Roswell Episode 312 CCC-Changes

Opens with Maria and Sheriff Valenti singing Meatloaf's song By the Dashboard light.

With Kyle and Liz sitting at a table watching them.

Kyle: Am I the only one who sees the creepiness in this?

Liz: Get a grip. They sound amazing. Ah where's everybody else?

Kyle: There's so many other duets out there. Clean duets. Aaron Neville

And Linda Ronstat could keep their hands off each other. So can Elton John

And Kee kee Dee.

Liz: Elton John likes boys (slipping her coke)

Kyle: Yeah well, did the captain ever grind on Tennille?

Liz: What? Who?

Kyle: Oh in the name of all that is holy (covers his eyes) Stay off each other!

Liz laughs.

Kyle: I gotta wash my eyes.

He leaves disgusted.

Max walks in.

Max: Hey. (Kisses Liz on the head and sits down beside her)

Liz: mmm. (Still sipping on her coke) Hi! You missed half the set.

Max: (taking off his coat) Yeah I got held up at the library.

Liz: Oh um, well isn't Isabel and Jesse coming?

Max: Uh they're in Santa Fe tonight.

Liz: What about Michael?

Max: I dunno.

Liz: This is a big thing for Maria. She's been practicing for like over a week,

None of her friends showed up.

Max watching Maria and Valenti.

Max: I don't think she's gonna notice. (Puts his arm around Liz) Come on

I'm sorry.

Liz: I'm not the one you should be apologizing to.

Max: What's wrong?

Liz: Nothing, I think I'm coming down with something.

Max: Well there is a bad flu going around.

Liz: Ah perfect.

Max: Yeah it's terrible. Fever, sore throat, nausea and an uncontrollable

urge to dance. (Pulls Liz up out of her chair)

Liz: No, Max. Please Max. Please, I don't, Oh

She gets up and as she is, she touches her plate.

She and Max go on the dance floor to dance.

As there dancing a waiter comes to take Liz's plate and burns his hand the

plate that has now melted.

Liz laughing and dancing.

Maria sitting at the Crashdown.

Liz: Pluto potato skins on the house.

Maria: mmm thank you.

Liz: Congratulations. I'm gonna call it a night ok?

(Kisses Maria on the cheek)

Maria: k

Liz: Bye

Maria: Bye.

Sheriff Valenti walks up to Maria.

Jim: Maria before I forget, here's your cut from the cowpatties. Its

Not much...

Maria: Come on, it's all for the love of the loaf.

(Jim smiles at her)

Jim: Hey the guys and I have been talkin and we put it to a unanimous

Vote. How would you like to sit in with the Kitshickers on a more

Permanent basis.

Maria: No Shick.

Jim: mmm, I mean you wouldn't just be singing back up either. You'd

Sing a few solo numbers. We'd sing together of course.

Maria: mmhmm.

Jim: I've been workin on a set list. Baby its cold outside. Don Rockabilly

Maria: Nice.

Jim: Um, Stop draggin my heart around.

Maria: Classic.

Jim: Islands in the stream.

Maria: Not so much.

Jim: Forget that one. What do you say?

Maria: Sure.

Jim: Great. Practice is tomorrow.

Maria: Ok

Music Scout walks up to Jim and Maria.

Scout: I am loving you. Dominique Vazar. Medusa Records. I was

At your show.

Jim: Oh, Thank you. Jim Valenti, Lead singer.

Dom: You were really really good, P.S. I never say that.

Jim: Thanks it was a new set. Maria's a nice addition don't you think.

Dom: Oh ah were you there too.

Jim: Lead singer.

Dom: Oh, ah sure. S' a good job. Maria? Maria, what?

Maria: De Luca.

Dom: Maria De Luca. I can work with that.

Maria: Ok, Earth to the lady with the really great boots by the way.

Dom: Thank you.

Maria: Um, I-I don't know who you think I am, but I just, I can guarantee

You got the wrong gal.

