*Authors Note: Hello dear readers! I just wanted to say two things really quick 1) Thank you to everyone for your love of my story I have been reading and re-reading all of your amazing reviews and I am just absolutely loving all the love so keep it coming and 2) At this point in the timeline (lol :p) Maya is 16 and Lucas is 17. I just needed to say that because as I was writing the previous chapter it occurred to me that people reading this story might think I had 14 year old kids doing stuff in hay lofts. Okay now with a clear conscience I present to you the next installment - Junior Year! Enjoy!*

Girl Meets Timeline - Chapter 6

Everything changed after they left Texas; so much so that everyone could practically feel the difference including the universe. Once school started again Maya and Lucas didn't even have to make an effort to avoid each other, not that either of them really tried. They had no classes together and the classes they each had put them on opposite sides of the school at all times. Lucas didn't see her for the first month of school and when he finally did see her it was only because Riley left him to go catch up with her but they were still worlds apart. He kept his promise, he was moving on with his life trying to put his relationship with Maya behind him, and a couple of months in to the school year the universe brought someone in to help make everything right again.

Lucas was sitting in his history class when the door opened and a tall pretty brunette came in and handed a slip to the teacher.

"Can I help you?" the teacher asked.

"My name is Abigail Shaw; I'm the new transfer student from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma."

"Welcome Ms. Shaw. Please take a seat."

Lucas watched as the new girl sat behind him, he couldn't help the feeling that he had seen her somewhere before. He thought about turning around and introducing himself but this teacher didn't like talking in class. Funny thing about the universe though, it always finds a way to get what it wants done. So as Lucas was heading to leave class he watched as the new girl tripped over her own two feet and dropped all of her books. The rest of the class just walked past her but Lucas being the good guy that he was stopped and helped her gather her things.

"Here." he said handing her the last book she had left on the floor.

"Thanks, I'm Abigail but you can call me Abby."

"Hi Abby, I'm Lucas."

"Hi Lucas, you're not from around here are you?" she asked

"What gave me away?" Lucas said with a small chuckle.

"Well for starters you're nice to the new girl."

"I know how it feels to be the new kid; I transferred here in the 8th grade from Texas."

"Well how about that, we're practically neighbors. I'm from Oklahoma."

"I heard Broken Arrow right?"

"Yeah, well I better get going. I don't want to be late for my next class."

"What do you have?"

"Trigonometry with Ms. Hellser."

"I have that next too, we can walk together."

"Okay."

As they walked to class Lucas found out a lot more about Abigail. He learned she grew up on a farm so she loved animals almost as much as he did and that she moved to New York with her mom after her parents divorced. The more he learned about Abby the more he liked her, and in the spirit of moving on he decided to make the boldest move he had yet.

"I can't believe you delivered a baby horse! I lived on a farm my whole life and the closest I ever got to something like that was when my cat gave birth in the barn." Abigail said as Lucas walked her home that afternoon.

"It was incredible, you know Abby I had a really great time getting to know you today."

"Same here."

"I was wondering if maybe you would want to go out sometime. Like to a movie or something?" Lucas asked as they approached her front door.

"I'd love to." she responded before giving Lucas a quick kiss on the cheek and heading inside. For the first time ever, Lucas felt that moving on with his life wouldn't be as hard as he thought. He of course rethought that statement when a couple of weeks into his new relationship with Abby he learned that Maya had started seeing someone new as well.

"His name is Trenton Chad but everyone calls him Trent." Zay told Lucas one day when they were playing hoops after school.

"Oh, okay." Lucas replied as he took a shot from the free throw line and missed.

"Yeah apparently they met in art class. He's a senior." Zay said picking up the rebound.

"And why are you telling me all this?" Lucas asked as Zay made his basket.

"I don't know, I thought maybe you'd like to know in case you saw them in the hallway or something."

"Maya can date whoever she wants, I don't really care. I've moved on Zay, in case you haven't noticed I'm with Abby now." Lucas said missing another shot.

"How's that going by the way?"

"It's going good, better than good actually. It's great."

"Mhmm, doesn't she remind you of anyone though."

"I thought that at first too but I couldn't think of anyone."

"Let me spell it out for you. A pretty yet clumsy brunette who loves to listen to your stories and who you have a lot in common with? Dude you're dating another Riley, again."

"What, no way. Abby is nothing like Riley."

"You're kidding me right. Just the other day I saw her at Topanga's and she dropped a roll on the floor and the proceeded to chase it for a good five minutes. Who else do we know that would do that?"

Lucas thought about it for a minute and Zay was right, Riley and Abby did have a lot in common.

"Okay you have a point, but is that such a bad thing? I mean just because it didn't work out with Riley doesn't mean it won't work out with Abby?"

"The reason it didn't work out is because you thought that you should be with Riley because you had a lot in common. But no relationship like that can work."

"Well I tried dating the opposite and look what happened."

"Oh so that's what it is?"

"What, what is?"

"You're dating Abby because she's the opposite of Maya."

"No I'm dating Abby because I like her. She's nice to me; she doesn't call me names or get under my skin. She's a nice normal girl."

"Oh I'm sorry I missed that last part because I fell asleep."

"Just check the ball."

"You know I'm right."

"Check the ball." Lucas asked one more time. Zay finally threw it to him and as he missed another shot he decided he's had enough basketball for one day and headed home.

The next day when he and Abby were walking down the hall Lucas saw Maya and her artsy new boyfriend. She was laughing at something he said and even though they were through, the mere sight of it made his blood boil.

"Lucas is everything okay; you're squeezing my hand pretty tight." Abby said breaking his concentration.

"I'm sorry, I was just thinking."

"Seemed to me like you saw something."

"No it's nothing come on. We have a date to get to." Lucas said as they made their way out of the school. Later on their date Lucas couldn't get Zay's words out of his head and when he kissed Abigail goodnight the kiss felt empty. Maybe Zay was right, but in Lucas' mind he would take empty kisses over a broken heart any day. He was through with Maya, or at least that's what he though, but the universe has a way of getting what it wants done.