"So was it worth it?"

Max looked up from his menu into the cold eyes belonging to Liz. The crashdown was nearly empty apart the odd tourist here and there.

"I'm going to leave you to it!" Michael said making his escape across the café to where Maria was. Max watched him go before looking down at his hands. He really didn't want to be having this conversation with Liz right now; he couldn't deal with it, not after having the week from hell to cope with already. He knew he shouldn't have listened to Michael when he suggested coming to the crashdown, knowing that Michael was lying when he said it would be good for him to get out of the house for a while. Max had only agreed to come because there was that small chance that he would see Tess.

"Aren't you going to say anything?" Liz asked, her voice cracking. Max looked up from his hands and she saw pity in his eyes.  When had he started to pity her?

"What do you want me to say?" Max asked

"I don't know. I just wish everything was normal again!" Liz sighed

"What's so great about normal?" Max asked a small smile played on his lips but never reached his eyes

A smile graced her lips "We were happy weren't we!" the smile faded "what happened to us Max?"

"Where do you want me to start?"

"Max, don't act like what we had was nothing. Our relationship was never rocky like Michael and Maria's or confusing like Isabel and Alex's. We were happy! I just wish everything was hot it was before Tess came and ruined our lives. We were happy!"

"Don't bring Tess into this!" his voice was cold and hard like steel "She didn't walk away from me, she didn't leave me when I needed her the most, she didn't sleep with Kyle. And what you were saying about Michael and Maria's relationship being rocky look at them!" he pointed across the crashdown to where Maria and Michael were sat, whispering and smiling "And Isabel and Alex, well you saw them at prom before you run off to Sean! They're happy! If we were so happy why aren't we together?"

"I love you Max!" Liz cried

"I know you do. I 'm always going to love you Liz but I am not in love with you. You were my dream girl but you know you've got to wake up sometimes and Tess was my wake up call!"

"Do you love her?"

"Not like I loved you!" Max answered truthfully. Liz was his first love; he had been obsessed with her always believing that she would be out of his reach. What Max felt for Tess was deeper, she was part of him she completed him.

Liz blinked away the tears and nodded, "I should get back to work!"

"Trouble in paradise?" Michael asked as he sat back down with Max

"Shut up Michael!" Max ordered

"Hey where are you going?" Michael asked as Max started to get up to leave

"For a walk!" Max said unable to take the evil glares sent in his direction by Maria or the longing looks from Liz.

"Hold up I come with you!"

"I just want to be lone!" Max stated

"Well you know where I am if you need me!" Michael said hoping it was the right thing to say.

Max nodded; he took one last look at Liz knowing that nothing would ever be the same between them again before he left the crashdown.

He walked, not knowing where he was heading or what he was going to do when he got there. He was lost in every sense of the word.

His heart was breaking in two as he walked, his eyes trained on the ground, his hands dug deep into his pockets.

He was blind to what was going on around him. Nothing was black and white nothing was simple.

He followed his feet as they pulled him towards the unknown.

Did it even matter where he ended up?

The only place on earth he wanted to be was with Tess, he had wasted so much time with Liz, never seeing Tess just pushing her away not willing to listening to what she had to say and then when he had opened his eyes it was only to lose her again.

He couldn't understand what had happened! Why had she left him? What had gone wrong? Was there someone else in her life? Someone who treated her better then him? Someone who loved her more?

He needed to talk to her. He had tried phoning her only to be told to get lost by Kyle who had become her guard dog. Max decided that the only way to talk to Tess was go straight to see her and if Kyle tried to stop him that he would kick his arse even without using his powers.

He started to walk with more purpose now that he knew what he had to do. He had to see Tess.

He walked towards the Valenti house, planning what he was going to say to Tess! He loved her, he couldn't live without her, he needed her to take him back and if she said no, well then he wasn't going to take no as an answer.

Max felt his heart tighten in with pain as he looked through the front window of the Valenti's place to see Tess kiss and embrace Kyle tightly. He was going to kill Kyle for even looking at Tess. He moved quickly up the pathway towards the door. Kyle was a dead human!

Max's heart stop beating and all thoughts of killing Kyle were forgotten has he came face to face with Tess, the smile slid of her face.

"Hey!" he said, his hands buried deep in his pockets as he fought for control.

"Hey!" Tess said looking down at her hands

"I was just passing!" Max said and neither of them bought up the fact that Max lived on the other side of town and was 'just passing' way out of his way.

"Not as good as you. So you and Kyle? You left me for Kyle!" Max spat out the words bitterly unable to control himself "I saw the wonderful display of affection, very touching! Nice shirt as well, Kyle got a thing about making his things?"

"And here I was thinking that you were just passing!" Tess said her eyes flashing dangerously. Who did he think he was trying to accuse her of being with Kyle when he was all flash happy with Liz?

"You know, you're right. I wasn't just passing by. I wanted to see you. I wanted to talk to you!"

"What is there to say?"

"Everything! You just left" His eyes were soft but then harden and became cold "But I guess Kyle wanted you home. Does he know that you screwed me before you left? Isn't he enough? Just needed one last…" Tess hit Max hard across the face before he could say anything more. She couldn't believe he thought so little of her.

"Tess, I am sorry!"

"Max, don't! Just go home, go cry to Liz your soul mate. Who am I to stand in the way of true love?"

"Don't use Liz as an excuse! Don't drag her into this!"

"Why not? You're dragging Kyle into this and he isn't even apart of this!"

"Hey Tess what are you doing out here?" Kyle asked wondering out of the house "Max! Hey! I just leave you to it!"

"Kyle, wait! Max was just leaving!" Tess said dumping the garbage in the trashcan before catching up with Kyle

"Tess, wait! What about destiny?"

Tess smiled softly "We make our own destiny!"