Girl Meets Leftovers – Part 5
Prompt: Lucas gets a bad pimple and is scared of what Maya might think but she accepts him
He couldn't believe it. On today of all days his hormonal teenage body decided to betray him. He'd been waiting seventeen years and now on one of the most important days in his young life, a giant pimple plants itself in the middle of his forehead. And it was no ordinary pimple, this thing was at least the size of his home state and it was red like a tomato.
"I have a tomato on my face." Lucas said to himself as he stared at it in the mirror. It was hard to miss, considering the pimple seriously clashed with his prom tux. And what was worse was that he was sure once Maya arrived it would get pointed out to no end. What was supposed to be a night neither of them would ever forget, would end up being one for a completely different reason.
A knock on his front door pulled Lucas from his thoughts. He opened it to reveal Maya on the other side, dressed to the nines in a beautiful black and gold dress that was just so … Maya.
"Wow." Was all he could get out.
"You look pretty wow yourself Huckleberry. You gonna invite me in or what?" Maya said as Lucas side stepped and let her in.
"So you know how to use a front door? I half expected you to be knocking at my window."
"In these heels? What do you take me for, a loon?" Maya joked causing Lucas to laugh.
"I have something for you." he said running over to the fridge and pulling out a beautiful corsage in a plastic container.
"Okay put it on me, we don't have all day." Maya said as Lucas walked over and pinned the flower to the strap of her dress. While staring into the sparkling blue pools that were his girlfriend's eyes, Lucas forgot about the tomato that had occupied his mind since he saw it that morning.
"What's that on your forehead?"
Until now. Lucas quickly covered it with his hand.
"Nothing."
"Looks like a zit."
"It's not a zit … it's a pimple." Lucas said in defeat.
"Let me see."
"Maya…"
"Just let me see it."
Lucas reluctantly lowered his hand and after a moment of inspection Maya started digging through her clutch before pulling out a round compact.
"Sit down." Maya commanded and Lucas did as he was told. He watched as Maya opened the compact and started dabbing his forehead with whatever was on the pad. She patted the area gently and after a few seconds she backed up with a satisfied look on her face.
"Done."
"What is that stuff?"
"Concealer. Or as I like to call it 'Pimple Be Gone'. Here see for yourself." Maya said handing him the compact and sure enough when he looked in the mirror the tomato was no more.
"Wow. Thanks Maya."
"Anytime Ranger Rick." Maya said closing her compact in a dramatic fashion before throwing it back in her purse.
"I thought I was never going to hear the end of it." Lucas said standing up from the couch.
"Why? Everybody has acne at some point, right?"
Lucas smiled before bringing Maya to him and kissing her with everything he had in him.
"What was that for?" Maya said after they pulled apart.
"Just ... making sure I don't take you for granted." Lucas said as Maya wiped some of her lipstick off of his mouth causing them both to chuckle.
"Okay well save that for after prom. Shawn said we could drive up to his cabin for the weekend."
"Me and you?"
"And Riley and Farkle and Zay and Smackle. But I didn't tell them, I'm only telling you." She replied with a mischievous grin. "Come on let's go to prom." Maya said taking his hand and leading him out the door.
"I love you." Lucas said pulling Maya in for another kiss which she happily reciprocated.
"I love you too."
If there was one thing Lucas never wanted to cover up, it was how he felt about Maya Hart.
THE END