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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Max knew he had been pretty damn mean to his friend and his sister. But
that wasn't his biggest problem at the moment. Even the fact that he
was an alien, no that wasn't his biggest problem either. Now his
problem was Liz. The girl who he thought was his savior. The girl every
man dreams of meeting. Now she had to have gotten drunk and done this?
It was now raining outside. Realizing how cliche his situation was he
decided to dramatize it and play some suitible music (my fav song!! its
actually a really depressing song if you listen hard to it.)
See the stone set in your eyes
see the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Slide of hand
and twist of fate
on a bed of nails
she makes me wait
and I wait
without you
with or witout you
with or without you
Through the storm
we reach the shore
you give it all
but i want more
and I wait for you
With or without you
with or witout ahhh
I can't live
With or without you
And you give yourself away
and you give youself away
and you give
and you give
and you give yourself away
with or without you
my hands are tied
my body bruised
she got me with
nothing to win
and nothing left to loose
and you give youself away
and you give youself away
and you give
and you give
and you give youself away
with or without you
with or without you ohhh
I can't live
with or without you
ohh.....
-U2- With or without you
Liz stood on her balcony staring down at the street in a daze. Rain
fell on her, sure she comprehended it, but did she care, not really.
She didn't care about anything at the moment.
Liz was standing dangerously close to the edge of the balcony wall now.
She was like a possesed man, without a cause. Maria appeared in the
window of the Liz's room. Her eyes widened as she ran out in the rain
to catch her friend from even accidentally falling off. "Liz, are you
crazy? I know Max claims he never wants to see you again, but it's no
reason to jump off! Got, let Max's aftershock wear off, he'll come back
to you, he will." She placed a big warm comforter around Liz and hugged
her to try and get her warm.
Liz looked up to her friend. "No, Maria, no he won't. He never wants to
see me again. He hasn't come to school for the past 3 days. He doesn't
care anymore. Don't you see that. He doesn't care and it's all because
of what I did. God If I had jsut never went to that club. Never drank
those drinks. If I had listened to myself, Max would be mine now, and I
wouldn't feel so incomplete."
Maria gave her friend another hug. "As your best friend I am obligated
to cheer you up somehow. But I honestly don't know how in this
situation. We could Max out to be that bad guy and explain what a jerk
he is and how much better you are without him? Would that work?" Liz
slowly brought her eyes up to Maria's.
"Yeah, Maria that would work, if he DID something wrong. But the truth
is he didn't do anything. He's the victim. But you can just keep me
breathing, and try to help me from completely die inside, because that
what I feel like, like I'm dying inside." Liz broke down again and
layed her head on her friends lap. "Maria, help me." Maria just stroked
her best friends hair.
Maria almost cried at the thought of all her hurt inside Liz. "Liz,
it'll be ok, Liz, hon, it'll be ok." Maria just repeated that. It was
the only way she knew how to comfort Liz in this situation. She
honestly didn't know what to do.
I have given I have given and got nothing Still I'm driven by something
I can't explain It's not a cross It is a choice I cannot help but hear
his voice I only wish I could listen without shame
Let it rain let it rain On me Let it rain Oh let it rain on me oh let
it rain on me
I have been a witness to the perfect crime Wipe the grin off of my face
to hide the blame is it worth the tears you cry to have a perfect aliby
now I'm beaten at the hands at my own game
let it rain let it rain On me Let it rain oh let it rain let it rain on
me
It isn't easy to be kind With all these demonds in my mind I only hope
One day I'll be free -Amanda Marshall -Let it rain (a really really
good song!) Later that night after the rainstorm had ended Max couldn't
stand being in the confines of his own home. He took his jeep and drove
out to the solitude of the desert. He parked the jeep and stood at the
now amazingly clear sky. Seeing how it had been raining not 2 hours
ago, stars now intruded on the dark sky. He thought about his home, his
exsistence, and of coarse, Liz.
"DAMN YOU!" He screamed out to the sky. "WHY!?" He screamed and
screamed and cried and cried. By himself all alone in the desert. "TAKE
ME HOME, I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE, DO YOU HEAR ME TAKE ME HOME!!
Take away my pain, please. Take everything away." He plopped down and
sat right in the sand. He just cried, nobody was around, he didn't care
if the stars saw him cry. He just mumbled "Take me away from here, I
don't want to be here anymore."
Michael and Isabelle walked to Liz's house. Michael informed Isabelle
what had happened. Liz was and her had begun to be friendly so she
thought she would come help. Michael went to see Liz, but mostly
because he knew Maria was there.
"Liz," Isabelle stated as soon as she saw Liz on the floor with Maria.
Michael took Maria's arm and took her from the room. Giving Isabelle
and Liz some time. "Michael, no I want to--." Michael silenced her.
"Give them time. Isabelle wants to talk to her." Michael was serious
now. Two people who he knew were hurting, and in times like these he
knew he didn't need to be rude, crude, or a wise-ass. Maria shook her
head in agreement.
"Liz, Michael told me since Max wouldn't. Liz I'm sorry I really am. If
it helps any, Max has completley closed up. He won't talk to me or
hardly Michael. He left awhile ago. Where he went I don't know. But I
do know he is worst than you. I've never seen him this closed off. Oh,
Liz, I truly am sorry." Isabelle hugged Liz. Liz was kind of surprised
at Isabell's sudden vulnerability, but she enjoyed the comfort that
Max was doing the same as she. Even though she didn't want him to be in
pain.
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