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Chapter 6: Can't Anyone Keep Secrets Anymore?

Liz POV

You know you tell someone something in confidence, you expect them to keep it a secret right? Well…tell them in confidence; they hear you talk in your sleep…same thing right? Maybe someone should tell that to my cousin…

Liz POV

"…and that over there is the cafeteria, but I'd stray away from the mystery meat on Thursdays. They're not kidding when they call it 'mystery meat'. I don't think anyone knows exactly what's in it…" I tell him off-handedly pointing in the vague direction of large building and trying my hardest not to look at him.

Hmmm… and why are you trying not to look at him Liz? It isn't because he's cute huh?

What the heck? Who are you?

I'm your conscience Liz. I'm you. Well, the honest you. You think Max is cute.

Great; not only do I think out loud at less than opportune times, talk in my sleep, but now I'm hearing voices. I sneak another glance at Max to make sure I actually haven't said anything out loud. I think I'm in the clear as Max's gaze is still on the building I've just pointed out. Good. Don't need another person thinking I'm crazy. Wait. When did I start caring what Max thought?

See. I told you that you liked him.

No you didn't. You said I thought he was cute. I didn't say anything about liking him.

Oh so you admit that he's cute then…

What? I never said that. You're twisting my words around. If anything else he annoys me.

Yeah, right.

Are you saying you don't believe me?

Give the girl a prize. Yes that is exactly what I'm saying.

Hey, who asked you anyway? Geez I can't believe I'm arguing with myself. This is just…sad.

"Liz?" I turn my head to face Max who's looking at me questioningly. He continues to look at me as if he's waiting for an answer.

"What?" I ask rather rudely and as soon as I do I regret it. When did I become such a witch?

About the same time Max Evans showed up. You know he's not going to like you very much if you keep being so mean to him…

Well then it's a good thing that I don't care if he likes me.

"Nothing." Max replies quickly and turns away from me to gaze down the hall walking a little faster. Probably to get away from me; not that I blame him. Geez, I'm not usually like this.

See. I think you do care what Max thinks.

Do not.

Do too.

Do not.

Do too.

Oh yeah, well if you know so much then why I am I so mean to him? Huh? Answer that.

Because you like this guy; you think he's cute but you've liked Jay for so long that it scares you to even think of liking someone else.

Damn. That actually makes some sense. Not that I'm saying it's true or that I'm admitting to anything.

You don't have to admit to anything. I'm you. I know.

Don't you have somewhere else to be or something? Can't you just leave me alone?

Not till you admit it…

Admit what?

You know perfectly well what I'm talking about.

Fine! I admit it! The boy's hot! He's fine. He's got gorgeous eyes, totally kissable lips, and the view from behind ain't bad either! There! You happy now!

Very; Just uh…one more thing before I go.

Oh yeah…and what's that?

You just said that out loud. Bye.

W-what? I look in front of me to see that Max is indeed staring at me from his position in front of me with a smug smile on his face. Damn.

Maria POV

Oh man. Liz is going to kill me when she finds out who Max is and that I knew who he was and didn't tell her. Not that I didn't try…well, hard.

"So…what's so important about this Max and is he cute?" Serena asks curiously. Well, Liz is going to find out soon enough, I guess it won't hurt to tell Serena.

"You remember last night how Liz was saying that some jerk bumped into her and made her break her cell phone?"

"OH MY GOSH! Max is the hottie!" She yells out in a mixture of shock and…amusement? Wait a minute. Hottie?

"Serena, what are you talking about? Did Liz say he was a hottie?"

"Well is he?" She counters quickly.

"Well yeah-."

"I knew it! I knew there was more to the story than she was telling us!" She shouts triumphantly. "Oh this is great!"

"Serena, are you crazy? This isn't great! Do you remember how angry Liz was at him last night? She'll kill me when she finds out I knew who he was and didn't tell her before." I shout throwing my hands in the air.

"Oh calm down Maria. I have a feeling that Liz won't be quite as angry as you think." She says; a dangerous gleam shining in her eyes.

"What are you talking about and why did you refer to Max as 'the hottie'? What's going on! And don't tell me to calm down." Why is she so calm about this? I watch as a smirk settles on her face and rests there as she digs through her purse for something. A minute later she produces her cell phone. Okay…how does this answer my questions?

"Maria, I don't think my cousin has been exactly honest with us about all that went on last night with her and Maxie boy…"

"Meaning…" I ask still not getting where she's going with all this.

"Meaning…that when you see what I have to show you you'll understand a lot more." She says flipping the screen of phone to face me.

"Help me out here Serena, what am I looking at-."

"…look hottie! Just cuz you're cute and asked me out does not mean I'm going to forget that you broke my cell phone."

"Is that Liz!" I ask in disbelief staring at the tiny screen. No way. But still I'm proven wrong as the figure on screen turns over and I see Liz's face peek out from behind the blankets. Holy crap.

Liz POV

Okay, calm down Liz. Maybe he didn't hear you say that. Maybe he's just turning around to ask me a question about the school. He could be smirking for a completely different reason that has nothing to do with you right?

"So…exactly how good is the view from behind?" He asks taking a few steps closer. Hmmm…guess not.

"What makes you think I was talking about you?" I recover quickly trying to hide the blush of embarrassment rushing to my cheeks.

"Well if you weren't talking about me then who were you talking about?" He asks practically daring me to deny it.

"Well, if you must know, I was talking about Jay. You know the guy I was meeting last night." I tell him haughtily and move to walk past him. As I brush past him though he grabs a hold of my arm and turns me to face him.

"Really?" He questions arching an eyebrow at me.

"Yes really!" I shout yanking my arm from his grasp.

"And you just expect me to believe that you go around talking about how hot this Jay is even when he's not around." Well when he says it like that I sound crazy.

"Well, yeah." I tell him indignantly yet not daring to meet his eyes afraid he'll see I'm lying.

"Then why don't I believe you?" He says smugly.

"I don't know! Maybe you've got trust issues, or maybe your fragile male ego just doesn't want to believe that one girl's not attracted to you." He looks at me thoughtful for a moment then shakes his head.

"No, I don't think that's it."

"Yeah well, whatever you're thinking you're wrong."

"Am I?" He asks closing the space between us bringing his arms up to grab my shoulders. Liz! What the heck are you doing! You can't let him kiss you! You're with Jay now right? But although my mind protests all I can do is watch as his face gets closer and closer to mine. RIGHT? And soon the last thing I see are Max's beautiful amber eyes as my eyes flutter closed.