Hey, Guys, the next chapter and I know that it is up early too! After this one, it will go back to normal and I will try to update as soon as I can. Thanks for the reviews and I'm glad you like the last chapter and I know you will love this one! Tess gets her time.
F. Stands for Future.
BTW, I wanted to let you know that some part of the story is the same as the episode but differences between Characters and I think that some of you will hate Kyle in this one. No the past is not the same as the TV story; it's different.
Hey, Summer of 47 happened, everything happened in the same way except that it was Tess that talked to Michael and disappeared, Liz was the one flirting with Max. I didn't want to do it all up again because it all works out in the same way as the programme and ends in the same as well.
First, a warning, the future version is completely different from the one on the show so I'm sorry if you are offended by some of the material. There will be NO graphic details.
Rating is up at the end of this chapter.
Chapter 7: The End of the World.
Tess sighed as she walked home, she looked into the star filled night and saw the V constellation, she glared at the winking stars because of those planets, Max had been taken from her and thrusted into a destiny that he didn't want yet was following for the sake of his planets.
She stepped into the house and shut the door behind her, locking it then throwing the keys onto the table next to the door then headed up the stairs to her room. She entered her room only to stop when a bright light filled the room then disappeared.
Tess pulled her hand away and stared at the person in a stunned shock.
"Tess." They stated, gravely.
"Max?" Tess asked, hopeful, scared and shocked.
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"Liz, can you please tell me the story how you died?" Max asked and Liz sighed as she sat on the couch, crossed her legs and faced Max.
"Lilly was nineteen when she was killed, she was killed by Ava." Liz stated.
"Why?" Max asked.
"I'm going to have to start from the beginning and tell you the whole story so that you can understand about our planets." Liz stated and Max nodded. "Rath was the first born then it was Ava then it was Lilly. Zan was the first-born then Vilandra was born, that how's you were the king. Rath and Zan were best friends, Ava and Vilandra were just friends. Everyone adored Lilly because she was the youngest; therefore, she was the cutest. Zan's parents made a deal with Rath's parents, that the first born of the Zan house would marry the first born of the opposite sex of the Ilstria house."
"Zan and Ava, but who's Ilstria?" Max asked.
"Ilstria is me, Lilly was a nickname by the people who loved and adored her." Liz explained. "It wasn't till Lilly was Seventeen, Zan and Lilly realised their feelings for each other but fought it. Zan soon gave in then tempted Lilly to give in while she was fighting her feelings then she gave in. They both started seeing each other in secret then it soon became serious, they both fell in love." Liz stated and sighed. "Zan told his parents that he was going to marry Lilly no matter what anyone says and if they refused, he would denounce the throne, everyone noticed a change in Zan, he was acting more and more of the leader that they all expected from him that they agreed straightaway, knowing that Lilly made his stronger."
"What age was Zan when they got together?" Max asked.
"Zan was two years old than Lilly, he was nineteen when they got together, twenty when they got married as Lilly was eighteen. Zan was the same age as Rath." Liz explained. "Lilly was in danger from one of Zan's arch enemy, Khiva, he thought he was in love with Lilly and tried everything to bring her to his side, showering her with jewellery, chocolate, money. Lilly wanted nothing but someone to give her his heart and in turn for her to give her heart to him. She wanted someone who loved her for who she was, not try and buy her, that was one of the reasons why she fell in love with Zan. Khiva was too late in his attempts to court Lilly as she had fallen in love with Zan and was engaged to him." Liz explained and Max nodded. "About two nights before the wedding, Khiva had cornered Lilly and tried to rape her." Liz took Max hand's hand when she saw them clench in anger and fear. "Zan walked in at that time and blasted Khiva off Lilly, he healed her then turned to kill Khiva only to find that Khiva had escaped. Zan saved Lilly in time." Liz promised and Max nodded, relaxing his body at this news. "Lilly was going to see Zan when Ava came out of nowhere and stabbed her, killing Lilly. Zan knew that there was something wrong and rushed to get to Lilly, he found her and tried to save her only for her to die from loss of blood, Lilly managed to tell Zan who killed her before dying in his arms."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Max asked; his voice filled with pain at the thought of losing Liz in his arms.
