'Liz, Liz! Come on Lizzie, it's me Adam!'
'Adam?' asked Liz groggily. So it wasn't Max. She moved her legs thoughtfully and felt something sharp sticking into them, pins and needles? No it was too real for that. She lowered her hand to below her legs, gravel? What on earth was she doing on the ground in Adam's arms? Her mind began to attempt to work. She had been about to faint! Liz snapped open her eyes and sat bolt up right.
'Whoa,' she gasped as the world began to spin and her head began to throb. She grabbed at Adam to steady herself.
'Hey careful Liz!' said Adam with concern. 'OK I think we oughta get you home. Can you walk?'
Liz nodded gently, she didn't protest but she didn't really want to. The longer it took to get back to the apartment, the better. She couldn't face Max like this!
'Thank you,' she murmured to Adam as he helped her to her feet.
'No problem Chica!'
Liz laughed at his impression of Maria, trust Adam to make the world seem that little bit brighter. But as Liz turned her eyes in the direction of her apartment she felt the old feeling of despair settle on her again.
She looked at the tall, lanky boy walking next to her. He had dark, spiked up hair and a goofy face, in a way he reminded her of Alex... When they had met him a few years earlier, Maria and Liz had just been drawn to him as a result of this resemblance. And when they had become friends they discovered that he didn't only look like Alex, he acted like him too. Sure, he wasn't Alex, but he made the same kind of jokes and just seemed to begin to fill the gap that had been left in their lives when Alex died. He didn't replace Alex at all, no one could ever do that and Liz and Maria would never accept another person to be Alex but he helped to fill some of the void. And he was good in his own right too, he helped Maria out with her music and when Liz had hung around with them he had cheered her up for short times.
Liz smiled as she remembered those two weeks almost a year ago when they had hung around together. It had been her, Maria and Adam, just like it was with Alex, and Liz had felt happy! Really happy! But then there was that row with Maria and Liz had begun to bury herself in her work and their friendship had fallen apart.
She liked being with Adam, with him she felt she could be herself. With him she could be the normal, old Liz Parker, the girl who didn't believe in aliens, just your average small town girl.
Adam looked across at Liz and met her stare, 'So you like what you see?' he leered comically at her while waggling his eyebrows up and down..
Liz grinned at him, her face glowing. Adam smiled back at her, she was beautiful. Beautiful in every sense of the word, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes on and he loved her. As a friend of course. perhaps. But she had the 'taken' sign slashed all over her, and yet, he'd never seen her with a guy. She was always alone, always a brick wall and never, well, never the Liz Parker he knew.
He knew how concerned Maria was about her. He and Maria were still good friends, they were in the same music class, so Maria being Maria, she hadn't really given him a choice. Often, in music practicals he would accompany Maria on his Bass guitar, and at lunch times they would hang together. And so earlier that year Maria had begun to confide in him, he knew Liz wasn't happy and that she was ill, getting worse with every day. But there was nothing he could do!
Liz raised her hand again and rubbed her forehead. Stupid migraine, she thought.
Adam stopped in front of the front door and looked down at Liz, 'At least let me get you inside.'
Liz smiled sweetly at him. 'Sure, and thank you. Oh a few of our friends are staying so just ignore them. OK?'
'Sure thing Lizzie!'
Friends? Liz swallowed hysterical laughter, friends don't just leave you! She plunged the key into the lock and twisted it violently.
She pushed open the door to see three faces staring anxiously at her. Ignoring them she walked towards her bedroom, supported by Adam. When she got there she turned to face him. 'Thank you Adam,' she planted a soft kiss on his face.
'See you later Parker,' he answered a blush spreading into his cheeks. 'No more diving into gravel paths, OK.'
Liz grinned at him, her face softening for a second. A slight sound came from behind Adam and her face immediately glazed again, she turned again and walked into her room. Adam turned to look at the three visitors behind him, they all looked like they had seen a ghost.
'Alex?' whispered the girl.
Adam looked at her. Whoa, she's a goddess! He considered for a second whether throwing himself at her feet and screaming, 'We are not worthy,' would take him up in her esteem. But after a few second's thought he decided against it that was perhaps not the best way to go about it!
'Uh, no Adam,' He grinned at her, OK so that was slightly odd.
'I'm Max, that's Michael and Isabel.' said the tall dark boy. 'What happened to Liz?'
Ooo suspicious one this one. 'She's got a migraine. She fainted outside, so I brought her home. She should be ok soon, this happens every now and then.'
Max bristled, how come this guy thought he knew so much about Liz? He didn't! Max was the only one who knew Liz properly! But then Max stopped, no, he had known, but then he had left... He sighed, how was it that this stranger could bring out the real Liz, but he couldn't?
Adam looked at the group of people. They looked tired. and some how they looked familiar. What was it?
'Well I oughta get going. Tell Maria I dropped by. See you.'
Adam turned and walked out. He stopped outside for a moment, well this was an interesting development!
