Fan Fic and More

Oct 1, 2005



TITLE: CLOSER
AUTHOR: Itzstacie
DISCLAIMER: I don’t own anything. If I did things would have never turned out like they did.
E-MAIL: sschall1@tulane.edu
RATING: MATURE- M/L M/M K/S I/J (I’m sorry as much as I love Alex, he just didn’t play into this, but doesn't mean he's not going to make an apperance).

SUMMARY: Three years after 4AAAB Max starts hearing voices in his head, thinking its his son he sets off to find him, leaving everything and everyone behind, but what happens two years later when he comes back to Roswell to find his life changed more than he thought. (Graduation didnt happen like it did on the show, so Liz does NOT have visions of the future)

Giving Credit to Faith for my lovely banner.



PROLOUGE

And the morning light was breaking
Slowly movin' across the bed
He gets up without her wakin'
To the voices in his head

Through the shadows in the hallway
To the room they painted blue
And on the inside he is frightened
At a loss for what to do

Until he opens up his eyes
And the angels all look down

Even closer than this life
Closer than your faith
Closer than the things that you hold dearly
And in vain
Closer than this life
Falling through again
Giving more than anything
That you could hope to win

And he knows his life is changing
It's never easy letting go
For the first time you are mortal
As the child before you grows
And he wonders at the sight
Of the joy that they have found

Even closer than this life
Closer than your faith
Closer than the things that you hold dearly
And in vain
Closer than this life
Falling through again
Giving more than anything
That you could hope to win

And what would you intend to find?
Solitude? Your peace of mind?
Holding out for something less
Than touching the hand of God?

Even closer than this life
Closer than this faith
Closer than the things that you hold dearly
And in vain
Closer than this life
Falling through again
Giving more than anything
That you could hope to win

Closer than this life
Closer finally
Living for the only thing
You ever made complete
Oh, for the one thing
That you both did perfectly


The gentle breeze blew thru the open window, like a soft lullaby gently humming thru the night. The first signs of daylight threatening to break thru the horizon; it cascaded off the desert like a golden sheet slowly creeping its way to cover the souls that lay sleeping peacefully thru the night.

He stood staring out the window, lost deep in thought as he silently cursed the sun for daring to rise, for when it finally beat the darkness of the night and shined down on the small town, he would no longer be there. The voices in his head wouldn’t leave him alone, they plagued his mind waking and sleeping.

For three years he lived a normal life, until a couple of months ago when he first heard the soft pleas in his head. He tried to ignore them, pass them off as his own guilt for giving up his son that they were just a haunting whisper of his own guilt.

He heard a soft whimper and glanced towards the bed he stared at the sleeping beauty watching her wiggling under the covers trying to get warmer. He slowly walked and pulled the covers up, pausing for a minute before running his fingers thru her long brown hair for the last time.

He could see her smile thru the silhouette of daybreak when he brushed a loose piece off her sleeping forehead. His fiancée, his beautiful fiancée, she had been his since the day he saved her life, since the day they showed each other their souls.

She stuck by him thru everything, vowing to always be there for him. He remembered saying those same words to her but now, now he had to leave her in hopes that when she woke she would understand.

He gently leaned forward to kiss her forehead fighting the tears that wanted to escape “I’m sorry’ he whispered as he pressed his lips to her forehead ‘I will always love you’ he told her one last time. Standing up he took the letter out of his jacket and placed it by the bedside.

Quietly he walked out of the house, getting into the convertible he took one last look at the house he lived in for the last six months and closed his eyes for a moment trying to seep in every last memory he could.

He pulled out and turned driving towards the highway leaving his life behind with one purpose.

To find his son.


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Song 'Closer' by Better Than Ezra

Part 1

Liz opened her eyes to feel the soft breeze of the desert sky flowing thru the windows, she smiled Max always opened it in the middle of the night, he loved the feel of the night winds that blew across the town.

She noticed his side already empty; he liked to do that sometimes get up before her just to surprise her with breakfast in bed. They had started living here four months after Brody handed over the UFO Center to Max, one day Brody just walked in and said that he was leaving Roswell.

He didn’t want any money since he was a multimillionaire already, he handed over the keys and the title said his goodbyes and left, about a month later Max made Michael a partner of the center.

Both of them running it while finishing up school, It was kind of cool to them both already owning a business and neither out of high school yet only had a month to go .

After graduation Liz started to attend the local university with Isabel who was already a student there, they were the only two out of all of them to go to college, she worked part-time in her parent’s restaurant on her days off.

Both of their parents didn’t say anything to them about living together both just mumbled something about being adults and they couldn’t stop them if they wanted to and since they were already engaged they didn’t see how it would make much of a difference.

The ringing of the telephone brought Liz out of her daydream reaching over across the bed she picked it up ‘Hello’ she answered.

‘Morning Liz is my brother around’ Isabel asked from the other end, ‘hold on he’s probably in the kitchen I just woke up’ she answered. ‘Sorry’ Isabel offered thinking she woke her up ‘don’t be I was already awake when you called’.

Liz got up and walked up front into the kitchen “Max’ she called out looking around the front, walking to the window she peeked out side to see his car gone ‘he’s not here Iz, he must have already headed to the center it was his turn to open’ she smiled saying.

‘Okay thanks I’ll try him there’ she said ‘is there anything wrong’ Liz asked walking back to the bedroom ‘NO, no just wanted to talk to him about our parents anniversary party’ Isabel told her ‘how’s that going’ Liz asked walking to the closet and picking out a pair of jeans.

‘It’s going great they don’t know a thing, they are going to be so surprised’ Isabel said getting excited ‘that’s great, well I hate to cut you off but I need to get to work ill catch you later’ she said ‘okay Liz ill talk to you then’ Isabel said hanging up.

Liz hung up the phone feeling in a good mood, her and Isabel had gotten really close especially after Maria took off to Los Angeles to pursue her singing career. Being the only two girls left in the I know an alien club they bonded over the years.

Isabel was still happily married to Jesse a hot shot lawyer that worked for her father, it took a long time for Jesse to relax around the rest of them, the first year it was a bumpy ride for Isabel and Jesse he had a hard time getting past the fact that Isabel lied to him about her origins.

He finally came around and realized that they were still all the same people and it didn’t make him love Isabel any less.

Liz sat at her vanity brushing her hair, putting the brush down she piled it on top of her head and moved her hair from side to side think its time for a hair cut she said to herself, letting it fall back down she picked up brush and brushed it again pulling it into a pony tail.

She heard the horn beeping and cursed silently damn Kyle was early, he was picking her up to bring her to work since he currently had her car in the shop.

Kyle managed to buy out the auto shop from his boss and bought the business to blooming success, opening another one up in Albuquerque.

He moved out of his father’s house and bought a nice two- bedroom home for himself, he pulled away slightly from the rest of them. Tess mind warping him really messed him up for a while, he couldn’t get past feeling guilty of carrying Alex’s dead body.

He would still attend meetings if they had them and would help out every now and then, but he pretty much stayed to himself with the exception of Liz. He tried to live a normal life as much as he could to be honest he felt like an outsider Max had Liz, Isabel had Jesse and even thou Michael wasn’t Maria anymore they still were in love with each other.

Liz hurried up and put on her jeans, throwing her shoes on she grabbed her jacket and ran out the door missing the white envelope with the simple words LIZ sitting on it.

Jumping in the passenger side ‘you’re early’ she told him, he smiled ‘sorry I have to get to the shop early this morning and make sure Brian is working on some girls car, she threatened me if she didn’t have it back by tomorrow’ he said smiling.

Liz just smiled and lightly punched him on the arm ‘thanks again Kyle for fixing it’ she said. ‘That’s what I do’ just said as he drove down the street.

‘So how’s the wedding plans coming’ Liz asked looking at him Jim got engaged to Amy about four months ago after he gotten his job back as sheriff, Kyle and Maria both liked to blow a gasket when they found out. ‘It’s going, don’t remind me please’ he said rolling his eyes.

Liz just laughed ‘come on it can’t be that bad’ ‘please you’re not going to have Maria Deluca as a stepsister that’s scary enough’ he said teasing. Pulling up to the Crashdown she turned to him ‘Well at least you can tell everyone you are related to someone famous’.

‘Yeah yeah get out of my car, I’ll try and get your car finished today’ he told her waiting for her to step out ‘thanks Kyle see you later’ she said getting out and running into the Crashdown.


Twenty minutes later a pissed off Michael came walking in the front doors ‘Liz where the hell is Max, I had to get out of bed because he never showed to open up this morning’. Liz turned and looked at Michael ‘what do you mean he never showed’ ‘did I stutter the first time, he never showed now where he is’ Michael asked.

Liz just shook her head ‘I don’t know he was gone when I got up this morning’ ‘well when you see our fearless leader let him know I am pissed at him’ he said turning to walk back out leaving Liz to wonder where the hell Max was.

Good start. Can't wait to see where it goes.

Part 2

Max drove down the highway glancing at the map in his hand, checking his markings on the direction he was going.

The sun already beating down on him, using his free hand he wiped away the sweat that was already forming on his forehead.

His mind flashed back to a week ago when he and his father were sitting in a boat on one of their father son fishing trips.

Max sat there starting at his rod for what seemed like forever until his father broke him out of his thought. ‘Max is something wrong’ Phillip asked him noticing how his son looked broken about something.

‘No everything’s fine’ Max said at first trying to find the right words to start. Three years ago he asked his father to help him give up his son, now he had to ask him to try and help him find him.

‘Dad I need your help’ Max said slowly looking up at his father.

‘What is it Max’ he asked putting his own rod down and turning his attention to his son.

‘I need you to help me find my son’ Max said as he watched his father’s face grow with confusion.

‘What...Why Max’ was all he could get out.

‘I think my son is in danger’ Max started but Phillip cut him off ‘No son he is safe, I trust the lawyer we gave him to, he would make sure he was safe’.

‘I know, I know you did but I keep hearing these voices, I can’t explain it please don’t ask me too, I just’ Max said pausing ‘I just need to find him’.

Phillip thought for a moment then sighed ‘okay Max okay I will get you the information that I have’ he said as he tried to read the emotions playing on his sons face.

‘What does Liz say about this’ Phillip asked after a couple of minutes, he noticed immediately how Max’s eyes looked down and then diverted to the water ‘Max you did talk to Liz about this’ he asked.

Max picked up his pole avoiding the question ‘Max you can’t leave without talking to her about it’ Phillip told him.

Max blew out his breath and lied ‘I will, just promise me you won’t say anything until I can’ Max asked looking up at his father.

Phillip studied his son for a moment before giving in ‘okay Max’ he answered, the rest of the fishing trip was done in silence with idle chit chat about work, etc.

Max broke out of his daydream and picked up the paper with the name and address written on it, shoving it in his jacket he turned onto the interstate heading back to the place where he thought he would never go again New York.


Kyle pulled up and turned off the engine ‘your car will be ready in the morning’ he said as he turned to face Liz. He noticed she seemed to be preoccupied by staring out of the window ‘Liz’ he said reaching over and touching her shoulder causing her jump.

‘Sorry’ she said putting her hand on the door handle ‘thanks Kyle’ she said as she opened the door. “Liz is everything okay’ he asked looking concerned at her ‘yes, just a little tired’ she lied. Kyle knew better ‘I’m sure he’s just off doing something to surprise you’ he tried to reassure her.

‘I’m sure your right’ she agreed, she didn’t want to admit she was getting worried she tired calling Max on his cell phone several times but never got an answer.

He never showed up to work today and a very pissed off Michael had to close ‘I’ll pick you in the morning to bring you to the shop’ Kyle told her watching her step out, she turned towards him ‘Thanks’ she said shutting the door. Kyle watched her until she got inside.

Liz walked in and put her keys down, an uneasy feeling started in her stomach and she begun to look around the house, walking into the bedroom she glanced around the room out of the corner of her eye she spied the envelope sitting there on her nightstand with her name on it.

With a shaky hand she grabbed it and climbed onto her bed, tucking her legs underneath her she opened the letter and begun to read it.

Liz

By the time you read this, I will be gone. I can not express how sorry I am to do this to you. I will be the first to admit I am a coward I can not look you in the eyes and tell you I have to leave. I am afraid to look you in the eyes and tell you everything I have to say.

I’ve tried to put the past behind me and move forward, but I cant, my son is calling me, he needs me and I have to find him. For months now he has plagued my thoughts. I couldn’t tell you, I didn’t know how to tell you.

I wont ask you to wait for me I can’t ask you to sacrifice anymore of you life than you have. I know you would have if I asked I know you would have helped me and stood by me as you done so many times in the past.

This is why I haven’t said anything because I cant do it, you have already given up so much because of me its not fair to you to drag you back into this search. As much as it kills me I want you to move on, I want you to find someone who can give you the life you deserve.

I was born into this life and not matter what I do I cant escape it, I cant pretend to live a normal life knowing my son is out there possibly in danger. The voices, the voices inside my head won’t let it rest Liz; I have to do this I have to find him.

I know I don’t deserve forgiveness especially after this, I can only hope that deep down you can understand why I have to do this.

My heart can only hope that one day you will forgive me, I love you; I always have and always will.

Love
Max

Liz clutched the tear stained letter to her chest, after everything she had done for him how could he do this to her, to them. After a few minutes she shook her head to clear the tears ‘no’ she said to herself, she wasn’t going to do this; she was going to be strong.

She wasn’t going to let him the get the best of her; he stomped on her heart for the last time. She gathered her thoughts and reached for the phone, picking it up she called Michael.


Part 3

‘Something must be wrong, something must have happened’ Isabel yelled pacing back and forth across the floor. Isabel, Michael, Jesse and Kyle came over after Liz had called Michael.

Jesse sat there in silence, while Kyle sat with his arm around Liz Michael standing in front of the fire place in his protective stance with his arms folded over his chest.

“This is not like him’ Isabel yelled ‘this is just like him’ Michael yelled having hearing enough of Isabel’s rants. Isabel ignored him ‘why would he just take off without telling any of us’

‘Isabel stop’ Michael yelled louder ‘we all know Max is capable of something like this, its not the first time. He doesn’t think he just acts and doesn’t care what we think’.

‘Something must of happened, he wouldn’t just leave Liz like this’ Isabel said sitting down ‘WELL HE DID’ Michael roared causing everyone in the room to jump. ‘Stop defending him, he screwed up big time this time’ he said a little softer.

Isabel brought her hands up to her face wiping away the tears, Jesse brought his arm up and put it around his wife’s shoulder ‘Isabel honey, I have to agree with Michael’ Isabel pushed his arm away ‘you don’t know him, you don’t what its been like’ she yelled.

‘ENOUGH’ Kyle yelled ‘can we please not turn this into a alien debate’ he said lowering his voice Isabel looked at him, then glanced at Liz and Michael ‘what are we going to do, find him?’ she asked. Michael ran his hand thru his head ‘we aren’t going to do anything, he made his bed let him lie in it for once’ he said.

‘Liz I’m so sorry’ Isabel said turning to face her ‘what do you want to do’ she asked. All heads turned and looked at Liz, she hadn’t said much from when they first got there. Gave them the basics of the letter, then sat back trying to decide if she wanted to scream or cry.

As much as she tried to hate Max she couldn’t, she loved him she had for a long time and now he just ripped her heart out and stomped on it, she was so confused.

As she sat there looking back at the others she felt her stomach starting to turn, getting a sickening feeling in her stomach she covered her mouth yelling ‘oh god’ and took off towards the bathroom.

Fifteen minutes later, Liz looked up from the toilet to see the other four just standing there staring at her. Kyle was the first to move, helping her to her feet ‘oh god I’m sorry I thought that was only suppose to happen in the mornings’ she said trying to ease the tension in the room.

Isabel looked at her ‘oh my god Liz are you pregnant’ she asked getting the second shock of the night. As they eased their way back into the living room Liz nodded ‘yes, yes I am’ she said.

