Pressing Forward (M/L,All,TEEN/MATURE) Pt. 6 1/2/06 (WIP}

[Eliz]

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Title - Pressing Forward

Author - Eliz

Rating - Teen and in some places Mature

Category - All M/L, M/M, I/J, and Alex, but it’s mostly about Liz
Disclaimer - I don’t own any of these characters. They belong to Jason Katims and Melinda Metz.

Summary - Everything seems to be perfect in Liz Parker’s life. She’s making great grades and had a great relationship with her boyfriend Max Evans. Until one day Liz started feeling a little weird and the next thing she knew it was up to the pod to try and save her. Can they possibly do it before it’s too late? Or will this be the end of the Liz Parker that we love so much?



<center>Chapter One</center>

Liz Parker walked into the Crashdown Café with her hand interlocked with her boyfriend, Max Evan’s hand. Max looked down at her and smiled. Liz smiled back and her mind drifted back to the first time she’d really noticed that smile of his, and had things changed since that September afternoon almost three years ago.


That September day was the day that Max Evans had saved Liz’s life in the exact same Café, which Liz’s parents just happened to own. From then on Liz had known the secrete that Max, his sister Isabel, and their friend Michael, had kept from everyone for so many years. In the end four others later found out and ever since that moment they were all inseparable.


“Liz! Get you ass dressed! You were suppose to start five minutes ago!” This comment made both Liz and Max look away from one another and straight at Maria; they both started laughing softly to one another.

“Typical Maria.” Max whispered so only Liz could hear him.

“Yep, but she’s right you know.” Liz replied then kissed Max on the lips. “I’ll see you later okay?”

“Sure.” Max replied, then kissed Liz again before watching her walk into the back room.

“Bye Lover Boy.” Maria said in a raised voice to Max as he started to leave.
All Max could do was laugh and wave at his girlfriend’s best friend.


“Parker what’s your excuse this time?” Liz heard Michael say as put her close into her locker and checked her hair and make-up before her long five hour shift starts.

“I was with Max, even though it’s not really any of your business where I was. Now is it Michael?” Liz replied getting a little upset at him for what he’d said.

“You always say that.” Liz heard Maria say beside her.

“Well it’s the truth and why does it matter to you two where I was. I don’t ask about your personal life together, so don’t ask about time.” Liz snapped getting a little more agitated.

“Okay sorry.” Michael said a little taken back, then went on cooking the burgers on the grill.


“Hey chica are you okay?” Maria asked getting a little worried about Liz.

“Yea sorry I didn’t mean to snap. I’m just a little stressed out about my parents leaving tomorrow for Boston, and they won’t be back for a month. I don’t know if I can do this by myself, even if the Crashdown’s only going to be opened on weekends.” Liz explained getting a little flushed.

“Sweetie that’s totally understandable, but I promise that you’re not going to be alone. Both Michael and I are going to help you out as much as possible.”

“Hold it! We are?” Michael questioned.

“Yes we are.” Maria said then continued as she gave Michael a mean look.

“Thanks you’re the best.” Liz answered as she hugged Maria.

“No Biggie Chica. Are you sure there’s nothing else that you wanna talk about?” Maria asked again.

“Nope everything else is fine.” Liz said in the best convincing voice and smile that she could conjure up.

“Okay just checking.” Maria said as she smiled back, “Come on lets get back to work before your dad sees us and totally freaks.”

That comment made Liz start laughing as she thought about her dad freaking out and what he’d do. Liz and Maria then walked out the swinging doors and into a Café of hungry people waiting to get their orders taken and their food served to them.


<center>5 ½ Hours Later</center>

“Okay I’m out of here. Everything’s clean Liz so all that you need to do is pick up the chairs.”

“Thanks so much. I’ll see you tomorrow.” Liz waved as she watched Maria leave out the front door, to a waiting Michael, who also just got of work.


Twenty minutes later everything was complete and Liz could finally go up to the house and in her room.


