Slight lines from Four Aliens and A Baby.
Chapter 14
Max came out of his bedroom in his joggers, wiping his eyes as he made his way into the kitchen where his mother was making breakfast. She smiled when she saw Max making his way over to her. His hair was sticking up just like it used to when he was a kid and it made her wish that he was six years old again.
"Morning honey," Diane greeted, Max looked up and smiled when he saw her, he rounded the counter and kissed her on the cheek.
"Morning mom," he greeted before moving over to the table where the plates and glasses of juice were waiting for the family. Diane just looked at her son, shocked. He rarely showed affection and wondered what happened to make him to show her affection.
"How's Liz?" Diane asked as she walked over to the table with a plate of pancakes and bacons.
"She's fine," Max told her. "I'm picking her up before we head to school."
"That's fine, do you think she would like to come over for dinner one night?" Diane asked and Max looked up at her.
"Erm, I can ask her if you like," Max told her and Diane smiled.
"Sure, I like her, she seems like a sweet girl," Diane told him and Max smothered a smile behind his glass of orange juice.
"Sure is," he stated with a nod before taking a sip while Diane looked at her son once more. He had seemed different since he and Liz got back from wherever it was they were, he was less sombre, more outgoing. He was smiling and laughing more than he used to do and it made her wonder what happened between the two of them when a thought popped into her head at the possible situation and she looked at her son once more, biting her bottom lip, wondering how she was going to bring it up with him.
"So, are you and Isabel getting along better?" Diane asked and Max looked at his mom and sighed as he shrugged.
"I don't know mom," he admitted and she brought the plates of mushrooms, sausages and the rest before sitting them on the table and sitting herself down across from Max.
"Why?" she asked and Max took a sip of his drink to collect his thoughts before turning back to his mom.
"She betrayed me too much, she messed around with Liz's head, tried to get us to break up and all that. I forgive her, you know I do but I don't know if I can trust her again," Max admitted and Diane nodded in understanding. She knew her son, once you have lost his trust; it was hard for them to gain it back from him.
"Just give it time sweetie, maybe something will happen for you to realise you can trust her again," Diane told him as she reached out and patted his hand before smiling as Phillip and Isabel came out of their bedrooms and settled themselves around the table.
Max pulled up outside to the Crashdown, he put the jeep into gear when the Crashdown door opened, revealing Liz in her demin knee length skirt, her knee high boots and her white gypsy top. Her hair was curled slightly as she pulled her bag over her shoulders.
"Hey," she greeted as she climbed into the jeep and kissed Max. He cupped the back of her head and kissed her back.
"Hey, missed you last night," he told her and she smiled.
"Hm, the phone call didn't appease you?" she teased and Max laughed as he kissed her once more before setting the jeep into motion and droved out of the parking lot toward the school.
None of them noticed that Jeff Parker was standing in front of the door, watching his daughter with a guilty look before he turned back to his chore at hand.
Liz led the way over to her locker and opened it; Max rested his side on the locker next to hers and looked at the photo of her and Max that was on the locker door.
"Hey, where did you get that? I haven't seen it before," Max told her and Liz looked at the photo. Max was sitting on the bench, his back against the arm rest while Liz sat in between his legs, looking over her notes while Max had his cheek against her hair, his eyes closed.
"Maria took it last year, it was when Tess came to Roswell," Liz reminded and Max nodded.
"Can you see if she can get me a copy?" Max asked and Liz laughed as she nodded.
"Sure, I'm meeting Maria in Maths next, I'll ask her," she told him and he nodded as Max led her down the hallway. They came to a stop outside of Liz's class; he turned her around and laid a soft kiss on her. She moaned as she wrapped an arm around his neck, holding on as the other one held on her books.
"I love you," he whispered as he pulled away and she smiled.
"I love you too," she whispered back before kissing him once more before pulling away, she shot him a sweet shy smile before heading into her class.
Max just sighed with happiness before setting off to his class, oblivious to all the looks he got.
"Wow, they are certainly into public display," Sarah noticed and Alex laughed as he nodded.
"Oh yeah, should have seen all the public display they had when they first got together," Alex teased before shaking his head. "Max loves Liz and Liz loves Max. They are just showing each other how much they love each other and basically, shouting it from the rooftop," Alex explained and Sarah shook her head.
"Now I can see why all the girls are jealous of Liz," Sarah stated before reaching up to kiss Alex.
"Not you?" Alex mumbled through their kiss and Sarah grinned as winked at him.
"Nope, I have my own guy who likes to shower public display on me," she told him before stepping into her class, leaving Alex grinning as he set off to his class, also oblivious to everyone else.
Liz made her way over to her table but found herself looking at a brunette that was sitting in Maria's usual seat.
"Excuse me?" Liz asked and the girl looked up only for Liz's jaw to drop. "Maria?" she asked and got a bright grin in reply. "You're brunette!"
"Yep, decided to give it a change. As much as I love being blonde, I decided to go brunette for a short time," Maria told her as she tossed her dark mane behind her shoulder and Liz shook her head as she sat down next to her best friend.
"I like it," Liz told her and Maria looked at her.
"Really?" Maria asked and Liz nodded.
"Oh yeah, I don't know, it just makes you look more exotic," Liz explained and Maria winked as she bumped shoulders with Liz.
"But no one can pull it off better than you," Maria teased and Liz arched an eyebrow at her in question. "Oh, please don't tell me you haven't noticed that Max always plays with your hair," Maria scolded her in a mock tone causing Liz to giggle as she nodded.
"Okay, I have noticed that Max seems to like my hair," Liz amended and Maria scoffed.
"Obsession is a better word," Maria stated and Liz pushed at her, causing both girls to giggle.
