Hi, guys!

How are you doing?

Long time no see!

Today was the first day of winter and guess what

It's so hot in here.

Congratulations to those who graduated! Have a good vacation for those who are already on vacation.

I've been very busy lately, so I cannot write and believe me, I want to write a lot, but I have to study.

After a while seeing Peyton talk about a song called Good Things Fall Apart I ended up listening to the song and that song is so Peyrah, really!

Hi, Guest! Why would Josh do that? He would never do that to Maya.

I was so stressed (Still) with the studies that I decided to read something to unwind a bit and I ended up finding these stories: ASk me to Stay; You on my Horizon; And the wild, wild skies; As it always was (this one got me in tears) and I melted. It's been a while since the last time I had time to read anything I like.

Maya opened her eyes to the traditional scene that occurred whenever he showed up there to spend the night, Josh was this time putting his shirt while he kind of apprehensively was staring at the door.

"Good Morning!"

She said what makes him look at her.

"Good Morning! What is going on?

Maya heard the sound of footsteps down the hall accompanied by a few voices here and there.

"Shannon's coming."

She said as she was yawning in bed as he stared at her in surprise.

"When?"

"This afternoon."

Maya got up and walked toward him, she grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him into a kiss.

"Seems like I have not seen her in a hundred years."

He said when Maya pulled away from his lips, her lips went to his neck, laying smalls open mouth kisses in the area like she knows he likes.

"Yeah, she actually asked about you the last time she came."

"Did she?"

Said he curious.

"Yeah, but you were with your parents in Pennsylvania."

She said between kisses and he could feel his blood going to south.

"I have to go."

He said taking her hands off his shirt and pulling away then.

"Just stay a little bit longer!"

She said sadly approaching again.

"I can't!" he said placing a peck on her lips "I have some things to do, and I don't think today would be a good day."

"Today is a perfect day!"

She said unbuttoning his pants, but Josh holds her hands.

"Maya, your mom will come at any moment to get you out of bed just to clean this room."

Maya laughed.

"She definitely won't. She's probably in the kitchen saying her orders, and then she and Afonso are probably going to check on their schedule for today in the office. I practically don't exist for her. Now, stop being a fool and let me pleasure you!"

She took his hands off from hers and pushed him toward the bed with two shoves as she smiled mischievously. Josh sat on the bed and in two seconds she was sitting on his lap kissing him intensely and grinding against his member. There was no more reason to fight her then he gave up, Maya always got what she wanted and then he surrendered to the will of his already hard member. He felt her hands slide down his zipper and Maya pulled away, biting his bottom lip and looking intently at him as she pushed him onto the bed. She got up from his lap and began to pull his pants off along with his boxers, kneeling in front of him when she was done.

Josh felt that at any moment he would cum when he felt the grip of her mouth and hands on his member. She'd improved a lot since that night in the car that Cory had lent to him. They had hooked up for the first time in a college party, Maya was so excited, so lively, so free and so drunk that day. The alcohol in her veins had made her got the guts to really hit on him so hard and he liked what he saw. He liked the way her body moved stimulatingly against his, as her nails roamed down so good on his neck, the way her mouth tasted like cherry got him crazy, and in a few minutes, he couldn't stand it anymore and had asked her if she would like to go to another place. They got in the car and Josh drove to an abandoned gas station near the campus. That desert place was the perfect place for some privacy, where everyone goes there when they want to have sex. Maya was shy at first, but he convinced her with his lips and touches that it would be good and that was how he had got her first time.

Josh tugged her hair as he did when he was almost on the edge and she laughed. Maya positioned herself on his lap, kissing him intensely for a while so he could taste himself on her mouth. Maya broke the kiss and pull away enough to staring deeply on his eyes.

"Now be a good boy and fuck me."

"As you wish, my lady!"

He said turning her on the bed.

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She had had a horrible night. Nightmares after nightmares until in a part of the night she had given up on sleeping and found herself going to do their laundry. She could not take the image of the blonde off of her head and she would do anything to forget it. Maybe she should make an appointment with a psychologist to work with those memories and feelings she did not want anymore.

"Are you already awake?"

Said Lucas entering the kitchen.

"Good morning, honey! I just got a lot in my head. What are you doing awake? You still have twenty minutes to sleep."

"I just lost sleep."

"The nightmares are back again?"

"No, I just could not sleep anymore. So, how's work?"

"Well, everything is wonderful! How about school?"

