surface. So many months on Antar had showed him to never show weakness- never let Kivar know you were faltering. Never let them know that you were scared.
Liz shook her head the tears gleaming in her tired eyes. "That's where you'll never understand Max and I know that. I can never expect you to understand and I can never make you. You have absolutely no idea how terrible it was for me to watch you with Tess do you?"
"Of course I know Liz! You told me how-"
"No Max," she inturrupted shaking her head. "You never knew because I never let you know. I never let you know how much you hurt me. I told you it hurt but I never told you- it killed me. I wanted to die every time I saw you smile at her. That isn't what turned me away from you Max. Who says your first love is your only love? I used to think that. I know you still do but I- I just can't. Sean showed me while you were gone that there were things so- so amazing that I had never even realized. Things I had never felt. I only wish you could understand Max- because if you did then you would let me go. You would let me finally be happy."
Max paused looking at her. For the first time he saw the pain in her eyes- the pain that had always been there but for some reason he only saw it now. He had hurt her so much and he had never known it. He took a deep breath before replying, "I do want you to be happy Liz. That is all I want you to be. I want you to be happy and if that means letting you go then I will."
Max watched as a smile broke out on her face. "Really?"
He smiled slightly too, "really."
She laughed and hugged him tightly. She pulled away and looked up at him. "I love you Max. You have to always know that. I love you but I just- I just can't-"
"Don't worry about it Liz." He cut her off and smiled, "I'll see you at school alright?"
She smiled once more before turning for the window and slowly climbing out. She looked back at him, "goodbye Max."
"Bye Liz."
Ten minutes later
Sean heard the sound of the door slowly creaking open and he let out a muffled groan not wanting to be bothered.
"Maria go away! For the last time NO I don't want tea, NO I don't want ice cream. All I want is to sleep, OK?" He asked not rolling over to look at her.
"That isn't really what I had in mind," he heard the voice and instantly he felt his heart skip a beat. He sat up and turned around seeing Liz standing in the doorway.
She smiled, "I just wanted to talk."
"Yeah, uh, come in," he said pushing the scattered clothes off of the end of his bed giving her a place to sit. "Sorry, uh, I'm not the cleanest person in the world."
She laughed at the nervous tone of his voice and shook her head as she sat down. "Sean would you calm down? I just want to talk."
He too laughed, "I know but we haven't talked for a very long while Liz. We haven't talked since- since Max came back."
She sighed and nodded, "yeah, that's what I need to talk about."
Sean watched her expression change slightly and felt his heart drop. "You chose Max didn't you?" He asked sadly.
To his surprise she let out another laugh. "Of course I didn't choose Max. Sean! How could you think I would choose Max," she smiled slapping him playfully. "If I chose Max who would I bowl with? Max hates bowling."
He smiled at her and laughed, "true. But you know I was thinking of a little more than bowling."
She giggled, "and what exactly were you thinking of Sean?"
"This," he said and he leaned over catching her lips in a long awaited and much needed kiss. He slowly pulled away and looked into her eyes, "I love you Liz."
She smiled as she looked at him again. As she looked in his eyes she knew she had made the right decision and for the first time in years everything seemed right.
"I love you too Sean. I love you so much."