Lucas' POV;

"So, Boyfriend..." Maya smirked and leaned against her locker. "Are we going to have a good time tonight, or what?"

I chuckled as I played with her tiny hands. "Well, Girlfriend, we are going to have an amazing time. Just make sure you wear something hot."

She smiled and looked around. "Explain your evil plan to me again. I just don't understand what we're doing."

"I'm a three-sport varsity athlete," I started to say when Maya cut me off.

"Mr. High School."

I smirked and pushed her hair behind her ear. "Exactly. And unfortunately everyone kind of hates you."

She sighed. "Because I'm the school slut."

"You're not a slut. Anyways, people see you with me. They start talking. We tell them we're a couple. Bada bing, bada boom. Not only are you popular, but you're half of the hottest couple in school."

Maya looked down at her feet. "Lucas," she nervously bit her lip. "I don't care about being popular and you know that."

I lifted her chin up and looked into her bright blue eyes. "I know, but it's the only way we can talk without being scrutinized."

She shook her head as a look of disappointment took over her face. "What happened to not caring what everyone else thinks?"

"I know what I said, but this is high school. It's just the way it is."

Maya looked up at me. "You're a jerk, you know that right?"

"Maya-"

She cut me off by gently pushing me away. "I honestly can't believe you're not willing to speak to me in public unless the whole school thinks we're together."

My face began turning red as I tried to control my temper. "You were all for this like twenty minutes ago, did you really change your mind that fast?"

"I went along with it because Missy is a bitch and I love getting under her skin. I don't understand why you can't be the same Lucas at school that you are at home."

"Because I just can't, Maya. We've been over this." I took a deep breath as I snaked my arms around her waist. She stayed silent and I studied her face. I never noticed just how beautiful Maya is. "You know you're kinda cute when you're mad at me."

Maya faked a smile. "Oh shut up." She joked.

I leaned down for a kiss. Our lips were just centimeters apart when someone cleared their throat.

"Wow, I guess lying to my face is very in this week."

Immediately recognizing the voice, I sighed and turned around. "Hey, Riley."

"Lucas, I trusted you. And Maya..." She paused and looked at her best friend with disappointment. "I gave you the opportunity to tell me the truth and instead of hearing it from you, I hear it from Missy. Some best friend you are."

"Riley, I can explain." Maya started.

Riley stopped her mid-sentence. "Save it. You had your chance." She shook her head. "Everyone is right about you. You really are the school slut." Riley walked away, leaving Maya teary-eyed.

"Maya, please don't cry." I whispered while wiping the tears from her cheeks.

She sniffled and ran her fingers through her blonde hair. "I'm fine. I just need some time to think."

Hesitant, I placed a reassuring kiss on her forehead "I'll find you before free period, okay?"

Maya nodded and walked down the busy hallway without saying a word.

Broken. Maya Penelope Hart is broken, and I'm aware that it's my fault at this point. My plan sounds better in my head than it does when explained out loud. I want to believe that it will work because I really do miss her during the day. And I want her to be on good terms with Riley again. But she wouldn't take the truth for an answer, so maybe we can feed her the lie she wanted to hear. When did everything get so confusing?

Maya's POV;

Anthony slung his arm around me and smirked. "I told you he was into you. The whole school is talking about it."

I smiled at the thought of Lucas actually having feelings for me. Even though our relationship is a lie, it's nice to think of the possibilities.

"Of course people are talking. He's Lucas Friar." I shrugged and grabbed my history book from my locker.

"Yeah, and you're Maya Hart. It's actually quite scandalous." Anthony chuckled and looked around. "Wanna hear the details?"

I actually stopped to think about it. Do I really want to know what people are saying about me? They don't do any good for my self-esteem. "I don't think I need to know..."

Shutting my locker, I walked down the hall with Anthony as whispers filled the air.

"Jaycee actually started a poll on Twitter."

Shit. "Oh God no."

"Yeah. The school is buzzing. Can Lucas Friar turn a hoe into a housewife?"

I rolled my eyes. "Obviously not. Jaycee hasn't changed much."

