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"So….why didn't we take the subway? Didn't you want to see Riley?" Farkle asked Lucas. They were less than a block away from school but Farkle was still confused as to why they were walking. They would have gotten there faster if they took the subway.

"It's because Lucas is avoiding Maya" Zay said before Lucas could reply.

"I'm not avoiding her," Lucas said defensively. "I just...Oh look we're here" Lucas said, changing the subject quickly. Farkle and Zay turned their attention away from Lucas and saw that they were at the entrance to John Adams High School. The three of them just stood there.

"Wow. This is a lot bigger than J.Q.A." Farkle said in shock.

"Yea, it is. Come on." Lucas said and started walking. Zay and Farkle followed.

They came into a large hallway that was crowded with new faces that none of them have seen before. The hallway was easily four times bigger than their middle school. All of three were nervous about what this day would bring. They were comfortable in middle school, they knew everyone. But here, they would be lucky if they found someone they knew in the crowd. Lucas looked across the hall then saw Maya and the back of Riley's head. Lucas froze. This was the first time that he's seen Maya in three months. She was smiling and laughing, a sight that Lucas has always loved to see. He continued to watch but Maya looked past Riley and saw him staring at her. Maya's smile faded as she made eye contact with him. Neither one of them broke their gaze with each other. Zay noticed the lingering stare between them, but he didn't say anything to interrupt it. Zay just smiled and walked to his locker and told Farkle to come with him. When Riley finally noticed that Maya wasn't paying attention to anything she was saying, she turned to see what Maya was looking at.

"Lucas!" Riley said. Riley practically ran over to Lucas and threw her hands around him. Lucas hugged her back. But he couldn't stop himself from looking past Riley's shoulder to where Maya was standing. Maya stared back at him but then walked away. Lucas stepped back from his embrace with Riley to see where Maya went. When he knew that he wasn't going to see where she was he gave Riley is attention.

"Hey, Riley" Lucas said with a smile.

"I've missed you" Riley said.

"I've missed you too."

"Tell me about your summer."

Maya didn't want to watch Riley and Lucas so she walked over to the locker number that she received in the mail. She used her combination, then open the locker door, and began putting her stuff inside. She noticed someone standing on the other side of her locker's door. A tall handsome dark-haired boy with deep green eyes who was wearing a leather jacket was standing next to her.

"Can I help you?" Maya asked rudely.

"Uh no actually. That's my locker" the boy replied and pointed to the locker under Maya's.

Maya looked to where his finger pointed. "Oh" Maya said feeling bad about how she spoke to him. She didn't mean to take out her frustration on him. "I'm sorry" she said to him.

"It's okay. Bad day?"

"Bad year."

"Don't worry. Things will start getting better for you."

"How do you know?"

"Because things can't stay bad forever."

Maya smiled. "Thanks. I needed to hear that. I'm Maya by the way.

"I'm Nathan. It great to meet you Maya." He smiled at her and extended his hand to her. Maya shook it and smiled back.

When Lucas was done talking to Riley, he looked for his locker. Since his last name was Friar and Maya's last name was Hart, their lockers were close to each other. However, neither of them knew it. He finally found his locker and then opened it up. Then Lucas heard Maya's laugh. Lucas looked a few lockers down on his left side and saw Maya talking to this new guy who was smiling back to her. Lucas didn't understand the feeling that stirred up in the pit of this stomach. He just felt irritated beyond all belief at the sight of this guy's face. How could Maya meet someone new so fast? She couldn't have been here for more than twenty minutes he thought. Lucas wanted to look away but for some reason he couldn't. His eyebrows crunched together and he couldn't focus on anything else. Lucas did the only thing that he knew that would calm him down. He walked over to them.

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So I just had to name this new guy Nathan because you know Nathan/Lucas = One Tree Hill.

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