“Lizzy can you come here please?” Liz heard her dad say from the kitchen.

“Yea Dad?”

“I just wanted to make sure that you understand everything that’s happening and that you’re on the same page as your mother and I are.”

“Yea Dad I totally understand. Everything is going to be under control.” Liz answered hoping beyond hope that she was correct.

“Okay as long as we agree with one other.”

Liz smiled at her dad then began to walk towards the staircase and to her room.

“Oh and Liz one more thing.”

“What dad?” Liz answered from the hallway.

“No parties and no Max Evans spending the night.”

That was the comment that Liz had been expecting to hear all day long.

“ I know Dad. No parties or Max in the house got it.” Liz said as she walked back into the kitchen.

“Thanks Lizzy.” Jeff said as he smiled at his little girl.

“Dad I am going to get ready for bed. Will you wake me up when you and mom leave?”

“Sure will.”

“Thanks Daddy goodnight.” Liz said then hugged her father.


As Liz looked around the house she spotted her mother in her parents bed room and gently knocked on the halfway opened door.

“Come on in Liz.” She heard her mother respond.

“Goodnight Mom. Dad promised me that he would wake me up when you both left.”

“Okay. I’m going to miss you so much Liz. Please promise me that you’ll be good.” Nancy asked then hugged and kissed her daughter goodnight.

“I promise Mom and I love you too.”

“Night Honey.” Nancy repeated as Liz walked out of the bedroom.


<center>Liz's Bedroom</center>

“Finally.” Liz couldn’t help but think to herself as she sat down on her bed, “I’m alone.”

Liz laid down with her eyes just staring at the ceiling for a couple of minutes, but then the pain in her head that had been getting slightly worse all day long became way to much for her to handle anymore...






Mini Author Note - I hoped that everyone enjoyed this chapter. Thanks Jo for making this banner for me!

[Eliz]

<center>Chapter Two</center>

“Lizzy…” Mr. Parker whispered as he and his wife very quietly and slowly walked into their daughter’s bedroom.

Since it was only 4:30 in the morning they knew that she would still be fast asleep. And they were totally correct. Liz Parker was curled up under her covers fast asleep and looking like she had not a single care or worry in the world.

“Liz honey we’re leaving. Can you lease just wake up for a minute.” Nancy asked as she gently shook her daughter’s sleeping form.

Liz sort of shook then whispered love you, but both Nancy and Jeff knew that she would probably not remember it when she woke up, so they just kissed her on the cheek and quietly left the room.

“Be good.” Jeff then whispered as he shut her bedroom door.

Liz heard the last thing that her dad said kind of, but all she did was turned over in her bed and was back into her deep sleep even before the door clicked shut.


<center>Downstairs</center>

Nancy quickly wrote Liz a little note, while Jeff got all their luggage into the cab.

As soon as Jeff walked back into the kitchen Nancy asked if they were really doing the right thing by leaving their 17 year old daughter all alone for almost a month.

“Nancy don’t worry she’s going to be fine I promise. She very responsible and she knows what to and what not to do. She’ll be fine.” Jeff answered trying to reassure his wife as much as possible.

“Okay yeah I guess I’m just overacting a little.” Nancy replied trying to calm herself a little as she signed Liz’s letter ‘with love Mom and Dad.’

<center>Later On That Morning</center>
<center>(Liz’s Bedroom)</center>

“Grrrr…” Liz growled as her alarm began to beep loudly.

She knew that she had to get up, but that was the last thing on her mind. Her head was now in almost unbearable pain and she had no clue how she was going to be able to make it through school today.

“Come on Liz you’ve got to get up…”Liz thought coaching herself. “Just go slowly.”

Ten minutes later Liz walked out of her bathroom with dripping wet hair. She thought that a short hot shower might help her head a little, which it sort of it, but it wasn’t good enough to really matter.

