Roswell Fanatics

Title: One Night Stand to Something More
Author: Dez/Jezebel Jinx
Rating: Mature
Couple: Liz/Cole
Other Smaller Couples: possible Mi/Mar, K/Paige (maybe), and Pi/Leo
Summary: X-over w/ Charmed. Liz went on vacation and had a one-night stand, despite deciding not to see each other again; they keep a phone friendship, but what happens when Liz finds out she’s pregnant from this experience and where do they go from here?
Up to: Departure and the Season 3 finale of Charmed (can’t remember the episode name, but the one where Prue died.)
Warning: Liz is still 17 in the beginning of the fic but her birthday is October 31st. So she’s only 17 for 4 weeks. And I don’t like Phoebe, although she’s not in much of this fic so far she might be in more and I won’t paint her in a nice light.
A.N. This is Challenge #61 from Illyria.
Disclaimer: I swear I own nothing but many DVD’s of my favorite shows, and the Ticatra Clan and the Eygon Circle (although I got the name Eygon from Buffy) the powers and things they are mine, the name belongs to Joss.


Banner + Challenge by Illyria.

Happy Early Birthday Illyria, I'll post a new part on your b-day.

Chapter 1

September 30, 2001

As the plane touched down smoothly signaling her arrival back in Roswell, the brunette couldn’t help but miss San Francisco. There were the sights, the sounds, the haunted places, and Co…no she couldn’t, wouldn’t think about him.

She lost her virginity to him, something she swore she would only give to the man she loved, but the man she loved or thought she loved anyway, was gone. Left Roswell with that best friend-killing tramp, the passenger next to her turned to stare at her oddly, she had been gripping the hand rest tightly till her knuckles had turned white.

Slowly she unclenched her grip and settled her hands into her lap. Maria and her had arrived too late to stop the ship from taking off, Michael stayed behind, but Isabel, Max, and the blonde betrayer took off to Antar. Now they had no clue what happened to their other two alien friends, had Tess betrayed them? Would she surprise everyone and not turn them over to Kivar?

For four months she stayed in Roswell, comforting Kyle, comforting Maria, even comforting Michael somewhat, and they comforting her. But after a month of being in school she had to have a break, it was something she needed for herself. Kyle had gone on a trip with Jim, Amy took Maria and Michael to New York, and now she went to San Francisco.

Liz had been sitting in Trig listening to the teacher drone on and on about something…she wasn’t really paying attention, after Alex died she stopped caring about some things, but it suddenly hit her she needed to get out of Roswell. Not forever, not even a long period of time just a week, it was all she would need.

Going to San Francisco was what she needed, as soon as she got settled into the penthouse suite that her parents owned she went to see the sights. Her first stop was Sarah Winchester’s house in San Jose, followed the next day by Alcatraz.

On the third day she bumped into a gorgeous specimen of a man going down in the elevator. His name was Cole Turner; he lived in the apartment above hers. After she introduced herself he asked how she was related to the Parker’s.

When he found out she was Jeffrey Parker’s daughter he backed off a little bit, almost like he was afraid of her father, which made no sense to her in the least. But she let it go deciding it was just her imagination. She began to see Cole a lot after that brief greeting in the elevator, he took her to dinner, showed her some of the best sights to see in San Francisco, and even took her to the fair.

During that time Cole explained that he met her father a few years ago and Jeff made an impression, he never told her any more than that. She wasn’t really that interested in whether he knew her father or not, he was hot.

It was two days after their first elevator conversation and she was about to go up to Cole’s penthouse and have some lunch with him, then he’d take her to a movie. There she encountered a very irate brunette, who was literally fuming.

After Liz entered the elevator her tirade was more silent but no less dramatic. She had asked the brunette if she was all right, she said she was fine just upset with her boyfriend, well now ex-boyfriend. The brunette introduced herself as Phoebe Halliwell, the name rung a bell like she should know it but it couldn’t come to her.

Phoebe just began spouting off about how much she hated her now ex, Cole Turner, so much. Liz decided not to say anything just lean back and listen. Phoebe went on and on about how Cole dumped her because he didn’t love her any longer.

Not to sound conceited but Liz had a sneaking suspicion that she was the reason for him and his girlfriends break up. Cole was spending all of his time with her and none with his girlfriend apparently. The elevator opened and Phoebe apologized for going on and on but said that Liz had one of those faces that you could tell her anything. After waving goodbye the elevator went back up, passed her penthouse and up to Cole’s.

Nervously she knocked on his double doors and when he opened them he had a very ticked off expression, but the moment he saw her it melted away and changed to a smile. She told him about her elevator convo with his now ex-girlfriend.

To say Cole was embarrassed was an understatement. And when she questioned him about why he broke up with her he told her what he told Phoebe, he wasn’t in love with any longer and he couldn’t keep lying to her.

They left it at that and continued with their afternoon as planned. It wasn’t until her last night in San Francisco that things between her and Cole progressed. Before that night they hadn’t even kissed, well, they had but nothing pass a kiss on the cheek.

Liz had no idea being with him would be so good, so freeing. He made love to her body all night long, in so many different positions, in so many different places. Their first time was in the bed, directly followed by the floor. The two of them had rested after that, about an hour later he went to get some food she followed him out of the bedroom and into the kitchen where they proceeded to have round three.

From the kitchen, there was the dining room table, the couch and the bedroom door and lastly the bed again. It was like Liz was addicted to Cole and he was a drug she didn’t want to be put in a rehab center for to get over the addiction.

It dawned on her then she was leaving San Francisco at 9 o’clock in the morning, she left without saying goodbye to him, an action she wished she could take back. All she left him with was a note saying that she thoroughly enjoyed last night and that morning, and if he was ever in Roswell to look her up. It was doubtful she’d ever return to San Francisco.

Now here she was exiting the plane, her parents and Maria waiting anxiously at the gate. When they saw her they waved and rushed her into a hug, although she was overjoyed to be back home and with her family and friends a part of her was left in San Francisco, with Cole.

TBC

Happy Birthday Illyria. I hope you like the new part.

A.N. [ ] means word’s written down and I'm going to write how my friends and I wrote when we passed notes to one another, with abbreviated words and odd spellings.

Chapter 2

September 30, 2001

“Liz you have to tell me everything about San Francisco. Were there hot guys, did you go out with any of them, how was the penthouse, was it beautiful…” Maria continued to bombard her friend with questions.

“Calm down hon, all will be told when I can get settled back in.” Liz said as her family and Maria continued through the airport. “Daddy?”

The group reached the truck. “Yes pumpkin?” Jeff lifted Liz’s two suitcases into the back of the truck placing a cover over it.

“I met a guy in San Francisco and he lived in the penthouse above ours and he said he knew you but he didn’t give an details and I was just curious if you knew him or not?”

“Well, I don’t know what was his name?” He’s done a lot of conventions and he’s met a lot of people, Jeff wasn’t sure if he would know who Liz was talking about but he might.

Liz swallowed hard, memories of the previous night and that morning flood her mind but she pushed them back needing to stay on the topic at hand. “His name is Cole Turner, and he’s a lawyer. We bumped into each other on the elevator and it came up that he knew you.”

She didn’t dare tell him that she saw him more than that once. If she told her father he would hit the roof, Cole was almost 15 years older than she was and Jeffery Parker wouldn’t take too kindly to a man especially one so much older than her spending more than a few moments alone with his 17-year-old daughter.

Instantly Jeff stiffened his posture, almost the same reaction Cole had when she mentioned her father. “Yes I know him. Did he hurt you?” His expression filled with worry and anger, Liz wasn’t really sure which reaction was toward her and that frightened her a little.

“No Daddy. He was really nice, I didn’t see him for the rest of the time I was there but he didn’t hurt me.” Liz wondered why her father would ask such a question, Cole had been nothing but nice to her, nothing but amazing when they made love and it was making love, in her opinion anyway and in that situation hers and Cole’s were the only opinions that mattered.

But could he have just been nice to try to get into her pants, it was definitely possible. However if that was all it was why would he break up with his girlfriend for a girl he knew only a few days and one who was going to leave at the end of the week.

“Good, honey I don’t want you to go anywhere near him again you understand me?” He rested his hands on her shoulders and stared into her eyes. “He’s bad news Liz, he will hurt you if given the chance. Do you understand?”

Liz nodded slowly, she knew she’ll never see him again not because of what her father said but because she doubted he’ll ever come to Roswell and she wouldn’t be going back to San Francisco any time soon. “Why would he hurt me?”

“Because he’s a de…damn lawyer sweetie, you know how ruthless they can be. Cole is as ruthless as they come and he takes no prisoners. If you ever see him again I want you to ignore him, tell him you don’t want to speak to him. Tell him I warned you about him and he’ll leave you alone.”

