Chapter 50
Max
The movie has been over for at least three hours and Liz is upstairs taking a shower and changing since Maria and Michael are on their way over for dinner.
My mind can’t help but wander back to what Liz had said about us being more careful and that a baby is the last thing we needed right now. I can’t say that her saying that doesn’t sadden me; I want children with Liz and only Liz. A part of me is ripping myself apart inside because I was just selfish for being with Dariana in the first place, if I hadn’t then this situation we are in wouldn’t be happening. On the other hand, I think if it didn’t happen, Liz and I arguing and me leaving, cutting myself off from her, then maybe we wouldn’t be as close as we are today. She and I may have never professed our love for one another, so although I hate it I wouldn’t want to erase it.
That’s not to say that I wouldn’t want to change it just a little, but I guess nothing in life is perfect, except for Liz. No matter what she does or says, she will always be perfect to me, nothing and no one can change that. I want to be with her for the rest of my life, but I’m terrified that Dariana may be pregnant with my child, and as bad as it might sound it makes me sick to my stomach. Not because the thought of having a child doesn’t feel great, it’s just I know Liz and I know she’s a strong person, but after awhile I know that it would put a serious strain on her…the both us and that worries me more than I’d like to admit.
If I ever lost her I know that I wouldn’t make it very long, I could survive but I wouldn’t be happy, no one makes me as happy as she does. Thinking back to yesterday, the look on her face when I told her Dariana was pregnant, it was like a kick to my gut not just once but repeatedly. Every time I close my eyes I see the pain and anguish on her face and I hate myself for being the reason it was there in the first place.
I’m supposed to be protecting her, loving her and being there for her, but right now if it really is true, how can I make all those promises? When I know damn well, it will be a constant battle for me to show her, tell her and give her all the love I have, but how much can one person withstand in a lifetime? I don’t want her to think she’s second best to Dariana because she’s having my first born or some crazy shit like that, my baby would be important but Dariana would just be it’s mother nothing more but a lot less.
I wish I knew the answer, I wish that I could find out the truth somehow, someway right now, so that I could ask Liz what I have waited my whole life to as her…to be my wife.
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Liz
I feel disgusted and sad, I am trying really hard to be okay with everything but nothing has really happened and I’m making myself sick already. I can’t think about it for too long otherwise I think I’ll go crazy.
How do I do this? How do I just pretend everything is okay, when it’s not? I know I’m jumping the gun and I know that there is a big possibility that the baby is not Max’s but what if it is? I can’t just pretend that there is not a possibility, they slept together, protection be damned it’s not a guarantee.
And if I’m really honest that pisses me off, I know how much of a hypocrite I sound like, I was after all the one that had sex with some random guy, unprotected and got pregnant, so I am in no position to be judgmental, but I am.
I can’t help it, just when I thought that Max and I were on the right track, something just rears it’s ugly head to remind us that we don’t live in a bubble and everything is not perfect. I prayed everyday while Max and I were apart that somehow, someway we could be together, be in love with one another and that nothing could break us apart.
I got my wish…well at least part of it. I guess when they say, “be careful what you wish for because you just might get it,” they were right. I have Max, he loves me and we are happy, but with happiness comes complications, unforeseen complications and that’s when true love is really tested.
They say love endures, and it’s true, but they forgot the clause that says; it’s a struggle everyday, you live, breathe and drink pain and sorrow, they go hand and hand when it comes to love, but if you try, if you fight for what you want you can come out on the other side happy, content and deliriously loved by someone else.
That’s the way I feel when I think of Max, because every great love story has some pain doesn’t it? But will we make it to our happy ending? I begin to question myself day after day with each passing challenge; do we have what it takes? I hope to God we do, I can’t see myself without him, but I wonder if maybe he’s not ready for that.
Yes I know he loves me but does he does he want me as a wife? Would I even be a good wife? Or mother for that matter? I have so many insecurities but Max is always there to lay them to rest, but those two things I’m just not ready to talk about, I’m not ready to hear what he has to say, because I fear that maybe just maybe he’s not ready.
I know it’s stupid and I should just talk to him, but just like anyone else I’m terrified that I might say the wrong thing or rush him into something he’s not ready for, so I’ll wait patiently and just hope that time comes soon.
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Max
I’m getting the food ready and the grill heated for dinner, when Liz comes floating downstairs, okay she’s not floating, but she’s wearing this baby blue spaghetti strapped sundress, bare feet and she descends each stair with a softness, like she’s walking on a cloud. She just takes my breath away, every time I see her it’s like I’m looking at her for the first time, I hope that feeling never ends.
“Hi baby, enjoy your shower?” I ask her when she reaches my side and I lean down to kiss her lips gently.
“Yes, but it would have been so much better if you were there.”
“Hmm yes it would have but then we would never be ready for Maria and Michael.” I tell her while entering the kitchen to grab a plate of food and some plates. She comes up beside me and takes the plates from my hands then we both walk out towards the sliding doors outside.
“Max, do you…do you know how far along she is?” I stop dead in my tracks, this is the first time Liz has spoken about it and that makes it more real for some reason.
“I…no I don’t but I was planning on calling her.” I tell her nervously, I really don’t know what’s okay to talk to her about and what’s not at this point.
“Okay.” She gets really quite and walks over to one of the lounge chairs and takes a seat. I put down the cooking utensil and walk over to her.
“Liz are you okay? I mean did I say something or do something?”
“No Max, it’s just that…”
“Hey guys! We’re here!” As much as I want to see the both of them, right now I need to know what Liz was going to say just now.
“Hi!” Liz avoids my gaze and rises up to greet Maria and Michael.
“Hey Maxwell, I see you haven’t burned down the house just yet.”
“Ha, ha Mikey, no I haven’t but since you want to talk you can help.” I say while tossing a hamburger bun at him.
“Hey watch it! I just did my hair.”
“Punk!”
“Dickhead!”
“Children please, can we try and have a civilized conversation?” Maria says as seriously as she can, although when both Michael and I turn around both Liz and Maria have gigantic smiles across their face and are trying to hard not to laugh out loud.
“Yes Mom!” We both say in unison.
“Good buttheads!”
“Oh real mature Liz…real mature.” Michael says to Liz, while I motion my head for Michael to join me inside the house.
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Michael
I know that Maria and I interrupted something but it was too late and I wish I hadn’t rushed Maria over here so that Max and Liz could finish talking. I saw the look of shear panic on his face as we approached them in the backyard, and now I stand here staring at my brother pacing the kitchen floor.
“Max, what’s going on? Are you okay?”
“No, no I’m not. I am falling apart right now and I don’t know what the fuck I’m supposed to do, or say, or feel or…”
“Whoa! Calm down you are going to pop a vein or something. Now take a seat and talk to me.” I tell him and watch as he drops into one of the kitchen chairs heavily.
“It’s Liz.”
“What? Is she okay? I mean she’s not sick or anything.”
“No! Nothing like that, she asked me about Dariana and if I knew how far along she was…I don’t like it Michael.” He says while dropping his head in his hands and I walk over to him and pull a chair out to face him.
“Max, what don’t you like?” I honestly don’t know what he means right now, so I have to ask the stupid questions.
He sighs heavily then drags his hands over his face and looks at him, and for the first time since Liz was in the hospital I see nothing but despair and fear.
“She’s going to leave me Michael, if that baby is mine I’m going to loose Liz.”
“Max don’t you think your overreacting I mean, Liz loves you, you guys are finally together she’s not going to walk away from that.”
“No she won’t but I will.”
“What?! Maxwell are you feeling alright? You won’t do that I mean…” He cuts me off, his voice filled with determination.
“I will Michael, she won’t be happy, she told me she can live with it and eventually be happy or whatever, but that’s not good enough. She deserves more than that, she has been through so much in her life and I’m just fucking it up more. She’ll stay because she loves me, but how can I say that I love her if I let her?” Oh, he’s more lost than I could ever even imagine, he’s talking crazy right now.
“Maxwell, are you listening to yourself? That is Liz’s choice she said she wants to be with you and she knows what you having a baby with Dari is going to be, at least what it will entail, she would never think of leaving you or letting you leave her.”
“She doesn’t have to let me leave her Michael, she’s already started the process.” He sounds lost and wounded. I don’t know how to help him.
“Max, listen to me here. Liz has not started this ‘process’ as you’re saying. I’m sure she’s confused and maybe she doesn’t know what she can ask you and what she can’t, cut her some slack her Maxwell, it’s a lot for someone to take in but she has proved that she wants in.”
“But what if she changes her mind? What if she just…I…I can’t be without her Michael.” This is it, he breaks down, he has been holding it in since she got back I can imagine and it’s all just hitting him. Max does not cry for just anything or anyone, the only times I have seen him cry openly in front of me where over Liz, the same holds true for me, I have only ever done that over Maria. I don’t know what to say to make this better so I try and change the subject, try and shed a little light on a dark situation.
“So Maria was talking and I was doing my best to follow her this morning, and she mentioned something about things that were left in your bed that Liz found.” He wipes away his tears angrily and groans.
“Yes, she fucking left her underwear and a fucking condom wrapper I couldn’t believe it, Liz called me at work and I know she was upset, probably making herself sick until I called her from work and she told me. I was so pissed, I just…what would possess Dariana to do that?” Good question, she never showed any signs of a psychopathic stalker but that’s what it seems like she is becoming.
“She’s pissed off that you dumped her for Liz, but I don’t know why she would sink to that level it’s fucked up to say the least.”
“I know, and that’s what is bugging me about the whole baby situation. She never mentioned it to me before, we were alone before she went on her trip last week and nothing not a single word, she could have told me then, but she chose when she got back why?”
“I don’t know man…I wish I did but I don’t. Do you think she’s lying, like maybe she’s not pregnant?” I ask him because the thought has crossed my mind ever since this situation came to light.
“I thought about that too, if she’s not pregnant then what would be the point? I mean I would find out eventually, so I don’t think she’s lying about that, but I do have to question whether it’s even mine or not.”
“Wait! Hold on, are you saying that she fucked somebody else and is pretending it’s yours? Maxwell, that’s some serious crazy house shit going on.” I can’t believe it, I mean I knew Dariana almost as long as Max and I would never think that was in her cap city to do something like that.
“That’s what I’m saying, but the problem is, she’s not going to tell me and there is no way for me to find out until the baby is born and I can do a paternity test.”
“That is a long time to wait to find out, isn’t there some test they can do before that?” I ask him because I would think there would be something the doctors could do.
“No, I talked to Dad last night and he told me that’s the only way to find out for sure and also to check and see how far along she is in comparison to the last time we were together, because she can’t be that pregnant if it is mine.” I don’t want to get too personal but yeah I’m a guy so it’s okay.
“When was…”
“About 5 weeks would be my best guess, it was the first night she got into Roswell, so yeah no more than 6 but that’s pushing it at that point.”
“Okay so all we have to do is find out how far along she is and maybe that will help right?” He sighs heavily again and I’m getting more anxious as the time passes. To know that he’s carrying so much weight on his shoulders and there is nothing anyone can do to alleviate it just tears me up inside.
“Right, but how the hell am I supposed to know she’s telling me the truth? Even if I ask her she will probably lie, so…”
“So you go to the doctors with her.”
“I already am Michael.” He tells me with an exasperated sigh.
“No, I mean go in the room with her, ask your own questions. You’re the “father” right? So you have every right to be there and if she fights you then you know there’s something up right?” He looks like he’s contemplating it for a moment and then speaks.
“You’re right, I don’t know why I didn’t think of that, this way I will hear it from the doctors mouth myself. But I can’t tell Liz.”
“What? Why not?”
“Because I don’t want to give her false hopes, I need to just go and do this and get it over with. She doesn’t need to go through the ringer again because of me. I owe her as much.” I agree with him at this point, it’s better to be safe than sorry. It will only hurt Liz if she knows he’s doing this and it turns out that he’s wrong.
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Maria
“Liz, girlfriend are you okay?” I ask my best friend because right now she’s sitting on one of the chairs at the patio table staring at the sky.
“Yeah…no…I don’t know.” She gives me a frustrated sigh and looks at me, I can see the struggle she’s battling but I don’t’ want to push her, when she’s ready she’ll talk to me.
“I…I don’t know what to do. I need to be strong but I just feel like I’m drowning and I’ll never make it to shore.”
“Liz, is Max sure? Like really sure that it’s his?”
“No, I don’t think he is, but he won’t talk about it and a part of me is pissed off because he won’t and the other half is thankful that he doesn’t.” I walk over to her and take the seat next to her and reach out my hand and place it on top of hers.
“Lizzie, you need to talk to Max, you need to know what’s going on in his head and he needs to know what’s in yours as well. You already know what not talking does for you guys so now more than ever you need to talk.” She just nods and a tear slips from the corner of her eye.
“Maria…can I tell you something and you have to promise not to tell Michael, at least not yet.” She looks at me seriously, her eyes darting from over my shoulder looking for Max to my eyes.
“Yes, of course.” I tell her, even though I vowed not to keep anything from Michael, some things aren’t for me to tell.
“I think she’s lying, I don’t think that baby is Max’s I know it with all my heart that it’s not his.”
“How? I mean did she say something or…”
“No, I just…damn it! I don’t know Maria maybe I’m just wishing it not to be true so much so that I’ve convinced myself that it’s not.”
“Liz, I know there is a possibility fifty – fifty that it’s either his or not, but I mean what are you going to do if it is?” I ask her, I know she doesn’t want to face that reality but she needs to.
“I’ll die Maria…I…I didn’t tell Max, I told him that I could do it, that I could deal with it and learn to be happy but I don’t know…it’s selfish and stupid but it’s how I feel. I don’t want his first baby to be with her, hell I don’t want any baby he has to be anyone’s but mine.” She starts crying and I lean forward and embrace her strongly giving her support.
“Liz, I’m so sorry you have to go through this, but Max will be there for you, you know that right?” She just nods, but there’s something else…something she’s not saying.
“I need your help.” She pulls back and looks at me with a new found determination in her eyes.
“Of course…with what?”
“We need to find out what the hell that girl does all day, who’s she’s with, when and where she goes, I need to find out now not later who’s baby she’s carrying and I need your help.” I don’t have a good feeling about this, but I can’t tell her no, so I agree.
“Thank you Maria.”
“No problem, in fact it will be my pleasure to help bring that life sucking, piranha down.” She looks up at me surprised by my words and then we both just laugh over the whole thing.
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Max
“So are you guys ready to eat or what?” I ask after Michael and I enter the backyard after our conversation. I have a new found determination to get things back on track.
“Yes we are, I’m hungry.” Liz says while practically skipping over to me. She looks different, it’s in her eyes, like she’s confidant, which she has ever reason to be, but a few minutes ago she wasn’t. I wonder what changed? Maybe a pep talk with Maria helped…I hope so.
“Liz I still don’t know how you can be hungry after that huge lunch you ate.” She pouts and says,
“Do you think I’m fat?” What?! Okay I did not say or even mean that when I said what I just said.
“Fat?! Liz no! That’s not possible, why would you think that?”
“No reason, just I can’t help it that I’ve been hungry today, I didn’t eat much yesterday.” Right, I should have known better, nice work again Evans. I want to kick myself.
“I love you Liz, you know that right.” I turn to her and place my arms around her waist.
“I know, I love you too Max.” She smiles and pulls away from me going to grab a plate of food.
After Michael and Maria leave, I kind of wish they were still here, because right now Liz is lying in bed reading a book and I’m getting ready to take another shower, I don’t know what to say to her, so I just walk past her and enter the bathroom.
I close the door behind me, I lean in the bathtub and start the shower. I turn and look in the mirror and realize that I look ragged and tired. I back up against the wall and slide down, thoughts just bombarding my head over and over, like a freight train without brakes.
I feel powerless to stop what’s happening and it’s my life. I feel like a disappointment to Liz, like I can’t make her life better no matter how hard I try. Everything just crashes down on me, all my thoughts of Liz and her pain hit me full force and before I know it my head is resting against the wall and the tears are quickly cascading down my cheeks, I don’t even realize when she walks in, or takes a seat next to me or even when she cradles my head in her arms.
“Liz…” I sob brokenly to her.
“Shh Max, it’s okay I’m here and I’m not going anywhere.” She rocks me back and forth until my sobs subside she then releases me and moves across the room to turn off the shower and helps me into the bedroom.
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Liz
I heard him crying and it broke something inside of me, I know he’s hurting but he’s to strong minded to tell me. I walk in and find him with his head against the bathroom wall and his tears leaving a trail down his beautiful face. He looks as if she is in agonizing pain and I know exactly what that feels like. This has to end here, we have to talk and I have to tell him about my plans.
I take him to bed and let him rest his head on the pillows, I then crawl in next to him and he wraps his arm around me pulling me flush with his body.
“Liz…I…I’m s-so s-sorry. I know that won’t fix it or make you feel better, but I don’t know what to do or say and I feel like I’m letting you down.” He begins to cry again and I start to as well but I don’t look at him because if I do I know I won’t be able to say what I need to say.
“Max don’t, I’m not mad at you. I’m hurt but not because of you…b-because of h-her, because of what s-she’s doing to us. I need to be with you Max and I can’t let you go.”
“You c-can’t?” He sounds so broken, I have no choice but to look at him so he can see that I mean every word. But when I look up into his eyes I see doubt swirling around and I take in a sharp painful breath.
“Max, you don’t…you don’t think I was going to leave you do you?” He just looks away and the tears slip from the corners of his eyes. Oh my God he did!
“I know it was wrong, it’s not that I don’t have faith in our love but what if you just couldn’t handle it?”
“Handle what Max?”
“Me letting you down again. I’m supposed to be the one that doesn’t break your heart but that’s all I ever do, all I’ve ever done.” He turns away from me and I quickly raise my hand to his face and turn it so he’s looking right into my eyes.
“No, Max you love me, you show me how much you love me everyday, you have for over ten years Max. I know you love me and you don’t let me down, I let myself down, I doubt you, your love more times then I’d like to admit to and I shouldn’t, that’s wrong and I’m sorry for that. But I can never be sorry for letting you in my life and for falling in love with you…never.” I vow to him open heartedly.
“Liz I have to tell you something, I was going to wait but I don’t like keeping things from you.” I brace myself because if this is more bad news I have to take it and look for the good in it…if there is any.
“I talked to Michael today and he made…he made a suggestion and I think it’s a good idea.”
“What is it?” I ask him suspiciously
“When I call her, I’m going to ask her if I could be in the room with her and the doctor to find out how far along she is, because I don’t think I can wait for a paternity test, it’s too long and I don’t want to yours or my life on hold. Not that…I won’t get one done after she has the baby but if I just had something…to….”
“Hold onto to.” I finish for him because I know exactly what he’s talking about, now it’s his turn to look at my suspiciously.
“I talked to Maria and decided that we would find out everything we can about her, who she goes out with and when, something anything to just prove it’s not true. And I’m sorry Max because if she is pregnant and it’s yours I want you to know that I will love that baby as if it were my own, as hard as it would be I can’t blame an innocent child for their evil, conniving, vicious, devil spawn of a mother.” Whoosh! Glad I got that off my chest, and Max just starts to laugh at first I’m confused but then I get it, it’s the first time I have openly spoke of my hatred towards her in that way.
After our laughing subsides Max gets serious once again and begins tracing imaginary circles on my stomach.
“Liz I don’t want you following her, I don’t trust her and I can’t risk anything happening to you, let me and Michael worry about it for right now okay?” I want to fight him on this, but I can tell how defeated he sounds and looks so I agree.
“Now Mr. Evans are you taking requests?” I look at him with a little grin followed by a spark of mischief in my eyes.
“Well Ms. Parker that all depends on your request.” I look up into his eyes and tell him,
“Make love to me Max.” He doesn’t hesitate he leans over and captures my mouth in a kiss. His warm soft lips caress mine over and over and when our bodies finally come together it’s indescribable it almost feels like my whole body heats up and everywhere he touches and kisses has an electrical current running through shooting tiny sparks throughout my body.
When we finally come down from our high, he leans over me breathlessly, looking me right in the eyes and tells me,
“I want to spend the rest of my life with you Liz…only you.” We both fall asleep in each other’s arms and I know right now that everything is going to be all right. It’s all just another test of love, one that neither Max nor myself have any intentions of losing.
TBC…
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Chapter 51
Max
After yesterday’s conversation with Liz I can finally say that I feel like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Just knowing that we are in this together makes the phone call I am about to make before Michael gets into the office a lot easier.
Liz is so determined to figure this mess out that she insisted she make an appointment for Dariana with a doctor she has seen for her checkup and Liz really liked her and felt confident that we would get straight answers from her. I just hung up with Liz a few minutes ago and she told me she made the appointment for the day after tomorrow, now I need to invite Dariana to dinner.
I know what the hell am I thinking right? Well it wasn’t my idea that’s for sure; it was Liz’s. She is so set to move forward with “operation devil spawn,” again her words not mine, anyway she wants to invite Dariana over to try and catch her off guard get a feel for her when I tell her I want to be in the room while she’s talking to the doctor. That was what I had to agree on in order for Liz to promise she wouldn’t go after Dariana with Maria. They are crazy when they are separate and dangerous when they are together.
On top of all this drama going on, it’s Liz’s birthday next month and I plan on making up for missing last years. In addition to the fact that my parents along with Isabel, Alex and Damian will be arriving in less than two weeks, so we are trying to prepare for that as well. I know Liz is so excited in fact today she and Maria will be out shopping for a load of toys and house warming gifts for everyone.
In fact I believe that both her and Maria are looking at some furniture today to make one of the guest rooms in the house, Damian’s bedroom/playroom for when she watches him and when he comes to visit. She said that he needs a place for his things, she so motherly it’s not even funny. I know she’ll make a great mom one day…One day soon I hope.
I called Dariana and told her to be at my house around eight, so now I’m waiting patiently for Michael to peek his head in my office for the meeting.
“Hey Maxwell you ready?” Just like clockwork, he comes in and takes a seat across from me.
“Yeah it’s to be a long one too, so I hope you ate already.” I say teasingly to him. Whenever we have a meeting in the morning that runs past his twelve o’clock internal lunch clock he starts getting antsy and we have to break just so he doesn’t explode.
“I know, aren’t they always since you are such a perfectionist and all? I don’t care how long it is so long as I don’t miss lunch.” Do I know my brother or what?
“Whatever, so how’s Maria doing?” I ask him since we have a few more minutes to spare and of course since the meeting can’t start until we get there, ah the joys of being your own boss!
“She’s good, I think we’re good Max, really good. It’s like I don’t want to wait to be with her, I know she’s moving in this weekend but I kind of want to make it official.” He says with a ‘dreamy’ sigh? Michael doesn’t even know what a ‘dreamy’ sigh is. Maybe I’m just misunderstanding him.
“Official? As in married official?” I know that Michael wanted to marry her in the past but I didn’t think he would feel that way again so soon. But I can totally understand his need to move on and just be with her.
“Yes, I’ve made up my mind, I’m going to ask her next week. I want to do it before Mom and Dad come.” I can understand why he would, he doesn’t want our parents talking him out of it. They of course would not mean any harm by it, they just want to make sure he’s not jumping into anything with her. They love Maria, but they saw how hard Michael took her leaving and the declination of his proposal.
“Are you sure? Not that I’m saying you shouldn’t but are you sure Maria is going to say yes?” Not that that’s any reason to ask someone to marry you, but it helps a hell of a lot if you know they feel the same way, to me anyway.
“I know what you mean, but I’m sure that I would ask her a thousand times until she says yes, I know her Maxwell and I know she will.” I see the sheer happiness in his face and his eyes and I know he’s right. Maria is not going anywhere again. So I stand up and walk around my desk, Michael rises from the chair and I say,
“Congratulations and good luck! I’m here for you.”
“Thank you Maxwell I really needed to hear that.” I just nod and ask him if he’s ready.
“Yeah, let’s go boss man.” Can he ever be serious when we are at work? I swear he can be serious at home or in public but he walks through the doors of this building and all of a sudden he becomes the last comic standing or something.
“So, did you buy her a ring yet?”
“I was actually planning on looking at some after work, want to come with?” He nudges my side with his elbow and I contemplate it for a moment before I decide.
“Definitely.”
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Liz
“Come on Liz it will be fun!” Why did I let her drag me into this store?
“Maria, I can’t wear…that…are you crazy! What will Max think of me?” I say while she olds up something that appears to be underwear and a bra but really looks like dental floss with a little something extra on top.
“He’ll be thinking of how quickly and easily he’ll be able to fu…”
“Stop! Don’t even say it! God! Maria, this so embarrassing.” I bury my hands in my face as we walk further into the store.
“Liz, these will help you accentuate your goodies.” Goodies? She did not just refer to my…as goodies?
“Liz you know that you and Max do it like bunnies so just stop acting like a prude.”
“Prude! I am not a prude Maria! I will have you know that the other day Max and I went at it for hours, we had to have done it at least six times and it was…”
“Whoa! That was more than I needed to know.” I mumble my apologies as I browse through some of the racks. I don’t know how some women even figure out how to wear some of this stuff. It’s not all bad but most of it is racy…too racy for me.
“Ah ha! I got it!” I turn around and see Maria holding up a hanger that has a pink and black bustier with what look like matching panties and garters. I tilt my head and then look at her and say,
“Yeah Maria that would look good on you.”
“No honey not me…you.” I walk up to her with my eyes wide open and say, “Maria no, I can’t I mean…I can’t even fill the top of it…no…nah uh.” She just nods her head, turns and walks to find a dressing room.
“Liz, Max will love it…in fact you should surprise him at work with it.”
“At work? Maria what would I do that…” Never mind, I have to groan inwardly at this point, her mind is still in the gutter.
“Just try it on.” I rip the hanger from her hands and stomp into the dressing room. I get the top on fine and then the thigh-highs but then I stop and feel the flames burn my cheeks. I open the door and pull Maria in with me.
“Wow! Liz you look hot!” I look at her and just roll my eyes then wave the panties in her face.
“Maria…did you know that these underwear are like…I don’t know missing something?” I am so naïve sometimes.
“Missing? What do you mean? They are crotchless they are supposed to be missing something.” She smiles devilishly at me and I have to groan out loud.
“I can’t wear these…”
“Yes you can and you will, now get your sweet ass dressed so we can pay for this, and I say we swing by the office and deliver lunch to our men?”
We leave the store about a half hour later mainly because Maria was buying one of just about everything, not that I can say anything because I myself purchased a few items.
It was just about lunchtime and we decided to drop in on the guys, after we dropped the bags off at the house and well…did other things.
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Max
Just like clockwork Michael is getting antsy. So I decide to call it a break and tell everyone to be back in two hours. After everyone cleared out the room it was just Michael and I.
“So Maxwell what do you feel like eating?” I don’t get to answer that question, because seconds later Rachel comes in to tell both Michael and I that both Liz and Maria were hear with lunch. I can’t say that I’m not damn glad to be able to see Liz in the middle of the day.
We both bolt for the door but not before Rachael advised us that they are in our offices. I found that funny but whatever, so long as I get to see her.
I open my office door to see Liz behind my desk and what I would presume our lunch on the table behind her.
“Hey baby, this is a nice surprise.” She smiles and says; “I know I hope you like it?”
I walk over to her and she rises from the chair to attack my lips, I eagerly let her and I easily lift her onto my lap and we situate ourselves back in the chair. When the burning in our lungs becomes too much we pull away panting.
“I love it. So to what do I owe this honor?” I ask her while rubbing my fingers over her now swollen lips.
“Nothing, Maria and I were shopping and well we thought it would be nice to stop in and bring both of you lunch.” She says while wiggling in my lap and it’s taking a lot of willpower to not react.
“Oh so did you get all your shopping done?”
“Nope.” She looks at me seriously for a minute then extracts herself from my lap and crosses over to my office door. I wonder what she’s up to?
“Max, I bought something for you and I couldn’t wait until later for you to see it.” She bites down on her lower lip, she looks shyly up at me and then away.
“You did? Well then I would love to see it.” She just nods then turns around and locks my office door. I don’t know why but I feel adrenaline rush through my body and I have to swallow thickly. Calm down Evans it’s not like she’s going to stri… Holy shit!
“L-Liz…w-what…oh God!” I groan and throw my head back against the chair. She is standing in front of the door slowly unbuttoning her shirt once it falls free, I see a lacy black and pink top, it’s so tight she looks like she’s going to spill out of it when she bends over to remove her black skirt. I watch as the material slides down her hips and her lift each leg slowly freeing herself from it.
I lick my lips in anticipation, my erection already straining against my suit pants. She bends back up, and gives me a tiny smile before her eyes change. She strolls up to my desk and leans over it giving me an eyeful of her soft subtle breasts, I want to reach out and suck on them until she screams, but when I make and attempt she just grabs my hand and slowly sucks each of my fingers into her mouth.
“What’s some matter Max?” She asks me seductively and I rise from my chair and walk around the desk to stand behind her. I lean over and whisper in her ear.
“You look so fucking hot, I want you right now.” She just groans and I can’t help myself, I reach around and grasp her heaving breasts in my hands, and kiss the arch in her neck then I slide my hands down the front of her until I reach the brim of her panties, she stops me though.
“W-what…Liz please.” She turns and places a kiss on the underside of my jaw and I buck my hips into her backside. She then takes my hand and slides it over her panties until I feel it. Fuck me! They’re crotchless…I’m seconds from blowing my load at this point.
“Hmm you like that Max?” She purrs to me while leaning her head back against my chest.
“Fuck yeah. I love it.” She lets my hands go so they are free to roam her body. I find her damp curls without much effort and slide my finger down her moist slit over and over; I can feel her seductive moaning begin.
“Maax…oh….” She backs herself into me as I grind into her. I spin her around and lift her by her hips onto my desk. She quickly begins the task of removing my tie and shirt.
“Liz…hmm yeah…” I lean down and capture her lips in a wet open mouth kiss, sliding my tongue into the far recesses of her mouth, over and over and she accepts the assault willingly. She spreads her legs for me to step in between them, the room filled with her breathy moans and the scent of her arousal. I could not be more turned on at this point, I want to take her right here right now, but it’s not the best idea with my secretary right outside, it’s not like I have sound proof walls either.
Just as I’m about to say something about us backing off she reaches for my zipper and quickly slides it down, then undoes the button on my pants and slides them down with help from the balls of her feet.
“Fuck Liz…we can’t…they can hear us…” I start to pull away but she wraps her legs around me and begins to trail her tongue down my chest.
“Good, I want every girl in this office to know you’re mine Max…every…lick…last…bite…one…kiss…of them.” Fuck it! If she’s okay with it…so am I.
I let out an almost animalist growl before I reach down between our bodies and guide myself into her dripping center.
“Oh Max…Yes!” She yells out when I slip fully inside her welcoming depths.
“Ah…Liz…yeah….” I can’t help it, to feel her body conform around me, so hot and tight. I begin a fast paced rhythm that has her moaning my name over and over and I can’t help but watch her as she leans down across my desk and I slam into her body. The only sounds are our mutual grunts and moans and the slapping of our slick bodies coming together.
“Max….Max….yes….oh…yes…fuck me Max…” And I do, I bury myself so far inside of her, to the point where I know it might cause her pain but when I look at her face I see nothing but pure lust and pleasure.
“Liz…fuck…yeah….ah….hmm Liz….” I feel my end approaching so I release one of my hands from her waist and place it between our pumping bodies to find her place.
I rub my thumb in circles over and over and she screams out in ecstasy and I feel the rush of her release and the pulsing of her walls against my very sensitive erection and that’s all it takes, I slam into her body once more and feel my release.
I collapse against her seconds later; we kiss each other for a minute before I pull out, both of us sighing at the feel of our bodies no longer being connected.
“God do you have any idea how much I love you?” I ask her as she sits up and I brush the wet tendrils of her hair away from her face.
“I know Max, because I love you just as much. I should get going, I know you have a lot of work to do before tonight.” She says and I get to the task of getting dresses as does she, but she’s silent. Her back is to me and I reach out and touch her arm to get her to face me.
“Hey what’s wrong? You’re not upset about…what we just did are you?” I hope that she’s not but I’m not at all prepared for her to turn around and lunge at me either.
“No! I would never be upset Max, it’s just do you think they heard us?” She asks me shyly. Is she serious? She was practically yelling out my name, not that I minded one bit, but how is that best way to say this? Liz isn’t exactly a silent partner.
“Liz, baby I won’t lie to you because they probably did, but mostly everyone has gone out for lunch so there was probably no one out there.” I look towards the door and she just nods and finishes getting dressed. I tell her to use the bathroom in my office to freshen up while I put my tie back on. When she comes out of the bathroom she looks like she’s been…hmm taken care of, but beautiful just the same.
“I know I look like I just had sex, so don’t you go looking at me like that Max, I have to go before I get myself into more trouble.” She smiles and quickly pecks me on the lips before slipping out the door.
I just fall back against my desk and wonder what the hell just happened?
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Michael
“Maxwell you ready to go, we have about an hour before we need to head home and get changed for dinner?” I ask him because he’s so flustered right now, the meeting lasted another three hours after lunch. Everything is finally done but now he goes into serious mode until it’s all over.
“Yeah…yeah we can go now.” He grabs his suitcase and shuts off his office light before we head outside.
“I’ll just follow you Michael.”
“Sounds good.”
We get to the jewelry store about ten minutes later and before we walk in I tell Max that I talked to our Dad today.
“You did? When?”
“Ah…at lunch I would have transferred the call but Maria stopped me and said that it wouldn’t be a good idea.” He just turns away and his face turns bright red with embarrassment. I tell him I’m just messing with him.
“So what did you tell him or what did he say?” I shrug.
“I told him what was going on with Dariana and you and Liz, I didn’t go into great detail, but just what he needed. He told me that…” Shit! Good going Evans…good going. Max’s head snaps up he eyes me suspiciously.
“Told you what?”
“Nothing.” I say quickly.
“Michael.” He says demandingly.
“Fine! But you didn’t hear it from me. He hired a private investigator.” He looks confused so I press on.
“To follow Dariana and see what she has been up to.”
“When? How long?”
“He…Maxwell he hired one two weeks ago.”
“Two weeks but why all of a sudden.” I guess this is the part where I break the news.
“Well apparently Dad told Mom about Dariana’s little stint, which I didn’t know about until yesterday and…”
“Focus Michael please.” Boy you try and tell a story and the world is against you.
“Anyway, Mom said she didn’t trust her and didn’t want her hurting Liz anymore so she suggested to Dad that he hire an investigator to follow her for a few weeks you know just to make sure everything was on the up and up.” I’m afraid of what his reaction is going to be, mainly because he knows that Mom knows what happened, and there is just something that is embarrassing about your mom knowing something about your sex life.
“Maxwell? You okay man?” He’s quite and then he stops walking just as we approach the entrance of the store.
“I’m glad they did Michael, I don’t know what I would do if something ever happened to her, I couldn’t handle it, I couldn’t live with myself.” He doesn’t say another word to me he just opens the door and holds it open for me to follow him in.
“Michael, have you found anything you liked?” He asks me for the third time and it’s starting to tick me off. This is important I have to find the perfect ring why does he not understand this?
“Maxwell, I can’t just rush my decision. It has to be perfect and…”
“Michael, you know damn well which one your going to choose why torture me?”
“Fine! Spoil my fun, but just wait until you buy yours.” I tell him because I will torture his ass. I tell the sales person which one I want and she takes it to the register.
“Hold your breathe dear brother because I already bought it.” I snap my head in his direction.
“You what? When? And again why am I the last to know?” This shit is starting to piss me off.
“Calm down, you are actually the first and only person who knows and I’d like to keep it that way. And for your information I bought it two days ago. But I don’t have it yet, I am having it made.” He says nonchalantly.
“You are always one up on me Maxwell…always.” I can’t say that I’m not a little jealous that I didn’t think of it first, but just like the great brother he is he eases my ego.
“I found a ring that was almost Liz, but I needed them change it a little. Like the stone wasn’t exactly what I was looking for and the band wasn’t exactly what I wanted, so the jeweler said that he could make one for me that was exactly what I wanted. Michael, Maria’s ring is beautiful and one of a kind there is no difference besides it’s perfect for her, she will love it.” He’s right I look at the ring once more before the cashier places it in the ring box and it definitely is Maria. It’s a four-carat emerald cut diamond engagement ring with two emerald green baguettes on the either side both about two and a half carats each all on a platinum band.
“Your right Maxwell it is Maria.” We leave the store and head home to quickly change before dinner.
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Liz
I’m so nervous I don’t know how I’m going to sit across from her evil ass, eat dinner and have civilized conversation. That’s why I’m glad Maria and Michael will both be here to occupy the empty air space that will surely surround the dinner table tonight.
I’m just finishing up dinner when the door bell rings and I hope it’s Maria. I wipe my hands on a hand towel and walk into the living room and make my way into the hallway. I swing open the door only to find myself groaning inwardly.
“Hi Dariana, please come in.” I think I’m going to throw up.
“Hi Liz, thanks.” I look outside down the street to see if there is any sign of a savior, but no luck guess I’m stuck with her. The telephone rings and I practically run into the living room to answer it. Dariana has taken it upon herself to enter the kitchen…the nerve!
“Hello?”
“Hey how’s my sex kitten doing?” I blush crimson red when I hear Max’s voice over the phone.
“I’m fine, but I would be even better if you would get your ass here…now!” I say in a loud whisper.
“Liz…what’s wrong? Dariana isn’t…”
“Yes, she is…where are you? And what took you so long to get home?”
“I can’t tell you right now but I will later, promise. I’m only about two blocks away so I’ll be there in like five minutes. Try not to kill her before I get there.”
“I’ll try not to. Love you.” I say loudly so that she can hear me, if she’s eavesdropping.
I take a deep breath and walk into the kitchen to find her sitting at the kitchen table. I hate her.
“So Dariana I hope your hungry because I think I cooked for an army.” I say trying to lighten to mood and praying that Max gets here soon. Why does five minutes feel like a lifetime when your doing something you really don’t want to, but when you are enjoying yourself it flies? I’ll never understand it.
“I am really hungry actually I was too busy at work to even stop for lunch.” Ah...lunch today with Max was definitely unforgettable I still blush just thinking about what I did, I have never done that but after Maria convinced me to get the outfit I realized that once I’m in a room with Max nothing else matters, I can see how much he adores and wants me. Oh shit! I forgot she was in the room. I turn around and tend to the food cooking along with the dessert I made.
