Part 28~<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> Monday, June 24, 2013</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>11:00am<br><br>When Kyle pulls up to Michael and Maria’s house, Liz is out of the car before it stops. Isabel pulls up right behind them and they all run in the house. <br><br>Walking through the front door, Kyle sees chaos. Michael is running down the hall with Isabel, Max is busy doing something in the kitchen and he can hear Maria yelling from the bedroom at Michael. Sitting on the floor by the bedroom door are Grace and Alex…looking scared. Kyle walks up to them and squats down, “Hey, this is gonna take a while…you guys wanna go get some ice cream?”<br><br>Michael looks down at Kyle gratefully before walking in the bedroom.<br><br>Alex considers the offer for a moment before grabbing Grace’s hand and pulling her up. “Ok, Kyle. That sounds like a good idea.”<br><br>Liz smiles at Kyle as he makes his way out of the house with the kids. “Tell Isabel to call me.” he says over his shoulder at Liz.<br><br>Hearing noise in the kitchen, Liz walks in and asks Max, “What can I do?”<br><br>He looks up at her and nods toward the towels piled on the table. “You can bring those in. She’d probably just like having you with her.”<br><br>“Ok.” She picks the pile up and asks, “Were you guys all there when the twins were born?” she has a worried look on her face.<br><br>“Yah. Everything’s ok…we just weren’t expecting it so soon. Last time it took 18 hours after her water broke, so I wouldn’t get too excited yet.” He says with a grin. Turning to the counter, he waves his hand over some surgical gloves and scissors and a few other things that Liz can’t see.<br><br>Nodding, she turns from the kitchen and walks down the hall and into the back bedroom. Maria is lying in bed, propped up with pillows. Isabel is sitting next to her, holding her hand and Michael is rubbing his hands over Maria’s belly. “Liz!” Maria beams at her when she walks in. “I was wondering where you were.”<br><br>Liz walks over to Maria and grabs her other hand, “How are you feeling?”<br><br>“Like I’m gonna explode all over this lovely room…but it’s all good.” Maria jokes. “I thought we had another month at least…I guess Jaret was right.”<br><br>Looking at Michael, Liz asks, “Everything’s alright…with the baby?”<br><br>He nods and says, “Yup. Everything’s fine. She’s snug as a bug.” and stands up.<br><br>Maria rolls her eyes, “You better not be set on this being a girl, buddy…I don’t want one speck of disappointment on your face when he comes out.”<br><br>Michael leans down and kisses her forehead, “Ok.” before grabbing a chair from the corner and sitting at the foot of the bed. <br><br>Liz leans up and brushes some hair off of Maria’s forehead and Isabel says, “Well, Liz…you’re in for quite a show.”<br><br>Liz laughs and says, “So I hear. Michael told me a little bit about when the twins were born.”<br><br>A snort comes from Maria, “Oh God…remind me again that there’s only one in there this time.”<br><br>Isabel leans over and puts her hand on Maria’s belly…making a show at checking. “Yup…just one.” And she smiles up at Maria.<br><br>Suddenly they hear a commotion in the front of the house and a few moments later, Amy Deluca comes rushing into the bedroom. “Maria! My baby! How are you? What’s going on? Did I miss it?” and she runs up to Maria, putting her hands on both sides of Maria’s face.<br><br>“Hi Mom…I’m ok…it just started.” Maria smiles at her.<br><br>Sitting back, almost disappointed, Amy says, “Oh…well, where are my grandbabies?”<br><br>“Kyle took them out for ice cream.” Liz tells her.<br><br>Turning to Liz, Amy says, “Oh, Liz…I’m so glad you’re here.” She grabs Liz’s hand and smiles at her. “Well, I guess I better go do my grandmotherly duty and rescue Kyle from Grace and Alex. Do you want me to bring them back here, or just take them to my house for the night?” she asks Michael.<br><br>“Your house, if that’s ok. It’ll be too crazy here later.” Michael looks up at her. “Thanks.”