Here is chapter 4. Hope you enjoy.

Chapter 4

Liz's POV

I have never felt pain like that before, emotionally, or physically. After my adrenalin wore off all that pain came rushing back. I just sat on the floor and rocked back and forth. Sarah came in sometime and just held me. I just held on and cried harder. I soon fell asleep. When I woke up, we were laying on the floor just holding each other like we did when we were younger. Sarah and I had always been close.

We helped each other through everything. Like when Mom and Dad fought, or when Dad was nagging me to act, or when the school turned on me because of the rumor about me doing drugs. I was kicked off the swim and track teams for a month. No matter what she was there. I started to sit up and she woke up. After blinking for a few minutes, she sat up with me.

"You ok?" Sarah asked.

"No Little Bit, I'm not."

"So Mom told you then?" I looked up at that.

"No, what?"

"She's not coming with us. She called Grandma yesterday morning and said something came up and that we were coming without her."

"Did she say why?"

"Wait, if that's not what had you so upset then what is?"

"I found out that Max and Maria have been sleeping together. Plus he's the one who started the rumor." Sarah looked dumb struck.

"WHAT!"

"Apparently, I'm to blame for all of Maria's problems and Max was horny and a jackass."

"How did you find out?" I then told her everything that had happened. By the time I was done she was livid. I finally got her to calm down enough to ask her about mom.

"So why is mom staying?" When I asked Sarah's face hardened.

"She told Grandma that she still has to finalize everything but I heard her on the phone with Martin saying that he'd better find away around the will because she didn't put up with Dad and us for 20 years for nothing. Plus she can't stay away from Roswell for long and not look suspicions. Liz, I've never seen her like this." Sarah looked down at that.

"I know, I truly think Dad's death changed her and I don't know what's going to happen but we're in this together like always, ok? I won't let anything happen to you. I love you Little Bit."

"I love you too, Lizzy."

"How long before we leave, or has Mom even said?"

"2 days, that's all I know."

"Seeing as I have a lot less to pack I should be able to do that."

"No, I'm already packed. I'm going to pack your stuff and you sit and order me to what you want. We don't need to be rushing you to the hospital. Now where do we start?"

"How about breakfast, then we can pack. I'm starving and need food." Just as I said that, my stomach growled. We both laughed and it felt wrong and right at the same time. It felt good to get it out but at the same time Dad had just died 2 weeks ago and it felt like we shouldn't be doing it. We went down stairs and found Mary-Ann cooking. I was really going to miss her. She was like a second mom to me. I walked over to her and gave her a big hug.

"Hi Mary-Ann, how are you this morning?" She turned and hugged me back. Mary-Ann was in her late 40's. She had red hair and green eyes. She was a little taller than Mom, about 5'3'' and was still very pretty. Running around with us kept her in shape.

"How am I, shouldn't I be worrying over you? How are you?"

"Not great but ok. Do you know where Mom put my Meds., I need to take them in the morning. By the way where is Mom?"

"First, yes I have your Meds. Second, Nancy has already left. All she said was it was important and not to expect her any time soon. Oh, and you need to be packed by tomorrow because she pushed up the flight. You guys are leaving by noon."

"God, she can't get rid of us fast enough."

"Hey, come on now, you know that's not true. She's got a lot going on right now, be nicer to her. She just lost her husband, and almost lost her daughter, that can mess up anyone."

"We know but she's different. She's hateful, mean, and doesn't even ask us before making life-changing decisions. I get that she's the parent but we should have had some say in the move. At lest let us tell our side of everything. It's like we're not a family anymore. We're just things she needs to get out of the way." Sarah was the one who spoke up and said that. Mary-Ann just looked at her. She wasn't used to Sarah talking back.

"Okay I see your points but until you live in her shoes, try too not judge her to hard ok. You have no clue what she's going through." We nodded and ate. We were coming up with different scenarios about Roswell. Like how we'd start school and the media. Thank God, they'd stayed away so far. Mary-Ann said that all the major networks had called wanting an exclusive but Mom told them flat out no. She said that we need to grieve first and to leave the family alone. We should have known that would never have happen.

The rest of the day was spent with Sarah and I packing and going over memories. Sarah looked like she was still holding it all together until she found a picture of all four of us in Hawaii. We went there on vacation about 4 years ago and had a blast. We just hung out as a family. It was one of the few times Mom and Dad didn't fight for 2 weeks. Sarah just stared at the picture as if it was a lifeline. I called her name and she didn't do anything. I called it again and that 's when I noticed she was shaking. She dropped it and just looked up at me with the saddest look I'd ever seen.

