A/N: Hi everybody! So guess what? My laptop didn't die. It's just hanging in there at 1% as long as it's plugged in lol hella annoying but thankful that I can still use it in the mean time before my next check when I can order a new one. Also this means I can update! YAYYYY. So here's chapter 3!
I don't own GMW, just the plot of this story.
Chapter 3: "The Other Couple"
Lucas POV
I sat on the grass in the quad out in front of the main Brown building. Maya sat next to me, sketching in her sketch book. I looked at how focused she was. I didn't even know what she was drawing, but with her face as serious as it was you would think she was painting the Mona Lisa. I took a sip of my coffee and kept staring at Maya wondering if she would even notice me staring at her. I couldn't help but smile. Her blonde hair blew slightly in the September breeze as it swept past her face. Every couple of minutes she would take her mind off of her sketching and push her wavy hair behind her ears and then go immediately back to the sketch book in her hands.
"Shortstack?" I finally decided to interrupt her 'creative process' when I saw a shiver run through her body. Her head jerked up to look me in the eye. "You cold?" I asked with a small chuckle. She smiled that beautiful smile at me and, for just a moment, I got lost in it.
"That obvious?" she remarked, closing her sketch book and wrapping her sweater around her tighter. I started to stand up, walking just past Maya to throw my coffee cup in a nearby trashcan then turning to her, offering her a hand.
"Come on. We can go up to my dorm and watch a movie in bed," I offered. She was quick to take my hand and stand up with me. I had homework to do, but right now, all I could think about was lying in bed with Maya. Words wouldn't describe how much I loved having her here at Brown with me. I could tell she was nervous about passing her classes and keeping up, but I had every intention of helping through whatever she needed help with. I held her hand in my hand, tightening my grip as my fingers laced inside hers. Everything made sense when I was with her. All my goals meant something because I knew it was all going to lead up to me giving her a life she deserved, one opposite of the one she grew up with. She had already accomplished so much and all I wanted to do was watch her be amazing and be amazing for her in return.
We were in the hallway of my dorm room when I caught what was probably my 800th glance at her from the corner of my eye. I couldn't help it. I released her hand and instead wrapped my arm around her shoulder. I pulled her close and let my lips work their way from her cheek to her lips. She returned the kiss but quickly pulled away when she realized we were in the middle of the dorm hall.
"Can we at least wait until we are in your dorm?" she asked playfully, while running her hands up my chest, her lips hovering just on top of my mine.
"How am I supposed to wait when you do things like this?" I inched my lips closer to seal the space and kiss her again. She pulled away again, smiling.
"Not in the hallway. Your dorm is right there!" We both laughed as I grabbed her hand and took off running to my dorm. She wrapped her arms around my waist and leaned against the door. I put the keys in as quick as I could, fumbling with them. She smiled into our kiss as I swung the door open behind her. We stumbled into the room. My mind was on the condom box I had in the drawer of my bedside table and, of course, on the beautiful blonde attached at my waist and lips. But those thoughts were ripped away when I heard Aiden's voice.
"Hey guys!" he said casually. Maya yelped and turned to face him as he sat on his bed. He didn't seem angry, just amused. Both me and Maya's eyes went to the girl sitting next to him. She was small, but not as small as Maya, with very short blonde hair. She had her arms wrapped around Aiden's neck and she, too, looked amused.
"Sorry! Still kind of getting used to a roommate I guess. I didn't know you would be home," I tried apologizing. Aiden just laughed.
"No man it's cool. I would be lying if I said we weren't doing the same thing," he looked over to the girl sitting next to him, "I was about to put a sock on the door to be honest." Everyone in the room laughed at Aiden's honesty. He looked to the girl on his bed and back at Maya and I. "Oh! Guys this is my girlfriend Cassie." The blonde girl on his bed waved as both of them got up to stand in front of me and my own tiny blonde. "This is my roommate Lucas and his girlfriend Maya." We all exchanged hellos before Maya took a seat on my bed. I followed as Aiden took a seat on his own bed and Cassie found her way to his lap. We all started talking, leaving me just a little upset that I didn't get to finish what I had started out in the hallway. I settled for stroking Maya's thigh as she lounged back against my bed's headrest and threw her legs over mine.