"It's good. Mom, a girl from school asked me to escort her to one of those fancy birthday parties. I know that you have started working now and that we can't afford a new suit..."

"Don't worry, Lucas!" She cut him off. "We have money for you to buy a suit. We can go today after work if you want to."

"I know of some interesting thrift shops nearby."

"We have money for a suit, not for a good one suit but for a new suit."

"I've been taking a look at the job ads..."

"Honey, the only thing you have to worry about is your studies. I can take care of everything, do not worry. "

She cut him off.

"But I want to help. I want to do something useful."

"Honey, you already do. You take care of Amy. If you start working we're going to have to get someone to take care of her and we do not know anyone trustworthy in this city.

"My godfather can help."

"We aren't going to bother your Godfather. He already does more than he should for us. He got this place for us and paid for your schools."

"I can work on your days off."

"Lucas, it's already decided. You study and I work. There isn't another way."

She said taking her coffee.

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Maya had never seen that place so hectic like it was that day. It was seven o'clock in the morning and there were people running from one side to the other at the mansion. Josh had left five minutes ago and, as she had told him, her mom had completely ignored her presence. The only person who cared was Sam who showed up in her room as soon as he had left.

The two of them were at the table when her mom came over with Alfonso. Her eyes fall on the empty chair in the center of the table and she opened her mouth.

"I'm here!"

Her dad said, giving her no time to question his absence.

"You should be ready, Maya!" She said looking at the clock. "You leave in five minutes with no excuses."

"Okay!"

She said taking the biggest amount of things she could carry.

"Well, I want everyone at home today for dinner. I don't think I need to say that, but I'm telling you anyway. Dinner will be Shannon's favorite dish and I do not want any excuse for not to eat it."

"What time she will get here?"

Kermit said taking a toast

"Her flight is scheduled to arrive at two in the afternoon, so Jesus will pick her up at the airport. Four minutes, Maya!"

Maya rolled her eyes and left the table.

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"So, how are things are going?"

The tall, dark-haired man said, looking at the beautiful view over the large windows.

"He's fine, Mr. Bradford. He's now sixty days sober. His behavior has changed a bit and he has been less aggressive."

"I'm glad to know it!" Said Joseph Bradford turning to the short older man sitting in the chair, "I would like to see him."

"I don't know if he would like to get visitors."

Said the man uncertain.

"Well, I know he will want to see me."

"All Right!"

Said the man picking up the phone, some words were said and then he hung up the phone.

"You can find him in the garden."

"Thank you! Have a good day!"

He said as he left the room. In a few minutes he was in the beautiful garden of the clinic, everything seemed perfectly taken care of by skilled hands. It hadn't taken Joseph two minutes to find the blond working so focused on the roses.

"So, you came."

He said without taking his eyes off the flowers.

"Of course I would! I want to see your progress with my own eyes."

"How are they?"

He said pulling out a weed.

"They are good and safe."

"I had everything under control."

"Believe me, you had everything, but control. You threatened your wife with a gun."

"I would never hurt her."

He said looking at him.

"I've heard this story before and look where we are!"

Joseph took a good look at the fields in the background, he could see storm clouds forming further south.

"You should have a little bit of faith in me, Joe."

"I do, and that's exactly why you're here."

"Does she ask about me?"

"Yeah, and she should not. But I do not blame her for worrying about the welfare of her kid's dad."

His eyes met the man kneeling on the floor, seeing a smile on his face.

"I know you think she should have chosen someone better."

"And she did, but my sister did not know he would choose something else instead of her."

"Have they told you I'm being a good boy?"

He laughed.

"I was told you had good improvement."

"When do you think I'll be out?"

"When I think it's time for you to go."

"I don't think so!"

"What? Are you going to get away again? Do you think I will not get you again?"

"That's bullshit, I am pretty fine!"

"Only time will show us it. You know, Missy signed up for an internship on NBC."

"Of course, she takes after her bitch mom. She'll probably be able to collect some sold souls. "

"Show some respect for them!"

"I'll never forgive what she did to me. You luckily got rid of a good one headache when she has gone."

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Missy looked at her notebook satisfied with all that information she got. That information would be worth more than gold so long as she knew the right time to use it.

"Hey, you!"

Her eyes fell on the light brown-haired boy who sat in front of her. Her heart raced as his familiar dark brown eyes met her, and she could see that he has his natural mischievous grin on his face.

"Hi, Dylan!"

