Part 21
When they entered the restaurant everyone was there so Max and Liz quickly made the introductions. Everyone sat making small talk but the atmosphere was definitely uncomfortable.
Isabel decided to change the subject to Liz’s fashion show then knowing it was topic that everyone would want to talk about. She herself had actually agreed to model in Liz’s show. She wasn’t normally a cat walk model but Liz didn’t care so Isabel Evans would be wearing the Elizabeth show stopper this year and she knew it was going to do wonders for both her and Liz’s career.
‘So are you excited Liz’ Dianne Evan’s asked.
‘Yeah I cant wait. I’m not worried though Isabel is going to be a hit’ she explained.
‘Oh yes Isabel we cant wait to see you’ Nancy Parker joined in whilst Jim, Jeff and Phillip talked about sport and other happenings around the world.
‘Will you dance with me?’ Max asked Liz after their main meal was cleared.
‘I’d love to’ she replied and took his offered hand.
Isabel, Alex, Michael, Maria and Dianne and Phillip all joined them.
Hey you’re looking good tonight
And every girl has got you in her sight
What you doing with someone like me
Surly one of life’s little mysteries
So tonight I’ll ask the stars above
How did I ever win your love?
What did I do, what did I say?
To turn you angel eyes my way
‘You don’t know how right this song is for you’ she laughed as she listens to the song.
Well I’m a girl who never learned to dance
Never even got one, second glance
Across a crowded room was close enough
I could look but I could never touch
So tonight I’ll ask the stars above
How did I ever win your love
What did I do, what did I say
To turn your angel eyes my way
Max looked down and smiled at the Angel in his arms. He couldn’t remember a time that he had been happier in his life.
‘I love you’ he whispered.
Liz looked up to meet his eyes and gasped at what she saw. She saw it right there in his eyes.
‘I love you too’ she replied which a smile
Don’t let anyone wake me
It fits just a dream
Cause it’s the best thing that’s even happened to me
All you ladies you can look all to like
Cause this guy you see is leaving here with me
So tonight I’ll ask the stars above
How did I ever win your love
What did I do, what did I say?
To turn you angel eyes my way
Paulini – Angel Eyes
***
While the others were dancing someone else entered the restaurant and approached the table. He stood and watched as the couple danced on the dance floor and he felt his blood boil as he watched his girlfriend in the arms of another man.
‘Kyle’ Jim called out, surprised when his son approached the table.
‘Hi Dad. Jeff, Nancy, Amy’ he greeted.
‘What are you doing here son?’ Jim asked him. He was a little concerned that Kyle might cause a scene in the expensive restaurant.
‘I finally worked out what I needed to do to win back my girl’ he told them with smile. Jim and Jeff smiled in delight but Nancy and Amy didn’t. The men were to busy chatting that they didn’t notice the group from the dance floor start returning to their table.
‘Kyle?’ Liz questioned as her and Max approached the table hand in hand.
Kyle turned around and came face to face with Liz who was on the arm of Max Evans.
‘Hi Liz’ he smiled ‘Wow you look fantastic’ he said.
‘What are you doing here Evan’s’ he asked rudely.
‘Well if you would have bothered to look around Kyle you would see that our families are having dinner’ Max replied.
‘Liz can I talk to you for a second? he asked then.
‘Kyle now is not a good time ok’ she replied quietly trying to avoid making a scene.
‘Please Liz just a couple of minutes outside’ he pleaded.
Liz felt Max squeeze her hand tighter indicating that he didn’t like that idea at all and Liz agreed with him.
‘No say what you have to here’ she said then.
‘Lizzie be reasonable’ her father interrupted. ‘Give him a chance’
‘No. Stay out of this Dad’ she bit out through gritted teeth.
‘Ok’ Kyle said.
‘Liz I know I made the biggest mistake of my life the day I let you walk out of it. I love you and I have no doubt that we are perfect for each other’ he got down on one knee then and fiddled in his coat pocket until he pulled out a black velvet box. ‘Liz Parker will you marry me?’ he asked.
Liz looked down at him in shock she couldn’t believe the gall of him. Everyone in the restaurant had turned to watch the scene by this stage and Liz was utterly embarrassed. She took a step back and came in contact with Max’s strong chest and was relieved when she felt his hand wrap around her waist.
‘Liz?’ her father bit out ‘Answer the boy’
‘No’ she snapped then. She was snapping no at her father and especially at Kyle.
‘I wouldn’t marry you if you were the last man on the planet’ she added causing everyone at the table to gasp and her father to stand abruptly.
‘Elizabeth Parker’ he cried out sternly.
She turned to Max then ‘ Get me out of here before I say something I’ll regret’ she begged Max. He nodded and gestured for Maria to pass Liz’s bag up.
‘I’m taking Liz back to the apartment we’ll continue this conversation there. I’ll fix the bill’ he told them before gently guiding her away from the table.
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Part 22
Liz stormed into her apartment with Max hot on her heels. ‘Oh the nerve of that guy’ she cried out when the door shut behind them.
Max watched at she paced around the living room of her apartment. He knew that they didn’t have long before her parents stormed the apartment.
‘Liz?’ he said.
When she heard the distress in his voice she immediately stopped her pacing and walked into his waiting arms.
‘I’m so sorry baby’ she said into his chest. ‘I can’t even imagine what your thinking right now’ she continued.
‘I’m thinking that I love you actually’ he told her before kissing her forehead.
‘But you don’t want to marry him right?’ he asked her then.
Liz pulled back then and looked into his eyes ‘The only person I would ever contemplate marrying has me in his arms right now’ she declared.
Max pulled her back into his arms swiftly then and fused his lips with hers. They kissed passionately and only let each other go when they heard footsteps in the hallway. ‘Soon Liz Parker’ he promised her ‘Soon’.
***
Jeff and Nancy Parker, Amy, Jim, Kyle, Maria, Michael, Isabel and Alex all stormed into Liz’s apartment arguing about one thing or another. They all stopped abruptly when they saw Liz and Max sitting very close together on the couch looking as though they didn’t have a care in the world. Just seeing how happy they were was enough to shut Michael, Maria, Isabel and Alex up immediately and they all made their way to stand behind Liz and Max trying to show their support.
‘I thought I raised you better than that Elizabeth’ Jeff Parker roared.
‘Jeff there is no need to yell’ Nancy snapped.
‘What are you doing here Kyle?’ Liz asked then silencing the rest of the group.
‘Liz I realise that I kind of took you by surprise at the restaurant so I was hoping that we could talk about this’ he explained.
Liz sighed and sunk further back into Max’s embrace ‘There is nothing to talk about Kyle. No I will not marry you’
‘Lizzie this is a family matter I think your guests should leave’ Jeff said then gesturing to Max and the other four standing behind then.
‘In case you have forgotten Dad but this is my home and these people are like family to me. The only person that should be leaving is Kyle’ she told him calmly.
‘Liz please. Don’t throw away 3 years’ Kyle begged.
That was it for Max, he had enough of these people treating Liz as though she was a possession even a business arrangement.
Standing up ‘the only person in this room that threw away three years was you Kyle. Why don’t you be a man and tell your family why it is that Liz broke up with you in the first place and why she will never take you back’
‘Son this really doesn’t have anything to do with you’ Jim Valenti started.
‘Of course it does’ Max snapped cutting of Jim. ‘Liz is my girlfriend and your son didn’t just ruin his own relationship with his actions, he did a fair bit of damage to my previous one as well’
‘Kyle?’ Jim questioned.
‘I’ he started.
‘Tell them how you’re a cheating asshole Kyle. How you were seeing and fucking Tess Harding behind my back while you neglected our relationship. That in four months the only time I saw you is when you had an event to show me off at’ Liz snapped then. ‘Tell them how your still sleeping with Tess who is probably the reason you didn’t even invite your father to stay at your apartment this weekend’ she continued causing Nancy Parker to gasp.
Kyle remained silent ‘Get out of my apartment Kyle. I don’t ever want to see you step foot near me again’ she said then.
Jeff and Jim watched quietly as Kyle quietly left the apartment just as he reached the door though he turned back to Liz who was once again safely in Max’s arms ‘You’re right Liz what I did was wrong but I do love you and I will regret it everyday that I wont have you in my life’ and with that he was gone.
‘Can you take me home?’ Liz asked Max quietly.
‘Home?’ he smiled when he realised that she was calling his house home, and he loved hearing her say it.
‘Yeah’ she blushed when she realised what she had said.
‘Sure sweetheart lets go’ he said and kissed her.
‘Mum, Dad I’m going to be staying at Max’s you can get me on my cell if you need me’ she said then and without giving them the time to argue with her she left.
Liz stormed into her apartment with Max hot on her heels. ‘Oh the nerve of that guy’ she cried out when the door shut behind them.
Max watched at she paced around the living room of her apartment. He knew that they didn’t have long before her parents stormed the apartment.
‘Liz?’ he said.
When she heard the distress in his voice she immediately stopped her pacing and walked into his waiting arms.
‘I’m so sorry baby’ she said into his chest. ‘I can’t even imagine what your thinking right now’ she continued.
‘I’m thinking that I love you actually’ he told her before kissing her forehead.
‘But you don’t want to marry him right?’ he asked her then.
Liz pulled back then and looked into his eyes ‘The only person I would ever contemplate marrying has me in his arms right now’ she declared.
Max pulled her back into his arms swiftly then and fused his lips with hers. They kissed passionately and only let each other go when they heard footsteps in the hallway. ‘Soon Liz Parker’ he promised her ‘Soon’.
***
Jeff and Nancy Parker, Amy, Jim, Kyle, Maria, Michael, Isabel and Alex all stormed into Liz’s apartment arguing about one thing or another. They all stopped abruptly when they saw Liz and Max sitting very close together on the couch looking as though they didn’t have a care in the world. Just seeing how happy they were was enough to shut Michael, Maria, Isabel and Alex up immediately and they all made their way to stand behind Liz and Max trying to show their support.
‘I thought I raised you better than that Elizabeth’ Jeff Parker roared.
‘Jeff there is no need to yell’ Nancy snapped.
‘What are you doing here Kyle?’ Liz asked then silencing the rest of the group.
‘Liz I realise that I kind of took you by surprise at the restaurant so I was hoping that we could talk about this’ he explained.
Liz sighed and sunk further back into Max’s embrace ‘There is nothing to talk about Kyle. No I will not marry you’
‘Lizzie this is a family matter I think your guests should leave’ Jeff said then gesturing to Max and the other four standing behind then.
‘In case you have forgotten Dad but this is my home and these people are like family to me. The only person that should be leaving is Kyle’ she told him calmly.
‘Liz please. Don’t throw away 3 years’ Kyle begged.
That was it for Max, he had enough of these people treating Liz as though she was a possession even a business arrangement.
Standing up ‘the only person in this room that threw away three years was you Kyle. Why don’t you be a man and tell your family why it is that Liz broke up with you in the first place and why she will never take you back’
‘Son this really doesn’t have anything to do with you’ Jim Valenti started.
‘Of course it does’ Max snapped cutting of Jim. ‘Liz is my girlfriend and your son didn’t just ruin his own relationship with his actions, he did a fair bit of damage to my previous one as well’
‘Kyle?’ Jim questioned.
‘I’ he started.
‘Tell them how you’re a cheating asshole Kyle. How you were seeing and fucking Tess Harding behind my back while you neglected our relationship. That in four months the only time I saw you is when you had an event to show me off at’ Liz snapped then. ‘Tell them how your still sleeping with Tess who is probably the reason you didn’t even invite your father to stay at your apartment this weekend’ she continued causing Nancy Parker to gasp.
Kyle remained silent ‘Get out of my apartment Kyle. I don’t ever want to see you step foot near me again’ she said then.
Jeff and Jim watched quietly as Kyle quietly left the apartment just as he reached the door though he turned back to Liz who was once again safely in Max’s arms ‘You’re right Liz what I did was wrong but I do love you and I will regret it everyday that I wont have you in my life’ and with that he was gone.
‘Can you take me home?’ Liz asked Max quietly.
‘Home?’ he smiled when he realised that she was calling his house home, and he loved hearing her say it.
‘Yeah’ she blushed when she realised what she had said.
‘Sure sweetheart lets go’ he said and kissed her.
‘Mum, Dad I’m going to be staying at Max’s you can get me on my cell if you need me’ she said then and without giving them the time to argue with her she left.
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Part 23
Things between Liz and her father were rough for the next few days. He wasn’t happy at all when she had left her apartment to go and stay at Max’s but Liz couldn’t find the time or effort to care anymore. The fact that her father was willing to take Kyle’s side against her believing that she was wrong about breaking up with him had hurt her deeply, added to that the fact that he had treated Max so disrespectfully as well as her other friends made her doubt that he even loved her at all. What kind of father would demand that his daughter continue in a relationship that she admitted made her miserable just so their families could be family.
It was for that reason that she had continued to stay at Max’s and only talked to her mother through the first few days of their stay. But today was her big day, the fashion parade that would dictate fashion week and her career for the next year. She was excited and nervous but Max was doing his best to keep her calm and it had started in bed this morning with breakfast.