Anthony laughed while shaking his head. "That was a good one."

For the first time in a forever I was smiling and laughing with someone other than my friends and Josh. I was actually getting along with someone other than Riley during school.

Strong arms wrapped around me from behind and a gentle kiss was placed on my cheek. "Hey babe." I blushed from recognizing his slight southern accent. "I couldn't focus in any of my classes."

When I turned to face him, Lucas kissed my lips softly and held my waist. "I missed you too much."

"It's only been like three hours, Lucas." I smiled at him.

He smiled and slung his arm over my shoulder. "That's three hours too many."

"Well look at that, Friar gets a serious girlfriend and goes soft on us." Anthony joked.

Lucas chuckled and playfully shoved him. "I'll see you at the game."

"Fine, I'll give you two some alone time." He winked and left Lucas and I alone in the corridor.

I looked up at Lucas as I played with his hands. "Your friends are so weird."

"They certainly are something." He smiled and intertwined our fingers. "I can't wait for them to get to know the real you."

Even though his plan was borderline crazy, the possibility of things getting back to normal was well... liberating. No more sneaking around after school. No more lying to Riley. No more pretending. It's now or never.

Hand-in-hand, we walked to lunch together. People whispered as we walked by. "I bet he's just using her for sex." "He probably feels sorry for her." I overheard one conversation after the other and tried my best not to feel insecure. Lucas is Mr. High School. Star running back, shooting guard, and pitcher. Aside from our friendship, he could never possibly want anything other than my body.

I know what those girls are thinking. He could have any girl he wants, why would he choose the school slut. Those girls don't even know a small fraction of the truth.

"You're sitting with me and my friends, please be good." Lucas pleaded.

Sighing, I looked over at the table where Missy was sitting. "I'll play nice the best way I know how."

He kissed my cheek and walked me over to his usual table. I was actually pretty nervous, I guess this is the first step to getting back to normal.

"Do you guys mind if Maya sits with us today?" He didn't really ask. He has that tone in his voice that says she's sitting here whether you like it or not.

Missy smirked as she looked me up and down. "Of course she can. After all, I could always use more community service hours."

I faked a smile and took a seat between Lucas and Jacob. "Oh Missy, your humor slays me." I rolled me eyes and whispered to Lucas, "I don't think I can keep this up much longer."

He leaned into me and whispered into my ear. "You gotta fake it until you make it, babe."

"I'm just gonna ask the question we're all thinking." Jacob started, gesturing between me and Lucas. "How the hell did this happen? I mean you were talking so much shit about her last week."

Ouch.

"Hey, sir foot-in-mouth. I was acting like a jerk. I've changed." Lucas tried to defend himself.

Letting my curiosity get the best of me, I turned to face Jacob. "What did he say?"

"Well we were rating girls based on how good they are in bed and how much we want to hook up with them, right?" Lucas tried motioning for him to shut up, but Jacob has no filter. "Well he gave you a solid five stars, and when we asked if you were really that good he said that it's because you have lots of experience if you know what I mean."

I gave Lucas the death stare as he threw his head back in defeat. "He said all of that did he."

"He's not wrong." Missy chimed in. "You've been with at least 30 percent of the school's male population."

"Oh honey, I believe that's you." I snapped at her.

We're getting off to a great start so far...

10:30pm

Lucas' POV;

I straightened out my leather jacket and took a deep breath. My first "date" with Maya. Why am I so nervous? I've never been this way with a girl before. I'm normally so confident, but with her it's different.

After taking one last look in the mirror, I closed my locker and headed for the door. As soon as I left the locker room, a familiar voice sounded from behind me.

"Hey, Huckleberry." I turned to face Maya and fell speechless. Her short, black dress hugged her curves perfectly and her blonde curls flowed effortlessly against her shoulders.

I bit my lip as I checked out the beautiful girl standing in front of me. "Damn. You actually look kinda hot tonight." I joked and snaked my arm around her small frame, resting my hand just above her butt.

She let out a small laugh. "Kinda?"

