Going Back (AU M/L CC ADULT) Chapter 28 03/31/12 [WIP]
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:13 am
Title: Going Back
Author: Behrgirl21
Disclaimer: The characters of "Roswell" belong to Jason katims, melinda Metz, WB, and UPN. They are not mine and no infringement is intended.
Tommy, Stu, Lucus and Jackson are pure figments of my imagination, and any reselmblence to actual people is pure coincidence and not intended.
Pairings/Couples: Mainly M/L, some M/M, I/A, K/S CC but at some point there will be UC but will return back to CC
Rating: Adult due to the nature of some relationships, also for possible scenes of extreme violence. Just warning in advance in case any of that offends you.
Summary: Two life changing events cause Liz Parker to leave Roswell in the middle of the night, alone, leaving her boyfriend, family and friends behind. Never to look back. She now goes by the name of Iz or Izzy. She gets on with life anyway she can, makes new friends and starts seeing someone new. What will she do when someone from her past finds her years later and tells her she's needed back home. Will she go back to a life she was desperate to leave behind and forget?
Authors Note: This has been going around in my head for months and I started writing it down but never had the guts to post it. It's my first fic so be gentle with me on the feedback...
I hope it's not like any other fic on here, if it is then let me know because I don't intend it to be.
The characters are different in ways and Maria isn't involved until later incase you wonder where she is. My non-Roswell characters are my own.
OK so feedback welcome!!
Chapter 1
"I don't understand what you see in him that's all!"
Max yelled at Liz from across the room and Liz rolled her eyes,
"I don't expect you to Max, I'm the one going on a date with him not you!"
She replied but her usual calm manner was slipping and she could feel it. If he continued to push the subject then she was going to snap and she had never lost her temper with her friends.
Apart from that one time with Michael when she was 12 and he had chased away a boy in the park that had picked a flower for Liz. Michael had told him Liz was too good for him and proceeded to push the boy back until he had run away and Liz never saw him near her again. She had blown up at Michael, telling him she didn't want his protection and he needed to stay out of her life. She quickly got over it and she and Michael stayed good friends.
She glanced at her friends in the room; they were huddled together watching Max and Liz argue over Liz's date at the weekend. Michael, Max's older brother, stood next to Kyle with Isabel behind them. Kyle and Isabel were brother and sister, although Kyle was a year younger than Isabel, Liz and Max.
They all seemed to know that Max was pushing it with Liz.
"Guys, let's stop arguing." Michael said quickly before Max had the chance to reply but instead Max turned to Michael, "Shut up Mike, you were the one who said something needed to be said to her. No one else would tell her that she was making a mistake agreeing to a date with him."
"Yeah but screaming at her isn't going to work Max." Michael reasoned with a nervous glance at Liz, who was staring incredulously at them all.
"I don't think I heard that right. You all think I'm making a mistake going on this date? Why?" Liz asked shocked, they never went behind her back with anything; they had made a promise to be honest to each other when they were younger. Now Max had let slip that they all agreed with him. That felt like a low blow and her heart hurt from it. Michael saw her hurt and quickly spoke,
"We just think he's bad news Liz, we're just looking out for you."
"Bad news? You don't even know him!" She argued, feeling the anger come flooding back. How dare they tell her who she can and can't date.
She was especially hurt that Isabel wasn't standing up for her, she knew who Liz really wanted to date but Liz couldn't wait around for him to notice her like that.
"Exactly and neither do you! He's only been here a few weeks Liz!" Max's voice was rising again and Liz directed her own anger at Max.
"That's the whole point of dating Max! It's to get to know the other person!"
"Just get to know someone else, anyone else besides him! You can do so much better Liz!"
"Better? Like who Max? How would you feel if I wanted to date Kyle or Michael? Would that be ok because you know them?" She was yelling now and all she could see was red.
"You want to date Kyle and Michael?" Max asked confused and she gave a short scream. "No! It's an example Max! You can't control who I want to date Max..."
"No but I was hoping you'd have more sense than to date the likes of him!"
"Well I wouldn't have to settle for someone like him if the person I really wanted to date would just open his eyes and notice me!" She screamed this at him and Isabel gasped, making Liz notice what she had said.
Max frowned, what was she talking about, she likes someone else? Who was he and why doesn't he see what a great, beautiful person she is?