With that Jeff ceased any further conversation about Cole Turner and moved the family and Maria into the truck in no time at all they’re barreling down the road back to the Crashdown Café. While in the truck Maria nudged her friend, taking out a pen and paper writing down a question.

[U did more than just talk w/ this Cole guy didn’t u?] Maria handed the small notebook and pen to Liz.

She read it and wrote back. [Yea, I’ll tell u tomorrow @ school, I did things that I don’t want ne parental unit 2 hear.] Liz passed the notebook back.

[Y is ur Dad so nuts about this Cole? When u were w/ him did he hurt u?] Maria worried about her friend.

[No, not all. He was so nice + good 2 me. I don’t understand y Dad thinks he’s so evil simply cuz he’s a lawyer, it doesn’t make sense.] Liz bit her lip thinking about what her father was keeping from her. Whatever it was it couldn’t be good.

Maria thought for a few moments then began to write again. [It seems ur Dad + Cole have a lot more detailed history 2gether. More than just ‘he’s a lawyer’. How old is Cole?]

[I was thinking the same thing. 33.] Reluctantly she handed the notebook back over to Maria, she knew her friend was going to flip about the age difference, it was bad enough Liz had a small fling with Maria’s cousin Sean who was twenty-four but this was almost ten years older then Sean.

[WHAT?! OH MY GOD, 33!!! That’s way old Lizzie. He’s 15 yrs older than u. Ur not even 18 yet. That’s statutory rape.] Quickly Maria handed the small spiral back to her friend, it’s obvious from how Liz was talking and avoiding talking out loud about Cole that she had sex with him or at least went fairly far with the lawyer.

As soon as Liz read what Maria wrote she began to write furiously. [I no its statutory rape that’s y U R NOT SAYING A WORD! If u tell ne1 he can get in trouble. Besides I'm almost 18, so it’s not a big deal.]

[Fine, I’ll stay quiet, but r u sure he didn’t take advantage of u? I mean he’s older + has a lot more experience than u…] She didn’t continue knowing Liz would get her point and write something to make her feel better.

[I no he didn’t take advantage of me. I wanted him as much as he wanted me. Besides I'm never seeing him again so it doesn’t matter.] Liz knew that what she wrote probably wouldn’t make her friend feel any better about the situation. In fact she’ll more than likely think worse about the situation, since Cole was just a one-night stand and not the love of her life.

“You girls are being awfully quiet back there.” Nancy spoke from the front seat. “Is everything alright?” Normally the girls were talkative and giggling back and forth to one another but on this car trip all there was, was silence.

Maria spoke. “Yea, we’re great Mrs. Parker, I'm just talking to Liz about some private stuff that’s going on with Michael and I doubt you and Mr. Parker want to hear all that, so we’re passing notes.” She fibbed easily to her friend’s parents.

“All right, I was getting a little worried.” Liz’s mother let them know.

“Nothing to worry about Mom. Just things that aren’t meant for parent’s ears is all.” Liz shrugged and watched as Maria wrote down something else.

[So when did u have this nite w/ Lawyer Cole?] Wanting to get to some of the juicy details.

Liz smirked but tried not too. [Last nite…+ this morning.] Again she bit her lip in nervousness and handed the note back to Maria. Her friend’s eyes go wide with shock.

[Jeez, what happened when u had 2 leave?]

[Nothing, I left w/o saying goodbye.] Her smirk quickly turned to a frown.

[U just screwed him; ur 1st time I might add + u left w/o a good-bye kiss. Not telling him u were leaving?] The shock clearly radiated through the paper.

[He knew I was leaving I just didn’t tell him as I was leaving.] Slowly she set the notebook in Maria’s hands and stared out the window.

[Sorry, do u think he’ll call?]

[Don’t know, I didn’t give him my # so I doubt it.] Writing that caused her heart to hurt, it was unlikely that Cole would take time to track her down, not that he should after all she did leave him with just a note and nothing else. [Now can we just drop it.]

Noticing that Liz didn’t seem to want to talk anymore, especially if that last comment was any indication, Maria put away the notepad and stared out the other window, the desert went by fast. When Liz’s was ready she’ll tell her more about what transpired but until then getting information from Liz would be like breaking into Fort Knox.

TBC

A.N. I won't be updating this fic for about a month, my mom's having surgery today and I'll need to help her around the house till she gets better. And next week I starting summer classes so it won't leave me a lot of time to write and post. Thank you so much for the fb, you won't find about Jeff yet but something...else will happen.

A.N. 2 I have had a teacher do to me what I'm having this teacher do to Liz. I was very embarrassed after because I ended up having a very private conversation on the phone with my class and teacher listening in, because the guy I was talking too wanted to have the conversation right then. I suppose I could have hung up but at that time I wasn’t as rude as I learned to be.

Chapter 3

October 1, 2001

After a rather restless night last night Liz could barely keep her eyes open as she continued through her classes. Sleeping in Cole’s arms, she was absolutely content and happy, this morning it felt weird waking up alone.

Her Spanish teacher was explaining how to pronounce numbers in Spanish and as of now she could ignore the lesson, she knew how to count to 29 in Spanish and the teacher was only on the teens. Suddenly her cell phone rang cutting through the almost completely quiet room.

“Sorry.” She embarrassingly told the class, Liz was about to turn off the phone not going to bother to answer it but Senora Larson told her to answer it.

“Go ahead, answer it Miss Parker.”

“No that’s alright.”

“I insist.”

Not sure what else to do Liz did what the teacher told her to do. “Hello?”

“You left me yesterday morning without even a good-bye. I would have thought after our night and morning together you would have at least given me a kiss.” Cole’s anger seeped through the phone, to wake up with just a note and not the warm body he made love to the entire night was not a great way to make him happy.

“Cole? Umm, I…uhh. Can I call you back?”

“No, I want an answer Liz. How come you left, not even bothering to wake me up? Instead of waking up with the woman I spent the most amazing night of my life with I woke up to a note.”

“I'm sorry Cole, I just…” Liz forgot about everyone in the room who’s listening and concentrated on the voice that’s angrily speaking into her ear. She remembered what his voice did to her two nights ago, God he made her come with just the sound of his husky voice telling her everything he was going to do to her.

“Do you regret being with me that night?” Worried that he may have scared her with how aggressive he had been, but then again she had been fairly aggressive too, he had the bite marks and scratches to prove it.

“No, I don’t, I really don’t, it’s just I had to leave and I couldn’t…” Liz glanced around the room realizing that she was still in school and more importantly still in class. “Can I call you later, I'm in class right now and I don’t really want to get into this here.”

“Fine. But I’ll call you at 8 tonight and please pick up baby, we really need to talk.” Cole sighed; she could almost see him pinch his nose in frustration.

“Ok, thank you. Bye.”

“Bye.” They hang up.

Liz set the phone back into her backpack. “Sorry about that.” She twirled the pencil that was resting on her desk in her hand and stared at the blackboard.

“I hope that call was important enough to have it interrupt my class.” Senora Larson rose her eyebrows at her student.

“As a matter of fact it was.” The minute Liz said that she wished she could take it back. She’s tired and cranky and now feeling guilty for how she treated Cole so her mouth filter was pretty much non-existent.

“Really? Well in that case class you can thank Liz for giving you an extra assignment to complete by Wednesday. I want you to read Chapter 2 and answer the questions in the back, along with the other two assignments you were given at the beginning of the class.”

A wave of hostility rose inside of Liz, the groans of the class fell into the background; all she could see was the teacher staring at her smugly. Out of thin air the blackboard behind Senora Larson burst into a wall of flames.

The teacher and students scream and rush away from the wall of fire. Liz was the only one who stayed put in her seat as she watched the flames lick the walls eating away at the posters and paint. Did she do that? If she did how could she do that?

Quickly she gathered her things and left the room while all the chaos was going on. What she didn’t see was the minute she left the room the flames receded till there’s nothing left but a burnt wall and scared students.

~*~*~*~*~

Cole’s Penthouse

He just got off the phone with Liz, it was going to be a long 7 hours to wait to call her back again. When he woke up yesterday morning he wanted to bask in how perfect everything was, he had a beautiful woman in his bed, one who he had very strong feelings for. All he hoped for was to make love to her again that morning and then drive her to the airport, make plans for a long distance relationship.

Granted he was still dodging bounty hunters when they popped up every now and then but nothing he couldn’t handle. But when he woke up that morning without her in his bed he was heartbroken, all he had left of her was the note she left and her sweet strawberry and cream smell that clung to his sheets.

Without warning two of the Charmed Ones barge into his penthouse, they seem to do that a lot with demon’s homes, intrude on them uninvited quite frequently. “Don’t you people knock? It’s what people do in polite society.” He rose from his chair.

“You’re not people Cole. You’re a demon.” Phoebe seethed.

“Oh, so I break up with you and now you and your sisters are here to vanquish me. Well, let me tell you something sweetheart breaking up with you doesn’t condone vanquishing.” His voice rose with each word spoken.

