After the skin got in and was killed Max spoke, “All right. We'll head for the school. It's our turf.” He turned to a shocked looking Kyle, “Get your dad.”
“I can't. He disappeared right in front of me.” He said sadly.
“You know, the skins' time dimension must be catching up with those of us that are...” Liz explained.
“Human. Who's next?” Maria asked.
Kyle looked up and saw a postcard of the billboard outside of town. Everything clicked into place then. He ripped it out of the rack and said, “That time field is coming from the billboard out by Chaparral Turnout. My dad spotted a green rod stuck through it this morning. We thought it was a prank. I'm heading out there.”
“No. We stick together.” Max ordered.
Kyle had had enough of Max’s orders for the day. “Hey, I've been really nice about following your orders, Senor Presidente, but if I can do something to help bring some people back or ensure that Liz, Maria, and I live to see another day, I'm gonna do it.”
Kyle started up the stairs when he heard Max’s voice, “Kyle. Look...take Bradford Alley all the way out of town. It's a straight shot. You can't get boxed in.”
“Thanks.” Kyle said sincerely.
“Good luck...to all of you.” Max said looking in Liz’s direction.
“I'll take care of her.” Kyle said, ‘I always have and always will’ Kyle thought before heading out the door. On the other side he watched his sister stare at Max for a minute before her and Maria joined him and they headed out for the sign.
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As they made their way out to the billboard the only thing she could think of was Max. She didn’t even hear Maria’s hysterical chatter. Finally she blurted out, “No! I can't leave it like this!”
“Excuse me?” Maria asked.
“Max. No, I walked out on him without explaining what happened between you and me.” She said looking at Kyle.
“Huh?” Maria said in a dazed voice.
“I didn't even say good-bye!”
Kyle looked up at the rear view mirror and looked at his sister, “Look, you've got a job to do. Max has got a job to do. When everybody's done with their job, you can make nice.” He knew she still cared for Max but right now they needed to save their own asses.
“He'll never know!”
“He's Max. He'll always know. Right?” He said shrugging. Kyle glanced up at the mirror again only to see Liz disappear. He felt his heart almost stop. First Zack, then his dad, now Liz. He had to stop this thing, he had to bring them back. A few minutes later he and Maria arrived at the billboard and got out of the car.
“Not Liz. I need Liz.” Maria said hysterically.
Kyle reached over and grabbed her by the shoulders. “Maria, Maria, look, look, look, look. She's coming back. They all are. All right. Now, Liz said something about generators and electric fields.”
“So how does electricity work?”
“Why are you lookin' at me? We were both in the same remedial science class for 3 years.” Kyle said unable to drop his cover for a minute. He couldn’t help it, it had been imbedded in him for so long.
“Basically, we have to...um, blow its fuse, right?”
Remembering basic mechanics, Kyle came up with an idea. “That means we mess with the current. Do you have jumper cables?”
“Yeah.” Maria states but before they can get them a skin jumped out.
Kyle was really sick of these guys getting in the way of him being with his family. “Buddha, forgive me, but I'm gonna kick your ass!”
The skin rushed him and effortlessly he flipped him over. He ran to the car in the hopes of finding a weapon and only found the club. The skin grabbed him and he hit the seal self-destruct button with all his strength. The skin disintegrated but Kyle felt a strange force of energy come over him and knew he was going to disappear. He looked up and said, “Maria...”
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When Kyle opened his eyes again he was almost blinded by the bright blueness that seemed to be burning his eyes. They adjusted quickly and he was able to see but almost wished he couldn’t. As far as he could see were the people of Roswell frozen in place. From what Kyle could tell they were in the pose of what they had been doing whenever the alien device went off. He saw some of his teachers, a couple of his dad’s deputies. He didn’t know why he was the only one who was able to move, maybe it was because he hadn’t been there when it hit. “Liz!!!!!! Dad!!!!!Zack!!!!!” Kyle called.
“Kyle!!” He heard Liz calling him. She came around a large group of people and hugged him. “I’m so glad to see you.”
“Me, too. I thought I was going to be stuck with the mannequins. Is everyone here?”
“As far as I can tell. I saw Zack.” She said quietly.
“It’s going to be okay. Maria knew what to do before I left. But why aren’t we frozen?”
