AN: This chapter is really low and yeah I dunno it's just kinda sad but when I wrote it I had a purpose so yeah it's worth it. I just hope people find it as moving as I did while writing it cuz it's about a horribly depressed girl who lost everything. So just understand that it kinda gets intense. By the end of this chapter things get way better. Rated R.

Chapter 3: Max saves Liz. Again

Max tapped on her window a couple of times. When she didn't answer he opened the window and slid into the room, "Liz? Liz are you here?" He whispered. When she didn't answer he turned to leave when something caught his eye. He walked over to her bed and picked up a folded piece of paper that said on the cover, TO ANYONE WHO CARES (if there's anyone out there left). Max opened up the paper and read it.

'I just thought I should tell you I'm sorry but I have to leave. And no, I don't mean I'm running away. I mean I don't want to be living anymore. I haven't really been living for 2 months. It all just happened so fast. I lost the one person I ever could've truly loved and my best friend all in the same week. And nobody cared to pay attention to me. Nobody noticed that I was slipping, but I guess that was my fault right, how everyone just chose to ignore me? I lost everyone that I hold dear to my heart that day Alex died. Everyone had someone to turn to, to help with the pain except for me. So you know what I did? I turned to pain. The one thing that truly gave me comfort. I turned to the army knife that I gave to Max that he gave back. Every night for a month, the knife inscribed with 'Max and Liz 4ever' gave me the comfort I so longed for. That's how it should be right, that the one thing I found comfort in was the one thing left I had of Max, and that that thing caused me pain. But now, now it's time to end it. Now I can be set free. Maybe someone could've saved me earlier on; maybe things wouldn't have turned out this way if I wasn't alone. I really don't know. I do have one favor to ask of the person who finds this letter. Please tell my parents that I'm sorry and I love them and that it's not their fault. And please tell Maria that I love her and I'm sorry. And please, please tell Max that I love him with all my heart mind and soul, and tell him I'm sorry for causing him so much pain this year. Oh and tell him that when he saw me and Kyle together, that it was a lie and that Maria can explain it to him. Well I guess now I should drop a hint of where you can find me right? A cliff outside of town. I'm sorry. Goodbye.

~Liz

While reading this Max had crumpled down to the floor and was crying. There was only one thing to do, he had to find her. And he knew exactly where to go. Max ran out to his Jeep as fast as he could. He jumped into his jeep and hit the gas and headed out to his Michael, Isabel and Tess' birthplace.

When he arrived sure enough he saw Liz's mom's car parked at the side of the road. He got out of the jeep and ran up the side of the cliff. He got to the top and saw Liz standing at the edge with a gin to her right temple.

"Liz?" Max asked, he was so scared, "Go away Max," Liz said not turning around. "Liz please don't do this." Max pleaded. "Why not, it's not like anyways cared before, why should anyone care now?" Liz said blankly. "Because, because I love you." Max blurted out crying now. "YOU, you love me? Is that why you didn't even acknowledge my existence, is that why you SLEPT WITH HER?" Liz screamed, "I didn't sleep with her, those were just rumors." Max said quietly. Liz didn't answer him. "Liz you have to believe me, I couldn't have slept with her. I love you too much." Liz turned around slowly to look at him. Her eyes were blood shot. "Liz you don't have to do this. Think about everyone who loves you. Think about what this would do to them. We just lost Alex. I don't know if we could recover if we lost you too. Liz, think about your parents. What this would do to them. Think about what Alex would say to you if he knew what you were about to do. Liz, please don't," Liz lowered the gun and slowly turned it on Max. "Liz?" Max asked confused. "How dare you," Liz whispered. "How dare you play the guilt card on me. You have no idea what it's been like. You don't know, you could never know. You had Isabel and Michael, and, and Tess. You always have people to fall back on. I had no one. Maria didn't even anything until today, and she's my BEST FRIEND. We were supposed to be there for each other, but she decided to go to Michael and completely forget about me. None of you will ever know how I feel. Yeah sure you guys all lost a friend, Maria lost a best friend and Isabel lost a love but no one will ever understand how I feel. I lost my best friend AND I lost my soul mate. But, I lost the most and no one was there, no one was ever there. I don't want to feel like this anymore. I want it to be over, I can't stand to live with the pain anymore." "Liz don't." "SHUT UP, JUST SHUT UP, I can't do this anymore Max. I just can't, I don't want to live," Liz Turned the gun back to her head "I LONG TO DIE!" She screamed. Max had started walking towards her while she was speaking and he was now right in front of her. "Liz, NO!!!" Max lunged forward and grabbed her wrist just as he pulled the trigger. The bullet shot out just beside Liz's head and was aimed out into the desert. Liz dropped the gun and started pounding on Max's chest scream, "Why? How could you? I HATE YOU!" "I love you." Max said. "NOOOO!" Liz screamed pounding even harder on Max's chest, "I love you," he said again. Her pounding had gone down a considerable amount and she started crying and then she fell into his arms and they sunk to the ground, Max's arms around Liz. "I love you." And with those finally words Max began to cry and they sat there crying in each other's arms.

