Rise up
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me, but to the writers and producers of Roswell
Note: I don't live in the US so I have found it a little difficult to get the whole 'American feeling', especially in the school settings because school in America is completely different to that of my own country. However I have tried my best and I would love to receive your feedback on the story plus how I can make it more "Americanised"! Cheers!
Prologue
It's July 2nd. I'm Liz Parker. A year ago my life was plain and simple - I went to school, did my shifts and the Crashdown and hung out. However in these last six months, my life has gone from something that I, Liz Parker could successfully control, plan and organise, to something unpredictable and unexplainable. I was let in on a secret that perhaps no human on this earth is meant to know or even understand.
Everything changed the day that Max Evans saved my life at the Crashdown. There has been no going back from that day when I was knocked down by a gunshot. If it weren't for Max, I would not be here writing in this journal in the streaming summer sun today. That was also when I found out that Roswell, New Mexico is not such a small town after all, and that despite how much you think you know about everything and everyone in a small town like Roswell, everybody has their secrets.
Everything was different once I found out that Max Evans, Isabel Evans and Michael Guerin were all aliens.
Chapter 1
"Maria I can't do your shift here tonight. I told you before, Mr. Batterby has been giving me the evil eye all week because of my poor mark in the half-term for Physics. I really need to catch up", Liz said sighing as she opened her locker at the Crashdown and took a sip of water from her water bottle.
"Please Liz, this is really important for me. I will love you forever and ever!" Maria replied, giving Liz those pleading puppy dog eyes.
"Fine Maria, but you owe me big time, and I mean big time. If I don't get this work done, you will never be getting a postcard from me whilst I'm at Harvard!" Liz answered.
" Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love you so much" Maria replied happily as she tightly hugged Liz. " I just really need this time with Michael at the moment. I mean we are so close right now and I just want make him know how much I love him. I just really don't want to lose him you know? I mean before he has been so detached and distant, its only now that he has discovered his feelings and allowed people in".
" I understand Maria. I think that you are probably the best thing that ever happened to him" Liz said sweetly. " So what have you got planned?" Liz asked, eyebrows raised.
" Oh you know, the usual. Mum's got her high school reunion tonight so she's out of town, so I figured that Michael and I could have a nice night together at my place" Maria explained, a wide grin developing on her face.
"Maria!" Liz said, as she playfully hit Maria on the shoulder. "You mean to tell me that I have to slave away in here for the night whist you spend a romantic evening with your lover boy? Trust! "
" Well thanks a million Liz. I will give you a call and let you know how its going" Maria said laughing as she grabbed her backpack and walked out the back door.
"Yeah whatever!" Liz yelled back.
She had to be happy for Maria and Michael. Not in all their years of friendship had she seen Maria so happy. Lately she smiled and laughed at everything. It was though she was floating on the air and in a continuous daydream. It finally seemed as though Maria and Michael had worked things out. It wasn't as though Michael was the easiest person, well more accurately alien, to get along with. He had experienced a life much harder that Isabel and Max had. Whilst they had been adopted into a good family, Michael moved from one family to the next, never settling anywhere. In all the years that Liz had known Michael he had always kept himself at a distance from other people, careful not to get too close for the fear of being hurt. Maria however had been a different case. They had this incredible bond. Maria had done wonders for Michael, changed him into a person that nobody in the whole of Roswell knew, and with this they had become closer than ever before.
Liz handed out meal after meal to the locals and the many tourists who had pilled into her parents restaurant the Crashdown, after visiting Roswell's most famous tourist attraction, the UFO Centre. She began to think again about her relationship with Max Evans. Max was the love of her life and she knew in her heart that she would always love him, despite how badly she had been hurt by him. She wasn't seeing Max anymore, but she continued to think about him often. In fact, she thought about him more than often. There had barely been a moment over the last month where she hadn't thought about him. His beautiful smile, dark hair and magic fingers which left her whole body tingling with pleasure after he touched her.
