Just a bit of a disclaimer: I do not own Girl Meets World or it's characters. I just love to write stories about other's characters that I fall in love with.
Also, I've not yet edited this chapter, but I hope you'll ignore my mistakes. :)
"what's wrong, maya?"
what isn't wrong? she thinks to herself. my life feels like it's falling apart, and there's nothing i can do about it. my mom keeps bringing home guy after guy after guy, only to wake up alone the next day, and shut me out for a week or two. the cycle just continues. it feels like i rarely see my actual mother anymore, whenever i do actually get to see her. i feel like i'm somehow going to lose everyone important to me because of this, too. and good god, i think i'm falling in like with that stupid ranger ri-
"maya," riley repeats, concern clear in her tone.
maya looks up to riley and shows her a small smile. "i'm fine, riles," she says.
"are you sure?"
"positive, hun. don't worry about me."
"alright, i'll see you tonight at my place, then?"
"wouldn't miss it."
as soon as riley is out of site, maya turns the corner to walk to her apartment. she sucks in a sharp breath before the tears stream down her face. no, maya! she starts to feel angry with herself. she's not allowed to cry.
maya hart has convinced herself that she is not allowed to be sad or cry. i bring shit upon myself, she tells herself. or there are people who have it worse than you do, maya. these thoughts started at an early age. "god dammit, maya quit your fucking crying!" kermit hart yells to a seven-year-old maya hart. "i'm leaving and your whiny fucking sobs will not stop me! quit being so pathetic." at the time, maya had no clue what the word pathetic meant. she just knew that her father spit the word at her with such disgust, and that she could never unhear these words.
maya lets herself in to the empty apartment. "mom, i'm sleeping over at riley's tonight," she mumbles as she passes the empty kitchen. she packs herself a change of clothes, pajamas, and a toothbrush before leaving the apartment. she locks the door behind her, even though burglars wouldn't find much in this tiny place anyway.
when maya arrives at the matthew's residence, she doesn't knock. she opens the door and shouts "i'm home!" so everyone can hear.
riley runs out of her bedroom and over to hug maya. "hi!" she says enthusiastically.
maya smiles. "hey,"
"i hope you don't mind, but it's friday night, so i invited farkle and lucas over for a movie night."
of course you have. she doesn't know what to think. of course, she doesn't mind farkle's presence, as annoying as he is. she does however, mind lucas. she minds because she's just started to notice how much she enjoys their little banters. she's realizing how attractive he looks when he smirks down at her, or how much she truly appreciates his indirect ways of looking out for her. and that's just the beginning of it.
"nope, not at all," she says.
*knock knock knock*
"oh! the boys are here," riley says as she dumps microwave popcorn into two bowls. "maya, can you get the door for me, please?"
maya gets up from the couch and walks over to the door. "welcome to the matthew's residence," she greets them as the front door opens.
farkle thanks her and lucas just smiles at her. as soon as he's walked past her, she takes a deep breath in and closes the door. "the movies i picked vary from action, comedy, and romantic comedies, so i don't want to hear any complaining, thank you." riley says as she sets the bowls of popcorn down on the coffee table. farkle sits next to riley, who is sitting next to maya. lucas sits down next to maya, since he was the last one to get to the couch. maya looks at him and he smiles at her. "you won't know i'm here," he says.
maya rolls her eyes in an attempt to shake off whatever emotions she may be feeling at the moment.
maya feels her phone vibrate in her left pocket twice. she sees a text message from her mother. i just got home, but i assume you're already at riley's. i met someone at the bar tonight! his name is henry. wish me luck! ;)
maya sighs and rolls her eyes. she knows her mother is going to wake up sad and alone tomorrow morning. "you alright?" lucas whispers, eyes still on the tv screen.
"yes, i'm fine," she whispers back. lucas doesn't say anything else in return.
"riley, i think i have to get home early tomorrow morning. so you'll probably wake up after i'm already gone."
"alright," she responds, eyes fixated on tv screen, as well.
maya slouches, leaning her head back on the sofa and staring at the ceiling. she doesn't remember when she falls asleep, but she's awaken by a light push on her shoulder. "maya. maya, wake up," lucas whispers to her. "maya, wake up," he says again. she opens her eyes and blinks many times before taking in her surroundings. she's leaning on something- someone. she looks up to see lucas. she's leaning on lucas. she's leaning on lucas.
she sits up fast as she can. "sorry," she says.
he chuckles. "that's okay, don't worry about it."
"i'm going to bed," maya announces. "goodnight everyone."
they all tell her goodnight, but only lucas watches maya exit to riley's bedroom. "do you mind if i check on her?" lucas asks riley.
"no, not at all," riley says, not looking away from whatever movie she's moved on to. he doesn't remember.
lucas walks down the short hallway until finding riley's bedroom. he knocks lightly on the door. when he doesn't get a response, he lets himself in. "riley?" maya says, clearly half-asleep.
"no, it's lucas," he says, sitting down on the bed. "i just wanted to make sure you were able to get yourself into under the blankets. you didn't really seem to know what was going on when i woke you up."
"0h, yeah. sorry about… that," she says, eyes closed.
"no problem. i don't mind, really."
maya doesn't respond. she just lays in riley's bed, listening to lucas's presence.
"well, goodnight, maya."
"goodnight, lucas," she mumbles. and he smirks because she just called him lucas.