A.N.: Hello party people!
I'm here with the second part of the first episode of my season 4!
I am so sorry that it took like forever, but I moved to the other end of Germany about a week ago and had to settle down and everything. It is hard to move after 14 years living in the same city I tell ya.
Anyways, but now you get a new chapter from me and I'll try to update as soon as I can again, but it will be a bit slower, since I am working a lot. Updates will most likely come on Sundays and Thursdays for all of my stories :)
By the way : Thank you soooo much for all the reviews and the feedback I really loved it! :)
And now I hope you enjoy the second part and tell me what you think in the comments below! :)
To a question that I got a lot by the way: Yes, Josh will be a regular, but I cannot promise to have him in every episode.
Gabrie xoxo
Previously...
"What kind of change?" She asked confused and scared while Katy obviously bit her lip. She didn´t seem to happy about telling her daughter it like that. But now she had already said too much. She had to continue now or her daughter would probably bite her head off and she could see that the best friends of her were just as curious about it.
So she took a deep breath and then replied, "We´re moving out of our apartment."
Still at Topanga's
"You are kidding, right?" Maya asked her mother in disbelief, looking at her. It wasn't like they had an amazing apartment or anything so far, but she definitely did not want to move. It was kind of their place. It was where she grew up. Where she became who she was now. It showed how much she struggle with her life as well as her mom and how much they made out of it. It also didn't look as bad anymore and Shawn already lived there with them. Why did they have to move now?
"I'm not, baby girl. It's time for a change." Katy slowly said and even every single one of Maya's other friends looked at the mother shocked. They did not expect this. What did that mean that they would move out of the apartment? Would it mean that Maya would move further away from them?
"What are you talking about, Mrs. Hunter? What do you mean with you're moving out of the apartment?" Zay now asked her confused and the others nodded while Maya looked angry at her mother. Both of them knew what this apartment meant and yet, she still wanted to leave. Why? Maya didn't like it and Katy knew that and if Shawn forced her mom to do anything she didn't want to- They had talked about it a few times, but the blonde didn't think that this would actually happen.
"We won't move out of the town, guys don't worry. The apartment is just really small and not in the best condition and that's why Shawn and I decided that the best thing to do is move into something bigger. We also have the money for that now." Katy replied calmly, looking at her daughter.
"I don't like the idea." Maya simply said and crossed her arms what made her mother sigh. She knew that Maya was stubborn about this and she got it. It wasn't the easiest decision for her either, but Shawn did make some good points in her opinion that actually made sense. Some points that she couldn't tell Maya yet or the blonde would freak out over things that didn't happen yet and she was already a bit freakish what concerned her mother.
"Maya, you have to understand-"
"We're happy. Why does anything have to change?" Maya suddenly asked and stood up and walked out.
Katy looked in disbelief at her, not believing that had just happened. Her daughter had just walked out on her. "She didn't even let me explain." She stated in disbelief. She knew Maya was stubborn, but this was ridiculous to her right now. You do not just walk out at your mother. But yet- Katy sighed and shook her head. "I just want to do what's right." She added to no one in particular, but Riley and the others were watching her intensely.
Said brunette looked at her boyfriend who nodded, stood up and told her, "Don't worry. I'll talk to her." And with that she walked out of the bakery, too. It didn't took long for her to find Maya. She was sitting on the stairs outside Topanga's, looking down on her hands. Riley tried to understand her even though it was hard, but she wanted her best friend to be happy.
Maya didn't even need to look up to know who was coming up to her and as her best friend stood in front of her and just simply asked, "Bay window?" She slowly nodded and stood up, taking her best friends hand and they went back to Riley's apartment in silence. Neither of them knew what to say, but it was already comforting to be in each other's presence right now.
As they finally arrived at Riley's room and at the bay window the two of them just sat there, staring at the wall. Riley knew that soon enough, Maya would start talking. And she did.
"I don´t want anything to change. It has already been bad enough as I thought you guys were moving to London. Why does everything have to change every year?" Maya asked annoyed, still not believing that her parents wanted to move. To her it did not seem fair at all still. She wanted to stay at their old apartment.