While getting ready for school Liz really didn’t care how she looked, but she didn’t want her friends, especially Maria and Max, to find out that she wasn’t feeling all that great, so she put on her pair of blue jeans and the new shirt that she had gotten when she went shopping with her mother a couple of days before. She then fixed her hair and waited for Maria to come and pick her up.


During the school day Liz acted just like she usually did, or a least the best she could. Liz could tell that Maria thought something was up with her, but Maria never comforted her about it which Liz was very thankful for.

“Liz wait up!” Liz heard Max yell behind her as she tried to make it out of the school before any of her friends caught up with her.

“What Max?” ;oz asked getting a little annoyed, not from Max, but from her headache and school combined.

“Do you have to work tonight?” Max asked not realizing the unusual tone in his girlfriend’s voice.

“No I don’t, but I’ve got a whole lot of homework that’s due tomorrow.”

“Oh okay I guess I’ll see you tomorrow then, but call me if you get sick of doing homework and want to hang out with someone.”

“Okay Max.” Liz replied, and smiled at him.

“ Love you.” Max then whispered I her ear and gently kissed her on the lips.

“God I hope I am not contagious.” Liz thought to herself as she made her way towards the street. The last thing that she wanted was for Max to start feeling as bad as she did.

Threw everything that was taking place around her and how bad she was feeling, Liz completely forgot that Max, Isabel, and Michael couldn’t get sick from her, because they were aliens.


“Finally piece and quiet.” Liz whispered to herself as she walked into her bedroom.

Liz then changed into some comfy close and took some more medicine to see if that might help her head a little. But as she was walking over to her bed she began to feel dizzy.

“You okay just lye down.” Liz told herself as she began to feel herself start to freak.

Liz got to her bed and by the time she got her body underneath the covers she was completely exhausted. And by the time she started trying to adjust her pillows behind her her whole world went totally black.

[Eliz]

<center>Chapter Three</center>


Maria Deluca got out of her comfy bed very lazily. It was 6:30 in the morning and she had to go and pick up Liz before school started at 8:00. Maria quickly got ready for school after she spent about ten minutes lounging around her bedroom. By 7:20 she was out the door and on her way to Liz’s house.

“God I hope she’s already awake and ready.” Maria told herself. “Wait what am I thinking about. This is Liz Parker we’re talking about here of course she’s ready.” Maria said with a smile.

Maria loved her best friend to death, don’t get her wrong, but Liz Parker always seemed so perfect, she had excellent grades, the “perfect” boyfriend, and two parents that would do anything for her. Maria of course loved her mother more than anything, but she would love just to trade places with Liz, if not even for a day.

As Maria pulled up to the back of the Crashdown Café, she looked around for Liz to see if she was waiting outside for her. Not seeing her, Maria stopped the Jetta in front of the backdoor and slammed her right hand on the horn.

After about a minute of waiting and seeing absolutely no sign of Liz Maria repeated the whole horn process again. She again waited for some sign of movement, but again nothing happened.

“Okay that’s it!” Maria snapped as she got out of the car and hastily walked over to the backdoor and turned to knob to see if it was open, but of course it wasn’t. Maria was now getting even more upset and frustrated.

“Could this day get any worse?” Maria thought to herself as she climbed up the escape latter that lead to Liz’s bedroom. Now it would’ve been a very easy task for Maria on most days, but today she was dressed in a mini shirt and high heal boots, which made it more difficult.

About thirty seconds later Maria placed her book on the solid ground of Liz’s deck.

Maria peeked into Liz’s window and saw the room, which looked a little messy, but nothing out of the ordinary. Maria then lifted up the window, expecting it to be locked, but to her amazement it wasn’t. As soon as Maria got into the room she wished that she’d worn something different, because her shirt and shoes we’re defiantly not made for climbing whether it be stares or threw windows. Maria straightened her shirt and then looked around the room, then walked over to the door and opened it. She yelled Liz’s name a couple of times, but go no response, so she decided to go check the bathroom to see if Liz was just in their getting ready, but something caught the corner of Maria’s eye. It was Liz’s hair sticking out form underneath the covers.

