Chapter 2:

Liz stopped the car when she reached the red light and smiled when she looked over at her son, who was sitting happily in his car seat, in the passenger's side, facing the back of the seat, sucking on his dummy.

"Hi sweetie." She cooed and Zan turned to face her, he smiled at her from behind his dummy while Liz reached into the bag at the foot of the passenger's seat and pulled out a space rattle. She waved it in front of Zan, watching as Zan's eyes widen in fascination and held out his hand for the rattle. She handed it over to him and set the car in motion while Zan rattled the toy while keeping an eye on it.

Liz stopped when she reached the U.F.O Centre and switched the engine off as she took of her seatbelt and turned to Zan.

"Okay sweetie, let's go and see Daddy." Liz said as Zan gurgled while she took his seatbelt off and lifted him into her arms. Zan, immediately, dropped the rattle and took some of Liz's hair into his hand, playing with the strands. Liz bent over and picked up the rattle, settled it in the chair and picked up the bag before getting out of the car and locking the door. Zan rested his head on her shoulder, still playing with her hair as Liz hurried into the Centre to find Max.

Milton looked up when he heard the door opened and smiled when he saw Liz.

"Hey Liz." Milton greeted and Liz smiled back.

"Hey Milton." Liz greeted warmly and looked around. "Is my boyfriend hiding around somewhere?" she teased and Milton laughed.

"He is in the storage room, just head on." He stated and turned back to the display as Liz headed into the back room where she saw that Max had his back toward her. Liz smirked as she walked up to him, quietly and looked over his shoulder to see that he was reading a book.

"Slacking on the job are we." Liz asked, causing Max to jump and spin around, clutching his heart in fear. The look on his face was so comical that she burst out laughing. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you." Liz stated, her eyes telling him differently and Max mocked glared at her.

"Liar." He teased back affectionately before turning to their son, who was watching his parents. "Hey Zan." Max greeted as he took Zan into his arms and kissed his forehead.

"He missed his daddy today." Liz said and Max grinned as he kissed her on the lips. "I saw your mom today." Liz said and Max looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Really?" he asked and Liz nodded. "So what happened?"

"The usual, we got into a fight and she didn't like Zan's name, thought we would name him after you, which is ironic because he is named after you, then she didn't like the fact that we put Parker in beside Evans." Liz explained as she looked at Zan and Max felt his heart was breaking, he knew that she blamed herself for the gap between Max and his parents. She blamed herself for not making sure that the pill was working in the first place.

"Just give them time sweetie, they'll come round." Max soothed as he took Liz into his arms on the other side of Zan.

"I know; I just hate being the reason there's a gap between you and parents." Liz explained.

"Honey, there already were a gap between me and my parents due to my alien side, this is no different." He whispered and Liz shook her head.

"I know, I just wish that Zan can get to know his grandparents, I mean, my parents are dead so he won't get to know them, I just hope he'll get to know them first hand, not from pictures and from us." She confessed her fear.

"Everything will be fine, you'll see." Max promised and Liz nodded, laying her head on his shoulder, watching her son look around the room with interest.

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They all found themselves over at the Crashdown except from Isabel, Tammy was laughing at something Liz had told her while bouncing Zan on her knees when Isabel came barging into the Crashdown.

"Whoa! Where's the fire?" Liz asked as Isabel came bursting into the Crashdown, startling everyone.

"I have the most amazing news!" Isabel gushed and everyone sat up, waiting. "I'm getting Married!" she squealed, everyone looked at each other before looking at Isabel.

"And how long have you been keeping the relationship a secret for?" Kyle asked and Isabel stopped smiling as she thought about it.

"Since the end of summer. Isn't it great?" Isabel squealed once more as she thrusted out her left hand and let everyone see the diamond on the ring.

"Erm, yeah, I guess it is." Liz stated and everyone looked at her, she just shrugged. "Erm, Izzy, who are you marrying?" Liz asked.

"Jesse Ramirez." Isabel stated and Max bolted up from his seat.

"The new lawyer that's working for dad?" Max demanded and Isabel rolled her eyes.

"I'm eighteen years old, I can have a relationship with someone older than me." Isabel stated, rolling her eyes.

"Erm, how come we never knew about this relationship in the first place?" Michael asked.

