Chapter 64:
The gang fell into a routine over the next month. They went to school, work, and hung out at the Crash Down. Liz was still working at the lab in Las Cruces and Max was missing her something fierce. Liz also so they decided to meet up the week before Halloween for a date. Max walked up to the Crash Down and saw Liz coming down the stairs in a flowery skirt and red shirt. Max smiled at her and took her hand. Mr. Parker waved them off with a smile on his face.
"Bye baby have a good time tonight", said Jeff.
Liz smiled at him and kissed his cheek.
"I will", said Liz walking out of the diner.
Max smiled at Jeff Parker and led Liz to Zan's car. He had asked Zan to borrow it so Liz didn't have to climb the jeep.
"How come you have Zan's car?", asked Liz looking at Max driving.
"I didn't want you to climb up high on the jeep step", said Max.
"In my condition?", laughed Liz.
Max rolled his eyes.
"I just don't want you to hurt yourself, Liz come on I'm not that bad", said Max.
Liz just giggled because he was that bad.
"I'm not", whined Max.
Liz just laughed harder.
"Between, you and Michael, god you even got Kyle, Alex and Zan doing it Max. Me and Maria feel like we are broken instead of pregnant", said Liz giggling.
Max just pouted which made Liz laughed harder.
"Oh my poor baby, I love how you pay attention to me and the baby Max sweetheart I love it", said Liz stroking his cheek.
Max just smiled at her. She smiled at him too.
"I love you baby, so much", said Max.
Liz smile widen she never got tired of hearing that.
"I love you too, Max", said Liz.
She took the hand closest to her and squeezed. He turned and look at her smiling.
"Yup this is the good life", said Max out loud without realizing it.
Liz just giggled at that.
"Why thank you Mr. Evans that does my ego some good", said Liz.
"Where are we going?", asked Liz.
"That my dear is a surprise", said Max smiling.
"Oh come on Max, please tell me", said Liz pouting.
Max just laughed at her and pulled her lower lip with his finger. Liz just giggled. She did that a lot lately. She was happy. Something she hasn't been in a long time. She has Alex back, these new group of friends, her old group of friends, and mostly important this new family that includes Max and her baby. She was happy.
"Did you hear that the Whits got a job playing the Halloween dance?", asked Liz.
Max nodded his head.
"Yeah Alex told me last week, he said he wanted you and Maria and even Serena to sing with his group", answered Max.
"I don't know Max, I'm not that good", said Liz biting her lip.
"What you're the best, you sang from your heart, don't you remember that night in Santa Fe?", asked Max.
"Yeah but I was singing to you then", said Liz smiling at him.
She remembered that night where she sang their song to him. It was a memorable night.
"You are going to be singing to me, I'll be there, so just concentrate on me if it makes you feel better", said Max uncertainly.
"Max don't doubt yourself you make me feel safe and singing to you, yeah that's a good idea", said Liz smiling and bringing his hand up to kiss his knuckles.
Max drove on and stopped his car in the middle of the desert.
"Max?", asked Liz looking around.
Max got out of the car and opened her door.
"Come, you trust me right?", asked Max.
Liz smiled and nodded her head, "With our lives", said Liz rubbing her stomach.
Max took her hand ad lead her to this clearing where Liz gasped at the nice dinner setting with candles and flowers on the table.
"Max", said Liz with tears in her eyes.
Max was used to her crying spells. She cried a lot lately but it didn't bother him because he knew why. Michael was having a hard time of it though. He looked panicked every time Maria started to cry. Max just wiped her tears with the napkins on the table. He loved her and he didn't mind the crying much. What worried him was the odd food she would crave. She had a thing for eggs and avocado that weirded him out but he just let her eat it. He didn't understand the fact that Liz being pregnant really turned him on.
"Damn", said Max looking at the huge imprint in his pants.
He really needed to stop thinking that way. Liz look down at what he was looking at and felt herself go wet when she noticed his aroused state.
"Damn Max don't do this to me", said Liz staring at him.
Max looked up and saw the passion in her eyes and pulled her to his body.
"Sorry baby, its that your so sexy, let's eat Liz", said Max kissing her softly.
Liz smiled and nodded. They sat down and had a romantic dinner and talked about what happen last week in school.
"Oh my god Serena is crazy", said Liz.
"God Pam was trying to get with my brother and you know Serena she is over-protective when it comes to him", said Max.
Flashback:
"I don't like that girl Zan she bothers me", said Serena glaring at Pam that was openly staring at her fiancé.
"I know just ignore her she is a just a harmless hoe", said Maria.
"Fine I just don't like her comments, man she called me bitch, dyke, and fat yesterday, she's lucky I didn't smack her", said Serena.
Zna just pulled her and kissed her soundly on the mouth making her moan. He pulled her into his lap and basically tongue her down. He pulled her away and smiled.
"You alright now", asked Zan.
Serena was so dazed she didn't even hear the question. Max just smiled at her.
"What?", asked Serena.
"Little brother I agree", said Max laughing.
Serena just smacked his arm. She reached out and tickled Max under his arm. Max laughed at tried to get away from her.
"Just like Zan, ticklish next to the ribs", said Serena at the squirming Max.
Liz reached on the other and began tickling him too.
"Stop, Stop I give", said Max.
The guys just laughed at Max trying to get away from both girls.
"I got you bro", said Zan reaching out and tickling Serena making her laugh loudly.