"While we're still on the topic of Max, can you give him a copy of the photograph you gave me that's in my locker?" Liz asked and Maria nodded.
"Sure no problem, I'll see about getting it developed this afternoon, I have a free period so I can nip home and grab the negative and get it developed in the student dark room," Maria told her and Liz nodded.
"Thanks," she told her and both of them turned to face the teacher as she came in, starting the lesson.
Max found himself sitting outside in the lunch quad; he sat at a table near the back, munching on his fries while he read his English book.
"Hey moondoggie," Maria greeted as she sat across from Max, Max looked up from where he was reading his book and smiled when he saw her.
"Hey Maria, love the new hairdo," Max noticed and Maria grinned as she touched her brunette curls.
"I think we need to elevate you to the girlfriend status," Maria told him and looked around. "Where's Liz?"
"Chemistry, the teacher wanted to ask her some questions," Max replied as he pushed his plate in the middle so she could have some of his fries, causing Maria to smile. "So, you and James?" Max asked as he put his book down and Maria laughed.
"He's great, he makes me laugh and we have fun," Maria told him and Max nodded.
"Good, it's nice you can have fun," Max told her and Maria nodded.
"Yeah," she told him and Max looked at her.
"Why do I hear a 'but' in there?" Max asked and Maria grinned at him.
"It just, when I compare this relationship with Michael and mine, I can't help but wonder if Michael and I got together because we felt we had to," Maria admitted, causing confused look. "When Michael and I got together, it was like we had to, you know, with you and Liz pairing up, it just seemed the logical thing to do, but when I'm with James, it just feels right," Maria told him.
"It's like sleeping beauty, you feel if though you've been asleep this whole time and with the right kiss, you just wake up," a female voice stated and they turned to see Liz standing behind Maria.
Liz moved over to sit next to Max and Maria nodded as Max wrapped an arm around Liz's waist, he kissed her on the side of her head then turned to face Maria.
"Yeah, it does," Maria, admitted and Liz smiled.
"It means you have woken up from the rut your life was in and are now seeing things differently," Liz explained.
"No need to ask if that happened to you," Liz teased and Liz laughed. "How was Chemistry?"
"Oh, he was interested to know if I was still interested in the stars," Liz told her and Max choked on his drink, spraying most of it on the other side of the table when he heard this, causing Liz to laugh as she rubbed his back as he coughed and Maria to arch an eye brow in amusement.
"Care to explain?" Maria asked.
"Remember the time I was getting the flashes?" Liz asked and Maria smirks, causing Liz to roll her eyes. "Well, the teacher had a picture of the whirlpool galaxy and I recognised it from one of the flashes and I asked him about it, Max came in at the last part," Liz explained.
"Ah," Maria stated with understanding before looking at Max with a smirk.
"Hey guys," a male voice stated and they turned to see Alex standing next to the table. "You've gone brunette," Alex stated in a shocked tone and Maria laughed.
"Hey Alex, grab a seat," Maria told him and Alex grinned as he sat down. "Now that you have settled, time to spill exactly what you and Sarah have been up to mister," Maria told him.
"Yep, we saw the hickey, the teeth marks, the wrongs buttons and hair messed up," Liz informed him and Alex looked at Max with a 'help me' written over his face, causing Max to throw his hands up in defence.
"Hey, I'm dating Liz! You know I can't help you there," Max told him and Alex laughed as he turned back to his female best friends.
"We're going fine," Alex told them.
"Not good enough," Maria informed him.
"Are you two sleeping together?" Liz asked, curiously and Alex shook his head.
"No, we're nowhere near that situation, we're just taking our time. We've both been burned bad by relationship so we're taking this one slow to be on the safe side," Alex explained and Liz nodded.
"But you are getting close right? I mean, if I remember correctly, the clothes being unbuttoned is actually second base, close to third," Maria told him and Alex blushed as he covered his face.
"God," he moaned and Maria laughed as she reached over and hugged her best friend.
"Relax Alex, we're just teasing," Liz informed him. "We're just glad that you're having fun, Sarah seems really nice," Liz told him and Alex nodded.
"She is," he told them silently, causing Liz and Maria to look at each other before looking back at their best friend.
"So, what are you going to do about Isabel?" Maria asked, hesitantly and Alex sighed.
"I don't know, she's the one who broke up with me so I don't see why I have to run about trying to make her happy while making myself happy," he explained and Liz nodded.
"I know, but you need to do something about her, Isabel glaring at Sarah all the time is not what you guys need in your relationship," Liz told him.
"They're right, if I know Isabel, she will not be happy till she has you back again, I think seeing you move on has made her realise her feelings for you," Max explained and Alex shook his head.
"I can't go back down that road again, it was already too hard, beside, I really, really like Sarah," Alex admitted and Max nodded.
"I know but if you don't do something, will yours and Sarah relationship be strong enough to deal with Isabel trying to break you up just to get you back?" Max asked and Alex just stared at him, having no answer.
"We'll help you whenever we can," Liz told him. "But in the end, it's has to be you who finally closes the door to the past," Liz told him and Alex nodded as they sat there in silence.
"Hey guys," a female voice greeted and everyone turned to see Isabel heading his or her way.
"Great, speak of the devil," Maria muttered, causing Max to take a sip of his juice to prevent himself from laughing and Liz to roll her eyes.
"What's up Isabel?" Liz asked.
"Actually, I came here to ask if Alex could help me with my history project," Isabel asked and Alex sighed.
"I can't, I already told Sarah I'll help her, and beside you have a partner in History, why don't you ask them?" Alex asked and Isabel frowned.
"But they don't explain it better like you do," Isabel asked and Maria rolled her eyes as she leaned in closer to Max and Liz.
"Here comes the pout," she whispered.
"Sorry Isabel, you need to ask someone else, I have my partner to work with and to help Sarah," Alex explained.
