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By the time we reached Maya's house, she was asleep on my shoulder. I use my foot to bang on the door. Katy Hart answers the door.
"Lucas? Maya! How- why- what did she-" Maya lifts her head off my shoulder.
"I'm okay, mom." She mumbles. I carry her inside and Katy shuts the door. I put her on the sofa.
"She fell down half a flight of stairs. May have broken her ankle." I tell Katy.
"I'll get the car." She says. Maya lies on the couch with her ankle propped up, and I sit beside her. My hand falls beside her naturally, and I quickly shift it away. Maya's eyes land on it for a moment, then she looks up at me.
Lucas seems on edge. His hand keeps landing near mine and then he moves it away. I watch this charade in silence. "Shouldn't you be with Riley?" I finally ask. He tears his focus from his hand and looks at me.
"Farkle and Zay are at the bay window with her. She'll be fine. Right now I need to help you." I roll my eyes.
"You're such a Huckleberry." The corners of his mouth turn up in an amused smile. He tips an invisible hat at me. I opens the door.
"The car's ready. Can you walk?" she asks. This is going to hurt, I thought. Lucas wordlessly got off the couch and bent down in front of me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he tucked his arms undermy legs, carrying me on his back. Mom shoots me
alook as he passes her. I know exactly what she means. I shake my head at her. Lucas eases me into the backseat, then slides in beside me. He does the hand-movement charade again. I wince as pain shoots up my ankle when the car jumps andbumps.
Isee the indecision in Lucas's face as hehesitates, then he reachesout and squeezes my hand. Reassuringme. Riley's face flashes in my mind; angryand defensive at our fight. Then another Rileycomes to my mind; sweet,
Innocent Rilesthat liked Lucasever since I pushed her to him on the subway. I still don't want to hurt her. But I can't help myself; I squeeze his hand back.