Dom: Uhuh. I am an A &R executive. I have been scouting the

Southwest for talent. Sweetheart anyone with a voice like that, who

Can work an outfit like this. Definitely not the wrong girl. You got a

Minute.

Maria: Yeah, sure.

Dom: Great. Oh here. (Hands Jim her card)

Liz walks in the back where her dad is working.

Mr. Parker: How was the show?

Liz: S' good. Goodnight.

Mr. Parker: Little early for bed, don't you have homework?

Liz: Yeah, I did it already.

Mr. Parker: Mrs. Fletcher called from the guidance office. 2 C's in

Spanish and AP History?

Liz: Um, ah its because I had 2 pop quizzes on the same day an

English paper was due, and everyone bombed.

Mr. Parker: Right. Is that the same excuse your going to use at your

Harvard interview?

Liz: I really have a headache. Could we talk about this tomorrow?

Mr. Parker: You know I backed off that whole boarding school thing

Cause you promised you were going to get your life together and

Going to Harvard has been your dream, since you were what, 6?

Liz: Five. And that's because you put a poster of Cambridge over

My bed.

Mr. Parker: Yeah. Sweetie you have got more brains and talent in

Your little finger then all the kids in Roswell have in their entire

Bodies.

Liz: Dad, please.

Mr. Parker: I'm serious. How many of them are even thinking of going

To college. They're just hangin around watchin MTV, dreamin about

Becoming Rock Stars.

Maria: (in the background) Woowho.

Comes in the back of the Crashdown.

Maria: (with her hands in the air) A label wants to sign me, I'm gonna

Be a Rock Star.

In School, Bio class.

Teacher: We will use the fruitfly, to discover genetic hierarchies. How

Traits change within a population.

Liz is passed out on the desk, Max touches her arm.

Max: You were sleeping.

Liz: No, I wasn't.

Max: You have a little, drool on your...

Referring to the drool on her sleeve.

Liz: Oh that's so disgusting.

He puts his hand over hers.

Teacher: Mr. Evans, Miss Parker, is there a problem in your corner

of teen angst?

Liz: Ah no, mm mm.

Max: No. Mm mm.

Teacher: Well then it's please get back to AP Bio.

Liz drops her head on Max's shoulder.

Liz: Mmmm.

Max: Are you feeling worse.

Liz: Yeah it feels like my head is bogged in and my body's just being

Dragged along for the ride.

Max: Maybe its mono.

Liz: Shut up. (Walking over to the lab area) I totally would've stayed

Home from school today if my dad wasn't on my case about this

Interview.

Max: What interview?

Liz: I have an appointment with the admissions person at Harvard

In two days.

Max looks alarmed.

Liz: Nothings set in stone there were just these deadlines, you know

And if I wanted to keep the possibility of going there alive, ah this

Interview is something I have to do.

Max: Oh, ok.

Liz: We should probably get started.

Max: Right.

Liz walks over to grab the things they need to do their project.

And as she is standing there she looks in the mirror. Suddenly

Her face disappears.

At the doctors.

Doctor: Liz, your ah white blood cell count is normal which eliminates

Any bacterial infection. Uh, you may have a virus. Are you experiencing

Any dizziness.

Liz: (shakes her head) no.

Doctor: Coughing?

Liz: No

Doctor: Ah what about ah... (He starts to become incomprehensible)

Liz can't hear what he is saying because his voice keeps cutting out.

She looks at him trying to figure out what is happening.

Doctor: Are you sexually active, Liz.

Liz: No! Uh, No. Doctor Frank, No. Um.

Doctor: I can't help you protect yourself, unless you're completely

Honest with me.

Liz: Protect me from what?

Doctor: When you're young Liz, sometimes you overlook the consequences

Of knowing someone intimately, and there's a possibility that you can

Catch something even from someone you love.

At the Garage that Kyle works at...

