Believe it or not but I wrote this whole chapter TODAY! It's getting harder to write because I'm focused on another fan fiction story – Harry Potter so my concentration has been a bit divided, add in the fact that I'm now working at a part time job so – cross fingers and I hope I will get this finished soon – not a lot of chapters left (Hopefully).

If you are a bit squeamish about Michael/Tess and Maria/James – try and skip those parts.

Chapter 23

Liz made her way over to Max's house. She knocked on the door and Isabel opened it a few seconds later.

"What do you want?" Isabel snipped. "Here to throw more harsh accusations at us?" Liz shot her a glare.

"Grow up Isabel, Alex just lost the person he loves. He has a right to be looking for answers," Liz replied. "I'm here to see Max."

"Max doesn't want to see you," Isabel shot back and Liz arched an eyebrow as she looked over Isabel's shoulder.

"Is that right?" she asked, not looking at Isabel. Isabel turned to see Max standing there, his eyes dark.

"Move," Max, whispered and Isabel stepped out of the way, not wanting to set Max's anger off. "Come on in," Max told Liz, who stepped into the house and shut the door behind her before making her way over to Max. Max took her hand they both walked down the hallway toward Max's room, leaving Isabel alone in the hallway.

"Are you okay?" Liz asked. She and Max were sitting on his bed, facing each other. Max sighed.

"I can understand why Alex is blaming us," he admitted and she cupped his face.

"No, Max. Alex is just torn, I mean, he finds out that Sarah is dead then gets told that it was suicide, he's just looking for something to hold onto and dismissing that Sarah committed suicide is one way," Liz explained and Max pinned Liz with a look.

"And you don't believe that it was suicide," he told her and Liz sighed as she closed her eyes before shrugging.

"I don't know what to believe Max," she admitted. "My gut instincts are just fucked up at the moment and I feel like my head is everywhere. It doesn't help that I've not spoken to my parents since my outburst after Vegas, being torn between the humans and the aliens are not making things any easier," she explained and Max nodded as he shifted closer, enveloping her in his arms.

"I know baby, I know," Max whispered before he kissed her forehead. "To tell you the truth, I want to believe Alex but we have no evidence saying that it was alien related and I have no idea where to start if it was alien related. I mean, why go for Alex's girlfriend? She doesn't even know about us so what would they gain from killing her?" Max asked and Liz looked up at her.

"I guess we should track her footsteps, you know, just see if there's anything suspicious about her behaviour or anything that she did without us realising it," Liz told him and Max nodded.

"But not right now," Max told her. "I just want to hold you for a while." Liz nodded as they shifted on the bed, Max laid down on his side and Liz curled up on her side, her head resting on his chest as he played with her hair, both of them comforting the other.

Maria knocked on a door and stood on the doorstep. A minute later, the door opened, revealing James standing there.

"Maria?" he asked. "I thought you were going to stay with Alex."

"Yeah, changes of plans. Alex wanted to be alone," she admitted and James nodded as he stood to the side and let Maria through into the house before shutting the door behind her and led her into the living room. Nancy and Jeff had gone up to Florida for a break, mostly at James' begging saying that Liz needed space and they needed a break.

"So, how are you doing?" James asked as he and Maria sat down on the couch and Maria shook her head.

"It's like I'm stuck in a nightmare and there's no way to get out," Maria admitted and James nodded.

"That would happen, death is never easy on anyone," James told her and Maria looked at him.

"When I heard about Sarah, you know what my first thought was?" she asked and James shook his head. "What if it had been you," she admitted. "God, I started freaking out, I mean, Sarah was only 17, the same age as me and she was killed in an automatic accident. It made me realise how short life is and how we shouldn't waste our time on things that could have happened," she explained and James nodded. "I love you," she whispered and James looked at her, shocked.

"What?" he asked and she gave him a watery smile.

"I love you, amazingly as it sounds," she told him and James gave her a slow smile.

