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KING LUCAS
CHAPTER 16
When Lucas arrived home it was late, he had texted Zay to order anything he liked, spending the afternoon with Maya had opened quite an appetite. They did manage to finish the sketches, at Maya's insistence obviously, after they were finished he drove her home like he would normally do.
"Honey, I'm home!" Lucas said as he walked in, Zay was sitting on the couch watching TV with a box of chinese food in hand, other three boxes were sitting in the coffee table.
"The kids are already in bed, they asked me all day where you were." Zay said dramatically. His mother wasn't home, she was on call tonight.
"I was working, to pay for all the food you're eating." Lucas said, dropping next to him and grabbing the box of spicy sesame chicken.
"Don't lie to me, who is she?" Zay began crying reaching to take hold of Lucas' arm, he laughed at the performance and pushed him away.
They watched a game while they ate, until every box of food was empty.
"Y'know, you left me out to dry in geometry today," Zay began, "You practically ran away."
"I needed to take care of something." Lucas knew he would eventually start this conversation, he had picked what details Zay could know on the way home, but it was risky to trust him with something that involved their closest friends.
"Or someone?" Zay asked, knowingly. "You know, you should be more careful of where you fuck Maya."
Lucas frowned, how did he know that, he was pretty sure that Maya hadn't said anything to one of the biggest blabber mouth in school.
"How?" Lucas asked, remaining calm.
"I saw you, in the art room, to my surprise," he took his hand to his heart, "you were in the middle of an intense make out session with certain blonde girl."
"The school was empty, no groups meet on Wednesday." He still didn't understand why Zay would stay.
"Sure they do, the Afro club meets those days." Zay said seriously.
"There is no such thing as Afro club." Lucas had seen the list of clubs when he first visited the principal's office.
"And you know this how? White privilaged man." Lucas saw it in that instant, Zay couldn't keep a straight face for too long, the laughter in his eyes was obvious. Lucas hit his shoulder and Zay exploded. "I'm messing with you, I stayed to look for you."
"Aww, you cared about me?" Lucas cupped Zay's cheek, he slappeed his hand away, snorting.
"I wanted to see what had you so distracted, at least more that usual." Zay replied. "But I see that you are well taken care off."
"I told you I would explain, I had to solve some urgent matters first." Lucas said.
"What was so urgent? Did your condom expired today?" Zay grinned, Lucas denied with his head.
"We didn't have sex." Lucas stated, Zay seemed a little disappointed by the news. "Look, I'm in a bit of an uncomfortable position right now, so everything I'm going to tell you better not escape your lips, or I promise you that I'm going to kick your ass." He looked at his friend dead in the eyes, he wasn't kidding.
"Okay." Zay frowned, he knew what Lucas was capable of, he had seen it and he wanted to believe that because they were friends he wouldn't do it, but sadly he knew that was not true.
Lucas explained the basics of what was happening, he obviously left out the part of his plan to break the girls hearts. Instead, he told him how Riley liked him but he didn't want to be with her and Maya also wanted him, but in a different way. He was in the middle of a triangle that could ruin the girls friendship if he did something wrong.
"Riley can never now about Maya and I." Lucas said.
"And what are you guys? Friends with benefits?" Zay asked, confused.
"You can call it that, we're just relieving some stress, having fun." He stated, looking at the ceiling from his bed.
"This sounds like a bad idea." Zay said, getting on his mattress that had been inflated over the floor, pulling the covers up.
"Relax, as long as nobody talks, everything is going to be fine." Lucas felt relieved that at least someone was aware of what was happening.
"No, whenever there is a friends with benefits thing someone's feelings end up getting hurt." Zay told him, Lucas remained silent for a second, he turned the lights off.
"Maya and I are clear on what we gain from this, it's not your place to be worried." Lucas said, he just wanted to sleep, it had been a long day and he needed some silence.
"Okay, but don't tell me I didn't warn you." Zay finished. He didn't responded, his body felt heavy and everything went dark.
The next few days were particularly blissful, he got to know more about Abigail Adams High School than he ever thought he would. The workshop, the space below the bleachers, the janitor closet on the third floor, really anywhere they could think of.
"Lucas, did you finish the chemistry report?" Riley asked, as she sat across from him at lunch.
"What report?" Maya kicked him under the table, he guinced in pain and looked at the blonde girl who opened her eyes. "Oh, that report." Lucas laughed, looking back at Riley. "I was hoping to finish it tonight, you know–before we have the test– but I've encountered some distractions along the way." He winked at Maya grinning, she kicked him again.
"What sort of distractions?" Zay asked, Lucas narrowed his eyes, his friend was smiling, he enjoyed doing this.
"Um, you know... data collection." Lucas said.
"Oh, yeah, Maya said the same to me." Riley said, naively. Lucas and Maya simply smiled at her.
"Now that's crazy." Zay commented, Lucas shot him a look and he returned to his food. Lucas cleared his throat.
"I have to go, coach Cooper asked to see me." He stood up, leaving his tray so Maya could finish his food. His friends said goodbye and he walked out of the cafeteria, heading towards the building where the coache's office was.
He leaned against a wall, in the corner of a hallway, he was using his phone to reply to his mother.
