Josh's birthday this year fell on a Saturday which was why on Friday night he was tightly wrapped in blankets in his Philadelphia bedroom. Of course he was happy to be spending his birthday with his parents but a part of him, bigger than his conscious was willing to let him admit, wished he was snuggled up in his New York dorm, Maya tucked securely under his arm. Even if she was driving down tomorrow with the rest of the New York clan, he couldn't help but yearn for her presence. Just as the clock struck midnight, signalling the official beginning of his birthday, Josh phone lit up and although he would deny it if anyone ever asked, he was disappointed to see that his first birthday greeting was from Dylan and not Maya.

Hey dude Happy Bday! What time you getting into the city tomorrow? I picked the tickets up earlier this morning

Thanks bro! We're going to try to get out of here by seven so we'll meet you at the doors.

After answering a few other well-wishers Josh began to wonder why Maya hadn't contacted him yet. There was no way she was asleep this early on a Friday night. In fact he had heard her tell Shawn she would be spending the night with Riley so she definitely was not asleep. Upset that she could forget his birthday Josh picked his phone up again and began to contemplate calling her but it was then that he heard the lightest of taps on his window. His heart soared as he looked over and his eyes landed on Maya's beautiful blonde curls and bright eyes.

"What are you doing here?" he whispered happily as he opened the window.

"You didn't really think I was just going to let your birthday slip by?" she kissed him "happy birthday josh"

"It is now" he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in for another kiss. "You're freezing"

"It's cold outside and I've been waiting for ten minutes"

"What? Why?"

"I wanted to wait until it was officially your birthday. Which reminds me" she began to dig in her backpack "here you go" she handed him what he presumed was a book, wrapped in pink wrapping paper.

"Pink?" he laughed.

"It's not my fault you decided to be born on Valentine's Day there was nothing else in the store"

"Ah… that reminds me" he reached into his dresser "here you go"

"Josh you didn't have to" she looked down at what was undoubtedly a jewellery box.

"I wanted to. You first"

"Okay" she smiled as she opened the box "It's beautiful" staring up at her was a beautiful sliver bracelet with two charms dangling from it. "A burger?" she laughed upon looking at one of the charms.

"It's what we had on our first date and ballet slippers because that's when I knew I loved you" he tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear "you looked so happy while dancing with Shawn during the wedding. And I just knew that I wanted to try and make you that happy" she leaned in and placed a tender kiss on is lips.

"You make me happier than I've ever been"

"Do you like it?"

"I love it, thank you. Now you open" Josh's suspicions were confirmed when he unwrapped the bright pink present and he found a hardback book.

"The book of Lost Things" he turned the book over in his hands.

"It's my favourite, my grandma gave it to me when I was thirteen and I love. I don't know I guess I just kind of wanted to share it with you"

"Maya I'm so touched"

"There's more. Open the first page" Josh pulled out a broacher and Maya quickly explained "it's the bed and breakfast we stayed at upstate with Shawn. I booked us a weekend for next month"

"Seriously? Thanks Maya I can't wait" he kissed her. "I'm so happy you're here" he nuzzled his nose in her hair.

"I wouldn't be anywhere else. Are your parents asleep?"

"Yeah why?"

"Because I plan on staying the night"

"Good because I planned on keeping you here all night"

"Are you ready for the second part of your present?"

"Second part?" he raised an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah" she pushed him down on the bed "It's a very special occasion" she unbuttoned her coat and opened it smirking at Josh's face as he saw her outfit, or lack thereof.

"Well happy birthday to be indeed" he joked as he pulled her on top of him.

The first rays of sunlight had just barely begun to sneak through his bedroom curtains when josh was woken by a knock on his door "josh honey!" Amy said happily from behind the door "wake up I made pancakes for your special day!"

"Okay!" he answered worried yet thanking the universe for his girlfriend's insistence on showering and changing into pyjamas last night. "I'll be out in a second" Maya jumped up, terrified and scattering the floor for her bag and clothes.

"What's that noise hone? Are you okay?"

"Yeah yeah" he answered quickly "I'll be down in a minute"

"Okay but hurry your plate is on the table. Yours too Maya" she said smugly.

"Well so much for secrecy" she climbed back of the window ledge.

"Come on let's go down, there's no point in hiding now plus my mom's pancakes are epic"

"Moring Maya" Allen said from behind his newspaper as the young couple arrived in the kitchen clad in pyjamas. "Happy birthday son" he put the paper down and got up to hug his youngest son.

"I can't believe my baby's twenty one already" Amy awed as she set the full plates on the kitchen table.

"Is it because it makes you feel so ancient?" her son joked.

