Dear Journal,
It's September 5th 2000 and one of those days you wish you could crawl into bed and stay home. Well I did, I told my Mom I was sick and stayed home today, okay so it was sort of part of my mission. I visited Future Max to ask him some questions about the future and got some advice.
We see Sam sneak out of her house after everyone has left she takes her Mom's car that she's left for an emergency and goes to the Crashdown. Sam climbs up Liz's balcony and finds Future Max in regular clothing. His hair's pulled back and he still needs a good shave. But the clothes take Sam back a little he looks younger. Max looks up a bit startled when he sees Sam he smiles and puts down the book he's reading.
"Steinbeck?"
Future Max nods as Sam sits down across from him.
"Yeah, Of Mice and Men I haven't read it in ages."
Sam looks down and then back up.
"What happened Max, the real version."
Future Max looks across Sam's shoulder and then back down to her.
"Kivar came, he found out about you. He was looking for you, that's how I got Alex to finally tell me the truth. But it was too late, you had all gone off to college and, it just was too late."
Sam looked down, "I'm sorry."
Future Max nodded and then looked inquisitive.
"You're worried about what will happen, when you tell everyone?"
Sam nodded, "Yeah that and how many questions there'll be and what to answer and what not to."
Future Max shrugged.
"Follow your heart, where ever that takes you. What I've learned in the past fourteen years is that our memories are better left to come on their own. If they're forced then they may become incomplete and never fully develop."
Sam smiled.
"So, Sam what are your powers?"
Sam looked up, "I get visions, I also have a force field and the basics. Lucas has a mind warp."
Future Max looked up Sam nodded.
"Yeah he's Tess's, well Ava's brother, umm John can manipulate time, and Sandie is great at blowing things up and levitating them. She's Michael's sister."
Future Max nodded, "Wow Michael's got a sister that should make him happy."
Future Max looked sad for a second, and then tried to smile again. Sam felt there was a twinge of pain she hesitated asking Max to share anymore from the future.
"So, Max if Liz pulls this off the whole separating her from Max will you just like disappear?"
Future Max nodded, "Have they cured the common cold yet, where you're from?"
Future Max looked surprised and amused.
"Earth has been in the middle of a huge battle for three years. The common cold has been on the bottom of the list for some time."
Sam nodded, "Right."
Sam perked up as she remembered her chocolate cake and cherry coke with lime in it. She pulled out the can of cherry coke and the lime slices handed it over to Max with the chocolate cake and a bottle of Tabasco sauce. Future Max smiled.
"Uh, Liz left some sandwiches for me."
Sam nodded as Max opened the can and squeezed the lime in.
"But thanks, I don't think she got me any of this."
Max held up the Tabasco sauce. As Sam shrugged she got up.
"Well Max, I have to go get home before my brother rats on me. Good luck with Liz tonight, I guess it's round one of break your young heart."
Future Max half shrugged and smiled as Sam climbed down the balcony ladder to her mom's beetle.
We see Liz looking for Maria in the parking lot as Max approaches her from behind.
"Hey Liz."
Liz smiles but tries to hide it, she's been looking forward to seeing future Max at least she can be honest with him.
"Hi Max."
Max nods and digs his hands in his pockets.
"So did you hear about Tess and Kyle?"
Liz nodded, it had been going around school that Kyle and Tess were caught in the eraser room twice in once day. They were officially going out.
"Yeah pretty crazy huh."
Max nodded shyly.
"Yeah they beat our record I guess."
Liz turned bright red she flashed to, Sexual healing with Max in the eraser room, them making out like there was nothing else more natural.
"Yeah I guess."
"So about Saturday, what are you up to again?"
Liz tried to look for Maria but she still hadn't come out of the school.
"Oh, well we're gonna hang out over Sam's house maybe watch some movies or something."
Max nodded, "Sam's house right."
Liz caught on, "Well you can come if you want, I mean ya know all of you I guess Sam wouldn't mind."
Max perked up, "Really? Great I'll ask the others, so Sam's house umm 1:30ish right?"
Liz nodded as Maria approached and Max left walking backwards smiling at Liz.
"Maria could you have taken any longer?"
Lucas was slightly behind Maria it was apparent what had delayed her.
"What's going on Saturday?"
Liz smiled as she waited for Maria to open the doors to the Jetta.
"We're going over Sam's house to watch movies, and I just invited all the Czechoslovakians and one Kyle Valenti."
Maria nodded, "Were we supposed to do that?"
Liz shrugged as she got into the car, "I don't know but we should go see how Sam's doing before we get to work today."
Maria nodded, "Good thinking."
The two girls laughed and giggled their way to Sam's house. Her parents weren't home yet and they let themselves in past Mile's and up to Sam's room. They didn't knock thinking she was possibly napping.
Sam was however training her powers by intertwining her stuffed animals and catching them on her force fields trying to keep five going at once for longer than ten minutes.
As Liz and Maria walked into the room they saw five bears sitting on pink little force fields. Maria held the door open while Liz covered her mouth.
Sam looked over to her friends and dropped the shields her stuffed animals toppled to the floor. Maria closed the door and then her and Liz holding each other's hand sat right down where they stood.
Sam had the look of shock and embarrassment on her face.
"Okay, so you must be freaking out right now so."
Maria was mumbling to herself and Liz looked at her and then straight to Sam.
