In case you forget, the paris trip never happened. Just a little note letting you know. And omg this chapter is almost 3,000 words. I'm so sorry. Next chapter will also be up tonight so sorry for making your brain hurt I love you all so much bye :) R&R IF YOU LOVE ME TOO
(MILES)
Miles was finally let to see his father after a week of investigation. DNA, (and the security camera at the front door) proved that Miles had come to the scene approximately 20 minutes after the crime had been committed, so, he was innocent. It helped Miles' innocence, but it didn't exactly solve the case at all. When he got the call that he could definitely come and see his father, who was recovering, he wasn't sure how to feel.
Miles had been staying at Chewie's home for the past week, since he wasn't allowed at his house, and had not seen Maya since the grand accidental sleepover. In fact, he'd only gotten one call from her, and even that wasn't much. It was basically, "Thanks for the cute message, I had a good night too, glad that you left and didn't get into any trouble...Bye".
Miles arrived at the hospital about 20 minutes after he got the call, and it was about 6 pm. He felt a shakiness that he'd never felt in his life. His whole body was trembling, and he felt a sheen of sweat on his forehead. It wasn't hot, so it must've been nerves. But what for? He'd never been nervous for anything in his life...But yet, now... he wasn't sure.
He was lead into the room his father was in, and saw Mr. Hollingsworth unlike how he ever had seen him. He looked almost 20 pounds skinnier. His face was sunken in, the underneaths of his eyes were practically navy blue, and his lips were cracked and white. He looked...awful. Sick.
"Hey, dad." Miles barely croaked out, biting his bottom lip.
"I need to talk to you." Miles' father's tone with Miles was still the same. Like he was angry.
"Um, alright... anything. Uh, do you mind..?"
The nurse nodded his head and left them alone.
"What the hell did you let happen to me, you little dick?"
Miles' thought was correct. He was pissed.
"First of all, you leave without telling me, and don't come back until after sunset, which is against your rules, and I end up getting stabbed almost to death? Did you set this up? You can't get rid of me, you dick!"
And now, Mr. Hollingsworth was screaming, and the nurse came back in, saying that Miles was upsetting the patient, and that he needed to leave because it wasn't good for Miles' dad's health to be stressed out like this.
So, Miles nodded, "Okay, let me just say one last thing to the 'patient'."
The nurse reluctantly nodded, and walked to the door. Miles walked closer to his father, and mustered up the courage he never had in his life, and did what he always wanted to do.
"Fuck you, Dad! I fucking hate you! You're a waste of fucking air and I can't stand you! You abuse me, you scream at me, and you make me feel like nothing! I almost wish you would have just died when the person who was brave enough tried to get rid of you, you ass! I wish I could be with Mom, but you fucking drove her away by being completely stupid as hell, and...I'm done. I can't say anything else. I'm living with the Chu's until I find someone else to live with. I don't want to talk to you ever again, you piece of shit."
Miles' father was appauled. He was speechless, and Miles wouldn't have let him speak anyway. He barged out, knowing he'd be banned from ever seeing his father in the hospital ever again, but he didn't care. He got looks from everyone on the floor who could hear him yell, but he'd definitely stopped caring at that point.
Miles called Maya once he got home to Winston's house. There were tears in his eyes again. God, was Maya gonna be just a tear booty call? Somebody who he'd call whenever he needed someone to whine to?
(MAYA)
Maya was at Tristan's house. Why? She'd gotten a text from Owen saying to come whenever she could. He didn't explain, but she knew that it had to be something important. Something wrong with Tristan.
She arrived and was immediately let in by Owen. She looked around and saw that there were only a few familiar faces. Tori, who sat there looking worried, Zig, who looked uninterested, and a couple kids that worked on the play with Tristan. Owen clapped his hands, and Maya assumed that this meant everyone was here.
"Alright guys... So, you probably wonder why you're here with me. And why I invited six underclassmen to my house. Well, I invited you here for some sort of intervention shit for Tristan. He's been dating this creep and all they do is hook up and it's gross. So, Tristan needs to realize that he's messing up big time."
It was nice that Owen cared this much for Tristan, but, an intervention? Really?