‘Morning beautiful’ he whispered in her ear pulling her from the depths of sleep.
She slowly opened her sleepy eyes and saw the most amazing thing in the world to her; there was the love of her life leaning over her with a beautiful rose in his hands.
‘I must be dreaming’ she smiled ‘because you look too good to be true’ she laughed a little at the lame joke but Max quickly silence her by fusing their lips together. He ran his tongue over her bottom lip begging her for entrance, which she eagerly agreed to. Liz’s hands came up to pull him down on top of her and he came eagerly.
‘Breakfast’ he told her though kisses that he trailed them down her neck.
‘I need you to help me work up an appetite’ she told him huskily, at the same time her hands went to work at sliding his silk boxes down his hips. She used her feet to get them the entire way down and then reached out and began stroking his very hard erection.
Since their first night together they had made love quite a lot since, truthfully they were insatiable when it came to each other but Liz was beginning to enjoy morning sex especially. There was nothing better to her than waking up to Max pumping in and out of her.
‘Baby’ he groaned, enjoying the feel of her small hands stoking him. He enjoyed the feel for a few minutes before pulling back the covers and attacking her silk nightgown.
‘Off’ he growled when he couldn’t free her of it to her attack her skin. Liz pulled back from him and let him lift the silk over her head. ‘Now baby’ she growled grabbing hold of him again and guiding him to her very wet core.
Max entered her gently ‘God you are sooooo wet’ he groaned and with one powerful thrust entered her. Liz immediately wrapped her legs around his waist as he continued to thrust in and out of her at a fast and deep pace. It wasn’t long before they were both coming together screaming each other’s names.
When they came back down from their high Max laughed ‘good thing I didn’t make a hot breakfast’ he told her getting up to retrieve the platter of different fruits and muffins that he had prepared for her.
‘What did I do to deserve you?’ Liz asked him as she watched his naked form bringing her breakfast back to bed.
‘Your you’ he smiled.
They ate in silence for the next 15 minutes, alternatively feeding each other fruit and enjoying sucking up the dripping juices from each other’s bodies. They still had a couple of hours before Liz had to leave to start prepping for the show so Max got up and poured them a bubble bath.
‘You’re spoiling me today’ she told him as he carried her into the bathroom and gently placed her in the tub.
‘You deserve it besides, I wish I could do this with you all the time’ he told her honestly.
He knew that he should probably be scared at how fast they were moving, they had only been together for a bit over a month now and they were already madly in love, talking about future weddings and her staying with him for the week but as far as he was concerned it wasn’t moving fast enough and this week had shown him how great it can be. So that was why he knew he was making the right decision.
Him and Michael had talked last night and with a bit of convincing from Max, Michael had made the final decision to pack up his life in Roswell and return to New York. Maria was desperate for him to come and when Max had told him his idea it made even more sense.
Liz leaned forward so that Max could slide in behind her in the bath and had to bite back a groan as she felt his hard member pressed against her bottom. When he was settled she leaned back into his chest and allowed him to gently massage her shoulders and arms before he moved to her breasts.
‘I love you’ he whispered.
Liz grinned ‘I love you too’ she told him.
‘I’ve never been happier that I have with you here this week’ she said then.
‘Really?’ Max asked happily.
‘Really’ she replied. ‘Even with everything that’s going on with my parents you have just managed to make me so happy. Thank you’
‘I’m glad and you’re welcome’ he replied ‘What do you say to the idea of making it more permanent?’ he asked her then. Liz eyes instantly popped opened and she turned around in the bath causing water to splash out on to the floor.
‘What are you asking me?’
Max slid closer to her and pulled her on to his lap so that she was straddling him. He could feel her wet core come into contact with his very hard erection but bit back a groan.
‘Well you mentioned that you were house hunting. I’m suggesting that you stop looking and move in with me’ he said.
Liz’s face lit up with a small smile before she bent her head to the side and cocked an eyebrow ‘Are you asking me to live with you in sin Max Evans?’
‘I’m asking you to move in with me. I want to wake up and make love to you every morning’ he whispered huskily before using his hand to lead himself to her waiting core. Liz easily sunk down onto him with a moan of pleasure. ‘Is this your way of trying to convince me?’ she asked as she rode him slowly.
‘Is it working?’ he asked as he leant forwards and took one of her nipples into his mouth.
‘Hmm you play dirty Mr Evans’ she moaned.
Liz continued the pace with Max helping her by lifting her hips and guiding her down on him harder. ‘Oh Max’ she moaned.
‘Do you need more convincing?’ he groaned as they both picked up the pace, they were close to coming apart again.
‘You had me at I love you’ she told him and then laughed at her little stolen line from Jerry Maguire.
‘Say it baby’ he begged as he pumped her up and down on his cock.
‘Yes I want to wake up to this every morning’ she moaned ‘yes I want to live with you’ she moaned again ‘yes, yes yes’ she screamed as she contracted around him and came.
‘Liz’ he screamed when his own orgasm took hold.
They sat in their embrace for what seemed like an eternity. ‘Yes’ Liz finally whispered.
Max pulled back so he could look in her eyes and he had a smile of his face that would have lit up New York she thought.
‘Soon?’
Liz nodded there was no way she could be away from this man again. ‘As soon as possible’ she told him.
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Part 23
Things between Liz and her father were rough for the next few days. He wasn’t happy at all when she had left her apartment to go and stay at Max’s but Liz couldn’t find the time or effort to care anymore. The fact that her father was willing to take Kyle’s side against her believing that she was wrong about breaking up with him had hurt her deeply, added to that the fact that he had treated Max so disrespectfully as well as her other friends made her doubt that he even loved her at all. What kind of father would demand that his daughter continue in a relationship that she admitted made her miserable just so their families could be family.
It was for that reason that she had continued to stay at Max’s and only talked to her mother through the first few days of their stay. But today was her big day, the fashion parade that would dictate fashion week and her career for the next year. She was excited and nervous but Max was doing his best to keep her calm and it had started in bed this morning with breakfast.
‘Morning beautiful’ he whispered in her ear pulling her from the depths of sleep.
She slowly opened her sleepy eyes and saw the most amazing thing in the world to her; there was the love of her life leaning over her with a beautiful rose in his hands.
‘I must be dreaming’ she smiled ‘because you look too good to be true’ she laughed a little at the lame joke but Max quickly silence her by fusing their lips together. He ran his tongue over her bottom lip begging her for entrance, which she eagerly agreed to. Liz’s hands came up to pull him down on top of her and he came eagerly.
‘Breakfast’ he told her though kisses that he trailed them down her neck.
‘I need you to help me work up an appetite’ she told him huskily, at the same time her hands went to work at sliding his silk boxes down his hips. She used her feet to get them the entire way down and then reached out and began stroking his very hard erection.
Since their first night together they had made love quite a lot since, truthfully they were insatiable when it came to each other but Liz was beginning to enjoy morning sex especially. There was nothing better to her than waking up to Max pumping in and out of her.
‘Baby’ he groaned, enjoying the feel of her small hands stoking him. He enjoyed the feel for a few minutes before pulling back the covers and attacking her silk nightgown.
‘Off’ he growled when he couldn’t free her of it to her attack her skin. Liz pulled back from him and let him lift the silk over her head. ‘Now baby’ she growled grabbing hold of him again and guiding him to her very wet core.
Max entered her gently ‘God you are sooooo wet’ he groaned and with one powerful thrust entered her. Liz immediately wrapped her legs around his waist as he continued to thrust in and out of her at a fast and deep pace. It wasn’t long before they were both coming together screaming each other’s names.
When they came back down from their high Max laughed ‘good thing I didn’t make a hot breakfast’ he told her getting up to retrieve the platter of different fruits and muffins that he had prepared for her.
‘What did I do to deserve you?’ Liz asked him as she watched his naked form bringing her breakfast back to bed.
‘Your you’ he smiled.
They ate in silence for the next 15 minutes, alternatively feeding each other fruit and enjoying sucking up the dripping juices from each other’s bodies. They still had a couple of hours before Liz had to leave to start prepping for the show so Max got up and poured them a bubble bath.
‘You’re spoiling me today’ she told him as he carried her into the bathroom and gently placed her in the tub.
‘You deserve it besides, I wish I could do this with you all the time’ he told her honestly.
He knew that he should probably be scared at how fast they were moving, they had only been together for a bit over a month now and they were already madly in love, talking about future weddings and her staying with him for the week but as far as he was concerned it wasn’t moving fast enough and this week had shown him how great it can be. So that was why he knew he was making the right decision.
Him and Michael had talked last night and with a bit of convincing from Max, Michael had made the final decision to pack up his life in Roswell and return to New York. Maria was desperate for him to come and when Max had told him his idea it made even more sense.
Liz leaned forward so that Max could slide in behind her in the bath and had to bite back a groan as she felt his hard member pressed against her bottom. When he was settled she leaned back into his chest and allowed him to gently massage her shoulders and arms before he moved to her breasts.
‘I love you’ he whispered.
Liz grinned ‘I love you too’ she told him.
‘I’ve never been happier that I have with you here this week’ she said then.
‘Really?’ Max asked happily.
‘Really’ she replied. ‘Even with everything that’s going on with my parents you have just managed to make me so happy. Thank you’
‘I’m glad and you’re welcome’ he replied ‘What do you say to the idea of making it more permanent?’ he asked her then. Liz eyes instantly popped opened and she turned around in the bath causing water to splash out on to the floor.
‘What are you asking me?’
Max slid closer to her and pulled her on to his lap so that she was straddling him. He could feel her wet core come into contact with his very hard erection but bit back a groan.
‘Well you mentioned that you were house hunting. I’m suggesting that you stop looking and move in with me’ he said.
Liz’s face lit up with a small smile before she bent her head to the side and cocked an eyebrow ‘Are you asking me to live with you in sin Max Evans?’
‘I’m asking you to move in with me. I want to wake up and make love to you every morning’ he whispered huskily before using his hand to lead himself to her waiting core. Liz easily sunk down onto him with a moan of pleasure. ‘Is this your way of trying to convince me?’ she asked as she rode him slowly.
‘Is it working?’ he asked as he leant forwards and took one of her nipples into his mouth.
‘Hmm you play dirty Mr Evans’ she moaned.
Liz continued the pace with Max helping her by lifting her hips and guiding her down on him harder. ‘Oh Max’ she moaned.
‘Do you need more convincing?’ he groaned as they both picked up the pace, they were close to coming apart again.
‘You had me at I love you’ she told him and then laughed at her little stolen line from Jerry Maguire.
‘Say it baby’ he begged as he pumped her up and down on his cock.
‘Yes I want to wake up to this every morning’ she moaned ‘yes I want to live with you’ she moaned again ‘yes, yes yes’ she screamed as she contracted around him and came.
‘Liz’ he screamed when his own orgasm took hold.
They sat in their embrace for what seemed like an eternity. ‘Yes’ Liz finally whispered.
Max pulled back so he could look in her eyes and he had a smile of his face that would have lit up New York she thought.
‘Soon?’
Liz nodded there was no way she could be away from this man again. ‘As soon as possible’ she told him.
24
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Part 24
Once Liz got to the venue of the fashion show her business persona was on and she got down to business. Her morning with Max had gone a long way to calming her down. Her and Maria ran around for hours prepping the models and making sure that the ensembles that they were wearing were the correct ones and that everyone was where they should be. An hour before the show was due to start Isabel and Maria teamed up on Liz and demanded she go and have a shower and get ready for the show, and that Elizabeth also needed to look her best.
When Liz came back half an hour later her parents, Amy, Jim, Philip, Dianne, Alex, Michael and Max had all arrived and were backstage enjoying a glass of champagne.
‘There she is’ Nancy Parker said when they saw her.
‘Hi everyone’ she smiled. Today was about her and the Elizabeth line, she wasn’t going to let what was going on with her father bother her or ruin the day for her.
‘Liz everything looks wonderful’ Dianne told her.
‘Thankyou. Now I think you guys better take your seats before things around here become chaotic’ she told them and gestured to one of the assistants to show them to their seats. Max was getting ready to follow the group when Liz’s arms snaked out to stop him.
‘Where do you think you’re going?’ she asked him with a smirk.
‘Um I though you wanted us to sit down’ he replied.
‘I’m not letting you out of my sight Mister’ she told him as she ran a hand up and down his chest. He was wearing one of the suits Liz had actually designed and made for him. It was something new that she was working on. ‘Besides you owe me a show remember’ she added.
‘WHAT?’ Max shrieked.
‘You don’t expect me to go out there’ he stuttered.
‘God no’ Liz replied ‘I don’t want all those women out there ogling my man’
‘Good’ Max sighed ‘did I tell you how stunning you look yet?’ he asked her then while nuzzling his nose against her neck taking in her usual scent of strawberries
‘No I don’t think you did’ she replied. Liz was wearing a strapless black dress that fell to her shins. ‘It’s an Elizabeth you know’ she joked.
‘Well what a coincidence, this is an Elizabeth too’ he replied gesturing to the charcoal grey suit he had on. He was wearing a black sweater under it and he looked mighty fine.
