Okay so I take a little while to update because it's only when I'm stuck at work for a few hours that I find the time to update. Even so, this story is the one I've found the easiest to write on for the time being. Well before I kick the story off again I would just like to thank you guys for reviewing and remind you that the story summary is easily available so don't complain about the pairings please.
"okay so how did the date go?" I asked from the couch, I could barely even find the strength to hold my eyes open, I just wanted to fall asleep right there on the couch, but I knew that would be a bad idea. And besides I was kind of curious as to what Farkle found out.
"Well the date went great, kind of like every single date with Riley though since she's so awesome." I rolled my eyes, I hadn't really asked that question just to get a one way ticket to Farkle and Riley land.
"Well I didn't really think that was the part you would be interested in though so I'll just tell you about the parts involving Maya." At the mentioning of her name my eyes sprang open. (yeah it's a cliché but seriously that's just how crazy she drives me.) I sat up and listened to Farkle explain his story.
"Okay so are you ready?" I asked Riley from the kitchen in her and Maya's apartment.
"In a minute!" came the reply, and I swore I'd heard it for the last 20 minutes. I'd finally convinced Riley to go with him to a new movie, but if she didn't speed it up I was certain that we wouldn't make it in time.
"is little sunshine taking too long?" Maya asked as she entered the kitchen. She looked mentally exhausted, but for what reason I had no idea.
"Yeah how come she's not like you? I mean you get makeup and such done in a flash and still manage to look almost okay. That girl will be the death of me." Maya didn't even react to my comment which was how I knew there was something seriously wrong with her.
"The death of you? Aww come on, you know you love me." said Riley from the doorway before she flung herself at me.
"Yeah I do, so I guess this means you're finally ready to go then?" Riley nodded and with my arm across her shoulders she allowed herself to be led out the door.
"By the way, please stop avoiding Lucas Maya, it is killing him and therefore me." I said before my head disappeared out the door.
"Listen I know we decided that we weren't going to be talking about the relationship of our two friends, but this is getting pretty serious. I mean Lucas can't focus about anything at all. I don't really know about Maya's feelings for him, but clearly she isn't doing too good herself." I said,we'd made it to the cinema in pretty good time actually and I realized I'd worried for no reason at all.
"Yeah I know, I can barely hold a conversation with her without her falling asleep. As for her feelings for Lucas I really don't know about them because she's not really the confiding type, but I don't think she really held anything more than friendly feelings for Lucas before that comment he made that day by the trees." Riley sighed, she knew Maya better than most and you could never make a comment like that one without putting her out for a little while. She was always one of those who were uncertain about how they felt about people and she took a long time to decide. Even so, Riley still couldn't quite believe that she hadn't reached her decision on Lucas after one whole year.
"That comment? Well it's pretty much the same as the one you made to me in the kitchen." Riley sighed as if I'd said something stupid, I hated that sigh, but she was the only one allowed to sigh at me.
"Well there are two big differences to the situations: One, you're a guy which means you won't ponder about it for too long and not go through the long thinking progress. Two even if you were a girl you wouldn't be close to Maya level. For her every little thing can change how she looks at a person. So imagine if you had gotten that comment from me before we got together, I bet you would have been a little bit stunned and the you'd have thought about it for a little while before deciding that yeah you do, because look at me!" She giggled a little bit at her joke before continuing, "well imagine that like 20 times worse and you'll close in on Maya level." I was certain she'd exaggerated things a bit, but event hen I could see how fragile Maya point of view on things was.
"Well that is pretty much it for what happened at the date, at least what you would be interested in." Farkle said, I glared at him.
"What?!" he asked, as if he didn't know.
"You're killing him?! as if she didn't have enough of a reason to avoid me before, now she probably knows that I like her from the way you made that comment. Seriously could you have made me seem any more weak?"
"Hey!" he protested, "It really is killing me so I want her to hurry up and do something about it, don't you?"
"Well yeah I want her to stop avoiding me, but I don't want her to rush a decision as it will most definitely be one that I don't like. Seriously I just want things to go back to normal, but now with her knowing that I like her that won't be possible now will it?" I stomped off to bed without bothering waiting for Farkle's response. I hoped he regretted his actions was the my last thought before I drifted off to sleep.
"Think fast city boy!" was the first thing I heard as I woke that morning. Apparently I didn't think fast enough though because my football landed straight in my face.
"Dammit Farkle what's up with the rough wakeup?" and then I thought about it, city boy, only one person called me that. In the doorway stood Maya.
