Girl meets Texas part 2 AU

I do not own anything.

Maya wanted to keep up with what she told him that if he rode that bull she would never talk to him again. A girl keeping true to her words, but with the hurt look on his face as he tried to get her to talk she broke. Stupid cowboy with his stupid face, stupid Zay chiming in when he wasn't needed at all. She had held back the tears that threatened to spill from her eyes, she loved putting on a tough front but it didn't mean that sometimes she couldn't break, she could, and she almost did. Looking up at the stars that night she admired them, imagining her paint stroke on a canvas capturing the beauty in front of her. She went back to looking at the fire, the nice feeling on her skin, she missed Zay going off with that Vanessa girl and almost missed Riley's plan.

"Maya likes you."

"Riley!" She cried out. The cracks were bigger, she felt weak to the knees. Could she run? Looking around there was nothing but woods. She glanced over at Farkle who smiled faintly at her. She could tell that even he didn't know that she was going to do that.

"She's been hiding it all this time. It's why she couldn't watch you at the rodeo." Riley continued. Lucas stared at her with a look that Maya couldn't place.

"What are you doing?" she asked her friend

"I saw you, Maya, I saw how much you cared." She directed at her friend, then turned towards Lucas who was watching in silence. "It's why she makes fun of you, I think."

It was the first time that Maya heard him speak and when he did she felt like ice was being poured down her back.

"What are we then Riley?" he asked her. Maya didn't want to hear, so she turned back towards the fire staring at the dancing flames.

"I told you what we are," Maya knew her friend, even if she had said those words she didn't believe them herself.

"What if that's not what I think we are?" Lucas asked, and she closed her eyes willing the tears to go away. Her front was slowly retreating but it was still there. She jumped slightly when she felt a hand on her shoulder and saw that it was Farkle. She gripped his hands willing herself to not break down.

"Well, then, you better start thinking of us like that," she said then stepped around him going to Maya who was back to staring at the fire and Farkle had gone kissing her forehead when he did.

"You stepped back, I know you stepped back," she said, and with that, she walked away to join Farkle and the others.

The two of them sat there in silence staring at the fire.

"What's going on?" Lucas asked her.

"I don't know." Was the short reply she gave.

"I'm her brother now?" he seemed confused, she couldn't blame him really.

"Apparently." He hesitated before saying.

"You like me?" it seemed more of a statement coming from him, but she knew better. She quickly replied. "No."

"Maya, why didn't you want me to ride in the rodeo?" he asked her looking at her as she kept her gaze forward.

"Because… I didn't want you to win and get all conceited," she said still looking at the fire.

"I don't think that's it," he said. Maya couldn't help herself.

"I don't think that's it," she was mocking him like she always did with the southern accent of his just to annoy him, and it worked.

"I don't talk like that, I just don't! Why do you see me like that?" he asked her curious.

"Of course I don't see you like that! Can we just .. can we just look at this fire, please?" she was tired, so tired. She just wanted to go home right now. "It's been bad enough that I've been keeping this secret from Riley all this time." she continued

"What secret?"

"You guys are so much alike. I thought you were just like brother and sister too."

"Why?"

"You're at your best when you're just talking to each other. Looking out for each other. That's what I believed, but I kept it a secret. And now the secret's out, so I don't have to carry it around with me anymore. I just don't wanna have any more secrets from her." and she really didn't Riley is one of her bestest friends, she was her bestest friend. Someone she knew that she could rely on when she was feeling down, someone to keep her from becoming the Maya that she was too scared of becoming.

"So you don't make fun of me because you like me?" he asked standing up

"I'm just gonna watch this fire." She herself didn't want to answer the question because of the reality that presented itself in the answer. But the freaking cowboy was persistent.

"Maya, why do you make fun of me?" Frustrated she got up and started.

"Because you're easy to make fun of-"

"Okay then stop!"

"Because you're a huckleberry. Because you're a Ranger Rick." she stopped in front of him looking up, he was tall.

"Would you stop?" he pleaded.

"Look, if I had feelings for you, don't you think I'd just come right out and say it? Well, I don't, so what I do say is-" she was cut off with the feeling of his lips against hers, they were chapped and rough. Maya thought when she had her first kiss it would be fireworks and little fairies would come and flounder in her mind but it was nothing like that. The kiss was pure fire, hot molten lava that made her flush from head to toe. His fingers had calluses and she could feel them as he lightly stroke her cheeks. Her eyes were closed, and all she could hear was the crackling of fire when he pulled away, and their slight heavy breathing. He was still holding her face in his hand and still bent over when she opened her eyes and stared at him the shock look on her face.

"Why did you do that?" she asked in a sheepish voice, shaking from the shock.

"I-I don't know, I just wanted you to stop talking?" he said.

"You couldn't think of a better way?" she asked the tears gathering in her eyes making him widened his eyes. He never saw her cry. This was Maya Hart the thought blonde beauty who never showed weakness.

"Don't cry, please don't cry," he said as he went to pull her in but she pulled back taking two steps back. He looked hurt but right now she could care less. This wasn't meant to happen, he wasn't supposed to kiss her, he was supposed to kiss Riley as they did before. Shaking her head she kept mumbling under her breath. Smoothing down her hair.

"I'm sorry," he said walking towards her but stopped when she puts her arms out.

"S-Stay, I- I have to figure out how to fix this… Okay, okay let's pretend this never happened. Yeah, that way we don't have to be awkward." She nodded her head as if to say that would be better.

"What if I don't want to forget about it?" Lucas asked.

"Well, you're gonna have to Ranger Rick, because this," she released a sigh. "This is never happening again." With that, she walked away leaving Lucas staring at her before he sat down and stared at the fire. His thoughts drifting between the two girls. He guesses he could compare Maya to the fire that he was staring at, the fire that seemed to get closer to him as the silent wind passed by, he almost wanted to reach out and touch it but he was afraid of burning. If he decided to be with her every day would be a new adventure that he would have to take, a new adventure that made his heart race and he didn't think he could keep up with that. While Riley was quiet, like a library, he would be learning something new with her every day and their similarities would provide minimal conflict, but what was a relationship without conflict? The moon set in as he continued staring into the fire. Tomorrow they would be going back to New York. Tomorrow things would change. ,