Work was so busy these past 3 days so enjoy your 3 chapter update to catch up!
"Are you sure?" He asked after a beat of silence.
"I peed on a stick and now here I am."
"Does Josh know?"
Maya's head darted straight to his.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked rudely.
"No Maya- I just mean. It's Josh's right?"
Maya scoffed. "Of course. You know what, forget I even said anything." She said getting up walking away.
"Maya wait!" He called after her.
"Just leave me alone Lucas."
"I can't. Not when you drop a bomb like that and then walk away."
"You accused me of sleeping with someone else, of course I'm going to walk away."
"That's not what I meant Maya! I just thought that you and josh- Maya!" He said grabbing her arm stopping her.
"Is it from that one time?" He asked.
She nodded.
"But that was months ago."
"I know. It's a long story."
"Can we just go somewhere and talk please." He asked.
"Not in public." She said quickly. "I don't want the whole world knowing my business."
"Our business." He corrected. "Your house?"
"No." She said quickly.
He looked confused.
"Darby might stop by unannounced and id rather not be there then be there with you." She admitted.
"Ah… the girlfriend doesn't know?"
"No one knows." She said carefully.
"Okayy. My house?"
"Is your mom there?"
"No. She's in Austin for a business meeting. Dad went with her."
"Okayy, your house." She said.
The walk to his house was silent. It wasn't far from the park either so they didn't need to take the subway.
"I know it's a hard thing the grasp." She said.
"Explain it again?" He asked.
"Okayy. So the doctor said technically I have been pregnant for 3 months. But the pregnancy is just beginning. So you hear those stories where the egg goes into the Wrong tube and poses a threat to her life, that was me… sort of. The egg was in the wrong tube, but it wasn't all the way in so it wasn't putting harm on my life. It sat there for 3 months. Now it's moved into the correct path and here I am, 2 weeks pregnant."
"Wow." He breathed.
"I know it's a hard thing to understand. I don't even know if I understand it." She admitted.
He wasn't saying anything.
"If you don't want anything to do with it I understand." She said. "I'm giving you a complete out."
"Maya, I'm not just going to let you do this on your own."
"Lucas, your parents are going to be so mad."
"So what? I'm a factor in this and I can't just abandon you so your alone."
"It wouldn't be the first time." She mumbled.
"Maya, I'm not your dad. I'm not leaving."
The doctor told Maya more things than she understood when she went. He said she was going to be very emotional at this stage in the pregnancy and she didn't believe him, not until now.
She bursted into tears after he said this. Her dad leaving was so hard, and when he came back in 8th grade it made everything harder. Having Lucas say he was going to stick around meant so much that she didn't even know. She just expected him to leave.
Lucas moved next to her on his bed and wrapped her in a hug. She buried her face into his chest and cried.
"It's gonna be okayy Maya. We'll get through this." He said gently.
"I know that." She said pulling back. "I just- I expected you to leave. That's what I braced myself for." She said sniffling.
"You always did prepare for the worst." He smiled laughing a little.
"Can you blame me?" She asked hitting him.
"Of course not." He said getting a little serious. He wiped the tears off her cheek looking into her eyes.
The silence in the room was speaking volumes.
The space between them was closing, both moving in closer.
"I really wanna kiss you right now." He whispered as they got closer.
Him stroking her cheek gently was making her feel mixed emotions.
"I really want you too." She whispered back.
With that he closed the space between them and connected their lips.
It was like the fire between them never even went out.
"Wait!" Maya said pulling back. "What about Riley?" She had to ask.
"What about her?"
"I thought- I thought you two…?"
"No. We never. She tried but I just couldn't lose you completely."
Maya was forced to smile. He always knew the right thing to say.
"What about Darby?" He asked.
Her smile faded.
"Darby." She said to herself. "Darby!" She said realizing what she just did. "I just cheated on Darby! The one person whose been here this whole time and I ruined that!"
"Maya-"
"I have to go." She said standing up quickly.
"Maya-"
"No Lucas. I just ruined something that was really good, again. I can't do this to her."
"Then let me drive you. It's late and I'm not comfortable with you being out alone."
"I'm a big girl Lucas."
"Maya, it will make me feel better."