Second Time Around (AU M/L Adult) (Complete)

[Behrsgirl77]

A/N A little something to make you smile! Song is not mine: It's On Fire by Switchfoot

Chapter 40

Liz

“So you’re sure he’s okay though right Max?” I was so worried when Max told me about Damian this morning. I felt sick but Max assured me over and over that everything was okay; I can’t even think about what would happen if he wasn’t okay.

We have been in the car for about an hour and I have to say that I’m excited to get to Max’s place and start my life with him.

“Yes Liz don’t worry. My parents said that he’s fine and I spoke to them this morning and they said Damian is doing better.”

“Good. I want to call him later.” I say while leaning forward to change the radio station for the tenth time. I hate the radio, too many commercials. I never leave anywhere in a car without CD’s.

“I know you do Liz.” He leans his hand over and places it in my lap. I can’t say that being able to be like this with him isn’t great. I feel like a teenager again and I love it.

“Max you got any CD’s in here?” He just chuckles and leans his arm to the backseat and throws a small black bag on my lap.

“What’s this?” I ask him curiously.

“Just open it Parker.”

“Aye, Aye Captain!” I mock salute him.

“Keep it up and I’ll make you pay later.”

“Ooh really? Hmm I might like that though.” His head snaps in my direction and I wink at him before I reach to open the bag. It’s filled with CD’s. Thank God!

“Stop looking like you were just rescued from an island.”

“What? What is that supposed to mean?”

“You know what that means, you can’t stand being in a car for ten minutes without constant music going in the background or blaring.” He smirks at me because he knows that I know he’s right.

“Snap it Evans!” I thumb through the CD’s until I see this one without a label in a thin clear CD case, hmm looks familiar. I open it up and put in the player.

“So what did our DJ select?” I shrug.

“You don’t know?” He asks disbelieving.

“No I really don’t know it has no label or anything.” He just continues driving; as the CD finally starts I hear a familiar song begin to play.

Tell you where you need to go
Tell you who you need to be
Tell you what you need to know
Tell you when you'll need to leave

But everything inside you knows
Says more than what you've heard
So much more than empty conversations
Filled with empty words

I remember this song so clearly; it’s the song I listened to right before I left to go to Jordan’s house that night. It was like the song was telling me something from the first time I heard Alex play it. He burnt me a copy of the song and I listened to it everyday before I went to bed for a month.

And you're on fire
When He's near you
You're on fire
When He speaks
You're on fire
Burning at these mysteries

It holds so much meaning for me, to me the song is about Max and I. What I feel for him and it’s about my life and the struggles that I’ve had to endure to get me to this moment. I never thought it could happen but it has, Max loves me and we’re going to be together. This song holds hope, it’s that hope that kept me going for a year…without him.

Give me one more time around
Give me one more chance to see
Give me everything You are
Give me one more chance to be...near you

Cause everything inside looks like
Everything I hate
You are the hope I have for change
You are the only chance I'll take

I realized that night that Max was coming home and I wanted to be with him without a doubt and that I had to stop living in fear. I faced Jordan, I lost but I came out on the other side, with Max. He’s not holding anything against me, he truly loves me and accepts the bad for what it was, not looking for any further explanation other than it was in the past and that it should stay there.

“Hey you okay?” Max asks me in a concerned voice while taking my hand in his and intertwining our fingers.

“What? Oh…yeah I’m fine.” I say somewhat dazed. I was so lost in my thoughts; I forgot I was in the car with Max.

“You sure, because for a little while there it was like you weren’t here with me.”

“I was just thinking about this song.”

“Yeah, it’s your CD actually, I found it upstairs in the attic and I wanted to listen to it because…” He stopped his words and took his hand away and I quickly reach for it.

“Tell me.” I plead with him.

“I-if you didn’t m-make it, I wanted to know…I thought that maybe it meant something…the song meant something. If it was the l-last thing you listened to then I wanted to know what it was, maybe I could understand where you were, what you were thinking…anything Liz, I was trying to grab a hold of anything that was connected to you.” He has such strong feelings, sometimes they are so powerful that you don’t know how to react, and I have to learn to get used to them. I know Max better than he knows himself, but I don’t now the Max Evans that’s in love with Liz Parker, but I can’t wait to learn.

I tell him the first thing that comes to my mind after his confession, “I love you so much.” He looks at me and smiles. He makes my heart race when he smiles at me that way, like I’m the most important thing to him and like what I say matters so much to him. I think I’m finally understanding what he means when he says that he loves me more than he could even explain.

“Love you too.” He says before we fall into our comfortable silence once again.

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Michael

When my parents called me last night I was terrified that something really bad happened, and it did but not to the extreme that I thought. I’m so thankful that Damian is okay; I felt my heart sink at my mother’s words. However, both my parents informed me that everything is going to be fine.

I honestly can say that I can’t wait until they move out here. I miss them and although I don’t call home as often as I should, it doesn’t mean that I love them any less. Max takes care of those things, he calls he checks up. I don’t know why I don’t do it myself, it just doesn’t seem that important, but I beginning to think that I was wrong that I need to start taking a more active role in my family.

I know that Max and Liz are well on their way here, they should be arriving later on today and I couldn’t be more excited. Max had me make reservations for dinner as well as letting me know that he and Liz are going to make a go for it, which is just as soon as he breaks up with Dariana. Why do I get the feeling that things are not going to go as smoothly as he’d like?

I straighten up the house a bit and did some grocery shopping just like Max asked that I do. I hate it, grocery stores are just too confusing, and I mean they put the milk and the bread in the very last aisle. Which makes absolutely no sense to me, a lot of times people are just stopping in to get those two items but they have to walk through the entire store to get them, so what ends up happening? You walk out of the grocery store with an armful of food and forgetting the two items you originally went there to buy.

I’m enjoying the relaxation today, I have no work, I took my shower so now I can just sit down and enjoy the game that’s on. Which is exactly what I’m doing and then the door bell rings. I get off the couch and not so happily make my way to the front door.

I don’t know who I was expecting but it definitely wasn’t Angela.

“Hi Michael.”

“Angie, hey um…what’s going on?” I have no idea why she would be here; I mean I figured that she would just call when she found a place, but I guess I guessed wrong.

“Ah, can I come in for a minute?” I nod and step to the side to let her in.

“Is Max home?”

“No he’s not he’s on his way though with Liz.”

“Oh so she’s coming to live here then?”

“Yeah, ah Angie is there something you wanted or….”

“Oh yes! I wanted to give you your keys back and tell you that I moved all my stuff out…”

“I would have helped you, you know that right?” I ask her because despite what we’re going through now I still care about her. She has been a big part of my life for the last couple of years so I can’t say that I feel nothing for her.

“No Michael, it would have just been too weird for me…for us. I just wanted to bring them to you and tell you that I thought about it and I understand.” Huh? Now I’m really confused. I guess she can sense it because she continues.

“Michael if we would have gotten married that would have been the biggest mistake of our lives. I always knew that you loved Maria, but I would just rationalize it to myself, that if you loved her that much you would be with her and not me, you would be asking her to marry you…not me. So even though it hurts and even though I still love you, it was the right thing to do for both of us. So what I wanted to say was thank you.” She looks up at me with tears in her eyes. And I can’t help but react; I step closer to her and wrap my arms around her.

“Why are you thanking me Ang?”

“Thank you for loving me enough to be honest with me, even if I didn’t want to hear the truth at first.” I just stood there with her in my arms, until she pulled away.

“So I guess this is goodbye.” She says to me and then turns to head back out the door.

“Yeah…it is.” I say and without another word she closes the door behind her and I’m left in total silence.

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Max

We have just entered California so it won’t be much longer now, thankfully because I don’t know how much longer I can be in this car with her and not kiss her. It’s taking a lot of willpower not to right now. I chance a glance at her, and she’s currently singing to the song playing on the radio, her head swaying back and forth, her lips moving up and down…God! Who knew singing was so…so….sexual!

“Max are we there yet? I’m tired of being in the car, there’s nothing for me to do.” Oh yeah well there are plenty of things I could think of doing in a car. Damn! I need to get myself in check right now.

“Liz we are almost there, hey why don’t you call Michael and let him know that we should be there in about an hour and a half.” She leans over and grabs my cell phone from the center console, flips it open and dials my home number.

“Hi Michael!” She just brightens up when she talks to him, sometimes I get a little jealous of her relationship with him, but then I berate myself because he’s my brother.

“Oh, are you okay?” What? What does she mean is he okay…did something happen? It’s as if she can sense my emotions because she quickly glances at me and mouths the word ‘Angela’ at me. I calm back down. I swear I don’t know how much bad news one person can handle in their lifetime but I will say I have had my fill. I’m just looking forward to spending the rest of my life with Liz.

“Well then that’s good Michael, you know it was a clean break, no hard feelings and she understands where you’re coming from.” I hear another part of the conversation, it seems as though Angela probably went over or called Michael a little while ago. I can only hope that Dariana makes our breakup as simple as that. Somehow though I doubt it, and as we approached my house I feel the pressure mount. I know it’s going to be this big scene and I don’t want Liz anywhere near it, maybe I can have Michael distract Liz for a little while until things calm down.

“Yeah, I can’t wait, okay I’ll see you soon. What? Sure hold on.” She turns and hands the phone to me.

“Michael wants to talk to you.”

“Hey bro, what’s going on?”

“Nothing, hey Max, look I’m going to head over to my house…”

“No!” I turn and see Liz looking at me suspiciously.

“I mean, don’t bother you can do that later.” I try and say without raising more suspicion.

“Maxwell, does this have to do with a certain girlfriend of yours?”

“Stop Michael, just stop look I need for you to do me a favor.”

“What’s that?” He’s not going to let me off easy on this one is he?

“Well…I need for you to…um…”

“Alright! I can’t stand to hear you squirm; you want me to distract Liz for a little while so you can break things off with Dari right?”

“Yes.” I sigh gratefully into the phone.

“Sure, before or after dinner? Because I honestly have no idea where she is, she hasn’t stopped by or anything.”

“Don’t worry I’ll call, but I would say before.” Damn, trying to have a conversation about Dariana while Liz is in close proximity is turning out to be tougher than I thought.

“Sure thing, see you in a little while.” Once I hang up the phone Liz starts inundating me with questions.

“So you’re going to break up with her once we get there or no?” She’s biting on her lower lip and I know that regardless of how she expressed her love for me, she still has doubts.

“Yes Liz, as soon as I get you settled I’m going to break up with her.”

“Right, so that will alleviate some of the pressure right?”

“Pressure?”

“Yeah, I mean we can be together right?” She asks me but she doesn’t sound very confident in the fact.

“Of course, that’s what you want right? I mean you haven’t changed your mind have you?” If she says yes, I think I will die right here.

“No! Max I want to be with you, it’s just that…I…we…”

“What Liz? You’re killing me over here.” I tell her honestly, would she just spit it out already?

“We need to take things slow Max, we can’t just jump back into our routine.”

“Routine? It wasn’t a routine for me Liz, it was my life it was the time I got to spend with you, so what was so wrong about it?” And then what spills from her mouth at that moment causes me to jerk the car off the road onto the shoulder.

“We shouldn’t have slept together Max, it was wrong.”

“What?! Where the hell is this coming from Liz? Because just last night we would have if my phone didn’t ring, so why would you say that to me?”

“Because it’s the truth, we never dealt with our feelings Max, we used sex to mask our feelings for one another.”

“No we didn’t…I didn’t. Liz when we slept together it wasn’t just sex for me, it could never be because I love you. Every time Liz…every time it was because I wanted you to feel how much I loved you. I wanted to be with you and share myself with you.” I don’t understand her at all right now, why would she just up and throw this at me not less than a half hour from my house?

“Max I’m not saying it to hurt you, but it’s true whether you choose to believe it or not.”

“So you’re saying that you used me? That it was never anything more than sex for you? I know that’s not what you’re saying Liz, I know you don’t mean it like that.” She’s silent and I swear right now I need some kind of reassurance from her; I’m going crazy right now. Her demeanor changes suddenly and she removes her seat belt and slowly crawls over the center console to deposit herself in my lap. I want to touch her so bad but I’m so angry right now, I need for her to explain to me what the hell she’s trying to say.

She reaches out a hand to me and gently caresses my cheek. I close me eyes and bask in the feel of her soft touches.

“Max, I didn’t mean it like that. It was the same for me, every time we were together it was because I love you and because I only ever wanted to share myself with you, but I’m terrified that if we jump back into a sexual relationship it’s not going to solve anything. I want you Max, I do and sometimes it’s nearly impossible to not just attack you, but we can’t. We have things that need to be dealt with and I have a lot of insecurities I have to over come. Just being near you is just…it’s….”

“What Liz, what is it?” I whisper in her ear. I’ve listened to what she said, but I’m not so sure it has registered to my brain yet. Because feeling her body against mine is completely intoxicating, I’m fighting for some form of control, but with her closeness it’s a losing battle.

“So hard…I mean…being near you, this close to you and not be able to touch you is so difficult.” She says quickly and starts to move off of me, but my hand down her back halts her movements.

“Max…we need to get going.” She says but she’s making no attempts to move any further away from me. I lean in and nuzzle her neck with the tip of my nose and whisper softly in her ear.

“Yes, Liz we need to get going.” She moans softly and I raise my head and look at her beautiful face once before I close my mouth over hers. I lick her lips slowly demanding entrance to her mouth, to which she grants and greedily we feast on each other. Drinking in the feel and taste of one another, over and over until the need for air becomes too great.

We break away panting and just as I’m about to say that we really need to get going, Liz slides back a little and straddles my hips, then wraps her arms around my neck. She begins to kiss and nibble at the base of my throat; she then licks a trail up to my lips and plunges her tongue in my mouth. I can’t hold back the moan that escapes past my lips, my hands are everywhere on her body, I slide one hand down her back and grip her firm butt which causes her to grind her hips into mine more fiercely.

“Oh God! Max…I’m so…ah…hot!”

“Yeah I know.” Is all I can say as I smile into her mouth and she drives her hips harder into me, I don’t know how much longer I’m going to be able to hold out. I slide my other hand down to her thighs, and I raise her dress up a little and slip my hands up her skirt. I can feel the heat emanating off her body and I want to get closer. I inch my hands up further until my hands are a mere inches from her center, without hesitation I pull back her panties and slide my finger down the length of her slit.

“Oh God! Liz…ah…you’re so wet…” She rips her mouth from mine and buries her hands in my hair, she’s driving me crazy, I want her so bad right now, I’m tempted to recline this seat and take what she’s offering.

“Yes Max…ooh don’t stop!”

“I won’t baby not until you come.” I slide a finger into her weeping center and I can feel her tighten around me, the moans escaping her perfect lips are enough to make me blow my load right here right now. I slip another into her slick center and rub her clit with the pad of my thumb over and over until I feel her tense one last time and just then I feel her slick heat drip down my hand as she let’s go.

“Oh Yes Maaaxxx…oh yes!” She rides out the final wave of her climax as I place soft kisses all over her face. I remove my hand and tell her I love her.

“I love you too Max.” She places one last kiss on my lips before slipping back into her seat.

“Oh God!” I turn and look at her just as I’m about to start the engine.

“What?!”

“I can’t believe we just did that on the side of the road in broad daylight Max, anyone could have seen.” She hisses and I shrug and answer honestly.

“So.” I start the engine.

“Max, aren’t you embarrassed?”

“No Liz, being with you…making you feel like that, no I could never be embarrassed of us.” She leans over quickly, kisses my check and then gives me the biggest smile.

Can’t say that I’m still not dying for a release but I guess that is going to have to wait until later.


TBC…FYI: I should be posting a new part to Borrowed Heaven either tomorrow or Saturday I'll let you know! Thanks!

[Behrsgirl77]

A/N Okay guys...here's the next part...it's what you wanted...and please don't worry okay? I won't steer you wrong!

Thanks for all the fb, I know I usually thank each of you but I don't have time lol!!

Gotta thank the beta for getting this part done! Littlehottie510!

Chapter 41

Liz

“Home sweet home.” I hear Max murmur as we start up his huge driveway and there just nestled between a few palm trees is,

“Oh my God Max! The house is gorgeous. It’s huge.” I say in a somewhat of an awed state. Saying that his house is huge is an understatement; it’s a fucking mansion!

“You think.” I turn giving him an incredulous glare.

“You know it is, wow…it’s so beautiful.”

“It’s okay I guess, come on and stop drooling Parker.” He pulls up to the house and gets out to start unloading some things.

We walk up the front entrance and the door quickly swings open revealing a smiling Michael.

“Liz!” I run up to him and he picks me up off the ground giving me a huge tight hug. We stay like that for a minute or so until we hear Max clearing his throat.

“Oh sorry, hey bro! How was the trip?” I look at Max quickly and we are both blushing.

“It was good. So, yeah, you wanna help with these bags?” While they both unload the car and place my bags in the entrance, I take a quick look around. It’s absolutely breathtaking! That’s the only word I can use to describe it. The house itself is a light beige Mediterranean style home complete with a balcony across the entire second floor. The whole house is filled with windows allowing the sun to shine inside as brightly as it does outside. After making my way from the entrance I step into the spacious living room. There is a marble fireplace; a huge entertainment center and I can see in the far right hand corner of the room there is a patio or at least what looks like a patio.

I twirl around and walk further inside and I can see the kitchen from where I’m standing, but instead of heading there, I turn to my left quickly and see this huge staircase with a beautiful crystal chandelier hanging above it. I want to just run around the whole house, it’s humongous!

I hear Michael and Max enter the house and close the door, I make my way slowly to the one of the windows and I can see an Olympic sized pool, basketball court and what appears to be an outdoor fireplace? It’s incased in stone, it’s so beautiful here.

“Liz?” I turn around just in time to be engulfed my Max’s strong arms. He leans down and places a kiss on my lips.

“Max, it’s amazing.”

“No Liz, that’s your department.” I push away.

“Flattery will get you everywhere Evans.” I say to him teasingly.

“Maxwell, would you let the girl breathe please, and show her around? Look, I have to get going but I’ll be back in about an hour or so.”

“Okay, grand tour it is. We’ll see you later.”

“Bye Michael!” I yell after him.

“So.”

“So.” We stand there facing one another not wanting to break this moment but it must be done and since it doesn’t look like Max will be moving anytime soon, I make the move.

“Come on Max! You have to show me to my room now, so I can put all that stuff away.” I say grabbing him by the arm and dragging him out of the living room.

“Oh alright spoil all the fun. Okay since I have lots of extra bedrooms you get your choice, I’ll let you see them all then you pick. Oh and if you want to redecorate please feel free, right now they all have a bed, TV and dresser. So you can choose what you like and have it delivered here.” I swear he just knows how to spoil a person.

“Max all I need is a bed.” He stops dead in his tracks and gives me the once over, smiles and raises his eyebrow.

“Oh really? Good to know.” I have to blush; I don’t know why I’m blushing not more than an hour ago I was writhing on top him, moaning in the front seat of the rental car. He tugs my arm gently and begins to show me the rest of the house.

“…And over here we have bedroom number four.” He opens the door to reveal an enormous room filled with windows just like the living room. It was so bright, I walked over to the glass balcony doors and looked outside, I can see that I was right; there is an outdoor fireplace. You can see the entire backyard from this room, I have to wonder though why this isn’t Max’s room, I mean surely then his room must be twice this size right?

“Where’s your room?”

“M-mine…it’s down the hall. D-did you want to see it?” Aww! Isn’t he just the cutest thing even when he’s nervous. He swallows quickly before walking out the room down the hall to his room.

“Here it is.” He says while opening the door for me to enter. It’s big but not as big as I had envisioned it to be. The furniture was a dark cherry color. It too had several windows and a balcony as well. I walked over to one of the windows and see that the view is nothing compared to the last room I saw.

I slowly trace my fingers around every piece of furniture, knowing full well he’s following me with his eyes, burning a hole in the back of my head.

Then, my eyes land on his bed. It appears to be a king sized bed and just when an idea pops in my head something else overshadows it…he slept with her in that bed. The thought saddens me more than I’d like to admit. Now I know very well that they slept together but being in the same room, near the bed they laid in together repulses me. I turn my face in disgust.

“What? What’s wrong Liz?” He doesn’t know, he won’t understand how I feel. It’s childish I know, after all they were… are dating and they have slept together. I wonder where else they…No! Liz! Stop that line of thought otherwise you’ll never walk or sit on any piece of furniture in the house.

“Nothing Max…it’s nothing.” He has a worried look on his face; he quickly crosses the room and draws me into an embrace. He places a kiss on my temple and I melt in his arms.

“Tell me…” Then I turn my head slightly and look at his bed. He follows my gaze and then tilts my head up.

“Hey, I can get rid of it, if that will help.” Oh God! Just the thought makes me sick and sad all at the same time. Up until this moment I could tell myself that they slept in that bed but I didn’t know for sure, maybe a piece of me hoped that he didn’t, but now he just confirmed it. I begin to cry.

“Shh, Liz I’m so sorry. I’m such an ass, look let’s just go okay.” He slides a hand down my back then reaches for my hand, but I pull away.

“Liz?”

“It’s okay Max, I just…I knew…but I didn’t think it would bother me this much.”

“Liz, please I’m sorry I never meant to hurt you, that’s not what it was about.”

“It wasn’t?” I didn’t realize how pissed off I was by his statement. If it wasn’t about me then what the hell is he doing with her?

“Liz?” He reaches for me and I take two steps back towards the door.

“No, Max that is exactly what being with her was about! You were trying to hurt me! Get back at me for “sleeping” with Jordan! Don’t lie to me!” The expression on his face falls… saddens even more if possible but he still reaches for me.

