Disclaimer: I do not own BMW, GMW, nor any of their characters or likeness. This story is for entertainment purposes only. Please forgive my choppy writing.
The night was young, and the lights of the city within the distance lit up the sky. Riley Mathews sat awestruck admiring the scenery through the window of her best friend's room. Maya sat atop her bed glaring frustratedly at Riley, waiting for her. "Riley are you going to come to bed, or stare out that window all night."
The young girl turned towards her with a gleeful smile on her face. "But I'm not tired yet, Maya."
"Really?" Maya mocked. "You wanting to stay up past 8:00, you little rebel what's gotten into you?"
"I just feel like the night is not quite over yet." Riley then stood up and energetically clapped her hands together. "Why don't we play a game."
Maya couldn't help but chuckle at the absurdity of her friend. "Ugh sure, but I'm sad to say I don't have any parcheesi or monopoly on hand."
Not understanding the sarcasm Riley was shocked and retorted, "Not even Candy Land?"
"Sorry Riles." Maya responded with a mild shrug.
"Well maybe we can play a different game." Riley placed a finger to her chin and thought to herself. After a moment she got an idea. "How about truth or dare? We haven't done that one since we were little." Suddenly Rileu walked over and sat in the middle of the floor ushering Maya to follow suite. "You can go first."
A small smirk appeared on Maya's face. "Drank one of the sodas from the fridge didn't you?" Riley didn't say anything, but the shy look on her fav gave away her guilt. "You're going to crash soon, I hope you know that." Despite this Riley did not move from her spot in the middle of the floor. Maya saw she wasn't going to get out of, so reluctantly got up and sat opposite of her friend. "Alright Riles, Truth or dare?"
"Truth" Riley quickly answered wearing a bright smile. It was unclear if she was eager to play or simply suffering the effects of the caffeine.
At this Maya responded in kind now mimicking Riley's cheesy grin. "Why did you think this would be a good game to play?"
Riley's demeanor dropped immensely as she began to see that she was being teased. "Because it's simple and we know the rules."
"Yea and we also know each other. Riley we tell each other everything, what makes you think there is any little truth that I don't know about you."
"I don't tell you everything" Riley argued childishly pouting her lip.
This did not sway Maya in the slightest, and she stated "Oh yea, quiz me."
Riley saw no issue with a small test so she nodded her head in agreement. "What's my middle name?"
"Amy, after your grandmother" Maya answered without hesitation.
"First Halloween costume?"
Maya once again quipped "Your parents were lazy and they dressed you up like a pumpkin." She still did not bat an eye.
"Favorite movie" Riley shyly asked, slowly becoming uncertain of her argument.
With one last devilish grin, Maya answered "Little Monsters, and you don't really have a reason for it, you just really liked the little boy in it."
"His curly hair is so mesmerizing." Riley unwittingly blurted aloud with the gleam of a daydream in her eye. This only made Maya smile wider, and Riley realize she lost any footing she had left. "Okay you've made your point. How bout you take a turn, I'm sure there's something I don't know about you."
"We'll see" Maya confidently retorted.
Feeling a little more calm Riley asked "Truth or dare?"
"Truth" Maya responded surely.
Riley took a moment to think of a question. "Okay ugh, favorite..."
"Rocky Road with chocolate chips" Maya interrupted. "Want to try again?" Her grin continuely taunting her friend.
Riley thought to herself once more. "Have you ever..."
Maya, however, once again cut her off. "Nope and I don't plan to, it hurts my calves." Riley was now visibly becoming worried, and Maya could see it. "Why don't you give it one more shot."
The girl nodded, and instead of pondering on what to ask she simply blurted out the first thing that came to mind. "Who was your first kiss?"
Unlike the previous two, Maya was not prepared for the question. "Ugh pass."
This was not the response that Riley expected, and she was not going to let this chance slip. "Wait, no you can't pass. I legitimately don't know this one."
"Well I don't want to answer it." Maya no longer was smiling, she now held a very serious scowl.
"You're not allowed to do that" Riley whined. "It's the rules of truth or dare. Don't desecrate the sanctity of this time honored game."
Maya was too tired to even want to argue, so she gave in. "Fine. The truth is, I've never kissed anyone before." There was a cold silence between them, until Maya mustered up another shy grin and said "I guess it's your turn, Truth or dare? Maybe this time you'll catch onto what you need to do."
"Truth" Riley unblinking answered.
