They walked to the office, and waited outside for a couple of minutes.
Maya tried to avoid conversation with Lucas, because he annoyed her. It probably didn't help that he asked so many questions about her past.
She poured herself a glass of water, in an effort to look busy.
"Pour me one, Blondie." Lucas commanded her, sitting down on the couch.
"You expect me to pour one for you? That's no way to burn all that fat, is it, Cowboy?" Maya smirked, and made herself comfortable on the opposite facing couch.
"I'm sorry, does this look like fat to you?" He smirked, before lifting his blue shirt and revealing his tanned, perfect abs, and muscular body.
Maya bit her lip, accidentally checking him out, without realising that she was gawking at him.
"I take it that you like what you see, Blondie." His confidence was evident by the smugness of his face.
She broke out of her trance, in complete denial. "I'm sorry, am I supposed to be looking at anything?"
He let out a little laugh before he spoke. "Your lips say one thing but your eyes say another."
She tried not to laugh, by rolling her eyes and turning away, hiding the rosy glow on her pale cheeks.
"You may enter." A thin, snotty, uptight secretary looked down her nose.
Maya stood up, and refilled her water cup.
The secretary impatiently tapped her foot against the floor, waiting for them to obey her.
Lucas pulled his shirt down, and jumped onto his feet. He flexed his arm, in an attempt to waste time and annoy the secretary, but also in an attempt to impress Maya. His smirk caught her eye, however she rolled her eyes and walked to the secretary to avoid being caught staring at Lucas's muscular build.
They both walked in, Maya in the lead.
"Take a seat." A man, who was supposedly the Principal, smiled at them, before they walked to the chairs that stood on the opposite side of his desk.
Lucas pulled a chair out, gesturing for Maya to sit down, as he tipped his imaginary hat and said, "Here you go, Ma'am."
"Thank you, that's so nice of you." She girlishly giggled before sitting down in a different chair.
He shook his head and laughed before sitting next to her.
"Thank you for coming-" The principal grinned, scratching his neck uncomfortably.
"Did we have a choice, Mike?" Lucas yawned.
He laughed before all expression was removed from his face. "No."
Maya confidently crossed her arms, showing no emotion on her face, while Lucas lay right back in his seat, stretching his legs, again with no emotion.
"Wait how are you on first name basis?" She scrunched her brow.
The principal and Lucas looked at each other and burst into laughter. "Didn't I mention that Principal Andrews is my adoptive dad?"
"No, you seemed to have forgotten that part." Maya scratched her head uncomfortably.
"Anyway, I need to talk to the both of you about a very serious matter." He pulled his glasses off, and sighed. "I hope that you realise that what you did is against the rules and there will be serious consequences."
His eyes were almost as blue as Lucas's. If Maya didn't know his background, she'd believe that the Principal was his real father.
"I don't think that it's that much of a deal..." Maya raised an eyebrow.
"Excuse me?" The principal took a sip of his coffee. "Not that it's any of my business, but it seems like you've done this a few times."
"Yes, I've done it loads of times, who hasn't?" She rolled her eyes.
"I didn't think that's usually something girls like to brag about. Didn't you get punished in your previous school?" He nearly choked on his coffee.
"Yeah of course, I got a few detentions. You're making this seem way worse than it is. You're making a big deal out of nothing!" Maya was clearly annoyed by now.
Why is skipping class such a big deal in this school? Although it wasn't my fault, why is this principal so mad? Why wasn't he yelling at Lucas?
Lucas sat in his chair silently laughing, "This is so good."
"Lucas, stop laughing! You're supposed to back me up here!" She clenched her jaw, and took a sip of her water.
"I can't." He couldn't contain his laughter.
"You're new here, Miss Fox, but no sexual intercourse is permitted on school grounds." The principal sternly spoke.
Maya spat out the water in her mouth on the Principal's desk, and rose to her feet. "Excuse me?"
Lucas, still laughing was dragged to his feet by Maya. "Lucas! Why would you make up bullshit like this?!"
"It wasn't me, Blondie, I promise. It was the guys who told me." He found the situation quite amusing.
"You're such an frickin' asshole! Why didn't you tell me, instead of letting me go along with it?" She was furious by now. She had been played like a doll.
That was what Riley and Farkle tried to tell her! Why couldn't she have listened to them better? It was so obvious! The way Riley was so mad and upset, and how Farkle freaked out. What did they think of her? She was so embarrassed and angry.
"I thought it would be funny." Lucas argued, and paused, bursting into laughter. "I was so right."
"That's it!" Maya yelled before jumping on Lucas' back and tried to attack him. Her small, pale hands were no match for his muscular body. She couldn't cause his body any pain.
"Miss Fox! Get off his back!" The Principal stood up, walking towards them, desperately trying to pull Maya off his back.
"Sit down!" He bellowed, before Maya and Lucas returned to their seats. "So you didn't…-"
"No. No, no, no." Maya shook her head, laughing in disbelief, clearly annoyed. "No way!"
"Why do you feel so ashamed, babe?" Lucas smirked, putting an arm around her shoulder, pulling her in.
"Lucas, this is not the time. I will end your stupid, annoying, cowboy life." She tried to remain calm, escaping from his biceps. "Just tell him that we did not… y' know…"
"Why would I want to lie?" He gave her a smug look.
