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.
"Hurry, Aidan." Liz pulled him up to Max's parent's house Saturday night.
"I don't want you to go." Aidan was pouting.
"I'll be back soon. You'll have fun with Mr. and Mrs. Evans." Liz stopped and knocked on the door.
"No, Mama." He held onto her pant leg and looked up at her with tears in his eyes.
"You'll have fun. Then you'll go night-night, and when you wake up, I'll be there again."
"Why?" He asked desperately.
"Because Mama wants to go out alone with Max, only big people."
"Up!" He held his arms up.
"Liz, come in. Max should be here any minute." She said.
"How's Aidan?" She looked down at the boy whose face was buried in his mother's neck.
"Fine." He mumbled.
"What's wrong, Aidan?" Mrs. Evans asked concerned.
"Nuffing." He huffed.
"Come to Nana." She held out her hands.
He studied her and decided he liked her. "Who's here, Diane?" Phillip asked stepping out of his office.
"Aidan and Liz." Diane said. "Let's say hi to Papa."
"Mrs. Evans are you sure you're OK watching Aidan, it feels funny leaving him with you, I know that you'll take great care of him, but I could always find someone else if you wanted to be alone with Lily." Liz said quickly.
"Oh, no, dear. The more the merrier, right, Phillip?"
"Yes, I could use another male in the house. Too many girls since Max moved out." He said smiling at Aidan.
"I really appreciate this." Liz said again.
"Liz, it's alright, really. Plus you made Max smile at the wedding. We were all worried about the wedding with Tess leaving and all. It was to be a solemn event for him, though we know he would put on a happy face for his sister, but you made him truly smile. It's been a while." Diane grabbed her hand.
"I've only known him for a few weeks, Mrs. Evans."
"Exactly, you could do that in a few weeks, what could you do with a lifetime?"
Liz raised her brow and was about to reply when Max rushed in the door with a bummed out Lily in his hands.
"No, bye-bye." She said furious at her father.
"Hello, everybody, Liz."
"Lily, are you being bad for, Daddy?"
"No." She folded her arms and walked to her grandmother. "Up!"
"She looks just like you did when you were upset, Max." Diane smiled and picked up her granddaughter.
"What?"
"You had the most defiant face."
"Mom." He whined and went back to talk with his father quietly.
He returned with a grin on his face. "Alright, we're heading out." He said taking Liz's hand in his.
"Bye, Lilybird." He said and kissed her forehead.
She turned angrily away from him. "Oh, and Mama, keep an eye on her breathing." Max reminded.
"I will, Max. You forget Grace had asthma as well."
Liz said a teary goodbye to Aidan who was still upset with her for leaving.
"I feel bad leaving him."
"Liz, he has to get used to you not being there all the time for him." He smiled.
They went to a tiny little Italian place down the street. It was quiet, and no one knew it was there. It was a little hole in the wall, but it was very clean, and very good.
"This is so nice." Liz said smiling.
"I know. We used to eat here all the time when we were kids, no one really pays attention to this place." He smiled at her smile.
"It's nice. Where are we going next?" She asked hoping to catch him off guard.
"You'll see."
"So besides ballroom dancing, what did you do as a child?" Liz asked while they were waiting for their food.
Max blushed. "Nothing much, I didn't really do the whole little league thing like my dad wanted me to. I played a little basketball. My main hobby was bugging my sisters. No matter what I was doing it was always satisfying." He smiled.
"What did you do?"
"Only small things, which I couldn't really get into deep trouble with. Leaving the toilet seat up, misplacing Barbie, hiding kitchen area toys."
"You were a little devil." Liz grinned.
"No, I had two sisters, any normal boy would do it to stay sane. How about you? Did Alex tease you much?"
"Not really. He taught me a lot. We were really close. Unlike most big brothers, he let me hang around him most of the time. His friends adored me."
"Who wouldn't?" Max threw at her unexpectedly.
She blushed a furious red before continuing. "Alex was fiercely protective though. I thought it was great. Being around older boys. I mean, what fourteen year old girl wouldn't want to be adored by her brothers totally hot friends?" She smiled. There wasn't really any boy she was really interested in except John. She halted her thoughts there.
Max noticed her smile falter a bit and decided to help out. "I used to bug Grace about her boyfriends. To Isabel, I was just her scrawny little brother. To Grace, I was big overprotective Max. No one dared go near her till I graduated and was safely tucked away at college."
"Really?" Liz asked amazed.
"No. Actually I was this scrawny, gangly, boy until I was about seventeen. It always frustrated me because my sister's were both gorgeous then there was me. Thier scrawny middle brother." He smiled.
"Poor, Max." Liz reached across the table. "You filled out quite nicely. Your Mommy must be proud."
"Yes, [b] Mama [/b] is proud." He smiled. "How about you?"
