Girl Meets A Whole New World - Chapter 9

(One week later from the last chapter)

Riley is sitting on her bed when her best friend/girlfriend comes through the bay window. Maya looks at the bedroom door quick making sure it was shut and no one else was going to be coming in. "Hey babe." She says to Riley with bright smile. She walks over to her and gives her a quick kiss on the lips.

Riley - "Peaches. You've been busy all day. Do I get to know what you were doing? Or is this something else I have to wait on?"

Maya rolls her eyes and grabs Riley by the hand. "C'mon sweetie." She heads back towards the bay window.

Riley - "Wait! Where are we going?"

Maya stops and turns back to Riley, grabs her face gently and gives her another kiss, this time just a tad bit longer and more loving. When she was finished Riley just smiles and looks at her dreamingly.

Riley - "That wasn't an answer...but I'm not complaining."

Maya - "Good. Now lets go." She grabs Riley's hand again and rushes out of the bay window.

As Maya and Riley are walking, Riley asks Maya every once in a while where they are going. Maya just looks at her girlfriend and smiles. Every time this happens it leaves Riley with mixed emotions. She loves it with Maya looks at her and gives her her gorgeous smile, it always leaves her warm and fuzzy, but then she is left a little annoyed because Maya isn't answering her. They make it to the Subway station and hops aboard the number 9. Riley finds this a little odd because she knows this will take them to NYU. When the subway stops at their destination they get off and walk the rest of the way to the college dorms.

Riley - "Ok Peaches, we're obviously going to visit my Uncle Josh. Can you please tell me why we're going to visit my Uncle Josh?"

Maya - "You're always cute Honey, but especially when you are trying to figure things out. Your dimples come out more." Maya giggles.

Riley just glares at her. "Are you gonna give me answers at all? Or are you gonna just keep frustrating me."

Maya stops which causes Riley to stop too. Riley thinks she's finally gonna get some answers but Maya just walks up to her and a plants a very passionate kiss on her lips. When Maya breaks away from the kiss she sees that Riley is in a daze. She takes advantage of this and grabs her hand and finishes walking to the dorm. As they make it into the building they head to the elevator. The doors open and the girls walk on. Riley finally snaps out of the daze Maya's kiss gave her and mildly snaps.

Riley - "That's it!" Riley reaches for a button on the wall inside the elevator but Maya quickly stops her by grabbing her hand.

Maya - Don't you dare stop this elevator." Maya looks at her wide eyed. "I hate elevators to begin with. If you stop this thing I will lose it."

Riley - "Then tell me what we're doing here!"

The elevator stops on their floor. The door opens and Maya grabs Riley hand again and runs to Josh's room. They stop outside His room and Riley is literally about to lose it. She grabs Maya by the arms and gently shakes her. "Tell me right now what the hell we're doing here!"

Maya - "Alright Pumpkin calm down. Damn when did you become so impatient?"

Riley - "Oh I don't know Maya! Probably after the 6th time I ask you what we were doing and not getting an answer."

Maya - "Alright sweetie, everything gets answered now...First of all last week when I had to leave early and get something taken care of, I had to come here and talk to Josh,"

Riley didn't like this at all, she gave Maya a questioning glare. "You left me early to come and talk to my Uncle who you have had feelings for, for how long now? Why?!"

Now it was Maya's turn to get a little mad. "Riley Matthews you better not be thinking what I think you're thinking. I would never do that to you,"

Riley calms down some. "You're right. I'm sorry Maya. But please tell me why then you had to talk to Josh."

Maya - "I told him about us."

Riley - "WHAT?! W"

Maya cuts her off by covering her mouth. "Riley we're in a dorm. People live here all around us. You can't be yelling."

Riley - "Maya it was your idea to keep this to ourselves for a while. Yes I agreed to it because I believe it's the right thing to do. So why would you tell Josh?"

Maya - "There was a couple reasons. Number 1 I felt I had to apologize to him."

Riley didn't understand. "Apologize? Why would you have to apologize to him? Are you sorry that this happened?"

Maya - "What?! No of course not! Riley me and you being together is by far the most amazing thing that has ever or will ever happen to me. But me and Josh has the whole long game thing going and I thought I needed to apologize to him that it wasn't gonna happen any more."

Riley - "Oh. So what did he say."

Maya - "At first he didn't seem to happy about it. He asked me why after all this time that I wanted to be with him. I told him that I was now with someone and was crazy madly in love with this person and was gonna be with this person for the rest of my life."