"Or not" Maya quietly exclaimed to herself. "Okay I guess I'll humor you. What's your favorite..."
"Vanilla with gummy bears" Riley interrupted this time. "Truth or dare Maya?"
Somewhat confused she gingerly responded. "Truth."
"Why have you never kissed anyone before?"
Now understanding the direction this was heading in, Maya tried to put a halt to it. "Dare."
"I dare you to tell me why you've never kissed anyone before." The roles had reversed and Riley was the one wearing the smug grin.
With a deep sigh, Maya pinched the bridge of her nose. "I just haven't found someone special enough to share that with yet."
"What about Lucas have you ever thought about him?"
A light chuckle escaped from Maya. "In that crazy situation we got going on right now, I don't know which one of us is his girlfriend or if we even are his girlfriends. Besides have you even kissed him since that one day on the subway?"
Riley suddenly became very timid. "No, the moment hasn't been right."
Maya gently nodded. "Well I've never had that moment."
Once again an air of awkward quiet hung. Riley stared down at her lap for several seconds deep in thought, she then glanced back up at Maya and while looking at her the smile returned to Riley's face as an idea came to mind. "Truth or dare?"
"Riles it's your turn" Maya tried to protest
However, Riley would not yield. "Truth or dare Maya" she repeated.
Visibly getting tired of the back forth, Maya shut her eyes, leaned her head back, and lazily uttered "Dare."
Riley focused in on Maya and spoke down to almost a near whisper. "I dare you to kiss me."
At that moment Maya's eyes shot open, and she looked back down at her friend who was staring directly at her. "What did you say?"
"You heard me." There was a light blush on Riley's cheeks as she tried to remain as composed as possible.
An even deeper shade of pink took over Maya's cheeks. "Riley I'm not going to kiss you, you're my best friend."
"Exactly why you need to." Riley then placed a hand on Maya's shoulder. "You're one of the kindest people I know., you deserve your first kiss to be with someone who loves you."
"You stole that line from Perks of Being A Wallflower."
"Doesn't make it any less true" Riley firmly replied. "We're about to enter high school, territory we've never faced before. I want you to go in there as prepared and savvy to the world as possible."
"Are you sure you want this?" Maya's voice was really shaky, she was obviously nervous.
Riley saw this and tried to calm her own nerves to help ease her friend. "Absolutely."
"How do we do this" Maya asked uncertain of what she should expect.
Riley took ahold of Maya's hand, she could feel a slight shiver in her palm. It was obvious that her friend was nervous, but to be honest so was Riley. She only had one prior kiss and it was not like she received notes on it's quality, despite this she was more than willing to take this step. She slowly leaned in as Maya's shaken face slowly inched closer as well. Both girls closed their eyes as they drew closer and closer, eventually their noses lightly grazed one another until their lips made the subtlest touch. The kiss was not deep or really even passionate, however the contact seemed to last longer than what would have been expected. Neither girl immediately volunteered to pull away, nor did it seem that they wanted to. But eventually they did slowly arch away from each other, and as they broke Riley looked directly into Maya's eyes and there were small beads of tears. "Why are you crying?"
While wiping the away tears with her sleeve, Maya answered "Because you gave me something I thought I'd never get."
"A kiss" Riley asked confused.
This made made Maya giggle slightly.."Not just that but a kiss from someone I genuinely cared about, and I knew cared about me."
The blush on Riley's cheeks grew even deeper. "Oh peaches."
Maya gripped Riley's hand even tighter. "I love you Riley, your my best friend." She wanted each word to feel like she truly meant it.
Riley understood this and she returned a squeeze of her own. "I love you to." She then suddenly tipped over face first into Maya's shoulder as she instantly fell asleep.
Maya had to resist the urge to roll her eyes at this. "Alright I think it's time for bed." Taking Riley's arm and dragging her to feet, they both slowly walked forward, and climbed into the bed they were sharing. As they laid there several thoughts flowed through Maya's head, some good some not, and some in between. After a moment of restless she whispered "Hey Riley."
"Yes Maya" Riley responded half awake.
"Promise me that we'll never forget this moment." There was a twinge of both joy and worry in her voice.
Riley's eyes lightly opened and she smiled sticking the pinky with the friendship ring out. "I promise."
With that Maya's restless mind was eased, and they both took in one last deep breathe before fading off to sleep.
Author's Notes: So I originally planned for this to be a one shot, but I'm now considering turning it into a short series. Let me know what you think by leaving a review or sending me a PM. Once again thank you for reading.