<br><br>She leans over and kisses Maria before getting up and hugging Michael. “You have someone call as soon as the action starts…I’m not missing this again.”<br><br>“Of course.” He grins at her. <br><br>She pats the top of his head and says, “Ok…you take care of my baby…or I’ll have to kill you.” she smiles at him and walks out of the bedroom.<br><br>A few minutes later, Max walks back to the bedroom and says to Michael, “Everything’s ready.”<br><br>Michael nods at him and says, “Thanks.”<br><br>“So, who wants to play poker?” Maria says after a few moments of silence. <br><br>Everyone laughs and Michael rolls his eyes as he gets up to go get the cards, mumbling, “Poker…the woman is giving birth to my children and all she ever wants to do is play poker.”<br><br>“You’re just mad because I beat the pants off you last time…and I was in labor!” Maria shouts after him.<br><br>Before Michael can get back with the cards, though, Maria puts her hands to her stomach and screams in pain. Michael runs into the bedroom, “What is it?” and puts his hands over her belly. <br><br>Liz stands up and watches as Michael bends over Maria and Isabel tries to soothe her. She hears Michael say, “It’s time…but she’s not dilated enough.” And she looks down to see that Maria’s belly is glowing brightly.<br><br>“Maria, honey, do the breathing. She can’t come yet.” Michael looks up at Maria.<br><br>“You tell <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> her</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> that!” Maria screams at him…her face bright red and beads of sweat forming on her forehead.<br><br>Michael looks over to Max and Max nods his head as he walks over to Maria. Putting his hand over Maria’s head, Liz watches as it glows for a second and Maria slumps back on the bed in relief. Max moves his hand down and around the swell of her belly and finally pulls it away.<br><br>“We have to get that baby out of there, Michael.” Max looks up at him. <br><br>“Can we dilate her cervix ourselves?” Isabel asks.<br><br>Max looks over at Isabel, “We can try…it’s better than the alternative.” Turning to Liz, he says, “Can you go in the kitchen and grab the things that are lying on the white towel on the table? Don’t touch anything…just wrap it all up in the towel and carry it in.”<br><br>Liz nods and rushes from the bedroom into the kitchen to grab the bundle and run it back to the bedroom. She sets it down on the dresser and steps back toward the head of the bed. She puts her hand on Maria’s head and looks down. Maria is drowsy…her eyes barely open. <br><br>From across the bed, Liz hears Isabel say, “He knocked her out…used the chemicals in her brain to…drug her. It only lasts for a few minutes.”<br><br>Looking up at Isabel, Liz absently wonders when he learned how to do that. <br><br>“Isabel.” Max calls her over before looking over at Liz and meeting her gaze before turning back to Michael.<br><br>Liz kneels on the floor and leans down close to Maria. “It’ll be ok, Maria.” She strokes her hair and tries to comfort her. She watches as Michael turns to look up at Maria before walking toward the foot of the bed. Max walks over with Isabel, who lays down towels on the bed and lifts the sheet off of Maria’s legs. Max looks up at Michael, who is feeling Maria’s belly one more time, and waits.<br><br>When Michael turns to Max and nods, Max sits down on the end of the bed and reaches his hand up into Maria. <br><br>Maria moans and throws her head to the side, and Liz does what she can to calm her as she watches with wide eyes. Isabel is holding Maria’s knees and looks up to Liz’s shocked face. “It’s ok…Max delivered the twins.”<br>Looking down at Max, Liz says, “I thought…Michael…”<br><br>Isabel shakes her head and turns her attention back to Max. <br><br>Liz watches as Max pushes his hand deeper into Maria and turns to look at Michael who has his hands on Maria and looks at Max and says, “There. Do it.”<br><br>Suddenly, Maria screams and tries to sit up. Liz panics and looks at Max, yelling, “What are you doing?! Stop it!” She looks up and sees Michael holding Maria down on the bed. “What are you doing?!”