Liz sitting watching Kyle work.

Kyle: Strange symptoms, shoot.

Liz: Um, well fatigue, and the total inability to concentrate.

Kyle: Me, every day.

Liz: I've been having some hallucinations.

Kyle: Yeah, like what?

Liz: Well, like yesterday I looked in the mirror at school and my face

Totally disappeared. I mean, (Kyle laughs) No for real. This is serious

Kyle, something strange is happening to me.

Kyle: Ok, why are you telling me this.

Liz: What makes me different from everybody else is the fact that I

Was brought back from the dead by an alien.

Kyle: Yeah, and so was I. And now that you've touched on one of

My deepest, darkest fears, let's just assume what you're going through

Is stress. (Picks up a book and hands it to Liz) Buddha take me away.

This book has gotten me through some very tough times. Here young

Grasshopper take.

Liz looks at the book and sets it down on top of an old car stereo.

Suddenly the stereo comes alive. She picks the book back up and

As her hand nears the stereo it comes on. She gets up and puts her

Hand over the stereo and it reacts.

Kyle: Did-did you just...

Looks over at what is going on. She puts her hand back near the stereo.

Kyle: You did. Oh (puts his hand to his mouth, as the stereo

Sparks)

Liz: Kyle I think I'm changing.

Fades to black.

Back at the Garage.

Liz: No I don't want to tell Max. Not yet.

Kyle: But he's the one who healed us, he needs to know.

Liz: I'm scared to tell him.

Kyle: Why, you go to him for everything.

Liz: No, he risked so much when he healed me. No I, its what made

me fall in love with him.

Kyle: (sighs) yeah, me too.

Liz: Kyle!

Kyle: Look, what's going on here is really scary. If I don't lighten

The mood I might lose it.

Liz: Yeah I know.

Kyle: If its too u for you, I'll go talk to him.

Liz: No! Um, s-sorry, no. Um (sighs) Could you just please respect

My feelings.

Kyle: (sighs) Let the record show, I think this is a bad idea.

Liz: Noted. I have to go. (Gets up to leave)

Kyle: Liz. (Sighs) You're not alone in this. If you need anything, call

Me.

Liz: Thank you. (And walks away)

At Michael's apt. Maria's waiting anxiously outside.

Michael comes home carrying groceries.

Michael: oh, Look I missed that thing with you and Valenti last night because

I had to pick up an extra shift.

Maria: Michael!

Michael: And sitting at bars and listening to music, doesn't put Snapple

On the table.

Maria: Michael, I need to talk to you. HEE HEE HEE (jumping up and down

Excitedly)

Michael: Later all right. The Daily show starts in 5 min. I got Lean Cuisine

To heat up.

Maria: You're existence frightens me.

Michael: Goodnight.

Maria: A woman from a record label saw me perform last night and offered

Me a demo deal.

Michael: A what?

Maria: A demo deal. It's like a test run for an artist to see if they have any potential.

They're going to record three or four songs for me, they're going to pay for

Everything. Can you believe it?

Michael: No.

Maria: Oh Gosh, Stuff like this happens to like, Alicia Keys or I don't know,

Fiona Apple or something. Not me though, not in Roswell. I just, Oh I'm so

Freaking out! (Grabs Michael in a hug)

Michael: I got potato salad in here.

Maria: Wanna hear something really stupid, Michael. When um Dominique,

The uh, the label chick, told me about the news, first thing I thought of was, I

Can't wait to tell Michael.

Michael: That's stupid, thanks.

Maria: Sorry, wrong choice of words, but seriously, you're the first person I

Wanted to share this with, I mean, I've been waiting out there for 2 hours.

Michael: I am really happy for you Maria.

Hugs Michael again and laughs.

Maria: MTV here I come.

Kisses Michael.

He kisses her back, really kisses her back and they end up in bed together.

At Liz's the next morning.

Maria: This so, doesn't mean that we're back together.