"What are you talking about?" he asked her and she sighed,
"Nothing, it doesn't matter, you guys may not like who I choose to date but I don't care right now. I have to go." She picked her bag up and stormed past them to the front door but Isabel's voice stopped her,
"Liz, I'm sorry I thought it would help with...you know..." She glanced at Max, standing there with a frown on his face. Liz wanted to scream at her,
"Well it obviously didn't, I don't need your help Isabel, you're supposed to be my best friend, you all should have said something to me straight away instead of talking about me behind my back."
She felt tears come to her eyes and turned before they could see them, closing the door behind her. She drove home quickly, she couldn't believe they would do this to her. How did Isabel think that setting up a date with the new guy would make Max jealous?
It backfired because Max wasn't jealous; he just wanted to control her because he didn't get on with the new guy. Isabel could have stuck up for Liz though, sighing she parked behind the restaurant her parent's owned and went to the side of the building to the front entrance.
She waved at Jose, who ran the restaurant when her parent's weren't there. Her parent's were driving home from her grandmothers' house, they weren’t meant to be back until the week after but Liz had complained that she needed to go prom dress shopping at some point and begged them to come back so they could see what she had picked, besides she had told them, they stay away too long and she hated it. They reluctantly agreed to come back early, they would be home soon anyway, she thought as she sat at the counter and Jose made her a milkshake, while she waited for her parent's to get home.
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"Max, you shouldn't have shouted at her like that." Isabel argued with him, he had handled it all wrong, he wasn't supposed to yell at Liz. Isabel realized quickly that things would get out of hand and she had never seen Liz that angry, Max yelling at her had obviously upset her enough.
"I didn't mean to, it just...I can't bear to think of her out with him. She deserves someone better." Max mumbled with his head in his hands. It had upset him to think that Liz liked someone else and that he had upset her tonight.
"Someone like you?" Michael asked and Max snorted, "She doesn't know I exist in the dating sense."
"Max! You are just the most idiotic guy I have ever known! Liz likes you ok, in every way!" Isabel felt like strangling him, was he blind? Didn't he see how Liz looked at him?
"What are you talking about Izzy?" Max said, clearly confused, Liz gave no indication that she liked him so what was Isabel talking about?
"I promised I wouldn't say anything but after tonight I don't want it to destroy the chances of you two getting together so I'll tell you. She loves you Max; she has for ages but doesn't think you like her in that way." Isabel told him what Liz had said to her all those months ago.
Flashback.
"Izzy I need to tell you something but you have to swear you won't say one word to anyone!" Liz pleaded and Isabel nodded.
"I'm in love, I think."
"With who?" Isabel was interested now.
"You'll laugh."
"I won't, promise."
"You can't tell him or anyone else."
"I promise, who is it?"
"Max." Liz whispered and Isabel frowned.
"Say that again because I thought you said Max."
"I did."
"You're in love with Max?" Isabel was staring seriously at Liz and it was making her feel uncomfortable.
"Yes."
"Oh my god." Isabel mumbled and Liz sighed.
"Oh my god!" Isabel said louder this time and Liz rolled her eyes. Then Isabel grabbed Liz into a tight hug,
"Oh my god! You're in love with M..." Liz clamped her hand over Isabel's mouth.
"Shh! my parents are in the same building you know!"
"Smmree."
"What?" Liz took her hand away and Isabel smiled,
"Sorry but this is too exciting! When did you realize?" she pulled Liz to sit down next to her on Liz's bed, flipping her long blonde hair over her shoulder.
"I think I've always liked him more than a friend for years now but never thought anything of it. You know, I just thought it was a crush and it would go after a while but recently, I've just been wishing that I could go out with him and kiss him...you promise you won't say anything?" Liz ran a hand through her shoulder length dark brown hair.
"Of course I won't. I can't believe this! Well I can, I always said you two were perfect for each other but you think so too! We have to get you together!"
"No, Max doesn't think of me like that Isabel."
"What? Of course he does!"
"No, he doesn't. We're just friends and I don't want to ruin that."
"Well...we could see if he gets jealous of other guys."
"What do you mean?" Liz frowned not liking the tone of Isabel's voice. What was she up to?
"We'll set you up on a date and see what Max thinks about it."
