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Max and Liz sat in the booth at the ice cream place they'd been coming too since freshman year. Liz decided to try out a new flavour every time she came and today her choice was Choc-Fudge-Mint-Chip. Max had ordered his usual, Strawberry milkshake - they always came here but he hardly ate ice cream. "So," Liz asked, nervously. "You're going to Tracey's party, right?" Last year Tracey's party had been just after she'd broken up with Jerry and she hadn't wanted to go alone. She'd made Max go with her but she hadn't had feelings for him back then so it had been really easy to ask him to go with her. "Yeah, I'm going," he said. "I thought parties weren't really your thing?" Liz said, remembering how she'd had to whine for a bit last year before he'd finally agreed. "Well, yeah...but hey, this is our last year right? And okay, it just began, but still, this is probably gonna be the last time for one of Tracey's weird parties." "Yeah...I never thought of that." Max shook his glass around and took another sip of his milkshake. "And...Liz, you know Tess, right?" "Tess? Yeah, she's in one of my classes. Why?" "It's just," Max started. "I was thinking of asking her to come to Tracey's party. With me, I mean." "Y-you were?" Liz blinked. "Yeah," Max smiled. "What do you think?" Liz blinked a few more times before her mind registered what he'd asked. "W- what do you mean, 'what do I think'?" "Well, you know...what do you think of Tess? And me asking her?" "Oh. That." Liz paused. "Well, Tess...I don't know her that well, but...she seems nice." Liz didn't really want to tell him what she thought of him asking her. "Okay. So you're coming too right?" "What? Oh that, well, yeah. Probably. I think so." Except that Liz didn't really think so anymore.
Maria walked into the Crashdown that evening scanning it for the few people she knew in Roswell so far. She spotted Liz at the counter and strode up to her. "Hey Liz!" Maria said brightly. "Oh, hey Maria." "What's wrong?" She asked sitting on a stool. Liz was wiping down the counter and seemed a little upset. "It's nothing..."
"What?" "Well, it's just today, Max said -" Liz cut herself off when a blonde girl came up next to them. "Hey Liz," she said. "Oh, hey Tess." "Could I have three Cokes please?" "Yeah, sure." Liz moved to get the drinks while Maria and Tess introduced themselves to each other. Liz soon came back with three glasses on a tray with straws. "Thanks," Tess said. "Welcome." "So, what were you saying?" Maria asked once she'd left. Liz sighed. "Max wants to ask Tess to Tracey's party." "Tess? As in," Maria gestured to behind to the boot Tess was sitting in with two other girls. Liz nodded. "Oh." "That's what I thought." "But you're still gonna go, right?" "No!" "Why not?" Maria asked. "Because," Liz stressed, "they'll be there together and...you know!" "But, Liz, you should go anyway. Maybe there he'll realise he's being dumb going with her?" "Who'll realise he's been dumb with whom?" a male voice asked. "Hey Alex," Liz said. "You know Maria, right?" "Yeah. You find your way to Katims' office alright?" he asked Maria. "Yeah. I got there okay." "So what were we gossiping about?"
"Nothing," Liz said shaking her head and wiping the counter. "Well, something's definitely bothering you. I've been here fifteen minutes and you've wiped that same spot the whole time," Alex said. Maria giggled lightly. Liz threw her cloth away, wiped her hands and said. "Alright. Maria you tell him, I've got to get this order." She then moved out from behind the counter and walked towards the family that had just entered.
Liz tore off the top page of her notepad and was about to head to the kitchen and deliver the order but saw two customers come in. She handed the order to Courtney who was on her way to the kitchen. She approached them and saw it was Kyle and her ex-boyfriend Jerry.