‘Does, did Max know’ Isabel asked her eyes getting big of course not she thought he wouldn’t have done this if he did. To confirm her thoughts ‘No I didn't get a chance to tell him’ Liz said as Kyle handed her a glass of water ‘thanks’ she said looking up at him.

He sat down next to her and took her hand ‘no problem’ he said ‘How’ The first words out of Michaels mouth cause Kyle to give a him a you got to be kidding me look ‘Well Michael normally when a man and woman have sex, and the man eja-‘ ‘that’s not what I meant’ Michael said cutting him off. “How far along are you’ he asked clarifying himself.

‘About a month’ Liz answered talking a sip of water ‘I just found out a couple of days ago, im pretty sure it’s a month’ she said. ‘Well we have to find him now more than ever, he has to know so he can come back home’ she said.

‘No Isabel’ Liz said standing up ‘he made the decision to leave I’m not going to be the reason for him to come running back’ tucking a strand of hair behind her ear ‘he left to find his son, if he comes home and something happens to his son I could never live with myself’ she said.

“He has a right to know’ Isabel yelled ‘really’ Liz yelled getting angry’ the way I see it he doesn’t deserve to know jack shit, he left me not the other way around’. ‘Okay ladies’ Kyle said standing up and stepping in between the two women squaring off ‘lets not do this please, it’s late’.

Jesse stood up and took hold of Isabel ‘we don’t need to start fighting among ourselves, no one here is the bad guy, we all can talk about this like adults’ turning Isabel to face him ‘Isabel its Liz decision to tell him or not’ ‘but’ Isabel tried to cut him off’ but nothing Jesse is right’ Michael cut her off.

Jesse looked at Michael in disbelief Michael Guerin was actually agreeing with him ‘thank you Michael’ Michael just shrugged his shoulders ‘lets just go home; go on like always’ he said heading towards the door. Isabel grabbed Liz ‘im sorry he did this’ Liz pulled back ‘it’s not your fault, It’s his promise me you wont try and contact him and tell him’. She asked.

Isabel nodded her head agreeing she didn’t like it, but she agreed ‘Ill call you tomorrow’ she said turning to follow Jesse out of the door. Kyle was the last to leave standing by the door ‘are you going to be okay, I can stay’ he told her.

‘I’ll be fine Kyle’ Liz said reassuring him and at the same time trying to reassure herself, closing the door ‘well be fine’ she whispered leaning against the door and placing her hands on her lower stomach.


Around two in the morning Jess woke up to find Isabel not in bed, getting up he walked into the living room to find her sitting on the couch with a picture in her hand. “Isabel what are you doing’ he asked startling her ‘Jesse you scared me’ she said clutching the picture closer to her chest.

‘What are you doing up honey’ ‘Isabel you promised you wouldn’t do this’ Jesse told her ‘I know, it’s just I have to know Jesse, I have to know whey he left’ ‘if you do this, you can’t tell him about Liz it’s not our secret to tell’ he said ‘I wont’ she said looking up at him ‘I promise’.

‘I just want to note, I think it’s a bad idea’ he said getting up and placing a kiss on her temple ‘noted’ she said smiling waiting for him to walk out of the room. Leaning back she took hold of the picture ‘okay little brother, you have some explaining to do’.

She placed her fingers on his picture and closed her eyes slipping into his dream plane, she found him to easily it was almost as if he was expecting her.


He had his back to her as she walked towards him ‘why did you do it Max’ she asked. “You wouldn’t understand’ he said refusing to turn and face her.

Coming up beside him ‘try me’ she said ‘this isn’t you Max, I know you better than any of them’ she pleaded, she didn’t want to hate him, and she wanted to believe his reasons were good.

When he didn’t answer she continued ‘we all would have helped you Max, all you had to do was ask, Did you even think about what this would do to us, what this did to Liz’ she yelled.

‘I didn’t want to drag everyone back into this Isabel, you all have been living a normal life for the last couple of years, you got what you wanted its wasn’t fair to drag you all back in it’ he said ‘it wasn’t your decision to make Max, you have to stop doing this’ she yelled.

‘Stop thinking you know what’s best for everyone’ she paused for a minute ‘you have no idea what you have done’ she said looking at him. Max looked up at her for the first time since she entered his head ‘what do you mean’ he said.

Isabel stood there looking at him, she opened her mouth then closed it again its not our secret to tell Isabel, the words Jesse spoke popped into her head, turning away from him ‘nothing, Max you just hurt everyone especially Liz’ she said.

He heard her whisper ‘you have no idea what you have done’ again. “I know I screwed up, I know I lost Liz, I have to do this now Isabel, I have to find him’ he said turning his back on her again.

Isabel stood there looking at him for a few minutes, turning to leave she glanced back once more ‘you lost more than you’ve realized’ she said before disappearing.

Nice update. I really like the last part.

Welcome Itztacie !! Welcome to the board !!!

I don´t know if this expression exists in english, but "your fame precedes you"

I love this song, thanks for the lyrics ... now, let´s read : :
i´ll be back with fb .. see you !!

Thank You Timelord31 and vecastone that really means alot that you said that, I always thought I was just a little peon in the world of writing

Part 4

3 months later

Her footsteps made their way up the gravel path, fresh flowers in one hand a tissue in the other. She knew she should be home resting but something told her to come.

The last three months so much had happened, telling her parents she was pregnant, telling his parents. She remembered how Isabel sat there holding her hand as she told his parents how he just left without saying a word.

Diane cried and Phillip got angry Max lied to him told him he would tell the others what he was planning. At first Isabel had been furious that her father knew what he was planning and didn’t tell them.

When she saw that her father felt bad and told them that he swore Max told him he would tell them, she quickly hugged him crying how sorry she was for blaming him.

Phillip and Diane immediately offered their home to Liz suggesting she lived there since both of the kids were out of the house and that they had the room. Saying it might be easier too since her parents still didn’t know that Max was an alien.

Liz told them she would think about it, Diane told her over and over that she would love to have her there, and it would not be a burden at all to either her or Phillip. Liz had a feeling she missed being able to mother someone.

Her parents were so nice about it, they wanted her to move back immediately above the Crash Down, Liz sat them down and explained that the Evans had more room and she couldn’t stay in the house anymore to many memories haunted her there.

Jeff was so angry at Max vowing that if ever saw him again he would personally run him right back out of town. After a long two days of talking to Isabel and Michael she finally talked them into letting her tell her parents the truth.

Making it clear that none of them knew what was going to happen with this baby since this time around it wasn’t two half-hybrids; it was a half-hybrid and a human technically.

Even thou she developed some sort of powers years ago they had yet to surface again since the incident at Winnaman. Isabel was the first to agree, and finally after a lot of convincing Michael finally caved making it clear he wasn’t happy about it.

Liz out a little laugh remembering how her parents just stared at her like she was crazy and had the nerve to ask her if she was taking drugs, after a couple of days talking to the Evans and Valenti’s they believed if they were scared or angry they didn’t show it just went on like everything was normal.

As she came to a stop she worked her way down till she was kneeling being four months pregnant was not easy, the morning sickness finally stopped or as Kyle called it afternoon sickness because that’s when she got sick the most.

She placed the fresh flowers next to the ones that were already there Isabel she thought immediately. Evan after all this time Isabel still visited once a week always making sure there were fresh flowers.

Suddenly Liz felt guilty, what kind of friend was she, she hadn’t been here in months and Isabel came once a week.

As she traced the outline of his name ‘I’m sorry’ she spoke softly, she closed her eyes for a moment imagining him standing there looking at her with his pretty blue eyes and his big goofy grin.

“I guess I haven’t been a very good friend have I’ she said ‘so much has happened but you probably already know that’ She felt the first sign of that familiar glistening in her eyes as the first tears formed to fall ‘I miss you so much’.

Liz felt the baby become active and moving around she brought her hands to her stomach ‘its okay’ she said as she thought the baby could feel her sadness. She looked back at the tombstone ‘Do you know I am having a girl, Isabel told me’.

She wiped the tears from her face ‘she misses you still, she doesn’t talk much about it anymore but I know she does’ ‘she comes here once a week, but im sure you know that too. I want to tell you I decided on a name’ pausing for a moment ‘what do you think about Alexis’ she said.

Just then a gentle breeze blew, not a big one but enough to make her hair sway Liz closed her eyes and smiled ‘I guess you like it’.

‘I wish you were here, I could always depend on you, you always knew how to make me feel better. I wish I could feel you wrap your arms around me and tell me everything will be okay, cause honestly I don’t know if they will be anymore’.

Another gentle breeze came thru ‘thank you’ she smiled feeling a little better. She sat there in silence for a while just remembering all the crazy things they used to do.

She heard a soft voice behind her ‘Do you think he thinks we forgot about him’ bringing her out of her daydream. Liz turned and smiled ‘Maria’ coming face to face with her best friend.

Part 5

Max sat down outside a little café sipping his coffee and going over his notes, setting the cup down he ran a hand over his tired eyes dammit he thought looking at the papers spread out that were sitting in front of him. The answers were sitting in front of him, he just knew it but couldn’t see it. He let his mind blank out recalling how he wound up here in Los Angeles, California.

3 months earlier

Max pulled up and stopped in front of the large glass building, stepping out and looking around he couldn’t help but get an eerie feeling.

He looked up and could see the familiar building he stood only years ago at the top looking down at the city, a city he came to with Tess.

Tess from the moment she walked into his life it spiraled downward, everything went wrong the lies, the deceit. He couldn’t help but wonder how their lives would have been easier if she never came. He and Liz would have never split in the first place. Alex would still be alive, Alex she murdered him and didn’t even give it a second thought.

Sure she came back and sacrificed herself but was justice really done, did killing herself make up for taking his life. That year was the worst, starting to give into his alien side. The memories of his own planet were those just mind warps too. Pictures planted in head, god how did he ever give in like that.

‘I can’t believe I ever cared about you’ ‘well you did and that was not a mind warp’ those words popped in his head, it was true he knew why, she was there when everyone else left him.

The guilt still haunted him, they left because he pushed them away, and it was his fault. He was the one that pushed Michael, Isabel and Liz. Liz who was he ever going to be able to make things right with her again.

He hurt her over and over, he knew he blew it big time; she almost left him when he went to Los Angeles, and she should have left him. Why not he almost left the planet without even telling her goodbye, was it fate that stepped in and stopped that ship from working, was some part of a plan, a plan of something bigger to come.

He shook his head and pushed all the thoughts aside, he left to find his son he had to concentrate on that, he would deal with everything else later.

Walking into the building he looked at the paper in his hand, stepping into the elevator he pushed the tenth floor. Stepping out he made his way down the hall looking for the room number.

Opening the door he noticed an older red hair lady sitting behind a desk with several closed doors around her. Walking up the secretary seemed oblivious to him standing there she was steady typing something behind a computer screen?

Clearing his throat caught her attention she looked up ‘May I help you’ she said peering over the computer screen ‘Yes maam I’m here to see Mr. Roberts’ she looked him up and down raising an eyebrow ‘do you have an appointment’ she asked.

Max immediately knew this wasn’t going to be easy ‘no maam I don’t but Mr. Roberts and my father went to law school together, my father told me I should look him up if I ever came this way’.

The secretary chuckled a little ‘nice try young man but seeing that Mr., Roberts looks only about two years older than you, I don’t see how they could of went to school together’ Max stood there dumbfounded.

Just then a door opened a blonde hair man stepped out dressed in a black suit, he immediately saw Max standing there ‘Is everything okay Delores’ he asked. Delores shook her head yes ‘this gentleman says you went to school with his father’ she said motioning towards Max.

The young man looked questionably at Max guessing him to be about his age ‘you must mean my father John Roberts Sr.’ ‘senior’ Max asked ‘yes he retired three years ago I recently opened his office back up’.

Max looked at him ‘is there anyway I can speak to him, I really need his help’ John raised an eyebrow ‘why don’t you come into my office and well talk’ Max nodded and followed him in. John turned to his secretary ‘Delores let me know when my next appointment arrives’.

Leaving the door cracked open he motioned for Max to sit while taking his seat at his desk ‘I handle all my fathers affairs now, maybe I can help you’ he started. Max questioned whether or not to talk to him or insist talking to his father.

Sensing he wouldn’t win the second one ‘three years ago your father helped mine with an adoption case’ ‘that’s odd’ John said cutting him off. Max looked at him ‘what is’ John picked up a pen and started flipping it in his hand ‘this office or when my father was in charge doesn’t handle adoption cases’.

Max looked at him confused ‘This is a criminal law office Mr.-‘ pausing for a minute ‘Max, Max Evans’ he answered ‘Well Mr. Evans as I was saying before this is a criminal law office, it couldn’t have been my father’.

Max started growing agitated ‘my father gave me his name, your father did it as a favor to mine, couldn’t you look thru your files or something’ “ I assure you Mr. Evans I have been thru every file in here there has never been an adoption case file, I would have seen it’ John told him.

‘Is there anyway I could speak to your father, please it’s really important’ Max pleaded before he could answer a knock was heard on the door ‘I’m sorry Mr. Roberts your next appointment is here’ Delores told him peaking her head in.

John stood up ‘Thank you Delores’ turning to Max ‘I’m sorry but my father is out of the country for a while’ Max stood up and headed for the door ‘thank you for your time’ he told him. John nodded his head ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t be of any help, then turned and led his appointment into his office closing the door.

Delores watched Max walked towards the door looking defeated, for some reason her heart went out to him ‘Sir’ she whispered before he could get clearly out, Max stopped and looked back at her.

Delores glanced at her bosses door then hurried to walk over ‘I couldn’t help to overhear you’ Max looked at her questionably ‘I can help you’ I worked for John Sr also’.

Max’s face lit up ‘really’ she asked she put her finger to her lips hushing him ‘not here’ slipping him a piece of paper ‘meet me here at eight I will tell you what I know’ she said ‘thank you’ Max said turning to walk out.

At seven forty-five Max sat down inside the café the woman told him to meet her at. Eight-ten Max started to get worried that she wasn’t going to show up. Just when he was about to give up he saw he walk in. She spotted him and made her way over ‘sorry not as young as I used to be’ she said sitting down.

‘Doesn’t show’ he said motioning for a waitress, she smiled and thanked him. He waited while she ordered a cup of coffee. She did a quick glance around and then leaned closer ‘I remember Mr. Roberts talking to your father, he had a Blonde women with him’ Max nodded ‘my mother’.

“It was suppose to be a confidential case, and your parents made it clear that he was to go where he could be safe, but they never said why’ she said ‘Do you know who he was given to’ Max asked.

She shook her head ‘About four days later he brought me the file and told me to destroy everything’ Confusion raised in his head ‘why’ he had to ask. ‘I don’t know, but I couldn’t help but read the files before destroying them, the weird thing is Mr. Roberts retired a week later’.

‘How is that weird’ Max asked ‘You don’t understand Mr. Roberts loved his job, and was still young enough to keep working for at least another 10 years’ she paused for a moment ‘from what I heard he came into a lot of money suddenly’ she said.

As she took a sip of coffee he asked ‘can you tell me what the files said’ she nodded ‘the baby was adopted by a couple in Los Angeles California, they apparently couldn’t have children, and an agent for her father handled all the details’.

“But they didn’t give a name’ Max questioned she shook her head no’ the agent claimed that her father was very big and famous and didn’t want it to get out that they had adopted’.

Max couldn’t help but feel he was back to square one grasping at straws he had to ask ‘is there any name that you can remember seeing maybe the agents’? She seemed to think about it for a moment trying to recall ‘there were no names only initials C.L. on a couple of pieces of paper’ she said.

‘I’m sorry I don’t remember anything more’ she started ‘no, no you helped me more than you know, at least I have a starting point now’ Max told her.

‘I really have to go now, this old woman needs her beauty sleep’ she teased Max stood up and helped her up ‘thank you again for helping me’ she nodded her head ‘good luck finding your son’ she said shocking him ‘how did you know’ she smiled ‘its in your eyes son, the eyes are the windows to souls, they never lie’ she said patting him on his arm.