“Okay…okay you’re right. That’s what it was about in the beginning. I was hurt Liz and I turned to her when I shouldn’t have. I jumped into this…this…”

“Sex! You fucked her because you were pissed off with me! Did I miss anything?”

“Don’t be like that Liz, don’t make this into something more.”

“You did that yourself Max, you said you loved me and you’ve been dating her for what? Seven months…quick recovery there! So Max tell me how long was it before you slept with her? Huh?”

“Don’t do this Liz, it’s not worth it. It’s over.” He pleads with me.

“Over for you but not for me. You loved me so much and you wanted to be with me so bad, how long did you wait to jump from my bed to hers!” I don’t know where this anger is coming from, but if I seriously think about it, it has been there since the day Max told me he had a girlfriend and he had been dating her for seven months.

“It wasn’t like that Liz! God! I was hurt and I needed somebody and it just happened! So let it go!” I know that I probably picked a really bad time and way to address this topic but right now, the pain and anger is rolling off me in uncontrollable waves.

“How long!” I say through gritted teeth, my hands are in tight fists at my sides.

“Three months! Is that what you wanted to hear! I waited three months after I left to fuck someone else, does that make you happy?!” He yells and I can see the pain etched in his face he doesn’t want to fight with me, but the problem in knowing Max so well and he knowing me is that we know exactly what buttons to push on each other.

“Which means that you got over me in three months! God! I mean you didn’t even let the sheets get cold!”

“You let me leave Liz, I begged you on my fucking knees! I cried to you and you let me go! But I don’t care, I’m over it and I just want to be with you, why do you keep putting up this wall between us?” His anger has deflated now that he has figured out my defense mechanism has kicked in. But I’m not ready to stop just yet.

“How long after you met her?”

“What? Liz, please just let it go, it’s not important.” He pleads with me, but I need to know, right now I wish my desire to know would disappear but no such luck.

“Tell me! I want to know.”

“Fine…fine! It was the day we met up at a bar.”

“So wait! You slept with her the first night?!” He didn’t know what to say, I know he could see the pain and hurt in my eyes. He hung his head low and answered my question.

“Yes.” I sucked in a breath, turned and ran down the hall to one of the rooms.

“Liz!” I didn’t hear him; my broken sobs were much louder than his calls.

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Max

I am an asshole! I always knew I was but that confrontation with Liz just proved it. How could I do that? How could I just jump from her to Dariana? Why? I’m kicking myself right now for not seeing it sooner. That’s all it was with Dari. Sex… nothing more, nothing less. Yes, she started to make me believe it was more, but the harsh truth is…it was just sex.

Now I have the love of my life crying her eyes out, because she figured it out and didn’t want to. She knows how to push the right buttons to get my temper flaring, but once I realized what she was doing I called her on it, hoping it would end the conversation, but it didn’t. It simply fueled the fire that eventually burnt the both of us.

I have to go to her. I make my way down the hallway and I stand in front of her door, I can hear her crying. Something inside of me breaks each time a tear falls from her eyes because of me.

I knock.

No answer.

I knock again.

No answer.

This time I try the door and find she thankfully didn’t lock it. I open it up slowly and I see her lying on her side crying. Complete with her shoulders shaking, her sobs fill the quiet room.

“Liz.” I whisper. She doesn’t tell me to leave, so I close the door behind me and walk towards the bed slowly. Her back is to me right now. I sit next to her and she doesn’t turn around, she just continues to cry harder. I lie down beside her and place my arm underneath her waist and to my surprise she quickly rolls over so that I can fully embrace her.

“I’m s-sorry I d-don’t know w-what’s wrong with me. I shouldn’t h-have said those t-things t-to y-you.”

“Liz it’s okay, I deserved it. You were right, but I just…Liz I don’t want to go back to the past with you. You know everything now…everything and I just want to spend this time with you making you happy, not making you cry.” She wipes her tears and looks up at me.

“I know Max…I know. I promise I’m done with the past! I am only looking towards the present and future.” She manages a small smile and to my surprise it reaches her eyes. I lean down and kiss her. She responds with her entire body. She lifts one of her legs to encircle my waist and deepens our kiss.

I groan softly when she rolls her entire body on top of mine. I quickly run my hands up and down her back as she runs her fingers through my hair, all the while opening her mouth for me to slide my tongue in and she then begins to drive me crazy. She grinds her hips into mine and I bring my hands down to her waist helping her along.

“Liz…we…have to stop.”

“Why Max, do you want me to stop?” She says in a heated whisper, which makes me growl and slam her hips down harder against mine.

“No! God Liz don’t ever stop.”

“Hmm Max, I won’t.” She promises with a kiss as she sits up on my lap, still grinding against my erection. I swear I’m going to burst if she doesn’t stop giving me those hot looks. She reaches for the hem of my shirt and pulls it off over my head. She then trails her hands down my chest, and my breathing is coming out in harsh pants.

I can here her breathing quickening as well and it turns me on to know she’s as hot as I am right now.

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Liz

His body is one fine piece of work. I can’t get enough. I know I said we needed to wait, because he’s still with her and that we needed to take things slow, but when he’s near me it’s utterly impossible for me to have any sense of control.

While straddling his hips I lean down and lick a trail from his neck to his navel and back up again, to swirl my tongue over his nipples until they are hard and stiff.

“Mmm Liz…ah…yeah.” I love that I can turn him on without even really doing too much. His eyes are closed and he’s blindly groping for me, to make us one. His hands are on my hips and I’d love nothing more to make that a reality but first there’s something I have to do for him.

I lean up quickly and place a kiss on his lips. He opens his eyes slightly to address me and I can see the look on his face, utter and complete arousal. I have to groan inwardly, I want him so bad right now, but I don’t think we’re ready for that yet, so I plan on giving him something in compensation of that.

I slide down his legs and reach for his zipper, sliding it down as his hips buck upwards and his erection straining a mere inches from my face. He assists me in removing his jeans and boxers. I swear no matter how many times I see him like this it’s still the most arousing thing in the world. I take his throbbing cock in my small hands and begin to pump him. He bucks off the bed at first touch.

“Liz…ah…yes…ah…Liz!” I love how he says my name when he’s in this state, I have total control right now and I love it.

After a few pumps I decide it’s now or never. I hope I haven’t lost my touch. I nestle myself comfortably between his legs and I bend forward taking him into my mouth.

“Oh God! Liz…” Hmm I guess I haven’t lost my touch…good to know. I experimentally try to find the rhythm he likes the best. I swirl my tongue around the head of his bulging erection and I can taste him on my tongue. This is a completely erotic moment. A lot of girls might find this unattractive, but obviously they have never even tried doing this before. There is something that is completely and utterly sensual about giving a guy this kind of pleasure, you are in total control of his pleasure, it’s one sided. You can take him to the brink and back again over and over until he begs for release.

His hands on my head are aiding my licks and sucks; he pulls his hands away and is fisting the sheets now, his head thrashing back and forth against the pillow. I know he’s so close right now.

“Liz…oh God! Don’t stop…yeah…. oh yeah…Yes Liz!” His hips buck sporadically and I feel him grow even harder before his release. I let it slide down my throat and I slip him out of my mouth but not before I place a kiss on top of his now deflating erection.

“Hmm, did you like that Max?” I ask him huskily. I don’t know but after he released I felt on fire, like I needed him to touch me, to be with me right now.

“God yes! Liz…that was…amazing.” He pants and regards me with hooded eyes and leans up to pull me against his chest. A fine sheen of sweat has already formed and I take that opportunity to run my hands down his rapidly cooling chest.

“You know you didn’t have to do that right?” I nod my head.

“I know, but I wanted to. Was it okay…I mean…I…” He lifts his head slightly to look down at me.

“What?” I feel so stupid, I want to ask him if it was okay or not because I haven’t done that in a while and I can’t help but want him to compare me to her.

“I feel stupid for asking, but how was I, I mean you know…” I blush slightly and he finally gets my meaning. He raises his hand to tilt my head up.

“Liz, you are the only person that has ever done that to me, and every time it’s perfect.” I don’t believe it, I feel like doing cartwheels right now.

“Really?”

“Yes really woman, now stop. I love you.”

“Hmm I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of hearing that.”

“Good because I plan on telling you that for the rest of your life Ms. Parker.” He places a kiss on my head and we settle back into comfortable silence.


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Max

“Liz?” I’ve been holding her in my arms for what seems to be twenty minutes or so after I got dresses, and I know we have to get moving, not only do I have to talk to Dariana but also we have dinner reservations.

“Yeah?” She buries her head in my chest further and I can’t say that I don’t want to let her go right now and face Dari, but I have no choice.

“As much as I hate to have to say this, we have to get going. I need to take a shower and we have dinner with Michael later.”

“Really? Where are we going?” Her face lights up and it makes me smile.

“It’s a surprise, so don’t even try to go and get it out of Michael either.”

“Oh alright! What should I wear?” I want to tell her nothing, but that wouldn’t be appropriate, to be honest it doesn’t matter what she wears everything looks good on her to me.

“A dress.” I state simply. She leans over and kisses my lips quickly before rising from the bed.

“Okay, well I have to take a shower so can you bring up the rest of my bags?”

“Sure, did you choose your room yet?” I ask her because as of yet she has not mentioned it.

“Yup, this one!” She turns and heads towards the bathroom and closes the door behind her without another word.

I slowly rise and a drag my body into my bedroom for a quick shower then I have to call Michael and then Dariana.

After my very uneventful shower, I get dressed and head back downstairs to call Michael, but to my surprise he’s already sitting in the living room watching television.

“Hey Michael, I was just getting ready to call you.”

“Yeah well I figured I’d get over here as soon as I can, so I can take Liz and you know…” I drop my gaze suddenly finding the rug very interesting.

“You okay Max?”

“What? Yeah, I just I wish I didn’t have to do this.”

“You’re not having second thoughts…”

“Hell no! That’s the one thing I am sure of, it’s just that I know what’s going to happen.” And I know just like Michael does, it’s not going to be pretty and that’s why I wish I didn’t have to do it. Couldn’t I just be an ass and call her over the phone?

“I know, but you know what it’s your decision and whether she likes it or not it doesn’t matter, it’s up to you.”

“Thanks, I needed that little pep talk before I’m left for dead by the vultures.”

“Max!?” The sound of Liz’s voice drifts down the stairwell.

“Yeah!?”

“What time are we going to dinner!?” I know she’s probably asking because she doesn’t know when she should be dressed.

“Well, I figured you and Michael could take a spin around the neighborhood, so you could get familiar and then come back and get changed!”
“Okay I’ll be right down then.”

“Ah just like an old married couple once again.” Michael says and I’m not so sure I know what he means.

“What?”

“Oh stop it Maxwell, you two together, an old married couple, you always have been and always will be.”

“Yeah, whatever.” I saw but what he says does affect me whether I want to admit it or not. Married. Liz and me? No, we are a long ways from that conversation I’m sure…right? Oh I need to focus here, I have tough conversation coming up and I have no idea what I’m going to say.

“I’m ready!” I turn and see Liz bouncing down the steps with a huge smile on her face.

“I can see that.” She runs to me and wraps her arms around me, while standing on her tippy toes, she leans up to place a kiss on my cheek.

“Alright, alright break it up! You ready Parker?” Michael rises from the couch and is quickly at our side. Liz gives me one more tight squeeze, as do I before I release her. I look down into her face, and I can tell she’s nervous, not because she’s going out with Michael but because she knows what I’m about to do.

“I’m ready.” Michael places a hand on my shoulders and gives it a small squeeze for good luck. Yeah cause I’m going to need a plethora of it! He walks to the front door with Liz trailing behind him.

“Max?”

“Yeah Liz?”

“I love you.” I smile at her.

“I love you too. See you in about a hour or so okay?”

“Yeah.”

So now I’m left waiting until Dari shows up. I called her about ten minutes ago and she said she would be leaving shortly.

I’m so nervous; I think I’m going to be sick. Not because I think I’m making a bad decision it’s just that I don’t want to hurt her, but if I had to choose between her and Liz, hands down Liz would win.

Not more than five minutes later the doorbell rings. This is it, the moment of truth!

I walk to the door and when it swings open she’s catapulting herself into my arms and then places a kiss on my lips before I even have a chance to breakaway. I quickly pull her away.

“Max, sweetie is everything okay? Didn’t you miss me?” She’s hurt I can tell, but I can’t think about that right now. I close the door and ask her into the living room.

“So where’s Liz? I’m dying to meet her!” She sounds so enthusiastic, why is she making this so hard?

“Ah, she’s out with Michael right now, they’ll be back in a little while. Look Dari, I need to talk to you, so I need for you to let me finish what I have to say before you interrupt me okay?” I look at her hopefully and she just nods. I have to wonder does she know what’s coming?

She’s sitting on one of the couches and I take a seat in front of her on the coffee table.

“Max, you’re scaring me.” I reach out a hand to her because I know this is going to be hard for her to take. She grabs hold of it firmly between both of her hands.

“I don’t mean to, really I don’t. There is no real easy way to say this, but I don’t think…no I know we can’t see each other anymore. I should have never let things go so far between us, but I did and I’m sorry. I…” Oh no! She’s not going to wait.

“What?! I’m sorry Max but I must be hearing things, you can’t see me anymore why? I don’t understand! We were going well and now all of a sudden that’s it? We’re done?!” She rises from the couch and starts pacing the length of the living room while flailing her arms in the air as she speaks…ah rather yells.

“I’m sorry, but I told you from the beginning it was just sex and I thought it was more but it’s not, it can never be and you knew that.” She did, I told her from day one that’s what it was.

“What changed? Before you left you said you were going to try! You haven’t tried, you haven’t even been here with me!” I can only roll my eyes heavenward because I don’t want to fight about something that is already settled for me.

“Dari, you need to understand that I don’t love you, and I’m not saying that to be mean but I’m saying it to be honest with you. I’ve only ever tried to be honest, but I can’t love you, my heart belongs to someone else and I….”

“Liz? You’re best friend?! Tell me I’m wrong Max, I thought I could trust you with her?”

“Yes, it’s Liz and what do you mean trust me with her?”

“You slept with her didn’t you?!” That’s a loaded question, because technically we have not slept together in well over a year, but ah I don’t think she needs to know that.

“No we haven’t slept together.” I say hoping she means recently.

“Liar! You fucking bastard all this time, we were away helping her! Hell, you probably fucked her on your little road trip!” Now she’s got me going.

“You know what Dari, leave Liz the fuck out of this, because it has nothing to do with her, this is between you and me so just get over it already!”

“No I won’t get over it, you made promises to me!”

“Well consider them broken, Dari! I didn’t want to fight with you, but you leave me no choice! It’s over and done! Period! The end!” She stops her pacing and turns her back to me. I can hear her crying, she doesn’t want me to see it, but now I feel really bad. Because I know she genuinely cares about me, just like I care about her, I just can’t love and be with her. I approach her slowly.

“Dari?”

“You can’t do this to me now Max…you can’t.”

“I have to I’m so…” She turns around quickly almost knocking me over, the tears streaming from here eyes.

“Max, I…I did something and you’re not going to be happy with me, but I want you to know I accept your decision, but…I….” Why does this sound like I’m not going to be happy after I find out what she did?

“You what?”

“I have to go away for a week on business and…”

“Dari, please just tell me.” She’s pissing me off right now.

“When I get back my father is flying in for a visit and stayingherewithus.” What?! Oh I know I must have heard her wrong.

“I’m sorry what did you say, because it sounded like your father was coming for a visit and staying with us? As in you and me? I know I’m hearing things because you don’t live here!” She looks at me and then drops her head. I groan inwardly what the fuck did she do?

“That’s what I said. Max I made those plans before today and I was waiting to tell you in person not over the phone.” That’s why she was being so cryptic.

“So call him and tell him to get a hotel, or better yet! Tell him to stay with you.” I turn away ready to see her out, her strangled tear stricken voice stops me.

“I c-can’t b-because h-he t-thinks w-we’re l-living t-together.”

“So, tell him we’re not anymore and get over it Dari, come on and stop with the games.”

“No! You don’t understand if he finds out that I lied he’ll h-hate me more than he does already, and Max we can just pretend.”

“Pretend? Right, with Liz living here. No! Not going to happen you are going to have to suck it up and tell him the truth.”

“You won’t do this for me?” I wish I could help her out, but I can’t pretend with her and have Liz living here, no I won’t hurt Liz that way.

“No I’m sorry but I can’t.”

“Fine! Whatever then Max, I’ll just go and get my bag and be out of your life!” She turns to make her way upstairs. I go to stop her but realize I would just be making things worse.

She heads back downstairs and she looks different? Like there is something missing but I can’t quite pinpoint it right now. Oh well probably not important anyway. I noticed she stopped crying and she turns to me and asks for something to drink. I hurriedly make my way into the kitchen and she follows closely behind me, I know that Michael and Liz will be back any minute and I need to get her out of the house.

“Here you go.” I say handing her a glass of water.

“I’m sorry Max, I shouldn’t have said those things about you…and Liz. I was wrong, you really love her and I’m happy that you finally have that.” She sounded sincere enough, but the better part of me was saying to just take it at face value.

“Thanks, and Dari I’m sorry I honestly did not set out to hurt you in any of this.” She places her glass in the sink and then looks at me to say she knows.

I walk her back out to the living room into the hallway. She then leans in and wraps her arms around my neck and says,

“Bye Max.”

“Bye Dari.” I return the hug, which was a huge mistake because she chose that moment to place a kiss on my cheek, which was precisely the same moment the front door opened.

“Max?”



TBC…WEDNESDAY! FYI: I posted a new part to Borrowed Heaven today as well. Thanks!

[Behrsgirl77]

Chapter 42


Liz


So Michael and I took our little spin around town and are making our way back to Max’s place.

“You doing alright?”

“Michael, I’m doing so much better than alright.” I say not being able to wipe the sappy smile off my face.

“I’m glad, I’m really glad that you and Max are together.”

“We are aren’t we?” I say in a somewhat awed voice.

“Yes, Lizzie you are, and you’re happier than I have ever seen you.”

“Thanks. So when is Maria coming? I can’t wait to see her.” I turn to Michael because he has just grown quiet.

“Michael? What’s wrong?”

“Liz, there’s a something I should tell you about Maria, so that when you see her um…you won’t be surprised or anything.” Why do I get a bad feeling about what he’s going to tell me?

“Evans… spill it!” He pulls into Max’s driveway and cuts the engine, then turns to face me in his seat.

“Liz, Maria has been going through some really tough times right now, she’s um…she’s not really sleeping or eating, she’s really stressed out and her manager has her seeing a therapist for depression or whatever they want to call it, and she…”

“Oh God! Michael, I can’t believe it…I mean is she okay? I mean…I don’t know what I mean.” Tears start to brim my eyes and I just feel sick. She must be hurting so bad. Michael leans over the seat to embrace me.

“Liz just calm down okay, we’re going to make her better, right?” He seems so optimistic; too bad I’m not by nature.

“Right, but what else are you not telling me?” I know he wasn’t finished with his sentence before I cut him off.

“She wants to quit.” He said sadly.

“Quit? Like touring or…” I can’t even imagine that she would want to quit…

“Music, she told me after this tour she’s done.”

“Do you believe her?”

“Yeah, I do. She’s not in a good place, and I want to help her so bad.”

“We will Michael, you and me and Max. We’re going to help her and she’ll get better. I promise.”

“Thanks Liz. I love you.”

“I love you too Michael.” Funny how I could tell everyone else that I loved them except for Max. Ah but times have changed, if I could I would run up and down the streets shouting it to the world.

“Come on Parker, you’ve got get dressed and we have to get going.” We exit the car and I make a mad dash for the front door, I vaguely hear Michael in the background yelling at me to wait.

I push open the door to find, Max and some long legged model looking girl locked in an embrace and she’s just placing a kiss on his cheek?

“Max?”

“Liz!” He pushes the girl, which I can only assume is Dari, away from him to approach me.

“Liz, this is, Dariana, Dariana this is Liz.” I don’t believe it, she’s more beautiful then I could have even imaged her to be. She reaches out her hand for me to shake, and I honestly feel repulsed but I do it anyway.

“Nice to finally meet you Liz.” I take a quick glace at Max, and he’s currently occupied with Michael, who is now standing somewhere behind me.

“You too.” I manage a very small smile, and very fake, if I might add. Oh no! She did not just give me the once over! I feel like she’s comparing herself to me, and if that is indeed what she is doing then I fail in comparison of her. She’s tall, she’s got long black hair, a medium olive skin tone, but her features are absolutely amazing, I wonder what she does cause she must be a model. I size her up and down as well and God! What is Max thinking, how could he dump her for me, I mean if we just take into consideration her looks but also her chest is like what? That’s a ‘D’ cup at least! I groan inwardly, what was I thinking that Max is attracted to me that way? How could he be after being with her? Oh! And her ass would put J-Lo out of business. I want to scream right now…no I want to cry. That’s what I really want to do.

“Dariana was just leaving, so Liz why don’t you go upstairs and get dressed and then we can get going okay?”

“Sure.” I turn without another word to head upstairs.

“It was nice meeting you.” She says as I walk away. Yeah right! She’s probably thinking of ways to get Max back right now. And let’s not forget that I saw her with an overnight bag in her hands before she leaves. I mope all the way upstairs to my room to get ready.

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Max

“I’m sorry Maxwell, she just ran to the front door and then I noticed Dariana’s car still sitting in the driveway.”

“It’s okay, look I’m gonna go upstairs and get dressed, you mind meeting up with us there?’

“Sure, no problem.”

“Thanks.” After Michael leaves I head upstairs to change quickly. I pass Liz’s door and I want to go in, but she didn’t seem too happy with me right now. I wish I got Dari out of the house quicker. Damn it!

I quickly change into a pair of black dress pants and a light blue button down shirt; I grab my keys and wallet and make my way to Liz’s door a few minutes later.

