Title: Two Kinds of Wonderful
Disclaimer: If I owned Roswell, we'd still have a show to watch. Summary: Max is a single father and Liz is a single mother, both are in college. Rating: PG-13 Couple: M/L
Requirements:
- No POV's
- No aliens
- Any rating
- Must end with Max and Liz together.
"Liz, Liz, are you paying attention?" Isabel asked annoyed.
Liz scooted Aidan off her lap.
"Yes, Isabel." She said trying to hold her patience. This is the exact reason she had a small wedding.
"Let's go through it again. This time with the men."
Liz took a deep breath and called Aidan to her side.
"Again, Mama?" He asked rubbing his eyes. He didn't have a nap.
"Yes, just a few more times." She said.
"Aidan, your turn." Isabel instructed. Angrily he grabbed the pillow from Isabel's hand and stomped down the aisle. "Aidan is that how you're going to do it tomorrow?" Isabel asked.
"Isabel, just leave him alone, please?" Liz begged. If Isabel wasn't careful she wouldn't have a ring bearer tomorrow.
"Alright." Isabel turned to the rest. "Michael, you're with Maria, and," She paused to look around. "Liz, you're with Max, and Alex, you're at the end of the aisle next to Aidan, go on, scoot." She shooed him down the aisle.
She turned around again to face Max and Liz. They were sitting on the opposite side of the room from Liz's parents and next to Max's.
"Alex put him down!" She said without evening turning to the front of the church.
Aidan angrily slid down the floor.
Aidan looked like he was going to cry.
"Isabel, he's going to cry, he's tired." Liz through gritted teeth.
"Well, I told you to give him a morning nap, Elizabeth."
Max watched as Liz went from the confident woman she normally was, into a shy and almost afraid person.
"I know, Mother. But as a two year and a half year old he's gonna sleep when he wants to and he's gonna play when he wants to." She explained.
He noticed that Liz and her mother kept a civil attitude towards each other, yet it was very strained. He also noticed that she was the only one that called her Elizabeth.
"Alright, Lily, your turn." Isabel instructed, she too noticed the strain and was grateful for Liz's cooperation.
She shook her head and shifted positions in Max's arms.
"Come on, Lily!"
"No, Aidan you're supposed to go before Lily." Isabel instructed.
"No, Isabel watch, she won't go if he doesn't go with her." Max told her.
Max smiled in relief and knowledge that his baby was safe as she waddled down the aisle.
"Now," Isabel turned around now satisfied, began to direct other things.
****
"What time is the dinner, Isabel?" Liz asked holding an exhausted Aidan in her arms.
"We meet at the restaurant at 7." She said obviously annoyed that Liz doesn't know the time.
"And where at again?" She balanced Aidan in one arm and moved a stray piece of hair out of her face.
"Hof's Hut in Tustin, it's nothing formal." She told her.
"And this is where?" Isabel was ready to explode. Her face was turning red and Max saw it. He also noticed the look of amusement on Liz's face.
"I'll take you Liz, why don't you just ride with me?" Max said taking Aidan from her arms.
She shot him a glare for ruining her fun. "Sounds great, Max." She plastered on a smile.
Isabel looked at the both of them and huffed away.
"You ruined it, Max." Liz told him on the way to Max's car.
Liz was going to transfer Aidan's seat into his car and he would follow her home and then Max was going to go over to Liz's house to help her put some furniture together.
"She was ready to explode. I admit it was probably going to be funny, but let's humor her on her wedding?" He said holding the door open.
"I guess so." She strapped Aidan's car seat in and plopped him in it. "I'll see you in a few minutes." She kissed Aidan's head before shutting the door.
****
"So, how long does Aidan sleep?" Max asked Liz after pulling the desk from the crate.
"About an hour but because he didn't nap this morning I'd say we have about two. What about Lily?"
"She'll wake up when she wants to." He shrugged and opened the instruction booklet.
"Do you want my help or not?" Liz asked a bit softly knowing Jonathan usually liked to work alone.
