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's father met them outside and Liz gave Max a look sending him inside the restaurant without her.
"Want me to take Aidan?" Max asked.
"Yes, please." Liz transferred Aidan's hand to his.
Liz made sure Max and Lilian were inside before falling into her father's arms.
"I missed you, Daddy." Liz said giving him a tight hug.
"I missed you too, Liz." He answered back. "Nancy's been kind of stingy, now that you're in town." He apologized.
"I understand." She nodded. Liz didn't understand. How can your wife be more important or more influential than your only child?
"How's Aidan doing?" He asked shyly.
"He's good, started daycare."
"Good, good." They ran out of things to talk about. Liz loved her father but was never able to quite get over Nancy.
"Daddy, can we get together sometime, so Aidan can get to know you, without Nancy?" She asked wanting to join Isabel's party.
"I'll see."
"I have questions, questions about Mommy." Liz said honestly looking at him. She had always called her mother Mommy her entire life. Having your mother die when she was still 'Mommy' does that to you.
"I don't know if I have answers but yes, we'll try to get together."
"Thank you, let's go inside." Liz turned and entered the restaurant.
"Mama, took you long time to come." Aidan complained and crawled into his mother's lap.
"I'm sorry, Sweet." She kissed his head.
"Hello, everyone." Liz greeted.
Everyone murmured hello and went back to talking about Isabel's wedding.
Liz felt honored to be asked so many questions about her opinion on this or that. Her own wedding had been large and planned by Mrs. Parker and Nancy.
Max was shocked at how much Liz knew about weddings, then wasn't, because she was a female, all females knew about such things. He didn't doubt his own Lilybird would be an expert by the time she was five.
After dinner they headed back to the Evan's house. Before they entered the house Max pulled Liz to the side.
"Can we talk quickly?" He asked studying her face.
"Umm, sure." She said sending Aidan inside. Lily was already with Diane Evans.
"What's up?" She asked trying to keep it casual.
"I know now really isn't the time yet, I think we need to talk." Max said honestly.
"Alright."
He led her to the side of the house where there was a bench to sit and they sat.
"About earlier, I'm going to tell you how I feel." He faced her.
Her face was masked he couldn't read her expression. "Go ahead." She said slowly.
"Honestly, I feel concerned because I'm not sure you liked what happened earlier, but I'm happy because honestly, I've never felt that before with just a small kiss. And I think we should follow what everyone else is saying and go for it."
"It?" She asked.
"Be together." He specified looking down.
"OK, my turn." She said. She had been planning on talking with him, just not this soon. Aidan had napped once more after Max had left and had given her plenty of time to think.
"I think that, we can't go forward with this right now. I know we both want to but, it's not just our feelings and hearts at risk here. There are two children in there right now who are depending on us, and can easily get attached to one another as well as we to them." She said quickly.
"Liz, they're already so attached to each other. Lily is so comfortable with you and she's only seen you a few times."
"Max, I know this." She pointed out. "I'd love to be your friend for life, I don't want to chance that friendship with anything more."
"We could try." He pleaded, he knew he should push her into something she didn't want to be in but he knew somewhere, from their brief kiss earlier, that she wanted it too. "We could go slow."
Liz looked at the ground frustrated. She sighed. She resisted the urge to hold her rings around her neck. It was easier to do than she had thought. Maybe she was overcoming it. The thought made her sick and tears flooded her eyes. She sniffled. Maybe it would be good for her to try something new.
"Liz?" He asked concerned. "I'm sorry, I, maybe we should drop the subject and go inside." He felt like kicking himself.
"I think we could try to go slow." She said slowly and looked up at him.
"What?" He said staring at her.
"I, we can go slow." She said with more confidence.
"Can I hug you?" He asked unsure of himself.
She laughed and wiped tears away as she nodded.
"Mama!" Aidan shouted through the window.
"Coming, Aidan." She called pulling away from him. "This can't get in the way of them." She said seriously.
"I know, it never could." Max was relieved that it would be easy because she had a kid of her own anyway. She knew it was important to be there for them over other people. He didn't even know her whole story but he knew by the time he was through, he would.