"I can help," Liz told her. "I'm pretty much done with my project, I'm just waiting for my partner to hand in his report," she explained and Isabel frowned.
"Sure, if you can," Isabel told her and Liz nodded.
"No problem, I'll give you an outline what to expect for your project and how to lay it out and where to go for research, I'm pretty sure you can deal with the rest on your own," Liz told her and Isabel nodded before walking off.
"And the princess is pissed," Maria stated, Max shook his head.
"Okay, I think I'm getting more of a clear idea what's going on," Max stated before an idea hit him. "Okay, we're having a meeting at the cliff near the lake," Max informed them and they looked at him.
"How come? And when, I have a shift this afternoon," Maria told him.
"Straight after school and I promise it won't go on for a long time, I think we need to clear some things," he told them. "If you meet the others, tell them to let them know. I want everyone at the quarry, no arguments."
"Sure thing boss," Maria stated as they all stood up as the bell rang, signalling it was time for classes.
"Max, what are you up to?" Liz asked as Max threw their rubbish into the trashcan before wrapping an arm around her waist.
"You'll see," he told her with a kiss to her forehead before leading her to their next class.
Everyone with the exception of Max and Liz were waiting at the quarry, Alex was throwing stones into the pond every now and then while they waited for Max.
"Where the hell is he?" Michael grumbled. "He ordered this meeting, he should damn well turn up on time for it."
A roaring of the jeep came round the corner and everyone saw Max and Liz sitting in the jeep as the jeep moved closer to the gang before the engine was cut and both of them jumped out of the jeep and moved over to the gang. "So, what's the meeting about?" Michael asked.
"For you guys to get some sense kicked into you," Max stated, causing Michael and Isabel to stand up.
"No way!" they both exclaimed before making a move toward their cars only for them to be blasted backward as Max used his powers. They both landed on the ground with a thud before looking at Max.
"Yes," Max told them before releasing his power and letting them go.
"Fine, let's get this over and done with, I have a hockey programme coming on," Michael muttered as he stood up and brushed the dust off him while Isabel did the same thing.
"Fine, first thing first, apologise to Liz, Maria and Alex," Max ordered, causing them to look at him.
"Are you kidding me?" Isabel demanded and Max shook his head.
"No," Max stated and Michael scoffed.
"We're not apologising to them for anything," Michael stated and Max shook his head.
"They have saved our lives more than we've saved theirs," Max told them, causing Michael and Isabel to look at them. "Alex saved my life by exchanging my blood with his. Maria saved our lives by helping us find out who Toloposky really was. Liz saved our lives by helping us find out answers to our past. Mr Valenti saved my life by helping you get me out of the white room, I can keep going about all the times they've saved our lives and what about us?" Max asked. "I saved Liz's life that day in the Crashdown and you saved their lives from Pierce but that's it, we've basically saved their lives twice while they've put their lives on the line more time for us."
"Max…" Isabel started.
"You say that Liz's is just a human being who can never help us, yet she helped me strengthen my shield to stop the skins from breaking through, she killed the skins that day, the day You got us captured. She saved my life that day in New York that Michael had gone against my orders. She is more helpful to me when it comes to defeating my enemies than you do," Max informed them.
"How can you say that?" Isabel demanded.
"Because it's true!" Max roared back, causing Isabel to take a step back. "You met up with our enemies behind my back, you met up with Nicholas and basically handed yourself over to him, then when I told you that we all had to stick together when the skins wiped out the humans, you disappeared again and met up with our enemies and in the process got us all captured. You even knew that your name was Vilandra before we went anywhere near the harvest and still didn't bother to let us to know. If you had let us know we would have found some other way to defeat them rather than walking in blindly!" Max informed her before turning to Michael. "And you, you gave the location of the Granolith to Courtney, even though she wasn't our enemies, she could have given away the location to Nicholas even though she didn't mean to! And you dared to disobey me and head off to New York for the damn summit even when I said that none of us were going!" Max informed him, Michael opened his mouth but Max wasn't finished. "And that's not the only time you disobeyed me, there's the time when I told you to leave the Sheriff office alone but you still went ahead and broke in. There was the time you wanted to go to Antherson's dome and I said no but you still went ahead and did it and in the process, kidnapped Maria. Did you ever stopped to think that I wanted us to lay low because of the FBI swarming all over the place and so we could take a few days to plan how we were going to do it and give our parents some form of excuse to where we were going but no, you went ahead and in the process, we lost our chance to get answers because the FBI broke into our house," Max told him. "Not to mention when I told you to leave the symbols at the Reservation alone, but you still went and nearly died. The time when Toloposky came back, you took a vote Michael, you voted for us not to meet up with Toloposky and went against it and tried to meet up with her!"
"I was looking for answers!" Michael snapped and Max shook his head.
"And in the process, risked our lives!" Max snapped back. "You tell me that I have to be a leader, to start doing what I'm meant to do, well, don't seem to do a very good job of it if you guys keeps disobeying me," he informed them before lifting a hand. "And I'm not finish. Maria, Alex and Liz are going to have their say in what they think of you and I want you to listen very hard and very carefully because what your actions says after it will tell me what to do next," Max warned before stepping back and nodding to the humans.
Maria took a deep breath and stepped forward, intending to giver her piece of mind to the aliens.
"Max is right, you guys tell him you want him to be the leader, to accept his destiny but you don't listen to him. You just assume that Max will forgive you every time you come crawling back but you have to realise that even Max has his own limit," she told them before looking at Michael. "I don't like the way you treat James like he is a enemy, he is Liz's cousin and my boyfriend. I would love to be able to have a relationship without having to defend him every time you get a hissy fit and say that he needs to be eliminated just because you think he is getting close to the secret. James doesn't care about you guys, believe it or not, all he cares about is Liz being happy and being with me. I want you to either accept that James is going to be a large part of my life and Liz's or just say away from him and keep your comments to yourself," Maria informed them before stepping back.
