SOOOO I GOT A REVIEW STATING THAT I SHOULD EASE UP WITH THE DRINKING AND SMOKING. WELL THEY DRINK ALL THE TIME IN THE BOOKS AND ON THE SHOW. AND MAYA LOVED WEED IN BOTH THE BOOKS AND THE SHOW. ALSO 16YR OLDS NOWADAYS DO DRINK AND SMOKE AND MUCH WORSE. MAYA IS A TEENAGER THAT HAS TOO MUCH FREEDOM THATS WHY SHE TAKES HER PARENTS BOOZE. THEY'RE JUST HAVING FUN AND THEY'RE IN THE HOUSE NOT GETTING WILD OUT AND ABOUT

ALSO I'D LIKE TOO ADDRESS "SEXY TIME" THE REASON THEY JUMP INTO BED SO QUICKLY IS BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO CONVEY HOW MUCH THEY MISSED EACH OTHER AND CAN'T GO ON ANY LONGER BEING APART, THAT MEANS PHYSICALLY TOO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REVIEWS AND FAVS. I LOVE TO WRITE AND THERE WILL BE PLENTY MORE STORIES ON THE WAY.

WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY PLEASE ENJOY CHAPTER 10 AS IT WILL BE THE LAST UPDATE FOR A FEW DAYS (GOTTA GET THIS STORY JUST RIGHT) : )

Chapter 10

The past four days have been filled with almost nothing but love making. Since we took that step in our relationship we haven't been able to keep our hands off one another. Maya and I have been so wrapped up in one another, literally, that we missed her parents final concert in New York. They called Maya to let her know they were on their way home so we decided to go over to my house, where we could be alone. I haven't left Maya's house, much less seen the light of day, since I ran home to grab my cell. So once we were outside I suggested we take a little drive. I drove Maya to a waterfall about a half hour outside of Rosewood.

"It's ridiculously beautiful here Em, how'd you find this place?" she wondered.

"My friends and I used to come here...with Allison." I rubbed the back of my neck and stared at the earth beneath me.

"Oh, baby." Maya come over to where I stood and lifted my face by my chin. "I'm so sorry baby."

"She's been gone for two years now, you figure I'd be over it."

"You can never get over losing someone to death. I've lost a lot of people in my short lifetime. You know what helps me?"

"What's that?"

"I pretend like they went away and we can't speak to or see each other, until one day we can. Nobody's ever really gone. You just gotta go a little while before you see them again, in heaven." she took my face with both of her hands and kissed my lips. She placed her lips on mine and pulled back, then she kissed me again and pulled back, and again, tilting her head in the opposite direction each time. My heart felt calmer but my panties felt wetter. Maya had the softest lips I've ever kissed.

"Whew baby, you're turning me on."

"Good. That's my job." her tongue entered my mouth as she stood on her toes to get a better angle. I pulled my head away from hers.

"Well then you deserve a raise." I said playfully as she giggled and laid her head on my chest. I wrapped my arms around her neck as she held tighter at my waist. We stood there in our embrace for a long moment with no space between us.

"I can hear you heartbeat."

"Oh yeah?" I asked.

"Yeah. It's talking to me."

"What's it saying?"

She lifted her head from my chest to look me in my eyes and said, "Maya, it's saying Maya." she smiled that beautiful kind smile of hers as I gave her one as well.

"That sounds about right."

Leaning against a nearby tree, I watched Maya as she spread the blanket I keep in my trunk. She pulled her Beats Pill and a bottle of wine from her backpack. 'When the hell did she swipe that from her parents wine cellar?' I thought as I chuckled at her skills. She looked adorable in a burgundy T shirt, grey and burgundy snapback, tight blue skinny jeans, and a pair of worn out Chuck Taylors. She was hovering over her Beats Pill while flipping her finger over her iphone. "Distant lover" by Marvin Gaye began radiating from the small red speakers. Maya placed her phone in her back pocket and started to sway her hips seductively. Her back was to me so I had the perfect view of her rear. I was enjoying the show when she shot me a look from over her shoulder. She turn around slowly, in rhythm to the song, and commenced her advance towards me. Once she reached me she pulled my ear down to her mouth and whispered, "dance with me lover." She positioned her arms around my neck while I put my hands on her hips. We moved in sync as we gazed in the other's eyes.