"No Izzy, I'm not going to start playing games. If Max thinks of me like that, then he'll ask me out and if not then I'll just try and get on with my life." Liz reasoned and Isabel rolled her blue eyes,
"Fine, I'll give you 6 months and if he hasn't asked you out then I'm setting you up on a date."
"Whatever." Liz dismissed her; Isabel would forget this in 6 months anyway.
6months later, Max hadn't given any indication to Liz that he wanted to date her and Ben had turned up as the new kid at school. A living version of the bad boy, he instantly took a liking to Liz and had promptly asked her out on his third week at school. Isabel had convinced Liz that she should go on a date and it was time to see how Max would respond. Reluctantly, Liz had agreed to a date.
End flashback.[/i]
"I had no idea she felt like that." Max said to Isabel and she shrugged,
"She does, but if you tell her that I told you what she said then I'll kill you."
"Thanks Izzy, should I go talk to her now?"
"No, I'd leave her for now. If you go there now asking her out then she'll know I told you something and she's already angry with me."
"I've never seen Liz that angry before." Kyle said quietly, he was the baby of the group but he got on really well with Liz, she was like a big sister to him, someone for him to tease along with his own big sister.
"Me either, she must have been real pissed." Michael admitted. He knew Max loved Liz but had no idea that she felt the same way. He looked at Liz like a sister as he knew Kyle did so he was protective of her. He hated the way she looked at them tonight when Max let slip that they had talked about her. He would apologize and make it up to her.
"I think we should just let her cool down until tomorrow, then go speak to her." Isabel told them and they agreed.
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"Bad night Liz?" Jose asked as he fixed up two drinks for an order.
"Something like that." She mumbled whilst looking at the clock, her parents would be there any minute.
"Some guy was in earlier looking for you, Ben I think." José said as he came back from the table and sat next to her.
"Really, did he say anything?" She perked up, even though Max may not see her as a girlfriend, she wasn't going to wait forever for him.
"Just that he'd come back tomorrow to see you."
"Ok."
"So...you have a hot date this weekend then?" He was smiling as he nudged her arm and she laughed, "Yeah ok, I do but don't let that slip to my parent's before I get to tell them."
She warned and he nodded, "Of course." He turned around as the door opened and Liz leaned past him to see who it was, expecting her parent's faces to be smiling back at her. Instead the sheriff came in, heading straight for them.
"Evening Sheriff." Jose said as he stood up and went to retrieve a meal for an order. Liz smiled at him as he nodded to Jose,
"Hey Sheriff, you looking for Kyle and Izzy?" Kyle and Isabel were the Sheriff's kids, their mother left when Isabel was 4 and Kyle was 3. The sheriff treated Liz like she was another daughter, as did Max and Michael's parents. All the families treated the other kids as extensions of their own family since the five kids were inseparable so Liz felt at ease with the sheriff.
"No I'm not Liz. I need to speak to you actually." He felt like he couldn't form the words properly and thought he sounded strange, he hated what was going to have to be said to this young girl next.
"Ok, what's up?" Liz smiled, gesturing to the seat next to her.
"Let's go out back Liz."
"Why? What's wrong?" She noticed how nervous he seemed and it caused the first flutter of anxiety in her stomach. What was it that couldn't be said here? She wondered as she stood up and looked up into his familiar, friendly face.
"Please, let's just go out back." He almost begged her and she frowned, the flutters getting worse.
"Just tell me, you're scaring me." She whispered and he sighed, hanging his head.
"Ok, we'll do this here...there's no easy way to say this..." He started and she held her breath as he finally looked up into her chocolate brown eyes.
"I'm on my way to the hospital. It's your parents Liz, they were in an accident."
Liz stared at him, all other sounds were wiped out, and all she heard were the words hospital, parents and accident.
She frowned, "My parents?"
"I'm on my way there now, I'll take you with me but we need to go now." He could see the shock written all over her face and evidently so did Jose, because he stopped next to Liz,
"What's wrong?"
"I'll need you to take care of the restaurant tonight, the Parker's are in the hospital and Liz needs to come with me." The Sheriff told him and Jose slumped, looking at Liz who was still staring into space.
"Liz? You go, I'll be fine here." He gently moved her forward and Liz snapped out of her haze.
"OK, yeah let's go." She followed the sheriff to his car.
