Maya woke up to the sound of her phone ringing - the cool smartphone Cory bought her...RILEY'S dad. What was it with and always trying to take everything from Riley?

Maya: Hello?

Riley: Hi peaches

Maya: Oh… hey Riles

Riley: So did you see Josh last night?

Right… Josh – the guy she was supposed to like.

Maya: Oh… uh yeah but I don't know if I'm gonna bother with him anymore I mean maybe he is just a bit too old for me – I think maybe Melissa's good for him. Anyway I probably shouldn't have got Lucas involved – he is YOUR boyfriend.

God how could she have kissed her best friends boyfriend – what was wrong with her?

Riley: Oh it's ok peaches – I trust you and Lucas.

That made it even worse – she trusted her! She didn't deserve her trust!

Maya: Yeah I guess… Lucas does love you.

If only he liked her like that… wait what was she talking about? She didn't care about ranger rick! Lucas loved Riley and Riley loved him…

Riley: Anyway I was going to invite you over for the day – you know seeing as your mom's out of town – you can stay overnight too!

Maya: Oh um… yeah ok.

Riley couldn't help but notice Maya seemed kind of distant and hesitant to stay over… that wasn't like Maya – she practically lived with the Matthews!

Riley: So see you in like half an hour?

Maya: Ok… see you!

/

Lucas woke up with his heart beating fast – he'd had a great dream sure, but it was wrong. He'd dreamt about kissing Maya and holding her close to him – he'd felt like he never wanted to let her go but he should of dreamt of Riley, her sweet smile, her sparkling eyes – always full of hope, and her chocolate coloured hair. Riley loved him and he was supposed to love her so why was he dreaming of her best friend? Why was Maya Penelope Hart the only thing on his mind?

Because he loved her.

He thought about it, their jokes, her laugh, her arm resting on his desk, the way he felt when he made her smile and the way his heart hurt that one time he saw her cry. There are many different ways of saying I love you and maybe they'd been saying it all along.

Hey Ranger Rick

Hey other one

He couldn't lie to Riley anymore, he couldn't pretend to love her anymore – he was done with this façade – his heart belonged to someone else. He didn't want to hurt her but he had to break up with her – it wasn't fair on Riley to stay with her when he didn't love her – she deserved someone who felt the same way.

/

Maya climbed through Riley's window.

"Hey Riles"

"Peaches!"

"Sorry I'm kinda late – I missed the subway"

"Oh that's ok, anyway I was thinking we could watch a movie – mom got popcorn!"

Oh great… Riley always ended up eating too much popcorn, getting hyper then swearing she'd never eat popcorn again. Turned out never didn't last very long for Riley.

"Ok well let's find something to watch then..."

Just then Riley's phone went off.

From: Lucas

To: Riley

Hey Riley I really need to talk to you – mind if I come over?

"Oh great Lucas is coming over he can watch the movie with us"

Shit. "Well y'know Riles you two are boyfriend and girlfriend so you'll probably want your own space – Lucas probably thinks it's like a date or something so maybe I should be going..."

"Nonsense Maya – the more the merrier!"

"No really – I think I should be going, I just remembered I have this art assignment due tomorrow so I better leave"

/

As Maya entered the subway station she noticed someone else leaving…Lucas. Ok keep your head down avoid eye contact…you're pretty short – maybe if you duck down he won't see you… But Maya was not one to blend into the crowd.

"Hey Maya!"

Ignore him… keep walking – you heard nothing!

"Maya I need to talk to you – it's important!"

Maya turned around. Dammit now he knows you saw him!

"I gotta run ranger rick – talk to Riley!"

And with that she ran into the crowd.

Lucas couldn't help but wonder if he'd imagined her blush?