The next day was the day of Maria’s concert. They spent most of the day relaxing in bed, Alec teasing her the whole time about what he had found out the night before. Later Liz and Alec headed to the Crash Festival a little early so they could look around. Neither had a costume but Liz had worn something different. She had worn a pair of tight black pants that laced up the sides leaving patches of bare skin between the laces and a matching black tank top along with black leather boots. Alec had to pick his jaw off the ground when he saw her. She had her hair down and dark makeup on, he thought she looked sexy as hell. He was going to have to thank Max and Ava when they got back to Seattle. More like drop to his knees and kissed the ground they walked on.
Alec looked around at all the people in costume. “You know these people are nuts, right?”
Liz laughed at him; “I tried to warn you. Besides, these people bring a lot of business to my parents.”
They continued to walk around until Liz heard a voice that had always grated her nerves, “Well if it isn’t Liz Parker.”
“Pam how are you?” Liz asked with fake sweetness.
“Surprised to see you here. We all thought you left for good, rumor was Max Evans knocked you up and you fled to have the baby.”
Liz felt her anger rise, “As you can see I’m definitely not pregnant.”
Alec could see Liz’s reaction to Pam and decided to step in. “Liz happened to have graduated early and is going to school up north.”
Pam turned her attention to Alec and Liz saw her eyes run over his body. “Why hello. I’m Pam who are you?”
“I’m Alec, Liz’s boyfriend.”
“Why don’t you leave that mousy little girl and we’ll go somewhere just the two of us? I don’t think this concert will be very good. After all it is Maria Deluca. White trash never sing well.” She said smiling.
“I don’t think so Pam. You see I don’t go for skanks that’s why I’m with Liz. And if you got off your back for more than a minute then you’d know that Maria is far from white trash and has a beautiful voice. Unlike yours which makes my skin crawl.” Alec said before grabbing Liz’s hand and said, “Come on, Maria’s waiting for us.”
As Liz let Alec pull her away she almost fell over laughing at the look on Pam’s face. It was a mixture of shock, rage, and embarrassment. “That was great.”
“It’s her own fault for acting so stupid. Besides I hate it when people talk bad about my friends, and when she said that stuff about you it was worse.”
“Thank you.” Liz said pulling him down for a kiss. When they broke apart, they saw they had an audience. Isabel, Jesse and Kyle had arrived. “Hey guys.”
“Hey Liz, Alec.” Kyle greeted them.
Isabel was hugging herself, “God, this thing always gives me the willies. I want to leave as soon as Maria’s done.”
Liz knew that Isabel was feeling uncomfortable about the fact that she was an alien, in the middle of a festival that celebrated the crash that could have killed her. “Well let’s go find our seats.” Liz said grabbing Alec’s hand as they headed to their front row seats. The concert was great and Maria was awesome. After the concert, it took awhile for them to get out of there. Then when they got back to Maria’s they were all riled up that it was three in the morning before they all got to sleep. When they woke the next afternoon Liz and Alec took a shower together before they all headed to the Crashdown for lunch. Michael had the day off so they relaxed. Everyone kept coming up and talking to Maria. Telling her how great the concert was and she even signed a couple of autographs. They relayed the concert to Liz’s parents and then headed out to the movies and shopped much to Michael and Alec’s dislike. They’d been at it about an hour when the guys started to complain; “You girls can’t possibly want to shop more.”
“We’re making up for lost time.” Maria reasoned. The guys grumbled as they lead them to another store so Liz pulled Alec aside for a minute. “If you’re good, I’ll make it up to you later.” She said seductively. Alec’s eyes lit up as they headed back to Maria and Michael who was still complaining.
“Hey man, it’s not that bad let the girls have there fun.” Alec stated and Liz busted out giggling knowing why Alec had a change of heart.
At nightfall, Michael headed back for his apartment while Liz, Maria, and Alec made a quick stop to pick up food. When they arrived at Michael’s apartment they saw his bike plus Max’s car. “Liz, I can go in by myself if you want. Tell Michael to meet at my house.” Maria stated.
