A/N: Thank you so much for all the positive feedback y'all gave to Keep In Touch! Quite a few of you asked for a sequel, so here it is! More A/N at the bottom! But for now, enjoy!


secrets

"Wh.. what… Lucas, what are you saying?" And that was all Maya could muster. Lucas took the hands of a still very shocked Maya and led her over to his bed. They sat down and Maya could have sworn this was the happiest she had ever seen Lucas, at least in her time and her world.

"Look, Maya, yes, I like Riley, but I've come to realise that... I love you. And I would be lying if I said it hadn't been so since that first day I saw you on the subway. You walked over and I was just… blown away. Then, you were cute, now you're more than that, you're gorgeous, a true blonde beauty. I mean, that's why I told Zay so much about you. And that day, when we all got detention, and you pulled me close to you... That's when I broke and I never wanted you to let go of me, Maya, I…"

"Stop. Lucas, just stop. All that about you and me, that was just a dream. Some weird screwed up shit that my head came up with. I never meant to…," the words 'fall for you' were on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't bear to say them. The way he was looking at her, was exactly the way the dream Lucas would. Yes, she had fallen for him in that short time, but she never meant to. And this real Lucas, he had. She knew, this one had fallen for her exactly how she has… or had? She had no idea what to think or do anymore, it was all too much. It was what she had wanted to go back to, but a part of her was, in a way, afraid. Afraid of what a change that huge would cause in terms of her friendships and relationships.

"No, no, you need to know. Ever since then, you probably never noticed but I could never stop staring at you. Knowing that sitting in front of me, attached to the blonde hair, was you, I was just dying inside thinking that you didn't like me back. When we danced at the semi-formal, when I saw you in that beautiful dress… And then you told us we were together in your dream thing, then you came to my house, I mean, that may have been just a dream for you Maya, but I'm leaving in a dream of my own, so please say yes, please be my…" Lucas would have continued, except that Maya had stood up, pulling herself away from him. He looked up into her eyes, searching for a sign that he had done something wrong, even though he had no clue what it was. She backed away towards his window and muttered a 'sorry' before running down the fire escape.

She didn't even know it, but as she ran home, tears were streaming down her face. And she didn't stop running until she launched herself onto her bed, the sheets slowly soaking up and absorbing the tears. Ranger Rick, Huckleberry, Bucky McBoingBoing, her hurrhurr, had just confessed to her. That he had been in love with her for what had to have been almost a year? That he had only pretended to like Riley, and she had no idea why. That her dream wasn't a dream, but some kind of twisted look into the future. How was she supposed to feel? She was overjoyed that her dream was real life, but the tears of happiness couldn't help but be tainted by those of sadness. That her best friend's love life had been a facade, a complete lie. She hated Lucas for doing that to Riley, but she loved him for what they had. How she could have so many feelings at once without exploding, she would never know. All she knew was that she was going to have to face Lucas the next day, and even a hurrhurr would be hard to muster.


Maya timed her arrival to school such that she wouldn't bump into Riley or Lucas. She had the burning desire to tell Riley everything, but she knew that it would break her. Her little ball of sunshine would take that step into the shadows, and Maya didn't want that for Riley. So she would keep it a secret for as long as she could. It was nothing to her anyway. Keeping secrets. Pluto, the brotherly love Riley had for Lucas, all secrets that Maya was burying, but ones that would continuously plague her. But as long as Riley was kept happy and innocent, Maya didn't care what happened to her own mind.

"Maya, what happened to you this morning? We made extra pancakes just for you," Cory commented as Maya strolled into class, keeping her eyes down and away from Lucas. Maya managed to smile at both Mr Matthews and Riley before muttering a 'overslept'. Cory glanced over to Riley, who merely shrugged her shoulders. Riley knew she should not pry, but she also know curiosity would get the best of her and she would end up bugging Maya. As Cory began teaching the class, Lucas tore off a piece of scrap paper and Maya heard the scribbles before the 'psst' that he shot her. Swinging her arm behind her, she took the piece of paper and opened it up onto her desk, attempting to blend it in with the notes scattered on her desk.