Riley took the blonde´s hand and replied, "Maya, changes and new things are good sometimes. I mean, otherwise you wouldn´t be Maya Hunter and I did not leave after all. Maybe this change will be a good one, too. You wouldn't need 10 blankets in the winter anymore, because there are holes in your wall, you could cook something without fearing of getting poisoned. Maybe you're even moving closer to me. What would be so bad about that?"
The blonde crossed her arms and shrugged. She still did not like it. "That doesn´t change anything. It feels wrong to go now. It's like the last thing from my old life that reminds me of where I was and where I am now." She stated and looked down. Riley looked at her understandingly and squeezed her hand.
"Looking at the new you every day should already remind you of that, Maya. You- we have come so far. You are amazing and you don't need an old run down apartment to prove that." Riley said to her. She meant every single word of it and she wanted Maya to understand, but the blonde was stubborn this time again. She had to find another way to prove it to her and that quick. She had to think of something good. And there was only one thing that always worked.
"Maya it will be fine. And you know why?" Riley squeezed her best friends hand as to emphasize what she was going to say.
The blonde looked at her questioning even though she already knew the answer.
"Why?" She asked.
"Because I´m right here. We all are. It´ll be fine and we don´t even know what´ll change yet, so don´t worry. I mean I´ll try out for new things, you should try out for some new things, too and new beginnings could also mean other things." Riley suggested. "It's life. We have to change." Riley meant that as well. No matter what changes, it'll always be the two of them. That doesn't mean that the other New Beginnings couldn't be good.
"You´re not going to try out for cheerleading again, will you?" Maya now asked Riley in disbelief, instead of going into the first thing she said even though she understood it and it did kind of make her feel better. She did not want her best friend to be hurt again even though it kind of had been her dream.
Riley shook her head and then stated, "No, I actually wanted to ask Lucas if he´d be in for couples dancing. It could be a fun bonding thing for us to do. I actually already signed us up."
Maya´s eyes went wide at the thought of her best friend, trying to dance.
"You´re kidding right? Does Lucas even know yet?" She asked, already knowing the answer. She couldn't believe that Riley actually wanted to do this, but before she could rant off and on about how ridiculous that was the door opened and Shawn stood in front of it.
Riley and Maya looked at each other while Riley was smiling encouragingly at her. "You'll be fine." She stated. Maya swallowed, having to think about what Riley said. They had made each other a promise and if Riley said she'll be fine, it had to be true, right? The brunette was mostly right about such things and-
"Can we talk? Your mom told me that you'd be at Riley's after you walked out on her. I really want to discuss this with you, because I want you to understand, Maya and I want you to feel like a part of this." Shawn said to her and Maya looked quiet shocked at him, but she bit her lip, looking at Riley who nodded at her.
"Okay" She finally said and walked up to Shawn who put a hand on her shoulder.
"Trust me, okay?" He said soothing and Maya swallowed, but then nodded and they finally walked out, leaving a relieved Riley behind. But Riley only realized as she turned around who was sitting outside the bay window looking at her in shock.
She jumped up and quickly opened the window. "Lucas, why didn't you knock?" She asked him in disbelief.
Lucas climbed in and sat down besides Riley who made him some space and replied, "I waited until you had comforted Maya, because I wanted to ask you to go to the movies with me and then I heard that you signed us up for Couple's dancing without even asking me!" He was quiet shocked about the new found out thing that Riley had done and the brunette was quiet flustered as she heard that her boyfriend overheard that.
"I wanted to tell you today..." She slowly said and Lucas crossed his arms.
"Riley, you do know that I was on Maya's side on this one, right? I don't want anything to change either and this is not a change, this is going to end in a catastrophy!" He exclaimed. The Cowboy was sure of that. Riley was super clumsy and he hated things like ballroomdancing like that. This was definitely not a good idea.
Riley flinched at the mentioning of him, not being at her side but then looked pleading at him, taking his hand and batting her eyelashes. "Please, please, please!" She cried pleading, but Lucas wasn't ready to give in yet.
"You should've asked me before." Lucas said, crossing his arms again, but Riley's puppy eyes were making it quiet hard, but he still couldn't believe she did that. How did she even come up with such an idea. "Why couples dancing?" He now asked. "There are so many things we could do together, why couples dancing?"
