A/N: I understand if you've lost interest in this story and my other story as I haven't updated in a while.
I'm so sorry! I recently got a new job and I've been super busy settling into a totally new job field. I've barely had any free time. But since I'm currently sick and staying home from work, I thought I'd try to update my stories.
Sorry for the long wait, and I promise to try to update my stories as much as possible. I only have two stories, as of right now, and I intend on finishing both!
Thank you guys for sticking with me and I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Maya's alarm went off at 7am, too early for her liking. Not wanting to wake Lucas up, who was just inches away from her, she quickly shut her alarm off. The whole gang decided that after waking up early these last two days, they'd spend this morning sleeping in.
But not Maya.
She was determined to go to that party, meet some cute guys, and have a good time.
She slowly crawled out of bed and ran over to the bathroom to get ready. She stripped of her pajamas and jumped in the shower, turning it as hot as possible. Maya loved her hot showers, especially in the morning. Once her fingers started to get wrinkly she knew it was time to get out. She shut the water off and wrapped herself in a towel.
After washing up, Maya had brushed out her tangled bed head, leaving it at it's naturally wavy mess. She then ran to the closet to find her swimsuit. Pulling out the top drawer revealed her favorite and only bikini that she owned for the last few years, considering she lives in New York and the only time she'd use it was when Riley wanted to go to the community indoor pool during the summer.
The black two piece fit her perfectly, thank god for not growing an inch all these years.
She quickly threw on denim shorts and a faded red flannel that she tied mid stomach. She placed her sunglasses on her head and picked up her mini sling purse and placed it perfectly across her body. She picked up her phone just as she received a text from Wesley saying that he was pulling up outside.
She slipped on her platform sandals, that gave her at least one more inch, before quietly walking out of the room. Once she made it out the front door, she gave herself a pat on the back for not waking anyone up; especially Zay who she was sure she'd wake up with the heavy front door.
Maya took a few steps out of the barn and was met with Wesley and two other guys in the truck. It was a 4 door so no one was riding in the bed. She opened the front door and Wesley greeted her with a big smile.
"No one else is joining us today?" he asked
"Nope, just me." Maya smiled.
"Well Maya, these are the twins, Jeremy and Jack. Twins, this is my new friend Maya." Wesley said gesturing to the two guys in the backseat.
Maya and the twins exchanged a few words before Wesley turned back to start the truck and get driving.
The drive to the lake was supposed to take almost two hours, but because Wesley was going way over the speed limit and not many cars on the road to cause traffic, they got there within an hour.
The drive was actually nice. The windows were down for half the ride. But since there was a lot of dirt flying into the truck, they decided to roll the windows back up. The music was a lot more tolerable than that crappy country music that Lucas made them listen to in the car. Wesley played a lot of current music, with the occasional pop/country song here and there, and Maya's favorite 'dvsn' was even in the playlist.
She didn't want to sing out loud but Maya couldn't not sing along to Claim as they drove down the road to the lake house; so instead she softly sang to herself.
"Nobody's last-named you by now
I guess I can't blame you
But I'm just tryna change your mind now
Somebody should have claimed you
Somebody should have claimed you by now"
As the song was slowly coming to an end, the car had reached the driveway of the lake house. Cars lined the driveway as Wesley pulled up the the front door and parked. Everyone got out of the car and grabbed some coolers out of the truck bed before walking over to the side of the house.
Well everyone except Maya who was frozen right next to the truck.
The lake house was huge! The biggest house Maya had ever seen. The house was two stories high and it was long. It might as well have been the size of her old high school.
Wesley turned back and noticed Maya standing there. "It's a big house huh?" he said approaching Maya.
She jumped back to reality at the sound of his voice. "Uh yeah" she laughed.
"My dad bought this place in hopes that it would help bring the family closer, but it did just the opposite. The only good thing about this place is that I'm the only one who uses it now." Wesley say looking up at the house.
"You're all alone in this big house?" she asked turning back to Wesley.
"Only during the summer." he turned to her, "And I'm not completely alone, Sadie is good company for the summer." Maya looked at him with confusion.
Wesley let out a small laugh before walking over to the front door and opening it, letting out a beautiful golden retriever. The goldie ran in circles around Wesley and jumped up, so excited to see him. "Maya, meet Sadie. She's my brother's dog. He travels a lot during the summer so she stays with me until he comes home."