"Excuse me Miss?" a man with dark hair dressed in an elegant suit, said suddenly to Liz, making her immediately jump out of her daydream. "I actually ordered a burger and fries, not a cappuccino!"
" Oh I'm terribly sorry Sir. We have just been so busy that I must have accidentally switched your order", Liz answered, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment.
"No worries, but I'll tell you what, I may just take this cappuccino and cancel my order because I am in quite a rush anyway, ok?" the man said, deeply looking into Liz's eyes as he pulled out a few notes of cash.
"Certainly" Liz replied quickly, "I'll just get your change then".
I'm such an idiot Liz thought to herself. I really have to stop thinking about Max, because not only is it distracting me from my school work, but even something as simple as getting the orders right at the Crashdown.
It was so difficult to get her feelings straight because their past together had been so rough and complicated. After all, he was the one who had gone and completely ruined everything by sleeping with Tess only months before.
She gathered up the change for the man and handed it to him.
"Sorry about the mess up again Sir, I hope you enjoy your stay in Roswell" Liz said apologetically as she stared at the man, knowing that he was definitely not a local.
"Not to worry about it. Liz" he said looking up at her name badge which was pinned to her uniform". "But I will actually be spending a while here in Roswell. You see I have just been appointed as the new Careers Advisor and Counselor at West Roswell High. You wouldn't happen to be a student there would you?" he asked.
"Yes I am actually" Liz replied, suddenly excited at the idea of a new Careers Advisor at her school. He may be able to help me with my application to Harvard.
"Well I assume that I will be seeing much more of you in the next couple of weeks then Liz and perhaps I will be able to give you some good advice on life beyond high school!" he said, smiling as he got up from his chair and firmly shook Liz's hand.
"Great!" Liz replied, "Mr."
"Jenkins" he said, immediately answering her question. "Well it was lovely to meet you Liz. Must be off though, time to get my new office organised" he said with a laugh, as he picked up his briefcase and turned towards the front entrance.
Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me, but to the writers and producers of Roswell
Note: I don't live in the US so I have found it a little difficult to get the whole 'American feeling', especially in the school settings because school in America is completely different to that of my own country. However I have tried my best and I would love to receive your feedback on the story plus how I can make it more "Americanised"! Cheers!
Prologue
It's July 2nd. I'm Liz Parker. A year ago my life was plain and simple - I went to school, did my shifts and the Crashdown and hung out. However in these last six months, my life has gone from something that I, Liz Parker could successfully control, plan and organise, to something unpredictable and unexplainable. I was let in on a secret that perhaps no human on this earth is meant to know or even understand.
Everything changed the day that Max Evans saved my life at the Crashdown. There has been no going back from that day when I was knocked down by a gunshot. If it weren't for Max, I would not be here writing in this journal in the streaming summer sun today. That was also when I found out that Roswell, New Mexico is not such a small town after all, and that despite how much you think you know about everything and everyone in a small town like Roswell, everybody has their secrets.
Everything was different once I found out that Max Evans, Isabel Evans and Michael Guerin were all aliens.
Chapter 1
"Maria I can't do your shift here tonight. I told you before, Mr. Batterby has been giving me the evil eye all week because of my poor mark in the half-term for Physics. I really need to catch up", Liz said sighing as she opened her locker at the Crashdown and took a sip of water from her water bottle.
"Please Liz, this is really important for me. I will love you forever and ever!" Maria replied, giving Liz those pleading puppy dog eyes.
"Fine Maria, but you owe me big time, and I mean big time. If I don't get this work done, you will never be getting a postcard from me whilst I'm at Harvard!" Liz answered.
" Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love you so much" Maria replied happily as she tightly hugged Liz. " I just really need this time with Michael at the moment. I mean we are so close right now and I just want make him know how much I love him. I just really don't want to lose him you know? I mean before he has been so detached and distant, its only now that he has discovered his feelings and allowed people in".