"So, have you already chose someone for Saturday?"

She smiled at the thought that there was a possibility.

"Not yet. You?"

"So, I'm thinking that maybe I should ask Riley..."

"Don't waste your time!" she said coldly, cutting him off. "She's going with Friar."

"How do you know?"

He said perplexed.

"I know. She asked him after class."

"How could you know about it?"

Missy laughed and looked back at her notebook.

"Well, you should go with me then."

She looked at him again.

"I'd rather go by myself than be your second choice."

She said with a frosty smile taking her things and getting up.

"What is going on? You've been giving me a cold shoulder since Michael's party." Missy turned her back and leave the room. She thought that she was free, but she could hear him following her down the school hallway. "I miss you!"

She laughed and felt his hand on her arm keeping her from walking. Dylan pinned her against the metal surface of the locker and his body.

"Let me go!"

She said angrily.

"No, I'm tired of it! Can you just get over it?"

"You are you talking about what exactly?"

"About me and Riley."

"You rubbed it in my face, even though you knew I have... I had feelings for you."

"You're my friend. I thought that friends... "

"You slept with her in my bed!"

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"You should tell him."

"Tell him what?"

She said turning her attention to Riley.

"You should tell him that you like him."

It was what Riley had said that morning when they were sitting in the bleachers enjoying the sunlight after all those days of cloudy skies in that early spring. Her eyes followed the handsome brunette who ran to catch the ball in the field.

"I don't know, I don't want to ruin things between us."

"I think he has feelings for you."

"How could you know it?"

Missy turned to the brunette who was taking a sip of her juice.

"He's always around, he always makes time to say hi." Riley waved and Missy could see the boy waving back. " He loves to put his arms around you, he always has a huge smile when you're near. You should tell him today at the party."

"What party?"

Missy said confused because this information had passed unnoticed by her. Riley rolled her eyes thinking she was kidding.

"Michael's party." They heard the coach's whistle warning that the training was over. "Are you going to talk to him?"

Said the brunette getting up and taking her stuff.

"Not about that."

Missy said getting up and waving to Riley heading in the opposite direction of hers. As soon as she had left the bleachers her eyes went to the group of boys who are fooling around before going into the locker room. Her eyes fell on the tall light brown-haired boy who turned in her direction. Like he always does, he grinned and ran towards her with his arms wide open and Missy could already feel his sweaty body against her skin even if he still far away from her. Missy cringed and tried to run away from him, but he held her there and rubbed his sweaty body on her.

"Yuck, you're so fucking disgusting!"

She said the pushing him away while she couldn't hide her smile at hearing his laugh.

"So, how did I go today?"

"You did well! you got all those balls."

"I just wanted to impress."

He said with a flirty smile.

"Seems you did it well."

His eyes went to the Group of boys that started heading to the locker room and Missy found herself watching him, Riley's voice popped into her head telling her to tell him about those feelings. Missy bit her bottom lip uncertain, this could ruin everything and made things awkward between them, but maybe he likes her and was just in need of a push. All those points that Riley had made about the way he looks at her were spinning in her head, making her believe that there was a good chance that Riley was right and she was just being a fool and ignoring the signs.

"What's going on?"

He said turning to her.

"What are you talking?"

She said confused putting her hands in the pockets of her jeans.

"You are with that face."

"What face?"

"That face when you want to say something, but you do not have the guts to do it. Spit it out, I won't bite you."

Missy took a deep breath and looked at the floor.

"I..."

But she paused when her brain reminded her of the consequences that those words would have, she felt his hand on her chin lifting it up so she was looking him in the eyes.

"I'm up here."

He said in a grinning and she knew that it was him joking with the fact that he is taller than her.

"I... I like you."

She felt herself freeze as soon as those words left her mouth. What the hell she had done, her brain began to calculate all the exits she could have in that situation. His smile died as soon as her words sounded and he turned his eyes away from her, looking anywhere as if he were looking for a way out.

"Are you sure?"

He said embarrassed. At that moment Missy knew that Riley was so fucking wrong and she was the only one right about not telling him. She had been a fool, she shouldn't have let Riley get into her head. She just had messed up with their relationship after that stupid act. Missy stayed silent staring at him and she could touch the awkward atmosphere between them.

"Missy...Thank you! I..." He cut his say, moistening his lips clearly not knowing what to say after her confession since this, obviously, had never crossed his mind "I really like you. You're my friend, you've been my best friend for all these years." Missy wanted to the floor to open and swallow her at that exact moment. "You're kind of like a sister to me."

