Title: Forgive Me, My Love
Author: Linda
E-Mail: Crazy4Roswell@aol.com
Rating: PG-13 for now
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, just borrowing them. Will return 'em the way I found 'em
Catagory: M/L (of course! <G> )
Spoilers: Perhaps if you don't know who Tess is.
Summary: This is in regards to a challenge by Sara (Crazy12687@aol.com)

Challenge
1. Must be M/L with some Tess.
2. Tess embarasses Liz.
3. Liz slaps Tess in front of Max after Tess said," Max was really good in bed."
4. Tess get a hold of Liz's journal and reads it over the P.A. at school.
5. Max and Liz get in a major fight. ( Has to have tons of yelling )
6. Tess takes Liz's clothes while she is in the girls locker room showering. And Max comes in to help her out. ( Has to be lots of sexual tension )
7. Liz gets even with Tess by making out with Max in front of her.
8. Max and Liz get really hot and heavy in the eraser room
9. Max and Liz have sex ( Have to be VERY DESCRIPTIVE !!!! )
10. Must be Nc-17 !!!!!

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Liz ran down the hall and into the girl’s room. She closed herself in one of the stalls and took deep breaths, gasping, and just let the tears flow freely. She leaned back against one of the walls and put a fist to her mouth to keep from making any noise.

No. No. No. No. No! She kept repeating in her head. He had promised her he was not interested in that 'viper'! Max had never lied to her before! They had an honest open relationship, or so she had always thought.

But when she had walked into the band room to get some sheet music for Alex, she had been stunned and had just stood there for a minute. She had even blinked, thinking she was seeing things. But she hadn't been, it had been Max with Tess, and they had been kissing! Liz had backed out in stunned disbelief and they hadn't even heard her. Then she had run to the bathroom.

She felt like she was going to be sick. She took deep breaths to try to calm her stomach, which was in upheaval.

What should she do? Confront Max? Go home? Kill Tess? Her thoughts were wild as she tried to calm down. No! She would not leave school! Tess would win then. She was going to confront Max though, and she just might kill Tess.

As she calmed down she left the stall. Liz leaned against the sink and looked at her red-rimmed puffy eyes, and tear streaked cheeks. She took a paper towel, wet it under cold water and held it over her eyes, trying to repair the damage her crying had done.

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Max pulled back from the kiss and looked at Tess in confusion and almost revulsion.

Tess narrowed her eyes and concentrated harder, connecting with Max again. This was tougher than she had thought. She had thought that if she gave him the urge and idea to kiss her that would be enough, and then things would just happen naturally from there. But instead, Max was still fighting the thoughts she was giving him.

Suddenly the revulsion passed and Max looked at Tess and felt a jolt of lust once more.

Tess smiled and leaned closer to Max again. But still, Max fought his "feelings" and pulled back. He backed away from Tess and grabbing his backpack from where Tess had thrown it when she had grabbed him earlier, he shook his head to clear it. Where the hell had these feelings come from!? He loved Liz! He loved Liz with every fiber of his being. Had always loved Liz.

He thanked God that Liz had not witnessed whatever had driven him to give in to Tess' aggressive seduction. He had agreed to meet with Tess in the Band room to discuss what was going on with them. Since Max had started having strange thoughts about Tess, he had agreed, to see if he could get some answers. But he was even more confused now.

"I've...I've got to get to class. I'm sorry; I don't know why I did that. I...I'm in love with Liz." Max said and turned and literally ran from the room.

Tess frowned as she watched his retreating figure. He was going to take more mind control than she had realized. But then she smiled; remembering the exact instant she had felt and known Liz had entered the room.

That should help her get Max even if the mind control power couldn't completely control him. Liz would end it for them after this.

And then she would have Max all to herself. Those luscious lips and sexy body! She had wanted to just melt into him and drown in his harsh kisses, but had to keep concentrating on mind controlling Max and then waiting for Liz to come in and witness her staged drama.

Max Evans. Just the name made Tess shiver. She was so drawn to him she wanted to touch him constantly. She ached to have him want her as much as she wanted him. And the only thing she saw standing in her way was that bitch, Liz Parker. But that wouldn't be for much longer...Tess smiled evilly. Then she got an excited sparkle in her eye as she headed to her next class, biology. She couldn't wait to see the rest of the drama played out. She was heading to biology where Liz and Max would now be.