I knock softly, but she doesn’t answer. So I try the handle and I see it’s unlocked.

“Liz?” Her back is to me right now.

“Hi!” Okay did I just walk into the twilight zone or something? Why is she cheerful? Not that I’m not happy but what am I missing?

“Hey baby, you ready to go?” She turns around and my breath gets caught in my lungs, she looks absolutely amazing and beautiful. She has on a short dark blue spaghetti strapped dress, which sparkles when the light hits it. Her hair is down but two shiny clips hold the front back.

“You look so beautiful Liz.” She smiles that shy smile reserved for me and places a soft kiss on my lips.

“You don’t look so bad yourself handsome. Now let’s go cause I’m hungry.”

“Yes Ma’am.”

We meet up with Michael at the restaurant, and have a really good time together, laughing and talking about old times. We part our separate ways for the evening and I drive Liz back home. She’s quiet the whole ride, like she has something on her mind. I don’t want to push her so I’ll just wait until she’s ready.

We walk into the living room she takes off her shoes and sits on the loveseat. I walk over next to her and run my hands through her hair.

“So did you have fun?”

“Yes I did, thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” There’s something she was just going to say but she stopped herself, now I really need to know what’s going on in her head.

“Are you okay Liz?”

“Yeah, why wouldn’t I be?” Okay I can hear the sarcasm in her voice; this is not looking good for me.

“I don’t know you were quite the whole ride home and…”

“Home, funny you should mention that Max, cause it looked like you shared your home with someone else before I got here.” Huh? What is she…shit!

“Liz, she didn’t live here, she just brought over that bag while I was gone to come get you. Michael told me about it, he said that she came and just dropped it off, then today she…” Remind me to remove my foot from my mouth later on, cause it’s too late.

“She what?” Liz turns to me and I see it, I see the hurt in her eyes, she’s so insecure. I wish I could change that about her but I can’t, that’s just the way she is.

“Liz, it’s nothing. I took care of it.”

“Max please just tell me okay?” When she pleads with me like that I can’t take it, I always cave.

“She brought the bag over because she wanted me to pretend to live with her while her father came to visit, but I told her it wasn’t happening and that we were together and that I love you.” She looks away shyly and then tips her head up to regard me with a small smile.

“Really?”

“Liz, how many times do I have to tell you? I love you and I want no one but you.” I lean down and place a kiss on the tip of her button nose.

“But…”

“But what Liz?”

“Nothing Max, I’m just going to go get changed.” She’s changing the subject, there is something else going on here.

“You want some help?” I say teasingly, but I totally mean it.

“No! I mean…no I got it thanks.” She rises from the couch quickly…too quickly.

I make a split decision to run up the stairs after her. I turn off the lights downstairs and make my way to her room.

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Liz

As soon as I’m in the confines of my room, I take the clips out of my hair and slide my dress off. I’m sitting on the end of the bed with only my bra and underwear on.

I just want this day to be over. I was having such a great time and then I had to see her. Max’s ex-girlfriend, ex-lover, ex-…

“Liz?” I turn to see Max just walked in the room.

“Max!” I quickly grab the comforter off the bed and wrap it around myself. God! I don’t want him to see me.

“What’s wrong?” He eyes me suspiciously and I can do nothing but bite my lip at the hurt look on his face right now.

“Wrong? Nothing’s wrong Max, I’m just tired.”

“Well if you’re tired why aren’t you laying down instead of gripping the comforter to your body?” He slowly walks closer to me. He looks so good today, what am I talking about today? He always looks so good, I just want to jump him sometimes, like right now, but I can’t. Not after seeing Dari, she’s like Wow! And I’m like…yeah okay!

“Oh well I was cold.”

“Liz?”

“Max?” I hope he just drops it. Hey a girl can pray can’t she?

“Tell me what’s wrong? What did I do or…or say?” He finally comes to stand before me and he reaches his hands out to hold me, but I shy away and walk around him towards the balcony doors.

“She’s really beautiful Max.”

“Who?” I turn around and give him the “yeah right” look.

“Dariana? Liz, no…she’s….”

“Beautiful Max. I knew she would be I just didn’t think it would be like that. I mean how could anyone even compare.” He crosses the room quickly to stand in front of me. He runs his hands through my hair.

“Liz, yeah she’s pretty, but she is nothing, and I mean nothing compared to you. Liz you are perfect in everyway, I wish you could see it through my eyes. I wish you could feel what I feel when I look at you. I could never look at anyone the way I do you, you are everything I’ve ever wanted or even dreamed about.” At his profession the tears slowly slip from the corners of my eyes. I don’t know how he does it but no matter what, he manages to make me feel like the most precious thing to him. I love him even more for it.

“Don’t cry Liz, you’re too beautiful to cry. If they’re happy tears then okay, but other than that no more tears. I told you I don’t want to make you cry I just want to make you happy. Do I? Do I make you happy?” He’s on his knees in front of me, his arms encircling my waist and I look down onto him and I smile.

“You make me so happy Max, I’m sorry I’m just so jealous of her.”

“Don’t be jealous Liz, if anything she is jealous of you.”

“Of me? Right Max!” He looks up at me and I can see the love and admiration he has for me.

“Yes, of you. She could never have my heart and it’s the one thing she wanted most, but it wasn’t mine to give, it belongs to you. It will always belong to you.” I lean down and kiss him softly; he reaches his hand up to cradle my neck and deepens the kiss. I feel him softly tugging on the comforter for it to drop and when it does, he breaks our kiss to trail his hands down my body before placing soft kisses everywhere along my body and legs.

I kneel down in front of him and he pulls me flush with is body, I can feel his heart racing, his chest rising and falling. He covers my mouth with his and slides his tongue along the rim of my lips for me open up to him. Which I gladly do, he groans into my mouth and I feel his hands trailing all over my exposed skin. He’s mine and I know he is, he wants no one but me and I intend on showing him exactly how that makes me feel.

We break apart, panting heavily as he lays out the comforter. When he kneels back down next to me I quickly work at the buttons of his shirt, I cover his mouth with hot open mouth kisses, that I know he loves and that I know drive him crazy. “Liz…hmm.”

I push is shirt off his shoulders and run my hands down the expansion of his muscular back then down the front of his chest, slowing making my way down to kiss every inch of his hot skin. I gently lay him back and without hesitation he pulls me on top of him.

“Maax.” I can’t help but moan his name. He’s grinding his hips into mine and I feel like my entire body is on fire. His hands move to grip my bottom and then he runs his hands up my back and down again. I shamelessly grind my hot center into him, I don’t know how far we’re going tonight but I have no intentions of stopping.

God! I can’t get enough of him. I love the way he feels against my body. I fit him perfectly.

He quickly removes my bra and slides it off my shoulders, he runs the palms of his hands over my soft breasts and I can’t help but melt into his soft touches and caresses. He leans his head up to suck on them gently twirling his tongue around my nipples until they’re hard peaks. He trails his tongue up my neck until he reaches my lips, then he plunges his tongue in and out of my mouth over and over. He’s driving me crazy right now.

I slide my hands between us to remove his pants and his boxers.

“Hmm Liz…ah…yes…” I love it when he says my name breathlessly. I kneel back and stand to remove my panties; he simply looks up at me and licks his lips. God! It’s like he can devour me with his eyes, I will never grow tired of that look.

“Come here Liz. I want you so bad right now, you know that right?” I straddle his hips and rub my moist center against his straining erection.

“Yes Max…I know…I want you too…so bad…” He leans up and I wrap my legs around him as he trails wet kisses from my lips to my neck down the valley of my breasts.

He slides a hand between or grinding bodies to touch me, and I wait in anticipation for it. I arch up into his hand once I feel him.

“Oh God! Max!”

“Liz, you’re so ready…can I…ah…can I have you?” He pulls his lips away, but not his hands; they are still doing their magic, to ask me that question. I don’t answer him I just roll off of him to lay beside him.

He rolls immediately on top of me parting my legs with his hands.

“I love you Liz.” He says and leans in to kiss me, this time it’s filled with so much passion, the same passion we used to share what seems so long ago. It’s still there though, I thought we lost it, but we didn’t.

“I love you Max.” I let my hands slide between us to guide him to me; I know he’s unsure I can tell by his actions. We haven’t been this way in over a year; I know I’m nervous as hell.

“Liz…wait!” He pulls away just as the tip of his erection enters me.

“W-what?” I pant out breathlessly, oh no he is not stopping right now!

“A-are you sure you don’t want to wait? I can wait Liz.” I look at him and I can feel the tightening in my chest at his words. I know he would wait for me, just like I would for him but I don’t want to.

“I want you Max, I don’t want to wait anymore but…mmm.” I never get to finish that sentence because he attacks my lips and he slowly enters me and I can’t help but lift my legs and wrap them around his waist pushes the balls of my feet against his ass to push him deeper.

He takes the hint and slides completely inside of me. “Oh yes Max! Ahh you feel so good…ah…so good.” He rocks gently letting me get used to him, I forgot how full I feel with him inside of me, no one completes me more than him, no one ever could.

“Liz…ah yes…God you’re so wet and…ahh tight…you feel…” His incoherent moaning just gets me fired up and I begin to grind shamelessly into him. He pumps into me harder and faster, I know he’s nearing his peak and so am I.

“Yes Max…harder…ah…faster…. oh Max…yes…. yes!” I make it over the edge first, my walls clamping down on him, fluttering wilding and I know that’s all it takes for him.

“Liz…ah…hmm…yes…. ah…Liz…Liiiz!” He explodes inside of me, rocking in and out of me until he is spent. He buries his head in the crook of my neck and I run my hands up and down his back until he comes down from his high. He veers his head up and looks down at my face.

“I love you so much, that’s was…wow!” He leans in and places a soft feather light kiss, the polar opposite of the ones we shared moments ago, on my lips.

“Love you too and I know…it was wow!” I smile and rise up a little to kiss his lips once again. He rolls off me and lifts me up to place me on the bed along with the comforter. He slips in next to me wrapping his arms around me tightly, he tells me he loves me and I tell him the same thing before we both drift off to sleep.

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Chapter 43


Max


Last night had to be the most incredible night of my life. Liz and I made love. And, for the first time, we actually told each other that we love each other during; that in and of itself if amazing.

I roll over to feel the bed is cold, “Hmm, I wonder where she is?”

I quickly put my pants back on and see that my shirt is missing. After brushing my teeth, I make my way downstairs only to hear the banging of plates?

“Liz?”

“In here, Max!” I turn the small corner and see her standing near the kitchens center island wearing nothing but my light blue shirt. I have to say, that is quickly becoming my favorite shirt. She’s twirling around in the kitchen mixing something in a big bowl.

“Hey baby, did you sleep okay?” She puts the bowl down and lunges at me. I quickly grab her, lift her and pin her body next to mine.

“Hmm it was perfect, except…” I kiss her mouth quickly.

“Except what?” She slides down back to the ground and lifts her hands to cradle my face.

“I woke up alone, that’s the part that wasn’t…mmm.” She plants her lips right on top of mine and I lift my hands to cradle her delicate neck, fusing our lips together.

“Aw, I’m sorry about that but I wanted to make us breakfast.” She says with a smile on her face as she steps away to finish cooking.

“So what are you making?” I ask her as I take a seat on one of the stools near the counter.

“I’m making you pancakes, bacon, eggs, toast…” She’s so cute. How can anyone not love her?

“Liz, baby that’s really great and I’m really hungry but don’t you think that’s a lot of food for just the two of us, considering you eat like a bird.”

“Max Evans, I do not eat like a bird and for your information I invited Michael over, so there.” She looks up at me and sticks her tongue out at me.

“Parker, you’re a grown woman… when are you going to learn you’re too old to be sticking your tongue out at people?” I say with a mocking voice.

“Don’t be jealous cause I’m cuter than you, just get over it.” I quickly stand up and am at her side in an instant.

“Stop Max! I’m trying to cook breakfast!” I tickle her sides and she’s laughing uncontrollably.

“Please Max, come on…. I…I c-can’t b-breathe.” I relent and let her continue with her cooking.

“I’m going upstairs to take a shower.”

“Okay, see you in a little while.” I lean down and kiss her cheek as she continues diligently cooking up a storm.

“Oh Max!” I turn and re-enter the kitchen.

“Yeah?”

“I’m going to call Damian in a little while, do you want me to wait for you?”

“No go ahead, I’ll call back after you’re done if I’m not out the shower by then.”

“Okay.” I turn and leave the kitchen and head upstairs for a nice long shower.

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Liz

I should join him in the shower, but I can’t. I have to finish cooking and then call Damian. I need to hear his voice for myself to be sure he’s okay. It’s not that I don’t believe everyone but he’s just so important to me and I know that he was probably scared and I wasn’t there, that is what upsets me the most about the whole situation.

I’m so thankful that he’s okay though, that’s what’s important. What’s also important is that I get my ass dressed before Michael comes over; I don’t think he would appreciate seeing me in just Max’s shirt.

Once everything is done, I put it in the oven to stay warm. Max should be done with his shower soon and Michael… well, Michael is Michael and he’ll be late. I make my way upstairs and I hear the telephone ring in the living room. I run over to pick it up.

“Hello?”

“Hey Liz, it’s Michael is Max there?”

“Yeah, but he’s in the shower. Why aren’t you here yet?”

“About that, I just got a phone call and Max and I need to head into work today, important client we need to see, it was not scheduled but we can’t miss it.” I am disappointed but I understand.

“Okay, so I’ll just go tell Max to get dressed then.”

“Thank you Liz, tell him I’ll be there in ten minutes so make it quick.” I smile because I know that Max can get dressed and be ready to go before Michael even gets here, even though he only lives like six blocks away.

“Bye.”

“Bye Liz.”

Oh well, there goes breakfast. I head back upstairs to go tell Max about working today.

I enter his room, I don’t even look around I just focus on the bathroom door, where I can hear the shower still running. I hesitate for just a moment before opening the door. The room is so steamy; I don’t know how he takes such hot showers.

“Max, Michael just called and he…Max! No!” He reaches out of the shower and pulls me in.

“Hey there sexy, finally coming to join me?” He wraps his arms around me, nuzzling his nose in my neck.

“Max! I don’t believe you just did that, I’m all wet now!”

“Hmm but that’s a good thing, Liz.”

“I’m serious! Michael is on his way over and he said that you guys need to head into the office today to meet with a client.” I say while pushing away from him trying to get out of the shower. Now I need to hurry up, because Max’s light blue shirt is completely see through now.

“No that meeting isn’t until tomorrow.” He tries to correct me while rinsing his hair out.

“No Max, that meeting is today, and Michael will be here in ten minutes, so you need to move your ass!” I jump out the shower before he tries to attack me again. I quickly try and towel dry myself.

“Fuck! Are you serious? Damn it and I had the whole day planned for us.” He says to me disappointedly, while stepping out the shower. I know I should be saying something like, “It’s okay we can do something later,” but I can’t because he is standing in front of me dripping wet and naked. I cannot focus on anything but his body, and right now more than anything I wish that he didn’t have to go to work because I could definitely find some things to occupy our time.

“Liz, stop staring, it’s not nice.” He says with a knowing smirk on his face. He turns around to grab a towel to wrap around his waist, and I take that opportunity to take my towel and slap his ass with it.

“Hey watch it, don’t damage the goods.”

“Yeah whatever, their my goods to do with as I please.” I say matter of fact-ly and finish it off with a wink as I exit the bathroom.

“Hey wait! You can’t say something like that and then run off.” He says while chasing me out the room. He stops me at the door and wraps his arms around my waist and rests his head on my shoulder.

“Yes I can.”

“I love you Liz.” I lean my head back against his shoulder and smile.

“I love you Max.” I turn my head to look at him and I lean up to place a kiss on his mouth, but when he tries to deepen it I pull away.

“I wasn’t finished.” He pouts at me.

“I know, that’s why I stopped, you need to get dressed now go!” I say leaving him standing there in just his towel and it takes all my willpower to not rip off the towel and jump him, but I know his work is important and there is plenty of time for that later.

I manage to change quickly into something a bit more presentable and make my way back downstairs. Max manages to stop me as I reach the railing.

“Baby?”

“Yes?” I turn around to see him dressed in a black suit with a dark green shirt and matching tie, he looks good enough to eat right now. Damn! What is wrong with me? I have sex on the brain today.

“I probably won’t be back till later and I’m sorry about that, I know you don’t have a lot to do, but as soon as you see my doctor and he says everything is okay, you can go out and do whatever you want.” He takes my hand and we walk down the staircase together.

“I know Max, it’s okay. I will just clean up a bit and…”

“No!” He stops in his tracks as we reach the last step.

“No?”

“Liz, you are not here to clean up, I can do it myself.”

“Max, I live here too, and besides I think my room needs some cleaning from last nights activities.”

“Hmm don’t remind me otherwise I’ll never leave.” He turns and kisses me, he cradles my head in his hands and I slide my tongue in his mouth, he moans softly. I pull away softly and he takes a minute to get his bearings.

“Sounds good to me, but you have to.”

“Liiz.”

“Stop whining Max. We’ll have more of that later.”

“Oh really? Promise?”

“Promise, now go grab a little something to eat.” I usher him towards the kitchen.

“God, Liz I’m so sorry and you cooked all that food. I feel really bad.” I know he does, but I don’t mind it at all.

“It’s okay Max, there are more important things to take care of. Speaking of that, can I talk to you for a sec about something? You don’t have to answer me now, but just think about it okay?” I say to him seriously. I wanted to ask him this last night but I lost my nerve. He stops chewing on the bacon he has in his hands to look at me.

“Yeah, is everything okay?”

“What? Yeah, everything is fine. I just…I mean…last night…I…do…” I can’t get this out without sounding desperate. Maybe I should just hold off on the question. He drops the bacon onto the plate in front of him and rushes to my side.

“Liz, tell me.” He looks so concerned. I should have waited to ask him.

“Nothing, just…we’ll talk about it later.”

“We’ll talk about it now Liz, just tell me. Whatever it is you can ask me.” He says while rubbing his hands up and down my arms to soothe me.

“Max, I just I wanted to know, you know after last night, if you would want to stay with me…I mean you are staying with me, that’s not what I mean. I mean instead of staying in your room, you stay in mine, or it can be ours or whatever you want it to be, but if you don’t that’s okay too, but if you want to then I want to. You don’t have to answer me right now you can think about it or I…mmm….” He covers my mouth with his and runs his hands through my hair then down my back and then lifts me by my hips to deposit me on top of the counter top and steps between my legs.

“God Max!” He trails his wet mouth up and down my neck and then returns to kissing me, sliding his tongue in and out of my mouth, “Hmm…Maax.”

“Hmm…Liiz.” He has to be the best damn kisser in the world, he is devouring my mouth and I can’t complain one bit. When the need for air becomes too great he pulls away and looks at me through hooded eyes.

“I want that Liz so bad.” He says breathlessly.

“Really?” I ask through my panting breaths.

“Yes, when I get home I’ll move my stuff in there.”

“Don’t worry about it, I have my project for the day, I’ll move your stuff over, and then maybe this weekend or something we can pick our new furniture for the room, something we both like, if that’s okay with you.” I ask him shyly. He takes his index finger and places it gently under my chin so I can meet him in the eyes.

“Liz, that sounds perfect. And don’t be shy about it, we are together now and I’m not ever letting you go again. You’re mine.” I smile at his words. They don’t come off as possessive, it’s how he feels and I couldn’t agree more that he’s mine and I’m never letting him go again.

“I know Max, it’s just I don’t want you to think we’re moving too quickly or anything.”

“Never Liz, I think we are moving along just fine.” He smiles at me and places a quick kiss on the tip of my nose before helping me down from the counter. Just in time because Michael is at the front door.

“I’ll call you.”

“Okay Max, have a good day. Love you.”

“Love you too.”

Alone at last, hmm I wonder what I should do first? Eat, that’s what I need to do right now especially if I plan on cleaning. Me on an empty stomach is not a good thing at all. Talk about bitchy.

I need to make a few phone calls so after I finish breakfast I decide to call Damian first.

“Hello?”

“Hi Isabel. It’s Liz.” I wonder what she’s doing home; she has class during the day.

“Oh hi Liz, how are you doing?”

“I’m doing good, just getting settled in I was calling to speak to Damian. How is he doing?”

“Oh he’s much better. I was terrified that day, I didn’t know what to do, but Alex was calm and he took care of everything.”

“I’m glad Isabel, Alex is good at that. I can only imagine what is was like for you, but I’m so happy everything is okay.” I know if it was me I would probably still be hysterical over it. I can’t even imagine being there to see him like that.

“Yes, well Alex is a really great guy. And Damian will be back in a few minutes mom has him at the store with her.” My conscious has gotten the better of me so I have to ask her what’s going on between her and Alex.

“We’re doing better, we’re back together but I have a lot of work to do in that department. You were right Liz; I’m just ashamed that it took the accident with Damian for me to really realize how good I have it. It’s amazing how much Alex loves me, how much he supports me, and how much he just wants me to be happy. I have to prove to him that I want to be with him, I don’t know how though and things are going to get more complicated real soon.” Alright, now I know something is definitely wrong with her, her voice has changed, she sounds like there is something she wants to say but she’s afraid to say it. I know exactly what that feels like so I can sympathize.

“Isabel, is everything okay? I mean… are you okay?”

“Yeah, why do you ask?” Okay she is hiding something, something big.

“I just wondered what you were doing home, no class today?”

“Oh…I…um…I just wasn’t feeling well.”

“Isabel, I know that we aren’t best friends but I hope that you know that you can trust me and that I won’t say anything to anyone if you don’t want me to, I think you know that already, don’t you?”


