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"Maya you okay" Farkle asked concerned leaning over to the young blonde girl suiting on a hallway bench in front of him.

"Yea" she answers sleepily still not looking over at him

"Because you've been staring at that pudding cup for the last ten minutes." Farkle then points at a small plastic container with a brown substance in it being lightly gripped by Maya.

They young girl just blinked unvaryingly at it. "Sorry. I guess my mind is somewhere else."

"Is it whether your going to eat that pudding cup or not" Zay blurts out as he turns the corner of their school hallway. Maya glances up at him confused and shakes her head. A sly smile than grew on Zay's face. "If that's the case can I have it."

Maya tossed it up at him. "Knock yourself out."

Following this exchange Farkle shoots him a glare. Zay simply shrugs back at him. "What I missed lunch today."

With a frustrated sigh Farkle turns back to Maya "What's going on with you?"

Maya continues to pay the young boy no mind. "Nothing, It's just been a long week and I'm ready for the weekend."

At that moment Riley also turned the corner wearing her signature smile. "Hello Zay. Hello Farkle." She then noticed Maya, and her cheery tone dropped ever so slightly. "Hi Maya."

Finally Maya broke from her Daze and looked directly up at her friend. "Hey Riley." Her tone was still soft, but unlike before showed that she was at least attentive.

Riley gave her a very subtle grin before looking around at the rest of her friends. "Ugh, I just thought you guys should know that my family is having a big dinner at my place tonight and you're all welcome to come over"

Farkle grinned at the invitation. "Thank you, but sadly I'll have to decline. Smackle and I are spending the evening studying."

Zay placed one hand on Riley's shoulder with the other still holding the pudding cup. "And as much as I love a free food, I'll have to say no as well. Lucas and I heard a rumor that there is a hidden honky tonk in the city, so we're going to go look for
it. I guess it'll just be you and Maya."

Pursing her lips Maya spoke up at this. "Actually I have something I have to o do tonight. Maybe some other time Riles."

Riley stared down at her with hurt filled eyes. She tried to hide it by forcing a smile and nodding, but the pain was pretty obvious on her face. She then walked away not saying another word. Following this Farkle and Zay looked at each other wide eyed
and said simultaneously "Intervention time." They then both grabbed Maya by the shoulders and pulled her out of her seat and towards a more private part of the hallway.

"What are you guys doing?" Maya yelled out as she was dragged along. "Let go of me."

Once they felt they were secluded enough, Farkle stared her dead in the eye and said "Something happened between you and Riley."

"No it didn't" she tried to argue. "We just haven't had a chance to talk to each other much recently."

"That's the problem" Zayshot back at her. "You and Riley are never separated, ever."

"The only way you guys wouldn't be speaking to one another on a daily basis was if something happened" Farkle continued.

Maya simply shrugged. "I don't know what to tell you Farkle. There's no drama between the two of us. We're just busy. I've been trying to improve my grades recently, and she's probably been going on several dates with Lucas."

Both boy's face then curled up in confusion, and Zay responded "Wait, they're not dating."

Maya's eyes went wide. "They're not?" Her tone dropped to a quiet surprise.

Zay gently nodded at her. "I mean they've been hanging around each other more than usual, but nothing is official yet." Suddenly a moment of realization hit him. "Holdup is this the thing that's putting drama between you two?"

Moving her eyes back and forth between her two friends, Maya sighed out of defeat. "More or less."

Farkle spoke at that moment and said "Maya it's okay that Riley wants to date Lucas. It doesn't mean your not going to be friends anymore. We're all growing up and so are our emotions."

Maya took notice that they weren't seeing the whole picture, but she still felt like she could possibly get some advice from them. "Yea, but how do you know if what your feeling is right?"

"We don't" Farkle responded softly. "All we know is that our mind, our body, and most importantly our heart is telling us something new that we are not really used to. The only thing that stays the same is that we have the ability to choose if we listen
to them or not."

Maya stared down at her feet disconcerted. Farkle placed a hand on her shoulder and said. "Maya I know you don't want to, but you have to let her go." Maya did not look at him, with a sharp tug she pulled away from the boys and walked away.

Several hours later after school, Maya laid on the bed in her room staring up at the ceiling. "This is not right" She said aloud to herself. "We've been best friends since we were little kids." Small droplets of liquid were slowly building up in her eyes.
"She deserves better than me." Maya squeezed the fabric of her shirt right by her heart "Why does hurt so much?"

"Maybe it won't if you stop beating yourself up" a voice called from the doorway. Maya sat up to see that it was her mom leaning against the door hinge.