"So, Tristan is on a date with Fab right now and he's gonna be back soon, hopefully, so...We can just chill here and talk and figure out what we're going to say." Owen spoke again, and Maya decided she needed to pull him aside.
"Owen, is this really needed? Tristan is young... He'll realize what he's doing wrong soon." Maya whispered, making sure the rest of the kids in the room didn't hear.
"No, Maya." This was one of the first times Owen had called Maya by her name, and it felt weird. But, it was kind of nice that he was being better. Nicer.
"Maya, we need to show him and tell him that what he's doing is not okay. He can't go around with a guy my age and be...they're probably having sex. I don't want to know about that and I don't want it to happen. It's not okay and I can't...I can't have it!"
Maya was surprised.
"Alright, Owen.. Well, he'll be here soon. We better get out there."
Maya would have talked more, but she couldn't find words. The guy she thought was a total ass, the guy she thought she disliked a lot, was actually not a bad guy. He was actually pretty great, actually. He reminded her of a male version of Katie, almost. She knew that Katie would do this if Maya were to date a guy who was 18...She figured Miles was probably about 15 or 16, she wasn't sure. Hopefully he wasn't 18... Maya realized how much she didn't know Miles.
As soon as Owen and Maya reappeared, Tristan came in the front door, hand in hand with none other than Fab.
The intervention began once Owen threw Fab out. By that time, Tristan was sobbing. Tori was holding him, telling him that it was okay, and cursing Owen, and Maya was standing there, watching it all unfold.
The people that Maya was unsure of their names all scattered and left during the big scene, and it was left with Zig, Tori, Tristan, Maya, and Owen. Zig still didn't care much, Tori was on Tristan's side now, and Owen was pissed and sweating from trying to get a surprisingly fit Fab out the door and fending off a very emotional, very over-dramatic Tristan.
When things finally settled down and people sat down, Maya wondered why she was here. Tristan called her a bitch. Tristan was rude to her and made her feel terrible. Why should she care if he ruins his life? But no matter how much she wished she didn't, she still cared about her best friend. No matter the stupid mistakes.
First was Owen. He went on for about 20 minutes straight about how dating Fab was unsafe and they didn't know each other and it wasn't a good idea. Tristan protested at every single remark that Owen made, but it was obvious in his words throughout the arguments that he was starting to wear down a bit. When Owen was finished, Tori stood and told Owen off in a very immature and un-educated way. She talked about true love and Chuck and Blair and some other TV and movie references that weren't relevant in any way shape or form, and Maya wondered why she was friends with Tori halfway through.
Zig just shrugged and said that if Tristan really likes Fab he 'guessed' it was cool and asked Owen if there was any chips or anything. Maya almost felt like laughing, just because Zig really didn't care and it was obvious that Tori dragged him there. The conflict between Maya, Zig, and Tori was kind of resolved without words after Cam died...
Maya didn't say too much about the situation. She told Tristan that it was his decision, not her's, but if she were him she'd get to know Fab before he just assumes he was in love. She thought of Miles a lot during her speech to Tristan, and she thought Tristan or Owen or somebody may have noticed that, since she was so passionate about something that she had never been passionate about before.
In the end, Tristan said he'd think about his relationship with Fab, but by the tone in his voice it didn't sound too sincere, but Owen took it. Tori was a ball of energy, and Zig went home. Tristan invited Tori and Maya to sleep over, and they both accepted. Maya and Tori called their parents and both got consent. It was now about 7 pm now, so they decided to rent a movie.
Just as they began watching their, (well, Tori and Tristan's) movie of choice, Maya's phone started ringing. The caller I.D. said Miles. Okay, it wasn't just Miles. It was Miles with a smiley face emoji beside it. She was just about to get up and answer it when Tristan grabbed her phone. "Ooh, who's Miles?" Maya rolled her eyes. "Please just give me my phone." Tristan ignored her and slid the screen to answer. "Hellooo, Miles!" Tristan spoke loudly.
