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The ride home had been uncomfortable, they all were talking about how Lucas had been so brave and had mastered tombstone the bull, how he had been a hero and how his family was so proud now. Everyone laughing, everyone talking, everyone except Maya of course, she remained in the front seat, next to Pappy Joe who was driving it. Maya look at the rear-view mirror once and she saw Lucas watching her carefully, her green sea-foam eyes piercing her, but she quickly broke their stare down. When Maya broke it, Lucas fists clenched, he curse under her breath, still trying to understand why Maya had been so mad and him, he looked at that blonde hair falling like a cascade through her back, her baby blue eyes looking outside with an absent look on her face.
The rest of the day went without much struggle really, Maya was confined in her room all afternoon, she doubted if she really wanted to go to the rodeo and see Riley and Lucas together. Maya stayed in her bed and tried to sleep it off but it had been hard, especially with Riley laughing outside the room as her friends talked outside during lunch. Maya scoff, she shouldn't be locked forever because of a boy but of course the problem was that she was in the house of that boy, locked there until the weekend. But Maya stood up from her bed, she wasn't going to let that the pain in her heart take over her life, she was going out tonight and she wasn't going to care about Lucas that night.
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"Maya you look amazing!" Riley said as she entered the room, It was now like 6:00 and they were all getting ready to go to the rodeo. But Maya had gotten to that way before, after she decided Lucas wasn't going to bother her anymore, she had gotten a shower, fixed her hair and tried some clothes on before she finally decided to go with a semi-transparent white dress with brown vest and boots, her hair fixed in curly little waves except for to strands pulled behind.
"Thanks Riley, I'm just missing the make-up and I'm done." Maya said with a mild smile, as she looked for her makeup on her bag, she had decided to do this for herself. Riley's smile fade away and was replaced by a fixed gaze on Maya as she walked to the bathroom to put her make-up on. Maya tried not to put much attention on it and she began to get her make-up on, she could still feel Riley's gaze piercing her from behind, she could see her with a peering expression.
"So, why are you getting so ready for a rodeo? You always make fun of it, why are you getting so fixed for it." Riley said curiously, maybe a little resent in her voice, Maya tried not to roll her eyes, why was she talking about this?
"Riley you know I get ready for parties like this." Maya said seriously, trying to get Riley off her back, Riley had been acting like this since… since Tombstone and Lucas. Maya realized that her friend had catch up something when they talked and about the whole deal, Riley wasn't stupid. "Why are you acting like this?"
"I just find it weird, you know?" Riley said as she got near to Maya, Maya's breath hitched. "I think this is the kind of thing you do when you kind of break up with a boyfriend, I saw it on a magazine and everything." Riley said seriously, Maya set on a serious face, Riley knew and Maya wouldn't allow it.
"What are you implying Riley?" Maya said with an angry tone, her eyes narrowed as she looked at her best friend.
Riley remained quiet for a while, she was unsure what to say, she open her mouth to say something but she quickly shut it. Maya stared at her for a while, her eyes narrowed, she had to pretend that she didn't cared about Lucas, well she was tying not to care about him but Riley knew something.
"Nothing, I'm going to take a shower." Riley then said suddenly with a glare on her eyes, Maya remain looking at her best friend, she wanted to know if Riley had really drop it or if she was just waiting for the right time, but Riley was already turning the shower on, moving from the odd event and Maya figured it was for the best she didn't put much thought into it.
"Okay, I'll go to the bathroom outside." Maya said as she took her make-up and closed the bathroom floor. Maya lay against the door of the bathroom for a few minutes as she listen to the water falling in the shower, she was afraid that Riley might had found out about her feelings, her best friend would be hurt and she wouldn't allow Riley to be hurt.
It wasn't that Maya had already put her feelings aside since she began to know Lucas, Maya had always been trying to protect Riley and that was her job; this was nothing new, the only difference was that this time she was really going to try and forget about everything.
