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"This better be good." Maria grumbled as Max and the others followed her into the house.
"Hunny I'm in here." Amy Deluca said from her spot in the kitchen.
"What is it mom we were busy." Maria muttered knowing she shouldn't be so mean but she was annoyed and couldn't help it.
"I bought some things." Amy said excitedly.
"Like what?" Maria said feeling uncomfortable with Michael's eyes on her back.
"For Lizzie's room."
"And this couldn't wait?" Maria asked her eyebrow raised.
"MARIA!!! I thought you'd be happy to make your cousin feel welcomed."
"I am!" Maria protested. "But this could have waited until after the movie!"
"No it can't! I figured since your with your friends you all would have fun decorating and painting the room! I don't want Lizzie feeling any different then she would at her house."
"Fine mother." Maria said rolling her eyes as much as she wanted to make her cousin feel welcome she just didn't understand her mothers need for doing it right this second.
The next few hours were spent painting, decorating, rearranging, and having fun.
~*~*~*~
Liz couldn't believe, in a few short hours she would land in Roswell, New Mexico a place in which she'd never dreamed she'd see again.
The week had flown past in one giant blur of packing, avoiding her parents, giving heartfelt good byes to all her bests and packing some more. And now here it was the inevitable was happening, something she'd been dreading, she'd be boarding a plane to take her back to the very place she'd hated and always wanted to escape, the place she'd never ever wanted to see again. And it hurt to know she was helpless that there was nothing she could do to change what was happening, and if there was something that she hated most it was the feeling of being helpless.
All she could keeping thinking about was how her parents would be leaving to Paris, Paris of all places they got to go to Paris while she was going to be stuck in some small crazy alien obsessed town with a bunch of wackos.
Thinking of all this made her stomach turn and her heart wrench, she wanted to cry it hurt so badly. She knew it'd only be a few short months until she could return home but that didn't seem soon enough. Because even a mere week in Roswell would be hell to her, it'd be like spending 10 years of her life locked up in a small white room where you could just sit there and stare at the wall. She knew she had missed her cousin a great deal but having to go back and face Roswell again, would that be something she'd be able to live through? She wasn't sure of the answer to that but she knew she'd try her hardest to find a way to get along in Roswell.
As though her mother could hear her thoughts she interrupted "You'll be fine honey. You'll be home before you even realize you've been gone."
"Easy for you to say, you're going to go to Paris while I am going to Roswell." Liz said her voice dripping with bitter. It wasn't that she hated her mom she knew she didn't it wasn't her parents fault they had to go away on business but then again it wasn't her fault they had to go so why should she be punished?
"Liz." Her mother warned as they waited for her father who would be driving them to the airport.
"What?" She snapped.
"It's going to be fine! You'll have a great time with your cousin." Nancy Parker stated she already sounded like a broken record that Liz had listened to a million times over.
"I still don't understand why I have to go!" Liz protested figuring it couldn't hurt to give it one last shot.
"We've been over this."
"And I still don't get why I'm being forced to go to Roswell! I didn't do anything wrong so why am I being punished?"
"You're not being punished." Nancy said sighing.
"Then why can't I stay here? With one of my friends?"
"Liz! I already told you we're not leaving you here with one of your friends."
"What's wrong with my friends?"
"Nothing but they're parents don't set any boundaries for them!"
"And you do?"
"This is exactly why you're going to stay with your aunt. We won't have the time to keep an eye on you." Nancy said repeating a speech she must have told her 100 times throughout the week.
"Fine just send me away see if I care." Liz said glaring at her mother.
"Liz." She started before she saw her husband pull up. "Let's go."
"Fine." Liz said grabbing her bags, looking around for the last time she headed out the door.
"Can I help you with those?" Her father said smiling at them.
"I got em." She said her attitude in full force.
"Since when did she get such a bad attitude?" Jeff Parker asked his wife.
"I don't know." she said rubbing her temples.
"I don't have an attitude." Liz snapped popping her bubble gum and glaring.
"You never used to. That's for sure." Her father said and she rolled her eyes.
~*~*~*~
"M-A-R-I-A, take a deep breath and calm down!" Alex told his best friend as he watched her rush around the house picking up odds and ends.
"Lizzie's gonna be here soon!!! How do you expect me to calm down??" Maria said running a hand through her hair.
"Because it's not the end of the world its just your cousin."