‘You look good enough to eat’ she whispered in his ear and caused him to blush.
‘Liz’ Maria shrieked ‘I need you’
Liz sent Max an apologetic look before stepping away from him to go to Maria ‘Stay?’ she asked before she was out of earshot.
‘Of course I’ll just sit here and look pretty’ he replied with a smirk and watched her disappear between the groups of models.
***
The show was going off without a hitch and Liz, Max and Maria watched on from the side of the stage. Liz was feeling anxious about the press conference she would be doing after the show as well as the press’s reaction to Isabel modelling for Elizabeth’s show stopper, the wedding gown.
When Isabel finally emerged she looked stunning. The crowd all gasped and cheered when they realised that Isabel Evan’s super model was the model. The gown Liz had designed fitted her to perfection. It was straight and Isabel’s curves did it wonders. The dress itself was worth close to $20,000 and Liz hoped that by the end of the week she had it sold.
‘Oh god Liz that is stunning’ Maria gasped when she got a closer look. The gown had been kept under raps from everyone bar Liz and Isabel even Maria hadn’t been privy to it and she was Liz’s best friend. She understood though what the dress was worth and what it would cost Liz if the secret had got out before Isabel had a chance to model it.
‘Stunning’ Max murmured unable to take his eyes of the dress his sister had on but all the time imagining a small petite brunette wearing it instead as she made her way down an alter towards him.
When Isabel turned around at the end of her run Liz took a deep breath and made her way out onto the stage. The camera flashes went crazy as she joined Isabel and the other models or filtered out in their last outfits. The loud applause was enough recognition in her eyes.
‘Hi everyone’ she smiled nervously into the microphone ‘I just wanted to say a few thank you’s. Firstly to my two very best friends Maria Deluca and Alex Whitman, I couldn’t have put this line or show together without your support and I don’t think you’ll ever understand what it means to me that you’re here sharing my dream with me.'
'To Michael who I know has suffered silently for my career. To my family who travelled to be here today for the show, thank you for believing in me. A big thanks to the wonderful women who modelled in my show this afternoon, especially you Isabel. And lastly to the man who is my claming voice and my heart thank you for being here for me this week, for sharing this with me. I love you more than words could ever tell you.’
Max stood on the side of the stage comforting a crying Maria who was over powered by the words from her best friend. He felt like crying himself when she finished her speech with a declaration of how much she loved him.
He couldn’t believe how much his life had changed since she had come into his life, and not just physically but when they were talking anonymously over the internet, she had been there for so long and he had no intention of ever letting her go.
‘Thank you all for coming today. Information on purchasing can be picked up at the door if you haven’t already got it. The Press conference will start in 10 minutes. Thank you’ she finished before running off the stage and into the arms of her loving boyfriend and best friend. It didn’t take long for Alex, Michael and Isabel to rush forward and join them. Both Alex and Michael had been overwhelmed by her words to them as well.
Jeff and Nancy Parker, Amy Deluca, Jim Valenti and Phillip and Dianne Evan’s watched on as their children hugged Liz and congratulated her. Liz’s words had been quite an eye opener for Jeff Parker. The passion and love he saw in his only daughter’s eyes when she talked about Max had completely overwhelmed him as well and he saw now that he had been terribly wrong about Liz and Kyle. In the entire time his daughter dated Kyle he had never seen her as happy as she was with Max after only a month.
‘I think we’ll be seeing a lot more of each other in the future Nancy, wouldn’t you agree?’ Dianne said then.
‘Yes we will be’ Nancy answered with a small smile
Part 24
Once Liz got to the venue of the fashion show her business persona was on and she got down to business. Her morning with Max had gone a long way to calming her down. Her and Maria ran around for hours prepping the models and making sure that the ensembles that they were wearing were the correct ones and that everyone was where they should be. An hour before the show was due to start Isabel and Maria teamed up on Liz and demanded she go and have a shower and get ready for the show, and that Elizabeth also needed to look her best.
When Liz came back half an hour later her parents, Amy, Jim, Philip, Dianne, Alex, Michael and Max had all arrived and were backstage enjoying a glass of champagne.
‘There she is’ Nancy Parker said when they saw her.
‘Hi everyone’ she smiled. Today was about her and the Elizabeth line, she wasn’t going to let what was going on with her father bother her or ruin the day for her.
‘Liz everything looks wonderful’ Dianne told her.
‘Thankyou. Now I think you guys better take your seats before things around here become chaotic’ she told them and gestured to one of the assistants to show them to their seats. Max was getting ready to follow the group when Liz’s arms snaked out to stop him.
‘Where do you think you’re going?’ she asked him with a smirk.
‘Um I though you wanted us to sit down’ he replied.
‘I’m not letting you out of my sight Mister’ she told him as she ran a hand up and down his chest. He was wearing one of the suits Liz had actually designed and made for him. It was something new that she was working on. ‘Besides you owe me a show remember’ she added.
‘WHAT?’ Max shrieked.
‘You don’t expect me to go out there’ he stuttered.
‘God no’ Liz replied ‘I don’t want all those women out there ogling my man’
‘Good’ Max sighed ‘did I tell you how stunning you look yet?’ he asked her then while nuzzling his nose against her neck taking in her usual scent of strawberries
‘No I don’t think you did’ she replied. Liz was wearing a strapless black dress that fell to her shins. ‘It’s an Elizabeth you know’ she joked.
‘Well what a coincidence, this is an Elizabeth too’ he replied gesturing to the charcoal grey suit he had on. He was wearing a black sweater under it and he looked mighty fine.
‘You look good enough to eat’ she whispered in his ear and caused him to blush.
‘Liz’ Maria shrieked ‘I need you’
Liz sent Max an apologetic look before stepping away from him to go to Maria ‘Stay?’ she asked before she was out of earshot.
‘Of course I’ll just sit here and look pretty’ he replied with a smirk and watched her disappear between the groups of models.
***
The show was going off without a hitch and Liz, Max and Maria watched on from the side of the stage. Liz was feeling anxious about the press conference she would be doing after the show as well as the press’s reaction to Isabel modelling for Elizabeth’s show stopper, the wedding gown.
When Isabel finally emerged she looked stunning. The crowd all gasped and cheered when they realised that Isabel Evan’s super model was the model. The gown Liz had designed fitted her to perfection. It was straight and Isabel’s curves did it wonders. The dress itself was worth close to $20,000 and Liz hoped that by the end of the week she had it sold.
‘Oh god Liz that is stunning’ Maria gasped when she got a closer look. The gown had been kept under raps from everyone bar Liz and Isabel even Maria hadn’t been privy to it and she was Liz’s best friend. She understood though what the dress was worth and what it would cost Liz if the secret had got out before Isabel had a chance to model it.
‘Stunning’ Max murmured unable to take his eyes of the dress his sister had on but all the time imagining a small petite brunette wearing it instead as she made her way down an alter towards him.
When Isabel turned around at the end of her run Liz took a deep breath and made her way out onto the stage. The camera flashes went crazy as she joined Isabel and the other models or filtered out in their last outfits. The loud applause was enough recognition in her eyes.
‘Hi everyone’ she smiled nervously into the microphone ‘I just wanted to say a few thank you’s. Firstly to my two very best friends Maria Deluca and Alex Whitman, I couldn’t have put this line or show together without your support and I don’t think you’ll ever understand what it means to me that you’re here sharing my dream with me.'
'To Michael who I know has suffered silently for my career. To my family who travelled to be here today for the show, thank you for believing in me. A big thanks to the wonderful women who modelled in my show this afternoon, especially you Isabel. And lastly to the man who is my claming voice and my heart thank you for being here for me this week, for sharing this with me. I love you more than words could ever tell you.’
Max stood on the side of the stage comforting a crying Maria who was over powered by the words from her best friend. He felt like crying himself when she finished her speech with a declaration of how much she loved him.
He couldn’t believe how much his life had changed since she had come into his life, and not just physically but when they were talking anonymously over the internet, she had been there for so long and he had no intention of ever letting her go.
‘Thank you all for coming today. Information on purchasing can be picked up at the door if you haven’t already got it. The Press conference will start in 10 minutes. Thank you’ she finished before running off the stage and into the arms of her loving boyfriend and best friend. It didn’t take long for Alex, Michael and Isabel to rush forward and join them. Both Alex and Michael had been overwhelmed by her words to them as well.
Jeff and Nancy Parker, Amy Deluca, Jim Valenti and Phillip and Dianne Evan’s watched on as their children hugged Liz and congratulated her. Liz’s words had been quite an eye opener for Jeff Parker. The passion and love he saw in his only daughter’s eyes when she talked about Max had completely overwhelmed him as well and he saw now that he had been terribly wrong about Liz and Kyle. In the entire time his daughter dated Kyle he had never seen her as happy as she was with Max after only a month.
‘I think we’ll be seeing a lot more of each other in the future Nancy, wouldn’t you agree?’ Dianne said then.
‘Yes we will be’ Nancy answered with a small smile
25
Part 25
When everyone had shared hugs and kisses and congratulations on the show to Liz, Max took the opportunity to grab her quickly before the press conference. He pulled her into his arms and without a single word kissed her with all the love and emotion he felt for her.
When he finally came up for air he looked into her eyes ‘You don’t need words, but I love you too, so much Liz Parker’ he told her. Liz’s face lit up with a beautiful smile before she placed her small hand in his and they walked towards the area that the press were waiting for her in.
Liz wasn’t sure though if Max wanted their relationship captured by the press so before they walked out she stopped and looked up at him. ‘Do you want to come?’ she asked hesitantly.
‘Of course where you go I go this week remember’ he smiled at her.
They walked onto the stage and Max only let her hand go as she took a seat in at the table that had now been set up with microphones, Isabel was sitting next to her.
‘Ok lets start’ she told them and the questioning began.
‘Liz the show was spectacular but tell us how did you get Isabel Evans to model your show stopper?’
‘Thank you. Actually Isabel is a friend’ Liz replied with a shrug.
‘A very close friend’ Isabel added with a smile ‘I love Liz’s work and the latest Elizabeth collection is fantastic, I believe that it will mak her a bigger household name than she already is’
Liz smiled her thanks, Isabel handled the media like a pro but she was still relatively new to this.
Some more questions regarding the line and Uptown girl were asked before they started turning more personal.
‘Liz is it true that you’re dating Yankee’s player Kyle Valenti?’
Liz squirmed in her seat, she didn’t see what this had to do with her work or the show but knew that she had to answer.
‘Kyle and I are no longer seeing each other’ she replied simply.
‘So who is this new man that you call your heart?’ another piped up.
A small smile played on Liz’s lips and she immediately turned to face the beautiful amber eyes, he nodded his okay before stepping forward.
‘My name is Max Evan’s’ he spoke up again.
There was a gasp from the media as he took a seat next to Liz and took her hand.
‘Any relation to Isabel?’ they asked.
‘Max is actually my twin brother’ Isabel replied with a grin.
‘Wow good looks definitely run in your family’ a reporter joked causing everyone to laugh including Phillip and Dianne.
‘So Liz can we ask if it’s serious, will we be seeing the Elizabeth show stopper on you soon?’
Liz’s face instantly turned red from embarrassment and she turned to Max who was grinning at her.
‘When Liz designs her wedding dress rest assured that you wont be seeing it before me’ he laughed in response.
***
A week later
Liz was busy unpacking her stuff at Max’s when the doorbell rang. She sighed and looked at the clock wondering who it might be. Max was at work and she knew he wouldn’t be home for another half an hour.
After the fashion show Liz finally sat down with her parents and had everything out. Her father apologised for his behaviour and told Liz that he now realised he was wrong and that he thought that Max was an excellent man. He expressed his wishes to get to know him better while they had the chance so for the last couple of days of their trip the four of them spent some time together. By the time Jeff and Nancy were due to fly home Max and Jeff had become good friends and Jeff knew that his daughter was in the best possible hands.
Max had filled Liz in on Michael’s plans to return to Roswell to pack up and move back to New York. Michael had decided to keep the whole thing a secret though which meant that Liz couldn’t tell anyone about moving into Max’s until Michael returned a couple of days later. Amy had agreed to take care of selling his apartment as long as he promised to take good care of her daughter, oh and threatened him if he got her pregnant without marrying her. Maria however was devastated when Michael told her he was flying home with her mother and Jim and refused to see them off. Michael felt so bad that he almost gave in and told her but Liz convinced him that it would be worth it when he came back.
So with that said Liz helped Michael conspire behind her best friends back to come up with the best surprise. Liz arranged for Michael to have a key to her apartment so he could move all of his stuff into the house, and at the same time take some of her stuff over to Max’s. So last night Liz kept Maria out late on the pretence of trying to cheer her up to give Michael time to carry out the surprise.
When they arrived back at the apartment they made their way in Liz being careful to make sure that Maria went in first so that she could quietly leave. The living room was alight with candles when they entered causing Maria to gasp.