"Because I didn't want you beating yourself up over what happened in the past Max." Liz explained. "We have been give a new chance at life and I didn't want our past to taint it. Zan went into depression over the loss of his wife that he made rash choices, resulting in the war starting."
"How did Zan know that Lilly was in danger?" Max asked.
"Zan and Lilly had the same bond as us, only it formed after they made love on their wedding night." Liz stated.
"But…" Max protested and Liz smirked.
"Max, you have Zan's soul and I have Lilly's soul, they are still connected even in death." Liz stated with an amused smiled, causing Max to blush. "Now, you have to tell me what you guys have done over the last few years before you met me." Liz stated and Max smiled.
"Let's get some ice cream." Max stated and they both got up and headed into the kitchen.
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"Who are you?" Tess demanded.
"It's me, Max, I'm from the future, 14 years from now." F. Max stated and Tess shook her head.
"Time travelling is impossible." Tess snapped back and F. Max shrugged.
"It's true and I need your help to change the future." F. Max stated.
"Why?" Tess asked.
"In fourteen years, the world is going to be taken over and will perish, everyone will die and I need your help to stop that from happening." F. Max explained.
"Why did it die?" Tess asked.
"The skins took over earth, we weren't strong enough as Liz had left Roswell and died at the hands of our enemies." F. Max explained.
"Why did she leave?" Tess asked. F. Max just looked at her before looking away and it dawned on her why Liz left. "Because of me?" Tess asked and he nodded.
"You and Liz had a fight, none of us knew what it was about, you were tight lipped and Liz left." F. Max explained.
"How do you know it was because of me?" Tess asked and F. Max sighed as he sat on the bed.
"Liz came to me the night before, she was upset. The next morning she was gone and all there was a letter saying that I was to go back to you." F. Max stated.
"What happened after that?" Tess asked.
"Isabel and I left Roswell to go and find her, Michael stayed behind to make sure that everything was okay and to see if she contacted us. We found her but she was dead, our enemies had found her and killed her, not before torturing her." F. Max explained and Tess looked at him.
"How did they torture her?" Tess and F. Max stood up, anger flaring in his eyes.
"She was raped, countless times, and beaten up. Does that make you happy?" F. Max demanded and Tess took a step back from him.
"You blame me." Tess stated and F. Max let out a humourless laugher.
"Figured it out?" he asked, bitterly. "You drove Liz away and she ran straight in to the hands of the enemies. If she had been here, I would have been able to protect her from that fate." F. Max explained.
"What do you want me to do?" Tess asked, F. Max turned to her with pleading eyes.
"Let me go." He whispered and Tess looked at him in a stunned shock.
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"Oh come on! That didn't happen!" Liz exclaimed, laughing.
"No, seriously, it did." Max replied and Liz looked at him with an arched eyebrow, Max and Liz were in the Evan's kitchen, eating ice cream and Tabasco sauce.
"Michael 'abducted' Maria and you, Tess and Isabel found Maria on top of Michael when you walked into the motel room?" Liz asked and Max nodded causing Liz to laugh once more.
"Maria was telling us that nothing happened while Michael was saying that there was no point in hiding it, that got her pretty riled up." Max explained and Liz's eye widen as she took her ice cream.
"I bet she did." She stated and turned to face Max once more. "So how did Alex find out?" she asked, she wanted to find out their past, to catch up on all the things she had missed and Max was more than happy to fill her in.
"All of us went to a party, Tess and Alex got arrested because they were in possession of alcohol, Alex threatened to tell the sheriff so she told him. He thought we were all on drugs." He explained and Liz laughed.
"That's a good reason to the whole weirdness going around." Liz stated thoughtfully and Max flicked his ice cream at her, playfully. Liz shrieked as she flicked her ice cream back at him, starting an ice cream war. Max chased Liz around the counter; he grabbed her arm and spun her around, only for Liz to slip on some ice cream that was lying on the floor. Liz toppled backward, holding onto Max's shirt and pulled him down with her.
Both of them landed on the ground, laughing.
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"Why can't you go to Liz?" Tess asked.
"Because she won't listen to me and you were the reason why she ran." F. Max explained. "I can't tell her that she has to stay, you're the one who has to convince her to stay here."