To be continued...
OK so do you want more? Let me know please.
Author: Behrgirl21
Disclaimer: The characters of "Roswell" belong to Jason katims, melinda Metz, WB, and UPN. They are not mine and no infringement is intended.
Tommy, Stu, Lucus and Jackson are pure figments of my imagination, and any reselmblence to actual people is pure coincidence and not intended.
Pairings/Couples: Mainly M/L, some M/M, I/A, K/S CC but at some point there will be UC but will return back to CC
Rating: Adult due to the nature of some relationships, also for possible scenes of extreme violence. Just warning in advance in case any of that offends you.
Summary: Two life changing events cause Liz Parker to leave Roswell in the middle of the night, alone, leaving her boyfriend, family and friends behind. Never to look back. She now goes by the name of Iz or Izzy. She gets on with life anyway she can, makes new friends and starts seeing someone new. What will she do when someone from her past finds her years later and tells her she's needed back home. Will she go back to a life she was desperate to leave behind and forget?
Authors Note: This has been going around in my head for months and I started writing it down but never had the guts to post it. It's my first fic so be gentle with me on the feedback...
I hope it's not like any other fic on here, if it is then let me know because I don't intend it to be.
The characters are different in ways and Maria isn't involved until later incase you wonder where she is. My non-Roswell characters are my own.
OK so feedback welcome!!
Chapter 1
"I don't understand what you see in him that's all!"
Max yelled at Liz from across the room and Liz rolled her eyes,
"I don't expect you to Max, I'm the one going on a date with him not you!"
She replied but her usual calm manner was slipping and she could feel it. If he continued to push the subject then she was going to snap and she had never lost her temper with her friends.
Apart from that one time with Michael when she was 12 and he had chased away a boy in the park that had picked a flower for Liz. Michael had told him Liz was too good for him and proceeded to push the boy back until he had run away and Liz never saw him near her again. She had blown up at Michael, telling him she didn't want his protection and he needed to stay out of her life. She quickly got over it and she and Michael stayed good friends.
She glanced at her friends in the room; they were huddled together watching Max and Liz argue over Liz's date at the weekend. Michael, Max's older brother, stood next to Kyle with Isabel behind them. Kyle and Isabel were brother and sister, although Kyle was a year younger than Isabel, Liz and Max.
They all seemed to know that Max was pushing it with Liz.
"Guys, let's stop arguing." Michael said quickly before Max had the chance to reply but instead Max turned to Michael, "Shut up Mike, you were the one who said something needed to be said to her. No one else would tell her that she was making a mistake agreeing to a date with him."
"Yeah but screaming at her isn't going to work Max." Michael reasoned with a nervous glance at Liz, who was staring incredulously at them all.
"I don't think I heard that right. You all think I'm making a mistake going on this date? Why?" Liz asked shocked, they never went behind her back with anything; they had made a promise to be honest to each other when they were younger. Now Max had let slip that they all agreed with him. That felt like a low blow and her heart hurt from it. Michael saw her hurt and quickly spoke,
"We just think he's bad news Liz, we're just looking out for you."
"Bad news? You don't even know him!" She argued, feeling the anger come flooding back. How dare they tell her who she can and can't date.
She was especially hurt that Isabel wasn't standing up for her, she knew who Liz really wanted to date but Liz couldn't wait around for him to notice her like that.
"Exactly and neither do you! He's only been here a few weeks Liz!" Max's voice was rising again and Liz directed her own anger at Max.
"That's the whole point of dating Max! It's to get to know the other person!"
"Just get to know someone else, anyone else besides him! You can do so much better Liz!"
"Better? Like who Max? How would you feel if I wanted to date Kyle or Michael? Would that be ok because you know them?" She was yelling now and all she could see was red.
"You want to date Kyle and Michael?" Max asked confused and she gave a short scream. "No! It's an example Max! You can't control who I want to date Max..."
"No but I was hoping you'd have more sense than to date the likes of him!"
"Well I wouldn't have to settle for someone like him if the person I really wanted to date would just open his eyes and notice me!" She screamed this at him and Isabel gasped, making Liz notice what she had said.
Max frowned, what was she talking about, she likes someone else? Who was he and why doesn't he see what a great, beautiful person she is?