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Isabel


I can’t tell her. I can’t tell anyone. What am I going to do? Alex and I just decided to try again and this is big. I know I can trust her no matter what, I don’t deserve it but that’s Liz, she would never tell anyone, not even Max if I asked her not to, not until I was ready anyways.

“Liz, I know that I can trust you, it’s just I don’t know what to do. I’m so afraid of what Alex is going to say, what my parents are going to say. I mean it’s not like I’m not old enough but…” I’m rambling now and I do not ramble, but I don’t know what to say.

“Isabel, just calm down and tell me.” She is so concerned for me…me. How is it possible for one person to have such a big heart? I mean, Max has a heart of gold but it takes a lot for him to forgive, but Liz she is forgiving and loving almost on demand. It amazes me and I now know exactly what my brother sees in her.

“Liz…I haven’t been feeling well these past couple of days and I just thought it was the flu or something, but it turns out I’m…pregnant.” There I said it, it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

“Wow! Isabel that is so great! I’m so happy for you!” She sounds so enthusiastic that it makes me smile for the first time over this pregnancy. It’s not that I’m not happy about it, but Alex and I live with my parents. I know that I could just suck it up and accept Max and Michael’s help but I can’t.

“Thank you Liz. I really needed to hear that.”

“Your welcome, but Isabel what’s wrong? That’s great news, Alex and everyone is going to be happy about it.”

“You think? Liz… we live with my parents. Alex has been interviewing all over the place; in fact, today after school he has another interview with a place that has a main office there in California, with a position available. He’s really hoping he gets the job so that when we move he’ll be able to start right away.”

“Isabel, everyone… and I mean everyone, is going to be so excited. I can’t wait! Then when you move here I will have two children to watch. While Damian is at school I will have the baby to watch. Oh! I’m so excited and you should be too, you’re going to be a mommy again!” God! How could I have ever been mean to her? She is so genuinely sweet and lovable. I have to laugh through my tears at her words.

“I am Liz, I really am excited. Thank you for letting me share it with you.”

“Anytime. Wow! Max and Michael are going to be so excited.” I was silent for a moment thinking about Max. He still hasn’t spoken to me; he’s so upset with me right now. I don’t know if any news would be received well from me to him.

“Liz, maybe you can tell Max for me, because I don’t think he’s ready to talk to me.”

“Nonsense! He will talk to you Isabel, he was just upset, I’m sure he’s okay now and if not give me a few minutes with him and he will understand.”

“Thank Liz, but I don’t…”

“Isabel stop! I forgave you and Max will too don’t worry. I’ll talk to him tonight but I won’t tell him about the pregnancy, okay?”

“Okay.” She has made me feel so much better.

“Do you guys know when you are moving out here?”

“Honestly my parents are trying to get everything done, so instead of being out there in six months, they are looking to cut that in half. Which I honestly can’t wait for.”

“Me too Isabel. Did you know that Maria is coming out here? I don’t know if maybe Michael told you or something.”

“Yes, Michael did tell us, he also told us that he is thinking seriously about getting back together with Maria and that they have already discussed it.”

“Yeah I can’t wait, according to Max and Michael she really needs some friends around and I know how much she loves Michael and how mad she is with herself.”

“I know Liz, I think everything will work out for them. They both deserve it. I hear that you and Max are doing well, are you? I mean…” I don’t want to pry, in fact she probably doesn’t want to share any information about her and Max.

“Actually we are better than good, we’re great! I’m so happy Isabel. Happier then I could ever even imagine. I love him so much.” She sounds so happy, I know that Max loves her probably more than she does him. It’s a hard thing to explain, but just the way he looks at her. She is his whole world and if he ever lost her I know for a fact that he wouldn’t make it very long. I know this past year was hard for him, but it was inevitable for them to catch up with one another again, maybe not the circumstances but they were meant for one another. They are the other half of each other, you can’t keep people like that away for too long, and they’ll die inside from it.

“I know Liz, Max loves you so much. You mean the world to him.”

“I know.” She says just barely above a whisper.

“Hey Liz, Damian is back so I’m going to put him on the phone now.”

“Great!”

“Aunt Liz!”

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Liz


“Hi sweetheart! How are you?” God! I miss him more than I even want to think about.

“I’m good, I got hurt, but I’m better now. I miss you.” He sounds so sad and it breaks my heart.

“I know, I miss you too, but mommy just told me that Grandpa and Grandma are doing everything they can to get everybody moved out here with Uncle Max, Uncle Michael and me and I can’t wait.”

“Me neither. Aunt Liz?”

“Yes honey?”

“Am I gonna live close to you when I go there?”

“Yes you will honey, I know that your Uncles won’t have it any other way. So don’t you worry about that you just worry about getting better okay?”

“ I’ll be better when I see you.” He’s making me cry now.

“I know, so when do you go back to school?” I say trying to change the subject and his focus.

“I go back tomorrow but I can’t play basketball. Do you think Uncle Max and Uncle Michael are gonna be upset with me?”

“Upset? Never, they would never be upset with you or disappointed in you. They love you, we all love you and you are trying to get better.”

“Okay. I love you.”

“I love you too. I know that your Uncles are going to be calling you later, so you just go rest and don’t give your Mom and Grandma a hard time you hear me?”

“Yes I hear you. Bye.”

“Bye sweetie.”

Well that was quite an interesting conversation with Isabel. I would never have expected it but I am very excited about the news and I know that Max will be. That is after I convince him that Isabel is not the devils spawn. Okay, I know I’m exaggerating but he is still upset and hurt. I think he forgives her but he’s really hurt by what she did to me. Honestly, if she had done it to him, he probably wouldn’t have cared so much or had so much passion behind his anger but when it comes to me, he is very protective. Can’t say that I don’t love it, but sometimes it can be overbearing for others.

I decide that I need to start cleaning if I ever plan on getting done. After three hours and several breaks I have managed to move just about everything of Max’s into our bedroom.

Our bedroom.

I love the sound of that when it rolls off my tongue. The only thing I have left is to remove the sheets off his bed and clean out the nightstand drawers.

I walk around the unmade bed, and take the pillows off one at a time removing the covers and tossing them to the floor. I notice something shiny sticking out from under one of the pillows on the bed, I lift the pillow up in the air and I see a necklace…a woman’s necklace, a very expensive looking necklace. I wonder…

No.

It’s not hers is it?

No.

I mean what would it still be doing in his bed?

Okay Liz just focus, finish up and get the hell out of this room.

I get back to the task at hand and remove the comforter and toss it to the other side of the bed, then I lift up the sheet but what I see next makes me sick to my stomach, literally.

I have to run to the bathroom and empty my stomach, because on his bed…between his sheets…is a lacey black pair of woman’s underwear and an open…empty condom wrapper.


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Chapter 44


Alex


I walked into the house to find Isabel and Diane talking at the kitchen table.

“Alex, I’m glad your home.” Isabel says to me as she rises from her place at the table to give me a quick kiss and hug.

“Daddy!” I turn to see my son running at me with full force. I quickly bend down to pick him up.

“Hey there, champ. How are you feeling today?” I place a kiss on top of his head and put him back on the floor. He is entirely too old for me to carry him for very long.

“I feel much better and I talked to Aunt Liz, Uncle Max and Uncle Michael today.” He says with such enthusiasm we all can’t help but laugh

“Oh really! I’m glad, because I know you miss them.”

“I do, but Aunt Liz says we are gonna move there soon and be close.”

“That’s right we are going to live close to them soon.” I move across the room to open the fridge for a drink.

“Alex, I didn’t make dinner because we are going out tonight.” Diane says to me with a kind of cryptic tone in her voice.

“That’s good because I have some really good news.”

“How was the interview Alex? I wanted to ask you the second you walked in the room but I wasn’t sure if I should now or wait.” Isabel came up next to me placing a hand on my shoulder; I raise my hand and place it softly over hers right before a smile spreads across my face.

“I got it, Iz! I start in four weeks!” I turn around and lift her in the air placing kisses all over her face.

“Oh my God! Alex, honey, that is so great! I knew you could do it, they would be fools not to hire you!”

“Alex, that’s such great news. Four weeks, that’s really soon. Does that mean that you…”

“Yes Diane, I have to be in California in four weeks to start, which means I’ll be taking my classes at night after work and that I have to transfer everything over there.”

“Alex I can do that for you, don’t worry.” Isabel says to me while still beaming at my news. I wasn’t sure if she would be okay with it, mainly because I have no intentions of moving without her and Damian.

“Thank you Iz, but that means that we have to move much sooner than planned… that is, if you want to go.” I ask her because we haven’t even discussed it yet.

“Of course! Alex we are going with you. I can transfer my credits over and I can find a job there.”

“Yes Iz but what about Damian? We won’t have anyone to watch him.”

“Yes we will, I already talked to Liz today and she is more than willing to watch him, she is anxiously awaiting it.”

“Okay then I guess it’s settled we’re moving in less than four weeks.” I say just as Phillip walks in the room.

“Diane, did you already let it slip?”

“Phillip no! Alex was talking about his job.” Diane yells in surprise. What did I miss?

“Oh! I mean, congratulations Alex, well-done son. We all knew you would get it.” Philip comes over to pat me on the back.

“I guess I blew the dinner surprise didn’t I, Diane?” Philip says to his wife, while placing a kiss on her cheek.

“Yes you did.”

“Then I will make the announcement official. We have found a place with the help of Angela, Michael and Max and we can move in three weeks. Which means we don’t have much time. So we need to get packing and planning.” Philip says with a smile spread across his face.

“Dad that’s great! But what about the office? I mean your clients, how are you going to deal with that?”

“Isabel, it’s okay for the first few months I will be traveling with your mother back and forth until everything gets finalized, but because of Alex’s job and Damian this is the best thing for all of us and it couldn’t have happened at a better time.”

“You’re right Dad. I can’t believe it, we have a lot of work to do.” Isabel says and then turns to me and grabs my hand, I look down at her and I see something in her eye.

“Mom, Dad… do you think that we can still go for dinner? There’s something I’d like to share with everyone?”

“Of course honey, I just have to finish getting ready and we can go.”

“Thanks, Alex and I will be right back. Come on Alex I need to talk to you.” She turns to leave the room and head upstairs. I wonder what this is about.

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Isabel

I’m so nervous but I know I have to tell him. After my talk with Liz I realized that she was right, this is a good thing…a great thing and Alex will be happy. I know things with us are rocky right now and I don’t want him to feel pressured to be with me either. Okay Isabel, calm down and just tell him.

We are in our bedroom, and I already sent Damian to wash up before we leave and then to head downstairs to wait for everyone. Alex is currently standing by the door and I ask him to close it.

“Iz are you okay?” He’s so concerned; I know I must look like a deer caught in the headlights because how do I tell him? I remember the first time and well, that went better than I expected so why and I so nervous?

I know, my brother thinks I’m a descendent of the devil, Alex thinks I’m a liar but they both love me. I swear I have to buy Liz the biggest and best present for her birthday coming up.

“Alex I’m fine, I mean I’ve been feeling sick but…”

“I know Iz, maybe you should go to the doctor, there might be something wrong, you know and I’m worried.” He steps closer to me and runs his hand down my arm and takes my hand to sit us down on the bed.

“I am going to go to the doctor Alex but I already know what’s wrong with me, well not wrong but…” I take a deep breath and turn and look at him, my tears have already formed and I can’t stop them from trailing down my face as I look into his face.

“Alex…I’m…pregnant.” I hold my breath for his reaction.

“Y-you’re p-pregnant? I…really?” I can’t tell if this line of questioning is good or bad so I just answer as seriously as possible.

“Yes, about six weeks by my calculations, but I took a test this morning I mean I have to go to the…” I never get to finish my sentence because Alex lunges at me and plants his lips on mine and kisses me breathless.

“Oh my God! I’m going to be a daddy again! Isabel…God!” He says to me so enthusiastically after pulling away from our kiss. “I love you so much, thank you.” Excuse me? Did I miss something? Shouldn’t I be the one thanking him for not dropping my sorry ass?

“Alex, I love you too. So you’re okay with this?” I ask him, still not sure if it has all sunk in for him.

“Okay? O-okay!? Yes! Isabel this is great, Damian is going to be so happy, our parents, Liz, Max, Michael, everyone!” He has a huge smile on his face, he is completely lit up like a Christmas tree right now and I can’t help but smile just as brightly.

“I can’t wait to tell everyone!”

“Alex, before we shout it from the mountain tops, we need to talk…about us. I know we are still rocky and I know I have a lot to make up for; I don’t want you to think I have forgotten about that for one minute, because I haven’t. But we are moving in…together…without my parents right?”

“Yes, we have enough saved plus this job is paying me an obscene amount of money to run their computer department so we will be fine.” He sounds so sure of himself, but I have to admit I’m scared as hell.

“Isabel, it’s going to be okay, we’re going to be okay. I love you and I know you love me, we will work hard at the rest together alright?”

“Yes Alex, I’m just scared what if…” He places a finger to my lips to silence me.

“It’s all scary Iz, but fun and exciting at the same time, let’s do this together because I couldn’t imagine doing anything in my life without you.” I smile and place a kiss on his lips.

“Thank you. You ready to go?”

“Hell yeah!”

We announced the news to my parents and Damian and just as both Alex and Liz predicted, they couldn’t have been more excited. I asked however, that no one tell Max or Michael, because I wanted to be the one to tell them both. That will have to wait until tomorrow; today has been a long and exciting day. Everyone respects my wishes and we settle down to a really great meal, one of our lasts in Roswell.

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Liz

I left Max’s room and went straight to my room to take a very long shower. After I cried and cried until I felt broken, my brain cleared and I realized that there is just no way…No way that Max slept with her recently. It would be impossible, I mean, he has been with me in Roswell and the only time he has seen her was yesterday and that is just not possible.

He would never do that to me, I don’t care if it is his ex-slut or not. I just don’t understand how or why that stuff was in his bed. He would never just leave it there, especially if he knew I was cleaning his room. It just doesn’t add up and as much as I want to avoid that conversation with him, I need to know, to understand.

I’m now sitting in the living room, watching television, waiting for Max to get home. I already called the doctor and he wants me to go in tomorrow for a check up but he says I should be just fine to drive, so all I can say to that is finally!

The phone rings and I lean over the couch to get it maybe its Max.

“Hello?”

“Hey sexy, what are you wearing?” I can’t help but smile at his words.

“Hmm…nothing.”

“W-what? Really?”

“Max come on, you know damn well I’m not sprawled out on your couch wearing nothing.” I say teasingly, because if I really think about it hell yeah I would!

“Liz, you are killing me here. I’m just picturing it, your perky breasts, pink nipples, hmm…yeah I can see it now.” He growls lightly into the phone.

“Max Evans! Would you get your mind out the gutter!?” I’m actually blushing now.

“I can’t help it when I have a hot thing like you waiting for me at home.” He is so terrible but I love him for it.

“How about you focus on why you called me, Romeo?”

“Ah, yes! I should be leaving here in two hours, I’m sorry it’s taken all day baby, but we need this deal, we have been working on this for six months and we are minutes from closing the deal.”

“I understand Max, do you want me to make dinner or something?”

“Baby, if you want to, you know I’ll eat. Oh, did you call the doctor?”

“Yes I did and he wants so see me tomorrow, he said that I should be perfectly fine to drive.”

“I’ll take you to the doctor tomorrow then after he checks you out, I’ll be okay for you to drive okay?” He just concerned so I agree with him.

“I talked to Damian today and Isabel.”

“Really? Yeah, I talked to Damian today as well, he’s doing so much better.”

“Yeah he is Max, but we need to talk about Isabel.” I know he has been avoiding this conversation but now is not the time. I have no idea if she’s already told Alex but I know she won’t keep it too long and I know she would want to tell both Max and Michael.

“Liz, I don’t have time for that right now.” He sounds irritated but too bad for him.

“Max, I know you don’t but we need to talk about it.”

“I…”

“Please Max for me, would you just hear me out on it?” I know he won’t say no, there are a few things Max can’t refuse and fortunately for me, I am one of them.

“Alright Liz, for you I will. When I get home we can talk about it okay?”

“Yes sweetheart, glad you see it my way.”

“I have to get going now so I’ll call you when I’m on my way home okay?”

“Yes, oh Max? I need to ask you something and don’t get upset about it.”

“What is it?” I know he’s so busy but I think I will explode if I don’t get my answers now.

“When was the last time you…Dari…I found her necklace in your bed, well what I presume to be her necklace and I…”

“Shit! I knew she did something yesterday but I couldn’t figure out what it was. God! Liz I’m so sorry I…”

“No Max, that’s fine trust me, compared to what else she left that was nothing.”

“What do you mean?” I know he has no idea what I’m talking about.

“Don’t worry about it Max, seriously I just wondered when you guys you know…the last time you…slept together.” I have to roll my eyes heavenward when I hear him groan into the phone and tell me he doesn’t want to talk about it because it doesn’t matter and I tell him that it does for me, I would really like to know. I tell him not because I think anything happened but she is obviously up to something, I mean who leaves an expensive necklace at someone’s house if they have no plans of coming to collect it right?

“Liz, it was I don’t know…if I had to guess I would say at least four to five weeks ago. It was the day she arrived in Roswell, the day after I went to the hospital to see you. It’s not important Liz, you know that meant nothing to me right?” He sounds so worried, I swear he is almost in tears at this point.

“Max calm down, I’m not upset, I know it didn’t. I just wondered why she left her underwear and a condom wrapper in your bed along with her…”

“What?! That fucking bitch! I swear to God Liz I had no idea…none… that she did that shit!” His voice was way beyond yelling at this point, he was fuming I could almost feel the rage through the phone line.

“Baby, calm down. I’m okay really.” Yeah, Liz, you sound really convincing.

“Liz, are you? I don’t think you are?”

“I am Max, well not at first but after about an hour of crying I’m all good. So don’t worry. Max, it wasn’t that I didn’t trust you because I do, it’s just the thought of it makes me sick and I’m sorry because it doesn’t matter.”

“I’m so sorry Liz, I really wish you didn’t find that. I don’t know what is wrong with her. When she gets back I will tell her exactly what she can do with her shit!”

“I know you will Max, but don’t even worry about it. I’m seriously okay.” I think I really am now, just hearing the anger from Max about the situation clears my head quickly of any lingering feelings I think he might have had for her.

“I love you Liz and when I get home I’m going to prove it to you.” His anger subdued for the moment and the comment comes out very teasingly and sexual.

“Hmm I can’t wait! So hurry it up. Don’t keep me waiting too long Max, you know I don’t like that.” I say in a flirty voice ending it off with a small laugh.

“Oh don’t I know it. Okay I really have to go. Love you.”

“Love you too, bye.”

“Bye babe.”

I’m glad I got the chance to talk to Max about that before he got home. Now I have to get ready for tonight, because I plan on letting him know that I have no doubts about his love or feelings for me.

I head upstairs and make it into our bedroom, just as the phone rings again. I run to the nightstand to answer it.

“Hello?”

“Liz?”

“Maria?”

“Hi! How are you?”

“I’m good Maria, really good. How are you doing?” God it feels like a lifetime that I have spoken to the girl.

“I think I’ll be doing much better after this damn tour. I swear Liz I love the fans and the music but I can’t handle the business anymore.” I hear the desperation in her voice.

“I know… I talked to Michael a little. Don’t worry, you’ll be here soon and we will talk okay, we will work through this together.”

“Liz, how can you be that way with me?”

“Be what way? How am I being?”

“Forgiving Liz, I just want to tell you how sorry I am that I wasn’t a better friend and I hope that I get the chance to make that up to you.”

“Maria stop! There is nothing you could have done. I brought it on myself for lying; it was my fault and my fault alone. I won’t discuss that anymore, so there is nothing to forgive you for except maybe not calling me sooner.” She’s silent for a minute.

“I know I should have but I was waiting because I wasn’t sure how you would react and I don’t think I could handle it if you…you told me you hated me.”

“Hate you? Maria I could never hate you. I love you so much and I can’t wait to see you.”

“Me either, I’m actually calling because of that. I am going to be a few days early. And I wanted to just check with Max to see if that was okay or not? We planned on getting together…all of us and I just wanted to check his schedule.”

“When are you going to be here?”

“Tomorrow, actually.”

“Really? Wow! That’s so great! I don’t know what Max’s schedule is, but I will tell you that I’m available.” Yeah I have no life, but I plan on working on that one soon.

“Thanks Liz.” Now I’m about to do something I’m not sure I should be doing, but I mean I live here now so I guess I can make decisions too right? Right!

“Where are you staying?”

“Oh I have a hotel room at the…”

“Nope that won’t work.” I state as if I have some profound reason why that won’t work.

“It won’t?” She’s confused I know it.

“No because you are family and you should stay here with Max and I. Besides that way you’ll be close to Michael too and I know you both want to see each other, so that works out perfectly.” I hope she doesn’t object to it.

“I mean…is…do you think it would be….”

“It’s fine Maria, trust me. Max will have no problems with it and I want you here. Please?” I beg her shamelessly.

“Alright Liz, I’m there. I should be there sometime in the afternoon is that okay?”

“Perfect! I’ll see you then Maria.”

“Okay bye Liz and thanks!”

After my conversation I decide to finish getting ready for Max, cook dinner and wait for him downstairs on the couch.

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Max

I finally get to leave work, sometimes I wonder if I shouldn’t take up house there. I spend so much time at that office, but it’s all worth it because Michael and I can help our family out immensely by doing so.

I still can’t believe that Dariana had the nerve to put that shit in my bed; she probably figured Liz would find it because if I found it, that shit would have went right into the trash. She is pissing me off and we aren’t even together anymore. And Liz, I can just imagine what she felt when she found it. It makes me sick to even think about it, but I’m glad that I’m finally getting it through her think skull about how I feel about her. She could have gone in a thousand different directions with what she found, but she didn’t and I can’t say that I’m not ecstatic about that.