‘Oh god Liz Max must have planned something special for you and you’ve missed it’ she cried turning around to face her best friend. While her back was turned though Michael came out and stood in the middle of room with a bunch of flowers and waited for her to turn back around.
‘Michael’ she gasped.
‘Hey pixie’ he smiled. Maria took the time to look around and it was then that she noticed the cd’s scattered on the coffee table and the poster that had replaced a favourite painting of Liz’s above the fireplace. It was a metallica poster.
‘What are you doing here?’ she asked.
‘I live here’ he replied with a smirk.
‘WHAT?’ she gasped.
‘What Maria Deluca lost for words?’ he joked.
‘Liz what is he talking about?’ she turned to her best friend then who was smiling at the scene.
‘Maria sweetie I’m moving in with Max’ she told her.
‘Oh my god Liz I’m so happy for you’ she cried before launching into her arms.
Liz laughed ‘Thank you but shouldn’t I be congratulating you too?’
Maria stepped back then and looked at Liz confused then.
‘I’m not the only one of us who is going to be living with the man of their dreams’ she explained with a huge grin.
As soon as the words sunk in Maria turned back round to face Michael before she took off to a run towards him. Luckily Michael was prepared and caught her with ease.
‘Did you hear that Michael I’m going to get to live with Max too’ she joked causing Liz to laugh and Michael to scowl.
‘Oh space boy you know I love you’ she said then before fusing her lips to his.
Liz excused herself quietly then returning to Max’s house where she cuddled into his waiting arms.
When everyone had shared hugs and kisses and congratulations on the show to Liz, Max took the opportunity to grab her quickly before the press conference. He pulled her into his arms and without a single word kissed her with all the love and emotion he felt for her.
When he finally came up for air he looked into her eyes ‘You don’t need words, but I love you too, so much Liz Parker’ he told her. Liz’s face lit up with a beautiful smile before she placed her small hand in his and they walked towards the area that the press were waiting for her in.
Liz wasn’t sure though if Max wanted their relationship captured by the press so before they walked out she stopped and looked up at him. ‘Do you want to come?’ she asked hesitantly.
‘Of course where you go I go this week remember’ he smiled at her.
They walked onto the stage and Max only let her hand go as she took a seat in at the table that had now been set up with microphones, Isabel was sitting next to her.
‘Ok lets start’ she told them and the questioning began.
‘Liz the show was spectacular but tell us how did you get Isabel Evans to model your show stopper?’
‘Thank you. Actually Isabel is a friend’ Liz replied with a shrug.
‘A very close friend’ Isabel added with a smile ‘I love Liz’s work and the latest Elizabeth collection is fantastic, I believe that it will mak her a bigger household name than she already is’
Liz smiled her thanks, Isabel handled the media like a pro but she was still relatively new to this.
Some more questions regarding the line and Uptown girl were asked before they started turning more personal.
‘Liz is it true that you’re dating Yankee’s player Kyle Valenti?’
Liz squirmed in her seat, she didn’t see what this had to do with her work or the show but knew that she had to answer.
‘Kyle and I are no longer seeing each other’ she replied simply.
‘So who is this new man that you call your heart?’ another piped up.
A small smile played on Liz’s lips and she immediately turned to face the beautiful amber eyes, he nodded his okay before stepping forward.
‘My name is Max Evan’s’ he spoke up again.
There was a gasp from the media as he took a seat next to Liz and took her hand.
‘Any relation to Isabel?’ they asked.
‘Max is actually my twin brother’ Isabel replied with a grin.
‘Wow good looks definitely run in your family’ a reporter joked causing everyone to laugh including Phillip and Dianne.
‘So Liz can we ask if it’s serious, will we be seeing the Elizabeth show stopper on you soon?’
Liz’s face instantly turned red from embarrassment and she turned to Max who was grinning at her.
‘When Liz designs her wedding dress rest assured that you wont be seeing it before me’ he laughed in response.
***
A week later
Liz was busy unpacking her stuff at Max’s when the doorbell rang. She sighed and looked at the clock wondering who it might be. Max was at work and she knew he wouldn’t be home for another half an hour.
After the fashion show Liz finally sat down with her parents and had everything out. Her father apologised for his behaviour and told Liz that he now realised he was wrong and that he thought that Max was an excellent man. He expressed his wishes to get to know him better while they had the chance so for the last couple of days of their trip the four of them spent some time together. By the time Jeff and Nancy were due to fly home Max and Jeff had become good friends and Jeff knew that his daughter was in the best possible hands.
Max had filled Liz in on Michael’s plans to return to Roswell to pack up and move back to New York. Michael had decided to keep the whole thing a secret though which meant that Liz couldn’t tell anyone about moving into Max’s until Michael returned a couple of days later. Amy had agreed to take care of selling his apartment as long as he promised to take good care of her daughter, oh and threatened him if he got her pregnant without marrying her. Maria however was devastated when Michael told her he was flying home with her mother and Jim and refused to see them off. Michael felt so bad that he almost gave in and told her but Liz convinced him that it would be worth it when he came back.
So with that said Liz helped Michael conspire behind her best friends back to come up with the best surprise. Liz arranged for Michael to have a key to her apartment so he could move all of his stuff into the house, and at the same time take some of her stuff over to Max’s. So last night Liz kept Maria out late on the pretence of trying to cheer her up to give Michael time to carry out the surprise.
When they arrived back at the apartment they made their way in Liz being careful to make sure that Maria went in first so that she could quietly leave. The living room was alight with candles when they entered causing Maria to gasp.
‘Oh god Liz Max must have planned something special for you and you’ve missed it’ she cried turning around to face her best friend. While her back was turned though Michael came out and stood in the middle of room with a bunch of flowers and waited for her to turn back around.
‘Michael’ she gasped.
‘Hey pixie’ he smiled. Maria took the time to look around and it was then that she noticed the cd’s scattered on the coffee table and the poster that had replaced a favourite painting of Liz’s above the fireplace. It was a metallica poster.
‘What are you doing here?’ she asked.
‘I live here’ he replied with a smirk.
‘WHAT?’ she gasped.
‘What Maria Deluca lost for words?’ he joked.
‘Liz what is he talking about?’ she turned to her best friend then who was smiling at the scene.
‘Maria sweetie I’m moving in with Max’ she told her.
‘Oh my god Liz I’m so happy for you’ she cried before launching into her arms.
Liz laughed ‘Thank you but shouldn’t I be congratulating you too?’
Maria stepped back then and looked at Liz confused then.
‘I’m not the only one of us who is going to be living with the man of their dreams’ she explained with a huge grin.
As soon as the words sunk in Maria turned back round to face Michael before she took off to a run towards him. Luckily Michael was prepared and caught her with ease.
‘Did you hear that Michael I’m going to get to live with Max too’ she joked causing Liz to laugh and Michael to scowl.
‘Oh space boy you know I love you’ she said then before fusing her lips to his.
Liz excused herself quietly then returning to Max’s house where she cuddled into his waiting arms.
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Part 26
Making her way down the stairs slowly Liz had to stop a couple of times as dizzy spells took over. She had been feeling this way for the past week now and knew that if it kept up she would have to go see the doctor. Max had already started getting suspicious. The bell rang again and Liz noted that the person on the other side was very impatient.
‘I’m coming’ she called out. She knew that the chances of it being someone for her were slim considering the only people that knew she lived there so far were Maria, Michael, Isabel, Alex and the Evan’s she hadn’t even gotten around to telling her own parents yet.
Just as she reached the door the phone started ringing and she cursed. Shit.
She swung open the door knowing that the answering machine would pick up the call but when she did her breath caught, standing on the other side of the door was Tess Harding.
In the back of her mind Liz heard the machine pick up.
‘Hi we cant take your call at the moment so leave us a message and we’ll get back to you’ she heard Max’s voice say and she smiled at the we he had added only the night before.
‘What the hell are you doing here?’ Tess demanded.
‘Hey sweetie are you there?’ Max’s voice sounded over the machine.
Liz looked at Tess and then back to the phone before making her decision. She walked over and picked up the cordless handset and answered the call.
‘Hey’ she said as she came to stand back at the door where surprisingly Tess had remained standing.
‘Hey baby’ he replied.
‘Listen can you come home? We have a visitor’ she said.
‘Yeah I’m in the car about 10 minutes away. Who is it?’ he asked her.
‘Tess’ she replied.
‘You’re kidding me. Are you all right?’ he asked her.
‘Fine sweetie see you when you get here’ she replied with a smile, which grew when she realised Tess was listening.
‘So what can I do for you?’ she asked when she turned the phone off. She still had it in her hand just in case Tess tried something.
‘What the hell are you doing here?’ she asked again.
‘I live here so why don’t you tell me what the hell your doing at my front door when I know for a fact that Max has a restraining order against you coming anywhere near it’ Liz replied.
‘Your doorway?’ she spluttered.
‘Yes my doorway, my home’ Liz replied a smug smile on her face.
‘I didn’t know Max sold’ she replied.
Liz smiled wider then ‘That would be right because he didn’t’
Before Liz could respond Max pulled up in his BMW and quickly got out of the car. He must have broken some major speed limits to get here so quickly she thought to herself.
‘What are you doing here?’ he demanded pushing past her to engulf Liz in his arms.
‘You ok?’ he asked concerned.
‘I’m fine’ she smiled at him.
‘So?’ he turned to Tess again.
‘I wanted to talk to you’ she replied her shock that Liz was living with Max apparent by the look on her face.
‘You realise I could call the cops’ he told her.
‘Are you two living together?’ she asked then praying that Max would say no and confirm Liz for liar she knew her to be.
‘Not that it’s any of your business but yes’ he replied with a big smile. It didn’t matter that his ex-girlfriend turned stalker was at his door, he was over the moon about Liz moving in with him.
‘God you don’t waist any time do you Liz’ she snarled then.
‘What’s that supposed to mean?’ Liz snapped back.
‘Moving in on my man’
‘Oh well you didn’t seem so worried about your man when you were fucking Kyle behind our backs did you’ Liz replied.
‘What?’ Tess gasped she didn’t realise anyone knew about that, especially Max and Liz.
‘Oh you didn’t think we knew about that did you’ Max laughed at the look of shock on her face.
‘I, I’ she stuttered.
‘So what did you want to talk about because Liz and I have plans for dinner with my parents’ he said then.
Tess’s head snapped up again at that comment, Max had never taken her to dinner with his parents the only time she had ever had anything to do with them was when they were still at school. Yet Liz was already being introduced to them.
‘Your parents?’ she asked again.
‘Yeah Dianne and Phillip are taking Max and I out to dinner to celebrate’ she smiled loving every moment of the torture she was inflicting on Tess.
‘Celebrate?’ she asked again.
‘Yes they’re so happy that we’ve moved in together’ Max explained.
‘Oh god’ Tess went white as a sheet. This couldn’t be happening, she had never expected this.
‘You can’t do this’ she cried then ‘I’m pregnant’ she blurted out then watching with satisfaction as Liz’s face fell.
‘How far along are you?’ Max asked her, he was a lawyer and he had plenty of dealings with people like Tess before. He knew he had to remain calm despite the way he felt on the inside. He felt Liz tense up immediately though.
‘Almost 3 months’ she replied.
‘Well pass on out congratulations to Kyle, I assume he’s the father unless you were sleeping with someone else’ he replied and moved to shut the door in her face.
‘Max wait, the baby is yours’ she cried out in desperation.
‘Well now your blatantly lying Tess. I new you were a manipulative bitch but I didn’t think you’d stoop to lying to my face’ he replied with a smirk.
Tess looked at him shocked, was that really what he thought of her?
‘We haven’t slept together in close to 6 months Tess so if you’re pregnant which I assume your not then the baby cant be mine. Do yourself a favour Tess and walk away from this door and never think about coming back. If you do I’ll make your life a living hell starting with a call to daddy who I think has probably had just about enough of your bullshit to cut you off’ he told her firmly.
‘Oh and Tess just one more thing’ Liz said before Max could shut the door in her face ‘he’s my man now don’t forget that ever’
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Part 26
Making her way down the stairs slowly Liz had to stop a couple of times as dizzy spells took over. She had been feeling this way for the past week now and knew that if it kept up she would have to go see the doctor. Max had already started getting suspicious. The bell rang again and Liz noted that the person on the other side was very impatient.
‘I’m coming’ she called out. She knew that the chances of it being someone for her were slim considering the only people that knew she lived there so far were Maria, Michael, Isabel, Alex and the Evan’s she hadn’t even gotten around to telling her own parents yet.
Just as she reached the door the phone started ringing and she cursed. Shit.
She swung open the door knowing that the answering machine would pick up the call but when she did her breath caught, standing on the other side of the door was Tess Harding.
In the back of her mind Liz heard the machine pick up.
‘Hi we cant take your call at the moment so leave us a message and we’ll get back to you’ she heard Max’s voice say and she smiled at the we he had added only the night before.
‘What the hell are you doing here?’ Tess demanded.
‘Hey sweetie are you there?’ Max’s voice sounded over the machine.
Liz looked at Tess and then back to the phone before making her decision. She walked over and picked up the cordless handset and answered the call.