"Keep that up and I'll be feeling less cheerful about finding a girl in your bedroom"

"Sorry mom"

"Sorry Mrs Mathews"

"I'm kidding Maya; you're always welcome here just make sure next time you inform your parents because I can imagine Shawn probably wasn't in the loop about your midnight road trip"

"Of course"

"And call me Amy please, just because you're dating Josh doesn't mean how we feel about you has changed"

"Yeah we still like you way more than Josh" Allen joked.

"Thanks for the birthday present dad"

"Always son"

"Where's the little man?" Eric yelled coming through the door "happy birthday buddy" he hugged his brother.

"Thanks bro"

"Oh mom do I smell your pancakes?"

"Yes you do" she put a plate down in front of him.

"I miss this so much"

"How's Washington?"

"Moesha? What are you doing here?"

"I'm dating your brother; and it's Maya"

"You're dating Moesha?" he asked Josh "since when?

"It's been months Eric you already knew about this"

"Oh yeah… well I'm very happy about this. I mean let's be honest she could do way better"

"I love that you're all so nice to me on my birthday"

"I'm very happy where I am" she pulled Josh's arm around her shoulders.

"Could you be any cuter?" Morgan asked from the doorway "I can't believe my idiot brother is so in love"

"I'm all grown up"

"Not so grown up you forgot about me I hope"

"Jackson what are you doing here?" he ran to the door to hug the young man that had just appeared "I thought you were in jersey this weekend"

"I have to get back today but I wanted to drive down for your dinner"

"I've missed you man"

"Me too. You must be Maya; I'm Josh's soul mate Jackson"

"By soul mate he means best friend"

"It's nice to meet you"

"You too; I can't believe I'm finally meeting the infamous Maya after years of hearing this dork go on and on about you"

"Really?" she smirked "do tell"

"Please do not" Josh intervened.

"Josh it's my duty as your bestie to embarrass you whenever possible"

"I'll remember that once you finally bring Derek down"

"I'd rather not scare him off just yet"

"How's school?" Amy asked.

"Good but really difficult"

"Jackson is an econ major at Princeton" Josh explained to his girlfriend "he's like a genius"

"Which is why I will be spending all of my time sucking up to Senator Mathews; never too early to make connections"

"He's going to be president someday"

"Maya my brother just texted me" Morgan said "they'll be here any minute; as will your parents so if I were you I would change out of my pyjamas before your step father puts two and two together"

Later that afternoon the entire family along with the Hunters, Jackson, and even Mr. Feeny found themselves gathered around the Mathews' table enjoying Amy's delicious home cooked meal and laughing as they reminisced about old memories.

"I have to say Mr. Mathews I never thought I would see the day where I was next to Mr. Wu and yourself without fearing for my life"

"Hey what about us?" Shawn asked indignantly.

"They were much worse" Jackson and Josh high fived "how is university treating you both"

"Fine" they answered simultaneously.

"I never doubted either of you. At least they were good students" Feeny through at the adults at the table "despite the prom incident" he later directed at Josh after seeing his smug smirk.

"What happened at your prom?" Riley asked.

"I would rather not relive it" Jackson laughed.

"Okay now we need to know" Maya insisted.

"They decided to fill the entire gymnasium with gelatin an hour before the prom" Mr Feeny condemned.

"What? How on earth did you manage that?"

"There was a lot of water involved"

"Plus we had some help" Josh fist bumped Erik. "And besides we organized an impromptu party outside and everyone loved it"

"The janitor didn't" Amy smacked his head.

"This is why I will not be going to prom" May deadpanned.

"We're not going to prom?" Josh asked surprised.

"You want to go" She quirked an eyebrow.

"Of course I want to take you to your prom"

"We'll talk about it later"

"Sorry Amy but I must be going. Goodbye everyone and happy birthday Mr. Mathews" Jackson got up after Mr. Feeny.

"Me too" he said "everything was great Mrs. Mathews but I really need to hit the road, I have a huge paper to turn in on Monday. It was great seeing you again bud" he hugged Josh.

"I know we really need to drive down more often"

"How about Derek and I drive up to New York next weekend and we all hang out" He looked at Maya.

"I'm in"

"Me too I can't believe you've been dating for a year and I've never met him"

"I get dude but you've been whining about Maya for at least five years and I only just met her."

"I never whined" he said embarrassed.

"I haven't seen her in so long, she looks so beautiful, two months and she'll be eighteen" Jackson mocked.

"Okay I get, now get lost before you embarrass me anymore"

"I'll see you on Saturday" he left.

"We should probably be leaving too; it's already seven thirty"

"What time is the concert?"

