"Hi. I'm Maya."
"Of course I like you."
"You can't hurt me, can you?"
"Go find Riley."
Maya Hunter found herself lost in her thoughts again as she looked down at her lap. The envelope lay heavy in her lap as she her mind raced to the past. To this exact spot just ten years earlier. When Riley first set eyes on Lucas.
She could still remember every piece of that moment.
Even the way he smelt.
But that didn't matter anymore. Maya lost how many times she stepped back for her best friend. She always would. Because she's Maya Hunter. And her best friend was Riley Matthews.
For now.
She knew once she opened this envelope, it would be closer to Friar than she would have liked it to have been.
Maya snapped her head up, looking around at the empty seats and all at once. Memories on memories of Lucas filled her mind.
Lucas and Maya seeing a scary movie together because it started at 10.
Lucas and Maya going to the hospital at the same time for Katy and Shawn Hunter's twin boys being born.
Lucas and Maya.
Lucas and Maya.
Lucas and Maya.
Something that she couldn't think of saying anymore. Something that wouldn't bring a smile to her face like it used to. Something that would only bring her dread.
She was in love with her best friend's fiance.
She probably always would be.
Maya looked back to her phone as it lit up, a new message from Farkle.
Bar on 24th is doing a karaoke contest. come down. FM
Maya sighed as she looked through her phone to try to find a song to sing and try to win money. But her eyes wandered back from the envelope from Texas. She slowly opened her eyes automatically started to sting.
Topanga Lawrence-Matthews and Cornelius Alan Matthews invite you to the wedding of their daughter Riley Ameila Matthews to Lucas Tristan Friar on June 28th 2022.
Maya quickly shoved the invitation back in to her purse as she left the empty subway.
The one with all over memories with her best friend.
Her best friend's fiance.
Maya wiped the rain off of her face as she hugged Farkle tightly when she walked into the bar. The bartender quickly called her up and the young girl looked up and walked to the stage. She wasn't expecting Riley and Lucas to walk in at the moment and her stomach sank. But quick did she put a smile to her face.
She took a deep breath and looked out to the crowd and then her eyes settled on the man she could never haven.
"Tonight I'm singing a song by Whitney Houston." She said, swallowing hard. "A song that has been helping me through a lot lately. It's called 'Didn't we almost have it all?'"