Missy looked at the green grass and moved her body toward the bleachers.

"Right!"

She said avoiding to look at his face, she could feel the heat on her face showing how much she was blushed.

"You know, I don't want to mess up things..."

"It's okay, Dylan! You do not have to..." Missy said cutting him off, and she could tell she was almost crying at the tone of her own voice, but she would not do it, no in front of him. And then they were in an awkward silence, avoiding to look at each other "I... I have some things to do, so..."

"See you at the party?"

He said looking away from her.

"Yeah, see you!"

She said as she moved away as fast as she could. As soon as she'd gotten home, Missy had locked herself in her bedroom to allow herself to feel that sadness just a bit, but she would not allow herself to feel blue for too long, especially when Michael was throwing a party that night. She had to hide all the valuable things in the house because if it were up to Michael, who had been using a small piece of their dad's collection that could pay for a year of college like a baseball, everything would be destroyed in a few hours.

When the night had come, Missy was being the responsible adult watching everything that was happening in the house and scolding the idiots who were trying to damage anything. This was a good thing because she didn't have the guts to look at Dylan after what happened that afternoon. She only saw him a few times, and in one of those times, Missy saw him dancing with Riley something normal since they just got closer because of Missy.

Late in that party, she was passing next to the bathroom when one girl she had never seen had approached her with a huge smile asking if she had a pad for her best friend. By the happiness of the girl, she knew that it meant that the possibility of pregnancy had been considered by them. Missy could not understand how some people ended up getting in that situation nowadays. If you want to have an active sex life the least you have to do is take care of yourself, use contraception methods. She doesn't understand how some girls gave in when asshole guys say that it feels way better without a condom, when in fact feels better not to be in an unwanted pregnancy and/or worse to get an STD since they do not know where that penis has been through.

If he doesn't want to use a condom, love yourself and put yourself out of this shit. If he is an asshole to you after your decision, you do a favor to yourself and walk away from that jerk. Remember that buying a condom is cheaper than paying a hospital bill.

She went through the banned track that was only there as an ornament since no one was following that, she only hoped that no one had got in her bedroom. The hallway was empty so Missy made sure her dad's bedroom still locked before heading to hers. Her bedroom at the end of the hallway was the only one with a large closet and a good view of the backyard, Missy had to fight to get it because the room looked larger than Michael's bedroom.

Something was off and she didn't know what it was. Her hand went to the doorknob, spinning it and her first sight was the light on, she was sure that she had turned them off before that party started.

Her eyes fell on the bed where she found two bodies laying there. Didn't take long for her to recognize the light brown-haired boy naked in her bed. Her ears caught his moan as his body trembled and she found herself frozen in the doorway.

No, she was not seeing that scene. Her eyes lingered on the delicate dress near the door and her mind returned to the picture of the two dancing together a few minutes ago. Missy looked at the couple in her bed, he kissed the girl with desire as she stroked his hair gently. Dylan knelt on the bed taking off his condom and she could see the brunette's face who was laying comfortable on her bed, her chest rising and falling quickly as she tried to breathe. She used her elbows to lean on the mattress opening her eyes.

"Shit, that was good!"

Said the brunette and Missy could hear her smile in her voice.

"Yeah, so fuck good!"

Then the brunette's eyes fell on her and she saw her blink confused before her eyes went wide open.

"Missy!"

She said and the light brown-haired boy turned in her direction to see her standing there, and she could saw on his face that he knew he was screwed. Missy looked at them one last time and found herself leaving the room and then the house without knowing where she was or where she was going.

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"I'm sorry! Why can not you forgive me? I told you we had too much drink... "

"I told you that I liked you and you went and slept with my supposed friend on that same day, in my bed. Do you really want me to forget it? Well, I won't! You hurt me so much."

She cut him off.

"I like her. I thought you already knew since I always talk about her."

"You can like whoever you want, Dylan. I don't care!" said the brunette holding back her tears "It's your right. But what you did to me was wrong, and you know it so well that took you three days to try to talk to me. If you'll excuse me, I have to write a story for the school magazine."

She said trying so hard to control herself to show no sight of weakness. Dylan sighed and walked away, giving her that space she wanted.

"Good. Have a good day!"