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Max took Liz back home and they went up to her room. That's when Max remembered the note. He had to know. "Liz?" "Yeah?" She whispered. "In you note you said that what I saw, you, you and Kyle, you said it was a lie, what did you mean?" He wanted it to be what he thought so badly. "Oh Max, I'm so sorry. We never slept together, I just had to do something to get you to fall out of love with me." "But why? Why would you want to do that?" Max asked. "Because, because a future version of you came back in time to tell me that if you weren't with Tess then the world would end. At first I thought he was a shape shifter but her told me that you would come and sing to me with a mariachi band in approximately 10 seconds, and you did. He told me I had to get you to fall out of love with me. That's why I set you up with Tess, that's why I set up that thing with Kyle. Do you know how hard it was for me to tell you I didn't want to die for you? You saved my life and I owe you my life, twice. I would give my life in a second if it meant you could live on. I love you so much. God Max I'm so sorry." Liz was balling her eyes out again. Max took her into his embrace. "Shh, it's ok you did it for me, for the world. You should be considered a hero. You gave up happiness for your planets survival. I'm sorry I never noticed you before, there's absolutely no excuse, but at least I noticed you in time you save your life. Liz, I want us to be together. I want us to be together in everyway possible, emotionally, and physically, in every sense of the word. I love you so much and I never want us to be apart again." Max confessed he was so afraid Liz wouldn't accept this that he was his breath waiting for her reply. "Me too," was all she said and with that Max grabbed her and kissed her with every fibre of his being.