I'm sorry for yesterday. I shouldn't have blurted out everything, and I'm sure you're really confused right now. You don't have to answer, but just know that I'll be waiting. I have been, after all.

Maya's heart told her to write a 'yes' across the page, but her rational thinking told her to take a step back. To take a look at the bigger picture. If she said 'yes', all the faith that Riley had placed on her and Lucas getting together would be destroyed. To find out that her best friend was with her first crush, Maya definitely would have a hard time getting over it, and Riley's childlike innocence would take it even harder. But she was sick of this. Sick of being torn between mind and body, heart and soul. She was Maya Hart, and her name would be what she would follow.

Yes. I will be your gi-

"Ms Hart, do tell the class what notes you are, praytell, so engrossed in writing, seeing as I am telling the class a story about my very engaging weekend with Shawn?"

Shit.

She knew she was going to have to tell Riley, but not like this. Not humiliate her in front of the entire class by revealing that Lucas and her were together. Especially not in front of her own father. She bit her lip and squeezed her eyes shut as Cory said, "Please stand up, and read out what it is. I may be your teacher, but I was a student, and someone like me never misses you and Mr Friar passing papers. Go on."

Reluctantly, Maya stood up and turned around to face the class, all eyes solely on her and that piece of paper. She took a deep breath and was about to begin reading when Lucas jumped to his feet and snatched it out of her trembling hands.

"I'll read it, Sir. I started it, so I'll finish it," Lucas said.

"Lucas, what are you doing? Ril-" Maya said. She had to stop him from doing this, it was her fault for wishing on the stupid yearbook, her fault for telling the group about her dream, if something happened between the four of them, that was going to be her fault too.

"It'll be fine. Let me," he continued. Maya sat down slowly and watched as Riley looked up at Lucas with confusion. Oh, honey, it's only going to get worse from here. Lucas read, "First, I said that I was sorry for yesterday and that I shouldn't have blurted out everything. I said I was sure Maya would be confused and that she didn't have to answer, but I just wanted her to know that I would be waiting and I have been. Then," Lucas paused, just to get a read on Riley's facial expressions. He too, knew that this could either end well, or very very badly. "Then she said 'Yes, I will be your gi-' and that's where it ends. Nothing more, sorry to disappoint." Lucas walked over to throw the piece of paper away and then sat down. Riley was now looking at the ground, not looking at anyone.

Maya turned towards Riley and said, "Look, there's something we have to tell you, Riles."

"Girlfriend. That's the unfinished word, isn't it? You said you were going to be Lucas'... girlfriend. And that means, he confessed yesterday and you never told me," Riley said, pointing towards Lucas and then Maya. Her look of confusion had now turned into dagger-like glares. This was worse than Maya had imagined. Riley wasn't just hurt and betrayed, she was furious with them. She could tell.

"Maya, how could you do this to me? Lucas, you were the first person I ever liked, the first person I ever kissed!" Riley shouted. Maya stuttered and said, "L… look, this is a shock to me too. I thought it was just a dream but then… Riles, we didn't know if it was gonna be right so we didn't wanna tell you, we didn't wanna hurt you, we never did… Honey?" However, it was as if none of that had gotten to Riley, and she continued, "You're supposed to tell me everything. You're supposed to be my friend, my best friend. Who cares if it's right? You, of all people, should know that. When being right is more important than being friends, then that's the end of being friends." And that stung. But with that, Riley walked out of class, and Maya had no idea, again, what was going to happen to them.


A/N: Hey guys! So although I've started writing a sequel, I'm also in a lucaya writing squad based at lucaya-fanfiction (tumblr), do check them out! So, updates here will not be as regular as they were for KIT (Keep In Touch) :( However, I will try my best to write for this story as well. However, a lot of this story may change based on October's episodes (*coughs*Texas*coughs*). So after those supposedly very eventful episodes, I will definitely be writing more here! But do stick around, cos I have some rather interesting one-shot-ish chapters coming your way! Anyway, what do you think? Fave, follow, and/or review, thanks! :)