Maya's P.O.V
"Hello? Riley?" I say, coming in through her bedroom window. Okay, so it's midnight and she should be asleep, so should I, but I need to talk. "Riley?" I ask again, gently shaking her.
Riley mumbles something which I can't make sense of, probably telling me to go away, until she sees who it is.
"Maya, what are you doing? It's the middle of the night, why are you here?" She asks.
"It's about my date with Lucas. Riley, I don't think he likes me." I say.
"Of course he does. But anyway, what happened?" She's interested now, I can tell. So I tell her all about doing nothing, just sitting there bored out of my mind, and finally pouring a milkshake over his head.
"How'd your date with Charlie go?" I finally say.
"I don't know. I don't think I actually like him." Riley says, and I wish she was happy about her date. Because I can see her having second thoughts, not entirely sure whether she likes Lucas or not.
"Look, Riley, this doesn't mean that you want to go back to dating Lucas, does it?" I say, the words escaping my mouth without them meaning too.
"No, of course not. He's yours. He just my brother." I try to just listen to what she's saying, not how she's saying it, but I fail. Surely she can't actually like Lucas though. When I pretended to be her, I found out that she didn't like him like that. So why was I doubting it now? Why did I think I was wrong? I don't know, I don't know at all.
Riley's P.O.V
I hate keeping secrets from Maya. But I can't tell her what Farkle said, I honestly can't. She needs to hope. For her whole life, she's said that that hope is for suckers. But now she's hoping too, hoping that things will be okay for her. I have to act natural around her. I just have to live with the fact that Maya likes Lucas.
"Maya, we need to sleep now, we've got school tommorow. We can spend hours here later if you want, but I'm tired." I say, and then I pretend to sleep while a million thoughts fly through my mind.
