Melinda Metz - Roswell High 03 by The Seeker

Author:The Seeker
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-06-01T18:30:58+00:00

Chapter 8

Max glanced at the clock. Almost eight. Was Liz changing clothes right now, trying to decide what to wear to UFOnics, trying to figure out what Jerry Cifarelli would think was hot?

“What do you think of a display on the Hollow Earth Society?” Ray asked. “Maybe right over there, next to the one on the Elvis-alien connection.” He jerked his chin, nodding toward the back wall of the UFO museum.

“I don’t know what that is,” Max admitted.

Maybe Liz and Jerry are already at UFOnics, dancing to some slow song, Max thought. Why had Maria told him that Liz was going out with Jerry tonight? If she wanted to torture him, why didn’t she just pull out his fingernails or drip water on his forehead?

“And you call yourself an alien,” Ray scolded. “Don’t you know we’ve been colonizing the hollow center of the earth for hundreds of years?”

“Wait. What? When were you planning on telling us?” Max demanded. He understood that talking about their birth planet was painful for Ray. But if there was a whole group of aliens on earth, he should know about it.

Ray shook his head. “Max, Max, Max. You really should have told me you’d gone in for that lobotomy. I’d have given you the night off.”

Oops, Max thought. “I guess the words hollow center of the earth should have tipped me off, huh?” he said. “I don’t have much of a sense of humor tonight.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Ray said. “And just for the record, as far as I know, you, me, Michael, and Isabel are the only aliens on earth.”

“So what’s this Hollow Earth Society deal?” Max asked. He wanted to check the time again, but he wouldn’t let himself. If he kept thinking about Liz and Jerry, he really would need a lobotomy.

“Just one of the wackier human theories,” Ray explained. “You want to hear about it—or you want to tell me what’s got you in such a fever?”

“Nothing really to talk about,” Max said. What was he supposed to say? That he was losing his mind because Liz—the girl he told he wanted to be just friends—was going out with someone else tonight?

“If you change your mind, you know where to find me.” Ray glanced at his watch. “Blow the whistle—it’s quitting time,” he said. “You go ahead and take off. I’ll close up.”

“Thanks,” Max said. He bolted out to his Jeep and swung into the driver’s seat. Now what? he wondered. Go home and spend the night imagining Liz in Jerry’s arms? He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel. I’ll go to a movie, he decided. That will keep my mind off what Liz is doing with Jerry.

He pulled out onto the street and headed toward the mall. When he made a left onto Cordova, he could see UFOnics’ bright orange neon sign, with its spaceship crashing over and over. Max planned to just drive on by, he really did, but it was like the Jeep had a mind of its own.

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