Alex took a step forward and looked at Isabel.
"You had your chance with me and you blew it, I like Sarah, I really like Sarah and I want to make a go of our relationship but I can't do that if you are hell bent on destroying our relationship just because you don't like the fact that I'm over you," Alex told her. "Even if I wasn't with Sarah, I could never get back together with you because that road was too hard to travel the one time, I can't see myself travelling it again the second time as I know that the end result will be, me being hurt. Sarah makes me feel that I can be myself around her and she really cares for me too. And I agree with Max, you tell him that he has to accept his destiny, well, I think he has accepted it well, just not in the way you hoped him to do," Alex told them before stepping back.
Liz looked at Max, he nodded and she turned to face them before taking a step forward.
"I know you hate me because you think I destroyed Max's destiny but Max had a choice, he could have broken up with me and gone to Tess but he didn't, he stayed with me because he loves me. Max has accepted his destiny while you believe it or not, he knows that he has enemies out there and is more than willing to do whatever it takes to stop the war and reclaim his planet but he isn't willing to give up the life he knows for a life he doesn't even remember," Liz told them. "You guys do betray Max while you mean to or not, you go behind his back and do the opposite of what Max tells you to do. Max orders these things because he knows it's dangerous and it's a risk on our lives." Michael and Isabel sat down, still listening intently while Tess stood the to side. "We finally have a break from the FBI but we have your enemies chasing after us and it doesn't help that you are basically handing them a key to our lives and helping them capturing us too," Liz told them.
"We just want answers," Isabel told her and Liz nodded.
"I know but in the process, I don't know if you realise it or not, but I get the feeling while you are looking answers to your past, you are recreating your history on this planet. Isabel, you fell for Khivar, Max's enemy and handed Max over to him. You did the same in this lifetime but gave Max over to Nicholas. Michael, you are being totally hot headed, darting off in different directions when ever you get a lead and in the process, leads us into situations where our lives are put in danger," Liz told them before shaking her head. "I hate seeing Max like this, that he has to worry about your guys because you put yourself in danger but at the same time, I'm angry at your guys, you tell him to be the leader he is meant to be yet you can't even follow simple orders," Liz told them.
"You disobeyed Max," Isabel told her and Liz looked at her.
"When?" Liz asked.
"You met up with Toloposky and you went to the reservation," Isabel told her and Liz sighed.
"I didn't plan on meeting up with Toloposky, I thought I was meeting up with Max at the time. I went to the reservation because I knew that I was less likely to be put in danger, all I wanted was answers to your guys past, and I didn't go there uninvited," Liz reminded. "I didn't ask Max for his permission, I knew that it was too dangerous for Max to go there himself with the FBI watching him more than me so I made sure that I was safe," Liz explained. "All the other times, I followed Max's orders because I knew that he was trying to keep us safe, even though I didn't agree with them, I didn't go against them because I had learned to trust Max and my instincts." She took a step back and stood next to Maria and Alex while Max stepped forward.
"I want you to go where ever you have to go and think hard on these words you have heard today, I'm sick and tired of having to fight you guys on everything and I'm tired of having to be the leader when no one is listening to me or obeying me," Max told them before walking over to Liz and wrapped an arm around her waist while she wrapped her arm around his waist and rested her head on his shoulder. "Let's go home," he told her and she nodded as he kissed her forehead and the four of them moved toward their cars.
Tess stepped forward with Kyle and nodded in agreement.
"I have to admit, I feel the same way," Tess told Michael and Isabel. "Max has accepted his destiny of being king and all he is trying to do is protect us," Tess explained before shrugging and turned to Kyle. "Can I get a lift with you?" she asked and Kyle nodded.
"Sure, come on," he told her and they both headed over to Kyle's mustang, leaving Isabel and Michael alone with their thoughts.
Max, Liz and Maria made their way into the Crashdown, Alex had left them to go and visit Sarah.
"No, I'm serious," Maria, stated to the two of them, causing Max and Liz to laugh again.
"Come on Maria, there's no way you caught your mom and Mr Valenti together," Liz stated.
"Yes I did," Maria argued back before rolling her eyes as she stepped into the backroom to get change into her waitress outfit while Max and Liz moved over to the counter and sat on the stools.
"So, you do feel better after getting off your chest?" Liz asked as she moved closer to Max and he nodded.
"Yeah, I do actually," he admitted and Liz nodded.
"You have been carrying it around ever since you healed me, it was time for them to understand what they were putting you through," Liz told him and he nodded.
"I know but…" Max trailed off.
"You feel guilty?" Liz asked and Max nodded. "So I do I but I know they needed to hear it from us, that if we didn't tell them, the bridge between you guys were going to be badly burnt. I know how much you love them Max and I don't want you to lose your relationship with them," Liz told him and Max looked at her.
"But what if I do," he whispered and Liz reached over and cupped his cheeks.
"Then you just need to make it clear how much it hurts you," she whispered and he kissed her, gently, on the lips before pulling away when they heard a clearing of throat.
"God, do you really need to do that in a family environment?" Maria asked and Liz smirked.
"Gee Maria, didn't seem to complain when James landed one on you outside did you?" she teased and Maria glared at her.
"Outside, not inside," Maria pointed out, causing Liz to roll her eyes.
"So, how do you think Kyle is getting on with the whole secret?" Max asked. "He seems okay around me," Max informed and Maria nodded.
"I guess mine and Liz's talking to him did help out," Maria stated and Liz shot her best friend a disbelieving look.
