Author: Lauren
Email: PaceysLilMcPhee@aol.com
Summary: Liz and Maria receive an unexpected visitor to the Crashdown late one night. Who is it and how will it cause everyone to reevaluate what they believed about Khivar and Tess?
Author's Note: This takes place after Cry Your Name. And most of season 2…I haven't decided on an exact timeframe but it does take place somewhere after Cry Your Name. So be ready for any references to time before and perhaps after that.
Rating: PG-13. Rating is subject to change.
Coupling: CC couples from after and before Cry Your Name. Haven't decided if all will appear or just some. But expect most. The only one for certain that will appear is M/M
Chapter 1
"Hey, Maria, just wipe off the counter. I'll get the booths," Liz called out from the back of the Crashdown.
"Sure thing!" Maria yelled back as she grabbed a rag. Their shift was over, and they were cleaning up and locking up for the night. Just as Maria finished wiping down the counter she heard the ring of the bells as the door to the Crashdown opened.
"We're closed," Maria said, "Come back tomorrow." Maria turned around to face the intruder and dropped the rag on the floor.
"Liz!" Maria screamed.
"I'm back," Alex said smiling and dropping his bags on the ground.
Liz pushed the swinging door open as she walked out to the dining area of the Crashdown to investigate the reason for Maria's scream. As she entered the dining area she called out to Maria.
"Maria, who is it? Just tell them we'll reopen tomorr-" Liz said until she saw Alex standing in front of them.
"Aren't you girls happy to see me? This is the first place I've stopped since I got back home," he told them with a confused and clueless tone. When Maria nor Liz spoke he asked, "What's up? Did something happen while I was gone or something?"
"You can't really be here," Maria whispered, her words barely audible.
"Why not?" Alex asked confused. "Liz, what's up with Maria? And you for that matter?"
"You're dead," Liz told him as she moved closer to him slowly.
"What are you talking about, I'm not dead! I'm right here. I was away in Sweden. You knew that I sent you emails. What kind of prank is this? Because it's getting kinda creepy," Alex said glancing from Liz's wide eyes to Maria who had her mouth wide open in surprise.
"I think we better go figure out what's going on," Liz said to him, "Because I promise, this is no prank." Then she reached out and touched his shoulder seemingly trying to accept that he was really standing in front of her. That he was really real. Alex looked to her and Liz smiled. Then Liz reached up and hugged him.
"It's um, nice to have you back," she said.
"It's nice to see you too," Alex replied, "But I wanna know what you're talking about."
"We'll tell you. I think you'd better come upstairs before anyone sees you through the windows or anything," Liz said as she nodded towards the stairs. Alex grabbed his bags and followed Liz up the stairs to her room with Maria at his heels. He had a lot to learn about what had been going on in Roswell since he left.