Hi (waves)

So I'm sorry it's taken me this long to update this story but it was our busiest time of year at work and then I had to have my appendix removed, which let me tell you is not fun. Anyway it ended up taking me this long to get anything out and I know it's not a very long chapter, I struggled to continue the chapter after a certain point and I felt it would be best to tie it up quickly so that it doesn't feel forced.

I wanted to say that both Maya and Lucas and some of the other characters might not be portrayed exactly as they were in the show but it has been 2 years so I think that's quite understandable. If you don't like the way I have written them then I completely understand and you can stop reading this story with no hard feelings.

I also wanted to say thank you for all the wonderful reviews as well as thank you to everybody that favourited and followed this story, it's very much appreciated and I will get back to the people who reviewed as soon as I can but as I said I've just not had the time and I wanted to get another chapter up before I did anything else.

To the people who open this story and anonymously (seriously at least have the balls to identify yourself so that the person can respond.) post horrible reviews because they don't like Lucaya, why are you here? This story was quite clearly labelled Lucaya so if that isn't your cup of tea then don't read it. I don't particularly like Rucas or Joshaya but I'm not going to criticize someones work just because they have a different opinion from me, and if I were the type of person who did, I would be woman enough to not do it anonymously.

I can't promise regular posts but I'll continue to write this story for as long as I am inspired to do so and considering I really believe in Lucaya that will probably be for as long as this story needs to be told. Thanks again for all the reviews you guys are amazing and I am so thankful, if you too are a writer keep at it and don't let cruel reviewers stop you from telling your story. Also if anybody has any stories they want me to read let me know.

All my love

Sam


"Maya didn't know what exactly she was feeling. She felt better after talking to her friends and Danny was only making her feel better, but there was this niggling feeling at the back of her mind reminding her that Lucas was out there just waiting for her. She might be making it sound more ominous than it was but if she knew the Cowboy, and even after 2 years she was relatively sure she did, he would keep trying to get her to talk to him. What she hadn't told Zay and Smackle is that she was more afraid that she would forgive him all too quickly if she let him get close enough. Lucas Friar had a way of getting past all her best defenses and she didn't know if she would survive having him get past them only to have it blow up in her face all over again. Maya had worked hard to get passed everything that had happened in freshman year and having Lucas show up again was bringing it all to the forefront again. Danny spoke then breaking through her reverie.

"Lucas being here doesn't have to change anything May. I might have been lying when I said he wasn't as chiseled as I imagined but that doesn't mean he needs to have any power over you. I can see that artist's brain of yours creating all sorts of scenarios where he changes everything but none of that has to happen if you don't want it to. You're one of the strongest people I know Maya and you are not going to let some ghost from your past ruin your year, do you hear me Hunter?" Danny was an incredible friend, the type of friend that Riley had been before the triangle. Maya shook her head, this was the other thing that Lucas brought with him, thoughts of the best friend Maya had lost, Maya didn't blame Lucas for the destruction of her relationship with Riley but her relationship with Lucas ran parallel with the unraveling of Maya and Riley's relationship and for that reason the two events were inexplicably linked. Maya couldn't lie and say that she didn't miss Riley or even Farkle, they had both been the light in Maya's life when she was surrounded by darkness but at this stage she didn't know how to fix what they broke two years ago. Maya closed her eyes and returned her thoughts to the problem at hand.

"That's the thing, Dan. I'm scared he changes me, part of me really misses the girl I was around him and I'm scared to go back to being her. It's not because she was bad or weak it's because if I let myself be that girl again then I'll let him back in. I'll fall for him all over again and have my heart broken." Maya Hart had loved Lucas Friar, she had, it didn't matter what Riley or Josh had said, the feelings Maya had for him had been real. Maya Hunter wasn't the same girl but she wasn't sure that mattered at this stage.

"Maya Hunter you cannot be afraid of something that hasn't even happened yet! That's not the type of person you are, you are going to take it one day at a time and you are not going to let Lucas control the things you do this year. Maybe you'll become friends with him again, maybe you'll become more and maybe you'll see that he's changed and that he doesn't fit into your world anymore. What's important is that you let it develop naturally, I know you want to focus on art and music and everything but don't push him away just because you're scared May." Danny had a way of being brutally honest that Maya appreciated and she saw through Maya in a way that very few people did. She could also tell Maya things that Zay and Isadora couldn't because they were too close to the situation. Maya smiled at her friend and felt better prepared to face the school and Lucas if it came to that.

"We should probably get going then lest I let Lucas control my year." She said cheekily causing Danny to flick her on the forehead.


She had art first lesson and was ecstatic about it because it was one class she was almost certain Lucas wouldn't be in. It was obviously also her favourite subject so that helped, her art had flourished at Oakmont and she felt good about it. She actually felt like she would be able to do something with her art after school which was a dream she had never allowed herself to believe in before coming to Oakmont. Maya grabbed her bag and pulled Danny out of her room, Danny did not have art with her as Danny was about as good at art as Zay was at keeping his mouth shut. She was a great musician and dancer though and had taken ballet as an elective this year. One of the greatest things about their school was the wide range of classes and extra-murals it offered. Back in New York all Maya could really do that fit her interests was art and now she had music and hockey too, she also actually enjoyed the other subjects she was taking. She liked doing well in History, English and Economics, which she had been told to take to supplement her art, and she actually really liked the business side of things. She might not have taken any stem subjects which might have disappointed some but she had taken subjects that suited her with the subject she enjoyed least probably being Geography and even that she grudgingly respected and worked hard in.

"Maya was all to happy with how her morning developed, Lucas wasn't in any of her morning classes and she didn't have to worry about seeing him at lunch because she and her friends almost always spent lunch in one of the music rooms. Her luck continued through to Economics and by the time English had come about she had almost forgot about the the Lucas debacle. That was of course her mistake because as she walked into the class there he was in the desk behind hers, the memories flooded her with a sense of deja vu. The classes at Oakmont were small so of course there wouldn't be a person with a surname between Friar and Hunter. Maya stood frozen in the doorway until her teacher cleared her throat.

"Miss Hunter, if you would take your seat." Miss Jordan said, she was one of the youngest teachers at Oakmont and Maya enjoyed her class. She in no way wanted Lucas to affect her marks but she wasn't sure how that was possible with him sitting right behind her, it was far too reminiscent of a time she had long since accepted was over. She quickly took her seat, her shoulders tense, and placed her books on her table making sure to stay as far away from Lucas' table as was physically possible. The class started and no matter how much Maya tried to focus on the lesson she was constantly aware of his presence behind her, it unnerved her. Suddenly there was a tap on her shoulder and she froze before slowly turning around to face the boy who had broken her heart with a glare she hoped was a fierce as the one she used to adopt on the streets of New York. Lucas threw his hands up in what she assumed was appeasement and spoke.

"I'm sorry Maya, Miss Jordan said to discuss with the person in front or behind you and for me that's you." Maya groaned not only did she have to work with Hopalong but she hadn't heard a word the teacher had said so she'd have to ask him to recap.

"What are we discussing exactly?" She asked and he immediately smirked causing Maya to bristle, he did always know how to get under her skin.

"We're discussing the different relationships in The Crucible and how these relationships impact the progression of the of the plot." He said, thankfully without any snark, Maya could work with that. She could just pretend he was any other person as long as he didn't try make it seem like they were anything more than they were. So that's exactly what she did, there were no nicknames, no openings for him to make this anything other than an assignment that they were forced together for. So maybe Maya got some warm feelings at the fact that he didn't show any surprise at her ability to carry her side of the conversation, but that didn't mean anything...she wouldn't let it.