“No it’s okay.” The three of them headed up to Michael’s door. Liz could feel four different sources of alien energy and figured Isabel and Kyle were there too. Maria didn’t knock anymore so she just flung open the door for her and Liz to enter with Alec behind them. They hadn’t expected to see what they did.
As Alec came up behind the door, he saw Max who looked to be holding a blanket, Michael and a short blonde who looked similar to Ava. Then suddenly the blonde was flying towards the back of the apartment and hit the wall. He looked over and saw Liz with her hand raised sparking with alien energy, “Get up Bitch!”
Part 30:
“I’ll kill you! You’re a murderer, I’ll kill you!” Liz screamed at Tess. Tess was dazed and had barely gotten up before Liz tossed her back again and headed straight for her intending to make her pay. Max handed his son over to Michael and went to intercept Liz but Alec was faster. He scooped her up and threw her over his shoulder before heading out through a patio door.
Liz was kicking and yelling, “Let me down, Alec!”
Alec did as she asked. When she was on her feet, Liz looked at him. “Are you crazy? I could have hurt you.”
“I couldn’t let you go after her.”
“Why not?”
“Because you would have killed her. Look,” Alec said pointing at her hands, which were still sparking. “And once you calmed down you might have regretted it. I’ll see what we can do after you’ve calmed down.”
Liz was about to argue back when Max walked out. He looked at Alec and said, “Thanks for stopping her. I appreciate it.”
“I didn’t do it for you, I did it for Liz.” Alec said glaring at him.
“So you trust her now?” Liz asked.
“No, Liz. Far from it. But Tess and my son are linked, if she dies so does he.”
“That’s convenient.” Alec said sarcastically.
“I have no choice.” Max snapped at him before turning back to Liz. “I have to believe her.”
“This is insane. She betrayed all of us, she killed Alex.” Liz stated.
“I know. Believe me I know.” Max said.
“What is she doing here?” Alec asked grabbing Liz’s hand trying to calm her down.
“Kivar betrayed her. He waited until Zan was older and was going to lock her up in a cell and raise him as his own.” Max explained.
“I’m starting to like him.” Liz said offhandedly thinking about Tess being locked up.
“So she grabbed him and escaped through one of his portals. She was going to hide at Copper Summit, figured it was the safest place to open the portal here on Earth since the skins were all dead and it was deserted then hitch to Roswell. She arrived right as I was about to leave.” Just then they heard Zan cry.
“Max, is he okay? I mean besides having that monster for a mother. I thought your son couldn’t live in our atmosphere.” Liz asked, Max was surprised by the question and it showed on his face. “He’s innocent, he can’t help who his mother is.”
“Yeah, he’s fine. It was a mindwarp to get back to Antar.” Max answered looking in the direction of his son’s cry.
“You better get back in there.” Liz said. Max nodded and left. Alec pulled Liz into his arms and hugged her close. “We better go check on Maria. If she gets to Tess I’m the least of her worries.” Liz stated. Alec leaned down and kissed her full on the lips. The two headed back in, Alec made sure to keep as much distance from Tess as possible. They were barely in the room when Kyle came through the door, “Hey guys, what’s going….” He trailed off as he saw Tess.
“Come on Zan. I don’t want you to see this.” Max said before taking the baby from Tess and heading out of the room.
“Kyle, I’m so glad you’re here.” Tess said as she moved to him.
“Don’t touch me.” Kyle yelled as he used one of his shield nets to encompass Tess. He didn’t use much power and the shield was weak but he wanted to make sure she didn’t get near him.
“What the hell? Do all of the humans have powers now?” Tess asked.
“What disappointed that we’re not as defenseless as Alex was?” Liz spit out. Tess only glared at Liz.
“Why haven’t you killed her yet?” Kyle asked looking at Michael and Liz.
“Max wouldn’t let me.” Michael said shrugging.
“Alec stopped me.” Liz answered.
Kyle looked at Tess. “What are you doing on Earth?”
“I’m here to protect my son.” Tess stated. “I thought you might help.”
“Because it worked out so well the last time. We took you into our house; you were a part of our family. And you used us, used me mindwarped me into carrying Alex’s body.”
“I never meant to hurt.” Tess tried to say but Kyle cut her off. “You’re too late!!!”