"Yes my favorite cousin who I might add I haven't seen in years." Maria said putting her hands on her hips.
"I understand that. I'm excited to ya know. but still aren't you going a little overboard?"
"Since when have I ever gone overboard on anything?" Maria asked and Alex raised an eyebrow giving her a look that said riiiight.
"What if she doesn't like her room?!?!?"
"She'll love it." Alex told her.
"What if she doesn't???" Maria asked opening up the top of the bottle of Cyprus oil. "What if she hates it?"
"She wont!"
"How do you know?"
"Cause I'm Alex!" He told her grinning "I know these things."
"If you say so."
"Is Max going to come over?" Alex asked changing the subject to one of Maria's favorite subjects.
"NO!" Maria said a little too quickly.
"Why not?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"Because I told him not to come over incase he falls madly in love with my cousin which I might add he laughed at, then I told him he might fall hardcore for her and then I don't want to watch him drool and as much as I think they'd look cute together he might have a heart attack seeing her for the first time and I don't want to have him die at my house. And then he laughed again so then I told him he was nuts and then he told me I was over exaggerating which I might add is very rude and then I told him he was just kidding himself and then we got in an argument about spike head." Maria rambled on without even taking a breath.
"Maria, Just take a deep breathe your rambling again." Alex said placing a hand on her shoulder. Alex knew becoming friends with Maria causes her to install a Maria filter otherwise you'd never understand a word that comes out of her mouth when she started rambling god knows half of Roswell didn't.
"I can't help it. I'm just so nervous. I haven't seen her in forever. And what if she doesn't' like me?"
"She's gonna love you." Alex said knowingly. Who wouldn't love Maria.
"What if she doesn't?"
"Don't be crazy Ria."
"I'm not."
"You are. If Liz doesn't love you then trust me she's the crazy one." Alex said making a smile appear on Maria's face.
"You're so sweet!" Maria said lunging out and giving him a hug.
"I know." he said patting her on the back.
She whacked him before replying "Just like sugar."
"Yep." He said a smug smile on his face.
Maria laughed before looking over at the clock. "Oh my gosh she should be here any time."
"Come on Ria lets sit on the couch and wait." Alex said tugging on her arm.
"This better be good." Maria grumbled as Max and the others followed her into the house.
"Hunny I'm in here." Amy Deluca said from her spot in the kitchen.
"What is it mom we were busy." Maria muttered knowing she shouldn't be so mean but she was annoyed and couldn't help it.
"I bought some things." Amy said excitedly.
"Like what?" Maria said feeling uncomfortable with Michael's eyes on her back.
"For Lizzie's room."
"And this couldn't wait?" Maria asked her eyebrow raised.
"MARIA!!! I thought you'd be happy to make your cousin feel welcomed."
"I am!" Maria protested. "But this could have waited until after the movie!"
"No it can't! I figured since your with your friends you all would have fun decorating and painting the room! I don't want Lizzie feeling any different then she would at her house."
"Fine mother." Maria said rolling her eyes as much as she wanted to make her cousin feel welcome she just didn't understand her mothers need for doing it right this second.
The next few hours were spent painting, decorating, rearranging, and having fun.
~*~*~*~
Liz couldn't believe, in a few short hours she would land in Roswell, New Mexico a place in which she'd never dreamed she'd see again.
The week had flown past in one giant blur of packing, avoiding her parents, giving heartfelt good byes to all her bests and packing some more. And now here it was the inevitable was happening, something she'd been dreading, she'd be boarding a plane to take her back to the very place she'd hated and always wanted to escape, the place she'd never ever wanted to see again. And it hurt to know she was helpless that there was nothing she could do to change what was happening, and if there was something that she hated most it was the feeling of being helpless.
All she could keeping thinking about was how her parents would be leaving to Paris, Paris of all places they got to go to Paris while she was going to be stuck in some small crazy alien obsessed town with a bunch of wackos.
Thinking of all this made her stomach turn and her heart wrench, she wanted to cry it hurt so badly. She knew it'd only be a few short months until she could return home but that didn't seem soon enough. Because even a mere week in Roswell would be hell to her, it'd be like spending 10 years of her life locked up in a small white room where you could just sit there and stare at the wall. She knew she had missed her cousin a great deal but having to go back and face Roswell again, would that be something she'd be able to live through? She wasn't sure of the answer to that but she knew she'd try her hardest to find a way to get along in Roswell.
