Chapter 6
February 14th. Valentines Day.
The day you give chocolates, roses, cards and stuffed animals to the person you like/love.
It's supposed to be a happy and sweet day for everyone.
Not Maya Hart though.
Back at John Quincy Adams none of the boys would ever talk to Maya because she was always so menacing and they felt that if they ever tried to get near her and talk to her she'd bite their head off.
But here at John Adams it was a whole different story.
All the boys here LIKED HER.
They liked her because she's tough and not like the other girls here.
Currently the girls were at their lockers getting their stuff for first period but for some weird reason Maya couldn't get her locker opened.
Riley was getting her books out when she saw a small stack of red envelopes fall down from her locker.
She bent down and picked it up and looked them over. Her eyes grew wide and happy that she has gotten some Valentines.
"Maya look at this I got some valentines!" Riley said excitedly like a little kid who had just gotten a new toy from the toy store.
"That's awesome Riles I'm happy for you. I just wish I could get this stupid locker to open!" Maya said struggling trying to get her locker to open.
"Don't be mad at the locker Maya. It's a sweet day. Be happy" Riley said dreamily.
"I'll be happy once I get this stupid locker open!" Maya said still struggling to get her locker opened for the second time.
Maya kept struggling and finally on the third try the door flew open and dumped out a whole bunch of valentines day cards, chocolates, candies, 'will you go out with me cards', and stuffed animals.
Once the whole pile fell on to the ground it made a GIANT stack.
"What the what?" Maya asked confused as to why she got this much valentines day stuff.
"WOW!" Riley said excitedly and ran to the pile and started to look through everything.
"Maya that's amazing you got this much stuff for Valentines Day!" Riley said in a excited tone.
"Yeah I guess, but who gave me all this stuff?" Maya asked really confused as to who put all these gifts in her locker.
"We did" said a squeaky voice that came from behind Maya.
Maya got startled and quickly turned around and saw a group of nerds behind her crouched down holding roses in their hands with some of the cool boys next to them also holding roses.
"Thank you I'm flattered but . . . . . Why would you give me these?" Maya asked being polite and thanking them for the gifts but still confused as to why she got so much of them.
"We think your cool. Your not like the other girls here. Will you go out with us?" The leader of the nerds asked Maya.
"Thank you for the gifts but I'm not really in the mood to go out with anyone of you right now. Sorry" Maya said politely as she could rejecting the offer to go out with the leader of the group of nerds.
"Oh we understand. BUT WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW YOU AROUND UNTIL YOU SAY YES!" The lead nerd shouted valiantly.
While this whole thing was happening Cory and Shawn were watching it from their lockers and Shawn wasn't liking this whole thing one bit.
"Cor I have a bad feeling about this. Look at Maya getting all that attention. It's bad for her. I've seen girls get attention like that. It goes to their heads and they never become normal. I'm worried" Shawn said feeling worried about Maya and how she was acting.
"Whoa do you smell that? It smells like jealousy! Your jealous of all the attention that Maya's getting from those nerds and cool boys. Your worried that you'll lose her to them, aren't you?" Cory said figuring everything out.
"Maybe. How'd you figure that out?" Shawn asked Cory bluntly wondering how he was able to figure all of that out.
"First of all I'm your best friend. I know everything. I have an eye for these things. Also because-" Cory started and opened Shawn's locker and waved his hand over the door to all the pictures of Maya that were on there.
On Shawn's locker door it was full with pictures of Maya and it had stickers on there that said stuff like, 'my sweetheart', 'my dream girl', 'the one for me.'
"Okay your point being?" Shawn asked getting to the point Cory was trying to say.
"My point is we know Maya. We trust her. She's smart. She wouldn't let this go to her head. She's not those other girls who would go crazy about this. She wouldn't go out with any of those guys because to be honest who would go out with any of those guys? Your overreacting Shawny. There's nothing to worry about" Cory explained to Shawn comfortingly that there was nothing to worry about here.
"Okay are you sure?" Shawn asked still a little bit doubtful.
"Yes I'm sure" Cory said with utmost confidence.
"Okay" Shawn said believing and trusting Cory's words.
"Good come on it's time for class" Cory told Shawn and started to walk into Mr. Turner's classroom with Shawn behind him.
They took their seats and waited for the girls to come.
(Back in the hallway)
"Ugh! Stupid nerds come on Riley it's time for class" Maya muttered and then grabbed Riley's hand as they walked into English.