"She obviously didn't love you that much if she ran." Tess remarked and F. Max lost it.
"She loved me enough to let me go!" F. Max snapped. "More than you ever did." He muttered bitterly. Tess took a step back from the venom she could hear in his voice. "She told me in the letter that everything was a mistake and that I was to go back to you but it never happened."
"What do I have to do?" Tess asked.
"You have to let me go, let me be with Liz and move on Tess. You can't keep clinging to the past, it's unhealthy." F. Max explained. "And you need to let you anger toward Liz go as well. She never did anything to you."
"Why don't you just go to Max?" Tess asked and F. Max shook his head.
"I can't encounter my younger self. It's a some sort of law, if you were to meet your past or future self, there was would be some sort of reaction." F. Max explained.
"A reaction?" Tess asked.
"Anything could happen, we both could die or merge together. No one really knows." F. Max finished and Tess nodded.
"How am I supposed to get you and Liz together?" Tess asked and F. Max shook his head.
"Liz and I are together, you need to make sure that she stays here where we can protect her." F. Max explained.
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"What is Maria doing?" Alex asked. It was the next morning and they were all in the Crashdown apart from Tess and Kyle. Maria was sitting at one of the booth, typing on Alex's laptop.
Liz was behind the counter wiping down the worktop while Max, Michael, Alex and Isabel were sitting across from her, having breakfast.
"She met someone through the Internet, some sort of dating e-mail and she is arranging a time and place to meet up with him." Liz stated and a bottle that was behind her blew up, causing her to look at it. "You know, that is the sixth time that had happened this week." Liz stated thoughtfully before glaring at the smashed bottle. "I have heard of people self combusting but I have never heard of bottles doing it."
"Are you sure you got your powers under control?" Alex asked and Liz nodded.
"Beside, the feeling I got before the bottle exploded was jealously." Liz remarked before picking up the empty plates and placing them into the dish tub and headed into the backroom so she could place them in the sink to get washed.
Everyone looked at Michael with a raised eyebrow and he just rolled his eyes, refusing to answer anything or even look at them.
"I've got a date!" Maria squealed with excitement as Liz came out.
"That's great, when is it?" Liz asked.
"This afternoon, he is meeting me here at noon and we both have to have flowers so we can recognise each other." Maria explained and Liz nodded as both girls hugged, excited for Maria. Alex piped up.
"Does this mean I can have my laptop back?" He asked, causing Max to snicker.
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"So when are we going to go ahead with the plan?" Kyle asked Tess on the phone.
"I don't think we should Kyle." Tess stated, biting her bottom lip as she looked through the doorway, making sure that F. Max couldn't overhear the conversation.
"What do you mean you don't think we should?" Kyle demanded. "You were all hyped up about it last night, what the hell had happened to you."
"Kyle, who to say things won't get worst if we go ahead with it?" Tess asked and Kyle rolled his eyes.
"And how could it get worst?" Kyle asked.
"What if the gang resent us for driving Liz away, we want the gang to be happy not hate us." Tess remarked.
"Oh come on Tess, you just want to jump into Max's pants and what better way to do it?" Kyle asked. "Make Max think that Liz slept with me and I'll get her into bed with me no problem." Kyle remarked and Tess shook her head.
"No Kyle, I really don't think we should go ahead with the plan." Tess stated and Kyle lost it.
"No backing out sweetheart, we are going ahead with the plan and I want revenge on Evans for getting me sucked into this mess in the first place." Before hanging up the phone, Tess looked at the phone with fear before looking through the doorway and saw F. Max standing there with fury in his eyes. He had heard.
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"What the hell is she doing?" Michael demanded and Liz hit him gently on the arm.
"Shh, I want to see what's going on." Liz hissed. Max hid his smile at Michael's shocked look at his little sister.
"She's not even helping me to get Maria back!" Michael snapped and Liz looked at him.
"Do you want her back?" Liz asked and Michael shifted uncomfortable.
"No." he replied unconvincingly and Liz looked at him, confused.
"I don't get you! You say that you don't want her yet you don't want her to go out with other guys. You can't have it both ways!" Liz exclaimed, "You broke up with her because you felt that you were dangerous. She can't put her life on hold forever you know." Liz explained and looked toward the doors when it jingles and her mouth hung open in a shock.
