Chapter Thirty-Three

"Okay… who invited the bimbo's?"  Maria demanded crossing her arms over her chest.

"That would be Kyle.  Look at him over there.  You'd think he'd died and went to heaven."  Isabel stared angrily at Kyle and his little admirers before she turned away in disgust.  "He's practically drooling over them."

"Yeah… well he's single and definitely willing.  Come on… give the guy a break."  Liz stopped at the picnic table placing the tray of chips down.  "Besides I've met Michelle and Karen earlier and they seemed really nice."  Grabbing a couple of chips from the platter she popped them into her mouth.

"God… Liz.  Please don't tell me that I've wasted over twelve years trying to teach you the makeup of the male gender and you've learned absolutely nothing… please…"

"I thought you two knew each other all your lives."  Isabel stared at the two of them shaking her head.

"Yeah… well the first five I was just as clueless."

"I see." 

"Maria, give me a break."  Liz rolled her eyes grabbing more chips from the tray and pushed it into her mouth.

"Yeah… well if I catch anyone of them near Michael I swear… wait a minute."  Maria's surprised tone brought both Isabel and Liz's full attention to her.   "What the hell?  I know I'm seeing things or is Max actually flirting with that… with that…"

"No!  Max would never do something like that."  Liz demanded as she turned her head to where Max and Amber was standing.  "Max would never do something like that."  She repeated her heart plummeting inside her as she watched him smile into Ambers face.

"Screw this."  Maria yelled turning and taking a step towards them.

"Oh…no."  Isabel took her arm pulling her to a stop.  " This one's all mine."  She frowned at the couple a few feet away.

"No!"  Liz yelled grabbing both their arms.  "This is between Max and me."  She said as she made her way to the couple in her path.  As she watched them talking and laughing she felt her surprise quickly replaced with anger, but she wouldn't give into it.  She'll let him explain and then… then… she'll deal with that… that…  'He better have a damn good explanation for this or I swear.'  She told herself.  As she consumed the distances between them their conversation drifted to her.

'You know I found this really amazing cave not to far from here.  I would love to show it to you.'

'I don't think so.'

'I can guarantee that it will be worth the walk.'  Liz watched as she ran a finger up his arm.

"You better put her in her place, right now."  She muttered under her breath as she picked up speed.

'I have a girlfriend.  I don't think she'll understand me taking a walk alone with you.'

"Girlfriend!  I thought I was more then just a girlfriend?"  Liz mumbled to herself her anger accelerating.

'Well what she doesn't know won't hurt her… well it?"

"Awwww…."  She screamed in her head as she embraced the anger fighting for control.  "You conniving…bitch."

"Hey."  She stopped beside them rotating her eyes from one to the other.  She watched as Max practically jumped away from Amber as if her touch had suddenly burned his flesh.  Taking a deep breath she tried to damp down the anger simmering inside her.

"Hey."  Max said watching her intently.  This was the first time he'd seen her all day.  He'd walked for hours trying to explain the child's voice he'd heard.  Trying to convince him self that it was just his imagination.  When he'd finally made his way back he searched the whole cabin and it's surrounding grounds for her before Michael who'd sat on the porch watching him an amused smile on his face finally told him that Maria and Isabel had dragged her exploring with them.  He wanted to pull her close to him, but the anger he could sense from her kept him in his place.   He looked away from her pushing his hands into the pockets of his jeans as he waited for the outburst he could feel coming.

Liz frowned at him for a moment before she pasted a smile on her face and turned toward Amber.  "Hi, I'm Liz.  The girlfriend."  She said staring intently at her, her head tilted to the side.

"I'm… I'm…"   Amber sturdier as she watched the angry girl in front of her.

"Damn!"  Michelle murmured as she glanced away from Kyle the smile on her face vanishing immediately.  "Not again."  She moaned closing her eyes for a moment before she looked over at the three people standing a few feet away from them.

"What?"  Karen touched her arm.  "Shit… you don't have to say it."  She swore when she saw the disgusted look on Michelle's face.   Turning she looked around her searching for the scene she knew she would find.  "Here we go again."