“It’s like you said. We are the only two people who have been healed by an alien.” Liz stated. Right then Maria appeared in frozen state and before the two X5s could say anything the scene changed to where they were back at the billboard. Liz saw Maria animate this time and ran up to hug her. The two girls jumped up and down hugging until Kyle came up for his hug.
“We need to go check on everyone.” Liz said thinking she wanted to see her brother and her parents.
“I’ll get the cables.” Maria stated before climbing back up to the board.
“Kyle I don’t think we should say anything to anyone just yet.” Liz whispered to him.
“I agree. Let’s go.” Kyle said as they got back in the car. They hurried back to Roswell and was greeted by the sight of people everywhere and from what they could see they were none the wiser. When they reached the Crashdown Liz’s dad reamed the two girls for taking so long getting back to town with the equipment he needed. He told Liz that she had a visitor upstairs and her and Kyle headed upstairs to see their brother. No one knew what had happened and Liz and Kyle kept their secret.
New Part 41
Meet the Dupes &
Max in the City
Liz looked at the three look a likes of the aliens and listened to them telling about how they were the other set. It was then that Liz realized it hadn’t been Michael who had kissed her in the hallway.
“They went to New York.” Isabel’s clone said.
“New York?” Max asked.
“The Big Apple. Center of the universe. Amazing pizza.” Michael’s look alike said.
“Um...but there's only 3 of you.” Liz stated. She hadn’t seen Max’s look alike come in.
“We had a fourth. We just lost him.” Isabel’s lookalike explained.
“His name was...Zan.” Liz heard Tess’s lookalike say meekly. She looked over at the girl who was a replica of her enemy but unlike with Tess Liz didn’t get a bad feeling about her. Liz was so busy studying her that she barely heard Max start the introductions. “I’m Max.”
“How did you lose your Max?” Isabel asked.
“He died in a stupid accident. You know, all his powers, all his abilities, and, you know, he died in a street accident. For nothin'. Yo, I'm Rath.”
“Lonnie.”
“Isabel.”
“I'm Ava.” The pink haired alien Liz had been studying said.
“Tess.”
“This is Michael, and these are our friends: Alex, Maria, and Liz.” Max said pointing to all of them. Liz’s eyes settled on Rath, “Uh, we met.”
“Sorry about that. I was, uh...I was just trying to get the lay of the land.” He turned his attention back to Max who was looking at her strangely. “Something's cookin'...something that's gonna affect all of us. Could we talk in private?”
Liz watched the two of them head into Brody’s office and headed to sit with Maria and Alex. There was something off about the other two duplicates but she couldn’t tell what.
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Liz was feeling crappy ever since Max came to see her before he left for New York. She headed back to the alley and threw the trash bag inside as hard as she could. “Yo! You mind not banging that thing around?”
Liz looked on the other side and saw a familiar face, “Tess? Oh, no, no, I mean, um...”
“Ava.”
“Yes, Ava! That's right. I'm sorry. What...what are you doing here?” She asked.
“Trying to get some sleep.”
“In the alley?” Liz asked knowing she was right. Ava just looked at her. “I thought you went back to New York.”
“Car was too tight. Decided to hang around here.” Ava explained.
Being in the same situation before and remembering what it was like not knowing where you would sleep next Liz’s heart went out to her. “I’ve got an empty couch in here if you want to us it.”
Ava looked at her in shock, surprised by her offer. “No thanks, I’m cool here.”
Liz knew that she couldn’t force her to trust her she said, “Well, it’s a standing offer. If you decide to take me up on it just head up the ladder, my room’s at the top.”
Later that night Liz passed a sleeping Ava as she went to meet Maria and wrapped a blanket on her.
Part 42
The next night after the café closed Liz was on her balcony reading when she heard faint sounds of someone climbing her ladder. A minute later she saw Ava’s head poke over top. “Hey Ava. What’s up?”
“You said the offer was a standing one so I was going to see if I could ride the couch.” Ava said.
“Of course, come on.” Liz said as she lead Ava in her window and down to the break room. “Do you need anything?”
“No, I’s still got the blanket from last night.” Ava said as she sat down. Liz smiled and said goodnight before heading back upstairs. A short time later her enhanced hearing allowed her to hear Ava screaming. She ran downstairs and grabbed the screaming girl, “Are you ok?”
