~ Maya ~

As much as she couldn't believe she'd made it to Senior year, Maya was beyond happy to be starting the first day of what would likely be her last year of high school education. She smiled a bit to herself as she pulled into the Adams High Senior lot and snagged the first spot she saw.

"Hey dollface!" She called out as she passed through the front door into the busy hallway!

"Maya!" Smackle cheered, knocking people out of the way to get to her friend.

Maya chuckled, "I missed you! Next summer if you travel, I'm coming along!"

Smackle nodded and held out her hand to shake. "Deal!"

They both laughed a little more as they began to trek towards their lockers. The hall was crowded, but they were used to the shoving.

"Have you hung out with Zay at all these last few weeks?" Smackle asked

Maya sighed, "No, he was finishing up summer work outs for football, which means he's been spending more time with the other team."

Smackle tried her best not to frown, she never knew how best to cheer Maya up when she felt like she was being abandoned, but she'd taken it upon herself to be Maya's cheerer upper ever since things had come apart.

"Look at the bright side May, at least this is the last year of the custody agreement."

Maya rolled her eyes. "I just think it's stupid that he still actually tries to go back and forth when everyone else has just chosen a side. I mean I get that Lucas was his friend before I was, but he agrees that what Lucas and Riley did wrong."

Smackle simply frowned.

Maya barely noticed as she wretched her locker open and began to shove her old things back in.

"Is it at all possible that you and Riley might come to terms with what happened?" Smackle asked

"You ask me every year," Maya sighed, pausing to look at her friend, "and every year I tell you the same thing. I don't care what Riley and Lucas do anymore, but I think it's stupid that we've spent the last three years trying to share Zay."

Smackle frowned, despite the fact that she was used to the divide, she had hoped maybe one day it could go back to how it used to be.

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