“You know you’re eating for two now, so you really need to start taking better care of yourself and you really shouldn’t skip any meals.” I may not give a flying rats ass if she drops dead, but if she’s carrying Max’s baby then I will do everything in my power to make sure the baby is healthy.
“I know, I just wasn’t thinking about it I guess.” I just nod and a few seconds later I hear the garage door open and I know its Max. A minute later I hear voices, thank God for small favors is all I have to say.
Maria is the first one to walk into the kitchen and she throws her arms around me. “Hey girl, you cooking me up something good right?”
“Of course Maria, I couldn’t let you go hungry after all you don’t know how to cook and neither does Michael.”
“Yeah but we know how to order out the kick ass take out!”
“This is true.”
“Hi Maria.” Maria turns around quickly not even realizing that we were not alone in the room. I elbow her and give her the ‘or else’ look.
“Hi Dariana so how is it going on your part of the equator?” I can’t believe she just said that but I can’t help but smile a bit.
“Um…good I guess.”
“Maria, stop harassing Liz already we’ll eat when the food is done. Hi Liz.” Michael enters breaking up the staring match going on between Dariana and Maria. He gives me a hug and kiss on the cheek then turns to greet Dariana. I know both Max and Michael loathe her right now, but they are trying.
“Hi Michael, how are you?”
“I’m good, hey Dariana why don’t we go outside for a little while until the food is done?” I see Maria give Michael the evil eye, but I know what Michael is trying to do and I’m thankful for it.
Just as she rises from the chair Max walks in and is by my side in an instant. Without any subtleness he frames my face with his hands and kisses me passionately.
“I know I’m late, I’m sorry baby. Forgive me.” He pouts.
“Of course.” I smile at him.
“Hi Max!” I have to turn around otherwise she will see me roll my eyes, Maria is about to say something when Max shoots her a look and she snaps her mouth closed.
“Hi.” After a brief staring match, hers of lust and his of loathe, Michael clears his throat and Maria rushes over to help me take the meat out of the oven.
“Dinner’s ready guys so if you want to go into the dinning room that would be great.” Max turns his attention back to him to help me with the food.
After dinner I serve dessert, which everyone was drooling over, not to toot my own horn or anything.
“Damn Liz that was great! I mean it was chocolate and strawberries like I’ve never had before.” This comes from Maria. I blush when everyone tells me how much they enjoyed it.
“Thanks. It’s something I came up with kind of like a cross between strawberry shortcake except with chocolate cake and strawberry mousse.”
“Oh don’t forget that topping it was the perfect combination of chocolate and strawberries…so good.” I just smile at Maria. Time to take the conversation up a notch, I see Max steel himself for it, but right now I’m feeling quite confident. For someone who is pregnant she barely touched her food especially for someone who didn’t eat lunch.
“Ah, Dariana I asked you to come to dinner so we could discuss something.” She turns her full attention to Max and I swear if I were sitting next to her I would accidentally kick her under the table.
“Sure Max.” Michael, Maria and myself sit in silence watching her features, trying to find something out of place.
“Alright well today Liz made a doctor’s appointment for you and I’d like to go, I know that you already went by yourself, but this time I want to be there.” All eyes are on her now.
“That’s fine, when?” I feel sick again.
“The day after tomorrow around six is that okay?”
“Absolutely Max whatever you want.” Absolutely Max whatever you want…UGH! I could scream right now.
“One other thing…” She looks back at him.
“Yes?” He takes a deep breath, I offered to tell her myself but he didn’t want me to.
“I want…I would like to be in the room when the doctor is talking to you, just so I can be as involved as possible.” He looks convincing enough to the human eye, but I know better his stomach is turning and he is barely hanging on pretending.
“Oh.” She looks away for a second and begins to play with her napkin in her hands…boy she looks nervous and I know Max can tell.
“Is that okay?”
“What? Yes Max that’s perfectly fine, six o’clock I’ll be there.”
“Well actually I was thinking more like you meet me at my job and we head over together.” She swallows quickly a few times and takes a sip of her water.
“Sure, yeah that would be great.” She smiles, it’s fake even I can tell.
“I um I have to get going, work early tomorrow and I need some sleep you know.” She begins to rise from the chair and Max rises with her to see her out but I decide to go with him as well.
“Bye Michael, Maria it was good seeing you again.” We walk into the hallway and Max is opening the door I decide to mess with her a little.
“Dariana are you okay? You look I don’t know a little pale.” She sweeps her hair off her shoulder and gives me a death glare, which Max doesn’t notice because he’s busy getting her coat.
“I’m fine thanks for asking.” She says tightly while grabbing her coat from Max and walking out the door.
“Oh I just wanted to make sure everything was okay.”
“Yes, even if it’s not now…it will be soon.” She says just as I close the door on her face.
Max doesn’t say anything he just shakes his head. “Well that went well don’t you think?” He just grabs me by my waist and kisses me and tells me he loves me.
“I love you too Max, now let’s go clean up so I can show you what else I bought today.” I skip off to the kitchen but not before I hear him moan my name.
TBC…
Max
After yesterday’s conversation with Liz I can finally say that I feel like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Just knowing that we are in this together makes the phone call I am about to make before Michael gets into the office a lot easier.
Liz is so determined to figure this mess out that she insisted she make an appointment for Dariana with a doctor she has seen for her checkup and Liz really liked her and felt confident that we would get straight answers from her. I just hung up with Liz a few minutes ago and she told me she made the appointment for the day after tomorrow, now I need to invite Dariana to dinner.
I know what the hell am I thinking right? Well it wasn’t my idea that’s for sure; it was Liz’s. She is so set to move forward with “operation devil spawn,” again her words not mine, anyway she wants to invite Dariana over to try and catch her off guard get a feel for her when I tell her I want to be in the room while she’s talking to the doctor. That was what I had to agree on in order for Liz to promise she wouldn’t go after Dariana with Maria. They are crazy when they are separate and dangerous when they are together.
On top of all this drama going on, it’s Liz’s birthday next month and I plan on making up for missing last years. In addition to the fact that my parents along with Isabel, Alex and Damian will be arriving in less than two weeks, so we are trying to prepare for that as well. I know Liz is so excited in fact today she and Maria will be out shopping for a load of toys and house warming gifts for everyone.
In fact I believe that both her and Maria are looking at some furniture today to make one of the guest rooms in the house, Damian’s bedroom/playroom for when she watches him and when he comes to visit. She said that he needs a place for his things, she so motherly it’s not even funny. I know she’ll make a great mom one day…One day soon I hope.
I called Dariana and told her to be at my house around eight, so now I’m waiting patiently for Michael to peek his head in my office for the meeting.
“Hey Maxwell you ready?” Just like clockwork, he comes in and takes a seat across from me.
“Yeah it’s to be a long one too, so I hope you ate already.” I say teasingly to him. Whenever we have a meeting in the morning that runs past his twelve o’clock internal lunch clock he starts getting antsy and we have to break just so he doesn’t explode.
“I know, aren’t they always since you are such a perfectionist and all? I don’t care how long it is so long as I don’t miss lunch.” Do I know my brother or what?
“Whatever, so how’s Maria doing?” I ask him since we have a few more minutes to spare and of course since the meeting can’t start until we get there, ah the joys of being your own boss!
“She’s good, I think we’re good Max, really good. It’s like I don’t want to wait to be with her, I know she’s moving in this weekend but I kind of want to make it official.” He says with a ‘dreamy’ sigh? Michael doesn’t even know what a ‘dreamy’ sigh is. Maybe I’m just misunderstanding him.
“Official? As in married official?” I know that Michael wanted to marry her in the past but I didn’t think he would feel that way again so soon. But I can totally understand his need to move on and just be with her.
“Yes, I’ve made up my mind, I’m going to ask her next week. I want to do it before Mom and Dad come.” I can understand why he would, he doesn’t want our parents talking him out of it. They of course would not mean any harm by it, they just want to make sure he’s not jumping into anything with her. They love Maria, but they saw how hard Michael took her leaving and the declination of his proposal.
“Are you sure? Not that I’m saying you shouldn’t but are you sure Maria is going to say yes?” Not that that’s any reason to ask someone to marry you, but it helps a hell of a lot if you know they feel the same way, to me anyway.
“I know what you mean, but I’m sure that I would ask her a thousand times until she says yes, I know her Maxwell and I know she will.” I see the sheer happiness in his face and his eyes and I know he’s right. Maria is not going anywhere again. So I stand up and walk around my desk, Michael rises from the chair and I say,
“Congratulations and good luck! I’m here for you.”
“Thank you Maxwell I really needed to hear that.” I just nod and ask him if he’s ready.
“Yeah, let’s go boss man.” Can he ever be serious when we are at work? I swear he can be serious at home or in public but he walks through the doors of this building and all of a sudden he becomes the last comic standing or something.
“So, did you buy her a ring yet?”
“I was actually planning on looking at some after work, want to come with?” He nudges my side with his elbow and I contemplate it for a moment before I decide.
“Definitely.”
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Liz
“Come on Liz it will be fun!” Why did I let her drag me into this store?
“Maria, I can’t wear…that…are you crazy! What will Max think of me?” I say while she olds up something that appears to be underwear and a bra but really looks like dental floss with a little something extra on top.
“He’ll be thinking of how quickly and easily he’ll be able to fu…”
“Stop! Don’t even say it! God! Maria, this so embarrassing.” I bury my hands in my face as we walk further into the store.
“Liz, these will help you accentuate your goodies.” Goodies? She did not just refer to my…as goodies?
“Liz you know that you and Max do it like bunnies so just stop acting like a prude.”
“Prude! I am not a prude Maria! I will have you know that the other day Max and I went at it for hours, we had to have done it at least six times and it was…”
“Whoa! That was more than I needed to know.” I mumble my apologies as I browse through some of the racks. I don’t know how some women even figure out how to wear some of this stuff. It’s not all bad but most of it is racy…too racy for me.
“Ah ha! I got it!” I turn around and see Maria holding up a hanger that has a pink and black bustier with what look like matching panties and garters. I tilt my head and then look at her and say,
“Yeah Maria that would look good on you.”
“No honey not me…you.” I walk up to her with my eyes wide open and say, “Maria no, I can’t I mean…I can’t even fill the top of it…no…nah uh.” She just nods her head, turns and walks to find a dressing room.
“Liz, Max will love it…in fact you should surprise him at work with it.”
“At work? Maria what would I do that…” Never mind, I have to groan inwardly at this point, her mind is still in the gutter.
“Just try it on.” I rip the hanger from her hands and stomp into the dressing room. I get the top on fine and then the thigh-highs but then I stop and feel the flames burn my cheeks. I open the door and pull Maria in with me.
“Wow! Liz you look hot!” I look at her and just roll my eyes then wave the panties in her face.
“Maria…did you know that these underwear are like…I don’t know missing something?” I am so naïve sometimes.
“Missing? What do you mean? They are crotchless they are supposed to be missing something.” She smiles devilishly at me and I have to groan out loud.
“I can’t wear these…”
“Yes you can and you will, now get your sweet ass dressed so we can pay for this, and I say we swing by the office and deliver lunch to our men?”
We leave the store about a half hour later mainly because Maria was buying one of just about everything, not that I can say anything because I myself purchased a few items.
It was just about lunchtime and we decided to drop in on the guys, after we dropped the bags off at the house and well…did other things.
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Max
Just like clockwork Michael is getting antsy. So I decide to call it a break and tell everyone to be back in two hours. After everyone cleared out the room it was just Michael and I.
“So Maxwell what do you feel like eating?” I don’t get to answer that question, because seconds later Rachel comes in to tell both Michael and I that both Liz and Maria were hear with lunch. I can’t say that I’m not damn glad to be able to see Liz in the middle of the day.
We both bolt for the door but not before Rachael advised us that they are in our offices. I found that funny but whatever, so long as I get to see her.
I open my office door to see Liz behind my desk and what I would presume our lunch on the table behind her.
“Hey baby, this is a nice surprise.” She smiles and says; “I know I hope you like it?”
I walk over to her and she rises from the chair to attack my lips, I eagerly let her and I easily lift her onto my lap and we situate ourselves back in the chair. When the burning in our lungs becomes too much we pull away panting.
“I love it. So to what do I owe this honor?” I ask her while rubbing my fingers over her now swollen lips.
“Nothing, Maria and I were shopping and well we thought it would be nice to stop in and bring both of you lunch.” She says while wiggling in my lap and it’s taking a lot of willpower to not react.
“Oh so did you get all your shopping done?”
“Nope.” She looks at me seriously for a minute then extracts herself from my lap and crosses over to my office door. I wonder what she’s up to?
“Max, I bought something for you and I couldn’t wait until later for you to see it.” She bites down on her lower lip, she looks shyly up at me and then away.
“You did? Well then I would love to see it.” She just nods then turns around and locks my office door. I don’t know why but I feel adrenaline rush through my body and I have to swallow thickly. Calm down Evans it’s not like she’s going to stri… Holy shit!
“L-Liz…w-what…oh God!” I groan and throw my head back against the chair. She is standing in front of the door slowly unbuttoning her shirt once it falls free, I see a lacy black and pink top, it’s so tight she looks like she’s going to spill out of it when she bends over to remove her black skirt. I watch as the material slides down her hips and her lift each leg slowly freeing herself from it.
I lick my lips in anticipation, my erection already straining against my suit pants. She bends back up, and gives me a tiny smile before her eyes change. She strolls up to my desk and leans over it giving me an eyeful of her soft subtle breasts, I want to reach out and suck on them until she screams, but when I make and attempt she just grabs my hand and slowly sucks each of my fingers into her mouth.
“What’s some matter Max?” She asks me seductively and I rise from my chair and walk around the desk to stand behind her. I lean over and whisper in her ear.
“You look so fucking hot, I want you right now.” She just groans and I can’t help myself, I reach around and grasp her heaving breasts in my hands, and kiss the arch in her neck then I slide my hands down the front of her until I reach the brim of her panties, she stops me though.
“W-what…Liz please.” She turns and places a kiss on the underside of my jaw and I buck my hips into her backside. She then takes my hand and slides it over her panties until I feel it. Fuck me! They’re crotchless…I’m seconds from blowing my load at this point.
“Hmm you like that Max?” She purrs to me while leaning her head back against my chest.
“Fuck yeah. I love it.” She lets my hands go so they are free to roam her body. I find her damp curls without much effort and slide my finger down her moist slit over and over; I can feel her seductive moaning begin.
“Maax…oh….” She backs herself into me as I grind into her. I spin her around and lift her by her hips onto my desk. She quickly begins the task of removing my tie and shirt.
“Liz…hmm yeah…” I lean down and capture her lips in a wet open mouth kiss, sliding my tongue into the far recesses of her mouth, over and over and she accepts the assault willingly. She spreads her legs for me to step in between them, the room filled with her breathy moans and the scent of her arousal. I could not be more turned on at this point, I want to take her right here right now, but it’s not the best idea with my secretary right outside, it’s not like I have sound proof walls either.
Just as I’m about to say something about us backing off she reaches for my zipper and quickly slides it down, then undoes the button on my pants and slides them down with help from the balls of her feet.
“Fuck Liz…we can’t…they can hear us…” I start to pull away but she wraps her legs around me and begins to trail her tongue down my chest.
“Good, I want every girl in this office to know you’re mine Max…every…lick…last…bite…one…kiss…of them.” Fuck it! If she’s okay with it…so am I.
I let out an almost animalist growl before I reach down between our bodies and guide myself into her dripping center.
“Oh Max…Yes!” She yells out when I slip fully inside her welcoming depths.
“Ah…Liz…yeah….” I can’t help it, to feel her body conform around me, so hot and tight. I begin a fast paced rhythm that has her moaning my name over and over and I can’t help but watch her as she leans down across my desk and I slam into her body. The only sounds are our mutual grunts and moans and the slapping of our slick bodies coming together.
“Max….Max….yes….oh…yes…fuck me Max…” And I do, I bury myself so far inside of her, to the point where I know it might cause her pain but when I look at her face I see nothing but pure lust and pleasure.
“Liz…fuck…yeah….ah….hmm Liz….” I feel my end approaching so I release one of my hands from her waist and place it between our pumping bodies to find her place.
I rub my thumb in circles over and over and she screams out in ecstasy and I feel the rush of her release and the pulsing of her walls against my very sensitive erection and that’s all it takes, I slam into her body once more and feel my release.
I collapse against her seconds later; we kiss each other for a minute before I pull out, both of us sighing at the feel of our bodies no longer being connected.
“God do you have any idea how much I love you?” I ask her as she sits up and I brush the wet tendrils of her hair away from her face.
“I know Max, because I love you just as much. I should get going, I know you have a lot of work to do before tonight.” She says and I get to the task of getting dresses as does she, but she’s silent. Her back is to me and I reach out and touch her arm to get her to face me.
“Hey what’s wrong? You’re not upset about…what we just did are you?” I hope that she’s not but I’m not at all prepared for her to turn around and lunge at me either.
“No! I would never be upset Max, it’s just do you think they heard us?” She asks me shyly. Is she serious? She was practically yelling out my name, not that I minded one bit, but how is that best way to say this? Liz isn’t exactly a silent partner.
“Liz, baby I won’t lie to you because they probably did, but mostly everyone has gone out for lunch so there was probably no one out there.” I look towards the door and she just nods and finishes getting dressed. I tell her to use the bathroom in my office to freshen up while I put my tie back on. When she comes out of the bathroom she looks like she’s been…hmm taken care of, but beautiful just the same.
“I know I look like I just had sex, so don’t you go looking at me like that Max, I have to go before I get myself into more trouble.” She smiles and quickly pecks me on the lips before slipping out the door.
I just fall back against my desk and wonder what the hell just happened?
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Michael
“Maxwell you ready to go, we have about an hour before we need to head home and get changed for dinner?” I ask him because he’s so flustered right now, the meeting lasted another three hours after lunch. Everything is finally done but now he goes into serious mode until it’s all over.
“Yeah…yeah we can go now.” He grabs his suitcase and shuts off his office light before we head outside.
“I’ll just follow you Michael.”
“Sounds good.”
We get to the jewelry store about ten minutes later and before we walk in I tell Max that I talked to our Dad today.
“You did? When?”
“Ah…at lunch I would have transferred the call but Maria stopped me and said that it wouldn’t be a good idea.” He just turns away and his face turns bright red with embarrassment. I tell him I’m just messing with him.
“So what did you tell him or what did he say?” I shrug.
“I told him what was going on with Dariana and you and Liz, I didn’t go into great detail, but just what he needed. He told me that…” Shit! Good going Evans…good going. Max’s head snaps up he eyes me suspiciously.
“Told you what?”
“Nothing.” I say quickly.
“Michael.” He says demandingly.
“Fine! But you didn’t hear it from me. He hired a private investigator.” He looks confused so I press on.
“To follow Dariana and see what she has been up to.”
“When? How long?”
“He…Maxwell he hired one two weeks ago.”
“Two weeks but why all of a sudden.” I guess this is the part where I break the news.
“Well apparently Dad told Mom about Dariana’s little stint, which I didn’t know about until yesterday and…”
“Focus Michael please.” Boy you try and tell a story and the world is against you.
“Anyway, Mom said she didn’t trust her and didn’t want her hurting Liz anymore so she suggested to Dad that he hire an investigator to follow her for a few weeks you know just to make sure everything was on the up and up.” I’m afraid of what his reaction is going to be, mainly because he knows that Mom knows what happened, and there is just something that is embarrassing about your mom knowing something about your sex life.
“Maxwell? You okay man?” He’s quite and then he stops walking just as we approach the entrance of the store.
“I’m glad they did Michael, I don’t know what I would do if something ever happened to her, I couldn’t handle it, I couldn’t live with myself.” He doesn’t say another word to me he just opens the door and holds it open for me to follow him in.
“Michael, have you found anything you liked?” He asks me for the third time and it’s starting to tick me off. This is important I have to find the perfect ring why does he not understand this?
“Maxwell, I can’t just rush my decision. It has to be perfect and…”
“Michael, you know damn well which one your going to choose why torture me?”
“Fine! Spoil my fun, but just wait until you buy yours.” I tell him because I will torture his ass. I tell the sales person which one I want and she takes it to the register.
“Hold your breathe dear brother because I already bought it.” I snap my head in his direction.
“You what? When? And again why am I the last to know?” This shit is starting to piss me off.
“Calm down, you are actually the first and only person who knows and I’d like to keep it that way. And for your information I bought it two days ago. But I don’t have it yet, I am having it made.” He says nonchalantly.
“You are always one up on me Maxwell…always.” I can’t say that I’m not a little jealous that I didn’t think of it first, but just like the great brother he is he eases my ego.
“I found a ring that was almost Liz, but I needed them change it a little. Like the stone wasn’t exactly what I was looking for and the band wasn’t exactly what I wanted, so the jeweler said that he could make one for me that was exactly what I wanted. Michael, Maria’s ring is beautiful and one of a kind there is no difference besides it’s perfect for her, she will love it.” He’s right I look at the ring once more before the cashier places it in the ring box and it definitely is Maria. It’s a four-carat emerald cut diamond engagement ring with two emerald green baguettes on the either side both about two and a half carats each all on a platinum band.
“Your right Maxwell it is Maria.” We leave the store and head home to quickly change before dinner.
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Liz
I’m so nervous I don’t know how I’m going to sit across from her evil ass, eat dinner and have civilized conversation. That’s why I’m glad Maria and Michael will both be here to occupy the empty air space that will surely surround the dinner table tonight.
I’m just finishing up dinner when the door bell rings and I hope it’s Maria. I wipe my hands on a hand towel and walk into the living room and make my way into the hallway. I swing open the door only to find myself groaning inwardly.
“Hi Dariana, please come in.” I think I’m going to throw up.
“Hi Liz, thanks.” I look outside down the street to see if there is any sign of a savior, but no luck guess I’m stuck with her. The telephone rings and I practically run into the living room to answer it. Dariana has taken it upon herself to enter the kitchen…the nerve!
“Hello?”
“Hey how’s my sex kitten doing?” I blush crimson red when I hear Max’s voice over the phone.
“I’m fine, but I would be even better if you would get your ass here…now!” I say in a loud whisper.
“Liz…what’s wrong? Dariana isn’t…”
“Yes, she is…where are you? And what took you so long to get home?”
“I can’t tell you right now but I will later, promise. I’m only about two blocks away so I’ll be there in like five minutes. Try not to kill her before I get there.”
“I’ll try not to. Love you.” I say loudly so that she can hear me, if she’s eavesdropping.
I take a deep breath and walk into the kitchen to find her sitting at the kitchen table. I hate her.
“So Dariana I hope your hungry because I think I cooked for an army.” I say trying to lighten to mood and praying that Max gets here soon. Why does five minutes feel like a lifetime when your doing something you really don’t want to, but when you are enjoying yourself it flies? I’ll never understand it.
“I am really hungry actually I was too busy at work to even stop for lunch.” Ah...lunch today with Max was definitely unforgettable I still blush just thinking about what I did, I have never done that but after Maria convinced me to get the outfit I realized that once I’m in a room with Max nothing else matters, I can see how much he adores and wants me. Oh shit! I forgot she was in the room. I turn around and tend to the food cooking along with the dessert I made.
“You know you’re eating for two now, so you really need to start taking better care of yourself and you really shouldn’t skip any meals.” I may not give a flying rats ass if she drops dead, but if she’s carrying Max’s baby then I will do everything in my power to make sure the baby is healthy.
“I know, I just wasn’t thinking about it I guess.” I just nod and a few seconds later I hear the garage door open and I know its Max. A minute later I hear voices, thank God for small favors is all I have to say.
Maria is the first one to walk into the kitchen and she throws her arms around me. “Hey girl, you cooking me up something good right?”
“Of course Maria, I couldn’t let you go hungry after all you don’t know how to cook and neither does Michael.”
“Yeah but we know how to order out the kick ass take out!”
“This is true.”
“Hi Maria.” Maria turns around quickly not even realizing that we were not alone in the room. I elbow her and give her the ‘or else’ look.
“Hi Dariana so how is it going on your part of the equator?” I can’t believe she just said that but I can’t help but smile a bit.
“Um…good I guess.”
“Maria, stop harassing Liz already we’ll eat when the food is done. Hi Liz.” Michael enters breaking up the staring match going on between Dariana and Maria. He gives me a hug and kiss on the cheek then turns to greet Dariana. I know both Max and Michael loathe her right now, but they are trying.
“Hi Michael, how are you?”
“I’m good, hey Dariana why don’t we go outside for a little while until the food is done?” I see Maria give Michael the evil eye, but I know what Michael is trying to do and I’m thankful for it.
Just as she rises from the chair Max walks in and is by my side in an instant. Without any subtleness he frames my face with his hands and kisses me passionately.
“I know I’m late, I’m sorry baby. Forgive me.” He pouts.
“Of course.” I smile at him.
“Hi Max!” I have to turn around otherwise she will see me roll my eyes, Maria is about to say something when Max shoots her a look and she snaps her mouth closed.
“Hi.” After a brief staring match, hers of lust and his of loathe, Michael clears his throat and Maria rushes over to help me take the meat out of the oven.
“Dinner’s ready guys so if you want to go into the dinning room that would be great.” Max turns his attention back to him to help me with the food.
After dinner I serve dessert, which everyone was drooling over, not to toot my own horn or anything.
“Damn Liz that was great! I mean it was chocolate and strawberries like I’ve never had before.” This comes from Maria. I blush when everyone tells me how much they enjoyed it.
“Thanks. It’s something I came up with kind of like a cross between strawberry shortcake except with chocolate cake and strawberry mousse.”
“Oh don’t forget that topping it was the perfect combination of chocolate and strawberries…so good.” I just smile at Maria. Time to take the conversation up a notch, I see Max steel himself for it, but right now I’m feeling quite confident. For someone who is pregnant she barely touched her food especially for someone who didn’t eat lunch.
“Ah, Dariana I asked you to come to dinner so we could discuss something.” She turns her full attention to Max and I swear if I were sitting next to her I would accidentally kick her under the table.
“Sure Max.” Michael, Maria and myself sit in silence watching her features, trying to find something out of place.
“Alright well today Liz made a doctor’s appointment for you and I’d like to go, I know that you already went by yourself, but this time I want to be there.” All eyes are on her now.
“That’s fine, when?” I feel sick again.
“The day after tomorrow around six is that okay?”
“Absolutely Max whatever you want.” Absolutely Max whatever you want…UGH! I could scream right now.
“One other thing…” She looks back at him.
“Yes?” He takes a deep breath, I offered to tell her myself but he didn’t want me to.
“I want…I would like to be in the room when the doctor is talking to you, just so I can be as involved as possible.” He looks convincing enough to the human eye, but I know better his stomach is turning and he is barely hanging on pretending.
“Oh.” She looks away for a second and begins to play with her napkin in her hands…boy she looks nervous and I know Max can tell.
“Is that okay?”
“What? Yes Max that’s perfectly fine, six o’clock I’ll be there.”
“Well actually I was thinking more like you meet me at my job and we head over together.” She swallows quickly a few times and takes a sip of her water.
“Sure, yeah that would be great.” She smiles, it’s fake even I can tell.
“I um I have to get going, work early tomorrow and I need some sleep you know.” She begins to rise from the chair and Max rises with her to see her out but I decide to go with him as well.
“Bye Michael, Maria it was good seeing you again.” We walk into the hallway and Max is opening the door I decide to mess with her a little.
“Dariana are you okay? You look I don’t know a little pale.” She sweeps her hair off her shoulder and gives me a death glare, which Max doesn’t notice because he’s busy getting her coat.
“I’m fine thanks for asking.” She says tightly while grabbing her coat from Max and walking out the door.
“Oh I just wanted to make sure everything was okay.”
“Yes, even if it’s not now…it will be soon.” She says just as I close the door on her face.
Max doesn’t say anything he just shakes his head. “Well that went well don’t you think?” He just grabs me by my waist and kisses me and tells me he loves me.
“I love you too Max, now let’s go clean up so I can show you what else I bought today.” I skip off to the kitchen but not before I hear him moan my name.
TBC…
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A/N Just dropping this off...I want to thank everyone for the great feedback and encouragement. Oh...and FYI you can blame my beta for this part...I was gonna be nicer...but yeah she convinced me otherwise *lol*
Chapter 52
Max
I decided to go into work late today so that I could spend the majority of it with Liz. She’s in the shower right now and I’m presently gathering some beach towels for us as well as getting myself dressed.
I decided to spend most of the morning at the beach with her. Since she’s gotten here we haven’t had the time and she’s only been a handful of times. There are so many things I want to show her, so many things I want her to experience in her lifetime and I want them to all be with me. I know that’s selfish but why not? I mean if I love her and she loves me then why wouldn’t I want to spend every waking moment with her.
Now don’t get me wrong, after awhile I’m sure we would be at each other’s throats but I would give her space as well as she would give me mine. I just don’t want to miss any part of her life.
“Okay Max I just need to get my bathing suit on and we can go.” She steps out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel and as much as I would like to remove it and take her on the bed, I don’t want her to have to spend the day inside again.
“Alright I’ll just wait downstairs for you.”
We are in the car on our way and we are passing a few car dealerships and I decide to ask Liz a question.
“Liz I never asked you if you wanted a car…do you?”
“Max, I don’t need a car you have three…unless…you don’t want me to…”
“What?! Liz no, that’s not what I’m saying I just thought that maybe there was something you might want and if you do we can get it for you.” I tell her because, well honestly she’s never owned a car before in her life and if I have the means to get one for her and she wants one then I will.
“I’m fine Max, there really isn’t anything that’s really caught my eye, besides you can’t just keep spending your money it will run out.” I shake my head and chuckle a little, she’s so cute thinking about the future. Not that I don’t it’s just I have already gotten that process underway.
“Liz, baby I have already put money in investments and in the bank for retirement so we’re okay don’t worry.”
“I know Max, I just… I like to be sensible about things.”
“Me too Liz, but when it comes to you there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do or get you that you wanted you know that right?”
“I know Max…I know.” She smiles and leans over the seat to place a kiss on my cheek.
“Oh we’re here!” She’s practically jumping out of her seat; she barely waits until I come to be complete stop to jump out of the car.
“Come on Max…the water looks great!” She strips off her clothing before I even have a chance to put the blanket down. When I look up I have to swallow the lump that has made a permanent place in my throat. She’s wearing a white string bikini and it’s well…sexy, sexy as hell. In fact I have the sudden urge to cover her up so no one else can see her. But I don’t even get that opportunity because she’s already running into the water.
“Max thank you for bringing me here, it’s so beautiful.” She has no idea that it fails in comparison to her own natural beauty, her perfection. After some serious making out in the ocean we moved it to the blanket. The beach is packed but I could care less, we have a huge umbrella over us shading us from most of the on lookers.
“Liz what are you doing?” I hiss out when she slides her hands into my swim trunks.
“Nothing I just wanted to…”
“To what Liz, because we are in public…like, very public so we can’t.” She looks away shyly and I swear right now I wouldn’t care except for the fact that this is really too public. I stand up and take her with me.
“What are you doing Max?”
“I think it’s time we head home we’ve been here for like three hours and as much as I don’t want to I have to get to work.” She tells me she understands and helps me gather our stuff.
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Liz
This man has like major breaks or something. I can’t stand it sometimes, yeah I know the public beach was a bit much but I just want him to know that if he wanted to I would do it for him. I want to be everything for him, everything he needs and wants.
We get back home and he checks his messages at work while I sneak out back to the pool and jump in, hoping somehow someway he’ll decide to join me. And he does.
“Liz, are you trying to kill me?” He says standing beside the pool as I lean on my back and float.
“Nope, just needed to take a little dip, you know it’s so hot out here.” I say with a dramatic sigh.
“I have to go Liz. You know I…” He stops talking when I remove my top and throw it at his chest. He catches it before it hits the ground, then looks down at it and then back at me, just as I throw my bottoms at him.
“Fuck it!” He dives in the pool a second later and pins me against the wall. I can see the desire swimming in his eyes and I’m sure they are reflected the same to him from mine.
“You know, you’ve been using that word a lot lately.”
“Sometimes it’s necessary to express myself, especially when you’re walking around stripping in my office and then stripping in the pool, how can I resist? Because sometimes Liz… you just can’t listen to logic.” He pins me with a heated stare and I lick my lips preparing for the moment when his lips come into contact with mine.
“Really, so what are you listening to right now Max.” He leans in close and whispers in my ear, “My heart Liz.” I lean my head back and close my eyes, the tears are springing forward and I’m helpless to stop them. He quickly removes his swim trunks and without another word he latches his lips to my throat and brings his hands between our bodies to position himself against my opening.
I quickly raise my legs and wrap them around his waist and practically beg him, “Please Max…yes…please.” He kisses my neck then trails his tongue up to my ear and nibbles at my soft flesh; I can’t resist the moan that escapes my lips.
“What Liz, what do you want?” He asks me huskily all the while teasing me, slipping an inch inside of me then out, teasing my entrance over and over.
“You Max…I want you…now.” I open my eyes and look into his just as he rears back and slams fully into my welcoming body.
“Yes!” I scream.
“Liz!” We both stare at each other while he fills me up over and over, in and out it’s so erotic at this point, watching his features, his eyes I can see the lust swirling around in their golden depths. He continues to pump into my body while I scream in total and complete ecstasy as my orgasm washes over me.
“God! Yes…Maaaaxxx!” My body shudders and my walls clamp down on him and that’s when I feel his release. We never once break eye contact.
A moment later he pulls out from my body and helps me out the pool, then ties a towel around my body.
“You’re perfect you know that?” I look up at him and see the awed expression on his face.
“Now I do.” I saw jokingly, but he’s totally serious right now.
“I mean it Liz, you’re beautiful and perfect and I love you so much.” He leans in and frames my face with his hands and captures my already swollen lips in a heated kiss, then pulls away, to say it once more, “So much Liz…so much.” He takes my lips again, this time kissing me softer as if tasting me for the first time and I feel like my legs are going to give out on me. He invokes such emotions with just a look or a word to me, he says I’m perfect, well I think he’s got it backwards, he couldn’t be anymore perfect. Not to say he’s not flawed, hell everyone is. But his love for me, now that’s perfect.
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Max
I left Liz home this afternoon and a really big part of me didn’t want to, especially when I saw the look on her face as I was walking out the door. She was putting up a brave front but I know she was ripping inside. I just want this day over and I want to get some kind of answers by the end of it.
Dariana should be here in about twenty minutes, Michael left already to head home. I asked him to call Maria earlier and see if she could stop by the house and check on Liz. But, of course, my stubborn woman told Maria that she was okay and that she was going to go grocery shopping later so there was really no point. I constantly ask Liz not to go grocery shopping without me, mainly because she then carries in all the bags by herself and since she doesn’t shop light that’s a lot. It’s a loosing battle today though because she needs something to take her mind off of Dariana and me so I didn’t argue.
I take a look at the clock and see it’s just about time; I lock up my office and decide to wait for Dariana in the lobby.
I see her walk in just as I step out of the elevator doors. She looks upset but honestly I could care less at this point.
“Hi Max, you…you ready to go?”
“Yeah, my car is out front.” She just nods and follows me out. We are in the car for about fifteen minutes before she reaches her hand out and grabs my arm. I look at her and am about to ask her what the problem is when she says,
“Max I need to tell you something.” Oh no, not another one of these, I can’t take much more of this shit.
“What?” I bark out.
“Max can you pull over for a second first?” I just mumble under my breath and pull over to the shoulder and cut the engine.
“Okay, get to it Dariana because you are just prolonging the inevitable here.” She just nods and looks straight out the windshield.
“Max I…I’m not pregnant.”
“What?! What the fuck do you mean?” I yell at her and I don’t even give her a chance to respond. “Why?! Why would you put me through that or Liz…why?!” She flinches at the roar of my voice and I could care less.
“I thought that…I was hoping that this would make you see that you really did care about me…and….”
“No! I told you I don’t several times, which part of I don’t love you and I never will didn’t you understand the first ten times?! I can’t believe it, that I actually believed your fucking story you… Fucking hell!” My cell phone rings and I seriously am considering not answering it, but what if it’s Liz.
“Hello?” I growl into the phone.
“Maxwell its Dad.”
“Oh sorry Dad, look can I call you back this is a really bad time?”
“No Maxwell, listen to me son! I hired a private investigator to tail Dariana, and Max I just got some pictures back from him, apparently last week when she was away, she was in Roswell.”
“Roswell? For what?” Now I’m confused and I’m only half paying attention to my father, I see from the corner of my eye, Dariana shift in her seat uncomfortably before I try and focus on what my father is telling me.
“She was meeting with Jordan.” I dropped the phone.
”What?! Are you sure?!” No way I’ll fucking kill her right now!
“Max I had the investigator tail Jordan…Max are you with Liz right now?”
“No why?”
“Maxwell he was last seen at the airport…the San Diego Airport. He’s coming for her Max.” I hang up the phone and start the ignition and turn the car around.
“What the fuck did you do Dari? What?!” I bang the steering wheel and speed down the highway. I have no idea where Jordan is, oh God what if he’s already there? No! No! I can’t think like that.
“You fucking knew where Jordan was all this time you fucking bitch, now tell me what the fuck he’s doing here?!”
“Max I…”
“Tell me Dari or so help me God I will throw you out of this car!”
“When I…when I told you that I was pregnant I thought for sure she would leave you and not stick around, then at dinner you wanted to come with me to the doctor and I knew I couldn’t let you so I called him and told him to…”
“To what?!” I am speeding down the highway breaking all kinds of laws in hopes of getting to her.
“So he…could finish the job he started.” I think I’m going to be sick.
“Nothing better happen to her DO YOU HEAR ME! NOTHING! You better start praying because if he touches one hair on her head…” I can’t even finish it, I need to call Michael, he’s closer he can get to the house because I am still a good fifteen minutes away.
“Hello?” Thank God he is home.
“Michael it’s Max, get your ass over to my house now, Jordan is coming for Liz!”
“What?!”
“Michael please just go and have Maria call the police now!”
“Okay Maxwell I’m there.” He hangs up and I feel my heart in my throat and I can’t even look at her right now.
“You are sick you know that right?”
“I was doing it for us Max.”
“Us! Us! Take a fucking look around, there is no us! There never was!”