"You can help if you want to." He said softly.
"Really?" She said almost too happily.
"Sure." He grinned at her smile.
She hesitantly made her way over to Max and sat down next to him. "Thank you so much for doing this, Max." She said shyly. "I ordered it a while ago so Alex could put it together before the wedding but it didn't get in until last weekend. Alex was so busy I couldn't ask him to do it."
"It's fine, I didn't have anything else planned for today." He told her.
They worked easily together as if they had worked together before.
"Thanks for letting me help." She said quietly. While holding a board up while Max screwed it together.
"No problem, why wouldn't I need an extra hand?" He said playfully.
"Aidan's father always like to build everything by himself. My parents, as well as his, thought that females shouldn't do anything but stay at home. They were shocked I wanted to go to college." She shrugged seriously.
It was an awkward moment. Neither had ever, in the past few times they'd seen each other, talked about the children's missing parents.
"What are you studying?" Max asked to break the silence.
"Education Major, I'm going to minor in Biology." She explained easily.
"Biology?"
"Yeah, sophomore year in high school, I had this really bad teacher and I've always loved biology and I thought it was a shame that so many kids were hating biology because of her." She laughed. "So I decided to fix it."
"Good goal." He nodded.
"What about you?"
"Law." He said simply.
"Interesting." She nodded.
"I like it." He shrugged. "There, you can let go now." He gently removed her hand but didn't let it go when it had been.
Liz looked from their joined hands to Max's face. Their eyes caught and held. Liz's breathing became very shallow.
They began to drift towards each other. Liz was already kneeling very close to Max on the floor. Their lips touched for a very brief second before Liz abruptly pulled away.
The contact between the two sent chills up Liz's body. She stared at where his hand lay atop hers. They had never really talked about being anything other than friends, yet they both knew, somewhere, that everyone else thought that they would be perfect together.
Liz blushed and pulled her hand away gently.
Max studied her still recovering from his lapse in attention. His mind had been telling him to let go of her hand but the rest of his body was telling him to hold on. Which was exactly what his hand did.
"We can't do this, Max." She said softly not looking him in the eye.
"Liz, I-" He started but was interrupted with Aidan's cry.
"Mama!" Aidan shouted from his bedroom.
Liz blushed and went to retrieve Aidan before he woke up Lilian.
"Max, is it ok if she has a blanket over her head?" She called.
"Is it pink?" He said unconcerned.
"Yes." She called back.
"It's fine."
Aidan waddled over to Max tightly gripping his sippy cup. He set the sippy cup on the ground next to Max and plopped into his lap. "Tools!" He said excitedly.
"You like tools?" Max asked.
"Yes. Uncle Alex lets me play with his sometimes." He said happily.
"Are you sure she's ok, Max?" Liz asked concerned.
"Yeah, if you tried to take it off she'll wake up." He looked at her. She blushed and looked away.
"Um, would you like something to eat? It's one o'clock." She told him.
"Whatever you're having." He answered and showed Aidan how to hold the screwdriver easier.
"Tuna ok?" She asked.
"That's fine, thanks." He smiled and she blushed again. What was wrong with her? She scolded herself.
"Aidan, what do you want?" Liz asked already knowing his answer.
"Peanut butter and jelly." It actually sounded more like peabutter n deli, but Liz knew what it meant.
"Alright." She smiled. He grinned back at her.
****
"No, Dada!" Lily slapped his hand away from her hair. Her hair dark hair was starting to lighten to a blonde. Her curls framed her face perfectly when she'd let him comb them into submission.
"Lilybird, hold still." He held the squirming girl in his lap.
"No!" She almost shouted. Giving up he quickly clipped a clip in her hair enough to keep it out of her face so as not to annoy Isabel.
For a little girl of 14 months she had a lot of hair.
"You wanna go pick up Liz and Aidan?" Max asked.
"Yes!" She said. Her third word.
"Alright then. Come on."