“I...I saw it...and I watched it happen again.” Ava said as she cried.
“What, what?” She asked.
“Zan...the accident. The way his body just lay there in the street!” She said crying harder.
“Oh, shh. It's ok. It's just a dream. It was just a dream, a bad dream.” Liz said trying to calm down the hysterical girl. She knew what it was like to wake up from a nightmare that stemmed from real life. They were the worst.
“It's all my fault! I should have stopped it. I could have stopped it! I should have known. I should have known.” She said as she curled against Liz.
“Known what? Known what?” Liz asked but Ava wouldn’t talk. “Listen, I don’t think either one of us is going to go to sleep soon so why don’t we go out into the café and get something to drink?”
Ava nodded and followed Liz. Liz went behind the counter and heated up two mugs, one of tea for Ava and one of milk for her. She handed Ava her mug and sat down next to her, “Are you sure you don’t want to talk about it?”
“I...can't talk about it.” Ava looked sad and uncomfortable. “Zan was stubborn...strong. He put up a wall, and you just couldn't get through. He always tried to do everything right, to be perfect. He was like that, right up until...”
Liz could see the hurt in her eyes, “You must have liked him a lot.”
Ava nodded. “Yeah. I'm not sure he ever really loved me back, though.”
“Why?”
“Just a feeling. I always felt like he was waiting for someone else to walk into his life.” Ava explained. Liz couldn’t explain it but she felt close to Ava. They had both been through heartache. “So what about you? How'd you find out about Max? He just hauled off and dropped the bomb one-day?”
“No. He was right over there. I was working, and, uh...he was sitting at that booth.” She said as she smiled and pointed. And um, someone brought in a gun, and it kinda went off, and I got shot. I was dying, but Max brought me back.” Liz noticed that Ava was staring at her strangely.
“He brought you back.” Ava half asked, half stated.
“Yeah.” Liz answered. Getting hungry suddenly, Liz stood up. “I’m going to get something from the kitchen, you want anything?”
Ava shook her head and Liz headed into the kitchen. As she rummaged through the kitchen to find something to eat she thought about Ava. She was hiding something. The sound of the bell on the front door made her glance out front and she saw Michael and Isabel surrounding Ava. Knowing that wasn’t a good sign she headed out. And heard Isabel ask, “Why did Lonnie impersonate me?”
“I don't know.” Ava answered quietly.
“Why don't I believe you?”
“That's your problem.” Ava said defiantly. Liz watched as Michael raised his hand and let a blast loose. “Don't piss us off.”
“Fine! We'll do this the hard way.” That was when Liz interceded.
“Ok, ok, wait, wait. It's ok.” She stepped in front of Isabel and pulled Ava away, “Come on, Ava. Ok, ok, Ava...you told me that you had a secret that you couldn't tell anyone. But, um...if Max is in danger, you have to tell us. You lost Zan. Please don't let me lose Max. I love him, you know, and I love him just as much as you did Zan. Please, Ava...don't let me lose him. Please.”
Ava looked at the brunette who had stood up to the others for her. She saw the way she pleaded with her to help. “Lonnie and Rath...killed Zan. And they're probably gonna kill Max.”
Liz pulled away in shock; she was going to loose Max. She looked over at Isabel and Michael. “We've got to find a way to warn Max. He's in the middle of the summit right now.” Isabel said.
“Where's the summit being held?” Michael asked.
“Some building downtown.”
“You gotta do better than that.” Michael threatened.
“I don't know anything more.”
Liz suddenly got an idea, “Hey, Isabel, um...can't you dreamwalk Max? You know, um...put a warning in his mind. You've done it before, you know, when he was in the white room.”
“That was different. He was drugged. I was only a few miles away. He's across the country now.” Isabel said frustrated.
“I think we're out of alternatives.” Michael stated. Isabel sat down and Liz guessed she was trying to dreamwalk Max. About twenty minutes passed until she opened her eyes again and hit the table. “ Damn it! It's not working. I can't reach him.”
“Yeah, but you gotta try again.” Michael pleaded.
“Won't do any good. He's not hearing me.” Isabel snapped.
