Maya was in Biology class, one of her least favorite classes not just cause it was her least favorite subjects but because it was one of her only classes without Riley.
"Okay class" Mr. Adams her Bio teacher calked "Today we will begin work on our research projects, I will pair you up and you will come up with and run your own experiment"
He begins calling out pairs when finally he reaches Maya
"Okay Miss Hart you will be with Mr. Peters" he directs her to a dark haired guy in the back. he gave Maya a small wave of acknowledgment.
"Okay why don't we meet with our partners and start discussing ideas" Mr. Adams tells the class
Maya's partner walks up to sit in the seat next to Maya
"Hey" he says with a shy smile
"Hey" Maya returns
"I'm James" he extends his hand
"Maya" she shakes his hand
"Well we should get started, got any ideas?" he asks
"Not a clue"
James chuckles "Don't worry me either"
"Good then we''re on the same page" Maya teases
"Guess so" he laughs
" Less talking more working you too" Mr. Adams says as he walks by their table.
"Sorry" they say hiding their chuckles
After class
"Okay why don't you give me a call or something so we can set up when we can meet to work on the project" Maya tells James as they walk out of class.
"Sounds good" James tells her
At that moment Riley approaches her friend
"Hey Maya" Riley says
"Hey Riles, this my Bio partner James, James this my best friend Riley" Maya introduces them.
"Nice to meet you Riley" James says smiling at the brunette
"You too" Riley says
James turns back to Maya "Okay well we'll be in touch"
Maya nods "Okay"
James smiles at her before turning around and leaving
"He so likes you!" Riley squeals quietly as soon as James is out of earshot.
Maya rolls her eyes "No he doesn't "
They begin walking to their lockers
"Oh please you must be blind he had heart eyes the whole time he was looking at you"
"Your delusional Riles" Maya says
'"Oh come on he is so into you, plus he is very cute" Riley says
"He's alright" Maya shrugs
"Who's alright?" Farkle asks as he approaches the girls
"Maya's new science partner James " Riley teases
"eww girl talk bye' he walks away as the girls laugh
"Must be hard for him having best friends who are girls" Maya chuckles
Riley nods agreeing as they watch him walk away when suddenly she asks
"So when are you gonna see James again?"
Maya rolls her eyes and walks away
Meanwhile Lucas, Josh, and Zay are hanging by their lockers
"So you guys ready for the game Friday?" Josh asks
"Coach has us beyond ready i can't wait for it to be over" Lucas says
At that moment Missy walks past them
"Hey Lucas" she says smiling at him
"Dude she's so into you" Josh nudges him
Lucas rolls his eyes "Whatever"
"Forget it dude I've tried he seems to have his mind elsewhere" Zay teases as Lucas nudges him.
"What do you mean?" Josh asks confused
"Nothing he's just messing around" Lucas says before glaring at Zay who tries to look innocent
Josh looks between his friends "okay i feel like I'm missing something"
"Nope nothing at all" Lucas assures
Josh still looks unsure "Okay whatever let's get to class" he begins walking, Lucas follows but not before giving Zay a whack in the head
Later that afternoon Maya and Riley are in Riley's kitchen working on homework when Josh enters
"Hello ladies" he greets
"Hey" the girls reply
"What are you guys doing? he asks
"Homework, Algebra" Riley says unenthusiastically
"That sucks i hated it when I had to take it" he tells him as he sits down with them.
"Yeah you think you can help?" Riley asks
"I can try, not sure if i remember it all" he shrugs as he grabs the book to take a look at what they are working on.
The spend an hour working on it as Josh explains to them what he remembered. Once they were finished Riley excused herself to the restroom leaving Josh and Maya alone.
"Thanks for the help" Maya says
Josh shrugs "No problem, hopefully i was useful" he teases
"Yes you were" Maya assures
"So how ya been?" Josh asks
"Pretty good, you?" she asks
"i'm good, he, so when are you going to show me those sketches of yours" he asks
"As soon as i can come up with a few decent ones" she teases
"I'm sure any sketch you show me will be amazing"
Maya smiles "Thanks"
They stay there sitting across from each other just staring at one another when all of a sudden Maya's phone goes off.
"Sorry" she mumbles
"It's fine, answer it" Josh assures her
"Hello?" She answers
"Hey Maya. It's James"
"Oh hi James whats up?"
Josh remains silent as he tries to listen to the conversation
"just wanted to see if you were up for working on the project tomorrow?" he asks
"Yeah okay, where do you want to meet?" she asks
"How about we meet after school and we can head over to my place" he offers
"okay sounds good, see you tomorrow" she says she hangs up
"So who was that?" Josh asks curiously
"Oh that was my science partner his names James" Maya explains
Josh nods "And what did James want?" he asks he knew he was prying but he couldn't help himself for some reason.
"He wants me to come over to work on a project"
"To his house?" he asks
"Yeah" Maya nods
At that moment Riley comes back
"Hey so you wanna watch a movie or something?" she asks
"Actually I better get home I'll see you at school" Maya says as she begins to get her things together
"Okay see you tomorrow peaches" Riley says
Maya turns to Josh "Bye Josh"
"Bye" Josh says as Maya walks to the door and leaves.
Riley begins to clear her stuff
"Hey Riles, do you know who James is?" Josh asks
"James?" Riley thinks for a moment before remembering "Oh yeah that's Maya's science partner, I met him today,seems nice"
Josh nods
"Why? Jealous?" Riley smirks at her brother
Josh scoffs "Of course not"
"Then why so curious?"
"Because I've known Maya for years and I just wanna make sure this guy is okay" Josh tries to rationalize
"Sure" Riley says unconvinced
"Whatever" Josh says as he gets up and heads to his room
"He is so jealous" Riley squeals