| Michael and Maria left the exam room together with the rest of the students. It was a bitching test. Not even Liz Parker finished all the questions by the time the bell rang. Muttering curses under their breaths, the students filed out to the corridor. Outside the room, Isabel and Tess were waiting for Kyle, Michael and Maria. �How was it?� Kyle shrugged. �It wouldn�t hurt to spend a few more months here I guess, because I sure am not passing that.� �Oh come on, Kyle,� Maria assured him. �You must have done fine. I waded through a hangover but I think I answered at least half of those correctly.� �I have to give it to you, Michael,� came Tess� cheerful voice. �You got her here on time. Isn�t that great, Iz?� Isabel Evans nodded curtly at Michael. �Guess I have to thank you then.� �Don�t bother on my account,� he told her. Maria just smiled faintly at Isabel. �I�ll thank him enough for both of us. So where�s your brother, Iz? He missed the exam.� �Oh don�t worry about him. He arrived late so Mr. Matthews made him take it in the other room. He�ll be out in a bit.� Kyle chuckled. �It�s not like the great Max Evans would miss the finals of his best subject. The fact that he�s late is too big a deal already.� �Excuse me. The corridor is not yours to hog.� The five turned at the waspish voice. It came from the small figure of Liz Parker glaring at them. Isabel�s haughty face softened at the sight of the tall, lanky boy standing behind her. She should really save that Alex Whitman. No reason for him to forever be destroyed just because he met Liz Parker first. Anyway she�d asked around about the guy after he thoughtfully leant her his cellphone at the cafeteria. He transferred so late in the year just to take the finals and graduate. His school was at the exact pace of Roswell High anyway. His father�s work took the family to Roswell and he was a pretty good guy. That she asked did not mean that she was interested. No way. She was just concerned. Yes that�s what she was. Concerned. �There�s enough space at the side, Liz,� Alex attempted to intervene. Liz turned her sharp eyes at the new guy. �Does that make the corridor theirs? No.� Isabel�s eyes narrowed. To piss her off, Tess looped her arm around Kyle�s. Maria clucked her tongue. �Da-mn, Liz, you really need to get laid!� she said. Liz coughed as her breath came in the wrong way. Maria De Luca was horrible and shameless and nasty. She searched for the proper words to retort. �I�I�I�m not like you!� she spat. Michael was having none of it. He was sick and tired of Liz�s �I�m-perfect-and-you�re-trash� attitude. Everyone would keel over with heart attack when he suddenly decided to utter words to someone other than Maria, but he just had enough of this rat. �Believe me, Parker, nobody would mistake you for Maria. She�s too human,� he said quietly, but loud enough to be heard by a few people around them. �Oh!� Liz�s face was mottled red with fury. �You,� she pointed to the five in front of them, �are all pathetic!� �Ooooooooh,� Tess grinned. Liz stalked away from them. Let them deal with the rumors. When Maria heard that the entire school knew about her show at the Evans� front door, she would be knocked down a few notches. Liz couldn�t wait til that happened. When she was done with them, all of them would know that you didn�t mess with Liz Parker. �Alex, come on. You shouldn�t mix with those kinds of people!� Three rooms later, she glanced behind her to see if her lackey was tailing her. There he was, hanging by Isabel, with a look of adoration in his face. �Alex!� she repeated. The boy seemed to have forgotten her. He looked at her and for a moment he seemed not to recognize her. Isabel dust in his eyes probably. And then he cleared his throat and smiled apologetically. �Sorry Liz. I think I�ll stay here. I need to talk with Isabel for a while. She was just telling me about why square necklines work best for her figure.� Liz�s face contorted and took on a look of incredible horror. She inhaled, exhaled, inhaled, exhaled�She must calm down. She cannot be seen like this. Without saying anything else, she turned around and walked away. �Hey Maria.� The students of Roswell High were having the time of their lives! It was better than soap opera. First rebel Michael Guerin beats up jock Kyle Valenti. Then perfect Liz Parker smooches her best friend�s boyfriend by the lockers. Afterwards promising Max Evans dates a suddenly primly dressed formerly hot babe Maria De Luca. And then the cute new girl Tess wraps Kyle around her little finger, and it seems like statuesque Isabel�s captured the cool smooth soul of Alex Whitman while Liz blows up. And must be the cream of it all. They knew that Maria De Luca apparently groveled outside Max Evans� birthday party, because he didn�t bother to invite her. According to the source, Maria looked really pitiful by appearing at the celebration where she most definitely wasn�t wanted. But look what�s happening now. Max Evans was standing a few feet away from her, holding his exam paper in one hand and a bouquet of red roses in the other. Some swooned at the sight of Max Evans, whose pretty lashes were lowered, looking so sorry and so unbelievably vulnerable. �Max,� she breathed. Days of Our Lives. The Bold and the Beautiful. The Young and the Restless. All My Children. Nothing but television. This was classic soap material. And it�s happening right before their very eyes. TBC |
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