Max came out of his daydream and sighed, picking up the papers again with all his notes written on it he glanced down at it. He tried racking his brain again like he’s done for the last three months, pushing the papers aside he propped his arm on the table resting his chin in it.

Out of the corner of his eyes he stared at the initials, finally dawning on him why didn’t I see it before he thought.

Let me guess. Cal Langly. Right :D

Time--You Got It.

Part 6

“God I missed this’ Maria said as she leaned back and brought the spoon to her mouth ‘I know, nothing like a pint of ice cream to take away your problems’ Liz said sitting across from her.

Maria watched Liz for a few minutes she had to admit was kind of weird seeing her best friend pregnant, she smiled little Liz Parker with a round belly.

‘So how are you doing’ she asked as she studied Liz ‘I’m fine’ Liz answered a little too quickly ‘come on Liz, it’s me I know you better than anyone’ Maria countered.

Liz dropped the spoon into the container standing up she ran her hands thru her head ‘I don’t know, hurt, confused, angry, misled take your pick’ she said sitting down on a chair ‘you know what I think’ Maria said ‘I’m sure your going to tell me’ Liz mumbled underneath her breath.

‘You need to just walk away Liz, move with your life. Ever since you found out about Max your life is like one big roller coaster with all these ups and downs and never stopping’ Maria said looking at her ‘just get him out of your life’.

Liz looked at her ‘it’s a little late for that’ she pointed to her stomach ‘be kind of hard being I am carrying his child’ ‘and yet he left’ Maria pointed out. ‘Maria he didn’t know okay and besides I could never do that to him’ she said.

‘Why do you always do that’ Maria asked ‘do what’ Liz asked ‘defend him, you always do it you wont deal with the fact that he hurt you, and might I remind you its not the first time’ Maria argued.

‘I have done my fair share Maria, remember the whole Future Max thing, and the two times I did actually walk away’ Liz said ‘and you ran right back to him’ Maria said.

‘And so what if you hurt him, that just gives him the okay to trample on your heart whenever he sees fit’ she said as she set the container down and stood up ‘face facts Liz, he left without saying anything, he dragging the past back up when he told you he put that part of his life behind him, and then he didn’t even have the balls to tell you to your face’ Maria told her.

Before Liz could reply the door flew open “Liz where the hell have-‘Michael stopped short ‘Maria’ he said looking at her. He felt a lump forming in his throat looking at her, she was as beautiful as he remembered, her hair was a little longer but those green eyes still held that spitfire he loved so much about her.

“Michael’ she said not knowing what else to say, not that she could form a word right now, standing there looking at him with his black slacks and his white button down shirt, he cut his hair and instead of the wildness it was combed back.

Liz sat there smiling for a few minutes looking at the both of them Maria was still in it no matter how far she ran to get away. “Did you need something Michael’ she said breaking the silence ‘huh’ was all Michael could say as he continued to stare at Maria.

‘I take it you came barging in for a reason’ she said. Clearing his head he came back to reality ‘yea right call Isabel she driving me crazy, she said your not answering your cell phone and she’s panicking’ he said as he glanced back at Maria.

‘Oh sorry I forgot I turned it off when I went to the cemetery’ she said getting up and hunting for her phone. Well call her before she blows a gasket, I need to get back to the center’ he said ‘nice to see you Maria’ turning to leave before he got to the door ‘Hey Michael’ he heard Maria call him.

Turning to face her ‘you cleaned up real nice space boy’ she said smiling; Michael smiled and nodded his head ‘not so bad yourself’ he said then left.

Liz let out a laugh as Maria turned to look at her ‘what’s so funny’ she asked ‘and you tell me my life is a roller coaster’. “That ride stopped a long time ago’ Maria said sitting down ‘keep telling yourself that’ Liz said as she smiled.

“Anyways were talking about you not me’ she said changing the subject. Maria’s face lit up suddenly ‘oh I got it, the perfect solution, I should have thought about this sooner, why didn’t I think’ ‘Maria you’re babbling’ Liz said cutting her off.

‘Huh, oh yeah right but Liz listen to me, come to LA with me’ Maria said ‘What’ Liz asked getting confused ‘you and the baby come live with me LA’ “Maria’ Liz tried to cut her off but she wouldn’t listen ‘No listen Liz you don't belong here you are to good to be stuck in this town’ she said.

“Maria no’ Liz tried to protest but Maria keep going ‘Liz it’s the perfect escape for you’ Liz stood up and grabbed Maria by the arms ‘Maria will you listen to me’ she said. Maria finally stopped talking ‘as much as I would love to, I can’t okay you seem to keep forgetting.

The baby I’m carrying is from an alien, I have no idea what going to happen I have to stay here in case something goes wrong’ ‘Liz’ Maria tired to cut her off ‘Maria no okay I am staying’ ‘why so Max came come back, grovel at your feet and you take him back’ Maria said.

Liz let go of her and walked away ‘that’s not going to happen’ she argued then turning to her ‘can we please just drop this right now I don’t want to talk about it anymore’ she was starting to get upset.

Maria came over and hugged her ‘I’m sorry Liz I just don’t like seeing you hurting’ Liz hugged her back, just then the baby started moving Liz smiled and grabbed Maria’s hand putting it on her stomach.

“That is just so cool’ Maria smiled as she felt the little thumps underneath her hands, she knelt down and put her cheek against her stomach ‘Hello Alexis’ she said smiling, she pulled back and looked at Liz ‘Alex would be so proud’ she said getting teary.

Shaking away the tears Maria stood up ‘okay I have to go, my mother is forcing me to have dinner with Jim and the son from hell’ she said grabbing her purse’.


‘Maria be nice’ Liz said giving her a look, Maria gave her one of her hundred watt grins ‘hey babe it’s me, I’m always nice’ said giving her quick hug. Liz just shook her head as she watched Maria leave leaving her to herself and her thoughts.

Liz laid down on the bed thinking about the things Maria told her, should she really just pick up and leave. Maria was right she seemed to always defend him whenever someone tired to point out the things he did wrong.

She would be the first to admit she was not innocent when it came to her and Max, she hurt him just as much, she pushed him away but Maria was right, it didn’t give him the right to hurt her whenever he wanted. Was this ever going to be easy with him, and what about when he did come back he would one day, could she just put it aside as she did before and just take him back.

Would she able to move on with the acceptance of him just being a part of her life for their daughter’s sake, could she just settle for being friends, could he. Once Max finds out about having a daughter he would never give up on her, it killed him to give away his son and now he is back out there looking for him.

And what would happen when he finds him, would he just make sure he’s okay and come back home leaving him where he is, would he bring his son back here. And if he did and she just happened to take him back, could she raise someone that would be a painful constant reminder to her.

It’s not the child’s fault, but could she be strong enough to push the hatred she had for his mother far enough down to raise him without thinking about his mother every time she looked at him.

Liz groaned dam Maria she was right with everything she had said, since when did Maria become so smart. Liz brought her hands to her stomach, she had a lot to think about. She started thinking about her baby, she would be here soon.

She made a decision it was time to stop thinking about what ifs and start concentrating on her and her daughter, and maybe they could help each other to grow up. .

Part 7

Max drove to the familiar house, looking over his notes once more as he felt his blood start to boil. What the hell did Cal Langley think he was doing and more importantly what the hell was he doing with his son.

Max walked up the front door and pounded on it, it took a minute before the door opened then slammed back in his face ‘I don’t have time to deal with you again’ he heard an angry voice yell from behind it.

Max didn’t waste anytime using his powers and barging into the house. Cal was standing on the stairs with his arms crossed across his chest with a smug look on his face ‘Where is my son’ Max demanded walking up.

“Sorry kid not going to work this time’ Cal said as he raised his hand and blasted sending Max flying backwards. Max put his hand on his chest as he rolled over and braced himself up on his knees and hand, feeling like his chest was on fire he started coughing trying to get the burning sensation out of his lungs. Looking up he wheezed out ‘I am giving you an order, take me to my son’.

Cal started laughing Max looked at him crazy as he managed to stand back on his feet, Cal stopped laughing and walked up to Max grabbing him by the shirt collar ‘told you doesn’t work anymore’.

Max eye’s darted back and forth looking at the crazy shape shifting alien ‘you are encoded to follow a direct order’ he yelled out. Cal started pushing Max backwards towards the door ‘not anymore’ he said staring him straight in the eyes.

He shoved Max outside causing him to fall backwards ‘leave or I will make your life a living hell’ he said slamming the door shut ‘and don’t think I don’t mean it’ he heard as he picked himself up off his feet.


Max laid staring at the ceiling remembering how he got here in this cold dark cell. How long have I been here he thought trying to remember? Has it been days, months he tried to think when he had stopped counting.

He came here to find his son knowing it wouldn’t be easy but he got a lot more than he bargained for, he didn’t think Cal would be serious when he said he would make his life a living hell.

‘I told you go home’ Cal said ‘and I told you I want my son’ Max replied.

He remembered each and every word he and Cal spoke since coming to him. Only finding out bits here and there, he still had no idea where his son was. He needed to find him now more than ever.

When he gave his son up he thought he was giving him a chance to grow up living a normal life. No one knew that would never be able to happen, another one of Tess’s lies why had he kept trying to believe her.

‘My son is human, what are you doing with him’ Max yelled holding his stomach. Cal made no attempts at being peaceful every time Max showed up in his face but he was determined he was going to find his son or die trying. ‘Is that what you believe, is that what she told you’ Cal laughed ‘you are more stupid that I thought’.

Max’s eyes diverted to the door when he heard the slot open, three times a day the slot opened and a tray was shoved in, they would demand the empty one when the new one was shoved in. He would try to get them to talk, but no one would ever answer. Only Cal would come every now and then, hatred showing on his face each and every time.

“Are you ready to give up and go home’ he would ask ‘not without my son’ would be his reply. He was determined to hold firm. The two times he did agree, he got out only to be thrown right back in this room. You would think he would have learned and tried something else, come up with another plan.

But the things he did manage to get out of Cal, he was determined even more to find his son. He would play this little game as long as he had to, even if it meant spending the rest of his life in this room.

‘They will come looking for me, you can’t keep me here forever’ he told Cal ‘your free to go anytime you want, you’re the one keeping yourself here’ the shape shifter said leaning against the wall. “Why wont you tell me where my son is’ ‘why must you find him, you haven’t made any attempts in four years’.

Max got up and walked over to the door shoving the tray out ‘how long have I been here’ he asked hoping one of these days someone would answer him ‘fo- four months’ he heard a soft voice whisper. He quickly dropped to his knees peering thru the slot ‘wait please don’t go’ he yelled as he saw the person begin to walk away.

He could hear the footsteps stopping and he listened closely ash he heard her whisper ‘I have to, he’ll kill me if catches me talking to you’. He heard the foot steps continue on their way, whoever this person was just may be the ticket he needed he would have to work on her.

‘Explain something’ Max asked sliding down against the wall ‘I don’t have to explain anything ‘ Cal said staring at him ‘why isn’t the encoding working’ he asked looking up at him ‘was wondering when you were going to ask about that’ he said smiling.

Max didn’t say anything just looked up at him waiting for an answer ‘let’s just say four years ago I found my loop hole’ he said smirking ‘what loophole’ he asked ‘think about it, it’ll come to you’ Cal said walking out of the door.

Max picked up the tray and walked back over to the bed, trying to piece together all the clues. Every time he would come he would only leave Max with more confusion. He wished Isabel would dream walk him again, she hadn’t been back since the last time. He hoped one of them would try and find him, but somehow he knew they wouldn’t.

“Please my son is calling me, he needs me’ he begged ‘your son is fine’ he would say ‘why wont you let me see for myself’ ‘you would only interfere’ he would say ‘interfere in what’ Max asked ‘his mission’ Cal would state.

‘Don’t you think my friends and family won’t try and find me ‘he said ‘why would they you picked up and left’ Cal stated. ‘They are moving on with their lives, not even missing you especially that girlfriend of yours’ ‘How do you know that’ Max asked ‘told you before, it’s my job to know’ he said grinning.

‘Did you do something to them, to Liz’ he demanded, Cal only laughed out loud ‘I only watch, you’re the one who did something to her’ he said. Turning to leave ‘should have just gone home kid, going to have a nice surprise when you get back’.

‘What are you talking about’ he asked ‘don’t want to ruin it’ Cal said walking out, Max stared at the door after he left what the hell was he talking about ‘daddy help me’ he heard in his head. Max grabbed his head as he heard the voice call out to him, ARGHH he screamed slamming his fist into the wall he was slowly going crazy he thought.

That was the last time he spoke to Cal, it had been a while since he had been here.

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Michael strolled thru the park he wasn’t sure why, he never took walks but tonight it was cool out the stars were shining brightly in the night sky.

He heard the soft music of a guitar being played, walking closer he spotted Maria sitting here by herself playing. He stood there listening to her, he missed her playing he had her CDS but it wasn’t the same as listening in person.

Maria sat there playing and singing to herself, she was in the process of writing a new song. She stopped and let her fingers rest against the strings. God what was she still doing here, her mother was married two weeks again and she was still here.

She missed her big comfy apartment in LA, she missed the thrill of being in a recording studio, but she had missed Roswell to, she missed Liz, her friends, family. La fit her but Roswell fit her too.

When she left she never thought about looking back but now that she was here, what was it about this small town that sucked you in. She laughed at herself she knew what it was, or should she say who it was.

Michael, plain and simple she thought being away from him would help her get over him, but being here seeing him she knew she never would. They had gone on a couple of dates since she came back they would just talk half the night away.

He changed a lot, he was a better person she could see that he was different, but a good different. She jumped when she heard a rustling from behind her. Turning she saw him ‘God Michael you scared the crap out of me’.
He walked forward ‘sorry’ he said coming to stand next to her.

‘What are you doing out here ‘she asked ‘Just walking’ he said then pointed to the seat next to her. Maria scooted over ‘you’ he asked sitting down next to her ‘just working on a new song’ she said looking at him.

‘So I heard, thought you would have been back in LA about now’ he said. She raised her eyebrow at him ‘sometimes things change’ she said ‘sometimes they do’ he said looking back at her.

‘So you want me to go back’ she asked ‘doesn’t matter what I want, not my decision to make’ he said looking up at the sky. Maria watched him for a few minutes ‘matters to me’ she said ‘what do you want me to do Michael’ she asked.

His cell phone ringing stopped him from answering, he grabbed it ‘hello’ he said answering it ‘okay be there in a minute’ he said hanging up and standing up, he put his hand out for Maria ‘Liz is in labor’ he said.

I know the loop hole. Cal doesn't have to obey Max now because its Max's son that is to be the king now right. And Cal is training him to be that king. I hope theres more soon.

I remember this, and I love it! I love your banner, too! Very nice!


Gerry

Timelord---Not to be a King..you'll see later on.

Island Breeze --glad to see you reading.

Part 8

Michael and Maria pull up to the Evans house to see Isabel’s car and Kyle’s truck already there. “Looks like the gangs all here” Michael said, he looked over at Maria and saw a slight sadden expression on her face.

‘Well what’s left of us’ Maria smiled ‘I know what you meant, nice to know I am still considered part of the group’.

Michael stepped out and ran to the other side opening the door, she looked up when he extended his hand, he smiled at her ‘thanks’ she said as they walked forward.

‘You will always be part of this group, part of me’ he said as they got closer to the door, “Michael’ Maria begin, but he turned and put his hand up ‘later, lets focus on Liz right now’ he said. ‘Okay, but me and you space boy will finish this later’ she said, he shook his head ‘promise’

Diane opened the door and was relieved to see them, she had been going nuts, not sure what to do and Liz seemed to be in so much pain. She and Liz had been sitting in the kitchen talking about what Liz was going to do after the baby was born.

She thought Liz might want to leave and go home; they had been talking about turning Max’s old room into a nursery. Liz wasn’t really to sure; when she first moved in she jumped taking Isabel’s old room.

A couple of times she would creep into his, but she would be met with flashes and images of the past, of times when they were growing up. She tried to stay away from that room as much as she could.