“When was he going there?”
“I don’t…”
“Don’t fucking lie you know!”
“Between six and eight, I was supposed to keep you out until then so he could…”
“Don’t fucking finish that sentence or it will be the last one you ever say, I can promise you that!” I growl out at her and she jumps back in her seat.
Okay Max, calm down, there’s a very good chance Liz is at the grocery store and won’t be home for a while. I need to call her, but when I do I get no answer from her cell phone or the house phone. I feel like crying I feel utterly helpless to stop what might happen, and if something happens to her I won’t be able to live with myself.
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Fifteen Minutes Ago
Liz
I should have listened to Max because those groceries were heavy as hell. But at least I’m all done and they are packed away, now I can take a nice long shower and wait for Max.
I make it upstairs and into the bathroom to start the shower, when I hear the doorbell. I wonder if it is Maria, she called me about twenty times today to see if I wanted her to come over, she probably got tired of my rejection and decided to come over unannounced.
I make my way downstairs and turn on the hallway light and reach for the doorknob.
“Maria, I already told….” I swing the door open but it’s too late.
“Hi Liz.” The smirk on his face sends fear down my spine.
“J-Jordan…”
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Chapter 52
Max
I decided to go into work late today so that I could spend the majority of it with Liz. She’s in the shower right now and I’m presently gathering some beach towels for us as well as getting myself dressed.
I decided to spend most of the morning at the beach with her. Since she’s gotten here we haven’t had the time and she’s only been a handful of times. There are so many things I want to show her, so many things I want her to experience in her lifetime and I want them to all be with me. I know that’s selfish but why not? I mean if I love her and she loves me then why wouldn’t I want to spend every waking moment with her.
Now don’t get me wrong, after awhile I’m sure we would be at each other’s throats but I would give her space as well as she would give me mine. I just don’t want to miss any part of her life.
“Okay Max I just need to get my bathing suit on and we can go.” She steps out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel and as much as I would like to remove it and take her on the bed, I don’t want her to have to spend the day inside again.
“Alright I’ll just wait downstairs for you.”
We are in the car on our way and we are passing a few car dealerships and I decide to ask Liz a question.
“Liz I never asked you if you wanted a car…do you?”
“Max, I don’t need a car you have three…unless…you don’t want me to…”
“What?! Liz no, that’s not what I’m saying I just thought that maybe there was something you might want and if you do we can get it for you.” I tell her because, well honestly she’s never owned a car before in her life and if I have the means to get one for her and she wants one then I will.
“I’m fine Max, there really isn’t anything that’s really caught my eye, besides you can’t just keep spending your money it will run out.” I shake my head and chuckle a little, she’s so cute thinking about the future. Not that I don’t it’s just I have already gotten that process underway.
“Liz, baby I have already put money in investments and in the bank for retirement so we’re okay don’t worry.”
“I know Max, I just… I like to be sensible about things.”
“Me too Liz, but when it comes to you there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do or get you that you wanted you know that right?”
“I know Max…I know.” She smiles and leans over the seat to place a kiss on my cheek.
“Oh we’re here!” She’s practically jumping out of her seat; she barely waits until I come to be complete stop to jump out of the car.
“Come on Max…the water looks great!” She strips off her clothing before I even have a chance to put the blanket down. When I look up I have to swallow the lump that has made a permanent place in my throat. She’s wearing a white string bikini and it’s well…sexy, sexy as hell. In fact I have the sudden urge to cover her up so no one else can see her. But I don’t even get that opportunity because she’s already running into the water.
“Max thank you for bringing me here, it’s so beautiful.” She has no idea that it fails in comparison to her own natural beauty, her perfection. After some serious making out in the ocean we moved it to the blanket. The beach is packed but I could care less, we have a huge umbrella over us shading us from most of the on lookers.
“Liz what are you doing?” I hiss out when she slides her hands into my swim trunks.
“Nothing I just wanted to…”
“To what Liz, because we are in public…like, very public so we can’t.” She looks away shyly and I swear right now I wouldn’t care except for the fact that this is really too public. I stand up and take her with me.
“What are you doing Max?”
“I think it’s time we head home we’ve been here for like three hours and as much as I don’t want to I have to get to work.” She tells me she understands and helps me gather our stuff.
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Liz
This man has like major breaks or something. I can’t stand it sometimes, yeah I know the public beach was a bit much but I just want him to know that if he wanted to I would do it for him. I want to be everything for him, everything he needs and wants.
We get back home and he checks his messages at work while I sneak out back to the pool and jump in, hoping somehow someway he’ll decide to join me. And he does.
“Liz, are you trying to kill me?” He says standing beside the pool as I lean on my back and float.
“Nope, just needed to take a little dip, you know it’s so hot out here.” I say with a dramatic sigh.
“I have to go Liz. You know I…” He stops talking when I remove my top and throw it at his chest. He catches it before it hits the ground, then looks down at it and then back at me, just as I throw my bottoms at him.
“Fuck it!” He dives in the pool a second later and pins me against the wall. I can see the desire swimming in his eyes and I’m sure they are reflected the same to him from mine.
“You know, you’ve been using that word a lot lately.”
“Sometimes it’s necessary to express myself, especially when you’re walking around stripping in my office and then stripping in the pool, how can I resist? Because sometimes Liz… you just can’t listen to logic.” He pins me with a heated stare and I lick my lips preparing for the moment when his lips come into contact with mine.
“Really, so what are you listening to right now Max.” He leans in close and whispers in my ear, “My heart Liz.” I lean my head back and close my eyes, the tears are springing forward and I’m helpless to stop them. He quickly removes his swim trunks and without another word he latches his lips to my throat and brings his hands between our bodies to position himself against my opening.
I quickly raise my legs and wrap them around his waist and practically beg him, “Please Max…yes…please.” He kisses my neck then trails his tongue up to my ear and nibbles at my soft flesh; I can’t resist the moan that escapes my lips.
“What Liz, what do you want?” He asks me huskily all the while teasing me, slipping an inch inside of me then out, teasing my entrance over and over.
“You Max…I want you…now.” I open my eyes and look into his just as he rears back and slams fully into my welcoming body.
“Yes!” I scream.
“Liz!” We both stare at each other while he fills me up over and over, in and out it’s so erotic at this point, watching his features, his eyes I can see the lust swirling around in their golden depths. He continues to pump into my body while I scream in total and complete ecstasy as my orgasm washes over me.
“God! Yes…Maaaaxxx!” My body shudders and my walls clamp down on him and that’s when I feel his release. We never once break eye contact.
A moment later he pulls out from my body and helps me out the pool, then ties a towel around my body.
“You’re perfect you know that?” I look up at him and see the awed expression on his face.
“Now I do.” I saw jokingly, but he’s totally serious right now.
“I mean it Liz, you’re beautiful and perfect and I love you so much.” He leans in and frames my face with his hands and captures my already swollen lips in a heated kiss, then pulls away, to say it once more, “So much Liz…so much.” He takes my lips again, this time kissing me softer as if tasting me for the first time and I feel like my legs are going to give out on me. He invokes such emotions with just a look or a word to me, he says I’m perfect, well I think he’s got it backwards, he couldn’t be anymore perfect. Not to say he’s not flawed, hell everyone is. But his love for me, now that’s perfect.
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Max
I left Liz home this afternoon and a really big part of me didn’t want to, especially when I saw the look on her face as I was walking out the door. She was putting up a brave front but I know she was ripping inside. I just want this day over and I want to get some kind of answers by the end of it.
Dariana should be here in about twenty minutes, Michael left already to head home. I asked him to call Maria earlier and see if she could stop by the house and check on Liz. But, of course, my stubborn woman told Maria that she was okay and that she was going to go grocery shopping later so there was really no point. I constantly ask Liz not to go grocery shopping without me, mainly because she then carries in all the bags by herself and since she doesn’t shop light that’s a lot. It’s a loosing battle today though because she needs something to take her mind off of Dariana and me so I didn’t argue.
I take a look at the clock and see it’s just about time; I lock up my office and decide to wait for Dariana in the lobby.
I see her walk in just as I step out of the elevator doors. She looks upset but honestly I could care less at this point.
“Hi Max, you…you ready to go?”
“Yeah, my car is out front.” She just nods and follows me out. We are in the car for about fifteen minutes before she reaches her hand out and grabs my arm. I look at her and am about to ask her what the problem is when she says,
“Max I need to tell you something.” Oh no, not another one of these, I can’t take much more of this shit.
“What?” I bark out.
“Max can you pull over for a second first?” I just mumble under my breath and pull over to the shoulder and cut the engine.
“Okay, get to it Dariana because you are just prolonging the inevitable here.” She just nods and looks straight out the windshield.
“Max I…I’m not pregnant.”
“What?! What the fuck do you mean?” I yell at her and I don’t even give her a chance to respond. “Why?! Why would you put me through that or Liz…why?!” She flinches at the roar of my voice and I could care less.
“I thought that…I was hoping that this would make you see that you really did care about me…and….”
“No! I told you I don’t several times, which part of I don’t love you and I never will didn’t you understand the first ten times?! I can’t believe it, that I actually believed your fucking story you… Fucking hell!” My cell phone rings and I seriously am considering not answering it, but what if it’s Liz.
“Hello?” I growl into the phone.
“Maxwell its Dad.”
“Oh sorry Dad, look can I call you back this is a really bad time?”
“No Maxwell, listen to me son! I hired a private investigator to tail Dariana, and Max I just got some pictures back from him, apparently last week when she was away, she was in Roswell.”
“Roswell? For what?” Now I’m confused and I’m only half paying attention to my father, I see from the corner of my eye, Dariana shift in her seat uncomfortably before I try and focus on what my father is telling me.
“She was meeting with Jordan.” I dropped the phone.
”What?! Are you sure?!” No way I’ll fucking kill her right now!
“Max I had the investigator tail Jordan…Max are you with Liz right now?”
“No why?”
“Maxwell he was last seen at the airport…the San Diego Airport. He’s coming for her Max.” I hang up the phone and start the ignition and turn the car around.
“What the fuck did you do Dari? What?!” I bang the steering wheel and speed down the highway. I have no idea where Jordan is, oh God what if he’s already there? No! No! I can’t think like that.
“You fucking knew where Jordan was all this time you fucking bitch, now tell me what the fuck he’s doing here?!”
“Max I…”
“Tell me Dari or so help me God I will throw you out of this car!”
“When I…when I told you that I was pregnant I thought for sure she would leave you and not stick around, then at dinner you wanted to come with me to the doctor and I knew I couldn’t let you so I called him and told him to…”
“To what?!” I am speeding down the highway breaking all kinds of laws in hopes of getting to her.
“So he…could finish the job he started.” I think I’m going to be sick.
“Nothing better happen to her DO YOU HEAR ME! NOTHING! You better start praying because if he touches one hair on her head…” I can’t even finish it, I need to call Michael, he’s closer he can get to the house because I am still a good fifteen minutes away.
“Hello?” Thank God he is home.
“Michael it’s Max, get your ass over to my house now, Jordan is coming for Liz!”
“What?!”
“Michael please just go and have Maria call the police now!”
“Okay Maxwell I’m there.” He hangs up and I feel my heart in my throat and I can’t even look at her right now.
“You are sick you know that right?”
“I was doing it for us Max.”
“Us! Us! Take a fucking look around, there is no us! There never was!”
“When was he going there?”
“I don’t…”
“Don’t fucking lie you know!”
“Between six and eight, I was supposed to keep you out until then so he could…”
“Don’t fucking finish that sentence or it will be the last one you ever say, I can promise you that!” I growl out at her and she jumps back in her seat.
Okay Max, calm down, there’s a very good chance Liz is at the grocery store and won’t be home for a while. I need to call her, but when I do I get no answer from her cell phone or the house phone. I feel like crying I feel utterly helpless to stop what might happen, and if something happens to her I won’t be able to live with myself.
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Fifteen Minutes Ago
Liz
I should have listened to Max because those groceries were heavy as hell. But at least I’m all done and they are packed away, now I can take a nice long shower and wait for Max.
I make it upstairs and into the bathroom to start the shower, when I hear the doorbell. I wonder if it is Maria, she called me about twenty times today to see if I wanted her to come over, she probably got tired of my rejection and decided to come over unannounced.
I make my way downstairs and turn on the hallway light and reach for the doorknob.
“Maria, I already told….” I swing the door open but it’s too late.
“Hi Liz.” The smirk on his face sends fear down my spine.
“J-Jordan…”
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Chapter 53
Michael
I make to Max’s in less than two minutes but when I arrive there I see the front door is wide open, I tell Maria to sit in the car and wait.
“Michael, be careful!” I make my way up the driveway and enter the house; I can only pray that nothing happened, the house is quite. There’s a lamp that’s broken on the floor of the living room, but other than that I don’t see…
I see her run across the hallway upstairs and Jordan is right behind her.
“Liz!”
“M-Michael” Jordan goes to swing at her, but she ducks in time.
“Get the fuck away from her!”
“Fuck you Evans! You’re all the way down there and I’m all the way up here, you’ll never make it to her in time.” I look down back at Liz and he’s right by the time I make it to the top step it will be too late. I look into her eyes and I see the fear in her eyes, but I also see fire, determination. She’s not giving up not in the least. She turns quickly from her position on the floor and raises her leg and kicks him hard.
“Run Liz! Hide! Go! Go! Go!” I see her scramble to her feet and take off down the hall.
“Now it’s my turn asshole!” I run up the stairs just as he’s trying to recover from her kick in the groin.
I reach the top step just as the front door bursts open and the living room fills up with police officers that tell both Jordan and I to freeze.
I raise my hands and then Maria comes bursting through the crowd of officers to explain who I am.
“Michael! Where’s Liz…Oh My God! Where is she?” After the police handcuff Jordan and have him in the living room. I tell Maria that she’s upstairs. She runs off like a bat out of hell.
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Max
When I get to the end of the block and I see a crowd of police cars and an ambulance. I can’t really think about the ambulance I just…I can’t. I pull up as close as I can and drag Dariana out of the car up into the house.
“I’m sorry sir but you can’t enter.”
“It’s my house!” The officer let’s me through.
“Maxwell!”
“Where is she?” Michael just looks down and then I look to Maria’s face and she just shakes her head. What does that mean?
“We don’t know Maxwell, I saw her not more than fifteen minutes ago when I came through the front door, then after she kicked Jordan I told her to run and hide, but we can’t find her now.”
“Well she’s in the house you’re just not looking! Is she hurt?”
“I…I don’t know Maxwell there was a trail of blood but then it just ends and…”
“Liz!” I yell and I tell Michael to inform the police of Dariana’s plans as well as calling my father for the rest of the story, before I make a mad dash for the stairs.
Where is she, I have checked all the bedrooms I have yelled for her and nothing. My worst fear is coming true, she’s hurt…bad and I can’t fucking find her. I make my way back to the staircase and drop down heavily on the top stair and bury my face in my hands.
A few seconds later I hear her voice, I think I’m hearing things at first but then I listen again and I know it’s really her. I turn my head and try and listen to the direction of her voice. Where the hell is she?
“Everyone be quiet!” I yell over the railing. Then I hear it again it’s faint but where…
“Liz!”
“Max!” It’s faint but gets clearer as I reach my office door. I try and open the door but there is something blocking it.
“Liz, baby, are you in there?”
“M-Max…” I hear her crying.
“Baby it’s me can you…” I swallow back my tears. “Can you open the door for me?”
I hear her move some things and then she slowly opens the door and when she sees my face she propels herself at me. I wrap my arms around her and we slide to the floor and just cry in each other’s arms.
“Shh, baby it’s okay. You’re okay, I would never let anything happen to you. I’m so sorry I wasn’t here Liz…I’m so s-sorry.” She just holds me tighter and a few minutes later the paramedics reach us and I pull Liz away from me for a second and I see her arm is bleeding.
“It’s o-okay Max it’s from the lamp, but I’m okay.” I look up into the tear filled eyes and see blood trickling down the side of her face and I move her hair back and see a cut, I slide my fingers down it and when I see her wince in pain. I pull her closer to me and rock her. Thank God she’s alright…that’s all I can think about right now.
She’s downstairs with Maria and Michael right now, the police left taking Dariana and Jordan with them. They will be sharing side-by-side cells until their arraignment. We have enough evidence along with Jordan’s confession that Dariana paid him to k-kill Liz. I feel the bile rise in my throat and run to the bathroom to empty my stomach.
I don’t know how long I’m here for but my sobs have grown louder without me realizing it.
“Max.” She enters the bathroom and stands in the doorway. I look up at her angelic face and think, I almost lost her today. “L-Liz…God…” And I just cry harder and rise up and take unsteady steps towards her and wrap my arms around her. She has a bandage above her right eye and one long one down her right arm.
“I love you Liz…I thought…I lost you…and I felt like dieing.”
“Max, I love you…but I’m okay everything is okay now. You called Michael and I don’t want to think about it anymore Max. It’s over now, all of it; it’s over. But Max what about the baby?”
”Liz there is no baby, she wasn’t pregnant.” I look her in the eyes and she just breaks down and cries to me. She tells me that she’s sorry.
“Sorry for what baby?”
“I know that even though it would have been with her, I know you were happy about it and I’m sorry that I’m happy she wasn’t.”
“No Liz, I’m happy, yeah I love the idea of having a baby but I only want that with you Liz…only you.” I tell her honestly.
We lie in bed together and don’t say a word for quite a while until Liz speaks again.
“Max?”
“Yeah?”
“I want that with you Max more than anything and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
“Me too Liz, I promise soon we’ll have all of those things…I promise.” Without another word I gather her tiny body against mine and we fall asleep.
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One Week Later
Michael
After last week’s events Max and Liz decided that it would be best if they moved out of the house. They have been house hunting all week, he didn’t want Liz to have to have those memories of what happened in the house day in and day out.
They fought about that one though, Liz wanted to stay she really does love the house, but Max refused so after two days of fighting our happy couple decided to buy a house that was actually three blocks up which means that they will be living closer to Maria and I.
Maria moved in with me and tonight is the night, I’m going to propose to her. I just hope I get the answer I’m looking for.
“Michael what should I wear?” I turn around to face her, she’s standing in the bathroom doorway and I’m currently perched on top of the bed trying not to break out in a full sweat.
“We are going to dinner so a dress or you know whatever.” Okay Michael you need to calm down because she is going to know there is something wrong.
Just then the telephone rings and I lean over the bed to answer it. Thankfully Maria goes back into the bathroom.
“Hello?”
“Hey bro, you sweating?” I hear the laughter in his voice.
“You know Max, I’m glad you are taking pleasure in all this.”
“Alright I’m only kidding, now…Good luck Michael!” Liz yells in the background and I have to laugh.
“Tell her I said thank you, now I have to get going Maxwell.” I tell him trying to rush him off the phone before Maria walks back in.
“Michael wait, seriously I want to just tell you that everything is going to turn out perfect.”
“Thank you, oh did you talk to Dad or Mom? They called yesterday and they said they were going to call you and Liz to discuss their arrival.”
“Yeah, Liz talked to Mom so she has all the details. Liz and I are going over to the house now, to just see what has been delivered and set up some things. You know how Liz is, everything has to be ready.” Even though I can’t see him I know he’s smiling.
“I know, I’ll give you a call tomorrow.” After I hang up with him, I check my pocket one last time to be sure the ring is in there.
“I’m ready.”
“Wow! Maria you look amazing.” She smiles shyly then struts up towards me and plants a kiss on my lips.
“You don’t look so bad yourself.” And she floats out of the room.
I close my eyes and say a silent prayer to whoever is listening, to make sure I don’t pass out before I ask her.
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Max
After leaving my parents house, we stopped by Alex and Isabel’s to make sure everything arrived from the moving company. Liz was there when they came but there was so much stuff she didn’t have a chance to go through it all.
We are now standing in our soon to be living room. And I’m helping her unpack some boxes.
“Liz what are you doing?” I stop long enough to see her just staring at me; I can’t read her expression though.
“Nothing Max…it’s nothing.” I straighten up and walk up to her and run my hands down her arms.
“What’s wrong? Do you not like the house, because we can go somewhere else?” She just gives me a half smile.
“It’s not that Max, I was just thinking.”
“About?”
“Just that this is a new house, that we are going to get to fill with all new memories, and I just…I can’t wait for that Max.” I smile at her knowing exactly what she means.
“Me either Liz, me either.” I lean down and kiss her softly. When I pull away I see a hint of mischief in her eyes.
“Liz?”
“Max?”
“What are you doing? We have to finish up.” What the hell am I talking about?
“Oh we will finish up Max don’t worry, but right now there are more important things that you need to be doing.” She says while sliding her hands up my shirt, then tracing small circles across my chest.
“Oh really? What?”
She leans up on her tiptoes and brings her face within a breath of mine and says, “Me.” I instinctively lift her by her waist and she wraps her legs around me. I latch my lips onto her neck and she reaches between us to unzip my jeans, causing an excited moan to escape my lips.
I walk us forward until we reach the far wall and I pull away from Liz and she slides down my body to rid me of my clothes. She has on a pair of jeans that I slide quickly down her thighs, and then remove her tank top leaving her in nothing but her thong panties.
“Liz.” I hiss out when her tiny hand comes into contact with my hard flesh. I slide my hand between her thighs to find her primed for me.
“Max…Max…” She leans her head back against the wall and I attack her neck, then her mouth, we both moan into each other’s mouths. When just touching becomes not enough I lift her up again and she wraps her legs around me. I push her panties to the side and drive into her.
“Yes Max!” She screams and I drive into her, pulling completely out before plunging back into her warm depths.
She continues to moan and scream and I swallow some of them with my mouth, sliding my tongue deep into her mimicking the motions of my body. Soon we are coming apart in each other’s arms and she slides back down my body.
I lean in and kiss her swollen red lips softly and remove the wet tendrils of her hair off her forehead.
“You okay? I didn’t hurt you did I?” Even though it felt great I still worry about my forcefulness with her, she is very petite, after all.
“No Max, it was perfect, I trust you and I know you would never hurt me.”
“Never on purpose, but sometimes I think I get a little too into it and I just want to make sure I’m not hurting you.” I tell her while burying my head in the crook of her neck dying of embarrassment.
“Max, trust me I can take it, I might be tiny but I can handle everything you give me okay?”
“Okay Liz.” I am so embarrassed I don’t know why.
“Love you baby.”
“Love you too.”
“Let’s get dressed and finish up okay?”
“Okay Max.”
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Michael
Well we made it through dinner and I didn’t pass out. I don’t know why I’m nervous, it’s not like I’ve never asked her before. Then again that’s probably why I am nervous, because this time there is a serious possibility that she will say yes. I don’t know why that scares the shit out of me.
“Michael are you okay? You look a little, I don’t know… flushed.”
“I’m fine, how about we go for a walk on the beach?”
“Sounds good, let me just take off my shoes.” She bends down and removes them and I decide to remove mine as well. I then take her hand in mine and we walk down to the beach.
We walk along in silence for a few minutes before I finally get the courage up to ask her. I stop and wait until she realizes it.
“Michael, what’s wrong?”
“Maria, can I just talk to you for a minute?” She nods and turns to face me. I take in a deep breath.
“Maria I’m so glad that we found one another again, rediscovered our love for one another. You make me so happy and I can’t imagine my life, my future without you. I need you in my life Maria for always. I love you more than I will probably ever be able to express or show you and I’m sorry for that, but you know me like no one else, and I know you like no one else. I guess what I’m trying to say is,” I reach into my pocket and bend one knee and I look up into her emerald green eyes. She sucks in a ragged breath and I can see the tears spring to her eyes. I just smile up at her and reach out my hand taking her slender one into mine and place the opened ring box in her hand.
“Maria, I know I asked you this question before but you weren’t ready. And I don’t want you to feel like you have to say yes but will you do me the greatest honor and become my wife… Will you marry me?” She doesn’t say anything for a minute and I’m starting to feel sick, maybe this was a mistake. Then I hear her whisper out a yes.
“What?”
“Yes! Michael! Yes! Yes! Yes!” She drops to her knees and wraps her arms around my neck and kisses me, we stay like that for a few minutes before we break apart and I ask her if it’s okay for me to slip on the ring.
“Yes I would love it, it’s so beautiful Michael.” She’s in complete tears, tears of happiness.
“I love you Maria.”
“And I love you Michael Evans, forever.”
TBC…
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Chapter 53
Michael
I make to Max’s in less than two minutes but when I arrive there I see the front door is wide open, I tell Maria to sit in the car and wait.
“Michael, be careful!” I make my way up the driveway and enter the house; I can only pray that nothing happened, the house is quite. There’s a lamp that’s broken on the floor of the living room, but other than that I don’t see…
I see her run across the hallway upstairs and Jordan is right behind her.
“Liz!”
“M-Michael” Jordan goes to swing at her, but she ducks in time.
“Get the fuck away from her!”
“Fuck you Evans! You’re all the way down there and I’m all the way up here, you’ll never make it to her in time.” I look down back at Liz and he’s right by the time I make it to the top step it will be too late. I look into her eyes and I see the fear in her eyes, but I also see fire, determination. She’s not giving up not in the least. She turns quickly from her position on the floor and raises her leg and kicks him hard.
“Run Liz! Hide! Go! Go! Go!” I see her scramble to her feet and take off down the hall.
“Now it’s my turn asshole!” I run up the stairs just as he’s trying to recover from her kick in the groin.
I reach the top step just as the front door bursts open and the living room fills up with police officers that tell both Jordan and I to freeze.
I raise my hands and then Maria comes bursting through the crowd of officers to explain who I am.
“Michael! Where’s Liz…Oh My God! Where is she?” After the police handcuff Jordan and have him in the living room. I tell Maria that she’s upstairs. She runs off like a bat out of hell.
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Max
When I get to the end of the block and I see a crowd of police cars and an ambulance. I can’t really think about the ambulance I just…I can’t. I pull up as close as I can and drag Dariana out of the car up into the house.
“I’m sorry sir but you can’t enter.”
“It’s my house!” The officer let’s me through.
“Maxwell!”
“Where is she?” Michael just looks down and then I look to Maria’s face and she just shakes her head. What does that mean?
“We don’t know Maxwell, I saw her not more than fifteen minutes ago when I came through the front door, then after she kicked Jordan I told her to run and hide, but we can’t find her now.”
“Well she’s in the house you’re just not looking! Is she hurt?”
“I…I don’t know Maxwell there was a trail of blood but then it just ends and…”
“Liz!” I yell and I tell Michael to inform the police of Dariana’s plans as well as calling my father for the rest of the story, before I make a mad dash for the stairs.
Where is she, I have checked all the bedrooms I have yelled for her and nothing. My worst fear is coming true, she’s hurt…bad and I can’t fucking find her. I make my way back to the staircase and drop down heavily on the top stair and bury my face in my hands.
A few seconds later I hear her voice, I think I’m hearing things at first but then I listen again and I know it’s really her. I turn my head and try and listen to the direction of her voice. Where the hell is she?
“Everyone be quiet!” I yell over the railing. Then I hear it again it’s faint but where…
“Liz!”
“Max!” It’s faint but gets clearer as I reach my office door. I try and open the door but there is something blocking it.
“Liz, baby, are you in there?”
“M-Max…” I hear her crying.
“Baby it’s me can you…” I swallow back my tears. “Can you open the door for me?”
I hear her move some things and then she slowly opens the door and when she sees my face she propels herself at me. I wrap my arms around her and we slide to the floor and just cry in each other’s arms.
“Shh, baby it’s okay. You’re okay, I would never let anything happen to you. I’m so sorry I wasn’t here Liz…I’m so s-sorry.” She just holds me tighter and a few minutes later the paramedics reach us and I pull Liz away from me for a second and I see her arm is bleeding.
“It’s o-okay Max it’s from the lamp, but I’m okay.” I look up into the tear filled eyes and see blood trickling down the side of her face and I move her hair back and see a cut, I slide my fingers down it and when I see her wince in pain. I pull her closer to me and rock her. Thank God she’s alright…that’s all I can think about right now.
She’s downstairs with Maria and Michael right now, the police left taking Dariana and Jordan with them. They will be sharing side-by-side cells until their arraignment. We have enough evidence along with Jordan’s confession that Dariana paid him to k-kill Liz. I feel the bile rise in my throat and run to the bathroom to empty my stomach.
I don’t know how long I’m here for but my sobs have grown louder without me realizing it.
“Max.” She enters the bathroom and stands in the doorway. I look up at her angelic face and think, I almost lost her today. “L-Liz…God…” And I just cry harder and rise up and take unsteady steps towards her and wrap my arms around her. She has a bandage above her right eye and one long one down her right arm.
“I love you Liz…I thought…I lost you…and I felt like dieing.”
“Max, I love you…but I’m okay everything is okay now. You called Michael and I don’t want to think about it anymore Max. It’s over now, all of it; it’s over. But Max what about the baby?”
”Liz there is no baby, she wasn’t pregnant.” I look her in the eyes and she just breaks down and cries to me. She tells me that she’s sorry.
“Sorry for what baby?”
“I know that even though it would have been with her, I know you were happy about it and I’m sorry that I’m happy she wasn’t.”
“No Liz, I’m happy, yeah I love the idea of having a baby but I only want that with you Liz…only you.” I tell her honestly.
We lie in bed together and don’t say a word for quite a while until Liz speaks again.
“Max?”
“Yeah?”
“I want that with you Max more than anything and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
“Me too Liz, I promise soon we’ll have all of those things…I promise.” Without another word I gather her tiny body against mine and we fall asleep.
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One Week Later
Michael
After last week’s events Max and Liz decided that it would be best if they moved out of the house. They have been house hunting all week, he didn’t want Liz to have to have those memories of what happened in the house day in and day out.
They fought about that one though, Liz wanted to stay she really does love the house, but Max refused so after two days of fighting our happy couple decided to buy a house that was actually three blocks up which means that they will be living closer to Maria and I.
Maria moved in with me and tonight is the night, I’m going to propose to her. I just hope I get the answer I’m looking for.
“Michael what should I wear?” I turn around to face her, she’s standing in the bathroom doorway and I’m currently perched on top of the bed trying not to break out in a full sweat.
“We are going to dinner so a dress or you know whatever.” Okay Michael you need to calm down because she is going to know there is something wrong.
Just then the telephone rings and I lean over the bed to answer it. Thankfully Maria goes back into the bathroom.
“Hello?”
“Hey bro, you sweating?” I hear the laughter in his voice.
“You know Max, I’m glad you are taking pleasure in all this.”
“Alright I’m only kidding, now…Good luck Michael!” Liz yells in the background and I have to laugh.
“Tell her I said thank you, now I have to get going Maxwell.” I tell him trying to rush him off the phone before Maria walks back in.
“Michael wait, seriously I want to just tell you that everything is going to turn out perfect.”
“Thank you, oh did you talk to Dad or Mom? They called yesterday and they said they were going to call you and Liz to discuss their arrival.”
“Yeah, Liz talked to Mom so she has all the details. Liz and I are going over to the house now, to just see what has been delivered and set up some things. You know how Liz is, everything has to be ready.” Even though I can’t see him I know he’s smiling.
“I know, I’ll give you a call tomorrow.” After I hang up with him, I check my pocket one last time to be sure the ring is in there.
“I’m ready.”
“Wow! Maria you look amazing.” She smiles shyly then struts up towards me and plants a kiss on my lips.
“You don’t look so bad yourself.” And she floats out of the room.
I close my eyes and say a silent prayer to whoever is listening, to make sure I don’t pass out before I ask her.
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Max
After leaving my parents house, we stopped by Alex and Isabel’s to make sure everything arrived from the moving company. Liz was there when they came but there was so much stuff she didn’t have a chance to go through it all.
We are now standing in our soon to be living room. And I’m helping her unpack some boxes.
“Liz what are you doing?” I stop long enough to see her just staring at me; I can’t read her expression though.
“Nothing Max…it’s nothing.” I straighten up and walk up to her and run my hands down her arms.
“What’s wrong? Do you not like the house, because we can go somewhere else?” She just gives me a half smile.
“It’s not that Max, I was just thinking.”
“About?”
“Just that this is a new house, that we are going to get to fill with all new memories, and I just…I can’t wait for that Max.” I smile at her knowing exactly what she means.
“Me either Liz, me either.” I lean down and kiss her softly. When I pull away I see a hint of mischief in her eyes.
“Liz?”
“Max?”
“What are you doing? We have to finish up.” What the hell am I talking about?
“Oh we will finish up Max don’t worry, but right now there are more important things that you need to be doing.” She says while sliding her hands up my shirt, then tracing small circles across my chest.
“Oh really? What?”
She leans up on her tiptoes and brings her face within a breath of mine and says, “Me.” I instinctively lift her by her waist and she wraps her legs around me. I latch my lips onto her neck and she reaches between us to unzip my jeans, causing an excited moan to escape my lips.
I walk us forward until we reach the far wall and I pull away from Liz and she slides down my body to rid me of my clothes. She has on a pair of jeans that I slide quickly down her thighs, and then remove her tank top leaving her in nothing but her thong panties.
“Liz.” I hiss out when her tiny hand comes into contact with my hard flesh. I slide my hand between her thighs to find her primed for me.
“Max…Max…” She leans her head back against the wall and I attack her neck, then her mouth, we both moan into each other’s mouths. When just touching becomes not enough I lift her up again and she wraps her legs around me. I push her panties to the side and drive into her.
“Yes Max!” She screams and I drive into her, pulling completely out before plunging back into her warm depths.
She continues to moan and scream and I swallow some of them with my mouth, sliding my tongue deep into her mimicking the motions of my body. Soon we are coming apart in each other’s arms and she slides back down my body.
I lean in and kiss her swollen red lips softly and remove the wet tendrils of her hair off her forehead.
“You okay? I didn’t hurt you did I?” Even though it felt great I still worry about my forcefulness with her, she is very petite, after all.
“No Max, it was perfect, I trust you and I know you would never hurt me.”
“Never on purpose, but sometimes I think I get a little too into it and I just want to make sure I’m not hurting you.” I tell her while burying my head in the crook of her neck dying of embarrassment.
“Max, trust me I can take it, I might be tiny but I can handle everything you give me okay?”
“Okay Liz.” I am so embarrassed I don’t know why.
“Love you baby.”
“Love you too.”
“Let’s get dressed and finish up okay?”
“Okay Max.”
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Michael
Well we made it through dinner and I didn’t pass out. I don’t know why I’m nervous, it’s not like I’ve never asked her before. Then again that’s probably why I am nervous, because this time there is a serious possibility that she will say yes. I don’t know why that scares the shit out of me.
“Michael are you okay? You look a little, I don’t know… flushed.”
“I’m fine, how about we go for a walk on the beach?”
“Sounds good, let me just take off my shoes.” She bends down and removes them and I decide to remove mine as well. I then take her hand in mine and we walk down to the beach.
We walk along in silence for a few minutes before I finally get the courage up to ask her. I stop and wait until she realizes it.
“Michael, what’s wrong?”
“Maria, can I just talk to you for a minute?” She nods and turns to face me. I take in a deep breath.
“Maria I’m so glad that we found one another again, rediscovered our love for one another. You make me so happy and I can’t imagine my life, my future without you. I need you in my life Maria for always. I love you more than I will probably ever be able to express or show you and I’m sorry for that, but you know me like no one else, and I know you like no one else. I guess what I’m trying to say is,” I reach into my pocket and bend one knee and I look up into her emerald green eyes. She sucks in a ragged breath and I can see the tears spring to her eyes. I just smile up at her and reach out my hand taking her slender one into mine and place the opened ring box in her hand.
“Maria, I know I asked you this question before but you weren’t ready. And I don’t want you to feel like you have to say yes but will you do me the greatest honor and become my wife… Will you marry me?” She doesn’t say anything for a minute and I’m starting to feel sick, maybe this was a mistake. Then I hear her whisper out a yes.
“What?”
“Yes! Michael! Yes! Yes! Yes!” She drops to her knees and wraps her arms around my neck and kisses me, we stay like that for a few minutes before we break apart and I ask her if it’s okay for me to slip on the ring.
“Yes I would love it, it’s so beautiful Michael.” She’s in complete tears, tears of happiness.
“I love you Maria.”
“And I love you Michael Evans, forever.”
TBC…
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Chapter 54
Thanks for all the f/b...I can't tell you when Max is going to pop the question but I can tell you there will not be a double wedding
and I think someone asked about Isabel and Alex no they are not married, for obvious reasons but...
Chapter 54
One Week Later
Liz
I cannot wait until they get here. I feel like it’s been a year when it’s only been a month or so. I especially can’t wait to see Damian. I miss him so much. Michael and Maria have been helping Max and I get our new house set up. Max and I did more shopping, I swear ever since I moved here it seems like that’s all I do anymore.
Max and Michael are picking them up from the airport, since they were going to need more than one truck to get everyone here. We are going out to dinner tonight, Max managed to reserve half of this Italian restaurant we both love so much.
“Liz?”
“Yeah Maria?”
“I wanted to ask you something.” I glance over at her; she’s currently sitting on the edge of my bed, while I decide for the tenth time today what the hell to wear. “Would you be my maid of honor?”
I turn around quickly. “Of course Maria! You know I would be so honored to do that.” I tell her and walk over to her giving her a tight hug. “I’m so happy for you guys, Maria, I just can’t believe it. Have you guys set a date yet?”
“Yes, we have two months, that gives us enough time to plan it, you know?” I sigh, I’m so happy for her but I am a little jealous that Michael asked Maria first, but it makes sense. I mean, Max and I didn’t date for as long as they did. I just have to be patient at least that’s what I keep telling myself.
I take her hand and tell her how beautiful her ring is.
“Thank you, it is… I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.” I rise from the bed and cross the room to put on my dress.
“Liz?” I look over my shoulder to give her a questioning look. “Don’t worry, Max is going to ask you.” I just give her a small smile; I honestly don’t want to think about it. I know I’m being stupid.
“I know, it’s okay Maria.” I finish the task at hand.
“You look really beautiful Liz.”
“Thank you Maria. So do you.”
“Yeah well that’s my job!” We just burst out in a fit of giggles.
“Alright let’s get going, before we’re late and we are only ten minutes away. I think our reservations are for seven. So they’re probably on their way to the restaurant.”
“Liz, you know I like to be fashionably late.”
“Come on rock star!”
