She sits at the counter, reflecting on the last time she was in Rosewood.
"Are you really going to let her keep us apart? You're finally back! I miss you, Maya."
Maya looks over to the right and notices the time on the dashboard. It says 9.45 pm. Maya knows that she should leave soon. She plays with Emily's fingers and looks back at Emily. She whispers, "I should probably go now." She slowly lets go of Emily's hands but Emily grabs her hands back. Emily is searching in Maya's face, her eyes and her body language for understanding. She finds none.
She takes in a short breath and lets out a slow deep breath. She slowly clasps her hands together and leans her head against her hands. She looks up and notices the song they're playing in the Grill. She hasn't heard the song since they played it on The Hills but hearing it; she remembered how much she loved it. She begins singing with Jonathan Clay as he croons "After All".
And its hard
Even when you know it's for the best
Cuz the whole time you're still asking
Is it just another test
Her eyes become watery as she continues to sing the song.
And after all I don't regret a thing
Cuz I know you
And I know you'll, I know you'll be alright.
She chuckles a little after finishing the last verse of the song. She looks up at the ceiling to calm down. Full of emotions and having been gone for three weeks, Maya realizes that coming back to Rosewood wasn't the best idea. She tells herself, at least not right now. However, something kept gnawing at her to return to Rosewood. She gets up, pushing her chair in and walks out of the Grille. Standing outside in front of the Grille, she looks around for something to help occupy her mind. She turns her head to the right and sees Jenna across the street sitting on a park bench. Hesitant to reach out to Jenna, she goes over to her anyways. She takes her time walking across the street, trying to figure out what to say to Jenna. Jenna was in the middle of an intense conversation with someone. Maya stops short of standing in front of Jenna. Jenna doesn't notice the footsteps coming towards her. She continues on talking to the person on the other end of the phone.
"Yeah… I know." She beings to smirk, "I can't wait. They're going to get everything they deserve."
Maya continues standing there, still. She sees her reflection in Jenna's glasses and it creeps her out. She makes a slight misstep as she turns around.
"Wait…." Jenna removes the phone from her ear, "who is there?"
She's not sure how to respond to her. "It's me, Maya."
"Oh. Maya St. Germaine is back in Rosewood." She put the phone back up to ear and whispers, "let me call you back."
She quickly hangs up the phone. She places her black phone on her lap and reaches out her hand to Maya. She responds with a step towards Jenna. She leans her head to the right as she stares at Jenna. She smiles up at Maya behind her black sunglasses and ushers her to sit down beside her. She slowly walks towards Jenna, stops right in front of her and waves her hands in front of her sunglasses. She watches for any type of movement but Jenna just continues to smile blankly at her. She slowly lets out a deep breath and rolls her eyes as she takes a seat beside Jenna. Jenna turns her body towards Maya.
"Maya…" She starts off slowly, "what brings you back to Rosewood?" Already knowing the answer she anticipates her reply.
She looks down at her earth tone colored bracelets and she starts pulling at them; as the large white gash makes another appearance. She runs her caramel color index finger lightly over the scar. Jenna coughs lightly breaking her out of her thoughts.
"oh." She giggles softly. "I'm not really sure. I wanted to get away from Bucks County." She reaches her right hand up to tuck her loose hair back behind her ear. She turns left towards Jenna. She straightens out her pants legs and rests her hands back on her legs.
"You couldn't go anywhere else? You just had to come back to Rosewood…" Jenna turns her head to the left as her voice trails off, leaving only her silhouette for Maya to focus on.
Maya remembering the conversation that she walked in on decides to casually bring it up. "So, is everything okay? I heard your conversation."
Jenna tensing up; quickly snaps back. "I'm fine. Everything is alright."
Everything was not all right, not for Jenna and definitely not for Maya.