Chapter 2: Movie Night (Part 1)

It has been a weeks since Josh and Maya last saw each other. They are both busy in school and both of their schedules are pretty hectic but apart from all of it, they still manage to be in contact with each other. Josh would text her 'Good morning gorgeous' every morning and 'Good night. Sweet dreams beautiful' every night before he went to bed. It seems like they are already officially together but they know that if they wait for the right time, they knew their ending would be beautiful.

The gang is at Topanga's after school to do their homework together; once they finished it, they started talking about what they want to do that weekend.

"Can we have a movie date on Friday evening" their little ball of sunshine friend suggested "That's a great idea Riles" Lucas told his girlfriend "Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them is showing that day" Smackle added "Who doesn't love a movie about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter" Farkle continued what his girlfriend said.

"So everyone's in?" Riley asked looking at her friends "Can't" Zay told them "Why not?" Riley asked "That's when my date with Sarah is" he replied "Why don't you just bring her buddy? She's been our classmate since middle school after all" Lucas told him "I'll go text her if it is okay with her" Zay said pulling his phone from his pocket, few minutes later Sarah replied that it is okay.

"How 'bout you Maya?" Riley asked her best friend since she hasn't said a word since they talked about the movies.

Maya felt a bit left out knowing that all of them have a love life; well she does have one but they're waiting for the right time to be together. Maya knew that if she comes to the movies with her friends that night, she would be a third wheel on their triple date. She immediately made up a stupid but believable excuse to make sure her friends would believe her "I want to improve my artistic side" she lied "Really? That's your excuse?" Lucas said not believing her "I'm not wasting Riley's gift to me last week" she replied defensive "Okay, if you're sure that you really don't want to come with us" Riley said a bit upset that her best friend will not be joining them "I'm 100 percent sure" Maya smiled to assure them that it is really alright for her.

Friday came quick and once their last class is over Riley and Maya both sat on the bay window. "What is the real reason why you don't want to come to the movies tonight?" Riley asked because she noticed that Maya has been distancing herself a bit when they are spending time with their boyfriend or girlfriend in their group "You can tell me anything, I'm your best friend" Riley added to show her that what ever is bothering her, she's there for her.

"I feel like I'm always the third wheel in our group" Maya told her honestly "You all pair out as couples while I sit on a chair nearby all by myself" she added "Why can't you just look for a guy?" Riley asked "I can't Riles, I don't see anyone I'm attracted to at school and every time I think about having a boyfriend, all I could think about is Josh" Maya replied looking at her left finger and playing with the ring that Josh gave her "The long game is harder than I thought" Maya added quietly.

Riley looked at her friend sympathetically "Why can't you just tell my uncle that?" she asked "I see how you light up every time you see him, why don't you talk to him about how you feel?" she asked. Maya just exhaled and let destiny rule what ever she has with Josh.

That evening, Riley, Maya, and Smackle are all chatting about random things in Riley's room while waiting for their friends. "Hey girls" Topanga greeted as she enters her daughter's room "Your friends are all waiting for you downstairs" she told them and left. The girls went downstairs afterward.

Downstairs, Cory and Topanga are both making sure that Josh understood the rules in the house before they left with Katy and Shawn to upstate New York for the weekend. "I'll make sure everything's okay once you get back to your trip" Josh assured them that he is a trustworthy uncle "Repeat what we said" Topanga told him "Once Aggie came back from him and Ava's playdate, feed him, and put him to bed, and make sure Riley didn't come home late" Josh answered "Okay, bye Josh; Riley don't come home late" Cory told them before they left.

"Bye uncle Josh" Riley told her uncle before she and her friends leave for the movies. Once she closed the door, Josh heard someone coming down from the stairs; he grabbed the nearest object he could find which is a pillow on the couch. When he heard the person getting nearer, Josh ran and threw the pillow on the person's face hard.

"I'm not aware that there would be a pillow fight" Maya sarcastically said "Sorry, I thought you're an intruder. As far as I know, I'm the only person inside the apartment" Josh said apologetically and went closer to Maya. He put both of his hands on her face to make sure that he didn't bruise her beautiful face "Are you okay" he asked sincerely "Josh, it's just a pillow, it's practically harmless" she told him.