" I understand Maria. I think that you are probably the best thing that ever happened to him" Liz said sweetly. " So what have you got planned?" Liz asked, eyebrows raised.
" Oh you know, the usual. Mum's got her high school reunion tonight so she's out of town, so I figured that Michael and I could have a nice night together at my place" Maria explained, a wide grin developing on her face.
"Maria!" Liz said, as she playfully hit Maria on the shoulder. "You mean to tell me that I have to slave away in here for the night whist you spend a romantic evening with your lover boy? Trust! "
" Well thanks a million Liz. I will give you a call and let you know how its going" Maria said laughing as she grabbed her backpack and walked out the back door.
"Yeah whatever!" Liz yelled back.
She had to be happy for Maria and Michael. Not in all their years of friendship had she seen Maria so happy. Lately she smiled and laughed at everything. It was though she was floating on the air and in a continuous daydream. It finally seemed as though Maria and Michael had worked things out. It wasn't as though Michael was the easiest person, well more accurately alien, to get along with. He had experienced a life much harder that Isabel and Max had. Whilst they had been adopted into a good family, Michael moved from one family to the next, never settling anywhere. In all the years that Liz had known Michael he had always kept himself at a distance from other people, careful not to get too close for the fear of being hurt. Maria however had been a different case. They had this incredible bond. Maria had done wonders for Michael, changed him into a person that nobody in the whole of Roswell knew, and with this they had become closer than ever before.
Liz handed out meal after meal to the locals and the many tourists who had pilled into her parents restaurant the Crashdown, after visiting Roswell's most famous tourist attraction, the UFO Centre. She began to think again about her relationship with Max Evans. Max was the love of her life and she knew in her heart that she would always love him, despite how badly she had been hurt by him. She wasn't seeing Max anymore, but she continued to think about him often. In fact, she thought about him more than often. There had barely been a moment over the last month where she hadn't thought about him. His beautiful smile, dark hair and magic fingers which left her whole body tingling with pleasure after he touched her.
"Excuse me Miss?" a man with dark hair dressed in an elegant suit, said suddenly to Liz, making her immediately jump out of her daydream. "I actually ordered a burger and fries, not a cappuccino!"
" Oh I'm terribly sorry Sir. We have just been so busy that I must have accidentally switched your order", Liz answered, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment.
"No worries, but I'll tell you what, I may just take this cappuccino and cancel my order because I am in quite a rush anyway, ok?" the man said, deeply looking into Liz's eyes as he pulled out a few notes of cash.
"Certainly" Liz replied quickly, "I'll just get your change then".
I'm such an idiot Liz thought to herself. I really have to stop thinking about Max, because not only is it distracting me from my school work, but even something as simple as getting the orders right at the Crashdown.
It was so difficult to get her feelings straight because their past together had been so rough and complicated. After all, he was the one who had gone and completely ruined everything by sleeping with Tess only months before.
She gathered up the change for the man and handed it to him.
"Sorry about the mess up again Sir, I hope you enjoy your stay in Roswell" Liz said apologetically as she stared at the man, knowing that he was definitely not a local.
"Not to worry about it. Liz" he said looking up at her name badge which was pinned to her uniform". "But I will actually be spending a while here in Roswell. You see I have just been appointed as the new Careers Advisor and Counselor at West Roswell High. You wouldn't happen to be a student there would you?" he asked.
"Yes I am actually" Liz replied, suddenly excited at the idea of a new Careers Advisor at her school. He may be able to help me with my application to Harvard.
"Well I assume that I will be seeing much more of you in the next couple of weeks then Liz and perhaps I will be able to give you some good advice on life beyond high school!" he said, smiling as he got up from his chair and firmly shook Liz's hand.
"Great!" Liz replied, "Mr."
"Jenkins" he said, immediately answering her question. "Well it was lovely to meet you Liz. Must be off though, time to get my new office organised" he said with a laugh, as he picked up his briefcase and turned towards the front entrance.