Hey guys! How's it going? We're back now with brand new chapter. This is the last traditional chapter in the story. The next chapter will be pretty normal as well, but it'll also include closure for the the story. After that, there will be a short epilogue coming out the next day, and then that's the end. Don't worry though, we still have a few spinoff one shots that will be coming out afterward. Enjoy chapter 24! This chapter will be based on the kids more, specifically Riley and Maya.
Riley's POV
Maya, Elliot, Farkle, Lucas and I were walking around the city.
"So, Maya, how's life with Elliot?"
"You mean Boingy?"
Elliot chuckled.
"Yeah," Maya continued. "Life is good."
"I won her a teddy bear when we went to the fair."
I half smiled. "Cute..."
My face turned towards Lucas.
"Why didn't you win me anything?"
He grinned.
"We...never went to the fair."
"That's fair."
We chuckled and he put his arm around me.
"Yeah..." Maya stared. "That's just cheesy."
We kept walking for a while.
"Okay," I asked, "What are we doing?"
"Yeah, its true." Maya replied. "We're just walking."
Farkle looked back.
"We just passed Caleb's. We can go back to school shopping there since its starting soon."
Lucas nodded and looked at me. "Yeah, that's a good idea, let's go."
We turned back and headed to Caleb's.
I saw a sign advertising pencil cases, so I headed there.
"Ooh, these are pink and fuzzy."
I rubbed the pencil case with my hand. I liked it, but I needed someone's opinion on whether it was worth it. As much as I loved Lucas, I figured a best friend was better for this kind of thing.
"Maya! Where are you?"
"Just a sec."
I turned around to see where she was.
"Hey Ell, what color binder do you want?"
He yelled from a few aisles away.
"What colors are there?"
She looked back to the shelf.
"Green, blue, pink..."
"Blue please."
"Comin' right up."
I looked towards Maya.
"Hey, can you get me a blue one too, please?"
"Sorry, it was the last left."
I frowned.
"Anyways, Maya, I need to ask you something."
She walked toward me. "What up?"
"What do you think about this pencil case?"
"It's pink and fluffy. I think you can pull it off."
Elliot called. "Maya!"
"Coming!"
Maya turned around and headed towards him, without another word to me.
"Maya?"
She turned around, for the first time, looking annoyed.
"What?"
"Why are you ditching me for Elliot?"
Maya opened her mouth to speak, then closed it back.
Maya's POV
How could Riley think I preferred Elliot over her? Sure I had spending a lot of time with him, but that only because he was my boyfriend. Wasn't Riley spending lot of time with Lucas, too?
"Riley, I..."
"Listen, Maya, you've always been my best friend, but you're starting to ignore me."
"Riles, Elliot is my boyfriend..."
"Lucas is my boyfriend, but I always seem to make time for you, don't I?"
"Yes..." I didn't know what to say.
"Okay, just forget it."
Riley ran away and I followed her.
"Riley!"
I finally got close and tugged on her arm.
She stopped.
"What is it Maya?"
"Are you really mad at me?"
"What do you think? You prefer my brother over me."
"How could you think that? I've been best friends with you forever. I've only just met Elliot like a year ago."
Riley paused.
"Well, all I know is you've been spending a lot more time with him than me."
"He's starting high school, this year, Riles. We'll have a lot less time with him."
"That doesn't mean you can stop hanging with me."
I frowned. "We're you actually contemplating not being my friend anymore?"
"No." She said. "Ring power." Her finger shot up.
I chuckled.
"You know," She spoke, " Even if I didn't want to be your friend anymore. I would just need miss to much and come crawling back again."
I thought we needed a sweet Riley/Maya moment. Anyways, I am so sorry for the week long hiatus. I was actually going to update yesterday, but my server wasn't working and it stunk. Hope you like this chapter though, even with the delay. See ya!
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