"Sam, you're?"
Sam bit her lip, "Gifted?"
Maria looked up, "We were thinking more like a Czechoslovakian."
Sam sat down right where she stood too and nodded.
"Yeah I am, and John, Sandie and Lucas."
Maria looked up and then towards Liz then back to Sam.
"Michael has ruined everything for me, I can't date a human no matter what now."
The fact that Maria could still joke was a good sign. Liz just looked straight to Sam.
"So I'm guessing you know then about everything and that's why you're here."
Sam nodded, "But I'm still me Liz I mean ask me anything I can prove it."
Liz shook her head, "Our Mothers were pregnant together, you had the mumps and gave them to me."
Maria looked up, "And you gave them to me Liz."
Sam chuckled then covered her mouth.
"We were genetically mixed with our Mother's egg and our alien DNA. The two were formed of course with a filler. That's why we're practically human, we can have blood tests and.."
Sam continued to tell Liz and Maria about everything she told all she knew except for her past and the whole thing with future Max and of course her feelings for Michael.
By the time she was done Liz and Maria were calmer and they all stood up together.
"So are you guys mad at me?"
Liz shook her head no along with Maria.
"Actually I'm glad, at least now they'll have more good guys to help out."
Maria agreed they all hugged and then went downstairs Miles looked up.
"Feeling better?"
Sam nodded and continued to walk her friends out to the door. Liz remembering about Saturday turned around fast.
"Oh I almost forgot um everyone's coming on Saturday."
Sam looked startled, "Everyone?"
Maria nodded and swung her purse, "The whole POD squad plus one Kyle."
Sam nodded Liz looked apologetic.
"Well that's when I was going to tell you, I guess I'll have to tell them then huh."
Liz nodded and looked sorry for Sam, she knew it wasn't going to be an easy task it was hard enough for Sam to tell her and Maria. And they were her best friends.
Liz and Maria kept giving each other glances during their shift Max had come in and sat down continuing to order the same cherry coke. He stayed until closing and Liz just looked at him as she went to put the chairs up.
"Well Max, we're closing now."
Max nodded and smiled.
"Liz?"
Liz stopped putting a chair up and looked over to Max.
"Yeah Max?"
Max stood up and walked over to her.
"I think we can be friends as long as we're honest with each other."
Liz nodded and swallowed hard, "Okay."
"So be honest with me Liz, do you love me?"
Liz looked into Max's eyes. She was closing on her own Maria had left to give her Max time she just knew it. In the corner of her eye Liz saw Future Max come down the stairs. He knew what was going on he could feel it.
Liz looked back at Max.
"Max I."
Max without waiting for her to answer grabbed her tight and kissed her. Liz got a stream of flashes, her and Max when they first met in elementary school. Max healing Liz in the Crashdown, Max telling Liz they can't be together at the Crash festival. Max kissing Liz for the first time on her balcony, Liz jumping off a bridge holding Max's hand.
When they parted Max held onto Liz's neck.
"I know you felt that, cause I felt that too. And I know that you want me to be safe, that's why you're doing this and maybe you're right. Maybe we don't belong together, but I don't belong with Tess, or anyone else. And if it's not you who I belong with then there isn't any point to my existence. I am nothing without you Liz, you're my heart."
Liz stood there and looked shocked at Max.
"Max we can't do this, I, I don't love you, I am."
Liz thought of Future Max how she felt for him was the same for Max she tried to transfer her feelings and to separate the two.
"I have feelings for someone else Max, I'm sorry."
Max looked hurt he didn't understand where Liz was coming from. He knew in his heart she was trying to protect him he backed out of the Crashdown distraught.
Liz turned around and there stood Future Max, Liz began to cry and she walked upstairs with Future Max not far behind her.
Maria had caught Max running out of the Crashdown torn. She led him to one of the tables outside to talk. Meanwhile Future Max was trying to console Liz. Who was crying over what she just said.
"I told him I'm in love with someone else."
Future Max looked down he tried to grab a tissue for Liz but his hand was disappearing through the box.
"It's working."
Liz cleared her throat, "So you're just going to disappear now?"
Future Max nodded.
Downstairs Maria was trying to get Max to talk about what happened with Liz.
"She said she's in love with someone else, but who Maria?"
Maria looked down and then back to her friend.
"Girlfriend, there is no-one else the girl is head over heels for you just give her some time, she thinks by doing this she's helping. She's just being Liz."
Max shook his head, "The way she said she was in love with someone else it was like she really meant it."
Maria looked at Max, "Look if there's one thing I know it's that Liz loves you she's all about you The Max Evans."
Max smiled.
Upstairs Future Max was re-appearing, he slammed his hand on the Kleenex box.
"It didn't work."
Liz shook her head, "what do we do now?"
Future Max shrugged, "We wait I'm thinking tomorrow night if we can keep you two away from each other that long then, I should go."
Liz looked over to Future Max and nodded.
"What happens tomorrow night?"
Future Max smiles and looks over to Liz.
"That's the night that things between us were consummated."
Liz looked shocked she turned bright red.
"Well we can't let that happen then."
Future Max nodded, "Right."
The two went inside and fell asleep fast.
What is it about two people in love that makes them so fascinating? I have no idea and yet I keep watching my soaps or dramas. It's as addicting as watching a train wreck sometimes.