“As much as that hurt Cole that’s not why we’re here.” The once love of his life crossed her arms over her breasts and glared at him.

“Well, if it’s not that then what the hell is it? What was so goddamned important that you had to storm into my home uninvited?” He flung his arms out.

Phoebe smelled a strange aroma in Cole’s penthouse. It wasn’t a bad smell, but she smelled something similar to it before, sniffing again she realizes what the penthouse smelled like. The aroma of sex was what was wafting around the room.

“Why are you so upset about us coming to your place. What were you doing that would cause this smell to greet us at the door?”

“What smell?” His apartment smelled like Liz, that much he knew, but it was dissipating with every second Liz wasn’t in it.

“I can smell the sex Cole, so where is she? Where is the little slut that took you away from me?” Almost as soon as the sentence was out of her mouth Cole’s hands were gripped tightly around her arms as he pulled her close this time the embrace was nothing sexual.

“Don’t you ever talk about Liz that way. I hear you talk that way about her again I’ll rip your tongue out. You may have forgotten but am not sweet and kind, I am a demon and I will have no problem disfiguring you.” He shoved her away violently away into Piper’s arms that steadied her.

“Cole, we need your help, vampire’s have Paige and we need to know everything you know about vampires.” Piper pleaded with Cole.

Reluctantly he gave them the answer, anything to get them out of his home. “Get the Queen you get them all. As long as Paige hasn’t killed yet she’ll be changed back into what she was before. There now get out, I have things to do.” He moved back to his dining room table and sat at the chair in front of his laptop not bothering to see if the witches left or not. He had to get some work done or he was going to be swamped tomorrow.

TBC

Chapter 4

October 1, 2001

Its been four hours since he got off the phone with Liz, he could almost swear she’s frightened but he’s not entirely sure if it’s him nervous about their upcoming phone call or if he really was feeling what she was. Cole couldn’t believe that she’s Jeffrey Parker’s daughter, it just made becoming attached to her that much more dangerous and stupid.

To the outside world and even his family, Jeff Parker was nice normal guy who ran a themed restaurant, and could get a little testy if a man showed interest in his daughter. However underneath that veil of normalcy was a deep dark secret, Jeff Parker was a demon.

Not just any regular demon either, if there was such a thing as a regular demon. No, Jeff was the King of the Shapeshifter and Ticatra Clans; the two Clans were enemies for centuries until Jeff’s mother, Ticatra Clan, and father, Shapeshifter Kin, married in secret. From their Union Jeff was born, he would come to rule the two families and bring them together creating the most powerful group of supernatural beings known to the demon world.

Both Clans had a human form; the Shapeshifters have different classes for the various types of creatures in their unit. The Upper Class or Gentry’s were the best and most powerful in the family, the creatures in this class could change into anything and/or magically manipulate a lower class shifter to cease changing.

Next was the Middle Class or Bourgeoisie’s, this class was for the shifters who couldn’t change into everything however they had mastery over their chosen animal/demon and possibly had a basic knowledge of other magic’s.

Lastly was the Lower Class or Humble’s, these were the shifters that didn’t have control of their animal/demon shape, ones who never got the full power they should have or just never tried to advance. The other two classes look down on this group; they were seen as not worthy of the gifts they were born with.

The Ticatra Clan was a very elemental magic based family of demons. Similar to the Shapeshifters they have seven classifications of magic you could become a part of. There was Fire, Earth, Water, Metal, Air, Spirits, Wood, and then there was a mixture of any of those seven.

Both Families were neither good nor evil, but more neutral. There were of course the occasional periods of time or demons/shifters that go one or the other but most in the families were centered in the middle.

Liz after she became initiated and received the majority of her abilities at 18 will began to train to follow in her father’s footsteps. If Cole knew Jeff and he liked to think he did at least somewhat, Jeff wouldn’t let his daughter become involved with a demon he thought was only after power.

Cole could understand his concern; he was concerned with power, what demon wasn’t? But his feelings for Liz overshadowed his desire for power and prestige. In that week of knowing her he knew whatever he felt toward Phoebe paled in comparison.

Shaking Liz out of his thoughts for the time being he continued with the second to last file that he had to finish before he called Liz again. It wasn’t long before wind blew around his penthouse; he hadn’t left a window or door open so it had to be something else.

In moments Jeff Parker was standing in front of him an expression of utter fury gracing his aging face. “To what do I owe the pleasure of having the King of the Shapeshifters and Ticatra’s enter my humble home?”

“You stay away from my daughter Balthazar, I will not have my line soiled by your filthy blood.” He hissed venomously. “You will never get my throne. My daughter is to be betrothed to the future leader of the Eygon Circle.”

The Dream Weavers, they could get into anyone’s dreams, read your darkest and most private desire and make you act it out. Some could even keep you in a deep sleep where you live over and over again your most horrible nightmares and only they could break you out of your trance. If Liz was given to the future leader he could do anything he wanted to her, make her think what he wanted her to, have her lose herself.

How could Jeff think the leader of the Eygon Circle was worthy of Liz and his throne? Cole didn’t say anything just continued to listen to the father’s tirade, he fought the urge to clench his fists in rage and strike against Liz’s father. Saying something right now to the King would most certainly make him suspicious of what happened while Liz was in San Francisco.

“Do you understand Cole? My daughter is off limits to you, if I hear you touched her I will command my best warriors to rip you limb from limb and I will sit back and watch with utter enjoyment.” With a snap of his fingers the wind picked up again and he’s gone, as quickly as it came the wind dissipated and papers fall helplessly on the floor.

Ok, so Liz hadn’t said anything to her father about her time with him. From what he understood from his brief conversation with Jeff was that Liz wasn’t betrothed yet, which meant she’s not eighteen yet. In the Clans Liz had to be eighteen before she’s betrothed to a member of a different Tribe, sixteen if she was to marry within her Clans.

Which meant he had the most wonderful night and morning of his life with a minor. Now he knew why Liz didn’t say a word about their time together to her father, since she thought her father is 100 % human she thinks he’ll call the police on him no questions asked and have him arrested.

He really should have asked her age sometime during the week. But would that really have stopped him from making love to her, he doubted it, he’s no saint and he’s not one to ignore his desires, and he desired Liz. This definitely complicated things.

TBC

A.N. Italics are thoughts.

Chapter 5

October 1, 2001

Liz was sitting on her balcony at 7:58 that night, Cole was expected to call soon, he would, he wanted answers from her. Cole deserved answers for why she left him that morning.

She was still shaky from this morning’s incident, she had no clue how that happened but she did it. A force of energy had coursed through her and when that black board went up in smoke it was like everything was released from its prison.

At 8:00 on the dot her cell phone rang, she began to reach for it but stopped needing to take a few deep breaths. Finally calm enough to talk to him she grabbed her phone flipping it open and placed the speaker to her ear. “Hi.” Well, that was an incredibly stupid opening.

“Hey Liz.” Not really sure what else to say.

“So…you wanted to talk to me?”

“Yea, why did you leave without waking me?” Cole decided cutting to the chase was going to be the best way to deal with this conversation.

“I…” Why did she leave without letting him know? In a instant the answer entered her mind, “I knew, I wouldn’t have left if I woke you up.” She admitted to him and herself. “And I had to leave, I couldn’t stay in San Francisco.”

“Of all the answers to that question you could have given me that wasn’t the one I would have bet on.” He chuckled. “How come you didn’t tell me you weren’t legal yet?”

How the hell did he figure that out? “Umm, ‘scuse me?” Hoping he’ll just drop it, but she should have known it wouldn’t work, he’s a lawyer and he wanted answers.

“Don’t play games with me Liz. I found out today you were 17 and I want to know why you didn’t tell me that important little detail in all the talks we had?”

“You never asked, if you asked I would have told you, but you treated me like an adult, I didn’t want that change. If you knew my real age I was afraid you’d look at me different.” Liz picked at her blanket as she waited for him to comment.

“Contrary to what you think Liz, I wouldn’t have looked at you any different. I would have still been, and am still, attracted to you. Your age wouldn’t change that. I probably would have taken things a bit more slowly, but not had you, no way.” He admitted to her.

Despite promising herself not to fall under his spell she couldn’t help it, the smile that graced her face was bright enough to light up a room. “You mean that?” Although ‘having her’ wasn’t extremely romantic, to her it meant something.

“Oh yea. Ever since I saw you in that elevator I wanted you. You were wearing the tight jeans that showed off your perfect ass,” he could almost see her blushing over the phone, “that tiny sheer top, where I could tell you were cold.”

Liz huskily chuckled as Cole continues. “Your hair was pulled back just tempting me to place my mark on you...”

A knock at the door of Liz’s room stopped Cole from telling her any more about what he wanted to do that day. “Hold on.” She placed her hand over the speaker and walked over to the open window. “Yea?”

