Monday...

[Lucas' POV;]

I stood at my locker with some guys before school. Everyone was buzzing about how great Friday's party was. I received a few high-fives from random people passing by us in the halls, congratulating me on scoring the winning touchdown.

"Yeah, Lucas sure did score that night." one of the guys, Jacob commented and the rest of the guys started laughing as he patted me on the back. "How was she?"

I chuckled and shook my head, "What the hell are you talking about, dude?"

"Come on we all saw you head upstairs with Hart." Anthony spoke up. "Was she good? I mean we've all heard the stories about her."

Zay and I shared a look. He shrugged and leaned against the locker. "When have you ever been so shy to talk about a girl you hooked up with?"

Before I could answer, the chatter-filled hallway fell silent. I followed everyone else's gaze and saw Maya nervously walking through the crowd of students. I could hear people whisper, and a few whistles. Jacob and Anthony patted me on the back and whispered, "There she is."

I looked down the hall and locked eyes with her. My gaze followed her until she reached her locker at the other end of the hall. "Poor girl, It must suck being the school whore."

Ignoring Anthony, I made my way over to Maya and leaned on the locker next to hers. "Alright, so people know."

She stopped putting books in her locker and looked at me. "I could hear them calling me a slut, Lucas. I heard them talking about how easy I am."

"Well don't listen to them, you're none of those things."

"Were you bragging about it to the Anthony and Jacob? I heard what he said." She looked down at her feet and sighed. "This is freshman year all over again."

"I didn't say anything to them, okay? You know how they are." I took her hand and intertwined our fingers.

"What happens now?"

"Well-" Before I could get a word out, Anthony and Jacob came up behind Maya.

"Let her down easy Friar, it'd be disappointing if she actually thought she meant something to you."

Maya rolled her eyes and turned to face them. "Don't you meat heads have something better to do?"

Anthony started playing with her wavy blonde hair and smirked. "Aw that's cute; she's trying to be tough."

"I will break both of you." She smacked his hand away. When she turned to face me, a pair of hands grabbed her waist and pulled her back, which made her gasp.

"Babe, we just want some of what Lucas got."

She pushed Jacob away from her and shot him a death glare. "You don't get to touch me like that."

"Why? It's not my fault that you have such a nice ass." He reached out to grab it, but Maya back away.

She whipped her head around and looked up at me, waiting for me to react. I looked between her and my friends, not knowing what to do. "Everyone else got to have some fun, we just want a turn."

"Are you really just gonna let them talk to me like this?"

I bit my lip and looked down at her. I panicked and answered without thinking. "I don't know what you want me to do sweetheart. I mean you were a good time, just as everyone said you were. Give me a call if you ever want to have some more fun."

She stared at me, looking for the words to say, "Wow." She grabbed a textbook from her locker and slammed the door. "You are a disgusting pig. Fuck boy Friar strikes again." Her voice was shaky and she quickly walked away from us.

I shrugged my shoulders and watched her as she walked down the hall. "Well that was fun." Sure, I said that, but I regretted every minute I stood there and let those two treat her like an object. I don't know what I was thinking when I said that to her. I actually know exactly what I was doing; I was keeping up my reputation. However, by doing that I probably broke her heart. I couldn't tell if she was being serious or playing along, but at this point, I'm screwed either way.

[Maya's POV;]

"The whole school is talking about you," Riley came up to me during study hall.

I sighed and didn't look up from my chemistry book. "I don't want to talk about this Riles."

"You know how much I like him, why would you do that to me?" She raised her voice.

I looked up and saw the hurt look on her face. "If I had been sober I wouldn't have done it. I know how much he means to you. You've been crazy about him since middle school."

"I'm really disappointed in you Maya." Some guy walked past us and whistled at me. Riley followed him with her eyes. "Gross, what a creep," She looked back at me. "Has this been going on all day?"

I nodded and tapped my pen on the table. "Whistles, catcalls, groping, insults: All day."

"That's not okay, Maya." She sat down next to me and put her hand on top of mine. "Is Lucas doing anything about it?"

I licked my lips and shook my head. "Of course not, why would he? I'm just another girl he slept with. I'm nothing special. I was just a good time. I'm just living up to my reputation." I looked away from her and held back my tears.

I should have expected this to happen. I should have known that Lucas wasn't going to do anything. He has his reputation and I have mine. I don't know why I even thought for a split second that maybe he would start being nice to me in public.

"That's not okay with me. I'm not okay with the fact that he can go around sleeping with a different girl every weekend and get praised for it, but you mess up one time and you get labeled a home wrecker."

"Riley, I'm gonna be okay..."

The sound of heels clicking against the wood floor grew louder and then came to a stop. "Isn't it just hilarious how she somehow managed to do it again?"

"Missy now is not the time." Riley looked up at her. "Just leave her alone."

I heard her obnoxious fake laugh and stared down at my book. "Oh Riley, it's not my fault that she messes around with everyone's boyfriends. I mean first Austin, and now Lucas."

"You're not even dating Lucas." Riley snapped at her.

"We're off right now, but we'll be on again soon. We just took a break for the summer." She twirled my hair and I rolled my eyes. "You're rather quiet down there, finally ran out of snarky comebacks?"

Turning around, I flashed a fake smile. "I'd rather not waste my breath on people whose opinions don't matter."

"Yeah whatever; look moppet, you had you fun, now stay away from Lucas. It'd be a shame if he caught something from you."

