Roswelllostcause: Max knows Liz very well so I don't think it will be that bad.
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“What did you want to talk about” asks Max when he walks out to Liz who is sitting on the stairs.
“I just wanted to know what you intend to tell them. I hope it's not the secret I'm thinking it is” says Liz
“And what would that be?” smiles Max as he sits down next to her
“You know...” Liz is buffing at Max with her shoulder
Max laughs “What? Enlighten me. We have a whole lot of secrets you know”
“I know” sighs Liz “Sometimes I wonder why we decided to keep it a secret from them in the beginning”
Max looks at her “You know why we did that. We agreed that we didn't want to listen to my dear sister and then it was the rest of them. You know how at least Paulie and Kyle would have sounded.”
“I know, I know... But it makes it harder now when they know some stuff”
“Liz. What they know is only a small part of the bigger picture. You know it. I know it. And we agreed on this. Do you regret it?”
Liz turns toward Max “Regret what?”
Max looks down on his hands “Yeah, regret what we decided. Regret us”
Liz takes Max hand in his and force him to look at her “Max, I could never regret us. Why should I do that? You are the best thing that has happened to me. The best thing in my life. I can't even imagine my life without you. So why should I regret that?”
“I just thought... Well, you reacted a bit weird in there”
“Weird? Oh Max, I only want to know what secret you will tell them. I mean Isabel has really been on top this evening. I mean what's her problem?” Liz shakes her head “We have shared so much more then them in there can imagine. Can't you understand why I want to know?”
“Yeah, I guess” sighs Max “And I really don't know what Isabels problem is. I love her to death, she's my sister but I can't understand her. Was she really this bad when we were younger?”
Liz nods her head “Yep, it's just that when we were younger we didn't have any reason to have secrets but when we got older. I think it started there. What I can't figure out is why she thinks she has the right to know everything about us but wont tell us something about her”
“I really don't know. Maybe she should had this dare instead of me” smiles Max “Can you see her? I think she would run if she had gotten it”
Liz laughs “Sure. That would have been fun but back to the topic. What are you going to tell them? Or should I ask what you intended to tell them”
“Well, Kyle wanted something juicy and I had two secrets to choose from. One was to tell them about that time when we all went to the lake and had some fun in the sun”
Liz wrinkles her nose “What's so special about that? We went swimming all the time” and then she sees the smile on Max and realizes... She shakes her head “Nonono. Naha. No way! You are not telling them that”
Max continues to smile “Ok, the other secret would be that we have spent, what should I call it? Quality time with each other every summer since graduation”
Liz is sputtering at this moment “You can't be serious? Do you know how they will react? You saw how they all went crazy with the little part we told them. Can't you choose something else? I'm begging you” And she puts her hands together and pouts with her lip “Pleeeease”
Max strokes her cheek “Nope, but you look so cute when you're pouting. What do you say? Number one or number two?”
Liz turns away from him and mumbles “nu—er”
“Sorry. What did you say? Aha. You want me to tell them number two” laughs Max
Liz stands up and glares at him “NO! I didn't say that. If you must choose from those two I guess it has to be one. But I can't understand why you choose between these two when we have so many things to choose from”
“I know but they wanted something juicy you know that” laughs Max. “Come on. Lets go inside and tell them my last secret so we can go on with the game”
Liz is still sulking when they walk back in. “Oh oh. I don't think that talk went well” whispers Maria to Michael “Do you have a clue what it could be about?”
“Me?” whispers Michael “Come on. I knew about one of the secrets so far. Liz was with him on one and I bet that she already knew about the other”
Maria nods her head and turns to Liz “Hey why the long face?”
“I couldn't talk him out of it” mutters Liz and crosses her arms before her and looks down.
“So only one secret left” says Kyle and waves his hand high in the air “Come on. We have waited long enough and I don't think it's fair to give Maria more time to learn Serena stuff that is damaging for us guys”
“What?” asks Max “What happened in here?”
Maria looks over to Serena and shakes her head “Here? Nothing much. What happened out there?” she asks
Max looks from Maria to Serena to Kyle and back to Maria. “Nothing much... Ok... Well, we just had to make a decision about what secret I should tell you”
“Like I had a choice” mutters Liz
Max smiles at her and says “Well, as you can see we couldn't really agree on this but she got to choose between two secrets. I just wanted you all to know that so you don't think that I will tell something without the others knowledge”
“Bullshit” shouts Michael
“Come on, buddy. We were young kids. What's the big deal” asks Max
Michael shrugs his shoulders “You didn't give me a heads up”
“That could be because Liz is more vicious then you.” smiles Max
“Come on. Tell us so we can go on with the game. Remember my dare is still in there” says Vicki “I want to see who gets it” and she rubs her hands together
“When you look like that I must say I'm grateful that I didn't get it” says Max
“Oh, but I haven't told anyone if it's for only one person or more” laughs Vicki and suddenly everyone seems a bit scared of the idea to get Vickis dare.
