Hey! So the prompt is: Farkle, Zay, Riley and Lucas get jealous at the fact that Maya is hanging out with a different group of kids that are eerily similar to their friend group.
So because this is more focused on Lucaya, I'm going to make it more Lucaya-centric
I guess this is sort of an AUish thingy. But here we go!
"Huh," Maya exhales. She rolls over on her bed to face nightstand; on top of which sits her phone. The phone in question is a new a iPhone and a present from Shawn.
It continues to ring as she grabs it to see who's calling. Lucas- Ranger Rick- she meant to say. Maya narrows her eyes at the phone. The idiot isn't even calling her- he's FaceTiming her.
Maya lets out another "Huh" and slides the bar thingy to answer.
"Hey Maya!" He sounds pretty excited.
"Why did you FaceTime me?"Maya snaps.
"What? No 'Hello'? No 'How's is going Ranger Rick'?" Lucas chuckles awkwardly.
"Ha ha ha!" Her voice drips with sarcasm. "Seriously. I was enjoying a nice nap. Why'd you wake me up?"
"Just wondering how you've been doing." His voice sounds cheerful in fake way. "Like what you've been up to, who you've been hanging out with- ya know, cause you totally ditched us." He drops the fake cheer and just sounds hurt.
"Woah! Don't try to pin this on me, Ranger Rick!"
"Don't-" he laughs loudly, "Don't try to pin this on you?" His expression is serious again. "Don't try to make it seem like you, the person that hasn't said more than a sentence to any of us but Riley in a week, are at fault?"
"That's not true. I've also spoken a lot to Zay!"
"Whatever." He shakes his head. "I'd at least like to know why."
"Why I haven't been hanging out with you guys? Why do you think?"
"Is it me?"
"It's not you. It's the triangle."
"The triangle?"
"Yeah. I'd rather hang out with people that don't put that kind of stress on me."
"Maya I-" He stops, hangs his head for a moment, then says, "So what are their names? Your new friends?"
"Yeah." She lets out a little laugh. "You're probably going to find this funny, but Markle, Kiley, May, and Jason."
He laughs a little, too. "That's a little weird." He looks to go deep in thought for a moment. "But Jason? That seems so random."
Maya raises her eyebrows at him and throws in an incredulous look. "Lucas, Jason? Does nothing about them seem similiar."
He, too, raises his eyebrows. "I mean they both have five letters, two vowels..." He looks so confused.
"They are, as Zay would say, Basic White Boy names."
"Aw... come on!"
"You know it's true!" Her laugh this time is real and genuine. She hears a knock at the door. "Hold on a sec," she tells Lucas before looking to call "come in!"
Katy enters. "Hey sweetheart, I heard you laughing."
"Yeah, I'm just talking to someone."
"A friend?" At Katy's question Lucas's ears perk up, eager to hear what she says in response.
"No." Lucas feels his heart sinking a little bit. "A best friend." Lucas drops his head to hide his giant grin.
"Oh. Is it Riley?" Katy asks.
"Nope." She pops the 'P'.
"Who, then?"
"Lucas."
Katy grins. "All right, I'll leave you two to talk." She begins to turn and shut the door behind her, but stops. "You could always meet in person instead." Then she takes the step and closes the door behind her.
"Hey, Lucas?" Maya asks.
"Yes, Maya?"
"Do you want to meet? Like at Topanga's?"
"Sure." He openly smiles at her.
"Cool." She gets up from her bed, phone in hand.
"What are you doing?" He asks, hearing the sound of a dresser drawer opening.
"Changing." She hits the camera flip button to show him the pj pants she's wearing now. "I can't go out in public wearing pjs."
"Do- do you want me to hang up?" Lucas asks.
"Naw. I'll just keep the camera flipped and prop it up against my desk." She flips the camera to selfie mode for a moment and offers a little smile and wave then flips it back again.
"So what are you wearing?" She questions as she goes through another drawer.
"Um... jeans, a t-shirt."
"Hmm." She grabs some clothes and puts them on.
Maya picks up her phone again and turns the camera to face her. She's brushing her hair. "Alright, I'll see you in 15 minutes."
At Topanga's
"Hey there, Huckleberry," she smiles softly at him as she strolls in and sits down next to him.
"Huh."
"What?"
"This kinda reminds me of when we got back from Texas."
"When I poured the smoothie on your head?"
"Yup." He continues to smile then starts to look nervous. "You're not going to pour more smoothie on my head, right?"
"Nope." She shakes her head with a smile.
"Good," he lets out a sigh of relief. "I'll go get us some drinks, though."
Maya opens her bag and him a five. "Grab me a milkshake."
"No." He pushes the money back at her. "This is an apology, I get to pay."
She screws up her face in discomfort. "But-"
"Just this once. I promise." He waits a second to see her nod and the discomfort fade off of her face.
As he walks over to the counter to order, she walks over to the wall. It's blank. She thinks she may have a couple paintings to brighten it up; to give it a bit of hope.
"Maya!" It's Jason.
"Oh, hey, Jason." She turns.
"What are you doing here?"
"Oh, I'm actually here with my friend." She can sense the impending awkwardness.
"Hey, Maya. Who's this?" Lucas comes up behind her, drinks in hand.
"This is Jason."
"Cool. Nice to meet you." Lucas feels a small burst of satisfaction when he goes to shake Jason's hand and notices the few inch height difference between them.
"I forgot to ask," Maya fakes slapping her forehead, "what are you doing here?"
"Same as you, meeting a friend."
Maya nods as she sits down next to Lucas and takes a sip of her smoothie.
"Jason." A pretty brunette comes up and smiles at him. "Oh who's this?" The girl turns to face Maya and Lucas.
"I'm Maya, this is Lucas." Maya introduces them.
"I'm Emma." She sits down and turns to Jason with a bewildered look on her face.
"What's wrong, Emma?"
"You do see this, too, right?"
so just in case you didn't get the joke, it was that they are total parallels to one another.
Yeah... that kinda got way off of the prompt, sorry if that wasn't what you were looking for.
If you have a prompt you'd like me to do, drop me a review or send me a PM. Tell me what you think of my writing and what I can improve on.
Oh, and how often do you think I should update? I was think one to three times a week. For now it should stay around two or three times, but during the school year it will go to once a week.
-Kae