"Maria, you threatened him," Liz reminded and Max perked up as he looked at his girlfriend and friend.
"What do you mean by that?" Max asked and Liz rolled her eyes.
"We went round to see Kyle, we told him everything you know; about you all be royalty. Kyle said to us and I quote, 'if Evans expects me to bow down to him, I'm going to kick his ass'," Liz told him then turned to Maria. "And Maria said. 'If you do that, then Evans is going to turn you into a toad'," Liz finished. "Every time Kyle walks by, she goes 'ribert, ribert'! Liz exclaimed.
"You didn't!" Max exclaimed and Maria shrugged.
"Hey, the guy got in the way after you told him to stay at home, he got himself shot and you risked your ass again to heal him, there was no way I was going to let him off, not when he should be grateful that you healed him!" Maria exclaimed and Liz turned to face her best friend.
"Maria, you know I love you right?" she asked and Maria nodded. "But these times you make me want to strangle you!" she exclaimed.
"Maria, are you working or what?" Jeff boomed across from the other side of the café, causing her to snap into action and moved over to her tables.
"She's crazy," Max, stated and Liz laughed as she nodded in agreement.
"Just figured that out have you?" Liz teased and Max leaned in with a smirk.
"Hey, I have been busy with a sassy person myself," he teased and took her lips into his.
"Hm, how about we go up into my room and have a little private party?" Liz asked as she pulled away from Max, only for Max's eyes to light up as he dragged Liz up the stairs to the apartment.
Maria rolled her eyes.
"Horn dogs," she muttered with a shake of her head and her customer looked at her.
"I asked for a hot dog, not a corn dog," he informed her and Maria bit her bottom lip to stop the laughers from coming through.
"Sorry," she told him before moving away and headed into the backroom where she could laugh freely. "God, what is my life like?" she asked herself before wiping the tears away and Jose stuck his head out from the kitchen and looked at her with an arched eyebrow.
"Ria, have you been slacking on the cedar oil lately?" he asked and she laughed once more.
"Oh you have no idea," she informed him before kissing his cheek before stepping back out, leaving Jose shaking his head in amusement as he turned to Jeff.
"Your daughter has crazy friends," he told him and Jeff laughed.
"Don't I know it," he asked.
"Hm," Liz moaned as Max sucked on her pulse point as she bucked her hips into his. Both of them were on her bed, enjoying their making out.
"I miss just doing this," Max told her as he broke away from her neck and came back up to kiss her.
"What, just making out?" Liz asked between kisses and Max nodded.
"Yeah, as much as I love making love to you, is nice just to make out," he told her and she smiled.
"Hm, you hear no complaints from me," she told him before taking his lips back into hers and stroking her tongue against his when a shrill ringing started. "Where's that phone?" Liz moaned as she patted Max's body till she reached his pocket, she lifted her leg slightly and dug her hand into his pocket, causing Max to pull away from her and she took his cell phone out and threw it across the room. "Go away," she muttered before kissing Max once more.
Liz's phone started ringing, causing Max to pull away from Liz.
"Ignore it," he told her and she nodded as she kissed him again, Max's hands slid down to Liz's butt and pulled her in closer to him when a voice started up.
"Hi, this is Liz Parker and I'm not here right now, please leave a message after the beep," Liz's voice called from the answer machine.
"Hi Liz, this is Mrs Evans, I was wondering if Max was there," Diane's voice broke through their lustful haze, causing the pair of them to break apart and look at her phone.
"Now that is totally a buzz kill," Max stated as Liz reached over and picked up the phone.
"Hey Mrs. Evans, yes, Max is here," she told her before handing the phone to Max and getting off the bed, while Max laid back down on the bed.
"Hey mom, what's up?" he asked before wincing. "Now?" he asked. "No, it's just, Liz and I were studying Biology," he stated before Liz spun around to look at him, shocked while Max blushed and covered his face. "Sure," Max stated. "Liz too?" he asked as he looked at his girlfriend before nodding. "Okay, yes, I will come straight home and I will bring Liz with me," he told her before hanging up the phone and Liz arched an eyebrow at him before picking up his cell phone from where she threw it.
"So, your mom wants us to go and see her?" Liz asked as she gave Max his phone, he took it and placed it in his pocket before getting up and wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Yeah, that's okay right?" he asked and she nodded.
"Sure, I was meant to come over for dinner anyway, might as well make it tonight," Liz told him and he kissed her before letting out of his arms and smoothing down his hair and removing Liz's lip-stick from his lips and neck while Liz fixed herself before they left her bedroom.
Nancy came through into the living room when she saw Max and Liz come out of her bedroom. Liz looked up and saw her mom. "Hey mom, Max and I are going over to his house, his mum wants to speak to us," Liz told Nancy and she nodded.
"Sure thing honey," Nancy told them and she watched as they both walked away, Max had his hands on her hips as he walked from behind her.
Nancy made a mental note to herself to talk to Liz about cooling their relationship. She wanted Liz to explore other boys, not just stick with Max. She hummed as she walked up, thinking up how she could approach her daughter with this.
"Mom?" Max asked as he stepped through the front door. He waited till Liz stepped through before shutting the door.
Diane came out of the kitchen.
"Hi honey," she greeted and smiled when she saw Liz. "Hi Liz."
"Hi Mrs. Evans," Liz greeted.
"Will you both come into the kitchen please?" she asked and they nodded as they followed her and sat across from her at the table. "Right, I'm going to ask you a question and I want an honest answer," she told them and they nodded. "Are you sleeping together?" she asked.
Max and Liz stared at her, stunned on the spot.
"Mom…" Max started but quailed under her glare. "Yes mom, Liz and I are together, together," Max, admitted and Diane nodded.
"I gather you are using protection?" Diane asked.
