Day #3 of #12daysofcanon from thebaywindows
"We've been dating for a month, can't we just tell _?"
Lucaya
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"Alright," Maya started, giving Lucas a quick peck on the lips. "I have to leave so I can get to Riley's before school."
"Don't leave yet," Lucas begged with a puppy dog face.
"I have to." Maya tried to entangle herself from Lucas's arms but he tightened them around her so she couldn't escape. "Come on, Huckleberry. Let me leave."
"I don't want to," Lucas pouted. Maya gave him a look that said he better let go or face the consequences. "Fine. But at least let me walk you there."
"No can do, Ranger Rick. You have to meet us at school so Riley doesn't question why we're together."
"We've been dating for a month, can't we just tell Riley?" Lucas asked.
"How do I tell Riley that I'm fucking her ex-boyfriend?"
"Well you could probably leave out the fact that we're having sex," Lucas stated. "She's with Farkle now. We broke up mutually. She'd want you to be happy, even if it is with me. She doesn't need to know our sex life, but I think she should know we're dating."
"Like, I hear the words coming out of your mouth, but I'm not really processing them," Maya joked. "I don't know how to tell her or how to bring it up. How was your weekend? 'Good, yours?' Great, I spent it with Huckleberry. 'Why?' Oh, 'cause we're dating now."
"It doesn't have to be an awkward thing, Maya," Lucas promised. "Tell her you need to have a bay window chat, and say, 'So, I'm dating someone.' And she'll say something along the lines of, 'YAY! Who's the lucky guy, peaches?' And you'll say, 'Lucas' or 'Huckleberry' or whatever and she'll be happy for us."
"How do you know that? What if she hates me?"
"She won't hate you."
"But you don't know that."
"I do know that," Lucas told her exasperated. "Did Riley tell you that she actually broke up with me? It was mutual but she initiated it."
"She never told me that," Maya replied.
"Her words to me were, 'I think we should break up. I think I like someone else and I know you do, too.' And I told her that I liked her and she said, 'You like me as a friend. But you like Maya as more than a friend. Go. Tell her you love her.' And I didn't want to admit it then, even to myself, but I did like you as more than a friend." Lucas revealed. "She told me to get you back. She won't be mad at you."
"Why didn't Riley tell me that?" Maya stared at Lucas confused.
"I think she wanted our moment to be our moment."
"Come tell her with me?"
"I'd be honored, ma'am." Lucas tipped his imaginary cowboy hat.
Maya playfully shoved Lucas backward, only to be returned with a sweet kiss to the lips.
"Come on, let's go tell Riley about us, Shortstack."
