Girl Meets The First Time Series

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Chapter One: You Might Be, Sittin' Here Holdin' My Hand

Summary: Lucas and Maya have been together for some time now, but she knows that Lucas still has feelings for his ex, Riley, and just can't seem to let go of his feelings for the other girl. Story one in a series of non-related GMW stories that are only a series because the titles are each a song from Kelsea Ballerini's album, The First Time.

Disclaimer: I don't own Girl Meets World, or the songs use for this series.

Maya was in a sullen mood. She had come to some bar with a cowboy/western theme with her boyfriend Lucas, and she was in no way interested in being there. Sure, it was nice to go out with Lucas, but whenever it was his night to choose where they went, he always chose this particular bar, and it was starting to wear on Maya's nerves. She loved her boyfriend immensely, but he couldn't be more obvious about why he always chose this bar.

Maya knew it was because of her. Lucas' ex-girlfriend, Riley. She was a beautiful brunette, all long legs and skinny. Maya wasn't blind. She knew that Riley was more beautiful than she was. Riley was tall, whereas Maya was short. Riley actually enjoyed the atmosphere of the bar that they were at, whereas Maya usually just tolerated it for Lucas' benefit. Riley was a ray of sunshine that always seemed to light up the faces of everyone around her, whereas Maya was a dark cloud. Riley was an optimist, whereas Maya was a realist. Riley had grown up with Lucas, whereas Maya had only met him once he had moved to New York.

Of course, Lucas did deserve a sliver of credit. Despite clearly wanting to come to this bar to see Riley, he always was a dutiful boyfriend and pretended that he never saw the brunette beauty, and would always sit by Maya's side and hold her hand. Maya would be a fool and a liar if she ever said that she didn't appreciate Lucas' actions, but his motives were not because he loved his blonde girlfriend, so his actions were clouded.

"Lucas?" Maya asked over the music.

"Yeah?" Lucas asked.

"Can we go? I can't be here anymore." Maya replied.

"Why not?" Lucas asked.

"You know why. How can I compete with her?" Maya said on the verge of tears.

"Her who?" Lucas questioned. Maya almost smiled at his attempt to act like Riley wasn't here.

"Your ex-girlfriend. She's everything I'm not and I can't stand being here, knowing that you know she's here and pretending that you don't. I want to go home." Maya said as the tears started to fall.

"Maya, what are you talking about? Riley isn't here." Lucas insisted.

"She's in the middle of the dance floor Lucas. You've been staring at her since we walked in. You stare at her every time that we come here. Now if you aren't going to leave with me, then I'll head home myself." Maya said as she stood up, grabbed her coat and turned to walk away.

"Maya, wait!" Lucas called after her, but Maya didn't stop.

Maya kept walking until she got out of the bar and reached the street where she hailed a cab. She had already wiped angrily at the tears that were streaking her make-up, but she also knew that that had just made her look more like a mess. It wasn't until she was getting into the cab that had pulled up to the sidewalk that Lucas had finally caught up to his girlfriend.

"Maya, come on. Don't leave." Lucas pleaded, his Texan drawl coming out.

"I'm not going to stay here Lucas, not when she's here too." Maya countered.

"Riley isn't here! She's in Texas!" Lucas exclaimed.

"How do you know?" Maya asked as she glared at her boyfriend.

"She told me that she was going back." Lucas said and immediately realized his mistake.

"I knew it! You have still been seeing her! I'm going home. Find a hotel or somewhere else to stay tonight." Maya said as she climbed into the cab and told the driver where to go.

"MAYA!" Lucas attempted to call after her, but it was no use. The cab carrying his girlfriend was already gone.

"Lucas?"

"Riley? What are you doing here? I thought you were back in Texas?" Lucas asked as e whirled around.

"I told you that I was going back to Texas for the holidays. I leave tomorrow." Riley said.

"I'm an idiot." Lucas muttered.

"Yes you are. You just let your girlfriend, who is quite beautiful by the way, ride off in a cab and you aren't going after her." Riley said as she placed her hands on her hips, a glint from her hand catching Lucas' eye.

"You're engaged?" Lucas asked.

"Oh, yeah, I am. His name is Farkle. He's actually an acquaintance of your girlfriend's." Riley explained.

"You're marrying someone whose name is Farkle?" Lucas asked with a small laugh.

"Yes, and you should be going after your girlfriend." Riley reiterated.

"Right. Congratulations Riles." Lucas said before he hurried towards his truck and climbed in.

