Outside Liz's house, Max held on to her hand while they walked up the stairs to her family's apartment. "So I guess you should go sleep soon," Max said, knowing that Liz was tired after a long day at uni and their dinner date. "Yeah, thanks for dinner. I better go now," Liz said, opening the house door. She was about to step in when Max stopped her by holding on to her arm. "Wait, Liz," Max looked directly into her eyes, took two little steps and just bent his head down to kiss her. Liz was surprised by the sudden kiss for a while, and then she started kissing Max back. Max pulled back after awhile and said, "Good night Liz." He kissed her one last time and then planted a kiss on her forehead. "Good night," Liz replied.
Back in Liz's room, she couldn't wait to see him again. She couldn't wait to feel his mouth on hers again, she wanted him again. Liz was about to climb into bed when her phone rang. "Hello?" Liz answered. "I couldn't help it. I miss you. Will you have dinner with me again tomorrow?" Max's sweet voice asked over the phone. Liz let out a laugh and told him, "Yeah, sure, I'd love to. I had a great time tonight, Max. Thank you." Max arranged to pick Liz up at 6pm the next day, then he dropped a little bombshell. "It's the Carpool movie premiere tomorrow. Would you be my date?" Max asked, hoping Liz would agree. Liz was surprised that Max, a movie star, would want to take her, a small town girl, to a movie premiere even if it was in her hometown. "It'll be a pleasure but I have a problem. I don't have anything to wear." Liz said, concerned that her dressing might have an effect on Max's image. "Leave it to me," Max reassure Liz, then bade her goodnight.
The next morning, Liz was on the phone with Maria while on her way to Northwestern. "This is so exciting, Liz. I know you were gonna like him." Maria said, hardly able to contain her glee. Maria always supported Liz in whatever she did unless she had a gut feeling otherwise. "I can't believe you're going to a premiere!" Maria said. They chatted for awhile then Liz told Maria she had to rush for class and promised to call later. Liz rushed to the lab where Naima was waiting for her. "Tell me everything man." Naima pleaded, wanting to know all the gossip. Liz laughed, and told Naima everything as they were doing their practical work.
At lunch, Liz received a surprise phone call. "I know it's you," Liz answered, laughing. "Hey," Max said. "I just needed to tell you that there'll be an after-party at Greener after the premiere. Would you like to come with me?" Liz thought for a moment, and then replied, "I have two best friends who are big fans of yours and can't believe that I went out with you! Can I call them for the after-party, please?" "Naima and Maria, right?" No problem, have them meet us outside Greener at 9." Max told her, excited to be meeting Liz's best friends. "Thanks so much!" Liz said, elated. "My pleasure, Liz. See you later." Max said, then they both said goodbye.
"I bet that was Max," Naima said, almost jumping up. Liz laughed and told her she could meet them for the after-party at Greener. Greener was the hottest, coolest club in Roswell. Naima got really excited and so did Maria when Liz called her soon after. "Naima, you finally get to meet Maria!" Liz said, realizing that that night would be the first time her best friends Naima and Maria would meet. Naima laughed and the two enjoyed lunch before heading for their next class.
Liz got home in the early evening around 4pm and took a nice bath before doing her hair and make-up. At 5.45, the doorbell rang and Liz went to open it in her bathrobe. "Wow, you always look so gorgeous," Max said, and then he bent down to kiss her. "I brought you a dress my stylist helped me to get today," Max handed the paper bag over to Liz. "Well, come on in! I'll go put it on. Just take a seat, I'll be out soon." Liz told Max, leading him into her family's apartment. Her parents were working at the Crashdown downstairs so she was all alone. Liz went to her room and took out the dress. It was a beautiful purple strapless dress from Vera Wang and Liz instantly fell in love with it. She put it on, put on her heels, touched up her lip gloss then went out to meet Max, who was waiting for her. Max looked up when he realized Liz was out. "Wow, my stylist really chose the right dress." He said, loving the way Liz looked. "You look like a total movie star!" Liz laughed, and Max led her to the same limo they took the day before.
"I can't believe I'm actually going to a movie premiere!" Liz exclaimed in the limo. "Like I said, there's always a first for everything," Max said, smiling at her. He loved putting his arm around her and feeling her. Liz loved the way Max had a little protectiveness over her even though they weren't even officially dating yet. It took half an hour to reach the theatre on the other end of Roswell. "We're here," Max's driver told them. Max opened the door and bright flashes of light started flashing. "Don't worry; just stay with me, yeah?" Max told her. He held her hand and helped her out of the limo.
Camera flashes were non-stop and reporters tried their best to get up close to Max for a short mini-interview. Screaming fans from Roswell filled the sides of the red carpet. Max stopped to sign some autographs and pose for some pictures. He held on to Liz's hand tight as they walked down together. Liz was a little uncomfortable by all this but she was glad she had Max with her. Finally, they got into the theatre. "Phew, that was tough, wasn't it?" Max asked her. "It was alright, I had you with me." Liz replied, smiling. They went to their seats and Max introduced her to the other two stars of Carpool who came to the Roswell premiere as well. "Liz, these are the two other main stars in Carpool: Sarah Hailer and Kevin Yard," Max told her. "This is my girlfriend, Elizabeth Parker." Max told Sarah and Kevin. "It's nice to meet you, Liz." Sarah said, giving Liz a hug. "Hey Max, she's a sweet one huh?" Kevin joked, then said hi to Liz and shook her hand.
The movie started soon enough. Carpool was an action movie about three cops who were best friends and whose lives revolved around catching criminals who robbed cars, leading them straight into the dangerous world of car-stealing gangs who robbed cars and sold them off illegally through the internet. Max played the group leader Robbie, who was always a little to gutsy for his own good. Kevin played Tyrone, Robbie's best friend who had a crush on Anna. Sarah played Anna, Robbie's younger sister who always loved a bit of adventure. Liz loved watching Max play Robbie. To her, she reckoned Max looked super hot in Carpool but he was definitely much hotter in person. The movie ended sooner than Liz knew. Max then walked Liz out of the theatre, towards the limo. "So, how did you find the movie?" Max asked her, interested to find out her comments. "I think it was great. There was enough action and some romance to top it off. I think it was really cool. And I think you looked really hot in it too," Liz said sheepishly, a little embarrassed by what she said. "Really? I do?" Max asked. "Yeah, really." Liz replied, squeezing his hand. Max led Liz into the limo and they headed off for Greener, where Max was gonna meet Liz's best friends Naima and Maria. He didn't really know what to expect from them, but he was hoping they'd 'approve' of him dating Liz. He looked at Liz, so beautiful and so gorgeous, then he got a little nervous about meeting Naima and Maria.