“Lizzie, I need to talk to you.” Jeff yelled through the door.

“Umm, all right. I’ll be right there, I'm just changing.” Liz put the phone back up to her ear. “Cole, I gotta go, my dad wants to talk. Give me your number and I’ll call you back when I can ok?”

“Ok, don’t tell your father about me alright?” Cole pleaded.

“What do you think I'm an idiot, if I told him he’ll kill you then me.” He told her his number and they quickly say good-bye.

Entering her room she tossed the phone on the bed and changed her sweaters so her dad believed her story about changing when he knocked. Quickly she hurried out of the privacy of her room and into the living room where her father was sitting in his favorite chair.

“What’s up Dad?” Liz stood behind the sofa.

“Have a seat Lizzie.” Slowly nodding she took the spot on the couch directly across from her father. “Lizzie I want you to tell me what contact you had with Cole specifically.”

“Umm, sure but why?” Confusion clear on her face.

“Just tell me sweetheart.” Jeff probed.

“Well, umm he was in the elevator as I was getting on. He told me his name, I told him mine. Cole asked me how I was related to you; I told him I'm your daughter. After that I didn’t see for the rest of the time.” Liz easily lied.

Jeff’s not entirely sure he believed Liz, for one thing she said Cole in almost dreamy like fashion, for another she called him Cole, not Mr. Turner. He had raised his daughter to call her elders by Mr., Mrs., Miss, or Ms. not by their first names. If she only met Balthazar once she wouldn’t call him by his first name.

“You sure that’s all that occurred? You don’t have to protect Cole, and I won’t get mad at you if something happened.” Jeff tried to get Liz to tell the truth.

“Dad, I swear nothing happened. Now, I'm going to go to bed now if that’s all right. I have an early day tomorrow and I need sleep.” Liz stood not leaving the room, waiting for her father’s permission.

He nodded and waved his hand giving her the permission she sought. Jeff could feel it in his gut that something more took place with Liz and Cole, but what he couldn’t be sure, all he knew was that she was lying to him, and that’s something he didn’t like one bit.

TBC

Next Part: Bonding with the friends; another surge of Liz's powers.

Chapter 9: Someone spies on Liz.

A.N. There won't be an update to this fic till after Aug. 31st my grandmother is going in for open heart surgery on the 2nd and my mind just won't be on my stories so I'm not even going to try. So I'll be back in about a month with a new part.

A.N. Thank you so much for your well wishes and prayers. My grandmother is much better, she's at home resting now. She still has healing to do but being at her house is certainly going a long way.

Chapter 6

October 2, 2001

Liz stands at her locker in an almost dream like state, she called Cole back after her brief conversation with her father. They talked for over three hours, she didn’t get to sleep till 2 a.m. but she was hardly even tired.

“Lizzie where were you yesterday at lunch? I looked everywhere for you.” Maria’s hands fly up in anxiousness.

“Umm,” Liz closes her locker and shrugs her backpack on, “I'm sorry, something happened in Spanish class and I had to get out there. But what did you want to talk about?” Forgetting about her promise to tell her about her vacation and Cole.

She raises her eyebrows at her friend. “Hello? Cole?” Maria whispers. “And your vacation.” She speaks normally. “When I couldn’t find you at school I called your house but that annoying phone lady said it was disconnected.”

Crap, I did promise to tell her. Yesterday after arriving home to an empty house she unplugged all the phones and left her cell phone off not wanting to deal with the outside for a while. “I’ll tell you today after school, I promise. But lets go over to your place since your mom’s gone to sell some of her alien memorabilia today.”

“Alright, but I'm holding you to it.” She backs up toward her English class. “Don’t flake on me this time.”

Liz nods and turns walking to her class. Luckily she doesn’t have Spanish today, she’s not even sure she would go if she had it. It was all over school how the blackboard mysteriously went up in a massive wave of flames and just as suddenly as it appeared it was gone.

Yesterday had been scary for her, one moment she was angry and upset at the teacher, the next the chalkboard was on fire. And Liz knew she caused it, she felt the power surge through her.

Liz hears the warning bell ring and she takes off running down the hall just before the teacher closes the door so no stragglers can enter. Her teacher throws her a disappointed glance but waves her inside. Sighing she makes her way toward the back of the row next to Kyle who was staring at her. This class was basically a ‘screw-off’ class, it was where you critiqued various films from many decades.

Kyle passed Liz a note while the teacher prepares the projector. [How was ur vaca?] He pulls out some loose paper jotting down some brief notes on the opening.

[All right, I saw a lot of haunted places.] Deciding to start with something that he would find interesting. Liz waits for the teacher to turn her back to the students. See her chance she quickly passes the note.

[Did u get what u needed?] Cutting to the chase.

[Yea, I thnk I did. I'm…more free then I was b4 I left.] Liz also begins to take notes on a scene she wanted to point out in the one page critique due the next class.

[U had sex didn’t u?] Kyle writes, just joking but the way Liz’s eyes bugged out he was positive his joke was right on target. A card game Liz should never play would be Poker, she’d loose all her money…or clothes depending on what kind of Poker she was playing.

[What makes u say that?]

[Oh, nothing, just the fact that ur glowing, u wrote u feel free, and u have a fading hickey on ur collar bone.] He wasn’t going to let her off the hook now.

Reading what he wrote she grabbed her purse and pulled out her compact with mirror attachment. Even in the darkened class room she could see her make-up was rubbing off onto her shirt. Quickly she touches it up concealing it from everyone’s view once again. [Just cuz I have a hickey doesn’t mean I had sex.]

Liz was about to pass the note back to Kyle when a hand from behind them grabbed the note from her. “Miss Parker, Mr. Valenti. I warned you about passing notes in my class before. Next time I'm going to read it out loud.” Ms. Jones walks up to her desk tossing the note into the garbage, Liz is very thankful she didn’t read it to the students.

Finally the class is over and her and Kyle make their way to the quad. Since school has started they hadn’t eaten at the tables like the other students; instead they would either eat lunch on the bleachers or under the large tree in the field. None of them felt extremely comfortable in the crowed quad area, mostly because the people they hung out with were either dead or disappeared, and it made the other students stare and wonder.

Alex, of course was gone from this world all because of the blonde gerbil bitch Tess, Max and Isabel up and left, the official story among the students was that they ran away because Isabel was pregnant with Max’s baby and left with Tess following them. The theory that the police put out was Max got Tess pregnant and they left Isabel going with them because he’s her brother.

By the time Liz and Kyle got their lunch Michael and Maria were sitting out in the field under their tree. He and Maria decided to take it easy for awhile both realizing they only slept with each other because they assumed he was leaving. Of course he hadn’t but at the time they didn’t know that.

“Hey Parker, didn’t see you yesterday. Everything alright?” After the only family he had known left the planet he didn't really know where he belonged anymore. Eventually he found a place for himself again, not as a second in command but as a friend and a pseudo brother to Liz.

The Parker’s love having him around and in his own way taking care of Liz. Michael really felt like he was member of the family, instead of out of place like at Maxwell and Isabel’s. He had a sense of belonging and it didn’t matter if he was trailer trash, the Parker’s cared for him anyway.

“Yea, something just came up that I had to deal with yesterday.” She sits down and leans against the large pine tree next to Michael, “It ended up taking all day so I didn’t even finish till school was over.” Giving the group of three enough information so they don’t ask to many questions but was vague enough that she didn’t reveal much of anything.

“Ok chica, enough about where you were yesterday, tell us about your vacation.”

“It was wonderful, I got to stay in daddy’s pent house, one of these days all of us should go there, the view’s fantastic. I went to San Jose and saw Sarah Winchester’s house, it was so cool doors would open to walls, or to the outside, one door even opened to drop into the kitchen. Stairs would go into the ceiling…”

“And she did all this crap why?” Michael interrupts.

“Because a psychic said the spirits of the people killed by the guns her husband made were coming after her, in order to stop them from finding her she had to build and keep building. She was so freaked by all this that every night she would sleep in a different room to throw the ghosts off.” Liz was surprised by how much all this fascinated her, normally Maria was the one who was into the ghosts and haunted places.

“My mom should go there one day, she absolutely loves that crazy shit.” Maria chuckles.

“Like mother, like daughter huh?” Kyle teases, poking his soon to be stepsister in the stomach.

“Hey watch it Valenti, she’s going to become your stepmother in eight months. I’d be nice to me, we’re going to be living under the same roof and you have to sleep sometime.” She smirks enjoying seeing Kyle squirm.

“So Liz, what else happened on your travels?” Kyle quickly moves the subject elsewhere.

“I went to Alcatraz, another haunted place, it was creepy but it was cool. For me it felt like someone was watching me while I was there. Then that night I went out a vampire tour around San Francisco.”

“Didn’t anyone ever tell you Parker that a vacation is where you relax not pile your schedule chalk full of things to do and think about?” Michael tells her.

