One Way or Another
Disclaimer: I don't have anything to do with the production of Roswell in any shape or form.
Summary: A last-ditch effort to get rid of Khivar has left the aliens unscarred, but left Maria and Liz completely changed. What really happened that day and why is Maria suddenly falling for Max?
I don't know what freaked me out more, the fact that Michael, Isabel, and Max were all aliens or the fact that I was falling for Max. Not to mention the fact that this was virtually impossible, but somehow it happened. It's like when I found Michael with that Skin girl I knew it was all over, that we would always be faced with problems like that.
And when I found out that he was "destined" to be with Isabel, it made it even more clear for me. I wasn't apart of their world. But, love knows no rationale, no boundaries. You don't get to pick who you're going to fall for next and how long it lasts, if it can stand the test of time.
See I didn't believe it was possible myself. Falling in love with the same man as your best friend? That was insane, that was so dramatic, that was … so something that would happen to me. But, it's not like that. It's not like I just waltzed up to Max and told him I loved him and that Michael was history.
It happened after Isabel had almost been taken in by Khivar, when we discovered that everything we thought as true was a lie. I'm not sure what happened that day, but I know that Liz and I should've never been there. We were used as bait and the second that Max decided to cure me instead of Tess, who had come back after bartering passage to her homeland by use of her innocent child, I felt everything change.
Suddenly I felt a strong passion for him that I would've never felt otherwise. I think he sensed it too, taking a little longer to make sure that I was okay before moving over to Liz. Since that day, I haven't even felt like myself. Slowly all the things I thought I liked became things that I hate and I even started writing in a diary … I used to hate diaries. Why write and record what happened when you can being living??
And while I began to become more calm and unMaria-like, I started becoming more and more infatuated with Max. He became my everything as I began to dream about the two of us together, experiencing a type of love that I never thought possible. Experiencing …
"Maria!" Liz yelled, disrupting my newest entry. "Get out here." She demanded as I quickly tied my hair up in a ponytail, ready for work.
"I'm coming Liz." I answered, as I noticed Michael staring me down from the back.
"Ooh. Look-out. Michael's giving you that look again." She informed me as I looked back in disgust.
"Eww Michael? I'm not interested in him that way." I whispered back with Liz giving me a weird look.
"Do you feel different?"
"How?"
"I mean like you're someone else?" Liz wondered as I started gathering orders from Michael.
"Unusual I guess, but I almost died." I covered.
"We both almost died Maria. Is this what you felt like when Max healed you?" Liz asked suddenly as I stopped what I was doing.
"He healed you Liz. What's going on here?" I asked, getting a little suspicious. Maybe our brush with the enemy wasn't over yet.
"I was doing role-playing … like what you would say if I was you. It's quiet simple actually." Liz explained.
"What?"
"Don't worry about it. Just stay clear of Michael. We're through with alienboys, remember?" Liz finished as I nodded. She was totally right. I was not going to be spending any of my time thinking about … Max.
(A/N: What do you think? Let me know and add some suggestions to it too. If you're confused, it'll start to make more sense the more you read it. And it's not your typical Maria-Max pairing, because there's more to the story!! –NL)