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Title: The Good, The Bad and the In Between
Author: Baby_Bre
Genre: AU
Couples: CC
Rating: MATURE
Disclaimer: The characters of Roswell do not belong to me. It belongs to Jason Katims, Melinda Metz and some other peoples.
Summary: The good girls and the bad girls of Roswell High, what could they possibly have in common? No one can seem to figure that out. Liz Parker and Maria Deluca are best friends, they're the "Good Girls" of Roswell High, the saints, the virgins. Tess Harding and Isabel Anderson are also best friends and they're what everyone refers to as the "Bad Girls", the bad seeds, the wild childs.
Author’s Note: This fic was written for my awesome friends, Elena and Ruby. They inspired me to write it! (They're also lovely and talented!)
Chapter One
Liz climbed out her window, her hands shooting up to block the offending sun from her eyes. On her balcony sat her bestest friend in the whole wide world, Maria Deluca. Moving over to one of the empty seats she plopped down, the cushion burning hot against the skin of her back. "It's so hot out here!" She whines while pulling a face and smoothing imaginary wrinkles out of her skirt.
"But it feels so good," Maria replies with a lopsided grin. "I can't even believe it's nearly summer."
"I know, right, it's like just yesterday we were out shopping for new planners and here we are almost finished with grade 11."
"Exactly, I don't want this year to be over! You know next year is going to be so stressful, we'll be pressed for time with graduation coming up, pressured to get everything done and then poof high school will be done with." Maria rambled on and Liz laughed, it was a normal thing for Maria to go on and on about the things she felt strongly for. Fortunately very few people knew this or had ever witnessed what Liz labled the "Deluca Rant." It made her feel special because things like that showed that they were truly best friends who didn't have to act a certain way around one another, there was just no need.
Being perfect was definately not as easy as it looked or as easy as they made it seem. However they had each other there to lean on when things became tough, both of them knew how it felt to have the spotlight constantly shined on them. They both had parents who pushed them to be perfect in every single aspect of their lives and they most definately knew how it felt to have everyone in town expect things out of them. It was a tough life but the two girls enjoyed every minute of it.
"I hate change," Maria moaned and Liz knew her best friend well enough to know what she was refering to. They were both worried about what would happen after high school, because that would be when they were no longer secured by the walls of Roswell High, surrounded by a town filled with people who adored them and they'd both be away from home. Liz and Maria luckily had spent a lot of time debating on which colleges to apply to, so that took care of some of their stress.
It had been around the end of their 8th grade year when their parents sat them down and practically forced them to browse through brochure after brochure. Their parents could be a little obsessive at times but at least they had it narrowed down to four different colleges. Liz was going her best not to imagine what it'd be like if they were seperated because she was secretly scared to death that they'd get accepted to different colleges.
Not to make it sound like they've never ever spent anytime apart, it's just they've rarely spent anytime apart. Well, other then the occasional weekend here and there. They were two halves of one whole, they were like ying and yang, Laverne and Shirley. Maria and Liz were always together because they understood each other, in ways other people couldn't. Sometimes Liz mused, would they be best friends if it weren't for
their parents close friendships? Would Maria and her even have liked one another if it had been left up to them and they'd met on their own? Because as much as they had in common, like their love for school, volunteering and just any good deed, there was just as many differences. Liz was quiet, Maria was loud, Liz liked reading and writing in her journal where as Maria loved singing, dancing and performing.
But they had never let their differences or preferences come between them. For every difference there was a similiar interest, that's just how it worked. Maria wasn't Liz's only friend just as Liz wasn't hers. They had two other best friends, Isabel Anderson and Tess Harding. However, these girls were so different from them that no one in town, including their parents and sometimes themselves understood their friendship, what they had in common or even how they put up with each other. At one time Maria and Liz's parents had forbidden them to see one another, saying they were bad influences but that didn't stop them.
"Liz, chica come out of it, you okay?" Maria asks snapping Liz out of her thoughts.
"I'm fine, just caught up in thoughts." She answers and smiles reassuringly. Liz remembered how Maria went on and on about how she loved the easy goingness of their relationship. They were able to sit in complete comfortable silence, each of them doing their own thing without worrying the other person was bored or annoyed. It was normal to them and Liz wouldn't have it any other way.
"Have we talked to Isabel and Tess today?" Maria says out of no where.
"No, they're probably recovering from a hang over." Liz replies half amused at how crazy their friends could be.
"I don't know how they can drink so much," Maria says with a laugh.
Liz shrugged and leaned back against her chair, ignoring how hot it felt.
"LIZ!"
"Isn't that your mom yelling?" Maria asks and Liz sighs, going over to the window she sticks her head in, "Yes?"
"Phone!" Like she hadn't seen that one coming, reaching further into her room she grabs the phone off the table and clicks it on, "Hello?"
"Liz!" Tess screeches into the phone before Liz has a chance to pull it away from her ear.
"Blow out my ear drum why don't you," Liz scolds playfully, "Anyway, what's up? We were just speaking about you."
"Not a whole lot, just chillen. Izzy and I are hanging out." Tess tells her and Liz can hear Isabel in the background singing along to some loud song. "We want you guys to come hang out with us."
"I know, but it's not that easy, we have a lot of homework we need to be doing."
"Liz, it's only saturday and I bet anything you have to do isn't due until like wednesday."
"Regardless of when it's due, the parents say it's better to get a head start that way you'll have more time to work on other things later." Liz can picture Tess rolling her eyes in annoyance.
"Scrap the rentals advice and drives your little asses over to Izzy's house! NOW!" Tess shrieks and hangs up.
"Tess?" Maria asks and Liz rolls her eyes.
"Yeah, she wants us to go over to Isabel's house."
"We have homework.... remember? Big test coming up on Friday."
"I know, but they don't care, maybe we can bring our books and talk them into studying?"
"They're going to call us boring again," Maria frowns and Liz nods.
"It's worth a shot, don't you think?"
"I guess,"
*
"They're doing homework... again." Tess sighs out of disgust, she couldn't imagine how anyone could want to do homework on a saturday when they've been in school all week.
"I don't know how anyone could do homework on a saturday," Isabel says taking the thoughts right out of Tess's head. Isabel sways her hips to the music not even caring that the guys were watching, it wasn't like they were lying to them, they were hanging. of course they were withholding a bit of information but it was only in their best interest because sometimes it called for desperate messures to loosen their friends up.
"Other then them I don't know anyone who would do homework on a saturday." Tess says watching as the guys reacted to Isabel's dancing. "Half my friends won't do it, ever."
Isabel nodded her agreement and continued dancing, she loved making the boys sweat. Sometimes her friends acted like they had sticks up their butts, it wasn't like she didn't love and adored them it was just there were times that their act got tiring. Parts of her knew they were raised that way and that their parents had a huge rule in their uptightness.
But Liz and Maria were too obsessive, everything they did had to be perfect, everything they said had to be thought out, everything had to be neat and organized and Isabel couldn't stand it. If Maria and Liz could forgive them for drinking, staying out late, partying instead of studying well then she thought she could forgive them for being like that and it was their mission in life to make the girls come out of their shell.
Tess watched in amusement as Isabel swung her arms up over her head repeatedly. It was giving her a lot of attention and she knew her friend was only teasing them. Isabel never let a guy get too close unless she wanted them too, because she was firm in her belief that although she was interested in having fun and liked having a good time she wouldn't have that much fun with just anyone.
just kidding.