"Hey Liz," Kyle said brightly while Jerry awkwardly said hi. He seemed shy. "What can I get you?" Liz asked them. "I'll have a Sigourney Weaver," Kyle told her. Liz jotted the order down. Jerry looked like he was trying to concentrate on his menu but couldn't so just closed it and the said, "One Will Smith," without looking at Liz. "Okay. I'll be back soon." She headed off immediately wondering why Jerry was acting weirdly. Sure they'd broken up, but that had been ages ago and they'd become friends last year, or at least she'd thought so. Lost in thought, Liz bumped into someone. Max. "Hey Liz," he said. "Oh, hey Max." "So do you get off soon?" "Get off? Work? Oh no, I'll be here for a while." "But you guys close in like," he checked his watch and finished, "half an hour. I thought you might wanna come see a movie with Michael and me." "Oh, I'll be too busy for that." "Oh. Um, okay then," Max said. He seemed almost...disappointed? Liz shook the thought away. "Well, have a good time anyway." He nodded "Yeah. We'll go then," He started to move and approach Michael who was standing in the back dark corner of the restaurant and playing games on his phone but then stopped. "Do you think there's anyone who'd wanna come?" He started looking around and when he smiled Liz was almost certain he'd spotted Tess. Then she realised he was looking in Alex's direction. "Well, Alex might come. Before Alex and Michael used to get on even with the whole Isabel thing so I don't think they won't anymore." "Yeah. I'd like Alex to come, but I was also thinking of Maria." "Maria?" "Yeah. You remember what I told you right? About Michael?" "Oh that! Yes, I do." She hadn't though, until now. Her mind had been reeling from the blow about Tess. The pair walked up to Alex and Maria. "D'you guys want to come to a movie?" "Sounds good," Alex said. "Yeah, okay." Then to Liz, Maria asked, "You're coming too right?" "No, I've got too much to do here." "But -" Maria started. "No, you guys go. I'll be fine." Maria looked like she wanted to argue but Max said, "I've already tried. She won't budge." With a few 'byes' the three made their way towards Michael. Curiously, Liz looked to see Michael's impression when they approached him but if anything strange was going on he didn't show it. Sighing, Liz went back to wiping down her spot on the table.
When closing time finally approached Liz was glad. It meant Tess would finally leave. Liz looked up and saw Jerry approaching her. "Hi," she said. "You all done?" "Yeah." He handed her some bills to cover for his and Kyle's meal. "So Liz, you going to Tess' party?" "Um, I dunno. I was thinking of not going, but I'm really not sure." "Okay. Well, I'll see you in school then?" "Yeah, okay Jerry. I'll see you in school." He smiled shyly at her before going back to Kyle. Jerry walked out through the doors, as did Kyle who winked before exiting. They were the last to leave. Courtney sat down in front of the counter on the stool next to Liz. "He's really into you, you know." "Kyle!? You're crazy Courtney!" Liz exclaimed. "No," she grinned. "I meant Jerry. Seriously." Liz was speechless.
Max and Liz sat in the booth at the ice cream place they'd been coming too since freshman year. Liz decided to try out a new flavour every time she came and today her choice was Choc-Fudge-Mint-Chip. Max had ordered his usual, Strawberry milkshake - they always came here but he hardly ate ice cream. "So," Liz asked, nervously. "You're going to Tracey's party, right?" Last year Tracey's party had been just after she'd broken up with Jerry and she hadn't wanted to go alone. She'd made Max go with her but she hadn't had feelings for him back then so it had been really easy to ask him to go with her. "Yeah, I'm going," he said. "I thought parties weren't really your thing?" Liz said, remembering how she'd had to whine for a bit last year before he'd finally agreed. "Well, yeah...but hey, this is our last year right? And okay, it just began, but still, this is probably gonna be the last time for one of Tracey's weird parties." "Yeah...I never thought of that." Max shook his glass around and took another sip of his milkshake. "And...Liz, you know Tess, right?" "Tess? Yeah, she's in one of my classes. Why?" "It's just," Max started. "I was thinking of asking her to come to Tracey's party. With me, I mean." "Y-you were?" Liz blinked. "Yeah," Max smiled. "What do you think?" Liz blinked a few more times before her mind registered what he'd asked. "W- what do you mean, 'what do I think'?" "Well, you know...what do you think of Tess? And me asking her?" "Oh. That." Liz paused. "Well, Tess...I don't know her that well, but...she seems nice." Liz didn't really want to tell him what she thought of him asking her. "Okay. So you're coming too right?" "What? Oh that, well, yeah. Probably. I think so." Except that Liz didn't really think so anymore.
Maria walked into the Crashdown that evening scanning it for the few people she knew in Roswell so far. She spotted Liz at the counter and strode up to her. "Hey Liz!" Maria said brightly. "Oh, hey Maria." "What's wrong?" She asked sitting on a stool. Liz was wiping down the counter and seemed a little upset. "It's nothing..."
