Chapter 2
Don't Talk
I've never felt like this before, it's like I left all my sanity with
Alex's corpse. I still can't
believe it. For some reason saying Alex is dead feels more like giving up
then anything else. I have this feeling that this is my fault. When future
Max came he didn't say anything about Alex dying. He would have warned me
wouldn't he have? I know that when I changed things I did this, Alex is
dead because of me. Me.
Liz is wandering around a junkyard. As she spots what she has been
searching for she jogs over to it. Alex's car. She crawls through the
window and looks inside. The first thing she sees is his blood splattered
over the driver's seat, she touches the dried blood trying to feel Alex's
presence in the car. Suddenly she sees a picture of him and Leanna. Alex'
face is ripped out of the picture.
Liz walked through the hallway to her locker at school. It was weird being
back at school. Everyone was acting different, people were staring at her.
But she didn't notice she just walked to her locker. As she rounded the
corner she saw it. His locker, it was covered in flowers and pictures of
him, a memorial for him. When she saw Maria, Michael not far behind, she
walked up to her and took a second to view her friend's tear streaked face
before hugging her. Maria pulled back.
"How are you doing?" Liz asked
"Not good" Maria's voice was trying so hard to keep from drowning in the
sobs that she had tried so hard to suppress.
"Try and get through the day, okay? Just keep moving forward. Keep
breathing" Liz said calmly.
"How are you" she searched her friends eyes.
"I'm fine" Liz said stoically "Look at this" she pulls out the picture.
"Oh my God!"
"Is that." Michael questioned
"Yeah it's Leanna and Alex, I found it in the wreck."
"Oh my God I can't believe you'd go there, are you sick?" Maria leans
against Michael.
"This means something! Why is Alex's head missing?"
"Stop it! Stop it! This is wrong I can't do this!" Maria says in a hushed
voice before walking off. Michael chased after her.
Liz was walking slowly on the football field she could see Max and Tess
under the bleachers. But she was walking towards the throng of people
gathered on the field. She sees an enlarged picture of Alex surrounded by
flowers and people crying. It was hard for her to understand how so many
people could pretend to be in pain over the death of some one they didn't
know. But it was the voice of a boy that caught Liz's attention. It was the
guy who had delivered Alex's pizza, the last person he had talked to.
"So, finally, I left. He was losing it and you could totally see it in his
eyes. I mean, he was on his way out of this life."
"Is that a fact?" Liz' voice was strangled. The group of people listening
dispersed.
"Hey, look I'm sorr."
"I'd like to ask you some questions if you have the time" He nods "What did
he say to you?"
"I don't know. I mean, 'Life isn't right.' Or 'Life is wrong.' Something
like that"
"And what did you say?"
"Well, I said, whatever dude."
"Whatever dude? That's your reaction to a man who is devastated and on his
way out of this life? Isn't that how you describe him to your fan cub?"
"Look, I wasn't--I mean, uh--I'm sorry I sounded like that." Stuttering
"Yeah. If you remember anything else... anything. My parents own the
Crashdown, you can usually find me there." Liz walks away from the boy. She
looks back to the bleachers and sees the whole gang there, she didn't want
to talk to them right now she had places to be.
Liz pulls the photo out of her pocket to show it to Valenti.
"This photo means something, I know it does." She stated firmly
"I don't know Liz." he trails off trying to avoid her stare.
"What? You know something don't you? This is a clue isn't it?"
"Liz I think maybe you should go home and rest, it's been a long day and."
"No" she cuts him off trying to regain her composure "What does this mean
to you?"
"Fine I'll tell you but you're not going to like what I have to say"
"Just tell me"
"Ok. It's starting to look like Alex swerved his car into the oncoming
traffic on purpose."
"What are you saying?" her voice rising in tone
"I'm saying that Alex's attitude had changed before he." struggling to find
the words "Before the accident, people had noticed mood swings, he hasn't
been focusing."
"Oh please" Liz sounded exasperated
"Liz I interviewed the truck driver I saw the accident scene."
"You're telling me that Alex killed himself over bad grades?!"
"I don't know why Alex did what he did, but you're right this picture means
something. He defaced his own image Liz, doesn't that mean anything to
you?"