Liz told Diane she would think about it, the truth was she didn’t want to have to deal with that room if she could help it.

Liz had got up to get a drink of water when the contractions started hitting her hard and fast. She dropped the glass when she felt the warm rush of liquid pool out from underneath her.

Diane immediately jumped up and led Liz to the back; once she got her lying down she quickly called Isabel. Kyle had gotten there first he had stopped by to talk to Liz about something. A frantic Diane met him at the door; he made his way to the back and called Michael and her parents.

Maria took of running to the back, she ran in the room to see Kyle sitting there holding Liz’s hand, Isabel was in front of her trying to calm Liz down.

‘God it hurts’ Liz screamed out crying, Kyle looked up at Maria helplessly she immediately went to the other side and grabbed Liz’s other hand.

Isabel was trying to stay calm herself, everything looked okay, she knew Liz was hurting but she didn’t know what to do, Liz had to have this baby natural and there was no way around it. Couldn’t risk the usage of drugs or hospitals.

Her head shot up when she heard Liz calling for Max ‘Cant take it, I need him’ she cried out. Isabel shook her head ‘Liz, look at me’ she called to her. Liz had her eyes closed as another contraction hit.

She was shaking as Maria tried to press a cool rag to her head ‘Liz look at me’ Isabel said a little louder this time, her heart broke when she was met by drenched brown eyes.

‘You don’t need Max, you can do this Liz’ she started trying to calm her down ‘Liz you are the strongest person I know, you can do this and you don’t need him, you’re a fighter I know you will get thru this’ she said.

Placing a hand on her knee ‘Me, Maria, Kyle, Michael, our parents we are all here, we are not going anywhere, we all are going to help you get thru this’ Isabel said.

Liz stared straight at Isabel for the first time in her life she could actually see the way Isabel truly cared about her and could trust her completely with her life. They had gotten close over the years, but there was always something there that made either of them just hold back a little.

Isabel could see Liz calming down ‘just focus straight ahead on me Liz, I’m not going to let anything happen to you or my niece’ she said ‘same goes for me’ Michael said from the doorway. ‘Me too’ Kyle added.

Maria looked at the four of them with tears in her eyes, she could see the closeness they now all held for each other and suddenly she felt very homesick. She glanced up at Michael and he gave her a smile ‘goes for you too’ he said looking at her.

Michael looked down at Liz to see she had relaxed a bit more, in the beginning he had such doubts about her, was so pissed at Max for exposing them, but as he pushed all that away. Because of Liz he had found the one person he would always love, Maria.

He never thought he was worthy of having her, he wasn’t supposed to be happy but Maria changed his life. Liz did to, he admitted to her once that he loved her too, but not like he loved Maria, he felt more of a brotherly type of love.

When Max left he made a point to watch out for Liz, make sure she was safe. He made a promise that no harm would come to her; he was going to protect her even if he had to protect her from Max Evans himself.

‘Okay Liz, next contraction I want you to push’ Isabel said ‘I’m so scared’ Liz whispered ‘its too early and she’s coming to fast’.

Maria pushed her hair back off her forehead ‘Liz this could all be normal, this isn’t a normal pregnancy sweetie’ ‘your going to do fine’ Kyle said as he just sat there holding her hand.

Truth was he was scared as much as her but it wasn’t what her fears were; he was just to scared to move he didn’t want to be on the other end. He might faint, so he decided this end was much safer and if Liz broke his hand by the way she was squeezing it. It was better than having to watch a baby come out, he could just stay up here and close his eyes.

Out front Jeff jumped up from the couch for the seventh time hearing his daughter crying in the back. Nancy stood up and grabbed his arm stopping him.

'She is going to be fine’ Diane said looking at them ‘she’s in good hands’. Jeff sat back down nervously tapping his leg, it was killing him to hear his daughter crying out, he turned and looked at Nancy ‘I don’t remember you screaming like this’.

Nancy just shook her head no; she was just as frazzled as the rest. She was scared something was going to go wrong, she wanted to be in the back with her baby girl. She knew Liz was in good hands, but her motherly instincts were winning she wanted to be the one back there comforting her daughter.

Diane got up and went to the kitchen bringing back four cups of coffee, she figured they might be here for a while ‘I hate hearing her in so much pain’ Nancy said picking up a cup.

‘I know’ Diane said ‘I hate that it has to be this way, but we cant risk it taking her to the hospital, we don’t know anything about what’s going to happen’ she could see she wasn’t helping, was only making them more nervous.

“I know Isabel, she will not let anything happen to Liz or the baby’ she said sitting down.

Jeff leaned his head back, he knew his daughter was in safe, he remembered watching these kids grow up over the years. He watched as they all bonded, he always knew there was something special about their friendships.

He remembered how surprised he was when he saw how they all broke apart after Alex died, he didn’t understand then, he thought they would be closer after that but it was just the opposite.

Then like magic there they were again back together. When Max left this last time he observed how Michael became guarded over Liz, like he was protecting her. Now that he knew the truth, it opened his eyes up more.

Some of the pieces came together and he understood and a part of him prided in the satisfaction knowing that Michael would make sure his daughter and granddaughter stayed safe.


‘Okay Liz that’s it your doing great’ Isabel couched Liz just needed to push. During the last ten minutes Maria made Michael switch places with her, as much as she loved Liz she valued her hand. Liz was squeezing it so tight she was sure she would break a finger.

“What do you need me to do’ she asked standing beside Isabel ‘just have the blanket ready to wrap her in, and get her cleaned up’ she said.

Liz bit down hard on her bottom lip as felt the beginnings of the contraction start, but something was different she was expecting an intense amount of pain as she had earlier.

She lessened her grip on both Michael and Kyle as they both looked at her. Kyle could see confusion written all over her face ‘what’s wrong Liz’ he asked getting worried.

She shook her head ‘I don’t know, its different I can feel the contraction starting but I don’t feel the pain, its almost as if-‘ she cut herself off ‘no that’s impossible’ she said.

They all looked at her ‘What’? ‘Here comes another one’ Liz started “Liz push’ Isabel screamed. Liz sucked in her breath and held it for two minutes pushing forwarded with all her might.

She let out her breath and tried to grasp what she was feeling, it was like a soft hum in her body that would pick up and slow down ‘I think she’s doing something’ Liz said “It’s like she knows its time to come out, and she’s healing me on the way’.

They all looked at her ‘How is that possible’ Maria said, four heads turned and looked at her not saying anything ‘never mind, alien baby enough said’ she said putting her hands up.

‘Another one’ Liz said and repeated her actions ‘that’s it Liz’ Isabel smiled ‘I can see the head’.

Back in the living room Phillip got up answering the door to see the Jim standing there ‘Sheriff, come on in’ he said motioning him in.

“Thanks Phillip’ Jim said patting him on the shoulder, walking into the living room ‘Diane, Jeff, Nancy’ he said nodding his head. “Kyle called me said I might want to stop by and meet a special little lady’.

‘Any minute now’ Diane smiled, Jim noticed Phillip looking at him, he knew they were hoping on some answers about Max, he shook his head no ‘nothing new yet, sorry’ Phillip nodded his head before he could respond they heard the cries of their granddaughter taking her first breath of the world.

‘She’s so beautiful’ Maria said as she cover her up and brought her over to clean her up while Isabel finished with Liz.

Michael got up and walked over to peek over Maria’s shoulder. He saw two little eyes staring back at him and all he could do was smile.

Kyle stayed seated next to Liz wiping her forehead ‘you did good Parker, proud of you’ he said smiling. Liz smiled weekly feeling exhausted ‘thank you’ she said, turning her head ‘all of you’.

Maria came up and placed the little bundle in the crook of Liz’s arm ‘here’s your mommy’ she said bending down and kissing the top of her head.

Liz smiled and stared down at the angel that was staring back at her, her little eyes closed shut as Liz traced a finger down her check and taking her small hand placing it in hers.

She started to doze off as the others were heading up front, she opened her eyes to see Isabel standing there watching ‘come hold your niece’ Liz said holding out a hand to her. Isabel smiled and walked over sitting down next to Liz.

Liz reached up and placed Alexis into Isabel’s arms, Isabel felt the first signs of tears in her eyes as she watched her niece sleeping.

‘Thank you Isabel for everything’ Liz said ‘I know this is hard for you with Ma-‘ Isabel cut her off ‘Let’s not talk about him, I meant what I said before Liz I’m on your side’.

Liz smiled ‘that means more to me than you will ever know Isabel’. Isabel just smiled ‘I know’ she saw Liz’s eyes flutter shut ‘is it okay if I take her up front, I know there is very four anxious grandparents waiting to meet their granddaughter’ she asked. Liz shook her head yes as she let the sleep take over.

Isabel walked out front beaming with joy, she saw everyone standing and waiting ‘Mom, Dad’ she said turning her head “Nancy, Jeff, Sheriff’ ‘I would like you to meet Alexis Michelle Evans’ she said grinning.

Part 9

6 months later

Liz sat at one of the many tables studying for her next class, she had a break in-between classes and decided to get use out of her free time going over everything again.

‘There you are’ she heard as someone sat down besides her, looking up she noticed Maria sitting there next to her. Motherly instincts kicking in “Maria, what are you doing here is Lexi okay’ she started panicking.

“Liz, Lexi is fine, I just needed to talk to you’ Maria told her ‘Talk? What so important that you had to come clear across town and track me down’ she said raising her eyebrow at her “It’s important’ she said.

“Where is my daughter, your suppose to be watching her’ Liz asked. ‘Relax don’t get upset, she is with Michael he took her to the park’. Liz let out a breath, she had to admit Michael was the last one she ever thought would ease in a baby being around.

But Lexi had managed to wrap Michael around her little finger, he actually bonded with her. She laughed when she remembered the first time she freaked Michael out. It seemed that little Alexis had more than the healing power.

She was about four months old and Michael was sitting next to her, while she was in the playpen when inside his mind he heard her demanding a bottle, he jumped clear off the couch. It explained why she was such a quiet child and hardly ever cried.

In the beginning Liz had a hard time dealing with the aftermath of being a single mother, she felt like she was going to lose it several times, but her friends were always there to pick her up.

She moved in with Kyle after Lexi was born, after he kept insisting that he had the room and there were no romantic gestures about it, just two friends being roommates and splitting the cost.

“Liz, Liz are you even listening to me’ Maria yelled waving her hand in front of Liz’s face bringing her out of her daydream.

“I’m sorry Maria what did you say’ she said looking at her ‘Michael asked me to marry him’ she yelled excited. ‘Oh my, that’s great Maria’ Liz smiled. She couldn’t help but feel a pang of jealously towards Maria, on instinct her hand rose to the chain on her neck.

Maria noticed her toying with it ‘I’m so sorry Liz, I didn’t think’ Liz put up her hand stopping her ‘Maria don’t, I am fine that part of my life is over with, this is good news you are finally getting what you deserve. You and Michael deserve to be happy’.

‘What about you’ Maria asked, she hated seeing Liz like this sure she put up a good front but underneath Maria knew she was still hurting about Max ‘What about me, I am happy Maria I have my daughter, my family, my friends’.

‘What about love’ Maria asked ‘I have love, every time I look in my daughters eyes, I see it. I can’t and won’t deny that she was made out of love’ Liz said.

‘Is it enough, I know you still love Max, you can try and hide it all you want but I know part of you is hoping he will come back and he will you know’ she said.

“I wont deny that I still love Max, I always will, but that chapter in my life is closed I cant go down that road again’ Liz said “have you thought about what you are going to do when he comes back, I mean with Lexi’ she asked.

‘I won’t deny him seeing her, he is her father. I know how important family is to him, I mean he’s out there looking for his son, I know how hard it was for him to give him up’ Liz said.

‘But it was okay for him to run out on you’ Maria asked ‘so your saying you forgive him’?

‘NO, that’s not what I’m saying, me and Max are done. All I am saying is I understand why he did it, doesn’t mean I accept it’ ‘What’s the difference Liz, you say you understand and your mad but then you say your done’

“I never said I wasn’t mad Maria’ she sighed ‘Look okay just listen then we are done talking about this. Maria nodded her head ‘If Max’ Maria cut her off ‘When’ “Maria’ Maria put up her hands ‘If or when Max comes back he is going to find out a bout Lexi and I know how much its going to hurt him to know that he wasn’t here’.

‘Well he deserves it’ Maria said coldly Liz just looked at her ‘I know he does, to me right now that is payback enough’ Maria shook her head ‘don’t use Lexi like that Liz’.

“That’s not what I meant you know it’ she said getting angry ‘I’m talking about the guilt he is going to feel that is enough for me’ Liz said.

‘Liz’ Maria started, but Liz cut her off “Maria no more, you came to tell me about you and Michael, have you set a date yet’?

Maria sighed ‘we are thinking six months, we want Lexi to be the flower girl, she will be walking by then’ “Oh Maria that is just so great’ “And of course you will be my maid of honor wont you’ Liz looked at her like she was crazy ‘Are you kidding I wouldn’t have it any other way’ she said hugging her.

Maria hugged her back, noticing something out of the corner of her eye ‘cute brunette checking you out at ten o’clock’. Liz pulled back and followed Maria’s line of vision, quickly turning her head back ‘Oh that’s Steve’.

‘OH? Is that all your going to say he’s cute’ Maria said checking him out again ‘He’s in my psy class, he’s asked me out a couple of times, but I said no’ Liz said.

‘What Liz go for it he’s cute’ “Maria I don’t have time for cute, my life is too full right now to worry about dates, besides there’s just something about him I don’t know’ ‘something Czechoslovakian?’ she asked “No I don’t think its that, he just seems a little to weird to me’

‘Well you won’t know until you go out with him’ “Maria” “Liz we are talking about one date, not a life commitment, you deserve to go out and have fun’ Maria said

‘Oh Maria’ Liz said putting her head in her hands, she loved that girl but sometimes she just wanted to kick her. Maria got up to leave ‘Just think about it, what harm could it do’ she said leaving Liz to sit and wonder.

*****

Max sat in his hotel room, where he had been for the last three months he was getting closer he knew it. He was surprised that he had little trouble this time around.

He had help this time so it wasn’t like he was actually out there doing the digging, sooner or later something had to come up.

He let his mind replay the events that happened three months ago, when he finally walked out of that room for good.

Max sat up as the door slide open watching Cal walk in ‘got to hand it to you Max, your are one stubborn kid’ he said as he leaned against the wall.

Max drew up his knees resting his arms on his knee caps ‘not planning on backing down anytime soon’ he said looking at Cal ‘Don’t have too, your out of here’ Cal said.

‘What are you talking about’ “we’ve played this game to long, I have better things to do then to worry about you’ Cal lit his cigar ‘you want to look for your kid go ahead look for him you wont find him’.

Max stood up and walked over ‘what did you do him’ he yelled Cal raised his hand and sent Max backwards ‘I didn’t do anything to him’

‘It’s him isn’t it, he’s the one you have to listen to now’ When Cal didn’t say anything ‘Why he doesn’t carry the royal seal I do’ Max said.

He started walking towards Cal again ‘answer me’ when Cal raised his hand, Max stopped and started pacing back and forth across the floor ‘when I died and Michael became king that was your loop hole wasn’t it?’

“Michael only thinks he was king’ Cal said ‘The seal was transferred to him’ Max said “The seal only made Michael acting king, until the seal could be transferred’ Cal said crossing his arms.

‘Transferred to who Zan? He's human why would it be transferred to him’ Max sat back down trying to figure this all out ‘Why do you keep insisting he’s human’ Cal asked.

“Because that’s why Khivar rejected him on Antar, Tess said he was one hundred percent human, she escaped because of it’ Max said looking up at him. Cal just smirked ‘looks like she played him too’ “Why’ ‘guess you’ll never know’.

‘Zan is not king, I am I carry the seal I took it back from Michael’ Max said looking at him Cal didn’t answer just walked towards the door ‘I’m only going to say this one more time Go home Max there is nothing here for you’.