"What?" "Well, it's just today, Max said -" Liz cut herself off when a blonde girl came up next to them. "Hey Liz," she said. "Oh, hey Tess." "Could I have three Cokes please?" "Yeah, sure." Liz moved to get the drinks while Maria and Tess introduced themselves to each other. Liz soon came back with three glasses on a tray with straws. "Thanks," Tess said. "Welcome." "So, what were you saying?" Maria asked once she'd left. Liz sighed. "Max wants to ask Tess to Tracey's party." "Tess? As in," Maria gestured to behind to the boot Tess was sitting in with two other girls. Liz nodded. "Oh." "That's what I thought." "But you're still gonna go, right?" "No!" "Why not?" Maria asked. "Because," Liz stressed, "they'll be there together and...you know!" "But, Liz, you should go anyway. Maybe there he'll realise he's being dumb going with her?" "Who'll realise he's been dumb with whom?" a male voice asked. "Hey Alex," Liz said. "You know Maria, right?" "Yeah. You find your way to Katims' office alright?" he asked Maria. "Yeah. I got there okay." "So what were we gossiping about?"
"Nothing," Liz said shaking her head and wiping the counter. "Well, something's definitely bothering you. I've been here fifteen minutes and you've wiped that same spot the whole time," Alex said. Maria giggled lightly. Liz threw her cloth away, wiped her hands and said. "Alright. Maria you tell him, I've got to get this order." She then moved out from behind the counter and walked towards the family that had just entered.
Liz tore off the top page of her notepad and was about to head to the kitchen and deliver the order but saw two customers come in. She handed the order to Courtney who was on her way to the kitchen. She approached them and saw it was Kyle and her ex-boyfriend Jerry.
"Hey Liz," Kyle said brightly while Jerry awkwardly said hi. He seemed shy. "What can I get you?" Liz asked them. "I'll have a Sigourney Weaver," Kyle told her. Liz jotted the order down. Jerry looked like he was trying to concentrate on his menu but couldn't so just closed it and the said, "One Will Smith," without looking at Liz. "Okay. I'll be back soon." She headed off immediately wondering why Jerry was acting weirdly. Sure they'd broken up, but that had been ages ago and they'd become friends last year, or at least she'd thought so. Lost in thought, Liz bumped into someone. Max. "Hey Liz," he said. "Oh, hey Max." "So do you get off soon?" "Get off? Work? Oh no, I'll be here for a while." "But you guys close in like," he checked his watch and finished, "half an hour. I thought you might wanna come see a movie with Michael and me." "Oh, I'll be too busy for that." "Oh. Um, okay then," Max said. He seemed almost...disappointed? Liz shook the thought away. "Well, have a good time anyway." He nodded "Yeah. We'll go then," He started to move and approach Michael who was standing in the back dark corner of the restaurant and playing games on his phone but then stopped. "Do you think there's anyone who'd wanna come?" He started looking around and when he smiled Liz was almost certain he'd spotted Tess. Then she realised he was looking in Alex's direction. "Well, Alex might come. Before Alex and Michael used to get on even with the whole Isabel thing so I don't think they won't anymore." "Yeah. I'd like Alex to come, but I was also thinking of Maria." "Maria?" "Yeah. You remember what I told you right? About Michael?" "Oh that! Yes, I do." She hadn't though, until now. Her mind had been reeling from the blow about Tess. The pair walked up to Alex and Maria. "D'you guys want to come to a movie?" "Sounds good," Alex said. "Yeah, okay." Then to Liz, Maria asked, "You're coming too right?" "No, I've got too much to do here." "But -" Maria started. "No, you guys go. I'll be fine." Maria looked like she wanted to argue but Max said, "I've already tried. She won't budge." With a few 'byes' the three made their way towards Michael. Curiously, Liz looked to see Michael's impression when they approached him but if anything strange was going on he didn't show it. Sighing, Liz went back to wiping down her spot on the table.
When closing time finally approached Liz was glad. It meant Tess would finally leave. Liz looked up and saw Jerry approaching her. "Hi," she said. "You all done?" "Yeah." He handed her some bills to cover for his and Kyle's meal. "So Liz, you going to Tess' party?" "Um, I dunno. I was thinking of not going, but I'm really not sure." "Okay. Well, I'll see you in school then?" "Yeah, okay Jerry. I'll see you in school." He smiled shyly at her before going back to Kyle. Jerry walked out through the doors, as did Kyle who winked before exiting. They were the last to leave. Courtney sat down in front of the counter on the stool next to Liz. "He's really into you, you know." "Kyle!? You're crazy Courtney!" Liz exclaimed. "No," she grinned. "I meant Jerry. Seriously." Liz was speechless.