‘Hey’ she said as she came to stand back at the door where surprisingly Tess had remained standing.
‘Hey baby’ he replied.
‘Listen can you come home? We have a visitor’ she said.
‘Yeah I’m in the car about 10 minutes away. Who is it?’ he asked her.
‘Tess’ she replied.
‘You’re kidding me. Are you all right?’ he asked her.
‘Fine sweetie see you when you get here’ she replied with a smile, which grew when she realised Tess was listening.
‘So what can I do for you?’ she asked when she turned the phone off. She still had it in her hand just in case Tess tried something.
‘What the hell are you doing here?’ she asked again.
‘I live here so why don’t you tell me what the hell your doing at my front door when I know for a fact that Max has a restraining order against you coming anywhere near it’ Liz replied.
‘Your doorway?’ she spluttered.
‘Yes my doorway, my home’ Liz replied a smug smile on her face.
‘I didn’t know Max sold’ she replied.
Liz smiled wider then ‘That would be right because he didn’t’
Before Liz could respond Max pulled up in his BMW and quickly got out of the car. He must have broken some major speed limits to get here so quickly she thought to herself.
‘What are you doing here?’ he demanded pushing past her to engulf Liz in his arms.
‘You ok?’ he asked concerned.
‘I’m fine’ she smiled at him.
‘So?’ he turned to Tess again.
‘I wanted to talk to you’ she replied her shock that Liz was living with Max apparent by the look on her face.
‘You realise I could call the cops’ he told her.
‘Are you two living together?’ she asked then praying that Max would say no and confirm Liz for liar she knew her to be.
‘Not that it’s any of your business but yes’ he replied with a big smile. It didn’t matter that his ex-girlfriend turned stalker was at his door, he was over the moon about Liz moving in with him.
‘God you don’t waist any time do you Liz’ she snarled then.
‘What’s that supposed to mean?’ Liz snapped back.
‘Moving in on my man’
‘Oh well you didn’t seem so worried about your man when you were fucking Kyle behind our backs did you’ Liz replied.
‘What?’ Tess gasped she didn’t realise anyone knew about that, especially Max and Liz.
‘Oh you didn’t think we knew about that did you’ Max laughed at the look of shock on her face.
‘I, I’ she stuttered.
‘So what did you want to talk about because Liz and I have plans for dinner with my parents’ he said then.
Tess’s head snapped up again at that comment, Max had never taken her to dinner with his parents the only time she had ever had anything to do with them was when they were still at school. Yet Liz was already being introduced to them.
‘Your parents?’ she asked again.
‘Yeah Dianne and Phillip are taking Max and I out to dinner to celebrate’ she smiled loving every moment of the torture she was inflicting on Tess.
‘Celebrate?’ she asked again.
‘Yes they’re so happy that we’ve moved in together’ Max explained.
‘Oh god’ Tess went white as a sheet. This couldn’t be happening, she had never expected this.
‘You can’t do this’ she cried then ‘I’m pregnant’ she blurted out then watching with satisfaction as Liz’s face fell.
‘How far along are you?’ Max asked her, he was a lawyer and he had plenty of dealings with people like Tess before. He knew he had to remain calm despite the way he felt on the inside. He felt Liz tense up immediately though.
‘Almost 3 months’ she replied.
‘Well pass on out congratulations to Kyle, I assume he’s the father unless you were sleeping with someone else’ he replied and moved to shut the door in her face.
‘Max wait, the baby is yours’ she cried out in desperation.
‘Well now your blatantly lying Tess. I new you were a manipulative bitch but I didn’t think you’d stoop to lying to my face’ he replied with a smirk.
Tess looked at him shocked, was that really what he thought of her?
‘We haven’t slept together in close to 6 months Tess so if you’re pregnant which I assume your not then the baby cant be mine. Do yourself a favour Tess and walk away from this door and never think about coming back. If you do I’ll make your life a living hell starting with a call to daddy who I think has probably had just about enough of your bullshit to cut you off’ he told her firmly.
‘Oh and Tess just one more thing’ Liz said before Max could shut the door in her face ‘he’s my man now don’t forget that ever’
A/N: Good news guys. I thought i was going to have to slow posting down of my fics but we're on a long weekend this weekend and the boy is going fishing tomorrow so i should have plenty of time to get some writing done and keep posting.
dreamer19
dreamerbabylioness - welcome to my story and i'm glad your liking it so far.
Jason's Lover
VeronicB
Dreamer 4 ever - thanx i'm glad you liked it
attilathehoney
Butterflies - Um i'm quick on some. Hope your not reading Finding a king because i'm terrible on that. Most of the others i write them a long way ahead before posting but with this one i'm just having so much fun writing it.
begonia9508
FSUMSW94
roswelluver
Smac
berhsgirls77 - Thanx Tan
Mariael311 - didnt think about that!!
SweetieTeeny
SmileeUk
BehrObsession - I think it's safe to say she was desperate and willing to say anything without thinking.
Roswellgurlygirl16
Part 27
3 months later
Liz felt terrible, her head was throbbing her back was killing her but worst of all her stomach had been churning for hours. Every afternoon around 4 she would be forced to leave either the studio or Uptown girl to come home. As soon as she entered the bedroom her and Max shared she threw herself onto it.
That’s how Max found her when he came home a half an hour later. He left work early hoping that she would be feeling better and that he could take her out. She had been so sick for the past month but she kept refusing to go to the Doctor saying it was just a flu bug.
When he entered the room she slowly started to wake up.
‘Hey sweetie’ he said as he wiped the hair away from her face noticing immediately that she appeared to have a slight fever.
‘Hi’ she smiled weakly before letting her head hit the pillow again. The worst part of it was that she knew tomorrow morning she would feel fine. In fact she found herself waking up so hungry that she was eating a cooked breakfast nearly every morning. The problem was that by the time the afternoon came around she would throw most of it up.
‘Your home early’ she said.
‘Yeah I was hoping to spend some time with you, I wish you would go to the doctor’ he told her.
As soon as the words left his mouth he wanted to take them back because she let the tears fall. ‘I’m sorry baby I know I’ve been no fun the last month I just feel so terrible’ she cried.
‘Let me take you to the hospital’ he said then growing more concerned by the second.
‘I’m scared’ she admitted then.
‘Scared? Of what Sweetie?’ he asked her slightly confused. Was there something she wasn’t telling him?
‘I think I’m really sick Max’ she told him then. ‘I don’t think this is just the flu’
‘Oh honey’ she pulled her to him as he lay down beside her.
‘I did some research with my symptoms and there were a few things that it could be’
‘Ok’ Max said trying to get his emotions under control. All he could think of at the moment was that it was something serious and he was going to loose her. He couldn’t do that; she was his heart, his life.
‘Well we should go and find out so we can get you treated’ she told her.
‘You cant treat everything Max. What if it’s Cancer or something like that’ she sobbed.
Max couldn’t hold back any longer he let the sobs come too so the two of them laid there sobbing in each other’s arms before falling into a fitful sleep.
***
The next morning Max woke up and called work and told them to cancel all his appointments for the rest of the week. He then called Maria and told her that Liz wouldn’t be in at either the Studio or shop for the rest of the week. Maria was relieved that Max was going to take Liz to see a Doctor she herself was getting more concerned everyday that she saw Liz. She was constantly sick and it was very obvious she had lost weight.
He also rang the Doctors and made an appointment for 10am hoping that a bit of a sleep in would help her feel a bit better.
‘Morning’ she yawned when Max sat down next to her on the bed. He had made breakfast and was just bringing it up for her.
‘Morning beautiful’ he smiled leaning down to give her a kiss.
‘How are you feeling this morning?’ he asked her concern etching his face.
‘Tired’ she replied with a smile.
‘I made you breakfast’
Liz scrunched up her nose at the thought of food, for the first time in a month she didn’t think she could eat a cooked breakfast.
Max laughed he had a feeling that she wasn’t going to be able to stomach much after the way she was feeling last night. That has been the worst since she had fallen ill.
‘I though you might feel that way so it’s just fruit’ he told her.
‘Thank you, I don’t know what I’d do with you’ she started to choke up then.
‘Well you’re never going to have to find out’ he told her firmly. ‘Whatever this is sweetie we’re going to face it together ok’
‘Ok’ she nodded.
***
They sat in the Doctors surgery nervously. Liz didn’t fight him when he told her he had made an appointment for her or that he had called in sick for both of them for the rest of the week. She knew they were going to need sometime together to deal with whatever the doctor told them. Including time to take the millions of tests she knew she would have to go through.
Liz wasn’t new to sickness, which is why she knew in her gut that something wasn’t right. She had watched her cousin fight leukaemia when they were children, eventually she had won the battle but it had cost her a lot. Carrie never had a childhood and still found herself sick all the time.
‘Elizabeth Parker’ the doctor called and Liz and Max stood, hands embraced and followed the doctor into her office.
‘So how can I help you today?’ Doctor Willis asked as she sat down. Isabel has recommended her to Max earlier in the week when Max had been confiding to her about how worried he was about Liz.
‘Oh well I haven’t been very well’ Liz answered vaguely.
‘Ok how about you tell me what’s being happening?’ she asked.
‘Well it started about 3 months ago I was feeling dizzy. But the past month I’ve become increasingly tired every afternoon. My bones and muscles are aching to the point I have to get off my feet. Also, I’ve been very nauseous of an afternoon’ she explained.
‘She also has had fevers, has fainted on several occasions as well as been very emotional’ Max added.
‘Okay’ the Doctor was making notes but when she looked up she seemed concerned.
‘Lets rule out some things then’ she said.
‘How are your periods Liz?’
‘Oh um normal I guess, I haven’t had it this month though’
‘When is it due?’
‘Today’ she replied.
‘Are you on any type of medication?’
‘I’m taking birth control pills but that’s it’
‘Have you been under any unusual stress?’
‘No not really. Nothing that I’m not used to’
‘Ok well I think we should get some blood works done, test for all the normal things first’ she told them.
‘What type of normal things?’ Max asked her.
‘Diabetes, Pregnancy, anything viral, it will also show up anything abnormal in you blood like low white cells’ she answered.
‘Cancer?’ Liz whispered.
‘It’s a possibility based on your symptoms but the important thing is not to stress Liz. Here’s the referral for the blood works, go over and have it done and then I’d suggest that you try to relax. Make another appointment for the day after tomorrow we should have the results’
Liz and Max nodded before leaving the office to go for tests before a nerve-wracking two-day wait.
dreamer19
dreamerbabylioness - welcome to my story and i'm glad your liking it so far.
Jason's Lover
VeronicB
Dreamer 4 ever - thanx i'm glad you liked it
attilathehoney
Butterflies - Um i'm quick on some. Hope your not reading Finding a king because i'm terrible on that. Most of the others i write them a long way ahead before posting but with this one i'm just having so much fun writing it.
begonia9508
FSUMSW94
roswelluver
Smac
berhsgirls77 - Thanx Tan
Mariael311 - didnt think about that!!
SweetieTeeny
SmileeUk
BehrObsession - I think it's safe to say she was desperate and willing to say anything without thinking.
Roswellgurlygirl16
Part 27
3 months later
Liz felt terrible, her head was throbbing her back was killing her but worst of all her stomach had been churning for hours. Every afternoon around 4 she would be forced to leave either the studio or Uptown girl to come home. As soon as she entered the bedroom her and Max shared she threw herself onto it.
That’s how Max found her when he came home a half an hour later. He left work early hoping that she would be feeling better and that he could take her out. She had been so sick for the past month but she kept refusing to go to the Doctor saying it was just a flu bug.
When he entered the room she slowly started to wake up.
‘Hey sweetie’ he said as he wiped the hair away from her face noticing immediately that she appeared to have a slight fever.
‘Hi’ she smiled weakly before letting her head hit the pillow again. The worst part of it was that she knew tomorrow morning she would feel fine. In fact she found herself waking up so hungry that she was eating a cooked breakfast nearly every morning. The problem was that by the time the afternoon came around she would throw most of it up.
‘Your home early’ she said.
‘Yeah I was hoping to spend some time with you, I wish you would go to the doctor’ he told her.
As soon as the words left his mouth he wanted to take them back because she let the tears fall. ‘I’m sorry baby I know I’ve been no fun the last month I just feel so terrible’ she cried.
‘Let me take you to the hospital’ he said then growing more concerned by the second.
‘I’m scared’ she admitted then.
‘Scared? Of what Sweetie?’ he asked her slightly confused. Was there something she wasn’t telling him?
‘I think I’m really sick Max’ she told him then. ‘I don’t think this is just the flu’
‘Oh honey’ she pulled her to him as he lay down beside her.
‘I did some research with my symptoms and there were a few things that it could be’
‘Ok’ Max said trying to get his emotions under control. All he could think of at the moment was that it was something serious and he was going to loose her. He couldn’t do that; she was his heart, his life.
‘Well we should go and find out so we can get you treated’ she told her.
‘You cant treat everything Max. What if it’s Cancer or something like that’ she sobbed.
