Author's Note: Hey All! Season 6! Senior Year!
[September 5, 2019]
Maya's POV
My phone started ringing.
"Why?!" I whined, blindly reaching for my phone. "Hello?" I answered.
"Hey Peaches," Riley said into the phone. "Did I wake you?"
"Yes," I said. "Why'd you call me, Riles?"
"It's the first day of Senior Year!" She said. I looked at the time.
"Riley! It's 5am!"
"So?" She asked.
"I'll see you at you at school, Riles," I said, hanging up. I fell back into the peaceful abyss of sleep.
Riley's POV
"Hi Peaches!" I shouted when I saw her in the hall. She was holding a coffee. She seemed to have gotten into the coffee thing over the summer. She hurried by my side.
"Did you have to shout it?" She asked.
"Sorry," I said. I'm just excited. "How was your summer?"
"Riley, we worked together almost all summer," she said.
"I know."
"On my days off, I hung out with Josh, and you, and my family." KC and Farkle came in. Farkle got a lot different over the summer. He gained muscle and kept some facial hair.
"Hey, Fark, looking good," Marley said. "You got him in the gym this summer, KC?"
"Marley!" KC said excitedly. They hugged. "I didn't see you all summer!"
"Where have you been?" I asked.
"I went out of state to babysit my cousins for the Summer," Marley said.
"And actually, Josh got him to the gym," KC said.
"Hey, Mar," Farkle said. He gave her a hug.
The bell rang and we all went to dad's class.
"Welcome back!" Dad said.
"How was your summer, Mr. Matthews?" Lucas asked.
"Well I still had to do school stuff, " he answered. "But other than that, it was great! What about you, Lucas?"
"Pretty good, Sir," he said.
"What will we be doing today?" Maya asked.
"Well I was thinking we could just do a free day today," Dad said. "It's the first day back, and you're seniors now. Enjoy it, 'cause tomorrow you're getting homework."
"Really?" I asked.
"Yes," he said. "Fine if you want work, write the accomplishments you have achieved in your lifetime."
"Okay," I said. I started writing stuff down.
"Oh, there is one thing I should tell you," he said. "You all should start thinking about where you want to go for your senior trip and start fundraising for it."
KC POV
After school, we went to work. Aaron came in with me. After Farkle and I set up the equipment, we went on stage, Aaron following.
"Hey all," I said into the mic. "Today, we're trying something different. My son, Lucas Aaron, will be playing drums with us today! He's been practicing all summer, so give him a warm welcome." All of our friends clapped.
"First song we'll be playing is a song that means a lot to us," Farkle said.
Oh, oh
Aaron started playing.
Oh
Oh, oh, oh
You were in college, working part-time, waiting tables/ Left a small town, never looked back/ I was a flight risk, with a fear of fallin'/ Wondering why we bother with love, if it never lasts
I say, "Can you believe it?"/ As we're lyin' on the couch/ The moment, I can see it/ Yes, yes, I can see it now
Do you remember, we were sittin', there by the water?/ You put your arm around me for the first time/ You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter/ You are the best thing, that's ever been mine
Flash forward, and we're takin' on the world together/ And there's a drawer of my things at your place/ You learn my secrets and you figure out why I'm guarded/ You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes
And we got bills to pay/ We got nothin' figured out/ When it was hard to take/ Yes, yes/ This is what I thought about
Do you remember, we were sittin', there by the water?/ You put your arm around me for the first time/ You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter/ You are the best thing, that's ever been mine/ Do you remember all the city lights on the water?/ You saw me start to believe, for the first time/ You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter/ You are the best thing, that's ever been mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
And I remember that fight, two-thirty a.m./ 'Cause everything was slipping right out of our hands/ I ran out, crying, and you followed me out into the street/ Braced myself for the goodbye,/ 'Cause that's all I've ever known/Then, you took me by surprise/ You said, "I'll never leave you alone"
You said, "I remember how we felt, sitting by the water./ And every time I look at you, it's like the first time./ I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter./ She is the best thing that's ever been mine."
Hold on/ And make it last/ Hold on /And never turn back
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter/ You are the best thing, that's ever been mine
Do you believe it?/ We're gonna make it now/ And I can see it/ I can see it now
Maya's POV
I went back to Topanga's to get the rest of the orders to take out.I recognized one the addresses.
"Really?" I asked, laughing a bit.