They turned walked hand in hand inside the house. As the evening wore on both children became drowsy. Aidan crawled back into Liz's lap and plopped his thumb in his mouth. He pulled her wedding rings from inside her shirt and clasped them in his tiny hand.
Liz had explained them to him multiple times but being so small she doubted he understood much.
Once again Lily looked at Aidan and was about to burst into tears but Max caught it in time to pull out a bottle to quiet her.
"Hush, Lilybird." Handing her the pink blanket she abruptly covered her eyes.
"Max, I have some pajamas here for her, if you want." His mother offered.
"That would be great, thanks Mom." He nodded and started to get up.
"I'll take her, she needs to spend some time with Nana, right Lily?" Diane asked taking the girl in her arms.
"Thanks." Max let her remove Lilian from her lap.
Soon after that Max heard giggling from the back rooms.
"Is that Lily?" A voice was in the doorway.
Liz turned towards the unfamiliar voice.
"Gracie!" Isabel jumped up from her chair.
"I'm sorry, Isabel, we had a last minute project to work on and my group wasn't doing too well." She set her bags on the floor.
"It's fine, and yes that was Lily." She ushered her in.
"Hello, Maxie." She hugged him.
"Gracie." He hugged her tightly back.
"I'm sorry." Isabel said as if remembering. "This is Alex's sister, Liz, and her son Aidan. Liz this is our baby sister, Grace."
"Hello, nice to meet you." Liz smiled at the girl. She was a mix of her brother and sister. She Had Isabel's light hair yet intense eyes like Max. She was a missing piece of the puzzle. She connected the two perfectly.
"Nice to meet you, too." She said shyly.
Max sat back down next to Liz so Isabel could sit next to Grace since he knew they would make him move anyway.
Liz got comfortable shifting Aidan and lightly resting her head on Max's shoulder the earlier awkwardness gone from their movements.
Grace looked curiously between the two. She was very observant, as a little girl and that had carried over to her current life. She turned to Isabel and was about to ask what was going on when Isabel shook her head once and Grace understood.
"Where are Mom and Dad?" She asked instead.
"Getting Lily ready for bed." Isabel said.
"How is my favorite niece?"
"She's doing great she says three words now." Max's eyes glowed with pride.
"And one of those words happens to be Grace?" She joked.
"Never." Max shook his head. She tossed a pillow at his head with surprising accuracy.
"Grace!" Diane Evans returned.
"Hi, Mom." She stood and went to greet her parents.
"Dada!" Lily flew into Max's arms. Because she would rather be with him and not her Nana and Papa, he knew she was tired.
He turned to Liz to ask her if she was ready to go she nodded tiredly at Aidan. "If you're ready."
"I am, so is she." Max said pulling the blanket off his daughter's face.
"No Dada!" She replied furiously and tried to pull the blanket back.
"Hush, Lily." He quieted her down and stood up.
"We'll see you tomorrow morning, Izzy." Max told her reaching in for an awkward hug. "And everyone else too." He said good-bye.
"Goodbye everyone." Liz said and they exited the house together.
"What's going on between those two?" Grace once they were situated in bed. They still shared a bed when Grace was home for old time sakes. She had spent many nights during their early teen years there talking about awkward moments and boys. This was the last night they could do it freely.
"Nothing. Go to bed girls." Diane Evans stood at the door.
Isabel laughed. "I'm getting married tomorrow and you're still treating me like your baby."
"But I'm the baby." Grace declared.
They remembered what a sore subject that was for her. She was always concerned that she would no longer be the baby of the family.
"You are my baby." Diane hugged her youngest child.
"Good. Night, Mom." She said.
"Good night, girls." She shut off the light and closed the door.
"There is so something going on there." Grace rolled over on her side.
"I know. We've all known, Maria's trying to push it, Mom says we should stay out of it and let it happen on it's own." Isabel shrugged facing her sister.
"I think not." Grace said.
"I agree. Something happened today, they're whole attitude towards each other changed though." Isabel crinkled her brow.
"Interesting." Grace nodded.
"We'll figure it out after my wedding?" Isabel asked.
"I think that's a good idea."
"Goodnight, Gracie." She said.
"Night, Izzy."
