Double Date (AU/CC/Adult) - Part 11 - 08/23/09
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:23 am
destinyc: Umm… well… yeah… not yet. How ‘bout a naked Max and Liz instead?
tequathisy That’s one possibility… just not high on the list of probabilities.
kismet: Feel free to give it a shot. They can use some outside interference.
Ya just never know!
begonia9508 Similar, yup. Hope your imagination painted a good picture!
*BLONDIE*: Nah, Max is gonna see a break in his luck in this next part. It is a total role reversal, but it was fun to play with.
mary mary: Yes, we’ve heard that same thing from guys. Sometimes it must really suck to be a guy!
Alien_Friend: We’re glad you like Michael and Maria here! It is a difficult situation Maria’s in, and she’s definitely doing her best to make sure he makes the first move!
We’re biased, but Danny’s a cool little guy! We think you’ll love him!
Yup, Part 11… and, oh, look – it’s here!
Part 11
Max watched Liz as she ran out towards the edge of the bank, grabbing a rope that hung from a sturdy branch overhead and swinging out over the water before letting go and landing in the lake. She had been quick to strip her clothes off, laughing at his slight hesitation when he couldn’t keep his eyes off of her.
He smiled at her when she surfaced and shot a teasing grin at him. “I’m comin’,” he said as he hurried to unzip his jeans and kick free of them, adding them to the pile of clothes on the bench behind him.
He followed her example, running towards the edge and grabbing the rope, swinging out and letting it go to drop down in the cool water. “Holy fuck,” he shouted as he surfaced. “You didn’t tell me the water was gonna be cold!”
“It’s not that cold, it’s refreshing.”
Not that cold? he thought, hoping the blood flow would shift south sometime soon. “My dick isn’t impressed with the... refreshing temperature of the water.”
She laughed and swam towards him, wrapping her arms around him. “I can help him to get over it,” she whispered in a teasing tone and kissed him.
Max smiled against her lips. He enjoyed how playful she was and her ability to draw him out of his shell was something that amazed him. His ex had always complained that he was too withdrawn and lacked any fun qualities, but he was beginning to suspect that it wasn’t true. She just hadn’t brought that part of his personality out.
“What’re you thinkin’ about?” Liz asked when he didn’t kiss her back.
“Just that I’ve been missin’ out on life and I think I finally know why.” His right hand came up to lift her chin so that he could stare into her eyes. “I’m so ready to kick this summer into overdrive.”
She grinned and wrapped her legs around him under the water. “Glad to hear that, Mr. Evans.”
Max grinned back at her. “You still gonna be glad when I tell you the condoms are in my pocket?”
“Which pocket?”
“The back pocket... of my jeans... that’re on the bank with the rest of our clothes.” His dark eyes sparkled in the moonlight as he waited for her response.
“Not too far away then,” she rasped.
“Easy for you to say,” he groaned when she shifted and lined their lower bodies up perfectly.
She reached between them to brush his length. “Why don’t we start things out in the water and then go back to that bench?”
“You’re just full of good ideas.” He lowered his head to nip at her flesh where her neck and shoulder met.
“You have a very talented mouth, Max.” She leaned her head to one side to give him better access.
He let his lips trail down along her throat until his chin hit the water and he shifted her higher so that he could give her breasts the same attention before his mouth settled over her nipple. The sounds she made encouraged him and made him even harder and he immediately found himself getting with her program and thinking that maybe foreplay was just a little overrated.
“Maybe we should move directly to that bench,” Liz suggested. She wasn’t sure if she could hold back any longer. They had been interrupted so many times and she needed some relief soon.
Max nodded, no longer surprised by her ability to get right to the point. “I completely agree,” he said, kissing her once more before releasing her so they could swim back to shore.
Liz climbed out of the water first and ran to the bench where they had put their clothes earlier. She turned to watched Max as he followed her, aroused all over again just from looking at his well-toned body.
“Hurry, sexy man,” she teased him.
He couldn’t stop the stupid grin that crossed his features as he caught up with her and he pulled her into his arms, groaning when he felt her naked body plastered against him. “You good with doin’ this out here?” He nodded at the woods around them, hoping she wouldn’t change her mind. “We’ve got a sleepin’ bag waitin’ for us back at camp if you’d rather...”
She pressed her finger to his lips. “Thought you were the one with the no sex in public places rule?”
He nipped at her finger and shrugged. “Rules were made to be broken, right?”