<br><br>Isabel looks at Liz and says, “It’s ok, Liz. He’s just dilating her cervix…it hurts.”<br><br>Grabbing Maria’s hand, Liz looks down at her face…contorted in pain with tears streaming out the corners of her eyes. She looks up at Liz and cries, “Make them stop, Liz…it hurts.”<br><br>Liz reaches a hand up to her cheek and says, “Shhh…it’ll be ok, Maria. It’ll be over in a minute.” and looks back down to see Max pulling his hand out from under the sheet.<br><br>He looks up at Michael and a few moments later, Michael looks at Maria and says, “Ok…let’s try this.”<br><br>Max nods and peels off the gloves he has on before putting on another pair. He walks up to the head of the bed and leans over Maria, putting his hand to her forehead again. “Isabel, get everything ready.” He says as he walks back toward the end of the bed. He looks up at Michael just as Maria seems to wake all the way back up. <br><br>“What the hell, Max! Why don’t you just reach inside and rip out my lungs through my asshole next time!” Maria yells at him.<br><br>Max grins at her and shrugs as she shifts her attention to Michael. “How could you let him do that?! I’m done with this, Michael. You hear me? This is the <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><b> last</b><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> time I’m doing this!”<br><br>Liz can’t help but smile at Maria’s tirade. She doesn’t blame her…she’d probably be screaming, too.<br><br>“Ok, Maria…I’m sorry, but I didn’t have a choice.” Max tells her. “Are you ready to get this over with?”<br><br>Maria nods and says, “Ok, Max…get Michael’s kid out of me.” and she leans back closing her eyes as Michael rolls his eyes.<br><br>Smiling, Max reaches up and puts his hand over Maria’s belly. As Liz watches Maria’s face scrunch up, she realizes that Max must have put the baby to sleep, too.<br><br>She watches as Max keeps his hand on her belly. He looks like he’s concentrating when his eyes suddenly fly open the same time that Maria screams. <br><br>“It’s time, Maria…push.” Max calmly says from the end of the bed. <br><br>Michael sits at the head of the bed and supports Maria as she leans up and pushes. Her belly is glowing brightly now and Liz has to look away. Maria stops pushing and sags in relief in Michael’s arms, not letting go of Liz’s hand. The glowing fades to a dull light.<br><br>A few moments later, Max says, “Get ready, Maria…ok, now. Push now.”<br><br>Maria pushes again as Michael rubs her back and soothes her as much as he can. “You’re doing great, Maria.”<br><br>She leans back again and takes deep breaths…her face is covered in sweat and her eyes are closed.<br><br>“One more time, Maria…come on.” Max says from the end of the bed as Maria leans forward and pushes again. “We have a head…come on Maria. Just one more, a big one.” <br><br>Maria screams as she leans forward before collapsing against the pillows on the bed and the glowing light fades to nothing. <br><br>“It’s a girl!” Isabel shouts from the foot of the bed. Her and Max are bent over and Liz looks up at Maria smiling as Michael leans over and kisses his wife’s lips. <br><br>“I told you.” he whispers to her.<br><br>“Shut up and go get my baby.” Maria smiles at him.<br><br>Liz turns to watch as Michael cuts the umbilical cord and Isabel cleans her up before bringing her up to Maria and laying her on her chest.<br><br>“Oh, Maria…she’s beautiful.” Liz gushes as she stands up and looks at the little baby squirming on Maria’s chest.<br><br>Michael walks back up to the head of the bed and sits next to Maria…cradling his wife and baby. “You did good, honey. She’s wonderful.”<br><br>Maria laughs through the tears in her eyes, “Yah…she’s wonderful, isn’t she?” Maria looks up at Liz and says, “I’m so glad you were here.”<br><br>Liz looks down at them, her eyes filling with tears. She sees Max stand up and peel off his gloves, “You’re all fixed up, Maria. We’ll get out of your hair for a few minutes and I’ll come back and check the baby again.”<br><br>Liz takes one last look at Maria and the baby before turning to leave the bedroom behind Max. Isabel shuts the door behind them and says, “Wow…that was fast.”