WRITTEN BY:Kal-El

DISCLAIMER:Liz, Max, Michael, Maria, Isabel, Kyle, and all other characters are the property of Jason Katmis and UPN. I don't own them, so please don't sue me.

RATING: PG-13. If I ever write anything higher than that, I'll have been abducted by aliens(bad ones, though).

SPOILERS: Takes place after 'Departure'.

EDITORS NOTE: Here it is...my first Roswell fanfic. Sorry if it's a little mushy. All my former fanfic has been DC stuff, so I'm still making the transition.

Cut to the Evans' home. Max is standing up, talking to someone sitting on a couch.

MAX: I'm not going to lie to you...I messed up. What happened with Tess...with Alex...it was possibly the biggest mistake I have ever, or will ever make. It's eating me up inside...but not as much as knowing how much I hurt you in the process does. What I'm asking, Liz, is could you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?

We see Michael sitting on the couch.

MICHAEL: Tone it down a little bit, okay? You're going to seem desperate.

Max sighs.

MAX: I am desperate.

MICHAEL: Come on...it's not like you're going to have to beg for forgiveness. You made a mistake...you're human.

MAX: Only partially.

MICHAEL: Details. Just quit beating yourself up over it. It's not that bad.

Max puts one hand on his head, and the other against the wall. He begins to laugh bitterly.

MAX: Not that bad? Michael, I...I...with a homicidal maniac, and you say...'it's not that bad'?

MICHAEL: You don't know that, Maxwell. Odds are it was another mind warp.

MAX: How can you be so sure?

Michael notices Max making a familiar tapping sound against the wall.

MICHAEL: Call it a hunch.

Max grabs his keys and heads towards the door.

MAX: I've got to get to work. See you later, Michael.

MICHAEL: Ok, but next time, use Isabel for your 'sounding board'. It's just too weird for me.

Max leaves.

Cut to the Crashdown. Liz is waiting tables when she notices Kyle and Jim Valenti looking over some blueprints.

KYLE: The thing's totaled, dad. It's going to be impossible to...

JIM: Nothing's impossible. Improbable, yes...but not impossible.

Liz, confused, goes over to Maria.

LIZ: What are Kyle and his dad doing?

MARIA: Rebuilding Max's jeep.

LIZ: The one that fell down a cliff in flames?

MARIA: Um-hm. Ever since Tess, uh...you know...well, they've been on this 'bonding' kick. It's strange.

Sean walks in. Max walks in the same door a few moments later.

Cut to later. Max and Michael are sitting down, drinking coffee.

MICHAEL: Okay, are you ready for this?

MAX: I'm ready.

MICHAEL: Remember...you are cool.

MAX: I am cool.

MICHAEL: You are confidant.

MAX: I am confidant.

MICHAEL: You're the king of an entire freaking planet.

MAX: I am the king of an entire freaking planet.

MICHAEL: Here she comes...prove it.

Liz arrives at the table.

LIZ: Hi. Can I get you anything?

Max opens his mouth to speak, but then freezes for a few moments.

MAX:(squeaking) My coffee's too cold.

Liz looks at him strangely.

LIZ: Do you...want me to warm it up for you?

Max nods 'no'.

MAX:(smiling) I can handle it.

Liz smiles back at him, a little unsure. She walks away, a bit confused.

Michael rolls his eyes.

MICHAEL: 'My coffee's too cold'?

MAX: Well, it is. See.

Max sticks his finger into his coffee, wincing in pain before taking it out again.

MICHAEL: You are impossible, you know that?

Max starts to warm up the coffee.

Liz walks over to Sean's table.

LIZ: Hi Sean. What would you like?

SEAN: How about that new 'Speilburger' it talks about here?

Liz writes down his order.

SEAN: You know, you should get your parents to install a radio in that outfit. Those antenna things look like they would get great reception.

Liz laughs.

Over at Max's table, Max is watching the entire conversation. He gives Sean a cold stare, becoming angrier and angrier. He doesn't realize that he's still heating the coffee, which is starting to bubble uncontrollably.

Michael notices it, however, and knocks it off the table.

MICHAEL: Oh, sorry man. My hand slipped. (whispering) Are you insane?

Max looks towards Liz, his eyes softening. He looks almost in pain.

MAX: Possibly.

Next:Liz has a secret(give you a hint�it could mean the 'End Of The World'). Max is trying to see if he has a secret. Isabel doesn't want anyone else to know about her secret. And Sean is acting mysteriously (what's his secret?).

What? You thought I came up with the title off the top of my head?

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