Title: The Intern
Author: Kitten88
Pairings: Max/Karen, the other couples are CC
Disclaimer: I don’t own Roswell or anything linked to them. They are not mine, they belong to the beautiful people who invented them! Karen however is mine! She is part of my imagination!
Rating: Mature / Adult
Summary: Post Destiny

Liz left for Florida. Max is having a really hard time dealing with it. But what will happen when he meets his fathers new intern...?

!!WARNING!! There will be some serious Liz bashing in this story!

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Prologue

Gasping he fell down to his knees at the airport terminal. He was too late… He was too late, he missed her and now she was gone. Away… To the other end of the world… How could he have been so stupid!! He messed up the most beautiful thing in his life, his greatest love… And all of that because…

He felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and looked up at his sisters’ eyes, mirroring his. Both siblings had tears filling their eyes, hurting over her departure.

“I’m so sorry Max…”

Wordlessly he stood up and tried to compose himself. He passed his hand over his face and then turned towards his sister.

“Thank you for trying, for driving me down here.. Thank you, for everything.. I just…”

He had to stop talking because of his emotions getting the better of him.

“Max…”

“I just can’t believe she’s gone Iz… After everything… She just left… And it’s all my fault!”

Tears were now freely rolling down his cheeks as he walked out of the terminal… Leaving gate 21 behind him…

Chapter 1A

*8 months earlier*

The entire gang, minus Liz, had gathered at Michaels apartment to discuss recent events. The message from their mother had shocked them all and now they all had one question on their minds: ‘Where do we go from here?’


On top of the message they received, they also had to deal with Liz’s absence from the group.

Max was an emotional wreck ever since he had found out that she had gone to her aunts for the summer, without breathing a word to anyone. Not just that, his stay in the White Room was taking its toll on him. He couldn’t go to sleep because he was constantly plagued by nightmares about everything that happened in there. If only Liz was here, for the short amount of time they had been together after the escape, he had been able to get some peace of mind and also catch a few hours of sleep. She made his nightmares go away… How he was going to get through this without her, he didn’t know.

Isabel hated her for the pain she had caused her brother. She just couldn’t understand how someone could leave the person they supposedly loved, right when he was going through the most difficult times of his life. She never liked Liz, but she would be a fool to deny that Liz was the one that could get Max through the next couple of months. Liz was the one who could help him get over the events of the White Room, the only one he would really confide in. That knowledge scared her… And not just a little bit!

Maria was furious with her best friend for leaving her to deal with this on her own. Sure there was still Alex, but it just wasn’t the same. He didn’t understand Marias and Michaels relationship like Liz did. She had just found out that her boyfriend was betrothed to another girl and she didn’t know how to deal with that.

Alex was feeling a little abandoned by Liz. His other best friend was feeling awful and lost and he didn’t exactly know what to do to make it better. To really help her. And now that Liz was gone, who was he going to talk to when Isabel once again put up her Icequeen façade?

Michael disliked her even more for the mess she left behind and they now had to deal with. For the last couple of months, she almost seemed to be the glue that held the entire group together. Now that she was gone, it was going to be hard to keep everyone together. But since he had come to like the fact that there were other people than Max, Isabel and Tess that actually befriended him, he was determined to do everything in his power to keep them all together.

And Tess, she saw it as an opportunity. Now that Liz had left, maybe she could finally start getting to know the entire gang. Ever since she had arrived in Roswell, Liz had shown an obvious dislike for her and because of that the others weren’t exactly jumping to get to know her either.


“It’s like I said before in the cave. It’s the four of us now…” Max said.

“Well that’s nice,” Maria bit back, “We risk our lives for you, stand by you, travel all the way to God knows where in the middle of the night to find out who you really are but when push comes to shove you just put us aside?!”

“Maria, I wasn’t finished. What I meant is that the four of us need to start training our powers. We don’t know what our enemies might be capable of. We don’t know ANYTHING about them. And I’ll be damned if I let anything happen to anyone of you. We have to stick together. I never intended to make it seem as if you weren’t needed Maria, or Alex for that matter.”

“He’s right,” Isabel continued, “you’re a part of this. Just as much as we are.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to yell at you or anything… This has just been a really long couple of days and now with Liz gone…”

“I know none of this is going to be easy on you guys. Especially with your best friend gone… But we all need to stay focused right now. Maxwell is right, now that we know that we have enemies, we better start preparing to fight them. Together.” Michael said.

“How exactly did you intend to do this?” Alex asked.

“Well, I guess we could train little things here. If that’s okay with Michael of course.” Tess suggested. “And for the bigger stuff we could always go out into the desert… If we go out far enough I think we should be safe from any spectators.”

“Tess is right. I think that’s a good idea. If that’s alright with you Michael.” Max answered.

“As long as you don’t destroy my apartment it’s all fine with me. We could also go out to the rock formation and the pod chamber. See if there’s anything we missed or anything we could find out in there.”

