Lucas' POV

"How long ago did she leave?" Mr Mathew's asked Riley and I for the millionth time. "Like 2 hours? I don't know!" Riley exclaimed running her hands down her face.

"Of all the stupid things she could've done" Mr Mathew's mumbled. "Maya only does things like this when she's really upset" Riley frowned, "something set her off when she was talking to us".

"Yeah, she was fine at first but then Missy said something" I mumbled. That was the first thing I'd said since Maya had run away.

Riley looked at me and frowned, "Maya doesn't usually care what Missy says, there's something else".

I knew that in the back of my mind, but I needed someone to blame. I got up and went over to the group of girls Missy was with. All the other girls saw me before she did, "Missy".

She turned around and smiled at me in a way that'd fool anyone else into thinking she was a sweet innocent girl, but not me. "If ANYTHING happens to Maya I'm holding you personally responsible" I hissed.

"I'm sorry Lucas but none of this is my fault. Why do you care so much anyway, you've got another girlfriend" she snickered nodding her head in Riley's direction.

I clenched my fists and shoved them in my pockets so I wouldn't do anything stupid. Missy was a selfish brat but I would never want to physically hurt her. "Missy I'm warning you, if you as much as LOOK at either Maya or Riley in the wrong way ever again I'm going to..."

"You're gonna what?" Missy asked folding her arms. "Make me like you then switch between me and my bestfriend whenever you feel like it?"

"What are you talking about?" I frowned rolling my eyes. "Gosh how dumb are you Lucas" Missy scoffed taking a step away from me, "Maya LIKES YOU, and so does Riley, she's trying to get over you because Riley's her best friend but the fact that she can't is pissing her off. She needed someone to take it out on so she took it out on me and Riley, me because she doesn't like me at all and Riley because she feels safe enough to do so. She's mad and confused and doesn't want to be around anyone, the only thing she could do is run away. This isn't my fault Lucas...it's yours" Missy shrugged before turning on her heels and going into her tent.

"Don't listen to her Lucas" Smackle said before following Missy into the tent.

It kind of made sense but...Maya couldn't like me could she?

I needed to see her right now, I had to make sure she was okay then I had to talk to her. Matt and a few other leaders had gone out to search for her, we'd been told not to leave camp under any circumstances but I couldn't just sit here, I didn't care how much trouble I got in. She was worth it.

I put on my joggers and jacket before running off into the woods the way Maya had gone. No one saw me because they were all too busy questioning each other. I probably had 20 minutes before someone realised I was missing.

Maya's POV

It had become really dark and I was slowly beginning to regret running off. I had no clue where I was, I was cold and hungry. I'd settled down by a tree about 10 minute ago. I hadn't stopped running/walking before then and I'd been running for a while, I was probably 20km away from camp. That wouldn't have been a big problem if it wasn't pitch back and my ankle wasn't killing me. I'd stepped on a rock before stopping and that twisted my ankle into a weird position.

I felt bad for what I'd said to Riley...I even felt kinda bad about Missy. I needed to sort these weird feelings I had for Lucas out soon or else this trip was going to suck for everyone. I could've sworn I heard something move in the bushes nearby. I looked around and couldn't see anything. "It's probably just a squirrel Maya" I told myself as I hugged my knees and pushed myself further against the tree.

I had to come to terms with the fact that I liked Lucas, and yelling at everyone because of it wasn't the way to go about it, and neither was running away. I needed to talk to Riley and tell her the full truth then we'd both talk to Lucas and we'd all figure it out together. Hiding it was not an option anymore.

The amount of trouble I was going to be in when I was hopefully found was kind of scary. Maybe if I just stayed in the woods and became the jungle girl I'd be better off. I changed my mind about that as soon as I heard the noise from the bushes again. If no one found me, this was going to be one long night.

Riley's POV

"Riley stop pacing, she'll be fine" Farkle promised placing a hand on my shoulder. I sighed and nodded slowly even though I was unconvinced. "This is my fault" I mumbled. "No-" Farkle started but I cut him off. "She yelled at me before she ran off. I must've done something".

"Matt's back!" someone yelled, everyone's attention was on Matt and the other two leaders who were walking out through the woods...without Maya.

"We couldn't find her" Matt announced, "it's getting really late, well have to send out another search party tomorrow".

"What no!" I yelled, "you can't leave her!"

"Riley" my dad sighed holding onto my shoulder, "NO!" I yelled, "we need to find her now!"

"We wouldn't have a chance Riley" Matt said with sorry expression, "Maya's smart Riley, she'll be fine for one night" Zay assured me. "Maya's street smart, not woods smart" I said quietly.

"Wait...where's the boy you were with?" Matt asked scanning over the crowed. I looked around and couldn't find Lucas anywhere. He'd been missing for a while now actually.

"Lucas!" I yelled.