“Well, then you must be on vacation all the time then right?” She grins playfully up at him, without warning he grabs her in arms and tickles her stomach and behind her knees. Since becoming almost a permanent fixture in the Parker home he’s gotten more comfortable with hugging Maria and Liz, and with loosening up.

“Hey, hey, hey! Ahh!” Liz laughs out kicking her legs against the ground trying to squirm out of tickling embrace.

Maria and Kyle laugh along with Michael and Liz, their laughter is cut short, however, when they hear a loud crack from above them. Ceasing their movements they look up the once sunny sky is gray, many of those big thunderclouds, are hovering above.

Suddenly a bright light shoots down and slices into the tree they’re sitting under. Along the side a long split is formed, the edges singed, leaving a large branch hanging dangerously above their heads.

“I think we’d better move.” Liz softly says. Quickly Michael helps Liz and Maria, with no words they gather their things fast and rush from beneath the tree.

“Ok what the hell happened there?” Maria holds her binder closer to her heaving chest, her heart racing underneath, leaning in she whispers to Michael. “Was that your doing?”

“No, I can’t do that.” He whispers back, staring in awe at the tree.

Michael didn’t, but she did. She could have killed her friends, tears well up in her eyes, the last thing she ever wanted to do was hurt her friends. They mean the world to her, she has to figure out what’s going on and fast before she hurts someone.

TBC

Coming Up:

Someone spies on Liz.

orphyfets: You'll just have to wait to find out what Liz is going to do.
pandas2001: First question, Liz's power flares are a bit of both, part coming into her powers, part her pregnancy. Second question, Jeff doesn't know about Michael being an alien but that doesn't mean that he doesn't know somethings not normal about Michael.
Emma916: There will be slight Liz/Cole in this chapter, but not exactly an interaction.
Liz86000: You will just have to wait and see who's spying on her.

A.N. Sorry this part is kind of short the next part will be longer.

Chapter 7

October 10, 2001

It’s been over a week since she caused a lightning bolt to slice through the tree almost killing her and her friends. So far there hasn’t been another flare of powers. At first she thought she was becoming an alien but after thinking about it for a few minutes she realized she couldn't be.

From what she knows about the aliens and their powers they can’t control the weather or cause blackboards to burst into flame. That week she’s noticed that her father has been acting…different. He’ll stare at her like he’s trying to find something, a sign of something. She’s positive that he knows something besides a quick ‘hello’ went on between her and Cole, but she also knows so far he has no proof of that.

Liz’s phone conversations with Cole were becoming more frequent, for the first couple of days Cole would call once a day and they’d talk for about an hour then one of them would have to go. But these past couple days he would call twice sometimes three times a day his voice sounded extremely tense and worried. When she would ask him about it he would just tell her he had a rough day at the office and needed to hear her voice.

Glancing at the digital clock beside her bed she decides she has enough time to take a shower before Cole calls. Liz disrobes and carries her bathrobe into her bathroom; she closes the door and places the robe on the hanger she installed on the door.

Starting the shower, Liz makes sure the temperature is where she wants, very hot, she loves the almost burning water pelting her skin easing away all her aches and worries. She has the shower so hot that it turns the bathroom into a sauna with in moments.

Liz steps insides moaning with pleasure the heat wrapping her in a secure blanket of comfort. Her hair wet she grabs her strawberry smelling shampoo, she pours some into her hand, bringing her palm up and onto her hair she begins to lather the sweet shampoo into her soaked hair.

For almost 20 minutes she’s in the shower mostly just letting the scalding water ease her stress and taunt muscles away. Last week she told Maria about Cole, it wasn’t like she could hide it from her best friend, they’ve known each other since they were in play group together at Miss Daisy’s Day Care Center.

As always Maria flipped out, although she knew what happened from passing the notes back and forth in the car from the airport, hearing Liz say what actually happened brought it home. But after the freak out she calmed and was 110% supportive, telling Liz that she would be there for her no matter what.

The shower water begins to lose its heat, sighing she turns off the faucets and flings the curtains back. From the corner of her eye she notices a figure standing by her door but when she turns there was nothing there, odd, she could have sworn there was something there. Shaking her head she wraps her towel around herself and does her nightly routine as she waits for Cole’s phone call.

~*~*~*~

Cole’s Penthouse

That was close, he only meant to shimmer in for a moment, he had to be sure she was all right he couldn’t help but feel something was happening to Liz. The overwhelming desire to protect her was strong, all he planned was to check on her but the second he caught a glimpse of her in that shower he wouldn’t, couldn’t leave.

The water cascading down her hair and body, Liz’s eyes were closed just reveling in the steamy water. When she turned he practically drooled at her full pert breast jutting out begging to be cupped in his hands. He’d give anything to be able to strip down and join her in that shower and show her how much he missed her.

But if he did that he’d have to explain how he got in there and knowing how much Jeff wants to keep his little girl as normal as possible for as long as possible it’s a safe assumption she has no clue that she’s different. Not to mention she would have recognized him or at least his powers anyway in San Francisco when she first touched him if her father had told her. Fellow demons tend to know each other’s powers from just walking past each other.

He gazed at her, salivating at her small hands moving the sweet smelling lavender soap from her breasts to her stomach. She lingered for a few moments on her stomach, his teeth marks are still there, faint, but there. Standing there soaking her in created a painful tent in his jeans, when he was about to say screw it and reacquaint himself with her body she reached for the faucets turning the steaming shower off.

Quickly he shimmered out of there as the curtain was pulled back and he knew Liz saw a glimpse of him, not enough to be curious but enough to question momentarily. Safe in his penthouse he breathes a sigh of relief that she didn’t catch him, but he can’t help the ache he feels in his heart at not being caught.

“So, where the Hell were you?” Phoebe glares at her once lover. She knows he’s been seeing someone else, when she scryed for him earlier that night her crystal zoomed across the room needing a larger map and landed in the globe on New Mexico. Where in New Mexico she didn’t know because the crystal put a large hole where the city should have been.

Cole tosses a low voltage energy ball at Phoebe just so she would get off his couch. “It’s none of your business where I was, we’re not together anymore little girl so you need to stop letting your skanky ass into my penthouse.”

“Don’t you speak to me like that. How could you just toss me away after everything that we have been through together? Didn’t what we had mean anything to you?” She whines, blubbering through her tears.

“Why are we rehashing this, we went through all this weeks 2 weeks ago, move already, this is getting pathetic.” Cole degrades her; he wasn’t about to admit to her that yes at the time her love and what they had meant something to him. However things change, especially feelings, his just changed in a way Phoebe didn’t like one bit.

When Phoebe doesn’t speak Cole continues, “Now I told you to not come back here, we are not together anymore, meaning you can’t come here without an invitation, guess what you’re not invited.” He stalks passed her not waiting to see if she left walks into his room and changes before he calls Liz.

While changing he hears the door opening and closing followed shortly by the ding of the elevator. “Good riddance.” He mumbles changing into more comfortable clothes, getting ready for hours of talking with Liz on the phone. It’s hard to believe that he looks forward to those phone calls but he does so much so that he thinks about it all day wondering what they’re going to talk about this time.

TBC

Next Chapter: It’s two weeks later, Liz’s birthday and her life gets much more complicated in more ways than one.

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lizandzackfan + orphyfets: Yes Cole will be making an appearance in Roswell soon (within the next 2-3 chapters).l

Chapter 8

Two Weeks Later; October 31, 2001

A corridor made of rocks lay before her, she knew she couldn’t turn back the only place to move was forward. Slowly she puts one foot in front of the other, she knows that something is going to happen, but what she has no idea. The knot in her gut tells her nothing will ever be the same again.

She raises her hand touching the cool rock hallway, the jagged edges cutting into her skin, but that she didn’t pay much attention too, it was her hand and arm. A red glow flowed through her veins, and her arm was draped in black velvet. Raking her gaze over her changed clothing, she was enveloped in a black velvet cape; she could feel the hood behind her head. Underneath she was clothed in a long silk red dress that brushed against her ankles, with matching red strappy heels.

Ahead of her she sees flames leaping from end to end at the opening she was stepping towards, but oddly enough she wasn’t frightened of what lay ahead, just nervous. Cautiously she enters the large cave, surrounding her were various men, women and creatures bowing before her, some smirking kindly as she eased past them.

The crowd parts while she walks forward taking in her surroundings, torches are lit everywhere bathing the cave room in light, but casting many shadows where anything could hide. In front of her there was a huge flat rock platform, a large book is open on a pedestal, and standing on both sides were her father and Cole. Cole held out his hand to her smiling lovingly, wanting, needing to touch him she places her hand in his, she quickly glances at her father, he does not look happy.

“We can begin the wedding ceremony.” A loud booming voice fills the cave and a flash of lightning blinds as a figure appears in front of the open book out of nowhere. “Balthazar say your vows.” The troll like creature tells Cole.

