Chapter 29

Liz

Here I am, lying on the hospital bed, my bruises and cuts have gone down much to the satisfaction of my doctor and my bones are healing perfectly. I know that Max is happy to see my face turning back to normal. The doctor had refused to let everyone come in and see me, fearing that it would upset my resting time; so far the only people I have seen are Max, Mr. Valenti and Mr. Evans. I saw Tammy for a brief time, I let her know that I wasn't mad at her for telling Max and that, in fact I was glad that she did.

Today is the day when my doctor is letting everyone in to see my, I, desperately, want to see all my friends, the people who have become so close to me that we're like family. I missed Isabel's bitchy attitude, Tess's sassiness, Kyle's Buddha talk, yeah that's right, you heard me correctly, Alex's goofiness, Michael's stupid remarks he makes when he gets uncomfortable and tries to make you feel better and Maria's bubbly smile and chatter.

Max has been brilliant through the whole ordeal, I know he is still trying to cope with the fact that he was going to be a father, he told me that Isabel was delighted that she was going to be an aunt only to be devastated when she found out that I lost the baby. Diane and Phillip were stunned that I was pregnant, they never got over that before finding out that I lost the baby, he told me that his mother was crying that I had lost her first grandchild at the hands of my parents and vowed that they will do whatever it took to keep me safe. They were even thinking of adopting me but as I'm eighteen, there is no point and I already view them as parents in my eyes and heart they let it go.

Oh, I can still have children; both, Max and I were delighted when we found out that I could still have children with him.

"Lizzie!" a female voice squealed, I turned and smiled when I saw the gang standing the door way then laughed when I saw Alex tangled up in balloons.

"Hey guys." I replied and they all came hurrying into the room, hugging me as hard as they could, I wasn't complaining, I thought I was going to lose them when I was on death's door so I was hugging them back as hard as I could. They had brought me gifts and brought over the stuff that the other students at the school had given them to pass on to me. Roswell is a small town you know.

"You feeling better?" Michael asked and I smiled.

"I'm feeling great, Max has been great through everything." I assured him and he nodded.

"Where is Max anyway?" Kyle asked and I shrugged.

"He said that he had something to do." Tammy informed as she sat on the bed next to me,

"Where could he be?" Isabel asked and Tammy shrugged once more, not having a clue.

"Anyway, while we are waiting for Max, who wants some sugary junk food?" Tess asked as she upended the bag on to my lap.

On my lap, there were packets of crisps, jelly sweets, chocolates you name it. I squealed happily.

"Oh you are a god send!" I exclaimed to Tess as I picked up a packet of mars bar, the other started looking through for a sweet they like. Being stuck in hospital with only hospital food had really put me off eating that Max had to resort to bringing in food from the house and the Crashdown so I would eat.

"No problem, Max told me that you were complaining about the lack of food they had in here and I thought why not." Tess informed.

"Thank you." I told her and she smiled.

"Just you wait till you get out of here, you, me, and the rest of us girls have one big date with Ben and Jerry." She told me and I smiled.

"Can't wait." I told her.

"So, how come you never told us?" Maria asked once everyone was settled and I sighed.

"I was scared, I thought that you would agree with my parents and would hate me too." I admitted, I held up my hands when I saw them all rush to reply and smiled softly. "I know that you wouldn't hate me, at the time, the fear and the thought that I had killed my sister was pretty much programmed in me. Max and Tammy managed to sooth my fears that you wouldn't hate me." I told them and they nodded.

"Good, the next time when something like this happens again, no matter what, you better tell us." Michael stated and I nodded.

"Yes sir." I told them and Alex smirked.

"Maybe she hit her head a little harder, she's acting like Tammy." He stated and Tammy reached over and hit Alex in the shoulder.

"That's my girl you are talking about." Jake stated as he hit Alex's back and Alex rolled his eyes.

"Okay, come on, give me a break!" he exclaimed. "Sorry for trying to lighten up the mood a little." He muttered and we all laughed, just enjoying ourselves with our friends.

I'm still wondering where Max is though.

Max

I can't believe that I'm doing this but I have to, I need to put it to rest or it will continue to eat away at me. I sighed as I rested my head on the wall as I leaned back in my chair. I'm in the sheriff's station, waiting for the go ahead to go and see the Parkers.