Everyone else started yelling too but no one yelled back. Lucas never came out.

"He must've gone after Maya" Mr Mathew's sighed. "This is ridiculous!" Matt groaned. "When I say stay in camp I say it for your own good!" Matt yelled.

Lucas and Maya were both out their on their own. The camp wasn't that big so if Lucas were here he would've heard us.

I missed my best friends.

Lucas' POV

it'd been about 45 minutes and I still hadn't found Maya, I wasn't giving up though. I would look all night for her.

I'd nearly bumped into Matt and the other two leaders earlier but I hid before they saw me. They were talking about how they'd find Maya tomorrow so I knew she was still out here.

I wasn't paying much attention to where I was going because I tripped over a rock. It didn't hurt but it was a sign I was beginning to get tired. Just when I got up I spotted something that looked out of place...long blonde hair. "Maya!" I exclaimed running over to her. She turned around and sure enough it was her.

"Lucas!" She cried opening her arms. I didn't really bother being gentle when I reached her. I slammed into her then just so she wouldn't fall over I picked her up by her waist and spun her around. She held me around my neck and wrapped her legs around me.

I didn't really care how inappropriate this must've looked, I was just glad she was okay.

"I was so worried about you" I said into her shoulder. "Thank you for finding me" she said moving her face so she was looking directly at me. "I can't believe you did this Maya" I sighed putting her down, I didn't remove my arms from around her waist though. The thought of letting her go made my stomach churn.

"Can we not talk about that just yet?" She said smiling, "I'm so glad to see you Huckleberry".

"Me too" I smiled back pulling her closer to me. She had to go on her tippy toes for her arms to stay securely around my neck so I picked her up again and she laughed resting her head on my shoulder.

We stayed like that for what felt like hours, but it was probably only about 5 minutes. I put her down again but still held her relatively close to me. "Maya you have no idea how worried I was about you" I said shaking my head. "Enough to get yourself lost with me and in a crap load amount of trouble when we're found?" She asked.

"Basically" I smiled pulling her into another hug.

"Idiot" she chuckled, "excuse me? I just saved your life!" I exclaimed jokingly. "No, you just got yourself screwed with me" Maya laughed

"As long as we're screwed together" I smiled. "So threesome?" She asked. "Maya that's disgusting" I laughed. "You're right we should probably just leave it at you and me" she giggled. I pulled out of the hug to examine her. "Are you feeling okay?"

"Apart from my ankle, I'm A okay heehaw" she grinned.

"What happened to your ankle?" I asked sitting her down. "I stepped on a rock and twisted it" Maya explained like it was nothing. I took her shoe off but she kicked me in the face and laughed. "Wrong foot doofus".

"That one stinks anyway" I teased putting her shoe back on.

I was checking her ankle to see how bad it was when she said something I'd been waiting for. "How's Riley?"

"She's...worried" I sighed looking up at her. "But she's not mad".

"She should be" Maya sighed running her hand through her hair. "I said something horrible to her and it was just because I have a thing for y-" she didn't finish her sentence but I had a feeling I knew what she was going to say next.

"Maya?" I asked, she'd looked down at her lap and and was chewing on her lip. Something she tended to do when she was embarrassed.

"Never mind" she mumbled looking up, "I'm tired. I wanna try get some sleep".

"No" I said shaking my head, "not until you tell me what's going on with you. We need to talk about this and this may be the only chance we get to talk without any interruptions".

"Look Lucas I don't WANT to talk okay!" She yelled moving her foot off my lap and putting her shoe back on. "Why? Because you're scared, right?!" I accused getting up.

"No!" She yelled standing up too. "You are!" I yelled. "Of what?!"

"Of facing the music! Or in this case, your feelings!"

"My feelings?!"

I nodded.

"My feelings are exactly that, MINE. So you can't tell me if they're there or not!" She yelled limping over to a big tree and sitting against it.

"So you don't like me then?" I asked.

She looked at the ground before answering, "exactly".

"Why don't I believe you?"

"Because you're full of yourself and you think everyone likes you?" She suggested with a shrug.

"Maya look at me" I said crouching down in front of her. She looked up at me and all traces of attitude that had been in her voice were not shown on her face.

"What if I told you I liked you?" I asked softly. She stared at me in disbelief and I smiled, if was true. I did and she needed to know.

That's it for now. I knooowww I'm a terrible person! Keep reading though cause the next two chapters are written and I can tell you now, it gets saucy...did I really just write saucy? Anyway! If I get 15 or more reviews for just this chapter in the next 24 hours, I'll update the next two chapters at the same time as soon as those 24 hours are up!

So I've been thinking about doing a character ask in the next few chapters cause it'd be fun hehe, so if you have any questions for the characters or even me, ask it in the comments and if I get enough questions I'll do a character ask soon :) Xx Lulu