A/N: This fic is SLOWLY coming to an end... as always... R&R.... i love feedback... :) i'll try to post the next chapters soon... (swats the warrior princess' hand away from rough draft while glaring at both her and radioactive monkey for trying to ahem read this before i post it) *grin*
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MAX had been feeling a little better after the road trip with Isabel and Michael. But when the stranger, Max had mentioned Liz, he felt the walls around him crumble. He was reliving that moment all over again. And he had to fight back the urge to scream, to punch something.... to cry. No matter how many times he thought about it, it didn't make any sense. He knew that he loved Liz and he was sure that she felt the same way about him. Why??? Why would she throw it all away? He knew Liz wasn't like that. It was so uncharacteristic. Something had to be up. He had to know why. Everytime he confronted her, he could see the pain in her eyes and he could tell that she was hiding something from him. He grabbed his coat and opened his window. He had to find out the truth. And this time, he wouldn't leave till he got it.
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How on earth did she know??? How could she? She didn't tell anyone, except Maria. Even Kyle didn't know the whole truth. Liz wiped the tears streaming down her face with the back of her hand. Why did life have to be so cruel to her? She stared up at the sky from her balcony. Sighing, she laid her head in her hands as she replayed the scene over and over in her head. She was in bed laughing and talking with Kyle, knowing that at any moment, MAX would show up at her window. She knew it would happen and she knew it would hurt him... but the look on MAX's face shattered her heart in a million pieces. Shaking her head and muttering to herself, Liz didn't realize she wasn't alone anymore.
A hand gently touched her shoulder. "Liz..."
Her head shot up and there again was the face of the stranger. "Why are you following me? Why are you torturing me like this?" Liz's voice sounded so defeated. "I've done everything I was asked to. I helped him to fall out of love with me. What more do I need to do? Throw myself off a bridge?" Max felt so much compassion for the lost and broken shell of a person before her.
"Liz. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here to help you... and MAX."
"How? He's fallen out of love with me, I've lost the best thing to ever happen in my life..."
"No, Liz. You have to tell him the truth. Tell him what future MAX told you." Max said softly, hoping that she was getting through to Liz.
"How is it, that you know so much about this?"
Max just smiled. "Don't be afraid. I know everything about how you sacrificed everything for him. Your chance of happiness... even your dignity."
"Everything?" Liz asked weakly.
"Yah, everything. I know about the whole thing with future MAX asking you to help him fall out of love with you. I know that you set up that little scene with Kyle because everything else you did wasn't helping. I know how much you loved... love him. Trust me, Liz. He has to know the truth before it's too late. Don't let the same thing that happened to me, happen to you. Don't throw away your only chance at happiness. Tell him how much you care, while you still have the opportunity." Suddenly Max heard a noise coming from the edge of the balcony. Once again her Manticore instincts took over. She motioned Liz to be quiet and she crept stealthily toward the edge, ready to kick some major butt. But when she peered over the edge she saw MAX. Sighing in relief she leaned down to help him up the ladder. Liz just looked on in horror.
"Um... I'll be inside." Max said, hoping to give MAX and Liz some privacy to talk things out.
Liz turned her head away from MAX. Just how long had he been hiding outside her balcony? How much did he hear?
"Liz. Please look at me." This made her turn away even more. He gently placed two fingers under her chin and pulled her towards him to look him in the eye.
"MAX..."
"We never lied to each other. We told each other everything. Why didn't you tell me? We could've handled it together." Tears started to form in her eyes and the moonlight made them sparkle.
"He told me... YOU told me not to tell... They all died. Michael... Isabel.... " Liz buried her head in his shoulder and he let her weep openly as he gently stroked her hair. He closed his eyes, just relishing in the fact that she was in his arms again. There was a time when he thought he would never be able to hold her again and that had hurt more than anything in the world.
"Shh... it's going to be okay. Everything is going to be okay... " He murmurred in her ear.
Max stood there, watching their embrace. She traced her hand down the window and smiled. MAX now knew the truth. There was still hope for Logan. Suddenly she felt a weird sensation pulse through her. She looked at her hand and noticed it flickering. Am I going back into the future? What is going to happen to me now that I've changed the past? Will this be enough to save Logan...? And then with a bright light, Max disappeared. MAX and Liz noticed the sudden burst of light that came from her room. They both stared at each other for a second before they rushed into Liz's bedroom.