They entered and Riley sat next to Cory and Maya sat down next to Shawn.
"Hey" Shawn whispered to Maya.
"Hey" Maya replied.
"Will you go out with me?, Will you go out with me?, Will you go out with me?" The lead nerd kept asking Maya.
"NO!" Maya repeated getting really aggravated by him.
Riley turned around and asked, "Spray bottle?"
"Yes! Spray bottle please!" Maya said relieved that Riley had the spray bottle with her.
Riley smiled and bent down and got the spray bottle from her desk.
The girls had this spray bottle in case any boy ever tried to mess with them but even though they had Cory and Shawn to protect them this was just as a back up in case they weren't there to do it.
She handed the bottle to Maya and Maya happily took it.
She turned to face the lead nerd and sprayed him.
"Spraying me with water won't get rid of me that easily Maya" The lead nerd said and wiped the water off.
"UGH!" Maya muttered defeated and put the bottle down.
"Will you go out with me?, Will you go out with me?, Will you go out with me?" The lead nerd kept asking Maya.
"NO!" Maya repeated getting really aggravated by him.
"Will you go out with me?" The lead nerd asked again.
"NO!" Maya shouted angrily which made the whole class turn to look at her and also stopping Mr. Turner from reading aloud.
"Hart is everything okay? Are you okay?" Mr. Turner asked Maya wondering why did she just scream like that in the middle of class.
"Yeah, Mr. Turner I'm fine. Everything's good. I'm sorry for interrupting. Please continue" Maya said apologizing for interrupting like that.
"Alright" Mr. Turner answered and then went to back to reading aloud To Kill A Mockingbird.
They went through the rest of class and sadly Maya had to still put up with the nerds who were still trying to ask her out.
Class ended and everyone exited but still the nerds were not letting go of Maya.
Maya went to her locker to put her English stuff away and started talking to herself about this whole thing.
"Ugh stupid nerds flirting with me. Don't they know how to take no for an answer? They don't even know how to flirt! I wish someone normal who I know would flirt with me. I wouldn't mind it. I'd like it" Maya said to herself.
"Are you from Tennessee? Cause your the only ten I see. I'm not a photographer, but I can picture me and you together. Are you an interior decorator? Because when I saw you the entire room became beautiful" Shawn said finishing his pick up lines and kissed Maya's hand to finish it off.
"Wow Shawn. I gotta say I'm impressed" Maya said with an impressed smile that Shawn was really good at flirting.
"Thanks" Shawn said with a smile that he successfully impressed Maya with his flirting skills.
"You deserve something for that" Maya said and stood up on her tippy toes and kissed Shawn on the cheek.
Shawn had a triumphant smile on and inside he was so happy that he got a kiss from Maya.
Maya had felt somebody was watching them and she looked to the right of Shawn and the nerds were there watching the whole thing.
Maya went back to Shawn and told him, "If you'll excuse me Shawn I have to go lose these nerds. Be back in a few minutes."
Maya quickly started running down the hallway to the girls bathroom with the nerds still chasing her. But good for her she was faster then them and she made it inside the bathroom successfully. She locked the door so they couldn't get inside and went to the sink to wash her face.
"Stupid nerds who don't know how to take no for an answer. Why can't they just leave me alone?" Maya muttered to herself.
Suddenly one of the stall doors swung open and Shawn was standing there.
"So here's how I see it" Shawn said from the stall and then walked out and stood next to the sink where Maya was still washing her face.
"I know this guy who has an awesome girl best friend who he likes and really cares about. On Valentines Day the girl best friend is getting all this attention from nerds and cool boys and the guy best friend is worried that the attention will go to her head. They keep asking her out and the guy best friend is worried he'll lose her. Even though he knows she's smart enough to not let it go to her head he still is worried for her. He trusts her though but he's still worried. What should the guy best friend do?" Shawn said hypothetically about this whole thing between him and Maya.
"Well the guy best friend should trust the girl best friend that everything's going to be fine. She'll handle it. She's smart enough to not let this whole thing go to her head. Also she'd never go out with those people because they aren't her type. She's already found her type but when it's the right time she'll tell her guy best friend who it is. The guy best friend should have faith in her and trust her that she'll be fine. The guy best friend has absolutely nothing to worry about. She'll be fine" Maya said answering Shawn's hypothetical situation and stood up on her tippy toes and kissed Shawn on the cheek.
