A/N: This is just what I wished would've happened. I think this pleased my soul more than what they did on the show.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, sadly.
Summary: AU version of the Ski-lodge episode.
Enjoy.
Maya sat at the bay window looking out at the night sky and sighed. Everything should have fixed itself but it didn't because Lucas still hadn't chosen anyone. And at the moment, Maya was getting irritable and just closed off from her and Lucas' relationship altogether. She just couldn't understand what the problem was. Was it either her or Riley? And right now she didn't even know if she really felt that way about him.
"Hey." whispered a voice. It startled her but she quickly recovered and discovered that Riley's Uncle Josh was what scared her.
"A little warning next time!" she hissed quietly knowing Cory and Topanga were in the sitting room talking. Her hand left her heart and to the ends of her hair, playing with her split ends.
"What are you thinking so hard on?"
"Lucas." She blushed red. Her crush on Josh never deflated. It was still there and she always felt her heart race whenever he was around. But she also felt safe.
"Oh."
"Yeah. I mean, he's really getting on my nerves. Why can't he just pick already? At this rate, I don't even care who he chooses. It could be Oprah for all I care! I mean a year to choose between two girls! That's ridiculous, right?" She added quietly at the end. The truth was she was very frustrated.
But at who?
"So, what you're saying is, no matter who he chooses you're backing out. You don't want him anymore?"
She smiled.
"Yeah. I guess I never really liked him but just the idea of having a good guy and having that person choose me. But not feel conflicted like Lucas." They both chuckled at the young man's ignorance and selfishness.
"I mean, I don't even want him with Riley. To string her along like that. Ugh! He's a great friend just wrong boyfriend material." Unbeknownst to the young couple, Riley sat with her parents listening to the two talk.
"I understand. As her uncle, all I want to do is punch him in the face."
"Right! I poured a smoothie over his head on our first date. Oh, Josh, it was awful. We didn't talk. Nothing. Just sat there awkwardly."
Josh smiled, "Maya, that's what dating is. It's all about getting to know each other."
Maya nodded her head in understanding,"I guess I never saw him that way. I was so uncomfortable with him." She ran her fingers through her hair out of frustration. Josh felt sorry for the girl. She was just starting to think maturely and then some idiot who wants to play with her heart comes along and ruins it.
"I'm sorry," he says. Maya looked at him in confusion.
He took her hands,"First, for keeping you up this late. Second, for rejecting you. And third, for never telling you how I felt." Maya froze. She couldn't stop the number of emotions parading around in her heart from bursting at his words. Did Josh just confess something to her? She didn't know but didn't want him to let go of her hands.
"Ever since I met you, I knew. I knew you were the one. Every time you'd visit with Riley I grew fond of you every day. When you stopped coming by, I knew what it was to lose the sun. You were a light, a beacon of hope for me."
"How?" asked Maya who never really cared about hope until recently. He gave her hands a squeeze.
Exhaling softly he recounted as best as he could the words his brother Cory once told him as a young boy, "One day my brother, Cory, told me..."
"You know what's out there? The world and you're going to be apart of it someday. You're going to learn something every day."
"Yeah," said a young Josh. Cory chuckles.
"You're gonna make mistakes. You're gonna make good friends. Mr. Feeney will probably teach you every grade you'll ever in. And maybe you'll meet a woman as great as Topanga. How'd you like that?"
Josh brought a hand to cup Maya's face and leaned forward to lightly press a kiss on her lips. Unbeknownst to them was the three heads looking at them with gaping holes in their faces. While Riley looked slightly horrified and disgusted, Cory and Topanga looked ecstatic and happy.
The kiss was slow and fast but it made its impact on both. Maya felt flutters in her stomach at her first kiss and Josh felt relieved to have finally kissed the woman he loved.
Maya awoke with a genuine smile on her face. She actually had a deep sleep and it was amazing. Josh finally admitted to liking her, maybe even love her. But he wanted to wait on the relationship thing till she got older. And she was okay with that. She just wanted to get to know him.
"So, you and Josh." Riley laid beside her best friend with a grin on her face. Maya had some inkling Riley knew about the night before and her face became serious.
"Lucas isn't the guy for you. He's a selfish jerk and not great boyfriend material. You are fifteen years old and you are still learning yourself. Your life isn't your parents so slow down and breathe. Find you before finding it in someone else. I promise the one for you will come along." Maya huffed out in one breath. She needed her best friend back and if by force she'd do it.
"Okay."
"Okay?"
"Yeah. No more Lucas."
Both girls smiled and lay in bed for few more seconds before getting ready to face the day.
