Chapter Two – Max Pleads his Case
Same day – two hours later
Max finally reached Liz's house, he had walked all the way from the outskirts of town where Tess lived. He had had Isabel drive back to town and after dropping Tess at home. He had told Isabel to go home and that he would get there eventually. He didn't understand why Liz had left like that, without even giving him a chance to explain how he felt about it all. Max moves towards her balcony and sees a light and knows she's awake. So, he silently climbs up the fire escape and stops when he gets to the top and his heart almost stops.
Liz is there in her room on her bed crying and looking absolutely devastated. He saw that she had her journal too. Max then wondered why Maria wasn't there, but that didn't matter. He stood there for a few more minutes trying to figure out what to say, finally he decided to just say what was in his heart. Max gently raped on the window with his fingers, he saw Liz look at the window as tears came to her eyes again she grabbed a blanket and came over to the window opened it and climbed outside. Max took her hand and gently led her over to the lawn chair. Liz sat down on the chair and watched as Max sat down on the ground beside her.
Liz: "Max, what are you here? We can't be together."
Max: "Liz, why do you keep saying that of course we can be together. Just because I have some stupid destiny, I told you I don't care about Tess let alone love her. I love you and only you forever."
Liz: "But Max, you heard your mother. Tess is your bride you were married to her and who am I to take that away from her. As much as it hurts you belong with her, not me."
Max: "But if I was so in love with her in my past life, how come I've been in love with you since the first time I saw you in the third grade.
Liz: "Have you really loved me that long."
Max: "Yeah, that long."
Liz: "But, that doesn't change the fact that you were married to Tess."
Max: "I remember things about my life then, after using the orbs all of my memories came back. Liz, I remember being married to her, I was so unhappy and so was she, it was an arranged marriage and she was in love with someone else and, I was always waiting for someone to love but I never found her until I found you. Liz, I live you and without you life wouldn't be worth living. I need you. Here connect with me and I'll show you all of my memories of when I lived on Antar."
Liz nodded and gave Max her hands and looked into his eyes. The connection was instantaneous. Liz saw how lonely Max was and how unhappy he was with Tess and she realized that it was okay to be with Max. Everything would be okay as long as they were together.
Max: "Liz, are you okay? Please stop crying. It breaks my heart when you cry."
Liz: (sniffle) "I'm okay. I'm sorry it's just I love you so much and I don't want to give you up, but what about your destiny, you're a king and you have a whole planet waiting for you to save them.
Max: "I'm not saying that I won't try and save them, but I need you by my side to do that you're my life and my strength."
Liz: "And I'll stay by your side and do whatever I can, but Max you have to promise me you won't pull away from me again because I don't think I could handle it if you did."
Max: "I promise you, I won't."
Liz: "Good."
Liz moves over on the lawn chair, Max stood up and picked her up and sat down with her in his lap on the chair. They snuggled under the blanket together and talked about anything and everything until they both fell asleep.
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Same day – two hours later
Max finally reached Liz's house, he had walked all the way from the outskirts of town where Tess lived. He had had Isabel drive back to town and after dropping Tess at home. He had told Isabel to go home and that he would get there eventually. He didn't understand why Liz had left like that, without even giving him a chance to explain how he felt about it all. Max moves towards her balcony and sees a light and knows she's awake. So, he silently climbs up the fire escape and stops when he gets to the top and his heart almost stops.
Liz is there in her room on her bed crying and looking absolutely devastated. He saw that she had her journal too. Max then wondered why Maria wasn't there, but that didn't matter. He stood there for a few more minutes trying to figure out what to say, finally he decided to just say what was in his heart. Max gently raped on the window with his fingers, he saw Liz look at the window as tears came to her eyes again she grabbed a blanket and came over to the window opened it and climbed outside. Max took her hand and gently led her over to the lawn chair. Liz sat down on the chair and watched as Max sat down on the ground beside her.
Liz: "Max, what are you here? We can't be together."
Max: "Liz, why do you keep saying that of course we can be together. Just because I have some stupid destiny, I told you I don't care about Tess let alone love her. I love you and only you forever."
Liz: "But Max, you heard your mother. Tess is your bride you were married to her and who am I to take that away from her. As much as it hurts you belong with her, not me."
Max: "But if I was so in love with her in my past life, how come I've been in love with you since the first time I saw you in the third grade.
Liz: "Have you really loved me that long."
Max: "Yeah, that long."
Liz: "But, that doesn't change the fact that you were married to Tess."
Max: "I remember things about my life then, after using the orbs all of my memories came back. Liz, I remember being married to her, I was so unhappy and so was she, it was an arranged marriage and she was in love with someone else and, I was always waiting for someone to love but I never found her until I found you. Liz, I live you and without you life wouldn't be worth living. I need you. Here connect with me and I'll show you all of my memories of when I lived on Antar."
Liz nodded and gave Max her hands and looked into his eyes. The connection was instantaneous. Liz saw how lonely Max was and how unhappy he was with Tess and she realized that it was okay to be with Max. Everything would be okay as long as they were together.
Max: "Liz, are you okay? Please stop crying. It breaks my heart when you cry."
Liz: (sniffle) "I'm okay. I'm sorry it's just I love you so much and I don't want to give you up, but what about your destiny, you're a king and you have a whole planet waiting for you to save them.
Max: "I'm not saying that I won't try and save them, but I need you by my side to do that you're my life and my strength."
Liz: "And I'll stay by your side and do whatever I can, but Max you have to promise me you won't pull away from me again because I don't think I could handle it if you did."
Max: "I promise you, I won't."
Liz: "Good."
Liz moves over on the lawn chair, Max stood up and picked her up and sat down with her in his lap on the chair. They snuggled under the blanket together and talked about anything and everything until they both fell asleep.
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