Holding on..(AU, M/L, Adult) Chpt 40 8/7/09 p. 18 *Complete*
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:45 pm
Title: Holding on..
Disclaimer: I don't own anything Roswell.
Summary: Max and Liz were best friends for a very long time until one night changed their lives forever....
Rating: Adult
Pairing: M/L
Author's note: How bad am I? I can't seem to get enough of writing lol. I had this idea in september but decided to post it in October. Hope you guys enjoy.
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Chpt one.
"So that's it? We're just moving away." Liz's face fell with utter disdain. She couldn't beleive it. They were not only moving to another state or city, they were not moving to South America...they were moving to a completely different continent overseas.
They were moving to Paris.
And Liz was so settled with her life here.
"Yes. We are going to Paris." Jeff smiled enthusiastically at his eighteen year old daughter. "And besides, you have a whole new world out there watiting for you. The world is in your hands Lizzie. Don't forget that." He smiled at his sulking daughter.
Liz opened her mouth to protest. She hated it when decisions were made for her. She had everything here, her whole world was here in Roswell. Yes it may only been a small town but her life was based around her, her chilldhood, education, social life and friends..best friend..
Max Evans.
How could she leave him alone and enjoy a life in a foreign city? Enjoy wasn't the word. She could not enjoy a life without her Max. Her best friend Max.
"Dad..I have a life here. I can't possibly think of going to Paris. I'm going to UCLA and I wanna live here." Liz pouted like a little girl.
But Jeff was no fool. He knew what his daughter was thinking off. That Max Evans was always the reason his daughter was holding back. Jeff had been promoted to work in one of the finest restuarents in the world which was located in Paris thus giving the opportunity for his daughter to enrich her life as well, to get a great career and earn lots of money. That's was his dream. Any parent's dream and his only daughter wanted to give it all up for one stupid middle class boy who Jeff despised.
Max Evans would constantly hover around his property, around his daughter, trying to seduce her Jeff suspected. He had banned Liz from seeing any boys, the thought of his daughter being with a guy even as a casual friend made Jeff sick. In his family background, having boyfriends and girlfriends weren't allowed along with sex before marriage which was heavily frowned upon. He worried his pure intact daughter might break the family chain of chastity and end up commiting fornication. That was hard to keep Liz wearing her 'chastity belt' when Max Evans was around trying to charm her.
He had to get Liz away from him. He was the one boy who she spent most of her time with. It's like they were joined at the hip.
"Daughter, I have no intention of letting you ruin your life. I only want what's best for you." Jeff said and his wife walked into the room.
"Nancy dear, tell our Lizzie that a bright future awaits her in Paris." Jeff turned his attention to his tired wife.
"Lizzie...a bright future awaits you in Paris." Nancy said in a monotone, bored of this topic. She wasn't exactly too keen either, not that she had minded but her daughter didn't seem too pleased about it and she didn't want to upset her only daughter. But she was unwilling to deal with her nagging husband either. He would nag, nag nag until it drove her nuts.
She sometimes considered filing for a divorce but was only staying with him for Liz's sake. She didn't want Liz to be affected and wanted to lay out an example of a good life for her daughter so she put on a smile and went with the flow.
"Mom..please I don't wanna go." Liz pleaded. She knew it was useless argueing it over with her father about this, her dad was stubborn as hell and Liz was more closer to her mother then her father. She and her mother were like best friends.
Nancy inhaled sharply, she wish she could give her daughter what she wanted but she was too worn out, too tired from all the years of fighting with her father. She just didn't have the strength anymore to fight back.
"I'm sorry sweetie. But your father calls the shots." Nancy shot Liz an apologetic glance and looked away to miss the look of dissapointment on her daughter's face.
"You see. It's best for you Lizzie. We're going to Paris and that's final." Jeff stood tall and proud with a smug smile on his face.
Now it was unusual for Liz to scream curses at her father although she was very tempted to. But held her tongue back. She had been taught better then that. She could and would not disrespect her parents at any cost but she never wanted to be so controlled that she'd be on the verge of a mental breakdown.
She just had no idea what to do. Her life was spiralling out of control.
She really hated her father at this moment. Felt like cursing him so much.
But never did.
"Fine." Liz growled. "But I'm coming back here when I finish my education!!." She shot back before dashing out of the room.
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Liz ran straight to Max's house. She held back her stinging tears as she knocked on his window. She knew this was going to be the last time she would see him. It would be their last night together and who knew if her tyrannical father would allow her to come back. He'd chain her in their very own house, making her a prisoner if he could.
Just two knocks and Max was already up at the window, drawing back the cutains and opened the window smiling when he saw his beloved best friend there.
"Liz...what a surprise." He smiled his adorable boyish smile which would melt Liz's heart. But Liz's lips remained sealed in a grim expression which wasn't hard for Max to notice even in the dark.