Liz: Does Michael know that.

Maria: Well he knows that I'm not interested in having what we used to have.

I've been clear about that. It's a. It's a boy, girl friendship with a twist.

Liz: It sounds so romantic. Why don't you try that Black pantsuit on?

Maria: The Black pantsuit. Who are you my Aunt Maude? This…

Her voice starts cutting out like the doctors did.

She looks at her like she is baffled.

Maria: Right? Definitely, come on.

Liz: Maria I have to tell you something.

Maria: You know what else I've been thinking…

It is not a coincidence that my life has started around the time Michael and I

Broke up. I mean, gosh. You don't know how liberating it is to just be free

From all this alien chaos. It's like, suddenly my life is, like a life. (Laughs)

Liz: (nodding her head) Yeah. Why don't you try the boots on?

At the recording studio.

Maria: (playing guitar) you're like an angel with the sweetest smile. But when

You use it you're one evil child. Oh, oh. That's what brings me back again. We

Get along but only half the time. The other half you ain't no friend of mine.

Oh, oh. But that's what brings me back again. I love you on your best behavior.

I love you more when you're doing something wrong. But that's what's wrong

With me. You said you liked it yesterday. And now you're telling me I can't stay.

Its all your crazy messed up ways that bring me back. They bring me back.

They bring me back. You bring me back.

Dominique claps… Later…

Dom: So Maria, do you ah, you drink?

Maria: No.

Dom: Drugs?

Maria: No way.

Dom: Na-me (?) me. Personally I could care less, but the boys upstairs, they make

Me ask these questions.

Maria: Why?

Dom: You know just, millions of teenage girls and their allowances. Oh, how

Old are you again?

Maria: I just turned 18.

Dom: Oh great. That's perfect. That's what you're going to be telling people

For the next three years.

Michael walks in.

Maria: Michael.

Michael: Hi. (kisses her on the cheek) Just wanted to stop by and see how things

Are going.

Walks over to Dom and holds out his hand.

Michael: Hi, I'm Michael.

Dom: Hi (shaking his hand) Dominique Vazar.

Maria: Michael's just. he's um.

Michael: A friend of the band.

Maria: We're kind a in the middle of something here.

Michael: (ignoring her and checkin the place out) This is a nice space.

Dom: Yeah, it's passable in a pinch. Oh Maria, sweetie. You need to tell me

When you can travel.

Maria: Uh ok. Where are we going?

Dom: New York.

Maria's mouth drops open.

Michael: City?

Dom: Yeah, well. If my people love what we did here. (Holds up the tape)

Then we'll record the demo over there.

Michael: How long will she be gone. (Looking upset)

Dom: Best case scenario. Foreva. (Laughs) She can buzz back through this

Town when the mayor's gonna cut a ribbon or something. (Laughs again)

Michael: (Looks at Maria) New York?

Dom: Is that a problem?

Maria: Oh, No, No, No. Not at all. Mm mm.

Dom: Groovy.

At the highschool. Liz sitting on the bleachers.

Max walks over to her holding a book.

Liz: College interviewing for Morons.

Max: I'm going to help you get into Harvard.

Takes of his coat and sits down.

Max: Why Harvard University?

Liz: Um, well when I was in 9th grade I read this really amazing article by Dr.

Laura Holt. She's this professor who works in the department of molecular and

Cellular biology and it just gave me a totally different perspective on science. It

Changed my life.

Max smiles at her and looks at the book again.

Max: Hmm. What are your three greatest strengths?

Liz: Why are you helping me? 'Cause if I get in, Cambridge is really far away Max.

Max: I know that. But this is really important to you. (Looks back at the book)

K, ah, What is your greatest regret? (Liz looks away and off into the distance,

Thinking) Come on, what's wrong, you still feeling sick?