"I love you too," he whispered before he leaned over and kissed her gently on the lips. Maria moaned as she slipped her hands into his hair, holding him as James slipped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer.

Maria's hands slipped down and ran under his shirt, resting her hands on his hot back. James groaned as he copied the action under her shirt before Maria pulled away and slipped his t-shirt off his body before he pulled his hands out under her shirt and unbuttoned the shirt as he went.

He peeled it off her body and stared at her as she looked up at him. She was dressed in a pale yellow bra.

"Can we go to your room?" Maria asked and James nodded as they both stood up and James kissed her once more as he walked her backward toward his room. He pressed her against the door as they both kicked their shoes off before James grabbed the knob and twisted it, letting them both through and he kicked the door shut with his foot before they moved over to the bed.

James slipped his hands down her back till he reached the zipper of her skirt and unzipped it. Maria took a step back and let the skirt fall down to her feet, pooling while she reached out and unzipped James' jeans, she pushed at it, helping it fall to the ground.

James stepped out of his jeans and kicked them away as he hauled Maria back up against his body, loving the feeling of her body against his.

He laid her down on the bed and followed her. They pulled the covers off and pushed it down toward the bottom of the bed before settling back on it and removed their underwear as they went.

Soon, James was between Maria's legs, protected with his cock pressing at the entrance.

"Are you sure?" James asked and Maria nodded.

"Yes," she whispered and James, slowly, slid himself in before thrusting himself fully, breaking her barrier as he went before stilling, letting her get used to him being inside of her.

After a few seconds, Maria shifted her hips and James got the hint. He pulled himself out and then thrusted himself back into her, causing her to lift her hips in order to accommodate his movements. She wrapped her legs around his waist as James rested his body on hers as he kissed her, rubbing her clit as he went.

Soon Maria felt the pain evolving into pleasure, causing her to moan and arch her body into his. James groaned when he felt her walls slicken and starting to clamp down around him. He reached down between them and rubbed this thumb around her clit, pushing her over the edge.

He grunted as he came too, spilling into his condom before pulling away from her and landed on his back. He reached down and pulled the condom off before tying it and threw it into the bin before he turned on his back and Maria curled herself up next to him, resting her head on his shoulder as she pulled the covers over their bodies as they laid there.

"Are you okay?" James asked and Maria smiled as she looked up at him.

"Never better," she told him and he smiled as he leaned down and kissed her gently on the lips before they both relaxed back into their normal place, just enjoying the aftermath of their love making.

Meanwhile, Liz was sneaking through the darken halls of Roswell High School with Max and Alex following her as they made their way over to the files locker room. She and Max had met up with Alex and told him that they would help him to find any evidence that Sarah had been murdered rather than had committed Suicide. Alex had shown them all the photographs that Sarah had taken when she went to Sweden.

They had agreed it was a good place to start. Liz had found a photo of Sarah and a blonde haired girl, called Leanne. There was a building in the background that Liz didn't recognised and she had faxed it to the Swedish Embassy and asked them to contact her regarding information's on the building while Alex contacted the family that Sarah had been staying with.

Max reached past Liz and used his powers to unlock the door, allowing Liz to step in with the boys following her as Max shut the door behind him.

"We're gonna get arrested," Liz muttered under her breath as they moved over to the locker and Liz pulled open a filing cabinet and pulled out a file. "Here's Sarah's file." She turned to see their shocked expression. "What? I volunteered once!" she explained, defensively and they nodded as it came to back them and Alex took the file and flipped through it before frowning.

"I thought Sarah was a honour student," Alex told them and Liz nodded.

"She is, all I heard from the teachers was how high her grades were," Liz confirmed and Alex tipped the files and showed it to Liz.

"Then why are her grades slipping?" he asked and Liz took it and looked through it.

"This is not right, Sarah is the same grade as me in maths and science," Liz told them. "She's higher than Maria in history and English because she was helping Maria in those topics."