Max couldn’t hold back any longer he let the sobs come too so the two of them laid there sobbing in each other’s arms before falling into a fitful sleep.
***
The next morning Max woke up and called work and told them to cancel all his appointments for the rest of the week. He then called Maria and told her that Liz wouldn’t be in at either the Studio or shop for the rest of the week. Maria was relieved that Max was going to take Liz to see a Doctor she herself was getting more concerned everyday that she saw Liz. She was constantly sick and it was very obvious she had lost weight.
He also rang the Doctors and made an appointment for 10am hoping that a bit of a sleep in would help her feel a bit better.
‘Morning’ she yawned when Max sat down next to her on the bed. He had made breakfast and was just bringing it up for her.
‘Morning beautiful’ he smiled leaning down to give her a kiss.
‘How are you feeling this morning?’ he asked her concern etching his face.
‘Tired’ she replied with a smile.
‘I made you breakfast’
Liz scrunched up her nose at the thought of food, for the first time in a month she didn’t think she could eat a cooked breakfast.
Max laughed he had a feeling that she wasn’t going to be able to stomach much after the way she was feeling last night. That has been the worst since she had fallen ill.
‘I though you might feel that way so it’s just fruit’ he told her.
‘Thank you, I don’t know what I’d do with you’ she started to choke up then.
‘Well you’re never going to have to find out’ he told her firmly. ‘Whatever this is sweetie we’re going to face it together ok’
‘Ok’ she nodded.
***
They sat in the Doctors surgery nervously. Liz didn’t fight him when he told her he had made an appointment for her or that he had called in sick for both of them for the rest of the week. She knew they were going to need sometime together to deal with whatever the doctor told them. Including time to take the millions of tests she knew she would have to go through.
Liz wasn’t new to sickness, which is why she knew in her gut that something wasn’t right. She had watched her cousin fight leukaemia when they were children, eventually she had won the battle but it had cost her a lot. Carrie never had a childhood and still found herself sick all the time.
‘Elizabeth Parker’ the doctor called and Liz and Max stood, hands embraced and followed the doctor into her office.
‘So how can I help you today?’ Doctor Willis asked as she sat down. Isabel has recommended her to Max earlier in the week when Max had been confiding to her about how worried he was about Liz.
‘Oh well I haven’t been very well’ Liz answered vaguely.
‘Ok how about you tell me what’s being happening?’ she asked.
‘Well it started about 3 months ago I was feeling dizzy. But the past month I’ve become increasingly tired every afternoon. My bones and muscles are aching to the point I have to get off my feet. Also, I’ve been very nauseous of an afternoon’ she explained.
‘She also has had fevers, has fainted on several occasions as well as been very emotional’ Max added.
‘Okay’ the Doctor was making notes but when she looked up she seemed concerned.
‘Lets rule out some things then’ she said.
‘How are your periods Liz?’
‘Oh um normal I guess, I haven’t had it this month though’
‘When is it due?’
‘Today’ she replied.
‘Are you on any type of medication?’
‘I’m taking birth control pills but that’s it’
‘Have you been under any unusual stress?’
‘No not really. Nothing that I’m not used to’
‘Ok well I think we should get some blood works done, test for all the normal things first’ she told them.
‘What type of normal things?’ Max asked her.
‘Diabetes, Pregnancy, anything viral, it will also show up anything abnormal in you blood like low white cells’ she answered.
‘Cancer?’ Liz whispered.
‘It’s a possibility based on your symptoms but the important thing is not to stress Liz. Here’s the referral for the blood works, go over and have it done and then I’d suggest that you try to relax. Make another appointment for the day after tomorrow we should have the results’
Liz and Max nodded before leaving the office to go for tests before a nerve-wracking two-day wait.
28
A/N: Ok guys well i didnt get all that writing done that i planned too but i promise to keep updating ok!!
dreamer19
ladylou - I'm a huge Newcastle Knights fan so i wasnt as excited as i could have been. In the end the team that i was barricking for (Roosters) lost but my boy was happy that the Dogs wons.
Dream 4 Ever
aliensister - hey thanx for dropping by. I admit i'm a bit of a lurker at times too but i do appreciate it that you let me know that you liked the story. BTW pm the name of your story i would love to read it.
Kittens - i pm'd you
VeronicB
BehrObession
Bixie
Jason's Lover
FSUMSW94
SweetieTeeny
Behrsgirll77
g7silvers
con angel - hey havent heard from you in a while glad your still reading.
roswellluver
rigel
Mariael311
Part 28
The two days following the blood test were hell for Max and Liz. Despite what they thought would be best they didn’t confide in Maria or Alex as to what was going on with Liz, instead they stuck to there ‘Liz has a flu bug’ story and that the doctor had taken a blood test. Luckily Maria had bought it without too much argument, which was a relief for Liz because she couldn’t handle Maria right at the moment, no matter how much she loved her.
‘Sweetie what are you thinking about?’ Max asked Liz as they lay in bed. They had just woken up to make love with each other, both clinging to each other like there wouldn’t be a tomorrow.
‘I was thinking about what I’m going to do if the results aren’t good, I mean I want to have children and get married and I might not ever get to do that’ she cried.
‘Oh baby remember what the doctor said, lets not think the worst ok’ he begged, he wanted all of that with her too and he couldn’t bare the thought that it might be taken from them.
Max let her cry for a little while longer before picking her up and carrying her into the bathroom and into a hot bubble bath, which he intended to join her in. Their appointment with the Doctor wasn’t for another 2 hours and he wanted her to relax and take her mind off everything. If he had to make love to her all morning to achieve that then that was a sacrifice he was more than willing and happy to make.
‘You know I love you right?’ she asked him suddenly breaking the silence.
‘Of course, just like I love you’ he replied with a sweet kiss to her forehead.
‘I can’t bear the thought that I might not be with you forever’ she told him then, the tears once again streaming down her face.
Her words were too much for Max and he let go too ‘Oh baby nothing in this world or the next scares me more than being without you’ he cried.
***
They sat in the doctors surgery nervously, hands clasp together so tightly because they were both afraid to let go.
‘Elizabeth Parker’ they called.
‘Hi Liz, Hi Max’ Doctor Willis greeted as they took a seat in he office.
‘Ok Liz I have your results back’ she told them, but then fell silent for a while whilst she appeared to be reading over some things.
‘Ok well I have some very good news, some good news and some bad news’ she said then looking up at Liz.
‘Ok.’ Liz replied confused.
‘Firstly the just good news is that your white blood count is fine which pretty much rules out cancer or anything serious’ she told them.
Both Max and Liz let out a sigh of relief at the news, Liz even allowed a few tears of happiness to fall.
‘But the bad news is that you have an unusual type of diabetes Liz which is why your tired, your sugar count is extremely low. Also we need to start you on some vitamins and iron tablets straight away’
‘Ok, but we can manage the diabetes right?’ Liz confirmed.
‘Sure we can but before we discuss that don’t you want to know the very good news?’ the Doctor asked with a smile.
‘Oh I completely forgot about that, as soon as you said you don’t have cancer or anything too serious I didn’t think about anything else’ Liz replied with a small laugh
‘Well congratulations Liz and I assume you too Max because you’re pregnant Liz’ she told them.
‘WHAT?’ they gasped. ‘But I’m on birth control and I got my period last month, I wouldn’t be so sick if I was only a few weeks?’ she rambled.
Doctor Willis couldn’t help but laugh at their shocked faces. ‘Liz you have a type of diabetes common in pregnant women, as soon as the baby is born you’ll be fine. I believe the afternoon occurrences of sickness are a form of ‘morning sickness’ and once we manage the diabetes with a sensible diet and get you on all the prenatal vitamins you should feel fine. I’m not sure how far along you are but your right, this type of morning sickness doesn’t normally start to about 8 weeks. We’ll set up a scan for you to confirm the date though as soon as possible’
‘Oh God’ Liz cried turning to Max who was looking at her with love filled eyes. ‘We’re going to have a baby’
Max didn’t hesitate to grab her then and pull her into his arms and onto his lap. ‘I love you’ he told her ‘this is amazing’
Doctor Willis recognised that they needed a few minutes alone so left the office.
‘I thought I was going to loose you’ Max cried into her neck ‘and now you’ve gone and given me the most precious gift in the world’
‘Oh baby I was so scared too’ she replied. She pulled back then to look into his eyes ‘I can’t believe we’re pregnant’ she whispered then.
‘Well believe it baby’ he grinned.
‘So you’re happy about this?’ Liz asked
‘Of course I am. Aren’t you?’
‘Yes I’m ecstatic’ she cried out.
‘Good because you and I and this wonderful life growing inside of you are going to be family and I can’t wait’
‘Me either’ Liz replied and they sealed the deal with a kiss.
***
It was a very happy couple that was seated at their favourite restaurant an hour later, enjoying a much needed lunch, considering they both had been unable to keep anything substantial down for days.
‘So how far along do you think we are?’ Max asked her.
Liz smiled, she loved how he kept using the word we. ‘Oh well I’m not sure maybe a couple of months’ she replied.
‘It could have been the morning after the fashion parade you know’ he said then.
Liz laughed ‘What makes you think that?’
‘Well you were pretty sick from celebrating and we went at it pretty wild the next day, for most of the day. Remember?’ he asked with a grin.
‘Oh how could I forget that was fantastic. In fact we should do that again very soon’ she laughed.
‘But your right I wouldn’t imagine I would have kept my birth control pills down that day’
‘So when are we going to tell people?’ Max asked her then. He was a little concerned about the reaction we was going to get from Liz’s parents, as well as his own. Even though they were both very much in love and both parents have accepted how fast their relationship was moving he still worried that it would ruin the fragile relationship he had started with Jeff Parker when he found out his only daughter was pregnant and unmarried.
‘I’m not sure’ she replied ‘Do you think we could wait though. I think I want to take the time for the two of us to enjoy it before we have to worry about what our families and friends are going to think. And this way we wont have to worry about the media finding out either’
Max reached across the table for her hand again ‘I like that idea. To tell you the truth I’m a bit worried about your dad coming after me with a shot gun’ he told her.
Liz laughed at that and Max couldn’t have been happier it was like music to his ears.
‘Okay it’s settled then. We’ll hold off on telling our families’ Max confirmed all the while a little plan was forming in the back of his mind, one that had been there for months that he couldn’t wait to finally be able to put into action.
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dreamer19
ladylou - I'm a huge Newcastle Knights fan so i wasnt as excited as i could have been. In the end the team that i was barricking for (Roosters) lost but my boy was happy that the Dogs wons.
Dream 4 Ever
aliensister - hey thanx for dropping by. I admit i'm a bit of a lurker at times too but i do appreciate it that you let me know that you liked the story. BTW pm the name of your story i would love to read it.
Kittens - i pm'd you
VeronicB
BehrObession
Bixie
Jason's Lover
FSUMSW94
SweetieTeeny
Behrsgirll77
g7silvers
con angel - hey havent heard from you in a while glad your still reading.
roswellluver
rigel
Mariael311
Part 28
The two days following the blood test were hell for Max and Liz. Despite what they thought would be best they didn’t confide in Maria or Alex as to what was going on with Liz, instead they stuck to there ‘Liz has a flu bug’ story and that the doctor had taken a blood test. Luckily Maria had bought it without too much argument, which was a relief for Liz because she couldn’t handle Maria right at the moment, no matter how much she loved her.
‘Sweetie what are you thinking about?’ Max asked Liz as they lay in bed. They had just woken up to make love with each other, both clinging to each other like there wouldn’t be a tomorrow.
‘I was thinking about what I’m going to do if the results aren’t good, I mean I want to have children and get married and I might not ever get to do that’ she cried.
‘Oh baby remember what the doctor said, lets not think the worst ok’ he begged, he wanted all of that with her too and he couldn’t bare the thought that it might be taken from them.
Max let her cry for a little while longer before picking her up and carrying her into the bathroom and into a hot bubble bath, which he intended to join her in. Their appointment with the Doctor wasn’t for another 2 hours and he wanted her to relax and take her mind off everything. If he had to make love to her all morning to achieve that then that was a sacrifice he was more than willing and happy to make.
‘You know I love you right?’ she asked him suddenly breaking the silence.
‘Of course, just like I love you’ he replied with a sweet kiss to her forehead.
‘I can’t bear the thought that I might not be with you forever’ she told him then, the tears once again streaming down her face.
Her words were too much for Max and he let go too ‘Oh baby nothing in this world or the next scares me more than being without you’ he cried.
***
They sat in the doctors surgery nervously, hands clasp together so tightly because they were both afraid to let go.
‘Elizabeth Parker’ they called.
‘Hi Liz, Hi Max’ Doctor Willis greeted as they took a seat in he office.
‘Ok Liz I have your results back’ she told them, but then fell silent for a while whilst she appeared to be reading over some things.
‘Ok well I have some very good news, some good news and some bad news’ she said then looking up at Liz.
‘Ok.’ Liz replied confused.
‘Firstly the just good news is that your white blood count is fine which pretty much rules out cancer or anything serious’ she told them.
Both Max and Liz let out a sigh of relief at the news, Liz even allowed a few tears of happiness to fall.
