Roswell

Chapter 4

Liz POV-

I wake up to a knock on the door. I decide it ignore it and cuddle closer to Max. Another knock. The noise irritates me. Max is still asleep. I untangle myself from Max and rip the covers off of me. Max sits up quickly. "Liz?" He frows his eyebrows.
I put my index finger up to say one minute. I walk to the door and fling it open.
"Hey, Liz. I made breakfast. Want some?" Brendan asks. I stare at him for a minute. "I even got waffles." I slam the door in his face, ready to scream.
I smell the food from down stairs and feel instantly sick. I run to the bathroom and puke.
"Liz, I'll help you." Max cooes.

Max POV-

"No, you're not healing me." She says eerily calm, then slams the bathroom door in my face. Somebody is cranky when their sick.
I walk to the bedroom door and open it. "Hey, Max. Did you guy want some breakfast?" Brendan asks. I want to slam the door in his face too.
"We'll be down shortly." I say. He smiles and walks away. I want to punch him.
After Liz finishes in the bathroom, she comes out and gets in bed. "Liz, honey?" I say reluctantly.
"What!" She snaps.
"Nothing." I reply quickly. "I'll be right back."
I hurry out the bedroom door and down the steps. I rush into the kitchen. "Maria." I say. She is about to take a bite of a waffle.
"What, Max?" She asks taking the bite.
"I need your help." I reply in a begging tone.
"With what?" Maria asks, smiling.
"This is not a time to smile. I don't know what to do." Maria stops smiling. "Liz is sick."
"How sick?" Maria asks with a fearful look on her face.
"Throwing up sick." I reply. Maria's face drains of color and she drops her fork to her plate with a clanking noise.
"Please, no." Maria say.
"Buddah, help us all." Kyle says.
"Why?" Michael asks.
"Liz is...um..well...Kyle?" Maria looks to Kyle for help.
"She's the devil!" He says. "Everyone take shelter, hells about to freeze over!"
"Calm down, Kyle. Liz likes to be alone when she's sick." Maria says.
"Max, you're her husband and a healer." Isabel says.
"And?" I ask.
"Fix the problem! Heal her!" Isabel says.
"I promised I wouldn't heal her." I say.
"Please, I beg mercy, Buddah, Save us all!" Kyle yells and Brendan laughs. I hear stomping coming closer and closer. Kyle hums the Jaws theme song as he ducks.
Liz comes in the kitchen in a tank top and underwear. My eyes go wide. "Liz-" Maria slaps me and mouth 'Dont you dare'.
"Stop staring at me!" She snaps. All eyes advert away. And Kyle jumps and covers his eyes.
Liz goes to Michael and whispers in his ear. He nods and follows her out of the kitchen.

Michael's POV-

"I need to barrow you. Please, it's important." Liz whispers.
I nod and follow her out of the kitchen and into the living room. "Whats wrong, Liz?" I whisper.
"I need some things. Get Maria, give her this envelope, and take her to the store." Liz say.
"No, Liz." I walk back into the kitchen. Everyone stares at me.
"What did she want?" Maria asks.
"She wanted me to give you an envelope and take you to the store." I say. "But I said no."
"We're dead!" Kyle yelps.
"No, we're not. I can fix it." Maria grabs Isabel's hand and stands up. "We will get Liz's medicine, icecream, and etc. You will all do what Kyle does."
"Hide under the table?" I ask. Maria glares and I look down at the table.
"I don't get what's scary about Sick Liz." Isabel says. "She's not being that mean. Liz is only being a little snippy. You all just can't handle Liz when she's not perfectly nice."
"Shut it, Isabel....Liz?" Maria calls. Liz walks in with an angry look on her face. "Give me the envelope. Isabel and I will get it okay?" She cooes. Liz gives her the envelope.
"Watch and learn." Isabel says. "Liz, we're going to get your things, but I won't put up with you being a brat to me. They might put up with you scaring them all but I won't. You are a little baby throwing a tantrum and I will put your butt in the corner. Don't even think of snapping at me."
"Isabel!" Kyle yells. Everyone scoots away a little, waiting for Liz to respond.
"Oh...my...gosh." Liz says.
"Here we go." Maria ducks. I sit perfectly still waiting for the show to begin, but Liz does the unexpected. She cries. Tears stream her face. "Maria?"
Maria stands up and walks over to her. Liz hugs her tight and cries. When they break apart, Liz is still crying. "I'm- s-so -sorry." She sobs.
"Isabel, broke Liz." Kyle says with wide eyes. Isabel's eyes go wide and she grabs the envelope and Maria's hand heading for the door. "We'll be back."

