Hey yall here's the next chapter.
Chapter 8
Maya's POV
I went back to my room to work on my lesson plan for Monday. But I got distracted putting earphones in and starting to draw. Had I not put my headphones in I may have heard her come in and not jumped when she tapped my shoulder. Luckily I was examining my work and not drawing.
"Hey, babygirl," I said removing my headphones and turning around. I looked at Emma's face. "What's wrong?"
"How could you not tell me?"
"What?" I asked slightly confused.
"How could you not tell me that Josh is related to Charlie?"
"Oh." How did she find out?
"I'm sorry, Emma. I didn't find out until recently. I was going to tell you, but I was waiting for the right time. But you have nothing to worry about. I promise. He's a good guy. You and I both know that. I would never do anything to put you or Cory in harm's way. Okay?" she nods. I walk over and give her a hug. "Alright, now go get ready for the new term. I know you haven't unpacked yet. Don't forget to be at Riley's by 6."
"For the Tony Awards. I know, mom, we do it every year."
"But this year we might have a few special people joining us."
"Really who?"
"You'll have to wait and see. Now go get unpacked," I said scooting her out the door.
I went back to examining my artwork I've done instead of doing my lesson plan like I should. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in," I say not turning away from my work. It was quiet for a bit.
"Wow, why didn't you pursue this?" Macey asked.
"It just became more of a hobby, I guess."
"Ok," she said. "Still like Lucas, huh?"
"What?" This question threw me off. "No."
She walked up to stand next to me.
"Oh please, if it hasn't been the way you all are when you're near one another, that painting sure doesn't look like Josh." I stayed quiet. "Maya? Everything okay?"
"Yeah," I started putting some supplies away. "Why don't go get the girls, so we can meet at Riley's room. I have to go wait for someone."
"Okay, thanks for inviting us by the way. It sounds like fun. But don't forget we are going out after."
"Okay. Bye Macey."
"See ya in a bit." Macey left.
I put on sweatpants and a t-shirt and put my hair in a bun before leaving.
I'm heading to the front door to let Eric in. Emma's going to be so happy and shocked. Eric was able to leave base tonight and tomorrow, so they spend the day together before both get too busy.
I'm a couple doors down from my room when I hear a guitar playing in one of the rooms.
I hear a voice start singing "The Reason" by Hoobastank. I know that voice.
I open the door a bit and see Lucas has his back to the door. So I open the door a bit wider and watch him play. God I missed this. I start to lean against the door, thinking it is all the way against the wall. It wasn't. I fell.
"What the?"Lucas stops and turns. "Maya? Are you okay?" he asks walking over to help me up.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Huckleberry. That was really good, by the way."
Macey's POV
I had found Liz, Bex and Cammie easy enough. The guys, however, were nowhere to be found. So, we decided to head to Riley's room. They know that's where we were going, so they could just meet us there.
We got to Riley's room and knocked.
"Come in," we heard Riley say from inside.
"Sorry, we couldn't find the…" Cammie started.
"Come in and be quiet, the red carpet is on," Grant said. Us, girls shot him a questioning look. He just shrugged. We came in and started sitting around the room.
"Where's Maya and Emma?" Bex asked.
"Oh, Maya says she has a surprise and Emma…" Riley got cut off.
"You guys are not going to belief this," Emma said coming in and connecting the laptop to the t.v.
A video page called "YankeeCowboy" was shown.
"Isn't that…" Zay started.
"Yup."
"Live feed?" Farkle asked.
"Yeah."
"Can someone explain what's going on?" Liz asked.
"YankeeCowboy is the name Maya and Lucas came up with for their page. They used to post funny videos and cover that they had done," Farkle explained.
"Okay, so?" Zach asked.
"Just watch," Emma replied, excited.
Maya started to lean against Lucas's door, as he's playing "The Reason" by Hoobastank, but the door moves and she falls. Lucas jumps, looks behind him and gets up quickly.
"Maya? Are you okay?" he asks helping her up.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Huckleberry. That was really good, by the way."
