Max sat at his lunch table quietly eating his lunch, every once in a while he stole a glance at the table where Liz was sitting. He remembered the argument he had with her the day before. Of course she had every right to be upset, her best friend for ages had died. But what right did she have to say that what happened to Alex was caused by an alien. Max only hoped that Liz would wise up and stop deluding herself into thinking that an alien was responsible for Alex's death.
He wondered why Liz couldn't just accept it, Alex had killed himself. Max believed it, why couldn't she? All that mattered was that what happened to Alex was not alien related. Even if it was alien related, which Max seriously doubted. He had warned the humans time and again that being near him would only get them hurt. If Alex's death was caused by an alien, then it was his own fault. He shouldn't have been mixed up in this business in the first place. But Max didn't have to worry, because the bottom line was that Alex had committed suicide. Max knew this was true, it had to be.
Because if Alex really was killed by an alien...
'No,' Max thought to himself urgently. 'Alex's death was not caused by an alien. You are not responsible for anything.'
Max got up and made his way to Liz's table. He would talk to Liz, give her a chance to apologize for what she said the other day. She would realize that she was wrong in her speculations behind Alex's death. Help her get through her mourning. She would see things his way, and that would be the end of that.
Max sat down next to Liz, who looked at him in surprise.
"Hey," Max said.
"Hey," Liz said.
"Listen Liz about yesterday..," Max started.
"Um Max I'm kinda busy right now," Liz said writing on a sheet of paper.
Max stole a glance at the paper Liz was writing on. On the sheet was a list, with the words 'What I Know' at the top of it. He caught the words 'Binary Code', 'Concert Tickets', and 'Leanna.' Max became upset, he decided to put an end to this.
"Liz what do you think you're doing?" Max asked.
"I'm doing what you should be doing?" Liz responded. "I'm looking for Alex's killer."
"Liz, this has to stop," Max said before adding firmly. "Alex killed himself."
Liz closed her eyes for a second and took a deep breath. Afterwards she ignored Max and continued writing down notes.
"So you think that Khivar killed Alex because he was in love with Isabel?" Max asked.
"Listen Max I know...," Liz started.
"You don't know anything about us," Max snarled.
"And you don't know anything about Alex," Liz snapped back.
Max was taken aback for a moment and was about to say something when Liz spoke first.
"You didn't grow up with Alex," Liz said. "He wasn't your best friend. He never comforted you when things got rough."
"You don't know that when I was nine years old I got sick and had to stay in the hospital for a week," Liz said. "You don't know that Alex spent the night in my room with me so I wouldn't be alone. Even when the hospital made a huge fuss about it, he wouldn't leave my side for a second."
"I trusted Alex," Liz said her eyes beginning to water. "He was the closest I ever had to a brother, I never once doubted him. And the only time I ever did was when I listened to you to lie to him about switching the blood. I told you that we could trust Alex, but you made me feel like I couldn't. I didn't treat Alex the way you treat Isabel or Michael."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Max asked.
"Do you remember when Lonnie and Rath pretended to be Isabel and Michael?" Liz asked. "You were actually going to leave your own sister and best friend who you had know for years here on earth. And all for what? Because she betrayed in her former life? I didn't treat him like I had to be careful that I couldn't completely trust him. I would have never turned my back on Alex or Maria no matter what came between us. Never."
Max remained silent.
"The truth is Max I was closer to Alex than you ever were to Michael and Isabel," Liz said before gathering her things and leaving her lunch table. Max just sat there watching Liz walk off.
TBC...