CHAPTER 1 (His stupidity, her sanity)

At the apartment

"How could you be so stupid Max? I mean god, healing her was one thing but telling her? You do realise we have to leave don't you, our lives are at risk because of your stupidity"

Max laid his head in his hands trying to relieve the growing headache that was forming due to his sister's constant rambling.

"How could you Max? Are you even listening to me?"

Max sighed and looked over to his best friend Alex Whitman for help, who shook his head. "Maria look, what could I do? I couldn't let her die."

Maria closed her eyes and tried to calm down. She couldn't believe that Max was this stupid. She along with her brother Max and best friend Alex were aliens. They crashed here in Roswell in 1947 and then hibernated until 1989 when they broke out of their pods and were found by people on the side of the road. All three of them were adopted into nice homes and cared for. Alex went with the Whitman's and Maria and Max went with the Evan's. No one knew there secret because they had made a pact not to tell anyone, use the 'hide in plain site' plan. But Max had screwed up.

The perfect Liz 'could do no wrong' Parker had been shot while working at the Crashdown. Because of her brothers idiotic feelings for the boring girl Max had decided to heal her but by doing that he had put there lives at risk, and now he was telling them that he had told her there secret, the one they swore they wouldn't tell anyone, not even there parents and was now trying to say that they could trust her. Max must be high. That was Maria's only explanation.

"We already went through that yesterday but the simple fact is Max, is that YOU COULD HAVE LIED." Maria yelled.

Max winced. He knew she was right but that didn't stop him. He didn't know why he told her but after seeing the handprint left on her stomach he just blurted everything out and now because of him there lives were in danger. "I know, but Maria, I promise you that we can trust her, she won't tell anyone, I swear."

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Across town

"Aliens? Liz you have got to be kidding me"

Liz looked around the table in the back room of the Crashdown at all of her friends. She had just told them that Max Evans was an alien and none of them believed her. "Look guys I'm telling the truth, how else do you explain the hand print?"

Everyone shrugged. Liz glanced over at her boyfriend Kyle Valenti. "Kyle, you know I wouldn't lie"

"Liz, I know that but what your saying is a little far fetched" he said patting her hand.

Liz shook her head. "I'm telling the truth. You all saw me be shot yesterday right here in the Crashdown, and then after Max came over I was 'magically' ok. Can any of you come up with a better explanation?" she stared at her friends.

"You've been sniffing too much paper haven't you Parker" Michael asked. He didn't believe a single word she was saying. True, even if she was telling the truth he wouldn't believe her, he and Liz didn't get along at all, you could say that he felt a deep hatred for her, the only reason they hung together was because his sister, Isabel was her friend and because his best friend Kyle, was her boyfriend. It was beyond him why Kyle would want her but Michael figured he was drunk at the time and just couldn't cut her loose.

Liz glared at him. "Ha ha real funny Guerin but no, I am serious. Max is an alien who crashed here in 1947 and came out of these pod things in 1989. They even have powers, Max showed me"

Isabel froze for a second. She was having a hard enough time as it was coming to terms with her friend's mental problems but them? When was there a them? "Them Liz, what do you mean them?"

Liz stopped breathing for a second. She had promised Max that she wouldn't say anything but her friends has wanted to know why she was acting so weird and before she knew it she was telling them, but she had only intended on telling them about Max, not the other two. Now she had to.

"Umm, Maria and Alex are as well."

"Wait, Alex, you mean Alex Whitman is an alien?" Isabel asked still questioning her friend's sanity.

"Maria Evan's, no way" Michael said after her. There was no way that the love of his life could be an alien. No way. Michael has had a crush on the girl since he first saw her in 3rd grade; she was beating up a boy who had teased her about her shoes. Since then Maria Evans had been the object of his desire, he wanted her but could never get close enough to talk to her. The closest he came to talking to her was when he bumped into her one year ago and she bit his head off. She still glares at him when she sees him in the Crashdown.

"Yes Maria and Alex, they are all aliens, they all have powers and I am dead serious." Liz said amazingly calm. With that Isabel ran to the bathroom and vomited, Kyle fainted and Michael just watched on with amusement. He didn't seem fazed at all. When Isabel had returned and Kyle had woken up Liz spoke again. "So you believe me?"

Michael smirked. "After those displays I think it's safe to say yep"

Liz rolled her eyes. "Ok, so are you all ok with it?"

Isabel grew pale. "Oh god there aliens, there are aliens in Roswell, oh my god Liz, will they kill us?"

Michael went over to try to calm his sister. "She's right, what do they want?"

Liz stood. "All they want is to live normal lives and act like normal teenagers, so you guys can't tell anyone or act any differently around them ok? What I told you stays between us. Max doesn't even know I told you"

Michael shook his head in disbelief. "Wait, Max doesn't know you told us?"

Liz shook her head. "Yeah he told me not to but you guys wanted to know what was wrong"

"Yeah but you betrayed there trust, at least now I know not to trust you with anything" Michael commented. Yeah he was glad that he knew but he had a feeling that when Max found out then all hell was going to break loose.

"Like you'd tell me any of your secrets anyway lover boy, and you should be happy, at least this way you may actually get to talk to Maria" Liz told him.

Michael glared at her and damned his sister once again, for letting his crush on Maria be known to their group. But the annoying mouse was right maybe this was his chance.

"Look, we just can't let on that we know alright, can I trust you?" Liz asked

"Like Max trusted you?" Michael couldn't help but add.

"Shove it Michael" Liz threw back. She really did hate him. Isabel and Kyle nodded then finally so did Michael. They were going to keep it a secret. "Ok, good. So lets all just go out there and act like normal ok"

They all nodded then started making their way threw the door. Suddenly Isabel stopped making both Michael and Kyle crash into her. "Liz what if they come in?"

"Just act normal Iz, they won't hurt us"

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Back at the apartment

"No that's just not good enough, we'll have to kill her"

Max looked up at his sister in shock. "Maria, we are not killing her"

"Well then we leave, it's just a matter of time before she tells her merry band of loser friends and then what? The FBI will come after us and we're dead." Maria yelled

"She's right Max" Alex chimed in

Max couldn't believe he was hearing this. "We are not killing Liz"

Alex rolled his eyes. "I didn't mean she was right about that, I mean she's right in the aspect of us leaving. We can't trust her Max, and as much as I don't want to, we have to leave."

Max shook his head. "No, she won't tell, she promised and I believe her, look why don't we just go to the Crashdown and see how she acts around us" he suggested

"Yeah go back to the scene of the crime, great idea Max" Maria said sarcastically making Alex chuckle.

"Maria, Alex please just trust me ok. Liz is trustworthy, she won't say anything." Max said softly.

Maria sighed then glanced to Alex who shrugged his shoulders. "Fine, I trust you Max, but don't think that I am going to start being chummy with the girl."

Max smiled then hugged her. "Thanks sis. So are we going to the Crashdown?" he asked

Maria and Alex nodded. "Ok, but I'm driving" Alex announced

"Why?" Maria protested.

"Because getting in a car with you behind the wheel when you're still obviously pissed is just a death wish." Maria smiled sarcastically before chasing after him. Max just shook his head. He just hoped to god that what he had told Alex and Maria had been the truth, that Liz was trust worthy.