She grinned. “No problems with that.”
“I hope not; I’m followin’ your lead on this.”
“I won’t disappoint you,” she promised, leaning in to take his mouth in a hot kiss.
Like that was possible, Max thought.
She took his hand to guide him in front of the bench, pressing him down to sit on it. After glancing at him for several seconds, she smiled and sat down in his lap facing him.
Max looked up at her, his eyes tracing over her body and loving the way the moonlight played over her glistening skin.
She reached out to get the condom out of his pants pocket. “Extra large, huh?” she asked and wiggled her eyebrows.
He lowered his gaze to his erection and gestured to it with one eyebrow raised. “Hey, it’s what I’ve got to work with.”
“Uh-huh, I love it.” She took the tiny foil package in her teeth and ripped it open with one quick move.
“Fuck,” he hissed when she rolled the condom over his length. He was relieved when he didn’t lose it at that moment because damn, he was close!
She leaned her forehead against his. “How long has it been since you’ve had sex?”
He grimaced. “The night my girlfriend dumped me...” He mentally counted back to that night and he winced. “Month and a half.”
Liz sensed that his breakup wasn’t a good topic to talk about. “Well, I’m glad she did; I wouldn’t have met you otherwise.”
“Maybe we could move on from that humiliating topic before we no longer need that extra large condom,” he muttered.
“Alright,” she let her fingers trailer over his chest as her lips moved down his neck to his shoulders. “Touch me,” she breathed.
His hands moved over her sides, his touch whisper-soft against her skin as he let her distract him from the more bothersome thoughts about his past relationship. “You’re the definition of perfection,” he said, his voice hushed.
She almost blushed at his comment. Did he really mean it? No man had ever said anything like that to her. “I wouldn’t call it perfection, but I’m pretty much satisfied with that what I have.”
He laughed quietly as his hands came up to cup her breasts. “You call it what you want and I’ll call it like I see it.”
“I’m very glad that Michael convinced you to come to Roswell,” she said, shifting her position so that her lower body brushed against his erection.
“Um-hmm, and let’s not talk about that condom thief either,” he growled, letting his right hand drift down, moving between her legs to tease her slick folds.
She moaned from his touch and threw her head back. “Max,” she breathed and let her hand run through his soft dark hair.
His hands shifted to settle on her hips and he tugged her closer as he captured her mouth once again.
“I can’t wait much longer, baby,” she whispered because his hands on her body were driving her crazy.
“Don’t hold out on my account.”
She raised her hips and shifted even closer to him so that his cock was softly rubbing against her wet folds. “You’re ready?” she asked, glancing down at him with a soft smile on her lips.
“Past ready,” he said, hoping she wouldn’t prolong the sweet torture.
She nodded, the movement hardly noticeable, and lowered herself slowly. A deep groan escaped her mouth, when she felt him inside her.
Max bit his bottom lip, focusing on the tiny bit of pain to keep him from losing it just from feeling her body surrounding him so tightly. “You feel so fuckin’ good,” he whispered just before his lips crashed into hers again.
Liz waited a while to get used to the feeling of him inside her before she started to move her lower body against him.
Max’s hands roamed over her body, distracting him just enough to let her set the pace and control it.
“I’ve been waiting for this so long,” she mumbled against his lips.
He grunted in response. He had been thinking the same thing, but he wasn’t just thinking about sex; he felt a connection with Liz that he hadn’t expected to feel since this was just intended to be a summer thing.
Her moves started to get faster as the need to come became stronger than the desire to take things slow.
Max felt her movements becoming more insistent and his hands moved to settle on her hips to help keep her steady. “You are so fuckin’ hot,” he whispered as his hips lifted to meet hers.
“No, you’re the one who’s hot,” she said, smiling.
“So hot that I’m ready to blow.”
“I’m right with you,” she breathed, feeling the first waves of her orgasm washing over her.
“Just let it go,” he growled as he deepened the kiss. He took his own advice and pounded into her as he shouted his release into her mouth.
She collapsed against him and wrapped her arms around him tightly. Their bodies were still shaking from the excitement and it took them both a few minutes to calm down. Liz leaned back a little and nudged his lips with her nose playfully. “That was amazing.”
His smile was genuine as he met her gaze, easily responding to her playful mood. “Definitely worth the wait.”
A shiver ran down her spine when the cool breeze hit her slightly wet skin.
