The Convenient Boyfriend

A Josh & Maya Story

By Brown Eyes Parker

Rated: T

Warnings: Light spoilers for Ski Lodge.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Even the title, I borrowed from a Hallmark movie that has nothing whatsoever to do with this story.

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Chapter 1

"You want me to be your fake boyfriend?" Josh Matthews asked, looking at Maya Hart incredulously.

"Only for 4th of July weekend," Maya replied. "There's a guy at the office who keeps hitting on me and he won't take no for an answer even though I told him that I had a boyfriend."

Josh frowned. "You told him that you have a boyfriend?"

"It isn't something I'm proud of!" Maya answered. "But seriously Josh, he wouldn't let up. It's like he's some god and I'm lucky that he even wants to date me."

"Have you filed a report with HR?"

"No!" Maya took a sip of her cocktail. "Unless there's actually sexual assault and I can prove it, there will be no filing of anything. And there hasn't been any sexual assault, he's just obnoxious. I think if he saw that I actually had a boyfriend, he would leave me alone."

"I don't think so. You just said he wouldn't take no for an answer, how is having a boyfriend going to do anything? I work with a guy just like that at my law office, trust me, a fake boyfriend isn't going to help anything."

"So, you're not going to help me?"

"I didn't say that," Josh said, stealing one of her appetizers. "If you think it's going to help, I guess I could try. Why would I leave my favorite girl in the lurch?"

Maya smiled. "Your favorite girl, huh? You better not say that too loudly. People might get upset for Riley's sake."

"Riley's my favorite female relative," Josh clarified. "So, now that we're boyfriend and girlfriend what's our story? How did we meet? Get together? Etcetera, etcetera."

"Why not half the truth? We met when we were kids," Maya answered. "You always have to make sure a lie has enough of the truth to make it believable."

"Okay but how did we get together?"

Maya sighed. "I don't know. We always liked each other from the first day we met."

"But the age difference was a problem!" Josh interjected. "So, we both agreed we were in it for the long game to someday."

"Wow!" Maya said. "Josh. . . you still have a way with words even after all these years."

"I was a favorite freelance writer at the New Yorker when I was in college," Josh reminded her.

"I remember," Maya answered, tapping him on the knee excitedly. "Okay, tell me more. How did we eventually get to someday? We were obviously together a lot because you're a Matthews and I'm Riley's best friend. But what happened when we got together? Was it romantic?"

"Yes," Josh said, taking another appetizer from her plate.

"Order your own appetizers Josh," Maya told him. "So? I want to know what happened. How did we finally get together?"

"It was after we both graduated college and got jobs at prestigious firms. I spent a lot of money trying to impress you with tickets to the Met and an expensive dinner. We both decided it was decidedly not us. But we tried again the next night with a trip to Coney Island and we officially got together over cotton candy and funnel cake. Did you tell this guy harassing you how long we've been together?"

Maya shook her head. "No."

"All the better," Josh answered. "It'll make it easier if he doesn't know."

"You're better at this lying thing than I thought," Maya said, signaling for the waiter to order more appetizers and another drink.

"You ain't seen nothin' yet," Josh informed her. "Just you wait. I'm going to have us both believing the snake oil I'm selling."

Maya giggled. "Pick me up tomorrow morning at my apartment! We're headed to the Hamptons!"

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He came to get her first thing the next morning, she was waiting for him in front of her apartment in Frada sunglasses and a white dress, a single suitcase was by her side. She smiled and waved when she saw him coming, tucking her hair behind her ears.

Josh pulled to the curb and got out of his Corvette to put her luggage in the trunk. "Ready for this weekend?" he asked.

"Yes," Maya answered.

"Good," Josh said. "Let's get this show on the road then. I think we need to talk about boundaries this weekend."

"Talk and drive at the same time," Maya replied as he opened the passenger seat for her and she slid in.

Josh shut the door and nodded. "Okay."

"I told my boss you were coming with me and he assumed we lived together, so we'll be sharing a guest room while we're in the Hamptons," Maya told him.

"I mean not that I thought we wouldn't be sharing a room," Josh said. "I'm very well aware of what people do these days."

Maya blushed. "So, we're sharing a bedroom. But what kind of PDA would you feel comfortable showing? We can't not show PDA. . ."

"Holding hands, putting my arm around you. . . kissing."

"Kissing?" Maya swallowed as Josh put the car into drive and started down the street.

"Only if we have to," Josh answered. "Let's be wild and crazy and like everyone else just for one weekend. We're trying to make your co-worker believe you have a boyfriend and as far as everyone who's going to meet me knows, we're madly in love."

"Madly in love?" Maya repeated, smiling at him.

"Head-over-heels," Josh said, putting a mix CD in the player. "If you don't mind, I put together a playlist of songs for the drive."

Maya sighed as the Beach Boys started to play. "I guess since you are being so nice and pretending to be my boyfriend for the weekend I can listen to your old music playlist."

"I know for a fact that you actually like old music," Josh answered.

Maya sighed again. "Don't tell drunken secrets this weekend," she added to the list of rules they were making.

"Same goes for you Miss Hart."

"I know I'm not immune to rules, Joshua! I'll follow all of them," Maya promised, smirking at him and leaning over to turn up the music. "Come on, let's get this weekend started!"

TBC. . .

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Author's Note:

Welp. I'm not sure what I'm doing with this but katdvs and I sort of fleshed it out, I have to give her some of the credit for helping me come up with this story. Thanks boo! I hope you all enjoy this story. Also, Chuck Bass wants to be Maya's boss but I'm not sure I want this story to be a 100 percent crossover. If he only shows up a few times, does it make it one?

Listen, I'm going out of town for two weeks at the end of July. So, if the story isn't finished by then, you're going to have a two week hiatus because this story is definitely going to span longer than two or three weeks. I have plans. Shaky plans but plans all the same.

Hope you'll tune in again soon!

I'm looking forward to your thoughts. Please drop a review!

Until Next Time!

Love,

Holly, 6/24/2016