“You never even heard my side of the story.”
“Oh, you have a side, uh the murderer has a side. Don’t play the victim here, Tess.” Kyle moved over to where Alec, Liz and Maria stood. Max came in with the baby when he heard the yelling end and the group stood around in uncomfortable silence. Liz looked over at the small baby in Max’s arms. He was cute and he seemed to love being with his father. A feeling that Liz could see was mutual by the look on Max’s face. She was happy for him, she knew how much his son meant to him.
“Well now that we’ve had this nice happy reunion, why don’t we go back to my house?” Maria asked Kyle, Alec, and Liz.
“I think that’d be a good idea.” Alec said wanting to get Liz out of there. “Come on Kyle, we’ve got food and tons of Tabasco sauce. There’s even a game on.”
After Kyle nodded, Maria asked Michael if he wanted to join them but he refused. He wanted to keep an eye on Tess. As they left Tess saw the way Max still looked at Liz with love although she was with another man. She might have broken the two apart but he still loved Liz. She had killed for him, to get his way home but that little whore made him not want to leave Earth even abandoning his son. No matter what she did, Liz would always stand in her way. She might be Zan’s mother but she would be no more to Max as long Liz was around. Well she’d just have to take her out of the equation.
Part 31
“Liz, I know you’re upset. We all would like to fry the bleach blonde into oblivion but we can’t. You are driving me nuts with the pacing.” Liz was still so mad about seeing Tess that she couldn’t eat anything so she had paced around the others as they ate.
“I can’t help it. I knew Max would find his son but I never thought Tess come back with him. Just knowing that she’s back just eats at me.”
“What do you think will happen?” Alec asked.
“Max will probably have Tess talk to his dad and tell him the same story Isabel did. His dad might drop the investigation. As for the rest, I don’t know.” Liz stated.
“Well I better go home and let Dad in on the news. Call me if you need anything.” Kyle said directing his last statement at Liz.
“Thanks Kyle.” He left and Maria decided she was going to call Michael to see what was going on over at his apartment while Liz and Alec went back their room.
“I can’t wait to get back to Seattle.” Liz said as moved to sit in the middle of the bed with Alec next to her. “You know my grandma Claudia used to say home is where they catch you when you fall. And I always thought that felt like Roswell. Now I don’t. Sure I know my friends are here for me but Roswell doesn’t feel like a comfort anymore.”
“I wouldn’t know what that’s like. My apartment is the closest thing to a home I’ve ever had.” Alec stated.
“I know this must be strange for you.”
“You didn’t know that your arch enemy was going to come back to town when we got here.”
“Alec, I want to make sure you understand that earlier when I attacked Tess was because of what she did to Alex and Kyle not because of Max. Sure their time together was what ended our relationship but that’s not why I went after her. Max chose to be with her, he was a willingly participant in their, whatever they had.”
Alec knew exactly what she meant. He reached out and pushed some of her hair out of her face. "I know." He leaned forward and kissed her gently. Without breaking their kiss she sat up to straddle his lap.
"I need you right now, " she breathed against his wanting lips.
He reached up and cupped her face with his hands and deepened the kiss to the point he was devouring her. She moaned as his hands slid down her body to the waist of her jeans and pulled her tank top out and over her head letting it fall to the floor exposing her breast. He cupped her breasts in his hands and gently massaged them. She arched her back as he leaned forward to kiss and suckle her breast. He pushed against her letting her feel his erection through their jeans. She gasped and pushed down against him making him bite down on her breast.
She pulled away from him standing in front of him and pushed her jeans and underwear down to the floor. At the same time he lifted his hips and pulled his jeans and boxers off depositing them on top of hers. He scooted forward to sit on the edge of the bed as she walked back to him. He encircled his arms around her waist bringing her into a hug letting his face rest against her stomach. She wrapped her arms around his head gently enjoying the contact she so desperately needed.
She felt him move and look down to see him staring up at her. There was so much understanding in his eyes. He stood slowly letting his nose gently run across the skin of her stomach, chest, and neck to her face. He kissed her gently on the lips and hugged her to him as he fell back on the bed letting her be on top.