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Max paused in the doorway of the biology room and took a deep breath. He knew he had to try to hide his thoughts from Liz, and his feelings of guilt. He couldn't understand what had made him kiss Tess. He had been feeling some kind of pull toward her, but had fought it till now. What was going on? He wanted to apologize to Liz, but thought it would be better if he just didn't tell her, and just made sure it never happened again between him and Tess.

Max came in and sat down next to Liz. He looked at her bent head over her notebook as she scribbled some notes, and he smiled at how cute his Liz looked when she was being studious. "Hey." Max said softly, all the love he felt when he just looked at her filling his voice.

Liz had sensed the minute Max had come into the room, but had held her breath, willing herself not to look up at him. She didn't know how to confront him about what had happened earlier, but she knew she couldn't do it now. She would have to wait until after class.

"Oh, hey." Liz said only quickly glancing at Max before pretending to write in her notebook again.

Max frowned at the distracted greeting Liz gave him. Was she upset with him? Did she know what he had done?! No, he was just being paranoid; it was his own guilt that was making him think that.

But he was used to their sweet loving looks and the light touching they usually did when they first saw each other in Biology. But as he started to reach out to her, he hesitated. It felt like a large barrier was between them. As if Liz had put it up.

He felt fingernails slide across his back and jumped. He frowned at Tess as she passed by and threw him a kiss. He quickly glanced at Liz but she still had her head down in her notes. He sighed. He had to talk to Tess and explain that there could be nothing between them.

Liz froze when she saw Tess pass by Max out of the corner of her eye, and touch him. She bit her lip to keep from growling at Tess to keep her hands off of Max. But Max obviously didn't mind, so who was Liz to complain. No one obviously.

"Hey, you okay, Liz?" Max finally leaned closer to her when she still didn't look up.

"Yeah, just trying to get this essay done for next hour." she quickly said, hoping Max wouldn't stay so close to her. She could smell Max, and she loved him so much her stomach clenched. If he took her in his arms right now, she would probably forgive him everything, and kiss him back. She cursed herself for her weakness when it came to Max. Obviously he had the same weakness now for Tess, Liz thought, and then pushed that out of her mind if she wanted to make it through class.

"All right class, today we are going to start those projects we talked about yesterday." Ms. Hardy said as she entered the room.

Tess frowned at the back of Liz. She had to be upset. Why wasn't she screaming at Max or running out of the room in tears after accusing him of kissing Tess? She waited but only saw how concerned Max was over Liz's silence. Tess wanted Liz to tell Max off and break up with him. She did not want Max to try to comfort a hurt Liz. That wouldn't do. Tess frowned, thinking of what else she could do to drive them apart.

Liz was writing in her notebook, but had to put it away when they started working on their lab assignment. She put it to the side, and took the lab assignment sheet that Ms. Hardy had passed out.

She still refused to look at Max. She knew he was watching her and wondering what was wrong with her. But she couldn't meet his eyes. Not if she wanted to keep up the pretense that nothing was wrong, until the end of class at least.

Suddenly Liz's notepaper that she had been writing on earlier, slid to the floor. Liz frowned, she had put inside her notebook.

Ms Hardy came by and picked up the paper. Tess switched her concentration from making the paper slide out of Liz's notebook, to making Ms. Hardy read it aloud.

Ms Hardy was about to return it to Liz when something made her start to read it aloud.

"I am so totally in love with Max Evans. I drool over him whenever I see him." Ms Hardy began.

Liz and Max both turned to stone, and the rest of the class was either staring in shock, or snickering quietly.

" But he is using me. Today he was kissing Tess madly in the band room. He lied to me and told me he didn't like Tess. Boy was I stupid to believe that." Ms Hardy finished reading and put it back on Liz's desk.

The class snickered. Liz turned bright red. She had NOT written that! What was going on? But she could hear everyone laughing or talking about her, and could feel Max's eyes on her as well. She felt like a fool. Too embarrassed to do anything else, she ran out of the room.

Max, at first stunned beyond belief had frozen in place at what he had heard. Then when Liz bolted out of the room, it had shaken Max out of his shock, and he started to get up to go after her.