"Can you remind me why where friends with her…again, because I can't remember at the moment?"  Michelle asked frowning.

"I don't know… something about sharing the same crib since birth."

"What… what?"  Kyle demanded rotating his eyes between the two of them confused.  He turned  in the direction they were both staring.  "Oh shit."  He whispered cupping his head between his hands.  'Great…this is all I need.  To think I was actually starting to have fun.'

Karen grabbed Michelle's arm and pulled her to a stop when she took a step towards them.  "We can't keep doing this.  I can't."  She said trying to make her understand.  "Maybe it's time we let her clean up her own mess for once?"

Michelle looked at the hand holding her then at Karen's face.  Shaking her head she closed her eyes for a moment.  "Okay."  Was all she could bring herself to say as she turned back to Kyle pasting a smile on her face.  "So what was it you where saying about Roswell and it's allusive aliens."

"Amber."  Liz said.  "I've heard that name drifting around here."  She looked her up and down for a moment before she turned back to Max.  "Max, sweetheart can I get you anything?"  She laid her palm on his chest slowly balling it into a fist as she clutched onto his shirt.

Max took a deep breath as he stared into her face his heart racing from the contact of her hand on his chest.  "No…no…"

She abruptly pulled him tightly to her body capturing his mouth with hers.  She ate at his mouth for a moment as she stared angrily at Amber.  "Are you sure there's nothing you want?"  She asked again pulling away and drawing her attention back to Max.

Max looked at her shocked for a second his body racing with the desire her onslaught had created inside him.  Grabbing her his surroundings forgotten he pulled her back into his arms capturing her mouth wildly with his.  He ate at her his hands holdings on to her tightly.  "You."  He moaned.  "I want you."

Pulling away Liz looked over at Amber smiling at the shock expression on her face.  "It was really nice meeting you."  She said walking away.

"Liz."  Max moaned staring at her retreating back confused.

"Wow!"  Maria laughed turning away from Liz making her way back to them.  "That girl definitely has talent.  I've taught her well."

"Did you see the look on her face when Liz pulled Max to her and kissed him right there in front of her?"  Isabel asked wiping at the tears on her cheeks.  "God… it was priceless absolutely priceless."

"What's so funny?"  Liz demanded stopping in front of them as she crossed her arms over her chest.  She was so angry.  'How could he actually stand there flirting with that girl?'

"You know that felt good."  Maria demanded throwing an arm over her shoulder laughing.

"Yeah… admit it.  You really enjoyed putting that girl in her place.  Hell I enjoyed just watching it."  Isabel didn't  try to control the laughter consuming her as she held her stomach gasping from air.  "God… I haven't laughed this hard in a long time."

Liz allowed a smile to grace her face.  "Yeah… well I guess it did feel good."  She admitted.  "I can't believe he didn't even follow me."  She sighed drawing her brews into a frown.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that."  Maria gestured behind Liz with her head.  "Lover boy descends upon us in five, four, three, two, one…  and we have contact."

"Liz."  Max stood behind her staring at the back of her head as he tried to understand what just happened back there, but he couldn't.  First he'd somehow got struck talking with Amber, warding off her not so subtle advances.  Then Liz was there kissing him.  He could still feel he's heart racing, could still actually feel the warmth of her mouth on his.  Drawing his tongue over his lips he tried to consume any favor left of her, which still lingered.  "Liz."  When she didn't acknowledge him, but mumbled 'Jerk' under her breath he grabbed her arm.  "Liz and I need to be alone for a moment."  He said directing an angry frown at Maria when she opened her mouth to butt in.

"Hey…  I wasn't going to say a thing."   She said holding her hands up in the air.  "Be gone, talk, fight, whatever it is you two do when you need to be a lone for a moment."

"That was a little much… don't you think?"  Isabel said staring at Max leading Liz away from the cabin.

 "Yeah….well it was either that or call him an insensitive pig, with the recommendation that he go jump in the lake, but I distinctly remember someone saying something about bodily harm if I dare insult him again in her presence."

"Well this time I would have agreed with you."  She said turning to look at her smiling.  "God… what a jerk."

"Amen."

TBC