‘Your letting me go just like that’? He asked “I told you im not wasting my time on you anymore, just go home’ he said.

Max leaned back ‘I cant he keeps calling me he needs me’ Cal turned to look at him from the door ‘what makes you think its him calling out to you’ “Who else could it be’ Cal just raised his eyebrow and walked out leaving the door open ‘Go Home Max’ he said walking down the hallway.

An hour later Max was still sitting there trying to process everything “Max what are you still doing here, this is your chance go’ she said looking down at him.

‘Did you do what I asked’ she diverted her eyes to the floor ‘yes’, ‘and’ he asked. “Are you really going to make me repeat what he said’ she asked looking up at him ‘that bad huh’ he asked.

‘Well what did you expect you ran out on all of them’ she said. He stood up ‘I know I know I knew they would be upset but I had to try’ She looked at him like he was crazy ‘upset is an understatement’.

‘What did he say’ he asked when she didn’t answer ‘Serena’ he called her name. Serena blew out her breath and threw her arms up ‘okay, his words exactly’ she closed her eyes ‘tell that asshole that if he thinks I would lift one finger to help his sorry ass after what he did, then he is stupider than I thought’ she looked at him ‘that it?’ he said.

Shaking her head no ‘Tell his royal highness that if ever shows one hair back in town, I will personally blast his ass right back to the Mexican boarder’ she opened her eyes ‘satisfied?’ she asked.

“Ouch guess I deserve that’ he said shaking his head ‘what about my sister’ she shook her head no’ both numbers have been changed’ she glanced out the door ‘I have to get back before he notices I’m gone’.

‘Meet me tonight’ he said looking at her ‘I’ll try, why don’t you just go home’ she said “I cant’ he simply said, Serena opened her mouth to say something then closed it thinking twice about it ‘what’ he asked.

‘Why did you do it’ she asked ‘I mean I know you want to find your son but is all this worth it, why did you leave everyone you loved behind’ she asked.

“Meet me tonight and I’ll explain’ he said, she shook her head yes and walked out.

Max got up and walked over to the sink, turning on the cold water he washed his face. Looking up at him self in the mirror he started to think about what Serena said, was this all worth it.

Should he just go home and try to make things right with everyone, it was going to be hard knowing he screwed up everything he had going good for him. He had yet to call anyone, knowing it be useless to try anything over the phone, he would just have to wait till he got home. Letting his mind wonder again.

Around 11:30 Max heard a knock at the door to his hotel room, carefully peeking out the window he saw Serena and opened the door ‘Where you followed’ he asked ‘No I don’t think so’ she said.

‘Were you able to find out anything more’ he asked taking a seat at one of the chairs. “I heard him talking on the phone to someone, he kept saying Mason is to be watched at all times’ she said sitting down.

“Mason? Who’s that’ he asked she just looked at him ‘who else could it be’ Max nodded his head ‘so his name is Mason now’ he said looking down. “It appears so’ she said ‘look go home, I will keep trying to find him for you, when I do I will contact you’.

He just looked at her ‘you aren’t doing any good here Max, you cant make a move without him knowing it, I am taking a chance each time I come here that he is going to find out’ “why are you helping me’ he asked.

‘Because for you to do what you did, and you believe your son is calling you, there must be a reason for it, I would like to think that if it was me and I had a child out there, that someone would help me when all others have turned their back on me’

‘I deserved what has happened to me’ he said rubbing his hands over his face. “You told me you were going to tell me what happened’ she said.

Max sighed ‘Growing up I wanted nothing more than just to have a normal life’ “but you had that’ she cut him off ‘Let me finish please’ he said she just nodded her head.

‘Isabel wanted it to I believe, she wanted acceptance more than anything, Michael wanted to know why we were here, where we came from

It was always just the three of us sticking together, doing our best to hide in the shadows. I changed all that when I healed Liz. I’ve always loved her from the first time I saw her, I tried to stay away from her but when I saw how she saw me

She knew who- what I was and she still wanted me, I became selfish and drug her in I couldn’t let her go. Like a chain reaction everything started happened another person was drugged in, then another, and so on. When Tess came everything started falling apart but she had the answers to what we were looking for.

When one of our friends were killed I wouldn’t let myself see the truth, I denied that we had anything to do with it, I shut everyone out causing a hugh rift between everyone. Just the thought that he was killed because of who we were, I couldn’t live that I didn’t want to believe.

It was like suddenly the roles were reversed I wanted to know more about our alien side, while Michael wanted to embrace his human side. Liz hurt me and I was to blinded by that hurt to see the truth, to have faith in our love and see the pain she was in.

She got hurt the most out of all of it, I promised her that I would always be her friend and at the first sign of trouble I turned my back on her and shunned her away.

After Tess came back with my son and I gave him up things went back to normal, everything was going good we were living normal lives like we all wanted’.

‘I don’t understand why you would give all that up, she clearly still loved you if she took you back after everything that happened’ Serena said.

‘When the voices started, I knew it wasn’t over it made me see that my life would never be normal no matter how much I pretended to be. I couldn’t bring anyone back into it, I couldn’t ask them to give up there lives especially Liz.

They all have been thru to much because of me, I couldn’t do it again’

‘But don’t you think you should have at least given them the chance to decide’ Serena asked looking at him.

‘Walking away from Liz was the hardest thing I had to do, she deserved to live a life that is free from all of this, she had already given up so much because of me namely Harvard it was her dream to go there and she gave it up to stay with me. She started going to the local university it wasn’t right for me to ask her to give that up too to come with me’ he said.

“What happens when you find him, are you going to take him with you’ she asked ‘I don’t know, if he really does have powers after all he needs to be with me, I gave him up because I believed he was fully human, I thought he would have a chance to grow up away from all of this’ he said.

‘Why didn’t any of you check his blood or something’ she said trying to understand ‘I guess I didn’t think about it at the time, the FBI was breathing down our necks, Tess said he was human and at the time I had no choice but to trust her’ he said.

Serena stood up ‘well I’ll keep working on it, when I find out something I’ll let you know, until then if you are not going to go home then please just lay low’.

Max walked Serena to the door ‘thank you Serena’ he said, she smiled ‘well find him I promise’ she said then left.

The ringing of the phone brought Max out of his daydream ‘hello’ he said picking it up. “Max its me, I think I found him’ Serena said ‘Where’ was all he said ‘not over the phone, look Cal is leaving next week to start production for his new movie, I think that will be the best time to move’

‘I can’t wait that long Serena’ he said ‘Max you waited this long, you can wait another week that’s the best move, stay put and don’t move until I contact you again’ she said before hanging up.

All I can say is that was a very good update. I'm glad Liz and the baby are doing well

Part 10

Six months later


Max glanced in the rearview mirror, something that became a habit since he started this road trip back home yesterday with Serina and his son in tow. His mind conflicted with so many emotions, the biggest being confusion mixed with a heavy burden of guilt.

Guilt mixed with a bit of anticipation of what was going to happen, he was going home to face the people he left behind when he acted on an impulse.

His quest, if that’s what you called it, that left him with more unanswered questions. A quest is supposed to help you find yourself, or something that you are looking for.

Sure he found his son that part of the quest was over, but it only set forth the motions of another one to follow, this one only led him on a wild goose chase for almost two years of his life.

It wasn’t his son calling out to him, after he found him and watched him for almost five months before any approaches were made, his son seemed to be well taken care off and was living what looked like a normal life.

Max stared ahead at the open stretch of highway his head and his heart raging a never-ending battle inside. The head being the logical side of things, working things out that’s what it’s suppose to do. After every thing that happened was it wrong to for him to feel some small part of solitude, was it wrong to feel a joy of happiness. He had his son back.

Fate- there was that word again, did it step in again, play that part in a role that seems to shape the future of things. His son being the first step in things unsure of to come, finding out his son wasn’t human and making the decision to take him with him, he couldn’t deny that it filled a part of him that was empty that was missing.

But now there was a bigger part of him missing the other side of this inner battle, his heart. How can such a powerful tool be the easiest thing to break? How do you function when your head and your heart wont agree?

How do you know which one to choose, if you choose your head you take the chance of missing things that your heart knows, you do what you think is the right thing to do.

What if your heart is the right one to choose, you jump and go for what you want causing different events to happen ignoring the out come of what could happen.

So could he blame his head for taking that side, for leaving and not telling anyone but with a simple letter because he thought it was the right thing to do, or should he blame his heart for knowing that it wasn’t fair to the others, for knowing that they were better off the way they were.

The only thing that they both agreed on were the damage he had done, both knowing and feeling the pain he inflicted on his self.

The closer he got to home, the worse the guilt was, how was he ever going to make things right. Was there even a way to do that? Would standing in the middle of the street letting them line up and take punches at him make things better, maybe for Michael but what about the rest.

Isabel he knew would forgive him time she was his sister. It wasn’t the first time he done this, in time she would come to understand why he did what he did. It just wasn’t going to be easy, with her or anyone for that fact.

He only hoped in time he could heal the damage that was done, it was his power right? He had the power to heal, if only he could wave his hand and make it that easy. His thoughts turned to Liz out of all them she was going to be the hardest, a wave of his hand, wasn’t going to cut it this time, he crossed the line.

“Max, I think we better stop soon’ Serina said breaking him out of his thoughts, he shook his head trying to clear his mind ‘why’ he said glancing at her.

“We’ve been in the car for six hours now, I don’t know about this guy back here, but if we don’t stop soon your going to have a nice puddle in your front seat’ she said smiling.

He glanced in the back then looked at her, catching on to what she was saying ‘oh, um okay next thing we see, I promise’ he said turning back to the highway.

She noticed the far off look in his eyes ‘you okay’ she asked. Max shrugged his shoulders then rubbed his two-day-old stubble on his face ‘I guess, just thinking’ he said.

‘Are you nervous’ she asked ‘about going home’? He shook his head ‘yes and no’ she looked over at him ‘I am because I don’t know what I’m going home to, and no because I suspect to be on everyone’s hate list for a while’.

She put her hand on his shoulder, tempting to give him some sort of comfort. The friendship she formed with him over the last year was something she never dreamed possible, she grew up with only her mother and at the age of fifteen her mother died and she lived on the streets.

By fate or chance which ever you happen to choose, she winded up getting a small part in one of Cal’s films as an extra on one of his movies, since then he seemed to take a liking to her and she had been with him ever since.

“Well at least you said your mother seemed to be happy about your coming home’ she said. Max shook his head in agreement, his mother was happy all right, but she was also hiding something from him. He thought back to the conversation he had with her a couple of days ago.

Diane had been busy baby-sitting Lexi, while Liz was out shopping getting things for her first birthday coming up in a few days. Isabel and Jesse had come over to visit, Isabel was busy playing with Lexi tickling her and making her laugh when the phone rang.

Diane got up answering ‘hello’ and was met with silence; she tried a couple of more times each with the same response, nothing. She was just about to hang up when she hear the soft whisper ‘Mom’?

Her eyes filled with tears ‘Max’ she whispered, ‘yes mom’ he said trying to control his emotions, hearing her voice after so long hit him hard ‘Oh Max, where are you honey’ she cried out. Isabel stopped cold when she heard her mother talking.

Her heart started pounding in her chest, she looked over at Jess and he nodded his head. She got up and went to her mother placing a hand on her shoulder for support.

‘In LA mom’ he said with a shaky voice ‘are, are you okay, do you need money’ she asked placing her free hand over her daughters giving it a gentle squeeze.

‘I’m okay, I – I don’t need anything ‘ he said before pausing ‘I – I’m coming home in a few days’ he said.

“Oh thank god’ his mother said letting out a breath of air she was holding. Jess had taken over Isabel’s place and was ticking Lexi when she let out a loud squeal Diane looked at Isabel when she heard him ask ‘who was that laughing’, Isabel shook her head no at her mother.

Isabel knew she wanted to tell him, but she held onto her promise and would make sure her mother would do the same, Diane closed her eyes and gathered her courage ‘its’ just someone, I am babysitting’ she said.

Max smiled a little at that thought ‘since when do you baby-sit’ he asked. Diane just sighed ‘Max just- just come home okay’ was all she said.

‘I am mom, and I have a surprise too’ he said glancing at Mason. Diane looked at Lexi and couldn’t help it ‘oh, well you have one here too’ she said.

After hanging up she grabbed and hugged her daughter, ‘he’s come home Isabel, he’s coming home’ she cried. Isabel hugged her back trying to be strong for her mother, in the inside she was slowly losing it; she looked over at Jesse and Lexi ‘I have to tell Liz’.

Liz pulled up to Michael and Maria’s, shaking her head as she was getting out. Maria was surely going to drive her nuts, she insisted on having Lexi’s party at her house. She wanted to show off her new home that she and Michael had bought.

After they spent a week away on their honeymoon, they were back and Maria was back in her gibberish self-going on and on about what happened while they were gone. The trip did them good and you could actually see the love they had for each other.

She looked up to see Michael rushing out to help her, ‘please get in there and stop her before I become a widower’ he said moving to the trunk to pick up bags.

Liz looked at him as she grabbed one of the bags ‘what did she do this time’ ‘she had me cleaning the ceiling fans’ he shook his head ‘Liz! Ceiling fans, who the hell is going to care about dust on there’ he said. Liz just laughed and went inside.

She saw Maria sitting down at the coffee table with pictures spread all over the place ‘Maria what are you doing’ she asked setting the bag down.

“Trying to get these all in this photo album, they have been sitting in a box for forever’ she said. Liz sat down next to her ‘thought you were cleaning’ she said. Maria looked at her and smiled ‘I am, I am organizing’ she said.

Liz laughed out loud ‘Maria noone is going to care whether pictures are in a photo album or not’ “I care’ Maria said looking at her then turning back to the book.

Liz picked up some and glanced thru them, they were some that were taken back in high school, she smiled and ran her finger over Alex’s picture. She changed her ways ever since her first visit to his grave. She and Maria started going once a week and just sit and talk like he was still there with him.

‘Sooo, how did your date go last night’ Maria asked raising an eyebrow. She had taken Maria’s advice and went out with him, six months later here she was still seeing him. She wasn’t in love with him and they had yet to go beyond kissing.

He made her feel alive, it was something she had been missing and didn’t realize it. He turned out to be a really sweet guy, always sending her flowers or just doing little things for her here and there.

‘Um it was nice’ Liz said blushing a little ‘what happened’ Maria asked ‘what makes you think something happened’ Liz asked ‘I know you, you’re hiding something’.

‘Oh um he’ she wasn’t sure how to say this ‘he us asked metomarryhim’ she said really fast ‘WHAT” Maria screamed, before she could say anything else Michael walked in hearing the last parts of the conversation ‘you cant do it Liz’ he said.

Liz looked up at him in disbelief ‘excuse me’ she said starting to get defensive ‘the answer is no, you cant do it’ he said. “MICHAEL” Maria screamed.

Liz stood up ‘whether I do or I don’t is my decision Michael’ she said angrily ‘Liz’ he cut her off ‘dating him is one thing, but you cant marry him. What about Lexi did you think about her, you cant hide her powers if your living under the same roof with him’ he said.

‘I know that Michael’ she started but stopped when she saw Isabel pull up in a hurry with Lexi out the window.

Isabel got out and reached in the back with shaking hands to undo Lexi’s car seat. Before she grabbed her up Lexi put her hands on Isabel’s cheeks and looked in her eyes like she was trying to read them.

Isabel stared at her while Lexi just smiled and planted a kiss on her nose while gently stroking her cheek like she knew what was going on.

Isabel smiled and pulled her out hugging her as she made her way in ‘we need to talk’ she said moving past Michael.

She placed Lexi on the floor and sat down nervously wringing her hands together. The other three looked at her noticing her uneasy posture, she looked like she was going to become unhinged.

“What happened’ Michael asked crossing his arms, Liz walked to the other side of the room bracing herself. She a sinking feeling in the bottom of her stomach, somehow she knew she just needed Isabel to confirm it.