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Maya wanted to turn back the moment the cab pulled away from the bar, but she knew that if she did that then she would be allowing Lucas to get away with pretending he wasn't still in love with Riley. And Maya couldn't do that. She couldn't- and wouldn't- let Lucas Friar win. It wasn't in her nature to let him win in a situation like this. But they hadn't been in a situation like this before, had they? Maya couldn't remember, her jumbled emotions were making it difficult for her to focus. Then the ride was over way to fast.

Handing the driver some cash, Maya quickly got out of the backseat and stood on the sidewalk looking up at the brownstone that was in front of her. It had been a few months since she had been to visit her mom and step-dad, but that wasn't what made her stare. No, it was the realization that she would never have something like this with Lucas that made her stare at the building. This was the kind of place where a couple could start a family and make a home together. Not where a couple who would forever be a trio could live together.

Maya angrily wiped the tears away from her cheeks when she felt the moisture from them hit her lips. Why was she still crying? She was Maya Hart, and Maya Hart didn't cry. Especially not over a boy. But here she was, standing outside of her mother's home, crying over a boy, and wanting nothing more than for her parents to hold her tight and say that everything was going to be alright. Looking both directions to make sure Lucas hadn't left soon enough after her to be able to follow her, Maya hurried up the steps while pulling her keys out, and slipping her copy into the lock before quickly sliding inside.

"Mom! Shawn! Are you guys' home?" Maya called out.

"Maya? What on earth are you doing here? Where's Lucas?" Katy asked as she came into the foyer from the kitchen.

"Momma." Maya said as she burst into a fresh bout of tears and ran into her mother's arms.

"Sweetheart, what happened?" Katy asked soothingly.

"Can I stay here tonight?" Maya asked in between sobs.

"Of course you can. We love having you here." Katy replied, not pushing her daughter on what was wrong.

Katy Hunter knew her daughter. She knew that once Maya was ready to open up about what had happened, she would. In the meantime, Katy was just going to get Maya into some comfortable pajamas, a hot cup of tea and get her into bed, just like when Maya had been a little girl.

"Where's Shawn?" Maya asked softly.

"He's upstairs. Organizing some of the furniture in the baby's room." Katy replied softly.

"Can I see the baby's room?" Maya asked as she pulled away from her mother's embrace and lightly placed her hand on her mother's small baby bump.

"Of course. Shawn and I actually have something that we would like to ask you to do for the baby's room." Katy said with a smile as she headed up the stairs.

"Really? What is it?" Maya asked, the tears that had filled her eyes moments ago replaced by excitement.

"It was Shawn's idea, so I'm going to let him ask you." Katy said as the two blondes reached the 2nd floor landing. "Shawn, honey, Maya's here." She called out and a moment later, Maya's step-father stuck his head out from the far room.

"Hey sweetheart." Shawn said with a smile as he stepped into the hall and walked towards his step-daughter.

"Hi dad." Maya said as she ran into his arms as well.

"What did he do this time?" Shawn asked as his arms wrapped around Maya.

"What makes you think that he did something?" Maya asked as she looked up at him.

"You only call me dad when Lucas has done something to upset you and he needs to be straightened out. So what did he do this time?" Shawn asked again.

"On our date nights, we alternate on who gets to choose where we go, but every time that it's his turn to choose, he always chooses the same country bar, and he chooses it because his ex-girlfriend from Texas is always there. He still has feelings for her." Maya explained bitterly.

"I'll kill him." Shawn muttered.

"No, dad, don't kill him!" Maya exclaimed.

"Fine, I'll hurt him, really bad. No one treats our baby girl like that and gets away with it." Shawn relented.

"Mom, please say something!" Maya said as she looked over her shoulder at her mother.

"Shawn, honey, Lucas is a good boy, despite how poorly he is treating Maya, so I'm sure a stern talking to should suffice." Katy said as she stepped closer to her husband and placed a hand gently on his arm.

"Fine, I'll give him a stern talking to as a warning, but if I get wind that he has done something like this again, I'm going to hurt him." Shawn said with a sigh.

"Thank you." Maya said with a small smile before rubbing her hands together. "So, mom said that you wanted to ask me to do something for the baby's room?" She added as she stepped away from her parents and towards the room that Shawn had come out of.

"Yeah, we did. Maya, sweetheart, we were wondering if you would want to do a commissioned mural for your baby sibling's room?" Shawn asked with a huge smile.

A/N: This is my first GMW story that I'm posting, and as you can see, it is clearly an AU piece of fiction. Please take it easy on me with reviews. However, with that said, if any of the characters are out of character, please let me know so that I can work on fixing them.