<br><br>“Oh my God!” Liz exclaims. “Maria’s Mom! Someone should call her. What’s her number?”<br><br>Isabel raises her hand to her mouth and says, “She’s gonna be so pissed…she missed the twins being born, too.” as a laugh escapes. <br><br>Liz walks into the kitchen and sees Max at the sink scrubbing his hands and arms. She picks up the phone and asks, “What’s Amy’s number?” Isabel tells her and she calls to break the news to Amy that her daughter gave birth to a baby girl 15 minutes after she left.<br><br>Ten minutes later, Liz, Max and Isabel are sitting on the front lawn of Michael and Maria’s house. Max is lying on his back, looking up at the sky. Liz is resting back on her hands, her legs stretched out in front of her. And Isabel is sitting cross-legged, plucking pieces of grass from the ground.<br><br>Finally, Liz says, “I thought you said that Michael was trained to deliver the babies.”<br><br>“It’s just easier to tell people that…raises fewer questions than if we told them I did it.” Max says as he stares at the sky. “Michael doesn’t have enough control over his powers. And they’re too important in getting the baby out.”<br><br>Isabel jumps in, “Plus, it’s his wife…his emotions are too jumbled to really be any help.”<br><br>Liz nods and looks out to the street. “So…it takes alien help to get the baby out? What if you guys weren’t around?”<br><br>Isabel keeps her gaze on the ground. “That won’t happen. We were all there last time, and we were here this time. Everything is fine.”<br><br>“The baby won’t come out without help…from our powers. If we weren’t around, a c-section would have to be done and then the entire hospital would know.” Max says from the ground. “It’s not exactly a normal human delivery…”<br><br>“Oh.” Liz says thoughtfully as she looks down to the ground. “I guess Jaret was right…she was only 7 and a half months along and the baby looked like a good size.”<br><br>“It’s a good thing they were here.” Max says.<br><br>After a few moments, Liz says, “That was incredible, Max. You stayed so calm…I think I was ready to tear my hair out.” She laughs before continuing. “I’m sorry I yelled at you…I didn’t know what was happening.”<br><br>“It’s alright…we didn’t have to do that last time. Although, we had to listen to her bitch at us for 18 hours instead. I’ll have to remember the dilating thing for next time…” He grins as he raises his hand to his eyes to block out the sun.<br><br>They all stand up when they see Amy, Kyle, Grace and Alex pull up in front of the house. Amy dashes in through the front door down the hall and into the bedroom. They could her outside crying, “I can’t believe I missed it again! What were you thinking?!” <br><br>Max walks back in the house to go check on the baby and Isabel follows. While Isabel cleans the baby more thoroughly and dresses her, Max checks Maria one more time…healing what he can. Then he takes the baby from Isabel and checks her from head to toe for anything unusual. Handing her back to Maria, Max says, “Everything’s good. You have a perfectly normal little girl.”<br><br>Maria looks up at Max and says, “Thank you, Max. I’m sorry I yelled.” as she looks back down at her baby and rubs her finger along her cheek.<br><br>“No problem.” Max grins at her. “We’re gonna clean up here and go. Call if you need anything.” He turns to grab a trash bag and starts gathering towels and discarded gloves. When everything is picked up, he leaves the bedroom and walks back to the kitchen. Tossing a few more things in the trash bag along with the scissors Michael used to cut the umbilical cord, he ties it up and turns to Isabel, Liz and Kyle. “We should go for a while…let them have some time alone.”<br><br>They all agree and walk out of the house, agreeing to meet later at Max’s for a bar-b-que. <br><br>Liz gets into Max’s car and looks at the clock. “I can’t believe it’s only 2.” She says as she leans back in the seat. “I feel like days have passed since this morning.”<br><br>“Yah…that definitely wasn’t on the agenda for today.” Max says as he starts the car and pulls out onto the street.