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Max
We picked our parents up about a half hour ago and are on our way to the restaurant for dinner. The entire car ride my parents have been grilling me about what happened with Liz, Jordan and Dariana. I have given them the abbreviated version.
My father will be handling the case personally to be sure that both Jordan and Dariana rot in prison as long as possible, they will be tried for attempted murder. I have to swallow a thick lump when I think about it.
“Honey, is Liz doing okay?”
“Yes Mom, she’s really good, just really excited about seeing all of you again. I mean, up until now all she has had was Michael, Maria and I, so yeah she’s really happy that you guys decided to move here earlier.” I tell my mother, she went pale when I told her about what happened in the past two weeks.
“Max, how are you and Liz holding up?” Turn to my father who is seated beside me. I tell him the truth.
“Good Dad, really good. In fact there is something I wanted to talk to both of you about later because we are almost there.”
“Sure son.”
My mother fills the rest of the car ride with stories about everything has been up to and stories about Damian. He’s currently riding along with Isabel and Alex in Michael’s truck.
When we reach the restaurant and we head inside immediately and see that Liz and Maria are not here yet.
“Maxwell, did you tell them what time?” Michael asks, looking around again.
“Of course, but this is Maria we are talking about, you know she likes to be…”
“Fashionably late.” We all turn our heads to see both Maria and Liz standing behind us. Liz quickly walks over to my side and I bend my head down to kiss her lips softly.
“Hi.”
“Hi.” She smiles and then that’s it because Damian sees them.
“Aunt Liz, Aunt Maria!” He runs towards them and Liz immediately lifts him up and Maria helps her.
“You’re getting big aren’t you?”
“I am, I’m a big boy and I’m going to be a big brother too.”
“I know you are sweetie and you are going to be the best big brother ever right?” Maria asks him while running her hands through his hair.
“Yup!”
“Okay everyone why don’t we sit down.” My mom says, she knows how to get things in working order. I missed her.
Conversation at dinner was mainly filled with everyone filling each other in on what’s been going on the past few weeks. Then Michael clears his throat and says he has an announcement.
I look across the table and see Liz’s reaction. What I see bothers me to say the least. I see a sadness in her eyes, I know what she wants but I can’t give it to her yet, the time isn’t right. I want it to be perfect. So as much as it saddens me, she will have to wait two more weeks.
“I’d like to tell everyone that I asked Maria to marry me, and she said yes. So we are getting married in two months.”
“We are so happy for the both of you.” This came from our parents. Isabel and Alex exchanged their congratulations. Then the killer was Damian, I love the boy with all my heart but the subtly he gets must come from Michael.
“Aunt Liz does that mean that you and Uncle Max are getting married too?” He looks up innocently at her and she swallows thickly and I want to lean over the table and tell her everything is going to be okay. Instead she looks a bit shell shocked, and thankfully Isabel steps in.
“Damian honey, how about we pick out a dessert for you?”
“Okay Mommy.” Thank God for short attention spans. Everyone goes about finishing his or her food and I take a quick glance up at Liz and her head is down and she’s playing with her food. I feel like kicking myself, for hurting her.
I see my father looking at me strangely, and then he smiles and nods his head. I have a feeling he already knows what I want to talk to him and my mother about.
After dinner we all head to our respective homes but I go to my parents first, I tell Liz that I’d be home in about a half hour. She kisses me goodbye and leaves.
I get my parents to their house and unload the car, “Alright Maxwell what is it you wanted to talk to your mother and me about?”
I sigh heavily then walk over and sit on the living room couch. They take a seat beside me and my mother places a hand on my shoulder, “What is it Max?”
“Liz’s birthday is in two weeks, and I planned a trip for everyone to go to Aruba, which is where I’m going…I’m going to ask Liz to marry me.”
“Oh Max!” My mother pulls me in her arms and hugs me; she starts crying just like she did with Michael’s announcement.
“I’m proud of you son, I had a feeling that’s what you were planning soon.”
“I am, but I don’t know if I can wait.”
“Why not?”
“It’s killing Liz, I can see it in her face, she’s breaking my heart the sad little looks she gives, I know she wants to…I just…”
“It’s okay Max she will wait for you, besides it will be a great proposal and she will be so happy, don’t worry about it.” My father says and I know he’s right it doesn’t make it any easier.
“Okay, well I better get going I don’t want to leave her alone for too long you know?”
“Yes honey goodnight.”
“Night.”
The entire ride home I just hope that waiting is the right thing to do. Because right now I would ask her but my father is right, I have it planned and I can’t wait to see her face.
Yes, it will all work out in the end.
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Liz
Tonight was hard. I had so many emotions running through me but when Damian asked me about Max and I, I almost choked. I know I have to be patient, I know Max wants to be with me, but what if he wants to wait a few months or a year or two, I think I’ll die.
I know I’m being melodramatic, but I can’t help it I want to start my future with him as his wife. I’m going to be twenty-eight in two weeks, and so far I have not accomplished anything with my life. Not to say that getting married is an accomplishment, that’s not what it is, but getting married to Max will give me a form of closure, I will finally be part of a great family. I know I’m part of the family but I will finally get to carry the name, Evans, I don’t know what my real last name was, I’ll never know that but I know what I have always wished it would be, and Max can give me that and I will take it willingly.
“Hey babe.” He walks in the bedroom and I’m already under the covers. I roll over and face him.
“Hi, is everything okay?”
“Yeah everything is great. How are you holding up?”
“What do you mean?” He can’t possibly know what I’m thinking right? He removes his clothes and climbs under the covers next to me.
“Liz I see it in your eyes, don’t lie.” I look away. I don’t want to pressure him or anything.
“I’m happy Max, it was just you know shocking to hear Damian ask that, but I’m okay.” He reaches out his hand to me, pushing my hair back then presses his body closer to me.
“I love you baby, and I told you I’m never letting you go you know that right?”
“I know that Max, I’ll never let you go either.” He leans is forehead against mine and I can feel his heartbeat quicken.
“Liz Parker, you are my whole world, you are the most important person to me and I will love you until my last breath.” I can’t stop the tears from slipping down the corners of my eyes at his raw emotions. I look into his eyes and I see it there, he wants me. He wants everything I want and at that moment I make a decision that I will wait for him forever.
Not another word passes between us, I reach my hand up and cradle his cheek in my palm and kiss his perfect lips softly. Licking them, begging for entrance and he grants it immediately. He runs his hands down my back pulling my body flush with his.
I gently push his shoulders back and I climb on top of him. His breathes coming out loudly and quickly. I slowly run my hands down the center of his hard chest and relish in the feel of his tight taught muscles. I lean over letting my hair cascade around us and pull him into to a heated kiss, trying to pour all my love into it, letting him know how much I love him.
The next instant I join our bodies and he let’s out a loud moan, followed by my name. I take us to the brink and back again, loving him, fully enjoying the feel of him filling me over and over, until we are both spent. We lay here in the afterglow and I realize that ever since Max and I decided to make a conscious effort to use protection, we have yet to do so.
“Max?”
“Hmm?” He’s practically asleep at this point.
“Never mind.”
“Hmm love you.” I rest my head on his chest the question I was going to ask him slowly fading from my mind as sleep takes over.
TBC…
and I think someone asked about Isabel and Alex no they are not married, for obvious reasons but... Chapter 54
One Week Later
Liz
I cannot wait until they get here. I feel like it’s been a year when it’s only been a month or so. I especially can’t wait to see Damian. I miss him so much. Michael and Maria have been helping Max and I get our new house set up. Max and I did more shopping, I swear ever since I moved here it seems like that’s all I do anymore.
Max and Michael are picking them up from the airport, since they were going to need more than one truck to get everyone here. We are going out to dinner tonight, Max managed to reserve half of this Italian restaurant we both love so much.
“Liz?”
“Yeah Maria?”
“I wanted to ask you something.” I glance over at her; she’s currently sitting on the edge of my bed, while I decide for the tenth time today what the hell to wear. “Would you be my maid of honor?”
I turn around quickly. “Of course Maria! You know I would be so honored to do that.” I tell her and walk over to her giving her a tight hug. “I’m so happy for you guys, Maria, I just can’t believe it. Have you guys set a date yet?”
“Yes, we have two months, that gives us enough time to plan it, you know?” I sigh, I’m so happy for her but I am a little jealous that Michael asked Maria first, but it makes sense. I mean, Max and I didn’t date for as long as they did. I just have to be patient at least that’s what I keep telling myself.
I take her hand and tell her how beautiful her ring is.
“Thank you, it is… I couldn’t believe it when I saw it.” I rise from the bed and cross the room to put on my dress.
“Liz?” I look over my shoulder to give her a questioning look. “Don’t worry, Max is going to ask you.” I just give her a small smile; I honestly don’t want to think about it. I know I’m being stupid.
“I know, it’s okay Maria.” I finish the task at hand.
“You look really beautiful Liz.”
“Thank you Maria. So do you.”
“Yeah well that’s my job!” We just burst out in a fit of giggles.
“Alright let’s get going, before we’re late and we are only ten minutes away. I think our reservations are for seven. So they’re probably on their way to the restaurant.”
“Liz, you know I like to be fashionably late.”
“Come on rock star!”
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Max
We picked our parents up about a half hour ago and are on our way to the restaurant for dinner. The entire car ride my parents have been grilling me about what happened with Liz, Jordan and Dariana. I have given them the abbreviated version.
My father will be handling the case personally to be sure that both Jordan and Dariana rot in prison as long as possible, they will be tried for attempted murder. I have to swallow a thick lump when I think about it.
“Honey, is Liz doing okay?”
“Yes Mom, she’s really good, just really excited about seeing all of you again. I mean, up until now all she has had was Michael, Maria and I, so yeah she’s really happy that you guys decided to move here earlier.” I tell my mother, she went pale when I told her about what happened in the past two weeks.
“Max, how are you and Liz holding up?” Turn to my father who is seated beside me. I tell him the truth.
“Good Dad, really good. In fact there is something I wanted to talk to both of you about later because we are almost there.”
“Sure son.”
My mother fills the rest of the car ride with stories about everything has been up to and stories about Damian. He’s currently riding along with Isabel and Alex in Michael’s truck.
When we reach the restaurant and we head inside immediately and see that Liz and Maria are not here yet.
“Maxwell, did you tell them what time?” Michael asks, looking around again.
“Of course, but this is Maria we are talking about, you know she likes to be…”
“Fashionably late.” We all turn our heads to see both Maria and Liz standing behind us. Liz quickly walks over to my side and I bend my head down to kiss her lips softly.
“Hi.”
“Hi.” She smiles and then that’s it because Damian sees them.
“Aunt Liz, Aunt Maria!” He runs towards them and Liz immediately lifts him up and Maria helps her.
“You’re getting big aren’t you?”
“I am, I’m a big boy and I’m going to be a big brother too.”
“I know you are sweetie and you are going to be the best big brother ever right?” Maria asks him while running her hands through his hair.
“Yup!”
“Okay everyone why don’t we sit down.” My mom says, she knows how to get things in working order. I missed her.
Conversation at dinner was mainly filled with everyone filling each other in on what’s been going on the past few weeks. Then Michael clears his throat and says he has an announcement.
I look across the table and see Liz’s reaction. What I see bothers me to say the least. I see a sadness in her eyes, I know what she wants but I can’t give it to her yet, the time isn’t right. I want it to be perfect. So as much as it saddens me, she will have to wait two more weeks.
“I’d like to tell everyone that I asked Maria to marry me, and she said yes. So we are getting married in two months.”
“We are so happy for the both of you.” This came from our parents. Isabel and Alex exchanged their congratulations. Then the killer was Damian, I love the boy with all my heart but the subtly he gets must come from Michael.
“Aunt Liz does that mean that you and Uncle Max are getting married too?” He looks up innocently at her and she swallows thickly and I want to lean over the table and tell her everything is going to be okay. Instead she looks a bit shell shocked, and thankfully Isabel steps in.
“Damian honey, how about we pick out a dessert for you?”
“Okay Mommy.” Thank God for short attention spans. Everyone goes about finishing his or her food and I take a quick glance up at Liz and her head is down and she’s playing with her food. I feel like kicking myself, for hurting her.
I see my father looking at me strangely, and then he smiles and nods his head. I have a feeling he already knows what I want to talk to him and my mother about.
After dinner we all head to our respective homes but I go to my parents first, I tell Liz that I’d be home in about a half hour. She kisses me goodbye and leaves.
I get my parents to their house and unload the car, “Alright Maxwell what is it you wanted to talk to your mother and me about?”
I sigh heavily then walk over and sit on the living room couch. They take a seat beside me and my mother places a hand on my shoulder, “What is it Max?”
“Liz’s birthday is in two weeks, and I planned a trip for everyone to go to Aruba, which is where I’m going…I’m going to ask Liz to marry me.”
“Oh Max!” My mother pulls me in her arms and hugs me; she starts crying just like she did with Michael’s announcement.
“I’m proud of you son, I had a feeling that’s what you were planning soon.”
“I am, but I don’t know if I can wait.”
“Why not?”
“It’s killing Liz, I can see it in her face, she’s breaking my heart the sad little looks she gives, I know she wants to…I just…”
“It’s okay Max she will wait for you, besides it will be a great proposal and she will be so happy, don’t worry about it.” My father says and I know he’s right it doesn’t make it any easier.
“Okay, well I better get going I don’t want to leave her alone for too long you know?”
“Yes honey goodnight.”
“Night.”
The entire ride home I just hope that waiting is the right thing to do. Because right now I would ask her but my father is right, I have it planned and I can’t wait to see her face.
Yes, it will all work out in the end.
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Liz
Tonight was hard. I had so many emotions running through me but when Damian asked me about Max and I, I almost choked. I know I have to be patient, I know Max wants to be with me, but what if he wants to wait a few months or a year or two, I think I’ll die.
I know I’m being melodramatic, but I can’t help it I want to start my future with him as his wife. I’m going to be twenty-eight in two weeks, and so far I have not accomplished anything with my life. Not to say that getting married is an accomplishment, that’s not what it is, but getting married to Max will give me a form of closure, I will finally be part of a great family. I know I’m part of the family but I will finally get to carry the name, Evans, I don’t know what my real last name was, I’ll never know that but I know what I have always wished it would be, and Max can give me that and I will take it willingly.
“Hey babe.” He walks in the bedroom and I’m already under the covers. I roll over and face him.
“Hi, is everything okay?”
“Yeah everything is great. How are you holding up?”
“What do you mean?” He can’t possibly know what I’m thinking right? He removes his clothes and climbs under the covers next to me.
“Liz I see it in your eyes, don’t lie.” I look away. I don’t want to pressure him or anything.
“I’m happy Max, it was just you know shocking to hear Damian ask that, but I’m okay.” He reaches out his hand to me, pushing my hair back then presses his body closer to me.
“I love you baby, and I told you I’m never letting you go you know that right?”
“I know that Max, I’ll never let you go either.” He leans is forehead against mine and I can feel his heartbeat quicken.
“Liz Parker, you are my whole world, you are the most important person to me and I will love you until my last breath.” I can’t stop the tears from slipping down the corners of my eyes at his raw emotions. I look into his eyes and I see it there, he wants me. He wants everything I want and at that moment I make a decision that I will wait for him forever.
Not another word passes between us, I reach my hand up and cradle his cheek in my palm and kiss his perfect lips softly. Licking them, begging for entrance and he grants it immediately. He runs his hands down my back pulling my body flush with his.
I gently push his shoulders back and I climb on top of him. His breathes coming out loudly and quickly. I slowly run my hands down the center of his hard chest and relish in the feel of his tight taught muscles. I lean over letting my hair cascade around us and pull him into to a heated kiss, trying to pour all my love into it, letting him know how much I love him.
The next instant I join our bodies and he let’s out a loud moan, followed by my name. I take us to the brink and back again, loving him, fully enjoying the feel of him filling me over and over, until we are both spent. We lay here in the afterglow and I realize that ever since Max and I decided to make a conscious effort to use protection, we have yet to do so.
“Max?”
“Hmm?” He’s practically asleep at this point.
“Never mind.”
“Hmm love you.” I rest my head on his chest the question I was going to ask him slowly fading from my mind as sleep takes over.
TBC…
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I will tell you there are only 5 more parts after this. Which means I'll have more time to write for Borrowed Heaven and some of you may or may not know I am co-writing a story with Tiffany (aka sweetbrowneyes) on this board it's called; Someone To Love You and despite the way it starts it's a total dreamer fic...trust me And I am working on getting a few chapters done for Behind Her Eyes. Anyway...enough rambling...
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Chapter 55
1 Week Later
Isabel
Thankfully Max, Liz, Michael and Maria have managed to get most our stuff into the right rooms of the house. Which I am more than thankful for, seeing as how Alex will only let me attend school but I’m not allowed to move anything until either one of the men are near.
It’s funny because when I was pregnant with Damian, I was still in my teens and I guess both Alex and I didn’t really worry about things like that, not like when you’re older and know a lot more. We have been doing so great these past few months and I really think that he has truly forgiven me.
I, on the other hand, make it a conscious effort to show him each and every day how much I love him and how thankful I am for having someone like him in my life. It’s so important and I never realized it until I thought that I lost him. It’s a shame really, that it took something as drastic as Alex leaving me to wake me up. I’m very lucky and I know it. To have someone as forgiving as Alex care and love me… anyone else would have left me long ago.
I make it a point to tell him how much I love him and how special he is to me everyday, because I didn’t think it was important before, I just thought that he would know but it doesn’t work like that. I mean I see Max and Liz for instance; they can barely stand to be away from each other while Max is at work. I should be used to it, even when they were just friends they were the same way, too bad they didn’t notice it sooner.
I asked Liz that this morning when she came over and she told me that things work out and happen the way they are supposed to, there is no point in wishing to go back and change something because in doing so, you get to change the bad, but that in turn can lead to worse, and then all the good things get washed away. It’s better to accept things the way they are and live with them. She told me there wouldn’t be one thing she would change about her and Max, she would endure every heartache knowing that she would end up with him in the end, it was all worth it and she couldn’t be happier.
“Isabel, where do you want these plants?” I turn and see Liz standing in the doorway of my bedroom holding up two potted plants.
“Oh just put them in the living room, I don’t know exactly where I’m putting them.”
“Okay.” She turns and makes her way down the hallway and I call out for her.
“Yeah Iz?” I don’t think I have really looked at Liz since I got here, but I can see the dramatic change in her features, she’s happier than I have ever seen her and I know it’s because of my brother. The love he has for her is so intense; sometimes it’s hard to look at them when they are together. I know I love Alex, and he loves me; the same goes for Maria and Michael but Max and Liz, they’re in a league of their own. It’s like they were meant for each other and no one else.
They have suffered so much and been through so much to be together, I think that’s what the difference is. And even if it’s not, I’m happy for her.
“So how does it feel to be a year older in a week?” She puts the plants down and walks fully into the room and takes a seat at the edge of the bed.
“It’s okay I guess, I mean I’m happy and I can’t ask for anything else you know?” She says to me and she’s smiling but there is something in her eyes that’s deceiving her exterior façade. I move to sit beside her and ask her what’s wrong. She avoids my question with one of her own.
“How’s the pregnancy going? Still getting morning sickness?” I decide to let her slide for the moment.
“Yeah, but now I get it in the afternoon too, so during class it’s getting harder to sit there, but I’ve been managing.”
“I know with Damian you were sick for like the whole thing, right? It just got worse as the months went on until your last month, God I don’t think I could go through that.” She says with a smile on her face but by the end of it her smile fades.
“Oh I hope it’s not the same thing you know, but I can’t nor would I change it.” She just nods at me and goes to get up. I place my hand on her lap stopping her motions.
“Liz, Max loves you more than I think anyone could love someone else you know that right?”
“I know Iz.” I don’t let her continue.
“It will happen for you Liz.” She just looks at me wide eyed and says she knows. We go about fixing the rest of the house before lunchtime.
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Maria
I have been a terrible friend. I truly have, I’ve been avoiding Liz for an entire week. I can only be thankful that Isabel is now here because honestly then Liz would know something was really up.
I can’t help it; ever since Max told us about his plans for Liz’s birthday we have been making arrangements to get everyone to arrange their schedules. He already rented the private jet and booked the hotel. But there are so much preparations going into it all. I’m so happy for her, but I know when I see her I’ll just blurt something out.
I’m not the best person to know things like this…I should be the last person to know but Max and Michael had to tell me because they needed my help getting her clothes for the trip, so I took her shopping last week just to look around and her try on some clothes and after a few hours she was going to buy some of them but then decided she really didn’t need them. Which was great because then I didn’t have to lie about having to leave the store because I forgot to do something for Michael.
This way I went to Max’s office and took him back to the stores at lunchtime to buy the stuff. We are going to be in Aruba for a week, we all thought that we should stay for only a few days and let Max and Liz have the rest of the time, but Max said that it was important that we were there, because that’s where he is going to propose to Liz.
I’m more than excited for her, and this is the reason why I can’t see her. I tried to weasel my way out of going over to Isabel’s today for lunch but Liz laid the guilt trip on real thick. So here I am outside of Isabel’s door trying to tell myself over and over not to say anything about the trip.
I know that Max is going to be telling tonight that he is taking her away for her birthday, but that everyone will be going to celebrate, but he’s not going to tell her where. He’s going to lie to her, of course. The only problem with that, like Liz, Max can’t lie very well to Liz, not anymore anyway. So we’ll see how she uses every trick in the book to get him to tell her.
It’s funny because a few years ago I never thought I would be where I am today, engaged to Michael, not singing and going to watch my best friend get married to the guy she has been in love with; granted, she was in total denial her entire life. I can’t wipe the smile off my face, but it’s time to put on the brave front and zip my lips.
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Liz
“Maria!” I feel like I haven’t seen her in forever, she’s been avoiding me for a week I hope it wasn’t something I said or did?
“Hi Liz, Isabel.” She enters the living room carrying lunch. “I brought lunch.” She has a few bags in her hands. I reach out and grab them setting them on the table in the kitchen for us to sit and eat.
“What did you bring?”
“Hmm it’s just some sandwiches.”
“Oh good, I’ll go get some drinks.” Isabel turns and head for the fridge while Maria and I take a seat at the table.
“So Maria what have you been up to this week?” She looks uncomfortable?
“Ah well I’ve just been busy you know making plans for the wedding, by the way Isabel, I never got the chance to ask you if you would be my bridesmaid?” Well maybe she was just busy.
“Maria, I would love to, thank you.” Isabel takes a seat at the table with us and we fall into a casual conversation.
“So Iz, will you be going back to school after the baby?” I ask her since Maria has grown quite, which is so not like her.
“Yeah, I’m gonna try to go back but only part time, I know you already offered to watch the baby which I am so thankful for, but both Alex and I agreed that I should only go part time because then you’ll be left with the baby all day on top of Damian when he gets out of school.”
“Oh Isabel, don’t even worry even if you decided to go back full-time I’m okay with it. I’ve decided to take all the cooking classes, and worry about the business ones for later. So it’s not a problem, but I know how much you want to spend time with the kids so it’s okay.” I tell her because honestly I can’t wait for the baby to get here. I think I’m more anxious about it than she is, if that’s even possible.
“Thank you Liz, I really appreciate it.”
“No problem, I mean, I know that Max would be devastated if you didn’t finish, after everything…I mean…after you put in so much time.” Shit! Good going Liz! I turn to Maria who has apparently lost her tongue between the front door and this table.
“What do you mean Liz?” She looks at me suspiciously and I can’t lie, I suck at it. I think I used to be much better, damn that Max! I tell you!
“Isabel, it’s really nothing. So don’t even worry about it. I don’t…”
“Spill it Parker.” Oh well, I hope Max forgives me. I take a sip of my soda and tell Isabel that Max is the one that has been paying both her and Alex’s tuitions for school.
“What?! But I thought my parents were?”
“Yeah well, that’s what Max asked them to say because he knew you wouldn’t take the money from him.”
“That’s right I wouldn’t have, and now that I know I intend on paying him back every single penny. God! He just can’t throw his money away like that.”
“Isabel, he’s not throwing it away, he wanted you and Alex to have the same opportunities he and Michael have had. Even though Michael didn’t go to college he has worked with Max, they both have together and made a great business. He wanted you guys to be able to give Damian the best life possible.” Well I’ll be damned if Maria didn’t find her voice! It’s about time!
“Maria’s right Isabel, he didn’t mean to make you feel bad and he sure as hell is not going to take one cent of your money, so don’t hold your breath.” I tell her honestly.
“I’m still upset, he should have told me.”
“I know but he knew how you would react, so don’t be mad at him.” She doesn’t say anything for a few minutes. Then my cell phone rings breaking the silence.
“Hi baby.”
“Hi Max, what’s going on?”
“Actually I just wanted to catch you before I went into this meeting, can we go to dinner tonight or are you cooking?”
“Maxwell Evans do you not like my cooking or something?” I say teasingly to him.
“Baby you know I love your cooking in fact, I have to start working out longer to burn off all those calories.”
“Ha, ha! That will get you nowhere.”
“I know, I know I’m only teasing but seriously if you’re not cooking then I’d like to take you out, there’s something I want to talk to you about.” Talk to me about, I wonder what it could be that we need to go to dinner for it?
“Of course, what time should I be ready?”
“I should be home by six and I’ll make reservations for seven.”
“Okay I’ll be ready.”
“I love you Liz.”
“Love you too.” I smile, I love it when he tells me he loves me but my stomach flutters when he says my name at the end of that declaration.
“Aww you guys are so sweet! I wonder how you’ll be when you’re married.” Maria says and I look away smiling shyly.
“Well we’re not married yet and it doesn’t matter because I will wait for Max when he’s ready.” I tell them both because they look, I don’t know pale. Maybe they are just worried that I was still feeling bad about it, but hopefully they now understand that I’m okay with everything the way it is.
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Max
“Are you serious? She didn’t suspect anything right?” I ask my sister because she is now filling me in on lunch with Liz and Maria. Apparently Liz slipped about the college tuition and Maria slipped about Liz and I getting married.
“No Max, she didn’t think anything of it. In fact I think she thought she said it because of how she was acting last week but that’s all. I don’t think she suspects at all.”
“Okay good because I have been planning for weeks and I don’t want anything to ruin my plans.”
“I know Max, she’s going to be so excited. So what are you going to tell her?”
“Just that I wanted to take the family on vacation, which is true but also to celebrate her birthday, which is also the truth. I will just be leaving out the rest.”
“Did you get the ring yet?”
“No I have to pick it up on Thursday, I don’t want to have it in my possession for longer than two days you know?”
“Yeah I know.”
“So Iz, how are you doing?”
“I’m good Max, just a little sick but it comes and goes.”
“Are you going to be okay to fly?” I ask only because I’m not sure when you can and cannot fly while pregnant.
“Yes, I already talked to my doctor, she said it’s perfectly fine because it’s only for a week and I’m not that far along yet.”
“Okay, I just wanted to make sure.”
“I know. Okay, I have to get going, I still have to get Damian all washed up and then finish dinner.”
“Alright, I’m almost home anyway, love you Iz, and tell Alex I said hello and stop working so hard.” I say that only because that is what Alex always says to me.
“Love you too Max and I will.”
I pull up to the house and head inside to change quickly before we head out to dinner.
I see my beautiful girlfriend walk into the kitchen, while I’m grabbing something to drink quickly. I take in what she’s wearing. She’s wearing a long black skirt with a light pink shirt that crisscrosses in the front and ties at the side. Her hair is pulled tight into a ponytail and she has on long gold raindrop earrings.
“So Max, what did you want to talk about?” Oh no, I know her tricks and they will not work.
“I’m not telling so stop asking.” She pouts, “Let’s get going cause I’m hungry.”
Once we get to the restaurant we are seated for exactly two minutes before she asks me again. So I reach my hand across the table and take her tiny hand in mine.
“Liz, I just wanted to ask you or rather tell you that I planned for a family vacation next week to just celebrate everyone being together and also to celebrate your birthday. I missed last year and I have every intention of making up for it. So I just wanted to tell you, and I guess ask you if that’s okay.” I look away from her face. Maybe I did this wrong, I don’t want her to have to say yes, because maybe she…
“Max?” I look up into her eyes that are gleaming with unshed tears.
“Yes baby?”
“I think that’s a great idea. Thank you!” She leans over the table to place a kiss on my lips. I squeeze her hand and smile brightly at her.
“Thank you Liz, for letting me do this.” It’s her turn to smile and she then raises her glass of wine up to me and I lift mine to hers.
“Here’s to new memories Max.” We clank our glasses.
“New memories.”
TBC…
I will tell you there are only 5 more parts after this. Which means I'll have more time to write for Borrowed Heaven and some of you may or may not know I am co-writing a story with Tiffany (aka sweetbrowneyes) on this board it's called; Someone To Love You and despite the way it starts it's a total dreamer fic...trust me And I am working on getting a few chapters done for Behind Her Eyes. Anyway...enough rambling...Thanks for the great f/b!
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Chapter 55
1 Week Later
Isabel
Thankfully Max, Liz, Michael and Maria have managed to get most our stuff into the right rooms of the house. Which I am more than thankful for, seeing as how Alex will only let me attend school but I’m not allowed to move anything until either one of the men are near.
It’s funny because when I was pregnant with Damian, I was still in my teens and I guess both Alex and I didn’t really worry about things like that, not like when you’re older and know a lot more. We have been doing so great these past few months and I really think that he has truly forgiven me.
I, on the other hand, make it a conscious effort to show him each and every day how much I love him and how thankful I am for having someone like him in my life. It’s so important and I never realized it until I thought that I lost him. It’s a shame really, that it took something as drastic as Alex leaving me to wake me up. I’m very lucky and I know it. To have someone as forgiving as Alex care and love me… anyone else would have left me long ago.
I make it a point to tell him how much I love him and how special he is to me everyday, because I didn’t think it was important before, I just thought that he would know but it doesn’t work like that. I mean I see Max and Liz for instance; they can barely stand to be away from each other while Max is at work. I should be used to it, even when they were just friends they were the same way, too bad they didn’t notice it sooner.
I asked Liz that this morning when she came over and she told me that things work out and happen the way they are supposed to, there is no point in wishing to go back and change something because in doing so, you get to change the bad, but that in turn can lead to worse, and then all the good things get washed away. It’s better to accept things the way they are and live with them. She told me there wouldn’t be one thing she would change about her and Max, she would endure every heartache knowing that she would end up with him in the end, it was all worth it and she couldn’t be happier.
“Isabel, where do you want these plants?” I turn and see Liz standing in the doorway of my bedroom holding up two potted plants.
“Oh just put them in the living room, I don’t know exactly where I’m putting them.”
“Okay.” She turns and makes her way down the hallway and I call out for her.
“Yeah Iz?” I don’t think I have really looked at Liz since I got here, but I can see the dramatic change in her features, she’s happier than I have ever seen her and I know it’s because of my brother. The love he has for her is so intense; sometimes it’s hard to look at them when they are together. I know I love Alex, and he loves me; the same goes for Maria and Michael but Max and Liz, they’re in a league of their own. It’s like they were meant for each other and no one else.
They have suffered so much and been through so much to be together, I think that’s what the difference is. And even if it’s not, I’m happy for her.
“So how does it feel to be a year older in a week?” She puts the plants down and walks fully into the room and takes a seat at the edge of the bed.
“It’s okay I guess, I mean I’m happy and I can’t ask for anything else you know?” She says to me and she’s smiling but there is something in her eyes that’s deceiving her exterior façade. I move to sit beside her and ask her what’s wrong. She avoids my question with one of her own.
“How’s the pregnancy going? Still getting morning sickness?” I decide to let her slide for the moment.
“Yeah, but now I get it in the afternoon too, so during class it’s getting harder to sit there, but I’ve been managing.”
“I know with Damian you were sick for like the whole thing, right? It just got worse as the months went on until your last month, God I don’t think I could go through that.” She says with a smile on her face but by the end of it her smile fades.
“Oh I hope it’s not the same thing you know, but I can’t nor would I change it.” She just nods at me and goes to get up. I place my hand on her lap stopping her motions.
“Liz, Max loves you more than I think anyone could love someone else you know that right?”
“I know Iz.” I don’t let her continue.
“It will happen for you Liz.” She just looks at me wide eyed and says she knows. We go about fixing the rest of the house before lunchtime.
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Maria
I have been a terrible friend. I truly have, I’ve been avoiding Liz for an entire week. I can only be thankful that Isabel is now here because honestly then Liz would know something was really up.
I can’t help it; ever since Max told us about his plans for Liz’s birthday we have been making arrangements to get everyone to arrange their schedules. He already rented the private jet and booked the hotel. But there are so much preparations going into it all. I’m so happy for her, but I know when I see her I’ll just blurt something out.
I’m not the best person to know things like this…I should be the last person to know but Max and Michael had to tell me because they needed my help getting her clothes for the trip, so I took her shopping last week just to look around and her try on some clothes and after a few hours she was going to buy some of them but then decided she really didn’t need them. Which was great because then I didn’t have to lie about having to leave the store because I forgot to do something for Michael.
This way I went to Max’s office and took him back to the stores at lunchtime to buy the stuff. We are going to be in Aruba for a week, we all thought that we should stay for only a few days and let Max and Liz have the rest of the time, but Max said that it was important that we were there, because that’s where he is going to propose to Liz.
I’m more than excited for her, and this is the reason why I can’t see her. I tried to weasel my way out of going over to Isabel’s today for lunch but Liz laid the guilt trip on real thick. So here I am outside of Isabel’s door trying to tell myself over and over not to say anything about the trip.
I know that Max is going to be telling tonight that he is taking her away for her birthday, but that everyone will be going to celebrate, but he’s not going to tell her where. He’s going to lie to her, of course. The only problem with that, like Liz, Max can’t lie very well to Liz, not anymore anyway. So we’ll see how she uses every trick in the book to get him to tell her.
It’s funny because a few years ago I never thought I would be where I am today, engaged to Michael, not singing and going to watch my best friend get married to the guy she has been in love with; granted, she was in total denial her entire life. I can’t wipe the smile off my face, but it’s time to put on the brave front and zip my lips.
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Liz
“Maria!” I feel like I haven’t seen her in forever, she’s been avoiding me for a week I hope it wasn’t something I said or did?
“Hi Liz, Isabel.” She enters the living room carrying lunch. “I brought lunch.” She has a few bags in her hands. I reach out and grab them setting them on the table in the kitchen for us to sit and eat.
“What did you bring?”
“Hmm it’s just some sandwiches.”
“Oh good, I’ll go get some drinks.” Isabel turns and head for the fridge while Maria and I take a seat at the table.
“So Maria what have you been up to this week?” She looks uncomfortable?
“Ah well I’ve just been busy you know making plans for the wedding, by the way Isabel, I never got the chance to ask you if you would be my bridesmaid?” Well maybe she was just busy.
“Maria, I would love to, thank you.” Isabel takes a seat at the table with us and we fall into a casual conversation.
“So Iz, will you be going back to school after the baby?” I ask her since Maria has grown quite, which is so not like her.
“Yeah, I’m gonna try to go back but only part time, I know you already offered to watch the baby which I am so thankful for, but both Alex and I agreed that I should only go part time because then you’ll be left with the baby all day on top of Damian when he gets out of school.”
“Oh Isabel, don’t even worry even if you decided to go back full-time I’m okay with it. I’ve decided to take all the cooking classes, and worry about the business ones for later. So it’s not a problem, but I know how much you want to spend time with the kids so it’s okay.” I tell her because honestly I can’t wait for the baby to get here. I think I’m more anxious about it than she is, if that’s even possible.
“Thank you Liz, I really appreciate it.”
“No problem, I mean, I know that Max would be devastated if you didn’t finish, after everything…I mean…after you put in so much time.” Shit! Good going Liz! I turn to Maria who has apparently lost her tongue between the front door and this table.
“What do you mean Liz?” She looks at me suspiciously and I can’t lie, I suck at it. I think I used to be much better, damn that Max! I tell you!
“Isabel, it’s really nothing. So don’t even worry about it. I don’t…”
“Spill it Parker.” Oh well, I hope Max forgives me. I take a sip of my soda and tell Isabel that Max is the one that has been paying both her and Alex’s tuitions for school.
“What?! But I thought my parents were?”
“Yeah well, that’s what Max asked them to say because he knew you wouldn’t take the money from him.”
“That’s right I wouldn’t have, and now that I know I intend on paying him back every single penny. God! He just can’t throw his money away like that.”
“Isabel, he’s not throwing it away, he wanted you and Alex to have the same opportunities he and Michael have had. Even though Michael didn’t go to college he has worked with Max, they both have together and made a great business. He wanted you guys to be able to give Damian the best life possible.” Well I’ll be damned if Maria didn’t find her voice! It’s about time!
“Maria’s right Isabel, he didn’t mean to make you feel bad and he sure as hell is not going to take one cent of your money, so don’t hold your breath.” I tell her honestly.
“I’m still upset, he should have told me.”
“I know but he knew how you would react, so don’t be mad at him.” She doesn’t say anything for a few minutes. Then my cell phone rings breaking the silence.
“Hi baby.”
“Hi Max, what’s going on?”
“Actually I just wanted to catch you before I went into this meeting, can we go to dinner tonight or are you cooking?”
“Maxwell Evans do you not like my cooking or something?” I say teasingly to him.
“Baby you know I love your cooking in fact, I have to start working out longer to burn off all those calories.”
“Ha, ha! That will get you nowhere.”
“I know, I know I’m only teasing but seriously if you’re not cooking then I’d like to take you out, there’s something I want to talk to you about.” Talk to me about, I wonder what it could be that we need to go to dinner for it?
“Of course, what time should I be ready?”
“I should be home by six and I’ll make reservations for seven.”
“Okay I’ll be ready.”
“I love you Liz.”
“Love you too.” I smile, I love it when he tells me he loves me but my stomach flutters when he says my name at the end of that declaration.
“Aww you guys are so sweet! I wonder how you’ll be when you’re married.” Maria says and I look away smiling shyly.
“Well we’re not married yet and it doesn’t matter because I will wait for Max when he’s ready.” I tell them both because they look, I don’t know pale. Maybe they are just worried that I was still feeling bad about it, but hopefully they now understand that I’m okay with everything the way it is.