‘Today at the house’ she started ‘when Jesse and I were there’ she looked dead at Liz ‘Max called, he’s uh oh god’ she said bringing her hands to her head. ‘Just spit it out Isabel’ Michael said getting impatient.

‘He’s coming home’ she said Maria brought her hand to her mouth ‘oh god, when’ she asked. “In a couple of days’ she said shaking her head trying to clear the tears that wanted to fall.

Michael just walked out of the room not saying anything; Maria got up and moves towards Liz who just sat down looking white as a ghost feeling like a ton of bricks just landed on her chest.

If that wasn’t enough to make her go crazy, her daughter decided to speak her first words ‘dada’.

The three of them turned to see Lexi standing there holding on to the coffee table with one hand, while a picture of Max was in her other.

Part 11

Max pulled up and shut off the car staring at the house in front of him that he hadn’t seen in close to two years.

‘Looks like someone has kept it up’ Serena said noticing the cut grass, Max just nodded his head from the outside it looked the same but on the inside he knew it wouldn’t be, she wouldn’t be here.

“Come on’ Serena said stepping out and helping Mason out. The walked inside the old musky scent of a house that had been locked up for too long filled his senses.

He closed his eyes praying for any sense of her presence still lingering here. He knew she wasn’t there long before he came home, it didn’t make the pain any less. He walked around everything still there in its place, but her.

“I’ll show you to your rooms’ he said walking back to Serena and Mason. He told his self he couldn’t break down right now, he had his son to think about, and it wasn’t just him anymore.

After Serena went in hers, he brought Mason to the other one. Sitting down on the bed ‘I’m sorry I don’t have any toys or kids stuff, but we'll change all that soon’ he said.

Mason came and sat down next to him ‘It’s okay I don’t need anything’ he grabbed his fathers hand ‘Things will work out in the end dad, Just don’t lose your faith’ he said.

Max looked at his son, studying him. He took in every inch of his features over the months but each time he looked at him he learned something new, he had the same dark hair as him, the way it curled just a little in the back, the way the bangs fell across the forehead those were all his.

The eyes were solely his mothers, the same clear icy blue that she had. That was the only thing he had from here, his personality was nothing like hers. He looked at the world with such innocence, trying to absorb everything and anything he could.

‘I wish I had your confidence’ Max said, “you do just have to find it again, you lost it but it’s in here’ Mason said bringing his hand to cover Max’s heart.

‘How do you know all this’ he asked, Mason just smiled ‘she told me’ Max just nodded his head.

When he first started talking to Mason, Mason would tell him about the dreams he would have of a little girl with brown hair and eyes that always seemed to sparkle like gold.

He didn’t know her name nor much about her, they would play sometimes other times she would tell him about her mother who was broken and needed fixing.

“She’s here you know’ Mason said breaking Max’s thoughts ‘here’ he asked. He never considered that this was someone Mason had never met; he always thought it was someone who Mason had met during his life someone he remembered and dreamt about.

Mason shook his head ‘she’s close, I can feel her’ he said. Max looked at him with confusion waiting for him to say something else. Mason just shrugged his shoulders ‘we’ll find her soon’ he said. He looked around the room a little more ‘I’m hungry’ he said looking back at Max.

Max stood up ‘okay we’ll have to go into town, I don’t have anything here’.


‘Where else do we need to stop’ Steve said driving the car. He, Maria, Liz and Lexi had been out shopping and took Lexi to the park for a little while.

“I need to stop and pick something up for Michael at the store’ Maria said from the back seat. Pulling into the parking lot “I’ll stay with Lexi, why you run in’ he said.

‘I’ll come with you, I need to get something for Kyle’ Liz said getting out of the car. As Liz and Maria went in the store he looked back at Lexi ‘I bet you want to get out, don’t you’ he said smiling, she just smiled at him.

Steve got out and went around getting her, leaning against the hood of the car he set her down in front of him and handed her toy.


Max, Serena and Mason walked down the sidewalk, Max scanned the streets looking for any signs of them. His eyes roaming as he passed the shops to his side. He looked down when Mason stopped walking “Mason’ he asked.

‘That’s her, that’s her’ he yelled taking off running “MASON” Max screamed taking off after him.

Lexi was sitting there playing when she saw the little boy she knew from her dreams run up and stop a few feet in front of her. She smiled up at him, and then she brought her eyes up to the two people who had just run up beside him.

Max ran after Mason watching as he stopped in front of a little girl wearing a pink jumper, pink tennis shoes and her hair up in pigtails, next to her was a man leaning against the car.

He glanced down when he got closer and stopped dead in his tracks, she looked just like Liz.

Steve looked at the three people standing there in confusion until he felt Lexi pulling on his jeans, he bent down and picker her up.

Lexi hugged his neck never taking her eyes of Max, Steve glanced from Lexi to Max then back to Lexi ‘sweetie what’s wrong’ he asked as Lexi gripped him harder.

Max stared hard at the little girl in front of him, her eyes locked on him, no not her eyes, his eyes, his eyes were staring back at him with such intensity.

The sounds of everyday life slowly fading from around him as the only sound he heard was the heavy beating of his heart pounding in his chest.

He took a step forward and another not sure of what he was seeing in front of him. Then he heard it the sound of laughter filter in his head. He would know that laugh anywhere, it was coming closer and closer than he saw her standing there looking more beautiful than he ever remembered.

Liz walked out of the store laughing at something Maria said, she stopped when she saw Lexi clinging to Steve for dear life. Her eyes followed her daughter’s line of vision, dropping the bags to the ground “Max’ she whispered.

The world stopped moving she was sure of it, she knew this was coming but she still wasn’t prepared for it. Her eyes shifted and noticed a woman standing there looking confused, her hands holding something. No not something someone her mind registered.

She looked down and felt herself sway backwards when she met his clear blue eyes, blue eyes that were locked on her. She looked away she couldn’t handle this not now, she looked at Max who was till standing there frozen staring at her.

She glanced at Lexi then back to Max, she followed his line of vision as he looked back and forth between the two of them.

She had to get out of there and now, stumbling over to she grabbed Lexi from Steve’s arms and rand to the car yelling ‘We. We have to go NOW’.

Max watched as she snatched the little girl and ran, it clicked in his mind she was leaving. No he couldn’t let her leave, taking a step forward “Liz’ he managed to get his voice to work.

He found himself stumbling backwards by Maria’s right hook planting itself on his lower lip. He brought his hand up to his lip to feel the trickles of blood already forming. “Stay away from them’ Maria screamed out.

He brought his attention back to the car as he heard Liz screaming ‘NOW MARIA’. His feet felt like they were rooted to the cement unable to move as he watched the car peel out and drive off.

Serena walked up and put her hand on his shoulder “Max’ she said as she heard him whisper “Liz’.

He didn’t remember dropping Serena off or driving to his parent’s house. His mind kept repeating what happened earlier like an old movie playing over and over. Liz, a man, and child, Liz was there with a man, and a child. She moved on, she started her life over. He lost her, he lost her, it kept repeating.

He got out of the car helping Mason out, one foot in front of the other he walked up to the door. His body moving but his brain playing the movie over and over.

Diane opened the door to see her son standing there with a blank expression on his face ‘Oh God Max’ she yelled as she threw her arms around him.

He couldn’t move his arms, he didn’t know how his legs were functioning the only thing registering, Liz moved on and had a child.

Diane pulled back and studied his face ‘Max honey what is it and what happened to your lip’ she said getting worried that he hadn’t said anything yet.

She noticed movement from behind him looking down she saw him ‘oh Max you found him’ she said bringing her hands to her mouth and looking at the boy.

Mason clutched his fathers pants trying to bring him out of his trance, he had not said a word since the lady left with the little girl from his dreams.

“Daddy’ he called out yanking on his jeans again, Max slowly brought his eyes down to his son then back up to his mother who was standing there.

‘Mom...this...is...is Mason’ he forced his voice to work ‘your grandson’. Diane bent down to study him better ‘Hello Mason, I am very pleased to meet you’ she said letting the tears fall. “Hi’ he said still standing behind his father.

Diane stood back up “Max honey come inside’ she said leading him in the house. They walked in only to have Max freeze in the middle of the room. His eyes frozen on the pictures in front of him, pictures of the little girl he saw with Liz ‘Mom’ he pleaded out as his he felt his body start to shake.

Diane saw what he was looking at and looked down at Mason ‘I bet you would like some juice, come with me’ she said leading him out of the living room real fast.

Max stared at the pictures in front of him, she looked just like Liz. No, not all the way his eyes stared back. Liz, his eyes, Liz, his eyes, repeated in his mind as the realization hit him hard.

He heard his mother walk back in keeping his back to her ‘she’s mine isn’t she’ he whispered out knowing what the answer was already.

Diane started walking forward ‘Yes Max, she’s yours’ she said. She stopped and stood unable to move when she watched her son break down in front of her.

Her full grown son who always seemed in control growing up, so hidden, so guarded in front of her was now on his hands and knees crying out in anguish.

“Oh god what have I done’ he cried out when he heard his mother, his knees gave out on him completely he couldn’t stand anymore, His whole body collapsed his hand and knees barely holding him up in that position.

He felt his mother drop down beside him and wrap her arms around him, he didn’t know how to move, his whole body shaking uncontrollably, so he clung to her for dear life as the river ran down his face repeating ‘what have I done’.

Wow !! more, more, more, more, more !!!

Great beginning.. I used to love Max before s2, some times I wonder why he made such terrible decisions in his life !!
I believe the one neuron cell he has doesn´t work well :P

I can´t wait for the next update !! hurry !!!

wonderfull update.

Thanks vecastone and Timelord31

Part 12

‘Liz’ Maria called after her as Liz ran into the house and straight to her room “Liz dammit talk to me’ she yelled ignoring Kyle who was getting up.

‘What happened’ he asked looking at Steve and Lexi coming in the door “Liz open the door please’ Maria pleaded.

Sighing Maria walked back into the living room and slumped down on the couch, Kyle noticed her knuckle wasn’t as white anymore ‘will someone tell me what the hell is going on and what happened to your hand Maria’ Kyle yelled.

‘Max Evans is what happened’ Maria said looking at him, ‘what did that son of a’ he stopped noticing Lexi was still in the room ‘what happened’ he asked calming his self down.

“My fist met his mouth’ Maria said rubbing her knuckles, Kyle smiled ‘way to go Guerin’

They both looked up when they heard Steve ‘Evans? Was that Lexi’s father’ he asked.

Maria nodded her head and got back up walking back to the door Liz was locked behind.

‘Liz please open the door’ she asked ‘Maria just leave me alone’ she yelled thru the door.

‘No now open the door or I will call Michael or Isabel and have them open it for me’ she said glancing back over her shoulder to make sure Steve didn’t hear her.

After a few minutes Maria smiled when she heard the unlocking of the lock, walking in she saw Liz laying back down on the bed facing her back to her. She walked over and sat down next to her on the bed.

‘God Maria did you see them, I knew he was coming home, I knew it but…but seeing him standing there it was like a slap in the face’ Liz cried.

‘Liz, I know this is hard for you seeing Max’

Liz cut her off ‘I wasn’t talking about Max, Maria I was talking about his son, god I wasn’t expecting it be that hard seeing him, and the woman Maria, wasn’t his son enough he had to bring back a woman too’ she cried.

Maria put her arms around Liz hugging her “Liz I am in no way defending Max, but even I know he isn’t that stupid, I am sure its nothing’.

‘How do you know Maria’ Liz snapped at her, her emotions running high ‘Whoa calm down, I’m not the enemy here. All I am saying Liz, is Max is a lot of things but to openly flaunt a relationship if there is one, that’s something he wouldn't do’

Liz didn’t answer she just let lose the tears she wanted to fall since seeing them standing there, Maria just held her letting her cry ‘you know Liz, none of us would hold it against you if you change your mind about Lexi getting to know Max’.

Liz pulled back and wiped her face ‘I can’t do that Maria, as much as it kills me I cant do that to my daughter’.


Isabel ran into her parent’s house with Jesse following behind her, she stopped shocked with what she saw in front of her, her brother on the floor with her mother gently rocking him back and forth like a baby.

“Mom’ she questioned unsure of what to do, as much as she hated her brother and was rightfully going to let him know that, it couldn’t stop her heart from breaking seeing him like that so open and vulnerable.

Diane looked behind her ‘Just give us a minute please, could you go check on Mason please’ “Mason’ Isabel asked questionably ‘in the kitchen, your nephew’ was all Diane said.

Isabel started to walk into the kitchen and turned back to her mother ‘nephew’ Diane just nodded her head in the direction of the kitchen.

Isabel slowly walked in the kitchen and gasped when she saw a little blue eye boy sitting there looking lost. She looked back at Jesse who had followed her into the kitchen, he pushed her slightly ‘go talk to him’ he said.

Isabel looked back at Mason ‘what… what do I say’ she said, she was at a lost for words. Her heart thumping loudly in her chest, she wasn’t prepared for all the emotions that rushed forward at once.

‘Start by introducing yourself’ Jesse whispered in her ear and nudged her again. Isabel walked slowly to the table with her hands shaking wildly, grabbing them she willed them to stop but they made no effort.

Mason watched her as she sat down across from him, he wasn’t sure what to say right now he was confused at what was going on with his father in the other room, he didn’t mean to but he had snuck back in to see what was taking so long and stared wide eyed as he watched his father break down.

‘Hi…I’m…Isabel’ she managed to get out and then smiled at him ‘Hey’ he said looking down at his glass, Isabel looked at him then turned her head back to Jesse, he just nodded his head for her keep going.

‘Um, I’m your Aunt...Max is my brother’ she said turning her head back to him, he glanced up at her and seemed to relax some, he smiled back at her. He gaze traveled over to Jesse and Isabel noticed ‘that’s Jesse my husband, your uncle’ she said.

Mason looked back up to see Jesse smile at him, he smiled back at him and looked back down at his glass. “So… how old are you’ Isabel asked, she knew it was a stupid question but she really didn’t know what to say.

‘Five’ he answered ‘Wow…five’ she said glancing back at Jesse then back to him ‘you’ll be…be starting school this year’ she said. Mason just nodded his head ‘are you excited about that’ she asked.

Mason again just nodded his head ‘Is my daddy okay’ he asked, Isabel opened and closed her mouth not knowing what to say, thanking god silently when her mother walked in “Isabel honey, your brother is asking for you’ she said.

Isabel closed her eyes for a minute and blew out her breath; she nodded her head and got up. Walking back into the living room she saw her brother sitting on the couch with his hands in his head, she could see he his shoulders still shaking some.

She sat down across from him and waited, he looked up at her his eyes swollen and red, she wasn’t sure if she was going to be able to get thru this, the last time she saw him like this was when she found him outside after finding out his son couldn’t survive here on earth, or so they thought.

“Why didn’t…you…tell…me’? Was all he asked, that didn’t take her fury long to surface ‘tell you, tell you’ she said ‘when would you have liked me to do that Max, when you called to check in, when you would write, which you did neither of’ she yelled.

“You could have Dream walked me’ he said snapping at her “would it of have made a difference’ she snapped back.

Max looked at her ‘you know it would have’ ‘so your saying you would have gave up trying to find your son if you knew about Liz’ Isabel snapped back making sure he knew exactly what she was referring to.

“No…Yes… I don’t know’ Max said defeated, if he had done something differently would his son be sitting in the other room right now, would he have met Serena if he had stayed, she was the one to find Mason after all.

Max leaned back against the coach and closed his eyes ‘your right, I’m sorry I snapped at you, you have every reason to hate me right now’.

Isabel sighed ‘I don’t hate you Max, angry at you yes, disappointed in you yes, will it take me a long time to forgive you yes, but I don’t hate you’.

He opened his eyes and looked back at her ‘do…do… you think she would let me see her’ he asked hoping she would say yes. Isabel looked at Jesse then back to him ‘Liz is not that cruel, yes she will let you see her’.

Max let out the breath he seemed to be holding ‘I saw them today, she was with someone, is she…’ he closed his eyes again ‘is she married’ he asked.