As though her mother could hear her thoughts she interrupted "You'll be fine honey. You'll be home before you even realize you've been gone."
"Easy for you to say, you're going to go to Paris while I am going to Roswell." Liz said her voice dripping with bitter. It wasn't that she hated her mom she knew she didn't it wasn't her parents fault they had to go away on business but then again it wasn't her fault they had to go so why should she be punished?
"Liz." Her mother warned as they waited for her father who would be driving them to the airport.
"What?" She snapped.
"It's going to be fine! You'll have a great time with your cousin." Nancy Parker stated she already sounded like a broken record that Liz had listened to a million times over.
"I still don't understand why I have to go!" Liz protested figuring it couldn't hurt to give it one last shot.
"We've been over this."
"And I still don't get why I'm being forced to go to Roswell! I didn't do anything wrong so why am I being punished?"
"You're not being punished." Nancy said sighing.
"Then why can't I stay here? With one of my friends?"
"Liz! I already told you we're not leaving you here with one of your friends."
"What's wrong with my friends?"
"Nothing but they're parents don't set any boundaries for them!"
"And you do?"
"This is exactly why you're going to stay with your aunt. We won't have the time to keep an eye on you." Nancy said repeating a speech she must have told her 100 times throughout the week.
"Fine just send me away see if I care." Liz said glaring at her mother.
"Liz." She started before she saw her husband pull up. "Let's go."
"Fine." Liz said grabbing her bags, looking around for the last time she headed out the door.
"Can I help you with those?" Her father said smiling at them.
"I got em." She said her attitude in full force.
"Since when did she get such a bad attitude?" Jeff Parker asked his wife.
"I don't know." she said rubbing her temples.
"I don't have an attitude." Liz snapped popping her bubble gum and glaring.
"You never used to. That's for sure." Her father said and she rolled her eyes.
~*~*~*~
"M-A-R-I-A, take a deep breath and calm down!" Alex told his best friend as he watched her rush around the house picking up odds and ends.
"Lizzie's gonna be here soon!!! How do you expect me to calm down??" Maria said running a hand through her hair.
"Because it's not the end of the world its just your cousin."
"Yes my favorite cousin who I might add I haven't seen in years." Maria said putting her hands on her hips.
"I understand that. I'm excited to ya know. but still aren't you going a little overboard?"
"Since when have I ever gone overboard on anything?" Maria asked and Alex raised an eyebrow giving her a look that said riiiight.
"What if she doesn't like her room?!?!?"
"She'll love it." Alex told her.
"What if she doesn't???" Maria asked opening up the top of the bottle of Cyprus oil. "What if she hates it?"
"She wont!"
"How do you know?"
"Cause I'm Alex!" He told her grinning "I know these things."
"If you say so."
"Is Max going to come over?" Alex asked changing the subject to one of Maria's favorite subjects.
"NO!" Maria said a little too quickly.
"Why not?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
"Because I told him not to come over incase he falls madly in love with my cousin which I might add he laughed at, then I told him he might fall hardcore for her and then I don't want to watch him drool and as much as I think they'd look cute together he might have a heart attack seeing her for the first time and I don't want to have him die at my house. And then he laughed again so then I told him he was nuts and then he told me I was over exaggerating which I might add is very rude and then I told him he was just kidding himself and then we got in an argument about spike head." Maria rambled on without even taking a breath.
"Maria, Just take a deep breathe your rambling again." Alex said placing a hand on her shoulder. Alex knew becoming friends with Maria causes her to install a Maria filter otherwise you'd never understand a word that comes out of her mouth when she started rambling god knows half of Roswell didn't.
"I can't help it. I'm just so nervous. I haven't seen her in forever. And what if she doesn't' like me?"
"She's gonna love you." Alex said knowingly. Who wouldn't love Maria.
"What if she doesn't?"
"Don't be crazy Ria."
"I'm not."
"You are. If Liz doesn't love you then trust me she's the crazy one." Alex said making a smile appear on Maria's face.
"You're so sweet!" Maria said lunging out and giving him a hug.
"I know." he said patting her on the back.
She whacked him before replying "Just like sugar."
"Yep." He said a smug smile on his face.
Maria laughed before looking over at the clock. "Oh my gosh she should be here any time."
"Come on Ria lets sit on the couch and wait." Alex said tugging on her arm.