A fifty-year-old man came through holding a bunch of flowers and she saw that Maria was stunned. The man walked over to Maria.
"HI, I think there's been a mistake." Maria blurted out and the man looked at her. "You see, I'm not Maria, I was sent here in her place because she couldn't make it." Maria explained and Liz giggled as she shook her head. "Actually I am Maria but I don't think we can really date you know as I'm only seventeen." Maria finally explained and the man looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"These are for my daughter, whom I am meeting a midday and I was wondering if you could tell me the time." The man finally explained and Liz shook her head as she rolled her eyes.
"Only Maria could jump to conclusion." Liz giggled, Max just smiled looking at his girlfriend.
"You don't have long, she should be here in a couple of minutes." Maria stated after looking at her watch and he nodded as he moved over to another booth, she looked toward Liz with a horrified expression and Liz just shrugged with a sympathetic smile.
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"What plan?" F. Max growled low in his throat.
"Nothing." Tess lied as she moved away but F. Max caught her arm and spun her around.
"What did Kyle mean when he said the he was going to get Liz into his bed?" F. Max demanded, fear coursing through his body at the thought that Liz may have been raped before she even left Roswell.
"It's nothing Max!" Tess cried and F. Max lost it.
"Tell me damn it!" F. Max shouted as he pushed her away; anger beginning to build up and Tess looked down at the floor, unable to look at him.
"Kyle and I made a deal that we would drive Liz out of Roswell so that you would turn back to me." Tess admitted, Max just stayed silent, letting her tell him the whole story. "The deal was that I would make you think that Liz had slept with Kyle and you would catch them in bed together, I have no idea if that happened into your lifetime."
"You told me that Liz slept with Kyle but I never caught them, I saw Liz looking upset and she was quiet the day she came to me before leaving." F. Max stated and lost it, he slammed his hand into the wall. "Do you have any idea what you have done?" he demanded. "There is a chance that she could have been raped by Kyle before she even was raped by our enemies!"
Tess just looked down, guilt flooding her body before she looked up and pleaded.
"Are you sure you can't go to Liz?" Tess asked. F. Max shook his head.
"No, she is too stubborn and if she was to find out about the enemies, she would give herself up in order to kill them. We can't afford that." F. Max explained and sighed. "Beside, what's to stop her from leaving after the war is finished?"
"Why did they rape her in the first place?" Tess asked.
"They were proving a point to us, they were basically taunting us that we couldn't protect her. That I couldn't protect her for the second time."
"How did you know that she was raped?" Tess asked and F. Max sighed.
"Liz and I have this connection. When her emotions are heightens I can get flashes from her about what she is doing at that moment, that's how I knew. I saw it happened." F. Max whispered, wincing at the memory and looked at Tess. "Can you please not ask anymore questions about how Liz died. It hurts too much to think about it."
"What happened to the rest of us?" Tess asked.
"We all died too, you died about two years after Liz died, Alex, Jim, Kyle died about two months after each other, trying to protect their families. Isabel died two weeks before I came and Michael died in my arms half an hour before I came." F. Max stated and shook his head. "Maria was the only one who managed to survive and she forced me to take the granolith, she made sure it went back in time, back to this time so we could save Liz and prevent the end of the world."
"What about Michael or Isabel? Can't you ask them?" Tess asked and F. Max shook his head.
"They have powers and they'll use Liz to check my emotions. I seriously doubt that they'll be able to keep it from Liz and I can't let Liz know anything about what happened to her." F. Max explained.
Tess sighed as she leaned over and picked up the phone.
"Hi Liz, I need your help." Tess stated.
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"Why does she bother?" Isabel asked Liz and Max. All them of them were sitting in the Evan's living room, laughing at Maria's blind date.
"She said something about her mother and she didn't want to put her life on hold." Liz explained with a shrug. The phone ran and Liz leaned over backward to pick up the phone while Max watched her with dark eyes and his breathing picked up. "Hello? Evans' household." Liz greeted into the phone. "Oh hi Tess." Max rolled his eyes while Isabel stifled a snicker. "You want me to help you." Liz asked then looked at her watch. "I'll be there in fifteen minutes." Liz hung up the phone.
