Love Hurts

Rating: ADULT
Category: M/L and M/M - AU with Aliens
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Disclaimer: I don't own the WB nor any places where I get my ideas from.

Summary: This takes place in the future, way after Independence Day.

Authors Note: Dedication to Jennifer for the challenge and to my 4 roommates who have inspired and curbed my partying ways. LOL well not really let's get real people.
From Jennifer a challenge
1. Everyone goes off to college.
2. Max and Michael come back for spring break with their g/f's
3. Liz walks in on Max and his g/f about to have sex.
4. same with Maria and Michael
5. Maria, Liz, Max and Michael's g/f's get into a fight.
6. There has to be a mud wrestling match between the girls.
7. Everyone goes to a club and they get drunk.
8. Max ends up with Liz; Maria with Michael.
9. and someone has to say "I'm going to do it all night long"

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Part 1

It's June 17th, 2002, it's been almost 3 years since the day that Max saved her. The day he gave her a second chance at life. Max and Liz loved each other, but they couldn't be together during high school. Liz had high hopes of being together once school was over; she and Max had talked and decided that it would be safe to be together then. And Maria and Michael had decided the same thing. Liz had barely been able to count the days till graduation and when she and Max could be together.

They had all gotten to be the best of friends in the last couple years so they had all applied to the same schools and they had all been accepted to UCLA. But she shouldn't have gotten so happy, Liz had a feeling deep in her heart that all her hopes and dreams were going to crash down around her, and she knew that there wouldn't be a damn thing she could do about it. They had decided a while back to have group meetings whenever anything serious needed to be discussed or when they needed to regroup and talk about things, and Max had called for a meeting the night of their graduation.

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They had all walked up and gotten their diplomas as they looked out into the audience. They had seen their parents crying and everyone was excited. Michael was finally part of a family ever since the Evans had taken him in, and they were as proud of him as they were of Max and Isabel. Kyle was a part of the gang now, he had a girlfriend named Stacy that he had been seeing since the end of his junior year and they were in love but they were going to Stanford, Kyle for basketball and she was going just to be with him. They both had been let in on the secret a while back when it had been proven that they could be trusted. Kyle had saved Isabel and Max's lives, but that is another story. Sheriff Valenti and Amy DeLuca were still dating, but neither of them knew the secret.

They had planned to meet out at the old cave grounds where they usually met, but this time it was going to be different. They all felt that they were now adults about to embark in the real world.

Maria and Liz were the first to arrive, whoever was first had to gather the wood and start a fire, so that's what Maria and Liz did.

As they gathered wood, Maria looked at Liz, "Tonight's meeting, do you get the feeling that it's not good?"

Liz looked at Maria and nodded, "Yeah I've been getting that feeling every since Max called it."

"Me too."

They continued to gather wood and when they went back to their spot they saw Kyle and Stacy and Alex and Isabel, and pulling up were Max and Michael. Kyle and Alex helped to start the fire and finally got it going.

Kyle reached into the bag he brought and pulled out some vodka and fresh chilled orange juice.

He smiled, "I brought this for whoever is game."

He pulled out some cups and everyone else passed except for Stacy. They sat there talking about the graduation, then Liz finally looked at Max.

"So why did you call this meeting, Max?"

He looked at her, and then looked at the ground, "Well, the reason I called this meeting is that Michael and I decided to go to N. Y. U."

Liz and Maria gasped and everyone else looked startled.

"What brought this on, you guys?" Kyle asked.

Michael looked at Maria and then quickly looked away because of the tears in her eyes.

"We just wanted to, I mean, we're all friends, we can see each other any time," Max told them.

"Can we, Max?" Liz asked quietly.

Max looked at her. "Yeah, Liz, I mean nothing has changed, we're all friends."

"Friends? I thought that after graduation we were going to take a step up from that?"

"Yeah, what happened to that, Michael?"

Michael looked at Maria and sighed and then got an angry look on his face.

"Hey, I'm alone and that's they way it has to be, I've told you that before."

"Yeah well, you also told me that it was too dangerous for us to be together here in Roswell because of the asshole sheriff," Maria looked at Kyle, "no offense, Kyle."

Kyle shook his head, "None taken."

"So what happened to wanting to be together after graduation, huh, Michael?"

"I changed my mind," he said while looking at the ground.