Max ran his hands over her bare skin in an attempt to warm her up. “We should get back to camp before you catch a cold.” He grinned at her. “And I know just how to warm you up.”
She laughed and started to stand up. “I can already hear the complaining from the other tent.”
“Well, if the two of them would just get over themselves and have sex they’d have no reason to complain.”
“Well, we are smarter then them.”
He smiled and nodded. “Smarter and satisfied.”
“Oh, yeah.”
“I’m actually a little hungry, too.” He glanced at her as he pulled his jeans on. “What about you?”
“Starving, hopefully they left some food for us.”
Max snickered. “I don’t know... it’s not like they had anything else to do.”
“Yeah, they’re just flirting and teasing. But when it gets serious, they just drag it out into something funny.” Liz rolled her eyes. “It makes me sick.”
“Yeah, I think they could make it work if they’d just go for it.”
“Maybe we should try to force them into some stupid game like ‘spin the bottle’.”
Max laughed at that and shook his head. “Michael hates games and I don’t like the idea that the game could end up with him kissin’ you anyway.”
“Oh, no, that’s no option.”
“Uh-huh, so that limits the game to Michael and Maria, and well... probably not gonna happen.”
They started to walk back to their tent again and Liz smiled when Max automatically took her hand in his. “Well, then I guess we just leave them to their own devices and hope that they’ll see the truth someday.”
“We can hope,” he agreed. He glanced around when they walked into camp and there was no sign of the others. “Looks like they’ve already bunked down for the night.”
“If we’re lucky they’re already sleep,” Liz said, grinning.
“If we’re lucky?” He laughed and tugged her closer to kiss her again. “If they’re lucky they’re already asleep. Otherwise they’re gonna be awake for a while.”
“So, you’ve got plans for the night?”
“Oh, I hope so.”
*****
“So how’s Max in bed?” Maria asked as soon as Liz closed the door of the Jetta and they started driving back to civilization.
“I wouldn’t know... haven’t had him in a bed yet.” Liz tossed a teasing look at her best friend. “You’ve had Michael in a bed... how’s he?”
Maria rolled her eyes. “Don’t start with this again, please.”
“You’re only denying yourself,” she muttered, shrugging. “But, fine, I’ll let it drop because I’d much rather talk about the fact that Max Evans has got to be the most talented lover I’ve ever had.”
“Uh-huh. You guys did it in the lake?”
“Well, we started out in the lake... did it on the bench next to the water – y’know, the one by the rope where you can swing out over the water? Mm-hmm, we did it there, did it several times in the tent, and then this mornin’ we went down to the lake to watch the sunrise and ended up doin’ it in the lake... totally missed the sunrise, but it was worth it.”
“You tellin’ me you did it like four times in one night?”
“I’m tellin’ you the girl who dumped him was a fool!” Liz sighed and shook her head. “I’ll hate to see the summer come to an end.”
“You really think you’ll go your separate ways after this summer and you won’t look back?”
“Well, I don’t see how we could stay together after summer’s over; we go to college in completely different states and I already know from past experience that long distance relationships don’t work.” She shrugged one shoulder. “I’ll just enjoy him while I’ve got him.”
“Uh-huh, I can already hear you crying on the phone girl.”
“Okay, moving on to the next topic...” Liz said, determined not to think about the end of summer.
“Which would be?”
“You and Michael.”
Maria groaned.
“Was that an ‘I wanna throw him down and fuck him’ groan?” Liz asked, grinning impishly.
“Why does everyone think that we wanna fuck each other? We’re friends, Liz.”
“Please! You’ve already admitted that you’d have sex with him if you could!”
“I would if he was just some random guy.”
“What makes you think the two of you couldn’t have a real relationship if you tried?”
“I’ve known Michael for over a year now. I’ve seen how he treats women after he’s gotten them in bed.”
“I didn’t ask you about other women, I asked about the two of you.”
“And? What if he treated me the same way after we did it?”
Liz sighed. She couldn’t deny that it was a risk and she knew how much Maria valued and relied on Michael’s friendship. “I admit I’ve never seen him with other girls, but I’ve watched him with you and I don’t think you’d be just another roll in the sheets for him.”
“Yeah, maybe, but what if he’s weird afterwards? What if we’re such good friends because we’ve always have this flirting and teasing between us but we’ve never really given in to the temptation?”
“And what if you’re missin’ out on that one great relationship because you’re afraid of what could happen?”