"What did she want?" Max asked and Liz shrugged.
"She was being vague about it." Liz stated then looked at Max. "Can you give me a lift?"
"Sure, I'm heading over to Michael's anyway." Max stated as they both got up; Max helped to put on Liz's jacket before pulling his on. "See you Isabel!" Max and Liz called into the house as they walked out of the door.
"Later." Isabel called back as she answered the phone and talked to one of her friends from school.
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"So, who's the new guy?" Liz asked as she set down a pair of skirt, F. Max was listening from the bathroom and he smiled at the sound of her voice; he knew that she couldn't feel him as he had been taught how to block himself off from anyone who may be empathic.
"James Bell." Tess replied and Liz looked at her.
"The guy from History?" Liz asked and Tess nodded then turned to face Liz.
"How is it going with Max?" Tess asked and Liz looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Fine I guess." Liz mumbled.
"Fine?" Tess asked and Liz turned to look at her.
"Why do you want to know?" Liz asked. "It wasn't that long ago you said that I was a whoring bitch and that Max would soon get fed up with me."
F. Max sat on the edge of the toilet seat and clenched his fists as the shock that hit his body turned into anger. Tess glanced at the bathroom before glancing back at Liz.
"I know, and I'm sorry." Tess replied. Liz shook her head.
"You're lying Tess, I can feel people emotions remember?" Liz stated as she picked up her jacket and pulled it over her shoulders. "There is no new guy you are interested in so I think I better go."
"Liz…" Tess started and Liz shook her head as she looked at Tess with tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry that I ruined your relationship with Max." Liz stated before hurrying out of the house.
Tess stood in the middle of the room, stunned at what just happened. F. Max came out of the bathroom and pinned her with a death glare.
"You called her what?" he snapped.
"It was an accident, it came out during one of our argument over the holiday!" Tess explained.
"Thanks to you we are back at square one." F. Max snapped. "You are giving her more reason to leave!" he ran a hand through his dark locks, frustrated.
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Liz reached Max's bedroom, she hurried in and threw herself on his bed; she curled up on it while clutching one of his pillow, sobbing into it. He sobs racked her body.
Isabel came through and felt that her heart was breaking at the sight of Liz crying on Max's bed.
"Lizzie?" Isabel asked as she went over to the bed and sat on the edge of the bed. Liz sat up and wiped her tears away. "What's wrong?" Liz broke down once more.
"I'm sorry for ruining your lives." Liz cried and Isabel pulled her into a hug, comforting her.
"Oh sweetie! You never." Isabel promised.
"I did!" Liz protested. "If it wasn't for me, everyone would be happy right now and no one would have gotten hurt."
"Liz, if you hadn't come, Max would have still been with Tess and extremely unhappy, Michael would still be lost and had no control over his powers, I would have still been wondering about our past lives and wondering who the fourth child was." Isabel promised. "Even Alex and Maria are glad that you came into our lives, they really love you."
"Really?" Liz asked and Isabel looked at her.
"Sweetie, what is causing these doubts, I thought Max had reassured you that everyone was happy that you were here." Isabel asked.
"He did but every time I looked at Kyle and Tess, I can feel their hurt and anger, especially Tess but I ruined her relationship with Max." Liz explained.
"Liz, I want you to ignore Tess, okay?" Isabel stated. "She is just licking her wounds because Max loves you not her. Max had never loved her and only save her when she was shot because that is the kind of guy he. I can tell you, if it was anyone else, Max would have saved them." Isabel promised and Liz nodded, still not convinced. "Go to sleep, you need it and as you are still upset, you're bound to be feeling confused." Liz nodded as she rested her head n the pillow and fell asleep. Isabel stayed with her until she was sure that Liz was sleeping before stepping out of the room. Her features harden into anger at Tess for upsetting Liz once more, especially after everyone told Tess to leave Liz alone.
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Max came into the house; he looked around before heading into the kitchen where he saw Isabel standing at the window, looking out of the window.
"Izzy?" Max asked, Isabel turned around, startled at hearing her brother's voice; Max immediately knew that something had happed. "What?"
"Liz came home, she was crying, she told me that she was sorry that she mess up her life and you don't need any guesses that who pushed her over the edge." Isabel stated.