"Max???" MAX called out.
"Where did she go?" Liz looked at MAX confused.
"I don't know. But I'm glad she came to Roswell. She led me back to you." MAX said as he looked into her eyes.
"She must've been an angel..." Liz smiled.
MAX leaned closer towards Liz, "You are my angel..." He said as he leaned in and kissed her.
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Max found herself back in the Jam Pony. What had happened? Was she back? She was so confused.
"Hey, how's my Boo?" Original Cindy asked.
"I have to see Logan...." She muttered as she grabbed her belongings from her locker.
"Gotta date with rich boyfriend???" Original Cindy raised her eyebrows.
"He's not..." Max started to say but suddenly changed her mind. "No, I'm going to see the man I love." She smirked, enjoying the absolute look of shock on Original Cindy's face. "Hey Boo, you better close that mouth before you catch flies. Gotta blaze" And she ran out of the Jam Pony and hopped on her baby, headed straight for Foggle Towers.
Original Cindy was still standing there in utter disbelief. Then she laughed as she watched Max run out of the Jam Pony. **Original Cindy was right all along. She's got it bad for ol' rich boy.**
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When she swung the door opened she saw Bling hovering over Logan who was slumped over in his wheelchair by his desk. She ran to his side. Oh no. Please not again...
"I was just about to page you. I found him like this when I got here." Bling said, surprised that Max was there before he even got a chance to page her.
This time, Max didn't waste any time before she looked up at Bling with determination.
"Bling, I gotta get him to Roswell."
TBC...
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**hee hee... lookit that... we have come full circle and we're right back at the beginning...
i'm almost done... should be one or two more chapters left... reviews are always welcomed.. :) ooh... and aren't you proud? 2 chapters in one day... wow.. that must be a first for me :) apologies if there are typos... me will fix later. i know... i kinda rushed into the whole MAX discovering the truth... sorries... i didn't want to drag it out anymore than i had to... but if it's REALLY that abrupt... tell me and i'll change it. **
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MAX had been feeling a little better after the road trip with Isabel and Michael. But when the stranger, Max had mentioned Liz, he felt the walls around him crumble. He was reliving that moment all over again. And he had to fight back the urge to scream, to punch something.... to cry. No matter how many times he thought about it, it didn't make any sense. He knew that he loved Liz and he was sure that she felt the same way about him. Why??? Why would she throw it all away? He knew Liz wasn't like that. It was so uncharacteristic. Something had to be up. He had to know why. Everytime he confronted her, he could see the pain in her eyes and he could tell that she was hiding something from him. He grabbed his coat and opened his window. He had to find out the truth. And this time, he wouldn't leave till he got it.
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How on earth did she know??? How could she? She didn't tell anyone, except Maria. Even Kyle didn't know the whole truth. Liz wiped the tears streaming down her face with the back of her hand. Why did life have to be so cruel to her? She stared up at the sky from her balcony. Sighing, she laid her head in her hands as she replayed the scene over and over in her head. She was in bed laughing and talking with Kyle, knowing that at any moment, MAX would show up at her window. She knew it would happen and she knew it would hurt him... but the look on MAX's face shattered her heart in a million pieces. Shaking her head and muttering to herself, Liz didn't realize she wasn't alone anymore.
A hand gently touched her shoulder. "Liz..."
Her head shot up and there again was the face of the stranger. "Why are you following me? Why are you torturing me like this?" Liz's voice sounded so defeated. "I've done everything I was asked to. I helped him to fall out of love with me. What more do I need to do? Throw myself off a bridge?" Max felt so much compassion for the lost and broken shell of a person before her.
"Liz. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here to help you... and MAX."
"How? He's fallen out of love with me, I've lost the best thing to ever happen in my life..."
"No, Liz. You have to tell him the truth. Tell him what future MAX told you." Max said softly, hoping that she was getting through to Liz.
"How is it, that you know so much about this?"