He kissed her fully and deeply letting her know he loved her. He ran his hands up and down her back feeling goosebumps rise as he did. She closed her eyes and sighed at his ministrations. She pushed down on his lap making him groan in pleasure. She opened her eyes to see him staring at her intently. She had to have him and took care of what they needed to so she could. She raised up a little never taking her eyes off his as she slowly sank down on him. They both moaned from the pleasure of their final joining.
Alec rested his forehead against hers as she started to move at a steady pace. He listened to her moans, whimpers and gasps as he pumped in and out of her. She listened to his heavy breathing and grunts as she rode him faster and faster. He leapt forward latching himself to her throat sucking at the sensitive skin.
"Oh my God!" she moaned loudly as she quickened her pace.
Alec firmly grabbed her hips pulling her down harder on him. " Liz, " he whimpered as she squeezed her muscles tightly around him. "Come for me, " he breathed into her ear. His words made her snap as she yelled in pleasure. Her orgasm rippled through her body as Alec moved inside her a couple more times and joined her in his own orgasm.
They held each other as they caught their breath and calmed down. Alec moved them so she was spooned against him wrapping his arms around her. She snuggled against him enjoying his body heat as he fell into a deep slumber. Liz on the other hand didn’t. She just couldn’t let her mind settle.
Part 32:
Liz laid in Alec’s arms for an hour before she determined that she wasn’t going to be able to sleep. She crawled out of his arms careful not to wake him, which was hard to do, but she managed. She slipped on her discarded tank top and Alec’s boxers before heading out of the room. The rest of the house was dark and she figured Maria was asleep so she headed for the back porch.
She sat there and thought about how quiet Roswell was compared to Seattle. She had never really thought about it until now. In Seattle you always heard cars, noise from nearby stores and restaurants, generally people about. But in Roswell after eleven all was quiet. But she didn’t need the quiet to hear the person approach her, she felt her. “What do you want Tess?”
“Just thought I’d come by and see what you were up to.” Tess said trying to look innocent. She hadn’t expected Liz to be aware of her before she made her move. Oh well now she could have a little fun before she killed her.
“Well leave. I have nothing I want to say to you.” Liz said getting up from the porch and walking away towards the yard trying to get as far from Tess as possible. She had known it was Tess by simple deduction. Michael and Max were at the apartment and wouldn’t leave. Isabel and Kyle were at home and had no reason to come to Maria’s.
“Fine, I thought I’d be nice.” Tess said.
“Well I think when one of us is a murdering traitor it kinds of puts a damper on friendship.” Liz stated.
Tess just smiled and decided to go ahead with her plan. “You know something I discovered? That when I was pregnant with Zan I also had access to his powers or what would eventually become his powers. And being the heir to the throne he’s very powerful.”
“And?” Liz asked not liking the tone of Tess’s voice.
“I still have those powers.” Tess stated before raising her hands and a blue electrical stream came out and hit Liz knocking her across the yard. Liz could feel that she had minor burns on her skin and stood up quickly about to blast Tess in defense but Tess’s words stopped her. “Now you wouldn’t want to hurt Zan would you?” She said evilly “You see I know you as well as I know Max, you would never do anything to endanger my son, Max’s son.”
Liz hated that Tess was right, that she couldn’t endanger an innocent baby even to defend herself. “Why are you doing this Tess?”
“You’re in my way.” She stated.
“But I’m not with Max anymore.”
Tess laughed a cold chilling laugh. “You think that matters to him? He doesn’t care that you’re with your little boy toy, he still wants you and as long as he does I’ll just be the other woman.”
Liz stated. “He’s not going to feel any differently when he finds out you killed me.”
“He’s not going to know. I’ll cover it up like I did Alex’s. No one will look into it like you did. You always in the way butting in.” Tess explained.
“They’ll be suspicious when you show up in town and suddenly I’m dead.”
“I’ll make sure they forget. Then Max will change the way he feels without your influence around.”
“Tess the way Max feels about you is because of your actions. Not mine.” Liz stated.
“I never stood a chance with you around. Every time we were together, every time we kissed, he was thinking of you. He had these flashes that I saw and they were always of you. What is it they see in you? I just don’t get it.”