“And what if the opposite happened and we act totally awkward afterwards and just go our separate ways?”
“Are you worried that he’d walk away or that you would?”
She shrugged. “I don’t know. I’m just worried that I would lose him, and I don’t wanna lose him.”
“I think you two are eventually gonna have to deal with this, Maria.” She shook her head. “After watching him around you, I think he’s interested in more than just friendship. At the very least, I think he’d be open to more.”
“I just don’t know how to bring it up.”
“Has he said anything?”
“Um... I don’t know. We tease each other all the time ya know? It’s hard to say if some of the things he says are meant to be serious or not.”
“Really? I’m surprised. I would’ve thought he’d have made a move or given you a hint or somethin’ by now.”
“I don’t know. He touches me a lot, but I’m not sure if he’s even aware of it.”
“I’ll bet he’s aware of it.”
Maria turned the car onto the highway back to Roswell and glanced in the back mirror. Michael and Max were following them with their bikes. “That’s still not enough for me to risk it. I don’t know what to do.”
“I guess you can always wait for him to make the first move then.”
“If,” Maria stated emphatically.
“If what? If he makes the first move?”
“Yeah.”
“Have you dropped any hints?”
“Just the normal teasing, I guess.”
“Well, you can either wait it out or you can make the first move. I know it’s scary, but sometimes making that first move is totally worth it.” She glanced in the side mirror, smiling when she caught sight of Max’s carefree expression as he laughed at something Michael had just said. She shook her head as the guys continued their conversation, practically screaming at each other to be heard over the sound of the motorcycles’ engines.
Maria sighed. “Maybe I’ll just wait and see how the summer goes... ya know?”
“Okay,” Liz said, sighing, “but you’re wasting perfectly good summer days.”
“Well, I’ll take that risk. Better than wasting three more years in college without him.”
“Alright, but you’ll have to just forgive me and try to contain your jealousy while I take every available opportunity to have sex with Max.”
“Uh-huh, at least there’ll be more then a tent between me and you guys now.”
“Yeah, how’re we gonna work that out? Max is gonna be sleepin’ on your couch...”
“Yeah, any problems with that?”
“Nope, just wonderin’ about it since I fully intend to have sex with Max.”
“Just try to leave the couch clean, okay?”
“Eww, Maria, of course!”
They both laughed. “Just wanna make sure.”
tequathisy That’s one possibility… just not high on the list of probabilities.
kismet: Feel free to give it a shot. They can use some outside interference.
Ya just never know!
begonia9508 Similar, yup. Hope your imagination painted a good picture!
*BLONDIE*: Nah, Max is gonna see a break in his luck in this next part. It is a total role reversal, but it was fun to play with.
mary mary: Yes, we’ve heard that same thing from guys. Sometimes it must really suck to be a guy!
Alien_Friend: We’re glad you like Michael and Maria here! It is a difficult situation Maria’s in, and she’s definitely doing her best to make sure he makes the first move!
We’re biased, but Danny’s a cool little guy! We think you’ll love him!
Yup, Part 11… and, oh, look – it’s here!
Part 11
Max watched Liz as she ran out towards the edge of the bank, grabbing a rope that hung from a sturdy branch overhead and swinging out over the water before letting go and landing in the lake. She had been quick to strip her clothes off, laughing at his slight hesitation when he couldn’t keep his eyes off of her.
He smiled at her when she surfaced and shot a teasing grin at him. “I’m comin’,” he said as he hurried to unzip his jeans and kick free of them, adding them to the pile of clothes on the bench behind him.
He followed her example, running towards the edge and grabbing the rope, swinging out and letting it go to drop down in the cool water. “Holy fuck,” he shouted as he surfaced. “You didn’t tell me the water was gonna be cold!”
“It’s not that cold, it’s refreshing.”
Not that cold? he thought, hoping the blood flow would shift south sometime soon. “My dick isn’t impressed with the... refreshing temperature of the water.”
She laughed and swam towards him, wrapping her arms around him. “I can help him to get over it,” she whispered in a teasing tone and kissed him.
Max smiled against her lips. He enjoyed how playful she was and her ability to draw him out of his shell was something that amazed him. His ex had always complained that he was too withdrawn and lacked any fun qualities, but he was beginning to suspect that it wasn’t true. She just hadn’t brought that part of his personality out.
“What’re you thinkin’ about?” Liz asked when he didn’t kiss her back.