The brunette sighed at that question, but then suddenly had an idea. She still looked with her puppy dog eyes at Lucas and then leaned in to give him a not so short, sweet kiss on the lips. Lucas gasped a bit, but loosened both of his arms to put them around her waist while enjoying the great kiss. He was a teenage boy after all.
But Riley broke apart too soon, batting her eyelashes again and then stating, "Because I wanted to do something where we could come even closer and do something romantic." She could see that she had Lucas under her spell in that very moment. She normally wasn't like that, but Riley knew how to get what she wanted and there was no doubt that she loved that kiss, too. It was their second real kiss and it was quiet magical.
Lucas stared dumb struck at her for a minute, but then sighed and stated, "I guess we could take the one or other lesson."
Riley squealed at that and hugged him kissing his cheek. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She exclaimed and Lucas chuckled, thinking about the fact that if he got more kisses from Riley for a little bit dancing, he could live with it.
At the living room
As soon as they were out in the living room, Maya turned around to Shawn and asked him, "Why do you want us to move?" She really did not understand it. They were only three people and Shawn and her mom were working a lot anyway. Her mom had a huge bed for her and Shawn and the apartment wasn't that- Okay, she wouldn't lie about that.
Shawn sighed, sitting down on the couch and gesturing for Maya to sit down, too. She did hesitantily, still looking at him. "There are quiet a few reasons Maya. One of the obvious ones would be that the apartment is pretty run down and I don't want my two favorite people in the universe to live there. I don't care about me, I sometimes lived on the street before I came into your guys life, but I care about you and your mom, Maya." Shawn replied and Maya swallowed, looking down.
It was really sweet what Shawn said and she saw his point, but- "This place has in some weird way have been my rescue place for so long when Riley got too much or I didn't want to go to school or I needed to cry because of him." Maya silently said, but Shawn heard every word and his eyes went a bit wide at that.
He scooted closer to his daughter, putting an arm around her and then stated, "I want to be that place for you Maya. For you and your Mom. I want to be your home, no matter where we go. All we need is us and he won't come back into your life anymore until you want him to, I promise. I'm here for you now. I want to be your shoulder to cry onto."
Maya looked shocked at him, her eyes glassy at what the Hunter man said. He always knew how to hit her soft spot. He knew how she felt and it was always terrifying yet amazing to her.
But then she remembered something. "What is the other reason?" She asked Shawn, looking at him. He had said that was only one of the reasons. There was another reason that he hadn't told yet and she had the feeling that it was a really important one, too that she had to know right now.
Shawn took a deep breath, knowing that Katy would be angry at him later for that, but Maya would push him, if he didn't tell her right now. "Maya, your mother and I had also thought about a bigger apartment, because we'd like to expand our family. We want to try for another baby." He said to her and Maya's mouth fell wide open at these words. She had expected a lot, but not that. Her mom wanted to get pregnant again?
"You will always be the amazing beautiful daughter for us Maya, but we thought about it a lot and we would like to try for another child. A little sibling for you. Your mom and I actually wanted to tell you that together and no, your mother is not pregnant yet, but that's how it is. I couldn't be there for you to grow up, but I want to make sure that the next one has the chance not only to grow up with both parents, but the most amazing big sister in the world." Shawn told her.
Maya didn't know what to say to that. She had not expected that at all and it kind of got her off guard. They wanted to have another baby. Maya would maybe have a baby sister or a baby brother like Riley had Auggie. She didn't know how to feel about this, but this changed everything.
She looked at her newly father who added, "This won't ever change our love for you, Maya. You're still the best thing that ever happened to me and to your mother." As much as the blonde did not expect that, with all that Shawn had said she wanted to believe him and it did sound kind of right to her. Maybe this new beginning wouldn't be that bad, would it? Shawn saw how she was pondering and he hugged her from the side and asked her, "What do you say? You want to look for a new apartment together for the hopefully soon 4 of us?"
Maya looked at the loving look of her new dad and bit her lip, but then slowly nodded. "Let's do this." She replied.
A.N.: So this was the first episode of my season 4! I know it was kind of boring, but it was only the introduction.
I hope you guys liked it a bit anyway and tell me what you think!
I'll try to put up the new Sneak Peaks as soon as I can! :)
Gabrie xoxo
