Discovering Yourself
Chapter 3
"Hey Maria, is Liz alright?" Isabel asked as Alex and Maria sat down. "I don't know." "Well what was she talking?" This came from Michael. "I don't know if I should talk about it without her permission. It's not really something that we should be spreading around." Maria said as Alex nodded in agreement. "I'm gonna go to the library, bye guys." Isabel said. 'I'm going to get the bottom of this.' She thought as she marched into the school. She looked all around in empty classrooms and bathrooms until finally she found her in the girls change rooms. "Liz?" She called out walking over to the stalls. "Liz, I know you're in here." "What do you want Isabel?" "I just want to talk to you." "Well, I don't." "Liz, come out here, I'm not leaving so either way you're not getting out of here without talking to me first. I locked the door so no one can come in and no one can get out. So Liz, just talk to me." A door opened and Liz stepped out looking, to say the least, horrible. "My god, Liz what happened?" Liz just looked at her and burst into tears. Isabel hurried over to her and tried comforting her but feeling really awkward. "Liz whatever it is, it will turn out ok. Everything will work itself out."
"No, Isabel, it won't. Nothing will be ok ever again. Everything is fucked up. I fucked everything up." Liz began to mumble to herself. "Liz, what are you talking about?" "None of this was supposed to happen. It wouldn't have happened if I hadn't have listened to him. I mean how can I pick between Michael and Isabel and my parents? Why did he have to put this all on me?" I caused this; I sacrificed 2 people for 2 people. WHY DID HE DO THIS?" Liz screamed, totally forgetting Isabel was there. "Liz what are you talking about? Me and Michael for your parents, what does that mean?" "Isabel? No, shit you're not supposed to know." Liz mentally kicked herself over and over again. "Ok Liz, why don't you just tell me what's going on, ok? And who is this he you keep referring too?" "Max," Liz said defeated. "Max?" "Yeah, well not our Max, but Max from the future. I mean Max came back from the future and told me I needed to get our Max to fall out of love with me and fall in love with Tess to save you and Michael and the world. So I pretended to sleep with Kyle so Max wouldn't love me anymore and it worked and now my parents are dead." Liz began to cry again. "They died because of me, because I gave up everything I cared about to save the world and you guys and now I've lost more than I ever thought possible." "Oh my god, Liz. I don't even know what to say. But why did Max have to fall in love with Tess?" "Because she left and without her your enemies won." "Ok, Liz for everything you've done for us, for me, I'm going to help you. You should at least have some happiness in you life and I can tell you, Max is miserable with out you. And I know this wont bring your parents back but I can get Max back for you and I can keep Tess here without her being with Max. I know for a fact that she likes Kyle and I know Kyle likes her. This can work." Isabel felt so bad, what else could she do but help. "How will Max ever forgive me for what I've done?" Liz asked, she was so grateful for Isabel but how could Max still love her after everything. "We'll tell all of them the truth and we'll tell Tess that she can't leave." "No, I can't tell him." Liz said firmly. "Liz we have to, it's the only way." "Fine," Liz said, defeated yet again. She wasn't able to say no to anything anymore. "Ok, we'll meet at Michaels tonight and tell them then." "Ok." "Now lets get out there and go to class." Isabel said unlocking the door, ************* "What the hell, why do we have to meet here?" Michael said angrily walking out of his bedroom. "Michael, will you shut up this is serious." Isabel said. "How would you know? You and Liz aren't really the best of friends." Michael said sarcastically. "Just shut up Michael. Once they get here you'll feel the same way about her that I do." Isabel said defensively. "Izzy, what do you mean?" Max asked, he'd been trying so hard to ignore Liz, but he never thought something really bad has happened. He never would have treated like that if someone would just tell him what was going on.
There was a knock on the door and went to open it, and in walked Maria, almost forcibly dragging Liz through the door. "Ok, Liz what is going on? Personally I'd like to out of here sooner rather than later." "Shut up Tess! Liz are you ready to tell everyone what you told me?" Isabel asked calmly. "NO but I have to so ok." "Ok come sit down." Isabel directed Liz over to the couch and pushed everyone off onto the floor. "Hey Isabel, I was sitting there." Kyle whined. Isabel just ignored him and sat next to Liz. "Come on Liz, we need you to tell us everything," Isabel said quietly. And Liz did just that. She explained everything about Future Max, about Kyle and her about how Tess couldn't leave and finally about her parents. Liz began to cry. "I'm sorry I just see why I had to choose between you and my parents, it's not fair, and now I'm left with now I'm left with nothing." Maria had gone and took Liz into her arms and whispered soothing words into her ear. The look on everyone's face was of purely stunned nature. "Liz, god I don't know what to say. Why didn't you tell me? If you had told me, we could've worked something out. Explained to Tess why she couldn't leave. I could've just been nicer to her. Why did you have to destroy your life for us?" Max asked. He held so much respect for this girl who had stolen his heart. "Because you asked me too, and because Michael and Isabel's lives are with 10 times more that my happiness." "Liz are you going to be ok? I mean what's going to happen now? To the Crashdown and well, you?" Kyle asked. All he cared about right now was that Liz didn't have living relative left in this world. "Well, the Crashdown is going to be sold. And as for me, I'm living with Maria. I still haven't seen their will, so I don't know what I have." "Oh Liz, my dad probably took care of their will, so if you want I could take you to see him at his office tomorrow, if you like." Isabel said. "Sure, but I'd like Amy and Maria to some as well. Can I go now? I really just want to sleep."
