Disclaimer: I do not own Roswell. A/N: I had a couple ideas for this chapter but after sezza and PortugeseCandyFan requested it I had to pick the movie scene! I hope you like it - this chapter starts half an hour after the previous chapter ended.

Before the movie...

Maria took a sip of her Coke and looked towards Alex who was standing beside her. They had left the Crashdown about an hour ago but still hadn't been to see a movie yet. All the shows except for one had started when they came and none of them felt like seeing the kiddies movie that was about to start. So they'd been wondering round the mall and Michael and Max had just gone to buy tickets for the show that was about to start. They'd had fun but Michael hardly spoke the whole time. He was acting weird, but after a while Maria decided he just must be like that. "Here they come," Alex said as Max and Michael approached them. "So you've got the tickets?" Maria asked as she threw her plastic cup in the bin. "Yep," Max said and handed Alex and Maria theirs.

The group went inside their theatre and looked for four seats together. It wasn't very full yet so they found some easily. As they walked down to the place they had chosen Alex accidentally bumped into a girl. "Sorry," he said. "It's okay," she said and when she looked up Maria recognised her. "Tess," Max said. "Hey Max," she smiled at him. "So are you going to see this movie too?" Max asked. "Yeah, we are," she replied. Maria saw two girls with Tess who had been at the Crashdown earlier. "Well why don't you sit with us?" Max offered. 'Say no!' Maria thought. "Yeah, okay." Alex shrugged and walked into the row and sat down. With folded arms Maria sat down nect to him. Michael began to move in but then hesitated and turned back to Max. "You go in, Max." "No it's okay Michael," Max said without taking his eyes off Tess who was still smiling up at him. Accordingly, Michael sat down next to Maria who smiled at him briefly. 'Does she have to be so god damn gorgeous!? Wait a minute - did I think that?' Michael was suddenly alarmed. 'I'm supposed to like Isabel! We're meant to be together.' He stole a quick glance at Maria and saw her perfectly manicured nails twirling the ends of her hair. Michael took a deep breath and forced himself to look away, instead at the currently blank screen. Maria looked past Michael and saw Max sitting next to Tess who was talking without pausing for breath while Max seemed incredibly interested. "Damn," she muttered. "Huh?" Michael suddenly asked. Realising she'd said that out loud Maria quickly shook her head and said, "Oh, it's nothing. Never mind." "Okay." Maria turned to her left and saw Alex looking interested in something or somebody far off. "What is it?" she asked. "Oh, it's nothing," he said echoing what she had just done. Alex looked up at the screen even though nothing was on it (Maria decided it must be some weird guyy thing since she had noticed Michael was doing the exact same thing) but Maria had already identified the place he'd been staring at. A girl in fact. She spun round and Maria saw it was the same girl that Liz had told her was Isabel. Maria looked at Michael, than at Alex and back to Michael again. She'd heard Alex had previously been in a relationship with Isabel - something she found hard to believe considering they were complete opposites - so was a little surprised that he got on with Michael who apparently had been in love with the girl since they were kids. She wondered whether Michael had seen Isabel too which would definately explain why he was acting strange since he had sat down next to her. A loud giggle drifted in the air. Maria leaned forward and looked to her right. It was Tess giggling at something Max had said. Maria leaned back into her seat and grumbled again that Liz should have come. 'Speaking of Liz...isn't that her?' A dark-haried girl had passed them with two boys and one other girl. She was about to call out when some other people came past - when they were gone the girl Maria supposed to be Liz had dissapeared.

Intermission...