“In the meanwhile, maybe Maria and I could take a look at the Destiny Book. Who knows, we might find a way to translate it or find anything out about it.” Alex said. “I’ve read something about a computer in Las Cruces that should be able to translate anything. Could be worth a try.”

“That’s a great idea, Alex!” Isabel smiled up at him.

“You’re right! I mean, I don’t think there’s really a whole lot you guys could do while were training our powers and I don’t mean that in a bad way. But the Destiny Book could contain some very important information. I think it would really help us a lot if you guys would try to translate whatever information it contains.” Tess added.

“Then that’s what Alex and I will focus on… Now we just have to find a way to get to that computer.” Maria finished…

Chapter 1B

After spending a couple of hours going over their plans for the summer, they had all gotten pretty hungry. Instead of ordering in and staying cooped up into the apartment they decided to go out for some pizza.

Since the elevator was once again broken down they had to use the stairs. They got to the ground floor and that’s when he saw her…

Light brown hair that reached just below her shoulders. Deep brown eyes. Full red lips. She was wearing a pair of brown shorts with an ivory off the shoulder top. Her Gucci sunglasses were on her head.

Upon hearing their voices she looked up and their eyes connected, sending a shiver down Max’s spine. But her attention was soon back on the person next to her. A man that looked pretty familiar to Max and Isabel, yet they couldn’t place him.

“The elevator’s out of service.” Michael spoke up from behind everybody. “You want to go up, you’re going to have to use the stairs.”

“Oh,” she said. “Thanks.”

“The stairs it is then.” The man next to her answered. “After you.”

They picked up their conversation again and after sending one backwards glance the girl was out of sight.

“Didn’t he seem kind of familiar to you Max?” Isabel asked.

“Yeah, I’m sure I’ve seen him before, but I just can’t place him.”

“Come on you guys,” Maria interrupted, “I’m starved. Let’s get something to eat.”

With those words they finally left their building and were on their way to ‘Luigi’s’ for some much needed food. The girl he just met in the hallway, not once leaving Max’ mind.

Chapter 2

After dropping Isabel off at home, Max drove back to Michaels’ apartment. He had forgotten his wallet there earlier. He didn’t really need it and he was sure that Michael would return it to him tomorrow, but he couldn’t help but hope that maybe she was still there.

When he had seen her earlier today, she just took his breath away. Something that he didn’t quite understand. He was in love with Liz after all… But her departure made it quite clear that she didn’t feel the same way about him. He had spent hours thinking over everything that had happened the last month and that was the conclusion he had come to. You don’t tell a person you love them and leave them when things get difficult.

When he turned into the street he saw a new car parked next to Michael’s motorcycle. It was a foreign make of car. After getting out of the car and walking closer he noticed that the car was packed with boxes.

“$@”

He heard someone cursing. Looking towards the door, he noticed it was her, struggling with a big box.
To him she looked beautiful. She was wearing a pair of jeans shorts and a green top on top of it. Her hair was now up in a ponytail.

“Hi.”

She looked up. Once again their eyes locked and he felt his heartbeat pick up.

“Hi.” She answered as she eyed him suspiciously.

“I’m Max,” he said as he reached out his hand to hers.

“Karen.”

“Nice to meet you Karen.” He really liked the way her name rolled of his tongue. “You need a hand?”

“Excuse me?”

“With the box? Do you need some help?”

“Oh, that. Don’t worry about it. I’ll be fine, but thanks for offering though.” With that she turned around, picked up the box and started moving towards the stairs.

“You’re a stubborn one aren’t you?” He didn’t know where he got the guts to ask her that question, but now that it was out he wasn’t going to take it back.

“Excuse me?” She turned around and raised an eyebrow at him.

“You heard me. You’ve been struggling with that box for a while now. I saw you. Why won’t you admit that you need some help?” He was smirking at her and it pleased him to see that he was getting a rise out of her.

Karen put the box down, put her hands on her hips and let out a long sigh.

“Look. I’ve had an extremely long and tiring day. No, make that 2 days. And right now, I just don’t have it in me to play nice with anyone. So please, please do the both of us a favour by turning around and walking away. I appreciate the offer, I really do.. But no thank you.”

With that she picked the box back up, turned around and started back up the stairs.

All of a sudden he heard a loud thump, some cursing and then she came back down the stairs.

“Okay.”

He had to smile to himself. He didn’t even know her for five minutes and already he had won her over. But he couldn’t help but tease her a little bit.

“Okay what?” he asked, playing dumb.

“Okay, I could use some help. And I’m sorry, for being such a bitch to you.” She looked him straight in the eye while saying that, showing him that she was sincere.

“Apology accepted. Now let’s get those boxes upstairs, shall we?” He smiled up at her and once again felt his heart skip a beat when she smiled back.