Maya Hart had been in love with Riley Matthews ever since the day they first met, she just never realized until one night three years ago.
(Flashback to that night)
Maya was 10 and Riley was 9. They were in fifth grade and had been best friends as long as they could remember. Maya was broken inside from her terrible home life, but being with Riley still made her feel like the luckiest girl in the world. So on this night, 10 year old Maya is sitting on her bed. She is the only one in her apartment because her mom is working late as usual. It's about 10:15, and she knows her best friend Riley isn't allowed to use her phone passed 8:30. Maya feels very lonely, and wants nothing more than to visit her best friend. So Maya has this crazy thought: She'll climb through Riley's window so the Matthews won't try to send her home.
Around 10:40 Maya quietly climbs into Riley's bedroom. Unfortunately, Riley is already asleep. Maya considers waking her up, but then notices something about Riley. She looks so beautiful and peaceful. Maya walks toward Riley's bed very slowly to avoid waking her up. Maya seems to space out for a second, and before she realized what she was doing, her lips were on Riley's gently kissing her. The second Maya realized what she was doing, she bolted out of the room. Surely that would wake her best friend and their friendship would be over. Maya waited a few minutes outside til she realized Riley had not moved the slightest bit. She was still as peaceful and beautiful as she was when Maya first entered. So on that night, Maya realized two things. First, Riley is a really heavy sleeper. And second, Maya was in love with her best friend.
(Present Day)
Maya enters through the window. She always does. It reminds her of that night. Riley thinks she just does it simply because she's Maya.
"Hey, Riles" Maya greets her best friend
"Maya! You'll Never guess what I had a dream about last night!"
Maya rolls her eyes.
"Lucas?" Maya assumes being that's usually the correct answer.
"No, we went back in time and dinosaurs were chasing us! But then you just started talking to them like they could understand you and they let us ride on them!" Riley explained giggling.
Maya smiled at how adorable and goofy Riley was being. So Maya took Riley's hand and they were off to school.
They were sitting in science class when the topic of animal instincts came up. The teacher was explaining that much like humans, it's instinctive for chimps to give each other kisses. Normally Maya wouldn't pay attention in science, but this was different as it reminded her of the night three years ago when she kissed Riley. She looked over at her best friend, more specifically at her lips. She began to wonder if Riley was still as heavy a sleeper as she was three years ago. She came to the conclusion that she would climb in Riley's window tonight and find out.