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Max
“Are you serious? She didn’t suspect anything right?” I ask my sister because she is now filling me in on lunch with Liz and Maria. Apparently Liz slipped about the college tuition and Maria slipped about Liz and I getting married.
“No Max, she didn’t think anything of it. In fact I think she thought she said it because of how she was acting last week but that’s all. I don’t think she suspects at all.”
“Okay good because I have been planning for weeks and I don’t want anything to ruin my plans.”
“I know Max, she’s going to be so excited. So what are you going to tell her?”
“Just that I wanted to take the family on vacation, which is true but also to celebrate her birthday, which is also the truth. I will just be leaving out the rest.”
“Did you get the ring yet?”
“No I have to pick it up on Thursday, I don’t want to have it in my possession for longer than two days you know?”
“Yeah I know.”
“So Iz, how are you doing?”
“I’m good Max, just a little sick but it comes and goes.”
“Are you going to be okay to fly?” I ask only because I’m not sure when you can and cannot fly while pregnant.
“Yes, I already talked to my doctor, she said it’s perfectly fine because it’s only for a week and I’m not that far along yet.”
“Okay, I just wanted to make sure.”
“I know. Okay, I have to get going, I still have to get Damian all washed up and then finish dinner.”
“Alright, I’m almost home anyway, love you Iz, and tell Alex I said hello and stop working so hard.” I say that only because that is what Alex always says to me.
“Love you too Max and I will.”
I pull up to the house and head inside to change quickly before we head out to dinner.
I see my beautiful girlfriend walk into the kitchen, while I’m grabbing something to drink quickly. I take in what she’s wearing. She’s wearing a long black skirt with a light pink shirt that crisscrosses in the front and ties at the side. Her hair is pulled tight into a ponytail and she has on long gold raindrop earrings.
“So Max, what did you want to talk about?” Oh no, I know her tricks and they will not work.
“I’m not telling so stop asking.” She pouts, “Let’s get going cause I’m hungry.”
Once we get to the restaurant we are seated for exactly two minutes before she asks me again. So I reach my hand across the table and take her tiny hand in mine.
“Liz, I just wanted to ask you or rather tell you that I planned for a family vacation next week to just celebrate everyone being together and also to celebrate your birthday. I missed last year and I have every intention of making up for it. So I just wanted to tell you, and I guess ask you if that’s okay.” I look away from her face. Maybe I did this wrong, I don’t want her to have to say yes, because maybe she…
“Max?” I look up into her eyes that are gleaming with unshed tears.
“Yes baby?”
“I think that’s a great idea. Thank you!” She leans over the table to place a kiss on my lips. I squeeze her hand and smile brightly at her.
“Thank you Liz, for letting me do this.” It’s her turn to smile and she then raises her glass of wine up to me and I lift mine to hers.
“Here’s to new memories Max.” We clank our glasses.
“New memories.”
TBC…
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Chapter 56
Liz
“What the hell was I thinking?! I can’t get married in two months that is just not possible.” My best friend is hysterical right now, she has her guest list and there are at least four hundred people listed on it. If I were her I would be a little panicked considering the invitations need to go out soon.
“Maria, you need to calm down. Now, do you even know all of these people? Because maybe you can cut some of them out and it'll be more manageable.” I ask her calmly, taking a seat beside her on the floor. She looks helpless and so distraught. Laying before us are a millions pieces of paper and a huge seating plan, along with pictures of dresses and flowers. You name it, if it has to do with weddings, Maria has it.
“Liz, I have to invite these people. They are, like, everyone that has helped me with my career and just…I can’t not invite them.” I understand where she feels the need for the loyalty to these people, but if it’s going to upset her she needs to think twice, if the wedding is so stressful how the hell can you enjoy it? And I ask her exactly that.
“I know what you’re saying Liz but I have to do it this way. I mean, what would you do?”
“I always imagined my wedding as small…really small somewhere beautiful and perfect. I don’t know Maria, what I see for my wedding is completely different then all these floor plans and caterers. I’m sorry.” She just nods. Maria’s definition of a wedding and my definition are obviously very different. Hell, I don’t care if I get married on the sidewalk somewhere so long as it's with Max. I used to think it mattered but the more time I spend with Max and the more he shows me how much he loves me, I realize that’s not what’s important in life. I’ve gotten my second chance at life with him and nothing will ever change that or my feelings for him.
In fact I wonder where he and Michael are because we are leaving tomorrow for vacation and I still and not sure where we’re going so I decide to just ask Maria.
“I…Liz…we…I don’t remember.” She says quickly.
“You don’t remember?” Is she serious?
“Look Liz, I have a lot on my mind and I’m trying to plan a wedding and I can’t keep track of everything!” Ouch! I know she’s under a lot of stress, but I don’t know why she would snap at me over the vacation.
“Sorry, I’m just gonna go and call Max to see where he is.” I get up off the floor and walk to the kitchen to grab my phone and call Max.
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Max
“Max, come on we're late and when we're late, the girls start asking questions and questions lead to us giving answers that we shouldn’t be giving.” I roll my eyes, I know exactly what he means but I need to pick up the present I bought for Liz the other day.
“I know Michael, I just got to run in real quick, I paid for it and everything.” This is a very important piece to the proposal that I need to take with me tomorrow.
About ten minutes later we are in the car headed over to Michael’s where both Liz and Maria are going through some wedding plans.
“God Maxwell, Maria is killing me with this wedding. Do you know that she has four hundred guests?” He throws his head back in total exasperation over the situation.
“Four hundred! Michael does she even know that many people?” I have to wonder, I mean I know she met a lot of people in the music business but does she know them well enough to invite them to her wedding?
“No, she maybe met some of them once or twice but she feels like she needs to invite them and I’m telling you this thing is just killing me, she has, like, major mood swings and some are brutal.” I bet. I was witness to one of them before we left and it was bad. She was flying off the handle that Michael was going out with me for two hours because she had all this planning to do and we were leaving tomorrow.
“I know man, but the vacation will do her good you know? She just needs a break.” He just shakes his head and closes his eyes for the rest of the car ride. A minute later my cell phone rings.
“Hey baby what are you up to?”
“I’m…nothing just waiting for you.” She sounds really low, either that or it’s my cell phone. But she sounds like something is wrong.
“Nothing Max, I just missed you.” She’s lying.
“Liz tell me what’s wrong? Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, Max we’ll talk about it later okay?” I don’t really feel like waiting but as soon as I get to Michael’s I will be pulling her to the side to ask her.
“Okay baby, we’re almost there and then we need to go home and finish packing and get some sleep.”
“Sure, that’s sounds good. I’ll see you in a little while then. Love you.”
“Right, I love you too.” I snap my phone shut and for the life of me, I can’t figure out what has gotten her so upset. I mean she was fine when I dropped her off and…shit!
“Damn it Michael!”
“What? What did I do? Was that Maria?!” He opens his eyes and looks around dazed.
“No, but I’m sure one of her mood swings landed in Liz’s path because she’s upset. I think I need to have a heart to heart with Maria.” I tell him jokingly but the more I think about it, I think it’s long overdue.
I pull up to the house and Michael jumps out of the car and I follow right behind him, after placing Liz’s present in the center console, locking in just in case she decides to look in there.
“Hey Maria.” I walk in and see Maria practically in tears sitting on the far couch in the living room with Michael at her side.
“Hi Max.”
“Where did Liz go?” She points towards the patio doors. I walk over to them and she quietly says, “I’m sorry Max.” I turn to her and nod giving her a small smile knowing she didn’t mean whatever it is she must have said to upset Liz.
There she is, my beautiful soon-to-be fiancé, I get all giddy inside thinking about it. She’s sitting at the edge of the pool with her feet dipped into the water, her head is turned down and her beautiful silky hair cascades down around her shoulders. I can’t believe she’s mine…soon to be forever.
I walk over to her slowly and she looks up at me, and I can see the tears in her eyes. I’m so tired of seeing her cry, not happy tears just sad ones. I remove my shoes and socks and sit down beside her. I reach my hand out and place it in her lap.
“Hi baby.” I tell her. She looks at me and smiles, her face lights up and it seems like the tears have been retracted.
“Hi Max, I missed you.” I smile at her shyly. I can’t help it I just think it’s amazing to have someone love you just as much if not more than you do, the feeling is so powerful. Takes your breath away.
“Me too, what’s wrong baby?” She quickly turns her head and I reach out and turn her face back to mine.
“It’s Maria... she’s mad at me and has been for almost two weeks, she’s avoided me and I don’t know what I did.” I can tell she’s upset and I can’t really blame Maria too much, it’s like impossible for that girl to keep a secret anymore and I asked her to keep a really big one and then with the wedding... it’s just a lot on her too soon. And I know for a fact that Maria didn’t mean to act the way she may have.
“Liz, Maria is under a lot of pressure right now, and we’re leaving tomorrow she’s probably having a hard time balancing the fact that her and Michael are getting married in two months and we are leaving so just give her a little break.”
“I am Max, but she keeps avoiding or biting my head off, I mean all I asked was if she really needed to have all those people, that would help relieve some of the pressure but she just yelled and I don’t know…I was just stupid, you know? I know she doesn’t mean it, it’s just I’m so freaking emotional.” I wrap my arm around her and lean her against my side.
“I know baby, it’s okay. Tomorrow we’ll be far away and I don’t want anything to ruin it so I don’t want you to be sad or upset okay?” She smiles at me and places a soft kiss on my lips then pulls away and begins to trail a kiss down my neck.
“Liz, what are you doing?” I mean Michael and Maria are right inside, she can’t possible be thinking…nah, in my dreams maybe.
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Liz
I feel like I’m going to explode if I don’t have him right now I could care less that Michael and Maria are right inside either. We haven’t been together in almost a week and it’s not a matter of wanting to be with him. No, I need to be with him right now.
I trail kisses down from his lips to his neck and nip at the flesh at the base of his neck; he tastes and smells so good.
“Liz what are you doing?” Hmm, he knows exactly what I’m doing but I’m sure he’s not believing it just yet but he will.
“I want you Max.” I seal our lips in a wet open-mouthed kiss. He hisses out my name and pulls me into his lap. Just what I wanted, glad we’re on the same page here.
I continue to inundate his lips and neck with small pecks over and over until both our breaths are ragged and hearts are racing from anticipation. I turn around and straddle his hips bringing our centers closer together. He places his hand behind my neck and deepens our kiss and I moan aloud into his mouth and slide my tongue in and out of his mouth with the same force I want him to take my body.
“Liz.” He says breathlessly to me, but I can’t stop…I don’t want to. “Anybody can see us…I…” I then grind down hard in his lap, but I realize that it’s going to be quite difficult doing anything with the both of us in jeans. I rise up off his lap and he looks devastated.
“Are you laughing at me Liz? That’s just wrong.” He says while pouting, I know he’s ready that much I can tell but we can’t do this here out in the open. I turn around looking and I see a lounge chair on the side of the house and look at Max then back at the chair. In an instant he jumps up from his position and drags me to the chair.
“Are we a little antsy?” I joke with him and he acts as if he doesn’t even notice, he just swoops down and captures my lips in a heated kiss. He slides his hands up and down my back then coming around to the front and quickly unbutton and unzips my jeans and slides them down my thighs, I step out of them and he motions for me to sit in the chair.
He stands above me and looks right in my eyes with such a burning intensity I think I stopped breathing for a second or two. He removes his shirt and then brings his hands down to the waistband of his jeans and then removes them. He kneels before me and runs his hands up the front of my shirt, I know he won’t take it off... just in case.
“Max.” He runs his hands up my thighs and I can’t help but relax my legs and throw my head back against the chair. He leans down and kisses a trail from my knee to my inner thigh and I can feel myself growing wetter by the second, I don’t think I can hold out much longer. I have my eyes closed, my lips parted awaiting his touch and when he does he doesn’t disappoint.
He caresses my sensitive flesh gently, painstakingly slow I feel like I’m going to burst into flames soon. I know that Maria and Michael might come looking for us soon so I quickly pull his hand away and lean up.
“W-what did I hu…” I silence him with a kiss and rise up pushing him back into the chair.
“No Max, but I want you now and I don’t want to wait any longer…I can’t.” Without a second thought he frees himself from his boxers and I move back to straddle his hips and sink myself down on his hard flesh. I feel him fully and deep and begin to rock against him.
“Liz…ah…yeah…” He grunts and throws his head back licking his dry plump lips and I lean forward and suck them into my mouth. He places his hands on my hips and I know this is going to be a quickie and the fact that we can get caught at any second turns me on even more, I ride him with wanton abandonment. We take each other hard and fast, it doesn’t take us long to reach our end.
“Oh God Max!”
“Liz…baby yeah!”
We now find ourselves sitting dressed again still trying to catch our breaths. I’m sitting in his lap and he’s running his hands through my hair and placing kisses down my neck, I can tell he’s ready for round two and so am I but we can’t right now.
“Let’s go inside before they start to worry we got lost, besides I want to talk to Maria before we leave.” I tell him while standing up and pulling him with me.
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Michael
Max just walked outside to find Liz, I hope she’s okay. I know Maria doesn’t mean what she said but she’s just been on edge, I hope this trip will help.
“Maria, what’s wrong? What happened?” I’m sitting beside her on the couch and she looks up at me and she’s crying. I quickly raise my hands and wipe away her tears, “don’t cry it’s okay.” I tell her and pull her against me.
“I y-yelled at Liz and it’s not her f-fault. I’m such a bitch Michael how do you put up with me?” She sobs into my chest. I run my hands through her soft hair and rock her gently.
“Maria you’re not a bitch, well…Ouch!”
“Michael you are not helping!” She pulls away and I quickly grab her.
“I was only kidding, I know you’re stressed out but I want you to try and relax. I want us to have a great time on this trip, don’t worry, everything will get done, but it doesn’t have to happen in one day.”
“I know, it’s just I want it to be perfect you know…I mean you only get married once right?” She looks at me hopefully.
“Maria DeLuca, you're stuck with me forever now, and don’t worry about Liz I’m sure Max has taken care of the problem.” I actually know for a fact if seeing them minutes ago practically swallowing each other’s mouths was any indication.
“You’re right! And it’s going to be great and Liz is going to be so happy Michael. She’s going to have what she has been dreaming about for so long.” She says with a big smile on her face, she has come a long way and I’m so proud of her and I tell her as much.
“Thank you, but it’s because of you and Max, and Liz... all of you. Everyone has helped me so much. You let me find me again and…mmm” I can’t help it she just looks to beautiful right now I had to lean in and kiss her.
“Michael…” She pulls back a little but I can’t stop myself. We haven’t been together more than probably twice in two weeks with all this wedding planning she’s been doing, she’s been working herself into the ground. I lean her back against the couch and attack her lips.
“Maria.” I break away panting her name, she’s running her tongue up and down my neck then sliding it in and out of my mouth and I can’t help but moan into her mouth. I slide my hands down her sides and come to the edge of her shirt and slide my hands up to cup her breasts.
“Michael…ah yes…” I take one of my hands and trail it down further until I reach the hem of her skirt and slide my hand up her creamy thighs. She’s writhing beneath me and I know in the back of my mind that Max and Liz could walk in but I know my brother. He takes his time and won’t disappoint me.
“I want you so bad Maria…so bad.” I tell her candidly as I attack her neck, I reach her moist center and I can’t help but dip my hand inside of her panties and trace her lips softly.
“M-Michael…yes…please oh…I need you…” I lean back on my heels and remove my shirt and then unzip my jeans pulling them down my legs but not completely off, then I lean over her and my hands disappear up her skirt to pull down her panties and I pull her down closer to me.
I look into her eyes and I see she wants this as much as I do. I pull her skirt up so that it bunches at her hips and I guide myself into her opening and at first contact we both moan,
“Maria!”
“Michael!”
The feel of her, so tight and hot is my undoing. I want to take it slow but I can’t, I need to feel her come apart underneath me. So I being a steady pace sliding in and out of her over and over, she’s practically screaming at this point and I can only muffle the sound with my mouth over hers, trying to swallow her screams.
“Harder Michael!” I pull away and do as she asks and slam into her over and over and I feel my climax approaching and I reach down between our bodies to find her sensitive nub and rub quick tight circles and I feel her walls clamp down hard and her body convulse and I follow right behind her.
A few minutes later we pull ourselves together and she runs into the bathroom to freshen up before Max and Liz come back in.
“Hey, ah Liz and I are heading out, we’ll see you in the morning, the car will be here around six to pick you up.” Max says to me with a smirk on his face and I can only return the same to him, both of us knowing exactly what took place minutes ago in here and outside. He had Liz tucked by his side, her cheeks flaming. She’s too adorable for words, to think minutes ago she probably couldn’t give two shits if we walked in on her and Max and now she’s a shy little girl. I just smile to myself and tell Max and Liz that I’ll see them tomorrow.
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Alex
“Hey Iz, how are feeling today?” I ask her because she looks drained and I know she’s been sick a lot in the afternoons.
“I’m okay, just tired and I have to finish packing all the stuff on the dresser then get Damian’s stuff in his carryon…then…”
“Whoa, Isabel you need to calm down. You're pregnant and I don’t want anything happening to you or the baby, so why don’t you just get ready for bed and lay down. I’ll pack up the rest of the stuff but you can tell me what to do with it from the bed. And Damian can pack his own carryon, you know he’s going to throw in his video games and toys so don’t worry. I’ll just make sure he doesn’t pack his entire room into the bag.” She just turns ands laughs. She knows I’m right.
“Okay Alex, thank you.” She turns and places a kiss on my lips before heading upstairs.
I finish taking care of the dishes in the sink before I head upstairs to Damian’s room to see what he’s been up to. I have been working so much this week since I’ll be out next week and I just started so I wanted to make sure I got as much done as possible.
“Hey buddy what are you up to?” I see him sitting on the floor shoving his superman action figure into his bag. It isn’t fitting because he has all of his other action figures as well as his gameboy inside of it.
“Hi Dad, I can’t get this stuff to fit and it has to. I have to take it with me.” I smile and take a seat beside him. His face looks so distraught, the thought of everything not fitting in there is absolutely devastating to him.
“Damian, buddy you can’t bring everything with you. It’s only a week besides you're going to be outside most of the time on the beach.” I try to tell him but he doesn’t want to hear it right now.
“I know but I just want to make sure I don’t forget anything.” I lean over and take the bag from his hands and then tell him that we can go through his bag and see what he absolutely wants to take because the rest has to stay. As we sit here I can’t help but wonder if we will have another boy or girl. I know at first when I held Damian in my arms, I was speechless and terrified all at once. I didn’t know anything about babies but slowly I learned and I cannot wait until the new baby gets here.
There is one problem, and I know I’m going to hear something from both Max and Michael really soon and that is, of course, when Isabel and I will be taking that final step. I know we did it backwards, but we still love each other just the same and she has made it a point to tell and show me that she wants me in her life. That was hard being apart from her and living under the same roof. I think it happens sometimes when you are with someone for so long, that you end up getting comfortable with situations that you really shouldn’t. Like if Isabel and I didn’t talk about anything important for a few days it was okay, if she didn’t ask me how my day was, okay. That’s what our problem was we let our relationship fall at the waist side and that was wrong.
We learned from our mistakes and make a conscious effort everyday to convey and appreciate our love for one another. I want to marry her; more than anything, but honestly, we never really talked about it and I just hope my plans don’t come crashing down on me this weekend.
TBC…
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Chapter 56
Liz
“What the hell was I thinking?! I can’t get married in two months that is just not possible.” My best friend is hysterical right now, she has her guest list and there are at least four hundred people listed on it. If I were her I would be a little panicked considering the invitations need to go out soon.
“Maria, you need to calm down. Now, do you even know all of these people? Because maybe you can cut some of them out and it'll be more manageable.” I ask her calmly, taking a seat beside her on the floor. She looks helpless and so distraught. Laying before us are a millions pieces of paper and a huge seating plan, along with pictures of dresses and flowers. You name it, if it has to do with weddings, Maria has it.
“Liz, I have to invite these people. They are, like, everyone that has helped me with my career and just…I can’t not invite them.” I understand where she feels the need for the loyalty to these people, but if it’s going to upset her she needs to think twice, if the wedding is so stressful how the hell can you enjoy it? And I ask her exactly that.
“I know what you’re saying Liz but I have to do it this way. I mean, what would you do?”
“I always imagined my wedding as small…really small somewhere beautiful and perfect. I don’t know Maria, what I see for my wedding is completely different then all these floor plans and caterers. I’m sorry.” She just nods. Maria’s definition of a wedding and my definition are obviously very different. Hell, I don’t care if I get married on the sidewalk somewhere so long as it's with Max. I used to think it mattered but the more time I spend with Max and the more he shows me how much he loves me, I realize that’s not what’s important in life. I’ve gotten my second chance at life with him and nothing will ever change that or my feelings for him.
In fact I wonder where he and Michael are because we are leaving tomorrow for vacation and I still and not sure where we’re going so I decide to just ask Maria.
“I…Liz…we…I don’t remember.” She says quickly.
“You don’t remember?” Is she serious?
“Look Liz, I have a lot on my mind and I’m trying to plan a wedding and I can’t keep track of everything!” Ouch! I know she’s under a lot of stress, but I don’t know why she would snap at me over the vacation.
“Sorry, I’m just gonna go and call Max to see where he is.” I get up off the floor and walk to the kitchen to grab my phone and call Max.
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Max
“Max, come on we're late and when we're late, the girls start asking questions and questions lead to us giving answers that we shouldn’t be giving.” I roll my eyes, I know exactly what he means but I need to pick up the present I bought for Liz the other day.
“I know Michael, I just got to run in real quick, I paid for it and everything.” This is a very important piece to the proposal that I need to take with me tomorrow.
About ten minutes later we are in the car headed over to Michael’s where both Liz and Maria are going through some wedding plans.
“God Maxwell, Maria is killing me with this wedding. Do you know that she has four hundred guests?” He throws his head back in total exasperation over the situation.
“Four hundred! Michael does she even know that many people?” I have to wonder, I mean I know she met a lot of people in the music business but does she know them well enough to invite them to her wedding?
“No, she maybe met some of them once or twice but she feels like she needs to invite them and I’m telling you this thing is just killing me, she has, like, major mood swings and some are brutal.” I bet. I was witness to one of them before we left and it was bad. She was flying off the handle that Michael was going out with me for two hours because she had all this planning to do and we were leaving tomorrow.
“I know man, but the vacation will do her good you know? She just needs a break.” He just shakes his head and closes his eyes for the rest of the car ride. A minute later my cell phone rings.
“Hey baby what are you up to?”
“I’m…nothing just waiting for you.” She sounds really low, either that or it’s my cell phone. But she sounds like something is wrong.
“Nothing Max, I just missed you.” She’s lying.
“Liz tell me what’s wrong? Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, Max we’ll talk about it later okay?” I don’t really feel like waiting but as soon as I get to Michael’s I will be pulling her to the side to ask her.
“Okay baby, we’re almost there and then we need to go home and finish packing and get some sleep.”
“Sure, that’s sounds good. I’ll see you in a little while then. Love you.”
“Right, I love you too.” I snap my phone shut and for the life of me, I can’t figure out what has gotten her so upset. I mean she was fine when I dropped her off and…shit!
“Damn it Michael!”
“What? What did I do? Was that Maria?!” He opens his eyes and looks around dazed.
“No, but I’m sure one of her mood swings landed in Liz’s path because she’s upset. I think I need to have a heart to heart with Maria.” I tell him jokingly but the more I think about it, I think it’s long overdue.
I pull up to the house and Michael jumps out of the car and I follow right behind him, after placing Liz’s present in the center console, locking in just in case she decides to look in there.
“Hey Maria.” I walk in and see Maria practically in tears sitting on the far couch in the living room with Michael at her side.
“Hi Max.”
“Where did Liz go?” She points towards the patio doors. I walk over to them and she quietly says, “I’m sorry Max.” I turn to her and nod giving her a small smile knowing she didn’t mean whatever it is she must have said to upset Liz.
There she is, my beautiful soon-to-be fiancé, I get all giddy inside thinking about it. She’s sitting at the edge of the pool with her feet dipped into the water, her head is turned down and her beautiful silky hair cascades down around her shoulders. I can’t believe she’s mine…soon to be forever.
I walk over to her slowly and she looks up at me, and I can see the tears in her eyes. I’m so tired of seeing her cry, not happy tears just sad ones. I remove my shoes and socks and sit down beside her. I reach my hand out and place it in her lap.
“Hi baby.” I tell her. She looks at me and smiles, her face lights up and it seems like the tears have been retracted.
“Hi Max, I missed you.” I smile at her shyly. I can’t help it I just think it’s amazing to have someone love you just as much if not more than you do, the feeling is so powerful. Takes your breath away.
“Me too, what’s wrong baby?” She quickly turns her head and I reach out and turn her face back to mine.
“It’s Maria... she’s mad at me and has been for almost two weeks, she’s avoided me and I don’t know what I did.” I can tell she’s upset and I can’t really blame Maria too much, it’s like impossible for that girl to keep a secret anymore and I asked her to keep a really big one and then with the wedding... it’s just a lot on her too soon. And I know for a fact that Maria didn’t mean to act the way she may have.
“Liz, Maria is under a lot of pressure right now, and we’re leaving tomorrow she’s probably having a hard time balancing the fact that her and Michael are getting married in two months and we are leaving so just give her a little break.”
“I am Max, but she keeps avoiding or biting my head off, I mean all I asked was if she really needed to have all those people, that would help relieve some of the pressure but she just yelled and I don’t know…I was just stupid, you know? I know she doesn’t mean it, it’s just I’m so freaking emotional.” I wrap my arm around her and lean her against my side.
“I know baby, it’s okay. Tomorrow we’ll be far away and I don’t want anything to ruin it so I don’t want you to be sad or upset okay?” She smiles at me and places a soft kiss on my lips then pulls away and begins to trail a kiss down my neck.
“Liz, what are you doing?” I mean Michael and Maria are right inside, she can’t possible be thinking…nah, in my dreams maybe.
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Liz
I feel like I’m going to explode if I don’t have him right now I could care less that Michael and Maria are right inside either. We haven’t been together in almost a week and it’s not a matter of wanting to be with him. No, I need to be with him right now.
I trail kisses down from his lips to his neck and nip at the flesh at the base of his neck; he tastes and smells so good.
“Liz what are you doing?” Hmm, he knows exactly what I’m doing but I’m sure he’s not believing it just yet but he will.
“I want you Max.” I seal our lips in a wet open-mouthed kiss. He hisses out my name and pulls me into his lap. Just what I wanted, glad we’re on the same page here.
I continue to inundate his lips and neck with small pecks over and over until both our breaths are ragged and hearts are racing from anticipation. I turn around and straddle his hips bringing our centers closer together. He places his hand behind my neck and deepens our kiss and I moan aloud into his mouth and slide my tongue in and out of his mouth with the same force I want him to take my body.
“Liz.” He says breathlessly to me, but I can’t stop…I don’t want to. “Anybody can see us…I…” I then grind down hard in his lap, but I realize that it’s going to be quite difficult doing anything with the both of us in jeans. I rise up off his lap and he looks devastated.
“Are you laughing at me Liz? That’s just wrong.” He says while pouting, I know he’s ready that much I can tell but we can’t do this here out in the open. I turn around looking and I see a lounge chair on the side of the house and look at Max then back at the chair. In an instant he jumps up from his position and drags me to the chair.
“Are we a little antsy?” I joke with him and he acts as if he doesn’t even notice, he just swoops down and captures my lips in a heated kiss. He slides his hands up and down my back then coming around to the front and quickly unbutton and unzips my jeans and slides them down my thighs, I step out of them and he motions for me to sit in the chair.
He stands above me and looks right in my eyes with such a burning intensity I think I stopped breathing for a second or two. He removes his shirt and then brings his hands down to the waistband of his jeans and then removes them. He kneels before me and runs his hands up the front of my shirt, I know he won’t take it off... just in case.
“Max.” He runs his hands up my thighs and I can’t help but relax my legs and throw my head back against the chair. He leans down and kisses a trail from my knee to my inner thigh and I can feel myself growing wetter by the second, I don’t think I can hold out much longer. I have my eyes closed, my lips parted awaiting his touch and when he does he doesn’t disappoint.
He caresses my sensitive flesh gently, painstakingly slow I feel like I’m going to burst into flames soon. I know that Maria and Michael might come looking for us soon so I quickly pull his hand away and lean up.
“W-what did I hu…” I silence him with a kiss and rise up pushing him back into the chair.
“No Max, but I want you now and I don’t want to wait any longer…I can’t.” Without a second thought he frees himself from his boxers and I move back to straddle his hips and sink myself down on his hard flesh. I feel him fully and deep and begin to rock against him.
“Liz…ah…yeah…” He grunts and throws his head back licking his dry plump lips and I lean forward and suck them into my mouth. He places his hands on my hips and I know this is going to be a quickie and the fact that we can get caught at any second turns me on even more, I ride him with wanton abandonment. We take each other hard and fast, it doesn’t take us long to reach our end.
“Oh God Max!”
“Liz…baby yeah!”
We now find ourselves sitting dressed again still trying to catch our breaths. I’m sitting in his lap and he’s running his hands through my hair and placing kisses down my neck, I can tell he’s ready for round two and so am I but we can’t right now.
“Let’s go inside before they start to worry we got lost, besides I want to talk to Maria before we leave.” I tell him while standing up and pulling him with me.
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Michael
Max just walked outside to find Liz, I hope she’s okay. I know Maria doesn’t mean what she said but she’s just been on edge, I hope this trip will help.
“Maria, what’s wrong? What happened?” I’m sitting beside her on the couch and she looks up at me and she’s crying. I quickly raise my hands and wipe away her tears, “don’t cry it’s okay.” I tell her and pull her against me.
“I y-yelled at Liz and it’s not her f-fault. I’m such a bitch Michael how do you put up with me?” She sobs into my chest. I run my hands through her soft hair and rock her gently.
“Maria you’re not a bitch, well…Ouch!”
“Michael you are not helping!” She pulls away and I quickly grab her.
“I was only kidding, I know you’re stressed out but I want you to try and relax. I want us to have a great time on this trip, don’t worry, everything will get done, but it doesn’t have to happen in one day.”
“I know, it’s just I want it to be perfect you know…I mean you only get married once right?” She looks at me hopefully.
“Maria DeLuca, you're stuck with me forever now, and don’t worry about Liz I’m sure Max has taken care of the problem.” I actually know for a fact if seeing them minutes ago practically swallowing each other’s mouths was any indication.
“You’re right! And it’s going to be great and Liz is going to be so happy Michael. She’s going to have what she has been dreaming about for so long.” She says with a big smile on her face, she has come a long way and I’m so proud of her and I tell her as much.
“Thank you, but it’s because of you and Max, and Liz... all of you. Everyone has helped me so much. You let me find me again and…mmm” I can’t help it she just looks to beautiful right now I had to lean in and kiss her.
“Michael…” She pulls back a little but I can’t stop myself. We haven’t been together more than probably twice in two weeks with all this wedding planning she’s been doing, she’s been working herself into the ground. I lean her back against the couch and attack her lips.
“Maria.” I break away panting her name, she’s running her tongue up and down my neck then sliding it in and out of my mouth and I can’t help but moan into her mouth. I slide my hands down her sides and come to the edge of her shirt and slide my hands up to cup her breasts.
“Michael…ah yes…” I take one of my hands and trail it down further until I reach the hem of her skirt and slide my hand up her creamy thighs. She’s writhing beneath me and I know in the back of my mind that Max and Liz could walk in but I know my brother. He takes his time and won’t disappoint me.
“I want you so bad Maria…so bad.” I tell her candidly as I attack her neck, I reach her moist center and I can’t help but dip my hand inside of her panties and trace her lips softly.
“M-Michael…yes…please oh…I need you…” I lean back on my heels and remove my shirt and then unzip my jeans pulling them down my legs but not completely off, then I lean over her and my hands disappear up her skirt to pull down her panties and I pull her down closer to me.
I look into her eyes and I see she wants this as much as I do. I pull her skirt up so that it bunches at her hips and I guide myself into her opening and at first contact we both moan,
“Maria!”
“Michael!”
The feel of her, so tight and hot is my undoing. I want to take it slow but I can’t, I need to feel her come apart underneath me. So I being a steady pace sliding in and out of her over and over, she’s practically screaming at this point and I can only muffle the sound with my mouth over hers, trying to swallow her screams.
“Harder Michael!” I pull away and do as she asks and slam into her over and over and I feel my climax approaching and I reach down between our bodies to find her sensitive nub and rub quick tight circles and I feel her walls clamp down hard and her body convulse and I follow right behind her.
A few minutes later we pull ourselves together and she runs into the bathroom to freshen up before Max and Liz come back in.
“Hey, ah Liz and I are heading out, we’ll see you in the morning, the car will be here around six to pick you up.” Max says to me with a smirk on his face and I can only return the same to him, both of us knowing exactly what took place minutes ago in here and outside. He had Liz tucked by his side, her cheeks flaming. She’s too adorable for words, to think minutes ago she probably couldn’t give two shits if we walked in on her and Max and now she’s a shy little girl. I just smile to myself and tell Max and Liz that I’ll see them tomorrow.
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Alex
“Hey Iz, how are feeling today?” I ask her because she looks drained and I know she’s been sick a lot in the afternoons.
“I’m okay, just tired and I have to finish packing all the stuff on the dresser then get Damian’s stuff in his carryon…then…”
“Whoa, Isabel you need to calm down. You're pregnant and I don’t want anything happening to you or the baby, so why don’t you just get ready for bed and lay down. I’ll pack up the rest of the stuff but you can tell me what to do with it from the bed. And Damian can pack his own carryon, you know he’s going to throw in his video games and toys so don’t worry. I’ll just make sure he doesn’t pack his entire room into the bag.” She just turns ands laughs. She knows I’m right.
“Okay Alex, thank you.” She turns and places a kiss on my lips before heading upstairs.
I finish taking care of the dishes in the sink before I head upstairs to Damian’s room to see what he’s been up to. I have been working so much this week since I’ll be out next week and I just started so I wanted to make sure I got as much done as possible.
“Hey buddy what are you up to?” I see him sitting on the floor shoving his superman action figure into his bag. It isn’t fitting because he has all of his other action figures as well as his gameboy inside of it.
“Hi Dad, I can’t get this stuff to fit and it has to. I have to take it with me.” I smile and take a seat beside him. His face looks so distraught, the thought of everything not fitting in there is absolutely devastating to him.
“Damian, buddy you can’t bring everything with you. It’s only a week besides you're going to be outside most of the time on the beach.” I try to tell him but he doesn’t want to hear it right now.
“I know but I just want to make sure I don’t forget anything.” I lean over and take the bag from his hands and then tell him that we can go through his bag and see what he absolutely wants to take because the rest has to stay. As we sit here I can’t help but wonder if we will have another boy or girl. I know at first when I held Damian in my arms, I was speechless and terrified all at once. I didn’t know anything about babies but slowly I learned and I cannot wait until the new baby gets here.
There is one problem, and I know I’m going to hear something from both Max and Michael really soon and that is, of course, when Isabel and I will be taking that final step. I know we did it backwards, but we still love each other just the same and she has made it a point to tell and show me that she wants me in her life. That was hard being apart from her and living under the same roof. I think it happens sometimes when you are with someone for so long, that you end up getting comfortable with situations that you really shouldn’t. Like if Isabel and I didn’t talk about anything important for a few days it was okay, if she didn’t ask me how my day was, okay. That’s what our problem was we let our relationship fall at the waist side and that was wrong.
We learned from our mistakes and make a conscious effort everyday to convey and appreciate our love for one another. I want to marry her; more than anything, but honestly, we never really talked about it and I just hope my plans don’t come crashing down on me this weekend.
TBC…
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Chapter 57
Max
It is about five thirty in the morning and Liz and I are rushing around to get everything together. We should have gotten it done last night but that didn’t work well because as soon as we got through the front door she was all over me. Fine! We were all over each other.
“Max?” She shouts at me from the bathroom. Then walks out into our bedroom.
“Yes Liz?”
“I didn’t pack any dresses or anything, you know so when we go to dinner.” I look at her from my position on the floor zipping the suitcases. I already have that covered but I can’t tell her that of course.
“It’s fine, everything is going to be casual anyway and if you really need one I’m sure you can find a place to buy one, after all both Maria and Isabel will be there. You won’t have any trouble with them around.” I smirk at her and she just crosses her arms.
“Is that supposed to mean something?” She taps her foot against the rug for emphasis.
“Nope just stating facts, Parker.” ‘Parker’ I can’t wait until that becomes ‘Evans’, I try to hide my amusement.
“Yeah, yeah keep that up and it’s going to be a dry vacation.” She turns and picks up her carry-on and walks towards the door.
“You wouldn’t.” I say to her, hoping that she doesn’t mean that. She stops and turns to regard me with a look over her shoulder and says, “maybe I would, maybe I wouldn’t, so you know what that means?”
“No what?” I say and pick up the suitcases and fall in line behind her.
“That you’ll have to treat me extra special to insure the no drought situation.” She winks and walks her sexy ass down the hallway. I just shake my head, what am I going to do with her?
The car arrives to pick us up ten minutes later and I’m loading up the luggage while Liz climbs in the backseat. I’m looking down at the bags and just quickly making mental notes of what I packed and if I forgot…shit! Shit!
“Shit!”
“What Max? What’s wrong?” Liz leans out the window at me.
“Nothing, I just…I forgot something. Just stay here I’ll be right back.”
“Okay, just hurry.” I smile at her and make a run for the front door I need to get my keys and get in that damn garage. I can’t believe I left the present in the car; sometimes that woman just distracts the hell out of me. What am I saying? She always does and I love it.
I make it back to the car and Liz in about five minutes. Of course the questions start right about then.
“What did you forget?”
“Nothing.” I say quickly a little too quickly, because now she’s squinting her eyes at me.
“Nothing? Well why did you run like a bat out of hell back into the house?”
“I thought I forgot my wallet.” She seems satisfied with that answer so I lean over her and tell her for probably the fiftieth time today, “I love you.” She just snuggles closer to me.
“I love you Max but I think you said that enough last night…I mean, early this morning.” I smile and lean down to capture her soft lips in a kiss then I press a kiss against her forehead and she settles back for the ride to the airport. Everyone is meeting us there.