“Just that I’ve been missin’ out on life and I think I finally know why.” His right hand came up to lift her chin so that he could stare into her eyes. “I’m so ready to kick this summer into overdrive.”
She grinned and wrapped her legs around him under the water. “Glad to hear that, Mr. Evans.”
Max grinned back at her. “You still gonna be glad when I tell you the condoms are in my pocket?”
“Which pocket?”
“The back pocket... of my jeans... that’re on the bank with the rest of our clothes.” His dark eyes sparkled in the moonlight as he waited for her response.
“Not too far away then,” she rasped.
“Easy for you to say,” he groaned when she shifted and lined their lower bodies up perfectly.
She reached between them to brush his length. “Why don’t we start things out in the water and then go back to that bench?”
“You’re just full of good ideas.” He lowered his head to nip at her flesh where her neck and shoulder met.
“You have a very talented mouth, Max.” She leaned her head to one side to give him better access.
He let his lips trail down along her throat until his chin hit the water and he shifted her higher so that he could give her breasts the same attention before his mouth settled over her nipple. The sounds she made encouraged him and made him even harder and he immediately found himself getting with her program and thinking that maybe foreplay was just a little overrated.
“Maybe we should move directly to that bench,” Liz suggested. She wasn’t sure if she could hold back any longer. They had been interrupted so many times and she needed some relief soon.
Max nodded, no longer surprised by her ability to get right to the point. “I completely agree,” he said, kissing her once more before releasing her so they could swim back to shore.
Liz climbed out of the water first and ran to the bench where they had put their clothes earlier. She turned to watched Max as he followed her, aroused all over again just from looking at his well-toned body.
“Hurry, sexy man,” she teased him.
He couldn’t stop the stupid grin that crossed his features as he caught up with her and he pulled her into his arms, groaning when he felt her naked body plastered against him. “You good with doin’ this out here?” He nodded at the woods around them, hoping she wouldn’t change her mind. “We’ve got a sleepin’ bag waitin’ for us back at camp if you’d rather...”
She pressed her finger to his lips. “Thought you were the one with the no sex in public places rule?”
He nipped at her finger and shrugged. “Rules were made to be broken, right?”
She grinned. “No problems with that.”
“I hope not; I’m followin’ your lead on this.”
“I won’t disappoint you,” she promised, leaning in to take his mouth in a hot kiss.
Like that was possible, Max thought.
She took his hand to guide him in front of the bench, pressing him down to sit on it. After glancing at him for several seconds, she smiled and sat down in his lap facing him.
Max looked up at her, his eyes tracing over her body and loving the way the moonlight played over her glistening skin.
She reached out to get the condom out of his pants pocket. “Extra large, huh?” she asked and wiggled her eyebrows.
He lowered his gaze to his erection and gestured to it with one eyebrow raised. “Hey, it’s what I’ve got to work with.”
“Uh-huh, I love it.” She took the tiny foil package in her teeth and ripped it open with one quick move.
“Fuck,” he hissed when she rolled the condom over his length. He was relieved when he didn’t lose it at that moment because damn, he was close!
She leaned her forehead against his. “How long has it been since you’ve had sex?”
He grimaced. “The night my girlfriend dumped me...” He mentally counted back to that night and he winced. “Month and a half.”
Liz sensed that his breakup wasn’t a good topic to talk about. “Well, I’m glad she did; I wouldn’t have met you otherwise.”
“Maybe we could move on from that humiliating topic before we no longer need that extra large condom,” he muttered.
“Alright,” she let her fingers trailer over his chest as her lips moved down his neck to his shoulders. “Touch me,” she breathed.
His hands moved over her sides, his touch whisper-soft against her skin as he let her distract him from the more bothersome thoughts about his past relationship. “You’re the definition of perfection,” he said, his voice hushed.
She almost blushed at his comment. Did he really mean it? No man had ever said anything like that to her. “I wouldn’t call it perfection, but I’m pretty much satisfied with that what I have.”
He laughed quietly as his hands came up to cup her breasts. “You call it what you want and I’ll call it like I see it.”
“I’m very glad that Michael convinced you to come to Roswell,” she said, shifting her position so that her lower body brushed against his erection.
“Um-hmm, and let’s not talk about that condom thief either,” he growled, letting his right hand drift down, moving between her legs to tease her slick folds.
She moaned from his touch and threw her head back. “Max,” she breathed and let her hand run through his soft dark hair.