Liz: Um, just a little bit. I don't know I'm kind a worried about all this school

Stuff you know. You know what, I should be going. My dad's expecting me at

The Crashdown. Thanks for your help Max. (Gets up and starts walking away)

Max: Liz, wait. (Reaches for her)

When Max touches her she falls in a faint and drops her books everywhere.

Max catches her.

Max: Are you ok?

Liz: Yeah. Yeah I'm fine, I um. I just think that this flu is hitting me. I um,

I should just go home and get into bed.

She tries to get up and touches one of the fallen books. It starts smoking and

Catches on fire. She jumps back and yelps. Max uses his powers to put out

The flames.

Max: I didn't do that.

Liz: I did.

Max: That's not possible.

Liz: Yes it is. You healed me and now I'm different.

Fades to Black.

Max and Michael in the desert, digging.

Michael: You guys are always giving me crap for doing something

Impulsive and stupid…Well you know what's stupid. Sneakin around

The desert while your father's watching our every move.

Max: Shut up Michael.

Michael: Whose idea was it to bury the alien stuff anyways. What are we apes/

It's called a safety deposit box.

Max: I need the book's translation. It might have something on Liz's change.

Michael: You've read it like 10 times.

Max: Well maybe I missed something.

Michael: What if there's nothin in there?

Max: Well then I'll find somebody who knows something. Even if I have to

Contact the FBI.

Michael: Hey Max, I know this is a big deal, but you gotta keep calm. All right.

Don't kick up any dust. If we get exposed, we can't help her.

Max: It's a risk I'm willing to take.

Michael: Do I gotta smack some sense into you right now. I've got a shovel

Here, I'll do it.

Max uses his powers and throws Michael's shovel a ways away.

Max: There is something wrong with her Michael and I don't know how to

Fix it.

Michael: We'll figure it out.

Max: And what if we can't? What if it gets worse? I have screwed up, hundreds of

Times till we found out what we are. Do you know how many times Liz has?

Never. And this is what she gets in return. Look I am doing whatever it takes

To help her, if you got a problem with it then you can leave right now.

Michael goes to retrieve his shovel as Max continues digging.

School Bell rings. And we cut to Liz's interview.

Interviewer: So Miss Parker, why Harvard?

Liz: Well ever since I was 14, and I read Dr. Laura Holt's work, I knew that

I wanted to learn from her in person.

Interviewer: Laura's an amazing professor. I think you two will really hit it off.

Writes in his notes.

Interviewer: Do you see yourself…

His voice starts to cut out like the doctors and Maria's.

Liz looks at him trying to figure out what he is saying.

Liz: I'm sorry, what?

He speaks again and she still can't figure it out.

Interviewer: Liz.

Liz: I'm sorry, could you just repeat the question?

Interviewer: Do you intend…

He still is incomprehensible.

Liz: I guess. I, um. I'm, I'm not quite sure.

Interviewer: Now obviously Harvard…

He cuts out again and the room starts spinning.

Liz jumps up out of her chair and turns it over.

Interviewer: Liz. What are you doing?

Liz: I'm sorry. Um um I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

She turns the chair upright.

Liz: Here.

She turns around and leaves.

At the Crashdown…

Maria walks in and Jim is eating at the counter.

Maria: Hi.

Jim: Hey. You look nice, got a date?

Maria: No, it's just a reception thing that Dominique set up.

Jim: Ah. Right.

Maria: Listen I never got to thank you. Had you not invited me to sing with

The band this never would have happened.

Jim: You don't have to thank me. Come on, you were great.

Maria: Yeah but so were you.

Jim: Well thanks I thought so too.

Maria: I just feel like I took something from you.

Jim: Nah, you didn't take anything. Look how often does something like this

Come along. You have to go with it, I would if it happened to me.

Maria: I know.

Jim: Listen, I'm gonna be late for sound check.

Maria: All right will you tell the guys I say Hi?

Jim: Sure. Break a leg.

Maria: Thank you.

He leaves and she goes to the back where Michael is working.

Maria: Hey.