Gripping her hand Cole stares deep into her eyes stroking his thumb back and forth against her palm. “Lakarisha, my goddess, my love, my equal, you have risked banishment loving me, death in bringing our child into this underworld, and the abandonment of everyone you hold dear all because you loved me and our child. Nothing I can ever do will be enough to repay your sacrifices, but that won’t stop me from trying. I, Balthazar, pledge my life, loyalty, and love to you and you alone.” Cole takes the athame slicing his palm, blood drips out and into a golden chalice.

“Now, Lakarisha, your vows.” The troll nods to her before giving a worried glance toward her father. “Balthazar, my love, my mate, my equal,” she hears her voice speak the words they have a calming influence on her entire being.

“Everything has been against our union, family above all else. I went through life feeling like a part of me was missing, then I met you and I wasn’t alone anymore. You’ve protected me, loved me, let me be the mother of your child, nothing will ever be enough to repay what you have given me, but I look forward to trying. I, Lakarisha, pledge my life, loyalty, and love to you and you alone.” She takes the athame from Cole, slicing her palm staring into his eyes as her blood leaks out and into the chalice mixing with Cole’s.

Abruptly the cave begins to shake, Cole; the crowd and her are rocked from their places. “Liz?” More shaking occurs, “Liz?”

Liz’s eyes snapped open all she sees is a face above her she doesn’t see whose face it is, nor does she care. Fire flashes in her eyes as she sits up, she grabs the person around the neck lifting them up and slamming them down on the bed growling at them. “You made him go away, you took him away from me.” Claws lengthen, fire’s start in various places around the room.

“Liz…” the person manages to squeeze out as they pull at her strong grip. They could see the moment she came to her sense, the fires dissipated, and the claws that threatened to tear their throat out retracted.

“Oh God, Kyle, I’m so sorry.” She rips her hand away staring down at her friend in shock. “Are you alright?” Liz slaps her hand over her mouth horrified that she almost killed him.

Coughing painfully Kyle rubs his bruised neck. “What the hell was that? Why did you try to kill me? And why were you screaming ‘You took him away’? Who did I take away?” He slowly sits up continually stoking his throat massaging away the ache.

“I don’t know what’s happening to me.” Liz’s voice whimpers; tears flood her eyes and fall. Kyle although upset about being manhandled by his friend was concerned, his heart went out to her and her dilemma, he knows what it’s like to not understand what’s going on. Hell he felt that way for months when he was kept in the dark about the Pod Squad, but he has a feeling that this was something larger.

Cautiously Kyle wraps his arm around Liz’s waist as she leans against her headboard. “What’s been happening?” Ever since Liz returned from San Francisco she was different, not bad different, but different none-the-less. She managed to keep whatever was going on with her fairly hidden; sometimes there would be moments where Liz would faze in and out. That was worrisome but nothing that screamed ‘something’s not right with me’.

“It started after I came back from San Francisco.” Liz plays with her quilt, “The first incident was at school, I set the blackboard in Spanish on fire with my mind.”

“That was you? It was all over the school that the board had exploded into a wall of fire, no one knew why which made it stranger. Tess did something similar to that with the skins but it was mind warp, are you getting alien powers?” Curious as to what’s happening to his friend.

“It’s not alien, it doesn’t feel alien.” She admits to him. “Whatever is happening to me it feels natural, like it’s supposed to happen.”

“How can it feel that way?”

“I don’t know, but it does. Nothing is making sense…wait; I’ll start from the beginning. First the fireball for a blackboard, then the massive weather change and lightning that almost killed all us, a week ago the dreams started, followed by my shower becoming ice, and now violent reactions when people wake me from my dreams.” Liz sighs banging her head on her wall.

Deciding to start at what mostly affected him Kyle asked about her dreams. “What is happening in the dreams? You yelled that I took someone way, who was it?”

“Cole.” She whispers. It’s been four weeks and she’s managed to keep her weeklong fling with Cole Turner a secret from everyone except Maria. Everyday after her phone conversations with Cole, Liz told Maria everything he said to which her best friend melted at all the sweet things Cole had to say.

Kyle tried to prompt Liz to continue with his hands, but when that got no response he asked. “And Cole would be…?”

Nervously she shoots her gaze to his face, she doesn’t know how much to tell him and how much to keep to herself. Cole told her not to tell anybody but she told Maria, what harm would it cause letting Kyle in on the secret, no, she couldn’t Kyle wouldn’t understand this, but maybe he didn’t need to understand, maybe he could just listen. “He’s a man I met in San Francisco. A man that I slept with, while in San Francisco.” She admits to him.

“I knew you had sex.” He grins that he was right on the money, even though this was a serious situation he had to find the humor in what Liz was telling him.

Liz breathes in deeply, “We’ve been talking on the phone since a day after I came back from my vacation….”

“Lizzie?” Jeff Parker’s voice sounds from the living room.

“Shit, Kyle umm, can we continue this later? Dad’s not a huge fan of Cole and if he hears us talking about him he’s going to go ballistic so if you still want to know everything I’ll come by your house sometime tomorrow.” Liz tells him.

“Liz, it’s your birthday remember, Maria, Michael, and myself were taking you out for breakfast and lunch while your parents get your party ready in the Crashdown.” He reminds her, although with everything that has been happening to Liz and in her life he wasn’t surprised she forgot it was her birthday for a while.

Shutting her eyes she runs her hands through her hair, “My birthday, right. Ok, let me shower and get dressed and I’ll tell you all today everything that I know that’s going on.”

Nodding her friend rises from her bed, but before he leaves he turns back to her, “You should have let us know something was going on with you Liz. We could have helped you deal with it so you wouldn’t have to go through it alone.” He puts his hand on the doorknob, “No matter what Liz, we’re all here for you.”

“I know. Thank you. And I’m sorry again about the trying to strangle you thing.” She stares up at him embarrassed by her actions.

“Don’t worry about it; it’s nothing that Maria hasn’t done to me at one time or another. Of course she didn’t have the major grip you have going on, but nothing I haven’t experienced.” Kyle opens the door leaving his friends room walking out to the living room to wait for the rest of their small group to arrive.

Jeff notices Kyle exit Liz’s room, “Did Liz hear me call her?”

“Yea, she was just waking up and I kind of startled her.”

Jeff nods and makes his way to the kitchen. Tonight was the night Liz was going to find out who she was, and what powers she possesses. He was fairly certain that her powers have already started manifesting; normally their powers came apparent about a month before their 18th birthday. Liz has done a really good job at keeping it under wraps, or it could be she was one of the few demons in their Clan that didn’t get many powers.

If that was the case it would be her mother’s fault, she’s human and that would be the cause of the dampening of his daughter’s powers. If his daughter was weak it would make the other demons of his Clan question his strength which in turn would cause the demons to fight him for power, something he didn’t want or need.

“Dad?” Liz pokes her head out of her bedroom door. “I’m going to take a shower, what was it you wanted?”

“Just wanted to make sure you were up and that you were getting ready.” He tells her. Liz nods closing the door to her bedroom getting ready for her birthday with her friends.

TBC

Next Chapter: Still Liz’s b-day, Cole calls Liz, Liz tells her friends what’s been going on with her, more power flare ups, and the baby makes its presence known.

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A.N. Cole kind of took control in this part, he wanted Liz and he wanted her now! So he’s going to be showing up a little sooner than I had planned. He was tired of waiting for me to decide when it was time. Now I'm sure all of you will just be upset about that but when you have a deliciously hot demon threatening not strip for you anymore you tend to let him do what he wants with a story.

Also this chapter was going to be longer (the reason why it’s taken so long to post) so I'm breaking chapter 9 up into 2 possibly 3 chapters. Before it was a almost 8 pages and growing hence the reason for breaking it up.

Chapter 9

It didn’t take her that long to get ready for her day out with her friends. She dressed simply not really wanting to get dressed up, it’s her birthday, she’s officially eighteen but there’s a piece of her missing. Cole. Logically she knows she’s only known him for a month but he’s managed to heal her cracked heart and gave her the courage to love him and to accept his love.

These four weeks a part of her was being awakened, every fiber in her being was crying out to let loose and cease her hiding. What she was hiding, she had no idea, her fibers had told her that. All that was clear to her was the fact that she was concealing who she really is…even from herself.

Kyle was driving her, Maria, and Michael to the restaurant where they were having breakfast. Afterwards the plan is to the bowling alley and just make a day of having fun, they all needed to have a little fun. Hearing Maria ramble on about how good her bowling score has become Liz can’t help but feel guilt over not telling her best friend everything that has been going on with her.

She told Maria about Cole and how important he has come to mean to her in such a short time but not about the weird occurrences that have happened since she’s been back. Right in the middle of Maria’s endearing babble Liz’s phone rang.

