My dearly devoted readers:
After all that... do you really think that I*d not post another part tonite?? Ya*ll got me wrapped around your little fingers... and so.. I*m posting the next part to make ya*ll happy... now... no matter how much you beg, I*m gonna wait a little longer to post the next part... I only have so many parts written up.. and I*ve been getting some writers block lately... but, after I post this, I*m devoting some time to the fic, and hopefully, I can get my momentum going again..
I*d just like to say Thanks to everyone who is reading and enjoying this. I know quite a few of you who are reading this, have fics that I*m absolutly in love with, and it was a little unnerving at first, cause I was convinced ya*ll were gonna hate it.. but you don*t.. so *YAY* *lol*
Aight, Aight... enough of me, you really didn*t come back to read what I have to say.. you came to find out whats goin on!! So.. without further delay...
Your feature presentation:
Part Nine
A few minutes later, they were all in the living room. Liz dragged Maria, Alex and Kyle into her bedroom and began pacing. "What the hell am I gonna do?!" She stopped and looked at them for an answer that would fix all of this.
"Well...." Maria said "If I were you... I'd put some more clothes on..."
Liz looked down, "Oh shit..." She ran into the closet and threw on a pair of jeans and a hoodie. She emerged from the closet fixing her hair and looked at her friends, "OK.. now what?"
They looked at each other, then Alex spoke up "Maybe we should separate them?"
Liz didn't know how good of an idea that was...she started pacing again.
"I think we should probably get back out there..." Kyle said.
Liz sighed, "Yeah. You guys gotta help me keep everyone calm." They nodded and followed Liz into the living room. Max, Isabel, Michael and Tess were all sitting on one couch looking at Zan, who was slouched down on another couch. Liz stood looking at everyone, trying to figure out what they were all thinking. Maria came up next to her and slipped her arm around Liz's waist, giving her a little squeeze and a smile. Kyle and Alex stood behind them, waiting to play referee.
Zan looked at Liz "Yo, Kitten, who'da fuck are des guys?"
They all looked at Liz. "Well..." she started pointing at everyone as she spoke "This is my best friend, Maria, my other best friend, Alex, my ex-boyfriend-turned good friend Kyle..." She looked at the Pod Squad.
This is gonna be hard to explain she thought, trying to find the best way to say it. "And, thats Michael, Marias ex-boyfriend, Tess, shes Isabels friend, Isabel, is Max's sister... and thats Max, my ex-boyfriend" Zan looked at her, Liz couldn't figure out how mad he was, but she was definatly scared he was gonna freak out on her. He simply nodded his head, glacing at everyone. Finally Isabel broke the silence, glancing at Liz "And he is...?" pointing at Zan.
Liz stuttered a little before finally spitting out "He is Zan... and hes my boyfriend"
At that, Max stood up and walked to Liz. He grabbed a hold of her arm and started pulling her in the direction of the bedroom "We need to have a little talk."
Zan stood up ready to fight, and Liz could tell it wouldn't be pretty. She yanked her arm free from Max's grip and looked at Zan, "No, its ok, baby. I'll be back in a second." She looked at Maria, mouthing 'Help me out!', then followed Max into the bedroom and closed the door. When she turned around, Max was basically standing on top of her. "You're going out with him?!" Max was pissed, to say the very least.
Liz was also getting pretty pissed. They were broken up, he had no right! Liz stood as tall as she could and looked him directly in the eyes, "Yeah, Zan's my boyfriend." She crossed her arms across her chest and stood her ground. Max was not going to run her life anymore.
Max bent down, his face only inches from hers, "I forbid it."
Liz was in total shock! Did he *just* say that?! Her fists clenched, she was so mad she thought she was going to cry. She finally found her words, and she knew it was going to hurt him, but at that moment, she didn't care. "Max, listen to me very closely. You cannot forbid me to do anything. I can date whomever I want. I may not know everything about Zan, but I know he makes me happy. He hasn't caused me any of the pain that you cause me on a regular basis. He's the reason that I'm not miserable right now. You do realize that we're broken up, right? Do you remember that? I can date whomever I want, and feel no guilt about it." He began to say something and she cut him off, "Don't think I don't know whats about to come out of your mouth. Was it something along the lines of 'And he just happens to look just like me'?" Max nodded, his jaw tense. Liz didn't back down. "Well... all I can say about that is, that when I agreed to go out with him the first time, I did it to find out if you and him were connected in any way... and then I got to know him... and thats why we're together. It has nothing to do with the fact that you look alike.. it has to do with the fact that he is almost nothing like you"
With that, Liz opened the bedroom door and went into the living room. There was no sign of Zan, and she started to freak out.
