Connections 6
Max wasn't sure why Isabel had run out of the house so quickly, an hour earlier, dragging Alex behind her. She'd said that they were going to the Crashdown, but it wasn't even open yet.
He decided he'd go down there when it opened, which was in about fifteen minutes.
He paced the floor of the living room without stopping. His heart ached. He pictured Liz running down the hill through the wildlife. She was hurting, and he knew it.
'I tried to stop you. I told you I felt the same then as I had before. It was true,' Max's heart cried out. He understood her actions, though. After connecting with her so deeply, he understood her reasoning.
Knowing and understanding her reasons made him feel closer to Liz. He loved her so much. Her walking away so he could complete his foretold destiny made his heart swell. Liz was his life. She was everything to him. The sudden ring of the doorbell interrupted his thoughts.
"Would you get that Max sweetheart," his mother called out to him from upstairs.
Max sighed heavily, pulling himself up from the chair he occupied. He walked to the door and opened it. Michael looked at him for a moment and stepped inside.
"Where're Isabel and Tess?" Michael anxiously asked, "We all need to talk. Come on Max, what're we gonna do?"
"Nothing. There's nothing to do Michael. We wait."
"Wait...For What, huh, Max? We've waited our whole lives. We finally got some answers. Didn't you hear your mother? Our people need our help!"
"And what do you suggest we do, huh? We need to keep our heads right now."
"I don't see you thinking crystal clear! I know you Max. You need to stop thinking about Liz. We'll never get anywhere with a leader who can't think straight."
"And where is it you want to go Michael? Away from Roswell? Away from Maria? You need her just as much as I need Liz. You're just too stubborn to see that we'll be better off with them by our sides. Can't you see that Michael?"
Michael's tense features relaxed as he thought about what Max had said. Could he be right? Could the family he'd been searching for be right there in front of him?
He saw what Max meant. Michael sat down in the Evans' living room and covered his face with his hands.
Maria had become his passion. She was his drive. He finally saw that not only did he love Maria, but also he needed her. She kept him going and motivated him like nobody else could. He needed Maria.
He just couldn't see how he could ever tell her. Him, tough, Michael Guerin, needed someone. So badly. He was afraid to lift his eyes to Max's, believing too much emotion would be seen spread across his face.
"It's too late," Michael protested, "our destinies have already begun. No matter how much we love and need them, we can't stay with them. Our paths have already been chosen for us. Didn't you hear your mother say that?"
"I heard my mother say that I was a great leader. I heard the passion and love in her voice. Michael, our people need us, but we can't help them if we let someone else choose our destinies for us. As the leaders of our people, we need to follow our hearts. My heart tells me I need to save my people, and that I can't do that without Liz."
A silence followed Max's statement, but Max broke it after a moment.
"Come with me to the Crashdown. Isabel is there with Alex, and Maria and Liz work today. Come with me."
Max held the front door open and Michael stood up. The two nodded at each other and walked through the door.