"I think that Sarah might have thought her grades were still the same but the teachers noticed it was slipping, the question is, why were they slipping?" Max asked and they looked up when they heard a noise.

Liz closed the files and placed it back into the cabinet and shut the drawer before they all moved over to the wall, near the door and Alex switched off his flashlight.

"You locked the door after we came in, right?" Alex whispered to Max and Max nodded in reply as they saw a blurry image of light walking past the door.

They stayed in the same place for a short moment before they moved over to the door. Liz stuck her head out and looked around before stepping out with Alex and Max. Max locked the door with his powers before they hurried over to the entrance of the school and let themselves out.

They hurried over to the jeep and jumped in. Max set it into gear and they drove away from the school, breathing heavily as they did and Liz rested her the back of her head on the headrest.

"Great, I'm gonna be jazzed up on adrenaline all night," Liz told them.

"At least we got some answers," Alex pointed out.

"But more questions," Max added and Alex nodded in agreement as Liz turned to face him.

"Have the family that Sarah was staying with been in contact with you yet?" Liz asked and Alex shook his head.

"No, not yet," Alex told them and Max turned to face her.

"What about the Swedish Embassy, have they contacted you?" Max asked Liz and she shook her head.

"No, not yet," she told him. "It does take a while to sort out their messages and find out what building I was talking about," Liz told him and they nodded as Max pulled up outside Alex's house.

"There's nothing more we can do tonight, till someone gets back in contact with us, we're stuck," Max told Alex and he nodded.

"I know," Alex whispered and Liz reached out and touched Alex's shoulder.

"We could be onto something here," Liz told him and Alex nodded before he climbed out of the jeep and walked up to his house.

Max and Liz just sat there in the jeep, at lost what to say to make him feel better but at the same time they knew that it wouldn't be long till he actually grieved for Sarah.

"What is this place?" Michael asked as he looked around and Tess smiled.

"This is the Observatory, its where people studies the stars," Tess explained. "You told me how you wish you could be closer to our home, look through the telescope," she told him.

Michael leaned down and looked through the eyepiece of the telescope and saw the v constellations.

"Our home planet," Michael breathed as he pulled away and looked at Tess, who smiled.

"Yeah," she told him as they both looked toward the stars once more.

Michael turned to Tess as she turned to face him before he leaned down and kissed her. Tess moaned slightly she wrapped her arms around his neck, holding on. Michael wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her in closer as she started pulling at his jacket. He let go of her waist and let her peel his jacket off before he reached up and took off her jacket.

They got rid of the other's shirts, jeans, shoes and socks as they went before lying down on the ground. Tess found herself straddling Michael as Michael peeled her bra off before rolling them over and slipped off her pants as she slipped off his boxers before he lifted himself and slid himself into her.

Tess moaned out in delight as she arched her body into his before he started thrusting himself in and out of her, losing himself in the process as the sensation ran over through their bodies.

They rolled about on the floor, lost in their lust as their orgasms took over their bodies.

Meanwhile, in Max's bedroom a ring shrilled through the room. Two figures were in bed started moving about due to the noise.

"Liz, it's your cell," Max mumbled and Liz muttered under her breath as she felt around for her phone before she located it, flipped it open and brought it to her ear.

"Yeah?" she asked.

/Hello, is this Liz Parker/ A male voice asked and Liz got up on her elbow and rubbed her eyes.

"Yeah," she replied, groggily.

/It's the Swedish Embassy/ the male replied and Liz snapped herself awake.

"Oh, thanks for getting back to me. So, do you know what the building in the photo is?" she asked.

/Yes, we do but we are confused, when was this picture taken/ The male asked.

"February and onward," Liz replied.

/You see, that's impossible/ he told her.

"Why?" she asked.

/Because that building has been torn down, it's been destroyed for years now/ he told her and Liz stared at Max in a mixture of shock and fear.

TBC

You might see that the Sex scenes seem a little rush (Okay, a lot rushed) mostly because I'm not in the sexy mood and it's going all crazy here. Sorry.