Michael: Oh thanks for coming by.

Maria: I'm running late so you only got one minute.

Michael: Well its going to take a little longer than that. Jesse's on his way.

Maria: Excuse me.

Michael: I asked him to take a look at your contract.

Maria: What did you do that for?

Michael: Maria, you're talking about picking up and moving to New York.

Maria: Jesse does not…

Michael: I just wanted to make sure you're protected.

Maria: Ok Michael, hold on, I see what's going on here.

Michael: Yeah you're turning down free legal advise.

Maria: No I mean with us. I-I really appreciate the interest but you- you

Don't have to look after me our lives are no longer linked.

Michael: Didn't we just sleep together?

Maria: We did.

Michael: But it doesn't mean anything.

Maria: It- it was great. I-I mean. Its just it doesn't mean that. It was a spontaneous

Thing. You were feeling good. I was feeling good.

Michael: It's a capper to an already great day. I get it.

Maria: Michael.

Michael: Crossed signals. It's no big deal.

Goes back to work.

Maria: Wish me luck?

He waves his spatula at her, and she leaves.

Back in Liz's room.

Kyle is pacing concerned.

Liz: I'm sorry. I'm sure you have somewhere else to be.

Kyle: No, no. Look. I offered.

Liz: I just didn't have anyone else to call.

Kyle: Maria doesn't know?

Liz: mm mm not yet. No this record deal is a really huge thing for her.

She's given up so much of her life for all this.

Kyle sits down beside her and puts his hand on her shoulder.

Liz: How are you doing?

Kyle: Um, No symptoms yet, you know, but Max healed me like a year after

He healed you. So maybe I've just got this totally cool window of time where I

Just get to obsess about it.

She laughs.

Liz: Lucky you.

Max comes over and knocks on the window.

When he sees Kyle he knows something happened.

Max: What happened?

Kyle: Show him.

She pulls back her sleeves and her hands have some weird green electrical

Current going through them.

Max: Does it hurt?

Liz: (nods) it comes and goes.

He comes and sits down beside her.

Liz: Am I going to die?

Fades to black.

Back at the studio

Dom. Fixing her lip-gloss.

Dom: So Adam Chase is on his way, he is a legendary producer honey

And if he likes your stuff, you can clear off the mantle and ah hire a maid

To dust off your Grammy's. Wh-what are you doing?

Maria: (sniffing some eucalyptus oil) I-its just eucalyptus, it's to help me

Keep calm.

Dom: Yeah well sweetie, enough. (Takes the oil) You smell like J-Lo.

(Sniffs it as Adam walks in) Wow!

Dom: Chasey.

Chase: Dominique.

Dom: Oh… (She hugs him)

Chase: What's happenin baby. (Smacks her butt)

Dom: Clearly you, lookin all hottie-tottie.

Chase: Likewise.

Dom: ok, here's our find. Adam Chase, Maria De Luca.

Maria: Nice to meet you.

Chase: Nice to meet you.

Dom chewing on her cell phone antenna.

Dom: So. (Chase holds up the tape)

Chase: It's a single.

Dom: I knew it!

Maria: Its called behavior. I wrote it about me and my boyfriend

Breaking up.

Chase: Right. I've been messing with it want to listen?

Maria: Yes, I would love to listen to it. (Chase throws the tape in the player)

Dom: (On her cell) Hi. Yeah. Adam Chase. All over it.

Maria: Yes.

Dom: Oh yeah, the girl's gonna be huge. Ok, ok bye bye.

He turns on his revised edition of Maria's song.

Chase: Slammin in it.

Maria: (not looking very amused) that's me.

Chase: Yeah. I remixed vocals. Then I laid a few song boards underneath,

You know, it's a little rough around the edges but you get the point.

Dom: Wow. It's a number one isn't it.

Chase: You know it.

Dom: Oh…

Maria: It used to be a love song.

Dom: Yeah, well now it's one people can dance to.

