Isabel looked at Alex who was still standing in front of her, then
turned to Max. "Why don't you go talk to Liz?"
Liz wasn't sure whether or not that was good news or bad news. "Talk to me about what, Max?"
Liz heard a door open behind them, and Michael and Maria exited the eraser room. They were holding hands. That was a good sign. Michael and Maria walked off in the other direction. Maria turned her head back as she was walking and gave a quick smile to Liz. That was an even better sign. Liz was optimistic. She looked back at Max.
"Uh, why don't we go in there," Max suggested. Liz complied, and they walked into the eraser room. Max locked the door. "I really think we should talk. I want you to know that I love you."
Liz frowned, because she wished she hadn't heard him say those words. She loved him too. But she couldn't let herself be with him. "I know. But Max, I thought I made things clear before...."
"You did," Max told her quietly. "And I understand your decision, even if I want to be with you."
Was he actually going to ask for Liz back? He should know that Liz couldn't, that she was forcing herself not to, even if being with him was the one thing she wanted more than anything else in the world right then.
Max continued. "But I also think that you should know that I've been having dreams. Dreams about Tess. Dreams in which Tess and I are together."
Liz felt like he was punching her in the stomach. Had he been having these dreams when they were still together? "Since when?" she asked.
Max looked down. "About the time Isabel thought she was pregnant," he explained. Liz's heart sank, but Max just kept talking. "Anyway, Isabel and Michael decided to ignore their destiny. Michael loves Maria, and Isabel loves Alex. They figure that they can find a way home to save our planet even if they aren't together."
Liz had already made her decision very clear to him. But from what he was saying, she figured she needed to make it even clearer. "Max, I don't want to get back together with you. You're destiny lies with Tess, whether you officially are together with her or not."
"I know," Max replied. "That's why I decided to be with Tess. Maybe you were right. Maybe you can't deny your destiny. I think Isabel and Michael might be wrong. Maybe we have to follow our destinies. The dreams I've been having are really intense, undeniable. I do love you, but I can't let that get in the way of saving my home planet."
Liz felt tears rolling down her cheeks. She had prepared herself over the summer for whatever Max might decide. But she didn't really think that he would get together with Tess instead of her, that he would give up their being together for his alien side. She thought his human side was more powerful than that.
Max saw her tears sighed regretfully. "I'm sorry. I want us to still be friends."
How could he possibly expect Liz to accept his offer of friendship while she was trying with all of her might not to start bawling? How could she ever stand being around her true love as only a friend, especially if he was with his alien partner in life, Tess?
Liz tried to wipe the tears from her face, but they seemed to be stained into her cheeks. "I don't think that is going to work out," she mumbled. She fumbled with the lock on the eraser room door, and finally managed to open it and exit the room. Her vision was blurred from her tears, so she bumped into someone on the way to the girls restroom, which she had quickly decided was the safest place to be at the moment, plus she could fix her make-up that she figured must had been smudged all over her face. She couldn't believe that she had fallen apart like this, and now she had dropped all of her books because she had bumped into...Kyle!
"Kyle!" Liz shouted a little too loudly.
"Liz," Kyle commented. He looked in the direction that Liz had come from and saw Max. "Tough-breakup?" he asked Liz, sounding surprisingly unsarcastic.
Liz tried to gather her books quickly, but her eyes were still too filled with tear to see them clearly. She reached for each book slowly. "None of your business." She told Kyle harshly.
Kyle bent down and gathered her books together for her, and then he handed them to Liz. "Yeah. I get that."
Liz grabbed her books. Why was he acting so weird? She didn't have time to think about that. She mumbled, "Thanks," to Kyle, before darting to the girls' restroom. She ran into a stall, locked it, and put her feet up on the stall that she sat on. She hugged herself as she cried her eyes out because of Max Evans.
Liz wasn't sure whether or not that was good news or bad news. "Talk to me about what, Max?"
Liz heard a door open behind them, and Michael and Maria exited the eraser room. They were holding hands. That was a good sign. Michael and Maria walked off in the other direction. Maria turned her head back as she was walking and gave a quick smile to Liz. That was an even better sign. Liz was optimistic. She looked back at Max.
"Uh, why don't we go in there," Max suggested. Liz complied, and they walked into the eraser room. Max locked the door. "I really think we should talk. I want you to know that I love you."
Liz frowned, because she wished she hadn't heard him say those words. She loved him too. But she couldn't let herself be with him. "I know. But Max, I thought I made things clear before...."
"You did," Max told her quietly. "And I understand your decision, even if I want to be with you."
Was he actually going to ask for Liz back? He should know that Liz couldn't, that she was forcing herself not to, even if being with him was the one thing she wanted more than anything else in the world right then.
Max continued. "But I also think that you should know that I've been having dreams. Dreams about Tess. Dreams in which Tess and I are together."
Liz felt like he was punching her in the stomach. Had he been having these dreams when they were still together? "Since when?" she asked.
Max looked down. "About the time Isabel thought she was pregnant," he explained. Liz's heart sank, but Max just kept talking. "Anyway, Isabel and Michael decided to ignore their destiny. Michael loves Maria, and Isabel loves Alex. They figure that they can find a way home to save our planet even if they aren't together."
Liz had already made her decision very clear to him. But from what he was saying, she figured she needed to make it even clearer. "Max, I don't want to get back together with you. You're destiny lies with Tess, whether you officially are together with her or not."
"I know," Max replied. "That's why I decided to be with Tess. Maybe you were right. Maybe you can't deny your destiny. I think Isabel and Michael might be wrong. Maybe we have to follow our destinies. The dreams I've been having are really intense, undeniable. I do love you, but I can't let that get in the way of saving my home planet."
Liz felt tears rolling down her cheeks. She had prepared herself over the summer for whatever Max might decide. But she didn't really think that he would get together with Tess instead of her, that he would give up their being together for his alien side. She thought his human side was more powerful than that.
Max saw her tears sighed regretfully. "I'm sorry. I want us to still be friends."
How could he possibly expect Liz to accept his offer of friendship while she was trying with all of her might not to start bawling? How could she ever stand being around her true love as only a friend, especially if he was with his alien partner in life, Tess?
Liz tried to wipe the tears from her face, but they seemed to be stained into her cheeks. "I don't think that is going to work out," she mumbled. She fumbled with the lock on the eraser room door, and finally managed to open it and exit the room. Her vision was blurred from her tears, so she bumped into someone on the way to the girls restroom, which she had quickly decided was the safest place to be at the moment, plus she could fix her make-up that she figured must had been smudged all over her face. She couldn't believe that she had fallen apart like this, and now she had dropped all of her books because she had bumped into...Kyle!
"Kyle!" Liz shouted a little too loudly.
"Liz," Kyle commented. He looked in the direction that Liz had come from and saw Max. "Tough-breakup?" he asked Liz, sounding surprisingly unsarcastic.
Liz tried to gather her books quickly, but her eyes were still too filled with tear to see them clearly. She reached for each book slowly. "None of your business." She told Kyle harshly.
Kyle bent down and gathered her books together for her, and then he handed them to Liz. "Yeah. I get that."
Liz grabbed her books. Why was he acting so weird? She didn't have time to think about that. She mumbled, "Thanks," to Kyle, before darting to the girls' restroom. She ran into a stall, locked it, and put her feet up on the stall that she sat on. She hugged herself as she cried her eyes out because of Max Evans.