The lights came back on and almost instantly Max and Tess stood up and told the others they were going to get something to drink. Tess' friends spoke to each other while Maria followed them with her gaze eyeing them suspiciously. "I can't believe this!" Maria exclaimed once she couldn't see them anymore. "What?" Michael asked purposely avoiding looking at her eyes. Alex smiled lightly as Maria continued. "Max! He's not supposed to be with her!" Michael was confused dor a few moments until he realised something that made his eyes fly open. "Y-you mean - Max - a - he - a-and you -" "You shouldn't stammer, Michael," Maria said. "D-d'you l-like," Michael paused before finishing. As if the words wouldn't form in his mouth he pointed to where Max had last been. "Oh my god - no way!" Maria squealed in protest. Alex laughed and explained, "She means it's supposed to be Max and Liz." Michael let out a breath he hadn't realised he was holding. "Oh yeah," he said remembering how he had always thought Max and Liz would get together. In fact it had been what most people had thought but they'd insisted they were just good friends until last year Liz discovered she really did like Max. She hadn't really told people - they could just tell something was different. Max seemed to be oblivous to it though. Michael didn't have much against Tess, but he'd always preffered Liz. She was probably the only girl he'd had as a casual friend who'd put up with his behaviour. 'Maybe me and Maira could be...' but somehow he couldn't bring himself to say friends. It didn't sound right. He heard Maria sigh. "Come on," she said to him and Alex. "Let's go and get something to drink." He was abput to complain when she pulled him up by the wrist. Her skin touched his until she let go at the door. He didn't feel like complaining then - only when she let go. Then he shook his head, told himself off and followed Alex and Maria into the refreshments area.

The guy at the counter repeated Maria's order and she confirmed it. She reached into her purse for money but Michael stretched his hand over her and gave a few bills. "Thanks," she smiled. He felt that weird thing he'd felt before but this time couldn't help smiling back. "You're welcome." "I'll go wait with Alex, okay?" "Yeah okay." She walked off to the table Alex was sitting at. It took a few seconds for Michael to realise he was staring at her and grinning sillily but then abruptly stopped. He picked up the tray and walked over to the table and asked Alex, "Where's Maria?" on realising she wasn't there. "Oh, she went to the ladies." "Oh, okay." Michael and Alex beagn eating. Soon, Michael looked up and saw Maria coming out but she was stopped by someone...Isabel? "What is it?" Alex asked noticing Michael looked strange. "Nothing, nothing," Michael said not wanting Alex to see what he was staring at. Isabel seemingly shouting at Maria.



Max and Tess walked inside the theatre towards their seats. "Hey, the others have all gone," Tess said observantly. "Oh yeah...then I guess it's just us," Max said. "For now, I mean. They'll be coming back." "Yeah, they will," Tess agreed. The two walked further, Max following Tess when she suddenly stopped. "Max?"

"Yeah?"

"I think we walked past our seats," she said before bursting into giggles and soon he started to chuckle too. He turned back to go find their seats again when Tess said, "Maybe you'd better hold onto me incase I get lost." "Okay." Max took her hand in his and they walked back when suddenly Max stopped. Tess started giggling again, "What, have you gone too far forward, Max? Max?" But Max didn't say anything or even start laughing. He let go of Tess' hand and walked into the row of seats they were at. "Max?" Tess called before running after him. "Max I don't think these are our seats!" She caught up with him when he stopped. She leaned to the side to look and exclaimed, "Liz!"

"Hey Tess," she said. "I thought you had work," Max said. "I did when you asked me, but I came for the later show. You guys came ages ago." "We were too late for that show so we waited for this one," Max explained, "Come sit with us all, we're a couple rows back." "Well actually Max I didn't actually come alone," Liz said. "Courtney can come sit with us too," he told her. "Actually -" Liz started, but someone came from the other side of Liz and said, "Oh, hi Max. Tess." "Jerry," Max said. "Hey." Jerry sat down next to her and passed her a box popcorn. No one said anything for a while and Tess tugged on Max's sleeve. "I guess I'll see you in school," Max said. "Yeah," Liz said. Max walked out of the row and Tess scampered after him.

"Michael!" "Oh hey," he said to the two girls who had come with Tess. "Well, you must be pleased, the blonde said. "Pleased with what?" he asked. "With yourself," the red-head told him, "after Isabel and Maria." "Huh?" Michael was confused. The girls looked at each other and then - as if they'd just conversed through brain waves - the red head said, "Isabel gave Maria this lecture about hitting on 'her man'." "Go figure, huh," the blonde said before they both walked into the theatre. As the second half began to start all Michael could do was stand outside speechless.

A/N2: Yes, I know ending two chapters in a row with 'speechless' implies writer's blcok but it will be different next time.