Missy took quick steps down the school hallway, holding her notebook tightly against her chest. She bit her bottom lip and took a few deep breaths focusing on how many steps she still take until she gets into the newsroom. She wasn't going to be weak and cry in front of everyone. There would be no reason for any gossip with her name on that school. Her hand turned the doorknob and she found the room in the dark letting her know that no one was there as she had thought. Missy locked the door and the curtains so no one could see or walk inside to disturb.

She stared at the shut curtains as she walked away from them, and then Missy tried to breathe several times as she felt her body shaking, and all those tears she was struggling hard to keep them from falling down were streaming down free on her cheek. Her legs lost its strength and she found herself sitting on the floor when the images of what happened in that night and all the clues he had given her and that she had let got unnoticed passed through her head. So she hugged her legs as she wondered how she could be so stupid.

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"What is going on?"

Maya awoke from her daydreams when Riley patted her arm.

"Nothing."

Maya said playing with her food.

"You have this silly grin on your face and you did not even make a comment about Lucas."

"That's really weird!"

Said the blonde boy in front of her.

"Oh, I knew Rick Ranger likes that."

She said with a naughty smirk.

"Okay, be nice!"

"So, what is happening? Someone seems to be over the moon. "

Said the brunette malicious pushing her to say something. Maya looked at her, laughing at Riley's stupid face.

She could never say to Riley that her good mood was due to the fact that the brunette's uncle had provided her such a good night and good morning and she was looking forward to doing it again soon. Then she had opted for something she could believe that would make her happy.

"Shannon is coming. I've been so excited to see her. It's almost a year that we do not see each other. "

"What time does her plane will land?"

Said the brunette buying her story.

"In lunchtime. How about you, how's the story of the choice of a boy who will be escorting you at Shannon's party going on?"

"Well, I made my decision and he said yes."

She said smiling, Maya's eyes fell on Lucas who was smiling at the brunette."

"Oh, you didn't! Don't tell me!"

She said turning to Riley.

"Why?"

"Don't tell me you asked Huckleberry to be your date."

"I asked him yesterday after class."

"Why didn't you tell me? I think you had all night to tell me that. You do not think Ranger Rick's going to feel like he doesn't belong here since we don't have country music and square dance to dance to. "

"I know this sounds impressive to you," said Lucas, making them look at him "but my mom had signed me up to do dance classes for my cousin's quinceañera. We learned a bit of waltz, ballroom dancing, and other things. So, don't worry, I can dance more than a square dance. But if you want I can teach you a little bit since you care so much about my well being, then we can both dance together at the party."

He said tipping his imaginary cowboy hat.

"In your dreams, cowboy!"

She said turning to her plate.

"He's a nice and handsome guy and it'll be good for him to get to know a little more about life on here. So instead of bothering to fake interest in some nonsense that some guy tells me, I can really be interested in something Lucas will tell me there."

Maya's eyes went at the tall light-haired boy on the other side of the table. He looked serious as he stared at his plate, something had bothered him, and Maya would bet everything she has that his change of humor was relative to Riley had not considered in chose him. Maya's attention to the scene in front of her was taken as her cell phone vibrated and she could see that it was Josh who had sent the text. She looked at her best friend who was looking at something on her cell phone so she opened the text and then she saw a picture of her from the last night. Maya was naked sitting on his lap and below it he had written that it had been even more fucking exciting than he had thought and she found herself smiling happily at having pleased him.

"Tell me, did you consider it, please?"

Maya quickly pulled her phone out of their sight.

"About what?"

"About enjoying at cheerleading tryouts with me."

"You don't even start!"

She warned the brunette.

"Please, this is our senior year! It's our last chance! I'm feeling that this year will be different."

Said the brunette with her best lovely face that always makes Maya do whatever the brunette wants.

"Yeah, it probably will be different. Who knows this is not the year that you will leave this school in an ambulance, or most likely make someone gets a good ride to the hospital."

"Please, have more faith in me!"

"Honey, I have so that's why I'll be there to watch you. You know I do not care about this shit. It's just a bunch of girls jumping like idiots in short uniforms while jerkass boys watch them and daydream about fucking them wearing it."

"It's not like that! It's so cool! That uniform is so beautiful! Picture how nice I'll look in it. "

"Oh, darling!"

The blonde said with pity already knowing what the end of the story would be.

"I've even tried some moves. Do you want to see it?"

"No!"

Maya said already seeing all the probable dangers things that were around them.

"Go ahead!"