"Yes!" Max exclaimed before blushing. "Yes, Liz is on the pill and I have protection," Max told her as he tried hard not to shift in his seat.
"How long?"
"Since Summer," Liz admitted, Diane turned to face her. "We never did anything major that night in the desert, we went away to talk about what was happening between us," Liz told her. "The summer was actually the first time we made love."
"Do your parents know?" Diane asked and Liz shook her head.
"No, dad would freak out and mom would give me a lecture and blame Max," Liz admitted. "They are having a hard time accepting that Max and I are together."
"Who knows?" Diane asked.
"Maria," Liz told her. "I never keep anything from her and I think Alex suspects but he never asked me and I never told him."
"Just you, I think Isabel and Michael suspect, I never told them anything," Max finished.
"Okay," Diane stated as she stood up and moved into the kitchen, Liz looked at Max and he sighed as he got up and followed his mother into the kitchen.
"Mom," Max called and Diane turned to face him. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you before it is kinda hard for me to talk about it, it's a private thing," Max explained and she nodded.
"I know sweetie, but I want you to promise me that you'll be careful," she told him and he nodded.
"We're being very careful mom, we don't want to have a baby right now, we have dreams and I'm kinda hoping to achieve them before starting on the family dreams," Max promised and Diane smiled
"Good, is Liz going to stay for dinner tonight?" she asked and Max nodded.
"Yeah, she is, we're gonna go to my room and work on our homework," he told her and she nodded.
"Okay, just remember to leave the door open," she told him and he nodded as he went back over to Liz.
He and Liz made their way into Max's bedroom and Liz flopped down on Max's bed.
"Now, that was the last thing I expected," Liz, told him and Max nodded as he sat down next to her.
"Tell me about it," he told her before falling on his back next to Liz and they both stared at the ceiling. "God, she asked if we were using protection," he muttered and Liz giggled.
"The look on your face," she started and Max glared at her.
"Jesus, and I thought the talk my dad gave me was embarrassing," he stated and Liz looked at him.
"When did you get it?" she asked and he looked at her.
"The day we came back from the desert," he told her and she winced. "You?" he asked.
"The day we got caught in the eraser room," she told him and Max winced too.
"Well, I supposed we deserved it, I mean, it did seem like we were going too fast to them, I mean, to them, we were just friend then we were all of a sudden making out," Max pointed out and Liz nodded.
"Good thing we didn't make love that night in the desert, I hate to see what our parents would have been like then," she told him and Max nodded in agreement.
"Did you get lectures from Maria and Alex?" Max asked and Liz shook her head.
"No, after when Maria caught us, she gave me a lecture because we didn't know a lot about what would have happened if we had made love, but after that she just sort of calmed down, Alex was just making sure that I was sure about what I was doing," she told him and Max nodded.
"Isabel almost blew a fuse when she found out what happened, Michael was mostly disappointed that we didn't have sex, well, you saw what he was like," Max pointed out and Liz nodded. "But I think they calmed down and saw the other sides of what could have happened if we did make love. I mean, we created a bond when we made love," Max told her and Liz nodded before she rolled onto her side and cuddled into Max's side.
"Beside, I liked it better when we made love in the motel, we had a bed then," she told him and he smiled as he kissed her forehead.
Diane walked past the bedroom and saw that Max had his door open and both of them were curled up together, she smiled slightly. She knew that she had nothing to worry about when it came to Max and Liz because she could see how much the two of them were in love with each other. She nodded once more before moving on, continuing what she was doing.
"You know, I think my mom has the wedding invitations all set out with the date left blank," Max stated and Liz giggled as she slapped his chest.
"What makes you say that?" she asked.
"The way how she looked at you when I ended up in hospital, she was excited, I have no doubts that's probably the days she ordered the invitations," he told her and she laughed, causing Max to laugh too.
Isabel made her way into the house and walked over to the kitchen where her mother was cooking.
"Hey mom," she greeted and Diane looked up at her daughter.
"Hey Isabel," Diane greeted back. "Dinner will be ready soon," she told her and Isabel nodded.
"What are we having?" she asked.
"Casserole, Liz is having dinner here too and I didn't want to expose her to all of my Martha cooking just yet," Diane explained and Isabel nodded.
"I'm gonna get changed," she told Diane and headed toward her bedroom, just before she entered her room, she saw Liz sitting on Max's bed, laughing as she looked at something on the bed. She moved closer.
"I can't believe you drew this," Liz stated and Max laughed too.
"Hey, you hate my computer just as much as I do," Max teased and Liz laughed once more.
"Hey, sorry but I don't have an alien ray gun that can blast it into pieces," Liz teased back, causing Max to laugh once more.
Isabel took a step back so they couldn't see her and sighed. Mom was right, Max was happier when he was with Liz; she brought out a side of him that no one else could. She shook her head and entered her bedroom, wondering what she could do to make up to Max.
James whistled as he entered the backroom of the Crashdown, he was ready to meet up with Maria for their date, he hadn't seen her all day because they had different classes and their lunch time were a different hour. He saw a brunette going through her locker.
"Excuse me, do you know where Maria is?" James asked and the girl turned around only for James' jaw to drop. "Maria!" he exclaimed and she grinned.
"Is that a good or a bad thing?" she asked and James shook his head, still unable to form a thought.
"You went brunette," he told her and she laughed.
"Glad to see that you can tell the difference about my hair," Maria told him and he closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he got his thoughts back to normal and looked at his girlfriend, more composed.
"You know, you might wanna warn a guy that you're changing your hair colour just so he doesn't think he's going insane," James told her, dryly and she grinned.
"Sorry, I just did it on impulse," Maria admitted and James nodded as he eyed her hairdo.
