A.N.: Hey guys!

I'm back with a new chapter for you guys and I am kind of even more excited about this one than about the last one!

I´m sorry that it took a bit longer this time. i had a super busy weekend in church since it was my second last time in my home city and all. But RL always comes first.

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Gabrie xoxo

Previously...

As the Cowboy didn´t reply to that, Riley looked waiting in between her two best friends who were avoiding each other gazes, but staring at each other from time to time which freaked her out and she knew that she had to do something.

´´Lucas, do you have feelings for Maya?" She asked out of the blue which made both Lucas and Maya look up now and straight into each other´s eyes. Riley meanwhile waited for a reaction while Maya bit her lip, feeling like she knew the answer.

Still in the school hallway

Lucas and Maya were still staring at each other, everyone waiting for Riley´s answer. Even Maya waited for it that it would be finally confirmed and her best friend could be happy with her Prince Charming. She wouldn´t be happy for now, but that was okay. She was used to it and she didn´t expect Lucas to put her over Riley. Even though she had wished it for herself that that would happen one day, but it appereantly won´t, so she had to live with it, right?

Riley on the other hand was hoping that Lucas confirmed her suspicion. She had a plan and she did not know, if it was a good one, but maybe that would finally help to save their problems or at least get some more closure about what was going on. Zay and Farkle didn´t even know the plan, but they seemed interested.

"Yeah, do you have feelings for her?" Zay, the die hard Lucaya shipper now asked and looked at his best friend from the side. Lucas was still starring at Maya and swallowed now. He did not know how to say what he wanted to say. he wanted to say so many things, but nothing seemed right. But he knew that he had to say something and yet he was so confused that he just wanted to walk away and not talk about it again any time soon. But he knew that he had to answer. He owed the girls that more than anything.

So he said in all honesty, "I don´t know." Maya looked at him in disbelief while Farkle looked at him in sympathy and Zay completely confused. Riley looked understanding and yet a bit sad. He might have feelings for her and he didn´t know how to act about it.

Maya rolled her eyes and then said, "Well, but you do know your feelings about Riley. You already made that pretty clear in Texas and at New Years Eve." Lucas didn´t reply to that either, just looking down again what was enough answer for Maya. Of course he liked Riley. Why should he even think about dating her after all that had happened. She was constantly mean to him and she was nothing what anyone could ever look in as a girlfriend. She called him nicknames and poured Smoothies over him while he tried to tell her a story. Riley listened to every single one of his stories as if it was the most interesting thing in the world.

Riley looked at her two best friends and then took a deep breath. "Well, why don´t you find out then if you don´t know?" Riley suggested and now not only Lucas looked completely confused at her.

"What are you talking about Riley?" Lucas asked her confused while Maya had to nod at that and ad, "Yeah, Riley. What are you talking about. Ranger Rick and I already went on two dates, if you remember and they went horrible. You guys had at least one good date and a-"

"A kiss. Is that what you wanted to say?" Riley cut her off and Maya bit her lip, but slowly nodded. "You´re right, peaches. We already kissed and I do like Lucas, but I do want you guys to be happy and none of us can be happy, if you guys don´t figure this out. That´s why I think you guys should kiss, too. That is the best way to figure out your feelings. If the kiss means something to you it means that you have feelings for Maya, Lucas."

At that not only Maya and Lucas looked in complete shock and disbelief at Riley. "You want them to what?!" Farkle asked her shocked and then looked at Lucas. The Cowboy now had his eyes on Maya, but still looked quiet in disbelief. Maya on the other hand stared daggers at her best friend while Riley swallowed, looking at her best friend and her somehow crush.

Then she looked directly at Maya and said, "I know that you still have feelings for him, Maya and I want you guys to find out what you feel. This is the only way to do it."

The blonde girl didn´t know what she was more shocked about. The fact that Riley thought that this was a good idea or the fact that nobody asked her how stupid she could be yet. "This is a ridiculous idea!" She cried. "We already almost kissed twice and Huckleberry never made his move. If he really likes me he would´ve kissed me, no matter what happened around us and if he would really like me, he wouldn´t need a kiss to find out how he feels. I´m not some doll that you can do anything you want with." She was raging right now and Riley looked shocked at her as she freed herself from her two best friends.

She wanted to turn around as Lucas stated, "You do know that I am right here, Maya?" He didn´t know what he was supposed to do, but he did not like this. As Maya didn´t reply and just wanted to turn around her grabbed her arm. She took a deep breath and turned around again, looking at him straight into the eye.