I can’t wait until I see her face when we arrive. So far she hasn’t asked me where we are going, I know that she asked Maria but then they had that ‘moment’ and all was forgotten. On top of that she has just been busy with the house and Damian that she hasn’t really had time. I rub my front pocket once more quickly and just smile looking out the window knowing what’s coming in a few days.
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Liz
I settle against Max and I honestly can’t wait until we get to wherever it is we’re going, because like a fool I never asked. But, honestly, I don’t care, I know it will be great and so long as Max is there that’s all that matters.
I close my eyes and try to just rest them for a little while. After last nights activities, I could use a few more hours sleep. A smile creeps up on my face when I think about when Max woke me up at midnight to surprise me with a huge bowl of strawberries and crème for our midnight snack.
I made a wish last night when he fell asleep, I just watched him and wished to stay as happy as I was at that moment with him forever. I know nothing is a guarantee but I know without Max I would be another lost soul, but with him I am a better person, a stronger person and more importantly, I am complete. I look forward to each day, which is a far cry from where I was a year ago and I have him to thank for that. Everything he has done in his life was always for me. I don’t know what I did to deserve that loyalty, trust and love but I will never forget what a special and privileged gift it is to receive and I plan on showing him how much he means to me every day of my life.
We finally make it to airport and I see everyone outside waiting for us and they all shout,
“Finally!”
“So are you trying to take over the fashionably late role in this relationship, Liz?” Maria says to me jokingly and I’m glad to see her smile, she looks relaxed and I’m sure Michael had a lot to do with that.
“Yeah you know, but actually it was Max. He thought he forgot his wallet.” They all snap their heads at him and he smiles sheepishly at them then mumbles a ‘let’s go’ to everyone.
The plane is pretty impressive, there is plenty of seating space for all of us. A separate section where there are two televisions and a bar. There is even a bedroom in the back of the plane, my mind starts to wander and I need to shake off the thoughts because not only is everyone here including Damian but Max’s parents so that idea just flew out the window, literally.
We are in for several more hours in flight, so after about two hours, I walk around to find both Michael and Maria asleep on one of the couches, dead to the world, they will probably sleep the entire flight. In the lounge area, Damian is watching Sponge Bob and won’t tear his eyes away from the screen; I hope it’s a marathon. In the corner of the room Max’s parents sit both of them reading, Diane reading a novel and Phillip reading the news paper as well as doing some work. They need a vacation; they work so hard and have done so much for all of us. I’m glad Max thought of this.
I look to my left and both Isabel and Alex have fallen asleep on the couch opposite Diane and Philip. I’m glad Isabel is getting some sleep; Alex told me that she was up half the night sick so I’m hoping she can sleep most of the flight without getting sick.
Then my face falls on the Max who I am now seated beside, he’s currently flipping through a magazine and I am feeling a little frisky so I reach out my hand and place it on his knee and give it a gentle squeeze. He looks up at me to give me a small smile but he sees the hunger in my eyes immediately and without a word between us, I lift off the couch and make my way to the back of the plane knowing he’ll follow me.
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Max
No.
Fucking.
Way.
She is not thinking what I’m thinking? Right? I mean my parents, Damian hell everyone is here. But I see her rise off the couch and walk to the back of the plane and I know she means it.
I am instantly aroused to say the least and I’m not sure what to do, on one hand I should just keep my ass here and on the other just thinking of her ready and waiting back there…ah hell! I can’t not go! I practically jump off the couch and hear my father ruffle his newspaper I chance a glance in his direction and I’m ready to see the stern, don’t even think about it look but instead he’s not looking at me but the corners of his mouth are turned upwards.
I don’t believe it, but don’t take too much time to ponder that, I make my way to the back of the plane and the door is already closed. My heart is pounding in my chest and my breathing is already erratic as well as this massive erection growing in my jeans. I reach out to the doorknob and there is very little light coming from inside, I quickly enter and close the door behind me being extra careful to lock it behind me.
I walk in a little further and see off to the right, my love the most beautiful creature ever to walk this earth and she is all for me. She’s sitting against the headboard and has on nothing but her lacey pink bra and panties. I approach the bed and crawl up until my face is a mere breathe away from hers and I whisper her name and she whisper’s mine back. We both smile at one another and then she reaches up and pulls me down against her glossy lips.
I slide her body down so that we lay flush against one another. I trail wet open mouth kisses from her lips down to her perky breasts, swirling my tongue over each stiff peak before spreading her thighs with my knee to settle between them.
“Liz, we can’t make love.” I tell her and I don’t want to disappoint her but it’s the truth, everyone would hear and that is not a good thing.
“I know but we can do other things right?” She asks me hopefully and I don’t plan on disappointing her. I slide down her body placing kisses from her neck, down the valley of her breasts and when I reach her cute little belly button I dip my tongue in and out, hearing a soft moan escape her lips. I continue on my journey when a hand on my head stops me, I look up.
“What?” I whisper.
“If you do that I can’t touch you.” She’s right but right now I want this more than she could possibly know.
“It’s okay I…”
“No Max, just lay next to me.” Okay, maybe she does not understand me right now so I try again.
“Liz I want to taste you and I…” She silences me once again.
“I know, I want that too but if you’re next to me then…then I can to.” What?! Okay I have to say that in all the years we’ve been together she has never…ever suggested that. I never thought to ask her. And not because I didn’t want to, but mainly because I figured she didn’t.
“O-okay.”
I swallow thickly and answer and I hate the fact that my voice cracks. She giggles a little, I duck my head and roll over next to her after removing my jeans and boxers, I was damn sure I was careful to fold my jeans so the box didn’t fall out. I’m now laying next to her on my side my feet facing the headboard, while she lays on her back. I run my hand up her legs and rest it on her hip easing her to her side.
Immediately she latches onto my erection and slides it into her mouth and I can’t help but groan at the sensation, after a few seconds of the initial shock wearing off I lean down and begin my own exploration of her body. Within minutes the room is filled with the hushed sounds of our moaning. She pumps me quickly in and out of her mouth and within minutes I feel my release. I remove my head from its position between her creamy thighs, “Liz…oh baby…ah!” Then I return and continue to stroke her with my tongue over and over and within seconds she’s moaning and releasing her own orgasm.
We lay in bed together for a few minutes. I stroke her hair, her shoulder then across her flat stomach and think one day our baby will grown inside of her and I can’t wait until that time.
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Liz
When we finally arrive I have a chance to look out the window of the plane and see a beautiful island, but I still don’t know where we are so I turn to Max and ask him and he smiles and tells me,
“Aruba.”
“Aruba! Really?! Oh my God Max. Thank you!” I lean over my seat and wrap my arms around his neck.
“I’m glad you like it.” He tells me.
“Like it? Max, I love it! You know I always wanted to go here…I didn’t think you would remember.” I tell him honestly because I told him this the summer of our Junior year of high school.
“Remember? Liz I’ve never forgotten anything you’ve ever told me you wanted…never. And I plan on making every single one of your dreams come true baby.” The tears start to form in my eyes and I can’t help them as they slide down my cheeks, I know everyone is witnessing our conversation but they do their best to act like they’re not there, which I totally appreciate. He lifts his hands to cradle my face and tell me that he loves me and that I don’t need to cry then places a kiss on the tip of my nose and tells me to settle back for the landing.
“It’s so beautiful Max…I knew it would be beautiful just never like this.” I tell him once we are on the balcony of our hotel room. He comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist and drops a kiss my shoulder.
“It doesn’t even compare to you, not in my eyes. Your real... I can touch you and feel you, I can only look at that but I don’t know what it feels like.” I lean my head back and rest it on his chest. I love him so much sometimes it actually hurts, I don’t know how I got so damn lucky but I’m not complaining.
“So, do you want to finish what we started on the plane?” I ask him while trailing my hands down his arms.
“That sounds…” Damn! Someone’s knocking on the door.
“Looks like we have to continue this later.” He says to me while he steps away and answers the door.
“Alex hi!” I hear Max say while letting Alex into our room.
“Hi guys, I really don’t mean to bother you but I need to talk to Max for a little while.” He looks at me like I might stop him or something, so I simply tell him it’s okay and that I wanted to take a shower.
Max turns to me and asks me if I want to go out with everyone in about an hour or so and then later on we’ll have dinner together and I tell him that’s fine and to have fun.
After him and Alex leave I rummage through my bags to take my long hot shower.
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Alex
I’m so nervous right now I shouldn’t be but I am. I mean it’s not like Isabel and I just started dating. I mean we’ve been together for years; we already have one child and one on the way.
On top of all of that I already have the blessing of her parents, so why is talking to Michael and Max so difficult for me? Maybe because they are so protective of her, and despite everything that has happened, she is so important to them. Let’s not forget they are much bigger than me.
“So Alex what’s up?” Michael asks me while we walk out of the hotel with Max at my other side.
“I just wanted to talk to you guys before dinner tonight because I have something important to do and…”
“No!” That’s Michael.
“No way!” That’s Max. It stop and look at them both, they can’t possibly know…can they?
“What?”
“Nothing, just ah…what did you need to talk about?” They both change their demeanor and Max quickly changes the subject.
“Okay, well I just wanted to…”
“Ask Isabel to marry you?!” This comes from Max. I don’t look at either of them, but we are halfway down the block and I look everywhere but at them.
“Yeah…I mean…”
“Fina-fucking-ly Alex!” I snap my head up and see Michael smiling and then turn to my side to see Max with the same goofy grin on his face.
“Wait? You guys are okay with this?” I’m confused; I figured they would think with everything that has happened that they would think we should wait or something.
“Yes, why wouldn’t we be? I mean, you guys have been together for what? Ever and it’s about damn time is all I have to say, congratulations Alex.” Max pulls me into a quick hug and pats my back before he pulls away and Michael reciprocates Max’s actions.
“Thanks that really means a lot, I was a little nervous about telling you guys.”
“Nervous? Why? Alex, you and Isabel have been through a lot but you’re still together and happy probably more so now than ever, we couldn’t be happier.” Max says to me and I can’t help the grin on my face from forming.
“So Alex, when are you going to ask her?” Michael asks as we make our way across the street to grab something quick to eat.
“I want to ask her tonight after dinner.”
“That’s great. Now how about we grab some food because I’m starving.” Michael makes his way inside leaving Max and I shaking our heads and falling in line behind him.
A couple of hours later, we are all seated in the restaurant of the hotel having dinner and sharing our days events with everyone. I can’t really focus on anything other than the ring that is burning a hole in the breast pocket of my jacket.
I’m so glad Isabel was feeling better, she just needed some sleep it seems, because she is smiling brightly and looks amazing right now and I can’t wait for dinner to be done. I look around the table and see that everyone is laughing at something Damian just said and I have never been more grateful for the family I was pulled into. Each of them in their own way is incredible and strong, they have all been through so much but at the end of the day, they’re together and happy.
After dinner I decide to take Isabel for a walk on the beach. We walk across this pier that allows you to sit and dangle your feet into the crystal blue water. The wind is blowing perfectly, allowing her golden brown locks to fly freely around her face. She looks up at me and smiles. My heart tightens for just a moment.
“Alex this is so beautiful, I love it here. I don’t think I have ever seen anything like it before.”
“I agree.” I say aloud but more to myself than anything, she just smiles up at me shyly. This is it, the moment of truth. I reach out my hand to her and she places hers in mine and squeezes tightly, I really needed that.
I take a deep breathe in and bend down on one knee, her mouth falls open and the tears immediately spring to her eyes and I give her a smile as I reach into my pocket to retrieve the ring.
“Isabel, you are the only girl I have ever loved and ever will. You are my high school sweetheart but most importantly, you are the mother of my children and for that I will forever be grateful. Not because you took pity on my poor soul but because you chose to love me as much as I do you. The first time I saw you, the first day you started school, I was blown away and awed by your beauty. I thought I’d never have a chance with you, but then you did something no girl ever has. You approached me and asked me out to the movies do you remember?” She’s crying but manages to answer my question.
“Of course Alex, you were so surprised you dropped your books on my feet.” I laugh because I remember that day I couldn’t believe it, Isabel Evans a beauty in her own right was asking me, thin and lanky never had a girlfriend, Alex Whitman out.
“Yeah, after the initial shock I got over it and agreed and it was the best decision I ever made, because after that we were inseparable. See I learned that loving someone isn’t just saying it, but that actions mean more and I don’t want to think about that past. I want to move forward and I want you to know right now before I say anything more that I forgive you and I want you to let go.” She covers her sobs with her mouth and I know she knows exactly what I’m talking about. I know that she is so sorry for what she did involving Liz and every day from that point on she has showed me what I knew deep down all this time…that she loves me unconditionally as I love her.
“So, now I can say what I’ve been dying to say all day.” She smiles and wipes the tears falling from her eyes and tries to gain some composure. I give her hand a tight squeeze before I begin. I hold out the ring to her and look into her rich golden eyes.
“Isabel Evans will you marry me?” I hold my breathe, even though I’m pretty sure of what her answer is going to be, it’s still a bit nerve racking.
“Yes! Alex, yes I’ll marry you!” I quickly slide the ring on her finger and stand up and take her in my arms.
“I love you Isabel.” She wraps her arms around my neck and has the biggest smile on her face.
“I love you Alex... so much.” I lean in and kiss her pouring all my love into it and when we finally break apart we take a seat at the edge of the pier our hands tangled together and our hearts beating as one.
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Chapter 57
Max
It is about five thirty in the morning and Liz and I are rushing around to get everything together. We should have gotten it done last night but that didn’t work well because as soon as we got through the front door she was all over me. Fine! We were all over each other.
“Max?” She shouts at me from the bathroom. Then walks out into our bedroom.
“Yes Liz?”
“I didn’t pack any dresses or anything, you know so when we go to dinner.” I look at her from my position on the floor zipping the suitcases. I already have that covered but I can’t tell her that of course.
“It’s fine, everything is going to be casual anyway and if you really need one I’m sure you can find a place to buy one, after all both Maria and Isabel will be there. You won’t have any trouble with them around.” I smirk at her and she just crosses her arms.
“Is that supposed to mean something?” She taps her foot against the rug for emphasis.
“Nope just stating facts, Parker.” ‘Parker’ I can’t wait until that becomes ‘Evans’, I try to hide my amusement.
“Yeah, yeah keep that up and it’s going to be a dry vacation.” She turns and picks up her carry-on and walks towards the door.
“You wouldn’t.” I say to her, hoping that she doesn’t mean that. She stops and turns to regard me with a look over her shoulder and says, “maybe I would, maybe I wouldn’t, so you know what that means?”
“No what?” I say and pick up the suitcases and fall in line behind her.
“That you’ll have to treat me extra special to insure the no drought situation.” She winks and walks her sexy ass down the hallway. I just shake my head, what am I going to do with her?
The car arrives to pick us up ten minutes later and I’m loading up the luggage while Liz climbs in the backseat. I’m looking down at the bags and just quickly making mental notes of what I packed and if I forgot…shit! Shit!
“Shit!”
“What Max? What’s wrong?” Liz leans out the window at me.
“Nothing, I just…I forgot something. Just stay here I’ll be right back.”
“Okay, just hurry.” I smile at her and make a run for the front door I need to get my keys and get in that damn garage. I can’t believe I left the present in the car; sometimes that woman just distracts the hell out of me. What am I saying? She always does and I love it.
I make it back to the car and Liz in about five minutes. Of course the questions start right about then.
“What did you forget?”
“Nothing.” I say quickly a little too quickly, because now she’s squinting her eyes at me.
“Nothing? Well why did you run like a bat out of hell back into the house?”
“I thought I forgot my wallet.” She seems satisfied with that answer so I lean over her and tell her for probably the fiftieth time today, “I love you.” She just snuggles closer to me.
“I love you Max but I think you said that enough last night…I mean, early this morning.” I smile and lean down to capture her soft lips in a kiss then I press a kiss against her forehead and she settles back for the ride to the airport. Everyone is meeting us there.
I can’t wait until I see her face when we arrive. So far she hasn’t asked me where we are going, I know that she asked Maria but then they had that ‘moment’ and all was forgotten. On top of that she has just been busy with the house and Damian that she hasn’t really had time. I rub my front pocket once more quickly and just smile looking out the window knowing what’s coming in a few days.
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Liz
I settle against Max and I honestly can’t wait until we get to wherever it is we’re going, because like a fool I never asked. But, honestly, I don’t care, I know it will be great and so long as Max is there that’s all that matters.
I close my eyes and try to just rest them for a little while. After last nights activities, I could use a few more hours sleep. A smile creeps up on my face when I think about when Max woke me up at midnight to surprise me with a huge bowl of strawberries and crème for our midnight snack.
I made a wish last night when he fell asleep, I just watched him and wished to stay as happy as I was at that moment with him forever. I know nothing is a guarantee but I know without Max I would be another lost soul, but with him I am a better person, a stronger person and more importantly, I am complete. I look forward to each day, which is a far cry from where I was a year ago and I have him to thank for that. Everything he has done in his life was always for me. I don’t know what I did to deserve that loyalty, trust and love but I will never forget what a special and privileged gift it is to receive and I plan on showing him how much he means to me every day of my life.
We finally make it to airport and I see everyone outside waiting for us and they all shout,
“Finally!”
“So are you trying to take over the fashionably late role in this relationship, Liz?” Maria says to me jokingly and I’m glad to see her smile, she looks relaxed and I’m sure Michael had a lot to do with that.
“Yeah you know, but actually it was Max. He thought he forgot his wallet.” They all snap their heads at him and he smiles sheepishly at them then mumbles a ‘let’s go’ to everyone.
The plane is pretty impressive, there is plenty of seating space for all of us. A separate section where there are two televisions and a bar. There is even a bedroom in the back of the plane, my mind starts to wander and I need to shake off the thoughts because not only is everyone here including Damian but Max’s parents so that idea just flew out the window, literally.
We are in for several more hours in flight, so after about two hours, I walk around to find both Michael and Maria asleep on one of the couches, dead to the world, they will probably sleep the entire flight. In the lounge area, Damian is watching Sponge Bob and won’t tear his eyes away from the screen; I hope it’s a marathon. In the corner of the room Max’s parents sit both of them reading, Diane reading a novel and Phillip reading the news paper as well as doing some work. They need a vacation; they work so hard and have done so much for all of us. I’m glad Max thought of this.
I look to my left and both Isabel and Alex have fallen asleep on the couch opposite Diane and Philip. I’m glad Isabel is getting some sleep; Alex told me that she was up half the night sick so I’m hoping she can sleep most of the flight without getting sick.
Then my face falls on the Max who I am now seated beside, he’s currently flipping through a magazine and I am feeling a little frisky so I reach out my hand and place it on his knee and give it a gentle squeeze. He looks up at me to give me a small smile but he sees the hunger in my eyes immediately and without a word between us, I lift off the couch and make my way to the back of the plane knowing he’ll follow me.
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Max
No.
Fucking.
Way.
She is not thinking what I’m thinking? Right? I mean my parents, Damian hell everyone is here. But I see her rise off the couch and walk to the back of the plane and I know she means it.
I am instantly aroused to say the least and I’m not sure what to do, on one hand I should just keep my ass here and on the other just thinking of her ready and waiting back there…ah hell! I can’t not go! I practically jump off the couch and hear my father ruffle his newspaper I chance a glance in his direction and I’m ready to see the stern, don’t even think about it look but instead he’s not looking at me but the corners of his mouth are turned upwards.
I don’t believe it, but don’t take too much time to ponder that, I make my way to the back of the plane and the door is already closed. My heart is pounding in my chest and my breathing is already erratic as well as this massive erection growing in my jeans. I reach out to the doorknob and there is very little light coming from inside, I quickly enter and close the door behind me being extra careful to lock it behind me.
I walk in a little further and see off to the right, my love the most beautiful creature ever to walk this earth and she is all for me. She’s sitting against the headboard and has on nothing but her lacey pink bra and panties. I approach the bed and crawl up until my face is a mere breathe away from hers and I whisper her name and she whisper’s mine back. We both smile at one another and then she reaches up and pulls me down against her glossy lips.
I slide her body down so that we lay flush against one another. I trail wet open mouth kisses from her lips down to her perky breasts, swirling my tongue over each stiff peak before spreading her thighs with my knee to settle between them.
“Liz, we can’t make love.” I tell her and I don’t want to disappoint her but it’s the truth, everyone would hear and that is not a good thing.
“I know but we can do other things right?” She asks me hopefully and I don’t plan on disappointing her. I slide down her body placing kisses from her neck, down the valley of her breasts and when I reach her cute little belly button I dip my tongue in and out, hearing a soft moan escape her lips. I continue on my journey when a hand on my head stops me, I look up.
“What?” I whisper.
“If you do that I can’t touch you.” She’s right but right now I want this more than she could possibly know.
“It’s okay I…”
“No Max, just lay next to me.” Okay, maybe she does not understand me right now so I try again.
“Liz I want to taste you and I…” She silences me once again.
“I know, I want that too but if you’re next to me then…then I can to.” What?! Okay I have to say that in all the years we’ve been together she has never…ever suggested that. I never thought to ask her. And not because I didn’t want to, but mainly because I figured she didn’t.
“O-okay.”
I swallow thickly and answer and I hate the fact that my voice cracks. She giggles a little, I duck my head and roll over next to her after removing my jeans and boxers, I was damn sure I was careful to fold my jeans so the box didn’t fall out. I’m now laying next to her on my side my feet facing the headboard, while she lays on her back. I run my hand up her legs and rest it on her hip easing her to her side.
Immediately she latches onto my erection and slides it into her mouth and I can’t help but groan at the sensation, after a few seconds of the initial shock wearing off I lean down and begin my own exploration of her body. Within minutes the room is filled with the hushed sounds of our moaning. She pumps me quickly in and out of her mouth and within minutes I feel my release. I remove my head from its position between her creamy thighs, “Liz…oh baby…ah!” Then I return and continue to stroke her with my tongue over and over and within seconds she’s moaning and releasing her own orgasm.
We lay in bed together for a few minutes. I stroke her hair, her shoulder then across her flat stomach and think one day our baby will grown inside of her and I can’t wait until that time.
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Liz
When we finally arrive I have a chance to look out the window of the plane and see a beautiful island, but I still don’t know where we are so I turn to Max and ask him and he smiles and tells me,
“Aruba.”
“Aruba! Really?! Oh my God Max. Thank you!” I lean over my seat and wrap my arms around his neck.
“I’m glad you like it.” He tells me.
“Like it? Max, I love it! You know I always wanted to go here…I didn’t think you would remember.” I tell him honestly because I told him this the summer of our Junior year of high school.
“Remember? Liz I’ve never forgotten anything you’ve ever told me you wanted…never. And I plan on making every single one of your dreams come true baby.” The tears start to form in my eyes and I can’t help them as they slide down my cheeks, I know everyone is witnessing our conversation but they do their best to act like they’re not there, which I totally appreciate. He lifts his hands to cradle my face and tell me that he loves me and that I don’t need to cry then places a kiss on the tip of my nose and tells me to settle back for the landing.
“It’s so beautiful Max…I knew it would be beautiful just never like this.” I tell him once we are on the balcony of our hotel room. He comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist and drops a kiss my shoulder.
“It doesn’t even compare to you, not in my eyes. Your real... I can touch you and feel you, I can only look at that but I don’t know what it feels like.” I lean my head back and rest it on his chest. I love him so much sometimes it actually hurts, I don’t know how I got so damn lucky but I’m not complaining.
“So, do you want to finish what we started on the plane?” I ask him while trailing my hands down his arms.
“That sounds…” Damn! Someone’s knocking on the door.
“Looks like we have to continue this later.” He says to me while he steps away and answers the door.
“Alex hi!” I hear Max say while letting Alex into our room.
“Hi guys, I really don’t mean to bother you but I need to talk to Max for a little while.” He looks at me like I might stop him or something, so I simply tell him it’s okay and that I wanted to take a shower.
Max turns to me and asks me if I want to go out with everyone in about an hour or so and then later on we’ll have dinner together and I tell him that’s fine and to have fun.
After him and Alex leave I rummage through my bags to take my long hot shower.
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Alex
I’m so nervous right now I shouldn’t be but I am. I mean it’s not like Isabel and I just started dating. I mean we’ve been together for years; we already have one child and one on the way.
On top of all of that I already have the blessing of her parents, so why is talking to Michael and Max so difficult for me? Maybe because they are so protective of her, and despite everything that has happened, she is so important to them. Let’s not forget they are much bigger than me.
“So Alex what’s up?” Michael asks me while we walk out of the hotel with Max at my other side.
“I just wanted to talk to you guys before dinner tonight because I have something important to do and…”
“No!” That’s Michael.
“No way!” That’s Max. It stop and look at them both, they can’t possibly know…can they?
“What?”
“Nothing, just ah…what did you need to talk about?” They both change their demeanor and Max quickly changes the subject.
“Okay, well I just wanted to…”
“Ask Isabel to marry you?!” This comes from Max. I don’t look at either of them, but we are halfway down the block and I look everywhere but at them.
“Yeah…I mean…”
“Fina-fucking-ly Alex!” I snap my head up and see Michael smiling and then turn to my side to see Max with the same goofy grin on his face.
“Wait? You guys are okay with this?” I’m confused; I figured they would think with everything that has happened that they would think we should wait or something.
“Yes, why wouldn’t we be? I mean, you guys have been together for what? Ever and it’s about damn time is all I have to say, congratulations Alex.” Max pulls me into a quick hug and pats my back before he pulls away and Michael reciprocates Max’s actions.
“Thanks that really means a lot, I was a little nervous about telling you guys.”
“Nervous? Why? Alex, you and Isabel have been through a lot but you’re still together and happy probably more so now than ever, we couldn’t be happier.” Max says to me and I can’t help the grin on my face from forming.
“So Alex, when are you going to ask her?” Michael asks as we make our way across the street to grab something quick to eat.
“I want to ask her tonight after dinner.”
“That’s great. Now how about we grab some food because I’m starving.” Michael makes his way inside leaving Max and I shaking our heads and falling in line behind him.
A couple of hours later, we are all seated in the restaurant of the hotel having dinner and sharing our days events with everyone. I can’t really focus on anything other than the ring that is burning a hole in the breast pocket of my jacket.
I’m so glad Isabel was feeling better, she just needed some sleep it seems, because she is smiling brightly and looks amazing right now and I can’t wait for dinner to be done. I look around the table and see that everyone is laughing at something Damian just said and I have never been more grateful for the family I was pulled into. Each of them in their own way is incredible and strong, they have all been through so much but at the end of the day, they’re together and happy.
After dinner I decide to take Isabel for a walk on the beach. We walk across this pier that allows you to sit and dangle your feet into the crystal blue water. The wind is blowing perfectly, allowing her golden brown locks to fly freely around her face. She looks up at me and smiles. My heart tightens for just a moment.
“Alex this is so beautiful, I love it here. I don’t think I have ever seen anything like it before.”
“I agree.” I say aloud but more to myself than anything, she just smiles up at me shyly. This is it, the moment of truth. I reach out my hand to her and she places hers in mine and squeezes tightly, I really needed that.
I take a deep breathe in and bend down on one knee, her mouth falls open and the tears immediately spring to her eyes and I give her a smile as I reach into my pocket to retrieve the ring.
“Isabel, you are the only girl I have ever loved and ever will. You are my high school sweetheart but most importantly, you are the mother of my children and for that I will forever be grateful. Not because you took pity on my poor soul but because you chose to love me as much as I do you. The first time I saw you, the first day you started school, I was blown away and awed by your beauty. I thought I’d never have a chance with you, but then you did something no girl ever has. You approached me and asked me out to the movies do you remember?” She’s crying but manages to answer my question.
“Of course Alex, you were so surprised you dropped your books on my feet.” I laugh because I remember that day I couldn’t believe it, Isabel Evans a beauty in her own right was asking me, thin and lanky never had a girlfriend, Alex Whitman out.
“Yeah, after the initial shock I got over it and agreed and it was the best decision I ever made, because after that we were inseparable. See I learned that loving someone isn’t just saying it, but that actions mean more and I don’t want to think about that past. I want to move forward and I want you to know right now before I say anything more that I forgive you and I want you to let go.” She covers her sobs with her mouth and I know she knows exactly what I’m talking about. I know that she is so sorry for what she did involving Liz and every day from that point on she has showed me what I knew deep down all this time…that she loves me unconditionally as I love her.
“So, now I can say what I’ve been dying to say all day.” She smiles and wipes the tears falling from her eyes and tries to gain some composure. I give her hand a tight squeeze before I begin. I hold out the ring to her and look into her rich golden eyes.
“Isabel Evans will you marry me?” I hold my breathe, even though I’m pretty sure of what her answer is going to be, it’s still a bit nerve racking.
“Yes! Alex, yes I’ll marry you!” I quickly slide the ring on her finger and stand up and take her in my arms.
“I love you Isabel.” She wraps her arms around my neck and has the biggest smile on her face.
“I love you Alex... so much.” I lean in and kiss her pouring all my love into it and when we finally break apart we take a seat at the edge of the pier our hands tangled together and our hearts beating as one.
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Chapter 58
Liz
So last night Max told me about Alex proposing to Isabel and I can’t say that I’m not happy for them because I am. I know she’s probably so excited and with the new baby coming I’m so overjoyed.
Max was worried about me last night. I could tell but I decided to change the subject and we had dessert on our balcony. Then went to bed for some much needed sleep. This morning we are going to be spending the day with Damian, giving Isabel and Alex some alone time.
Michael and Maria will be joining us for most of the day as well as Diane and Phillip, who up to this point have just been site seeing and shopping. It’s funny because she convinces Phillip that she needs things that she herself has no use for, but because she thinks they’re nice she wants them. And being the great man he is, he smiles and hands out his wallet.
“Hey baby, you missed me?” I roll my eyes.
“Max, you were in the shower, how the hell could I miss you?”
“Oh, well I guess I’m easily forgotten then.” He pouts and he looks adorable, but I let my eyes travel down his muscular torso and his lower region which is currently hidden from me by a white towel and can I just say how scrumptious he looks, tan and in a towel? I don’t think I have seen anything better than that.
“Parker, what did I tell you about staring?” He smirks then removes the towel and throws it at me. I catch it as it slides down over my head. He turns his back towards me to look for some clothes, but why ruin a perfectly good opportunity right?
I’m wearing a pale yellow sundress right now and I decide that the moment calls for a bit less attire. I quickly swoop the dress up over my head and come to stand behind him. I press my front to his back and he quickly snaps his head around to look down at me.
“Liz, we have to get going and as much as I want you right now, we don’t really have time and I…mmm.” I pull his neck down and cover his words with my mouth.
“Too much talking Max, more action.” I tell him between kisses. He groans and lifts me up on top of the dresser. He then quickly removes the scrap of material separating us and slides it down my legs.
“Liz, you are so bad. What happened to my quiet and shy beauty?” He says while attaching his lips to my neck and begins sucking and licking gently. I slide my hands down his back and bring them down to his backside and give it a gentle squeeze then whisper in his ear, “I’m right here but you Max Evans have made me the bad girl that I am today.” He laughs a little then brings his lips to mine and begins to devour me, he sweeps his tongue in my mouth and I eagerly open up to him. We pull away for air and his hands are all over me, my back, my arms, neck, and legs. He’s so gentle sometimes and I feel so special and treasured.
“I want you Max.” I whimper as he continues his assault of licks and nibbles down my neck and throat. He doesn’t say a word he simply slides his hand down between us to guide himself to my waiting center.
“Oh Max.”
“Ah Liz.” We both groan in unison, he takes me gently and slowly. He pulls out of me almost completely then enters me again painstakingly slow and I feel like I might pass out from the pleasure he’s causing me. I throw my head back and he attaches his hands to my hips speeding up our movements.
“God Max you feel so…ah…so good!” I moan out and he speeds up his movements even more and I’m so close. I wrap my legs around higher on his waist giving him better access, which he takes and runs with.
“Liz…Liz…baby…ah….yes….” He pumps into me faster and faster I know he’s so close and I can’t hold out any longer. I topple over the edge and he follows right behind me. When we separate he pushes back my hair from my face and kisses my swollen lips softly and tells me he loves me.
“Love you too and now it looks like we need a shower.”
“Separate Liz, we need to take it separately otherwise we’ll never leave the room.” He says smiling devilishly at me and I know exactly what he means. He lets me take one first and we get ready to leave.
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Max
“So honey, did Isabel tell you when her and Alex are getting married?” My mom asks me while I sit back and watch Liz and Damian play in the sand. They both are making me laugh because they are chasing each other and tripping over their own feet at the same time.
“No, she didn’t. I only saw her for a few minutes this afternoon when we went to their room to pick up Damian, why do they know already?” Not that I’m surprised at all if they have a date and time, this is Isabel after all.
“Yes, they want to do it back home. Isabel wants to keep it simple and she wants it in backyard of the house her and Alex are in, she wants it just to be us.”
“Really? I mean I always figured she’d want a traditional wedding, I guess.”
“Me too honey but she said that she doesn’t need that and that she wants to do it as soon as they return.”
“That’s good mom, real good.” I can’t help that I’m not really focused on the conversation I’m having with my mother right now. I look at Liz and she’s running from Damian, her hair dancing around her and I am getting really anxious already. I need to hold out a couple of more days but it’s beginning to become torture for me. I know she’s enjoying herself but I know her better than she knows herself and when I told her about Alex and Isabel I made sure we were in the room alone together, she surprised me though with her reaction. She was so happy but I knew it hurt her just a little that I haven’t asked her. She’s not rushing me though, not that I need to be rushed. Hell, I’m having a hard enough time keeping myself in check half the time and not ask her already.
“Max?”
“Yeah mom?”
“You going to be able to hold out?” I laugh a little.
“Yes mom, I’ll be okay its only three more days.”
“Okay good. Your father and I were getting worried. Max?”
“Yeah?” I couldn’t keep my eyes off Liz long enough to have a conversation with my own mother, I am a goner.
“I don’t get to tell you this too often and neither does your father because you work so hard, but we are so proud of you and we know how much and how important Liz is to you and has always been. I know you’ve both been through a lot but I know you did it all for her and I’m so proud to call you my son. Thank you.” She’s tearing up and I lean over and give her a hug and kiss on the cheek.
“Don’t thank me mom, it’s because of you and Dad that I am the way I am. Without the support and love you both give all of us I don’t know if I would be where I am today, so thank you Mom, for everything you have ever done for me…and for Liz. I love you.”
“I love you too sweetheart. Well I’m going to get going. It looks like your father is taking in a little too much sun over there.” I turn to my side and see my father sitting in a lounge chair right at the waters edge, burning to a crisp.
“Right, I’ll see you later for dinner.” She walks off to grab my father who reluctantly gets dragged away. I turn back to Liz and Damian and a smile creeps back on my face when she looks at me and pushes her hair away from her face. God I love her so much I don’t know what I’d do…
“Liz!” Oh God! I spring up to my feet and run down the beach to her, Damian is trying to wake her up.
“Aunt Liz! What’s wrong?…wake up.” He’s crying and rocking back and forth next to her still form.
“Liz…Liz…” I kneel down beside her and she’s not responding, she’s breathing but she’s not moving. I quickly lift her up and tell Damian to follow me.
I don’t know what’s wrong with her and I’m terrified right now. I run with her in my arms and Damian by my side up to the hotel lobby and the manager quickly leads me to the emergency center located inside the hotel.
“Max, what happened?!” Maria comes running down the hallway I called her and Michael as well as everyone else because honestly... I’m about two seconds from flipping out on one of the doctors in that room with her if they don’t tell me what the hell is wrong with her.
“I don’t…I don’t know…she was standing there playing with Damian and she looked at me and the next thing I knew she was collapsing to the ground and…” She wraps her arms around me and tells me it will be okay.
“I’m sorry we weren’t there, we went to grab something to eat and then got all side tracked.” Michael tells me and I tell him I understand he wouldn’t have been able to do anything anyway.
“Mr. Evans?” Simultaneously, my father, Michael and myself all answer.
“Ah…well then Max Evans?”
“Yes, is she okay? I mean…” The doctor places a hand on my shoulder and tells me that she’s fine. She passed out because she was dehydrated and she says she hasn’t eaten anything today on top of the fact that she was standing in the sun for hours this morning was not a good combination.
“Thank God!” Isabel, Maria and my mom say at the same time. I ask the doctor if I could see her and he told me it would be fine, but they would like to keep her for a little longer just to make sure she’s okay.
“Okay, thank you.” I leave everyone in the waiting area and walk to Liz’s room slowly. This is bringing back really bad memories, memories of when I almost lost her and tears spring to my eyes because even though this is not a serious as the last time, it’s too much for my heart to take right now.
I slowly turn the doorknob and push the door open and there she is my heart lying with her eyes open and glued to my face giving me an embarrassed smile.
“I’m sorry Max.”
“Shh, Liz it’s okay but don’t ever do that to me again.” I rush to her side and sit down next to her on the bed and brush her hair away from her face. I lean over and place kisses all over her beautiful face telling her how much I love her and how worried I was that something happened.
“I know, I just I forgot about not eating anything and I guess the sun pelting down on me for three hours was too much. When I realized that I was light headed it was too late. I passed out.” I wrap my arms around her and hold her tight, afraid that if I let go she wouldn’t be there.
“I can’t be without you Liz, you need to be more careful. If you didn’t eat you should have told me and before we even did anything I would gotten you something. I just…I thought you ate while I was in the shower, I wasn’t hungry but I’m used to it and I was in the shade and…”
“Calm down Max, I know and I’ll never do it again, I promise.” She says and gently places her lips on top of mine silencing the rest of my thoughts. When we pull away, she tells me how embarrassed she is.
“Why?”
“Because I’m always causing some kind of drama.”
“Well you wouldn’t be you if you didn’t, right?” I tease her and when I hear her tiny laugh escape her lips. I know she’s really okay.
“Everyone wants to see you, especially Damian, he was terrified.” Her eyes open wide and realization finally dawns on her where she was when it happened.
“God, Max, is he okay?”
“Yeah, he’s fine but he wants to see you.”
“Okay go get him.” I kiss her on her forehead and leave to get Damian.
I return a few minutes later after I tell everyone that she is okay and that as soon as I brought her back up to the room I would let them know so they could see her. I take Damian and lead him into Liz’s room.
“Is she okay Uncle Max? Is she hurt?” I kneel down in front of him.
