Hey guys! I know this update was supposed to be yesterday, but long story short, I tripped on a curb and fell and fractured my ankle so I basically spent the afternoon in the hospital hopped up on some gas… And by the time Maman brought me home (with my shiny new cast! It's lime green! ^_^) I was exhausted and just couldn't find it in me to write because I was uncomfortable and my ankle was throbbing… So sorry about skipping a day :) I won't miss another one though!
On queue: a. r. baskett's request for Bad Boy!Lucas (with a hint of Jealous!Lucas thrown in there)
Enjoy! I appreciate the reviews! Thanks for the support! *blows slobbery, mushy kisses* :D
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Title: Paranoia
Pairings&Characters: Lucaya, Missy (cameo)
Genre: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, WAFF, Romance, Humor AU
Rating: T for Terrified Maya
Summary: "Remember when she swapped our condoms out with expired ones back when we were in college?"
Same universe as Practice Makes Perfect.
Request by Guest for Maya/Lucas pregnancy scare scene from Practice Makes Perfect! Thank you for your request :) I hope I did it justice!
A broken condom.
She was in this situation because of a damn broken condom. All her plans would be derailed because of a damn broken condom. Her future turned inside out and upside down and twisted beyond recognition because of a fucking broken, expired condom.
Maya was going to kill her mom.
And then she'd find her in the afterlife and kill her again.
How could she do this to her?! Did she honestly think it was funny?
"So how is the boyfriend? Still a stud?"
"I've been avoiding him…" Maya said honestly, staring at her cup of hot chocolate. "Something happened, and I kind of just want some time away from him."
"You think you're pregnant?"
Maya stiffened and frowned, slowly lifting her gaze to stare at her suspiciously jovial mother. In fact, she seemed like she knew exactly what Maya was talking about.
"That's an oddly specific guess mother." Maya said coldly, her teeth grit.
"The condom broke, didn't it? Or at least it should have." Katy tittered excitedly, a wide grin on her face.
"How did you know?" Maya growled.
"I swapped his out with expired ones!"
"What?!" Maya glared at her furiously, her blood boiling in rage. "Don't talk to me. Don't even think about contacting me. We're through."
"Aww Maya." She whined, reaching for her daughter's hand, "It was just a joke baby girl. And look on the bright side! If you're pregnant, then you'll have a baby to raise! And I'll get my first grandchild."
Maya snatched her hand away and stood up abruptly, her chair scraping noisily against the ground. People in the coffee shop stopped talking, watching the spectacle with thinly veiled interest.
"What the hell is the matter with you?!" she shouted, "In what world is it okay for a mother to sabotage her daughter so she ends up pregnant?! I can't even begin to understand why you would do that!"
"Maya, c'mon—"
"No! How could you?!" Maya snatched up her coat and her bag, her eyes burning with tears. "God, you are literally the worst mother ever…"
Maya groaned, stuffing her face into her pillow and burrowing further into her covers. This was the worst day ever. She could very well be baking a bun in her uterus oven, she'd just developed something of a relationship with her mom after years of awkwardness only for it to crumble to pieces again, and Lucas thought she hated him because she'd blamed him for the condom mess.
This was ridiculous.
Maya didn't think she was pregnant, but it'd been a while since the Broken Condom Incident, and she was getting paranoid. She knew symptoms didn't start up as soon as possible, but she'd missed her period by a few days already and she'd been moody for a while and she was starting to get worried with each day that passed that her period still did not arrive.
Dammit.
Why did this have to happen? She and Lucas had only just recently started having sex and then the fucking condom had to break and ruin everything. She hated it.
There was a knock on her dorm room door, and Missy stood up from her seat at her desk, padding over softly and opening it.
"Is Maya in?"
It was Lucas.
Maya groaned under her breath, not entirely sure she wanted to see him. She'd texted him as soon as she got back that she wanted to talk, but she felt a little ashamed. She had seriously blown up on him and all but punted him out of her room after BCI had happened. She'd said some pretty nasty things to him too. He put up with her mistrust and her jadedness all the time, but she knew she had gone too far when he left, anger on his features and a wounded look in his eyes. Would he even forgive her?
"Yeah, but she's been curled up in a ball since she got back." Missy responded, "Whatever happened, it's bad. I'll let you guys talk this out in privacy…"
The door closed and then Maya heard Lucas walk around before he sat on the edge of her bed. He tugged on the blanket, and Maya gripped it tighter, curling further into herself to keep him from seeing her.
"Maya." Lucas said softly, "You wanted to talk?"