Oh my God, they killed him, didn't they?! She thought, until she finally spotted him in the kitchen. Max finally came out of the bedroom and took his seat back on the couch. Everyone watched Liz as she walked into the kitchen. Zan turned to her, taking her in his arms and giving her a soft kiss as she put her arms around his neck. When the kiss ended, they leaned their foreheads together, looking into each other's eyes. "Are you mad at me?" Liz asked
Zan kissed her forehead, taking her face in his hands "No, I ain't mad... but we's definatly gotta have a little chat real quick" Liz nodded and backed away from him a little, causing him to cross his arms across his chest, she was so scared she was gonna loose him, and she couldn't blame him at all if he just walked away from the whole thing. Zan sighed "So.. why you dating me if I'm like dudes long-lost twin or whatever?" She looked at the floor "Well.. at first, I agreed to go out with you because I wanted to find out if you and him were somehow connected" She looked up, seeing the confused look on his face, and elaborated "Him and Isabel were adopted. And then I got to know you... and I kinda... fell in love with who you are, and.. I didn't wanna let you go. I know I should have told you, but theres never really a right time to bring that up in conversation. I'm really sorry, Sparky" Zan smirked, as much as any guy would hate to have a dumb nickname like that.. he liked it, and everything about her. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her in tight "Its all good, sweets, I can't be mad atcha... but Whassup? What we gon' do now?"
She sighed "Uhm.. I think you should go get Lonnie, Rath and Ava. We all need to have a chat." Zan nodded, going into the bedroom to put the rest of his clothes on. He came out fixing his tank top, and gave Liz a quick kiss. Liz handed him the keys to the Mustang, "Be careful with it, Sparky, Emily will KILL me if anything happens to it!"
He smiled "No worries, babe, it'll be aight" He walked out the door closing it behind him. Liz looked at the Pod Squad. They looked pissed.
Tess spoke for the first time, "Sparky?"
Liz gave her a death look "Yeah, I said Sparky... what?" Tess literally sat back at that comment, Liz had never really liked Tess... but was always semi-nice.
Tess stuttered for words "Nothing... its just..."
Liz cut her off "Its just what?! What the fuck are you even doing here?! Oh, thats right.. Max is here.. so you gotta follow him around like you're a damn puppy in heat!"
Alex and Kyle both put their hands over their mouths to hide the smile, while Maria merely uttered 'Amen'
Isabel was the next to attempt conversation "You didn't think it was wierd that there was a Max double out there? Why didn't you tell us?"
Liz rubbed her face with her hands "Maybe because I came down here to get you people out of my life. With that said.. it is MY LIFE!!!! Why you guys think you need to know every single detail of it is completely beyond me!" Liz was a little suprised at herself. She'd never been this rude to anyone in her whole life... but geez! They showed up at the worst time! Did Max have a little radar that sensed she was about to enjoy herself so he had to rush over with the whole posse to break it up. She snorted a little laugh at the words her mind used to describe the situation.
Michael made one last effort to talk to her "So... are there any details you'd care to share?"
Liz looked at him, "Not really! Zan'll be back in a few minutes with Lonnie, Ava and Rath. We'll all discuss it then."
They all looked confused, but it was Tess who said something first, "Who??"
Liz just smirked at her, "You'll see...."
TBC...
I*d just like to say that... I added alot of stuff to this just now.. so if some stuff doesn*t makes sense.. its all me! Gen proofread, but then I added things. I just went back and fixed a few little things... so hopefully its all good now. *lol* And I used a few of you guys' comments in there... couldn't help myself, they were too funny not to use! Hope you liked it.. Lemme know!!!