All anger and confusion was now gone from Riley. She was once again filled with warmth, love, butterflies, and fuzzy feelings. Her Riley smile was clear across her face and the sparkle was back in her eyes. But the smile leaves and eyebrows scrunch together. "What did he say about that?"

Maya - "Oh that's the kicker! He looks me dead in the eyes and says, you and Riley are together now aren't you?'

Riley's eyes go wide. "He said that?" She barely whispers out.

Maya - "Yup. And I'm pretty sure I gave him the same look you're giving me right now."

Riley - "How did he know?"

Maya - "That was exactly the question I asked him. He told me that there was only one person that could make me say those things."

Riley - "He thought we had feelings for each other before?"

Maya - "Not exactly but he said he always thought that we'd be the perfect couple."

Riley - "I wonder if anyone else has ever thought that?"

Maya - "Don't know, but the more I think about it, it wouldn't surprise me. Now, lets go in." Maya motioned with her head as she grabbed the door knob. As she was about to open the door Riley stopped her.

Riley - "Maya we can't just walk in, you gotta knock! And this still doesn't explain why we're here now."

Maya stops and looks at her girlfriend. "Riles, Josh isn't here, but he does know we're coming. Now go inside and I'll explain everything else then." Maya opens the door and allows Riley to go in first. Riley walks in as Maya followed behind.

Riley walks in and sees what's going on and stops dead in her tracks. "Uh Maya? I'm pretty sure Josh is here, and is expecting someone special as well." Riley says as she looks around her Uncle's dorm. She sees a very romantic Candle lit dinner, dimmed lights, and soothing music playing in the background.

Maya walks up behind Riley and hugs her from behind. "I told Josh how we really only have one spot to go to that we can have some alone time together since we haven't told anyone about us yet. I also told him I wanted to do something a little special for you but we can't exactly go out since, again we're keeping us a secret right now. So I asked him if he could help me out at all. So he's letting us use his dorm room for a little while tonight."

Riley looks at her girlfriend in amazement. "You mean you did this for me? For us?"

Maya - "I did. Do you like?"

Riley gives Maya one of her ear to ear smiles. "Maya, I love it. Wait, you cooked?" She asked looking at Maya questionably/

Maya just giggles. "I did. I have been watching a lot of "how to" videos. I hope I did a good job, but if the food sucks we can order pizza...Is pizza by candle light still romantic?"

Riley wraps her arms around Maya's neck. "Peaches, you could have made me peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and served them with Yoohoo and it would have been romantic in this setting."

Maya - "Seriously? So I did all this extra work for nothing?" She asks playfully.

Riley - "Not for nothing, for me...For us, and I love you for that. This means a lot to me Peaches. Thank you." Riley then bends down and places a kiss on her girlfriend's lips. After a few moments they break away.

Maya - "Well what do ya say we find out if I'm a good chef then or not."

Riley - "Sounds good. Let me just get the pizza place number ready now just in case."

Maya's jaw drops as she looks at Riley. "Thanks for the faith Honey."

Riley - "I'm just saying." Riley giggles.

Maya walks over to the table and pulls out a chair for Riley. Riley walks over and takes a seat.

Riley - "Thank you Maya."

Maya - You're welcome Sweetheart." She bends down and gives her a peck on the lips.

Maya goes out to the kitchen and brings back 2 plates of food for Riley and herself. She places Riley's in front her then takes her own over to her place at the table. As she sits down she looks over to Riley.

Riley - "Wow babe this looks amazing and smells great."

Maya smiles at Riley's compliments. "Thank you Sweetie. Now take a bite and tell me how it tastes."

Riley takes a bite. "Oh my god Peaches this is delicious!"

Maya a little surprised takes a bite herself. "Wow! It really is. You can't ever tell your dad about this."

This completely dumbfounds Riley. "Ok?...Why not?"

Maya - "Because, this proves that I can listen and follow instructions well if I want to. If he knows that he'll expect me to do better in school." She laughs as she finishes her comment.

Riley rolls her eyes. "Maya you have already been doing much better in school lately. Plus my dad has always known you could do better than what you did for so long."

Maya - "Yea yea."

Riley's face suddenly turns a little more serious. "Sooo, Uncle Josh isn't going to tell anyone right?"

Maya reaches across the table and grabs Riley's hand. "No Honey. he knows we're taking our time and working out some things and we will tell everybody when we're ready. He promised he won't say a word to anyone."