In the sound room privately with Dom.

Dom: So, you hate it.

Maria: No. No, I was just, I was going for more of a P.J. Harvey and um

That sounded like Britney Spears.

Dom: I-I completely disagree.

Maria: (sighs) my music is personal to me Dominique.

Dom: Ok, Maria. It is my job to find artists who can sell records.

Right. Now, honey you've got the looks and the hou ts pa to do that but

When it comes to the music, baby you gotta leave that to the pros.

Maria: So, I'm just a commodity?

Dom: No, no you're very talented. But this label is prepared to invest

A lot of money in you and you know. They pay the bills, they have a say.

That's just kind a the way it's always been. (Maria nods) Well look, maybe

You need to ask yourself if you really want to do this.

Outside Michael's apartment.

Michael: Let me guess you bumped into George Lucas at the video store

And he wants you in his next movie.

Maria: You were right about me being cautious. Those label people are

Bogus. They want to turn me into some bubble gum pop princess.

Michael: That's too bad. (Smiling)

Maria: They turned one of my songs into complete crap, Michael. It was

So humiliating.

Michael: Why are you here?

Maria: I may be turning down a huge opportunity, I need someone to talk

To.

Michael: Let me get this straight. You dump me so you can go live your

Dream, and now you're telling me you're dropping that too.

Maria: I'm sorry, I just really need some advice, right now.

Michael: It's like you said we're not linked anymore. I could invite you

Inside, tell you to stay in Roswell because that's what I want. But you know

What, I'm not going to be the guy you blame for ruining your life.

Maria: Michael.

Michael: You should leave now.

Maria: I have no where else to go.

Michael: You've got plenty of other friends.

Maria: Like who Liz? I tried to talk to her, she hasn't been around.

Michael: Do you even know what's going on with her?

Maria: Yeah she's pissy and preoccupied and doesn't return my phone

Calls.

Michael: She might be dying Maria.

Maria: What!?

In the desert, near the pod chamber.

Max lays Liz on the ground.

Kyle: Ok, what are we doing again?

Max: According to the book, I can use the healing stones

To amplify my powers. If we do that it might wipe out

Whatever is happening inside of her.

Max puts the healing stones around Liz.

Kyle: What can I do?

Max: Just stay back.

He puts his hand over Liz's stomach trying to draw

Out whatever is causing the attacks. A green glow

Centered on her stomach area starts glowing brighter.

Liz lifts off the ground. She looks in immense pain.

Liz: It hurts. (The light glows pink)

Max: Take a deep breath, it won't be much longer.

Liz: Max please, I can't.

Kyle tries to intervene by moving forward.

Max: NO!

Liz: STOP!

Max: Hold on it's working I can feel it.

Liz: NO!

Kyle: Max!

Max: Just a little bit more. Liz you have to trust me.

Liz: I can't. (Something happens and Liz drops and Max is thrown back)

Liz scrambles away.

Liz: Just stop hurting me.

Max: I wasn't trying to.

Liz: No, but Max you do. You always do. (Max moves toward her looking

Perplexed) why did you sleep with her. Why!

Max: (looking pained) Liz.

Liz: Every single time that you mention your son I am reminded of what

you did to me. How you were unfaithful, how can you not know that?

Max: Liz, please. (Trying to move closer)

Liz: Stay away! You're doing this.

Max: No I'm not. Liz, please. (He touches her face) Please.

She screams in pain.

Kyle: Max, max, max, stop, stop, stop (jumping to intervene) Listen to her.

Do you want to kill her?

He looks at Liz and is a loss for what to do.

Back at the Crashdown in Kyle's car.

Kyle: I'll help you get upstairs.

Liz: I can do it myself. I really said all those things to Max, didn't I?

Kyle: Yeah.

Liz: I couldn't help it. It's everything just…

Kyle: Exploded.

Liz: How am I going to face him?