Liz runs from the house, trying hard not to cry. She stops on the side walk
to think about what he just said. She starts to cough before falling to her
knees and vomiting on the grass. She gets up trying to collect herself,
trying to calm down. She turns and starts to walk towards the Evans' house.
Liz looks in the window and sees Max trying on his suit, for the funeral.
She knocks on the window. He is surprised to see her, he walks over and
opens the window.
"Liz.?" he looks at her, confused. She looks pale, tired, hurt.
"Max I don't want to be alone right now. Can. can I stay here tonight?"
"Of course" She steps through the window.
"Max, Valenti said that Alex killed himself." She searches his eyes for
comfort
"That's crazy" he seems angry
"I know that's what I said"
"Alex would never kill himself"
"No! Of course not! It's ridiculous. And, you know what's going to happen.
Hanson is going to go and he's going to put that report and it's going to
be in the newspaper for every single person to read. All of his friends,
his family."
"No" Max jumps up from where he's been sitting
"Alex Whitman's death was declared a suicide yesterday by the Roswell
Sheriff's Department!"
"We won't let that happen!"
"Just the fact that his parents have to go through this.this nightmare.
They do not need to think that their son." She sits down leaning against
his bed, no longer able to hold back the tears. She lets them fall freely
down her cheeks. Max comes over and sits down next to Liz.
"I'll take care of it" He puts his hand on her back, she leans into him and
he holds her as she cries. She suddenly pulls back, she knows she can't do
this. She gets up.
"Liz" He looks up at her "its ok." He stands up next to her
"Max I just wanted to tell you that I saw you and Tess kissing at Prom"
"Liz."
"It's ok" she cuts him off "I'm glad you're moving on, I just wanted to
tell you that I saw it. Ok?"
"Ok."
"You deserve to be happy Max" he starts to say something but she cuts him
off "Just tell me you'll always be my friend Max, can you do that for me."
Begging him quietly
"You know I will"
Liz climbs back out the window. Scolding herself for slipping like that.
She needed to be strong right now, for Alex.
Don't Talk
I've never felt like this before, it's like I left all my sanity with
Alex's corpse. I still can't
believe it. For some reason saying Alex is dead feels more like giving up
then anything else. I have this feeling that this is my fault. When future
Max came he didn't say anything about Alex dying. He would have warned me
wouldn't he have? I know that when I changed things I did this, Alex is
dead because of me. Me.
Liz is wandering around a junkyard. As she spots what she has been
searching for she jogs over to it. Alex's car. She crawls through the
window and looks inside. The first thing she sees is his blood splattered
over the driver's seat, she touches the dried blood trying to feel Alex's
presence in the car. Suddenly she sees a picture of him and Leanna. Alex'
face is ripped out of the picture.
Liz walked through the hallway to her locker at school. It was weird being
back at school. Everyone was acting different, people were staring at her.
But she didn't notice she just walked to her locker. As she rounded the
corner she saw it. His locker, it was covered in flowers and pictures of
him, a memorial for him. When she saw Maria, Michael not far behind, she
walked up to her and took a second to view her friend's tear streaked face
before hugging her. Maria pulled back.
"How are you doing?" Liz asked
"Not good" Maria's voice was trying so hard to keep from drowning in the
sobs that she had tried so hard to suppress.
"Try and get through the day, okay? Just keep moving forward. Keep
breathing" Liz said calmly.
"How are you" she searched her friends eyes.
"I'm fine" Liz said stoically "Look at this" she pulls out the picture.
"Oh my God!"
"Is that." Michael questioned
"Yeah it's Leanna and Alex, I found it in the wreck."
"Oh my God I can't believe you'd go there, are you sick?" Maria leans
against Michael.
"This means something! Why is Alex's head missing?"
"Stop it! Stop it! This is wrong I can't do this!" Maria says in a hushed
voice before walking off. Michael chased after her.
Liz was walking slowly on the football field she could see Max and Tess
under the bleachers. But she was walking towards the throng of people
gathered on the field. She sees an enlarged picture of Alex surrounded by
flowers and people crying. It was hard for her to understand how so many
people could pretend to be in pain over the death of some one they didn't
know. But it was the voice of a boy that caught Liz's attention. It was the
guy who had delivered Alex's pizza, the last person he had talked to.