Tess used her mind control as hard as she could, and it kept Max from leaving the room. She sighed, since that was the best she could do right now.

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Liz walked into her history class with her eyes everywhere but at the seat she knew Max was sitting in in the back of the room. She could feel his stare, as if he was trying to get her attention, but she kept looking straight ahead as she sat in her own seat a few chairs up and one isle over.

She heard Maria whisper to her, and heard the concern in her friend’s voice, but again, she didn't turn around. She was humiliated but wouldn't go home. Ever since Biology, the word had gotten around at school, and she had had to put up with kids staring at her and either looking at her with pity, or laughing and looking away. She bit her lip and just prayed for the end of the day. Just three more periods. She could do it she kept telling herself.

Max didn't know why, but he couldn't leave his seat to go to Liz and try to talk to her. To explain what had happened earlier, even though he wasn't really sure what had happened. Just like earlier, when he had started to go after her when she'd left biology, he couldn't. Something had stopped him and he didn't know what it was. Maybe his mind knew it was not a good time to try to confront Liz? He would definitely talk to her after school though, and explain things.

Then Tess walked in. The room became silent as they all waited for the drama they were all hoping for.

Most of the class had gotten there earlier than the teacher, hoping to catch a scene between the trio since this was the only other class the three had together. Their efforts were not wasted.

Tess stopped in front of Liz's desk, and Liz finally looked up to meet Tess' viper -like, smiling eyes. She saw the look of satisfaction on Tess' face and resolved she wouldn't let Tess get the best of her again today.

"Poor Liz. I'm sooo sorry you had to find out about Max and I like that. We didn't realize anyone had seen us in the band room. It's a good thing you didn't come in earlier and see us doing more than kissing. And as you must know, or maybe not, Max is a great lover! Such a stud and can really please a woman." Tess sighed.

Max turned to stone in shock and stood up. But he stopped when Liz stood up as well. The whole class waited with baited breath for what would happen next.

Liz looked into Tess' smug face and did the only thing she could do. She brought her hand back and slapped Tess across the cheek hard.

The class gasped, and even Tess looked shocked as she held her cheek. Then Liz picked up her books and with her back stiff and her head up, she walked out of class.

Again, Max couldn't move. Damn! What was going on! With every fiber of his being he wanted to go after Liz! He wanted to tell her it was a lie. He had never made love to anyone. That the only woman he would ever make love to was Liz. That he had waited all these years just for her. So why couldn't he move?!

Then Tess came slowly down the isle toward him and he panicked. Tess was smiling at him like nothing had just happened, and Max felt sick. Why couldn't he move!? He was frozen in place and couldn't react when Tess came up to him, leaned up and kissed him on his lips and then slid into the seat next to him.

Tess frowned hard in concentration. She had kept Max from going after Liz again, but he was still fighting her. For she couldn't get him to sit down, and he was frowning as he tried to get himself to go after Liz.

Tess concentrated harder and Max finally sat down. Tess sighed with relief and felt a headache coming on. She had never had to concentrate so hard before in her life. This Max was a stubborn one! His sister had been so easy to win over.

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Max tossed and turned in his bed that night. He had tried everything to get Liz to see him or talk to him.

After school, his body was suddenly able to move again, and he did what he had been dying to do all day. He went to find Liz. But when he got to the Crashdown, he found out that Liz had taken the day off, and when he had gone up stairs to talk to her, Maria and Alex, who had answered the door wouldn't let him in. And the looks of death they gave him told him they would not listen to him.

Then he had tried calling her on the phone for hours, but she didn't answer and her parents kept telling him she didn't want to come to the phone. So he had gone back out and tried to go to her by way of her window. He had climbed up onto her balcony, and had tried the window, only to find it locked.

By now he had been desperate enough to force the lock open and he had climbed into the dark room. He had called out to her, only to find, when he had flipped her light on, she was not there. He could hear her parents in the outside room, and knew he wouldn't be able to talk to Liz tonight. He had admitted defeat this night and thought if he gave her time to cool down, that he would be able to explain things in the morning.

So he tossed and turned all night, trying to figure out what was happening to him. He had no control over his actions at times. It was like something or someone else was telling him what to do. But tomorrow he vowed NOTHING would stop him from talking to Liz.