Title: AfterShock
Author: Caroline
Email: [email protected]
Disclaimer: no money is being made, don't sue
Spoilers: I don't think there are any, if so, oh well, deal
Category: mostly Max and Liz but also M/M
Rating: PG as usual.
Summary: umm, Maria and Liz went to the Carribean over summer vacation
together, have things changed??
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5 more hours, 5 more hours, 5 more hours. This is what was going
through Max and Michael's heads as they both sat in Max's room watching
the clock every...oh say 5 seconds.
"Do you anything will change?" Michael asked Max, as he diverted his
head from the digital clock standing on Max's nightstand.
Max shrugged and looked at Michael. "I honestly don't know. I mean when
Liz and Maria left, I didn't even know if me and Liz wer a couple or
just friends. wait-- What if they found someone else there, what if she
realized there that she doesn't need some teenage alien in her life now
and that she needs to have a normal relationship? Michael, do you know
what--" Max was blabbering, he always seemed to be so calm except when
it came to Liz, when she was being mentioned or he was talking about
her, he would blabber, just like a normal teenager.
Michael rolled his eyes. "Max, get a grip, Liz is probably fine, and I
know Maria didn't find anyone new, no way, Maria, find a guy who likes
her, no not possible, she's lucky she has me." Michael has incredibly
confidence in his relationship with Maria.
"Aren't we being cocky? Anyways, your probably right, I'm just over
analyzing the situation. That's all. Let's go, I have to do something
to get my head of of them coming back in a few hours. I mean they have
been gone for 1 and 1/2 months." Max stared out his window for a moment
and looked at a plane flying overhead.
Michael nodded his head in agreement and walked out of Max's room with
Max.
"Where are you two going?" Isabelle asked as she sat at the kitchen
table drinking a glass of iced tea. "You don't pick up Liz and Maria
for another 4 and a half hours? That is if they didn't run off with
some handsome and rich Carribean guys." Isabelle smiled as Max and
Michael snarled at her. She got the message. "Ok, Ok, leave go! Don't
let me stand in the way." She waved them on and watched the jeep leave
the driveway, curious as to where they were headed.
4 Hours Later.....
"Ugh, Jet Lag, I hate it, c'mon Liz, I'm sure they're not here yet,
well at least the plane was early and we can rest for awhile." Maria
and Liz walked through the airport terminal into the waiting area. Bags
were slewn on their shoulders and they had baggies in their hands.
"Hey, Liz? You ok, don't worry, you'll be fine, just tell him." Maria
placed her free hand on Liz's shoulder. She smiled weakly at Maria and
then dropped her bags and slumped herself into a chair. Maria sat next
to her.
Liz fiddled with her hands. "Maria, do you think I should tell Max, I
mean it would only upset him. It's my life and my decisions, I can do
what I want, regardless of what Max wants. I'm not going to tell him."
Liz shut her eyes and tried to calm down '1, 2, 3, 4, 4....'
Maria gave a curious look at her friend who had obviously changed
during their little trip to the Carribean. "Liz, I know you might not
know this, but you were in love with Max when you left here, and your
in love with him now. What happened there, happened, I know you nor I
could change that, but Liz, tell Max, Believe me, I've learned from my
mistakes with Michael that secrets only hurt a relationship. And I know
the minute you see Max, you'll want to run up and kiss him and hug him
and do all thar corny mushy stuff. Tell him what happened. He'll
understand" Under her breath "I hope". Looking back at Liz. "Liz, it's
in the past, don't stress, just life your life with Max, go to school,
have your lovey-dovey Max, and do your science work. Because thats your
life here. Ok hon?"
Liz hugged Maria, "Thanks Maria, your right, your right, I can't change
the past, although If I could I would. I'll tell him what happened to
me, and that I--" Liz was interrupted by Maria pulled her up.
"Liz, they're here, they don't see us yet. Let's go." She grabed her
Bags and walked over to Michael. Where Michael and Max were just
realizing where the girls were.
"Micheal!" Maria yelped out as she hugged him.
"You finally got a tan. It's about time." Michael was amazed at how she
had browned during the summer.
"Shut up, I missed you," realizing she was getting Mushy, "Sorta, I
mean, not really, I kind of missed you." 'Yeah nice save Maria, you
idiot!' She thought to herself.
Supressing himself and trying to hide his excitment he quietly hugged
her back. "See Maxamillion, I told you she wouldn't get a boyfriend
while she was away, she couldn't." Michael smirked, knowing Maria heard
him.
"Excuse me, what makes you think I didn't have some wild nights over
there. I happen to be one hell of a party girl." He grabbed a bag and
put his arm over her shoulders. They both knew Max and Liz would want
their privacy.
Max stared at Liz. She walked over to him, afraid to say anything. Max
noticed a few things about her. Her hair was a little longer, and she
had gotten more darker, she was naturally tan, but now she was really
dark. And she had a beads braided in one piece of her hair.
"Liz," He smiled at this. The moment he had been waiting for for 1 and
a half months was here. "I've missed you." He had missed her incredibly
much. He didn't want to lose her again. So he took a chance and kissed
her unexpectedly.
Rejected. She pulled away like he was the great plague. "Max, no, we
need to talk, I need to tell you something." Her eyes darted down from
his eyes. She couldn't look him straight in the eye.
Max's worst fears in his head were coming true. 'Oh no!' His head
wandered, as Liz stood there, almost embarrased.
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