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's father met them outside and Liz gave Max a look sending him inside the restaurant without her.
"Want me to take Aidan?" Max asked.
"Yes, please." Liz transferred Aidan's hand to his.
Liz made sure Max and Lilian were inside before falling into her father's arms.
"I missed you, Daddy." Liz said giving him a tight hug.
"I missed you too, Liz." He answered back. "Nancy's been kind of stingy, now that you're in town." He apologized.
"I understand." She nodded. Liz didn't understand. How can your wife be more important or more influential than your only child?
"How's Aidan doing?" He asked shyly.
"He's good, started daycare."
"Good, good." They ran out of things to talk about. Liz loved her father but was never able to quite get over Nancy.
"Daddy, can we get together sometime, so Aidan can get to know you, without Nancy?" She asked wanting to join Isabel's party.
"I'll see."
"I have questions, questions about Mommy." Liz said honestly looking at him. She had always called her mother Mommy her entire life. Having your mother die when she was still 'Mommy' does that to you.
"I don't know if I have answers but yes, we'll try to get together."
"Thank you, let's go inside." Liz turned and entered the restaurant.
"Mama, took you long time to come." Aidan complained and crawled into his mother's lap.
"I'm sorry, Sweet." She kissed his head.
"Hello, everyone." Liz greeted.
Everyone murmured hello and went back to talking about Isabel's wedding.
Liz felt honored to be asked so many questions about her opinion on this or that. Her own wedding had been large and planned by Mrs. Parker and Nancy.
Max was shocked at how much Liz knew about weddings, then wasn't, because she was a female, all females knew about such things. He didn't doubt his own Lilybird would be an expert by the time she was five.
After dinner they headed back to the Evan's house. Before they entered the house Max pulled Liz to the side.
"Can we talk quickly?" He asked studying her face.
"Umm, sure." She said sending Aidan inside. Lily was already with Diane Evans.
"What's up?" She asked trying to keep it casual.
"I know now really isn't the time yet, I think we need to talk." Max said honestly.
"Alright."
He led her to the side of the house where there was a bench to sit and they sat.
"About earlier, I'm going to tell you how I feel." He faced her.
Her face was masked he couldn't read her expression. "Go ahead." She said slowly.
"Honestly, I feel concerned because I'm not sure you liked what happened earlier, but I'm happy because honestly, I've never felt that before with just a small kiss. And I think we should follow what everyone else is saying and go for it."
"It?" She asked.
"Be together." He specified looking down.
"OK, my turn." She said. She had been planning on talking with him, just not this soon. Aidan had napped once more after Max had left and had given her plenty of time to think.
"I think that, we can't go forward with this right now. I know we both want to but, it's not just our feelings and hearts at risk here. There are two children in there right now who are depending on us, and can easily get attached to one another as well as we to them." She said quickly.
"Liz, they're already so attached to each other. Lily is so comfortable with you and she's only seen you a few times."
"Max, I know this." She pointed out. "I'd love to be your friend for life, I don't want to chance that friendship with anything more."
"We could try." He pleaded, he knew he should push her into something she didn't want to be in but he knew somewhere, from their brief kiss earlier, that she wanted it too. "We could go slow."
Liz looked at the ground frustrated. She sighed. She resisted the urge to hold her rings around her neck. It was easier to do than she had thought. Maybe she was overcoming it. The thought made her sick and tears flooded her eyes. She sniffled. Maybe it would be good for her to try something new.
"Liz?" He asked concerned. "I'm sorry, I, maybe we should drop the subject and go inside." He felt like kicking himself.
"I think we could try to go slow." She said slowly and looked up at him.
"What?" He said staring at her.
"I, we can go slow." She said with more confidence.
"Can I hug you?" He asked unsure of himself.
She laughed and wiped tears away as she nodded.
"Mama!" Aidan shouted through the window.
"Coming, Aidan." She called pulling away from him. "This can't get in the way of them." She said seriously.
"I know, it never could." Max was relieved that it would be easy because she had a kid of her own anyway. She knew it was important to be there for them over other people. He didn't even know her whole story but he knew by the time he was through, he would.