"So, finally, I left. He was losing it and you could totally see it in his
eyes. I mean, he was on his way out of this life."
"Is that a fact?" Liz' voice was strangled. The group of people listening
dispersed.
"Hey, look I'm sorr."
"I'd like to ask you some questions if you have the time" He nods "What did
he say to you?"
"I don't know. I mean, 'Life isn't right.' Or 'Life is wrong.' Something
like that"
"And what did you say?"
"Well, I said, whatever dude."
"Whatever dude? That's your reaction to a man who is devastated and on his
way out of this life? Isn't that how you describe him to your fan cub?"
"Look, I wasn't--I mean, uh--I'm sorry I sounded like that." Stuttering
"Yeah. If you remember anything else... anything. My parents own the
Crashdown, you can usually find me there." Liz walks away from the boy. She
looks back to the bleachers and sees the whole gang there, she didn't want
to talk to them right now she had places to be.
Liz pulls the photo out of her pocket to show it to Valenti.
"This photo means something, I know it does." She stated firmly
"I don't know Liz." he trails off trying to avoid her stare.
"What? You know something don't you? This is a clue isn't it?"
"Liz I think maybe you should go home and rest, it's been a long day and."
"No" she cuts him off trying to regain her composure "What does this mean
to you?"
"Fine I'll tell you but you're not going to like what I have to say"
"Just tell me"
"Ok. It's starting to look like Alex swerved his car into the oncoming
traffic on purpose."
"What are you saying?" her voice rising in tone
"I'm saying that Alex's attitude had changed before he." struggling to find
the words "Before the accident, people had noticed mood swings, he hasn't
been focusing."
"Oh please" Liz sounded exasperated
"Liz I interviewed the truck driver I saw the accident scene."
"You're telling me that Alex killed himself over bad grades?!"
"I don't know why Alex did what he did, but you're right this picture means
something. He defaced his own image Liz, doesn't that mean anything to
you?"
Liz runs from the house, trying hard not to cry. She stops on the side walk
to think about what he just said. She starts to cough before falling to her
knees and vomiting on the grass. She gets up trying to collect herself,
trying to calm down. She turns and starts to walk towards the Evans' house.
Liz looks in the window and sees Max trying on his suit, for the funeral.
She knocks on the window. He is surprised to see her, he walks over and
opens the window.
"Liz.?" he looks at her, confused. She looks pale, tired, hurt.
"Max I don't want to be alone right now. Can. can I stay here tonight?"
"Of course" She steps through the window.
"Max, Valenti said that Alex killed himself." She searches his eyes for
comfort
"That's crazy" he seems angry
"I know that's what I said"
"Alex would never kill himself"
"No! Of course not! It's ridiculous. And, you know what's going to happen.
Hanson is going to go and he's going to put that report and it's going to
be in the newspaper for every single person to read. All of his friends,
his family."
"No" Max jumps up from where he's been sitting
"Alex Whitman's death was declared a suicide yesterday by the Roswell
Sheriff's Department!"
"We won't let that happen!"
"Just the fact that his parents have to go through this.this nightmare.
They do not need to think that their son." She sits down leaning against
his bed, no longer able to hold back the tears. She lets them fall freely
down her cheeks. Max comes over and sits down next to Liz.
"I'll take care of it" He puts his hand on her back, she leans into him and
he holds her as she cries. She suddenly pulls back, she knows she can't do
this. She gets up.
"Liz" He looks up at her "its ok." He stands up next to her
"Max I just wanted to tell you that I saw you and Tess kissing at Prom"
"Liz."
"It's ok" she cuts him off "I'm glad you're moving on, I just wanted to
tell you that I saw it. Ok?"
"Ok."
"You deserve to be happy Max" he starts to say something but she cuts him
off "Just tell me you'll always be my friend Max, can you do that for me."
Begging him quietly
"You know I will"
Liz climbs back out the window. Scolding herself for slipping like that.
She needed to be strong right now, for Alex.