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Chapter 21- The Confrontation

Tears stung Maya's eyes as she raced through the halls of Degassi Community school. How could Tori say those things to her? Did she honestly think that Maya wanted Zig to like her? Did she think all of this made Maya happy? It didn't. Zig didn't make Maya happy. Zig made Maya uncomfortable. They had been such good friends, but it was apparent that they couldn't be anymore. Zig only made things worse. Because of him Tori now hated her.

Who Maya needed right now more than anyone was Cam, and this was who she was running through the halls, searching desperately for. She couldn't recall what class he had at the moment, so she would just have to search them all. Of course, she could have just sent him a text and asked where he was, but she was upset, and when you're upset sometimes your mind doesn't work quite the same.

Eventually, she found his classroom. He had math last period, and there he was, sitting in the back of the room. It seemed to be his favourite spot. Maya didn't even bother knocking, she just flung the door open and raced straight to Cam. The tears that had merely been stinging her eyes a few moments before were actually falling now.

"Maya?" Cam said, confused. "What are you doing here?" She stood before him, her cheeks tear streaked and her breathing uneven.

"I-I-" Maya tried, but she couldn't get the words out. Just thinking about the whole situation and everything that had just happened between her and Tori made her want to cry and scream, and all of the above. All things that she couldn't do in a classroom at school.

"Here, let's go outside." He suggested, getting up from his seat and grabbing her hand. "Mr. Marlon, may I please be excused?" Cam asked politely.

Mr. Marlon took one look at Maya, and nodded instantly.

Cam walked Maya into the hall and closed his classroom door behind him, it was then that Maya flung her arms around Cam's neck and burst into tears.

Cam wrapped his arms around her and held her close. "Maya, please tell me what's wrong. What happened? You were so happy when I walked you to gym."

Maya pulled away for a moment to look into his eyes. "It's Tori. She just blew up on me in the change room. Screaming and crying, she had a complete meltdown." She explained between sobs.

Cam's eyebrows knitted together in complete confusion. "Why would she do that? You guys are best friends, why would she be so angry with you?"

Maya took a deep breath. She supposed it was time to tell Cam about Zig. They had only started dating today, but that didn't matter. They had liked each other for much longer than that, (if you could describe approximately two weeks as much longer) and Cam deserved to know. "It's because of a boy."

Cam's confused expression remained. "What do you mean?"

"This afternoon, in the cafeteria when I introduced you to Tori, do you remember a boy sitting at the table with her?" Maya questioned, wiping the tears away from her eyes.

"Yeah… He had dark brown hair?" Cam asked, just to confirm that they were talking about the same guy.

"Yes, that's the one." Maya verified.

"He's the only person you didn't introduce me to." Cam stated, the confused expression never wavering.

"No, and for good reason." Maya mumbled.

"Why didn't you introduce me to him Maya?"

Maya said nothing, she just looked down at the ground. She wanted to tell Cam, wanted to tell him everything, but it was hard. What if he got jealous, just like Tori had? What if he got mad at her because she couldn't control the way another boy felt about her?

"Maya?" Cam prompted curiously.

"Because… because he likes me Cam." Maya confessed, looking up into his eyes.

Cam's confused expression disappeared instantly. "He likes you. That would explain the looks he was giving me."

"What looks?" Maya questioned now, her turn to be confused.

"He was looking at me like he despised me. Like he hated me with a fiery passion, and I couldn't understand why. I don't even know him. But now I know. It was jealousy." Cam explained seriously.

Cam looked slightly peeved, and Maya felt the need to explain how she felt about Zig, before he got to angry with her.

"I don't like him Cam, I swear!" Maya responded quickly, "I have no feelings for him whatsoever! I like you Campbell Saunders, and only you!"

"Maya, Maya calm down! I believe you. I don't think you like that guy. No worries." Cam replied softly, grabbing her hands.

"Well, at least someone believes me." Maya said sadly.

Cam's confused expression reappeared.

"He's the reason Tori's mad at me. Tori likes him, and they kissed today." Maya began.

"Wait, he's Zig?" Cam asked, the confused expression disappearing once more.

"Yes, and in gym class Tori went to talk to him, about the kiss, and what it meant… I'm guessing it didn't go well. Because she came back into the change room crying her eyes out, and then she blamed him not liking her on me. Tori ended our friendship because of this! Apparently it's all my fault, but it's not like I want to be with Zig! I've never encouraged him! Ever since I found out he liked me at the beginning of the year all I've done is avoid him Cam! I've never wanted to be with him, he must know that! I'm with you now!" Maya vented, tears stinging her eyes once more.

Cam looked at Maya sympathetically. He now understood why she hadn't introduced him to Zig at lunch, he now understood why he had received such dirty looks, and he now understood why Maya was so upset. How could Tori do this to her? It was obvious it wasn't Maya's fault that Zig didn't feel the same way about Tori. Cam believed with every ounce of his being that Maya spoke the truth, and that she hadn't done anything to encourage this Zig's feelings for her.

"Maya, it'll be okay. Just stay away from Zig, and give Tori time to cool off. She's just angry and upset because she was rejected. She'll get over it, and realise it has nothing to do with you. It's just him." Cam reassured soothingly.

"I hope so. She's my best friend Cam. How am I supposed to survive my first year of high school without her?" Maya asked miserably.