“Ok, so um, what's plan "B"?” Liz asked. She hated knowing Max was in danger and she wasn’t able to do anything. She felt worse when she heard Isabel’s answer. “There isn't one.”
Ava stood up and grabbed a chair “Liz can do it.”
“What?” Isabel asked.
As Ava pulled Liz over to Isabel as Liz asked. “What are you talking about?”
“Max brought you back from the dead. You've been changed.” Ava explained.
“What do you mean by changed?” She knew that when Max had healed her that he had fixed her seizures but other than that she hadn’t felt any different.
“Look, there ain't enough time to explain. You just gotta trust me here. If Max brought you back, then...you're different now.” Ava explained frustrated.
“Take my hand, Liz.”
“I don’t know why but I’m really scared to do this. You know if you can’t contact him what makes you think I can?”
“I know my brother and I know that if there is one voice that he will hear no matter where he is, it’s yours. Take my hand Liz.” Isabel took Liz’s hand. Liz didn’t know what to do so she just concentrated on Max. How she loved him, how he made her feel. Soon she felt a tingling over her body and hoped that meant it was working. Then she felt Max. She opened her eyes and saw that she was no longer in the Crashdown. She was in the middle of a busy street.
She looked around and saw Max, Tess, Rath, and Lonnie are walking along a street. Then saw Rath grab Tess and cover her mouth with his hand. At the same time she watched as Lonnie reached out with her hand and uses her power to loosen a platform above Max. Liz noticed that Max was staring at her. She tried to yell but calling out to him, but she can tell he can't hear. She started motioning to him to come to her. She watched as he started to step towards her just as the platform crashed behind him. Then suddenly the tingling was gone and she was staring at Isabel again.
Liz gasped loudly. “Did it work?” Isabel asked.
Liz nodded. “Yeah, Ava was right. Lonnie used her powers to try and drop a platform on Max. When he saw me he moved out of the way and it crashed behind him. I think Rath had Tess.”
“But Max was okay?” Michael asked. Liz nodded again before darkness took her. She woke up to find herself lying in her own bed. There was a note next to her from Isabel. ‘Michael brought you up here after you passed out. Ava said it was too much for you since Max was across country. We didn’t get a chance to question Ava because your parents woke up. Max called and said he and Tess would be coming back later today. ~Isabel.
Liz got up and headed downstairs to see Ava was gathering her stuff.
“Leaving?” Liz asked.
“Yeah, I think I need to travel around a little. Sort some stuff out.” Ava said sadly.
Seeing the pain in her eyes all thoughts of questioning Ava flew out of Liz’s thoughts. “Good-bye. Good luck, ok?”
“Thanks. You, too.” She said before Liz reached over to hug her. Liz felt Ava stiffen then relax. Liz pulled back and smiled.
Ava rolled her eyes and said, “So cornball.”
“Ok.” Liz laughed as she watched Ava leave. Shortly after there was a knock at the door. Liz went to open it and saw Kyle. “Hey what’s up that you had to call me so early in the morning?” Kyle asked.
“Sorry. I just wanted to tell you something. Tess told you about the look alikes right?” Kyle nodded. “Well Ava told me last night that because Max brought me back that I’m different. I’ve changed.”
“We knew that, neither one of us has had a seizure since.”
“No, I mean something else. Maybe that was why we reacted differently than the others when the Skins were here.” She quickly explained about the nights events and seeing Max in New York. “So I don’t know if I was acting like a conductor or what but that’s what happened.”
“Well did you ask Ava?”
Liz shook her head. “I passed out after. When I woke up, she was leaving. I didn’t get a chance to ask her. I think she was scared that Lonnie and Rath would be coming back for her.”
Kyle sighed heavily. “Maybe the other ones can tell us. I better get going. Tess will be back when I get home.” Liz hugged him good bye before heading upstairs, berating herself for not questioning Ava. She felt bad later when Max came by to talk to her and Ava but Liz had to tell him that she left. They talked a little about how she was feeling about finding out she was changed then he asked her again if she slept with Kyle. He left after she nodded.
She watched him go and started feeling bad again when her cell phone rang. “Yeah?”
“It’s me. Brin’s at Manticore.” She heard Zack say.
“What?” Liz practically screamed.
“She was sick, Max and I had no choice. They were the only ones who could help her.”
