Be My Baby
Hello, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker bringing you another great chapter of Be My Baby. Now, I know that I said that I'm taking a break from writing this story and return to writing it on December 1st, I've been reading a couple of reviews regarding the last chapter involving what Maya did and a couple of you did not like it. Well, you didn't like the Lucaya part. Well, I'm gonna make it up to you. Will Riley forgive Maya for kissing Lucas? We'll find out today in chapter thirty-six of Be My Baby. Enjoy.
Chapter Thirty-Six
Maya In a Box
"I cannot believe this. This was supposed to be a nice day for us to go shopping, get our pictures taken and Juliet to sit on Santa's lap at the Manhattan Mall, until a drunken Santa scares my little girl, my husband turns into "Texas Lucas" once again and gets into a brawl with Santa and his elves in front of innocent little children and our daughter, and to top it all off my best friend kisses my husband just to avoid some weird guy wearing goggles! Lucas, what were you thinking?" Riley asked as she paces back and forth in her room while Lucas and Maya were sitting by the bay window. They could tell that Riley was furious about the chaotic incident that happened back at the mall. They were lucky that they didn't get banned from going to the Manhattan Mall.
"He started it! He punched me right in the face, so I defended myself." Lucas said holding an ice pack to his eye.
"Fighting, again, that's what got you kicked out of school in Texas, remember?" Riley asked.
"Damn it, Riley. What was I supposed to do stand there like a complete idiot and let him beat me up?" Lucas asked.
"No, but it's setting a bad example for Juliet." Riley said.
"Riles, he didn't mean…" Maya said.
"Was I talking to you, short stack?" Riley glares at Maya.
"Riley, I'm sorry that I set a bad example for Juliet. I didn't want her to see that side of me." Lucas said.
"I get it. Santa was drunk and you were afraid. You were afraid that he might hurt her." Riley said.
"Yeah." Lucas said.
"But you have to understand that you have a daughter now. You could've scared Juliet and you scared me." Riley said.
"I didn't want anything to happen to her or me." Lucas said as Riley sits next to him by the bay window.
"Honey." Lucas said as Cory knocks on the door and enters the room with Topanga, Auggie and Charlie and began to notice them sitting by the bay window talking about something.
"Oh, no. Now don't tell me that you three are confused about your feelings again." Cory said.
"No, we are not. Lucas and I are married and we have a daughter and Maya is dating Josh. We're talking about something else. Lucas got into a fight with drunk Santa at a mall and Maya kissed Lucas to avoid Goggles." Riley said.
"Who?" Cory asked.
"This kid who was trying to hit on me at the mall." Maya said.
"And you kissed Lucas?" Topanga asked.
"Because he was getting attacked by Santa Claus and his workers." Maya said.
"Ugh!" Cory exclaimed.
"Lucas, can me and Cory have a word with you in private while Riley and Maya talk to each other?" Topanga asked.
"Sure." Lucas said as he gets up from the window seat and leaves the room with Cory, Topanga, Auggie and Charlie, leaving Riley and Maya alone in her bedroom. Maya went silent for a couple of minutes and began to notice a mischievous smile on the brunette's face.
"Riles, about what happened back at the mall. I'm sorry for using your husband as my boyfriend and kissed him while you were right in front of us while he was getting beaten up by a bunch of elves. It would've been different if Josh was with us instead of being at work. Josh would be the one getting beaten up by elves and I could've kissed him. I shouldn't have kissed Lucas and I should both you and Lucas. So come on, Christmas is coming up, have some holiday cheer and forgive your best friend." Maya said.
"I forgive you, Maya. I forgive you for kissing my husband and using him as your boyfriend." Riley said.
"Thank you, Riley." Maya said.
"But, I'm not going to let you off that easy." Riley said.
"What?" Maya asked.
"Remember the episode of Friends where Joey has Chandler stay in the box for six hours because he kissed Joey's girlfriend?" Riley asked.
"Yeah, why?" Maya asked. Riley gets up from the window seat and walks over to her walk-in closet and pulls out a large wooden box with the word "Fragile" printed on the box. "What the? You're kidding."
"No, I'm serious. You are going to sit in the box just to give you time to think about what you did, it proves how much you care about our friendship and how much you care about my uncle. And three….I'm trying to come up with a third reason." Riley said.
"What is the meaning of the box?" Maya asked.
"The meaning of the box is three fold." Riley said.
"Three fold?" Maya asked.
"Stop asking questions and get in the box." Riley said as Maya steps in the box and sits down while Riley locks her in.
"How long do I have to be in there?" Maya asked.
"For five years." Riley said.
"Five years?!" Maya yells. "Are you out of your mind?! You're trying to kill your best friend! Doesn't "ring power" mean anything to you? Thunder, lightning, best friends forever. Riley, you can't do this to your sister! After all we've been through! We've settled this whole Rucaya love triangle on New Year's after Farkle blabbed about you still loving Lucas."
"Maya…" Riley said.
"Is five years punishment enough? It's not like I slept with Lucas." Maya said.
"I'm not keeping you in the box for five years. I'm keeping you in there for six hours." Riley said.
"What time is it now?" Maya asked.