Isabel shook her head ‘Max you’re my brother and I love you but don’t ask me anything about Liz I wont answer it, a lot of things have changed and I wont betray her like that’

She continued on ‘you can ask me anything you want about Lexi and I will answer it’.

Max opened his eyes back up and looked at her, “Lexi’ “Yes Alexis Michelle Evans your daughter’ it just dawned on him he didn’t even know his own daughters name, he felt like he wanted to throw up, he was that disgusted with his self.

Swallowing the bile he felt rising up ‘Alexis, after Alex’? Isabel nodded her head ‘Michelle is after Michael’ Max’s expression turned to surprise ‘Michael’ Isabel nodded her head again ‘like I said Max a lot of things have changed’

Max just nodded his head ‘when was she born’ he asked glancing at the photos that were sitting on the mantle ‘she turns one in two days’ Isabel said.

Max’s eyes started to tear up at the realization he had missed a whole year of his daughter’s life. Isabel couldn’t be there anymore, it was killing her to see her brother like this and she hated herself because deep down she knew he did it to his self.

‘I’ll talk to Liz and see if I can set something up so you can see Lexi, but don’t expect it to be soon Max’ she said picking up her things. “Thank you’ was all Max said as he leaned back against the couch closing his eyes and letting a tear fall down his face.

Maria stayed locked up with Liz for that last hour and half just hugging her and letting Liz cry, she knew it wasn’t just about what happened today. It was about everything that had happened, Liz held it all in, barely showing how much pain she was in.

So Maria just held her comforting her letting her get it all out, she seemed to be quieting down and Maria knew she was going to put her front back on the minute Liz sat back up.

‘I have to go talk to Steve’ she said getting up and walking to the mirror, she quickly brushed her hair and stared at her red swollen eyes and red nose in the mirror “great’ she said throwing her arms up ‘I look like Rudolph’.

Maria smiled ‘under the circumstances its okay, actually I think Rudolph’s nose was little brighter. Liz couldn’t help but let a small laugh, ‘there’s my girl’ Maria said getting up and walking towards her.

“Thank you Maria’ Liz said grabbing her and throwing her arms around her ‘Its what I’m here for’ she said.


Max walked in to see Serena sitting there in the living room, he could tell she was worried about what happened earlier, he didn’t say a word to her and she didn’t press the issue.

‘Hey’ he smiled weakly as he and Mason came in, she smiled up at him whispering ‘hey’ she noticed his defeated look, the way his hair was tousled all over the place, the tears streaks clearly visible on his face.

She watched Mason walk off towards his bedroom before asking ‘so that was Liz’ she asked referring to the woman she saw earlier. Max just nodded his head ‘and the blonde with the great aim’ she said.

‘That would be Maria’ he said, ‘How did it go at your parents’ He shrugged his shoulders ‘my father wasn’t home, my mother was glad to see Mason, and I managed to learn for the second time in my life I am a terrible father’.

Serena creased her brows ‘I’m sure that’s not true’ Max let out a snort ‘I missed five years of my son’s life, and today I learned I missed out a year of my daughters, a daughter I didn’t even know I had until today’.

Serena’s eyes widen ‘the little girl today’ Max nodded his head ‘that would be the one’ ‘Max I’m so sorr-‘ he cut her off ‘don’t feel sorry for me, I brought this all on myself’ he said mentally kicking his self.


Liz walked back out into the living room to see Steve still sitting there next to Kyle; Lexi was sleeping quietly in Kyle’s lap. Kyle looked up ‘she just fell asleep about ten minutes ago’.

Liz bent down and pushed the hair back on her daughter’s forehead leaning down she placed a soft kiss there.

She looked at Kyle and he just nodded his head ‘I’ll just go…go put her in bed’ he said genteelly getting up.

Liz waited till he was out of the room then turning to Steve “I’m sorry about freaking out earlier’ he just nodded his head ‘It’s understandable’.

“It was just I wasn’t expecting to see him, I mean I knew he was coming home and I just didn’t… didn’t’ he cut her off ‘Liz its okay I understand’ he said getting up and putting his arms around him.

She let him hold her for a few minutes, she closed her eyes and leaned her head against his chest, she let herself feel safe just for a few minutes, she knew her next decision was going to change everything and right now she didn’t care she just wanted to make sure Max Evans couldn’t hurt her again.

She pulled back and looked at Steve.

Maria walked in the living room and stopped short when she heard Liz tell Steve ‘the answer to his question was yes she would marry him.

Maria mouth’s opened and closed, she just shook her head knowing all to well that Liz was doing the running this time, she was acting on a impulse and in the end Maria knew it would do nothing but lead to disaster.

She glanced back and thought about going to get Kyle, but then she thought about it no she was going to need Michael and Isabel as well to fix this before Liz did something they all knew she would wind up regretting.



Max walked down the stairs to the UFO Center, ready for whatever Michael was going to say or do. He had Serena drop him off while she took Mason to pick up some basic things for him.

Looking around he spotted him over by one of the stands talking to a customer, if Michael knew he was there didn’t show.

Max walked closer ‘Michael’ Michael turned ready to assist another customer, his face changed to show nothing when he saw Max. Michael just stared at him for a few seconds then walked off not saying anything.

For an hour, that’s how it went Michael completely ignoring that Max was there, not even acknowledging him. Max finally walked up he couldn’t’ take it anymore anything was better than this.

Grabbing Michael and turning him to face him ‘Just hit me already and get it over with’ Max said staring at him, Michael just raised his eyebrow at him and shrugged himself out of Max’s hand and turned to leave. Max held firm ‘no, hit me, scream at me, do whatever you have to do to get it out of your system’.

Michael looked down to where Max was holding on to his arm then brought his eyes back up Max looking at him with cold eyes ‘Michael do something, anything, I know I deserve it okay, I fucked up I know that, this silence thing is not you so give it up already and beat the crap out of me already’.

Michael once again shrugged Max off of him not saying anything and turned to leave, Max caught him by the sleeve ‘Michael’ that’s all it took Michael lost his control ‘AGHHH’ he yelled grabbing Max by his shirt and slamming him hard against the wall.

‘The only reason why you are not a pile of dust right now is because for some insane reason Liz wants that little girl to know her father, so you better listen and listen good Maxwell, if you hurt one strand of hair on that little girl I swear to you what they did you to in the white room will seem like nothing compared to what I will do to you’ Michael said in cold harsh voice.

He slammed Max back once more and stormed out of the Center leaving Max bending over resting with his hands on his knees and eyes closed.

Part 13

“Who the hell are you’ Isabel asked crossing her arms and straightening her back to glare at the woman who answered the door.

Serena raised her eyebrow at the tall blonde standing before her; she swore if looks could kill she would truly be dead at this moment.

‘Serena’ she answered nervously, trying to make sure she wasn’t going to be flattened by this six-foot blonde that practically had queen bitch tattooed on her forehead.

“Where’s my brother’ Isabel sneered pushing past her and walking into the house. Serena closed the door and sighed before turning around and entering the living room “he’s in the shower’.

Isabel raised her eyebrow and sat down crossing her legs, keeping her arms crossed over her chest ‘are you his replacement’ she asked getting her point across. Maria had filled her in last night when she had to rush over to a frantic Maria.

Serena looked at her shocked ‘What!’ she shook her head ‘no just a friend’ she sat down opposite of her ‘probably his only one, he seems to be lacking in the department lately’.

Isabel uncrossed her legs and sat up some ‘it’s his own fault’ she said frosty, Serena put up her hands in defeat ‘I know that, you know that, he even knows that, you know it wasn’t exactly peaches and cream for him either’ she said taking the chance that Isabel would lighten up some.

‘What’s that suppose to mean’ Isabel asked uncrossing her arms and resting her elbows on her knees.

Serena blew out her breath and pulled her back away from her face resting her elbows on her knees ‘Look I really shouldn’t be the one telling you about this, but I just hate seeing him so broken right now’.

She looked up when Isabel didn’t say anything, sighing ‘Did you know Mason has powers’ “What’ Isabel sitting up straight ‘Tess told us she was human’ ‘well apparently she lied’ Serena said. Isabel just shook her head, they had been sucked in by another lie, how did they let that girl manipulate them so much.

‘There’s more too, I wont say everything but I need to say this, Isabel he is going to need your help’ Isabel started to protest but Serena put up her hand ‘I know he doesn’t deserve it okay, but unless you want to see your nephew and niece in danger than I suggest you start rethinking things’.

Isabel looked at her ‘what are you talking about’ ‘Cal Langley’ Serena said, she watched Isabel’s eyes widen ‘what does he have to do with this’ he’s the one who had Mason’ Serena said getting up.

Before they could say anything else Max walked into the living room, he looked back and forth between the two women standing there before heading over to his sister.

Isabel looked up at her brother, he still had dark circles under his eyes, and he looked pale. She guessed he didn’t sleep last night, much less ate “You called. I’m here what do you want Max’ she said looking at him.

Max sat down next to her and wiped his face ‘you can say no if you want to, but I was wondering if you’ he paused scared to ask, scared of being told no ‘if you could help me buy something for Lexi’s birthday tomorrow’.

Isabel looked at him for a few minutes ‘I know I’m not welcome there, so I wont try and crash her party or anything, but I would like to start trying to make it up to her for not being there’ he asked.

‘I’m…I’m not sure what she likes’ he said turning his head towards her, Isabel thought about it for a minute, he really did seem sincere in wanting to try, but would Liz flip out about it, she shook her head no Liz wouldn’t do that she wanted Lexi to spend time with Max ‘I can do that’ she said looking at him.

Max smiled at her ‘thank you’ he said, ‘when would you like to go’ she asked ‘how about now’ he asked getting up.
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“Liz are you okay’ Kyle asked coming into her room, she looked up at him ‘I wish people would stop asking me that’ she said.

‘We are just worried about you, that is all’ he said sitting down next to her, she sat up and scooted back on the bed ‘I know’ she smiled weakly.

‘About last night’ he said ‘Kyle please it’s fine, and I understand why Steve backed out and he was right I jumped into the decision not thinking to clearly’ she said.

‘I just want you to be happy Liz’ Kyle said looking down at his hands, she scooted closer and put her hand on his ‘I am Kyle, I just… I don’t know when I saw Max and them yesterday, I just wanted to protect myself, it hurt and I thought marrying Steve would be away to prevent that from happening again’.

Kyle place his hand over hers ‘Liz you have four people who will make sure that doesn’t happen again and I am not going to lie to you, so help me Max Evans better hope he doesn’t cross my path anytime soon right now, alien powers or not I am going to kick his ass’.

Liz pulled back “Kyle violence doesn’t solve anything’ ‘well I know that, but it will make me feel better’ he said raising his lips into a small smile. She just shook her head ‘come on, we have things to do before tomorrow’.

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Isabel and Max walked around the mall searching for something he could get Lexi. ‘So Mason is um…special’ Isabel asked as they walked. Max looked over at her ‘yes, he is’ understanding what she was talking about ‘what about Lexi’ he asked.

Isabel shook her head ‘she takes after you’ Max just looked at her, he tried to hide the joy that his heart was pumping now ‘how do you know, I mean we didn’t know until we were… you know’ he said.

Isabel looked around and motioned to the table to sit down ‘during delivery she kind of healed Liz while she was being born’ Max’s eyes widen ‘wow, that’s um…great’ ‘she also can speak to you with her mind’ Isabel whispered.

Max shook his head ‘that’s not surprising, we did that to remember’ he asked, she nodded her head ‘I don’t know if it will go away when she gets older, but right now she’s very good at it, she likes to drive Michael up the wall sometimes’ she said smiling. Max nodded his head ‘Michael...huh’.

Isabel put her hand on his shoulder ‘Max, I’m trying here, I don’t want to fight with you, its too late to go back and change the damage that has already been done, all you can do now is focus on your son and daughter, they are the ones who need you right now’.

Max brought his hand up and wiped his mouth and chin ‘I know, I just don’t know what to say to make things better, I want to talk to Liz’ Isabel started shaking her head no ‘Iz, I know she’s not ready to see me yet, I am willing to let her come to me’.

“She’s trying Max, she even agreed to let me take Lexi tomorrow after her party to come meet you’ his heart started pounding ‘she…she is’ he asked looking over at her, Isabel just nodded her head.

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Kyle walked into the Crash Down after dropping Liz off at Maria and Michael’s so she could finish setting up. “Hey Kyle where’s my granddaughter’ Jeff asked looking up from behind the counter.

He plopped down in the stool ‘she’s with her mother’ he said, ‘what brings you buy’ Jeff asked stepping up to him.

‘Liz said to tell you to make sure you don’t forget to bring the serving spoons tomorrow’ Jeff nodded his head ‘I wont, do you want anything’ he asked pointing back towards the kitchen.

Kyle smiled ‘when don’t I, I'll take some Saturn rings and a coke’ he said. Jeff nodded his head and walked back to the kitchen. Kyle turned and started looking at the people in the diner; he stopped his movements when he landed on a pretty brunette.

She was sitting with a little boy; he couldn’t see his face with his back turned towards him. He smiled when she looked up and met his eyes, her green eyes sucked him right in.

He decided he was going to introduce his self, what could it hurt it was the first woman he felt attracted to in a long time.

Serena decided to take Mason to get something to eat while Max and Isabel were out looking for something for Lexi, she remembered passing by this place a couple of times while she had been out.

Sitting in the booth and ordering for her and Mason, they both sat down and started talking about what else Mason thought he might want, when she glanced up she was awestruck by a pair of blue eyes.

She noticed him looking at her and she quickly blushed looking down at her plate, she looked out the corner of her eye and noticed he was making his way over to her. She shook her head trying to fight the butterflies in her stomach ‘your not a school girl, get a grip’ she told herself.

“Hello there’ Kyle asked as he stopped by the table, he glanced at the boy and got the feeling he knew him but couldn’t place it, those eyes were so familiar.

‘Hi’ Serena said as she looked up Kyle didn’t waist anytime jumping into questions ‘I haven’t seen you here before, are you new’ he asked. Serena shook her head ‘yes’.

“Well you picked a good place to eat, this is the best restaurant in town’ he said pointing around, Serena raised her eyebrows and smiled ‘a little overbearing if you ask me’ she said.

Kyle looked around and grabbed a chair, pulling it up he sat down at the end of the booth ‘you don’t mind do you’ he asked. She smiled and shook her head no ‘I don’t want to get you in trouble are anything with your husband’.

‘Oh I don’t have a husband’ ‘boyfriend?’ ‘No as single as they come’ she said smiling, Kyle smiled bigger sticking his hand out “Kyle’ he said, Serena took his hand “Serena’

‘This is Mason’ Serena said pointing to him, Kyle looked over at him ‘hi’ he said trying to place this little boy. Mason just said hi back and returned to picking at his lunch. ‘Are you staying long’ he asked.

‘For a couple of months I think, of course anything can happen and I could wind up staying longer’ she said playfully ‘well by then all means at least let me show you around town, maybe all our fine establishments can persuade you to stay longer’ he teased back.

‘Sounds good to me’ Serena said smiling as she grabbed a pen to write the phone number down. Kyle just took it and shoved it in his pocket not looking at it ‘tomorrow night sound good’ he asked, ‘tomorrow is great’ she said.

Kyle stood up ‘until then’ he said smiling as he walked back over to the counter ‘Make that to go please’ he said. Jeff just smiled shaking his head turning to grab a take out bag.

The Next Day

Liz stood there smiling watching Lexi and Michael, she would take some cake in her hands and then proceed to try and feed Michael, he just sat there letting her do it.

“Hard to believe that is Michael’ Maria said coming to stand next to her, Liz nodded her head ‘I know what you mean, who knew Michael would be so good with kids’ she said.

Maria smiled ‘I did’ Liz just looked her ‘don’t ask I just know okay’ she said. Liz laughed ‘okay’.

Maria patted her shoulder and walked over to her husband and bent down in time for Lexi to shove a piece in her mouth.