"Damn it!" Max hissed as he slammed his fist into the wall. "I have had it! I'm fed up with Tess getting on to Liz for 'coming in between us' and with her upsetting Liz all the time."
"I managed to calm Liz down but if Tess keeps this up, she is going to drive Liz out of Roswell for good." Isabel spat out bitterly and Max nodded in agreement.
He made his way to his bedroom, he stepped in and stopped when he saw Liz sleeping, hugging his pillow with dried tear mark running down her face, an obvious sign that she had been crying.
"Max?" Liz whispered as she hugged the pillow tighter to her body, inhaling the scent of him that was on the pillow.
Max walked over to the bed and slipped under the covers, pulling her closer to his body. Liz turned to him and hugged him tight to her body. "You came back." Liz sighed with happiness and relief. Max felt his heart clench with anger as he realised what dream that Liz had and he thought back to his conversation with Isabel. He was going to have to do something about Tess as soon as possible.
Liz woke up and found herself in Max's arms. She sighed before snuggling herself deeper into his arms and burying her face into his chest.
"Hey sleepy head, how are you feeling?" Max asked as he kissed her forehead and she looked up so she could meet his eyes.
"I'm fine." Liz assured. "Izzy told you?" and Max nodded, confirming it and Liz nodded.
"Liz, this can't go on anymore, I'm getting tired with her getting on to you Liz." Max stated and Liz sighed.
"She's hurt." Liz excused, looking down. Max shook his head at his girlfriend before kissing her forehead. She kept making excuses for Tess but Max wasn't going to put up with it any longer. That was the last straw.
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"Damn! She really did that." Michael asked; he and Max were in his apartment, leaning at the counter, talking about Liz and Tess.
"Yeah, she did." Max confirmed, running a hand through his dark locks and Michael looked at him, wondering what Max was thinking.
"What are you gonna do?" Michael asked and Max looked up at him.
"I'm gonna kill her." Max grounded out in frustration, Michael just shot him a look, waiting for the real answer and Max sighed. "I don't know; I'm just getting fed up with Tess hurting Liz so much."
"Maxwell, you need to do something soon, you need to get Tess off of Liz's back as soon as possible." Michael warned. "We both know that Liz is strong, but she does have a limit to how strong she can be and Tess is doing her best to break Liz down."
"I know, but how do I get Tess of Liz's back?" Max asked. "I've told Tess and even showed Tess that I love Liz, not her but she doesn't seem to get the message."
Maria walked in, overhearing the conversation and smiled at Max.
"What you need to do it step it up a notch and fully show Tess how much you love Liz, and that includes a little show." Maria stated, Max and Michael looked at Max, interested and waiting for more while Maria just smirked.
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Max came bursting into the Evan's house and hurried into Liz's bedroom, Liz looked up from her book and watched Max, interested,
"I need your help with something." Max said to Liz, Liz just looked at him, waiting for more information. "To get Tess off our backs."
"What kind of plan?" Liz asked, Max just looked at her levelly while blushing and Liz caught on. "Oh!" she stated, wide eyes while her cheeks burned from blushing.
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"Hey guys, have any of you seen Max?" Tess asked as she walked into the Crashdown and saw that everyone was there. Alex looked at his watch before looking at Tess.
"He was here but he went home about an hour ago." Alex explained and Tess nodded.
"See you later." Tess stated as she headed out of the Crashdown, toward her car.
Everyone in the Crashdown looked at each other thinking, 'here we go' while crossing their fingers in hope that it would work, for Liz's sake.
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Tess walked toward the Evan's house, she could see that all the lights were off but Max's bedroom had a soft light shining through and she knew that he wasn't asleep. She walked over to the window and stood up, preparing to knock on it when the sight arrested her, stunning her in shock at the sight that was before her.
Max and Liz were in his bed, the covers pulled over their bodies. Liz had a leg over Max's waist while both of the chests were naked and pressed up against each other. Liz had her head resting on Max's chest, her eyes closed while her fingers ran themselves over Max's six pack while Max had his head resting on his pillow, eyes closed as he played with her hair.
Liz leaned up on her elbow as Max opened his eyes, both met eyes and smiled shyly before leaning into kiss, they kissed softly and gently, enjoying the feel of the other in each other arms.