"It's only 2:05 PM." Riley said.
"It's too long!" Maya whined.
"Stop whining." Riley said while reading a magazine. While Riley is busy dealing with Maya, Lucas was sitting in the kitchen with Cory and Topanga while Auggie is playing with his two-year-old sister. Cory took a sip of coffee from his coffee mug while giving his son-in-law the death glare while Topanga calmly talks to him.
"Lucas, now we all know that you're a great father to Juliet and a wonderful husband to Riley. But you need to learn that you can't get into a fight with Santa Claus with Riley and Juliet watching. You could've scared your little girl. She didn't want to see that side of you and Riley doesn't want to see that side of you either." Topanga said.
"Did you enjoy kissing Maya? Answer me!" Cory exclaimed after slamming his fists on the table like a cop grilling a criminal in the interrogation room.
"I did not enjoy kissing Maya. And by the way, Maya kissed me. I didn't kiss her, she kissed me so she can avoid Goggles." Lucas said.
"I'm warning you, Friar. If you hurt my little girl, so help me…" Cory said.
"Back off, Cory." Topanga said.
"Maya is dating my brother. How would he react to Maya kissing Lucas?" Cory asked.
"He would be extremely disappointed and he'll never speak to me." Maya said. Lucas, Cory and Topanga began to look around the room to find out where that voice is coming from and began to notice the large wooden box with Riley standing right by it.
"Uh, Riley. Why is there a box in the living room?" Topanga asked.
"And where's Maya?" Cory asked.
"I'm in the box." Maya said.
"Riley." Lucas said.
"Is she okay in there?" Auggie asked.
"She's fine!" Riley yelled.
"Is she living in a box now?" Auggie asked.
"No, she's not living in the box Auggie. This is her punishment." Riley said.
"This reminds me of that episode of Friends where…." Topanga said.
"Where Joey locks Chandler in the box for six hours." Cory said. "She does have air holes for her to breathe, right?"
"Yes, dad. She has air holes for her to breathe." Riley said.
"I'm getting hungry. Do you have a chili dog from Sonic's?" Maya asked.
"Y'know I don't think you should be talking at all in there. I think you've got much thinking to do to be asking for something to eat." Riley said as Maya groans. There was a knock on the door as Cory gets up from his seat and walks over to the door to answer it and sees it's Josh.
"My brother." Cory said.
"My brother." Josh said as he hugs Cory and enters the room. "Hey, guys."
"Hi, Uncle Josh." Riley said.
"Hey, listen. Is Maya here? We're supposed to be going out for lunch." Josh said.
"Maya's in box." Charlie said. Josh walks over to the box and starts knocking on it.
"Maya?" Josh asked.
"Uncle Boing?" Maya asked.
"Maya can't talk right now." Topanga said.
"Why not? What's going on?" Josh asked.
"She's just trying to show Riley how much she means to her." Topanga said.
"By being in a box?" Josh asked.
"Riley, had reasons." Lucas said.
"They were threefold." Auggie said.
"Threefold? It's not like Maya kissed Lu…" Josh said until he glares at Lucas. Lucas smiles at Josh and runs out of the apartment with Josh trying to chase after him. Maya calls out Josh's name to stop him.
"Josh, wait. I can explain what happened. You see, Lucas got into a fight with Santa because Santa was drunk and he hollered at Juliet. While he was getting beaten up by Santa and his elves, Goggles was trying to hit on me and used Lucas to pretend to be my boyfriend and I kissed him se the elves could get away from him. I'm very sorry that I used Riley's husband and kissed him. That was very wrong of me. If you don't want to speak to me and break up with me…" Maya said.
"Maya, I don't want to break up with you. I forgive you for what you did. You did some real good thinking in there and your friendship with Riley is too important. And you're Juliet's godmother. Riley, open the box." Josh said as Riley opens the box. Maya steps out of the box, hugs and kisses Josh.
"I love you, Maya." Josh said.
"I love you too." Maya said. "You're not going to kill Riley's husband, are you?"
"Well, no. I'm not going to kill her husband. Huckleberry will be fine. If he touches you again, then I'll hurt him." Josh said as Maya playfully slaps him on the arm.
"Next time, you're coming with us instead of going to work. That way when a bunch of Santa's elves attack you, I'll have someone to kiss. You." Maya said as Josh leans in to kiss her.
"Awww, you two are so cute together. I can't wait till you two get married." Riley said smiling at the cute couple.
"Oh, God!" Cory sits his head down on the dining room table.
And that was chapter thirty-six of Be My Baby. So, what did you think of that chapter? Next time, Riley, Maya, Lucas, Farkle, Zay and Smackle talk about their plans for New Year's Eve. Here's some trivia about this chapter: Maya in the box is a reference to the Friends season four episode The One with Chandler in a Box. Question: How would you feel about a Joshaya love scene in a New Years-themed chapter for this story? Also, I'll be taking a little break from writing this story and I'll get back to updating the story on December 1st, so please wait patiently. Don't forget to review this chapter (No rude comments, please be nice) and I'll see you next time for chapter thirty-seven. Have a nice and safe Thanksgiving and a happy Thanksgiving to you all. Till next time, my fellow readers.