Maya looked up at Shawn and smiled and walked out of the girls bathroom.
Shawn stood there in the girls bathroom with a surprised face on and his right hand over his cheek with his face saying, "Oh my god what just happened?"
(*Time skip to lunch*)
It was lunch time and everyone was enjoying themselves.
Shawn cracked a joke about the cherry bomb incident when Cory had thought he successfully his Shawn up in his room with our anyone knowing for two days but his parents had already known about it which made the girls break out in laughter.
The lead nerd had followed Maya to lunch and he bent down and whispered, "Will you go out with me?" for what seemed like the millionth time that day.
That was when Maya had the last straw with this while thing.
She slammed her hand on the table and screamed, "That is enough!"
She got up, walked over to Shawn grabbed his hand and started dragging him out of the lunchroom and into the hallway with the nerds following them.
Maya made Shawn stand next to her locker and also the nerds as she opened it up and started dumping all of the chocolates, candies, cards and stuffed animals into the garbage.
When she finished Maya got a matchbox out of her locker, she took a match out, struck it and then threw it into the garbage where the gifts were.
Maya turned to the lead nerd and said, "Now do you understand? Thank you for the gits and all but sorry I don't want to go out with you."
"I understand" The lead nerd finally accepting Maya's rejection and walked off upset.
Maya turned back to Shawn and Shawn asked her, "Why did you burn all the gifts?"
"Because I wanted to show the guy best friend that the girl best friend would handle everything. She was perfectly fine. I knew you were talking about me the whole time" Maya explained to Shawn and revealed that she knew already he was talking about her in the girls bathroom.
"What do you mean I was talking about you?" Shawn asked trying to sound clueless to what Maya was saying even though it didn't really work.
"What you said in the girls bathroom. I knew you were talking about me and you. It didn't take me that long to figure everything out. How could you even think I'd go out with any of those guys? They aren't my type. I've already found my type" Maya said with a confident smile.
"I don't know I panicked. Alright? Okay, Who is your type?" Shawn asked with an inquisitive smile.
"You'll find out soon. I have a surprise for you. Happy Valentines Day" Maya said with a sweet smile and pulled out Shawn's Valentines day gifts from her locker and handed it to him.
Shawn happily accepted the gifts and looked at them. It was a friendship bracelet with read heart beads and letter beads that said 'best friend' across it. There was also a card with a message that read, I'm grateful for having you as my best friend. Your amazing and sweet and a lot badass but I like that ;) Thank you for protecting me all those times. Happy Valentines Day my best friend! Love you :)
Shawn looked up at Maya after reading the card and smiled.
"Thank you Maya. That means a lot. Your the best. I have something for you too. Happy Valentines Day" Shawn said thanking Maya for the gifts and then took out the gifts for her from behind his back and handed it to her.
Maya took the gifts and looked down at them. It was a small light brown bear holding a red heart that said 'I love you best friend.' There was also a card with a message that read, Maya your the most amazing best friend I've had. I love your spunk and flair. I love your loyalness and caringness. I'm glad and proud your best friend. Love you and Happy Valentines Day!
"Thank you Shawn. I have another gift for you" Maya said looking up at Shawn after reading the card and then stood up on her tippy toes and kissed Shawn's cheek.
"Happy Valentines Day" Maya whispered in Shawn's ear after kissing his cheek.
Shawn's jaw dropped that three times today Maya kissed him.
Maya turned to her locker and put Shawn's gifts on the top shelf. She took out a bag of marshmallows and two sticks and closed her locker.
"Wanna roast some marshmallows with me?" Maya faked turning back to Shawn.
"Why do you have marshmallows in your locker?" Shawn asked confused as to why Maya kept marshmallows in her locker.
"For snack reasons. Do you want too?" Maya asked again.
"Yup hit me up" Shawn replied and Maya tossed one of the sticks to Shawn a he caught it.
Maya walked to the garbage can with the bag of marshmallows and put some on her stick. Shawn stuck his hand in the bag and took some out and put it on his stick and then started roasting.
They both watched the marshmallows cook and Maya looked at Shawn and smiled. Shawn saw that and looked back at Maya and smiled. They went back to their marshmallows enjoying each other's company.
Best Valentines Day ever.
Happy August guys! How'd you love the jealous Shaya and flirty Shawn? Also how was the adorable Shaya valentines day part at the end?