"I was a late bloomer as well. Not really noticed by anyone, which is why Nancy convinced my father to send me to Vermont for high school. I was shy. Which is why when, over the summer, I basked in Alex's friend's attention. Boys were non-existent to me in Vermont." She shrugged.
Their food arrived and they ate in silence.
After they finished Max drove them back to his parent's house.
"Max, what are we doing here?" She asked getting out.
"Switching cars." He smiled.
"Why?"
"You'll see." His father met them outside with keys to the minivan.
"I want the car home by midnight, young man." His father joked.
"Yes, sir." Max nods. He settles Liz in the front seat of the van.
"Where are we going?" She asks again.
"Riverside."
"Why?"
"You'll see." He nodded.
Frustrated Liz sat quietly.
"Max, are we late?" She asked.
"No, why?"
"You're speeding." She looked at the speedometer.
"I'm going seventy, Liz, the speed limit is sixty-five."
"You're going fast." She said again.
He switched lanes quickly and she closed her eyes taking a deep breath calming her nerves.
"Liz." He reached over and stroked her hair, "If I drove the speed limit, these maniacs would run us off the road. That's how driving is in California." He smiled.
"Really?"
"Where are you from again?"
"Roswell, New Mexico." She shrugged.
"And they drive the speed limit?" He asked in awe. No one here drove the speed limit.
"Most of the time."
They pulled into an old drive in theatre. "A drive in?" Her eyes widened. "I haven't been to one since I was three and my mother was still alive." She said absently looking around.
"They're playing A Walk to Remember." He said smiling.
"I love that movie." She smiled.
"Good." He parked the van.
He hopped out of the van and pulled open the trunk.
He spread a blanket on the floor. "We used to do this when we were kids. My parents would sit up on the seats and me, Gracie, and Izzy would lay on the blankets. I would usually be squished somewhere in the middle because both wanted to be by 'their Maxie.'" He smiled.
"This should be fun. I haven't been to a drive-in in forever. They're aren't very many left in Roswell or New Mexico."
"There used to be one a few blocks from my house. You know the No Doubt cd, "Tragic Kingdom." That picture was taken there before they took it out."
"Really?"
"Yep, our one claim to fame besides Disneyland."
"I have to take Aidan there sometime."
"Wait till summers over, tourists get in the way otherwise." He shuddered.
"I know tourists." Liz nodded knowingly. "That's what Roswell thrives on."
"That's true. Seats or floor?" He said after flipping the seat around to face out the back.
"Floor." Liz said.
"Climb in then." He helped her up and they settled down to watch the movie.
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.
"Hurry, Aidan." Liz pulled him up to Max's parent's house Saturday night.
"I don't want you to go." Aidan was pouting.
"I'll be back soon. You'll have fun with Mr. and Mrs. Evans." Liz stopped and knocked on the door.
"No, Mama." He held onto her pant leg and looked up at her with tears in his eyes.
"You'll have fun. Then you'll go night-night, and when you wake up, I'll be there again."
"Why?" He asked desperately.
"Because Mama wants to go out alone with Max, only big people."
"Up!" He held his arms up.
"Liz, come in. Max should be here any minute." She said.
"How's Aidan?" She looked down at the boy whose face was buried in his mother's neck.
"Fine." He mumbled.
"What's wrong, Aidan?" Mrs. Evans asked concerned.
"Nuffing." He huffed.
"Come to Nana." She held out her hands.
He studied her and decided he liked her. "Who's here, Diane?" Phillip asked stepping out of his office.
"Aidan and Liz." Diane said. "Let's say hi to Papa."
"Mrs. Evans are you sure you're OK watching Aidan, it feels funny leaving him with you, I know that you'll take great care of him, but I could always find someone else if you wanted to be alone with Lily." Liz said quickly.
"Oh, no, dear. The more the merrier, right, Phillip?"
"Yes, I could use another male in the house. Too many girls since Max moved out." He said smiling at Aidan.
"I really appreciate this." Liz said again.
"Liz, it's alright, really. Plus you made Max smile at the wedding. We were all worried about the wedding with Tess leaving and all. It was to be a solemn event for him, though we know he would put on a happy face for his sister, but you made him truly smile. It's been a while." Diane grabbed her hand.
"I've only known him for a few weeks, Mrs. Evans."
"Exactly, you could do that in a few weeks, what could you do with a lifetime?"
Liz raised her brow and was about to reply when Max rushed in the door with a bummed out Lily in his hands.
"No, bye-bye." She said furious at her father.
"Hello, everybody, Liz."
"Lily, are you being bad for, Daddy?"
"No." She folded her arms and walked to her grandmother. "Up!"
"She looks just like you did when you were upset, Max." Diane smiled and picked up her granddaughter.
"What?"
"You had the most defiant face."
"Mom." He whined and went back to talk with his father quietly.
He returned with a grin on his face. "Alright, we're heading out." He said taking Liz's hand in his.
"Bye, Lilybird." He said and kissed her forehead.