"Sure, Liz come on lets go home." Maria said pulling Liz off the couch. "Bye guys." Maria said before the door slammed behind. "God, I can't believe this. She sacrificed everything for us, and what have I done? I've treated her like shit. How could I ever ask her to do something like that?" Max asked. "Max, it wasn't you. It was a different version of you from a different time and he was desperate." Isabel reassured him. "I have to go..." Max said getting up and walking to the door. Tess fell back into the chair she was sitting on, just staring at the door.
"Figures, I knew it was to good to be true. He would never pick me over her." Tess mumbled to herself, but everyone heard her.
"Hey, Tess. Max is just stupid, well ok maybe not, I mean he loves Liz, but there are other people out there other than Max who you can get close to. Just because you started out badly with us, doesn't mean it has to stay that way. There are other people in this circle other than Max. And even if no one else is there, I will be. You're not alone." Kyle said as he put an arm around her shoulder. "Thank you Kyle. Now lets go back home." Kyle went up to open the door and they left without another word.
"Hey Isabel, do you want me to drive you home?" Alex asked standing up. "No thank you Alex. I need to speak to Michael. I'll see you later." "Ok, bye." Alex hesitantly turned around and walked out the door.
"Holy shit. She went through all of this for us. I've never even been that nice to her." Michael said solemnly. "Me neither. I still don't get how she can be so selfless all the time. Nobody is like that for her. Well except Max. But us? It's just weird." "Yeah, I know what you mean, it's strange how she would do something like for us." Michael said, amazed. "Ok well, my parents are probably worried sick that I'm not there so I guess I'll go. Bye Michael." Isabel got up and left.
Chapter 3
"Hey Maria, is Liz alright?" Isabel asked as Alex and Maria sat down. "I don't know." "Well what was she talking?" This came from Michael. "I don't know if I should talk about it without her permission. It's not really something that we should be spreading around." Maria said as Alex nodded in agreement. "I'm gonna go to the library, bye guys." Isabel said. 'I'm going to get the bottom of this.' She thought as she marched into the school. She looked all around in empty classrooms and bathrooms until finally she found her in the girls change rooms. "Liz?" She called out walking over to the stalls. "Liz, I know you're in here." "What do you want Isabel?" "I just want to talk to you." "Well, I don't." "Liz, come out here, I'm not leaving so either way you're not getting out of here without talking to me first. I locked the door so no one can come in and no one can get out. So Liz, just talk to me." A door opened and Liz stepped out looking, to say the least, horrible. "My god, Liz what happened?" Liz just looked at her and burst into tears. Isabel hurried over to her and tried comforting her but feeling really awkward. "Liz whatever it is, it will turn out ok. Everything will work itself out."