He was at the door before he could say anymore.
Disclaimer: If I owned Roswell, we'd still have a show to watch. Summary: Max is a single father and Liz is a single mother, both are in college. Rating: PG-13 Couple: M/L
Requirements:
- No POV's
- No aliens
- Any rating
- Must end with Max and Liz together.
"Liz, Liz, are you paying attention?" Isabel asked annoyed.
Liz scooted Aidan off her lap.
"Yes, Isabel." She said trying to hold her patience. This is the exact reason she had a small wedding.
"Let's go through it again. This time with the men."
Liz took a deep breath and called Aidan to her side.
"Again, Mama?" He asked rubbing his eyes. He didn't have a nap.
"Yes, just a few more times." She said.
"Aidan, your turn." Isabel instructed. Angrily he grabbed the pillow from Isabel's hand and stomped down the aisle. "Aidan is that how you're going to do it tomorrow?" Isabel asked.
"Isabel, just leave him alone, please?" Liz begged. If Isabel wasn't careful she wouldn't have a ring bearer tomorrow.
"Alright." Isabel turned to the rest. "Michael, you're with Maria, and," She paused to look around. "Liz, you're with Max, and Alex, you're at the end of the aisle next to Aidan, go on, scoot." She shooed him down the aisle.
She turned around again to face Max and Liz. They were sitting on the opposite side of the room from Liz's parents and next to Max's.
"Alex put him down!" She said without evening turning to the front of the church.
Aidan angrily slid down the floor.
Aidan looked like he was going to cry.
"Isabel, he's going to cry, he's tired." Liz through gritted teeth.
"Well, I told you to give him a morning nap, Elizabeth."
Max watched as Liz went from the confident woman she normally was, into a shy and almost afraid person.
"I know, Mother. But as a two year and a half year old he's gonna sleep when he wants to and he's gonna play when he wants to." She explained.
He noticed that Liz and her mother kept a civil attitude towards each other, yet it was very strained. He also noticed that she was the only one that called her Elizabeth.
"Alright, Lily, your turn." Isabel instructed, she too noticed the strain and was grateful for Liz's cooperation.
She shook her head and shifted positions in Max's arms.
"Come on, Lily!"
"No, Aidan you're supposed to go before Lily." Isabel instructed.
"No, Isabel watch, she won't go if he doesn't go with her." Max told her.
Max smiled in relief and knowledge that his baby was safe as she waddled down the aisle.
"Now," Isabel turned around now satisfied, began to direct other things.
****
"What time is the dinner, Isabel?" Liz asked holding an exhausted Aidan in her arms.
"We meet at the restaurant at 7." She said obviously annoyed that Liz doesn't know the time.
"And where at again?" She balanced Aidan in one arm and moved a stray piece of hair out of her face.
"Hof's Hut in Tustin, it's nothing formal." She told her.
"And this is where?" Isabel was ready to explode. Her face was turning red and Max saw it. He also noticed the look of amusement on Liz's face.
"I'll take you Liz, why don't you just ride with me?" Max said taking Aidan from her arms.
She shot him a glare for ruining her fun. "Sounds great, Max." She plastered on a smile.
Isabel looked at the both of them and huffed away.
"You ruined it, Max." Liz told him on the way to Max's car.
Liz was going to transfer Aidan's seat into his car and he would follow her home and then Max was going to go over to Liz's house to help her put some furniture together.
"She was ready to explode. I admit it was probably going to be funny, but let's humor her on her wedding?" He said holding the door open.
"I guess so." She strapped Aidan's car seat in and plopped him in it. "I'll see you in a few minutes." She kissed Aidan's head before shutting the door.
****
"So, how long does Aidan sleep?" Max asked Liz after pulling the desk from the crate.
"About an hour but because he didn't nap this morning I'd say we have about two. What about Lily?"
"She'll wake up when she wants to." He shrugged and opened the instruction booklet.
"Do you want my help or not?" Liz asked a bit softly knowing Jonathan usually liked to work alone.