"Thanks, shortstack. And I was filming a live broadcast from our page, so you just fell in front of a lot of people." They so still like each other.
"You have to be kidding?" she says walking toward the screen.
He chuckles and walks back to his seat. "Nope. So, how about another one? For old time's sakes?" he asks picking up his guitar.
"I don't know…" she says hesitantly. Oh yeah, she definitely still feels something for him.
"Please? If not for me then how about for the people watching?"
"Alright, fine," she says pulling up a chair. Lucas starts playing, Riley gasps.
"I love when they perform this song," Zay says.
"I can't believe Maya hasn't stopped him yet," Riley replied.
Lucas started singing. It was "Say Something" by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera. Maya had started tearing up some soon after she joined. They sounded amazing together. The song finished.
Maya leaned into Lucas, who let her cry into him.
"Thank you, Lucas."
"Of course."
"I'm confused," Bex stated. So was I.
We looked to Riley, who Zay was comforting.
"What's wrong?" Riley sat up and composed herself some.
"Today is the anniversary of Maya believing she had lost everything. It's the day Maya's mom died, the day we started drifting apart, the day of the car accident and Shawn leaving, the day me and Maya stopped being me and Maya. It's the day Lucas and I broke up because he had cheated on me with Maya."
There were gasps on the last one.
"Lucas seriously cheated on you with your best friend?" Jonas asked, not understanding why. Honestly, I don't get it either.
"Maya actually hurt you like that?" Cammie asked.
"Actually Maya didn't know Lucas and I were still Lucas and I. We had drifted apart after my parents and Auggie died. And Charlie took advantage of this opportunity to break Lucas and I up and using Maya to do it," Riley said, kind of quiet, hugging her knees.
There was a knock on the door. "Come in," Zay shouted.
Maya's POV
Lucas and I talked for a bit after we finished the song, just goofing around, like old times. My phone buzzed. It was Eric.
"Oh crap," I said getting up.
"What's up?"
"We have to go, your brother's here and we need to get to Riley's room."
We walk to the front of the school.
"Finally," Eric said, "What took so long?" he looked at us, "Nevermind. You all were posting something."
We walked back inside and headed toward Riley's room. Eric knocked.
"Come in," Zay called. Huh? I wonder why Riley didn't?
We walk in and I see Riley hugging her knees and Zay with his arm around her.
"Riles, what's wrong?" I ask going to her ignoring everything else. Zay walks away and I take his place. I put my arm around her and she puts her head on my shoulder.
"Just thinking. I remembered what today was."
"I'm sorry, honey."
"It's okay."
"Alright, girls and Cory on the bed, guys on the ground, but first I have a surprise for two of you." I get questioning looks. Eric walks in.
"Dad!" Emma shouts running to him.
"Hey," he says hugging her.
"Eric."
"Macey."
Those two confuse me.
"So what time is it?"
"Time for it to start." I notice the tv isn't on it. I see our page pulled up and Emma's laptop.
"How much did you all see?" I ask, slightly embarrassed. Lucas notices the laptop.
"The part of you falling and on," Zach said smirking. Great, just great. Lucas starts laughing.
"Oh, you think this is funny, heehaw?"
"A little, yeah," he says still laughing.
"You're lucky I can't move," I said gesturing to Cory, who is on my lap, and Riley, who is still leaning against me.
"It's on," Farkle says sitting back down.
(3 hours later)
Riley's POV
I was on cloud 9. We won. Phantom of the Opera won, I won and so did Josh. Josh was going to bring it back when he came back tomorrow. He wasn't supposed to come back until later this week, but he wanted to surprise Maya. I was happy for them. The entire room was celebrating.
"Yay, now we can all go out and celebrate," Macey said. There was some groans, but mostly cheers.
"Actually, I can't go. Doctor's orders," I say. "And shh, he's asleep," I said pointing to Cory, who was lying on me.
"If Riley stays, so do I," Zay replies, joining me and Cory.
"Understood. Then you all can watch the kids," Macey says.
"And I have to work," Lucas says. What? How did he already have a job?
"You've been here less than 48 hours, how do you have a job?" Maya asked.