Maya walked outside the room trying to not being too loud because she didn't want anyone to see her, especially Lucas, she really didn't need to talk to Lucas. She checked the hallways before walking fast to the bathroom at the end of the hallway, she thought no one was there since everyone had a shower in their on room, little did she know. Maya walked fast with her make-up on her arms and open the door with force, looking the other way to see if anyone was coming, suddenly she crash against a hard chest. Her make-up fell from her hands along with her, Maya stumble backwards and hit her bottom, she groan in pain, Maya felt her blood boiling, she was sure this was some kind of joke, she thought it had been Farkle.
"Farkle! Why don't you get out of my way!" Maya spitted as she turned to get her make-up off the floor checking if everything was alright. But she froze when she heard that familiar voice she didn't wanted to hear at all, the same voice that some hours before called her name but didn't stopped it.
"I'm sorry Maya, I was just getting out of the shower." She heard Lucas saying, Maya was still stiff giving him her back, he was on the floor as well helping get her thinks. She rolled her eyes, this couldn't be happening to her, fuck.
Maya quickly stood up and so did him, as she turned around she could swear she felt her cheeks turning a bright pink, Lucas was in just a towel, around his well-rounded torso, holding the rest of Maya's make-up glancing at her. Like he was waiting for her to say something, but Maya knew she wouldn't, she was trying to get away from him and she was going to do exactly that. Maya didn't said anything, she stand there, both stand there having their little stare down, Lucas then look from down up to Maya.
"You look really beautiful Maya." Lucas said with honest in his voice and Maya could swear her heart skipped a beat, she opened her mouth to say something but then she quickly shut it, reminding her self that she promised not to talk to him, to forget him and that was exactly what she was going to do.
Lucas shrugged when he saw that Maya shut her mouth, was she really going to be this way? He had rode Tombstone the bull, she had to be proud of him, he was sure she had totally forget about it right now and she was going to act normal once again but she wasn't acting normal, she wasn't talking to him and the waves of fear began shocking his body. It wasn't that he had something for Maya, okay maybe a little, well indeed he had a lot of feelings for her but Riley was his unofficial girlfriend, he was supposed to be with her, they were the same, but still he couldn't stop the different things he felt for Maya.
"Maya come on!" Lucas then said a little bit angrier, he looked at Maya in the eyes but she had her head down. It was hard for Maya, seeing him like this and not talking to him or even making fun of him, but she had to forget him.
Suddenly a door opened up, the boys room, Maya quickly turned around, she was afraid it was Riley. Thank god it was Zay, after a while Maya and Zay had become really good friends; they understand each other and Maya had notice how honest and observant Zay was. Maya knew he knew her secret but he respected it and didn't tell anyone, it was more like they were partners in crime. She looked at Zay and gave him a complicity smile and he reciprocated.
"So what are you doing here?" Zay said mocking a little bit as he walked towards the awkward couple standing at the door of the bathroom.
"I'm just waiting for Friar here to get out so I can get ready." Maya said to Zay and then her eyes narrowed as she looked at Lucas, but she tried to not to be so mean because she saw how his jaw was clenching when she didn't talked to him.
"So, you're going Hart?" Lucas then said but Maya just looked at him with no certain readable expression, it made Lucas anxious, he didn't know what else to do, he looked at Zay with an annoyed look but his best friend didn't cared too much.
"I think Maya is indeed going, you look great btw." Zay said as he chuckled when he looked at Maya, Maya smiled and giggled when she heard Zay's statement. She knew that her and Zay would never be a thing, she knew he was doing this for a reason and she was going to found out later, but for now she just followed his game.
And Lucas couldn't be madder at the sudden demonstration of interest between the two of them. He knew Zay was his best friend and that he knew well he was interested in Maya because of how he told him about her, so he didn't understand the confusing situation. He had his gaze fixed on Zay with a hostile expression as his best friend was looking at Maya like the only girl in the world.
"So why don't we let her get ready buddy?" Zay said as he took a hold of Lucas' shoulder and push him aside of the door and let Maya go in, not before she took the make-up from a shocked, open mouth Lucas who was still holding it on his arms and quickly closed the door. Maya laughed as she realized what just had happened but she tried to put aside the feelings she had when Lucas called her beautiful again, she breath deeply and then put the make-up over the sink and began getting ready again.