"You can help if you want to." He said softly.
"Really?" She said almost too happily.
"Sure." He grinned at her smile.
She hesitantly made her way over to Max and sat down next to him. "Thank you so much for doing this, Max." She said shyly. "I ordered it a while ago so Alex could put it together before the wedding but it didn't get in until last weekend. Alex was so busy I couldn't ask him to do it."
"It's fine, I didn't have anything else planned for today." He told her.
They worked easily together as if they had worked together before.
"Thanks for letting me help." She said quietly. While holding a board up while Max screwed it together.
"No problem, why wouldn't I need an extra hand?" He said playfully.
"Aidan's father always like to build everything by himself. My parents, as well as his, thought that females shouldn't do anything but stay at home. They were shocked I wanted to go to college." She shrugged seriously.
It was an awkward moment. Neither had ever, in the past few times they'd seen each other, talked about the children's missing parents.
"What are you studying?" Max asked to break the silence.
"Education Major, I'm going to minor in Biology." She explained easily.
"Biology?"
"Yeah, sophomore year in high school, I had this really bad teacher and I've always loved biology and I thought it was a shame that so many kids were hating biology because of her." She laughed. "So I decided to fix it."
"Good goal." He nodded.
"What about you?"
"Law." He said simply.
"Interesting." She nodded.
"I like it." He shrugged. "There, you can let go now." He gently removed her hand but didn't let it go when it had been.
Liz looked from their joined hands to Max's face. Their eyes caught and held. Liz's breathing became very shallow.
They began to drift towards each other. Liz was already kneeling very close to Max on the floor. Their lips touched for a very brief second before Liz abruptly pulled away.
The contact between the two sent chills up Liz's body. She stared at where his hand lay atop hers. They had never really talked about being anything other than friends, yet they both knew, somewhere, that everyone else thought that they would be perfect together.
Liz blushed and pulled her hand away gently.
Max studied her still recovering from his lapse in attention. His mind had been telling him to let go of her hand but the rest of his body was telling him to hold on. Which was exactly what his hand did.
"We can't do this, Max." She said softly not looking him in the eye.
"Liz, I-" He started but was interrupted with Aidan's cry.
"Mama!" Aidan shouted from his bedroom.
Liz blushed and went to retrieve Aidan before he woke up Lilian.
"Max, is it ok if she has a blanket over her head?" She called.
"Is it pink?" He said unconcerned.
"Yes." She called back.
"It's fine."
Aidan waddled over to Max tightly gripping his sippy cup. He set the sippy cup on the ground next to Max and plopped into his lap. "Tools!" He said excitedly.
"You like tools?" Max asked.
"Yes. Uncle Alex lets me play with his sometimes." He said happily.
"Are you sure she's ok, Max?" Liz asked concerned.
"Yeah, if you tried to take it off she'll wake up." He looked at her. She blushed and looked away.
"Um, would you like something to eat? It's one o'clock." She told him.
"Whatever you're having." He answered and showed Aidan how to hold the screwdriver easier.
"Tuna ok?" She asked.
"That's fine, thanks." He smiled and she blushed again. What was wrong with her? She scolded herself.
"Aidan, what do you want?" Liz asked already knowing his answer.
"Peanut butter and jelly." It actually sounded more like peabutter n deli, but Liz knew what it meant.
"Alright." She smiled. He grinned back at her.
****
"No, Dada!" Lily slapped his hand away from her hair. Her hair dark hair was starting to lighten to a blonde. Her curls framed her face perfectly when she'd let him comb them into submission.
"Lilybird, hold still." He held the squirming girl in his lap.
"No!" She almost shouted. Giving up he quickly clipped a clip in her hair enough to keep it out of her face so as not to annoy Isabel.
For a little girl of 14 months she had a lot of hair.
"You wanna go pick up Liz and Aidan?" Max asked.
"Yes!" She said. Her third word.
"Alright then. Come on."
He was at the door before he could say anymore.