CHAPTER 16

Max was surprised to see Liz and Maria standing on their doorstep. He opened the door wider and invited them in. Michael, Tess, and Isabel, were sitting in the living room. They were obviously in one of their alien meetings. Tess turned off the t.v. with her powers and looked at the two humans.

She had never really been friends with either of them, but they had stayed loyal and had never would tell her secret. That was enough for her to be civil with them.

Max sat down on the couch with the others and motioned for Liz and Maria to take a seat too.

Maria shook her head and tried to avoid Michael's eyes. Isabel eyed her closely. She knew they were about to reveal something important or else they wouldn't have come all the way to her house.

"You guys, we didn't want you to find out from anyone else" said Liz clenching and unclenching her hands.

"Hear what?" asked Max leaning towards her.

Maria looked at Michael, "Hear that me and Liz are leaving tomorrow."

Michael almost jumped up from his eat. His heart began having an aching feeling, it felt like it was breaking. "Leaving to go where?"

Maria shook her head, "We can't tell you where. But we have to leave, we were suppose to go today but it was delayed until tomorrow."

"Does it have anything to do with those weird dreams?" asked Isabel genuinely concerned for the two human, whom she had become her close friends over the past years.

"No, uh our parents just decided we should get away from Roswell for a while" lied Maria looking down at the floor.

Liz went along with Maria's fib. She took Max's hand and led him in to the kitchen so they could be alone. Both stood there in silence for a while trying to think of what to say.

"Max, I don't want to leave but I have to" she said as he pulled her close to him. She was going to this new place where she didn't know anyone and where everything would be foreign to her. Worse part was that the love of her life wouldn't be there to help her.

"Then don't go" he said his voice cracking.

"I just want you to know that I love you" Max bent down and they kissed as a tear rolled down Liz's cheek. Max wiped it away wishing that he could make the world perfect, he wished that Liz and him could be together forever without any of the complications.

"I know and I love you too" he said looking at her never wanting to let her go.

Isabel walked up to Maria and hugged her. "I'll miss you. Write me. Send me pictures of any hotties you see too" she said trying to break some of the tension that had settled in the room. She walked out of the living room and headed to her own bedroom.

Maria was surprised when Tess hugged her too. "I know we're not the best of friends, but thank you for helping us with our little adventures and stuff. I'm.. gonna miss having you around". She too walked out the room and followed Isabel up the stairs.

Maria was left alone with Michael. He hadn't budged from his spot on the couch.

"Michael say something"

He looked at the blonde pixie standing in front of him. He couldn't say anything, the second he opened his mouth he'd be telling her how much he loved her and how he'd been miserable since the day he told her they couldn't be together. But he couldn't say those things, especially not now. Not when she was about to leave. He didn't want to make them harder then they already were.

"Michael I don't want to leave with things between us the ways that they are" said Maria sitting down next to him. She put her hand on his shoulder.

He turned towards her. "Have a nice trip" and got up and walked out of the room.

Maria sat there with her mouth hanging open.

She got up and walked straight to him. "What the hell was that? 'Have a nice trip' I expected something more. Even a simple 'I'll miss you' would be fine but no. Mr. Stonewall Guerrin can't ever show any emotion. No, he has to be a old heartless a BASTARD!" And with that Maria stormed out of the house. She got in her car and drove off.

Liz came back into the room and looked at Michael who had a tear sliding down his face.

Maria drove to Alex's house. She was mad as hell, but she wasn't going to take it out on Alex. She hated the thought of not seeing Alex or Kyle, or even Michael for so long. She pulled into his driveway and slowly made her way to his bedroom window. It was beginning to get late.

Alex yawned as he opened his window and Maria climbed in. She hugged him like the world was going to end. He had always been there for her and Liz. He was their rock. Isabel was crazy for not seeing what a great guy he was. Maria choked back a sob.

Alex pulled away and looked at her. "Maria, what's wrong?"

Maria looked at him, "Alex, tomorrow me and Liz are leaving for a while."

"Does this have to do with Hogwarts or whatever?"

She nodded. "Mom says we're not safe here now and She's sending us to a place near Hogwarts. Alex, Me and Liz are wizards."

Alex chuckled, "Ya know Maria, that's one of the things I love about you. No matter how gloomy things are, you still find a way to get a laugh out of me."

Maria bit her lip. "I'm serious, we're wizards and Hogwarts is a school to learn magic and spells and stuff. My mom and Liz's parents are sending us there for the rest of the summer and for the school year. Listen you can't tell anyone except Kyle. Max, Michael, Isabel, and Tess don't know anything about this. You can't tell them either. You're not even suppose to know, my mom would kill me if she knew I told you."

Alex sat down on his bed. He didn't know what to say. He wished he could go with them, to protect his 'girls'. He stood back up, walked up to his bookshelf and pulled a CD case out. He handed it Maria. Written on the outside was 'The Whits', Alex's garage band.

"Here's so you have something to listen to whenever you get homesick"

She smiled and hugged him again. "I'm gonna miss you so much! I'll send letters and call you and everything. And, um, don't give up on Isabel. I think the 'Ice Queen' may be coming around soon" He smiled as she climbed back out his window and drove off.

Liz picked up her cell phone after it rang a couple times.

"Hello?"

"Liz, where are you?"

"Maria? I'm at Kyle's. I had to walk here because SOMEONE decided to leave without me"

"Oh I'm so sorry. I was just so mad at Michael! Um, so did you tell Kyle what's going on?"

"Yea, did you tell Alex?"

"uh huh. I'll be there to pick you up in like ten minutes, k?"

"Sure, bubye"

"see ya"

Liz pushed the off button and turned back to Kyle. He had changed so much over the past year. When she had been dating him, he had been just another 'dumb jock'. Now he had a new view on his life. He was the kind of guy you could talk to and the kind of guy that you could depend on. He had become a good friend to her and the gang.

"So, Maria's picking me up in a couple minutes. I'm going to miss you Kyle"

"Same here Liz. And I'll keep an eye on Max for you" he said grinning.

She laughed. "So you're not freaked out by all this alien and wizards stuff?"

He shook he head, "After everything that's happened, not much surprises me anymore."

Liz wrapped her arms around his. "Thanks". She let go and grabbed her purse when she heard Maria honking the horn. Maria waved to Kyle, she smiled at him and mouthed the words "Thank you, goodbye". He waved back as he watched the Jetta drive down the street and out of sight.