I'm on call tonight
Again?
Yes, I bought some frozen pizza you can make. Love you :*
He didn't answer, he heard some footsteps coming from the hallway to his left, he put his cellphone on the back pocket and hid. He could listen how the steps came closer, when they were about to reach him, he jumped to the hallway, scaring the blonde girl that was there.
"Fuck! Huckleberry!" She hit him in his arm, frowning. "You scared me."
"Well that was certainly not my intention... ma'am." He tipped an imaginary cowboy hat and she rolled her eyes.
"What was that thing with Zay in the cafeteria? Does he know something?" She asked, looking at him very seriously.
"It's nothing, he's just been a little suspicious," he lied "we just have to be careful, like with the report story."
"Okay." She said, walking past him and going down the hall he was waiting at.
"Don't wait for me." He said, sarcastically.
"Hurry up, we only have 20 minutes." She said, entering the gym to her right. "Are you sure that the coach is not there?"
"Yes, he always eats at this time." He answered, catching up to her.
The gym was empty, the lights off, the only sound that could be heard was of Maya's heels clicking on the wood floor, it was too loud.
"Shut up." He said, looking back at her, she frowned.
"What do you want me to do, fly?" She asked, stopping.
"Didn't you bring your broomstick?" He said playfully, he loved annoying Maya just as much as she did teasing him.
"Ha ha," she was still making too much noise, he turned around to her and walked towards her, she stared at him with questioning eyes. Before she could resist it, he had grabbed her legs and lifted her off the floor, he was carrying her like a baby on his arms. She didn't hate it, he was strong and this way she didn't have to walk.
"Don't get used to this." He warned her, while he finished crossing the gym to the coach's office.
"It's too late, I'm never walking again." She grinned, until Lucas opened the door of the office and dropped her down carefully.
She turned the lights on, while he closed the blinds. Maya started going through the files and drawers on his desk, he made sure nobody could see them. She gasped, gaining his attention.
"Oh my God, you have to see this." She called him, the last drawer in his desk was filled with empty packages of chips and cookies and buttercups. They laughed, he found an empty buttercup on his desk and sat on his chair to eat it, while she snooped around. "Ew, he has a box of condoms in here, why would he need them?" He was about to say something, when she raised a hand to stop him. "I actually don't want to know."
He stood up, dropping the orange package in the trash, he came behind her and stole the wrapper from her hand, returning to the rotating chair.
"We can give it some use." He said, playfully, looking at her with lust filled eyes. She put the condom back in its place and shut all the drawers, looking at him, not amused.
"I told you, no sex." She said, coming closer to him and sitting on top of him, he kept the chair steady. His hands fell on her lower back, pulling her further down.
"I know but you don't make this any easier for me." She was playing with his hair, her hands resting on his shoulders.
"Why should I? That's one of the reasons I enjoy this so much." She told him, biting her lip in that wicked way that drove him crazy.
He lifted his head to kiss her once, before putting some space between them.
"I thought it was because of my incredible abilities." He said, with a shit eating grin, moving his hands slowly up her back, sending bolts of electricity to her body. She took the hem of his shirt and lifted it above his head, she could watch him all day, he'd be the perfect model for one of her art classes.
He discarded her top, kissing a long line from the jaw to the valley between her breasts, she let out a soft whimper as she closed her eyes.
"Where did you put that condom?" He asked, lifting an eyebrow, she sighed loudly, tired of his interruptions.
"Shut up already, I have art next period." She tried to kiss him, but he moved her away, poking his head out, he narrowed his eyes. "What?"
"Shh", he said, frowning.
"What's going on?" She whispered.
"I think I heard something," he stood up, holding her like a koala, Maya tightened her grip, before getting down slowly, making sure she made no sound. "Get under the desk, quick."
She did as he said, the both tried to fit in the little room under the desk, she didn't have any problem, but Lucas' neck was bend in an uncomfortable position.
The door suddenly opened, Maya's eyes widened as Lucas listened carefully.
"Fuck I left the lights on," they heard the coach say. "Where did I put those damn keys?" He asked himself, Lucas just hoped he didn't look down and see their feet.
Then he looked at Maya bewildered, she frowned, confused. He pointed to their clothes standing on the floor next to the chair. She hit her head with her palm for not remembering about that.
After the longest seconds of their lives, the sound of keys relieved them, the coach went away, whistling a song and turning the light off. When they were sure he wasn't in the gym anymore they crawled back out, Lucas complaining about his neck.
She looked angry at him, but all he could do was laugh. He picked their shirts and picked on the blinds to check that nobody was in the wooden court.
"That kinda killed the mood." He said, getting dressed.
"You think?" She was looking in a mirror on the wall, fixing her hair.
When they were ready, he squatted down so she could jump on his back. They left the office just as they had found it, except for one buttercup less. Lucas ran around the basketball court, with his arms wide open, pretending to be an airplane, as he spun around at times, making Maya laugh.
"Rain check?" He said, out in the deserted hallway.
"Sure." She smiled. "We have to finish our data collection." She said, grinning. He laughed, and then they went their separate ways, nobody suspected a thing, it was a bulletproof plan or at least that's what they thought.