'Adam?' asked Liz groggily. So it wasn't Max. She moved her legs thoughtfully and felt something sharp sticking into them, pins and needles? No it was too real for that. She lowered her hand to below her legs, gravel? What on earth was she doing on the ground in Adam's arms? Her mind began to attempt to work. She had been about to faint! Liz snapped open her eyes and sat bolt up right.
'Whoa,' she gasped as the world began to spin and her head began to throb. She grabbed at Adam to steady herself.
'Hey careful Liz!' said Adam with concern. 'OK I think we oughta get you home. Can you walk?'
Liz nodded gently, she didn't protest but she didn't really want to. The longer it took to get back to the apartment, the better. She couldn't face Max like this!
'Thank you,' she murmured to Adam as he helped her to her feet.
'No problem Chica!'
Liz laughed at his impression of Maria, trust Adam to make the world seem that little bit brighter. But as Liz turned her eyes in the direction of her apartment she felt the old feeling of despair settle on her again.
She looked at the tall, lanky boy walking next to her. He had dark, spiked up hair and a goofy face, in a way he reminded her of Alex... When they had met him a few years earlier, Maria and Liz had just been drawn to him as a result of this resemblance. And when they had become friends they discovered that he didn't only look like Alex, he acted like him too. Sure, he wasn't Alex, but he made the same kind of jokes and just seemed to begin to fill the gap that had been left in their lives when Alex died. He didn't replace Alex at all, no one could ever do that and Liz and Maria would never accept another person to be Alex but he helped to fill some of the void. And he was good in his own right too, he helped Maria out with her music and when Liz had hung around with them he had cheered her up for short times.
Liz smiled as she remembered those two weeks almost a year ago when they had hung around together. It had been her, Maria and Adam, just like it was with Alex, and Liz had felt happy! Really happy! But then there was that row with Maria and Liz had begun to bury herself in her work and their friendship had fallen apart.
She liked being with Adam, with him she felt she could be herself. With him she could be the normal, old Liz Parker, the girl who didn't believe in aliens, just your average small town girl.
Adam looked across at Liz and met her stare, 'So you like what you see?' he leered comically at her while waggling his eyebrows up and down..
Liz grinned at him, her face glowing. Adam smiled back at her, she was beautiful. Beautiful in every sense of the word, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever laid eyes on and he loved her. As a friend of course. perhaps. But she had the 'taken' sign slashed all over her, and yet, he'd never seen her with a guy. She was always alone, always a brick wall and never, well, never the Liz Parker he knew.
He knew how concerned Maria was about her. He and Maria were still good friends, they were in the same music class, so Maria being Maria, she hadn't really given him a choice. Often, in music practicals he would accompany Maria on his Bass guitar, and at lunch times they would hang together. And so earlier that year Maria had begun to confide in him, he knew Liz wasn't happy and that she was ill, getting worse with every day. But there was nothing he could do!
Liz raised her hand again and rubbed her forehead. Stupid migraine, she thought.
Adam stopped in front of the front door and looked down at Liz, 'At least let me get you inside.'
Liz smiled sweetly at him. 'Sure, and thank you. Oh a few of our friends are staying so just ignore them. OK?'
'Sure thing Lizzie!'
Friends? Liz swallowed hysterical laughter, friends don't just leave you! She plunged the key into the lock and twisted it violently.
She pushed open the door to see three faces staring anxiously at her. Ignoring them she walked towards her bedroom, supported by Adam. When she got there she turned to face him. 'Thank you Adam,' she planted a soft kiss on his face.
'See you later Parker,' he answered a blush spreading into his cheeks. 'No more diving into gravel paths, OK.'
Liz grinned at him, her face softening for a second. A slight sound came from behind Adam and her face immediately glazed again, she turned again and walked into her room. Adam turned to look at the three visitors behind him, they all looked like they had seen a ghost.
'Alex?' whispered the girl.
Adam looked at her. Whoa, she's a goddess! He considered for a second whether throwing himself at her feet and screaming, 'We are not worthy,' would take him up in her esteem. But after a few second's thought he decided against it that was perhaps not the best way to go about it!
'Uh, no Adam,' He grinned at her, OK so that was slightly odd.
'I'm Max, that's Michael and Isabel.' said the tall dark boy. 'What happened to Liz?'
Ooo suspicious one this one. 'She's got a migraine. She fainted outside, so I brought her home. She should be ok soon, this happens every now and then.'
Max bristled, how come this guy thought he knew so much about Liz? He didn't! Max was the only one who knew Liz properly! But then Max stopped, no, he had known, but then he had left... He sighed, how was it that this stranger could bring out the real Liz, but he couldn't?
Adam looked at the group of people. They looked tired. and some how they looked familiar. What was it?
'Well I oughta get going. Tell Maria I dropped by. See you.'
Adam turned and walked out. He stopped outside for a moment, well this was an interesting development!