"You know, I have to admit, I like it. It brings out a side of you, the mystery exotic yet sensual soft female," James stated and Maria grinned as she reached over and kissed him.
"I knew there was a reason why I'm dating you," she teased him and he laughed.
"Well my lady, are you ready for our date tonight?" he asked as he held out his arm and she bowed her head.
"Yes my sir, I'm most certainly am," she told him as she linked her arm around his and he led the way out.
Jeff just stood in the doorway with a smile, he was glad to see Maria laughing and smiling more often and was glad that James met someone who could meet his match; he shook his head and turned back to his work.
"Mm, this is great Mrs. Evans," Liz told her as everyone dug into his or her dinner and Diane smiled.
"Thank you Liz, I'm glad you like it and I think we need to have a talk about this Mrs Evans thing, call me Diane," Diane told her and Liz looked at her.
"Are you sure?" she asked and Diane smiled as she nodded.
"Yes, I'm more than sure," Diane, told her and Liz nodded.
"Thanks…Diane," Liz tested and Diane smiled to herself, she had a feeling that it was going to be a hard habit for Liz to break the Mrs thing but she could be patient, she had a feeling that Liz was going to be a long term part of Max's life.
"So, what you all been up to lately?" Phillip asked as he took a sip of his drink.
"Mostly just hanging out," Max explained. "We're getting to know James, Liz's cousin and Sarah, Alex's new girlfriend," Max told them.
"So, what is Sarah like?" Diane asked, curiously and Liz smiled brightly.
"She's very nice, she makes Alex laugh and smile," Liz told her. "Alex is forever singing her praises, because of school and work and that, we haven't had time to sit and talk with Sarah to get to know her better for ourselves but we're working on," Liz explained and Diane nodded.
"It's nice that you kids can find someone to have fun with, that's important," Diane told them. Max and Liz smiled at each other as Max reached out and took Liz's hand in his and gave it a squeeze.
"I agree with you mom," Max told Diane without taking his eyes off Liz and Diane smiled while Isabel tried hard to not roll her eyes.
Phillip just watched his son under curious eyes and decided that he'll ask Diane if she knows what's going on with their son rather than put his son on the spot.
"What about you Isabel? Are you and Sarah getting along too?" Phillip asked; Max and Liz looked at each other before looking at Isabel. Diane, also, noticed the exchange, and looked at her daughter.
"We're just accepting each other, it's kinda hard to be friend with your ex boyfriend's new girlfriend," Isabel admitted and Liz nodded.
"Yeah, Kyle was kinda the same but he and Max have started to respect each other, I'm sure you and Sarah will get to that stage soon," Liz told her and Isabel nodded and they all turned back to their food, slight awkward filling the air.
"Okay, who wants desserts?" Diane asked once their plates were empty and there were orders all around, breaking the tension.
Soon, everyone was finished around the table and Liz looked at her watch.
"I'd better get home soon before my mom freaks out, I have an early shift tomorrow," Liz explained and Max nodded.
"I'll drive you home," he told her and she smiled up at him.
"Max, could you stay at the Crashdown or meet up with your friends for a little while, your mother and I need to have a talk," Phillip told him and Max nodded.
"Sure, no problem," Max told him as he grabbed Liz's jacket and helped Liz put it on before grabbing his jacket and pulling it on and led Liz out of the front door toward the jeep.
"Isabel?" Diane asked and Isabel looked at her.
"I have some projects to work on, I'll have my headphones on," Isabel told them before heading into her bedroom. She placed a cd into her cd player, plugged the headphones in and placed it over her ears and grabbed her homework, nodding her head to the beat of the music.
"What did you want to talk about honey?" Diane asked as she and Phillip cleared the table.
"What exactly is going on between our son and Liz?" Phillip asked and Diane took a deep breath before facing her husband and told him everything that Max told her, hoping that he was going to be alright about it.
James led the way into the Crashdown, he opened the door for Maria and she smiled as she stepped through and he shut the door behind him before they both moved over to a booth.
"I had a really nice time tonight," Maria told James and James smiled.
"Me too," he told her and she nodded before looking at him curiously.
"You could have just dropped me off home," she pointed out and James nodded.
"I know but I wanted to talk to you and the car would have been a little uncomfortable," James admitted, causing Maria to looked at him, curiously to what he was going to say. "I really like you," James told her and Maria smiled.
"I really like you too," Maria admitted and James took a deep breath.
"So I was wondering, if you would like to go steady?" he asked and Maria looked at him in a stunned shock.
"What?" she whispered.
"You know, go steady, serious boyfriend and girlfriends," he explained. "You can think about it for a while if you want, you don't need to give me an answer straight away," he told her and she nodded.
"Yeah, I would like some time to think about it, if it's okay?" she asked and James nodded.
"No problem," he told her and there was a jingle of bell, they both turned to see Liz and Max stepping into the Crashdown. Maria shot up, causing Liz to look at her best friend in concern.
"Maria?" Liz asked when Maria hurried over to her.
"We need to talk," Maria informed her before grabbing her hand and pulled her into the backroom. The guys heard running footsteps going up the stairs and Liz's protests that she didn't get to kiss Max goodnight.
Max just smirked to himself, he had a feeling what Maria was up to and turned to face James, who was staring at the backdoor.
"Come on," Max told him and James turned to him.
"Huh?" James asked and Max smiled, obviously amused.
"Maria wants a girls night with Liz, and I want to hear all the stories about Liz when she was young," Max told him and James laughed.
"Deal, but we gotta get Alex on it, he prob has more info," James told him and Max laughed as they made their way over to the jeep.
"What's it like?" Maria asked from where she and Liz were sitting on Liz's bed, sharing ice cream.
"What's what like?" Liz mumbled around her ice cream.
"Sex," Maria stated and Liz looked at her, eyebrow raised.