“Chica, it’s time to wakey-wakey. We’ve got to be at school in about 20 minutes.” Maria said as she shook Liz’s shoulder.

Liz didn’t even budge, which wasn’t like her at all, she had always been a fairly easy person to wake up, so this freaked Maria out a little.

“Liz I mean it. It’s time to wake up.” Maria said more seriously as she shook Liz more aggressively, but Liz was still fast asleep.

Maria then walked over to the other side of the bed and sat down on the bed.

“Lizzy…” Maria said as she gently pushed Liz’s long brown hair out of her face. “are you okay sweetie?”

This time Maria actually heard something come out of Liz’s mouth, but she couldn’t understand what she’d said. Maria then noticed how pale and sweaty her best friends face and forehead was. As she gently placed the back of her palm on Liz’s forehead, she was surprised by the temperature of the heat that was radiating off of her. Maria then saw Liz’s eyes slowly being to open.

“Chica what’s wrong?”

[Eliz]

<center>Chapter Four</center>


Liz didn’t actually stay anything; she just looked up at Maria with her totally exhausted eyes, and tried her best to smile at her friend, even though it wasn’t much of a visible smile at all.

Maria was really worried now. “Okay Lizzy, I’ll be right back don’t move and try your best to stay awake.” Maria said sweetly as she gently ran her fingers over her friends are in a caring manner.

“Oh God, what in the world am I suppose to do?” Maria thought to herself as she walked out of Liz’s bedroom “First of all Deluca you’re not going to freak out! Your best friend really needs you.”

Liz waited for what she thought was an eternity, and slowly began to close her eyes when she heard footsteps getting closer to her bedroom, but she couldn’t open those eyes of hers even if you paid her a hundred dollars. Her body was just to exhausted.

Maria walked into the room with a thermometer, washcloth, and a bowl half way full of water. She then very slowly put the bowl on the nightstand very careful not to spill any, and then she looked at Liz, who she then noticed was asleep again.

“I don’t think so sweetie, you can fall back asleep right after I take your temperature okay?” She said as she gently shook Liz back awake.

Liz opened her eyes slowly even though her whole body was screaming in protest and all she wanted to do was just pass out so she wouldn’t have to feel this tried and ill.

“Good Girl.” Maria said as she noticed Liz had opened her eyes again and as she got the thermometer ready. “Okay mouth open, and tongue up.” Maria requested as she moved the thermometer closer and closer to Liz’s mouth.

Liz did was she was asked and opened her mouth and closed it when the thermometer was in it.

Liz had never felt so bad in all her seventeen years of life. She seriously thought that her head was about to explode at any given second, her throat was burning like a fire was raging inside, and her stomach was rolling around and felt like someone was grabbing her insides and twisting and squeezing them around and around like a wet towel you were trying to dry. Her body also felt like it weighed a billion tons, and she had no clue what was causing her to feel this way, but she didn’t like it one bit.

Maria just looked at her best friend as she waited for the thermometer to go off. She’d never seen Liz look so sick in all the years she knew her, which really frightened the mess out of her.

The next thing either one of them knew they heard a beeping noise from the thermometer. Maria immediately pulled it out Liz’s mouth and prayed it wasn’t that bad. She then slowly looked down at the little black numbers that had appeared on the screen and read 101.2.

“What is it?” Maria heard Liz whisper.

“101.2 It’s not that high, but I would like it for it to be lower.”

Liz heard Maria say then she heard her ringing out the water out of a washcloth. Liz then felt it being put on her forehead. She was surprised to feel the cloth be as warm as it was. She thought it was going to be freezing.

“How does that feel?” Maria questioned, then she saw Liz mouth better as her eyes began to droop, but she forced them open again.