"What?" Mom asked.
"Josh, knows he can come in and get something, right?" I asked. "They don't live that far away."
"He requested delivery," she said. "I'm guessing to see a specific delivery girl."
"He's such a dork," I said.
"I know," she said. "Don't stay too long." I face-palmed.
I got in the car and took the rest of the deliveries before going to his apartment. I knocked on the door. He opened it.
"Hey beautiful," he said.
"Hey Josh," I said.
"Sorry, I'm just working on homework," he said. "Thank you. Here's the money for it." He handed me the money in cash.
"Is the homework the only reason you ordered delivery?" I asked.
"Of course not," he said. "I was wondering if you would like to go on a picnic after you get off work."
"Sure," I said. "I'd like that." We stood there looking at each other for a while. "I should probably get back to my job."
"Huh?" He asked and blinked at few times. "Oh yeah. Yeah, you should get back to that." He ran his hand through his hair. "I love you."
"I love you too," I said. He leaned in and pecked my lips.
KC's POV
Maya came back in after her last run of deliveries. We were playing an original. It was the last song of the night. After we finished, Farkle and I started putting up the equipment.
"So how did Aaron convince you to let him play with you?" Riley asked.
"He's been asking all summer," I said. "I finally caved."
"He's really good," she said.
"I know," I said. "I think him playing with us should just be a once in a while thing, though. I don't want him to be put under pressure. He really seems to like it, though."
"I've gotta run, I'm going on a date with Josh," Maya said.
"Okay see you later," I said.
Maya's POV
Josh drove us to central park. He put the blanket down and we sat down, placing the basket between us.
"How's school going?" I asked him.
"It's going pretty good," he said. "It's a little stressful, but the time I get to spend with you takes the edge off. How was your first day of senior year?"
"Your brother gave us a free day today, basically," I said. "But he told us we should think about where we want to go for our senior trip."
"Knowing you, you'd want to do something fun and adventurous," he said.
"Yeah, but we all have to figure it out together," I said. I tapped my fingers on the basket. "So, what did you bring?"
"Well," he said, opening the basket. "We've got fried chicken, apples, a couple of sodas, and some chocolate chip cookies."
"So who made the chicken?" I asked, knowing he didn't.
"Farkle," he said. "You can't trust me cooking with oil."
"I know I can't," I laughed. "I was there when you tried, remember? You burned your hand and freaked out because of it."
"Yeah, I remember," he said. "That was so embarrassing." We both laughed. We started eating.
"Farkle is a good cook," I said.
"I know," he said. After a bit, he asked, "Hey, Maya?"
"Yeah?"
"I've been meaning to do this for a while," he said.
"Do what?" I asked.
"Well," he said. "I, um," he seemed nervous. "I got us promise rings."
"Really?" I asked. "That's so sweet!"
"I was planning on giving it to you in June," he said, "but I didn't want to freak you out after that whole thing with Riley and Lucas."
"I would have accepted a promise ring, Boing," I said.
"I didn't want you to think I was proposing," he said. "I know you're not ready for that. I was going to ask Will you accept this promise ring?"
"How do you know that I'm not ready?" I asked.
"You talk in your sleep a lot," he said. "And you are the kind of person who likes to enjoy the moment, not just live in it. And I know you want to finish school before we get married."
"You notice things like that," I said. "How?"
"Like I told you at the ski lodge, I've gotten pretty good at observing things," he said. "No one realizes what they give away in little things they do or say." He put the ring on my ring finger on my right hand, and his on his own.
"The sky is so beautiful tonight," I said.
"I know," he said. He put his arm around me. We laid down on the picnic blanket and looked up at the sky.
"You know something?" I asked.
"Yeah?"
"It's amazing how God paints the sky for us, and it's different every day and night," I said. "We look at everyone and everything, and we never think about how everyone and everything we see is made by a Creator that pays so much attention to detail that he makes each of us different, from our looks to our personalities."
"Looks like I'm not the only one that has gotten pretty good at observing things."
"It does look like that, doesn't it?"
"Yeah," he said. "I've got to say, though, you are one of the most beautiful creations that He's made that I've ever seen. Not just in looks, your personality is extremely beautiful too."
"Thank you," I said. "Same to you. I love you, Joshua Gabriel Matthews."
"I love you too, Maya Penelope Hunter," he answered. He kissed my head. We laid there staring at the stars.