Riley - "Good."

Maya - "He does wanna talk to you soon though. So maybe text him later tonight or tomorrow. You guys can make plans to get together."

Riley - "He wants to talk to me about us?" She asks.

Maya - "Maybe. Or maybe he's just your Uncle who loves you and wants to hang out."

The girls finish eating and continue to talk for a little while.

Riley - "Thanks again Peaches. The dinner was incredible and the setting is beautiful."

Maya - "Well I'm very happy you've liked everything so far, but we're not done yet."

Riley gets excited. "Ooh there's more?"

Maya - "Well it's only 8:00 and Josh isn't coming home until midnight. So I figured we could maybe dance a little, watch a movie, and"

Riley interrupts her. "Oooh make out?"

Maya - "oh yea we can do that too if you want." Maya says playfully.

Riley - "Oh right, because that wasn't even a thought for you right?"

Maya - "Well maybe waaay down on the list."

Riley - "Oh well if it was sooo down on the list I suppose we don't need to do it at all then."

Maya stands up and walks over to Riley sticking her hand out for Riley to take. Riley takes it and stands up next to her, Maya gently grabs both sides of Riley's face and brings her down into a gentle yet very loving kiss.

Riley - "Wow...I thought that was waaay down on the list?"

Maya - "Riiight. And you're gonna go and burn down the school tomorrow... C'mon." Maya then walks over to her ipod and turns on My Best Friend by Tim McGraw. "Dance with me Sweetie?"

Riley smiles her vintage Riley smile at her girlfriend. "Of course." Riley walks over to Maya and they begin to slow dance.

Riley - "I love this song."

Maya - "Riles, you are my girlfriend now and the love of my life, but you will always be my best friend."

Riley - "Thank you Maya." Riley looks around then looks back at her blonde beauty. "This is all so incredible. Does it get any better than this?"

Maya looks directly into Riley's eyes. "I don't know Sweetheart. But if it doesn't that's fine with me because this is already beyond belief for me."

Riley - "I Love You Maya."

Maya - "I Love You too Riley."

The girls dance to a few more songs before deciding to watch a movie, which they ended up not watching too much of and decided to go almost right into a hot make out session instead. After a long while they decided they needed a break, mainly due to lack of oxygen.

Riley takes in a deep breath. "I love that, but I think we need a break."

Maya - "Yea, maybe we could actually watch the movie this time?"

Riley - "Hey you're the one who started the make out session early."

Maya - "Oh yea and you fought tooth and nail against it didn't you?"

Riley - "Never!" Riley bites the bottom of her lip.

Maya - "Oh babe please don't bite your lip like that right now." Maya begs.

Riley - "Why? What's so bad about me doing that?"

Maya - "Nothing! It's a total turn on and I just need to rest right now." she says giggling.

Riley - "I know the feeling...both ways! Ok lets watch that movie now."

Both girls snuggle up and actually watch the full movie this time. The movie ends just in time for them to get ready and go home.

As they are leaving the dorm room Riley brings something up. "You know Maya, your parents and my parents are in California for the weekend due to Uncle Shawn's job. would it be ok that we take advantage of my parents not being home and you spend the night tonight?"

Maya - "Sweetie I know how much you miss me spending the night. I miss it horribly too, but it's not the fact that if they're home or not. I don't want them to be able to bring up anything we did wrong when we tell them about us. And I don't want to do anything that will have gone against their trust. So no I can't spend the night, but I promise to walk you home and be over first thing in the morning. Ok?"

Riley sighs. "Alright Peaches." Riley then stops and wraps her arms around Maya. "Thank you Maya."

Maya - "For what sweetie?"

Riley - "For the best night of my life."

Maya is now looking at her astonished. "Really?"

Riley - "What?"

Maya - "This was really the best night of your life?"

Riley - "Without a doubt." She then gives Maya a quick peck on the lips.

The girls finally make it to Riley's place. Even though no one is home they still go to the back of the apartment building to go up the fire escape to the bay window.

Riley - "I really wish you would be spending the night, but I understand."

Maya - "Don't worry Riles, I'll be back over in the morning. I Love You Honey."

Riley - "I Love You too Peaches."

They share a kiss then Riley makes her way up the fire escape to her bay window. And what has already been made a tradition, as Riley makes it to the top, before she climbs into her bedroom, she turns around looks down and blows her girlfriend a kiss. Maya blows her a kiss as well before she turns around and goes home.

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