"You won't have to, at least not the entire year. Like I said she'll realise it has nothing to do with you soon enough." Cam replied. "Actually, it has everything to do with him. Zig sounds like a player Maya. I mean, he kissed her and let her believe that he actually had feelings for her too, that there might be something between them when he knew there wasn't." He added.

"I know!" Maya exclaimed. "I hate guys like that!"

Cam chucked softly. "Don't we all?"

This comment made Maya smile. "Thanks for listening Cam. I was actually really scared to tell you that Zig liked me."

"Why?" Cam inquired.

"Because, I was afraid you would react like Tori, and get mad at me, even though it's not my fault." Maya explained, sniffling and wiping her eyes once more.

"Never." Cam answered simply, wrapping his arms around her once more.

Maya hugged him back, content in his arms, but knowing he had to return to math, and that she should be returning to gym class.

She pulled away from him unwillingly. "I should be getting back to class. I'll see you at your hockey game tonight."

"You're still gonna come? You know, you could just go home, relax. It's been a rough end of the day for you." Cam replied softly. "I would understand."

"Doesn't matter. I wouldn't miss your game for the world." Maya replied with a small smile.

"Alright, I'll see you after school." Cam said with a grin, before giving her another quick hug and re-entering his math classroom.

Maya slowly sauntered through the halls again, making her way back to the gymnasium. The sadness that she had felt as soon as Tori had ended their friendship had disappeared since speaking with Cam. He was right, Tori would realise once she calmed down that it wasn't Maya's fault, and they would be friends again one day, in the meantime, she would just have to wait.

The sadness had disappeared, but in it's place, anger had developed. Not anger towards Tori, but rather, anger towards Zig.

Zig was the reason her and Tori were no longer best friends for the moment, and it was all because he had played Tori that day. Messed with her feelings, just as Cam had said, and made her think that he liked her by kissing her. It made Maya sick. Zig made her sick.

Maya was going to go back to the gym, and give Zig Novak a piece of her mind. Since he couldn't seem to realise she had no feelings for him whatsoever on his own, she would have to tell him. She was going to be straight up about it, and she was going to tell him what a jerk he was for playing with her best friends heart.

Maya re-entered the gymnasium, and spotted Zig instantly on the opposite side. She stalked towards him, ready to scream. She didn't care who was around, and she didn't care if she embarrassed him. She only cared about getting her message across, that she didn't like him, and never would.

"HOW COULD YOU!" Maya yelled, getting right up in Zig's face. "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO TORI? HOW COULD YOU KISS HER, AND MAKE HER THINK YOU LIKED HER, AND THEN JUST TOSS HER ASIDE LIKE A PIECE OF TRASH, IN THE HOPES THAT I WOULD COME TO YOU? IN THE HOPES THAT I WOULD COME TO YOU AND TELL YOU I LIKED YOU? THAT I WANTED TO BE WITH YOU? WELL I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU ZIG! I DON'T LIKE YOU, AND I NEVER WILL LIKE YOU, OKAY? YOU'RE THE LAST PERSON IN THIS WORLD THAT I WOULD EVER HAVE FEELINGS FOR, AND DO YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE A JERK! YOU'RE A JERK WHO PLAYED WITH MY BEST FRIENDS EMOTIONS, AND NOW SHE THINKS IT'S ALL MY FAULT! THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF ME THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE WITH HER!" Maya screamed, not holding anything back, letting it all out.

"But Maya, it is because of you that I don't want to be with her. Because I like you, and I know you like me too. You just never realised it before because you didn't give me the chance to tell you how I felt. You do like me Maya Matlin, I can tell by the way you look at me." Zig replied coolly.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ZIG, I DON'T LIKE YOU, AND I NEVER WILL! CAN'T YOU GET THAT THROUGH YOUR BIG FAT HEAD? I LIKE CAMPBELL! CAMPBELL! ME AND CAM ARE DATING NOW. DATING! SOMETHING THAT ME AND YOU WILL NEVER DO ZIG!"

Zig's face fell instantly. "You are dating him? Tori told me that, but I didn't believe it. I didn't want to. I thought she was just saying that so I would go for her instead of you."

Maya stared at Zig, a look of utter disbelief and anger upon her face. "NO SHE WASN'T LYING! WHY WOULD SHE? SHE TRULY CARES ABOUT YOU ZIG. SO QUIT WASTING YOUR TIME ON ME. BECAUSE I WILL NEVER RETURN THE FEELINGS YOU HAVE FOR ME."

Zig couldn't believe what he was hearing. All of the words that had come out of Maya's mouth cut him like a thousand knives. He felt like he wanted to curl up in a ball and cry again. He was hurting, but he wouldn't let it show. He wouldn't.

"Fine." Zig replied flatly. "I guess I will go for Tori then. Give her a chance."

Maya laughed maliciously, but she had calmed herself down just a smidge now, having gotten everything else off of her chest. She was calm enough not to scream, but to just speak with extreme force. "You know what Zig? Don't even bother. Stay away from her. Because Tori Santamaria will not be your second choice. She isn't anyone's second choice."

"Well, if she likes me so much, I'm sure she would be happy to be my second choice. Don't you?" Zig replied haughtily.

Maya looked into his green eyes, trying to determine what he was feeling, if he was just saying these things because he was angry or hurt, or even if he was being serious, but they revealed nothing. There was no emotion there. They were dead, as was his facial expression. "You're a jerk Zig Novak. Stay away from me." Maya told him quietly.

With that, she spun around and stalked off in the opposite direction, exiting the gym just as the bell tolled, signalling the end of class.