"What are you talking about?" he asked her and she sighed,
"Nothing, it doesn't matter, you guys may not like who I choose to date but I don't care right now. I have to go." She picked her bag up and stormed past them to the front door but Isabel's voice stopped her,
"Liz, I'm sorry I thought it would help with...you know..." She glanced at Max, standing there with a frown on his face. Liz wanted to scream at her,
"Well it obviously didn't, I don't need your help Isabel, you're supposed to be my best friend, you all should have said something to me straight away instead of talking about me behind my back."
She felt tears come to her eyes and turned before they could see them, closing the door behind her. She drove home quickly, she couldn't believe they would do this to her. How did Isabel think that setting up a date with the new guy would make Max jealous?
It backfired because Max wasn't jealous; he just wanted to control her because he didn't get on with the new guy. Isabel could have stuck up for Liz though, sighing she parked behind the restaurant her parent's owned and went to the side of the building to the front entrance.
She waved at Jose, who ran the restaurant when her parent's weren't there. Her parent's were driving home from her grandmothers' house, they weren’t meant to be back until the week after but Liz had complained that she needed to go prom dress shopping at some point and begged them to come back so they could see what she had picked, besides she had told them, they stay away too long and she hated it. They reluctantly agreed to come back early, they would be home soon anyway, she thought as she sat at the counter and Jose made her a milkshake, while she waited for her parent's to get home.
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"Max, you shouldn't have shouted at her like that." Isabel argued with him, he had handled it all wrong, he wasn't supposed to yell at Liz. Isabel realized quickly that things would get out of hand and she had never seen Liz that angry, Max yelling at her had obviously upset her enough.
"I didn't mean to, it just...I can't bear to think of her out with him. She deserves someone better." Max mumbled with his head in his hands. It had upset him to think that Liz liked someone else and that he had upset her tonight.
"Someone like you?" Michael asked and Max snorted, "She doesn't know I exist in the dating sense."
"Max! You are just the most idiotic guy I have ever known! Liz likes you ok, in every way!" Isabel felt like strangling him, was he blind? Didn't he see how Liz looked at him?
"What are you talking about Izzy?" Max said, clearly confused, Liz gave no indication that she liked him so what was Isabel talking about?
"I promised I wouldn't say anything but after tonight I don't want it to destroy the chances of you two getting together so I'll tell you. She loves you Max; she has for ages but doesn't think you like her in that way." Isabel told him what Liz had said to her all those months ago.
Flashback.
"Izzy I need to tell you something but you have to swear you won't say one word to anyone!" Liz pleaded and Isabel nodded.
"I'm in love, I think."
"With who?" Isabel was interested now.
"You'll laugh."
"I won't, promise."
"You can't tell him or anyone else."
"I promise, who is it?"
"Max." Liz whispered and Isabel frowned.
"Say that again because I thought you said Max."
"I did."
"You're in love with Max?" Isabel was staring seriously at Liz and it was making her feel uncomfortable.
"Yes."
"Oh my god." Isabel mumbled and Liz sighed.
"Oh my god!" Isabel said louder this time and Liz rolled her eyes. Then Isabel grabbed Liz into a tight hug,
"Oh my god! You're in love with M..." Liz clamped her hand over Isabel's mouth.
"Shh! my parents are in the same building you know!"
"Smmree."
"What?" Liz took her hand away and Isabel smiled,
"Sorry but this is too exciting! When did you realize?" she pulled Liz to sit down next to her on Liz's bed, flipping her long blonde hair over her shoulder.
"I think I've always liked him more than a friend for years now but never thought anything of it. You know, I just thought it was a crush and it would go after a while but recently, I've just been wishing that I could go out with him and kiss him...you promise you won't say anything?" Liz ran a hand through her shoulder length dark brown hair.
"Of course I won't. I can't believe this! Well I can, I always said you two were perfect for each other but you think so too! We have to get you together!"
"No, Max doesn't think of me like that Isabel."
"What? Of course he does!"
"No, he doesn't. We're just friends and I don't want to ruin that."
"Well...we could see if he gets jealous of other guys."
"What do you mean?" Liz frowned not liking the tone of Isabel's voice. What was she up to?
"We'll set you up on a date and see what Max thinks about it."