“I’m going to go get the Tylenol from your parents bathroom and see if that’ll bring it down. Don’t fight it get some sleep I’ll wake you up when your medicine is ready.” Maria said as she again ran her fingers threw Liz’s hair before she got up off the bed and left the room.

Liz felt someone gently shake her awake. She could’ve sworn she just closed her eyes not even a second ago though. Then she remembered that it was Maria who was trying to wake her up, because she needed to take her medicine to bring down her fever. Liz again slowly opened her eyes, but it was a few seconds before she could focus and see Maria looking straight at her. She could see how worried Maria was about her it was in her eyes, so to lighten up the mood Liz tried her best to smile, then saw Maria smile back, but she could see she was still really worried. Liz then realized that she was going to have to sit up so that she could take the medicine, and moving wasn’t something Liz really didn’t want to do at the moment.

Maria then saw Liz trying to sit up by herself and immediately helped her. She knew how much of a pain moving was when you have a fever.

“Thanks.” Liz said.

“No problem sweetie.” Maria said smiling at Liz, as she gave her the two pills that we’re in the small paper cup. As Liz popped them into her mouth Maria handed her the cup of water.

“Lizzy what’s hurts? When did you start feeling sick?” Maria asked wanting to know these questions since she found Liz and realized she was sick.
“Liz looked up at Maria and said, “My throat, my head, and stomach, and everything aches. I’ve had a headache since yesterday, but I didn’t start feeling really bad until last night.” She answered and made a mental note not to tell Maria about the whole passing out thing, she knew how much she would freak out.

“Why didn’t you tell me at school?” Maria questioned.

“Because I didn’t want to worry anyone, and I didn’t know I would get this bad and this bad this fast.” Liz answered as she felt Maria take the cloth off her forehead and redipped into the water, and placed it on her head once again.

Liz now felt really bad that she hadn’t told anyone and Maria could see this.

“Don’t worry about it sweetie. Getting you well is all that matters right now.”

“Maria will you promise me something?” Liz asked as she tried to push away the nauseous feeling that was creeping up the back of her throat.

“Sure sweetie whatever you want?” Maria replied.

“Don’t call or tell Max about me being sick please.” Liz asked looking Maria straight in the eye to let her know how serious she was.

“Okay Chica I won’t call him. Why don’t you try to get some sleep, your getting even paler than you were before.” Then it clicked in Maria’s head. “Lizzy do you feel nauseous?”

All Liz had to do was nod her head yes and closed her eyes really tight. Maria rushed over to get the trashcan out of her bathroom.

As Maria put the trash can on the floor she could see how much Liz was fighting now to be sick, but only second later Liz lost the fight. All Maria could do was gently rub Liz’s back and hold her long brown hair out of her face.

“Better?” Maria asked calming as she helped Liz sit back up.

All Liz did was shake her head no and then huge tears started running down her already pale face.

“Oh sweetie, it’s okay.” Maria said as she gently pulled Liz into a hug, she’d never felt so bad for her best friend in her whole life.


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Thanks everyone who's reviewed over the past three chapters. I write. I just wanted to let yall know the more reviews I get the fast I right, because reviews shows me that people actually like my story.

[Eliz]

I just wanted to thank everyone who replied on my post on how to make my story better. Yall helped me a lot and I hope my story improved and I hope yall like it. Please review. Thanks. Eliz


<center>Chapter Five</center>


Everything in Roswell High seemed to be going as usual. Teens were rushing from locker to locker talking to their friends, getting homework completed, and making plans for later on today with their friends. Max Evans walked through the two glass front doors thinking that today is going to be like every other school day. He quietly made his way threw the large crowds of the student population and towards his locker.

“Maxwell!” he heard someone yell behind him.

Max knew exactly who it was not just by the voice, but because only one person called him Maxwell when he wasn’t in trouble.

Max turned around and saw his best friend walking towards him. “Yes Michael?”