“She is perfectly fine, she was really hungry and she didn’t eat anything. She’s okay now, the doctors made her better okay?”
“Okay I’m ready.” He takes my hand in his and I open up the door. Liz straightens out in the bed and her face lights up once again.
“Aunt Liz! You’re okay!” I close the door behind us and he runs to her beside. She goes to lean over and lift him but I stop her and do it myself.
“Yes sweetie I’m fine, I’m much better now. I’m sorry I scared you. I promise I’ll never do it again.” He crawls into her lap and wraps his arms around her neck and she soothingly rubs his back up and down and rocks him. I leave the room giving them a few minutes alone and lean my back against the door and close my eyes.
I make a silent prayer for someone to watch over her because I wouldn’t make it if I lost her.
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Three Days Later
Liz
“Liz.” I hear Max whisper in my ear and I stir a little. Is he crazy it must be like one in the morning or something and I’m tired he cannot possibly be up for another round?
“Liz.” I roll over a little more and I see him sitting next to me holding…a cupcake? I sit up a little more and wipe the sleepiness from my eyes.
“Max what are you doing?” He holds the plate a little lower for me to get a better view, then he raises a lighter to it and lights the candle.
“Happy Birthday baby, it’s midnight and it’s officially tomorrow and I wanted to make sure I was the first one to wish it to you this year.” He says and I make out his features by the one candle lit in the center of the chocolate cupcake. He has to be the sweetest man alive.
“Max, thank you.” I lean over and kiss him and he tells me to make a wish and blow out the candles.
I knew exactly what I wanted to wish for, so I close my eyes and pray to whoever is listening to watch over him because I wouldn’t make it if I lost him. Then I blew out the candle.
“So you wanna eat the cupcake?” I look at him and as much as I never turn down chocolate I have to decline.
“Hmm not even the frosting?” He dips his finger into the frosting and swipes it across my lips then begins to lick it off. I can’t help the moan that escapes past my lips as he nips and sucks my lips clean.
“Maybe just the frosting.”
“Hmm good.” He swipes his finger over the cupcake once again then rubs it on one of my exposed nipples then turns and puts the plate on the night stand.
“Lay back Liz.” I do as he says and he begins his exploration of my body, licking the frosting from my body and then his need as well as mine grows. We make love over and over until our bodies tire and we pass out from exhaustion.
This is turning out to be a great birthday is the last thing I think about as my lids fall closed.
“Wake up birthday girl!” I’m so tired, every single muscle in my body hurts.
“Max I’m too tired.” I say and throw myself dramatically back under the covers, which he, of course, rips off.
“Get your sexy birthday ass up and take a shower, we have to have breakfast.” I roll over and stretch.
“I think we already had that.” I say with a smirk. He rolls his eyes.
“Liz, frosting does not count as breakfast and besides I’m the one that ate the damn frosting you got the…ah…well you know what you got, now come on. It’s a beautiful day and we have things that need to get done. Like breakfast with everyone so get up!”
I roll over reluctantly, “Fine, I’m going. I’m not happy but I’m going.”
I reach the bathroom and start the shower, but decide against it when I see the Jacuzzi. I bet that would make me feel like a million bucks right now. Lord knows I need to relax my body as much as possible.
After what feels like an hour, but was more like a half hour I exit the bathroom wrapped in a towel expecting to see Max, but he was no where to be found. However in the center of the bed was a note; I pick up the note and read it aloud.
“Waiting for you in the lobby beautiful…now stop reading this note and get dressed.” I roll my eyes, he knows me too well.
“Happy Birthday!” Everyone yells when I reach the top of the stairs, and I’m so embarrassed because half the hotel is staring at me right now. I walk down the stairs hoping I don’t fall flat on my face.
Max, of course, is at the bottom, reaching his hand out to me to take, which I do willingly.
“You look beautiful Liz.” He leans in and kisses my temple before letting everyone attack me with their birthday wishes.
We ate breakfast, then Max tells me that he wants to give me my first birthday present out on the beach. I’m so excited I wonder what it is…not that I really care but still I’m a girl.
We make it out to the beach and he takes me to a very secluded part and my heart is racing, he makes everything so exciting, hell I could watch water boil with him and I would probably have erratic breathing.
“Come here.” He pulls me down in between his legs and I lean back against his chest. He wraps his arms around me and places his chin on my shoulder.
“How are you enjoying your birthday so far?”
“It’s great Max, I love it so far. Thank your for making it so perfect.”
“Oh it’s not perfect, not yet but it will be.” He says and I can’t help but wonder what he’s talking about. Probably my present if I had to take a guess.
We sit for a few minutes longer in silence and it feels go good to be in his arms here and I never want to leave.
“So you ready for your present?” He asks me nudging my back a little.
“Yes I am.” I say and begin to turn around but he stops me and tells me to stay like this and tells me to close my eyes.
He leans in close and whispers in my ear, “Now baby what’s your most favorite color?” I smile because he knows damn well what that is but I play along.
“Pink!”
“Now what are a girls best friend?” Hmm a girl’s best friend are…
“Diamonds! Diamonds, are a girls best friend.” I’m good at this game; I wonder how many I’ll have to answer before I get my present?
“Open your eyes beautiful.” I don’t hesitate and I open my eyes and gasp.
“Max…they’re so beautiful…wow!”
“So you like?” What is there not to like about pink diamond princess cut earrings?
“Like Max, I love them but you didn’t…” He silences me by turning my head and placing his lips against mine.
“Not another negative word okay? And while we’re at it…no negative words all day.” I smile.
“Okay no more negative words.”
“Good, now let’s get going I need to ravish you before dinner.” I smile and he stands up taking me with him.
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Several Hours Later
“Where are we going? Because I don’t have anything to wear if it’s like, fancy, or whatever.” I say while brushing my hair back.
“Liz, just open your closet and take a look at what’s hanging on your door.” He says to me with is back turned to me he’s dressed only in his boxers and walks into the bathroom.
“Closest? But I already…”
“Max.” I whisper out. I run my hands down the delicate fabric of the pastel pink knee length strapless dress hanging inside my closet.
I don’t hear Max approach me, “do you like it?” I am speechless that he would go through so much trouble for me.
“How did you…?”
“Maria, she told me about it.”
“Oh that’s why she was acting so funny in the dressing room, like rushing me or whatever.” He smiles sheepishly at me and tells me to hurry up because dinner will get cold.
Again, I have to ask myself how does dinner get cold if we haven’t gone and ordered it yet but whatever.
Fifteen minutes later I’m dressed and waiting for Max to get out of the damn bathroom, he has gone in there at least twenty times in the past ten minutes. He’s starting to worry me; maybe he’s sick or something.
“Max are you okay? I mean if you don’t feel good we could…”
“No! I’m fine let’s go.” I look at him and he looks flushed. I’ll make sure I eat quickly so we can get back here and he can lay down because he really doesn’t look good. Well he looks hot, but sick at the same time…oh I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about anymore.
I walk to the door and he stops me, “Max?”
“Liz we need to go this way oh and you don’t need any shoes.” He points to the balcony and I’m confused as hell he reaches out his hand and then pulls me to the balcony and from where I stand I can see what he has set up.
“Max…I…God I love you.” He smiles at me and then bends down and lifts me in his arms and carries my down the stairs down to the beach. As we approach the tent I take it all in for the first time up close.
There is a white tent that faces the ocean and inside is a table set up with a white tablecloth and long stemmed candles. He places me down on my feet and I can tell from this position that there are rose petals that range from white to pink to lavender scattered across the inside of the tent. I thought it would just be filled with sand, but apparently a white silk blanket covers the sandy ground.
“Max it’s so beautiful, thank you I’ve never…”
“Ah, ah, ah, Liz remember the deal?” He says to me and leans in and kisses my lips before pulling me into the tent.
A few minutes later a waiter appears with our dinner. Honestly I don’t even take the time to see what it is because at this moment I can’t tear my eyes away from him. I’m trying to hard to hold back my tears, all I do is cry and I don’t want him to think that I’m not happy. We eat dinner in comfortable silence never taking our eyes off one another. He looks better... maybe he was just hungry.
The waiter comes back one more time and takes our plates, and Max pulls me outside the tent while the table is removed from the tent. He wraps his arms around me and kisses me deeply. My senses are on high alert at this point and the way he is sliding his tongue against mine causes me to lean in closer to him, he brings me up higher against him and when the need for air becomes so great we pull away panting.
“You look so beautiful Liz and your all mine and I’m so happy. You make me so happy.” I smile and tell him I feel the same way. Once the waiter leaves, we walk back to the tent and step inside
He lets me walk in first and I can’t help but bend down to touch the petals, they are so soft and delicate, they feel just like silk and they make everything smell so good. I rise and turn around to see Max standing in front of me with a smile on his face and something behind his back.
“Max.”
“Liz.”
“What’s behind your back?” I ask him and he takes a look over his shoulder then turns back to me and smiles.
“Nothing.”
“Hmm nothing? I bet it’s something.”
“It’s your other present.”
“Other present, Max I thought dinner…” He leans in and whispers in my ear,
“You thought wrong.” And quickly swings his arm forward allowing me to see what he has behind his back and holds it between us. I look down and see it’s a box a long and rectangular one. I wonder what’s inside?
“Go ahead and open it up.” He eagerly tells me then walks around me and stops when he’s right behind me. I look at the box for a second longer and I tear off the top and I see a pink velvet box inside. I slowly open it up and see a charm bracelet. There are charms on it but they are hard to see, since Max is blocking most of the light coming from the dimming candles.
“Max it’s so beautiful.” He leans in again and his husky voice sends chills down my spine.
“Why don’t you take a look at the charms, I picked each of them out because they all mean something to me.” I smile and lift the bracelet out of the box. Max grabs the box from my hands and I lift the bracelet up to the moonlight shining inside the tent.
“What’s the first one Liz?” He asks me and I take a look a the first one I see,
“It’s a cross.”
“Because I thank God everyday for bringing you into my life.” The tears spring to my eyes. I don’t turn around otherwise I’ll completely loose it. I just move onto the next one.
“It’s a heart.” I smile.
“My heart Liz, that’s what you have.” My vision is getting blurrier and blurrier and there are at least five more to go. I take in a deep breath and continue.
“A world?” He chuckles.
“That’s what you are Liz, my whole world and everything in it.” I’m not going to make it, but I press on wanting to hear what he says about each one.
“A horseshoe.”
“Because you’re my good luck charm…continue.” I smile.
“Hmm it’s a snowflake.” I wait.
“I want to spend the rest of my life keeping you warm.” How cute is he? Okay press on Liz.
“Okay there’s a butterfly.”
“That’s because I let you go once and you came back and that’s how I know it’s forever.” Oh no…the waterworks have begun yet again. Two more…I can do this.
“A sun.”
“That’s because I want to wake up every morning to your beautiful face.” That’s it I can’t take it, my shoulders start to shake and he tells me it’s okay and to just finish. I shake my head and wipe away my tears. Looking at the bracelet once more, the final charm.
“It’s the letter ‘E’?” I’m confused so I await his response, but nothing comes.
“Max?” He still doesn’t answer me so I turn around to find out what….
“Oh My God…Max…” I’m speechless once again. Because Max, the love of my life is kneeling before me…on one knee. This isn’t happening right? I mean he’s just messing with me, I mean…Oh God!
He grabs both my hands and kisses the back of them gently then drops my right hand letting it fall effortlessly to my side. I don’t think I’m breathing anymore I just stare at his golden eyes and loose myself in his words.
“Liz, I have loved you for what feels like my entire life. I meant all those things I said, you are my heart and my whole world, and I’m nothing without you. Everything I have ever worked for had one goal in mind…you. I wanted to be everything to you and for you. When you told me you loved me I knew that this was forever, that we would be forever. I’ve made a lot of mistakes Liz, and I’ve hurt you and I can’t promise that it will never happen again, so instead of making promises for things I can’t control I can make promises for the things that I can.” The streams of tears are falling from my eyes and I quickly wipe them away only to be replaced with fresh ones. I can see all the love he has for me in his eyes and I can see that he is struggling to keep his composure.
“I promise to make sure each and everyday that I not only show you but tell you how much you mean to me. I promise to love you for the rest of my life. I promise to listen to you and be there for you whenever you need me and even when you don’t.” He smiles at that one and so do I.
“Most of all, I promise to be forever grateful that you showed me what love is all about and teaching me the true meaning of never giving up. You are by far the strongest person I have ever known and I’m so thankful that you chose me.” I can’t even express what I feel at this moment. If I weren’t completely and utterly in love with this man, then those words would have done me in. He has tears streaming down his face but he continues on.
“Liz, I can’t tell you what the last charm on the bracelet means.” What? Why not? Before I get the chance to say anything, he reaches out his hand and is holding the most beautiful diamond ring I have ever seen.
“Liz Parker, will you marry me?” I look down into his eyes and I smile.
“Yes!” He takes in a ragged breathe before he slides the ring on my finger and rises up to his feet and presses a kiss against my lips. He pulls me closer tells me over and over how much he loves me.
“I love you too Max.” We are both in tears and I don’t want this moment to end, so we hold each other for a little longer before he pulls away and wipes his tears and mine away. He closes the curtain on the tent and we lay beside one another on top of the rose petals.
“Max it was so beautiful. Everything you said and did was perfect. Thank you.”
“Thank you Liz.” I turn over and place my hand on his chest. It’s the first chance I have had to really look at the ring. It’s a huge princess cut diamond on what I can only assume is a platinum band, on either side of the center stone are four smaller princess cut diamonds, two white and two pink. I tell him the ring is beautiful and that I had never seen anything like it before.
“That’s because I had it made for you Liz, it’s a one of kind and I even had it engraved.”
“Really?”
“Yes really.” He bends his head and places a kiss on the tip of my nose. I pout a little because I can’t read it.
“Tomorrow Liz, you can read it tomorrow.”
“I know but I just want to know what it says.”
“Sorry you have to wait, so now you know what the ‘E’ stands for?” I smile brightly.
“Yes I do…it stands for Evans because that’s what I’ll become.”
TBC…
Liz
So last night Max told me about Alex proposing to Isabel and I can’t say that I’m not happy for them because I am. I know she’s probably so excited and with the new baby coming I’m so overjoyed.
Max was worried about me last night. I could tell but I decided to change the subject and we had dessert on our balcony. Then went to bed for some much needed sleep. This morning we are going to be spending the day with Damian, giving Isabel and Alex some alone time.
Michael and Maria will be joining us for most of the day as well as Diane and Phillip, who up to this point have just been site seeing and shopping. It’s funny because she convinces Phillip that she needs things that she herself has no use for, but because she thinks they’re nice she wants them. And being the great man he is, he smiles and hands out his wallet.
“Hey baby, you missed me?” I roll my eyes.
“Max, you were in the shower, how the hell could I miss you?”
“Oh, well I guess I’m easily forgotten then.” He pouts and he looks adorable, but I let my eyes travel down his muscular torso and his lower region which is currently hidden from me by a white towel and can I just say how scrumptious he looks, tan and in a towel? I don’t think I have seen anything better than that.
“Parker, what did I tell you about staring?” He smirks then removes the towel and throws it at me. I catch it as it slides down over my head. He turns his back towards me to look for some clothes, but why ruin a perfectly good opportunity right?
I’m wearing a pale yellow sundress right now and I decide that the moment calls for a bit less attire. I quickly swoop the dress up over my head and come to stand behind him. I press my front to his back and he quickly snaps his head around to look down at me.
“Liz, we have to get going and as much as I want you right now, we don’t really have time and I…mmm.” I pull his neck down and cover his words with my mouth.
“Too much talking Max, more action.” I tell him between kisses. He groans and lifts me up on top of the dresser. He then quickly removes the scrap of material separating us and slides it down my legs.
“Liz, you are so bad. What happened to my quiet and shy beauty?” He says while attaching his lips to my neck and begins sucking and licking gently. I slide my hands down his back and bring them down to his backside and give it a gentle squeeze then whisper in his ear, “I’m right here but you Max Evans have made me the bad girl that I am today.” He laughs a little then brings his lips to mine and begins to devour me, he sweeps his tongue in my mouth and I eagerly open up to him. We pull away for air and his hands are all over me, my back, my arms, neck, and legs. He’s so gentle sometimes and I feel so special and treasured.
“I want you Max.” I whimper as he continues his assault of licks and nibbles down my neck and throat. He doesn’t say a word he simply slides his hand down between us to guide himself to my waiting center.
“Oh Max.”
“Ah Liz.” We both groan in unison, he takes me gently and slowly. He pulls out of me almost completely then enters me again painstakingly slow and I feel like I might pass out from the pleasure he’s causing me. I throw my head back and he attaches his hands to my hips speeding up our movements.
“God Max you feel so…ah…so good!” I moan out and he speeds up his movements even more and I’m so close. I wrap my legs around higher on his waist giving him better access, which he takes and runs with.
“Liz…Liz…baby…ah….yes….” He pumps into me faster and faster I know he’s so close and I can’t hold out any longer. I topple over the edge and he follows right behind me. When we separate he pushes back my hair from my face and kisses my swollen lips softly and tells me he loves me.
“Love you too and now it looks like we need a shower.”
“Separate Liz, we need to take it separately otherwise we’ll never leave the room.” He says smiling devilishly at me and I know exactly what he means. He lets me take one first and we get ready to leave.
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Max
“So honey, did Isabel tell you when her and Alex are getting married?” My mom asks me while I sit back and watch Liz and Damian play in the sand. They both are making me laugh because they are chasing each other and tripping over their own feet at the same time.
“No, she didn’t. I only saw her for a few minutes this afternoon when we went to their room to pick up Damian, why do they know already?” Not that I’m surprised at all if they have a date and time, this is Isabel after all.
“Yes, they want to do it back home. Isabel wants to keep it simple and she wants it in backyard of the house her and Alex are in, she wants it just to be us.”
“Really? I mean I always figured she’d want a traditional wedding, I guess.”
“Me too honey but she said that she doesn’t need that and that she wants to do it as soon as they return.”
“That’s good mom, real good.” I can’t help that I’m not really focused on the conversation I’m having with my mother right now. I look at Liz and she’s running from Damian, her hair dancing around her and I am getting really anxious already. I need to hold out a couple of more days but it’s beginning to become torture for me. I know she’s enjoying herself but I know her better than she knows herself and when I told her about Alex and Isabel I made sure we were in the room alone together, she surprised me though with her reaction. She was so happy but I knew it hurt her just a little that I haven’t asked her. She’s not rushing me though, not that I need to be rushed. Hell, I’m having a hard enough time keeping myself in check half the time and not ask her already.
“Max?”
“Yeah mom?”
“You going to be able to hold out?” I laugh a little.
“Yes mom, I’ll be okay its only three more days.”
“Okay good. Your father and I were getting worried. Max?”
“Yeah?” I couldn’t keep my eyes off Liz long enough to have a conversation with my own mother, I am a goner.
“I don’t get to tell you this too often and neither does your father because you work so hard, but we are so proud of you and we know how much and how important Liz is to you and has always been. I know you’ve both been through a lot but I know you did it all for her and I’m so proud to call you my son. Thank you.” She’s tearing up and I lean over and give her a hug and kiss on the cheek.
“Don’t thank me mom, it’s because of you and Dad that I am the way I am. Without the support and love you both give all of us I don’t know if I would be where I am today, so thank you Mom, for everything you have ever done for me…and for Liz. I love you.”
“I love you too sweetheart. Well I’m going to get going. It looks like your father is taking in a little too much sun over there.” I turn to my side and see my father sitting in a lounge chair right at the waters edge, burning to a crisp.
“Right, I’ll see you later for dinner.” She walks off to grab my father who reluctantly gets dragged away. I turn back to Liz and Damian and a smile creeps back on my face when she looks at me and pushes her hair away from her face. God I love her so much I don’t know what I’d do…
“Liz!” Oh God! I spring up to my feet and run down the beach to her, Damian is trying to wake her up.
“Aunt Liz! What’s wrong?…wake up.” He’s crying and rocking back and forth next to her still form.
“Liz…Liz…” I kneel down beside her and she’s not responding, she’s breathing but she’s not moving. I quickly lift her up and tell Damian to follow me.
I don’t know what’s wrong with her and I’m terrified right now. I run with her in my arms and Damian by my side up to the hotel lobby and the manager quickly leads me to the emergency center located inside the hotel.
“Max, what happened?!” Maria comes running down the hallway I called her and Michael as well as everyone else because honestly... I’m about two seconds from flipping out on one of the doctors in that room with her if they don’t tell me what the hell is wrong with her.
“I don’t…I don’t know…she was standing there playing with Damian and she looked at me and the next thing I knew she was collapsing to the ground and…” She wraps her arms around me and tells me it will be okay.
“I’m sorry we weren’t there, we went to grab something to eat and then got all side tracked.” Michael tells me and I tell him I understand he wouldn’t have been able to do anything anyway.
“Mr. Evans?” Simultaneously, my father, Michael and myself all answer.
“Ah…well then Max Evans?”
“Yes, is she okay? I mean…” The doctor places a hand on my shoulder and tells me that she’s fine. She passed out because she was dehydrated and she says she hasn’t eaten anything today on top of the fact that she was standing in the sun for hours this morning was not a good combination.
“Thank God!” Isabel, Maria and my mom say at the same time. I ask the doctor if I could see her and he told me it would be fine, but they would like to keep her for a little longer just to make sure she’s okay.
“Okay, thank you.” I leave everyone in the waiting area and walk to Liz’s room slowly. This is bringing back really bad memories, memories of when I almost lost her and tears spring to my eyes because even though this is not a serious as the last time, it’s too much for my heart to take right now.
I slowly turn the doorknob and push the door open and there she is my heart lying with her eyes open and glued to my face giving me an embarrassed smile.
“I’m sorry Max.”
“Shh, Liz it’s okay but don’t ever do that to me again.” I rush to her side and sit down next to her on the bed and brush her hair away from her face. I lean over and place kisses all over her beautiful face telling her how much I love her and how worried I was that something happened.
“I know, I just I forgot about not eating anything and I guess the sun pelting down on me for three hours was too much. When I realized that I was light headed it was too late. I passed out.” I wrap my arms around her and hold her tight, afraid that if I let go she wouldn’t be there.
“I can’t be without you Liz, you need to be more careful. If you didn’t eat you should have told me and before we even did anything I would gotten you something. I just…I thought you ate while I was in the shower, I wasn’t hungry but I’m used to it and I was in the shade and…”
“Calm down Max, I know and I’ll never do it again, I promise.” She says and gently places her lips on top of mine silencing the rest of my thoughts. When we pull away, she tells me how embarrassed she is.
“Why?”
“Because I’m always causing some kind of drama.”
“Well you wouldn’t be you if you didn’t, right?” I tease her and when I hear her tiny laugh escape her lips. I know she’s really okay.
“Everyone wants to see you, especially Damian, he was terrified.” Her eyes open wide and realization finally dawns on her where she was when it happened.
“God, Max, is he okay?”
“Yeah, he’s fine but he wants to see you.”
“Okay go get him.” I kiss her on her forehead and leave to get Damian.
I return a few minutes later after I tell everyone that she is okay and that as soon as I brought her back up to the room I would let them know so they could see her. I take Damian and lead him into Liz’s room.
“Is she okay Uncle Max? Is she hurt?” I kneel down in front of him.
“She is perfectly fine, she was really hungry and she didn’t eat anything. She’s okay now, the doctors made her better okay?”
“Okay I’m ready.” He takes my hand in his and I open up the door. Liz straightens out in the bed and her face lights up once again.
“Aunt Liz! You’re okay!” I close the door behind us and he runs to her beside. She goes to lean over and lift him but I stop her and do it myself.
“Yes sweetie I’m fine, I’m much better now. I’m sorry I scared you. I promise I’ll never do it again.” He crawls into her lap and wraps his arms around her neck and she soothingly rubs his back up and down and rocks him. I leave the room giving them a few minutes alone and lean my back against the door and close my eyes.
I make a silent prayer for someone to watch over her because I wouldn’t make it if I lost her.
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Three Days Later
Liz
“Liz.” I hear Max whisper in my ear and I stir a little. Is he crazy it must be like one in the morning or something and I’m tired he cannot possibly be up for another round?
“Liz.” I roll over a little more and I see him sitting next to me holding…a cupcake? I sit up a little more and wipe the sleepiness from my eyes.
“Max what are you doing?” He holds the plate a little lower for me to get a better view, then he raises a lighter to it and lights the candle.
“Happy Birthday baby, it’s midnight and it’s officially tomorrow and I wanted to make sure I was the first one to wish it to you this year.” He says and I make out his features by the one candle lit in the center of the chocolate cupcake. He has to be the sweetest man alive.
“Max, thank you.” I lean over and kiss him and he tells me to make a wish and blow out the candles.
I knew exactly what I wanted to wish for, so I close my eyes and pray to whoever is listening to watch over him because I wouldn’t make it if I lost him. Then I blew out the candle.
“So you wanna eat the cupcake?” I look at him and as much as I never turn down chocolate I have to decline.
“Hmm not even the frosting?” He dips his finger into the frosting and swipes it across my lips then begins to lick it off. I can’t help the moan that escapes past my lips as he nips and sucks my lips clean.
“Maybe just the frosting.”
“Hmm good.” He swipes his finger over the cupcake once again then rubs it on one of my exposed nipples then turns and puts the plate on the night stand.
“Lay back Liz.” I do as he says and he begins his exploration of my body, licking the frosting from my body and then his need as well as mine grows. We make love over and over until our bodies tire and we pass out from exhaustion.
This is turning out to be a great birthday is the last thing I think about as my lids fall closed.
“Wake up birthday girl!” I’m so tired, every single muscle in my body hurts.
“Max I’m too tired.” I say and throw myself dramatically back under the covers, which he, of course, rips off.
“Get your sexy birthday ass up and take a shower, we have to have breakfast.” I roll over and stretch.
“I think we already had that.” I say with a smirk. He rolls his eyes.
“Liz, frosting does not count as breakfast and besides I’m the one that ate the damn frosting you got the…ah…well you know what you got, now come on. It’s a beautiful day and we have things that need to get done. Like breakfast with everyone so get up!”
I roll over reluctantly, “Fine, I’m going. I’m not happy but I’m going.”
I reach the bathroom and start the shower, but decide against it when I see the Jacuzzi. I bet that would make me feel like a million bucks right now. Lord knows I need to relax my body as much as possible.
After what feels like an hour, but was more like a half hour I exit the bathroom wrapped in a towel expecting to see Max, but he was no where to be found. However in the center of the bed was a note; I pick up the note and read it aloud.
“Waiting for you in the lobby beautiful…now stop reading this note and get dressed.” I roll my eyes, he knows me too well.
“Happy Birthday!” Everyone yells when I reach the top of the stairs, and I’m so embarrassed because half the hotel is staring at me right now. I walk down the stairs hoping I don’t fall flat on my face.
Max, of course, is at the bottom, reaching his hand out to me to take, which I do willingly.
“You look beautiful Liz.” He leans in and kisses my temple before letting everyone attack me with their birthday wishes.
We ate breakfast, then Max tells me that he wants to give me my first birthday present out on the beach. I’m so excited I wonder what it is…not that I really care but still I’m a girl.
We make it out to the beach and he takes me to a very secluded part and my heart is racing, he makes everything so exciting, hell I could watch water boil with him and I would probably have erratic breathing.
“Come here.” He pulls me down in between his legs and I lean back against his chest. He wraps his arms around me and places his chin on my shoulder.
“How are you enjoying your birthday so far?”
“It’s great Max, I love it so far. Thank your for making it so perfect.”
“Oh it’s not perfect, not yet but it will be.” He says and I can’t help but wonder what he’s talking about. Probably my present if I had to take a guess.
We sit for a few minutes longer in silence and it feels go good to be in his arms here and I never want to leave.
“So you ready for your present?” He asks me nudging my back a little.
“Yes I am.” I say and begin to turn around but he stops me and tells me to stay like this and tells me to close my eyes.
He leans in close and whispers in my ear, “Now baby what’s your most favorite color?” I smile because he knows damn well what that is but I play along.
“Pink!”
“Now what are a girls best friend?” Hmm a girl’s best friend are…
“Diamonds! Diamonds, are a girls best friend.” I’m good at this game; I wonder how many I’ll have to answer before I get my present?
“Open your eyes beautiful.” I don’t hesitate and I open my eyes and gasp.
“Max…they’re so beautiful…wow!”
“So you like?” What is there not to like about pink diamond princess cut earrings?
“Like Max, I love them but you didn’t…” He silences me by turning my head and placing his lips against mine.
“Not another negative word okay? And while we’re at it…no negative words all day.” I smile.
“Okay no more negative words.”
“Good, now let’s get going I need to ravish you before dinner.” I smile and he stands up taking me with him.
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Several Hours Later
“Where are we going? Because I don’t have anything to wear if it’s like, fancy, or whatever.” I say while brushing my hair back.
“Liz, just open your closet and take a look at what’s hanging on your door.” He says to me with is back turned to me he’s dressed only in his boxers and walks into the bathroom.
“Closest? But I already…”
“Max.” I whisper out. I run my hands down the delicate fabric of the pastel pink knee length strapless dress hanging inside my closet.
I don’t hear Max approach me, “do you like it?” I am speechless that he would go through so much trouble for me.
“How did you…?”
“Maria, she told me about it.”
“Oh that’s why she was acting so funny in the dressing room, like rushing me or whatever.” He smiles sheepishly at me and tells me to hurry up because dinner will get cold.
Again, I have to ask myself how does dinner get cold if we haven’t gone and ordered it yet but whatever.
Fifteen minutes later I’m dressed and waiting for Max to get out of the damn bathroom, he has gone in there at least twenty times in the past ten minutes. He’s starting to worry me; maybe he’s sick or something.
“Max are you okay? I mean if you don’t feel good we could…”
“No! I’m fine let’s go.” I look at him and he looks flushed. I’ll make sure I eat quickly so we can get back here and he can lay down because he really doesn’t look good. Well he looks hot, but sick at the same time…oh I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about anymore.
I walk to the door and he stops me, “Max?”
“Liz we need to go this way oh and you don’t need any shoes.” He points to the balcony and I’m confused as hell he reaches out his hand and then pulls me to the balcony and from where I stand I can see what he has set up.
“Max…I…God I love you.” He smiles at me and then bends down and lifts me in his arms and carries my down the stairs down to the beach. As we approach the tent I take it all in for the first time up close.
There is a white tent that faces the ocean and inside is a table set up with a white tablecloth and long stemmed candles. He places me down on my feet and I can tell from this position that there are rose petals that range from white to pink to lavender scattered across the inside of the tent. I thought it would just be filled with sand, but apparently a white silk blanket covers the sandy ground.
“Max it’s so beautiful, thank you I’ve never…”
“Ah, ah, ah, Liz remember the deal?” He says to me and leans in and kisses my lips before pulling me into the tent.
A few minutes later a waiter appears with our dinner. Honestly I don’t even take the time to see what it is because at this moment I can’t tear my eyes away from him. I’m trying to hard to hold back my tears, all I do is cry and I don’t want him to think that I’m not happy. We eat dinner in comfortable silence never taking our eyes off one another. He looks better... maybe he was just hungry.
The waiter comes back one more time and takes our plates, and Max pulls me outside the tent while the table is removed from the tent. He wraps his arms around me and kisses me deeply. My senses are on high alert at this point and the way he is sliding his tongue against mine causes me to lean in closer to him, he brings me up higher against him and when the need for air becomes so great we pull away panting.
“You look so beautiful Liz and your all mine and I’m so happy. You make me so happy.” I smile and tell him I feel the same way. Once the waiter leaves, we walk back to the tent and step inside
He lets me walk in first and I can’t help but bend down to touch the petals, they are so soft and delicate, they feel just like silk and they make everything smell so good. I rise and turn around to see Max standing in front of me with a smile on his face and something behind his back.
“Max.”
“Liz.”
“What’s behind your back?” I ask him and he takes a look over his shoulder then turns back to me and smiles.
“Nothing.”
“Hmm nothing? I bet it’s something.”
“It’s your other present.”
“Other present, Max I thought dinner…” He leans in and whispers in my ear,
“You thought wrong.” And quickly swings his arm forward allowing me to see what he has behind his back and holds it between us. I look down and see it’s a box a long and rectangular one. I wonder what’s inside?
“Go ahead and open it up.” He eagerly tells me then walks around me and stops when he’s right behind me. I look at the box for a second longer and I tear off the top and I see a pink velvet box inside. I slowly open it up and see a charm bracelet. There are charms on it but they are hard to see, since Max is blocking most of the light coming from the dimming candles.
“Max it’s so beautiful.” He leans in again and his husky voice sends chills down my spine.
“Why don’t you take a look at the charms, I picked each of them out because they all mean something to me.” I smile and lift the bracelet out of the box. Max grabs the box from my hands and I lift the bracelet up to the moonlight shining inside the tent.
“What’s the first one Liz?” He asks me and I take a look a the first one I see,
“It’s a cross.”
“Because I thank God everyday for bringing you into my life.” The tears spring to my eyes. I don’t turn around otherwise I’ll completely loose it. I just move onto the next one.
“It’s a heart.” I smile.
“My heart Liz, that’s what you have.” My vision is getting blurrier and blurrier and there are at least five more to go. I take in a deep breath and continue.
“A world?” He chuckles.
“That’s what you are Liz, my whole world and everything in it.” I’m not going to make it, but I press on wanting to hear what he says about each one.
“A horseshoe.”
“Because you’re my good luck charm…continue.” I smile.
“Hmm it’s a snowflake.” I wait.
“I want to spend the rest of my life keeping you warm.” How cute is he? Okay press on Liz.
“Okay there’s a butterfly.”
“That’s because I let you go once and you came back and that’s how I know it’s forever.” Oh no…the waterworks have begun yet again. Two more…I can do this.
“A sun.”
“That’s because I want to wake up every morning to your beautiful face.” That’s it I can’t take it, my shoulders start to shake and he tells me it’s okay and to just finish. I shake my head and wipe away my tears. Looking at the bracelet once more, the final charm.
“It’s the letter ‘E’?” I’m confused so I await his response, but nothing comes.
“Max?” He still doesn’t answer me so I turn around to find out what….
“Oh My God…Max…” I’m speechless once again. Because Max, the love of my life is kneeling before me…on one knee. This isn’t happening right? I mean he’s just messing with me, I mean…Oh God!
He grabs both my hands and kisses the back of them gently then drops my right hand letting it fall effortlessly to my side. I don’t think I’m breathing anymore I just stare at his golden eyes and loose myself in his words.
“Liz, I have loved you for what feels like my entire life. I meant all those things I said, you are my heart and my whole world, and I’m nothing without you. Everything I have ever worked for had one goal in mind…you. I wanted to be everything to you and for you. When you told me you loved me I knew that this was forever, that we would be forever. I’ve made a lot of mistakes Liz, and I’ve hurt you and I can’t promise that it will never happen again, so instead of making promises for things I can’t control I can make promises for the things that I can.” The streams of tears are falling from my eyes and I quickly wipe them away only to be replaced with fresh ones. I can see all the love he has for me in his eyes and I can see that he is struggling to keep his composure.
“I promise to make sure each and everyday that I not only show you but tell you how much you mean to me. I promise to love you for the rest of my life. I promise to listen to you and be there for you whenever you need me and even when you don’t.” He smiles at that one and so do I.
“Most of all, I promise to be forever grateful that you showed me what love is all about and teaching me the true meaning of never giving up. You are by far the strongest person I have ever known and I’m so thankful that you chose me.” I can’t even express what I feel at this moment. If I weren’t completely and utterly in love with this man, then those words would have done me in. He has tears streaming down his face but he continues on.
“Liz, I can’t tell you what the last charm on the bracelet means.” What? Why not? Before I get the chance to say anything, he reaches out his hand and is holding the most beautiful diamond ring I have ever seen.
“Liz Parker, will you marry me?” I look down into his eyes and I smile.
“Yes!” He takes in a ragged breathe before he slides the ring on my finger and rises up to his feet and presses a kiss against my lips. He pulls me closer tells me over and over how much he loves me.
“I love you too Max.” We are both in tears and I don’t want this moment to end, so we hold each other for a little longer before he pulls away and wipes his tears and mine away. He closes the curtain on the tent and we lay beside one another on top of the rose petals.
“Max it was so beautiful. Everything you said and did was perfect. Thank you.”
“Thank you Liz.” I turn over and place my hand on his chest. It’s the first chance I have had to really look at the ring. It’s a huge princess cut diamond on what I can only assume is a platinum band, on either side of the center stone are four smaller princess cut diamonds, two white and two pink. I tell him the ring is beautiful and that I had never seen anything like it before.
“That’s because I had it made for you Liz, it’s a one of kind and I even had it engraved.”
“Really?”
“Yes really.” He bends his head and places a kiss on the tip of my nose. I pout a little because I can’t read it.
“Tomorrow Liz, you can read it tomorrow.”
“I know but I just want to know what it says.”
“Sorry you have to wait, so now you know what the ‘E’ stands for?” I smile brightly.
“Yes I do…it stands for Evans because that’s what I’ll become.”
TBC…
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A/N - You don't know how happy it made me to know that you guys liked the proposal. I wrote it on a day I received some really bad news, so I'm shocked that I was able to even write that *lol* Just want to say a quick thank you to;
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Dreamer06 - To answer your question; Behind Her Eyes is not going to be posted for like another 2 weeks, unless by some miracle I manage to type three chapters before then. Right now I only have the outline and a rough draft of the first chapter, but don't worry it will be out soon! Thanks!
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Lurkers - And you know who you are
Chapter 59a
Max
I wake up in the middle of the night and see Liz sleeping beside me and I was deciding whether or not to carry her up to the hotel room. But I decided it against it, even though I know she probably wasn’t all that comfortable sleeping on top of me, but she looks so peaceful I couldn’t move her.
I run my hands through her hair, I still can’t believe it she is going to be my wife. I dreamed of it happening for years and it is finally becoming a reality. I was so nervous that she wouldn’t like the proposal but like always she eases my tension. I took so much time planning it and I was afraid it would fall short of the proposal she always dreamed of.
She is the most important person in my life and I would do absolutely anything for her, no matter what.
“Max.” She whispers out to me and then shifts slightly lifting her head to look up at me and smile.