Relieved, Maya walked over to Wesley and Sadie. As soon as she approached the two, Sadie had already set her eyes on Maya. She jumped right into Maya's arms and licked every inch of her face. Maya giggled as Sadie covered her face with slobber. Sadie was the sweetest dog Maya had ever met, granted she never really interacted with dogs back in New York, no one was ever nice enough to stop and let her pet the dog.
Wesley was able to pull Sadie off of Maya, who was trying to dry her face with her sleeve.
"Well, you ready to party? Everyone is already out back." Wesley said pointing to the gate on the side of the house.
"The party started already? It's barely 9." Maya said.
"Well most of these guys have been here since yesterday." he laughed before opening the gate, "After you" he gestured. Maya walked through the gate and walked down a short path before making it to the patio.
The backyard was bigger than the house! There was a huge covered patio with couches filled with party goers and a tv playing the morning cartoons. There was an outdoor kitchen on the opposite side of the couches, with people cooking up some breakfast for everyone. French doors to the right of the patio revealed a huge den with a pool table and more couches and an even bigger tv with video games being played. Music blasted through the speakers that were set up at the bottom of a few trees.
There was a stone walkway that led to a huge pool that was practically the size of her apartment, maybe even bigger. At one end of the pool there was a man built rock wall with a slide attached to it and a mini waterfall built in. Next to the pool were trees for miles. On the other side was huge field that opened up to a huge lake with a dock at the beginning. People were jumping off the dock and into the lake, some were swinging on the rope attached to the tree at the edge of the lake, and others were on floaties in the lake. Maya was in awe of just how huge this place really was, and she hadn't even seen the inside of the house yet.
The twins had come out of the den carrying a keg out. They placed it right outside of the patio before tapping it. A few people had run over to make themselves a cup of beer. Wesley set the cooler he was carrying next to the others. "You can put your bag on the shelf in there, no one really touches anything there." Wesley said as he pointed to the shelf in the den.
Maya walked into the den and was greeted by the twins carrying yet another keg out to the yard. She walked past them and saw the shelf right away. She placed her mini purse on the bottom shelf so no one could see it before walking back out. She was met with Wesley handing her a red cup.
"Isn't it a bit early to be drinking?" Maya asked.
"It's a lake party, drinking is encouraged at any time of the day." Wesley smiled.
Maya laughed and took the cup from him and took a big gulp of the beer. Maya wasn't a fan of beer, but since that was her only option for now, she drank it.
Wesley had to run into the house, but he told Maya to eat whatever she'd like. She made a small plate of eggs and a few sausages. Maya popped a biscuit into her mouth when Wesley joined her again.
"Enjoying yourself?" he smiled.
Maya nodded, still chewing her biscuit.
After she finally got that down, Wesley had introduced her to a few more people. After staying quiet for a bit, Maya had engaged herself in a conversation with a girl named Grace.
Back at the house, everyone was sound asleep, that is until Pappy Joe decided to start chopping some wood not too far from the barn.
Lucas was up with the sound of the axe hitting the first block of wood. He stretched a bit before turning over to see if Maya's face was buried under the pillows due to the noise. But he wasn't met with the tiny blonde next to him, she was gone. Lucas jumped out of bed and ran over the the bathroom that turned up empty. How did he not hear her get out of bed, he's usually a light sleeper, he definitely would have heard her get out of bed.
He left the room and knocked on Riley and Farkle's door. A sleepy and messy hair'd Farkle opened the door to see Lucas standing there looking a little panicked. "What's up Lucas?" he managed to say through a yawn.
"Is Maya in your room?" he asked.
Farkle looked back to see only Riley in the room. "Nope" he said turning back to Lucas.
Lucas turned on his heels and took off down the hall and down the stairs to the living room to see Zay passed out on the couch. He turned the corner and took a look in the kitchen and found it empty. He ran over to Zay and shook him awake.
"ZAY!" Lucas shouted a couple of times before Zay had jumped up.
"I'm awake!" he said startled.
"Have you seen Maya?" Lucas asked.
"Gee, I think I saw her WHILE I WAS SLEEPING!" Zay shouted, a little upset that he was woken up from a deep slumber.
"Shit" Lucas said under his breath before running back up to his room. He grabbed his phone off the charger on the side table and pulled up Maya's number to give her a call. It went to voicemail after the first ring, meaning she ignored his call. That's when it clicked in his mind. He knew exactly where she was.
"Guys!" Lucas said over the railing on the steps, "Get ready! We're going to the lake house." he said before turning and rushing into the room to get ready. Riley, Farkle and Zay stayed in their place, a little confused of what they just heard. For the last two days, Lucas was completely against going to the lake party. Zay knew that Lucas didn't even want to step foot on that property again.