Kyle: Look he understands that something went wrong out there. You were not

In control of what you were saying.

Liz: But I was. I mean that's how I feel deep down and now he knows Kyle.

Kyle: So what!

Liz: I can't take it back.

Kyle: Liz look, you can't worry about Max right now. You have to take care

Of you. You understand?

Liz nods.

Liz: Yeah.

Kyle: Ok. Now try to get some sleep.

Liz smiles at Kyle and gets out of the car.

Liz is lying down on her bed and Maria comes in. She comes over to Liz and

Bends over her.

Maria: I'm here.

Liz looks up and smiles at her.

Out in front of the Crashdown on a bench.

Maria: I'm so sorry.

Liz: Maria stop apologizing.

Maria: You've been going through complete hell.

Liz: Yes and this is exactly what I didn't want. For you to come along on the

Ride.

Maria: Don't ever. We are best friends Liz Parker. So just don't ever ok

Liz: Ok. You really shouldn't let this music thing go.

Maria: I told you.

Liz: So what, so you have to, so you have to compromise, so what.

Maria: I'm not a sellout.

Liz: That's great. You should tell that to all your co-workers at the cheese

Factory. I'm sure they'll be very impressed.

Maria: ok (laughing) b- hitchy.

Liz: Maria. You have more talent in your little finger than anyone else in this

Town.

Maria: (holds up her hands) which one?

Liz: I'm serious. You should find a way to compromise without losing

What's most important to you. Because if you don't do this. You are always

going to be miserable.

Maria: Yeah but, then I would have to go to New York um and I'm, I'm just not

Going to leave you. I'm sorry.

Liz: I'm gonna be fine. Really.

Maria: Fine. Tomorrow I will invite Dominique to my all you can eat Crow

Boofet. Gosh could life be any more complicated right now. (They both laugh)

Sometimes I wish you could close your eyes and just be somewhere else.

Liz: A café in Paris.

Maria: No Jamaica. The beach, the blue ocean, the warm sand between our toes.

Feel any better?

Liz: Yeah.

Maria: Me too. (They laugh again)

Liz comes back to her room to find Max waiting outside her window for her.

Liz: Max what are you doing, you can't be here.

Max: I've been calling.

Liz: I was out with Maria.

Max: I thought something happened.

Liz: No it didn't. But look my dad's gonna be up here in a few minutes. You really…

Max goes to look past her into her room and she gets shocked by him.

Liz: Max you have to go.

Max: Look we'll drive to LA. Langly will know what to do. He can fix this.

Liz: Max.

Max: Maria can cover for you we can be back in two days. (Liz shakes her head)

Liz: No.

Max tries to reach for her and she backs away.

Max: Liz.

He leans his head against the window looking wounded. Liz looks just as

Sad.

Max: Everything you said in the desert, we can't just pretend it didn't happen.

We have to talk about it.

Liz reached up to close the window.

Max: Liz, please don't shut me out.

Liz looks at Max with tears in her eyes.

Max: (tearing himself) what are we going to do?

Liz: I have to figure it out. By myself.

She looks at him one last time and closes the window.

He looks away and she looks back at him through the window.

He mouths, I love you and walks away.

She watches him leave with tears in her eyes.

Liz goes down to her dad who is doing paperwork in the café.

Mr. Parker: Sweetie, what's wrong?

Liz: My life is out of control. I want to go to boarding school.

Her dad hugs her to himself.

Liz starts packing, brings her journal.

Liz sits and writes Max a letter.

Liz: Dear Max: What's so great about normal. Do you remember when you

Asked me that? Back then the answer was nothing. Because of you Max, because

Of how much you love me. Now though, the answer is different. Normal is something

I need. (Liz on a bus to school) And that's why I have to leave. I have to figure

Out what my life means away from Roswell and away from you. (Max reading

The letter) Don't hate me for doing this. I love you more than you can ever know.

Liz.

Liz on the bus and fades to black.