Destiny: Chapter 8

Emily POV

I find it so weird how when Maya first left, I knew exactly how I would react if I ever saw her again. I imagined and re-imagined scenarios in my head about how the moment would play out, all ending in one particular way if you know what I mean. And yet when the moment finally arose, my mind went blank. For some reason I was more angry at the fact that this was all a lie when I should have just been happy that she is alive. The love of my life is alive. It's really nice to say knowing it's true. She's alive and standing right in front of me and I don't know what to do about it.

After the show, we all came back to Maya's aunt's house. They all agreed that me and Maya needed some alone time so they went clubbing. I could see the pain and strife on Samara's face as she walked out the door with the boys and couldn't help but feel terribly guilty about her being unhappy. I know that she loves me and I'm pretty much flaunting my relationship with another girl in her face. But I can't worry about her right now. I need to figure out where Maya and I stand at the moment. I just don't know where to start, but luckily I don't have to.

"That was a beautiful song" Maya says, putting an end to the agonizing silence. "Even if you don't believe me, I just want you to know that I wasn't fine at all after I left you." she says looking down at her hands that were linked together on her lap. "I thought about you every single day. I would walk around the streets hoping that one day you would just magically pop up and everything would go back to the way it was, before I messed everything up" "You didn't mess anything up, this wasn't your fault" I say, finally finding my voice. "Yes it was. If I hadn't dated Lyndon, he wouldn't have gone after me or you and I wouldn't have been sent away and if I wasn't such an idiot, I wouldn't have started smoking again and wouldn't have ran away" she says, tearing up at the realization that she couldn't have prevented this. "Maya, look at me" I say, sitting across from her on the bed and lifting her chin up to meet my gaze. "None of this is your fault" I say sternly. "You couldn't have known Lyndon was a psycho and you've kicked the smoking now right? And we're together now right? So let's not dwell on the past. Let's just focus on the present and future, one that I plan on spending with you, ok?" I say, wiping the single tear that slipped from her eye. She nods in response with a small smile appearing on her face, causing me to smile as well.

We stare longingly into each other's eyes for a moment until I see her gaze move lower and then back up to my eyes. We slowly move closer until our lips meet, softly colliding, sending shocks down my spine. She always had this effect on me. We slowly pull away and look into each other's eyes. I can tell we both want more, considering we've been missing the others touch for over a year so I take the intuitive. I grab the back of her neck, reconnecting our lips but this time, the kiss is deeper, she swipes her tongue on my bottom lip, asking for access which I quickly grant. She slowly starts sliding her body lower on the bed until she is lying flat on her back and I'm on top of her.

I want this so bad right now, I need this, I deserve this. I'm about to take the next step when we hear someone clear there throat from the door way. I look up and almost drop off the bed when I see a middle aged women standing in the doorway with her hands on her hips giving me the death stare. I quickly sit up, blushing and keeping my gaze anywhere but the women in the doorway. "Hi Grace. What are doing home so early" Maya says, as if we were not just caught making out in her bed. "I'm the boss; I can leave whenever I want. Who's your friend?" the women I now know to be Grace asks never shifting her eyes from me, making me extremely nervous. "Emily this is my auntie Grace and Grace this is Emily" Maya responds. Grace's eyes widen at the mention of my name. I get up to go and shake the women's hand and formally introduce myself but am instead pulled into an unexpected hug "Emily as in THE Emily" Grace says, crushing my ribs with her extremely tight hug. She finally releases me from her death grip and stares at me with a huge smile on her face. "It is so nice to finally meet you, I have heard so much about you and may I just say you're a lot prettier in person" "Hey Grace, no flirting with my girlfriend" Maya says from her spot on the bed. I look at my feet blushing, partially at the compliment but mainly at Maya calling me her girlfriend. Grace just ignores Maya's comment, keeping her focus on me. "Aww you're a shy one, aren't you." Grace says pinching my cheeks causing Maya to burst out into laughter, knowing how embarrassed I am at the moment. "I like you; will you be spending the night?" Grace questions. I turn back at Maya to see her vigorously nodding her head "Uh, if it's ok with you, ya sure" I respond. "Ok, you can sleep in here but don't even thinking about doing anything funny with my niece. I've got ears like a hawk and if I even hear the bed squeak both of your asses will be out my house before you can even say no you hear me" the older woman says before turning to leave the room.

I just stand there looking at the doorway, sort of dazed from the events of the last 10 minutes. I guess Maya noticed my slightly frightened state because I feel small but firm arms wrap around my waist and a head on my shoulder. "Let's go to bed" she says, grabbing my hand and walking me over to the bed. Almost like instinct, my head automatically lands on her chest and her arms wrap protectively around me. A smile forms on my lips as I snuggle into the girl I love, drifting off into a peaceful sleep.

ExM

Maya POV

I wake up to an empty bed which kinda makes me sad but that feeling soon goes away when the smell of bacon and pancakes begin to fill my room. I quietly make my way done the stairs, following the intoxicating scent. I stand at the bottom of the staircase, just taking in the picture in front of me. My aunt, uncle and Emily laughing and having a light conversation while making breakfast. After a minute or two my uncle finally turns around, acknowledging my presence in the room. "Look he finally decided to drag themselves out of bed. A little earlier than usual too" he says as I take a seat at the island bar. "I only got up because I actually had something to look forward to" I say, looking at Emily who looks up from frying the bacon and gives me a soft smile. "Aww, you really missed your girl that much eh" my aunt says smiling widely "My girl?" I say furrowing my eyebrows "Oh, no, I was talking about the bacon" I say trying to grab a strip from the batch Emily had just placed on a plate, only to have my hand smacked away by my aunt. "Emily, may I just say, you have horrible taste in women" my uncle says as he grabs his plate and makes his way to the living room to watch TV. "I was joking" I say "Mhmm" my aunt says, following her husband into the next room. I just huff and turn my attention back to Emily who was making us both a plate of food. She's gorgeous, a rockstar and can cook, I hit the jackpot. I go up behind her and snake my arms around her waist causing her to jump a little but soon after, relax into my touch. "You know I was just kidding right" I say in my best baby voice and with a pout on my lips. She turns around in my arms, shoving a piece of bacon in my mouth "You better be" she says seriously but I can tell she just joking. Emily's pretty hot when she's all mad and serious. She slithers out of my arms and walks around the island to sit down as I sit across from her. "So what did you, Grace and James talk about" I ask. "Stuff" she shrugs. "Just stuff, that's all I get, no details?" I question, raising an eyebrow. "We talked about me. And you. And us. And other things." she answers vaguely, stuffing a forkful of eggs in her mouth. I just sigh, knowing I won't get any information out of her and finish my breakfast, changing the subject. "Maya! There are some people at the door for you!" Grace yells from the door. Emily and I make our way to the front foyer to find Caleb, Samara and Toby standing there. "Hey guys, what's up" Emily says. "Hey, we were just coming to pick you up" Samara says, a little too happily. I don't really like the way she's eyeing Emily right now. "Pick me up for what?" Emily asks confused as to why they think she would want to leave when we just met up again. "Umm, Nevada. We have to be on the road in 2 hours to make it in time" Caleb says as if it's obvious.

But, Emily just got here, she can't leave already. We still have so much we have to talk about. I just got her back and I'm so not ready to let her go. You only make certain mistakes once.

A/N: So March break is almost over so I'm probably not gonna get a chance to update every day. I'll probably get at least 2 chapters in a week. Thanks for the reviews.