"No Izzy, I'm not going to start playing games. If Max thinks of me like that, then he'll ask me out and if not then I'll just try and get on with my life." Liz reasoned and Isabel rolled her blue eyes,
"Fine, I'll give you 6 months and if he hasn't asked you out then I'm setting you up on a date."
"Whatever." Liz dismissed her; Isabel would forget this in 6 months anyway.
6months later, Max hadn't given any indication to Liz that he wanted to date her and Ben had turned up as the new kid at school. A living version of the bad boy, he instantly took a liking to Liz and had promptly asked her out on his third week at school. Isabel had convinced Liz that she should go on a date and it was time to see how Max would respond. Reluctantly, Liz had agreed to a date.
End flashback.[/i]
"I had no idea she felt like that." Max said to Isabel and she shrugged,
"She does, but if you tell her that I told you what she said then I'll kill you."
"Thanks Izzy, should I go talk to her now?"
"No, I'd leave her for now. If you go there now asking her out then she'll know I told you something and she's already angry with me."
"I've never seen Liz that angry before." Kyle said quietly, he was the baby of the group but he got on really well with Liz, she was like a big sister to him, someone for him to tease along with his own big sister.
"Me either, she must have been real pissed." Michael admitted. He knew Max loved Liz but had no idea that she felt the same way. He looked at Liz like a sister as he knew Kyle did so he was protective of her. He hated the way she looked at them tonight when Max let slip that they had talked about her. He would apologize and make it up to her.
"I think we should just let her cool down until tomorrow, then go speak to her." Isabel told them and they agreed.
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"Bad night Liz?" Jose asked as he fixed up two drinks for an order.
"Something like that." She mumbled whilst looking at the clock, her parents would be there any minute.
"Some guy was in earlier looking for you, Ben I think." José said as he came back from the table and sat next to her.
"Really, did he say anything?" She perked up, even though Max may not see her as a girlfriend, she wasn't going to wait forever for him.
"Just that he'd come back tomorrow to see you."
"Ok."
"So...you have a hot date this weekend then?" He was smiling as he nudged her arm and she laughed, "Yeah ok, I do but don't let that slip to my parent's before I get to tell them."
She warned and he nodded, "Of course." He turned around as the door opened and Liz leaned past him to see who it was, expecting her parent's faces to be smiling back at her. Instead the sheriff came in, heading straight for them.
"Evening Sheriff." Jose said as he stood up and went to retrieve a meal for an order. Liz smiled at him as he nodded to Jose,
"Hey Sheriff, you looking for Kyle and Izzy?" Kyle and Isabel were the Sheriff's kids, their mother left when Isabel was 4 and Kyle was 3. The sheriff treated Liz like she was another daughter, as did Max and Michael's parents. All the families treated the other kids as extensions of their own family since the five kids were inseparable so Liz felt at ease with the sheriff.
"No I'm not Liz. I need to speak to you actually." He felt like he couldn't form the words properly and thought he sounded strange, he hated what was going to have to be said to this young girl next.
"Ok, what's up?" Liz smiled, gesturing to the seat next to her.
"Let's go out back Liz."
"Why? What's wrong?" She noticed how nervous he seemed and it caused the first flutter of anxiety in her stomach. What was it that couldn't be said here? She wondered as she stood up and looked up into his familiar, friendly face.
"Please, let's just go out back." He almost begged her and she frowned, the flutters getting worse.
"Just tell me, you're scaring me." She whispered and he sighed, hanging his head.
"Ok, we'll do this here...there's no easy way to say this..." He started and she held her breath as he finally looked up into her chocolate brown eyes.
"I'm on my way to the hospital. It's your parents Liz, they were in an accident."
Liz stared at him, all other sounds were wiped out, and all she heard were the words hospital, parents and accident.
She frowned, "My parents?"
"I'm on my way there now, I'll take you with me but we need to go now." He could see the shock written all over her face and evidently so did Jose, because he stopped next to Liz,
"What's wrong?"
"I'll need you to take care of the restaurant tonight, the Parker's are in the hospital and Liz needs to come with me." The Sheriff told him and Jose slumped, looking at Liz who was still staring into space.
"Liz? You go, I'll be fine here." He gently moved her forward and Liz snapped out of her haze.
"OK, yeah let's go." She followed the sheriff to his car.
To be continued...
OK so do you want more? Let me know please.