Author's Note:

To the first Guest:

I never said Maya was ugly, people were just calling her that, just as my boyfriend isn't ugly, people would just be jerks and say that. I actually am changing things to fit Joshaya more, I'm not writing it exactly how it was (especially because we don't remember every detail). But it is an AU, so they aren't going to be exactly like they were in the show. Hope you'll stick around and see what I mean.

To the second Guest:

Thank you! I'm a lot better now. You are also very valued and important. Thank you for reading.

To the third Guest

I see where you got that it could be dark, but that was just the first chapter. This is going to be more lighthearted. I hope you'll like it!

Maya's POV

I'm video chatting with Josh. We've been together for about a month. He makes me really happy.

"So…and I…." He said. I couldn't hear everything he was saying.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" I asked him.

"I said…but my brother, Cory…"

"Can you type that?"

"Okay," he said, looking a little puzzled. A message popped up.

"Sorry," I said. I read the message.

I said that my friend Andrew and I went to a school party, but my brother, Cory, didn't want to go.

He's in college now.

"Oh yeah, that one you were telling me about," I said.

"Why can't you hear me?" He asked. "I'm just wondering."

"Oh," I said. I feel so stupid. I never told him that I'm deaf. How could I have forgotten that? "I'm partially deaf."

"Oh," he said. "Well, that makes sense."

"Sorry I never told you," I said. "I forgot."

"It's all good, Babe," he said. He smiled at me. I smiled back. He said something, but I didn't hear what exactly he had said. He must have noticed because he started typing. I read the message.

If you don't mind me asking, how'd you go deaf?

"I don't know," I said. "I guess I never found out. I got part of my hearing back when I was five."

Josh's POV

I'm glad that she told me. It makes so much sense now.

"So do you not have hearing aids?" I asked her.

"Not right now," she said. "We don't have the money for it right now."

"Oh," I said.

"You said you have two brothers right?" She asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah, and one sister, Morgan," I said. "How many siblings do you have?"

"Well, there's Sarah, Lucas, Riley, Farkle, Audrea…," she said. "A lot."

"How old are they?"

"Well, Sarah is thirteen, Lucas is fifteen, Riley is forty-two—"

"Forty-two?!" I asked. "How?"

"I'm adopted," she said. "I'm sorry, I keep forgetting I didn't tell you this stuff."

"It's okay," I said.

"No, it's not," she said. "I feel bad."

"Everybody forgets stuff," I said. "Heck, I have a really bad memory too."

"Sarah and Lucas are my biological siblings, we were all adopted by the Hunters together," she said.

"So what do your older siblings do?"

"Well, Farkle is a police officer," she said.

"Oh, that's so cool!" I said.

"Yeah," she said.

"What about Riley?" I asked. "Oh, and just let me know if you can't hear me."

"Well, she just works around her house," she said.

"Does she have any kids?"

"Yeah, Ashley, Patricia and Jamie," she said. "Ashley's sixteen, Patricia and Jamie are in their twenties." He smiled.

"That's cool."

"Jamie has two kids, and Patricia has three," she said.

"So you're already a great-aunt?"

"Can you type that?" She asked. I typed it in. "Oh yeah", she said. "I know it's kind of weird…"

"It's cool, not weird," I said. She smiled. I smiled back. "I love you."

"I love you too," she said. "I wish I could kiss you right now."

I laughed a little. "Me too."

I heard her door open.

"Hey Maya," a boy's voice said.

"What Lucas?"

"Mom needs your help," he said.

She looked at the camera. "I have to go, sorry," she said.

"No problem," I said. "I love you."

"I love you too," she said. She ended the call.

"Oh, was that that Maya girl?" My brother, Cory, asked.

"Yeah," I said. "And she's not that Maya girl, she's my girlfriend."

"Yeah, well you need to be careful," he said. "Not everyone online is honest about who they are."

"I will Cor," I said. "She's harmless."

"Whatever you say," he said.

I looked at the recent picture she sent me. She's so beautiful. Those jerks had no idea what they were talking about. She's gorgeous. I smiled at my phone.

Author's Note: I know this fic is probably seeming a little weird, but I hope you'll all stick around.

Also, after I write this fic, I will be starting on a "Raven's Home" fic. I'm waiting 'til I finish this one because it's very hard to juggle more than one or two stories at a time.