I'M BACK! Ya miss me? Anyways, hey y'all. I cannot explain how many drafts of this chapter I wrote. I wrote enough for an entire story. But, here's my final draft of this chapter. HOPE YOU LOVE IT

I do not own GMW blah, blah, blah, just me and my writing. :)

And what happened next, no one expected.

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Maya was the first to pull away. She abruptly stood up. Her cheeks were ruddy and flushed. She couldn't look at him. She forced her head down, her eyes focusing on anything other than him.

Josh didn't know what to do next. He thought at this point he was seeing things. He heard the faint ding of the elevator and turned his attention in that direction. He must've been going crazy, because he saw what looked like Lucas Friar, his head hanging low. But like it never happened, the elevator door shut completely.

There were too many things going through Maya's mind. She didn't know what to feel. What to think. What to do now. Because now what? Now how was she going to deal with what just happened? She needed things to go back. Back far enough to when it was just Josh and her sitting on a bench. Nothing else. Nothing more, nothing less. But it couldn't go back to that, and she knew that.

She speed-walked past all the gawking couples that just witnessed what happened, past the security guard that asked her if she was feeling ill, past Josh. The steel elevator was empty and she entered and pushed the 'close door' button.

She shook her head. Nothing was happening. She refused to let her past take over. But Maya was the person to face things head on. Always. So she needed to straighten out the facts. Then emotions.

In the past, for as long as she could remember, she was head-over-heels for Joshua Matthews. As she got older though, the feelings began to retreat inside, dejecting. That was then. But now. Now, today. Today, Joshua Matthews kissed her. He physically placed his lips on her and she did so back. She didn't know how to feel.

The door dinged as she finally made it to the bottom floor. Josh was leaning on the car with his head in his hands.

If this were a normal scene where the guy just kissed the girl, this would be taken as a bad sign. But neither Josh or Maya were normal, so her seeing him with his head in his hands was no surprise, really.

The jingle of the keys barely made noise over the late night traffic. Josh tossed his keys to her and threw himself in the passenger seat.

Luckily, Maya knew her way around the area, so she quickly found the shortcut Brandon showed her. Her eyes were straight ahead, but her body was fidgeting, confused on why out of all the days, Josh was dead silent right now? She glanced at him, but he didn't even notice. The way his nose crinkled up in thought, but it must've been something important, because whatever he was thinking, Maya had no idea of what it was. His shoes tapped the floor, creating a steady rhythm. It just made Maya crazier.

"Can you stop?" Maya said harsher than she meant to.

Josh's eyebrows shot up with a slight surprise.

"Stop what, exactly?" Josh shot back.

"Stop, that thing you're doing." Maya jabbed her finger at him

"That 'thing' I'm doing? Breathing? Thinking? Seeing? You gotta be more specific here."

"That thing when you look like you'll light something on fire with your eyes so deep in thought, and that stupid thing with your annoying foot tapping." A slight grin tugged at the corner of his lips, but he just put his hands up in surrender and stopped tapping and instead looked out the window.

Why did she notice all these things about him? No. She shouldn't be. She should be focused on driving back. That's all that should be on her mind.

Josh's train of thought didn't seem to be stopping. It just kept flowing, question after question, thought after thought, word after word.

Why was Lucas there? He looked like he was there for an important reason. But the way he looked so defeated, so beat.

If he was there to see Maya, what was the purpose of him showing up? But if it was, why didn't he say anything? No, it couldn't have been. It just doesn't make sense. Josh could feel a migraine building up so he chose to just leave it in the back of his brain for now. It wasn't until he made that decision that he realized Maya was out of the car.

It wouldn't go away. Something was telling him that it was not for some stupid reason. But then he thought about all the times Josh has ever seen him.

When Lucas punched the shit out of Josh's nose. When he worriedly called during the time Maya was at Josh's apartment. When he found out Lucas was the one to stop Nick. Josh connected the dots.

"Because Lucas has feelings for her." Josh said aloud.

Josh scoffed and shook his head. It's not like Lucas was the one to kiss her. Josh smacked his hand at his face. What a stupid thought. If Lucas likes her, let him. It's not like Maya and Josh are together. It's not like he has feelings for her.

The street was practically empty, he could easily just jet off and go back to his apartment. Yet he watched Maya wait at the crosswalk for the white sign to pop up. She looked right and left, and then right again.

Josh was hilarious, he was sweet. She began remembering all the things she liked about him. How he would do anything for his family. How he would make himself look like a complete fool as long as someone smiled because of him. How he would be so silly, yet so sincere with his words.

It's not like he had feelings for her.

The bright, white, sign of a person walking flashed on the street sign.

Josh leaned over the car console and took the keys out of the engine. He put his keys in his pocket. His fingers closed around the leather door handle. Josh popped open his door.

She kept her head down as she began walking across the street, her hair blowing behind her in the freezing night wind.

He liked the way she could make him crack up in a second, the way she aired her thoughts out with no fear, the way she stood strong with whatever she did. He liked just her. He had feelings for her.

Her steps led her to the other side of the street, a few yards away from the dorms.

She saw a pair of dirty sneakers that led her eyes up.

Josh leaned forwards, his lips curled up and his dimple showed.

Maya felt his forehead touch hers, the space between between then was almost nonexistent.

"You know, I really want to kiss you again." Josh said in a quiet whisper

Maya's voice wavered, from the tension between them, "Then do it."

His lips rammed into hers, his head angled down to reach her. His hands held the sides of her head. Like some natural reflex, her arms tangled around his neck. Warmth spread through her entire body it wasn't just like a kiss. It was intoxicating. it made them feel like they weren't kissing, what was even good anymore? Maya didn't want to admit this, but they were practically devouring each other. His lips were tinted with the flavor of mint. Their lips connected with much more fire, more desire for each other. Becoming more firm, he savoured her touch and a kiss like this, a kiss like this held so much then they would ever know, because this was just the beginning.

TA DAAAA THERE IT IS! Hope you all liked it! Hopefully I will get to updating soon so you guys can see what lies ahead for Maya. Thanks for reading and sticking around.

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