She saw Tess advancing on her about to throw another stream when Liz brought up her hand and threw Tess back. It was hard enough to knock her down but not to hurt her. The bolt she was in the process of throwing was still let loose but it had lost strength before it hit Liz. Both girls flew backwards but Liz hit one of the trees. She knocked her head hard enough to daze her. Liz barely had enough time to bring up a small shield before Tess came after her again. “You think that pathetic little shield is going to save you, look at it you can barely see it. You’re just some little human with a few powers.”
“You know Tess you might want to catch up. I’m as much a hybrid now as you are.” Liz kept her shield up as she got to her feet; she had kept her shield small on purpose so that Tess would think her weak as well as conserve power but still strong enough to fend Tess off. She had to do something or Tess would never stop. She could see that Tess was very unhappy that her plan wasn’t working and could feel her started to gather all of her energy. She could see the blue stream gathering between Tess’s hands and knew she had to work fast. But before Tess was able to do anything a shot rang out hitting Tess in the shoulder. Liz whipped her head around and saw Alec on the porch with his gun.
Alec had woke up the moment Liz left the bed but stayed figuring she needed some time alone. Then he got an uneasy feeling and reached into his bag for his gun. He had crept out just in time to see Tess about to attack Liz with some kind of strange alien power. He didn’t hesitate to fire off a shot aimed at her shoulder to stop her knowing that she was linked to the baby still. The shot threw Tess back some but it didn’t stop her. She raised a hand to fire at Alec.
Liz saw Tess about to fire at Alec and started to react on pure instinct. She dropped the shield and was about to send a blast at her when she heard Alec fire again. The bullet hit her in the center of her chest into her heart at the same time as a blast came from the side sending her across the yard. This time she didn’t get up. Liz and Alec looked over to see Michael with his hand raised still faintly glowing.
“Michael!” Liz exclaimed. “How did you know?”
“I woke up and realized Tess was gone but Max and the baby was still there. I figured she was coming after you so I headed over. I couldn’t let her hurt you, I failed protecting Alex and I said I’d never let that happen again.” Michael stated.
Liz nodded before looking over at Alec; “You okay?”
“Shouldn’t I be asking you that? She didn’t hit me.” Alec said. After he hit her with the first shot and she had kept coming, he had known she wasn’t going to stop so he had aimed to kill.
“I’ll heal myself in a minute.” Liz stated as she headed over to Tess’s body. She reached down to check on her and found no pulse. “She’s dead.”
“I knew she wouldn’t stop.” Michael explained. When he had saw Tess trying to kill Alec and Liz it was like Pierce all over again and he had just let his anger control his powers. Again, the person he aimed at was dead although he wasn’t sure if it was Alec’s bullet or his own blast that had done it. Then the full impact of what they’d done hit him. “Zan.”
Part 33
The three of them hurried inside and Liz was the first to the phone. She dialed Michael’s number quickly and after a couple of rings a groggy Max picked up, “Hello?”
“Max! Is the baby okay?” Liz asked just as she heard the baby’s loud cry.
“Yeah, except for the phone woke him up. What’s going on, Liz?” Max asked as he got up off the floor to get his son. It was then that he saw the couch where Tess was supposed to be empty. “Liz, Tess is gone.”
Liz sighed in relief and mouthed to Alec and Michael that Zan was fine. “Um, yeah we know. She came here.”
“What? Why?”
“Michael will tell you everything when he gets home.”
“But Liz…..”
“Max, please. I know it’s a lot to ask but just wait for Michael.” Liz said hanging up. “Well it seems like Tess was lying again.”
“She knew you guys would kill her if she didn’t.” Alec stated.
“Hey what’s with all the noise out here?” A sleepy Maria asked. She took in Liz ruffled and burned appearance and freaked. “Oh my God. What happened?”
“Tess.” Alec answered.
“I swear I’ll rip out every bottle bleached hair on her head.” Maria stated.
“You can’t, she’s dead.” Michael explained.
Maria’s eyes widened in surprised then Liz threw in. “And she was lying about her link to the baby. He’s fine.”
