At eight o'clock Riley walked up to the roof of her building ready to meet Lucas. When she arrived, he wasn't there but she saw Maya sitting on the same bench that the three on them sat on at New Year's.
"Maya, what are you doing here?" Riley asked with a confused look on her face.
"Lucas asked me to meet him here. And since this is your building I assumed he wanted to talk to both of us," Maya replied as she watched Riley sit next to her on the bench.
"Oh. He didn't tell me you were coming" Riley paused. "What do you think he wants to talk to us about?"
"No idea"
They sat there in silence for about five minutes which seemed like forever to both of them. They never felt this awkward when they were alone together before the "situation" occurred. Riley or Maya didn't want their friendship to be like this anymore but they didn't know how to fix it. Riley thought about what her dad taught them, that feelings tear about friendship and growth. Maya was her best friend but Riley could not help but feel disappointed that Lucas asked to see her too before he left. Riley hated that she felt that way but she couldn't turn off. All Riley knew was that she never wanted to lose Maya.
"Peaches?" Riley said.
"Yea, Riles" Maya said as she looked over to Riley sitting next to her.
Riley turned her head to look at Maya. "I never want anything or anyone to come between us. You're my sister and nothing's going to change that." Riley made it clear to emphasize anyone.
"I know. But promise me something."
"Anything."
"Once we figure out this Lucas thing, we never allow ourselves to go through anything even close to this again." Maya said as her voice went soft.
Riley leaned in and hugged Maya and Maya hugged back. "I swear on the bay window" Riley replied.
"Ring power?" Maya asked as she put her hand up after they let go of each other.
"Yes Peaches. Ring power." Riley put her hand up to connect with Maya's.
Time flew by. Riley and Maya spent the next forty or so minutes just talking like they used to. Both of them completely forgot that they were there to meet Lucas. Since it was summer and wasn't cold, they didn't need to pause their conversation to go get jackets. Maya missed Riley and Riley missed Maya. Neither of them realized how much they've grow apart since New Year's. They had so much to catch up on and they were having a great time.
"Am I interrupting something?" Lucas asked smiling.
Neither Riley nor Maya noticed that Lucas arrived. Maya checked her phone. "Its 8:45. You're a little late Huckleberry" Maya teased.
"I know I'm sorry. My parents wanted to go out to dinner and I forgot to text you guys that I was going to be late" Lucas replied.
"It's ok Lucas, we made the best of it," Riley looked at Maya and smiled. "Why did you ask us here?"
"Because we all need to figure some things out" Lucas said seriously.
Maya and Riley looked at each other and Maya knew that everything that they just promised each other was about to be put into jeopardy.