"Ten" Maya answered her mother "so I'll probably be home late"

"Okay but tomorrow you stay in, I feel like we haven't seen you in days, you spent last night with Cory and Topanga, you'll be out all night tonight…"

"Maya didn't spend the night last night" Topanga laughed.

"Yes she did" Riley interjected panicked.

"No she didn't" Cory looked angrily at Josh.

"Which is making me a hell of a lot more nervous about the hickey on your neck" Shawn added obviously trying to contain his rage.

"What?" Maya yelled getting up to look in the mirror but quickly returning to shove Josh "Josh!" she groaned "that's so tacky."

"I have half a mind to keep you from that concert tonight"

"What? You can't dad"

"Okay everyone let's just relax" Amy intervened "Riley why don't you take Augie out to the swing"

"Because I want to stay and see what happens" she answered.

"Who could blame you?" Morgan laughed.

"You too" her mother said seriously "and Erik"

"What the hell were you thinking?" Shawn asked angrily once the others had left "What if something had happened to you? No one knew where you were!"

"Riley knew"

"Shawn" Allen interjected calmly "she was just trying to give him a birthday surprise and obviously she didn't go about it the right way but everything was fine"

"They're adults now we have to start treating them that way" Topanga said.

"I know; it's the lying that's pissing me off. Did you really think we wouldn't let you come? Your mom told me you're going away together next month, I'm not an idiot I know he stayed last weekend. Why on earth did you think I wouldn't let you come?"

"I don't I just wanted it to be a surprise and come on Shawn, you've been really hard on us"

"Yes because I love you and it's hard for me to let go but we are well aware of the fact that you're an adult now"

"I'm sorry" she said sincerely.

"Honey; you'll be moving out next year so we really need to start being honest with each other"

"Okay mom, I'm sorry"

"Sorry I yeled" Shawn said "but I mean what said, we trust you both"

"That means a lot" Maya hugged him "now we really need to get going because I do not want miss a single minute"

"I can't believe you got tickets to the 1975" Riley said as she saw Josh and Maya head towards a the car "I'm so jealous"

"You should have told us you wanted to come Riles. Dylan knows a guy"

"It's fine I have plans with Lucas anyway. Have fun at the concert"

"Thanks, don't have fun with Lucas" Josh said kicking into uncle mode.

When they arrived at the concert door Dylan and the gang were waiting as promised, holding tickets and looking like they were jumping at the bits to go in and push their way to the front row. "Happy birthday!" they all yelled in unison.

"We left your gift on campus but rest assured we did get you one"

"Thanks guys but can we go in or what because I cannot wait to hear the epic awesomeness that is the 1975"

"Agreed let's go" Hannah dragged the group.

"Thanks for getting me ticket dude" Farkle thanked Dylan once they were secure in the front row.

"No problem, you're pretty cool despite the whole geeky MIT thing"

"Thanks" he answered, sarcasm dripping from his voice.

"They didn't even Id me" Josh complained as he passed around bottles of beer "What's even the point in being twenty one"

"They didn't ID me for months after I'd turned 21! Drew laughed "I swear I drank more that month just because I wanted to prove bartenders wrong"

"Yeah that was why" Hannah Laughed.

"What's up New York?" they heard a broad English accent yell as the crowd roared "Let's go". Music began to play and the entire hall went crazy, jumping around and dancing to the opening notes of Girls. The band were incredible and the crowd, including Maya, Josh and their friends, sang along every single song. Around an hour into the concert Josh grabbed Maya from behind and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I've got my favourite band and my favourite girl" he spoke in her ear "Best birthday ever"

"It might be getting better" just as Josh was about to ask her how the night could possibly get any better the music stop and a clear voice began to speak from the stage.

"Alright guys" the lead singer began "before we continue with the show I just want to give a quick shout out. Josh mate where are you?" Drew and Simon lifted him on their shoulders "Mate you've got some great friends and a fucking awesome girlfriend because they have been e-stalking us all week to make sure you got this shout out. He's twenty one today so what do you say guys?" he yelled towards the crowd "How about we sing happy birthday? Get up on stage bro" Josh was lifted on stage and the crowd started singing to him. "Good birthday Josh?"

"Incredible" he answered looking down at his friends "thanks guys you're the best" as soon as he landed back on the ground he lifted Maya off her feet and placed a kiss on her lips. "I love you"

"You must be Maya" the singer laughed "well Maya here informed me that this is your favourite song so this one's for you Josh happy birthday!" Josh lost it as soon as he heard the base going immediately recognizing it as the start of Heart out, he picked Maya up again and began twirling her around.

"How the hell did you guys manage that?" the birthday boy asked once they had left the concert venue.

"Pretty much stalking the band, their management, their friends, family and pretty much everyone else they know" Maria answered.