“Have you seen Maria yet? I was suppose to meet her by her locker before school and she never showed.” Michael asked in an impatient kind of voice. Max knew he didn’t mean to sound this way, and that he was just upset that he had to wait for Maria when he could’ve been doing something else, like hanging out with her or sleeping later. Typical Michael.

“I haven’t seen her yet. You haven’t seen Liz yet have you?” Max asked.

“Nope sorry dude. I’ll see you later and if you see Maria tell her I’m looking for her.” Michael said as he watched Max nod his head okay, then he left walking threw another crowd towards his locker.

“I guess their just running late. Since Liz’s parents are out of town and everything.” Max thought to himself as he began to walk threw the same crowd Michael just went through and towards homeroom. Then Max remember he probably should’ve told Michael that information about how Maria was picking up Liz as well.


<center>Liz’s House</center>

After about ten minutes of Liz crying her poor little heart out and being as sick as a dog, she slowly began to drift off to dream land. A couple of seconds later Maria looked down slowly as she continued as draw small circle on Liz’s back with her fingers, to see Liz’s swollen blood shot eyes slowly began to close as she drifted off to dream land.

“Sleep good sweetie.” Maria whispered to the sleeping form of Liz as she gently brushed strands of Liz’s damp brown hair off her forehead, then kissed Liz on the top of head. She hoped that sleeping might help Liz’s fever go down.

Maria then slowly got up out of the bed trying her best to not make the bed shake in any shape form or fashion, which she seceded in doing. She went into the bathroom and refilled the bowl with warmish water and placed that on the mantel closest to Liz’s bed, and cleaned up Liz’s room. She walked out of the room, making sure she left the door open in case she heard Liz wake up, walked over half way down the hall and opened the white hall door, which opened up to be the Parker’s linens closet.

“Okay were are you?” Maria asked herself as she looked around the closet seeing everything from towels of all different colors, sheets, comforters, pillows of all shapes and sizes, but not what she was actually looking for, then she spotted it behind Liz’s old comforter. In the back of the shelve laid a crocheted blanket. “Perfect!” Maria whispered aloud as she grabbed it, the extra pair of sheets that went to Liz’s bedroom set, a couple more washcloths, and an extra pillow just in case.

Maria then walked back down the hall and quietly back into Liz’s room, she placed all the linens on Liz’s desk chair, then looked over at Liz’s sleeping form again, but this time Liz looked peaceful and like she wasn’t in any pain. But Maria could now really see how white Liz actually was, it was like her skin had lost all color possible, except her cheeks, which were a rose colored red and swollen from both the fever and from Liz crying earlier.

Maria grabbed one of the fresh washcloths and dipped it into the warm water. She squeezed most of the water out, just so the washcloth was damp and not dripping, and slowly and gently wiped Liz’s sweaty face. She could feel the heat radiating off Liz’s skin as she did this. Feeling this sort of startled her so she grabbed the ear thermometer off the nightstand and gently placed into Liz’s ear, praying that she didn’t wake her up, a couple of seconds later the thing gave out a single shrill beep and Maria pulled it out Liz’s ear. Like Maria had hoped as she looked up at Liz, she’d continued to sleep like a peaceful baby. Maria then smiled to herself and looked down at the thermometer’s screen and read 102.1.

“Geese girl. We gotta fix that.” Maria said out loud in a calm voice, even though inside she was really worried, because it had only been an hour since she’d checked Liz’s temperature for the first time. Maria grabbed the white Tylenol bottle off of Liz’s nightstand, popped it open with one hand, and pulled out two pills, which she placed in one of the paper cups.

“I’ll be right back sweetie. I’m going to go get a cup of water from the kitchen. Just call if you need anything.” Maria said to Liz even though she knew she was asleep.

Maria walked into the Parker’s wall papered kitchen and on toward the cheer stained cabinets. She opened the one closest to the sink and pulled out a glass, filled it up with water, she knew that Liz needed the water of course to take the pills, but she also figured that she was probably dehydrated from the fever which was causing her to sweat and from her getting as sick as she had been 30 minutes ago.