"Cammie helped. She knows someone who own a club and needed live music," Lucas responds nonchalantly.
"Deedee's?" Zach asks Cammie, who nods.
"That's where we are going anyway," Macey replies.
Maya's POV
Great I have to go out without Josh or Riley. Luckily Farkle is being forced to go, too.
"Do I have to go?" Liz asked, voicing what I wanted to ask.
"Macey will kill you if you don't," Bex warns. Where is Macey?
"Where's Macey?"
"Helping the guys get ready," Bex answers.
"Count yourself lucky," Cammie says, relieved, sitting next to Liz. "Now, what's going on, Liz? You haven't been yourself since Texas."
"And where has Jonas been?"
"He stayed behind in Texas," Liz responded, tyring to keep a straight face. I caught on. Oh man, poor Liz. Apparently the others hadn't caught on.
"I'm sorry, Liz," I say, she nods.
"Why? What happened? He's coming here, isn't he?" Bex asked.
Liz starts crying, Cammie immediately tries comforting her. And Liz shakes her head.
There was a knock on the door. I answer it since I was closest. It was Grant.
"You all ready?" he asks coming in and sees Liz. "Aw, Liz. What's wrong?" he asked crouching in front of her. He took over for Cammie, so she could finish getting ready. He wraps Liz in a big hug, acting like a big brother.
Macey's POV
I was helping the guys get ready. Mainly the Friar brothers. The others knew what to do since this has become somewhat of a tradition for us before term started.
"Lucas I'm going big brother on you for a minute," at which the younger groans, I chuckle. "Two beers, that's it, you understand?"
"What? Why?" Lucas asks incredulous. Honestly, I wanted to know, too.
"Because even though they are engaged, I don't think Maya and Josh will last, especially being back in his hometown. Just a hunch I have. Therefore, I don't want you doing anything stupid or that could possibly harm Maya in anyway. And by stupid I mean by turning into Texas Lucas, she doesn't like it and frankly it scared the crap out of me. So no Texas Lucas, especially in front of Maya, she hasn't seen the full extent only parts of it and some stories," Lucas nods looking down. What is Texas Lucas? "Also, no hurting or embarrassing her. She is like a little sister to me. I will not hesitate to hurt you."
"I always knew you liked her better," Lucas jokes. "And I would never do anything to Maya. You know that. I love her too much. And if she's happier with Josh, then so be it. I'll step aside and quit trying," Lucas replies.
"Good," Zach says from the doorway. "Because your brother may not hesitate to hurt you, but I will not hesitate to kill you if you ruin things or hurt her in any way. And I can make it look like an accident."
"And he means that," I warn. "And he won't be alone because Shawn and Joe work here, too, and will find out if anything happens."
Cammie's POV
Farkle walked in and stood next to Maya, while Grant was comforting Liz, now sitting next to her.
"What's going on?"
"Jonas broke up with Liz," Maya replied. What?!
"Idiot," he said under his breath. Aw, I knew he liked her. Macey's going to have fun with this one. "Why?" he asked a bit louder.
"Trying to figure that part out," Maya replied.
"What happened?" Grant asks Liz.
"Jonas broke up with me."
"The idiot, I'll kill him," Bex says.
"No, Bex, don't," Liz responds.
"Why would he do that?" Grant asks.
"He found someone else." What?! the entire room was shocked.
"Now, I'm going to kill him," Farkle said leaving.
"There is no way the little nerd is having all the fun," Bex said following Farkle out the door.
"Good thing Farkle left," Liz said.
"Why?"Maya asked confused. Honestly, so was I and apparently so was Grant.
"Because of who he found," she paused taking a deep breath. "It was Isadora Smackle. They met on a mission a little bit ago."
"If you don't mind me asking, do you know how long ago?" Maya asks.
"About 6 months ago. Why?"
"They were still dating," Maya seethed, leaving the room.
Well that's it. Let me know what yall thought.
Also, any Bea Miller fans? Chapter one: Blue is phenomenal if you haven't heard the three new songs go listen now. They are simply amazing.