Max slowly undid her shirt never breaking the kiss and pulled it off of her. He slowly kissed down her arm and he opened his eyes to look at her beauty but all he did was gasp. "Liz, oh my god Liz," Liz tried to cover herself up so he couldn't see her scars. They were all over her stomach her wrists and her arms. Max pulled the covers away and said "Liz wait, let me heal them, please," Liz nodded her head and Max placed his hand over every single cut. "Thank you," Liz whispered and pulled him back into a kiss. Liz pulled Max's shirt off over his head and started to kiss his neck, and then she moved to his chest. She undid his pants button and lowered the zipper and slowly pushed his pants down. Max did the same with Liz's pants and then he pulled her into his chest and kissed her liked a hungry tiger. He undid her bra clasp and slid the straps over her should, and kissed where each strap was, letting her bra fall to the floor then without removing his lips from her neck he took off her underwear and dropped them into the pile of clothes. Max got up to take of his boxers but all he could do was stare at Liz lying naked on the bed in front of him waiting for him. You're so beautiful you know that!" Max said to Liz, who was beaming up at him. She sat up and pulled his boxers down over his hips and stared up into his eyes and whispered, "So are you." Then she grabbed the back of his neck and pulled him down to her. She lay back and pulled him on to of her. "Max I love you." "I love you too." Max moved down to kiss her neck, then he trailed kisses down to her supple breast and he took her nipple into his mouth and sucked on it while massaging her other breast, then he switched giving each beautiful breast to attention it deserves. "Ahh" gasped Liz at how good his touch felt and she could feel her heat getting wet as Max moved to kiss down her stomach and around her navel. He was torturing her with pleasure. Max paused a moment to look at Liz and savour this moment when he heard a disappointed sigh escape his beloveds lips and he resumed his exploration of her body. Max brought his hand up to Liz's sacred area and dragged his finger around the edge of her lips, letting her suffer for a moment before he gently inserted two fingers and pumped lowly in and out. He slowly brought his mouth down to Liz's heat and flapped his tongue around causing Liz to thrust her hips forward and arch her back, "Oh go Max, don't stop!" Liz screamed. Hear this caused Max to speed up his motions bringing Liz to her edge, she felt like she exploded, it was like something shot through her whole body and then like a wave she released and Max lapped it up, causing Liz to shiver from having him lick her area that now belonged to him. Max slid himself up Liz's body trailing his tongue from her nib, up to her navel to the valley between her breasts to her neck; he trailed kisses up her jaw and then attaches himself to her lips. Liz's groans were lost in his mouth. They devoured each other though their kisses. And now it was Liz's turn to pleasure him. Liz attached her mouth to his neck. She sucked so hard she gave him a hickie then she moved down laying light kisses all over his body. When she reached his man hood, she licked him from bass to tip and trailed her tongue around his tip before she devoured him. She moved up and down while lightly squeezing his bass and pumping it and massaging his sack with her other hand. "Mmmm, oh god Liz," Max groaned under his breath. His breathing was uncontrollably fast and this felt so good. "Liz, I'm-gonna-come-move-back," Max warned between moans, he didn't want Liz to think she had to do anything. But Liz had another idea. "Shh, Max it's ok just relax." Liz resumed her pumping and when she felt him reaching the edge she gave one last squeeze to the bass of his member and he exploded. Liz licked up every last drop. "Oh, god Liz that was amazing," Max, said but Liz crawled up his body and planted her mouth on his lips and they lay there naked lips locked together for while until Liz couldn't take it anymore. "Max," she gasped "I want you, I want to feel you inside me." Liz whispered against his ear. "Liz are you sure, you don't have to." "Max, please I need you." Liz moaned. Max obeyed Liz's plea and guided his, again, hard on to Liz's entrance, he paused at the opening and looked into her eyes and found the recognition he need and penetrated. He found her barrier and plunged in. "A-ah-ahh," Liz whimpered a little and Max stopped. "No Max, don't' stop, it's gonna hurt no matter what," Max drove in a little more until his entire length was inside of her. He pulled out and slowly pushed in again, letting Liz get used to the feel of him inside of her. He started to move faster then looked into Liz's eyes and all he saw was pure lust. "Max, faster, go faster." Liz screamed. Max plunged in and out faster and faster letting little moans escape his mouth. Max could feel her getting ready, her muscles were clenching over his length, she was close and so was he. He reached his hand down between their bodies and started to rub her nib so she would come with him. Max plunged in and out a few more times and he couldn't' hold it any longer, he released his seed inside of her letting a low moan escape and a few seconds later Liz was sent over the top and she scream. Max collapsed on top of Liz and they lay there holding each other.

Liz pulled back a little bit to look into Max's eyes and what she saw truly amazed her. In Max' eyes she saw lust, pure unadulterated lust and undying love. She never thought anyone would ever look at her like that and it just made her love Max Evans even more. "Max, I need to have a shower." Liz said. "Do you have to?" Max whined. He was perfectly fine the way he was. "Yes, now let go of me and maybe I'll let you join me." Liz gave him a shy smile. "Only if we can wash each other." Max bargained, reaching out to touch her face. "I thought you'd never ask," Liz giggled as she bit his hand and jumped up out of bed and ran for the bathroom as Max chased her grabbing at her waiste making her jump and squeal.