I called her about ten minutes ago to let her know I was on my way home. I put my briefcase down in the hallway and enter the living room and what I see there literally makes me drool.

There I said it, I’m a grown man and I am drooling.

Why?

Let’s see if I can paint this picture clearly.

Liz, wearing nothing but a red silk robe that is hanging open exposing one of her soft subtle breasts, lying across the living room couch. Her hair sprawled over the side of it and her legs parted ever so slightly giving me a perfect view of her sweet spot.

“Hmm hi honey. I’ve been waiting for you.” She purrs to me and turns slightly to her side letting the robe slip further apart to grant me a view of the curve of her hips.

“I can see that and trust me I wanted to be here sooner.” I say while removing my jacket, shoes, socks and shirt. I slowly walk over to her and run my hands up her legs over her flat stomach and over one perky breast. I lean over and take one nipple into my mouth, swiping my tongue over the sensitive peak. She arches up into me and I release it gently before placing a kiss on her lips. She reaches for me and strokes her tiny hands down my chest; my skin is on fire just from her light caresses.

I kiss her harder, more passionately and she pulls me down on top of her. Our tongues dueling for dominance, I drag my lips over hers over and over until we break apart panting loudly. I want her so bad and tell her as much.

“Me too Max, I want you so bad. I waited all day.”

“Oh me too and I don’t think I can wait any longer.” I look down into her eyes and I can see the fire burning inside of her. I quickly rise and remove my pants and boxers in one quick swoop. She rises from the couch and just as I am about to ask her what she’s doing, she slides the silk from her body, grabs my arm and pushes me into the couch.

“Somebody a little impatient, are we?” I jokingly say to her, but she just smirks and straddles my lap. I quickly wrap her in my arms and kiss her lips, neck, down the valley between her breasts and she’s grinding her hips into my erection with great force. She’s going to kill me…ah but what a sweet death.

“Max I want you now.” She whispers in my ear right before she wraps her hand over my erection and sinks her body onto it.

“God! Liz…” I hiss out.

“Hmm Max…yes!” She arches her body and I lean down and take her hard nipple into my mouth; sucking, kissing and licking then switch off. All the while she is pounding herself onto me. Making the most erotic noises I have ever heard.

“Yes…Oh hmm Max…ah…ugh…yeah…. yes…. ah…yes.” She runs her hands up and down my chest and I pull her head to my lips to kiss her. My tongue swiping the inside of her mouth over and over, swallowing her moans.

“Damn Liz, ah you feel so fucking good!” I pull away when she leans forward and wraps her arms around my neck and I thrust my hips into hers roughly.

“Hmm I know…I can tell.” She’s close and so am I. She speeds up her movements and I can’t help but throw my head back against the couch and bear down for her orgasm.

“Max…yes…oh God! Yes…. ah Max…Yessss!” Her walls contract around me like an iron fist and I let go right after her.

After a few minutes, we get up enough energy to form complete sentences; she leans in and kisses me softly,

“Love you.”

“I love you too Liz.”

“You hungry?” She already knows this answer so I just look at her and say,

“After that? I think you know I’m starving.” I pull my pants on as she slips on her robe and I follow her into the kitchen.


TBC…On Next Post

[Behrsgirl77]

Chapter 45


Max

I don’t think I can walk today at all, after last night’s activities on the couch we returned to the bedroom for two more rounds. If I could stay in bed all day I would, but I have to take Liz to the doctor and then I need to get into work.

“Max?” Liz calls me from the bathroom where she just got out of the shower.

“Yeah?”

“I didn’t get to tell you about Maria last night.”

“No, we didn’t do much talking before or after dinner.” I say while burrowing my head further into my pillow so my words come out more muffled than anything.

“Max Evans, get out of the bed already. We need to get out of here and you need to get to work. Now, back to Maria. She will be arriving this afternoon and I told her she could stay here.”

“That’s good to hear, so she’ll have a few more days. That’s great Liz.”

“Did you hear what I said, Maria will be staying here with us.” She pauses like she has something else to say but is waiting for a response from me.

“Okay, this is supposed be news to me because?” I say while slowly rising from the bed. My entire body hurts. I am so out of practice, I don’t know how I forgot what it was like with Liz, but I did and boy am I suffering for it. Not in a bad way either, but I need to hit the gym more often I guess bring up my stamina or something. Oh wait; Liz is saying something to me.

“…I wasn’t sure.” Huh?

“Oh, no Liz I expected as much, besides it’s not like we don’t have the room or anything.” I rummage through my closet for a suit to wear then over to the dresser to pull out a clean pair of boxers and make my way into the bathroom.

“Great! Thanks Max.”

“Liz, stop it already! Like I would say no to you or to Maria.”

“I know but I…hmm.” I cover her pretty pink lips with my morning breath. When I pull away, she says,

“That was sweet but hmm morning breath is not.” She scrunches her nose up and I just smile at her and tell her I love her.

I turn on the shower and jump in and start lathering up. When Liz’s voice breaks in. “Max we need to talk about Isabel.”

A few seconds later I hear her say “Stop groaning Max, it’s not becoming.” Did I do that out loud?

“So what are we discussing about Isabel, Liz?”

“We are discussing that she is your sister, and she made a mistake and I think it’s time for you to forgive and forget.”

“Forgive and forget? Liz she put your life in danger for her own selfish reasons, I can’t forget that. Hell I don’t know if I can forgive her for it.” I tell Liz the truth because even though I love Isabel and if she were to call me right now and tell me she needed me I would be there in a heartbeat but that doesn’t mean I can just wash everything away that happened.

“Max. There were a lot of people to blame for the situation, me included so if you can forgive me then you can forgive her. She misses you, you know.” I miss her too.

“Did she say that?” I inquire, very interested to see what her response will be.

“Well no, but I know that she does, trust me. I know Isabel wants to talk to you but she’s afraid you’ll just hang up on her.”

“I’m not cruel, Liz… I would never do that. I would tell her bye first.”

“Alright Evans, you’re not getting an option! Isabel needs you, she’s just afraid that you’ll never forgive her. She’s suffered long enough and I want you to really consider what not talking to her means. She’s your sister and she loves you, she thought she was helping and you know what, she did. She helped me, maybe she had other motives in the beginning but in the end she did, she helped me. So I am asking you to just think about it okay?” I hear everything Liz is saying and I know she’s right but the hurt is still there.

“Max?”

“Yeah babe?”

“If she calls you and you hang up on her, or you are mean to her, I will kick you in the balls and deprive you for a month. But no pressure okay? You do what you think you need to do. Love you.” Ouch! I know I can’t come back with anything because if it’s one thing Liz Parker does, is stick to her word.

“Got it! Love you too!” I muster up some enthusiasm for that one.

“I’ll be downstairs getting something to eat, so hurry.”

After she leaves, I finish up my shower and get dressed. All the while thinking about what Liz just said to me about Isabel. Does she know something? I wonder if maybe that’s why she’s saying this to me, not that I doubt for one minute she wouldn’t have confronted me on this subject soon anyway.

I know that if I really think about it, I’m still very angry with Isabel, but I can, in a way, understand where she is coming from. When I thought that Liz and Jordan were together I would have taken every opportunity to kick his ass but I never did because I didn’t want to hurt Liz. For Isabel though, she was already upset with Liz for the shit we were going through and even though she had no right to interfere, she thought she was helping me, so even though there were ulterior motives and jealousy, she felt she was helping the situation.

Liz is right, I need to just move past it, and it’s still going to be a sore spot for us, especially when it comes to Liz. However, if Liz has forgiven her then I can, or rather I should be able to, as well.

I make my way downstairs and see Liz, once again in the kitchen. She must love it or something so I ask her.

“Actually yes, first of all this kitchen is just amazing. It has everything you could ever want in one but I just enjoy cooking. Maybe because I got to learn from your mom and then just trying things myself but I really like it.” She says with a smile and a hint of something else behind her eyes.

“Liz? Is there something you want to ask me or tell me?”

“About what?”

“I know we haven’t talked about it yet, but I don’t know what you want to do Liz? Do you want to go to school? Work? Or no? I mean you don’t have to by any means but I want you to do what you want to do and be happy with it.” I tell her honestly.

“I don’t know I have thought about it, but I’m still working on that, I mean I love photography and I would like to take a few classes for that but I think I’m leaning towards something else.” Can she get any more vague?

“O-okay what does that mean?” She turns to stand in front of me and ducks her head.

“I think I want to go to school for both photography and…and cooking.”

“Cooking? But Liz you already….”

“No not that kind Max, I want to learn to make different things…mainly desserts. I want to make unique deserts and stuff like that.” She says shyly.

“Alright then, find out where and when and we’ll get you going.” I tell her seriously, her face just lights up and she throws her arms around me.

“Thank you Max.”

“Welcome, now let’s get going.”

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Liz

“Can I drive there Max?” I look at him hopefully when we enter the garage. He takes a second before he agrees.

“So which one do I get to drive? Hmm…so many to choose from.” I say jokingly to him.

“Liz there are three…not many…three is not many.” He says while opening the garage doors for me.

I stroll over to his most precious mode of transportation his “baby” as he calls it. He looks at me arching his eyebrow asking me the silent question. “Are you taking my baby?”

I just smile and open the door and get in the drivers side.

“So you’re taking my baby for a spin? I hope you enjoy it.”

“Oh so she’s your baby? Funny cause I always thought I was your only baby girl. I guess I thought wrong, thank you for putting me in my place.” I say as seriously as possible.

“That’s not what I mean I…you are wrong on so many levels Liz…that was just cruel to do to me.” Ha! He saw the smirk on my face right before he was going to apologize… I love it!

“Okay Max let’s focus here, I need to drive and you need to tell me where to go.” He proceeds to give me directions and we are on our way.

After the doctor gave me a clean bill of health, of course that’s after he tells me I have to return in a month for a check up. He lets me leave and I take Max back home to pick up a car to get to work and I head inside to prepare for Maria’s arrival.

I clean the house up quickly, it really doesn’t need that much done but I get Maria’s room all ready for her with clean sheets and toiletries.

I’m in the kitchen making some lunch when the doorbell sounds. I’m so excited I actually skip to the door. It swings open and there is Maria standing there with her sunglasses on, a pair of hip hugger jeans and a black tank top and a pair of black sneakers on. Suitcases surrounding her I lunge at her.

“Maria!”

“Liz!”

We hug each other on the doorstep for a minute and then I let her into the house.

“I’m so glad you’re here.”

“Liz you look so great!”

“I do? No Maria you look great. God! It feels like ages since I’ve seen you.”

“Yes it does.”

“Are you hungry I was just making lunch?”

“I am, let me just get my stuff inside.” I turn around and see all the bags so I help her with them and I tell her to just leave them and Max will bring them upstairs later.

We make our way into the kitchen and eat lunch together just talking about what she’s currently doing. Afterwards we make our way into the living room to talk a little more seriously.

“So Liz you want to bring me up to date on the current status of you and Max?” I just smile like a freaking high school teenager whose first crush looked at them for the first time or something.

“Oh this is gonna be good I know it!” I slap her on the arm and fold my legs underneath me.

“We are together Maria, very together and I couldn’t be happier. He told me he loves me and always has and I did too. It was amazing and liberating all at the same time. For the first time I can tell Max how I feel about him and not feel like he’s going to reject me.” I confess to her.

“Liz I hate to tell you this, but you could have always told him and he wasn’t going anywhere.”

“I know but I didn’t know then. Anyway we’re living together and I’m just so happy!” I know that I am just repeating it over and over again but it feels good to be able to share this with someone other than myself.

“I can tell, sweetie. Now you say you and Max are living together as in you have your room, he has his room in the same house?”

“No, I mean we share our bedroom!” We both squeal now.

“Oh, you need to share girlfriend, have you and Max…you know….” She nudges me and I just nibble my bottom lip.

“Finally!”

“Ah Maria, not finally more like…again. Yeah again because see Max and I have been since senior prom.”

“What?! Oh, I have obviously missed the train, so back that thing up and spill.” I have to laugh at her she still loves her gossip. So for the next two hours I tell her everything that happened between Max and I, between Jordan and me and everything up to an including the pregnancy with Max and the elusive stranger that night.

“Damn Liz, I wish you would have told me. I’m sure you would have if I didn’t up and leave everyone. I can never tell you how sorry I am for doing that. I wish I could go back and make things better, do things differently. I would be with Michael, probably married and maybe have kids, but now it’s like I have to start all over. I know it’s my punishment but I feel like it’s never going to end.” She is depressing me now. I know exactly what Max and Michael were talking about with her being the way she is.

“Maria, it’s not punishment. Michael wants to be with you, he wants to trust you but you have to know what you want. And if it’s not him then you need to tell him now, before he falls too deep.” I don’t tell her this to be mean but to be honest so she knows where everyone is coming from.

“I know Liz, I know. I’ve thought about it, hell it’s the only thing I can think about without going crazy. It’s like when we met up again, something changed. I have been searching for years for answers on what I want to do with my life. And when I saw him again, Liz it was like a light went off and I knew it right then and there. I fucked up so bad, but I wanted him back. I want to be with him more now than ever, but I was so afraid I ruined it and I’d never get another chance. So when we were talking on the phone and he asked me if I wanted to try again, because he did I felt like it must be a dream he cannot be serious.”

“But he was.” I added knowingly. Despite everything Michael still loves her and wants to be with her.

“Maria?” We are both leaning back against the couch at this point sitting in silence.

“Yeah Liz?”

“How did we get so lucky to find them?”

“I don’t know, but I thank God everyday that we did.”

“Yeah…me too.”

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Maria

It’s so good to be back just hanging out with Liz and picking out clothes for tonight. We decided to surprise the guys and go out to a club tonight. Yeah, they aren’t going to like it but we have some ideas and we both hope it will occupy their minds and bodies at the same time.

Bodies.

Just thinking along those lines makes me all tingling inside. I haven’t been with a guy in four years.

Four very long…very lonely years.

I’ve tried, trust me but when it came down to it, I wasn’t in love with them and so I just couldn’t do it.

“Maria, how about this?” Liz comes out of the bathroom wearing a deep red slip dress that fits her just right. Max is going to flip out when he sees her.

“Liz you look hot! Seriously babe, jaw dropping, awe inspiring…fu.”

“Maria! Stop right there! Really do you think it looks okay? I mean I don’t have much on top to fill this thing.” She’s so insecure, Max could shout it from the rooftops and she would still be in denial.

“Liz you’re beautiful, hot and sexy so just stop fishing for compliments! Now, it’s a slip dress Liz you’re not really supposed to “fill” it out, it’s supposed to just hang on your body in the right spots and don’t worry this one is.” I tell her with a quick wink.

“Alright then, what about you? What are you going to wear?” She asks as she sits on the chaise lounge at the edge of the bed putting on her shoes.

“I’m not sure, what do you think about this?” I turn around and hold up a black mini skirt and purple top that crisscrosses in the front.

“I like it! Yeah wear that. Okay I’m going to call Max again and see where he is and then let him go and tell Michael to get dressed cause we’re going out to a bar or something and then we can surprise him when we get to his house.” I’m not so sure I like the idea of surprising Michael. Earlier though both Max and Liz thought it would be a good idea, so I went with it. Now I’m feeling sick. What if he changed his mind, what if he doesn’t feel like going out or…

“Maria would you stop thinking! You’re killing me over here. Go get dressed and I’ll be downstairs.”

“Okay Liz, getting dressed without another word.”

She leaves me in the room to get ready I hope I can get enough nerve up to get my ass downstairs.

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Max

“Michael, I’ll be back with Liz in about twenty minutes, just get dressed.”

“Maxwell, I’m not in the mood to go to a bar or anything.” He has been giving me this speech since this afternoon when I got off the phone with Liz.

“Michael, please Liz really wants to go and she really wants you to go.” I know low blow, but I held out as long as possible with that card and he left me no other choice.

“Fine! I’ll go, but just for the record that was low Maxwell.” Ha! Works like a charm.

“Yeah, yeah whatever, just be ready.” I leave Michael at his house; I followed him back to convince him to go tonight.

I head over to my house, I walk in and I see Liz. I can see the back of her; she’s in the living room bent over slightly looking at home CD’s on the rack near the wall. My eyes travel up her tiny calves to the back of her knees to the hem of her dress over her butt, up her back and she must sense me because she turns around and smiles.

“You look amazing Liz.”

“Thank you. Now go get ready.”

“No ‘hello sweetheart, how was work?’ Just got get ready!” She strides over to me and wraps her arms around my neck and places a kiss on my lips.

“How was work honey? I missed you.” She purrs into my ear and I feel myself growing rapidly aroused at this point and I think she can tell.

“Max! God! Are you ever not in the mood?”

“Hmm, nope! Pretty much an all day thing when you’re around and when I’m thinking about you while I’m at work, in the car…Ah the daydreams Liz, gotta love ‘em.” She slaps my chest and tells me once again to go get ready.

“Fine, I don’t have to stand here and take this. I’m going to get ready!” I stop up the stairs and make a mad dash for our bedroom because I really do need to hurry up before Michael decides to take a nap.

I remerge from the bedroom and run into Maria in the hallway as I make my way towards the stairs.

“Hi Maria, its so good to see you again.”

“Max! Hi, thanks for everything.” I quickly turn to face her and wrap my arms around her giving her a comforting hug because I can tell she is nervous as hell.

“Don’t worry, everything will be fine.” I say to her and reach out my hand for her to take as we walk down the stairs into the living room.

“There you are! I thought I was going to have to come and rescue you from the closet or something!” Liz says jokingly to Maria who just smiles. We both can see the hesitation in her eyes.

Just as I’m about to say something, the doorbell rings. Who the hell is that?

Liz turns and makes her way into the hallway to answer it, she opens the door and to all our surprises its…

“Michael! Hi! What are you doing here, I thought we were coming to get you?” Liz says pretty loud I guess to let us know who it is and to be prepared. I feel Maria death grip my hand and I reach my other one out to her and gently place it on top and squeeze gently for support.

“I can’t do this Max.”

“Yes you can Maria, he’s going to be happy I promise you. Trust me.”

“Alright, I trust you.” I let her hand go and let her stand on her own in front of me.

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Michael

Boy Liz is pretty chipper today. She is practically shouting at me right now.

“I know I was supposed to wait for Max but I figured it was just easier if I took a quick ride over here, I hope that’s okay.”

“Yeah of course it is Michael!”

“Liz?”

“Yeah?”

“Two things… can I come in and why are you shouting?” She steps to the side quickly.

“Sorry I’m just…so happy to see you.”

“Me too Liz.” I reach out and wrap my arms around her and place a kiss on her cheek and that’s when I hear it.

“Hey Evans! Get your hands off my woman!” I release Liz and we walk down the hall and just as we are about to emerge into the living room I say,

“Always a smart as…Maria?” I don’t believe it. She’s here…now…in front of me. I’m not prepared; I wasn’t planning on seeing her. God! I could have worn something a little better than these jeans.

“H-hi Michael.”

“Surprise!” Liz says from beside me with a big goofy smile on her face, I can’t help but laugh. I look up to see Max behind Maria laughing along with us.

“Wow! I didn’t expect you here, it’s so good to see you.” I walk up to her and pull her into an embrace and place a kiss on her cheek.

“Yeah you too. It was their idea to keep it from you.” She points to Max and Liz, figures.

“Okay can we go now?”

“Maxwell, you wanna grab your woman and calm her down over here?”

“Ha, ha Mikey, no can do. She’s right; I’d like to get the hell out of here already.”

Max walks past me to grab a hold of Liz and escort her out the door. I turn to Maria and reach out my hand to her and she grabs hold of it and smiles. Things are definitely looking up for me.

Max decides he’s taking his “baby” today and so I decide to take Maria with me. We are in the car for a few minutes before I ask her why she’s here so soon.

“Oh, well, I had a few days off and decided why the hell not! I called Liz and she said it was okay for me to stay with her and Max so we could catch up.”

“That’s really good, I’m glad you’re here… it was nice surprise.”

“Thank you Michael. So do you know where we’re going?”

“I have do idea. So did you and Liz catch up on things?”

“Yes we did, and it was really good to laugh with her again. Just to laugh was a good thing you know?” I just don’t know what to say to her, she is no nervous right now, and I can see it on her face. She’s trying to pretend she’s not but she is. I hope that tonight being with her will make her see that I want to do just that…be with her.

I have so much to say to her, but the funny thing is for me being with her again is like no time has passed between us. No hateful words… its just Maria and Michael again and it makes me really sickeningly happy. I decide to break the ice with that bit of information.

“Really? I mean you don’t feel awkward or anything?” She asks me surprised, can’t say I blame her, I shock the hell out of my self most days.

“Yes, really Maria. I just I really want to try with you, to be with you if that ‘s what you want.” She silent for the rest of the car ride, we arrive at the club and she gets out without another word. I guess I thought wrong she really doesn’t want this.

We meet up with Max and Liz outside and we enter the club. Maria still has not said a word to me. I walk up to the bar with Max, while Liz and Maria head off to the ladies room.

“Maxwell, I think I just fucked up.” I tell him while hanging my head.

“What? How? Michael you have only been in the car for what…twenty minutes.”

“Well I told Maria that I wanted to be with her and she just didn’t say anything. She stopped talking to me all together.”

“Michael she just probably doesn’t know what to say, give her a few minutes with Liz, trust me.” He pats me on the back before he chugs his beer. I can only hope he is right.

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Maria

“Liz I don’t know what to do, tell me what should I do and I’ll do it.” I ask Liz while pacing the woman’s bathroom for the past five minutes. She halts me with by reaching a hand out to grab my arm.

“Snap out of it Maria! He just told you he wants to be with you and that he just wants to move forward, it’s what you wanted right?”