She turned angrily away from him. "Oh, and Mama, keep an eye on her breathing." Max reminded.
"I will, Max. You forget Grace had asthma as well."
Liz said a teary goodbye to Aidan who was still upset with her for leaving.
"I feel bad leaving him."
"Liz, he has to get used to you not being there all the time for him." He smiled.
They went to a tiny little Italian place down the street. It was quiet, and no one knew it was there. It was a little hole in the wall, but it was very clean, and very good.
"This is so nice." Liz said smiling.
"I know. We used to eat here all the time when we were kids, no one really pays attention to this place." He smiled at her smile.
"It's nice. Where are we going next?" She asked hoping to catch him off guard.
"You'll see."
"So besides ballroom dancing, what did you do as a child?" Liz asked while they were waiting for their food.
Max blushed. "Nothing much, I didn't really do the whole little league thing like my dad wanted me to. I played a little basketball. My main hobby was bugging my sisters. No matter what I was doing it was always satisfying." He smiled.
"What did you do?"
"Only small things, which I couldn't really get into deep trouble with. Leaving the toilet seat up, misplacing Barbie, hiding kitchen area toys."
"You were a little devil." Liz grinned.
"No, I had two sisters, any normal boy would do it to stay sane. How about you? Did Alex tease you much?"
"Not really. He taught me a lot. We were really close. Unlike most big brothers, he let me hang around him most of the time. His friends adored me."
"Who wouldn't?" Max threw at her unexpectedly.
She blushed a furious red before continuing. "Alex was fiercely protective though. I thought it was great. Being around older boys. I mean, what fourteen year old girl wouldn't want to be adored by her brothers totally hot friends?" She smiled. There wasn't really any boy she was really interested in except John. She halted her thoughts there.
Max noticed her smile falter a bit and decided to help out. "I used to bug Grace about her boyfriends. To Isabel, I was just her scrawny little brother. To Grace, I was big overprotective Max. No one dared go near her till I graduated and was safely tucked away at college."
"Really?" Liz asked amazed.
"No. Actually I was this scrawny, gangly, boy until I was about seventeen. It always frustrated me because my sister's were both gorgeous then there was me. Thier scrawny middle brother." He smiled.
"Poor, Max." Liz reached across the table. "You filled out quite nicely. Your Mommy must be proud."
"Yes, [b] Mama [/b] is proud." He smiled. "How about you?"
"I was a late bloomer as well. Not really noticed by anyone, which is why Nancy convinced my father to send me to Vermont for high school. I was shy. Which is why when, over the summer, I basked in Alex's friend's attention. Boys were non-existent to me in Vermont." She shrugged.
Their food arrived and they ate in silence.
After they finished Max drove them back to his parent's house.
"Max, what are we doing here?" She asked getting out.
"Switching cars." He smiled.
"Why?"
"You'll see." His father met them outside with keys to the minivan.
"I want the car home by midnight, young man." His father joked.
"Yes, sir." Max nods. He settles Liz in the front seat of the van.
"Where are we going?" She asks again.
"Riverside."
"Why?"
"You'll see." He nodded.
Frustrated Liz sat quietly.
"Max, are we late?" She asked.
"No, why?"
"You're speeding." She looked at the speedometer.
"I'm going seventy, Liz, the speed limit is sixty-five."
"You're going fast." She said again.
He switched lanes quickly and she closed her eyes taking a deep breath calming her nerves.
"Liz." He reached over and stroked her hair, "If I drove the speed limit, these maniacs would run us off the road. That's how driving is in California." He smiled.
"Really?"
"Where are you from again?"
"Roswell, New Mexico." She shrugged.
"And they drive the speed limit?" He asked in awe. No one here drove the speed limit.
"Most of the time."
They pulled into an old drive in theatre. "A drive in?" Her eyes widened. "I haven't been to one since I was three and my mother was still alive." She said absently looking around.
"They're playing A Walk to Remember." He said smiling.
"I love that movie." She smiled.
"Good." He parked the van.
He hopped out of the van and pulled open the trunk.
He spread a blanket on the floor. "We used to do this when we were kids. My parents would sit up on the seats and me, Gracie, and Izzy would lay on the blankets. I would usually be squished somewhere in the middle because both wanted to be by 'their Maxie.'" He smiled.
"This should be fun. I haven't been to a drive-in in forever. They're aren't very many left in Roswell or New Mexico."
"There used to be one a few blocks from my house. You know the No Doubt cd, "Tragic Kingdom." That picture was taken there before they took it out."
"Really?"
"Yep, our one claim to fame besides Disneyland."
"I have to take Aidan there sometime."
"Wait till summers over, tourists get in the way otherwise." He shuddered.
"I know tourists." Liz nodded knowingly. "That's what Roswell thrives on."
"That's true. Seats or floor?" He said after flipping the seat around to face out the back.
"Floor." Liz said.
"Climb in then." He helped her up and they settled down to watch the movie.