"I listened to a ton of sad love songs, for months really, since the day I saw...since we broke up. But this one right here, I listened to this one faithfully, everyday. I'd go to sleep to it, if I slept at all. I'd hold my pillow and cry into it wishing I was holding you instead." her eyes glazed over a bit. I pulled her closer folding my hands behind her with them resting right above her backside. She went on, "I've had breakups before, with girls, with guys, but this one was..." she searched her mind before landing on one word, "different. I just couldn't shake you Em, no matter how hard I tried. But by the time I realized I was madly in love and there was no way out, I thought it was too late. I thought maybe..."

"How could you not know I would have taken you back in a heartbeat?" I asked wishing I'd known she wanted me back sooner. "I was in hell without you Maya, and it sounds like you were too." She nodded.

"This part coming up is where I cried the hardest." I listened closely to Marvin's Lyrics.

"Please, come back baby

Somethin' I wanna say

When you left you took all of me with you

My Lord I wonder

Do you wanna hear me scream, plead

And please, please, oh please baby

Come back and hold me, girl

Baby please, please."

"When he says 'When you left you took all of me with you' I felt my heart breaking all over again." she wasn't looking at me anymore, her eyes were in the sky behind me. Her voice was sad, and I felt horrible. She looked into my eyes once again and smiled. "Baby I'm sorry, I'm truly not trying to make you feel bad, in fact the opposite."

"How's that, cause I feel like shit right now."

"All I was trying to do was illustrate how much you mean to me. How I was miserable without you. How I wasn't...me anymore. I wanted you to know that I have gotten over every breakup I've ever had and never so much as shed a tear. But with you..." she closed her eyes licked her lips and shook her head. Then she looked me dead in the eyes. "There was no getting over you Emily, I would have never gotten over you, for the rest of my days."

"Maya why on earth wouldn't you tell me this? Why not come up and ask if we could talk?"

"You were suppose to come to me." she barked at me. "How to mend a broken heart" by Al Green was playing in the background as we continued to slow dance. "I'm sorry love, I didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that, well, I don't know. I guess I thought you were fine with the breakup. Maybe you had started dating that girl. I don't know. Mainly I was scared, just scared out my mind you didn't feel the same way." she admitted.

"I was broken without you Maya." I assured her as I took her face into both of my hands. She stroked my hair and placed a tender kiss on my lips. She pulled back to look at me. "Broken Maya, simply broken." With my hands still on either side of her beautiful caramel colored face, I closed the space between our lips. The kiss was intense, our hands began to roam each other's body's. Hers landed back in my hair, pulling at the roots as we both moaned. We stood in the same spot kissing one another, fervently, for about ten songs on Maya's breakup playlist. Maya broke away first.

"Let's drink some wine." she suggested. Maya and I interlocked fingers and walked the short distance to the blanket.

"Did you bring glasses too?" she shook her head.

"We'll just have to drink from the bottle." her sly smile made me moist.

"I see you're still corrupting me."

"I see you're still okay with it." she laughed and leaned over to caress my lips with hers.

After a few hours the sun started to set, we'd finish the wine and a few joints. Maya hopped on and took my hand to pull me off the blanket with her. She lead me close to the edge of the waterfall.

"Come on, sit." she gestured to some rocks that were dry while smiling from ear to ear.

"Maya..." I started as she sat. "Babe that's a little too close."

"Don't be such a pussy." her head fell back as she laughed heartily amused with her choice of words. I rolled my eyes and joined her on the rocks. "Here's why I wanted to sit here." she put her hand on the top of my head to turn my focus to the horizon. My eyes grew and my mouth was gaping wide when I saw the skyline. It was one of the most breathtaking sights I've ever witnessed. There were multiple colors fading into each other. From the top it was purplish which turn to red to orange to a bright yellow, with the sun peeking behind them. Maya put her arms around me and we quietly watched the sun and the colors disappear.

"This was the most romantic evening I've ever had Emily."

"I second that." my heart was smiling, and so was Maya. "I love you so much. I can't believe you're mine." I said looking back at her.

"All yours baby, and you're mine." she kissed my nose, my cheeks, my forehead then both my eyelids. "My beautiful baby." We made out on the rocks until the moon was high above us. With the sound of the waterfall and the stream below us, and the stars above and the moonlight, we were tuned out to the rest of the world, that is until my phone rang. I kissed Maya as I pulled my cell from my cargo pants. She saw my caller ID before I did.

"Why the FUCK is Ashley calling you!?"

"Shit..."