kind of a filler chapter
The ten kids joined the Adults for Dinner, Maya was cursing herself as she sat in between Lucas and Riley. The dinner was going pretty smoothly, the food was good the company was booming, conversations were nice, though her mom was in the center of them being one to back up stories that happened in New York and Texas Halfway through the dinner Lucas's Mother who was sitting across form Lucas asked
" how are you liking Texas so far Maya?" Maya froze, swallowing the food she had in her mouth before answering
"um It's definitely different" Lucas snorted at this comment she kicked his ankle.
"of course but you've been here for a week how are you liking your ma's home town?"
" The Town is great, beautiful actually. You get to see the stars here something you can't do in New York" She said smiling at his mother
"I hear a but coming a long" Maya chuckled
"but it's not my hometown, it doesn't have Riley or Farkle or you know the rest of the Matthews and Minkus's it's more" Maya looked bit her lip looking for a word
"Lonely?" Rosalie supplied
"um yea in a way but I have my mom here and I'm good" she said throwing her mom a smile
"and me " Shawn said
"what?" the hart ladies said in unison
"I mean like I had the option to choose between Texas and Miami for my next assignment and Miami is so overrated plus my two favourite blondes are here " he explained throwing Katy a wink who was glaring at him
"no" she said shaking her head
"not really up to you "
"I really don't want to be bothered by you "
"when have I ever bothered you" Katy rose an eyebrow at Shawn
"ok first of all that was an accident"
"how do you accidentally question my motherhood ?"
"it was a misunderstanding Katy" He said in a matter-of-factly tone
"okay yea sure" she said in a sarcastic tone
"you secretly love having me around" Katy rolled her eyes at this comment
" Actually Shawn I put up having you around cause for some reason you are best friends with some of the best people I know and My daughter seems to like you other than that I think you're full of –"
"okay! How bout you guys carry on that conversation after dinner?" Madison interrupted with a knowing smile on her face, as Shawn chuckled
"so Maya you really miss new York ?" Jasper asked her with a small smile on his face, she laughed
"its really pathetic actually, I um it's the people and the little things" she looked around to see that the focus was on her, Charlie nodded his head at her urging her to continue, she felt awkward but she complied as Riley laced her hand with hers.
"um its weird walking through school and not stopping at Farkle's locker or listening to Riley complain about cheerleading, or the three of us at Topanga's just enjoying each other company all working separately on own courses. It's the feeling of starting over with out you being their completely" Farkle smiled at her
"we're always here with you Maya and phone call ,that's all it takes"
"I know like I said pathetic, you guys make up the best parts of me" she said
"you know Maya we may not be Farkle or Riley but we're Zay, Lucas and Charlie the next best thing" Zay supplied
"yea Maya from now on it can be the four of us" Charlie said with a smile, Maya laughed
"mhm we could use some spunk Charlie's going soft" Lucas said with his smirk
"I'm not going soft I'm just nice, you are way too flirtatious and Zay say the weirdest things"
"I don't flirt"
"well you lead girls on" Zay says
"is that so?" Lucas's mother looked at him with an eyebrow raised, Lucas Chuckled nervously
" no mama Zay's being dumb I don't lead anyone on , I might flirt sometimes but it's not like I ask them out or get their number. I try to be the perfect gentlemen" 8 teens snorted at this comment. Maya smiled at the way he talked to his mom, soft and his Texan accent seemed to deeper
"then what's the point of flirting huckleberry?" Maya asked he smiled before looking at her, the pair just looked at each other with smiles
"that's a very good question Maya why don't ya answer it Lucas" Jasper said with a chuckle
"because it's fun you learn a lot from person by how they flirt"
"oh really?" riley asked
"oh yea"
"like your friend um Dianna?" Maya nodded
"ask her if she likes Charlie, she'd probably deny it but in reality she does" Charlie chuckled
"don't do that, don't bring me into this" Charlie's mother laughed putting a hand on his shoulder
"I disagree you can't figure anything out from how someone flirts "
"you'd be surprised, Like Charlie will rub the back his neck when he's flirting, and Zay oh Zay acts like he's the shit "
"and you tend to lean sometimes forwards towards them or backwards letting them follow you or your voice gets deeper" Maya said, he smiled at the thought of her observing the way he flirted
"oh well you've got me all figured out don't ya?" he drawled out
"no I have no idea who you are"
"proves her point she can tell when or how you flirt doesn't mean she knows you" riley said backing her best friend up
"well let's use Charlie as an example"
"why am I always the example" he sighed, as the table chuckled. The adults were finding this debate interesting
"so rubbing your neck is a nervous tactic so you know he gets nervous when flirting, which means he's either not used to talking to girls or he has had bad experiences in relationships um being cheated on or dumped" Maya bit her lip and looked at Lucas
"so what you're telling us is that Charlie gets nervous, Zay is insecure and you do it for sex" Lucas's eyes widen a bit before taking a look at his parents who seemed to be amused
"I never said that, I'm not sure how you got that."
"simple you lean like I said so leaning forward into the person" Maya said as leaned into Lucas staring into his eyes as she moved in closer
"is a way of almost putting people into a trance, they get caught up in the proximity, its like your inviting them"
"and moving far way makes them feel unwanted so they put more effort into getting your attention" Farkle added on with a chuckle
"and your voice gets deeper" Maya began and riley giggled
"its been said that males voice gets deeper when they are turned on or trying to turn someone on because 79% of women are instantly attracted to deeper voices" riley spewed the Fact out, Lucas chuckled and looked around the table where everyone seemed to be smiling or at least were okay with this discussion. He ran his hands through his hair
"you know what's funny I've never flirted with you hart but you seem to know a lot about how I flirt" Maya rolled her eyes
"that's cause I'm observant, I've noticed a lot about the people in this school" she shrugged
"and um do you remember where you were for the majority of sixth period?"
he nodded at her eyes growing wide thinking back to his time in the janitor's closet
"yea that's how I know how you flirt "
"touché" he said nodding
"how long are y'all here for?" Frank(Charlie's dad) asked the group
"till Sunday "Topanga announced
"oh you should join us all at the carnival!" Arianna(Zay's mom) piped up
"that sounds like a great idea!" Jennifer said looking at her friends
"yea and I could get some great shots!" Shawn said
"we could take Maya, Riley, Farkle ,Melissa and Auggie in the morning with us "Rosalie offered
"hmm yea and you adults can join us later, there's less line up in the morning"
"and we can show them around Town" Charlie said with a smile
"that sounds like a good plan!" Cory said with a smile. Soon after the dinner was over and the Friar's went home taking all three boys with the, and The babineux's and Gardener's went to their respective home with the promise of seeing each other the day after. Maya, Riley , and Farkle were sitting on the bed in her room as she explained the bet to Farkle…