"Because I wasn't sure if it was going to be a serious thing and it is, beside, dad would have lost it if he knew that his new lawyer was dating his eighteen year old daughter." Isabel explained.

"Well, I guess Congratulation is in order." Liz stated, puzzled and Isabel smiled at her.

"Thank you Liz." Isabel squealed as she hugged Liz before turning to everyone else. Everyone else just murmured and agreed, causing her to squeal and hug each one before hurrying out of the Crashdown to tell her parents.

"What just happened here?" Maria demanded.

"I think we allowed Isabel to get married to a guy we didn't even know she was dating." Tommy stated.

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"Guys, can you look after Zan for me?" Liz asked. "I have an errand to run, so I can't take him with me and Max is at work." Liz explained.

"Sure." Kyle agreed and Liz smiled.

"Thank you!" she replied before turning to Zan. "Mommy is going away for a little while. I'll be back soon." She stated as she kissed him. "Daddy will be home soon so you be a good boy for uncle Kyle and Mikey." Liz warned as she kissed him one more and handed him over to Kyle. "Max should get off work about in an hour or so, depending on what Milton wants him to do, there is a bottle of breast milk in the fridge so you just need to heat it up and check the temp by dripping some onto your arm, make sure it warm, not hot." Liz warned and they nodded.

Liz walked backward out of the Crashdown, waving her hand.

"How hard can it be to look after a baby?" Kyle asked Michael.

"Bye, bye sweetie, mommy loves you." Liz stated as Zan kept his dark eyes locked on her, curled, and uncurled his fingers in a goodbye.

The second Liz stepped out of his sight, tears filled Zan's eyes and he started to cry, startling Kyle and Michael.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Kyle asked Zan leaned forward, his arms out stretched, wanting Liz.

"Looks like he wants his mommy." Michael stated. Kyle started bouncing Zan on his knees.

"Hey, Mommy will be home soon." Kyle soothed but Zan just wailed harder.

"So, how hard can it be look after a baby?" Michael asked, repeating Kyle's question and receiving a glare in return.

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The boys found themselves in Liz's bedroom, Michael was rocking Zan while Zan sucked on his thumb while his other hand was curled around the T-shirt that the boys had wrapped him in, some tears slid down his cheeks but he was more calmer than before.

"Oh thank Buddha." Kyle praised as he slumped on the bed, exhausted from the events.

Max walked into the apartment and looked around for Liz.

"Liz?" he called out.

"In here Max." Kyle called out and Max headed into the bedroom with a confused look. "Liz had an errand to run so she asked us to baby-sit Zan for you." Kyle explained and Max nodded as he turned to Zan.

"Hey buddy, what's wrong?" Max asked as Zan out- stretched his arms, wanting his father. Max took Zan into his arms.

"He started crying the second Liz stepped out of his sight, we've only just calmed him down." Michael explained and understanding dawned over Max's face.

"We rarely leave him, he's always with one of us when the other is away, this is the first time both of us had actually left him with someone else." Max explained as Zan turned in Max's arms so he could bury his face into the crook of Max's neck, Zan inhaled the scent of Max before closing his eyes and going for a little nap, all the crying had made him sleepy.

Liz stepped into the room and saw Max-holding Zan, who was sound asleep and felt her heart melt at the sight of them together.

"Hey guys." Liz greeted as she walked in and kissed Max on the lips before trailing a finger down Zan's cheek. She turned to Kyle and Michael. "Why is he wearing my t-shirt?"

"He was missing you and the scent calmed him down." Michael explained.

"Did you feed him?" she asked.

"We tried but he refused to take the milk." Kyle explained and Max nodded.

"He has irregular feeding, we never know when he's hungry." Max explained and looked at the boys. "Will you be babysitting again?" he asked and laughed when both of them shook their head furiously.

"Nope, football on and we wanna see if the team is gonna win this game." Michael stated as both of them hurried out of the room, causing Liz to roll her eyes.

"He can't have been that bad." She muttered and sighed. "Anyway, I have to get back to work so I'll see you later." She stated before kissing Max on the lips once more and kissed Zan on his forehead before heading out of the building.

"Looks like it's just me and you buddy." Max whispered as he walked into the living room.

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"There you go buddy." Max stated as he handed Zan the bottle, Zan let one hand rest on the bottle while his other one curled around Max's index finger.

"Never in a million years I thought we would see this." A female voice teased and Max turned around to see Tess standing there with a teasing smile, Max laughed.