“You found Max? How is she? Where are you?”
“Liz, you know I can’t tell you that. But she’s okay except Lydecker saw her and now she’s in danger too. I’m going to get her somewhere safe but I wanted to let you know about Brin. I’ll check in with you in a week.”
“Be careful, Zack.” Liz warned before hanging up. Things were getting rough. Brin had been caught; Zack and Max were on the run, now more than ever her and Kyle had to be careful.
Part: 43
A Roswell Christmas Carol
Liz made her way home from Midnight mass slowly. Every year she did the same thing, walk around all of Roswell on Christmas Eve and look at all the lights with Kyle. This year everything was different. Usually Kyle and the Sheriff would come to the Crashdown and eat dinner with them, and then they would all go to Midnight Services. Afterwards the two of them would walk around before heading back to Liz’s house and exchanging presents. But because Tess was living with them now they had to be cautious of what they did. Kyle had called her earlier to tell her that Tess had made dinner and that he would meet her after he was sure that Tess was asleep. Liz couldn’t help but feel a little jealous of Kyle spending Christmas away from her. Lately it seemed like Liz was always jealous of Tess, for several reasons. One was because she had Max, although they were only friends and she got to spend lots of time with Kyle.
She knew her and Kyle could pretend to date again but she didn’t want to do that. She knew it would hurt Max to see them together and she couldn’t do that. It would just twist the knife deeper. Liz smiled at the thought of Max. Things had gotten a lot better between them in the last few days. He had even came to Midnight services to sit next to her even though he didn’t believe in God. She wondered what he would think if she told him she didn’t used to. She wondered what he would say if she told him about the Blue Lady. Of course if she told him about her then she would have to explain a lot more.
The past month had been tame since the dupes left. A week after, Liz had gone into heat again but everyone else thought she was home sick with the flu. So that she had gotten out of school and work. Kyle had come by to visit, and Maria had brought over her homework but her parents had kept everyone else away. Even Alex, Liz felt bad about it but she didn’t want to explain if she tried to throw herself at him. She looked around at the different houses; it just wasn’t the same without her brother. Missing her family she decided to try and call Zack. Her and Kyle hadn’t heard from him since he had called and told her about Brin a month ago and they were worried. She listened to the ringing on the line and sighed when voicemail picked up. She left a quick message before disconnecting.
“Still nothing?” She heard.
“No, nothing. I wish we knew where he was. We haven’t heard anything and with Brin being in Manticore, I’m worried that he got caught.” She said sadly as she felt Kyle hug her from behind. “Tess asleep?”
“Yeah, sawing logs.”
“She looked happy at services.” Liz commented as they started walking.
“It’s the first Christmas that she’s been able to celebrate. Nasedo never let her do anything.” Kyle explained. “Sorry about earlier, she invited Ms. Deluca over for dinner for Dad. You should have seen him; he acted like some nervous guy on a date. It was funny.”
“Good, as much as it grosses you and Maria out I think they’re cute together.” Liz said.
“I just don’t want her to hurt him like Mom did.”
“Kyle it was one dinner. Besides, things have been calm lately. At least in regards to your Dad. He hasn’t had to cover anything up lately.”
“Speaking of couples, I saw Max sitting with you tonight. What was up with that?” Kyle asked.
Liz blushed, “Nothing. We’re just trying to be friends.”
“Uh uh. Sure. Just be careful.” Kyle teased. They chatted as they finished their walk and headed back to Liz’s. After making two mugs of hot chocolate with lots of milk they made their way up to her balcony before they exchanged gifts, they participated in their own little tradition. Liz pulled out a box and laid out the contents, a box of long fireplace matches and eleven candles, one for each of their siblings. Each candle was a different color. They divided them up, Liz taking the girls, Kyle the boys.
Kyle started, “To Zack, Ben, Jack, Zane, Krit and Josh.” He said each name as he lit their candle then it was Liz’s turn. “
To Maxie, Syl, Jondy, Tinga, and Brin. Merry Christmas guys, we wish you were with us.” It was something they did every year, it made them feel closer to their absent siblings. Once they were done they started on their gifts. Liz opened the larger box and found a new black sweater then moved on to a smaller box. She opened it and found a small replica of Kyle’s red mustang. “Kyle, what’s this?”
