Hey guys, this was originally suppose to be two parts, one with Alex leaving and one with Alex returning but I got a major mind block on how the party should be so I thought I just have Alex returning. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Oh BTW, the songs on the last chapter are
Accidentally in love by Counting Crows – Great song!
Keep on moving by Five.
They do not belong to me!
Chapter 17: Alex returns from Sweden.
"No hugs from my best girl?" a male voice asked from behind Liz, Liz shut her locker door and turned around only for her face to break into a huge smile, happiness shone through her eyes.
"ALEX!" she squealed, jumping into the tall boy's arms and hugging him tightly. "I can't believe you're back!"
"I'm back and ready to play." Alex stated as he hugged Liz back and led her to their science class.
"Everyone is going to freak out when they see you again." Liz predicated and Alex laughed as he entered his chemistry class only to step back out with Maria wrapped round him and gave him a huge hug.
"Hey Ria." Alex choke out between breathes. "Oxygen is a necessary thing."
Liz laughed as she made her way over to Max's side and kissed his cheek in greeting.
"Glad to see that Alex is back." Max stated and Liz smiled as she sat her books down before looking toward the door where Alex was having to carry Maria in to the room, due to the fact she wouldn't stop hugging him, causing giggles from the class.
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"Did you have a good time in Sweden?" Max asked Alex, the gang was sitting on the table in the middle of the quad, having their lunch.
"Yeah it was great to see some new things and try new things out, I did miss Roswell a bit though." Alex stated as he stole a fry from Maria's plate.
"So what did you do?" Liz asked.
"Erm, I went snowboarding, we checked out the schools and the buildings they had." Alex stated.
"We?" Isabel picked up and everyone looked at Alex with his or her curiosity piquing.
"Leanne, I met a girl over at Sweden, she was one of the helper and we kinda got involved." Alex stated vaguely. Liz smirked as Isabel's eyes flared slightly with jealousy as Liz turned to Max and kissed him.
"Are you working today?" Max asked when the kiss finished; everyone was asking Alex some questions.
"No, no shift today, why?" Liz asked.
"I was wondering if you would like to come out on a date with me." Max asked, kissing her in between each word.
"Hmm, give me a good reason." Liz stated and Max grinned as he bent down and kissed her gently and softly. Liz sighed when the kiss broke. "Okay." She replied and Max smiled down at her before kissing her forehead and turning back to answer Michael's question.
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"How come you and Alex seem to be just friendly?" Liz asked Isabel as they entered the Evans' kitchen, Isabel sat at the counter while Liz went into the freezer and pulled out a tub of ice cream, two spoons and Tabasco sauce; Isabel shrugged.
"I don't know, I mean, I thought we were friends but it just feels like we are just being polite to each other now." Isabel stated as Liz sat down and pulled off the lid so they both could tuck into the savoury desert. "Anyway, where are you and Max going for your date tonight?"
"It's a surprise, he wants me to dress up nice and meet him at the door at eight." Liz stated and Isabel nodded.
"Do you know what are you putting on?" she asked.
"My short black skirt and my red halter top with my high heels, I'm just curling my hair." Liz stated and Isabel sighed, finally giving into the urge.
"What do you think of Leanne?" she asked and Liz smirked.
"Well, I never thought I see the day where Isabel Sarah Evans is jealous." Liz teased, Isabel blushed, and Liz sighed. "Well, Alex didn't seem to think it's serious, he did say that he got involved with her at Sweden, he never said anything about still having a real relationship with her." Liz explained, Isabel nodded, and Liz sighed. "Isabel, if you like Alex you need to go for the relationship, you can't hide forever."
"I know, but I just can't help but feel that if I get involve with him, something will happened. I mean, look what happened to Grant!" Isabel exclaimed.
"Isabel, you had no idea Grant was possessed by the Gandarium!" Liz shot at her and sighed. "Just think about Isabel, you never know if it will turn out alright unless you go for it."
"Was I like this in my past life?" Isabel asked and Liz laughed slightly.
"Yeah, you were the same, there was this guy that you really liked but you were too scared to get involved with him, his name was Rylo, you liked him a lot but it never went any further because you were scared." Liz stated and Isabel smiled slightly, it was nice to hear something nice about her past rather than her 'betrayal' she desperately wanted to ask Liz if she betrayed them all but was scared of Liz's reaction.
"How are your Empathy powers?" Isabel asked.
"I've finally got them under control thank god! I can tune out people and tune them in so I get a break from reading people's emotions, which is really thankful." Liz muttered the last one and Isabel laughed, she knew what it was like to freak out having a new power and not know how to control it.
