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"I wouldn't mind taking her." Alex spoke up. Everyone looked at him. "I mean... to the cotillion, it doesn't sound all that bad." He stammered nervously. Liz glanced at him briefly before returning her glare to Max.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him. Max opened his mouth to answer, but Liz continued. "No, no! Don't you get it? You're the reason I left Roswell, Max! You don't get to hunt me down and make me leave my new home too! Why don't you just leave me alone? Go be with Tess! She's your 'girlfriend'! Why did you have to follow me? Is it some sick obsession or something? Or wait, let me guess, you want to talk about things? Is that it? Well I'm through talking." She stormed out of the room, past an astonished Pacey and Joey who had returned when they heard her yelling.
"Woah..." Pacey mouthed. He looked at Max. "You must've really pissed her off." Joey hit him lightly, but Max just dropped his head and said nothing.
"I'm not giving up." He said determinedly. He looked at Joey. "We're staying here." He decided. "Are our rooms ready?" Joey shared a hesitant look with Pacey. She bit her lip.
"Yeah." She said softly. "Follow me." She took a few steps in the direction of the guest rooms, then turned to Pacey. "Pace?" She looked him in the eye. He nodded, as if knowing exactly what she was thinking.
"I'm on it." He replied and strode off in the direction of Liz's room. He quickly spun back around. "You uh, might want to call Jen and everyone... tell them." He advised. Joey nodded and said nothing. She continued walking away. Max, Michael, and Isabel followed her while Maria and Alex lagged behind. They exchanged looks, their mission was clear. They quickly took off after Pacey, making sure the others didn't know.
"Pacey! Wait!" Maria called out quietly. Pacey turned. "Look, we're friends of Liz's... her real friends. Can we talk to her?"
"Please?" Alex added. Pacey examined them for a minute before nodding.
"Yeah, just give me a second." He knocked quietly on a door before popping his head in. "Hey." He whispered. Liz looked up and smiled slightly, but tears were evident on her face.
"Hey." She returned.
"Uh, Maria and Alex are out here. They want to talk to you, is that OK?" He asked. Liz sniffed and nodded. Pacey smiled sympathetically. He entered the room and gave Liz a comforting hug. "Everything will be OK." He promised her. Then he left and nodded at Maria and Alex. They quietly entered the room. Silence prevailed.
"So...." Alex began.
"Pacey, he seems like a really good friend." Maria commented. Liz smiled and nodded.
"He is." She said. She sat down in a nearby chair and gestured for her friends to sit on her bed.
"He's also 'hot.'" Alex said, earning him surprised looks from Maria and Liz. "Or so Isabel thinks." He added quickly. Liz smiled.
"I've missed you guys." She admitted. "If there was one thing I've missed most it was the both of you."
"We've missed you too, Liz." Maria assured her and hugged her.
"Yeah, Roswell hasn't been the same without you..." Alex said when he hugged her. "Or at least the Crashdown. The other day I had to serve myself! Imagine!" Liz giggled.
"So what have you been up to?" She asked them, thus beginning a much needed catching up session.
"These are your rooms." Joey said and pointed to three small but quaint rooms. "I'd say enjoy your stay here, but that could come at the expense of my cousin, whom I, as well as all my friends, care about deeply." She turned to look at Max in particular. "If you do anything to hurt her, in anyway whatsoever, you will regret it. Maybe you have good intentions, but I don't care. Anybody who hurts her will get what's coming to them." Max looked at Joey.
"I understand." He said calmly. "But I can assure you that I don't want to hurt her."
"I don't care." Joey reiterated. "If you do hurt her..."
"There'll be hell to pay." Pacey quipped. Joey seemed surprised at his presence. "C'mon, Jo, let them settle in... I already called Cool and the gang, they're on their way." Joey smiled, grateful.
"Thanks, Pace." He nodded.
"No problem." He added. "Oh, and Maria and Alex are talking with Liz. Catching up and all that." Joey smiled. "Well, come on Potter. Let the aliens settle in." He joked, causing Max, Michael, and Isabel to blanch momentarily. Luckily Pacey and Joey were walking away so they didn't notice.
"He was joking, right?" Michael finally asked once they'd left. Isabel nodded.
"There's no way he could know..."
"Unless Liz told him." Max thought aloud. He quickly shook his head. Liz would never tell anyone. No matter how mad she was.
"So, who's rooming with who?" Isabel wondered. She glanced at her brother. "No offense, Max, I know we're siblings and all, but I really don't want to share a room with you." Max shrugged.
"The feeling's mutual." He thought for a second. "You can stay with Maria, Michael you'll stay with Alex."
"And you'll get your own room?" Michael frowned. "How cozy." He grumbled and walked into one room. Isabel nodded in agreement but said nothing as she entered another room. Max allowed himself a small smile.
"It's good to be king..." He said before walking into his room.