“Hey beautiful, you okay? Do you want me to take you up to the room?” I ask her and she shakes her head and tells me she’s fine just where she is. She lays her head back down on me but then quickly raises her head again.
“What?”
“I love you Max and I don’t want to wait to marry you.” I’m wondering at this point what the hell she is talking about she doesn’t want to wait? Okay so that means she wants to get married as soon as possible right?
“I don’t want to wait either Liz.” I tighten my arms around her and roll us both over onto our sides.
“Max?”
“Yes baby?”
“I want to get married tonight.” I must have heard her wrong because I could have sworn she just said she wanted to get married tonight as in later on today. I shake my head and blink my eyes once, twice, three times and stare at her. Her eyes are looking right into mine and I know she’s serious as hell.
“Tonight? Liz, we can’t…I want you to have the wedding you have always dreamed of and we can’t do that in a day.” She silences my next words with a finger against my lips.
“Yes we can Max. The wedding I’ve always dreamed about only consisted of one thing Max.” I had a feeling she would say that but I don’t want her settling for anything.
“Liz…” She cuts me off and sits up next to me, straightening her now completely wrinkled dress. Her hair is messy and her cheeks are puffy from the way she was sleeping and the only thing I can think about is how incredibly beautiful she looks at this very moment.
“No Max, let me finish. Before I met you I never even thought about getting married, hell I was just trying to survive and I didn’t have time for things like that. But then, I met you and that changed everything for me. My whole outlook on life, you made me happy, you made me smile and I knew that if I was to ever get married there would only be one thing that needed to be fulfilled for it to complete my dream and you know what that is?” She asks me and I can see the happiness dancing around in her eyes and I just have to smile at her and ask,
“No, what is it?”
“You.” If I weren’t already madly in love with this woman that statement alone would have done me in. How can it be possible to find this kind of love in a person’s lifetime? I often wonder about that, but I know how lucky I am and I try not to focus on that too long.
“Oh so when did this revelation come to light?” I joke with her.
“Maxwell Evans don’t get all sexy and cute on me while we are trying to have a serious conversation.” She tries to say it with her most serious and stern face, but she fails miserably and I can see she is biting the inside of her cheeks trying not to laugh.
“So Ms. Parker care to explain when it is you knew you wanted to marry me?” She settles back down laying next to me before she begins.
“I remember the day you started school and you had asked to borrow a piece of paper from my notebook, I thought typical guy. But then the very next day you came in with a notebook and ripped out a sheet of paper and handed it to me and I thought it was blank remember?” I shake my head because I remember that day like it was yesterday. She was sitting at her desk in the far back of the room and there was an empty seat next to her. I walked to the back and she didn’t even lift her face.
“Yes, I remember I took a seat next to you and when I asked you for that piece of paper and you lifted your head to look at me, I thought, this is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.” She ducks her head shyly and I quickly reach out my hand to her chin to tilt it back up and I continue on with the story.
“And the very next day I came back in to class and ripped out a sheet and passed it to you, thanking you for yesterday and you quickly snatched it from my hands. Then you saw it, you saw the note I wrote on top of it.” I smile looking at her and I can see the tears she’s fighting to hold back.
“Yes, it said, you are the girl I’m going to marry. And I of course thought you were crazy. But I went home that day and was flipping through the television and there was commercial that came on, it was a commercial for Aruba and I thought, that’s what I wanted, to marry you in Aruba, what could be better?” I was surprised by her admission I never knew that.
“Really? I mean I thought you just liked it or you saw it somewhere I didn’t know that what I wrote to you had any affect since you shriveled up the paper and tossed it in your bag.”
“Yes Max I tossed it in my bag, not in the garbage, in fact I still have that piece of paper.”
“You do?” I ask her surprised as hell.
“Yes, I take it with me everywhere.” She says to me in a whispered voice.
“Liz, I…why? I mean you didn’t like me in the beginning as I recall.” It was true; she would brush me off and even went so far as to call me a stalker.
“Oh Max, don’t you know anything about girls? I was terrified that you were only joking with me. I never thought you were serious, I mean every girl in school was asking you out and I never thought I had a chance with you. But what you wrote affected me; you were the first and only guy to say anything like that to me. You made me feel things with those eight words that I never thought I could feel. At the time I thought it was stupid because you were obviously kidding with me, but I don’t know you were just everything I was looking for and everything I needed in my life.” I’m left speechless by her confession.
“You chose me why?” She asks me and I’m not so sure I have an answer that I can explain in words for her to even begin to understand why it was her, why it could have only been her.
“Liz, I wish I could put into words the answer to your question, but it’s almost impossible. It was as if I saw you that first time and when our eyes met, a switch clicked inside me and I knew it could only be you. It was right then and it’s right now. Only you Liz, I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you, so if you want to get married here tonight, then that’s exactly what we will do.” She lunges at me, wrapping her arms around my neck and I immediately gather her against my body and hold her.
“Thank you Max.”
“Anything for you Liz…anything.”
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Liz
“Liz come on, you can’t do this all by yourself. Let me help.” He’s currently lying in the middle of the bed and the sheets have fallen to his waist and I can’t say that it wouldn’t be easy to give into the his tactics, but I have a goal and well I can’t do it with him here.
“No Max, you have to go. I want to do this for you…for us and look just please let me do this?” I ask him taking a seat beside him on the bed, which was a mistake because he quickly grabs me by my waist and settles me on his lap.
“Max stop. I have a lot of things that need to get done.” He begins placing soft kisses against my neck and shoulder.
“Liz, come on we can do it together.” That’s it!
“Maxwell Evans get your ass out of bed, take a shower and get dressed. The only thing you need to do is have your sexy ass outside at six thirty tonight.” I stand up and cross my arms letting him know I’m not budging on this topic.
“I like it when you’re all feisty.” He smirks and gets out of bed without another word and walks into the bathroom.
I have so much to get done before tonight. I’m so glad Max agreed to get married today. I don’t think I could wait another second to get married to him. I want to return home as Mrs. Maxwell Evans and there is nothing that will stop me.
So in order to get my plans into motion I have to send Max away with his father, Alex Michael and Damian. I have a list of things that need to get done and of course I had to enlist the help of Diane, Maria and Isabel.
“Liz?”
“Yeah?”
“We have a problem.” Problem? It is entirely too early for there to already be problems.
“What problem?”
“Your ring. The ring I had made for you, your wedding ring I don’t have it with me.” He looks really upset and I can sympathize but I tell him it doesn’t matter he can give it to me when we get home. But that is not comforting him at all.
“No Liz, I had it made for you and I wanted it to be your wedding ring and now…now it can’t be.”
“Yes it can, Max when we get home you can put that one on me.” He shakes his head.
“No, Liz when I put the ring on your finger tonight, that becomes your wedding ring, one that you wear forever and…” He let’s out a frustrated sigh. I love him so much but he worries about things too much.
“Max, we are not going to discuss this, we are getting married…unless you don’t want to…I mean…you…” He crosses the room to stand in front of me and wraps his arms around me.
“Liz baby, we are getting married today I’m just going to have to get over that minor detail right?” I can’t look at him; I wanted things to be perfect. He tilts my chin up so he can seal our lips.
“I love you Liz, and today will be perfect. So I’m going to leave you now and I’ll be there at six thirty, just make sure you are to.” He kisses me once again then places a feather light kiss on my forehead before pulling away.
“I’ll be there Max. I love you.” He smiles before he picks up his bag and leaves the room.
I jump out the shower and take a look at the clock. It is almost eleven already and there is so much to get done. I’m sure the guys are keeping Max busy, which is good. There is knock at the door just as I finish getting dressed.
“Michael? What’s going on?” I lean my head out into the hallway to see if Max is there. He’s not, so I’m confused as to why Michael is here.
“Hey Liz. Look Max doesn’t know I’m here so don’t worry.” I nod and let him into the room.
“So what’s up?”
“I came to give you something that I thought you might need.” I look at him suspiciously and motion for him to take a seat on the bed next to me.
“Okay, what is it.”
“Wait, before I give it to you I just wanted to say, thank you Liz.”
“For what Michael I didn’t do anything?” I ask him because I’m so confused.
“Maria, Liz you could have reacted a thousand different ways with her, but you didn’t you were sweet and sensitive and you didn’t hold her at fault for anything. And I know that she would have never made it past that whole situation if you weren’t the kind of person you are. I just want to thank you for always seeing the good in people, it’s a great quality and knowing our backgrounds I know how hard it is to trust people. I’m so happy that you are going to be apart of the family, officially anyway. I know what it’s like to feel like you don’t belong, so when the Evans’ adopted me, it was a blessing one that I wished for you, and I’m so proud of you for making it Liz.” I’m in complete tears now; we have all been so busy with everything that I haven’t had the opportunity to sit down with Michael.
“It has been one hell of a ride but I’m so thankful that you were along for it Michael. You are my brother in every sense of the word that matters and I love you. And I’m so happy for you and Maria more than any words to ever convey. You deserve it and I finally understand that I do to.” I smile at him and he’s getting emotional but he fights it and simply wraps his arms around my shoulders. After a few minutes he pulls away and pulls something from his pocket.
I swipe my tears away and ask him what’s in the box.
“It’s for you, but you have to promise me that you won’t open it. Just…when your standing up there with Max give it to him, he’ll know what to do with it.” I swear I must be the slowest person on the planet because I haven’t a clue as to what the hell the cryptic message is supposed to me so I agree.
“Okay thanks! I know that the girls are on their way down so I’ll see you later.” I stand up next to him and pull him into a hug once again.
“Bye Michael.” After he leaves I’m so very tempted to open this damn box, but I decide against it and simply put it in my purse and make my way into the lobby to wait.
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Isabel
I still can’t believe it by tonight one of my brothers will be married. I’m so excited and I know both Max and Liz will be too since Michael was able to do what he did before we left for this trip.
We are all waiting for Liz to come downstairs, first things first we need to get her a wedding dress. Then we need dresses for my mom, Maria and myself. My mother already called the restaurant to make sure they could close down a portion of it for our dinner tonight, its what Liz wanted and my mother was determined to not let her down.
She had to fight with the manager and pay him an obscene amount of money to get it done, but it all worked out. So after the dresses, we need to go over to where Liz has decided she wants the ceremony to be held. Luckily the hotel is well equipped for such spontaneous events and they have a coordinator meeting us at around two, to get all the details.
“Hi Liz.” I turn around and see Maria embracing Liz.
“Hi Liz, how you doing today?” I ask her with a bright smile on my face, she just laughs a little then smiles at me.
“Great actually, but how about you Isabel, are you feeling okay today?” She is always worrying about other people, she is simply amazing, now I completely understand why Max loves her the way he does. How can anyone not?
“Yes, I feel much better thanks.”
“Okay girls we need to get a lot of things done in the next few hours so let’s hop to it.” My mom comes up behind us and ushers us towards the door leading outside.
“Right. So we need to get rings too, please don’t let me forget.” I hear the sadness in her voice, but I can’t figure out why. I guess Maria did to because she asks her.
“Nothing, it’s nothing. It’s stupid really.” She shakes her head and continues.
“It’s just that Max was so upset that he didn’t have my wedding ring because I mean he planned on proposing just not getting married and well he really wanted me to have it, and that’s just impossible at this point. But it’s okay I’ll find something.” Oh, poor thing, if she only knew. We all try to hide our smiles and change the subject.
“It will all work out Liz don’t worry. Now let’s get shopping.”
“You’re absolutely right Isabel. We have a wedding to plan.” She smiles and walks past us into the jewelry store, one of many on the Island.
Three hours later, we are getting ready to look for dresses. We should have gotten it done already but we needed to meet with the coordinator and that took more time than we expected. So now it’s about three and we decided it was best to grab something quick to eat.
“Liz are you okay?” My mom asks because Liz was in the middle of talking about what kind of dress she was looking for and just stopped and grabbed a glass of water quickly.
“Yeah, I just I don’t know I think I took too long to eat or something.”
“You sure, are you tired or anything? Maybe we should let the doctor check you out or something.” My mom was by her side in an instant is currently running her hand up and down her arm for comfort.
“Yes, I’m okay I’m just gonna go use the bathroom and we can be on our way.” She smiles and excuses herself from the table.
“You think she’s really okay?” My mother asks me.
“I think its just nerves, I mean the girl is getting married in three and a half hours. I would be sick to my stomach if I were her.” I say honestly because I know how long she has waited for this day and she’s probably just over anxious.
About ten minutes later Liz returns to the table and we make our way into the many dress shops I’m sure we will be visiting this afternoon.
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Liz
“This is hopeless! I’m am never going to find a dress I like!” I am so frustrated and I feel so sick right now on top of everything. I need to just calm down and breathe. That’s it Liz just breathe.
“Liz, calm down. We have one more store and I’m sure you will find something you love.” I sure as hell hope so otherwise I will throw myself to the ground and have a temper tantrum for sure.
“Maria I know, you’re right I’m sure I will find something.” I roll my eyes; I don’t believe that for a second. I could always wear my pajamas right?!
We walk into the store and I have to say that so far in all the other stores it wasn’t so much that they didn’t have any dresses that I liked it was more like I they didn’t have the perfect dress. So that’s what I’m looking for but that search might turn out to be futile. At least Diane, Isabel and Maria all found dresses they liked.
I’m not going for the whole formal thing, so they each picked out dresses that were semi-formal. Both Maria and Isabel found their dresses, as did Diane. Since this wasn’t a formal wedding I did not have or choose a maid of honor. Isabel chose a floor length pale yellow strapless dress, while Maria chose a baby blue floor length dress with crisscrossed spaghetti straps.
Diane, choose a two-piece skirt and top, which was a light beige color and was knee length. All that was left was me, Miss Difficult in the flesh. I search each and every rack and my hopes are starting to…
“Oh God! I found it! I found it!” I really did too it’s perfect.
Maria, Isabel and Diane all run to the back of the store to see what it is I’m yelling about.
“What? You found it!” Maria says to me and she’s excited I can tell.
“Well where it is Liz?” Isabel looks around I didn’t even realize that I wasn’t holding it any longer.
“Here!” I pull it off the rack once again and all three of them covered their mouths with their hands, holding back their gasps.
“You like it?” I ask them and they are speechless so they just nod.
“Good! I’m going to go try it on.” I walk to the back into one of the fitting rooms and begin to undress.
I reemerge about ten minutes later, after admiring myself in the mirror to find that all three of them are waiting for me with bated breath.
“Liz wow! It’s beautiful.” I twirl around and see there is a much larger mirror just behind me. I turn and step in front of it and I just smile.
It’s everything I pictured it would be. It’s an A-line off the shoulder white satin dress with a Victorian rose-colored trimming at the top and midsection of the dress as well as at the bottom edge along with crystal beads adorning the trimming. The train was short and the dress was floor length. In other words, perfect for me.
I turn around and see Diane crying and I ask her why?
“Liz, I have Isabel and she is my daughter and I will cry at her wedding as well, but you have been a part of our lives for so long and I consider you a daughter, and you will make that official later today but I’m just so happy and proud right now. Max is really lucky to have found you.” I smile and wrap my arms around her, thinking to myself how luck I am to have found him.
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Max
It’s about a quarter to six and I am getting so anxious, I feel like going up that hotel room and dragging her down here so we can get married already. It’s funny because I didn’t think I would be that anxious about it, I always thought I could wait, boy what the hell was I thinking?
Now I know how Liz felt and if I could have changed that I would have. Waiting is a bitch!
“Hey son are you about ready?” My father walks into Michael and Maria’s room and takes a seat next to me out on their balcony.
“Yes I am, I can’t wait.” I tell him honestly.
“Good I’m glad. Your mother said that Liz was nervous all day but once she found her dress she calmed back down.” I smile because I know for a fact that Liz was probably flipping out because she couldn’t find the right dress. Little does she know she could walk down in a slip and I could care less so long as it was her walking towards me.
“I bet.”
“Hey dad! Grandpa!” I turn to see Michael and Damian standing by the balcony doors, half dressed. Which is exactly the way I am as well. I will be wearing a pair of black dress pants and a white button down collard shirt, since Liz planned the whole thing by the time we got back to the hotel room, my clothes were already laid out on the bed.
“Come here Damian, have a seat.” He runs over to my father and takes a seat on his lap. My father then turns to Michael, to ask where Maria was. Last I knew she was with Liz helping her get ready.
“She’s with Liz I think.” This is Michael we are talking about details are not his thing.
“I’m sure she…” Just then we hear Michael’s hotel room door slam shut and both Maria and my mom come in and they look…worried? I jump up from my seat.
“What? What’s wrong?” I ask somewhat panicked.
“Nothing, it’s nothing Max don’t even worry about it.” I sigh heavily and run my hands through my hair. What are they not telling me?
“Mom, just tell me. Is it Liz? Is she okay? Or does she…” I won’t allow myself to finish that sentence because surely she hasn’t changed her mind or anything right?
“Max, honey just calm down okay. She hasn’t been feeling well all day, but she’s okay. She went down to the doctor a little while ago and he said it was just from her nerves or something. So she’s getting ready and Isabel is helping her with her hair right now, but she’s ready to go.” My mom smiles at me and so I know Liz is really okay. But I wonder why she’s feeling sick all of a sudden; I mean after she passed out she seemed to be fine. The doctor is probably right it is probably from her nerves.
“I need to see her.” Huh? Where did that come from? But at this moment it’s not just what I want it’s what I need. I have to see for myself that she’s okay.
“No Max! You can’t! She’s already dressed and that’s bad luck!” Maria yells out at me, but I don’t hear it I storm passed her on my way upstairs, then Maria calls out after me and what she says causes me to pause for just a minute and think about what I’m about to do.
“Max! Max! If you up there and you see her, she’s going to be so upset, she planned it all Max, don’t ruin it for her.” I stop in my tracks and then I turn around to say,
“I won’t go in Maria, I promise. I just want to hear her voice, to know she’s okay. Don’t worry, I’ll be back in a few minutes.” I smile and continue down the hallway to the elevators.
I knock on the door, and I hear Isabel ask who it is.
“It’s me Max.”
“Max! You can’t be here!” I roll my eyes; okay does everyone think I’m the village idiot or what?
“I’m not coming in, but I…I need to talk to Liz for a second.” It’s quiet for a minute then I hear my angel’s voice.
“Max, what are you doing? Can’t wait any longer?” She says to me in a teasingly voice. I lean my head against the door.
“No, my mom and Maria said that you weren’t feeling well and I want to make sure you’re okay.” I tell her honestly, no sense in lying about why I’m here.
“Max, I’m okay. I was just feeling sick but I went and saw the doctor, you know the one that treated me the other day and he said I was perfectly healthy.” I breathe a sigh of relief after she says that.
“I love you Liz and I can’t wait to marry you.”
“I love you too Max and I can’t wait to marry you either. Now, go finish getting ready because I can see you are just wearing a T-shirt and that will not do.” She says and giggles a little after that statement.
I smile and tell her I’ll see her in a little bit.
TBC…
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Chapter 59a
Max
I wake up in the middle of the night and see Liz sleeping beside me and I was deciding whether or not to carry her up to the hotel room. But I decided it against it, even though I know she probably wasn’t all that comfortable sleeping on top of me, but she looks so peaceful I couldn’t move her.
I run my hands through her hair, I still can’t believe it she is going to be my wife. I dreamed of it happening for years and it is finally becoming a reality. I was so nervous that she wouldn’t like the proposal but like always she eases my tension. I took so much time planning it and I was afraid it would fall short of the proposal she always dreamed of.
She is the most important person in my life and I would do absolutely anything for her, no matter what.
“Max.” She whispers out to me and then shifts slightly lifting her head to look up at me and smile.
“Hey beautiful, you okay? Do you want me to take you up to the room?” I ask her and she shakes her head and tells me she’s fine just where she is. She lays her head back down on me but then quickly raises her head again.
“What?”
“I love you Max and I don’t want to wait to marry you.” I’m wondering at this point what the hell she is talking about she doesn’t want to wait? Okay so that means she wants to get married as soon as possible right?
“I don’t want to wait either Liz.” I tighten my arms around her and roll us both over onto our sides.
“Max?”
“Yes baby?”
“I want to get married tonight.” I must have heard her wrong because I could have sworn she just said she wanted to get married tonight as in later on today. I shake my head and blink my eyes once, twice, three times and stare at her. Her eyes are looking right into mine and I know she’s serious as hell.
“Tonight? Liz, we can’t…I want you to have the wedding you have always dreamed of and we can’t do that in a day.” She silences my next words with a finger against my lips.
“Yes we can Max. The wedding I’ve always dreamed about only consisted of one thing Max.” I had a feeling she would say that but I don’t want her settling for anything.
“Liz…” She cuts me off and sits up next to me, straightening her now completely wrinkled dress. Her hair is messy and her cheeks are puffy from the way she was sleeping and the only thing I can think about is how incredibly beautiful she looks at this very moment.
“No Max, let me finish. Before I met you I never even thought about getting married, hell I was just trying to survive and I didn’t have time for things like that. But then, I met you and that changed everything for me. My whole outlook on life, you made me happy, you made me smile and I knew that if I was to ever get married there would only be one thing that needed to be fulfilled for it to complete my dream and you know what that is?” She asks me and I can see the happiness dancing around in her eyes and I just have to smile at her and ask,
“No, what is it?”
“You.” If I weren’t already madly in love with this woman that statement alone would have done me in. How can it be possible to find this kind of love in a person’s lifetime? I often wonder about that, but I know how lucky I am and I try not to focus on that too long.
“Oh so when did this revelation come to light?” I joke with her.
“Maxwell Evans don’t get all sexy and cute on me while we are trying to have a serious conversation.” She tries to say it with her most serious and stern face, but she fails miserably and I can see she is biting the inside of her cheeks trying not to laugh.
“So Ms. Parker care to explain when it is you knew you wanted to marry me?” She settles back down laying next to me before she begins.
“I remember the day you started school and you had asked to borrow a piece of paper from my notebook, I thought typical guy. But then the very next day you came in with a notebook and ripped out a sheet of paper and handed it to me and I thought it was blank remember?” I shake my head because I remember that day like it was yesterday. She was sitting at her desk in the far back of the room and there was an empty seat next to her. I walked to the back and she didn’t even lift her face.
“Yes, I remember I took a seat next to you and when I asked you for that piece of paper and you lifted your head to look at me, I thought, this is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.” She ducks her head shyly and I quickly reach out my hand to her chin to tilt it back up and I continue on with the story.
“And the very next day I came back in to class and ripped out a sheet and passed it to you, thanking you for yesterday and you quickly snatched it from my hands. Then you saw it, you saw the note I wrote on top of it.” I smile looking at her and I can see the tears she’s fighting to hold back.
“Yes, it said, you are the girl I’m going to marry. And I of course thought you were crazy. But I went home that day and was flipping through the television and there was commercial that came on, it was a commercial for Aruba and I thought, that’s what I wanted, to marry you in Aruba, what could be better?” I was surprised by her admission I never knew that.
“Really? I mean I thought you just liked it or you saw it somewhere I didn’t know that what I wrote to you had any affect since you shriveled up the paper and tossed it in your bag.”
“Yes Max I tossed it in my bag, not in the garbage, in fact I still have that piece of paper.”
“You do?” I ask her surprised as hell.
“Yes, I take it with me everywhere.” She says to me in a whispered voice.
“Liz, I…why? I mean you didn’t like me in the beginning as I recall.” It was true; she would brush me off and even went so far as to call me a stalker.
“Oh Max, don’t you know anything about girls? I was terrified that you were only joking with me. I never thought you were serious, I mean every girl in school was asking you out and I never thought I had a chance with you. But what you wrote affected me; you were the first and only guy to say anything like that to me. You made me feel things with those eight words that I never thought I could feel. At the time I thought it was stupid because you were obviously kidding with me, but I don’t know you were just everything I was looking for and everything I needed in my life.” I’m left speechless by her confession.
“You chose me why?” She asks me and I’m not so sure I have an answer that I can explain in words for her to even begin to understand why it was her, why it could have only been her.
“Liz, I wish I could put into words the answer to your question, but it’s almost impossible. It was as if I saw you that first time and when our eyes met, a switch clicked inside me and I knew it could only be you. It was right then and it’s right now. Only you Liz, I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you, so if you want to get married here tonight, then that’s exactly what we will do.” She lunges at me, wrapping her arms around my neck and I immediately gather her against my body and hold her.
“Thank you Max.”
“Anything for you Liz…anything.”
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Liz
“Liz come on, you can’t do this all by yourself. Let me help.” He’s currently lying in the middle of the bed and the sheets have fallen to his waist and I can’t say that it wouldn’t be easy to give into the his tactics, but I have a goal and well I can’t do it with him here.
“No Max, you have to go. I want to do this for you…for us and look just please let me do this?” I ask him taking a seat beside him on the bed, which was a mistake because he quickly grabs me by my waist and settles me on his lap.
“Max stop. I have a lot of things that need to get done.” He begins placing soft kisses against my neck and shoulder.
“Liz, come on we can do it together.” That’s it!
“Maxwell Evans get your ass out of bed, take a shower and get dressed. The only thing you need to do is have your sexy ass outside at six thirty tonight.” I stand up and cross my arms letting him know I’m not budging on this topic.
“I like it when you’re all feisty.” He smirks and gets out of bed without another word and walks into the bathroom.
I have so much to get done before tonight. I’m so glad Max agreed to get married today. I don’t think I could wait another second to get married to him. I want to return home as Mrs. Maxwell Evans and there is nothing that will stop me.
So in order to get my plans into motion I have to send Max away with his father, Alex Michael and Damian. I have a list of things that need to get done and of course I had to enlist the help of Diane, Maria and Isabel.
“Liz?”
“Yeah?”
“We have a problem.” Problem? It is entirely too early for there to already be problems.
“What problem?”
“Your ring. The ring I had made for you, your wedding ring I don’t have it with me.” He looks really upset and I can sympathize but I tell him it doesn’t matter he can give it to me when we get home. But that is not comforting him at all.
“No Liz, I had it made for you and I wanted it to be your wedding ring and now…now it can’t be.”
“Yes it can, Max when we get home you can put that one on me.” He shakes his head.
“No, Liz when I put the ring on your finger tonight, that becomes your wedding ring, one that you wear forever and…” He let’s out a frustrated sigh. I love him so much but he worries about things too much.
“Max, we are not going to discuss this, we are getting married…unless you don’t want to…I mean…you…” He crosses the room to stand in front of me and wraps his arms around me.
“Liz baby, we are getting married today I’m just going to have to get over that minor detail right?” I can’t look at him; I wanted things to be perfect. He tilts my chin up so he can seal our lips.
“I love you Liz, and today will be perfect. So I’m going to leave you now and I’ll be there at six thirty, just make sure you are to.” He kisses me once again then places a feather light kiss on my forehead before pulling away.
“I’ll be there Max. I love you.” He smiles before he picks up his bag and leaves the room.
I jump out the shower and take a look at the clock. It is almost eleven already and there is so much to get done. I’m sure the guys are keeping Max busy, which is good. There is knock at the door just as I finish getting dressed.
“Michael? What’s going on?” I lean my head out into the hallway to see if Max is there. He’s not, so I’m confused as to why Michael is here.
“Hey Liz. Look Max doesn’t know I’m here so don’t worry.” I nod and let him into the room.
“So what’s up?”
“I came to give you something that I thought you might need.” I look at him suspiciously and motion for him to take a seat on the bed next to me.
“Okay, what is it.”
“Wait, before I give it to you I just wanted to say, thank you Liz.”
“For what Michael I didn’t do anything?” I ask him because I’m so confused.
“Maria, Liz you could have reacted a thousand different ways with her, but you didn’t you were sweet and sensitive and you didn’t hold her at fault for anything. And I know that she would have never made it past that whole situation if you weren’t the kind of person you are. I just want to thank you for always seeing the good in people, it’s a great quality and knowing our backgrounds I know how hard it is to trust people. I’m so happy that you are going to be apart of the family, officially anyway. I know what it’s like to feel like you don’t belong, so when the Evans’ adopted me, it was a blessing one that I wished for you, and I’m so proud of you for making it Liz.” I’m in complete tears now; we have all been so busy with everything that I haven’t had the opportunity to sit down with Michael.
“It has been one hell of a ride but I’m so thankful that you were along for it Michael. You are my brother in every sense of the word that matters and I love you. And I’m so happy for you and Maria more than any words to ever convey. You deserve it and I finally understand that I do to.” I smile at him and he’s getting emotional but he fights it and simply wraps his arms around my shoulders. After a few minutes he pulls away and pulls something from his pocket.
I swipe my tears away and ask him what’s in the box.
“It’s for you, but you have to promise me that you won’t open it. Just…when your standing up there with Max give it to him, he’ll know what to do with it.” I swear I must be the slowest person on the planet because I haven’t a clue as to what the hell the cryptic message is supposed to me so I agree.
“Okay thanks! I know that the girls are on their way down so I’ll see you later.” I stand up next to him and pull him into a hug once again.
“Bye Michael.” After he leaves I’m so very tempted to open this damn box, but I decide against it and simply put it in my purse and make my way into the lobby to wait.
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Isabel
I still can’t believe it by tonight one of my brothers will be married. I’m so excited and I know both Max and Liz will be too since Michael was able to do what he did before we left for this trip.
We are all waiting for Liz to come downstairs, first things first we need to get her a wedding dress. Then we need dresses for my mom, Maria and myself. My mother already called the restaurant to make sure they could close down a portion of it for our dinner tonight, its what Liz wanted and my mother was determined to not let her down.
She had to fight with the manager and pay him an obscene amount of money to get it done, but it all worked out. So after the dresses, we need to go over to where Liz has decided she wants the ceremony to be held. Luckily the hotel is well equipped for such spontaneous events and they have a coordinator meeting us at around two, to get all the details.
“Hi Liz.” I turn around and see Maria embracing Liz.
“Hi Liz, how you doing today?” I ask her with a bright smile on my face, she just laughs a little then smiles at me.
“Great actually, but how about you Isabel, are you feeling okay today?” She is always worrying about other people, she is simply amazing, now I completely understand why Max loves her the way he does. How can anyone not?
“Yes, I feel much better thanks.”
“Okay girls we need to get a lot of things done in the next few hours so let’s hop to it.” My mom comes up behind us and ushers us towards the door leading outside.
“Right. So we need to get rings too, please don’t let me forget.” I hear the sadness in her voice, but I can’t figure out why. I guess Maria did to because she asks her.
“Nothing, it’s nothing. It’s stupid really.” She shakes her head and continues.
“It’s just that Max was so upset that he didn’t have my wedding ring because I mean he planned on proposing just not getting married and well he really wanted me to have it, and that’s just impossible at this point. But it’s okay I’ll find something.” Oh, poor thing, if she only knew. We all try to hide our smiles and change the subject.
“It will all work out Liz don’t worry. Now let’s get shopping.”
“You’re absolutely right Isabel. We have a wedding to plan.” She smiles and walks past us into the jewelry store, one of many on the Island.
Three hours later, we are getting ready to look for dresses. We should have gotten it done already but we needed to meet with the coordinator and that took more time than we expected. So now it’s about three and we decided it was best to grab something quick to eat.
“Liz are you okay?” My mom asks because Liz was in the middle of talking about what kind of dress she was looking for and just stopped and grabbed a glass of water quickly.
“Yeah, I just I don’t know I think I took too long to eat or something.”
“You sure, are you tired or anything? Maybe we should let the doctor check you out or something.” My mom was by her side in an instant is currently running her hand up and down her arm for comfort.
“Yes, I’m okay I’m just gonna go use the bathroom and we can be on our way.” She smiles and excuses herself from the table.
“You think she’s really okay?” My mother asks me.
“I think its just nerves, I mean the girl is getting married in three and a half hours. I would be sick to my stomach if I were her.” I say honestly because I know how long she has waited for this day and she’s probably just over anxious.
About ten minutes later Liz returns to the table and we make our way into the many dress shops I’m sure we will be visiting this afternoon.
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Liz
“This is hopeless! I’m am never going to find a dress I like!” I am so frustrated and I feel so sick right now on top of everything. I need to just calm down and breathe. That’s it Liz just breathe.
“Liz, calm down. We have one more store and I’m sure you will find something you love.” I sure as hell hope so otherwise I will throw myself to the ground and have a temper tantrum for sure.
“Maria I know, you’re right I’m sure I will find something.” I roll my eyes; I don’t believe that for a second. I could always wear my pajamas right?!
We walk into the store and I have to say that so far in all the other stores it wasn’t so much that they didn’t have any dresses that I liked it was more like I they didn’t have the perfect dress. So that’s what I’m looking for but that search might turn out to be futile. At least Diane, Isabel and Maria all found dresses they liked.
I’m not going for the whole formal thing, so they each picked out dresses that were semi-formal. Both Maria and Isabel found their dresses, as did Diane. Since this wasn’t a formal wedding I did not have or choose a maid of honor. Isabel chose a floor length pale yellow strapless dress, while Maria chose a baby blue floor length dress with crisscrossed spaghetti straps.
Diane, choose a two-piece skirt and top, which was a light beige color and was knee length. All that was left was me, Miss Difficult in the flesh. I search each and every rack and my hopes are starting to…
“Oh God! I found it! I found it!” I really did too it’s perfect.
Maria, Isabel and Diane all run to the back of the store to see what it is I’m yelling about.
“What? You found it!” Maria says to me and she’s excited I can tell.
“Well where it is Liz?” Isabel looks around I didn’t even realize that I wasn’t holding it any longer.
“Here!” I pull it off the rack once again and all three of them covered their mouths with their hands, holding back their gasps.
“You like it?” I ask them and they are speechless so they just nod.
“Good! I’m going to go try it on.” I walk to the back into one of the fitting rooms and begin to undress.
I reemerge about ten minutes later, after admiring myself in the mirror to find that all three of them are waiting for me with bated breath.
“Liz wow! It’s beautiful.” I twirl around and see there is a much larger mirror just behind me. I turn and step in front of it and I just smile.
It’s everything I pictured it would be. It’s an A-line off the shoulder white satin dress with a Victorian rose-colored trimming at the top and midsection of the dress as well as at the bottom edge along with crystal beads adorning the trimming. The train was short and the dress was floor length. In other words, perfect for me.
I turn around and see Diane crying and I ask her why?
“Liz, I have Isabel and she is my daughter and I will cry at her wedding as well, but you have been a part of our lives for so long and I consider you a daughter, and you will make that official later today but I’m just so happy and proud right now. Max is really lucky to have found you.” I smile and wrap my arms around her, thinking to myself how luck I am to have found him.
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Max
It’s about a quarter to six and I am getting so anxious, I feel like going up that hotel room and dragging her down here so we can get married already. It’s funny because I didn’t think I would be that anxious about it, I always thought I could wait, boy what the hell was I thinking?
Now I know how Liz felt and if I could have changed that I would have. Waiting is a bitch!
“Hey son are you about ready?” My father walks into Michael and Maria’s room and takes a seat next to me out on their balcony.
“Yes I am, I can’t wait.” I tell him honestly.
“Good I’m glad. Your mother said that Liz was nervous all day but once she found her dress she calmed back down.” I smile because I know for a fact that Liz was probably flipping out because she couldn’t find the right dress. Little does she know she could walk down in a slip and I could care less so long as it was her walking towards me.
“I bet.”
“Hey dad! Grandpa!” I turn to see Michael and Damian standing by the balcony doors, half dressed. Which is exactly the way I am as well. I will be wearing a pair of black dress pants and a white button down collard shirt, since Liz planned the whole thing by the time we got back to the hotel room, my clothes were already laid out on the bed.
“Come here Damian, have a seat.” He runs over to my father and takes a seat on his lap. My father then turns to Michael, to ask where Maria was. Last I knew she was with Liz helping her get ready.
“She’s with Liz I think.” This is Michael we are talking about details are not his thing.
“I’m sure she…” Just then we hear Michael’s hotel room door slam shut and both Maria and my mom come in and they look…worried? I jump up from my seat.
“What? What’s wrong?” I ask somewhat panicked.
“Nothing, it’s nothing Max don’t even worry about it.” I sigh heavily and run my hands through my hair. What are they not telling me?
“Mom, just tell me. Is it Liz? Is she okay? Or does she…” I won’t allow myself to finish that sentence because surely she hasn’t changed her mind or anything right?
“Max, honey just calm down okay. She hasn’t been feeling well all day, but she’s okay. She went down to the doctor a little while ago and he said it was just from her nerves or something. So she’s getting ready and Isabel is helping her with her hair right now, but she’s ready to go.” My mom smiles at me and so I know Liz is really okay. But I wonder why she’s feeling sick all of a sudden; I mean after she passed out she seemed to be fine. The doctor is probably right it is probably from her nerves.
“I need to see her.” Huh? Where did that come from? But at this moment it’s not just what I want it’s what I need. I have to see for myself that she’s okay.
“No Max! You can’t! She’s already dressed and that’s bad luck!” Maria yells out at me, but I don’t hear it I storm passed her on my way upstairs, then Maria calls out after me and what she says causes me to pause for just a minute and think about what I’m about to do.
“Max! Max! If you up there and you see her, she’s going to be so upset, she planned it all Max, don’t ruin it for her.” I stop in my tracks and then I turn around to say,
“I won’t go in Maria, I promise. I just want to hear her voice, to know she’s okay. Don’t worry, I’ll be back in a few minutes.” I smile and continue down the hallway to the elevators.
I knock on the door, and I hear Isabel ask who it is.
“It’s me Max.”
“Max! You can’t be here!” I roll my eyes; okay does everyone think I’m the village idiot or what?
“I’m not coming in, but I…I need to talk to Liz for a second.” It’s quiet for a minute then I hear my angel’s voice.
“Max, what are you doing? Can’t wait any longer?” She says to me in a teasingly voice. I lean my head against the door.
“No, my mom and Maria said that you weren’t feeling well and I want to make sure you’re okay.” I tell her honestly, no sense in lying about why I’m here.
“Max, I’m okay. I was just feeling sick but I went and saw the doctor, you know the one that treated me the other day and he said I was perfectly healthy.” I breathe a sigh of relief after she says that.
“I love you Liz and I can’t wait to marry you.”
“I love you too Max and I can’t wait to marry you either. Now, go finish getting ready because I can see you are just wearing a T-shirt and that will not do.” She says and giggles a little after that statement.
I smile and tell her I’ll see her in a little bit.
TBC…