“Yes! That’s the problem I didn’t think it would be that easy.”

“It’s not going to be but he’s willing to try and forget everything and trust you, don’t break his trust Maria, because you will never, ever get another chance to get it back.”

“I know Liz. So what do I do? I haven’t said one word to him since he told me.” I royally fucked up now. Good going DeLuca!

“You and I are going to dance with our men that’s what.” Huh?

“Ah Liz? You do know that Michael does not dance right? Or does he now? God! I don’t even know I mean…”

“Maria shut up and let’s go!” She drags me out of the bathroom and into the main floor of the club. I can see both Max and Michael sitting at the bar. I’m so scared what if he doesn’t want to talk to me anymore.

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Liz

I know how Maria feels, and I know for a fact how Michael feels and she should know Michael better than that. Yes he doesn’t dance but I always have a plan for these things. I drag Maria out of the bathroom and over to the DJ. I ask him to play a special song I have selected for this evenings activity.

I stroll over to Max and grab him by the arm as soon as the song starts he looks confused but that’s okay he’ll understand in a minute.

I see Maria go up to Michael and ask him to dance; after he gives her a “are you serious” look he gets up and follows her out on the dance floor.

“Liz, what are you doing?”

“I just want to dance with you Max, don’t worry I won’t hurt you.” I say to him just as the song starts.



It's so hot in here

Oh, it's so hot, and I need some air.
Oh boy, don't stop 'cos I'm halfway there
It's not complicated, we're just syncopated
We can read each other's minds.
One love united
Two bodies synchronizing
Don't even need to touch me
Baby, just

I wrap my arms around his neck and I move my body against him to the music. He brings his arms around me and places them on my hips and begins to move his body against mine. He drops his head down and begins kissing my neck, wet open mouth kisses that leave a trail of fire in their absence.

Breathe on me, yeah, oh
Baby just, breathe on me
We don't need to touch, just
Breathe, oh, yeah

“God Liz, you’re turning me on.” I smile because that is exactly what I was going for.

Oh, this is way beyond the physical (it's a way beyond the physical)
Tonight, my senses don't make sense at all
Our imagination, taking us to places
We have never been before
Take me in, let it out

Don't even need to touch me
Baby, just

I grind my body against his to the beat of the music and he reaches behind me and pulls me closer if possible, my heart is racing and my breath is coming out in harsh pants. I didn’t think I would get so damn turned on dancing, the object of the game was to get him hot and bothered.

Breathe on me, yeah, oh baby
Just, breathe on me.
We don't need to touch, just
Breathe (breathe) on (on) me (me), oh baby
Just, breathe (breathe) on (on) me (me)
We don't need to touch
Just breath

I look up at his face and I can see how turned on he is right now, he leans down and captures my lips in a kiss. He drags his mouth over mine, sliding his tongue in and out of my mouth over and over. I feel like I’m going to explode, I don’t know how long I can hold out for at this point. I wanted to make it at least back home, but at this rate I’m going to take him right here right now.

Monogamy is the way to go
Just put your lips together and blow

Breathe, breathe, oh

Breathe on me (oh oh) oh
Baby just, breathe on me (on me)
We don't need to touch, just
Breathe (breathe) on (on) me (me) oh
Baby just, breathe (breathe) on (on) me (me)
We don't need to touch, just

After the song ends I run…and I mean run up to Maria and Michael who are currently caught up in some serious lip action, but I have to interrupt them.

“Maria, Michael.” They break apart like they didn’t know they were just making out.

“Yeah?” Michael asks slightly embarrassed.

“Max and I are leaving now. So we will see you guys later…or not.” I say with a wink and smile as I run back to Max and drag him out of the club.

“Liz, baby what’s wrong? Are you okay?” He knows what’s wrong…fucker!

“I’m fine Max would you mind driving?” I try to say in my most innocent sounding voice.

“No problem.” He gets in the car and drives us home. When we get to the garage he opens the doors and then as soon as he parks the car I turn in my seat to ask him,

“So you really love your “baby” don’t you?” He looks at me confused, turned on but confused.

“What? Yeah I love the car, she rides great.” Just the answer I was waiting for. Without much warning I hop over to his side of the car right into his lap.

“So Max, she gives you a good ride?”

“Y-yes.” He looks at me suspiciously and rightfully so.

“Well I guess I’ll have to let you decide which baby girl gives you the best ride.” I say as I lean back to undo his jeans to free his already rapidly growing erection.

“Liz, w-what are you doing? Not that I don’t like it but here?” He asks me incredulously.

“Yes Max, I want you to tell me who your baby really is.” I purr in his ear then I cover his mouth with mine and place my hand behind his head running my hands through the hair at the nape of his neck deepening our kiss.

“Liz…I want you so bad right now.” He pants out breathlessly between kisses.

“So take me Max.” He reaches between us to guide himself inside of me. We both groan in unison at the feel and the thrill all in one.

“Who’s your baby Max…tell me…” I pant sinking myself on top of him over and over again in heated frenzy.

“Ah…Liz…yeah…baby…you…y-you’re my baby. Fuck!” His breathing is harsh and fine sheen of sweat is forming at his brow he’s so close.

“Are you sure? I…I don’t feel like I’m your only one…and I need to feel it Max.” My body is on fire, I’m on the edge and I want to let go but I want to wait for him to answer the question.

“God! Liz yes! Oh yes baby you are t-the only one…ah yeah…ah…yes…ugh…” I hear his words and I let go, my walls clamp down on him and I let go, releasing a long serrated moan as he releases inside of me full force. He throws his head back against the seat and I lift up off him and exit the car.

“I hope you remember which “baby” gives you the best ride.” I say to him turning on my heels and entering the house leaving him with his…thoughts.



TBC… Song is not mine, belongs to Britney "Breathe on Me"

[Behrsgirl77]

Chapter 46


Maria

The first thing I notice when I wake up is that I’m not in Max’s house, I turn over slowly and see the sun peaking in from outside. I stretch my arms out from under the blankets and that’s when I feel it. Something hard and warm I turn slowly to find Michael lying next to me…naked?

Oh my God!

What the hell did I do? I mean I know…at least I think we didn’t sleep together. I quickly pull the blankets from my body and that’s when I feel it. I know we slept together last night. I must be more tired than I thought, what should I do? This is so awkward, I mean do I wake him up or leave him here?

I decide that it would probably be best if I just took a shower first to clear my head. I try and get up from the bed as gently as possible so that I don’t wake him.

Once inside his bathroom I turn on the water and jump in. I’m feeling so much more awake now, all I can think about now is what happened between us. It was everything I hoped our reunion would be and more. Dancing at the club, making out with him it was like I was a teenager again and it felt really good. I had a great time, something I didn’t think was possible for me anymore.

“Hey there beautiful, thinking about me?” I drop the bar of soap in my hands and turn around to find Michael standing behind me.

“Michael! God! You scared the hell out of me!” I tell him while trying to keep my eyes from wandering down his chest and…lower.

“I’m sorry, didn’t mean it but I couldn’t resist it when I heard you get up from bed.” He says as he steps closer to me dropping a small kiss on my shoulder and trailing up my neck to finally capture my lips.

“Hmm morning.” He says as he pulls away.

“Morning.” I don’t know what to say now, so I turn around and pick up the bar of soap and begin to take a very quick shower.

“Maria, are you okay?” He asks me and his voice is laced with concern.

“What? Yes, Michael I’m fine why wouldn’t I be?” I ask him turning my head over my shoulder to ask him. He can tell I know he can and how am I supposed to hide it. I can’t just ask him, and even if I could do I want to know the answer?

“Maria, I know you’re not telling me something. Don’t keep things from me, we can’t do that, we said we wouldn’t do that to each other last night.” He says while placing a hand on my shoulder and turning me around.

“I know, I just…I wondered if…I mean where are we now? I’ve only been back a day well two counting today and I just…I don’t want to make a mistake Michael.”

“Maria, by you telling me how you feel is not making a mistake, and even if you do it’s okay you don’t have to be perfect. No one is judging you here. But I need to ask you something Maria and I need you to be honest with me okay? No matter what you’re answer is just tell me.” He asks me, he’s taking a huge step in trusting me, he hasn’t asked me to prove it to him, but by asking whatever it is he’s going to ask me, I know that’s my test; not so much for him as it is me. I need to learn to be honest, if I’m not happy it’s okay to say that and if I am it’s even better to say it.

“Yes Michael.” He takes a deep breath and lets it out hard.

“Okay…alright…you want to be with me right? I mean you haven’t changed your mind?”

“What? No Michael I haven’t…have you?” I’m getting worried now, what if he regrets last night what if…

“No not at all, but I don’t just want to see you Maria, I want to be with you. I want us to live together and I know you must think I’m rushing things, but now that you’re back and we are where we are, I don’t want any more time to pass us by. You’re the only person I want to be with.” He pauses and he looks like it’s taking a great effort on his part to not breakdown.

“If you’re not ready Maria, you need to tell me because what happened…what happened before between us can’t happen again, I don’t think I can survive that again. It’s okay if you’re not ready, we can take our time but I wanted you to know where I was coming from and what I was expecting.” Wow! I honestly don’t know how to answer, I mean I have so many things that are running through my mind. First of all I want to be with him that I know, but I have this whole thing going on with the record company and my manager, not to mention the fact that I live in New York. And as much as I bitch and moan about it, if I didn’t sing I don’t know what I would be doing. I have no other skill to get me through life and that terrifies me more than anything.

“Michael I want everything you want but I need time Michael I’m sorry. I have things that I need to work through and I can’t do that around you, because when I’m around you I forget everything else going on, and I don’t have that luxury yet. Just please give me a little time to think things through okay?” I ask him hopefully. I don’t want him to think that I need to think about he and I, I need to think about Maria the person not Maria the singer.

“Fair enough. I have to get to work so I’ll see you later? I think Max mentioned we were going to dinner or something?”

“Yes, we are. I’m going over their place today to help Liz shop for some furniture and then I’ll meet you over there before dinner.”

“Are you nervous?”

“Yeah a little. I mean tomorrow might actually be the last time I perform on stage.” I’m not only nervous but sad as well. I have a big decision to make and the only person I know I can talk to about it is Liz.

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Liz

“Max!” I yell to him in the bathroom as I run around the bedroom picking up the clothes that I need to wash today.

“Yeah?” He peeks his head out of the doorway to look at me.

“Are you making the reservations or am I?” I say while bending over putting the clothes into the laundry basket at me feet. He’s silent for a minute so I turn around and catch him staring at me. I just roll my eyes and clear my throat.

“Whatever you want, if you can make them that would be great!” He goes back to his business in the bathroom.

“What are you and Maria doing today?”

“We are going to look at furniture.”

“Oh.” He sounds disappointed?

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” He steps out the bathroom turning the light out and crosses over in front of me to remove the basket from my hands to carry downstairs.

“Max…what’s wrong.” I say as he walks past me into the hallway.

“I…I just thought we were going to look at furniture together, but it’s not big deal…I…” I grab him by the arm and stop his movements. I lean in closer to him and say,

“Aww are you upset that I’ll be picking out our bed?”

“No.” He scowls at me then turns to continue on his path down the hall.

“Max!” He sighs heavily and turns around to look at me.

“It’s fine Liz.” He looks so adorable and sexy!

“Max we are going to look at patio furniture. The one you have is nice but yeah, we need more chairs and I’m not at all thrilled with the choice of color scheme…green? No Max it’s outdoor furniture it should be lighter, cleaner…I don’t know just not green.” I say trying to make a point but yeah I can’t remember what that was.

“Oh okay well then have fun!” I see the excitement in his eyes when I told him what I was shopping for. Sometimes he is just too cute for words.

When we finally make it downstairs and break apart from our goodbye kiss he reaches for his briefcase and I ask him about Isabel.

“No I haven’t had the time but I was planning on calling her today if she doesn’t call me first.” I know he’s so unsure of what to say to her, but I have a feeling that once they get on the phone Isabel will tell Max her news. I can only hope that she has told Alex already.

“Okay honey, have a good day. I’ll talk to you later.” He turns and smiles as he reaches for the door before he walks out.

Now all I have to do is take a shower right after I throw the clothes in the washing machine, get ready and wait for Maria.

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Michael

“Hey Maxwell, what do we have lined up for today?” I say walking into Max’s office to see him buried in paperwork.

“Hmm, let’s see we have a meeting in about an hour, then we have to take a look at the layout for tomorrows presentation. On top of the fact that I have about a million calls to make for the party in three weeks, I’m still not sure about it though. I mean we want the account that would be our fourth biggest account since we started out, but I just I’m not sure.” He says while looking through his filing cabinet. He always gets so worried when making presentations for new clients, all of that ends once he’s standing up in front of everyone, one could never tell that he was nervous ever. It was just the way he presented himself. Now about this party, we have a new customer looking for us for it’s advertising and we thought that throwing a party for them would show them we are willing to throw out all the stops to make them comfortable and happy with us representing them in the market.

“Max, calm down. The party will be great. It’s going to be amazing they won’t even know what hit them. Just relax, that’s why you have assistants Maxwell.” He just looks up and smiles then rolls his eyes.

“So, how’s Maria.” I can here the hit of humor in his voice. I take a seat across from him.

“She’s fine I guess.”

“What’s wrong? I mean nothing happened right I mean you guys didn’t fight our anything?” He asked dropping is pen to really look at me to see if I was telling him the truth.

“No, we didn’t fight. But I told her that I wanted to be with her, that I wanted us to live together and she said she needed time.”

“Okay, well you should expect that man, she still doesn’t know what she’s doing about her career and she doesn’t live here Michael. I mean she would have to move her whole life for you.”

“Don’t you think she should? I mean I forgave her shouldn’t…don’t I deserve something?”

“Michael, please tell me you are not going to use this against her somehow. She needs time you need to respect that and let her decide. If she doesn’t want that then it’s better she tells you now, then to pretend until it’s too late. I know you love her, and I know she loves you, but she has been dealing with so much shit from her manager and record label on top of the fact that she has a show tomorrow…a show that could be her last based on the decisions she makes while you’re giving her time.” I hate it when he’s right. I just nod my head and begin to find the rug in Max’s office very interesting.

“Hey, I’m going to call mom and leave a message for Isabel to call me back, you wanna talk to her when I’m done?”

“Yeah, that would be great. See ya in a few.”

“Okay.” I close the door behind me so Max can call home. I just feel restless and I have to sit in a meeting in an hour. This is going to be a very long day I can tell.

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Max


“Hello?”

“Hi Mom!”

“Max, honey how are you?”

“I’m good. Maria’s here already, she and Liz are out shopping today.”

“How are Liz and Maria?”

“They’re good, the doctor said Liz was all clear. She has to go back in a few weeks for another follow up but besides that she’s great. Maria, well Maria and Michael are together I guess, you’ll have to talk to him about that one. Anyway, how’s everyone?”

“Good, we are all good!” Okay she is very enthused about everyone being “good”.

“Alex got the job too, so it’s all going to work out for the move.”

“That’s great, look Mom I have to get going soon and I know Michael wants to talk to you but can you give Isabel a message for me?”

“Why don’t you talk to her yourself, she’s upstairs.” Oh she must be home from school or she didn’t go or something.

“Oh well okay, yeah that’s fine.”

“Alright just hold on and I’ll go get her.” I hear her put the phone down and I now I take the opportunity to figure out what the hell I’m going to say to her. A few minutes later I hear Isabel pick up the phone.

“Hello.”

“Hi Iz, how are you doing?”

“Max, I’m good you know just um…good.” She sounds nervous and I hate it. I hate that my own twin sister and I can’t even make conversation. I sigh into the phone before I begin.

“Iz, look I want you to know that I’m sorry for what I said to you, I was angry and upset and I…”

“No Max! I’m the one that should be apologizing not you. I can never tell you how sorry I am for what I did, for the pain I caused you and Liz…but I….” I have to cut her off, I don’t want to bring everything back up again. Liz is safe and that’s all that matters to me.

“Isabel don’t please. I’m past it; Liz and I are together and happy. I just want to tell you one thing.”

“Okay Max.” She says softly into the phone. I can tell she’s crying and I hate it but I can’t change what happened.
“I have to trust you Isabel, I want to trust you so I will try again, but if you ever do what anything remotely close to that again, I won’t move past it…I can’t. I love you Iz, you are my sister but if I can’t trust you then we have nothing, do you understand where I’m coming from?”

“Yes Max, I understand.” Rather than dwelling on things any longer I ask her about Alex and tell her how happy I am he got the job.

“Oh Max, he’s so happy. And we are doing better, much better. When we get out there we are going to be moving in together so I’m really excited about that.”

“Yeah me too. Alex is a great guy and he loves you, believe that.”

“I do Max, I do. And I have a lot to make up for and I’m trying.” I smile because I know she knows the severity of her actions.

“Max, do you have a sec? There’s something I wanted to tell you.”

“Yeah sure.” I tell her while standing up gathering my papers for the meeting.

“Well I…I just wanted to tell you that Alex and I…I mean…I’m pregnant.” Wait? Did she say pregnant? No…that must have been my imagination.

“Max?” Oh damn! I got a little sidetracked there.

“Iz, you’re pregnant?”

“Yes.”

“Wow! God! Congratulations! I’m going to be an Uncle again, ah…Alex must be so happy and Mom and Dad!” She’s laughing into the phone and right now I’m just speechless.

“They are, and I just wanted to be the one who told you. Liz knows already, don’t tell Alex but she was the first one to know.” I find that news a little strange.

“I know what you’re thinking but she called me and I was home from school sick and she was concerned and I was screaming inside because I was terrified that Alex wouldn’t be happy and…”

“Isabel, Alex loves you and your going to be a mommy again, there could never be any doubt about how happy he would be.” I smile in fact I don’t think I will be wiping this smile off my face for quite awhile.

“Thank you Max.”

“For what? I’m so happy for you.” I say sincerely to her.

“You want to talk to Michael? I know he’s going to flip when he hears the news.”

“Yes, you can um switch me over there.”

“Okay, bye Iz.”

“Bye Max.”

Things just keep getting better and better and I know it all has to do with Liz. Having her in my life makes even the things I dread doing more bearable knowing that at the end of the day she will be there.

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The Next Evening

Liz

“Liz I’m so nervous, what if I can’t get through it?” Maria has been making herself sick all day worrying about the song she’s going to perform tonight. She has finally made a decision on what she’s going to do about her and Michael and she wants it to be perfect. I can’t blame her because I feel the same way about Max and I.

I have already started looking into taking some classes and this morning we went and picked out our furniture. Max was a little hesitant because he still wasn’t sure if he should keep the house or not. We have been talking about it on and off for the last couple of days and I honestly can’t understand why he would want to sell it. I mean it’s a beautiful house and there is plenty of room, I know there is something he’s not saying but I won’t push him on it. When he’s ready he’ll tell me. I turn my attention back to Maria who is changing into her outfit to go onstage in about a half hour.

“Maria, it will be fine. He’s going to be happy and I can tell you’re happy as well.”

“I am Liz. I mean I need this, we need this time to get to know each other again.” I love Maria, but it’s funny how much stress and guilt can change a person. Maria used to be funny and outgoing but now she’s pretty quite and keeps to herself. Once in a while though I see glimpses of the old Maria, so I know that she’s in there she just needs time to heal.

“So, what do you and Max have planned for tomorrow?”

“That’s a loaded question, it’s Saturday and that means no work for Max, but I honestly have no idea what we are going to do. I know what I would like to do…all day, but who knows at this point.” I say with a smile plastered across my face, just thinking about all the ways I’d like to share the day with him.

“Girl you are so bad!” Maria swats my arm.

“I can’t help it Maria, it’s like when he’s around I just need to be near him. I hope that feeling doesn’t end.”

“End? Liz you and Max were made for each other, he totally adores you. He’s not letting you go ever again.” She winks at me as she stands in front of a mirror adjusting her clothing.

I know what Maria says is right but I just have this feeling like something is coming up. I’ve had it for the last couple of days; actually I’ve had it ever since I found her stuff in Max’s room. I don’t know it just didn’t sit well with me.

“Liz come on I have to get out there!” I shake my head trying to remove myself from my earlier thoughts and just focus on tonight.

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Max

Maria took the stage about an hour ago and I know she has probably one or two more songs before the end. I know it’s hard for her, Liz and I spoke about it last night. She told me she talked to Maria but mostly just listened to anything and everything she said. Maria asked her what she should do, but Liz told her it was her decision alone but that if she had any doubts that she needed to confront them with Michael.

Liz was always good at giving advice, I always knew she was smart but damn if I could just get a glimpse into her mind every once in a while I know I would be blown away. I’m glad she has decided to go to school. She wants to double major in business management and cooking. Her face lights up whenever she talks about going to school.

I know she always wanted to go but her life just didn’t permit it, so I’m so glad that I’m able to give her that. And while I’m happy for her and I can’t wait until she starts, a part of me is worried.

Worried about what this will mean to us. It’s not that I don’t love living with Liz but I have to wonder what it means for our future. Will she, or rather would she want to marry me? Have kids with me? Or is that something she wants much later on, I don’t want to rush her and I know I’m being selfish but a big part of me is afraid that she will find bigger and better things to do with her life than be with me.

I’m such an asshole sometimes and I know it, I’ll be the first to admit it. I just can’t help but feel like I would be completely lost without her. Hell I have already demonstrated that without her I’m just running around on a daily bases flying by the seat of my pants. I got mixed up with Dariana and that was another bad decision to add to the ever-growing list. I’m just glad that she is out of our lives and Liz and I can just move forward from that.

After the show was finished, Liz asked me if she could stick around for a little while to help Maria and that she would have either Michael or Maria drop her off in a little while. I saw no problems with that, although I couldn’t wait to have her all to myself, but I’m patient, at least I like to think so. After saying our goodbyes I made my way back home.