I stood up and looked at her. "I don't know who you think you are, but you don't have the right to talk to me like that, okay? I didn't sleep with Austin you dumb bitch. He lied to everyone just so he could look cool for hooking up with some freshman. Yeah, I slept with Lucas. So what? Half the girls in this school have mess around with him on a regular basis, but I don't see you coming at them with this bullshit."

She glared down at me and smirked. "I will make your worthless, pathetic life a living hell. Do you really want to keep talking? Because I will ensure that by the end of the day the entire school knows just how easy you are."

I stepped back. She keeps winning because I keep letting her. As much as I hate to say it, she's bigger than me. She has more power than I do, and she's right. Things will only get worse if I argue with her.

Therefore, I put my textbook in my bag and sighed. "I'll see you later, Riles." Then I left my best friend and enemy behind, and found an empty classroom to be alone.

[Riley's POV;]

Once I spotted my target, I attacked with full force. "What is the matter with you?"

Lucas looked over at me and raised an eyebrow. "I don't know what you're talking about?"

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. I know what happened with you and Maya, what I don't understand is why you're being so cold about it."

He smirked and shook his head. "Why should I care about her feelings, Riley? Maya means nothing to me. I was bored, she was an easy target."

"I know you don't actually think that. That's not the Lucas I know." I looked at him with disappointment. "The Lucas Friar I know would never act like this."

Lucas looked into my eyes and held my gaze for a moment before speaking. "I'm not the same guy you met four years ago."

I shook my head in disbelief. "You're right. Now you're a jerk. I guess I just never thought that you'd be the one to divide the group. You just left and turned into some type of womanizer."

"Riley..." he bit his lip and looked away from me."What Maya and I did was a drunken mistake. I don't see her romantically or sexually."

"But it still happened, Lucas and she's breaking the same way she did two years ago. I don't want to see my best friend go back into that dark place where she just doesn't care."

"This will all blow over soon. Just tell her to ignore it." He grabbed a binder from his locker and shut the door. "If there's anything I know about Maya it's that she can handle anything life throws at her."

I rolled my eyes. "How is she supposed to ignore it if you're going around bragging about it?"

Lucas shrugged and started to walk past me. "She'll figure something out."

I watched him as he carelessly walked down the hallway. I wish I knew why he was acting like such a jerk towards Maya. Our entire group of friends has been separated since freshman year. Lucas and Zay went one way, Farkle went another way, and Maya went another way. Of course, Farkle and I stayed with Maya when no one else did.

[Maya's POV;]

I was drawing a picture of a closed door in my sketchbook, trying my best not to think about everything that's happened today. Every corner I turn, I hear people whispering about me. Home wrecker, whore, and slut: I've heard them before; people already called me those things before I slept with Lucas. I was fully aware of my reputation. Although I never slept with Austin, everyone thinks I did.

What happens freshman year will stick with you for the rest of high school; who was I? I was a party girl, the one that got wasted every weekend and hooked up with a different guy. The problem is that I never slept with the majority of guys that claim that I did. Nevertheless, people don't care about the truth. They all think I'm trash.

I heard footsteps and turned around to see a tall, dark haired boy standing behind me. "Can I help you?"

"That's a beautiful drawing." He smiled and walked closer to me.

"Thanks, I sketch a lot; it's kind of my thing."

"You know what else is probably beautiful?" I looked up at him and shrugged. "You're body." He reached out and started rubbing my thighs.

I shoved him away and stood up. "I would suggest that you not touch me."

"Why? Everyone else does." He stepped closer to me and cornered me against the wall. "It's just you and me." He firmly grabbed my butt and held a tight grip on my wrist.

I tried to break free, but nothing helped. He was stronger than I was. "Get off of me!"

Struggling to get away, he relentlessly tried slipping his hand down my pants and up my blouse. "Just relax."

I could feel tears forming in my head but I held them back. I will not cry. If I cry, he wins.

"Get the fuck away from her." A voice boomed throughout the room and someone jerked the boy away from me. I stayed frozen against the wall and looked over to see that Lucas had the guy pinned against the wall.

"Come on Friar, learn how to share." Lucas slammed him against the wall again, lifting him slightly off the ground. "Shut up." He yelled. "You don't touch her, you don't look at her, you don't even think about her, okay? Don't come near her again or you will regret it."

The boy nodded, and quickly ran out of the room once Lucas put him down.

I sat on one of the desks and ran my hand through my tangled blonde hair. "You didn't have to do that."

"Really Maya? I don't even want to think about what would have happened if I hadn't been walking by." He stood in front of me and leaned on the opposite desk.

"So you're willing to protect me as long as your friends aren't around to see."

Lucas sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Maya..."

"We have almost every single class together. I was harassed in every single one of them and you did nothing but laugh. This morning you let Anthony and Jacob grope me. You stood there and called me easy."

"I don't think you're easy."

"Then stop acting like it." I snapped at him. "I don't care if you're putting on a show for your stupid popular friends. You don't get to treat me like some slut."

He stepped closer to me and took my hand in his. "You're right, and I'm sorry. I shouldn't been enabling people to treat you like shit."

"I just don't like being the center of attention." I laced our fingers together and he stood between my legs.

Lucas kissed my forehead. "I know, but I'm sure this will all be over with soon."

"I hope so. Missy is starting to get on my last nerve."

"I'll handle her. You do what you do best."

"Which is what?" I looked up and we locked eyes. I felt my heart skip a beat.

He flashed me a sincere smile. "You stay strong."