Said Lucas, Riley grinned and quickly stood up. The brunette became pale as she found herself standing, Riley blinked a few times and tried to find the table to use as support when Maya held her to prevent the brunette from falling down.

"Riles, are you okay?"

She said worriedly.

"Yes, I'm!" She said, opening her eyes "it was just dizziness."

"Sit down!" Ordered the blonde helping her "Do you need anything?"

"No, I'm fine! It was just that I got up too fast!"

"You haven't eaten yet. You even did not eat last night, and it was you who wanted to go have dinner."

"I'm fine, I swear!"

"You aren't. You have not been eating well in the last days. How do you want to make up to the tryouts if you can't even stand? "

"I'm fine, Maya. It was just stupid dizziness. I'm eating well, just ask my mom about it."

"You bet I will." Maya turned to Lucas, who was looking at them worriedly. "You, Huckleberry! Go buy some food for your date to eat."

Lucas quickly stood up.

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Josh was drying his hair on his bath towel when he saw the guy lying on the other bed in the room. He quickly recognized the cell phone he was holding and his eyes go to his bed when he had left it.

"What are you doing with my cell phone?"

"I don't know where is my cell phone so I was trying to find it, but this hot blonde is making my search so hard. Good damn! Who is she?"

"None of your business!"

"I could make a lake with all my cum just looking at this pretty. You have to send me this."

"I won't. Give my cell phone back!"

He said, holding out his hand, the dark-haired boy sighed and returned the cell phone.

"You could get good money with this piece of art. Do you know Tony? He's developing a porn site and I think he'd love this video and all those pictures."

"I know, but I do not need money right now."

Josh said throwing his cell phone on the bed, the boy sat on his bed.

"How she feels like? Is this chick as sweet as she looks like?

"Yes."

"Tell me details, man! She has an amazing mouth, does she suck good as it looks?"

"Yes, she does!"

"Is she pretty tight?"

"She is."

"Fella, give me more details!"

Said the frustrated brunette.

"I'm not going to."

"You're just fucking a goddess like that Chick and you don't want to share details with me. You're a monster! I could pay to be able to slap her hot ass and stick my dick in that tiny pink pussy so hard that she won't be able to walk after."

"She's not that kind of girl."

He laughed.

"If she wants to do a threesome just let me know, I'm completely into it. Did you meet her here on campus? "

"No, she does not study here."

"Well, at least you won't have problems with Linda. Is Linda her name, right?"

"Yeah, it's Linda and we broke up last week."

"Thank God, she's so fucking annoying!"

"She wanted something serious, wanted me to meet her family, I do not do that."

The dark-haired man laughed.

"Yeah, not really your thing."

"Did you get me what I asked you for?"

He said pulling on his pants, the brunette got up from the bed.

"He made a pretty nice price, that's a pretty good batch."

The boy said taking a small package out of his pocket along with money.

"You can keep the money!"

Josh said taking the package.

"Thanks, Man! You know what I'd like as a form of payment?"

"I'm not giving you her number."

"Do not be a monster! Give your bro a bit of sweet honey" He teased, Josh saw his phone light up and a new text from Maya came up "Is she, isn't?"

"Yeah."

He said seeing the new picture she had sent him.

"Why is her contact save as Little Ferret?"

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They were reunited around the table, Maya looked at the chair next to her, that chair was traditional her sister place but it still empty. She should have arrived seven hours ago, but they still got nothing from her other than a text saying she would be late.

"It's a shame!" Katy said, looking at the tray in front of her. "She would love that."

"There's any updates?"

Kermit said looking at the clock.

"Not. She should have come on our private jet, if she had come with it, she would have been here by lunch." Said the frustrated blonde. "Afonso and I will have to adjust the schedule for tomorrow. "

"I'm so sorry!"

They all turned toward the door where a brunette with small stature was standing. She looked as beautiful as ever in her silk blouse in a greyish white color, her skirt and waistcoat in delicate pink, her hair was perfectly lined up in a bun. Her blue eyes were beautifully highlighted with the simple makeup she wore.

"Shannon!"

Katy said getting up and running to meet her daughter, wrapping her in an affectionate embrace that Shannon promptly returned. Maya, Sam, and her dad got up then heading towards her. As soon as Katy had let go of her eldest daughter, Kermit had taken her place by giving a long, affectionate kiss to their first-born's forehead.

After the greetings, they went to the table and sat down in their usual places.

"You should have called us so we could wait for you for dinner."