Quickly wiping away the tears from her eyes Maya said "I'm not beating myself up, I just have a bunch of stuff on my mind."

Katy smirked at her young daughter and entered the room. "Oh the woes of being a teenager. I don't know what kind of stuff is on your mind, but nothing is going to get better by just speaking arbitrarily to the ceiling."

"Mom, Me and Riley had a...well I wouldn't call it a fight, but things were said and now we're not talking."

Taking a seat next to Maya, Katy continued to calm explain "Well I'm not going to ask what was said, but I'm sure it's nothing that can't be fixed."

Maya slightly stared off at one of the walls "I'm not so sure. I think I really hurt her."

Katy could see this was really bugging her daughter. She wanted desperately to help her, she was never good at giving life lessons. Katy always relied on the Mathews for this, but sadly they weren't there. So regardless on how unconfident she was, Katy
was going o give it her best shot. "You know what is one of the fondest memories I have of you growing up?"

"When I figured out how to bargain with the landlord on our rent dues." Maya responded unblinking.

"No" Katy quickly retorted, but then she started to think on it. "Although that was very helpful on some occasions." Maya looked back at her still just as discouraged, so Katy took her by the hand what she was trying to say. "Sweetheart it was the first
day you brought Riley over."

Maya looked up at her mother puzzled. "That's your favorite memory. I don't know if you remember, but I was freaking out for most of that day."

"Exactly." Katy then wrapped an arm around Maya's shoulder pulled her in close. "You were so nervous about Riley seeing the way we lived, but I remember how your face lit up when she complimented your room."

This made Maya chuckle. "She said it smelled like kittens. I never did tell her that the previous tenant had a cat that died in here."

A small measure of relief filled within Katy's chest as she saw that she was beginning to make a breakthrough. "Maya, the best part of yours and Maya's relationship is that you guys understand and respect one another. She likes you just the way you are,
and from what I've seen she'd never do anything to intentionally hurt you. I also assume that's the way you feel, otherwise you wouldn't be beating yourself up over something that you most likely said to her."

Finally after all the things that had been said to her that day, Maya cracked and the tears slowly started to stream down her face. "I want her be safe and happy, but I'm afraid that if she goes with Lucas I'll lose her forever." She then proceeded to
bury her face into her mother's side.

Although she didn't want to see her cry, Katy felt like this was necessary for Maya. She knew that her daughter tended to shelter her feelings away, and she was glad she was able to loosen the pressure a little bit. In terms of advice, Katy did have one
thought on this matter. "Well as I'm sure you know, we can't have everything, but that doesn't mean we deny ourselves happiness. If that's what your heart is telling you than you need to share it with Riley."

Sniffling to herself Maya was able to choke out. "Are you sure?"

With a gentle smile Katy kissed the top of Maya's head and said. "I'm positive. She's your best friend and she needs to at least know how you feel."

Maya briefly thought to herself on this and all the other events that had happened recently. After a moment of contemplation she pulled from her mom and said "You're right. Thanks mom." With that she stood and began to walk towards the door.

"What are you doing" Katy called out to her.

Maya stopped in the doorway, but did not turn around. "I'm going to make thing right." She then continued out of the apartment.

To Maya's surprise it was raining outside, but she wasn't going to let it slow her down in the slightest. She forded through the downpour, took several buses, and a subway until she had arrived at Riley's apartment building. Maya swiftly moved through
the many flights of stairs. Once Maya reached the front door she took one last deep breathe before attempting to open it; lucky for her it was not locked. She pushed the door wide open, and not too much to her surprise Riley was standing there dumbfounded
at what she was seeing. Suddenly a shiver hit the back of Maya's spine. Through all this she hadn't thought at all on what she should say. So because nothing was coming to mind, she spoke from heart. "I don't care if I'm being selfish, I'm not giving
you up." With that Maya stormed forward, took Riley's face into both her hands,and pressed her lips against hers. Unlike their first kiss, Maya put all of herself into it, no holding back, no hiding how she really felt

As she pulled away Maya saw Riley's face had turned completely red and was now wearing an embarrassed smile. Maya was curious on why she wasn't saying anything, until she looked over Riley's shoulder to see that the entire Mathews family was sitting at
the kitchen table seemingly taken aback at what just happened in front of them.

Author's Notes: Hello everyone, thank you once again for reading this. I appreciate all the feedback you give me. I know it may not seem like it, but I am constantly working on these chapters along with other stories. If your ever curios on how far I
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