<br><br>Liz turns to look out the window…thinking about how brave Maria was. At a time when she would have thought Maria would be freaking out, she was calm and determined. It was the most incredible thing she’d ever witnessed. The vision of Michael holding Maria and their new baby brings a smile to her face.<br><br>As Max drives, he thinks about how scared he was. For a minute there, he thought they were gonna have to cut that baby out of Maria. He remembers how he kept glancing at Liz and seeing how scared she was as she tried to be brave for Maria. He keeps remembering the fear in her eyes when Maria screamed in pain. <br><br>They make the drive in silence, each caught up in their own thoughts. Liz almost looks surprised when they pull in Max’s driveway and he turns the engine off.<br><br>Max grabs the trash bag from the trunk and as they’re walking toward the house Liz says, “I should probably call my parents and let them know.”<br><br>Max nods and opens the door, letting Liz in before him. “I’m gonna take care of this, then I think I’m gonna go take a shower.”<br><br>As Liz goes to get the phone from the kitchen, Max takes the trash bag to the backyard, and making sure no one is around, uses his powers to disintegrate the bag. The he walks upstairs, peeling his shirt off when he gets to his bedroom. Turning on the shower, Max walks back in his room to sit on the bed and take off his shoes. He feels like he hasn’t slept for days as he looks at his bed…remembering that he and Liz had just made love in this bed four hours ago. All of a sudden, he’s overcome with drowsiness and lies back on the bed, closing his eyes as he drifts off to sleep. <br><br>An hour later, Liz is downstairs on the couch flipping through channels on TV when she looks up the stairs. She can still hear the shower running. Surely he’s not still in there. Concerned, she walks up the stairs and peeks in Max’s bedroom. When she sees him sprawled out on the bed sleeping, she smiles and walks in. She goes in the bathroom and turns the shower off before turning back to the bedroom.<br><br>She looks at his chest, raising and lowering with each breath…at his arms that are flung out on either side of him and she looks down to see that he still has one shoe on. Unlaced…but still on. She bends down and pulls it off for him before lifting his leg fully on the bed. Watching him for a few more moments, she smiles and turns to leave his room…shutting the door behind her.<br><br>She walks across the hall into her bedroom and strips off her clothes as she searches for a swimsuit. She’s too wound up…a swim would be good. She searches through all her bags and can’t find her one and only swimsuit. Standing in the middle of her room, hands on her hips, she tries to think of something else she could wear to swim in. She walks back over and opens the door to Max’s room as quietly as she can and goes to his dresser. She pulls out a pair of boxers from the top drawer, and glancing over at Max to make sure she didn’t wake him, she leaves and shuts the door behind her again.<br><br>After putting on the boxers and rolling the waist band a few times to keep them on, she puts on a tank top and grabs a towel before heading downstairs. She grabs a boombox off the counter in the kitchen and brings it outside with her, turning it on before stepping onto the diving board and diving in. The water feels so good compared to the heat of the day. After swimming a few laps, she makes her way to the steps and sits on the second one…leaning back and resting her head on the lip of the pool.<br><br>She feels the sun on her face and marvels at the fact that she’s been here for over a month and this is the first time she’s gone swimming. She’s startled out of her thoughts when she opens her eyes and sees Max standing by the side of the pool, watching her.<br><br>“Max!” she stands up suddenly. “I didn’t wake you up, did I?” <br><br>Max drags his gaze over her and shakes his head. “No, I guess I just needed a little nap.” He looks at his boxers which are wet and practically falling off of her, then up to the tank top she’s wearing. It’s ridden up so that it’s bunched just underneath her breasts.