"I could take you. Right here. Right now." Maya glared, with daggering eyes.
"Go ahead." The boy winked at her.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to know what happened." The Principal sternly spoke.
"I did not- We did not- I have never-" Maya spoke scratching her jawline.
"So you're a virgin?" Lucas smirked.
"Yeah, I mean no- I am. Uh, no I'm not-" She looked at Lucas then spoke. "That's completely irrelevant and none of your business."
Lucas's laughter grinded to a halt, when the Principal spoke up. "It's settled. To my understanding, they were just rumours. However, you did skip class, and for that there will be consequences."
"No, it's only my fault. Maya didn't even know that she was skipping class, she thought that I was taking her to class." Did Lucas Friar actually stand up for me?
"Is this true?" The principal asked, also clearly puzzled by Lucas's act of kindness.
It took a while for Maya to reply, before she managed to speak. "Yeah. I had no idea."
Could Lucas ever use this against me in any way?
"Well son, I guess I'll be seeing more of you. Detention, after school, all week." He wrote on a piece of paper and gave him a detention slip.
"Can't we do next week? My schedule is completely full this week." Lucas groaned.
"Homework? Studying?"
"No. Missy has made plans for us for the rest of the week. I've got places to be." He shook his head.
This was Maya's turn to laugh. He rolled his eyes at her.
"Maybe detention would be a good place for you to get your priorities straight." The principal also laughed. "And you're grounded, so I guess your schedule just opened up."
"But Mike-" Lucas protested, but the Principal completely ignored him.
"And as for you, Miss Fox, you'll also be joining us." He faked a smile.
"But-!" Maya's protest was cut off by the principal.
"You can't act completely innocent. You could've asked plenty of other people for directions."
"I can't. Not straight after school. I have to- I've also got places to be." Maya sighed.
"Well it looks like you've got a problem, doesn't it?" The principal laughed. "You may leave now. I'll see you after school in the library."
Maya could not argue her way out of this one. They both walked out of her office and began to walk back to gym class.
"I can't believe I've got detention on the first day, because of you. You're such an ass." She groaned.
"Hey, I stood up for you." Lucas flashed a smile that actually wasn't a smirk. Is that supposed to impress me?
Maya raised an eyebrow, and slowly spoke. "Yeah… Why did you do that?"
"I told you I'd cover for you." He spoke. "I always keep my promises."
She clenched her jaw and squinted her eyes.
'No you don't. You promised me that we'd be best friends forever. That quickly changed didn't it?' Maya nearly said, but held her breath.
Why was he being so nice? What did he want from her?
He knew that she hated him. She wasn't the same little girl she was a few years back. She had grown stronger and more mature. He could no longer affect her in any way.
"I believe that 'thank you' is the term you're looking for." Lucas spoke.
Maya scoffed and shook her head. "Why would I want to thank an asshole like you?"
"I covered for you. If I was an asshole, I'd tell you that you owe me." The boy had a smug look on his face.
"Owe you for what? Tricking me into skipping class and getting detention on my first day?" She spoke with a straight face.
"Oh, come on, you used to be more fun." He shook his head and laughed. "You were never a good girl, Blondie."
Lucas was right. In the orphanage, when they were best friends, they had always been a team. They were the type of friends that always got in trouble. They pranked the other children, rebelled against the adults, ran away, and broke every rule possible. If one went down, so did the other. They protected each other in any way possible, and would defend each other with whatever it took. They were best friends, and spent every minute together. They were inseparable. For a while, anyway.
"Well, maybe I've changed." She avoided eye contact with him.
"No you haven't." He grinned.
"Neither have you." As Maya looked up, his smirk began to fade.
He could tell that he had upset her. He knew what she thought of him. He was an asshole then, and he was an even bigger asshole now. But that was his thing.
After he left the orphanage at eight years old, he lived in Texas for 5 years, where his birth parents had lived. Nearly three years ago, they moved to New York City, after his adoptive father suddenly got transferred. Ever since he lived in New York, his witty and sarcastic humour, charming yet bad boy attitude, flirtatious nature, and his Hollywood star appearance, made him the most popular guy in school.
If he softened up for one girl, he wouldn't be as desirable and popular. He couldn't slip up. But, this wasn't just 'some girl'. This was Maya Fox. His childhood best friend and crush. Lucas needed to make things right between them.
Maybe if she spent enough time with him, she'd grow to love him all over again. How could anyone dislike him?
When Lucas looked up, she was gone. Maya had walked away from him, while he was lost in thought. She hadn't gone far.
"Hey, wait!" He yelled down the hallway.
She turned around and a faint smile appeared on her face.
"The gym hall is that way." Although he was far away from her, the smug smirk was still obvious on his face.
"Oh." The smile faded on her face as she walked straight past him, and he followed.
They walked down the halls, Maya ignoring Lucas's continuous attempts to talk to her.
"Maya?" Lucas groaned. "Can I just say one thing?"
She sighed and stopped walking, right in front of the gym hall doors.
Had he finally decided to explain himself and apologise?
"See you in detention, Blondie." A smirk grew on his face as he entered the gym hall.
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