"Why do you want to know?" Liz asked and Maria shrugged.
Liz sighed as a dreamy look came over her face. "It's amazing," she whispered. Maria grinned at the look on Liz's face.
"He totally ruined it for everyone else," Maria told her and Liz rolled her eyes.
"Like I would want to be with anyone else," Liz retorted before looking at Maria. "Is this about the conversation we had when Michael got sick?" she asked. "Has Michael ruined it for you?" Maria sighed.
"That's the problem," Maria admitted and Liz looked at her, curiously. "I think James ruined it for me." Liz looked at her, confused. "Remember the explosive kiss that Michael gave me that time of the heat wave?" Maria asked and Liz nodded. "Double it with James," Maria told her and Liz's eyes widen.
"You're kidding?" Liz asked and Maria shook her head.
"Nope," Maria stated and Liz shook her head.
"What about Michael?" Liz asked and Maria shrugged.
"I still have feelings for him but they are not as strong as they used to be," Maria admitted and Liz shook her head, amazed.
"Oh boy," She whispered.
The boys found themselves sitting in Alex's living room; drinks and popcorn were ready so they could watch a film.
"Not that I'm complaining, but why are you guys here?" Alex asked.
"Cause our girls decided to have a girl's night, Michael doesn't like James, Kyle and I are getting to be friends but things are still a little awkward between us, and my parents want the house to themselves for the night," Max explained.
"What is the deal with you and Kyle?" James asked.
"Liz used to date Kyle before dumping him for the guy of her dreams," Alex told him and a look of understanding crossed over his face.
"Gotcha, so you're the guy Liz fancied since third grade?" James asked.
Max looked at James, confused while Alex choked on his popcorn.
"I don't think Liz got round to telling him that," Alex told James.
"She liked me from then?" Max asked and James nodded.
"Yep, I remember cause I came down for Halloween that year, all I heard was this cute new kid that came to school and the eyes and the adorable ears," James remembered before smiling and shaking his head. "I think uncle Jeff almost had a heart attack when she announced that she wanted to have his babies." Alex laughed while Max blushed, still reeling from that fact that Liz had a huge crush on him.
"You're in love with James," Liz teased and Maria rolled her eyes.
"What age are you? Five?" Maria demanded and Liz laughed.
"Are you going to tell Michael?" Liz asked and Maria shrugged.
"Why?" Maria asked. "He's happy with Tess," she remarked and Liz shot her a look causing her to nod. "Okay, so he's not happy with Tess but he still chose to be with her," Maria stated and Liz nodded, she may have not been there but everyone had told her how Michael chose to be with Tess.
"Yeah, I guess so," Liz told her, still unsure about everything.
"So, what is going on with you and the delicious Miss Johnson?" James teased Alex and Max rolled his eyes in amusement.
"I like her, I really do," Alex told them and Max looked at him.
"But?" Max prompt and Alex sighed.
"It would be nice if Isabel would lay off glaring at her," Alex muttered and both boys nodded.
"What is up with the chick anyway?" James asked before looking at Max. "No offence."
"None taken," Max, replied. "Isabel and Alex had this thing last year, it wasn't too serious though," Max explained. "I have no idea what happened over the summer but Isabel just seems frosty," Max told them.
"I have no idea either but I decided I wasn't going to stick around and wait for her to make up her mind," Alex stated and James nodded.
"You go man!" James encouraged and Alex looked over at him with a smirk.
"What about you and Maria?" Alex asked.
"You seem to be getting cosy," Max, agreed and James smiled slightly.
"She's a great gal and I think I might be falling for her," James told them.
"Looks like you're not the only one," Alex told him and James looked at him. "She has the same look as Liz does when she talks about Max," Alex explained.
"Would you all leave Liz and I out of this?" Max asked, good naturedly, and Alex laughed.
"We do seem to use you and Liz for our arguments," Alex stated and Max nodded while rolling his eyes in agreement.
"What do you think of Sarah Johnson?" Liz asked and Maria nodded.
"She seems nice, she makes Alex laugh," Maria stated and Liz nodded.
"It's weird, all three of us were involved with the aliens, now you and Alex are involve with humans," Liz stated and Maria nodded.
"I know, things happens for a reason," Maria told her and Liz nodded in agreement.
"I have to agree," She told her, thinking back to all the times that happened. Maria smiled. "Do you have any idea what's up with Isabel?" Liz asked and Maria's look darkens.
"She came in one day over the summer and told Alex to leave her alone and go and be someone else's puppy," Maria stated and Liz choked on the ice cream that was in her mouth as she dropped the spoon in a stunned shock. "And that's the tame version."
"You're kidding!" Max exclaimed when Alex told him everything that happened and Alex shook his head.
"Nope," Alex replied and Max shook his head in disbelief.
"What is up with everyone?" Max demanded. "First Michael hooks up with Tess and Isabel is acting like an ice bitch!"
"What is the problem with Tess?" James asked; Max and Alex looked at each other before looking at James.
"She caused problems between Liz and I cause she was convinced that we were to be together," Max explained and James shook his head.
"Damn," He muttered.
"This is turning out to be even more of a nightmare than I thought," Liz stated and Maria nodded.
"Amen," Maria agreed and Liz shook her head.
"It's like they're possessed, even more alien than ever," Liz told Maria and sighed. "At least Alex found someone that can treat him better," Maria nodded in agreement.
"And I found James and you are and Max are happier than before," Maria stated and Liz smiled. "CHEERS!" they both stated as they clinked spoons.
"And we're happy with our girls," Max stated and the boys nodded as they clinked their cans together, enjoying the movie.
TBC
I actually had fun writing this chapter believe it or not, I hope you guys had fun reading it. And guess what, it's the longest chapter I've written so far!