Max just smiled. "Don't be afraid. I know everything about how you sacrificed everything for him. Your chance of happiness... even your dignity."
"Everything?" Liz asked weakly.
"Yah, everything. I know about the whole thing with future MAX asking you to help him fall out of love with you. I know that you set up that little scene with Kyle because everything else you did wasn't helping. I know how much you loved... love him. Trust me, Liz. He has to know the truth before it's too late. Don't let the same thing that happened to me, happen to you. Don't throw away your only chance at happiness. Tell him how much you care, while you still have the opportunity." Suddenly Max heard a noise coming from the edge of the balcony. Once again her Manticore instincts took over. She motioned Liz to be quiet and she crept stealthily toward the edge, ready to kick some major butt. But when she peered over the edge she saw MAX. Sighing in relief she leaned down to help him up the ladder. Liz just looked on in horror.
"Um... I'll be inside." Max said, hoping to give MAX and Liz some privacy to talk things out.
Liz turned her head away from MAX. Just how long had he been hiding outside her balcony? How much did he hear?
"Liz. Please look at me." This made her turn away even more. He gently placed two fingers under her chin and pulled her towards him to look him in the eye.
"MAX..."
"We never lied to each other. We told each other everything. Why didn't you tell me? We could've handled it together." Tears started to form in her eyes and the moonlight made them sparkle.
"He told me... YOU told me not to tell... They all died. Michael... Isabel.... " Liz buried her head in his shoulder and he let her weep openly as he gently stroked her hair. He closed his eyes, just relishing in the fact that she was in his arms again. There was a time when he thought he would never be able to hold her again and that had hurt more than anything in the world.
"Shh... it's going to be okay. Everything is going to be okay... " He murmurred in her ear.
Max stood there, watching their embrace. She traced her hand down the window and smiled. MAX now knew the truth. There was still hope for Logan. Suddenly she felt a weird sensation pulse through her. She looked at her hand and noticed it flickering. Am I going back into the future? What is going to happen to me now that I've changed the past? Will this be enough to save Logan...? And then with a bright light, Max disappeared. MAX and Liz noticed the sudden burst of light that came from her room. They both stared at each other for a second before they rushed into Liz's bedroom.
"Max???" MAX called out.
"Where did she go?" Liz looked at MAX confused.
"I don't know. But I'm glad she came to Roswell. She led me back to you." MAX said as he looked into her eyes.
"She must've been an angel..." Liz smiled.
MAX leaned closer towards Liz, "You are my angel..." He said as he leaned in and kissed her.
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Max found herself back in the Jam Pony. What had happened? Was she back? She was so confused.
"Hey, how's my Boo?" Original Cindy asked.
"I have to see Logan...." She muttered as she grabbed her belongings from her locker.
"Gotta date with rich boyfriend???" Original Cindy raised her eyebrows.
"He's not..." Max started to say but suddenly changed her mind. "No, I'm going to see the man I love." She smirked, enjoying the absolute look of shock on Original Cindy's face. "Hey Boo, you better close that mouth before you catch flies. Gotta blaze" And she ran out of the Jam Pony and hopped on her baby, headed straight for Foggle Towers.
Original Cindy was still standing there in utter disbelief. Then she laughed as she watched Max run out of the Jam Pony. **Original Cindy was right all along. She's got it bad for ol' rich boy.**
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When she swung the door opened she saw Bling hovering over Logan who was slumped over in his wheelchair by his desk. She ran to his side. Oh no. Please not again...
"I was just about to page you. I found him like this when I got here." Bling said, surprised that Max was there before he even got a chance to page her.
This time, Max didn't waste any time before she looked up at Bling with determination.
"Bling, I gotta get him to Roswell."
TBC...
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**hee hee... lookit that... we have come full circle and we're right back at the beginning...
i'm almost done... should be one or two more chapters left... reviews are always welcomed.. :) ooh... and aren't you proud? 2 chapters in one day... wow.. that must be a first for me :) apologies if there are typos... me will fix later. i know... i kinda rushed into the whole MAX discovering the truth... sorries... i didn't want to drag it out anymore than i had to... but if it's REALLY that abrupt... tell me and i'll change it. **