"I could not do that. You guys must be hungry. I would not be happy to leave you waiting even more for me because I wasn't sure if I would make it on time."

"You should have taken our private jet!"

Said the older blonde reprimanding her.

"Sorry, Mom! I should have listened to you. The flight landed in Cambridge three hours late, everyone was so stressed, and it took some time to take off," said the brunette, annoyed by the delay "I'm sorry for causing so much stress. Mr. Hunter must be annoyed that I had could not make to the photo shoot, can we get an arrangement for tomorrow?"

"Don't worry, honey!" Said Katy placing her hand over her daughter's hand. "Afonso thought about this possibility so he set two dates in a row for the photos."

"I must thank him then, he saved my party."

"Yes, he's a dear!"

"So how you guys are doing? We have not seen each other in over a year. How's business going on, Dad?"

"Very well, sweetheart! My business is going pretty well. "

He said glad that she had cared about it.

"I'm happy!" She said with a cheerful smile. "How's work, Sam?"

"Pretty well! I learned that Mr. Denis is considering my name to manage the store. "

"Oh, that's amazing!" She said with a huge smile, her eyes shining so proudly that her sister felt shy for all the attention Shannon gave her "I can't say this is new since it is in your blood. Look at Dad and Mom both are models to us, both have successes in your area and you have such strength of will and dedication, I don't doubt that this position will be yours."

"Oh!" She said shyly "Thanks, Shannon!"

"I'm just saying the truth." She turned to Maya, placing her beautiful bright eyes on her. "And how about you? It's your senior year, it seems like it was yesterday that I was holding your hand for your first day at school. How are things going on?"

"It's good," Maya said not knowing what to say because school was never her favorite place "Riley wants to try to get in the cheerleader team again."

"Oh!" She smiled muffled and shook her head because Shannon already knew about the girl's abilities. "You should try too, it's your last year and the last chance to do it with her."

"Well, next year also will be her last chance since the college girls will destroy her."

"So, tell me that you left the cellos classes?"

She said with a hopeful look and everyone at the table laughed.

"Yes, I gave up on it. I'll be getting piano classes again next month. "

"Finally! Sorry, but you suck at it! "

"I know!"

"I did not believe when she said she wanted to quit," Kermit said, laughing. "I was thinking about doing a studio just so we could not hear her playing it."

"So you still playing the piano?"

"As you can see I'm still breathing."

Maya said and they all laughed. The piano was the first instrument she had learned, Maya was able to spend hours and hours in it without getting tired and she actually is good at it. The piano is her second love, her first is painting.

"You will go far! I hope you made me a painting as a birthday gift. I feel like something is missing in that apartment."

"You'll only know it on your birthday."

Maya said grinning. She always has huge admiration for her older sister, Maya even said she wanted to be like her when she was just a little girl, but over the years she began to develop a sort of jealousy of the older girl because she was so fucking perfect. Maya had never heard Shannon raise her voice, she always seemed to have fantastic self-control even when she was furious. She had never seen Shannon drunk and if she had not seen her sister a few times with a beer in her hand she would doubt she even drank.

As long as Maya remembers Shannon had always been obedient and always tried to please their parents by doing everything they wanted, and sometimes Maya wondered if she had not got into College and choosing the degree she had chosen just to please them.

"How's the dance going?"

Sam said.

"I really miss it so much! This term with the trip to Africa in the spring, college assignments, and internship, I didn't have time to attend classes."

"How was Africa?"

Said the other brunette interested. If there was one person who cares a lot about volunteering in that house would be Sam, maybe this is relatable to their mom who is always working on something to help something.

"It was a very enriching experience! See how those kids have so limited wherewithal, and even with all those difficulties, they are so happy with all that they own. Mr. Stefan was so pleased with your contribution daddy. They bought books for school, materials for the music and dance projects, with a part of the money they started to reform a school. "

"I'm glad that my contribution helped them!

Thank you for stopping by!

Unfortunately or fortunately I will not be around here for a while. You'll probably find me at a table surrounded by papers, the Constitution, laws, resolutions, mathematics and a lot of other things in the next couple days.

See you only after Singular act II is released, as this will be in the same week as my test.

About the next chapter:

We will know of some things that have happened in the past since some people will be back. Get ready for the party!

Kisses,

Can anyone be considered a liar if that person just omitted details from you?

The L word.

Well, moving on some stories in the next chapter.

Se you around...

But every touch is ooh-la-la-la-la

I just need to sleep.