I know I shouldn't be here but I need to tell them what I think of them and what they did to Liz and our child. They had hurt Liz so much that she still forgives them but to rob our child's life, that's is unforgivable. I know Liz wants to hate them but she has a huge heart, it's one of the things I love about her but it doesn't mean I can't take over for her.

Jim came out and looked at me. I stood up and walked over to him.

"You can go in now. Come out when you are finished." He told me and I nodded. I know that he wants a piece of the Parkers after what they did to someone who he saw as a daughter but it would mean at the expense of his job and we all knew that Liz would be upset if he lost it over her.

I stepped into the room, Jeff and Nancy was sitting at the table; they looked up when they heard me enter.

"Why have you requested to see us?" Jeff asked. I sat down on the other side of the table and looked at them.

"Why did you beat up Liz?" I asked, not answering his question.

"Because she drove our daughter to her death! She was the one who should have died, not Rosa!" Nancy spat out.

"So you killed our child for pay back!" I hissed out in anger, anger flaring in my eyes. "Do you have any idea what you put us through, what you put Liz through?" I demanded. "Do you know that she still forgives you?" I stood up and started pacing the room. "God, the woman I love I love is in hospital, recovering from a near death experience and the loss of our child yet she still loves and forgives you!"

"She's nothing but a slut!" Jeff hissed out, I slammed my hand on the table, startling them.

"For you information, I was her first and only! She is your daughter for crying out loud!" I growled out.

"She lost that status the day she drove our daughter to her death!" Nancy spat out and I glared at them both.

"I promised Liz this and I will keep this promise. I'm going to make sure that you will go down for a very long time and if I get a hint that you will be put on parole, I will make sure you won't, I will do everything in my power to make sure that you will never get the chance to go near Liz at all and if you do anything to harm Liz, I will hunt you down and make you regret it." I hissed out. "And remember this, I always keep my promise." And left the room, unable to look at them for what they did to Liz and our child.

I arrived at the hospital and looked in the window of Liz's room and smiled. The whole gang was in the room and Liz was laughing at something Alex had said. I felt my heart warmed at watching them. In the past year, we all became really close that we were family.

"Hey Maxwell. Where did you go?" I hear Michael asked from behind me, I turned around to face him.

"I went to see the Parkers." I admitted and he looked at me for a long time.

"Hope you gave them hell." He finally stated and I smiled.

"Yeah, I promised them that I would make sure that they will be sent down for a very long time."

"Good." Michael stated before turning to look through the window.

"How has she been?" I asked, watching the gang laugh and Michael smiled.

"She cheered up when Tess dumped the junk food on her lap, she missed you though." Michael informed and I nodded.

"Can we keep where I was a secret? I don't want to upset her." I explained and he nodded.

"Sure." He replied and smirked at me. "Ready to go and face the gang?" he asked and I smiled back.

"Bring it on." I replied and we entered the room. Liz looked up and her face brightened when she caught sight of me. Yep, there was nowhere else I would rather be.

"Hey!" Liz breathed as I moved over the bed and sat down next to her, I kissed her on the side of her head before catching sight of the sweeties on her lap and laughed.

"What did you do, Tess, buy out the whole store?" I teased and she threw a wrapper at me.

"Funny." She shot back and I smirked.

"I thought so too." I stated and she rolled her eyes before turning to Liz.

"How on earth do you deal with him?" she demanded and Liz smirked.

"I have my own method of controlling him." She told her and I looked down at her.

"Excuse me." I stated and she smiled up at me.

"I love you." She whispered with the little puppy dog eyes and I gave in and kissed her on the lips and Tess smirked.

"That's a good method, I think I need to try it out." Tess stated, as we both broke apart.

"Oh you can try it on me all you want babe." Kyle stated and Tess looked at him.

"Who said it would be with you?" she asked and we all snickered at Kyle's wounded/jealously look.

"It better be with me." He warned and she rolled her eyes.

"Or what?" she challenged, Kyle leaned over and whispered in her ear, causing her to blush and her mouth to drop open, causing the rest of us to look at him, intrigued.

"What did you say to her?" Michael demanded but Tess managed to recover.

"Don't even think about it." Tess hissed out, causing the rest of us to laugh once more.

It was great just to relax and enjoy our lives, I really think finding out about Liz's secret and almost losing her had made our bond stronger and I, for one, am very grateful for it.

TBC