“And on that note I think it's time to tell my last secret. Well it's not only my secret” he pulls one of Liz hands free and grabs a hold of it “It's more our secret. But most of my secrets involve other persons as well.” He takes a deep breath to steel himself “Do you remember the heat wave our senior year?”
Everyone nods their heads.
“And do you remember that we spent almost all our time out by the lake instead of the pool?”
Several heads nods to this as well. “That's because all the kids were in the pool” says Sean
“Right” says Max “Well as you all know we all like to swim and have fun in the water but this particular day you all went up to sunbath and play football or what you were doing. Liz and I was the only ones left in the water”
“What's so special about that” asks Tess “If I remember right you two were always the last one up”
“Well this day we could have had another reason to stay in the water longer then you” says Max and holds on to Liz hand harder when he feel that she is trying to pull away from him. “You see this particular day we had a... hmmm.... How should I put it? A little delicate problem to take care of”
“And what problem would that be?” asks Tommy “Come on. I think all of us guys had to take some trips down in that cold water from time to time. No biggie”
“That was only a small part of the problem” laughs Max and feels how Liz is trying to hide her face behind him. “As you all know by know Liz and I had sex from time to time at this point”
They all nod “Yeah, you told us about that” says Pam “So what?”
Max smile is widening and at this point he's looking like the cat that ate the canary. Liz is pounding her other hand against his back and is mumbling “Stupid, stupid, stupid” like a mantra.
Suddenly Alex shouts “No way!” he shakes his head “No way you did that. Did you?”
Max just laughs and nods slightly.
“I can't believe it. I simply can't believe it. You two are just unbelievable you know that” Alex is on a roll now “I can't believe noone noticed. I must agree with Liz there. We are stupid” He laughs so hard that he can't sit up any longer “Wow, talk about a juicy secret”
The rest of them are looking between Max and Alex “What” shouts Kyle.
“Remember how we earlier was told that if we had had our eyes open and paid a little more attention we would have known about Max and Liz” asks Alex
“Yeah. So?” asks Kyle
“My god. I must really agree with Liz know. Stupid, stupid stupid” laughs Alex “What do we know about Max and Liz? What did he just tell us? Something that they both have confessed earlier.” Alex is smiling “And think about that together with a delicate problem that made them both. I say it again – both of them to stay in the water”
“Aha” shouts Michael and points one finger at Max “You dog! That I really wouldn't have expected from you two. Kyle sure, Paulie maybe but you two... I must agree with Alex. No way!”
“Yes way” is Max only response since he is trying to grab Liz other hand “Ouch, if you keep doing that I will have get a bruise”
Kyle is looking at Alex and Michael “I still don't get it” As he says that Sean and Tommy starts to snicker. He looks at the girls and sees that Maria looks chocked and Isabel is almost green. “Could someone please tell us that isn't as great at puzzles that you seem to be”
“Alright. Alex tried the more subtle way to tell you but that's not me. To quote Max: How should I put it? Well how about inside Liz. They were fucking in the water” laughs Michael
“Wait a minute” says Kyle “Is this true? Did you two fuck each other out there in the water? When all of us was there?”
Max shrugs his shoulders “What can I say. We got horny.”
“Oh my god. I'm gonna be sick” whined Isabel
“Way to go” Vicki claps her hand. “I didn't think you had it in you but what do you know. You continue to surprise me”
“Liz? Are you alright?” asks Tess “You look a bit red over there”
Liz sits up and stares at the them. “Like you haven't gotten horny and acted on it”
“Sure we have” says Maria with a smile “The difference is that it wasn't one of us that was out there in the lake having sex with the rest of us up on the beach”
“Oh shut up!” shouts Liz. She turns to Max “This is all your fault”
Max leans forward so he can whisper in her ear “Would you had me tell them about our summers?”
“No” shouts Liz
“Didn't Max say that you had a choice” asks Serena “If this is the secret you choose to tell I wonder what the other one was”
“Yeah, I really want to know that one as well” says Tommy “Wouldn't you?” he asks the rest.
Pam turns to Max “Please, tell us the other one as well”
Liz quickly puts her hand over Max mouth and yells “No more secrets! He had to tell you five and you got five. No more!”
Max mumbles something behind her hand. Liz looks at him “I will take away my hand if you promise to never tell another secret” Max nods his head so Liz removes her hand “What were you saying?” she asks.
“I just said that I think it's Marias turn now” smiles Max
“Oh, in that case. Be my guest Maria” says Liz “We all know, as do you, that you took truth the last time so it dare time” Liz is rubbing her hands together and laughs.