His hands shifted to settle on her hips and he tugged her closer as he captured her mouth once again.
“I can’t wait much longer, baby,” she whispered because his hands on her body were driving her crazy.
“Don’t hold out on my account.”
She raised her hips and shifted even closer to him so that his cock was softly rubbing against her wet folds. “You’re ready?” she asked, glancing down at him with a soft smile on her lips.
“Past ready,” he said, hoping she wouldn’t prolong the sweet torture.
She nodded, the movement hardly noticeable, and lowered herself slowly. A deep groan escaped her mouth, when she felt him inside her.
Max bit his bottom lip, focusing on the tiny bit of pain to keep him from losing it just from feeling her body surrounding him so tightly. “You feel so fuckin’ good,” he whispered just before his lips crashed into hers again.
Liz waited a while to get used to the feeling of him inside her before she started to move her lower body against him.
Max’s hands roamed over her body, distracting him just enough to let her set the pace and control it.
“I’ve been waiting for this so long,” she mumbled against his lips.
He grunted in response. He had been thinking the same thing, but he wasn’t just thinking about sex; he felt a connection with Liz that he hadn’t expected to feel since this was just intended to be a summer thing.
Her moves started to get faster as the need to come became stronger than the desire to take things slow.
Max felt her movements becoming more insistent and his hands moved to settle on her hips to help keep her steady. “You are so fuckin’ hot,” he whispered as his hips lifted to meet hers.
“No, you’re the one who’s hot,” she said, smiling.
“So hot that I’m ready to blow.”
“I’m right with you,” she breathed, feeling the first waves of her orgasm washing over her.
“Just let it go,” he growled as he deepened the kiss. He took his own advice and pounded into her as he shouted his release into her mouth.
She collapsed against him and wrapped her arms around him tightly. Their bodies were still shaking from the excitement and it took them both a few minutes to calm down. Liz leaned back a little and nudged his lips with her nose playfully. “That was amazing.”
His smile was genuine as he met her gaze, easily responding to her playful mood. “Definitely worth the wait.”
A shiver ran down her spine when the cool breeze hit her slightly wet skin.
Max ran his hands over her bare skin in an attempt to warm her up. “We should get back to camp before you catch a cold.” He grinned at her. “And I know just how to warm you up.”
She laughed and started to stand up. “I can already hear the complaining from the other tent.”
“Well, if the two of them would just get over themselves and have sex they’d have no reason to complain.”
“Well, we are smarter then them.”
He smiled and nodded. “Smarter and satisfied.”
“Oh, yeah.”
“I’m actually a little hungry, too.” He glanced at her as he pulled his jeans on. “What about you?”
“Starving, hopefully they left some food for us.”
Max snickered. “I don’t know... it’s not like they had anything else to do.”
“Yeah, they’re just flirting and teasing. But when it gets serious, they just drag it out into something funny.” Liz rolled her eyes. “It makes me sick.”
“Yeah, I think they could make it work if they’d just go for it.”
“Maybe we should try to force them into some stupid game like ‘spin the bottle’.”
Max laughed at that and shook his head. “Michael hates games and I don’t like the idea that the game could end up with him kissin’ you anyway.”
“Oh, no, that’s no option.”
“Uh-huh, so that limits the game to Michael and Maria, and well... probably not gonna happen.”
They started to walk back to their tent again and Liz smiled when Max automatically took her hand in his. “Well, then I guess we just leave them to their own devices and hope that they’ll see the truth someday.”
“We can hope,” he agreed. He glanced around when they walked into camp and there was no sign of the others. “Looks like they’ve already bunked down for the night.”
“If we’re lucky they’re already sleep,” Liz said, grinning.
“If we’re lucky?” He laughed and tugged her closer to kiss her again. “If they’re lucky they’re already asleep. Otherwise they’re gonna be awake for a while.”
“So, you’ve got plans for the night?”
“Oh, I hope so.”
*****
“So how’s Max in bed?” Maria asked as soon as Liz closed the door of the Jetta and they started driving back to civilization.
“I wouldn’t know... haven’t had him in a bed yet.” Liz tossed a teasing look at her best friend. “You’ve had Michael in a bed... how’s he?”
Maria rolled her eyes. “Don’t start with this again, please.”
“You’re only denying yourself,” she muttered, shrugging. “But, fine, I’ll let it drop because I’d much rather talk about the fact that Max Evans has got to be the most talented lover I’ve ever had.”