“So she came over and started hurting you?” Maria asked.
“I’ll start at the beginning. I couldn’t sleep so I went outside. Tess walked up and after a few smarta$$ comments she told me that she still had some of Zan’s powers from when she was pregnant. And she decided to show me. She came here with the intent to kill me, said I was in her way. I defended myself but didn’t do anything more than throw her because I didn’t want to hurt Zan. She was juicing up to really hit me good when Alec shot her.”
“Wait a minute, why do you have a gun?” Maria asked Alec.
“Seattle’s not the safest place and I work as a messenger. Some people like to mug messengers.” Alec explained. Of course the real reason he had the gun was in case White came after him.
“Anyway.” Liz continued trying to get the attention off of Alec. “The bullet stunned Tess but she wasn’t going to stop and was going to blast him. I dropped my shield and was going to blast her but Alec got another shot off. The bullet hit her at the same time as Michael’s blast.”
“We check on her and found out she was dead that’s when we came in and called Maxwell to check on Zan.” Michael finished telling her.
“So it looks like she ended up paying for what she did.” Maria stated looking at Liz.
“Yeah, she did.” Liz sank back into Alec’s arms and cringed when he wrapped his arms around her brushing her tender burned skin.
Alec felt her cringe and looked down at her. “Can you heal that now?”
“Yeah, chica. Please heal those.”
Liz waved her hand over the burns leaving unblemished skin. “I know you don’t like these but get over it.” She said as she reached over and hugged Michael. “Thank you.”
“Yeah, well we’re even.” Michael said thinking about when Liz changed the future. “We need to get rid of her body. We can’t just leave it in Maria’s yard.”
“I’ll drive.” Alec stated. He knew of several ways of disposing of bodies so no one would find them. He headed in to the bedroom and grabbed the Explorer’s keys. He came back out a minute later. “Maria, do you have a tarp or something in the garage? She might leak some blood from the bullet wound.”
“Don’t worry about it. I’ll just use my powers and clean up whatever mess there is.” Michael said.
“Right. Alien powers come in handy.” Alec stated as the two guys headed out for clean up duty.
“Well I know neither one of us will sleep until they get back so how about some decaf tea?” Maria asked. Liz nodded.
Maria made the tea as she asked, “Are you alright?”
Liz nodded. “Yeah, I mean I don’t know how I’m supposed to feel. I was going to kill someone. Shouldn’t I feel a little bad about it? But I saw her going after Alec and I had to stop her, but he beat me to it.”
“I don’t Liz. I guess you should just feel whatever you’ll feeling don’t keep it inside.” Maria explained just as they heard a car screech to a halt outside then the door flew open revealing Max. “What are you doing here?”
“I couldn’t wait for Michael.” Max stated bringing in Zan’s carrier.
“So you dragged your son over here in the middle of the night? Smart move.” Maria threw in.
“That’s exactly why I told you to wait for Michael.” Liz stated. “It’s all over so you could have waited.”
“What happened? Where are the others?”
“Tess is dead, she lied about being connected to Zan. Michael and Alec went to get rid of her body.” Liz explained. “I know you’re confused as to what happened but I’ll explain.”
Max was in shock by Liz’s statement but what she said next really shook him. “She came here to kill me.”
“What?!” Max asked loudly before lowering his voice as his eyes drifted to Zan. “Why?!”
“Max, you know why, it’s the same reason Tess has always hated me.”
Max couldn’t believe that Liz had been put in danger yet again because of him. “What happened?”
“I was out back when she walked up. She tried to act nice but I just blew her off. She got upset and shot some kind of electrical stream that she said she had gotten from Zan at me. It hit me before I could do anything but didn’t do a lot of damage. She must have felt like playing with me. That went on for a few minutes until she decided games were over and was about to deal the final blow. But Alec shot her in the shoulder to stun her. It didn’t stop her instead she was about to shoot at him only he got off another shot just as Michael blasted her. After we realized she was dead, we ran in to call you.”
Max was still in shock, not knowing what to say. He had put a small amount of his trust in Tess and again she had betrayed him. This time Liz was the one who almost paid for it. But Alec had saved her, protected her. Max decided he needed some air. “I’m going to head back, get Zan to bed. I’ll come back by tomorrow.”