“It’s symbolic. I know how hard things have been here for you since Future Max came seeing Tess and Max getting closer. So if you don’t want to stay here anymore just give me the car and we’ll pack up and leave.” Kyle explained. Liz felt tears come to her eyes and she hugged Kyle.
“That is so sweet. I feel bad about my gift now.” Liz said.
“Are you kidding? I love my tickets, you know that the Houston Astros are my favorite team. Remember when we saw them play against the Cubs in Chicago with Zack, granted they lost but that was so much fun.”
“Yeah, that was a lot of fun. The whole summer was.” Liz said smiling. “But this summer I won’t be able to go with you, it’d look funny. You could take your dad or even Tess.”
Kyle shrugged, “Maybe I’ll talk Zack into meeting me in Houston. Surely we’ll talk to him by then.”
“What do you think they did to Brin? After she recovered I mean.” Liz asked.
“Liz…” Kyle started to say. He didn’t want her thinking about their imprisoned sister right then and depressing them.
“Kyle we never talk about it. I can’t talk to anyone but you about it and I need to.”
“Liz, you know what they would do. As soon as she was better she’d go in for reindoctorination. They’d make her forget who she was.”
“I already decided that if I was ever caught, I’m going to make myself forget everything, Max, the others, Roswell. I don’t want to risk any of you.”
Kyle understood what she was saying; he shuddered to think what Lydecker could do if he had a little alien DNA. They talked a little bit but mostly just enjoyed being in one another’s company, after all Christmas was a time for family and each other were the only family they had.
Part 44
To Serve And Protect
Liz gazed around the café and saw a handsome guy staring back at her. "Hello, Liz." She heard him say.
"Hello, Brad." She smiles as he lifts her up and sets her on the counter. "Would you like fries with that." She said before they begin to kiss, but stopped when she notices Max. "I'm with Brad now."
"Brad doesn't even exist. Besides, you want someone who can do this." Max says as he waves his hand and she finds herself bathed in rose petals. He leans in and kisses her "Oh my!" She said as he pulled away. Something over his shoulder catches her eye and she thinks she sees Isabel but then suddenly nothing is there.
She lifted her eyes back up to Max and saw him gazing down at her. His lips came crashing down on hers again and moved his body closer, pressing her into the counter. His lips started tracing the line of her jaw, barely grazing her skin. His hands found the top snap of her uniform, opening it before moving onto the next one. Liz held her breath as his fingers reached for the front clasp of her bra. She bit her lip as the bra fell away and his hands replaced the silk against her skin. She arched against his magic touch. He pulled away suddenly and lifted her up onto the counter. His kiss was hard, hungry, hot. He took her mouth almost roughly, kissing her desperately while his hands made sure she was ready for his body's possession. Their lips clung together, stifling their cries. He continued to run his hands over her body making her skin feel like it was on fire.
“I'm in heat again, " Liz whimpered as she bolted up in her bed up from a particularly good dream. That was pretty much how she knew she was going in heat was her dreams. She always woke up feeling dehydrated and burning up. Of course the first thing she thought when she woke up was to get a piece of a man, any man.
She stood from her bed and walked into the bathroom and turned on the light. She looked at herself in the mirror and saw she had broken into a sweat. Turning to the shower she stripped of her clothes and got into the cold water. She could've sworn she heard a sizzling sound as the water ran down her back. Cold showers were usually the only thing to put a dent in the cravings; her dad always joked about it. He said the water bill always jumped when she was in heat. She would usually just joke back and say that at least she wasn’t taking hot showers.
There was no way she could go to school tomorrow. It was bad enough when she got around any male but when Max was close by it increased tenfold. And considering having sex with Max could bring the end of the world he wasn’t an option.
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The next afternoon Liz was busy taking orders. She usually didn’t work when she was in heat but one waitress had called in while another quit and her mom was desperate. Liz agreed and her mom was behind the counter keeping a close eye on her. Liz was hoping that she would be too busy paying attention to what her hormones were telling her. She thought it was working until she said, “Okay, Umm, we have a Saturn Rings and a Galaxy Sub, hold the Max.” She glanced over at Maria, as she realized her mistake. “Okay, so I’ll be right back with the Cokes.” She said before she hurried away.