“Uh-huh. You guys did it in the lake?”
“Well, we started out in the lake... did it on the bench next to the water – y’know, the one by the rope where you can swing out over the water? Mm-hmm, we did it there, did it several times in the tent, and then this mornin’ we went down to the lake to watch the sunrise and ended up doin’ it in the lake... totally missed the sunrise, but it was worth it.”
“You tellin’ me you did it like four times in one night?”
“I’m tellin’ you the girl who dumped him was a fool!” Liz sighed and shook her head. “I’ll hate to see the summer come to an end.”
“You really think you’ll go your separate ways after this summer and you won’t look back?”
“Well, I don’t see how we could stay together after summer’s over; we go to college in completely different states and I already know from past experience that long distance relationships don’t work.” She shrugged one shoulder. “I’ll just enjoy him while I’ve got him.”
“Uh-huh, I can already hear you crying on the phone girl.”
“Okay, moving on to the next topic...” Liz said, determined not to think about the end of summer.
“Which would be?”
“You and Michael.”
Maria groaned.
“Was that an ‘I wanna throw him down and fuck him’ groan?” Liz asked, grinning impishly.
“Why does everyone think that we wanna fuck each other? We’re friends, Liz.”
“Please! You’ve already admitted that you’d have sex with him if you could!”
“I would if he was just some random guy.”
“What makes you think the two of you couldn’t have a real relationship if you tried?”
“I’ve known Michael for over a year now. I’ve seen how he treats women after he’s gotten them in bed.”
“I didn’t ask you about other women, I asked about the two of you.”
“And? What if he treated me the same way after we did it?”
Liz sighed. She couldn’t deny that it was a risk and she knew how much Maria valued and relied on Michael’s friendship. “I admit I’ve never seen him with other girls, but I’ve watched him with you and I don’t think you’d be just another roll in the sheets for him.”
“Yeah, maybe, but what if he’s weird afterwards? What if we’re such good friends because we’ve always have this flirting and teasing between us but we’ve never really given in to the temptation?”
“And what if you’re missin’ out on that one great relationship because you’re afraid of what could happen?”
“And what if the opposite happened and we act totally awkward afterwards and just go our separate ways?”
“Are you worried that he’d walk away or that you would?”
She shrugged. “I don’t know. I’m just worried that I would lose him, and I don’t wanna lose him.”
“I think you two are eventually gonna have to deal with this, Maria.” She shook her head. “After watching him around you, I think he’s interested in more than just friendship. At the very least, I think he’d be open to more.”
“I just don’t know how to bring it up.”
“Has he said anything?”
“Um... I don’t know. We tease each other all the time ya know? It’s hard to say if some of the things he says are meant to be serious or not.”
“Really? I’m surprised. I would’ve thought he’d have made a move or given you a hint or somethin’ by now.”
“I don’t know. He touches me a lot, but I’m not sure if he’s even aware of it.”
“I’ll bet he’s aware of it.”
Maria turned the car onto the highway back to Roswell and glanced in the back mirror. Michael and Max were following them with their bikes. “That’s still not enough for me to risk it. I don’t know what to do.”
“I guess you can always wait for him to make the first move then.”
“If,” Maria stated emphatically.
“If what? If he makes the first move?”
“Yeah.”
“Have you dropped any hints?”
“Just the normal teasing, I guess.”
“Well, you can either wait it out or you can make the first move. I know it’s scary, but sometimes making that first move is totally worth it.” She glanced in the side mirror, smiling when she caught sight of Max’s carefree expression as he laughed at something Michael had just said. She shook her head as the guys continued their conversation, practically screaming at each other to be heard over the sound of the motorcycles’ engines.
Maria sighed. “Maybe I’ll just wait and see how the summer goes... ya know?”
“Okay,” Liz said, sighing, “but you’re wasting perfectly good summer days.”
“Well, I’ll take that risk. Better than wasting three more years in college without him.”
“Alright, but you’ll have to just forgive me and try to contain your jealousy while I take every available opportunity to have sex with Max.”
“Uh-huh, at least there’ll be more then a tent between me and you guys now.”
“Yeah, how’re we gonna work that out? Max is gonna be sleepin’ on your couch...”
“Yeah, any problems with that?”
“Nope, just wonderin’ about it since I fully intend to have sex with Max.”
“Just try to leave the couch clean, okay?”
“Eww, Maria, of course!”
They both laughed. “Just wanna make sure.”