"Tell me about it." Max stated as Tess walked over and sat down across from them.

"He's adorable." Tess whispered and Max smiled. "How's he been doing?" she asked.

"He's sleeping through the night, which is a relief for Liz and it makes things easier for the both of us, the only times he cries is when he is hungry or when we leave his sight." Max explained.

"Huh?" Tess asked, confused by the last statement. Max stood up and handed her Zan, he walked out of the room and into the hallway, out of Zan's sight; causing Zan to start crying and let, his hands stretch out for Max.

Max stepped back into the living room and took Zan into his arms once more, causing Zan to calm down and settle back down for feeding.

"See what I mean? Liz or I have to stay in the room while the other one is gone otherwise, expect a flood and a headache." Max stated as he kissed Zan's forehead.

"Don't you and Liz have a connection to Zan?" Tess asked and Max nodded.

"Yeah we do, but it doesn't matter, if he can't see us, he'll cry till he sees one of us." Max warned dryly and Tess giggled. "So, What brings you up here?" Max asked and Tess sighed.

"It's Tommy." Tess stated and Max shifted in his seat, giving Tess his full attention. "He wants to know what the secret is." Tess explained.

"Oh." Max stated, understanding. "How do you feel about that?" he asked.

"I feel that I can trust him, that he'll be there for us but I know that Michael would never go for it, not after what happened to Alex." Tess explained.

"Let me talk it over with Liz, she's the one that has to give it the go-ahead then we can have a group meeting and talk it over." Max suggested and Tess nodded.

"Hello?" Liz called out as she entered the apartment.

"In the living room." Max called out and Liz headed into the living room, taking of her headband, she smiled when she saw Max and Tess sitting at the table.

"Hey." Liz greeted as she walked over, she kissed Max before taking Zan into her arms and stroked his back. "How's my baby boy?" Liz asked as she kissed him; Zan gurgled as he played with her hair before letting out a burp. "Hey Tess, what's up?" Liz asked,

"Nothing much, just stopped by to see this little cutie pie." Tess teased and Liz laughed as she shifted Zan.

"That reminds me, Tommy was by, looking for you." Liz explained and Tess nodded.

"Better go and find him to see what he wants." Tess stated as she stood up and walked off.

"Did I interrupt something?" Liz asked as Max stood up.

"She wants to tell Tommy the whole truth about us, you know, aliens." Max stated as Liz handed Zan back to him so he could continue feeding Zan.

"You know Michael won't allow it." Liz stated as they both headed over to their bedroom, Liz grabbed the middle of her outfit, ripped it apart and threw it on the bed as she headed over to the wardrobe.

"I know, I told her that we would have a group meeting and talk about it." Max explained and Liz nodded as she grabbed Max's t-shirt and a pair of her jeans.

"How do you feel about it?" Liz asked.

"I don't know, I mean, Tess feels that we can trust him, maybe you could check him out?" Max suggested as he settled himself on the bed, watching Liz changed while feeding Zan.

"Yeah, I can do that but it won't really give us a lot of information Max." Liz reminded and Max nodded.

"I know, but I just want to make sure we'll do the right thing." Max whispered, Alex's death forced it way through his mind and Liz sat down on the bed.

"We will." Liz whispered, knowing what Max was thinking.

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Liz saw Phillip acting weird outside his office; she noticed that he seemed to looking at his watch every minute until a car pulled up, he looked around before getting into it and driving off. Liz could see that the driver was a man and was curious about what was going on.

She walked over to the office and stepped inside the building, she looked around for the sectary and saw that she wasn't around before stepping into the main part of the area; she looked around before heading over to Phillip's office.

Liz walked into Phillip's office and looked around before hurrying over to the desk, she checked the drawers as she looked over at the board and noticed that there was another underneath the top one, curiously, she walked over and pushed the top board up, revealing the second board.

The second board came into view and Liz looked at it with stunned horror. On the top of the board was 'what is Max hiding?' with picture of Max underneath the title; on the left side of Max was a picture of Liz holding Zan. It was obviously taken by a P.I with her name next to it and on the right side of the board was Isabel's picture and a statement saying that she knew the truth, it hit Liz like a ton of brick and she fought to keep her revulsion under control.

Max's father was investigating them!

TBC

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Next chapter: Max has a showdown with his father.