"Well thanks"

"Isn't that Oliver?" Dylan asked. "Hey Oliver" he called the man over from across the street.

"Hey guys" he said a panicked look crossing his face.

"Oly honey who's this?" a young woman of a similar age asked him.

"They were at my show last week"

"Oh well I'm the artist's wife" it was literally impossible not to notice the shift in the atmosphere, Hannah looked like she was on the verge of tears and everyone else either looked like they were going to be sick or punch the cheating jackass.

"So what has the two of out out so late?" Farkle asked trying to defuse the tension.

"We rarely ever get time away so we try and take advantage while we've got the sitter on the clock" the wife laughed oblivious to the collective wince.

"Sitter?" Hannah whispered before running off obviously crying quickly followed by the rest of her friends. They found her sitting on a doorstep a round the corner from the bar they had seen the married couple entering, sobbing quietly.

"Hannah" Maria sighed as she hugged her best friend "it's not your fault he lied to you"

"I slept with a guy who's married with a kid; it doesn't matter what you say I'm going to feel like crap"

"It's not your fault" Maya repeated "he's a jackass and he lied to you"

"Yes it is. I'm such an idiot, I guess I can add slut and homewrecker to my many failures in life"

"He's a dick that took advantage you Han" Simon said "you have nothing to feel bad about"

"He was so sweet, I really thought he was a good guy"

"I'm going to kill him" Simon ran off fuming.

"What the hell are you doing?" Dylan ran after him.

"Are we just going to stand here?" Hannah asked "Come on!" they all ran towards the bar where Simon was already waiting for them, approaching Oliver, fuming.

"You're disgusting do you know that?" he punched him, knocking him to the floor.

"Hey! The bartender yelled puling Simon off Oliver "get out of here"

"Tell her or so help me God I will. She deserved more than a dick like you"

"We got it" Josh assured the bartender as he and Drew dragged Simon out of the bar, as soon as they were on the street he pushed his friends away and walked away clearly enraged.

"I could kill that guy"

"Simon relax" Hannah followed behind him.

"Relax!" he yelled at her "are you joking!"

"Maybe we should take him away" Drew suggested

"No!" Maya and Maria yelled together.

"What's your problem Simon?" they heard Hannah screamed.

"Are you sure?" Dylan asked.

"Trust us" Maya said.

"What's my problem?" he yelled louder "are you freaking kidding me? I'm in love with you!"

"There it is" Maria smirked.

"I mean do you really not know that? It's been two fucking y-" his words were cut short by Hannah who had attacked him as soon as the meaning of his words sank in. The heated lip lock was cut short by their friends who pulled them out of their bliss by applauding and cat calling.

"Well it's about time" Maria laughed.

"Maybe we should go for a walk" Hannah looked up at Simon.

"Yeah we should talk" he grabbed her hand "we'll catch you guys later"

"Have fun!" Dylan yelled after them.

"Be safe" Drew joked.

"Guys it's already one Am I really need to get home"

"Yeah I think we've pushed our luck enough with your parents today" Josh answered "I'll explain later" he added after seeing their friends' quizzical look.

"Okay bye guys"

"If you think for one second I'm going to let you walk home alone at this time you're crazy"

"Josh I'm four blocks away I'll be fine"

"I'm with Josh on this one" Drew said "we'll all walk you home and then grab the subway back to campus"

"Yeah Maya don't be silly, it's not safe" Dylan agreed.

"Fine let's go" she conceded.

"Hold up" Drew laughed as they arrived at Maya's building "how did your mom know she was there?"

"I don't know" josh face went white "Oh God you don't think she heard us?"

"No" Maya assured him "Feeny ratted us out he saw me climbing up the tree"

"Thank Christ, I don't think I would ever live that down"

"Dido"

"I'm going to walk you up"

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Dylan joked "you got away with it last night you might not be so lucky this time"

"Shut up" Josh pushed him affectionately.

"Okay but don't keep our boy to long" Drew joked.

"Are you hanging with your parents tomorrow?" Josh asked Maya as she leaned against her front door.

"Yeah I'm going to grab lunch with Shawn at the restaurant and then we're going shopping for baby stuff"

"Fun"

"Oh yeah I can't wait" he kissed her deeply.

"I'll call you tomorrow"

"Okay" she whispered before leaning up and capturing his lips in another kiss.

New chapter; sorry it's taken me so long to update but I've been really busy at work. I don't think I'll be able to update this month because I'm going to camp and then on holiday but I promise as soon as I get back I'll get cracking on the next chapter. As always please review and let me know what you thought, even if you thought it was horrible. Also, disclaimer, I unfortunately do not own Girl meets world or the 1975.