<br><br>She looks down when she sees that Max is looking at her and says, “Oh, um…I borrowed a pair of your boxers. I can’t seem to find a swimsuit.” She looks up at him, biting her lip and fidgeting under his gaze.<br><br>She watches as he strips out of his pants down to his boxers and dives into the pool. Standing on the steps, she sees him swim underwater toward her. He surfaces at the bottom of the steps and reaches up to hook his finger in the waistband of her boxers, pulling her down the steps into the pool with him. <br><br>When she’s standing in front of him, he leans forward to kiss her neck…sucking gently on the skin underneath her ear. She stumbles forward into him and puts her hands on his chest, her head thrown to the side as she closes her eyes. He drags his mouth up to hers and runs his tongue along her lower lip until she opens her mouth to his. He kisses her thoroughly and hears a small sound come from the back of her throat. Placing his hands on her hips, he slowly starts to drag them up under her tank top.<br><br>“Hey! We brought…” Max and Liz whip their heads over to the back door where Isabel and Jesse have walked out carrying bags of food. “Oh…oops! Sorry.” Isabel says with a smile. “We didn’t mean to um….interrupt.” she turns to walk back in the kitchen…a laughing Jesse behind her.<br><br>Liz clears her throat and steps back from Max. “I’m gonna…um…go get dressed.” She says, looking down…embarrassed at having been caught. She looks up at Max right before he reaches for her and pulls her close, kissing her again.<br><br>Letting her go, he smiles and says, “Me too.” And he guides her over to the stairs and they climb out of the pool. <br><br>Walking back through the kitchen wrapped in a towel, Liz giggles and says, “Sorry guys…I’ll be right back.” And she runs up the stairs to her room.<br><br>When Max walks into the kitchen, Isabel says, “I’m sorry, Max. I should have called first. I didn’t think…”<br><br>“It’s ok, Isabel. I’m gonna go get dressed…I’ll be right down.” He smiles as he passes her in the kitchen and heads upstairs.<br><br>As Jesse takes out the steaks and chicken breasts from one of the bags, he says, “Well, it looks like Max and Liz are back together.”<br><br>“Yah…I hope it’s a good sign…that Liz is getting her life back to normal.” Isabel smiles as she pulls vegetables out of another bag.<br><br>They hear the front door open with a knock. “Anyone home?” Kyle yells into the house as he walks in.<br><br>“In the kitchen, Kyle.” Isabel yells back.<br><br>Kyle walks in and loudly pronounces, “I have beer!” as he opens the fridge to put it inside, grabbing two before shutting the door.<br><br>Grabbing one from Kyle, Jesse says, “Great…I think we should celebrate.”<br><br>“My Dad will be here in a little while…he got caught up with something at the station.” Kyle tells them as he sits down at the table. “Where are Max and Liz?” he asks as he takes a swig of his beer.<br><br>“Upstairs changing clothes…we caught them making out in the pool.” Jesse grins as he sits down across from Kyle.<br><br>“Oops.” Kyle laughs. <br><br>20 minutes later, Max comes downstairs to find Kyle and Jesse outside starting the grill. He sees the beer bottles on the table and says, “So we’re drinking tonight?”<br><br>Kyle looks over and says, “Not you, buddy. Only those of us of the human variety.”<br><br>Liz walks outside and says, “What’s for only us of the human variety?” <br><br>Jesse grabs a beer out of the box and hands it to Liz. “Beer.” He says in a deep voice and laughs.<br><br>Liz giggles at him as Isabel walks out behind her and says, “Yes…manly men must have their beer.” And she rolls her eyes.<br><br>Shrugging her shoulders, Liz unscrews the top and takes a swig. “Works for me.”<br><br>Isabel sits down next to Max and says, “Great…we’re stuck with a bunch of beer-swilling, drunk humans for the night.” laughing as she hands Max a Cherry Coke.