Now Liz had learnt to control her powers, she had a plan. After getting Maria's letter, she showed Michael the letter giving Liz permission to date Michael. Michael smirked at that, then turned to Liz puzzled at the fact she had asked Maria. She shrugged at his look, telling him ''The rules of friendship needed to be followed and as Maria was your ex and is my best friend, I'd felt I needed to ask her permission first before anything could happen between us.''.
He smirked at her, hearing her admit it for the first time out loud that she liked him. He liked it and kissed her slowly breathless as his thanks. Liz felt herself lose her control, her hands rising to his shoulders to pull him closer. He'd given into her, pushing her against the door, his hands pulling down her cardy, just as kyle walked in on them. Coughing to get their attention, he grinned at them. Liz blushed, readjusting her cardigan, turning to face Kyle.
''So, Kyle asked, what is the plan and what visions have you seen?''
She bit her lip. ''We need to talk in my room, come on.''.
'She had woken up once her powers had got under control and found a concerned Kyle and grinning Michael hovering over her.
''How long was I out for?'' ''A while.'' Kyle answered her question while Michael handed her a cup of tea. Sitting her up, he kept an arm around her as she drank her tea. Kyle noted how close they were together, Liz resting on Michael's shoulder when he took her drink from her. ''Feeling better now?'' he asked her, noticing she wasn't as pale anymore. She nodded. He swept her hair out of her eyes, his fingers brushing over her forehead to sense that her powers were indeed under control. She was past the worst now. All she needed was training now. He breathed a sigh of relief, taking his hand away. He smiled.
He heard a cough, looking down to see Liz raising her eyebrow at him. 'Are you finished yet?' she asked, amused at seeing him zone out. He looked at Kyle to see him grinning at him. Groaning, he realised he'd been caught zoning out while checking Parker was okay.
Liz laughed. ''Don't worry, you must be tired. Sorry, that was my fault of draining your energy to stabilise my own. Get some sleep.'' Getting up from the bed, Michael just looked at her with a raised eyebrow, she shrugged and went to leave, gesturing to Kyle to follow her. He had other ideas. ''Kyle, go on ahead, I need to talk to Parker about something.'' Liz had been dreaming, true, but he was more concerned about this secret she was carrying. It was weighing her down.
Liz was chewing her lip, that was a bad sign. No, this wouldn't do. Pulling her closer, he brushed his lips against hers. This wasn't making out, this was research. He was trying to get behind that wall. She was resisting. She pulled away from him. ''No! You are not getting behind that wall, not until I'm ready to let you.'' Her voice told him to back off. She fled the room. Then came back with a letter. Handing it to him, she said ''You need to read this, then find me.'' She left him to it.
Puzzled, he took it and started to read. It was from Maria. Then his name caught his eye. Maria didn't mind Liz dating him if she wanted to. 'IF!' He shook his head. As far as he was concerned, there was no IF! She had kissed him with love and wore his symbol around her neck. She was his! He quickly got up and caught her by the living room door. Spinning her around, he smirked at her. He was going to make that IF leave her mind permanently. He would be there for her until she was ready but they WOULD be together by the end of this. He just wanted to make sure they both knew it.
After he looked at Liz, who explained about the rules of friendship, he thanked her by kissing her slowly breathless, breaking her control over her feelings for him and causing her to lose it under his touch. Just as he was sliding down her cardigan, he heard Kyle's cough and knew Liz was blushing. 'Good' he thought with a mental smirk. She'd got his message, loud and clear.
It was then Kyle asked about the plan, which lead her mental thoughts back to the present'. Now she had zoned out. 'Great!' She looked up to see Kyle's grin and Michael's brooding smirk. He knew exactly where her thoughts had been...focused on him. The look he gave her was smouldering whisky amber. She blushed and looked away. Kyle just watched. This was too good to miss. He watched Michael pull her closer to him, his eyes never leaving her. Tucking her into his side, he relaxed. Once his eyes left her, she relaxed. Kyle suddenly wished he had a camera. This was perfect.
It was Liz, who left the moment first. Walking away from him, she sat down on the bed. Looking up at Kyle, she asked ''What do you want first? The plan, the dreams or our visions?'' ''What visions?'' 'This was going to be a long night.' 'Not with two' came his thought. Together, they faced Kyle. Kyle blinked. ''One of my powers is visions of the future, Liz began, the night we went the to the desert, I was about to leave for the Winneraton Academy. I was walking to say good bye to Roswell when I saw Michael sat on a bench. We talked. Just as I was going to leave to go home, he stopped me. I don't know how it happened but both our powers linked.'' ''Linked, as in?'' ''Connected. Our powers connected somehow, which meant Parker's ability jumped to me and we both got visions or flashes of the same events, at the same time but from our own perspectives. '' It was Michael, who had answered curtly. ''What did you see?''Kyle asked, intrigued. ''We saw Metachem, your dad, you the rest of the group, Max dead, Isabel dying, evidence including my old uniform, me and Maria at the Academy with a Max look a like, Maria being attacked...'' ''And Parker falling to her death!'' Michael finished for her. He looked at her, telling her not to argue with him for once with one look. Liz looked away.
Kyle was white. He looked at Liz. ''Is this true?'' Liz nodded. Kyle, who was sat on the bed pulled her into his arms in a tight hug. ''I'm so glad you're safe and didn't go.'' Michael spoke up, scratching his eyebrow ''Actually, her life isn't completely safe yet. The others are safe though. It was thanks to Liz that in one night and one morning, Maria, Isabel, Jesse and Maxwell left Roswell.'' ''Of course she did! When did this happen?''