"What are you doing here by the way?" Josh asked her once he removed his hands from her cheeks "Not that I didn't want you here" he added "Didn't Topanga told you that I would be staying for the weekend?" she asked "I thought you were with Riley" he replied "They're having a triple date and I don't want to be a third wheel or ninth wheel" she told him honestly "I thought Zay would be willing to sit next to you when Riley and Lucas go to the movies" Josh said "Zay have a date, and I don't expect him to always be dateless with me every time me and my friends wanted to go somewhere" she told him. Josh could feel that she's left out so he decided that he would like to put the smile back on Maya's face.

"Hey Maya, have you eaten dinner yet?" he asked "No" she replied "What do you want? Lets order something, tacos, pizza, what?" he asked her holding her hand "Can we have pizza and Ice cream sandwich for dessert" she told him, the smile on her face came back "Pizza and Ice cream sandwich it is" he said bringing out her phone to order their food.

"The food will be here in 30 – 45 minutes" he told her "Hey Maya, since Riley went to the movies, how about we have a movie marathon here after Auggie went to bed so we don't have to pause the movie" he suggested "Sure, but what do we do now?" Maya asked "Help me do my laundry, please?" he pleaded with a smile that she could never say no to him "Okay fine" she gave in then Josh went to get his laundry sack and Together they went to the laundry room "You're lucky I'm so nice to you Boing" she teased him "You know, I miss it when you call me Boing" he told her.

Maya is sitting at the top of the washing machine and laughing at Josh at how he is doing his laundry "Why are you laughing at me?" he asked frustrated, he doesn't eve know what he is trying to separate "I'm completely sure that after this, you'll be wearing a shrunk fitted pink outfits" she teased "Can you just help me?" he pleaded "If I do, what do I get in return?" she asked trying to bargain with him "How about I help you with your home work?" he offered "Sorry Boing, we always do our assignments at Topanga's after class" he told her "What do you want in return then?" he asked "I'll think about it but you owe me one" with that being said, Maya hopped off from the washing machine and helping Josh with his laundry.

Once they put his last batch of laundry inside the machine, they heard Auggie looking for them in the living room "Hey Buddy" Josh greeted when he entered the living room "Uncle Josh!" Auggie screamed hugging him "Hey buddy, have you eaten yet?" he asked "We ate dinner before I left Ava's" he replied "Then go get changed and ready for bed" Josh said to his little nephew "Can you read me a story before I go to bed?" the little boy asked with pleading eyes "Sure buddy, just let me finish my laundry and I'll go to your room and read you a story" he told him and Auggie run to his room.

"Where's Auggie?" Maya asked when Josh entered the room "He is in his room preparing for bed, he already ate dinner before he left Ava's apartment" Josh told her while removing his now fresh and dry laundry on the basket.

While they were removing the clothes from the dryer, Maya noticed Josh's purple shirt that says NYU on it "Hey Josh, can I borrow this?" she asked holding up his shirt to show him "Why?" he asked curiously "I don't I don't know, I just like it" she told him "Please" she gave him her best puppy dog eyes with a pout and baby voice "You look so cute right now how could I say no" he smiled at her.

Few minutes later they heard a knock on the door. "That must be our food, I'll go get it" Josh told her leaving her to fold his clothes. Josh payed the delivery man, put the box of pizza on the table, put the ice cream sandwich on the freezer, then went back to Maya.

"Food's here, why don't you change to your pajamas while I put Auggie to sleep then we could start our movie marathon" he told her then he left and went to Auggie's room.

"Hey buddy" Josh greeted once he entered his nephew's room "Did you brush your teeth?" he asked "yes" Auggie proudly replied with a smile showing his pearly white teeth "Then it's time to go to bed" Josh said putting Auggie on his neck and letting him fall on his bed. Auggie laughed as his Uncle did this then Josh tuck him into bed "What bedtime story did you want me to read?" he asked him looking at his bookshelf "The tree" Auggie replied "Okay then" he replied then read him the book.

Once Auggie fell asleep Josh went to the living room to see Maya folding his laundry "I really owe you Maya, thanks for doing my laundry" Josh said sitting next to her on the couch "I should thank you for keeping me company" she smiled.

"Why don't you go and choose a movie while I change and then we'll eat our dinner" he told her "By the way, keep my shirt it looks better on you" he added before he left

AN: I'm really sorry for the super late update, I have to memorize 2 poems, 1 declamation, and 1 newly composed song. I was suppose to send this last week but unfortunately I got really sick. I hope you understand.

Thank you for all the readers who gave this story a chance, and to the people who reviewed this, thank you so much for you kind words. :)

J. Jackal

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