It started to rain as I reached the driveway; I opened the garage and pulled the car in. I’m now seated very comfortably on the living room couch my feet propped up while listening to some music I put on in the background.

The rain was pelting the windows at this point and the thunder was rumbling loudly.

“I hope Liz gets home soon.” I get up and place my glass in the sink; there aren’t many lights on just the one in the hallway, and make my way back onto the couch to wait for Liz. Just then I hear the CD change and just as I’m about to get back up to turn it off the doorbell rings.

“Liz.” I practically run to the door, knowing she ran up the rest of the driveway and stairs getting soaking wet by the time she reached the door. I quickly swung it open and the smile on my face falls when I see who it is.

“Dariana.”

“H-hi Max, c-can I come in?” What the fuck is she doing here? She looks like she’s been crying that much I can tell. She’s soaking wet from head to toe and I take a moment of pity and step away to let her in.

She stands around awkwardly waiting for me to say something. I just close the door and tell her to have a seat at the bar while I get her a towel to dry off. A thousand things are running through my head; why is she crying? What does she want? But before I can get to that I have a few things I need to say to her.

“Thanks Max.” She says to me as I hand her the towel.

“Dari, before I ask you what the hell you’re doing here, I want to know what right did you have doing what you did? Why did you leave those things in my bed, knowing that either Liz or myself would find them?” She didn’t look up at me, but she answered my questions.

“I-I’m sorry Max, I was just upset and hurt that you didn’t love me back, it was desperate and heartless and I’m really sorry about it.” She looks genuinely guilty for it, but I still don’t trust her.

“So, what are you doing here?” I ask her praying to get this conversation and her out of this house as quickly as possible. I do not need Liz walking in and seeing her here.

“There’s something I have to tell you and I didn’t want to do it over the phone, so I waited until I got back from my trip.”

“Okay and…I mean Dari, Liz is going to be home any minute and I really don’t want you here when she arrives.” Just then she starts to cry, I mean loud sobs and the tears are streaming down her face. I can’t help it; I walk closer to her asking her what’s wrong.

“Max I….I….”

“Dari, what is it? Just tell me.” I’m worried, why am I worried? I mean there is no reason for me to….


“Pregnant…I’m pregnant and it’s yours.”



TBC…

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Chapter 47


Max

Dariana left about ten minutes ago. After she told me what she told me, I told her to leave and to call me tomorrow and we would talk. Right now I’m sitting on the floor of the living room just waiting…waiting for what I don’t know.

I have to tell Liz and I don’t know how, she is going to be devastated. I didn’t notice I was crying until a minute ago when my vision got blurry. I wrap my arms around my knees and just rock back and forth.

The music still playing softly in the background, and the song…the song that reminds me of Liz is up next.

Liz.

I can’t be without her, but I don’t know what she’ll say. What if she says she can’t be with me? What if…

“Shit!” She’s home, I just heard the car door slam and I can hear her tiny footsteps splashing through the puddles of rain. I stand up and swipe the tears from my eyes and steel myself to break her heart again.

“Hey there sexy! I’m sorry I took so long. Maria needed to talk to…” She leans up and places a soft kiss on my lips. I hand her the towel I retrieved from the bathroom a few minutes ago.

“Max? Are you okay?” I can hear the concern in her voice as she asks. I can’t do this! I can’t break her heart! I can’t make her cry again, she has suffered so much already, and it’s going to kill me. I haven’t looked at her yet, I can’t. I’ll break down if I do.

“Yeah…I’m fine. Liz…dance with me.” I hear the next song begin and I want this one moment with her, this one perfect moment before everything come crashing down. She just smiles at me, the wet tendrils of her hair are matted down but she looks more beautiful then I have ever seen her. She reaches out her hand to me and I pull her further into the living room.

She wraps her arms around my neck and places her head against my chest. I drop my head down on top of hers and wrap her securely in my arms as the words begin to fill the silent room. As soon as the words start Liz asks me to tell her what they mean. So with a heavy heart I begin.

Perdóname si yo te corto las alas / Te retengo en mi vida atada a mi alma / Y tu mundo es mi piel que te quema o te calma
(Forgive me if I cut your wings / And retain you in my life, tied to my soul / And your world is my skin that burns or calms)

Perdóname si yo te quiero así / Entregada a mi ser y mis cuentos de hadas / Amándome más que a ti misma
(Forgive me if I want you like this / Delivered to me to be my fairytale /
Loving me as much as I do you)

She feels so perfect in my arms, she tells me the song is so beautiful and I can’t help but think that the reason why I love it so much is because it’s exactly how I feel about her.

Si vivo para ti debo confesar / Que no tengo otra forma de amar otra forma de ver / Esta es mi única verdad
(If I live for you I should confess / That I don’t have another way to love, another way to see / This is my only truth)

Que tengo tanto miedo de perderte / De estar a tu lado y no merecerte / Y tengo tanto miedo tanto miedo / Que no puedo dormir / Que no puedo creer / Que estoy enamorado, hipnotizado / Y que no es mentira
(That have so much fear of losing you /To be at your side and not to deserve you /And I have so much fear, so much fear / That I cannot sleep / That I cannot believe That I’m in love, hypnotized / and that is not lie)

“Max?”

“Yeah Liz?”

“I love you Max.” I bite back the tears that are forming at the rims of my eyes.

“I love you too Liz, so much.” I run my hands through her hair and down her back and wrap my arms around her body firmly, I never want to let go. But the song is almost over and I wish it could go on forever.

Perdóname si yo te he lastimado / Si mi forma de amar para ti ya no tiene sentido / No tengo más para dar que no te lo haya dado ya /Y que puedo decirte para remediarlo
(Forgive me if I have injured you / If my love for you no longer makes sense / I do not have more to give you than I already have / And what can I tell you to fix it?)

Si no tengo otra forma de verlo / Otra forma de amarte / Esta es mi única verdad
(If I don’t have another way to see it / Another way to love you / This is my only truth)

Que tengo tanto miedo de perderte / De estar a tu lado y no merecerte / Y tengo tanto miedo tanto miedo / Que no puedo dormir / Que no puedo creer / Que estoy enamorado, hipnotizado / Y que no es mentira
(That have so much fear of losing you / To be to your side and not to deserve you / And I have so much fear so much fear / That cannot sleep / That I cannot believe / That I am in love, hypnotized / and that is not lie)

Estoy enamorado, estoy enamorado, enamorado / Estoy enamorado / Hipnotizado, volando entre tus brazos / Estoy volando entre tus brazos / Enamorado
(I am in love / I am in love/ In love / I am in love / Hypnotized, flying in your arms/ I am flying in your arms / In love)

The song ends and I lean down and our lips meet, I feel like this is goodbye and I don’t want that. I don’t want to loose her, but what I tell her may very well be what breaks us apart for good. I have faith in her, in us, but how can I make promises to her when I will be having a child coming into this world with someone else.

“That was so nice Max, thank you.” She smiles up at me.

“Your welcome.”

“Max I need to change out of these clothes now.” I release her and try to hide my tears, but it’s too late. She raises her hands and cradles my face.

“What’s wrong? Are you okay?” I just shake my head and step away from her. I know I have to just say it but I don’t want to see her face when I do.

“Max? What is it? Just tell me?” I can’t stop the sobs escaping from my lips; she looks so innocent looking up at me with her big brown eyes, fear and anticipation running across them.

“Liz, I have to tell you something but I don’t…I don’t know how to say it. I don’t want to hurt you and I love you but…” I take in a ragged breath and try to get past this part without breaking down.

“Y-you’re scaring me Max…what is it?” She’s approaches me once again and I should just step back but I can’t, this might be the last time she wants to touch me.

“I don’t mean to Liz.” I swallow back the bile that is beginning to rise. God! How do I even start this?

“Liz, a few minutes ago the door bell rang and I thought it was you…b-but it wasn’t.”

“Who was it?”

“Dariana.” I whisper out.

“What? Why?” She drops her hands and looks at me, wondering where this conversation is going.

“Liz, she came to tell me something…”

“Tell you what, Max?” I can tell she is getting agitated that I’m taking so long to spit this out.

“That she…she’s pregnant.” I whisper out not even looking at her. She takes a few steps back.

“What did you just say?” I look up into her eyes and she’s fighting to hold back her tears, I know she heard me but she needs me to repeat it, so that she’s sure she didn’t hear wrong.

“Dariana’s pregnant and it’s…it’s mine.”

“No!”

“Liz.”

“No Max! No! This isn’t happening, it can’t be happening. Tell me she’s wrong Max, tell me it’s not true, that she’s not having your baby!” She breaks down and I quickly come to stand in front of her engulfing her body with my arms. She sobs openly and I can’t hold back any longer I join her, our tears mingling together. I hear her sharp intake of breath before she pulls away and wipes at her tears angrily.

“How did this happen? How?!”

“I don’t know Liz…I don’t…know.”

“How can you not know?! Did you use anything?!”

“What?! Yes of course I did! We always did, there was never a time I didn’t with her.”

“Are you sure?” I know she’s angry and she’s trying to find something that she can hold onto to make it not true, but I can’t give her that.

“I’m sure Liz, you…you’re the only one I never used anything with.” I softly say to her and she just crumples to the ground on her knees crying, her shoulders are shaking and I slowly bend down next to her and reach out a hand to her but she pulls back.

“Liz?”

“No Max, I can’t do this right now.” This is it I know it.

“Liz please. God, I love you so much just please don’t leave me…please.” I plead with her, but I already see it on her face.

“I…I have to think Max…I need to go…I’m so sorry but I can’t do this.” She gets up in a hurry and glances behind me to see my car keys sitting on top of the kitchen counter, she goes over and grabs them and then run towards the front door.

I sit there for a few minutes, just crying to myself thinking. I just lost her again only this time I have no idea if I’ll ever get her back.

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Liz

No!

No!

No!

This cannot be happening, he’s wrong…she’s wrong. They are all fucking wrong!

Why?

Why, when I’m finally happy, does something bad always have to happen? It’s like I’m cursed or something. After I ran out the door on him I sat in the garage just crying, not little sobs here and there, I mean full blown crying, the kind that literally makes you feel like you are going to rip in half if you don’t stop.

I don’t know where I’m going, the only place I know of is Michael’s house, but I just feel stupid. But I can’t go back home…not now.

I pull up to Michael’s and the lights are on and I can see from the driveway Maria is standing outside, she knows. Max called… I know he did. He knew I would come here and he didn’t want me to have to tell them.

Even when I’m hurt and angry with him, he still manages to do something for me, regardless of everything that is going on, he does everything he can to make things better for me. But he can’t make this better, he can’t make this go away and he can’t stop the jealously racing through my veins.

She’s going to have a piece of Max forever…she will always be in his life.

“Liz. I’m so sorry.” I just nod and bite my bottom lip and reach out my arms to her. I’m still soaking wet and the rain has not subsided but she doesn’t push me away.

I see Michael standing beside her and I can see it in his eyes. So I quickly look away, I can’t see the pity or the sorry in them. I’m angry.

“Do you want to lie down?”

“Y-yeah…thank you.” She takes me to one of Michael’s extra rooms and pulls back the covers for me I quickly slip under them in my damp clothes.

“Liz, I…”

“It’s okay Maria. I just need to be by myself for a little while.”

“Are you sure you don’t want to talk about it? It might help.”

“Help?! Ha! That’s funny Maria. Because, see, the only thing that would help right now is if Max told me it was a joke, that his ex-girlfriend isn’t really pregnant with his baby! But that’s not the truth, that’s not what he’s going to say to me!” I know I shouldn’t take out my anger and frustration on her but I feel like I’m going to snap in two soon. I see the hurt in her eyes.

“I’m sorry Maria.”

“No Liz you’re right. You have every right to be angry and hurt. I just want you to know I’m here for you.” She gets up from the bed and walks to door, when she reaches for the handle I ask her,

“When did he call?” I say slowly sinking further into the pillows.

“About ten minutes ago, he talked to Michael and asked that he makes sure you’re okay, well, as okay as you can be. And that he loves you.” I just nod my head and Maria takes that as her sign to leave.

I lift the covers up to my shoulders and turn to my side, crying softly to myself. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do, or how I’m supposed to feel. I love him but I don’t know if that’s enough to get us through this, to get me through this.

I lie in this cold and lonely bed just thinking about all the dreams I had and wanted to share with Max, but how am I supposed to do that with her in the picture every step of the way?

TBC…


**Song: Volando Entre Tus Brazos (Flying In Your Arms) By Marc Anthony; Album; Amar Sin Mentiras

[Behrsgirl77]

Chapter 48


Max


Twelve hours.

Nineteen minutes.

That’s how long I’ve been without Liz.

I think I might drive myself crazy.

I think I am going crazy. I don’t know what to do with myself. I spent the entire night in our bedroom; I pressed her pillows close so that I could capture her scent. I miss her desperately and I need to see her, but I know it’s too soon and she’ll come to me either way.

I can only hope that when she does, it’s to tell me that she wants to try and make this work. If not I honestly don’t know what I’m going to do.

I’ve been pacing the living room floor for the past fifteen minutes I need to call somebody. I pick up the phone and dial quickly.

“Hello?”

“Dad.” I have tears in my eyes already.

“Max what’s wrong?!”

“Dariana…she’s pregnant and it’s…it’s mine.” I breakdown I can’t control it any longer. The sobs escape and the tears roll down my cheeks.

“What?”

“L-Liz is gone, she’s at Michael’s and I don’t know what to do Dad. Tell me what to do to fix it.” He sighs heavily into the phone and I need some words of wisdom right now. Because all I feel like doing is going over the Michael’s and begging on hands and knees for Liz to come back to me. I know, I’m pathetic.

“Maxwell, calm down. Now she just told you this?”

“Yeah, she came over last night and told me and I’m lost right now.”

“Okay, listen to me. Is she sure? I mean maybe it’s a false alarm, has she gone to the doctor?”

“I don’t know. I have to call her later, but I don’t want to. I know that’s terrible, I mean, if she is pregnant then it’s my baby and I can’t turn away, but it hurts so damn much because I could loose Liz in the process and I don’t think I could handle that.” I tell him honestly, I don’t care that I’m a grown man. When I talk to my father it doesn’t matter, if I’m honest then he can help me sort my feelings out better then if I keep things to myself.

“Listen to me Max, Liz is a strong woman and she will handle this. She loves you but you need to give her time don’t push her Maxwell.”

“I’m not, I’m giving her space and time. But I feel like I’m going to explode.”

“I know you are, now I’m going to ask you a question and I as uncomfortable it might be to answer I’d like the truth.”

“Always Dad, I tell you everything.” I say wiping the tears from my eyes with the rim of my T-shirt.

“Did you use protection with her Max? Or was it like…”

“No! I used it every time with her, Liz is the only one I didn’t Dad, I swear. Every single time, no matter what.” I tell him honestly.

“Okay, call Dariana find out if she went to the doctors if not have her make an appointment right away, okay?” I nod my head even though he can’t see it.

“Alright. Then what?”

“You wait to find out for sure, and when you do call me.”

“Okay Dad, thank you.”

“Anytime son. Take care and things will work out, don’t worry.”

“I love you Dad.” I’m glad I have him, I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t. I would probably be marching up to Liz pathetically begging her back, and probably pissing her off more.

“Love you too. I’ll give you a call later on tonight.”

“Sure, bye.”

I aimlessly walk outside to the backyard. I smile when I see the patio furniture she picked out. It’s black and white with high back chairs that rock. She thought they were “comfy” looking, as she said. I take a seat in one of them and close my eyes praying that things work out for us.

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Liz


Thank god Maria and Michael left early this morning to spend the day together. Something I should be doing with Max right now.

I cried last night more than I think I have in my entire life.

I miss him.

I want to call him and tell him everything will be okay, but I can’t.

It hurts and I need someone to talk to.

I roll over and snatch the phone up from the nightstand, dialing the familiar number.

“Hello?” I don’t know what it is, but when I hear her voice I just breakdown.

“D-Diane.”

“Liz, honey what’s wrong? Are you okay?” That’s what it is; her voice is so friendly, familiar, calming and soothing. She is the closest thing I have had to a mother and right now that’s what I need.

“N-no. Did you talk to Max?” She doesn’t sound like she knows anything but I want to make sure before I have to say those words out loud.

“No. Why, is he okay? Liz, honey, just tell me what’s wrong. Why are you crying?” I hear the concern in her voice, which makes me cry harder.

“Dari, she’s p-pregnant a-and it’s h-his.”

“What?! Liz are you sure I mean…”

“I’m sure, Max told me last night and I don’t know what to do.” What I need right now is some direction; my emotions are all over the place.

“Oh Liz, I’m so sorry but it will be okay. Is he sure she’s pregnant?”

“I don’t know, I think so, I mean, she told him she was… so yeah, I’m pretty sure she is.”

“What do you want?” What?! I want this to go away but that’s not realistic.

“I don’t know.” I tell her truthfully.

“Did you think about what it means?”

“Yes, it’s going to be her and Max everyday. Sharing things I want to share with him but instead I’ll have sit and watch as she gets the life I have been dying for.”

“No Liz, for Max you are his life, his world. He would never isolate you or cut you off because of this. It’s going to be hard, but if you really want to be with him then as hard as it is to hear, you are going to have to decide what’s more important.” She’s right but I don’t want to decide. Being without Max is slowing killing me inside, but the thought of him being with her, around her, having a baby with her makes me sick.

“I can handle hard but having her here, having them have moments together…it’s just too much. I don’t know if I’m made that way, if I’m strong enough for something like this.”

“Strong enough? Liz, are you listening to yourself? You survived the hell your foster parents put you through and on top of that what that bastard did to you and you are thinking that you can’t handle this? That’s not the Liz Parker I know, but I’m not going to push you in Max’s direction if that’s not what you want. I know that it will destroy him to loose you but it’s your choice, it’s your life Liz and for the first time in a long time you have control over it. No one is going to tell you what to do, what to say and how feel.” I know why I love talking to her; she just breathes fresh air onto a situation.

“Thank you. I really needed to hear all of that. I love you.”

“Oh Liz, I love you too. Now take care and call me if you need anything.” After I hang up with her, I realize that I need to get my shit together and decide what to do. First things first I need take a shower and ransack Maria’s closet for some clothes to change into.


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Max

I called Dariana a few minutes ago and asked her to come over so we could talk. Now I’m nervously waiting for her to get here. I need to ask her some questions and I need to lie out some ground rules, because I can see this situation getting out of hand really quickly.

About twenty minutes later the door bell rings and a little part of me hopes it’s Liz but it’s not.

“Hi Max.”

“Dari.” She walks into the living room looking around for something but what?

“Where’s Liz?” Is she serious?

“Where the hell do you think she is after I told her about you?” I say through clenched teeth.

“Look Max I know you’re upset and you didn’t expect to see my face ever again and as much as I wish it wasn’t true, it is. So we have to deal with it.”

“Yeah we do. So did you go to the doctor?”

“Yes”

“When?”

“Yesterday before I came over to tell you. I’m not lying Max.”

“I know you’re not, that’s not what I meant by asking you that. It’s just that this is not what I was planning on doing on my day off.” She turns to me and says she understands.

“So what do you want to do?”

“Do? What do you mean?” I ask her because I have no idea what she’s talking about.

“About us.”

“There is no us Dari.” I enunciate each word.

“That’s not what I mean Max. I mean the baby, what do we do?” Wait, is she saying that she doesn’t want the baby because I’ll kill her myself if that’s what she means.

“What are you talking about?”

“I mean you, me and the baby. How do you want to work this out?” Oh!

“Well I don’t know right now, it’s kind of early to decide but I want to be apart of it every step of the way but that doesn’t mean that I want to be with you, you know that right? What I said to you before still holds true, I love Liz and I want to be with her.” Too bad I have no idea how Liz feels right now.

“I know Max and I don’t want to come in the way of you two but I will be around is that okay?” Like I have a fucking choice here.

“Yeah it’s fine. You just need to call me before you do okay, and I would like to go to the next doctors appointment and everyone after that with you okay?”

“Yes, okay. I have to get going now I have some work to finish up.” She turns to leave the room but I stop her.

“Dari, you need to not work so hard you can’t push yourself you know it’s not good for the b-baby.” I think this is the first time it has really hit me, I’m going to have a baby. Granted it’s not the most ideal situation but it’s mine nonetheless.

“I know Max I will don’t worry I will take care of our baby. I’ll see you later.”

“Bye.”

I lean against the couch heavily and run my hands down my face. I don’t know what the hell I’m going to do. I realize that moping around the house is not getting me anywhere so I decide I need to do a little shopping.

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Liz

I have made a decision. I need to talk to Max, so after my shower and head home to find that he is gone. I’m sad but thankful in a way. I get to change into my own clothes and think a little more. I don’t know if it’s good or bad that I have more time to think.

I walk around the house, first to the kitchen and I see a glass in the sink. He probably hasn’t eaten anything, neither have I for that matter. I walk to the living room and up the staircase and into our bedroom. I quickly search for something to wear and change. I now have on a very comfortable pajama bottom and top that is purple with little clouds with silver linings.

I turn and look at our bed and it’s looks so fluffy and I take a running jump into it. I roll around a few times and place my head on Max’s pillow. I take in a deep breath. It still smells like him. I realize I didn’t sleep at all last night and I’m exhausted, so without much of a fight my eyes close. I don’t know how long I’m here for but before I know it I wake up and I’m still alone.

I roll over and see the picture on the nightstand; I reach out and grab it. It’s the picture of Max and I two years ago at Damian’s birthday party. I’m sitting in his lap and his arm is wrapped around my waist and I’m smiling at the camera, while he is just looking up at me smiling. I bring the frame to my chest and turn to my side and begin to cry once again.