<center>Roswell High</center>

“Where in the hell are they???” Michael said in a demanding voice. Homeroom had just ended and both Max and Michael had realized that both Maria and Liz hadn’t shown up.

“Michael calm down. I bet their just running late or something. I’ll try Liz’s cell phone.” Max replied as he pulled his cell phone out of the second pocket of his black school bag, and pressed 2 on speed dial.

After three rings he heard, “Hi you’ve reached Liz Parker…” Max wasn’t really listening after that he’d heard Liz’s message recording so many times. He just waited until he heard that beep. “Hi Liz it’s Max. Michael and I were wondering where in the world you and Maria were, since it is a school day and your not hear yet. So please call me when you get this message you know when my lunch period is. I love you Bye.”

“Oh very touchy touchy Maxwell.” Michael said as he rolled his eyes. “Can I use that for a minute? I don’t feel like getting mine out.” Michael asked/demanded but really grabbed it out of Max’s hand before he could even answer.

“Sure Michael.” Max said also rolling his eyes. The next thing Max heard was Michael almost yelling Maria’s name, telling her to pick up her freaking phone, and to call him when she got this message. Max realized how mean the message sounded, but both he and Maria knew that was how Michael got when he was upset and worried.


<center>Liz's House</center>

Since Maria was in the kitchen she didn’t hear both cell phones ring, and Liz was fast asleep so she also didn’t hear it. Maria walked back into the room seconds after Michael was finished leaving his message. She looked at Liz who’d somehow managed to get herself all tangled in her sheets and comforter, and now Liz’s sleep didn’t look so peaceful, she would thrash a little, then calm down, but Maria could see she wasn’t have the best dream in the world, probably from her fever.

“Lizzie… Lizzie sweetie wake up.” Maria whispered as she tried to help Liz’s sleeping form get untangled from the bed comforter and sheets, when she didn’t wake up from Maria just calling her name Maria also gently began to shake Liz’s shoulder.

“Ummmf…” Liz breathed out as she was awakened from her sleep.
“Lizzie come on time to wake up. You need to take some medicine.”

“No…medicine…sleep.” Liz whispered out, trying her best to talk with her sore raw throat, as she opened and shut her eyes.

“Yes medicine. It’ll help you feel better.” Maria coached as Liz once again allowed her eyes to open back up.

“Hi sweetie…” Maria said as she ran her fingers over Liz’s now even more damp hair. Maria again felt the heat coming off of Liz’s body, but this time it felt even hotter than before, “was that even possible” Maria thought to herself.

“I feel…bad.” Liz crocked threw the discomfort in her throat.

“I know you do sweetie. Your fever’s gone up again. I need you to take some pills for me okay?” Maria said as helped Liz into a sitting position.

“Okay…” Liz whispered as she tried to take the pills out of Maria’s hand, but she didn’t have enough energy she barely had enough to keep herself sitting up.

“Here I got it.” Maria helped as she saw how much trouble Liz was having. After Maria helped Liz take the pills, she kept on wondering if she should call a doctor or something, but she didn’t know if what Liz had was actually human or alien and she wasn’t about to take that chance if it was alien. She knew exactly what she needed to do she needed to call Max, but she didn’t know how Liz would react if she did.

Maria realized that Liz couldn’t get comfortable to save her life and decided that it might be more comfortable if Liz had lighter pajamas on. Maria really noticed how weak Liz was really getting when she helped her change. “Maria… I’m dizzy…” Liz groaned as the room in front of her began to sway from side to side. Maria noticed how distant her voice was becoming and knew if she didn’t let Liz lay back down fast she was going to pass out right then and there. So Maria quickly put the shorts on and slowly lowed her best friend on to the bed.

“Better?” Maria asked as she helped get Liz situated in the bed and comfortable once again. All Liz did was shake her head no a little and as squeezed her eyes as tight as she could.