Liz's POV-

Three minutes after they left I stop crying. "Brendan, can I barrow your phone?" I ask. He hands it to me quickly and takes a step back.
"Maria, don't let anyone see what you are buying. If you do, I will never forgive you." I say as soon as she picks up.
"Liz, she already saw."
"Isabel already did.... No! Make her promise not to tell."
"She thinks you should tell Max. If you don't, she will."
I see Michael look at Max and mouth 'handle it.' He shakes his head no.
"If she tells, before I'm ready, I will-I'll turn myself into the FBI and never look back." I yell.
"They will kill you."
"It wouldn't matter, Maria." I yell. "I'd loose what matter most."
"Max might be happy."
"Max wo-" I yell.
"Tell him!" She interrupts.
"N-no! I don't care what she thinks the answer is no." I state.
"She said that she's telling him."
"Give her the phone." I say. "Isabel?"
"Yes." She answers.
"I didnt do anything wrong and you won't tell Max or so help me god. I will turn myself into the FBI. I won't loose Max." I say.
"We will talk about this later." She hangs up.
"Kyle!" I yell.
"Yes, your highness." Kyle says, fearfully.
"Tell me as soon as Maria and Isabel are back." I command. He salutes. And stares at the ground.
"Liz, wait." Brendan calls. I turn and look at him.
"Yes." I reply, snippily.
"Here." He hands me a tub of rocky road. My favorite.
"Thanks. " I say, with no emotion. I walk back upstairs to my room. I close the door and pull th blinds, making sure no light gets in. I turn on The Phantom Of The Opera and snuggle into the blankets. I dig into my icecream waiting for Maria to come home.
I get to the part in the movie when Christine Daaé takes Raoul to the roof, when Kyle comes in my room.
"What, Kyle?" I ask, through tears.
"Maria's home." He says. I pause the movie and jump out of bed. I fly down the stairs and meet Maria at the door. She hands me two Wal-Mart bags. I hand the one full of icecream to Kyle. "Come, you two." I say.
We all go to my room. I turn on the light and unload the bag. This one has icecream. "Kyle!" I scream. "Bring me that bag!" Kyle runs in and gives it to me. "Now, go be with the guys." I shooe him. Kyle leaves the room quickly.
"Liz-" Maria starts. Isabel slaps me. I fall to the floor holding my face. "Isabel!"
"No, she is a cheater." Isabel yell.
"We don't even know that she's pregnant." Maria whispers.
"We know she slept with someone who isn't Max." Isabel whispers.
"She didn't-" Maria tries to interject.
"I couldn't hurt Max, I would never." I said. I stood, still holding my cheek and grabbed the pregnancy test. "But, please tell Max, since you know everything. I'll only loose my one true love. What do you care. Now get out! Both of you leave!" I scream, running into the bathroom.
I hear the bedroom door slam. I cry and cry until I can't anymore. I drink a glass of water and urinate on the stick and wait for my results.
Then there it is. My result. I'm not pregnant.
I wipe and pull my underwear up. I take the pregnancy test and put it in the box, I hold my hands to it and burn it to ash. I flush the ashes. Then wash my hands. I start to happy dance in the bathroom.
I feel relief. I go into the kitchen and get a glass of water.Everyone stares at me.
"You are such-" Isabel says.
"Isabel, don't." Max snaps.
Max won't look at me and all the other guys leave the room. Except Brendan.
"Liz, Max was nothing but good to you. I knew, we should have killed you." Michael snaps and trips me as he leaves.
Maria looks pissed at Michael. Michael is unfazed.
"Who was it?" Max asks. Maria, Isabel, Max, Brendan, and I are the only ones left in the kitchen.
I don't move, I stay on the floor. "I didn't cheat on you."
"Then why did you need a pregnancy test?" Max asks. I use all the strength left in me to push myself into a standing position.
"I don't know what happened to me when I was abducted, I could've been raped. I just wanted to know if I was pregnant." I say, through tears.
Max looks at Isabel, they both look guilty and Maria starts to cry. "I'm so sorry, Liz."
"Congrats Max, you're not a dad." I snap, I throw the glass at the wall and walk out. Brendan follows me.
"Liz? I can help you remember your abduction. If you like." Brendan offers.
"I would. Thank you." I reply and we walk to his room. He closes the door and runs to his nightstand, putting something in the drawer.
"I need you to sit in this chair." I sit in the chair and he puts his hands on the sides of my face. He searches my mind. Then he gets to that night. The syringes. The touching. The horrible things. I can't remember the man's face though. I remember, I could never see him clearly. The liquid in the syringes always made my vision blur. I saw Michael, the first syringe, then blurry everything.
"That's all I can do." Brendan says, pulling his hands away. My eyes remain closed. I soak in all the information.