“Okay, what just happened?” Maria asked.
“I need help. I’m sick, Okay. I am an obsessed person.” Liz said. She thought she had been doing better.
“Okay, is this a general freak out or should I be concerned?” Maria asked teasingly.
Liz was getting irritated. “No, I have Max on my brain 24 hours a day. Okay, I dream about him, I think about him, and now I’m saying his friggin’ name without even realizing it. What am I going to do?”
“You’re in love that’s all.”
“I know, but it’s not getting me anywhere.”
“Okay relax, relax, Liz. It’s not that bad. I promise.”
“Not that bad? Really? Why don’t you look at this?” She asked as she pulled out pictures of Max. “See! Obsession, obsession, obsession, obsession!”
“Okay, okay, you’re a Max-aholic. I’m here for you. What can I do?”
“Get me a life.” ‘Or get me laid.’ She wanted to scream. There conversation when the front door opened. Liz’s eyes widened when she saw the good-looking blonde guy walk in. But Maria had a different reaction. “Oh, you gotta be kidding me. When did you get out?”
“This morning.” He said.
“You didn’t break out did you?”
“I got a release, good behavior.”
“That’s a first. You don’t think that you’re going to stay with us do you? “
“Oh, uh, Aunt Amy already gave it the thumbs up.” It was then that Liz realized who he was.
“She is such a soft touch, isn’t she?” Maria said. Liz watched the two but her eyes were on Sean. He turned his gaze to her and said, "Hi, Liz.”
“Hey, Sean.” She said in a lower tone then usual. Normally she wouldn’t look at him twice, he was just Maria’s cousin who got on her nerves, but her heat wasn’t letting her realize it.
Sean looked her up and down, obviously liking what he saw. “All grown up. Like it.” He turned to Maria and said, “I’ll see you at home.”
“It’s not your home.” Maria called after him. Liz just watched him go she was so intent on watching him that she didn’t even hear her mother. “Liz, things have calm down. Go on upstairs.”
Liz nodded before flying upstairs to her bedroom where it was safe.
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The next day Liz didn’t have to work just help close but this time Kyle was at the café watching her. She was still feeling the effects of her heat but she didn’t feel bad at the moment since the only male close to her was her brother. Michael was back in the kitchen and the café was empty. Liz was leaning on the counter talking to Kyle while the others finished up.
“Tess is openly mocking me now. This morning I woke up with little antennae coming out of my head.”
“I don’t know what to say. We need professional help.” Liz said just as the front door opened.
“Yo, M.” Sean said.
“M? No, see um. . . in the real world we use names. My name is Maria.”
“Who’s that?” Kyle asked.
“Maria’s loser cousin Sean.” Michael answered from the order window.
“Can I get some fries, tough guy?”
“No.” Michael said sternly.
“Sorry, we’re closed. So sorry.” Maria said sarcastically.
Kyle could see his sister was reacting to Sean. Which wasn’t a good idea, when she was in heat she didn’t have any inhibitions. “Anyway, the point is, I’m just saying It’s gonna be OK. I mean we’re both obsessed people but we’ll get through it. At least we have each other.”
But he could see it wasn’t working. She walked over to Sean. “You know, uh, I think the fryer is still warm. I could whip you up some fries.” She smiled at him.
“Nah, forget it. I’ll scrounge something up at home.” Sean smiled at Liz before leaving.
“It’s not your home. Stop calling it that. You’re just passing through.” Maria yelled through the door. She looked at Liz, “You’re not actually thinking. . .”
Liz tried to calm down her body, “No, of course not.”
“All I try and do is help. Does anybody listen?“
Liz turned her attention back to Kyle and saw his worried expression. “I’m sorry, what were you saying?”
Kyle rolled his eyes at her obvious attempt to change the subject. “Nothing. I was just talking to myself.” He looked over at Maria. “Hey, you got any cousins for me.” He asked. He made the appearance of leaving but backtracked and made it onto Liz’s balcony. She came up a minute later. “Figured you be here to keep up your Liz sitting duties.”
“Yeah, that’s me. Sitter to the hormonally overloaded. Your mom said they’d be back in a couple hours.”
“Fine but it’s already starting to go away.” Liz said as she headed in to take what she hoped was her last cold shower of the night.
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