"Can I come in?". Liz's lips trembled as she spoke in a shaky voice.
Max frowned. Since when did she find it neccesary to ask for his permission to come in his place? They were best friends forever, they didn't need the formalities. He knew something was up when Liz wouldn't directly look him in the eyes.
He reached out to help her in, Liz took his hand and jumped in but fell on him in the process, straight onto his hard muscular chest which was bare. Max had been working out just now.
Max caught Liz in his arms before she would fall. Liz gripped onto his strong muscular arms before she could fall. Now their eyes met. Max couldn't be mistaken about the unshed tears in her eyes.
"Liz? what's wrong?". He murmered, straightening her up and cupping her cheek, stroking them with his thumbs.
"Max.." Liz gasped, almost hiccuping. She looked towards the window and moved away from Max's arms to shut the window and draw the curtains. She kept her back on him for a few seconds. Max took two steps towards her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Something's wrong isn't it? You can tell me." Max said softly.
From until now, they have shared every secret together. They kept nothing from each other. Well not everything. Max hid a big secret from Liz. That he was hopelessly, madly, truly, deeply in love with her. He always had been since the moment he had laid eyes on her. He was eight at the time but when he saw her for the first time, something just clicked inside him. He wasn't into prince and princess things but he'd always see her as his princess. She was always beautiful. Always and would always be no matter what.
He was so lucky to have been best friends with her. So lucky. He couldn't beleive it that they were best friends till now. That she was standing in his room with him half naked. That they could sleep in the same bed together even though their bodies had developed a lot. But how could he tell her what he felt for her?
He never wanted to ruin what they had, their beautiful innocent untainted friendship but there was also the dream of having her as his girlfriend..fiance...wife. And Max had even thought about it, he had always imagined Liz to mother his children. He couldn't think of anyone else. It was just Liz and Liz only.
Liz turned around. "Max...I just wanted to see you before I go." She sadly sighed, looking down at the floor.
"Where are you going?". Max asked surprised, they were set to go to LA a week later since they were going to attend the same university together. They had done everything together, made every step together...
Where was Liz going?
"My dad's got this big new job in Paris. He's taking mom and me with him." Liz said, anger seething through her. How her father always got the last and final say. No one elses opinion mattered to him. She wished she could take Max's hand and run forever until they found a place of their own and settled down there away from anyone and everyone else..especially her horrible control freak of a father.
"How long for?". Max gasped, heartbroken. He respected Liz's parents so much but knew how controlling her father could be. He just wished Liz's father cut her some slack and let her decide what to do with her own life. She was eighteen now. An adult.
"Knowing my father, he'd keep me chained down there for life." Liz snorted, rolling her eyes and fighting back the angry tears. Max stiffened and Liz sighed before she made her way to sit on Max's bed. Max followed her and sat beside her, taking her hands in his. "But I'll come back Max. He can't control me forever."
"I know that." Max quietly said. "I'm just bummed we're not going to the same university together." He tried lightening the mood up a bit but when Liz wasn't smiling, he stopped. "We'll keep in contact Liz. Through webcam." He suggested.
"See that's the problem." Liz sighed again. "I don't want us to reduce our relationship to a cyber affair. It just won't work Max." Liz said.
"Maybe it will." Max urged softly, pressing his hands down on Liz's. "Nothing's gunna change between us."
Or it might. He subconciously thought. If Liz was going away, He could not be happy again. He would be alone, sad and drowning in his sorrows.
And plus, he could not get the chance to tell her how he felt about her.
"I hope not." Liz yawned. "We're still going to be best friends no matter what." She said, looking him in the eyes.
"Yeah." Max nodded, dumbfounded. He should really tell her now, this was his final chance..his only chance. He didn't want to wait for an eternity to let her know how much he loved her.
Liz interwined her fingers with Max's. "You've been such a great best friend to me Max, I'll never forget you. And I'm always going to think about you and miss you." She croaked, finally a single tear slipped. "I need you so much Max. You only make me happy when I'm low."
Her father was going to dictate her life to her over there and she would have no one to turn to. Max would be an ocean and many states away from her. She would miss his warm bear hugs, his tender touches and his nice kind words of comfort. Unable to take it, Liz leaned in and rested her head on Max's shoulder, sobbing onto him.
"He's so horrible Max." She sobbed. "I really want to stay with you..I do."
Max was battling his own tears and held Liz in his arms while she cried. He patted her on her back and ran his fingers up and down her smooth silky hair which he loved so much.
"Hey..hey..I'll always be here." Max soothed her.
The two friends held onto to each other for as long as they could and when Liz's sobs finally died down, she withdrew from Max's arms to look him in the face. What could she say to him? How could she tell him to be okay while she was gone?
Was there anything else to say at all?
