There are going to be spoilers in this episode for Ski Lodge Part 2. If you want to watch the episode before reading this there are about four or five videos on YouTube.

I will admit though I had four tabs of the Part 2 episode from four different uploaders so I could hear what they were saying.

Next chapter will be up as soon I can get it down and it is the wedding chapter!

Three hours.

That was how long the couple made out with each other. They would have went longer, but it was already pass midnight by the time they stopped. Heck, Josh was half tempted to stay in Maya's room all night. He even suggested sleeping with her, but Maya kicked him out before they could do that idea. It wasn't like they hadn't slept next to each other before. One time when Josh had stayed at Maya's apartment longer than he should have, he got locked out of the campus so Katy let him stay as long as the couple didn't do anything nasty. That comment resulted in the couple not looking at each other because of it embarrassing them. However, Maya did wake up in the middle of the night with Josh's arms wrapped around her waist.

Anyways, the only reason their 'session' didn't go on longer was because Maya was afraid Riley would walk in on them. Although, if Maya had known that Riley was going to talk to a complete stranger all night, she would have let Josh stay. Instead, she has to go talk to Ranger Rick because he was being a sour puss about Riley staying up all night. Meanwhile, Riley was watching from upstairs and was starting to get upset.

She sat next to her uncle, who was reading a newspaper, and asked him, "When do you start to understand your own feelings?"

Josh immediately thought about his feeling for Maya; how it took him a couple years to realize that she was the one for him, how she always appeared in his mind when a girl was flirting with him, and how it felt when he finally asked her out. Throughout the thinking, he answered his niece while folding the newspaper, not knowing what he was saying. (a/n: sorry! I couldn't understand what he was saying.)

"How is it possible that Maya and I like the same boy?" Riley interrogated when her uncle indirectly answered the last one.

You don't. Josh thought when he stared at his niece for a second. He placed the newspaper on the stand by the chair he was sitting on. He turned to his knees with a look of knowing on his visage. "I'd be more surprise if you didn't."

That statement only confused Riley. "Why?"

"It's not hard to notice that Maya's been going through some stuff lately." The 'stuff' he was referring to was him and her dating in secret and her wanting to tell her best friend about it, but doesn't.

"Yeah," Riley agreed. "She hasn't been herself for a while."

"Yeah," Josh agreed with her. "Why do you think that is?" Because she's been keeping a secret from you, he thought to himself.

"Because she became like me?" Riley guessed. "I always wanted to be like her and then she became like me."

Another theory popped into his head as Josh asked, "Now why would she do that, huh? Why would someone give up who they are to be more like someone else?"

Riley only thought for a second before she requested, "Could you just tell me?"

"I mean, I've got a pretty good guess." When Riley looked away he continued, "Look, you guys are the best friends I've ever seen. Okay, you love each other so much you want to share each other's experiences."

"I do?"

"Everything you do is to protect each other," like keeping a big secret. "When she gave up who she was, you were looking for her, you got her back. You protected her."

"Yeah, but why did she get lost in the first place?" Riley wondered. "Why did she want to become like me? Why do I like the same boy?"

"You don't." Josh denied strongly. "Riley, you don't. . . She's been trying to protect you."

Riley stood up at the same time Maya did. They met each other at the bottom of the stairs, gave each other a nod, before heading to the bay window. Josh chuckled at that and shook his head. Why am I getting so jealous? he wondered. When will this 'triangle' end?!

He went down the stairs and sat next to Lucas by the fire place. "We're going to talk to each other?" Lucas assumed.

"Yeah," Josh agreed as he nodded his head. "So have you chosen between Riley and Maya?"

"I did." Lucas turned himself to face Josh. "Now I got a question for you."

"Who did you choose-?" Josh got caught off from his question when Lucas kept on saying 'no'. Before he knew it, Josh was sitting on the couch in between Lucas and Evan with Maya and Riley sitting across from them on another couch while Smackle, Farkle, and Zay were sitting by the fire place. After learning that the first answer to the question was 'c' and talking to the right person could happen all night, Lucas left to go kick a tree while Zay went to go save a tree. Then Evan read the second question.

"How do you know if you love someone-?"

"You know what," Maya began in a hurry. "I'm through with playing games. I want to talk to you."

"Who?" They all asked as she got off the couch. The question was answered when she grabbed Josh's hand and led/dragged him to the bay window.

"Tell me what you know right now." She demanded as the two sat on the soft cushions.

"I've come up with another theory on why you became like Riley." Josh began his explanation. "You became like her to protect her."

"How?" She interrogated. "How did I protect her?"

"You became her to make sure she would be safe with Lucas."

Maya's face became void of emotion. "I was protecting her?"

"And she protected you by bringing you back." Josh squeezed her hand tighter when he emphasized, "By bringing my Maya back."

Realization dawned on her. "I never liked Lucas like that."

"How do you know?"

She smirked. "I went out with him once and I poured a smoothie on his head."

Josh laughed at that causing Maya to laugh with him. "There's my Maya." He decided, but then he lowered his voice so no one else could hear. "You have no idea how bad I want to kiss you."

Maya laughed one last time as she stood up. "Later," she promised. "Right now I need to go talk to Lucas."

A few seconds when by and Maya didn't where she was. She raised an eyebrow at Josh who responded, "What?"

"You kind of need to let go of my hand."

Josh immediately let go of her hand while Maya went on her way, laughing in the process. He smiled at her retreating figure, "There's the Maya I love."

Josh watched from a distance as Maya and Lucas ended their conversation. Lucas went off to go tell Riley he picked her while Maya was left alone. "Are you going to come over here or what?" She chided at her boyfriend who was leaned against the wall.

Josh rolled his eyes playfully as he went over to her side. "So everything's good now?"

"You can celebrate." Maya offered with that mischievous smile of hers. "The triangle is over!"

"How do you want to celebrate then?" Josh asked as he scooted slightly closer to her in an almost suggestive manner.

"Just a kiss." She said as she pushed him back slightly. "Then a date when we get back to New York."

"In my apartment?"

Maya scooted back just a bit to look at him better. "You have an apartment?"

"I'm planning on getting one so I won't have to deal with missing 'campus curfew' again."

"You liked it though!"

"I did," he admitted as he pulled her closer, "because you were next to me all night."

Maya blushed and was going to retort, but Josh had kissed her before she could. When he pulled away, she commented, "Best field trip I've been on."