Liz fishes it out of her pocket not bothering to check caller ID answering it. “Hello?”

“Happy Birthday baby. You’re eighteen I'm coming to make you mine.” Cole whispers to her, just the sound of his voice was enough to make her want to scream with pleasure. What was happening to her? Yes, his voice had turned her on before but nothing like this.

“Cole,” She breathes out, not noticing Michael’s eyebrow raise with confusion, “please.” Not sure what she was begging him for, with him on the other end it could have been a myriad of things. Whether it was to not have him come or to hurry to Roswell was anybody’s guess. Liz rubs her stomach and bites her lower lip, a fire shot through her belly warming her from her head to her toes.

Just a half an hour ago Cole had been dreaming an incredible dream, he and Liz were pledging their love in front of the members of the Council, Liz’s father, and her belly was still slightly rounded by the birth of their child. That was the huge shocker of the dream, she was carrying his child, the dream confirmed it for him.

For the entire month Liz had left San Francisco he was drawn to her, he knew enough to know it couldn’t have been her alone. Yes, she has a powerful pull and even if she wasn’t pregnant he couldn’t deny their connection and how he was drawn to her. However the child she was carrying was an extra link to her, which made the connection impossible to control or ignore.

“Today you will find things out about yourself that you’ve never thought possible,” Cole knew that today was the day her father would bring her in on her demon heritage. “You’re father won’t approve of us being together, you and I both know that, but I can’t stay away anymore.”

“When…when will you be here?” Kyle now stopped at a stoplight, and Maria stare back at Liz. Their friend was short of breath and beads of sweat were forming on her tanned skin.

“Sooner than you might think.” He tells her.

“Cole…”

“No, you know my true name. The name in the dream…Lakarisha.” Silence followed his use of her true name, had he made a mistake and broke the news too soon, should he have waited till after her father told her about her demon family?

The dream Kyle shook her awake from couldn’t be real could it? “Balthazar?” The oddity of the name raises the already spiked suspicions of the other three members in the car.

“Yes.” He simply informs her. “I’ll be there soon, there are last minute things I need to square away here before I leave for what I'm sure is going to be a long time, but I’ll be there in an hour I promise.”

“How can you get here that fast?” Liz’s curiosity peaked, how could he travel from San Francisco to Roswell in an hour…less than an hour if he was finishing up some last minute loose ends.

“Trust me, I’ll be there. Later tonight all your questions will be answered, you’ll know why you never felt completely right in your own skin, why you’ve been have this dreams about me, us, our child. Everything.” He assures her, tells her he loves her then hangs up.

Confused Liz turns off her phone and just stares at it for a few moments like it was a foreign object that she’s never seen before. “This just got really freaky.” She whispers. Lifting her gaze to her friends she tells them, “I think we better skip breakfast today. There’s a lot I need to tell you guys.” Child, Cole mentioned a child, her child with him. She’s suspected for a few days now, queasiness, slight dizziness, and the dreams. Nothing would ever be the same again in her life.

Immediately Kyle changes direction and drives to the Michael’s apartment, there no one would interrupt them and they wouldn’t have to worry about anybody eavesdropping. Because the town is so small it didn’t take too long to arrive at Michael’s, he unlocks his door…with keys not powers, Michael let everyone in shutting the door behind Kyle. “Ok Liz, what’s going on?” The group of four sits down in various places around the room.

“Kyle and Maria already know some of the story, Maria because I never could keep much of anything from her and Kyle because I kind of tried to kill Kyle this morning.” She sheepishly lets them know.

“Well who hasn’t wanted to maim Kyle at some point in knowing him.” Maria teases her soon-to-be stepbrother.

Kyle glares at her and pushes her gently. “This was not just trying to maim Ria, this was claws and fire. Would have been cool if I wasn’t being choked.” He notices Liz frown and avert her eyes instantly he feels bad, “Liz, hey,” he lifts her chin so she’s looking at him. “I know you didn’t do it on purpose, we’re cool.”

“I know, I just hate the fact that I did that, what kind of person am I if I can do that to someone?” She questions, pleading with her friends to tell her she is a good person and that trying to kill Kyle didn’t reflect anything about her. She wanted to be reassured that she wasn’t like Tess.

“You could never be like her Liz,” Michael tells her, “she killed Alex, by accident yes, but I'm positive she knew what her powers could do over a long period of time.” Even though Michael hardly if ever says much, when he does speak, the words that come out of his mouth instantly make her feel better.

Nodding Liz give a small smile to him and continues with what she was saying before. “Ok, I’ll start from the beginning and then all of you can decide whether or not I'm crazy and should be placed in the Loony Bin.”

For almost forty-five minutes Liz tells them everything, not leaving out anything. Well, ok, she didn’t tell them everything, she made the intimate moments between her and Cole a nice shade of vague. Liz told them about her week in San Francisco, to the blackboard catching on fire, having icicles form from the flowing shower water, and more recently the dreams and how she thinks she’s pregnant with Cole’s child.

Her friends listened while everything was laid out on the table. When Liz finally took a deep breath signaling her completion of revealing secrets she sat down, it was like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. Now her friends, the people she cared about most in her life, after her parents, knew everything.

Immediately Maria gathered Liz up in her arms and held her. “Oh honey, why didn’t you tell us any of this sooner, I could have helped you through your problems.”

“I thought I was crazy, and I didn’t want all of you to think I was nuts or look at me like I was. Then I got thinking what if I'm not crazy and all this is real, how would three look at me then?” She admits.

Kyle wraps his arm around Liz’s shoulder bringing her close to his side. “Liz we know about aliens hell we’re even friends with one, and we have yet to commit him. What made you think we would have done that to you?”

Shrugging Liz speaks slowly, “Partly because I knew if I said all this out loud…it’d be real. Mostly because I know I'm not an alien, these occurrences are not alien powers, they’re something else, I'm something else, I didn’t want to admit that to anyone let alone myself.” Liz chuckles, “I’ve won the prize in avoiding the personal issues.”

“Not to mention she didn’t have to tell you anything if she didn’t want too.” A deep voice familiar to Liz tells the group of four.

Michael stands, his arm shooting out; a flash of light emanating from his hand. Whoever this man was he wouldn’t get the chance to rat on them, this man would be dead; he had to protect his family.

“Michael, NO!” Liz screams.

TBC

A.N. I'm making up some of Cole’s history…possibly even all of his history because either A. it wasn’t covered in Charmed or B. I just didn’t see those episodes that info was covered in. Just a heads up on that part.

Chapter 10

Liz’s cry was the only thing that stopped Michael from blasting away the intruder. The four teenagers watch the light engulfing his hand dissipate until is disappears like it was never even there. “Who is this guy Liz?” Michael asks her while Kyle and Maria edge away from the man that had mysteriously entered Michael’s apartment to go stand by the protective alien.

“This is Cole, Michael, the guy I met in San Francisco a month ago.” She whispers not taking her deep brown eyes off of Cole.

Unable to stop herself, not that she’d want too, she rakes her gaze down Cole’s body, taking in his gray perfectly pressed suit. It looked like it was made especially for him; it probably was now that she thinks about it. She could tell he had recently shaven, the hint of his aftershave floated towards her, and the scent invoked memories of being pressed together, her nose against his jaw inhaling his scent.

Cole watched as she took him in and even though he had been by her side almost every night, albeit without her knowledge he had to stop and do the same. Liz’s hair was a little shorter but it still had that same luster he remembered. Her jeans were well worn and faded, obviously her favorite pair she wore them down in San Francisco as well. The top she was wearing was a sweater type blue shirt that grazed her belly button tempting him to get on his knees and lick her stomach.

Slowly he walks up to her, he would have preferred to shimmer but he had a suspicion that would freak her out right now. The last thing she needed was to lose what little strap of control she had left at the moment. He doesn’t notice Michael watching him carefully, nor does he care, his sights are set on Liz and they wouldn’t stray.

When he was in touching distance he lifts his hand and presses his palm to her cheek. Instantly she nuzzles the warm, rough appendage, memorizing his caress. “How did you…” she whispers not able to finish her sentence.

“I will show you but first I believe the birthday girl needs her birthday kiss.” Slowly he leans forward sensually capturing her lips with his own. Immediately Liz raises her hand, sliding it up his shoulder to his neck and through his hair playing with the soft gelled down curls.

Heat raged inside them begging to be released, the three bewildered teens left to watch them as Cole deepens the kiss wrapping his arms around her bringing her closer to him. Out of nowhere a fire appeared in front of Michael, Kyle and Maria’s eyes and engulfed Liz and Cole. Maria shrieked, Michael tried to put the fire out with his powers while Kyle ran to the kitchen to get water.

But just as soon as the fire flared up it was gone, along with Cole and Liz. “What…how…where…?” Maria stutters as the shock of what occurred had sunken in. “What the hell happened?”