"No, Isabel, it won't. Nothing will be ok ever again. Everything is fucked up. I fucked everything up." Liz began to mumble to herself. "Liz, what are you talking about?" "None of this was supposed to happen. It wouldn't have happened if I hadn't have listened to him. I mean how can I pick between Michael and Isabel and my parents? Why did he have to put this all on me?" I caused this; I sacrificed 2 people for 2 people. WHY DID HE DO THIS?" Liz screamed, totally forgetting Isabel was there. "Liz what are you talking about? Me and Michael for your parents, what does that mean?" "Isabel? No, shit you're not supposed to know." Liz mentally kicked herself over and over again. "Ok Liz, why don't you just tell me what's going on, ok? And who is this he you keep referring too?" "Max," Liz said defeated. "Max?" "Yeah, well not our Max, but Max from the future. I mean Max came back from the future and told me I needed to get our Max to fall out of love with me and fall in love with Tess to save you and Michael and the world. So I pretended to sleep with Kyle so Max wouldn't love me anymore and it worked and now my parents are dead." Liz began to cry again. "They died because of me, because I gave up everything I cared about to save the world and you guys and now I've lost more than I ever thought possible." "Oh my god, Liz. I don't even know what to say. But why did Max have to fall in love with Tess?" "Because she left and without her your enemies won." "Ok, Liz for everything you've done for us, for me, I'm going to help you. You should at least have some happiness in you life and I can tell you, Max is miserable with out you. And I know this wont bring your parents back but I can get Max back for you and I can keep Tess here without her being with Max. I know for a fact that she likes Kyle and I know Kyle likes her. This can work." Isabel felt so bad, what else could she do but help. "How will Max ever forgive me for what I've done?" Liz asked, she was so grateful for Isabel but how could Max still love her after everything. "We'll tell all of them the truth and we'll tell Tess that she can't leave." "No, I can't tell him." Liz said firmly. "Liz we have to, it's the only way." "Fine," Liz said, defeated yet again. She wasn't able to say no to anything anymore. "Ok, we'll meet at Michaels tonight and tell them then." "Ok." "Now lets get out there and go to class." Isabel said unlocking the door, ************* "What the hell, why do we have to meet here?" Michael said angrily walking out of his bedroom. "Michael, will you shut up this is serious." Isabel said. "How would you know? You and Liz aren't really the best of friends." Michael said sarcastically. "Just shut up Michael. Once they get here you'll feel the same way about her that I do." Isabel said defensively. "Izzy, what do you mean?" Max asked, he'd been trying so hard to ignore Liz, but he never thought something really bad has happened. He never would have treated like that if someone would just tell him what was going on.
There was a knock on the door and went to open it, and in walked Maria, almost forcibly dragging Liz through the door. "Ok, Liz what is going on? Personally I'd like to out of here sooner rather than later." "Shut up Tess! Liz are you ready to tell everyone what you told me?" Isabel asked calmly. "NO but I have to so ok." "Ok come sit down." Isabel directed Liz over to the couch and pushed everyone off onto the floor. "Hey Isabel, I was sitting there." Kyle whined. Isabel just ignored him and sat next to Liz. "Come on Liz, we need you to tell us everything," Isabel said quietly. And Liz did just that. She explained everything about Future Max, about Kyle and her about how Tess couldn't leave and finally about her parents. Liz began to cry. "I'm sorry I just see why I had to choose between you and my parents, it's not fair, and now I'm left with now I'm left with nothing." Maria had gone and took Liz into her arms and whispered soothing words into her ear. The look on everyone's face was of purely stunned nature. "Liz, god I don't know what to say. Why didn't you tell me? If you had told me, we could've worked something out. Explained to Tess why she couldn't leave. I could've just been nicer to her. Why did you have to destroy your life for us?" Max asked. He held so much respect for this girl who had stolen his heart. "Because you asked me too, and because Michael and Isabel's lives are with 10 times more that my happiness." "Liz are you going to be ok? I mean what's going to happen now? To the Crashdown and well, you?" Kyle asked. All he cared about right now was that Liz didn't have living relative left in this world. "Well, the Crashdown is going to be sold. And as for me, I'm living with Maria. I still haven't seen their will, so I don't know what I have." "Oh Liz, my dad probably took care of their will, so if you want I could take you to see him at his office tomorrow, if you like." Isabel said. "Sure, but I'd like Amy and Maria to some as well. Can I go now? I really just want to sleep."
"Sure, Liz come on lets go home." Maria said pulling Liz off the couch. "Bye guys." Maria said before the door slammed behind. "God, I can't believe this. She sacrificed everything for us, and what have I done? I've treated her like shit. How could I ever ask her to do something like that?" Max asked. "Max, it wasn't you. It was a different version of you from a different time and he was desperate." Isabel reassured him. "I have to go..." Max said getting up and walking to the door. Tess fell back into the chair she was sitting on, just staring at the door.
"Figures, I knew it was to good to be true. He would never pick me over her." Tess mumbled to herself, but everyone heard her.
"Hey, Tess. Max is just stupid, well ok maybe not, I mean he loves Liz, but there are other people out there other than Max who you can get close to. Just because you started out badly with us, doesn't mean it has to stay that way. There are other people in this circle other than Max. And even if no one else is there, I will be. You're not alone." Kyle said as he put an arm around her shoulder. "Thank you Kyle. Now lets go back home." Kyle went up to open the door and they left without another word.
"Hey Isabel, do you want me to drive you home?" Alex asked standing up. "No thank you Alex. I need to speak to Michael. I'll see you later." "Ok, bye." Alex hesitantly turned around and walked out the door.
"Holy shit. She went through all of this for us. I've never even been that nice to her." Michael said solemnly. "Me neither. I still don't get how she can be so selfless all the time. Nobody is like that for her. Well except Max. But us? It's just weird." "Yeah, I know what you mean, it's strange how she would do something like for us." Michael said, amazed. "Ok well, my parents are probably worried sick that I'm not there so I guess I'll go. Bye Michael." Isabel got up and left.