"Fine," I playfully rolled my eyes and pecked her lips. "You're the hottest girl I've ever seen."

Maya smirked and locked our fingers together. "Let's go. The school's newest "it" couple has an appearance to make."

Hand-in-hand, we walked into the crowded gymnasium. Thank goodness the music was blasting, or else we wouldn't have been able to drown out whatever was being said as we walked by.

The night was halfway over when I noticed Riley glaring at us from across the room. "Go talk to her."

Maya sighed and followed my gaze. "She's not going to listen."

"That's why you need to talk to her." My voice was slightly raised so she'd hear me over the music. "I'm tired of all this tension. Tell her the truth if you have to."

"Fine, but if she throws the punch at me it'll be your fault." When Maya turned to walk away from me, I playfully slapped her butt, which made her give me a cute little smirk.

Once Maya was out of earshot, Farkle came up to me, practically yelling. "What's your problem?"

"What?"

He shook his head and looked over at the girls. "How could you just come between them like that?"

I chuckled, "Farkle."

He just kept going. "They've been friends for years and then you waltz in and screw everything up. I thought you liked Riley? Why the hell are you messing around with-"

"Farkle!" I finally cut him off, "It's a lie."

His eyes widened. "What do you mean it's a lie?"

I smiled and looked at the girls who appeared to be yelling at each other. "That day when Josh was here he told Riley that Maya and I were fooling around when really it was her and Josh. She didn't believe us."

"Still confused here. I thought you and Maya didn't get along"

"That's the other part of the lie. We've always been on good terms. In the words of Maya, I'm just an egotistical jerk that refused to talk to her in public." My eyes never left the girls. "So we've been pretending to hate each other, and now we're pretending to date because I'm still a jackass."

Farkle nodded in agreement. "You're right you are a jackass. What happened to you, man? You're better than this."

I shrugged, "Life happened I guess. I don't know how to be the person I once was, and honestly I don't know if I want to be him again."

"So you'd rather be a womanizing asshat rather than be a decent human being?"

I stiffled my laughter. "Did you just call me an asshat?"

He rolled his eyes. "Look at them." Farkle motioned to the girls, who were now hugging each other. "Why would you want to tear that apart?"

Before I could answer, Kenzie, our student body president, announced that it was time to crown the Homecoming King and Queen.

"Alright, the people have spoken." She started as someone handed her a note card. "Your homecoming King is none other than Lucas Friar."

I smiled and looked at Farkle once I heard my name. "Congrats, King Lucas." He joked. The spotlight followed me on my way to the stage where Kenzie placed a plastic crown on my head.

She smiled and grabbed her second note card. "And your Queen," she paused as she read the card. "Maya Hart?" Kenzie looked around confused.

They put the spotlight on a confused Maya as she made her way to the stage. Kenzie crowned her and congratulated her, despite being confused. "I give you your King and Queen. Please make room for them on the dance floor."

Maya'a POV;

I just won Homecoming Queen. That can't be right. Lucas lead me to the center of the gym and carefully held my waist as they began playing Unhinged by Nick Jonas. How ironic.

Lucas and I swayed back and forth as the song played. I looked into his eyes and took a breath. "So I told her... I think it's going to be okay, Lucas."

He nodded and kissed my forehead. "I'm sorry for putting you through all of this. You don't deserve it."

"It's okay. I understand why you did it. Your reputation is important. I get it."

"So.. How does it feel to be a queen?" He smirked.

I giggled and shook my head. "It feels rigged. Who did you sleep with to make this happen?"

"I had nothing to do with this."

Couples began to join us on the dance floor as the music progressed.

"You wanna get out of here?"

My heart started racing. "And do what?" Is this going where I think it is?

He smirked as he led me out the door. "Come on."

My breaths got shorter as Lucas left open mouth kisses along my neck. My back arched at his touch.

He bit my lip and let his hands roam my bare body. I leg out a small gasp when I felt Lucas squeeze my butt.

We shouldn't be doing this. But it somehow feels right.

I wrapped my legs around his waist, our lips never parting. Then I felt his large member inside of me. That's when I lost control.