Maria and Liz sat there as he left, not knowing what to say. Instead they sat together waiting for the men to get back.
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Alec followed the directions Michael gave him to the ruins of the old pod chamber. Alec took Tess’s feet while Michael took her arms they climbed up to the middle of the rock formation. Once there Michael used his powers to create a hole which they dumped the body in and he torched it.
“Thanks for your help.” Michael grumbled.
“Yeah, well can’t just leave alien bodies laying around. Might get back to Liz.” Alec explained. The two waited for the body to burn down to bones then Michael used his powers to turn them into ash and they buried it.
Later that night after Alec got back and told them everything was taken care of he lead Liz to their room and she fell asleep the moment he wrapped his arms around her.
Part 34
The next morning when Alec woke up he found himself alone in bed. He got dressed quickly and went in search of Liz. But the only people he found was Maria and Michael. “Do you know where Liz is?’
Maria nodded, “She went to see an old friend. She’s at the cemetery.”
“Do you think she’d want me to go after her?” Alec asked. Again Maria nodded, “She’s probably going to need you.” Maria gave him directions and fifteen minutes later he approached the cemetery. He walked in a little before spotting her sitting in front of a low tombstone. He wasn’t sure if he should disturb her or not until she spoke, “I know you’re there Alec. It’s okay.”
“I wanted to give you some time.” Alec said as he sat down next to her. It was strange being in a cemetery, the only one he’d ever been in was the one Rachel’s grave was in. He looked down and saw the inscription, Alexander Charles Whitman 'May Your Song Always Be Sung' then the dates of his birth and death.
“I’ve been here for an hour already just thinking, remembering, talking to him in my head. I miss him so much.” Liz said. Alec wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close. He wasn’t sure what to do but hoped he was helping. He could hear her softly sobbing and felt her tears soaking his shirt but he didn’t care. Liz was always so full of life but now she looked lost. He had lost someone he loved before but that was different. He could only imagine what it was like to have someone so close to you be torn away. Sure he had friends Max, Sketchy, OC and Logan but he wasn’t close to them like Liz had been to Alex. The only thing he could relate it to was if Liz was gone. She was the only one who he had ever opened up to. They sat there until Liz’s sobs subsided and she said goodbye to her friend then left to get ready to go back to Seattle.
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Alec and Kyle were finishing loading up the Explorer for the trip back to Seattle while everyone else sat on the porch saying goodbye. Michael and Max had filled Isabel and Jesse in on everything about the night before.
Liz watched Max holding Zan. She pulled a small flying saucer rattle she had seen at Amy’s store out of her purse and handed it to Zan. His little eyes widened and he latched on to it, making Liz laugh. “You know you need to tell your parents the truth Max. Zan’s powers are going to be strong and they could come out at any time. Not to mention Kivar will probably want him back.”
“I know, I plan on doing it. I talked to Isabel and we’re going over tonight for a family dinner and let them meet Zan then tell them.” Max explained. Then he lifted his eyes from his son to look at Liz. “Liz, I’m sorry for everything. I never wanted you to go through all of this.”
“I know. I know.” Liz said. “But we can’t change the past, we’ve seen what that can do. All we can do is live in the present. Me with Alec and you with your son.”
“Liz, no matter what we are to each other remember I’m always here if you need anything.” Max stated.
“I know,” Liz stood up then and went to say good bye to the others. Max saw Alec come up behind her and watched how the two interacted. It hadn’t escaped his notice last night when he had seen Liz in Alec’s boxers and he knew by the little ways they touched that they had been intimate and felt a tug at his heart. He realized that Liz was in love with Alec because she would only share herself like that if she was in love. He wished he would have believed that back when he thought she slept with Kyle. Liz was right she had made a new start and he needed to with his son. Alec drifted away while she hugged Maria and that’s when Max approached him, still carrying Zan. “Don’t make the same mistakes as I did. She deserves so much, treat her right.”
Alec only nodded not knowing what to say. He had no cocky comment for once. Ten minutes later after a ton of good byes they were heading out of Roswell back to Seattle.
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