After a while we were all laughing about random things and talking about how we met each other. Both Aiden and Cassie were entirely enthralled as Maya recounted our 'love triangle' business from our past. The whole thing sounded stupid as Maya told the story. I couldn't help but laugh as she spoke.
"I don't know how I ever thought being with anyone but her would be alright," I spoke after Maya was done with the play-by-play of how we finally became a couple. All this comment earned me was an "aww" from Cassie and a simultaneous "kiss-ass" from Maya and Aiden.
"I was promised a movie before I came up here," Maya mentioned in a brief moment of silence.
"I could go for a movie," Cassie remarked, looking at Aiden. Aiden shrugged and nodded, offering to go down to the student café and get food. Maya offered to go with him while Cassie and I picked a movie and got it loaded to the laptop that was already hooked up to the TV.
Maya POV
Lucas had let me borrow one of his sweatshirts for the walk to the student café since the sweater I had wasn't exactly appropriate for the cold weather that lingered in the night air now. I took in the scent it had. It smelled like him; like Lucas. I looked over at Aiden next to me. He walked confidently through the campus, looking around taking in his surroundings.
"I really like Cassie," I said, trying to break the silence. It's not that the silence was awkward, in fact we both seemed content with the silence. But I wanted to have a good relationship with Aiden. He was Lucas's roommate after all. I wanted to be able to talk to him outside of being with Lucas or Cassie or all of us as a group.
"Yeah I'm pretty fond of her myself I guess," he said laughing. He had made it known to us that he and Cassie had been together for a year. They both gasped when they heard Lucas say he and I had been together for about 3 and a half years. "I like you as well Maya. And I know I've only been living with him for 4 days but I can tell Lucas loves you a lot." I laughed at the statement. Honestly, people told me that about Lucas a lot. We made our love pretty evident, not even in a loud way. Just little things I guess. Or maybe it was the way we looked at each like the other person made the stars come out at night, but that's just a guess. I never got tired of hearing it though, how much other people can sense that Lucas loved me. I still had trouble believing it at times, or understanding it. But hearing other people say it made it more real.
"How can you tell? It wouldn't be the 2000 pictures he has of me on his wall would it? Is that what gave it away?" I asked sarcastically. Aiden laughed this time.
"That might have been a tiny hint. But it's just the way he talks about you. It's like…I don't know. It's like-" I cut him off to finish his sentence the way Riley would finish it if she were here.
"Like I'm the reason the sun comes up in the morning?" I suggested with a smirk on my face. Aiden practically burst out laughing.
"That's an interesting way to put it!"
"That's the way my best friend puts it." He continued laughing as we made our way across the grass, quickly approaching the café. "What about Cassie?" Aiden gave me a questioning look, so I made the question simple for him. "Do you love her?" After only a moment of thought, a caring and genuine smile made its way to his face.
"Yeah I really do." He kept talking as we made our way through the threshold of the café and went up to the counter. "She's been through a lot of shit and I don't want her to go through that kind of stuff anymore."
I looked into Aiden's eyes. They seemed to have an honesty similar to Lucas's. He was a good guy. I started laughing quietly to myself.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing. I just think you and Cassie have a lot in common with me and Lucas, that's all." Aiden gave me a curious look, but wasn't able to speak since the cashier came over to take our order.
A/N: How do you guys like Aiden and Cassie so far? We will see them later at a few points throughout the story and I really like how they turned out as OCs. I think you guys will like them! Just let me know how you feel about them in the comments:)
Next chapter is when the central conflict of the story kicks off! The drama begins to show itself… SO AT 22 REVIEWS THE NEXT CHAPTER GOES UP.
Thanks as always for reading you guys! You're the best!