They turned walked hand in hand inside the house. As the evening wore on both children became drowsy. Aidan crawled back into Liz's lap and plopped his thumb in his mouth. He pulled her wedding rings from inside her shirt and clasped them in his tiny hand.
Liz had explained them to him multiple times but being so small she doubted he understood much.
Once again Lily looked at Aidan and was about to burst into tears but Max caught it in time to pull out a bottle to quiet her.
"Hush, Lilybird." Handing her the pink blanket she abruptly covered her eyes.
"Max, I have some pajamas here for her, if you want." His mother offered.
"That would be great, thanks Mom." He nodded and started to get up.
"I'll take her, she needs to spend some time with Nana, right Lily?" Diane asked taking the girl in her arms.
"Thanks." Max let her remove Lilian from her lap.
Soon after that Max heard giggling from the back rooms.
"Is that Lily?" A voice was in the doorway.
Liz turned towards the unfamiliar voice.
"Gracie!" Isabel jumped up from her chair.
"I'm sorry, Isabel, we had a last minute project to work on and my group wasn't doing too well." She set her bags on the floor.
"It's fine, and yes that was Lily." She ushered her in.
"Hello, Maxie." She hugged him.
"Gracie." He hugged her tightly back.
"I'm sorry." Isabel said as if remembering. "This is Alex's sister, Liz, and her son Aidan. Liz this is our baby sister, Grace."
"Hello, nice to meet you." Liz smiled at the girl. She was a mix of her brother and sister. She Had Isabel's light hair yet intense eyes like Max. She was a missing piece of the puzzle. She connected the two perfectly.
"Nice to meet you, too." She said shyly.
Max sat back down next to Liz so Isabel could sit next to Grace since he knew they would make him move anyway.
Liz got comfortable shifting Aidan and lightly resting her head on Max's shoulder the earlier awkwardness gone from their movements.
Grace looked curiously between the two. She was very observant, as a little girl and that had carried over to her current life. She turned to Isabel and was about to ask what was going on when Isabel shook her head once and Grace understood.
"Where are Mom and Dad?" She asked instead.
"Getting Lily ready for bed." Isabel said.
"How is my favorite niece?"
"She's doing great she says three words now." Max's eyes glowed with pride.
"And one of those words happens to be Grace?" She joked.
"Never." Max shook his head. She tossed a pillow at his head with surprising accuracy.
"Grace!" Diane Evans returned.
"Hi, Mom." She stood and went to greet her parents.
"Dada!" Lily flew into Max's arms. Because she would rather be with him and not her Nana and Papa, he knew she was tired.
He turned to Liz to ask her if she was ready to go she nodded tiredly at Aidan. "If you're ready."
"I am, so is she." Max said pulling the blanket off his daughter's face.
"No Dada!" She replied furiously and tried to pull the blanket back.
"Hush, Lily." He quieted her down and stood up.
"We'll see you tomorrow morning, Izzy." Max told her reaching in for an awkward hug. "And everyone else too." He said good-bye.
"Goodbye everyone." Liz said and they exited the house together.
"What's going on between those two?" Grace once they were situated in bed. They still shared a bed when Grace was home for old time sakes. She had spent many nights during their early teen years there talking about awkward moments and boys. This was the last night they could do it freely.
"Nothing. Go to bed girls." Diane Evans stood at the door.
Isabel laughed. "I'm getting married tomorrow and you're still treating me like your baby."
"But I'm the baby." Grace declared.
They remembered what a sore subject that was for her. She was always concerned that she would no longer be the baby of the family.
"You are my baby." Diane hugged her youngest child.
"Good. Night, Mom." She said.
"Good night, girls." She shut off the light and closed the door.
"There is so something going on there." Grace rolled over on her side.
"I know. We've all known, Maria's trying to push it, Mom says we should stay out of it and let it happen on it's own." Isabel shrugged facing her sister.
"I think not." Grace said.
"I agree. Something happened today, they're whole attitude towards each other changed though." Isabel crinkled her brow.
"Interesting." Grace nodded.
"We'll figure it out after my wedding?" Isabel asked.
"I think that's a good idea."
"Goodnight, Gracie." She said.
"Night, Izzy."