"Why, why him?" She kept saying repeatedly. I got up and held her like she had done with me.

"I don't know Little bit, I just don't know."

"I kept thinking as Mom and I were waiting for you to wake up, what had I done to deserve this. I mean I had to be horrible to lose my father and my best friend, right?" I was stunned that she thought that. I held her tighter.

"Little Bit, you couldn't be more wrong. You are one of the best people I know, if not the best. This wasn't your fault at all. You didn't know it was going to happen. That means that you couldn't stop it. Don't blame yourself for this. Trust me it's no where near your fault." I could tell she didn't believe me but we didn't speak any more that night. We had to be up early so we both went to bed. She stayed with me again. Mom woke us up at 8am. We got to take 3 bags and the rest would be shipped.

We were ready and out the door by 11:30. We hugged Mary-Ann good-bye. She promised to call and come see us. We were at the airport and on a plane 2 hours later. Mom said she didn't know when she'd be there but she wanted us to work at the Crashdown, the family restaurant. Faith Whitman was the manager and we were to learn everything from her because Mom wants us to take it over soon. I just nodded, hugged her and kissed her good-bye.

When we landed Grandma and Grandpa were waiting with more hugs and kisses. We were going to live with them over the Crash. Since it was Saturday, we would enroll in school on Monday. Grandma said we didn't have to start at the Crash (which is what she called it) right away. In fact, Sarah was to young to even work. It took us another hour to get to Roswell and let me just say I was scared to death. I had never been here before but the way Dad and Mom talked about it everyone knew everyone else.

The town had 2 main streets. One had all the shops on it and that was the one with the Crash. As we drove through, I realized just how nuts this town was for aliens and had to laugh. Like they'd ever come here. They had closed the Crash today so they could come and get us, which was nice. I really just wanted to go to my new room and sleep. I did just that. Grandma seemed worried about me but Sarah just pulled her over and talked to her. I woke up around 7pm and went to find everyone else. I found Grandma in the kitchen.

"Hi."

"Hi honeybear, do you feel better?"

"A little, I haven't really been able to get a good nights sleep. So, where is Grandpa and Little Bit?"

"They're down in the Crash. Sarah really wanted to see it and we needed some food to go with dinner so they went."

"How much longer until dinner?"

"About 30 minutes, why?"

"I was just wondering if I could go for a walk. I just need some fresh air and I'd like to get a look at the town."

"Sure, as long as you're back before dinner." I grabbed a jacket and headed out. Grandpa and Sarah were coming up as I was going down.

"Hey, you woke up. Where are you going?" Sarah asked.

"State the obvious Little Bit, I'm going for a walk. I need some fresh air, and I wanted to see the town without glass in front of me."

"Okay Liz, just take my cell so if you get lost you can call us." I agreed and took the phone. I would have mentioned how that was probably impossible in this town but I kept my mouth shut. I walked out and the first thing I saw was the UFO Center. I took a left and just walked. It wasn't that cold just chilly.

The air was great and felt good after being cooped up for so long. I was so lost in my thoughts that I never even noticed someone in front of me. I ran right into a solid body and went backwards. The person I hit fell on top of me. We landed with an Oomph. Whoever I had crashed into grabbed me before my head crashed into the ground.

When I got my bearings and looked up, I was looking into the most beautiful eyes I'd ever seen. They were soulful and deep. He was gorgeous once I got a good look. He too seemed to be staring at me. I tried to move and it broke whatever had been happening. He reached up, moved his shaggy dirty blonde hair out of his face, and jumped up as if I'd burned him.

"I'm sorry, I guess I was lost in my thoughts."

"Well, next time get lost some where else, ok?" I was stunned. No one had ever talked to me like that before.

"What?"

"You heard me, not all of us have the time to just stroll around, running into people, some of us have lives, you know?"

"Then why are you still here?" It was his turned to look stunned. "Well, I'm not stopping you now, so if you're in such a hurry why are you still here?" He just looked at me then walked off. I turned to look at him and had to bite back a moan. He was perfect, and I just realized I didn't even get a name from him.

"Stupid Liz, real stupid.: I muttered as I walked back to the Crash. I suddenly really needed to talk to Grandma. Maybe she'd know how he was. God I hope so.