"I gotta go." She breathed out, realising the time. It was getting darker and her father would kill her if he knew where she was.
Liz stood up and almost ran to the window if Max hadn't sprinted up and caught her in time to stop her. "Liz wait!". Max said, holding onto Liz's arm and spinning her around. Liz turned around and froze, seeing the confusion and hurt in his eyes. "There's so much more left to say."
He let go and ran to his draw, opening the first draw and taking out a small box which contained his grandmother's ring. He wasn't able to get a hold of a new one since they were costly. But he had saved his grandmother's ring which had been in theri family for three generations, she had given it to him before she passed away, telling him to give it to his bride when the day comes. And there was no one else except Liz Parker who he thought was worthy of the ring.
Max swallowed, tonight was the night he was going to profess his undying love for her. The girl of his dreams.
"What is it?". Liz softly asked.
Max came upto her, got down on one knee as he revealed the beautiful ring and looked deeply in her eyes. "I don't ever know what's going to happen in the future but I do know this Liz Parker." He said. "I have always loved you and will always do."
"Will you marry me?". He asked, dreading her answer. It was either now or never. Atleast after tonight, he'd know where he stood with Liz.
Liz felt like someone dropped a bomb on her. This was so...unexpected. Max loved her! She had never imagined him to have such feelings for her...it was beautiful and teary this moment.
"Yes Max." Liz said, extending her hand. "I'll marry you."
Surprised, Max gasped at her answer and looked at her hand. She had accepted without question. He fumbled with the ring and slipped it on her finger. He slid it on slowely, savouring the moment.
"A perfect fit." He gasped, looking up into her eyes. He stood up when he saw love for him shining in her dark brown eyes. "Wow...we're getting married."
"Soon". Liz promised and closed the distance between them, using her hand she cupped one side of Max's face. "You have no idea of how long I have waited for this moment, I how dreamed of it so much." She admitted.
She had always fantasised about Max proposing to her, she never actually thought it would happen.
Max watched her in wonder. "You have?". Which could only mean she felt the same way about him too..and then gently brought his lips down onto hers, pressing a sweet light kiss on her lips.
Liz's heart did a leap. Max was kissing her? Max said he loved her? She was vividly aware of his lips on hers and she parted them in need of more. Oh how she longed of this moment to come!
Max was surprised when she responded to his kiss, she opened her mouth signalling that he could enter his tongue. This was no innocent kiss now..it was something more..something primal...a repressed emotion that had been chained in the heart for so long..that it was inevitable to stop it's release now.
Liz arms went around Max as his rested on her love handles, pulling her closer towards his hard body. Kissing her with all of his might, tongues duelling, bodies dangerously close to each other....
Max fell on the bed with Liz on top of him. Her breasts resting on his chest and her hard nipples poking his bare chest. The sensation of their bodies touching each other in an erotic way caused their arousal to rise, Liz's body flushed with heat as Max's hardness came to life.
So lost in the kiss, Max flipped them over and parted Liz's legs so he could get closer to her. Liz moaned as he left her mouth and placed open kisses on her bare neck.
She wrapped her legs around his waist, needed to ease the burning ache within her, grinding against his arousal. She was excited yet scared at the same time. Was this supposed to happen?
But it felt so good, being with Max like this. It felt too good to stop.
Max latched his mouth onto her neck and began sucking hungrily..like a blood thirsty vampire, sucking his mate passionatly. Liz held Max on top of her, allowing him to have his way with her.
Her mind was hazy.
We should stop..she thought. Their friendship was changing right before her eyes. Max loved her. She loved him too. They both needed each other to quench their thirst and they only had this night. This night so she let it happen. She let him touch her breasts, she let him rub himself into her.
And she let him undress her.
And she undressed him.
They had no words spoken between them. Just a primal need to being fullfilled. He pushed into her and she bit back a cry as the sharp pain stung her.
He stilled his movements, just realising their intimate position. He was inside her, his best friend. "Oh god..Liz am I hurting you?".
It was both if their first times and they had no idea what to do or how to do it. Liz inhaled and exhaled. "No..Max...don't stop." She lied, they only had this night to make the most of what they had left.
And she wasn't going to let some little pain stop them. A pain that slowely blossomed into pleasure when Max withdrew and plunged into her again.
"Oh!". Liz sighed in pleasure, the feeling of being filled was amazing. Max had completed her, like the final piece to a jigsaw puzzle.
Soon the two lovers began to make love finding their own rhythm, loving each other as they moved their hips frantically to meet thrusts and find their own release....
When they both climaxed, they both felt tired and fell asleep but however, Liz woke up quite early and realised what had happened between them. Grabbing her clothes and getting changed, she looked at Max one more time before escaping through the window.
"I love you too Max. Always have and always will".
And then she dissapeared into thin air.
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