‘But the bad news is that you have an unusual type of diabetes Liz which is why your tired, your sugar count is extremely low. Also we need to start you on some vitamins and iron tablets straight away’
‘Ok, but we can manage the diabetes right?’ Liz confirmed.
‘Sure we can but before we discuss that don’t you want to know the very good news?’ the Doctor asked with a smile.
‘Oh I completely forgot about that, as soon as you said you don’t have cancer or anything too serious I didn’t think about anything else’ Liz replied with a small laugh
‘Well congratulations Liz and I assume you too Max because you’re pregnant Liz’ she told them.
‘WHAT?’ they gasped. ‘But I’m on birth control and I got my period last month, I wouldn’t be so sick if I was only a few weeks?’ she rambled.
Doctor Willis couldn’t help but laugh at their shocked faces. ‘Liz you have a type of diabetes common in pregnant women, as soon as the baby is born you’ll be fine. I believe the afternoon occurrences of sickness are a form of ‘morning sickness’ and once we manage the diabetes with a sensible diet and get you on all the prenatal vitamins you should feel fine. I’m not sure how far along you are but your right, this type of morning sickness doesn’t normally start to about 8 weeks. We’ll set up a scan for you to confirm the date though as soon as possible’
‘Oh God’ Liz cried turning to Max who was looking at her with love filled eyes. ‘We’re going to have a baby’
Max didn’t hesitate to grab her then and pull her into his arms and onto his lap. ‘I love you’ he told her ‘this is amazing’
Doctor Willis recognised that they needed a few minutes alone so left the office.
‘I thought I was going to loose you’ Max cried into her neck ‘and now you’ve gone and given me the most precious gift in the world’
‘Oh baby I was so scared too’ she replied. She pulled back then to look into his eyes ‘I can’t believe we’re pregnant’ she whispered then.
‘Well believe it baby’ he grinned.
‘So you’re happy about this?’ Liz asked
‘Of course I am. Aren’t you?’
‘Yes I’m ecstatic’ she cried out.
‘Good because you and I and this wonderful life growing inside of you are going to be family and I can’t wait’
‘Me either’ Liz replied and they sealed the deal with a kiss.
***
It was a very happy couple that was seated at their favourite restaurant an hour later, enjoying a much needed lunch, considering they both had been unable to keep anything substantial down for days.
‘So how far along do you think we are?’ Max asked her.
Liz smiled, she loved how he kept using the word we. ‘Oh well I’m not sure maybe a couple of months’ she replied.
‘It could have been the morning after the fashion parade you know’ he said then.
Liz laughed ‘What makes you think that?’
‘Well you were pretty sick from celebrating and we went at it pretty wild the next day, for most of the day. Remember?’ he asked with a grin.
‘Oh how could I forget that was fantastic. In fact we should do that again very soon’ she laughed.
‘But your right I wouldn’t imagine I would have kept my birth control pills down that day’
‘So when are we going to tell people?’ Max asked her then. He was a little concerned about the reaction we was going to get from Liz’s parents, as well as his own. Even though they were both very much in love and both parents have accepted how fast their relationship was moving he still worried that it would ruin the fragile relationship he had started with Jeff Parker when he found out his only daughter was pregnant and unmarried.
‘I’m not sure’ she replied ‘Do you think we could wait though. I think I want to take the time for the two of us to enjoy it before we have to worry about what our families and friends are going to think. And this way we wont have to worry about the media finding out either’
Max reached across the table for her hand again ‘I like that idea. To tell you the truth I’m a bit worried about your dad coming after me with a shot gun’ he told her.
Liz laughed at that and Max couldn’t have been happier it was like music to his ears.
‘Okay it’s settled then. We’ll hold off on telling our families’ Max confirmed all the while a little plan was forming in the back of his mind, one that had been there for months that he couldn’t wait to finally be able to put into action.
[/i][/b]
29
A/N As promised and thank you for all the feedback
dreamer19
con angel - am i that predictable??
Bixie - I'll try to keep Max up to the standard we all love
Jason's Lover
kay_b
VeronicB
Dreamer 4 Ever - thank you so much
FSUMSW94
BehrObsession
Mariael311
begonia9508
Behrsgirl77 - I aim to please Tan. Cant wait for your updates tomorrow BTW.
rigel
g7silvers
SweetieTeeny
roswellluver
Part 29
Max paced nervously around his office. It had been a week since they had gone through the scariest moment of their life and come out of it happier than they had ever been in their entire lives. They were going to have a baby, he couldn’t be happier. Well there was one thing that could make him happier and there was only one thing standing in the way of him achieving that. Jeff Parker.
They had formed a tentative friendship since the fashion parade and since Max was raised to respect his elders that included asking the father of the women he loved permission to ask her to marry him. Even though he had already decided he was going to ask her despite what Jeff Parker said.
Everything was ready. He had the ring back from the jeweller; he’d personally designed the perfect ring for her. It also had the Isabel Evans seal of approval, she didn’t know when he was intending on doing it but she thought the ring was beautiful and assured him that Liz would love it and his sister’s opinion meant a lot to him. He’d even worked out the perfect way of doing it, or so he thought and he’d lastly he had arranged to take a couple of days off work and booked a flight to Roswell. Now he just needed to ring and let Jeff know he was coming. What could be so hard about that?
After looking at the telephone for what felt like forever he finally lifted the received and dialled the number that he had in front of him.
‘Crashdown, Nancy speaking’ came the reply when the phone was answered. He had purposely rung the restaurant knowing that both Nancy and Jeff would be there at this time of the morning.
‘Hi Nancy it’s Max’ he replied.
‘Max hi how are you? Is everything ok? Is Liz ok?’ she responded.
Max jumped in quickly to reassure her, he shouldn’t have been surprised that she would jump to conclusions considering how unwell Liz had been during most their phone calls in the past few weeks.
‘No Nancy everything is fine I was just ringing to let you know that I’ll be in Roswell tomorrow and I will be dropping by to see you and Jeff’ he explained.
‘Oh’ Nancy smiled over the phone. She had talked to her daughter last night and she hadn’t said anything about a visit to Roswell.
‘Just wanted to make sure that you would be around’ he added then.
‘We’ll be here Max and we’ll look forward to seeing you’
‘Me too. By Nancy’ he said before placing down the receiver and sinking back into the chair. How was he going to handle tomorrow he thought to himself, if he couldn’t even get through a phone conversation with them.
***
‘Sweetie’ he called out as he walked into the house that night. He was flying out the next morning at 6am and he wouldn’t be home till 10pm that night, he was planning on telling Liz that he had a meeting outside of town.
‘In here’ he heard her voice and followed it into the kitchen.
Dr Willis had been right; as soon as Liz had started a suitable diet for her pregnancy diabetes and started the vitamins she had been feeling a hell of a lot better. The morning sickness had in fact become morning sickness and she was now feeling and looking like herself again in the afternoon.
‘What are you cooking?’ he asked her with a grin, she just looked so cute with flower on her face and chocolate down the front of her t-shirt, an old one of his he noted. He loved seeing her in his clothes; it brought out the possessive side of her.
‘Muffins’ she replied.
‘Craving?’
‘Yeah I guess so, I loved chocolate before but it’s even worse now’ she laughed,
‘Dinner will be ready in a few’
‘Great I’ll just go and wash up’
When he came back down dinner and Liz were waiting for him at the table.
‘What no hello kiss tonight for the mother of your child’ she joked.
‘Oh I’m sorry baby’ he responded making his way over to her for a kiss on the lips, one that instantly turned much to passionate for the dinner table.
‘Wow’ Liz said.
‘Well that’s the least I could offer’ he replied. ‘Especially for the mother of my child’ he finished with a grin.
They ate their dinner in comfortable silence and after packing the dishwasher sunk into the couch together.
‘What are your plans for tomorrow?’ it was Friday and Liz only worked a half a day at the shop normally, opting for some girl time with Maria.
‘Work in the morning and then Ria and I are going to go shopping. I need some new jeans’ she explained with a laugh. Although she hadn’t put on enough weight for anyone else to notice she certainly could. Especially since she could no longer fit into her favourite pair of hipster jeans.
‘Why?’ she asked looking up from her spot on his lap.
‘I have a case outside the city so it’s going to be an early start and a very late finish for me.’
‘Oh ok. But you’re off on Saturday? Maybe we could go and have a look at some stuff’
‘Just stuff or was there something particular that you had in mind?’ he grinned and then leaned down to kiss her forehead; she looked so cute when she bit her lip.
‘You know for the baby’
‘Sounds great but I made plans for us for Sunday so don’t double book’
‘Okay’
‘I can’t wait for Monday’ he told her then. ‘We’ll get to see the baby for the first time’ he continued whilst a hand drifted down to rub her abdomen gently.
‘Me either’ she smiled before placing a small hand over his much larger one. Monday they were going back to Dr Willis office for an ultra sound. Not only would they find out how far along they were but also they would get to see the baby and make sure that everything was ok.
***
Max arrived in Roswell just before lunch the next day, and just as he expected the weather was boiling hot, he hired a car and drove straight to the Crashdown knowing that if he didn’t get this taken care of now he would loose his nerve.
When he reached the Crashdown the lunch rush had just started, he cursed his timing because he knew that Jeff and Nancy would be working the restaurant and wouldn’t be able to stop to talk to him. Which meant that he would have to sit then and wait.
‘Max’ Nancy greeted him with a hug as he entered the restaurant.
‘Bad timing I see’ he smiled ruthfully.
‘You could say that, take a seat it should settle down before the next rush’ she explained.
Nancy was right, 20 minutes later he was following the Parkers into their apartment. He had never been there before so he couldn’t help but look around and notice all the beautiful photos of Liz around the room. He also noted unhappily that there was still a photo of Liz with Kyle.
‘So Max what brings you to Roswell?’ Jeff Parker asked. Him and Nancy had discussed why Max was here and the longer that Max sat there and fidgeted nervously, which seemed unusual for such a confident young man the most Jeff feared that Nancy was right.
‘Oh I actually wanted to discuss something with you both’ he explained.
‘Ok’ they both replied. Before exchanging nervous looks. Here we go they both thought.
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Part 29
Max paced nervously around his office. It had been a week since they had gone through the scariest moment of their life and come out of it happier than they had ever been in their entire lives. They were going to have a baby, he couldn’t be happier. Well there was one thing that could make him happier and there was only one thing standing in the way of him achieving that. Jeff Parker.
They had formed a tentative friendship since the fashion parade and since Max was raised to respect his elders that included asking the father of the women he loved permission to ask her to marry him. Even though he had already decided he was going to ask her despite what Jeff Parker said.
Everything was ready. He had the ring back from the jeweller; he’d personally designed the perfect ring for her. It also had the Isabel Evans seal of approval, she didn’t know when he was intending on doing it but she thought the ring was beautiful and assured him that Liz would love it and his sister’s opinion meant a lot to him. He’d even worked out the perfect way of doing it, or so he thought and he’d lastly he had arranged to take a couple of days off work and booked a flight to Roswell. Now he just needed to ring and let Jeff know he was coming. What could be so hard about that?
After looking at the telephone for what felt like forever he finally lifted the received and dialled the number that he had in front of him.
‘Crashdown, Nancy speaking’ came the reply when the phone was answered. He had purposely rung the restaurant knowing that both Nancy and Jeff would be there at this time of the morning.
‘Hi Nancy it’s Max’ he replied.
‘Max hi how are you? Is everything ok? Is Liz ok?’ she responded.
Max jumped in quickly to reassure her, he shouldn’t have been surprised that she would jump to conclusions considering how unwell Liz had been during most their phone calls in the past few weeks.
‘No Nancy everything is fine I was just ringing to let you know that I’ll be in Roswell tomorrow and I will be dropping by to see you and Jeff’ he explained.
‘Oh’ Nancy smiled over the phone. She had talked to her daughter last night and she hadn’t said anything about a visit to Roswell.
‘Just wanted to make sure that you would be around’ he added then.
‘We’ll be here Max and we’ll look forward to seeing you’
‘Me too. By Nancy’ he said before placing down the receiver and sinking back into the chair. How was he going to handle tomorrow he thought to himself, if he couldn’t even get through a phone conversation with them.
***
‘Sweetie’ he called out as he walked into the house that night. He was flying out the next morning at 6am and he wouldn’t be home till 10pm that night, he was planning on telling Liz that he had a meeting outside of town.
‘In here’ he heard her voice and followed it into the kitchen.
Dr Willis had been right; as soon as Liz had started a suitable diet for her pregnancy diabetes and started the vitamins she had been feeling a hell of a lot better. The morning sickness had in fact become morning sickness and she was now feeling and looking like herself again in the afternoon.
‘What are you cooking?’ he asked her with a grin, she just looked so cute with flower on her face and chocolate down the front of her t-shirt, an old one of his he noted. He loved seeing her in his clothes; it brought out the possessive side of her.
‘Muffins’ she replied.
‘Craving?’