“Liz honey… Max might be able to help you feel better…” That was as far as Maria got before Liz almost yelled no Max, as she gripped her chest and erupted into a bad coughing fit. This reaction caught Maria’s attention. “Okay Chica, no Max I got it.”

Maria slowly began to rub circles on Liz’s back again to help her with her coughing and to see if it would calm her down like it had done once before.

“’Ria…it’s cold” Liz whispered. Maria who was getting a little warm and wondering if she could possibly turn down the AC a couple of notches, looked at Liz weird, then she remembered that Liz also had a high fever and that that was normal.

“Sweetie… it’s your fever that’s making it so cold. I can’t put another blanket on you or you’ll get over heated.” Maria responded.

“But…” Liz whimpered.

Seeing Liz like the totally broke Maria’s heart. She ran a washcloth over Liz’s forehead, and the side of arm ran over Liz’s forehead and it was boiling. “Oh god.” Maria thought to herself. She immediately grabbed the thermometer and stuck in into Liz’s ear. When it beeped she looked down and her green eyes got a couple sizes bigger.

“Michael I need Michael…..”

[Eliz]

Everyone I am so sorry it took me so long to write this chapter. College has really been taking up most of my time, but I'll try to be a good author and write more soon.

<center>Chapter Six</center>



Maria scrambled around the room looking for her purse, which contained her cell phone inside. She then spotted it in Liz’s desk chair and rushed over, ripped it open, and pulled out her sliver colored cell phone. She then pressed the number five and put the phone up to her ear.

“Come on Michael please pick up the phone.” She said mainly to herself as the phone began to ring. Maria was fidgeting around with an extremely worried look on her face as she waited impatiently for Michael to answer his phone.

She was getting more and more upset as the seconds past. “Why in the hell isn’t he…” Maria thought to herself, and then was interrupted by a boy’s voice saying hello.

“MICHAEL! Thank god. It’s Maria….”

“Where in the hell have you been… are you playing hooky or something?” Michael interrupted.

“Michael it doesn’t matter where I’ve been! I need you right now.” Maria said franticly.

When Michael realized how frightened and upset Maria’s voice was he immediately took the anger out of his voice and made it more calming.

“Okay what happened?” He said trying his best to calm down his frantic girlfriend over the phone.

“It’s Liz. She’s really really sick Michael… She has a 104 fever and I have no freakin’ clue what to do!” Maria gasped out as tears began to run down her face, making her black mascara run down her face.

“Okay… ummmm… how about I go and get Max? He’ll most likely know what to do.”

“NO!” Maria screamed into the phone.

“And why not?” Michael asked which a hint of anger in his voice.

“Because I promised Liz that I wouldn’t tell him.” Maria answered in a stern voice.

“And why in the hell did you do that?” Michael asked.

“I don’t know, but you’ve got to promise me that you will not tell him!”

“I’ll see what I can do.” Michael said while he rolled his eyes. He loved his girlfriend to death, but sometimes she just didn’t think. Telling Max would make everyone’s life so much easier.

“So are you coming?” He heard Maria say over the phone as he rushed back into reality.

“Oh… yea I’ll be there in about ten minutes. Leave the back door unlocked for me.” Michael said then he snapped his cell phone shut.

Maria then heard the sound of the dial tone, looked at her phone, and growled angrily.

“He hung up on me!” Maria said aloud.

“What?” Maria heard someone whisper then moan.

She turned around to see Liz looking straight at her with her glassed over chocolate brown eyes.

“Oh it’s nothing honey” Maria said sweetly as she walked back over to Liz’s bed and sat down softly, “Michael coming over and he’s going to help try to figure out what’s doing on with you.”

“Okay…” Liz whispered as her eyes began to get heavy again, “Is Max coming with him?”

“No sweetie you said earlier that you didn’t want Max here.”

“I want my Max… Maria get me Max.” Liz whispered right before she lost her fight with trying to keep her eyes open. But right as her eyes were closing Maria saw a single tear run down Liz’s face.