"What was Vilandra like?" Isabel asked and Liz smirked.
"Know how Michael can do the itches?" Liz asked and Isabel nodded. "Well, that was Vilandra's power in the other life time, she even bugged Zan once because he annoyed her, during his and Lilly's ritual walk, they were getting engross with each other and the itches came right on. She had so much control over it that she could time it when to come on." Isabel laughed out right, enjoying the image.
"God, do I wish I had that power now? It certainly would have made a great pay back to Max and Michael when they bugged me when I was younger." Isabel stated and Liz laughed.
"You know, I saw this picture of Max in his boxers covered in mud, I asked him about it but he went red and started mumbling about something before kissing me and making me forget the whole conversation, what happened?" Liz asked and Isabel laughed as the memory came back to her.
"He broke one of my Barbie so I pushed him into a huge puddle of mud, Mom was stunned to see her baby boy covered in mud and me fuming with my arms crossed." Isabel explained and Liz laughed.
"Oh god, do I wish I had seen that?" Liz asked, wiping the tears away from her eyes.
"You know there was this time when he left the toilet seat up in the middle of the night and I was the one who fell through the seat." Isabel stated and Liz looked at her shocked.
"What happened?" she asked.
"The usual, I laid into him and hit him with my Barbie dolls, I'm pretty sure he still has the bumps from them." Isabel stated and they both cracked up laughing again.
"That's why he glowered at the Barbie dolls that I found in the boxes when I was looking at pictures, I asked him why he hated them but he just walked out of the room, muttering about how dangerous a doll could be when in the wrong hands." Liz explained and Isabel laughed her head off.
"I bet he did!" Isabel agreed as they both tucked into the ice cream once more; enjoying each other company.
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"Are you ready yet Liz?" Max called out, Liz looked into the mirror and smoothed down her skirt, she was wearing the red crisscross halter-top and her short black skirt, she wore black tights and her black high heels, her hair was wavy, just the way he loves it, she had red lip gloss and a hint of eye shadow. She sighed as she picked up her jacket, took a deep breath and headed out of the room, toward Max.
Max watched as she came out of the room, his mouth watered at the sight of her in his favourite top and her hair down the way he liked it, he felt his heart thump heavily when he saw her skirt ride up every movement she made and he felt a stirring in his loins."Damn." He cursed under his breath, grateful that his shirt was covering him so she couldn't see it but he saw her smirk and realised that she knew the effect she had on him. "You are liking this aren't you?" Max asked; Liz just smiled innocently with a shrug while mischievous danced in her eyes.
"Hmm, maybe." Liz teased back and Max kissed her hard on the lip before wrapping an arm around her waist and leading her out of the door toward the jeep. "So, where are we going?" Liz asked and Max smiled.
"Now, that is a surprise." Max stated and Liz smiled as she got into the jeep.
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Liz stepped out of the vehicle, confused about her surrounding.
"Max, we are in the dessert." Liz stated and Max nodded with a smile, he held out his arm for her to take, she looked at him with amused curiosity before slipping her hand into his arm and letting him guide her to wherever he was taking her. They rounded the corner of a cliff and stopped when the scene came into view, Liz gasped.
In the middle, there was a small table with two chairs and a white cloth over it, onto laid candles, all lit and a white rose and on the ground laid a blanket and a food basket. That wasn't what made her gasp though, it was the sight, there was a huge lake right beside the table and as it was dark and the stars filled the sky, it reflected off the lake, making it seem like that they were surrounded by the stars. That they were in space.
"It's beautiful!" Liz gasped and Max smiled as he led her over to the table, he pulled out the chair and let her sat on it before pushing it back in, he snapped his finger and music started playing, she felt her eyes tear up when Dido, Here with me sang across the lake. "When did you do all this?"
"I did all this, this afternoon, Maria helped me to pack the food." Max explained as he bent over and picked up the basket, he sat it on the table and pulled out the food.
Liz giggled when she saw the strawberries and rolled her eyes. "Figures Maria would add this in." Max muttered and Liz smiled up at him as he finished unpacking the basket.
He sat down and both of them tucked into the delicious meal that Maria had packed for them and enjoyed being with each other, for once they could relax and be together without anyone getting to them.
Soon they found themselves on the blanket, full from the food.
"What do we do now Mister Evans?" Liz asked and Max smirked as he looked over at the lake and smiled down at her.