‘Yeah I guess so, I loved chocolate before but it’s even worse now’ she laughed,
‘Dinner will be ready in a few’
‘Great I’ll just go and wash up’
When he came back down dinner and Liz were waiting for him at the table.
‘What no hello kiss tonight for the mother of your child’ she joked.
‘Oh I’m sorry baby’ he responded making his way over to her for a kiss on the lips, one that instantly turned much to passionate for the dinner table.
‘Wow’ Liz said.
‘Well that’s the least I could offer’ he replied. ‘Especially for the mother of my child’ he finished with a grin.
They ate their dinner in comfortable silence and after packing the dishwasher sunk into the couch together.
‘What are your plans for tomorrow?’ it was Friday and Liz only worked a half a day at the shop normally, opting for some girl time with Maria.
‘Work in the morning and then Ria and I are going to go shopping. I need some new jeans’ she explained with a laugh. Although she hadn’t put on enough weight for anyone else to notice she certainly could. Especially since she could no longer fit into her favourite pair of hipster jeans.
‘Why?’ she asked looking up from her spot on his lap.
‘I have a case outside the city so it’s going to be an early start and a very late finish for me.’
‘Oh ok. But you’re off on Saturday? Maybe we could go and have a look at some stuff’
‘Just stuff or was there something particular that you had in mind?’ he grinned and then leaned down to kiss her forehead; she looked so cute when she bit her lip.
‘You know for the baby’
‘Sounds great but I made plans for us for Sunday so don’t double book’
‘Okay’
‘I can’t wait for Monday’ he told her then. ‘We’ll get to see the baby for the first time’ he continued whilst a hand drifted down to rub her abdomen gently.
‘Me either’ she smiled before placing a small hand over his much larger one. Monday they were going back to Dr Willis office for an ultra sound. Not only would they find out how far along they were but also they would get to see the baby and make sure that everything was ok.
***
Max arrived in Roswell just before lunch the next day, and just as he expected the weather was boiling hot, he hired a car and drove straight to the Crashdown knowing that if he didn’t get this taken care of now he would loose his nerve.
When he reached the Crashdown the lunch rush had just started, he cursed his timing because he knew that Jeff and Nancy would be working the restaurant and wouldn’t be able to stop to talk to him. Which meant that he would have to sit then and wait.
‘Max’ Nancy greeted him with a hug as he entered the restaurant.
‘Bad timing I see’ he smiled ruthfully.
‘You could say that, take a seat it should settle down before the next rush’ she explained.
Nancy was right, 20 minutes later he was following the Parkers into their apartment. He had never been there before so he couldn’t help but look around and notice all the beautiful photos of Liz around the room. He also noted unhappily that there was still a photo of Liz with Kyle.
‘So Max what brings you to Roswell?’ Jeff Parker asked. Him and Nancy had discussed why Max was here and the longer that Max sat there and fidgeted nervously, which seemed unusual for such a confident young man the most Jeff feared that Nancy was right.
‘Oh I actually wanted to discuss something with you both’ he explained.
‘Ok’ they both replied. Before exchanging nervous looks. Here we go they both thought.
BTW guys i have a new banner for this fic thanx to Anne (babyislou, Faithlee) so check it out on page 1. The other one was too big which sucked because i loved it. But this one is great too.
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A/N: Well here it is. I just want to say thanx for the feedback it's been huge, Also i apologise because this part isnt as long as usual
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Part 30
‘Jeff, Nancy I love Liz with all my heart and I consider myself extremely lucky that she returns that love. I know that we haven’t been together very long but I don’t think that’s important when your in love. So what I was hoping and what I came here for was to ask for your blessing to ask Liz to marry me’ he finally got out.
The pause in between Max’s words and a response from Jeff or Nancy felt enormous and Max stomach began to churn. He had faced many fierce opponents in the courtroom during his brief time in Law but none had ever made him feel so vulnerable as the parents of the women he loved. As far as he was concerned Jeff and Nancy held the key to his happiness right now and even though he was determined to ask Liz despite was they said he hoped with all his heart that they would say yes so that he could do this properly.
‘Max don’t you think that you’re rushing this?’ Nancy Parker finally spoke.
Max turned to her and thought about her question before answering, he wanted to make sure that he gave her the best response he could. It was easy to speak from the heart when it came to Liz, their relationship and their unborn child. But if he didn’t want this to turn to emotional for him or he would have no control over everything he said and control was something that Max had built his life on until he found Liz Parker again.
‘No I truly don’t Nancy. Liz and I have been seeing each other for almost 6 months now and we’re committed to each other, we live together and we’re planning a future together. There is no one else for me but Liz. The truth is Nancy that this is an important step to me and I know that Liz feels the same way and I think that we are both ready for it’
Nancy nodded to Max’s response. She couldn’t deny that Max’s commitment to her daughter moved her, coming all the way to Roswell to face her and Jeff after the way that had initially treated him was very brave. She was fairly sure that Liz didn’t know that was here either which meant that Max wanted their permission before asking her.
‘Jeff?’ Nancy turned to her husband then to see what he had to say about this. His face was expressionless which was not the reaction she was expecting.
‘Max’ Jeff sighed ‘Liz is the most important person in our life. Her happiness and well being is also very important to us, which is why we sometimes interfere in her life when we shouldn’t. I’m not proud of the way I treated you when Liz first introduced us, and I don’t think I’ll ever forget the shame I felt when my daughter refused to talk to me because of that behaviour. I learnt some very important things from that experience Max, do you know what they are?’ he asked him.
Max shook his head.
‘I leant that not only should I trust my daughters judgement when it comes to the people that she lets into her life, and also her heart. I only have to look at Maria and Alex to know that. They have been the best of friends to Liz for the majority of her life. But I also learnt that Liz is old enough to live her own life and that I shouldn’t interfere in that life. That could have turned out to be a very bad lesson for me to learn but I’m lucky that my daughter is so forgiving which is also why I don’t want to make the same mistake again.’
‘Ok’ Max responded. He was very glad that Jeff had learnt a lesson from treating Liz the way he did during his visit to New York, the experience hadn’t been a nice one for Liz or himself but he wasn’t quite sure what he was getting at now.
‘So with that said Max if Liz accepts your proposal then you have my blessing’ he finally said.
Max let out the breath he had been holding and let a huge grin form on his face.
‘Really?’
‘Yes. Of course I cant speak for Nancy’ he replied.
Nancy smiled at the sight in front of her. She had never felt prouder to be Jeff Parkers wife than she did right now. He had handled this situation with Max amazingly and she couldn’t help but agree with him. Liz was a grown women and they couldn’t interfere in her life any longer, if she loved Max and wanted to marry him then her and Jeff would except that decision. Nancy knew that if they had turned down Max’s request that they could loose their only daughter forever, and that was not a risk she was willing to take and obviously one that Jeff wasn’t willing to take either.
Liz had always been strong headed but she made sound decisions and sitting here listening to the man in front her she knew that her daughter had made an excellent choice when she had given her heart to Max.
‘Nancy?’
‘Welcome to the family Max’ she smiled at him.
***
Liz woke suddenly from her nap because of the sharp pain in her abdomen, her and Maria had shopped for a couple of hours but Liz had gotten very tired so decided to go home and have a nap. It was only four o’clock so she picked up the phone and hit the speed dial Max’s cell. She didn’t like the feeling at all.
‘Evan’s and Associates, Sandra speaking’ Liz was confused, why was his cell going to the office
‘Hi Sandra this is Liz is Max available?’
‘Oh sorry Liz but Max isn’t available’ she replied. ‘Try his cell’ she added.
‘I rang his cell Sandra and it’s coming through to you’
‘Oh that’s strange’
‘Do you know where his meeting is and what time it’s due to end’ she knew that he said he would be home late but the details he left were sketchy.
‘Oh’ Sandra said, Max had left strict instructions not to tell anyone where he was.
‘I’m sorry Liz I’m not at liberty to give you that information’
‘Damn it Sandra this is an emergency’ she cried into the phone as another sharp pain hit her.
‘Are you alright?’ Sandra panicked.
Liz didn’t respond though instead she hung up the phone and made her way to her car so she could drive herself to the hospital. But in the back of her mind she couldn’t shake the feeling that Max had lied to her about what he was doing, and Sandra’s reaction only added fuel to the fire.
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Part 30
‘Jeff, Nancy I love Liz with all my heart and I consider myself extremely lucky that she returns that love. I know that we haven’t been together very long but I don’t think that’s important when your in love. So what I was hoping and what I came here for was to ask for your blessing to ask Liz to marry me’ he finally got out.
The pause in between Max’s words and a response from Jeff or Nancy felt enormous and Max stomach began to churn. He had faced many fierce opponents in the courtroom during his brief time in Law but none had ever made him feel so vulnerable as the parents of the women he loved. As far as he was concerned Jeff and Nancy held the key to his happiness right now and even though he was determined to ask Liz despite was they said he hoped with all his heart that they would say yes so that he could do this properly.
‘Max don’t you think that you’re rushing this?’ Nancy Parker finally spoke.
Max turned to her and thought about her question before answering, he wanted to make sure that he gave her the best response he could. It was easy to speak from the heart when it came to Liz, their relationship and their unborn child. But if he didn’t want this to turn to emotional for him or he would have no control over everything he said and control was something that Max had built his life on until he found Liz Parker again.
‘No I truly don’t Nancy. Liz and I have been seeing each other for almost 6 months now and we’re committed to each other, we live together and we’re planning a future together. There is no one else for me but Liz. The truth is Nancy that this is an important step to me and I know that Liz feels the same way and I think that we are both ready for it’
Nancy nodded to Max’s response. She couldn’t deny that Max’s commitment to her daughter moved her, coming all the way to Roswell to face her and Jeff after the way that had initially treated him was very brave. She was fairly sure that Liz didn’t know that was here either which meant that Max wanted their permission before asking her.
‘Jeff?’ Nancy turned to her husband then to see what he had to say about this. His face was expressionless which was not the reaction she was expecting.
‘Max’ Jeff sighed ‘Liz is the most important person in our life. Her happiness and well being is also very important to us, which is why we sometimes interfere in her life when we shouldn’t. I’m not proud of the way I treated you when Liz first introduced us, and I don’t think I’ll ever forget the shame I felt when my daughter refused to talk to me because of that behaviour. I learnt some very important things from that experience Max, do you know what they are?’ he asked him.
Max shook his head.
‘I leant that not only should I trust my daughters judgement when it comes to the people that she lets into her life, and also her heart. I only have to look at Maria and Alex to know that. They have been the best of friends to Liz for the majority of her life. But I also learnt that Liz is old enough to live her own life and that I shouldn’t interfere in that life. That could have turned out to be a very bad lesson for me to learn but I’m lucky that my daughter is so forgiving which is also why I don’t want to make the same mistake again.’
‘Ok’ Max responded. He was very glad that Jeff had learnt a lesson from treating Liz the way he did during his visit to New York, the experience hadn’t been a nice one for Liz or himself but he wasn’t quite sure what he was getting at now.
‘So with that said Max if Liz accepts your proposal then you have my blessing’ he finally said.
Max let out the breath he had been holding and let a huge grin form on his face.
‘Really?’
‘Yes. Of course I cant speak for Nancy’ he replied.
Nancy smiled at the sight in front of her. She had never felt prouder to be Jeff Parkers wife than she did right now. He had handled this situation with Max amazingly and she couldn’t help but agree with him. Liz was a grown women and they couldn’t interfere in her life any longer, if she loved Max and wanted to marry him then her and Jeff would except that decision. Nancy knew that if they had turned down Max’s request that they could loose their only daughter forever, and that was not a risk she was willing to take and obviously one that Jeff wasn’t willing to take either.
Liz had always been strong headed but she made sound decisions and sitting here listening to the man in front her she knew that her daughter had made an excellent choice when she had given her heart to Max.
‘Nancy?’
‘Welcome to the family Max’ she smiled at him.
***
Liz woke suddenly from her nap because of the sharp pain in her abdomen, her and Maria had shopped for a couple of hours but Liz had gotten very tired so decided to go home and have a nap. It was only four o’clock so she picked up the phone and hit the speed dial Max’s cell. She didn’t like the feeling at all.
‘Evan’s and Associates, Sandra speaking’ Liz was confused, why was his cell going to the office
‘Hi Sandra this is Liz is Max available?’
‘Oh sorry Liz but Max isn’t available’ she replied. ‘Try his cell’ she added.
‘I rang his cell Sandra and it’s coming through to you’
‘Oh that’s strange’
‘Do you know where his meeting is and what time it’s due to end’ she knew that he said he would be home late but the details he left were sketchy.
‘Oh’ Sandra said, Max had left strict instructions not to tell anyone where he was.
‘I’m sorry Liz I’m not at liberty to give you that information’
‘Damn it Sandra this is an emergency’ she cried into the phone as another sharp pain hit her.
‘Are you alright?’ Sandra panicked.
Liz didn’t respond though instead she hung up the phone and made her way to her car so she could drive herself to the hospital. But in the back of her mind she couldn’t shake the feeling that Max had lied to her about what he was doing, and Sandra’s reaction only added fuel to the fire.