Liz looked up at the stars, wondering about Max. Her eyes filled with tears. *He should be happy with Tess. Yeah, that’s a load of BS.* She knew that deep down in her heart, she wanted to run into Max’s arms and never let him go. But, she also knew that she couldn’t, so that’s why she had been lying to herself, saying that Tess was best for him. She was his kind, after all. They had a bond that Liz and Max didn’t have, and couldn’t break. She sighed, and continued to write.

**The thing I am worried about the most is David. I feel this attraction to him, and I can’t deny it. What will Max do when he finds out about him?**

She smiled when she thought of David. She met him at the July 4th Picnic that her parents, Maria and Alex dragged her to. He made her smile for the first time since her break up with Max. They got really close, and she felt that she had a bond with him. He didn’t complete her like Max did, but he was the next best thing. He was tall, had brown hair and bright green eyes. Oh, his eyes. They were beautiful, almost reminded her of Max’s. She felt ashamed to compare Max’s eyes with someone else’s, but David’s eyes were . . . indescribable. There was something in them that she had never seen before. Liz thought it was love. She believed it was where this attraction was coming from.

David and Liz had gotten really close over the summer. He always knew what she needed, and he was quite a romantic. He gave huge tips at the Crashdown, and left presents for her in random places. They just started dating in the beginning of August, and Liz was always happy when he was there. He made her believe that she could move on. He didn’t even know who Max was. All he knew that she had just come off of a bad relationship when he met her. She was terrible then. She cried herself to sleep every night, and she didn’t eat much. Anyone who saw her knew something was horribly wrong. Her parents, Maria, and Alex didn’t quite understand her pain, so they couldn’t comfort her the way she needed to be comforted. She needed strong arms around her, keeping her safe. Only David knew that, and she didn’t even need to tell him. *David is perfect for me.* And with him on her mind, she fell asleep content.

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Max sat on the airplane, thinking about Liz. God, how he missed her. Being away from everything had made him stop crying at night, start eating again, and even get out of his room at his aunt’s cabin. The pain of loss was there, but didn’t completely consume him. Him being away from Roswell, Liz, and all the alien crap during the summer really helped him, as Isabel, Michael, and Tess said it would. Oh, man, Tess. She was a pain during that first month, following Max around, whining about their destiny together, when she knew what he was going through. After awhile, she stopped, and Max figured that Isabel told her to shut up about it, because she and Isabel didn’t talk to each other for a week. California was good; he got reacquainted with his aunt, got closer to Isabel and Michael, and forgot about his destiny for awhile. But he was glad to come back, because he wanted to see Liz. He wanted to see her work at the Crashdown, see her smile, laugh, and hang out with her friends; he wanted to kiss her. *No, I can’t kiss her. She won’t let me; she wants me to be with Tess. Screw that. I’m going to fight for her. I know she wants to be with me.* Max fell asleep to dreams of Liz, more determined than he’s been all summer.

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