Maria snorted a laugh and tears were falling down her face. "Well, don't you think that would have been nice to know before you came over and fucked me last night, but now in another way you're fucking me right here in front of everyone, I got to tell you, last night was much better."

Maria grabbed the bottle of vodka from in front of Kyle, tilted it back and chugged some. She came away gasping and then sat down on the ground.

Liz looked at Max from across the fire. "Why are you doing this, Max?"

Max felt like he was dying inside, but he remembered Michael's words.

"Look Liz, I don't owe you any explanation, you can't dictate my life to me, I make my own decisions and I decided to get away from Roswell and away from you."

Liz gasped and jerked back, feeling like Max had slapped her across the face. She got up and moved away from the group, she went over to some bushes and the rest of them could clearly here her getting throwing up. She came back and Max was looking at her with concern, Liz sat down next to Maria and took the bottle from her.

Maria, halfway to being drunk reached for it. "Hey that's mine."

"Shut up, Maria," Liz said fiercely, then she put the bottle to her lips, drinking so much that it leaked out the corners of her mouth.

Kyle watched as she did this, knowing that she was hurting, he went to take the bottle but Maria reached it first and chugged some more. She then passed it back to Liz, who swallowed a lot. Max looked at Liz and so did Michael.

"Hey Maria, quit drinking so much," Michael said.

"Oh yeah, like all of a sudden you're worried about me, well why don't you go off and do what you want, you're going to anyway."

Max looked at Liz. "Liz, you never drink."

"Yeah well, I decided that there are a lot of things that I never do, or have never done, and some of the things that I haven't done are thanks to you, and besides, wasn't it you that just told me that you make your own decisions, well let me make mine, I'm pissed and I'm hurt and if I want to get drunk to stop the pain that you put there then that's what I'm going to do, okay?" she said very loudly. Max just nodded his head.

A half hour passed and the girls wee sitting there talking to Stacy, Liz and Maria were bombed and Michael and Max were watching them and were not too happy. Liz stood up and weaved from side to side, she looked down at Maria.

"You know what, Maria? I was thinking about what you said earlier, about Michael fucking you."

Maria nodded her head and glares at Michael.

"Well at least you got to enjoy it, I mean sweet Max over here," she walked to where Max was and stood in front of him looking at him and then looked at Maria, "well Max here sure screwed me, I mean I thought we were finally going to be together but no, he had other plans," she went and sat back down.

Maria looked at Michael and then at Kyle, then back at Michael, watching him while she said, "Hey Kyle, Tommy has always had a thing for me, hasn't he?"

Kyle, drunk and not really realizing what he was saying, said, "Oh yeah, Tommy has wanted to get with you for ages, but you were too wrapped up in Guerin."

"Well, tonight is his lucky night, I'm not anymore," she said, and she watched as Michael's hands clenched into fists and his jaw tightened and she could tell that he wanted to say something.

"See, Michael, you can't hide it, you say that you have to be alone, but the thought of me with another guy pisses you off," she stood up and swerved, "WELL THAT'S TOO BAD! You made your decision, go off to New York, and when you get lonely I want you to think of me, and think of me in someone else's arms, him holding me and loving me at night because you're too scared to," she walked away from them.

Liz stood up and looked at Max, "I want to thank you, Max, for saving my life, but I also want to tell you that as of now you're dead to me, I waited for you for 2 and a half years, thinking that you would finally be with me when you thought it was safe, but now I just realize you're a coward, so you remember the same thing Max, when you're alone in bed because you're too scared to be with someone, well you think of me, and know that I'm getting on with my life," she looked at him and then walked toward Maria, then looked at Max, "I HATE YOU MAX EVANS, AND I HOPE I NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN!" Liz was sobbing and got her keys out of her purse and ran to the car with Maria, they got in and she peeled out.

Isabel looked at the guys and Alex jumped up, running to his car. "I'm going to follow them."

Isabel jumped up and ran after him and then yelled back at Max and Michael, "I can't understand either of you, both of you are so wrong and you know it."

She jumped in the car and they drove off, speeding to catch up with Liz and Maria.

Kyle looked at both Max and Michael, Michael had tears in his eyes, and Max was openly crying, no shame about it.

"We're doing the right thing, Maxmilian!"

"Then why does it hurt so badly?" Max said.

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