"Yes, I do and that just makes it worse and proves one more time that I can´t be important enough to you to ever make a real move, Huckleberry. Go and be happy with Riley. She deserves it to be with the boy she likes." Maya told him and then freed herself from his grip and walked away, leaving her other best friends shocked behind, not knowing what to say. Riley wanted to go after Maya, but Farkle stopped her, shaking his head. He knew that having Riley there to comfort her would only make everything worse.

Lucas stared after her while Zay, Farkle and Riley looked worried at each other as they heared a voice from behind saying, "So nothing happened at New Years Eve, huh?" Riley spun around to see her father standing there, looking at them in disbelief and she bit her lip while Zay looked at Farkle who nodded nad then he put a hand up.

"I´m going after the blonde beauty, helping out my childhood best friend out. See you later." He stated and then walked into the direction Maya left off. Lucas looked after him and before anyone could say anything more to the Cowboy he walked off, too.

In the art class room

After running off, Maya fled to the only place in school where she felt at home. Art class. She knew the whole schedule of this room by heart and knew that on Mondays there was no art class in the afternoon. Lucky for her, since she didn´t plan on going back to class today. She would just skip it and spend the rest of the day here until school was over. Shawn was over for a few days at their house and she did not want to answer any more questions. Not after what just happened with her best friends and the boy she liked.

She swallowed and took out her sketchpad that she ha din her backpack that had still been over her shoulder. Then she started to draw outlines of a a face. She knew of which face, but she didn´t want to say who. She didn´t want to admit it to herself. So she just continued drawing, not even realising that some tears were falling down her face.

So occupied she didn´t realise that the door to the art room went open. Only as Zay stated behind her, "You know, you should definitely give Lucas that for his birthday." She jumped up and looked shocked at him. He only realised now that she was crying and felt horrible for what he said and at the same time he wanted her to know that even though Lucas was a big idiot right now, he did like Maya in some way. Zay was not exactly sure which way, but there was more than friendship.

The blonde girl looked at him and said, "That boy can be happy, if I ever look at him again. He hurt me, Zay." She was not in the mood to hide her feelings. It hurt for her so much that she didn´t even know where to go with all of her feelings. She looked at the half finished sketch of Lucas and sighed. "And I still like him." She hated to admit it, but it was the truth and Maya freaking Hart couldn´t do anything about it.

"Well, he does have some charms." Zay stated nodding and Maya shot him a look. "But not when it comes to girls that are not exactly like him. Seriously he doesn´t know what to do with a girl like you, Maya. But I can tell you something whatever the Cowboy is feeling for the blonde beauty, also known as you is not just friendship."

He put an arm around her to comfort her and Maya shook her head. "I don´t want a boy who just takes what he gets, because that person is so similar to him. I want a boy who fights for me and shows me how much he wants me. Shows me that even though I never wanted to be one I am a princess to him. I mean, every girl wants to be treated right." She told him seriously and Zay nodded in understanding. He did get her. What Lucas was doing wasn´t right, but he knew that he had to back up for his best friend or he would do a horrible mistake.

"Maybe Mr. Matthews was right. Maybe you do need to give him another chance. You blew him up as soon as you found out Riley still has feelings for him." Zay slowly said and Maya looked in disbelief at him. "I am not telling you to be all girly at him, but to give him a chance to explain himself, Maya or to figure out what he wants. Riley´s idea with the kissing was horrible, but I do get where she´s coming from. Riley wants you to be happy, too."

"And I want her to be happy." Maya replied. "That´s one reason more why I could never be with Ranger Rick, now that I know that she stepped back. I am supposed to be the one that steps back! I am the one who doesn´t have a perfect life. Riley deserves it."

Zay shook his head at her in disbelief and stood up now, dragging her with him. "Maya, you deserve all of this, too and you have to let Lucas think. This wsan´t only hard on you, girl. This was hard on him, too. He had a crush on Riley for years and you never even gave him the chance to think of you as a possibilty. You both need to find another way to figure this out, because this is not working and you might destroy the greatest relationship that you could ever have. You both. Lucas is an idiot, I am not going to argue about that, but that´s because he is confused. Don´t be dumb, too. I know that you are smarter than that, Blonde Beauty and I know that you love him."

Maya opened her mouth to complain, but she couldn´t get a word out. As much as she hated Zay right now she knew that he was right and yet, she didn´t know what to do about it. Why did Lucas best friend have to be so much like her and understand her so well and make her feel so bad about it?

Zay looked at the blonde and then added, "You knw that I am right and you deserve all of this Maya, but both of you have to fight for it. Yes, Lucas needs to get his head out of his ass, but you should know us boys. We always need a little help."

Before Maya could reply to that Zay already walked back out through the door, leaving her behind astonished and at the same time confused and angry.

A.N.: Oh, Maya and Lucas. Our dilemma as always, aren´t they?

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Gabrie xoxo