She couldn't see his expression, but even though they were technically in a fight, she could still imagine the concern and care on his face from his voice despite how terrible she had been to him.
"It's about that fight we had."
Silence.
"I'm sorry…" Maya whispered, her voice choking up a bit, "You didn't deserve that and you've been nothing but good to me, and I treated you like shit."
"You did."
She swallowed in fear at his words. Lucas was no pushover. She should have expected he would still be upset about it.
"I know, and I'm apologizing for my behaviour. Not just because I was a bitch, but also because I found out my mom switched out your condoms with expired ones."
There was a pause.
"What?" Lucas said, sounding incredulous, "How?"
"I don't even know… But she told me at lunch today, and I left immediately and came here and the only thing I could think about is how terrible I was to you." Her voice cracked. "And you weren't even at fault and we haven't talked for a week because I blamed you when the one to blame was my mom. And I was scared you would want to break up with me."
"Maya, it's okay. I get it. Things are stressful. I don't blame you for getting mad at me." He sighed, gently setting his hand on top of her back. "But we're not going to break up because of something like this. I still care about you, you know. No matter how hard it is being your boyfriend."
The last part was said playfully, and Maya felt a smile creep onto her face, the first one in a while actually. Then she remembered she could be pregnant and it fell almost immediately.
"But now what? What happens next? What happens if I'm actually pregnant?"
"I take it you're probably going to go after your mom?"
"It's crossed my mind a couple times…" Maya growled, still raging over the fact that Katy had done such a despicable prank. She'd neglected Maya growing up, and now that she was finally involved in her life, she was pulling terrible stunts like this?
Lucas chuckled softly, rubbing her back to comfort her. "Maya, we'll figure it out together okay. We're both responsible for this mess; we both should be involved."
She remained silent, staring blankly at the darkness around her. Honestly, what would she do if she was pregnant? All the 'what if's' and 'what happens next' were scaring her and though Lucas was usually pretty damn good at keeping any of her heightened negative emotions at bay, his calm, soothing voice wasn't enough this time to quell her racing mind.
"Have you bought a test? Or taken one?" Lucas asked, apprehension in his tone.
"No…"
"Well then we should probably pick one up."
"Lucas, I'm scared to…" she finally admitted, her pulse racing. "I would have gotten one myself a week ago, but I just… I don't know…"
"That's because you tried to go on your own. Let's go get one together."
"Okay, but…" Maya chewed her lower lip. "Can we go later? Like, not right this second?"
"Tell you what. Why don't we take a walk or something and clear our minds a bit and catch up? It might help." he said, "Then we can hit up a convenience store on the way back."
Maya nodded, feeling somewhat more relieved that Lucas was there.
"Alright."
"Good." She could tell he was smiling. "So can I at least see my girlfriend's face? I haven't seen you in a week. I miss you."
Maya let out a little laugh and sat up from her bundle, throwing off her covers and meeting his warm gaze.
"Hi." Lucas whispered, cupping her face and resting his forehead against hers.
"Hey." Maya responded, biting her lower lip with a bashful smile.
He kissed her gently, and Maya felt butterflies flutter in her stomach. How the hell had she gone a week without Lucas? She'd missed this. She'd missed them.
And then he pulled away, and his gaze dropped to her bed. His eyes widened in momentary surprise before a pronounced blush coloured his cheeks. Maya frowned at his alarmed expression.
"What's wrong?"
"You uh… you've got a… leak."
Maya looked down where his gaze had settled.
There was blood on her sheets.
There was blood on her sheets.
"I got my period..." Maya said breathlessly. Then she laughed merrily and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him happily. "I'm not pregnant! I'm not fucking pregnant!"
Lucas just smiled and hugged her back as she laughed excitedly in his ear. She pulled away after a while with a deep breath and a serious look on her face.
"But I am definitely going on the pill now so I have back up support if my mom tries this shit again."
"That's good."
"And no more sex. Officially."
Lucas froze and rose a brow, looking a little confused.
"Wait, but you're safe."
"Yeah, but this whole mess makes me think we're going too fast." Lucas' gaze grew a little daunted, and Maya shrugged. "I think we need to slow things down."
"Slow things down." Lucas said a little incredulously, "We've already had sex. You do realize that, right?"
"We're starting over." Maya said, "Beginning with no sex this coming summer."
He looked shocked.
"This summer? As in, the season where all you wear are tiny shorts and little sundresses?"
She grinned a little deviously.
"Let the Summer of Celibacy begin."