I’m like that for a few minutes and that’s when I hear him.

“Liz.” I wipe my eyes and turn towards the door where I know he is standing.

“Max.” He looks at me and the only way to describe the expression is…lost. He looks utterly and totally lost. I lean up a little from my position and reach my arms out to him. He doesn’t hesitate and crosses the room quickly and climbs in under the covers with me, he wraps his arms around me tightly and we both cry in each other’s arms. We don’t say anything for a long time, but we both understand the pain, we both feel it and we both share it for each other.

After what feels like an hour we pull apart and Max wipes my hair away from my eyes and the tears from my cheeks.

“Hi.”

“Hi.” I smile shyly. Being in his arms again just feels right, but so complicated at the same time. I shift slightly and sit up while he pushes himself up to lean against the headboard.

“Li-”

“No Max I need to say some things and…well just let me say them.” I look at him; he looks defeated but nods for me to continue.

“Max I want you to understand what I’m feeling and why and the only way is to just tell you everything that’s been running through my head since last night.” I try and just prepare myself to tell him things that he’s not going to want to hear, in fact they will probably hurt him but he needs to know.

“I’m hurt but more importantly I’m jealous Max. You are going to have a baby with her and that kills me, because I wanted it to be me. I hate the fact that she is going to be a part of our lives forever, that she will share you and your baby, not me. I know it’s wrong to think like that, but I’m terrified that you won’t want me anymore, that you’ll decide that maybe you want to try and work things out for the baby, I…” I break down after that, I don’t know what else to say. He makes no attempts to move, but I look up at him and I can see the tears spilling from the sides of his eyes.

“L-Liz, I can’t tell you that she won’t be in our lives because that’s just not realistic. But I can tell you without a doubt that my feelings for you won’t change, just like I know they will not change towards her. I don’t love her Liz, I can’t and I told you that and now more than ever I need for you to believe it. I wish that…that this wasn’t happening last night, but then I realized in doing so I would be wishing that my baby were dead and I can’t do that. I can’t regret it Liz, I’m sorry but…” I cut him off.

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Max

I hear everything she’s telling me and I know that it’s what she feels but it hurts because I can’t tell right now where we’ll end up. So I tell her how I feel but she cuts me off to finish.

“I know Max, me too. That’s why I feel so bad thinking the way I am…was. It’s going to be a part of you and no matter what I could never not love or want something that was a part of you that belonged to you. I’m not happy Max but I’d like to think that I could get past it. I know that you will be apart of your child’s life not matter what, I wouldn’t expect anything less from you. And I know it’s going to be hard…really hard but I made a decision about it…about us.” She stops talking, what is she going to say? That she can’t do it, that she doesn’t want to be with me? Without realizing it she has moved closer to me and is now resting her head on my chest, I wrap my arm around her tiny frame and wait to hear what she has to say.

“Max?”

“Yeah?”

“If I…if I didn’t loose the baby would you have still wanted me?” I know exactly what’s she’s talking about. I know she’s wondering what I would do in her position, because if she didn’t loose the baby because of the fight with Jordan, then who knows where we would be.

“Liz I…”

“No don’t answer it yet, just let me finish okay?”

“Okay.”

“I know that I want to be with you no matter what Max, I know it will probably be the most emotional thing I will go through and have to deal with but I don’t want to loose you, I want to be with you and I would be a hypocrite if I told you I didn’t. Because if I was still pregnant I would want you to see past that and just love me regardless.” I shift and lift her up onto my lap and then gently place two fingers under her chin so she can face me.

“Liz, I would still love you and your baby because it would have been a part of you. I know it’s going to be hard for the both of us, but I know we’ll be okay, that we will get through this together. I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future, I wish I did but I don’t, but there is one thing that I know for sure.”

“What’s that?”

“That it’s you. You are my future Liz; I want to be with you forever. And that no matter what happens so long as we stay together we can make it through. Just… please don’t give up on me.”

“Max I never gave up on you, I gave up on myself. I thought I wasn’t strong enough to deal with it, but then I got some great advice and decided to take it.” I look at her quizzically.

“Advice?”

“Yes, your mom.” I just smile because I know exactly what kind of advice my mom gives…the best.

“I love you Liz.” I slowly run my hands down the back of her head and gently ease her closer to me.

“I love you too.” She leans in and places her lips on mine. We pour all of our love into the kiss; promises for the future, our hopes and our dreams.


TBC…

[Behrsgirl77]

Chapter 49

Michael

“Michael do you think Liz is okay? I mean really okay?” We finished having breakfast and are now on our way over to meet with her manager to sign some final documents or something.

“Maria, she’ll be fine both of them will. It’s going to be hard but they will work through it. Max is not going to just give up on Liz just like I know she won’t either.” I say trying to comfort Maria, I know right now she’s just worried about not only Liz and Max but also the confrontation with her manager, which is why I insisted that I come along for this meeting.

“I know but I don’t trust that bitch! I mean after she planted those things in Max’s bed, I don’t know I wouldn’t believe a word she says.” Huh?

“Maria what are you talking about, planted what? In whose bed?” I’m confused, usually I am when Maria is concerned but this time I really have no idea what she’s talking about.

“Dariana, she left a pair of her nasty underwear, a condom wrapper and a necklace in Max’s bed and Liz found them.”

“What?! Max didn’t tell me.” I can’t say that I’m not hurt; I mean I know that we both have been busy but normally he would come to me for these things.

“Michael, calm down I just think with everything going on between us he didn’t want to lay that on top of you as well.”

“Maria, he’s my brother that’s what he’s supposed to do.” I really need to talk to Max; he is going through some serious shit right now.

“I know, but just give him time he’ll come to you. In fact why don’t we call them after the meeting and see if maybe they want to hang out tonight or something?”

“Yeah you know what that sounds really good. But let me call okay?”

“Sure, well I guess we’re here.” She doesn’t sound so thrilled but it’s okay because if that bastard says one negative thing to her I will make him pay. We exit the car and enter the small café for the meeting.

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Liz

Lying here in bed with Max is just perfect, if only we could stay in this room forever.

“Liz?” He nuzzles my neck softly with the tip of his nose and wraps his arms around me tighter.

“Yeah Max?”

“I want you Liz.”

“Hmm I want you too Max but I’m hungry.” Wait? Did I just say that? What the hell is wrong with me?

“I’m hungry too Liz, but we can really work up an appetite if you know what I mean.”

“Max, sometimes you are such a guy you know that?” I say jokingly to him. He just flips himself on top of me and whispers in my ear.

“Yeah, but you love me like that.” I can’t say that’s not the truth because I wouldn’t change him not one bit. He slowly kisses my neck, while moving his hands to my sides to lift up and remove my shirt, then continues the path down my chest and sucks one of my nipples in his mouth. I shamelessly thrust my hips into him and tunnel my hands through his hair.

He kisses a trail straight down my stomach and when he reaches the top of my pants he says, “I don’t think you’ll be needing these in a second.” His voice sends shivers down my body and my toes curl in anticipation of what he’s going to do.

I’m lying here completely naked in front of him and he just sits back on his heals and removes his shirt, but not his jeans, damn he looks sexy as hell. His body is enough to make me come right here, I look up at him and he can tell exactly what I’m thinking. So he quickly leans up and places a kiss on my lips then winks at me before he slides down my body.

He positions his shoulders between my legs and with the first touch of his tongue against my sensitive flesh I bow off the bed. God it’s been a long time. He lifts his head slowly and looks at me with a small smirk.

“I know Liz, I know.” It’s like he can read my mind at this point. I have no shame though; he begins to lick me and then slides one of his fingers inside of me, then another. I ride his hand while he laps my clit over and over until my body shudders in sweet ecstasy.

He lifts up and wipes his mouth with the back of his hand. My body is on fire right now and I need him.

“Max, I need you now, please.” I thrust my hips towards him and he smiles, then stands up and begins to undo his jeans. I can see his ever-ready arousal, straining against his jeans; he unzips them and slides them down his hips, boxers and all. He places a knee on each side of me and leans over to capture my lips in a wet open-mouthed kiss.

“Liz, I love you.” He pulls back and looks right into my eyes as he drives himself into my body.

“Max…yes! God! I love you too…yeah….” I’m practically screaming at this point, he drives into me harder and harder and I meet every one of his thrusts.

“Ah…Liz…yeah….oh baby…” Our bodies are heated up; a fine sheen of sweat has already formed down his chest and back which only fuels the fire burning inside of me. I lift my legs up and wrap them around his waist, but to my surprise, he straightens his back and pushes my knees back so that they touch my shoulders and asks me, “is this okay?” Is he kidding?

“Y-yes Max…oh God…I can feel you…ah…your so deep.” He pumps into me harder and I swear I’m going to snap in half at this point. It’s pleasure and pain wrapped into one ball.

“Yes Liz…fuck yeah…oh…I…hmm…” I lean forward a little and lick his chest then grab hold of one of his nipples and bite gently down on it. That’s all it takes and I feel his body shudder bathing my inner walls, but he doesn’t stop. Instead he spreads my legs further apart and slams into me, causing my walls to clamp down on him hard as I ride out my climax.

“Max! Max yes! Oh yes!” And my body convulses violently around him and he slumps down on top of me.

“Now I’m really hungry.” I just smile and slap him. He leans up and kisses me softly.

“Me too now go get me some food!” I slap his ass as he gets up from the bed to get dressed.

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Maria

“Maria, you are throwing away everything you worked so hard to get and I just don’t understand why.” My manager says to me and I can honestly say that sitting across from him right now, listening to him talk to me, I know I’m making the right decision.

“Tom, I understand what your saying and why your confused, but it’s a long time coming, I have been working non-stop for four years…and what do I have to show for it?”

“You are rich, you can buy anything you want Maria, I don’t know how you could give it up.” He wouldn’t because when money is your life, you don’t know how to live without it or making it for that matter.

“I know I’m giving it up but it’s not forever, I have to believe that when the time is right for me I can come back.”

“Ha! That’s funny Maria, you are not going to have the kind of success you have now later on, and people will forget and move on.” All this time I can see the fury burning behind Michael’s eyes. But he respects the fact that I want to handle this myself, I value his support more than words can say.

“First of all don’t talk to me like I’m a child, I’m a grown woman, who by the way helps pay your fucking paycheck, a very big chunk of your check so just watch the way you talk to me! Secondly, if I decide to come back the fact that you are insinuating that I’ll be nothing that I won’t be able to have a career is just bullshit! Because what you don’t understand is that if I only have one fan then that will be enough for me to keep going, it’s not important to me to fill arenas or sell millions of records, I want to be happy and this…situation is not working. So although I appreciate everything you have done for me, I’m done end of discussion.” I then turn to Michael and see the smirk on his face before we rise and walk out. Leaving Tom with his mouth hanging open.

As soon as we exit the café, Michael sweeps me up in his arms and plants kisses across my face and mouth. “There is the Maria I know and love, I knew you were in there.”

“What is that supposed to mean?” I ask him wondering what he’s referring to.

“What that means is that you were spunky and tough, just the way I like you. Maria you were different and I thought that maybe you wouldn’t come back from where you were, but I just saw it, I just saw the fire in your eyes burn again.” He tells me while wrapping his arms around my waist and then leans in and kisses me breathlessly.

“I feel good Michael, I’m happy. Thank you.” I say slowly sliding out of his arms to grab his hand and we make our way to the car.

“Why are you thanking me Maria?”

“For not giving up on me, I know that I can’t apologize anymore, but I can try and make up to you for all those years Michael. I want to be the only one for you.” I tell him honestly.

“Maria you are the only one for me, and I plan on showing you exactly what I mean.” He says with a hint of mischief in his voice as he opens the car door for me and then runs around the front of the car to get in.

“Michael what are you talking about, I mean we already…right?” I don’t know why I’m still confused, a girl would think she could remember, but having a few drinks in me makes me completely oblivious to the world. So as stupid as it is I had to say it.

“What are you talking about Maria, we didn’t sleep together. Don’t you remember?” He asks me quizzically. I guess I have managed to confuse him again, not that it’s that hard for me to confuse anyone.

“Actually no Michael, I mean I thought we did because I was…sore…but…”

“Maria, we didn’t…well we did things but we didn’t sleep together Maria. Besides I knew we were both a little out of it and I don’t want our first time back together something you could easily forget you know?” I just smile at him.

“I know Michael. So where are we off to now?”

“I would say we have some lunch and then we’ll head back home and see if Liz is still there, if not then I’ll give Max a call.”

“Sounds good. Thank you for coming with me today Michael.”

“No problem Maria.” He lifts my hand and gives it a tight squeeze.

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Max

“Liz aren’t you full yet?” I ask her because she has swallowed all of her food and some of mine, if that’s even believable.

“Yeah I think I’m getting there, I didn’t think I was that hungry. But I had this craving for Chinese food and I don’t know…stop making fun of me.” I just laugh at her because right now her cheeks are currently stuffed with food.

“Are you planning on hibernating anytime soon? Because you’re ready.” She just rolls her eyes and takes a sip of her soda.

“I’m sorry I ate your food Max.”

“It’s okay Liz, but you will not be eating my dinner that’s for damn sure.” I tell her teasingly.

After we finish eating lunch we move into the living room and decide to watch a movie. “Liz come on, I don’t feel like a chick flick right now.” I pout to her. She turns around from her position in front of the movie racks. “Now Max what’s wrong with ‘Along Came Polly?”

I groan inwardly, “Liz the problem is that’s your movie, we need to watch something we will both enjoy.”

“Like?” She asks me suspiciously and I can’t blame her, I usually pick the movies I like to see, but she will watch them after a little complaining.

“Like,” I rise from the couch and stand next to her scanning the collection of movies, “this one!”

“Max, come on! ‘The Last Samurai’?” She says throwing her hands in the air to emphasis.

“Liz it’s a good movie, you never even seen it, come on give it a try.” She knows she’ll loose.

“Fine Max, but you owe me one then.” She crosses her arms and plops down on the couch. I just have to smile at her. I love her so much.

“Okay, okay you win I owe you.” I put the movie in and take a seat next to her letting her place her head against my chest, just as the previews start my mind starts to wander.

This is the first time I have actually had time to think about everything that has happened in the past two days. I have this nagging feeling like something is just not right. I think talking to my father put something in my head, I mean if Dariana is pregnant and it was mine then that would have to mean that one of the times we were together the condom didn’t work right? So the question is what time didn’t it work? I guess I have to wait for the doctors appointment because I didn’t ask her how far along she was, which was stupid but I just couldn’t think past the fact that she was pregnant and that would mean I would loose Liz. I could just call her, but I don’t know if I trust her to tell me the truth, what if she’s lying? But what would she gain? I would find out she wasn’t eventually, so what other reason would she have? No, I think she is definitely pregnant, but what does that mean?

Is it really mine?

Oh shit! Where the fuck was I? I mean I’d like to think she was faithful, but she was gone a lot. This is going to eat me up inside until I know for sure but for now, I can’t share this with Liz because I don’t want to give her any false hopes.

I’m so lost in my thoughts that I don’t hear Liz calling my name until I snap back to reality.

“What? I’m sorry I was just thinking. What were you saying Liz?” She looks at me concerned and I know she can tell damn well what I was thinking about.

“It’s okay Max, you know if you want to talk about it, I’m okay.” I reach out my hand to her and cradle her face.

“I know Liz but it’s nothing, I just have a lot on my mind.” I tell her with a small smile and a kiss against her soft lips.

“I understand, but Max? I think we need to talk about something.” Why do I have a bad feeling about this?

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Liz

He looks worried, he really shouldn’t be I mean I’m just trying to be sensible about things right now. Because in all honestly I don’t believe a word that bitch has said. Now I don’t doubt that she’s pregnant but I know Max and when he told me that he never slept with her without any protection ever, right then and there I got this sick feeling in my stomach. And I won’t stop until I get the answers I’m looking for. In the meantime Max does not need another thing to worry about, so I will keep this to myself for now.

I had a lot of time to think while at Michael’s and I would have to say that among other things that feeling has not left me, so when I started to think about it and what she did when she left her things here, it was all on purpose, so what would stop her from stooping even lower with that?

“Max, I just…I mean we have been sleeping together and we haven’t you know…used anything and maybe…maybe we should be thinking about that.” I tell him because as much as I want to have his children, until all of this nonsense with she devil is over I don’t want things to get more complicated. He swallows several times and turns to face me.

“Liz, I’m sorry.”

“Sorry for what Max?”

“I didn’t even think to ask you if you…I mean if we should be using anything. But if that’s what you want then that’s what we’ll do okay?” He asks me and I can see hurt in his eyes for what though?

“Yes, Max and I’m not saying that I regretted anything but I just I don’t think a baby right now is what we need you know?”

“Yes Liz I know.” He places his hands at the back of my head and pulls me closer, placing a kiss on my forehead before we both turn our attention back to the television.

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Maria

We get back to Michael’s and find that Liz left, I can only hope she went straight to Max. They don’t deserve this kind of pain and I plan on making that ruthless bitch pay!

“Maria, I’m going to call Max why don’t you see if there’s something to watch on TV at least until I know they are ready for company?”

“Sure.” I walk into his living room and turn on the television and flip through the channels. My mind keeps wandering back to our conversation, we didn’t make love yet, but he wants to so obviously the problem is me.

I haven’t been with anyone in four years, which is a very long time. But he has and what if he’s disappointed and he changes his mind about me?

“Maria?” I mean what if… “Maria hello!” Oh damn I didn’t even see Michael come back in the room.

“Sorry, I was just kind of lost in my thoughts for a second.” He sits down next to me and takes my hand.

“Maria are you okay? You don’t look so good, do you feel alright?” He asks me concerned and I feel totally stupid right now.

“Yes I’m fine.” I lie.

“No your not, talk to me what’s wrong?” He sees through that one. So I decide to just suck it up and tell him.

“I’m scared, that…when…if we you know sleep together that you won’t like it or that I…” He scoots closer to me and pulls me into his lap and strokes my arms soothingly.

“Maria, you don’t have to worry about that, it will be perfect.”

“How do you know Michael, I mean it’s been a long time…and I mean long time and…”

“It will be perfect because it’s with you Maria.” He says as he cups the back of my head and pulls me forward for a kiss. He has a way of comforting me when I don’t think it’s possible. He kisses a trail down my neck and reaches for the hem of my shirt and without a second thought I lift my arms in the air as he slips it over my head. Right now I’m feeling very self-conscious, I know what Angela must have looked like without clothing, because in clothing she was amazingly beautiful.

“God Maria I missed you.” He says before latching his lips onto my neck and gently sucking, I lean my head back go grant him better access. He licks a trail up my neck and captures my lips, our kiss isn’t gentle; it’s demanding and filled with passion.
“Michael…” I gasp when he reaches his hands up and cups my breasts in his hands and squeezes them gently.

“Not here Maria…not here.” He lifts off the couch and quickly bends to lift me in his arms and carries me to his bedroom. He places me in the center of the bed and removes his clothing, I see that Michael has not changed, he’s not into taking his sweet time with things, but he does manage to make me feel cherished in any event.

He slides my skirt down my legs and leaves me in nothing but my light yellow panties; he crawls up my body and braces himself on his elbows, which are now on either side of me.

“Maria, are you sure, we can wait.” He asks me and that’s when I know that I want to without a doubt.

“Yes Michael, make love to me.” I tell him and before I finish my sentence he swoops down and covers my mouth with his lips. He groans and I slide my tongue into his mouth, both of our tongues dueling, loving one other.

He pulls my panties to the side and slides his fingers up and down my moist folds and I can’t help but pull away from our kiss and moan.

“God Maria you’re so wet.” He says breathlessly when we pull apart. He then hooks his fingers into the elastic of my underwear and pulls them down my legs. He’s lying on top of me his erection pressing painfully into my stomach and I can’t help but thrust my hips forward trying to become one with it.

“Michael please, I need to feel you…” I spread my legs further apart giving him better access.

“I know Maria.” He pulls back and looks me in the eyes before he guides his thick erection inside of me.

“Ugh…Michael…ah...” He stops when he’s completely buried inside of me, and doesn’t move allowing me time to adjust.

“God! Maria you’re so fucking tight, it feels like…like the first time.” Tell me about it, I feel like it’s my first time. I know there is no such thing as a born again virgin but let me say one thing, if you don’t have sex in four years you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a virgin and me.

“I…I know…hmm Michael…” I experimentally thrust my hips giving him the okay to move. And the moment he does I feel like I’m going to explode right here and now. He slides in and out of me, with no subtleties, we join our bodies together over and over, I bit down on my lip hard to hold back my screams.

“Maria….ah….Maria….yeah….” Michael is not usually this vocal he’s one of those guys that doesn’t say much just kind of grunts here and there. So that fact that he’s saying so much is such a turn on right now and I tell him so.

“I figured this was our new beginning I could take a moment to surprise you, because I know how much you wanted me to in the past.” He says to me while panting loudly, he thrusts inside of me harder and harder each time and I meet each of his thrusts; planting my feet against the mattress and grinding shamelessly into him. I feel my end nearing and I scream out,

“Yes…Michael…yes!” I feel him stiffen once more before his own release.

“Ah Maria…yeah….oh yeah!”

A few minutes later we lay here; me rubbing his chest while he gently caresses my arm up and down.

“I love you Maria and I want to be with you, only you and I want us to really make a go with this, I don’t want us to come to an end again, can you promise me Maria?” I know why he’s asking because even though I’ve told him what I want, the past still hurts him, but I have no intentions of ever breaking this promise to him.

“I promise you Michael with everything I am, I promise you that I will be here and I will love you forever and I have no intentions of ever leaving.”

Not another word is spoken between us we just lie here in each other’s arms holding onto the promises we have made to each other for the future.


TBC…