Then it finally clicked in their minds. Maya had snuck out of this house and she was at the party.
Lucas was quiet as he drove the truck to the lake house. Riley and Farkle were squished on the tiny backseat that the truck had. Zay sat up front and just watched Lucas as he squeezed the steering wheel tight, then let it go only to do the same thing over and over. Lucas was mad, beyond mad that Maya would go against his word and would go to the party.
He knew that was definitely something she would do, but he really hoped she wouldn't. But he was wrong.
Normally, Lucas would be driving speed limit, and he would occasionally go over it by a bit. But on this road trip, he was flying. He just wanted to get there, get Maya, and leave.
They arrived to the lake house at noon. Lucas parked at the end of the driveway, closest to the exit so he could leave easily.
They all got out of the car and started walking toward the gate. Riley and Farkle kept tripping over themselves. They were staring at the house; just like Maya, they thought the house was as big as their old high school. They tripped so much that Zay had to help guide them to the gate.
When they walked through, they were met with tons of people laughing, eating and drinking everywhere. Zay, Riley and Farkle were getting a little giddy because they knew Maya was going to put up a fight, which meant they had some time to enjoy the party.
Lucas spotted Maya easily. He walked over to the side of the pool and bent over to grab her arm before pulling her up. Maya had quickly pulled her feet out of the water in time to be pulled up onto her feet. She spun around and was met with an angry Lucas.
"Lucas, what are you doing here!?" she jumped back a bit, almost losing her balance and falling into the pool. Lucas pulled her forward just in time and pulled her closer to him.
"I told you I didn't want you at this party. I can't believe you snuck out and came anyway." his voice was quiet so no one around would hear him, but Maya knew he was mad. But she didn't care, granted she was just a little tipsy off of the few beers that she had drank.
"Oh lighten up Lucas, it's just a party. And I'm fine, don't worry." she said as she managed to pull her arm out of his grip. She lightly whacked his chest, hoping he'd lighten up.
It didn't work.
"Don't worry? Maya you were no where to be found when we woke up. Do you realize how worried we were?" he said.
Maya took a look over to Riley, Zay and Farkle who were all pointing to Lucas as if to say he was the only one freaking out this morning.
"Well you found me, and I'm fine. So stop worrying, grab a beer and enjoy the party. Wesley said you were all invited." Maya smiled.
"We aren't staying, and neither are you. Let's go." he said as he grabbed her arm and pulled her toward the gate.
"There a problem here?" Wesley swooped in just in time.
"Get out of my way Wesley." Lucas snapped.
"Now Lukey, it's rude to talk to the host of the party like that." Wesley joked.
"We aren't staying." he said as he pushed past Wesley, dragging Maya behind him.
"Well maybe you don't want to stay, but Maya does. And I'm sure your other New York friends want to stay and enjoy the beautiful lake."
Lucas turned to Wesley, "We're not staying." he said before turning on his heels to leave.
Wesley grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back causing Lucas to get pissed. Lucas dropped Maya's arm and turned to face Wesley, "Don't touch me."
"Easy there Lucas, you don't want to pick a fight with me now, especially in front of your New York friends. You know, the ones who think you're such a good guy. You wouldn't want to tarnish that image now do you?" Wesley egged him on.
Lucas was losing his patients and could no longer fight off the urge to punch Wesley in the face. Lucas cracked his knuckles with one hand and pulled back to swing his fist right at Wesley's face.
Lucas had aimed for his eye, but Wesley had reacted fast, but not fast enough. Lucas had punched him right in the jaw; hard, but not hard enough according to Lucas. Wesley stood back up straight and went straight in to tackle Lucas. He managed to push him straight to the ground.
Zay and Farkle looked at each other, a little confused as to what to do. They were both significantly smaller than the boys who were currently on the ground fighting to get the upper hand. Riley had moved to Maya's side and held her arm, upset about the fight that broke out in front of them. Riley was so upset that she couldn't watch, she buried her face in Maya's shoulder.
Everyone was so focused on the fight in front of them that they didn't notice someone else had joined them.
"Are you two seriously still fighting?" the girl said as she hovered over them. The boys stopped fighting and looked up at her. "This is getting really old." she said.
Lucas pushed Wesley off of him and jumped up first, meeting the girl's height, "Grace" he said in shock.
"How did Grace break up the fight so easily?" Maya questioned.
Zay looked Maya right in the eyes, "Meet Grace, the main reason Lucas was kicked out of school."