Diane walked over to Liz “Liz honey you did a wonderful job’ she said hugging her ‘thank you for coming, I know this must be hard for you right now’ she said.

Diane just shook her head ‘there is no need to be sorry, I know Max would have liked to be here, but he knew it would cause problems so he agreed to stay away’.

Liz sighed ‘Mrs. Evans’ “Diane please’ ‘right Diane, I want you to know I don’t plan on keeping Lexi from seeing him, right now I just cant face him’ she said hoping she would understand.

“Liz, its okay I know how hard this is for you, and trust me he’s paying for it, I have never seen Max break down like he did the day before, to see my own son fall apart like that I hope I never have to see him like that again’ she said.

Isabel had told her about walking in on him and their mother the other day, and she couldn’t help but feel bad for him, she herself had seen Max cry before, but even she wasn’t prepared for what Isabel told her.

‘Anyways, that’s part of the reason why I came over here’ Diane asked with a hopeful heart ‘I was wondering if I could take Lexi for a little while tonight, so Max could meet her’.

‘Oh um’ Liz started but Isabel had walked up and cut her off ‘I am already doing that’ she said coming to the rescue, Diane looked back and forth between the two women ‘you are’ she asked.

Isabel nodded her head ‘yes I already talked to Liz, now come on let’s go open presents’ she said pulling Liz towards the table.

As they opened presents everyone laughed at how Isabel seemed to wipe out the clothing department at children’s store, Lexi was sure to have enough clothes to get thru two years.

“Jesse haven’t you learned by now not to give my daughter a credit card’ Phillip laughed as he slapped him on the back of his shoulder ‘trust me I am learning’ he said smiling.

Liz continued to sit there and let Lexi try and open her presents, a couple of time Liz had to stop her and help her when she saw her daughter was about to use her powers to get the bow off a couple of presents.

Maria had gotten her a jewelry box, insisting that a girl was never to young to start collection jewelry. Kyle had gotten her hobbyhorse that she had fallen in love with, when he took her to the store one time.

As everyone was getting up and starting to split up Michael put up his hands ‘wait there’s one more’ Liz looked at Maria and she just shrugged her shoulders as Michael disappeared in the house.

A few minutes later he came back out with a large flat looking package ‘Michael’ Liz asked raising her eyebrows ‘just open it’ he said stepping back towards Maria.

Liz opened the package to reveal a painting and you could hear everyone gasp, Liz felt the tears building up ‘Michael its beautiful’ she said. One night when he was babysitting Lexi she was leaning over a footstool with her head lying on top of her hands as she rested herself on the cushion.

Michael thought it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, Lexi half standing half laying with her long eyelashes fanned across her sleeping face, he had hurried and took a picture of it and later painted that same picture capturing all her beauty and innocence in the painting.

“Michael thank you so much’ Liz said hugging him, he just shrugged his shoulders trying to play it off ‘just a painting’ he said stepping back. Maria turned and put her arms around his neck ‘I am very proud of you space boy’ she said kissing him.

About an hour later, Liz had changed Lexi’s clothes into a little jumper and then started to put her hair back up in pigtails after she had given her a bath. Her stomach was doing flip-flops as she was getting her ready.

She looked at her daughter ‘your going to meet your daddy, I know he is going to love you’ she said. Lexi just looked up at her ‘I know he’s made some mistakes, but he does have a good heart, you don’t have to be afraid of him’ she said as she pulled the hair up on the other side wrapping it up in the pony tail holder.

“Liz” Isabel asked coming into the room ‘almost ready’ Liz said as she made sure the pony tails were even ‘are you sure your okay with this’ Isabel asked as she came over and tweaked Lexi’s nose causing her to giggle.

Liz finished putting her shoes on and stood up picking her up “Yes I’m sure’ ‘Don’t worry I wont leave them alone’ Isabel said, Liz looked back at her as they walked out of the room ‘I’m not worried Isabel I know he would never do anything to hurt her’.

Isabel just nodded her head in agreement ‘I know, I just want you to know that I am going to be there anyways’ Liz just smiled ‘thanks’.

She kissed her daughter on the forehead and handed her over to Isabel, Lexi wrapped her arms around Isabel as they walked out ‘come on princess, I know someone who is very anxious to meet you’.

and just because I dont think I will get time to post this weekend and dont want to keep you waiting, here's the next part

Part 14

Max paced back and forth in his living room, his stomach doing a massive amount of flip-flopping, he was sure he was going to throw up from the anxiety of meeting Lexi.

He hadn’t been this nervous when Mason first made contact with him, he was surprised in the way that he did it and more surprised that Mason knew he was but he wasn’t nervous to the point where his palms were sweating and his stomach was doing a circus act inside him.

He sat on the park bench as he had did for the last five months just watching him, everyday at two his nanny brought him to the park to play in the sandbox.

He sat waiting glancing at his watch, they would be coming in five minutes, and each time he came he took a bench closer and closer to the sandbox, just to be near him.

They came like they always did, his nanny sitting down on a bench directly in front of the sand box pulling out a book to read, Mason directly running to the sand box. This day was different Mason only played for about five minutes before standing up and started straight at him.

Max sat up straighter watching his son walk closer to him, Mason never broke his eye contact as he walked straight up to him. He was frozen not knowing what to say, so they stayed like that for which seemed like forever.

Mason finally broke the eye contact and Max watched him as he pulled something out of his shorts pocket, he could hear his nanny calling for him, he glanced back over his shoulder once then turned back to Max.

He just smiled and put something in Max’s hand and turned running back over to his nanny, Max watched as she said something to him, and they both left the park.

Max looked down at his hands and his heartbeat picked up three speeds, sitting there in his hand was the little toy spaceship, they had given him that day when he said goodbye to him.

The shutting of car doors brought him out of his daydream, running his hand thru his hair once he walked over to the door.

Isabel stood there with Lexi attached to her neck, she picked her head up when she saw him open the door, and they just stared at each other.

‘As much as I love her, she does get heavy you know’ Isabel said trying to make her point, Max shook his head ‘so…sorry’ he said stepping back to let them in.

Lexi’s eyes stayed on him as they walked into the living room watching his every move. Isabel tried to put her down, but she shook her head no and gripped Isabel tighter.

Max watched as Isabel just turned her around and sat her in her lap, with her back leaning against her chest. Isabel bent down and whispered in her ear ‘do you know who that is’, Lexi looked at Max then back at Isabel, she just shook her head yes.

“Do you want to sit by him’ she whispered again, and Lexi shook her head no. Isabel looked up at Max ‘she’s uh just nervous’ Max just nodded his head ‘its okay’ he said looking back at Lexi.

She looked at him and he smiled nervously at her, she just looked at him then back up to Isabel ‘uce’ she said, Isabel nodded her head and went to her diaper bag, dragging out a cup ‘do you have some juice or something’ she asked holding the cup out to her brother.

Max stood up ‘I think they have some apple juice’ he watched Lexi’s eyes get wider as he slowly walked over and took the cup from Isabel. Walking to the kitchen he stopped and turned back ‘um does she like it plain’ he asked scratching the back of his head.

Isabel smiled and shook her head no ‘just a drop’ she said, he turned and walked to the kitchen. Once he was out she turned and looked at Lexi ‘you doing okay’ she asked her.

Yes she heard, and Isabel smiled at her ‘its okay to go to him’ she encouraged her, Max walked back in and put his hand out that held the cup, Lexi looked at Isabel then Max and slowly took the cup of his hand.

Max felt a shiver run down his back when her small hand brushed his, in fear of frightening her he stepped back and sat back down opposite of them. “Just let her come to you Max, it might take her a while’ Isabel said.

Max just nodded his head ‘she’s so beautiful, she looks just like her mother’ he said as he felt his eyes tearing up ‘she has your eyes’ Isabel said.

“So why did Cal have Mason’ Isabel asked scooting back some, she wanted to know what was going on and what Serena meant yesterday.

Max sat back and brought his ankle to rest on his opposite knee ‘he said he was protecting him’ ‘from what’ she asked starting to get a little worried ‘I don’t know, he wasn’t to keen to provide me with information’ he said shaking his head.

He looked at Lexi then leaned his head back against the couch ‘I should have just listened to him and came home’ he said closing his eyes. ‘Did he know about Lexi’ she asked glancing down at her, Max opened his eyes and looked back down at her.

Both stopped and watched as Lexi crawled down off of Isabel and wobbled a little ways off from her and sat down in the middle of the floor.

Isabel smiled and looked at her brother, she knew what Lexi was doing eventually she would wind up in her brothers lap, just at her own pace.

She cleared her throat the get his attention, he snapped his head back in her direction and wiped his palms on his jeans ‘um…if he did he didn’t say anything, he probably did that’s why he kept insisting I went home and stopped looking’.

‘Why didn’t I just listen to him’ he said saying it more to himself, ‘you wouldn’t have found Mason if you did’ she said pushing a strand of hair out of her face ‘maybe- maybe not, its too late to change any of that now’.

‘Max I have to ask why did you just leave without telling anyone, the only thing you left was a letter, Max what were thinking’.

‘I thought about that a hundred times, even more now that I’m back, I was going to you know, it was just every time I got around to it my mind would replay every bad thing that happened in the past.

I just didn’t want to see any of you dragged back into the past’ he said, Isabel sat up some ‘but that’s exactly what you did Max, you think Mason being here doesn’t account for that’

Putting her hand to stop him from saying anything ‘We all know Mason is innocent in this Max, I don’t hold anything against him and I never would, but know what my first thoughts were when I first saw him’.

‘Tess’ he whispered nodding his head ‘Isabel he is nothing like her…’ he stopped when he saw Lexi moving out of the corner of his eyes.

His heart picked up speed as he watched her wobble over beside him; she tried climbing up on the couch next to him, stopping and staring up at him when she couldn’t do it.

Max looked at Isabel and she nodded her head, he turned and reached out with shaking hands gently picking her up and placing her on the seat next to him.

Lexi turned and leaned back against the armrest with her cup in her hand, her feet touching his thigh as she drank from her cup and continued to stare at him.

He clasped his hands together in front of him, trying to ease the want of picking her up and holding her, he was so scared he was going to scare her if he did or said anything to her.

Isabel’s talking brought his attention back to her ‘I know he’s nothing like her, even I could tell that by the small encounter I had with him, but that still doesn’t change the fact that he is hers, did you even think about how everyone would feel seeing him and not to mention you look pretty cozy with a certain brunette living here.

Max’s eyes widen ‘No… Serena is just a friend’ ‘So you both say’ Isabel said raising her eyebrow “Isabel I love Liz…I am going to do everything in my power to win her back’.

Dawning on him the other day ‘oh god does…does she think I am with Serena’ he asked. Isabel just looked down at the floor, not answering him but her actions answered his question.

He leaned back against the couch pinching his eyes closed with his hand, letting it rest on the bridge of his nose, feeling movement beside him caused his eyes to pop open, his hands frozen in mid air as he watched his daughter climb onto his lap.

His heart thumping loudly in his chest he let her do whatever she wanted. Lexi crawled onto his lap sitting on her knees she held herself up placing her small hands on his chest as she continued to stare at him.

He closed his eyes breathing in her scent as she traced his face with her fingers, over his eyes, down his nose, across his cheeks like she was trying to memorize everything about his face.

Isabel sat back and couldn’t help the tear that rolled down her cheek, she was memorized watching Lexi and Max, and she could see her brother’s body slightly trembling as Lexi brushed her fingers across his forehead.

Max opened his eyes back up when he felt her head lay in the crook of his neck and her hands rested on his shoulders, he glanced at Isabel and she smiled. He let his hand fall slowly placing it on the back of her head; he let his fingers run thru one of the pony tails, feeling how soft it was.

His other hand slowly slid around her back until he was holding her completely, he closed his eyes and breathed in and out heavily as his tears ran down his cheek as he held his daughter for the first time.

He lessened his grip on her when she pulled back and looked at him, he looked at her thru watery eyes as she brought her hand up and brushed his tears away, she smiled at him and he felt his heart racing more when she leaned in and kissed his check while hearing in his mind don’t cry daddy.

“Lexi’ he whispered out as he pulled her back to him, holding onto her. He looked up Isabel ‘thank you’ he whispered. Isabel just nodded her head and stood up walking out of the room to give them some privacy.

Very nice update. So Does Cal know that max has the kid now. Is he going to be coming after them. I hope there more soon.

ch 4 - Maria is coming !!! Poor Liz having to face all her pregnancy alone. And the fear of what might happen with the delivery of an "Alien-human" baby
Feel sad for her

ch 5 - CALLLLLLLL YOU BLINDED IDIOT !!! CALLLLL COULD IT BE MORE OBVIOUS ..
Oh i forgot, it´s Max LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

ch 7 - Ahh Max, look what you´ve done to yourself. I can´t help but feeling sorry for him aggg
OH myyyyyy Liz is in labor !!!!!!!!!! I love Michael and Maria together. She should find wisdom in his own behaviour, she´s trying to convinve Liz to run away to LA with her to forget Max, and she failed with Michael.
COme on girl, face your feelings.

ch 8 - Alexis Michelle awwwwwwwwwwww

Diane started walking forward ‘Yes Max, she’s yours’ she said. She stopped and stood unable to move when she watched her son break down in front of her.

Her full grown son who always seemed in control growing up, so hidden, so guarded in front of her was now on his hands and knees crying out in anguish.

“Oh god what have I done’ he cried out when he heard his mother, his knees gave out on him completely he couldn’t stand anymore, His whole body collapsed his hand and knees barely holding him up in that position.

He felt his mother drop down beside him and wrap her arms around him, he didn’t know how to move, his whole body shaking uncontrollably, so he clung to her for dear life as the river ran down his face repeating ‘what have I done’.

: : : you made me cry !!! I would tell Tracie that you made me cry !!! , bad, bad girl !!!

Maria stayed locked up with Liz for that last hour and half just hugging her and letting Liz cry, she knew it wasn’t just about what happened today. It was about everything that had happened, Liz held it all in, barely showing how much pain she was in.

So Maria just held her comforting her letting her get it all out, she seemed to be quieting down and Maria knew she was going to put her front back on the minute Liz sat back up.

again? ...no, i managed to control the tears :P

That would be Maria’ he said, ‘How did it go at your parents’ He shrugged his shoulders ‘my father wasn’t home, my mother was glad to see Mason, and I managed to learn for the second time in my life I am a terrible father’

LOL LOL LOL LOL and so true !!!

Hooo Gooo Michael !!! yess !!!

ch 13 - Serena and Kyleeeeeeeeeeeeee

Max opened his eyes back up when he felt her head lay in the crook of his neck and her hands rested on his shoulders, he glanced at Isabel and she smiled. He let his hand fall slowly placing it on the back of her head; he let his fingers run thru one of the pony tails, feeling how soft it was.

His other hand slowly slid around her back until he was holding her completely, he closed his eyes and breathed in and out heavily as his tears ran down his cheek as he held his daughter for the first time.

He lessened his grip on her when she pulled back and looked at him, he looked at her thru watery eyes as she brought her hand up and brushed his tears away, she smiled at him and he felt his heart racing more when she leaned in and kissed his check while hearing in his mind don’t cry daddy.

“Lexi’ he whispered out as he pulled her back to him, holding onto her. He looked up Isabel ‘thank you’ he whispered. Isabel just nodded her head and stood up walking out of the room to give them some privacy.

: : : : : : : and is 2:46 am and I have to get up early tomorrow ****more crying****

****** the next morning*****
Just one thing I´d like to mention : I enjoy the friendship that you developed between Liz and Isabel. I always thought it would have been great if the two of them become friends. Unfortunately TPTB never follow that lead

Amazing work !!!

Great parts! I love Mason and Lexi! They're just too cute! And it's good to see Max and Michael coming round. I'm remembering this as I read. And on amother subject, Stacy, I'm glad you're safe from Katrina and were able to go to Houston! I'm glad your family is all safe, too. Those are the important things. I hope you can pick up with your life soon, but I know it's going to take some time, though. Have you been able to go back and see your house?


Gerry