Tess watched in a stunned shock as she watched them. It was obvious what had happened between them two in Max's room that night and she felt slightly hurt because she always thought that she and Max would be each other's first yet the realisation dawned on her. She wasn't in love with Max!
Tess pulled away from the window and pulled her jacket closer around her body as she went on her walk to think about what she had done. She had verbal and physical abused Liz because she was convinced that Liz was the obstacle in her and Max's love when in reality it was her standing in between Max and Liz.
She was the reason why Liz left Roswell in their other timeline and caused Liz to be raped by her enemies and maybe even Kyle. She made up her mind, she was going to let Max go and let her anger toward Liz go as well and move on with her life, leaving the past alone.
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Tess walked over toward the Crashdown and stood at the door, looking in the window. She saw Liz laughing and dancing with Maria, Alex and Isabel while Max and Michael were play arguing and laughing while watching the trio dance.
Tess picked up her cell phone and dialled a number before placing it near her ear.
"Hello?" a male voice asked.
"The deal's off Kyle. Max and Liz slept with each other so Max wouldn't believe us anyway, beside, I don't want Max anymore." Tess stated firmly into the phone.
"You can't back out of the deal!" Kyle snapped and Tess shrugged.
"I just did." She replied before hanging up the phone, walked into the Crashdown, and made her way over to Max.
Michael moved away and walked over to the others, leaving Max and Tess alone. Tess sat down next to Max and looked toward Liz.
"I can see why you love her." Tess remarked to Max and he chuckled.
"It's hard not to." Max stated as he watched Liz laugh at something Alex said to her.
"I just wanted to say that I'm really sorry for all the hard times I gave you about Liz." Tess stated and Max looked at her.
"Thank you but it's Liz who needs to forgive you." Max stated. "She was the brunt of your anger too many times." Tess nodded.
"I know." Tess whispered as she looked up at Liz, smiling happily as she danced with Maria.
Tess walked up to Liz and tapped her on the shoulder. Liz spun around and saw Tess, her smile faded as she regarded Tess warily, bracing herself for any angry words that might come out of Tess's mouth.
Max felt his heart break when he saw this, he knew that Tess had hurt Liz too much that even though Liz may forgive Tess, there will always be doubts surrounding Liz, no matter what.
"Yes?" Liz asked.
"Can I please speak to you?" Tess asked and Liz nodded, before moving toward a corner, Tress turned to face Liz and she sighed. "I just wanted to say that I'm sorry, I know that I hurt you by making remarks and making you have doubts about Max's faithfulness." Tess started, Liz just stayed quiet. "I was angry that Max had chosen you over me, especially after it took me along time to get Max to give in and let us be together then he suddenly wanted you and it hurt. I realised that I had taken my anger out on you was the wrong thing to do and I was holding onto something that didn't exist between Max and I. That I was holding onto Max for all the wrong reasons."
"I forgive you Tess." Liz stated softly, surprising Tess. Max was standing to the side, eavesdropping and he smiled at Liz's declaration, He knew that Liz had a huge heart and would be able to forgive easily.
"You forgive me? Just like that?" Tess stuttered and Liz smiled gently.
"I could feel how sorry you were that you hurt me." Liz stated. "Thank you and I forgive you." Liz gave in and leaned forward, hugging Tess before pulling away and walked off only to be pulled into Max's embrace.
Max looked at Tess over Liz's head, thanking her with his eyes before burying his face into Liz's hair. They could finally be together without hurting anyone.
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Tess walked home; she entered her room and saw F. Max sitting on her bed, he looked up and smiled gently at Tess.
"Thank you." He stated before slowly disappearing right in front of her eyes.
Tess just sighed happily as she looked out of the window where the V constellation winked at her. For the first time since Liz arrived in Roswell, she felt free and relieved.
Everyone was safe and Liz was alive and staying in Roswell where she would be happy.
The end.
TBC
Next: Copper Summit and Sean Deluca enters the Scene.
There you go, Tess got what she deserved and Kyle will get what he deserved later but not right now. Hope you liked this chapter, I think this was one of my favourite. Later guys and please leave reviews to tell me what you thought. In addition, it was nine pages!