<br><br>“Well, wasn’t that the plan Isabel? Get them all drunk and perform alien experiments on them when they pass out?” Max asks his sister seriously.<br><br>Kyle, Jesse and Liz look at each other and burst into laughter, lifting their bottles and clinking them together and they all say, “Cool!” before taking a drink and laughing some more.<br><br>Isabel turns to Max and says, “They’re hopeless.” and laughs with them. <br><br>“I see the celebrating has already started.” Jim says as he walks through the back door and sees everyone laughing on the back patio.<br><br>“Hey, Jim…pull up a chair.” Max greets him, standing up and rearranging the chairs so Jim can join them.<br><br>Over the course of the evening, they eat and laugh and cheer the new Guerin. Max watches Liz as she relaxes and jokes with everyone…laughing more than he’s seen her laugh since they were kids. He watches as her and Kyle act out the time Kyle had a party at his house and Jim came home early to find Kyle puking in the back yard…and Liz trying to rush everyone out of the house before he saw.<br><br>They tell Jesse and Jim all about the rushed delivery that afternoon. And Kyle laments sarcastically about how it was too bad he had to miss it. After the sun sets, Jesse decides he’s going for a swim, but not before he and Kyle drag Isabel to the side of the pool and push her in. Kyle dives in after them and Jim follows close behind. <br><br>Max moves to the chair next to Liz and smiles at her, nodding to the glass of water she’s drinking. “No more manly beer for you?” he jokes.<br><br>She laughs and says, “Nah. Two is enough for me…I don’t wanna start growing chest hair.”<br><br>Jim looks up at them and jokes, “You two too good for the pool?”<br><br>“Nah…they had enough of the pool earlier.” Isabel says before they all start laughing.<br><br>Liz smiles and rolls her eyes at them before looking down at her hands. She sees Max reach over and grab one of her hands and she looks up at him, smiling.<br><br>Eventually, everyone makes it out of the pool and starts picking up their mess of bottles, cups and plates. Finally, at around 10pm, the last person walks out the door leaving Max and Liz alone…sprawled out on the couch.<br><br>“That was fun.” Liz says. “Having everyone over…it was…fun.” And she smiles over at Max.<br><br>“Yah. Maria will be pissed that she missed it.” Max says.<br><br>Smiling, Liz says, “I’m sure she’d rather be doing what she’s doing now than be over here.”<br><br>Nodding, Max brings his hands up and folds them behind his head as he looks up at the ceiling.<br><br>“Max?” he hears Liz ask after a couple of minutes.<br><br>He looks up and says, “Yah?”<br><br>She looks down at her lap and asks him, “When will you have all your powers back?”<br><br>Furrowing his brow, he says, “I should be fine tomorrow…why?”<br><br>Shrugging her shoulders, she says, “No reason…just curious.” and she stands up. “I think I’m gonna go to bed…it’s been a long day.” <br><br>Max sits up and says, “Ok.”<br><br>Liz walks over to Max and bends over to give him a small kiss on the lips before standing back up and smiling. “Good night, Max.”<br><br>“Good night, Liz.” He says as he watches her climb up the stairs. Leaning back into the couch he thinks about how much he wanted her to sleep with him tonight…just so he could feel her next to him. But she’s right, it’s been a long day and she’ll probably get a better night’s sleep in her own bed.<br><br>Getting up off the couch, Max makes his way to all the doors, making sure they’re locked and he turns out the lights as he makes his way upstairs. Throwing on some sweatpants and brushing his teeth, he climbs into bed and turns out his light. It doesn’t take long before he’s deep in sleep. <br><br>Sometime in the middle of the night, he wakes up and sees Liz standing next to his bed. He smiles and lifts up the covers as she crawls in next to him and he puts his arms around her as they both fall back asleep.<br><br>~TBC~ <p></center><center><FONT COLOR="B22222"><i>So come and sit on my box, enjoy the view of this water where my lifeboat is sinking. 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