Girl Meets Leftovers – Part 3

*Author's Note – Once again I raise your OR and give you an AND instead. And as always Enjoy! *

Prompt: During Texas 2; Riley tells Lucas that Maya likes him; the gang plays truth or dare and Maya tells the truth about her feelings OR Maya and Lucas are forced to kiss

"Maya likes you."

"Riley!"

"She's been hiding it this whole time. I think it's why she makes fun of you."

"Riley stop!"

"Why Maya? I saw how much you cared! Just tell him."

"There's nothing to tell! Now can we please do something else, anything else." Maya said walking over to the other side of the logs, putting herself as far from Lucas as possible.

"Fine." Riley said. "You wanna do something else? Let's play a game, how about truth or dare? I'll even go first." She walked over stopping right in front of Maya who looked up from where her eyes had been glued at the campfire. "I dare you to kiss Lucas."

"Why?" Maya asked softly, but her tone was full of anger. She didn't understand why Riley was fighting her on this.

"Because I'm your best friend, and best friends don't let each other hide their feelings like this. Besides if you really don't have any then it won't be a problem. Right?"

Riley knew just what to say. Maya got up, marched over to Lucas, pulled him up by the front of his shirt and planted one on him. His lips were soft and warm and … perfect. On instinct Lucas started kissing her back, his hands made their way to her waist and Maya almost got lost in the moment … almost.

When she pulled away her eyes went wide and filled with fear. Without a word Maya ran away as fast as her feet could carry her.

Riley started to chase after her when she was stopped by Lucas.

"Let me go." He said before running after Maya. She made it all the way back to the house and ran past Pappy Joe on the porch and into the house.

"Lucas, what was that all about?"

"I don't know sir." Lucas answered reaching for the door knob. "But I'm going to find out."

He looked all over downstairs before heading up. Lucas found Maya sitting on the bed she was sharing with Riley, staring out the window. She was breathing heavily after running and she had kicked her boots off and thrown them on the floor.

"Hey." Lucas said, not moving from the doorway. He figured if she tried to run again he was blocking her only exit.

"Go away Lucas, I'm fine."

"You don't look fine, and you called me Lucas so now I know something is definitely wrong." Maya didn't smile or show any reaction to his joke so Lucas moved in closer.

"I'm sorry … for the, you know." Maya said turning to him but still looking down.

"Really? Cause I'm not." He said sitting down next to her.

"Huh?" Maya said.

"I'm not sorry you kissed me. Actually it was kind of … great."

"But I thought … you and Riley…"

"There hasn't been a 'me and Riley' for a while now. And now I don't know how there can be … because there's this other girl. She's rebellious, and tough, and strong, and beautiful. And I've really liked her for a while now but I thought I had as much of a shot with her as I did with … tombstone the bull."

"You like me … too?"

"Yeah, I do. And I'm sorry but 'too'? I thought there was 'nothing to tell'?" Lucas teased causing Maya to get up and walk to the window.

"I don't know, it's all really confusing and …"

"Terrifying? Maybe that means it's worth trying, at least."

"Would it be okay if … I didn't want to just yet?"

"Maya I would never want to do anything you'd be uncomfortable with."

"It's not that. It's just … we're in a faraway place now. There are a million stars in the sky and … maybe we don't really feel what we think we feel."

"Okay? So when we get back to New York, you wanna go out?"

"Sure Huckleberry." Maya replied with a smile to which he smiled back.

If anything, it was a start. And he would wait forever for another kiss.

THE END