#11
The one where their story begins
Somehow during the summer between freshman and sophomore year Riley had gotten it into her head she was going to do color guard. So here they were now halfway through October and in the hallway Maya waited for Riley to get done with color guard practice. It was one of the rare afternoons where Maya wasn't working so here she sat trying to get some homework done. When she heard the gym doors open she started to put her things away completely ignoring the whispers.
"Bay window! Bay window now!" Riley yelled grabbing Maya's arm as she came out of the gym.
"Nice to see you too Honey. How was practice?" Maya asked trying to figure out why she had called bay window.
"No talking till bay window," she was told as they made their way to the subway.
Both girls rode the subway in silence. Riley seemed to be angry and Maya stood next to her trying to figure out what had happened during practice. When they walked into The Mathews apartment Riley didn't stop to say hi to Auggie and Ava and continued to drag Maya behind her.
"Sit," Riley instructed her pointing to the window seats.
"Okay Honey what happened?" Maya asked as she threw her bag on the ground and sat down.
"When were you going to tell me?" Riley asked throwing her hands in the air.
"Riles honey I'm going to need more information here," Maya told her as she tried to figure out what was happening.
"I'm talking about sex Maya!" Riley yelled.
"Still going to need more information here. Do you have questions? Are you seeing someone?" Maya asked.
"No! I'm talking about when were you going to tell me that you had sex?" Riley asked walking over to her and sitting next to her at the window.
"Oh, you heard about that," Maya said finally realizing where she was going with this.
"Yes I heard about that. How could you not tell me you had a boyfriend?" She asked.
"Riles I don't have a boyfriend," Maya told her shaking her head.
"But you had sex with him Peaches," Riley countered.
Before Maya could say anything Lucas, Farkle and Zay came in one by one through the window. Getting up Maya moved to Riley's bed and crossed her jean clad legs.
"Ladies," Farkle said as they all got comfortable.
The window seat held Lucas, Farkle and Riley with Farkle being the buffer between Lucas and Riley. Zay decided to sit on the bed with Maya causing the girl to swing her legs into his lap.
"What were you guys talking about?" Zay asked.
"Maya has a secret boyfriend," Riley told them with a smirk on her face.
"And I was just telling Riley that I don't have a boyfriend. But she doesn't seem to be able to take no for an answer," Maya countered as she took her legs off Zay's lap and placed them on the ground.
"Oh I heard about that," Zay said shrugging his shoulders.
"You knew?" Riley yelled.
"Honey it wasn't like it was date. It happened at a house party after a few drinks," Maya explained.
"Oh was that the one party the junior from the baseball team threw?" Lucas questioned.
"Yes," Maya and Zay answered at the same time.
After a few silent minutes Maya saw Riley was trying to work through the new information.
"Can we drop this?" Maya pleaded.
"Fine. I just don't want you to regret it when you get older," Riley said before getting up and leading them all out to the living room.
That was the last discussion they ever had about sex and who was doing what with who. October turned into November and November turned into December. More rumors came around and Maya always knew when they did because Riley would look at her as if she was missing something. As the new year started Riley got involved more and more after school things while Maya worked at a small vets office as a secretary.
"You coming to Topanga's after work?" Lucas asked as he leaned over the counter.
He was starting to volunteer there so the afternoons he wasn't at baseball he was there with her.
"Can't I have to do a project and my Mom and Shawn are gone for the weekend so I have to find myself some dinner," she told him as she printed off some papers for a file.
"What no party tonight?"
"Nope, another reason why I'm not going to Topanga's though," Maya mumbled unaware that it was loud enough for him to hear.
"She still looking at you funny?" Lucas asked catching on.
"Yes and I get it I do, she grew up with fairytale parents. But you'd think I'm going out and sleeping with any guy that comes up to me from how she's reacting. Like was I supposed to talk it out with her or something? I just don't get why she's making it into something it's not, you know she cornered Alex the guy from the baseball party and tried to get him to take me out. Then when she found out I said no she didn't speak to me for the rest of the weekend and come Monday she acted like nothing had happened," Maya told him as she put the files away and in the plastic bin for tomorrow's patients.
"You want to come over to my house for dinner then? We can do homework and Mama's not working tonight," Lucas offered smiling at her.
"Taking me home to meet your Mom Huckleberry? Don't you think it's a little soon in the relationship?" Maya joked smiling herself.
"Well ma'am I guess if you don't want some home cooked food," he said shrugging.
"Oh no you already offered," she said smiling as she brought her backpack out from under her desk.
From there the Friday night dinners continued even when Lucas's mom worked. It became more and more common for Katy and Shawn to take weekend trips for Shawn's articles, leaving Maya to do as she pleased.
What had started off as a fight with her best friend about sex had prompted them both to start something they had no clue they could start.