Pam glared at Serena from the courtyard. She was angry that Zna refused to give her the time of day. Today that was going to change. Zan or Max whichever will be her man. Serena kept laughing while Pam glared. The bell rang signaling the end of lunch. Zan and Serena walked to their afternoon class with Max and Liz since it was biology. They went to biology and the 40 minute class ended with a quiz.
"How did you do?", asked Zan wrapping his arm around Serena who was sipping a soda.
"I read the book last night," said Liz with Max walking with her hand in his.
Pam saw her oppuntunity and ran up to Zan pushed him up to the locker and kissed him in front of everyone. Serena looked in shock and so did the rest of the whole student body. Serena snapped out of it and pulled Pam off her man and smacked her.
"You bitch", said yelled Serena.
She looked at the can of soda and poured the soda over her blond locks. Pam looked shocked. Liz looked mad at Pam.
"You bitch", yelled Maria walking down the hall.
Michael was trying to keep up to Maria to hold her back.
"Look you inflated Barbie, I'm not going to repeat this again, stay away form my man, got it", said Serena pouring the rest of her coke down Pam Troy's bra.
"That goes for all of you", said Serena looking at Pam's friends.
They looked scared at the look that look that Serena was giving them and they nodded their heads.
"I could whip your ass, but your not worth it", said Serena grabbing Zan's arm and kissing him on the mouth.
"Learn bitch he is mine, got it ", said Serena with her violet eyes blazing.
"What is wrong with you, get your own man", said Maria rolling her eyes Pam.
They started to walk away when Pam pulled Serena down to the ground by her pony tail. Serena shocked her by flipping off the ground and knocking her on her ass. Serena punched Pam in the face and continued to do it until she felt Zna pulling her off Pam's body.
"You fucking bitch, I'll get you", screamed Serena.
"Calm down Serena baby look at me", said Zan pulling Serena down the hallway and away from Pam Troy.
"Why did she do that? Zan, I'm your fiancé why did she do that", said Serena crying.
"Oh baby look at me, I love you I love you only you do you understand", said Zan taking her beautiful face in his hands.
Zan looked at her tears and wiped them away. He kissed her mouth slowly drawing her out. Serena wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his body closer to hers.
"Zan", moaned Serena but broke away from him when she heard Maria clear her throat.
"Having fun", said Maria but then she spotted Serena's tears.
"Serena are you okay", asked Ava also noticing her tears.
She had heard about Pam's stunt and ran down the hall with Maria.
"I'm fine", said Serena.
Her girls came up to her and hugged her in a four way hug.
"I wish Izzy was here", said Serena.
"Alright can I have my girl back", said Zna pulling Serena into his body and kissed her getting lost in her embrace.
"Dude we are in school", said Kyle but neither Serena nor Zan heard him.
"Yup just like Max and Liz", said Alex.
"Hey", said both Max and Liz.
Max shrugged his shoulders and pulled Liz into him and did what his brother was doing to Serena kissing his fiancé and soon to be wife. Everyone rolled their eyes and started walking to class.
End of Flashback
"It hurt her", said Liz.
"Serena is insecure sometimes, I don't get it though she is beautiful and kind what's up with that?", asked Max.
"Some guy she used to go out with treated her like shit and she used to believe the garbage that came out his mouth, she told me that it was a little after losing Zan and she was drinking and basically he played on her depression, I think it still stayed with her", answered Liz.
"Damn I didn't know that, we didn't see that when we did memory retrival with her", said Max.
"Maybe it was something that she deeply hid form everyone, I didn't know she drank so much that her mother made her go to therapy, she told us girls at one of our sleepovers though, Ava knew but Serena was already to deep" said Liz with a sad expression on her face.
Max saw this and reached out and took her hand.
"Your sister is fine now and my brother loves her and will never betray her, now I understand why doing that thing in Nevada was so hard for her, it was like her nightmare come true", said Max.
Liz nodded her head and said, "What do you think of us girls singing when Alex's band takes a break at the Halloween party? ", said Liz eating her chicken that Max prepared rather what Serena prepared.
Serena had a knack for cooking and the Evan's kids could be sometimes found at her house when their mother wanted to make dinner an adventure by trying a new Martha Stewart dish.
"That sounds cool, why don't you ask Alex, you guys were good", said Max loving the dish of wild rice, chicken and that Serena prepared.
"Will you sing with me?", asked Liz shyly.
Max looked surprised.
"You really want me too?", asked Max.
"Yeah we sound good together", said Liz smiling at him.
"I don't know Liz, but if you want me to", said Max.
"I want you to, Max", said Liz.
Max nodded his head and got out of his chair and reached for Liz.
"Dance with me", said Max.
"There is no music", said Liz.
"We can make our own music", said Max pulling her smaller frame against his body.
Max started humming softly Enrique Iglesias's Hero in Liz's ear. They rocked back and forth gently. Liz looked up at him and kissed his mouth softly.
"I love you Max forever", said Liz.
"I love you too, baby forever", said Max then continued to sing the song softly in her eyes.
Liz felt that she was being lifted off the ground.
"Liz?", asked Max.
"Umm?", replied Liz.
"We are floating", said Max.
Liz looked down and noticed that they were floating at least off the ground.
"I guess we are", said Liz laughing and made them hit the ground.
"Look at what made me do, you made me want to touch heaven", said Liz giggling.
Max just laughed and pulled her into a kiss.
"Well Ms. Parker you make me want to touch the heavens too", said Max.