"Come on!" Max stated as he stood up; Liz watched him with curious eyes then widen as he started stripping himself of his clothes.
"Max! What are you doing?" Liz demanded.
"Skinny dipping." Max stated as he pulled his trousers down, kicking off his shoes and pulled his trouser off and his socks off. He let out a whoop before running toward the lake and diving right into it, with Liz watching him, dumbfounded.
Max broke the surface and wiped the water from his face. "Come on in, the water's great!" Max called out, Liz rolled her eyes before giving in, stripping her clothes off until she reached her underwear, she ran over to the edge, and jumped in too, she burst through the surface and splashed Max with the water.
"It's freezing!" she exclaimed and Max laughed as he swam over to her, he linked their hands together and lifted it above the water, soon a glow covered both of their hands and Liz felt the water heating up. She smiled at him as he moved in closer and kissed her.
"Better?" he asked and she smiled.
"Much." She whispered back, she looked around and smiled brightly. "It feels like we're floating among the stars." She whispered and Max smiled as he kissed her once more as she wrapped her arms around his neck, both of them just floated and stole kisses, enjoying their time together.
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"Thank for doing this Max." Liz whispered, they were lying on the blanket with another blanket on top, Liz had rested her head on his naked chest, Max was stroking back her hair while his other hand was running up and down the arm that was over his chest. Liz looked up. "I really needed it." Max kissed her forehead.
"I love you Liz." Max whispered and she smiled up at him.
"I love you too Max." She whispered back and rested her head back on his chest, both of them looking up into the star filled sky.
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Alex turned up at the Evan's house the next day and was in the kitchen, waiting for Liz to get ready.
"So, we're going Maria's house to collect her." Alex asked as Liz walked into the kitchen, pulling her hair into a ponytail.
"Yeah, then we are heading over to my old house and we can set up the screen and watch the slide show." Liz stated as she headed over to the fridge, pulled out the bottle of orange juice, and pulled down two glasses and a bottle of Tabasco sauce.
"How did your date go last night?" Alex asked as Liz poured the juice out and handed him one of the glasses and pour Tabasco in the other.
"It was so romantic, he gave me a single rose and we went swimming in the lake, it felt like we were swimming among the stars!" Liz exclaimed; her eyes bright with happiness and love and Alex smiled at the sight.
Isabel came out, brushing her hair and she stop short when she saw Alex.
"Oh hey Alex." Isabel stated.
"Hey Isabel." Alex stated with a nod and the phone rang.
"Oh, I'll get it, I'll get it." Liz stated as she hurried over to the wall and picked it up. "Uh, hello. Oh, yeah, hi, Jim. Um, yeah, of course. Hold on one second." Liz stated as she put her hand over the mouthpiece and turned to Isabel. "Isabel, it's for you." Isabel looked at her curiously before taking the phone.
"Hello? Aw, man. Yeah, okay, I'll be right there." Isabel assured with a nod and she hung up the phone.
"Isabel, is everything okay?" Liz asked and Isabel nodded.
"Yeah, um, sure. Valenti just needs me to do something for him. I am so sorry." She stated and they nodded.
"Don't worry about it." Alex assured.
"Maybe we can do this some other time." Isabel asked and Alex nodded, not at all bothered.
"Yeah, yeah, just let me know when it's good for you." Alex stated and Isabel nodded.
"Well, I think your trip really agreed with you. You look great." Isabel noticed and Alex nodded.
"Thanks. Yeah, I feel great. See you around." Alex dismissed and turned back to Liz.
"Yeah, see you guys later." Isabel stated as she headed out of the room.
"See ya." Liz called back and looked at Alex, wide eyes. "Impressive." Liz stated and Alex rolled his eyes as Max came out, pulling on his yellow vest.
"I've to go into work, one of the guys called in sick, sorry Alex." Max explained and Alex shook his head.
"No problem, we can do it another time." Alex assured and Max nodded.
"How about tonight, we are all suppose to be staying over at Liz's house tonight?" Max asked and Alex nodded.
"Sure, that gives me more time to have gossip talk with Liz." Alex smiled and Liz laughed as Max picked up the glass of orange and Tabasco and drank half of it before kissing Liz on the lips and hurrying out of the house. "Right Parker, let's go and pick up Deluca." Alex stated and Liz nodded as she drank the other half of the drink before pulling on her jacket and they both headed out of the house.
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"Maria, are you here?" Alex called as he and Liz went into the DeLuca's kitchen and stop short when they saw Jim standing there with his shirt off, his belt unbuckled and his jeans unbuttoned but zipped up, holding a turkey baster. "Ooh, cooking?" Alex asked and Liz stifled her snickers.