Liz answered ''The same night Max tried to heal me in the desert, it was a busy night. I dumped Max that same night.'' Liz was struggling to keep her emotions together, Kyle rubbing her back. She sniffed. He leaned back and smiled at her reassuringly. ''It's ok.'' Michael just watched, startled as Liz lost it with Kyle. ''I don't want to die.'' she sniffed, completely freaked out now things had finally caught up with her.
Kyle shared a look with him, his meaning clear 'we need to keep her safe.' He nodded, his eyes dark. She'd finally got it. Too well. 'Damn.' His instincts were telling him to hug her and never let her go. Snaking his arm out, he scoped her up into his lap and just held her as she let her shock of the last few days come out. He hated her sobbing but she needed it right now. She had seen herself almost die. She hated losing it like this but she couldn't help it. She went to move but was held tight. 'I've got you.'
Nodding to Kyle to leave them alone for a minute, Kyle with one last look at a sobbing Liz, left. Her need for control was slowing creeping back in to hide that her wall. He saw it coming. Her control mechanism was kicking in. He connected with her mentally and spoke. His tone was gentle. 'Liz, please, I've got you. You don't have to do this now. I'm not Max, I won't try to 'fix' this the way he would. You don't have to hide behind your wall to get through this. You've got me.' Liz stopped shaking, nodding her head to accept his plea. He sighed in relief, no more autopilot for her now. She had been stonewalling people so often, she had done it to herself.
She found herself fully relaxed against him, letting him in to a certain extent. She had her own plan that she would share in time but for now, being emotionally open to him was enough. They could plan together. 'She wasn't alone anymore.' She smiled, resting against Michael's strong shoulder. Michael didn't say anything, just watched her physically let him in, catching her thought. 'No, she wasn't alone anymore, he privately thought, and neither was he.'
Both resting in each other now, he sensed just how broken her heart was over Alex and Maxwell. It was in pieces. All she could handle right now was friendship leading up to more. Her heart wasn't completely ready for anyone yet but there was a chance of it being ready for Michael himself. Even Shawn had been a light flirtation. Her feelings for Michael himself ran deep, deeper than he had expected. Deeper enough to rival her old love for Maxwell, if not beat them entirely. He was surprised by that. When reading her diary, he knew she could love deeply with loyalty. He just never dreamed he would ever be the one she gave her love to. He didn't need to envy Max Evans anymore.
Liz was feeling almost at peace with herself, knowing her unguarded heart was safe in Michael's hands, even if it was just friendship for now. He'd accepted that, she'd felt him do that. She was grateful to him for that. ''Is that ok?'' she asked quietly, feeling him nod in reply.''That's fine Parker, I'm just glad you've let me in. Are you ready to move now?'' At her silent nod, he helped her up.
Kyle was waiting in the lounge downstairs when they joined him, holding hands. At Kyle's questioning gaze, Liz smiled. ''I am okay now Kyle, I'm getting there. I haven't said but Harvard is giving me a chance. Right now we need to put a plan together, we don't have much time. Michael will be needed back at Metachem soon.'' Kyle hugged her. ''Harvard? That's great.''
At Michael's look of 'how do you know' she shrugged, ''It is your second job and you can't be on leave from it forever.'' Kyle agreed with her.
''Fine, what's the plan?'' Kyle asked. ''Well at some point, I'll be going to see your dad about Metachem and he'll come in with me. Only I will come out and he won't. Then Max, Is and myself would have gone into rescue him. Max would have died, Is would have been shot and Maria and Liz would be in danger.''. At their looks of surprise, he added ''That is the only thing that makes sense to me to put it all together.'' Liz nodded, she'd dreamt that herself.
'' I agree with that. So with the others gone, that leaves the three of us and your dad. So when Michael goes in with Jim, they go in with a third person. They can act as a distraction in a way to help to get Jim out. Would that work?'' She didn't add her part of sneaking in and being the distraction to ensure her own life wasn't in danger.
She was planning a one room arson after all. That stayed safely hidden behind her wall. Not even Michael would know until it was too late to stop her. She was pulling one of his stunts.
Both of them agreed with her idea. It was just finding out who to take with them now. Liz was out of the question- she'd be here at the Crash Down- and Kyle would be home. That meant another Metachem employee. He looked at Liz. 'She was chewing her lip again. She had something planned, he knew she did but he was willing to bet it was locked up behind her wall. She wouldn't sneak in, would she? She was a loose cannon right now. Of course she would, he just needed to make her promise not to.'
He decided to test the theory. Watching her carefully, he asked her ''So you'll be here, in the Crash Down then?'' ''Yes.'' He wasn't too sure, there were no tells from her answer. He had to accept her word for now. He had been asked to go back to work with Monk next week and had let her dad know. Unofficially, he had the job.
Sighing, he ran his hand through his hair. ''Ok.'' Liz was relieved, she'd got away with it for now. ''So, we're all agreed?'' ''Agreed.'' they both answered her. She smiled. Turning to Michael, she asked ''When do you go back?'' ''Monday, your dad knows. I've got the job.'' She grinned, twirling her hair. ''I know. He asked me what I thought last night and I told him you deserved it. We work together well, so he was happy to give you the job. You can thank me later, he knows you've earned it.''
Kyle grinned. ''Congratulations Guerin!'' he slapped his back in well done. Liz just gave him a hug and kissed his cheek, before skipping to the kitchen to get some ice cream to celebrate.
Kyle just looked at him, puzzled, as Michael just looked at Liz go to the kitchen. He was shaking his head, he was missing something. She had given nothing away but she had. Kyle got his attention when he put his hand on Michael's shoulder. ''What is it, big man?'' ''She's hiding something, midget.'' Hearing Liz call them through, they both shrugged and left.