(MILES)
Miles called Maya in a flurry of emotions. He was sobbing by the time his call was answered, and didn't even hear Maya say hello before he began ranting. "Maya, I'm a mess. Please, help me.. I fucked up a lot. I told my dad tha-" He realized that it wasn't Maya's voice who answered. "Who are you, dude?" His voice quivered as he asked. Another guy, a guy who sounded a bit girly, but still, another guy with Maya. Miles felt jealousy hit him like a huge wave in the ocean. The voice said coldly, "Who are you? Are you Maya's boyfriend? Are you 18? God, I swear if you're 18 I'm going to hit Maya! She's such a hypocrite!"
Miles got pissed. This guy was threatening to hit Maya! "Listen, asshole! You better not hit Maya! Who the hell are you?"
He felt his heart racing even more than he did when he was yelling at his father. At least with his dad, he knew it probably would happen at some point in his life. With Maya, he didn't even know that he'd have problems with it. It seemed so easy going.
"I'm not going to hit Maya, at least not hard. As long as you tell me who you are and your intentions with Maya." The voice said, more calmly. Was he joking? He shouldn't joke about hitting a girl. Especially not his Maya. Even if they weren't together.. God, Miles wanted to be together with Maya.
"I'm Miles..." He said, trying to be calmer, hoping that he was joking. "I'm 15 and I um, I like Maya a lot. She's really important to me. Now, please, let me talk to her." "I'm Tristan and I'm Maya's best friend. You can talk to her as soon as I'm done yelling at her for being a hypocritical biotch." Tristan had a voice that you couldn't tell if she was joking or not. Miles waited for the line to cut off, but it didn't. After about a minute of muffled talking, Maya was there.
"Listen, I'm sorry that Tristan is a psycho. It's been a long day. Whats up?" It was nice to hear Maya's voice, but by this time, Miles was in a terrible mood and couldn't even think about what he wanted to talk to Maya about. The tears on his face had dried and he was honestly mad.
"I'd rather not talk on the phone. I'm just gonna go to bed. Goodnight Maya. Maybe I can see you tomorrow."
And before Maya could respond, Miles hung up and went to bed, putting his phone on silent and avoiding every call from Maya. He wasn't sure why, but he was mad at her. Or maybe he was just mad at the world...
(MAYA)
Maya sat the rest of the night, sad. She wanted to go home or see Miles or anything. Just, not be at Tristan's. She was so mad at Tristan. Miles seemed mad at her, and it was Tristan's fault. She curled up and ignored Tori and Tristan and wished she could drive, since it wasn't safe to walk home at almost 9pm. She made an agreement with herself that she'd cut off Tristan and Tori sometime soon. She'd grown to hate both of them after Cam's death, and honestly, the only reason she'd stayed friends with them was because she had nobody else. But, now she might have Miles...and that was a good feeling.
In the morning, Maya got up and didn't say a word to Tori or Tristan, who were passed out in front of the TV. She just got up and packed up her stuff and checked for a text from Miles...nothing.
She checked the clock. It was almost 5 in the morning. She stepped out of Tristan's room, and saw that Owen's light was on. She decided to turn off the light for him. There was no way that Owen was awake at 5 am. He probably left them on last night, and knowing that the Milligans were pretty eco-friendly, she figured it was the right thing to do.
But she wasn't prepared for what she saw when she came to the door. She looked in and saw that Owen wasn't alone. He was sleeping in his bed with a girl in his arms. A familiar girl...
It couldn't be...
Katie.
Katie was in Owen Milligan's bed. They were as close as they could be, basically sleeping on top of each other.
Katie and Owen.
Maya's mind couldn't process it.
It was somewhere between cute and revolting. Maybe both. She liked Owen, but it was disgusting to think that Katie was probably hooking up with Owen... She pulled a disgusted face and made her way home, scrolling through her texts with Miles. There weren't many, but there was one that she hadn't noticed when she checked her phone in the morning. One from Miles.
"Meet me at The Dot at 10 for a breakfast date? I want to talk to you."
Miles wanted to "talk". That wasn't good. That definitely wasn't good. It meant he was probably saying that he didn't like Maya and thought they should just stop talking...
Maya got home and went back to sleep, setting an alarm for 9:30. Even if she didn't want to, she was going to face the fear and go ahead and deal with heart break. She fell asleep quickly. There was plenty to escape...