"Maria isn't here." Jim stated and they both nodded as they hurried out of the house.
"What are they doing to that poor equipment?" Alex demanded.
"Don't know but I can tell you one thing, won't be eating any turkey there for thanksgiving and Christmas." Liz muttered as they hurried down the pathway, trying very hard no to break out into laughers.
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"So you've been trying to decode the books." Alex asked as he and Liz got her balcony set up so they could view the pictures of Alex's trip.
"Yeah, we want to know what it has written in it so we can be better prepared and to find out what the Granolith does." Liz explained as she sat down the bowl of popcorn while Alex took a sip of his orange crush.
"How did you try and decode the book?" Alex asked.
"By using our powers, the crystals, even some of the stuff that Milton has stored in his backroom but nothing works." Liz explained.
"Computer?" Alex asked and Liz grinned.
"Needed to wait till our favourite hacker came back and use the computer for us." Liz teased and Alex beamed.
"And I'm your man." Alex stated; Liz rolled her eyes.
"I think someone would disagree with that." Liz pointed out.
"If you mean Max, I'll make sure that he knows I'm kidding." Alex panicked and Liz raised an eyebrow.
"I was thinking of a different Evans, one with long blonde hair and brown eyes." Liz described and Alex sighed causing Liz to look at him. "What is it?"
"I don't think Isabel and I are going to get together." Alex stated.
"But you love Isabel!" Liz protested.
"Yeah I know, but I have to move on Liz, I can't wait forever." Alex explained and Liz nodded, understanding.
"So what are you going to do?" She asked, Alex shrugged, not having a clue. They both settled down on the lawn chairs and wrapped the covers around them as they picked up the bowl of popcorn. Alex started the slides and they watched as each pictures came on.
"Ok. This is my host family, the Olson's, and they live in Uppsala which is just north of Stockholm, and that is Johan, Gustav, Rebecca, Matthias, and little Kiki." Alex introduced and Liz smiled, Alex clicked on the remote and a picture of Alex and a blonde girl came up.
"Ok. Spill." Liz stated and Alex smiled slightly as he scratched the back of his head.
"That's Leanne. Her and me have a long distance thing going.
"That was pretty smooth playing it cool with Isabel this morning. I think her interest was piqued." Liz teased and Alex sighed.
"Well, you know what? Isabel is great, but lusting after her is something the old Alex Whitman would do." Alex stated as he pressed the button once more and a picture of a mountain came up. "The new Alex Whitman snowboarded on that very mountain...almost broke his wrist." Alex stated and Liz looked at him, wide eyed.
"Do I know you?" she asked and Alex laughed.
"Uh, well, yeah...yeah, you do. But I know what you mean. Sometimes I look in the mirror and I don't recognize myself." Alex admitted to Liz and they both smiled as Alex advanced to the next slide, the picture of the northern lights cause her to gasp in awe.
"Oh, my God." She whispered and Alex smiled at the young woman beside him.
"Yeah, the northern lights. I can't describe it. Basically, what it is you're looking up there, and you're actually seeing electrons from the sun colliding with our atmosphere in every colour you could possibly imagine. Really makes you realize what a big world is out there. All these...all these possibilities. All these...new experiences. Life. It's all just there...waiting for us. You really gotta travel, Liz. It's the most amazing thing." Alex pushed gently and Liz sighed.
"Yeah. Someday." She whispered, wondering when that will be and if the four of them will ever be able to live their lives free of danger. Alex nodded, understanding what she was thinking.
"Right. When there's not so much going on." Alex stated and Liz smiled at him, thanking him.
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Liz headed down the stairs to the backroom of the Crashdown, she went to grab some juice when she heard a noise and turned around and faced the person who sneaked into the backroom with her.
"What are you doing here?" Liz demanded. "I thought I told you to stay away!"
"It's time." The guy hissed with a smile and Liz looked at him confused.
"Time for what?" Liz asked as she took a step back as the guy stepped forward. The lights went out and the only noise was Liz's screams.
TBC
Ooh, cliffy, sorry for leaving it there but I had to, Bet you are thinking that this is part of Liz's betrayal, now is she really a traitor or not? Up to you guys to decide. Leave a review and let me know.
Until next chapter: Payback time.
See you on Sunday, but if I get really, good reviews and people are desperate to know what is happening, I might – Might- put it up on Friday, depending on how evil I'm feeling. Later people!