“You think I know?” Michael questions raising an eyebrow. He is as confused as Maria is if not more. At least she had time to get used to the idea of Cole but for him it was news. One shock on top of two others, Liz may be something different and now a fire disappearing act was a lot to absorb, even for him.

Desert; less than a minute later

Reluctantly Liz breaks the passionate kiss, while her lips may have been away from him the rest of her overheated body was not. She was pressed intimately against his body and enjoying every tantalizing second of it. “Wow, that was…some birthday kiss.” She tells him laughing nervously, not sure what to do now.

Behind Cole, Liz notices a bright blue sky…that wasn’t the way Michael’s ceiling is. Liz takes a peek above her head; the rocks, which Max, Michael, Isabel and Tess’s cave was where they hatched, were directly behind her. “How the hell did we get here?” Shock and disbelief her most visible emotions, just ten seconds ago they had been kissing in Michael’s apartment and now they’re out in the desert.

“It was you and our baby.” Cole whispers with wonderment in his voice. When they were transported there was a pull inside his belly; it came from their baby. His baby was already performing demon powers; his child was going to be one strong demon, makes a papa proud.

Nervous Liz pulls herself out of Cole’s embrace, she needed distance if any of this was going to make sense. Cole touching her tended to short-circuit her brain cells. “Ok, you need to tell me what is going on. How can you know I'm pregnant? Until you said something over the phone I wasn’t even completely sure. Why are we dreaming each others dreams, why were we in a cave with hundreds of people, pledging our love with blood in those dreams?”

“Baby, you need to calm down, this stress is no good for the baby.” He holds out his hand to her hoping she’ll take it so they can sit down on one of the nearby rocks and he could explain everything to her. The overwhelming urge to make the rock into a comfy sofa for her was strong inside Cole but he didn’t want her to freak out any more than she already had. Hard rock would have to do for now.

Could she trust him, besides a week together and now sharing a child she knew nothing about Cole. Every fiber of her being wanted to believe him, her heart was crying out for his but her mind was warning her away from the crazy psycho who thought demons were real. Even with her mind telling her to flee it didn’t tell her that Cole wasn’t safe, there wasn’t a part of her body that believed he would hurt her.

Deciding to trust him she places her hand in his squeezing it tightly in her grasp. Carefully Cole leads Liz to a rock close to them, wrapping an arm around her still slender waist easing her down next to him. “How about I start with who and what you are first and them we’ll move onto your questions. Believe me when I tell you that the answers to the questions will be a lot easier to understand if I tell you the back story first.”

“Makes sense,” she agrees. Why did she have a feeling that aliens were going to be the least of her worries now?

Taking a deep breath and entwining Liz’s fingers with his own he starts the story. “First off you’re not human, there isn’t a part of you that is human.” Seeing her fear Cole quickly backtracks, this was going to be more difficult than he originally thought. “Not that that’s a bad thing, it just means you’re far more special than any mere human could ever be.”

“You’re father is a demon, his true name is Peikasha and he is the leader of the Shapershifter and Ticatra Clans, both demon Clans before your father was born, were vicious to each other but your grandparents, Claudia and Raymond fell in love and married in secret. When the marriage was revealed they Clans were against it of course but they had to go along with them because they were the eldest children of their current leaders.”

“Sort of like the Romeo and Juliet of the demon society…neat.” Liz breathes out her hand shaking from nervousness, her grip on Cole tightens using him as a way to anchor herself, at least she wasn’t screaming her head off and running for the hills. She couldn’t channel Maria at a time like this; she needed a clear, logical, open-minded brain. Liz gives herself a mental pep talk.

“Your mother was a witch, a very powerful witch, but unfortunately she had too much power and not enough control. When you were three Nancy allowed her power to corrupt her, the darkness was too tempting for her to resist. It takes a certain kind of person, demon, human, doesn’t matter to resist that temptation and she wasn’t that person. She became power hungry, the Elders were afraid that she would drain your powers, in turn killing you and her going completely insane.” Best to get it all out in the open so there wouldn’t be any surprises later on.

“When they stripped her powers they also took away all memories of magic. To let her keep the memories would have been cruel, to know you had that power and it was taken away, also they couldn’t risk her getting involved with magic’s again. With you they bound your magic powers, and your magic’s were unbound at 12:01 a.m. this morning the time you were born.” He brings their clasped hands up to his lips kissing them.

“So let me get this straight, I'm half witch and half demon.” At his nod she continues. “How come my Dad never told me any of this before I turned 18?”

“That I can’t answer, your father and I aren’t exactly chatting buddies baby.” The wind picks up around them, at first Cole thought Jeff would be popping up any moment but he didn’t feel the magic “trail” that is always left behind, so it had to be mother nature.

A shaky breath is expelled from Liz’s lungs, slowly beginning to accept what Cole is telling her. Her hair whips around her face, dancing in the wind, Cole gently tucks the wayward strands behind her ear cupping the side of her head in his palm. “It’s alright to be scared Liz, this is a world you never knew existed it’s going to take time to get used to this.” He reassures her.

Liz quickly nods her head, for some reason him saying that made the frightened and nervous feelings dissipate. Those emotions were still there but didn’t seem as overbearing. “So, who are you? What kind of demon are you?”

“As you know from the dreams my real name is Balthazar, I'm what is known as an Lower Level demon, basically that means I'm not full demon and there is a vanquishing potion for me.”

“Does that mean there’s a mixture of some kind that can kill you?” Suddenly fearful, not for herself but for Cole. The overwhelming desire to protect him flared inside her urging her to take action against anyone that would hurt him, her mate, her equal.

Cole tells her yes then continues, “The only ones you’d have to worry about vanquishing me are the Charmed Ones and they have their hands full right now with other demonic issues. Besides as long as I don’t kill anyone or hurt anybody they have no reason to come after me.”

“Charmed Ones? Who are they?” She questions.

“Umm, they are three witches from the Halliwell line, remember that woman you met in the elevator about two days after we first met? That’s the middle sister of the Charmed Ones and I used to date her.” He admits sheepishly.

Liz nods, “She definitely made an impression on me that day.” She remembers that day quite well; Phoebe wouldn’t shut up the entire time she was in the elevator.

Cole agrees with her, Phoebe normally made a really good impression or a really bad one, more often than not it has been a bad one, “Demons, at least the ones I’ve come in contact with, each have their own way of getting from place to place. Most can shimmer or use a “special” effect to move places, others can fly, and the rest blink. I shimmer, and it would seem you or our child will have a “special” type of transportation. Which would be fire.”

“If you’re not full demon then what’s the other side of you and what kinds of powers besides shimmering do you have?” Her breathing has since slowed and she’s now breathing at a steady calm pace.

“I'm half human, many in the demon world looked down on me because of that. It took me a long while to get the respect of other demons. Energy balls are my power.” As a demonstration he holds his hand palm up and a blue and white electric ball forms. Cole watches as Liz’s eyes literally light up with excitement at the sight of his power, he couldn’t help but get a rush from the sparkle in her eyes.

As if she has no control over her body her hand lifts and touches the energy ball floating in Cole’s hand. The electricity crackles and warms her palm; Cole leans over and nuzzles his nose on her cheek keeping his right arm wrapped around her waist. Heat rockets through her body; flames jump from her fingertips and course through her body.

Cole lovingly massages her neck with his lips, re-marking her as his; she wasn’t going to be able to leave him again, not if he had anything to say about it. Tiny moans fly passed her lips driving Cole on; he pulls her closer to him stroking his thumb over her hip, every sweep of his thumb over her extremely sensitive skin sends lightning bolts of pleasure through her belly.

It’s been too long without him, her body was yelling at her for keeping them away from Cole for so long. The fire escaping through her fingers mingles with Cole’s energy ball turning the blue and white ball of electricity into a purple electric flame. His tongue licks at her collarbone tasting her flesh, Liz grips at his hand causing the ball of energy and fire to engulf their entwined hands.

Hot, pulsing need scratches at his insides, the desire to crawl inside Liz’s welcoming body was compelling, he wanted her here, now, but he fought the urge with all he had. She needed answers now, he had to pull away from her but he was incapable of doing so.

With strength, power and pure horny male adrenaline Cole lifts Liz up in his arms to straddle his waist, his mouth crashing into hers. Immediately their combined powers surrounding their clasped hands is shot out in a long surge of demonic powers connecting with a nearby rock formation blowing it up far more effectively than any of Michael’s power blasts.

With their combined powers being released from their grasps the uncontrollable heat that was tearing at Liz and Cole’s insides had been turned down to more a medium heat. “Wow.” Liz whispers after pulling away slightly.

“Yea, definitely a ‘wow’. That was almost better than sex.” He chuckles.

“Almost.”

TBC

Next Chapter: Liz and Cole face Liz's father!

A.N. I have some spoilers for the sequel, if enough people want me to post them I will when I post Chapter 11. So let me know. Thanks.