I pull up into my driveway; Douglas is nowhere in sight. I sigh, relieved that I have a moment to prepare. Maya gets off the bike and struggles to get the helmet off, I help her to make things go faster.

"I almost had it." Maya says.

"Sure you did." I laugh.

I lead Maya inside. We walk to the kitchen, and find Douglas wearing a suit, and putting papers in a brief case.

"Hey dad," So happy I remembered to call him that, "what are you doing?" I am confused; he didn't tell me he had a meeting.

"Something came up I got to go. Hi I'm Douglas Davis, Marcus's father." Douglas holds his hand out to Maya.

She takes it, "I'm Maya. It's nice to meet you."

Douglas smiles, pats me on the back, and then heads out the door.

"Your dad just leaves you home alone, with a girl he barely knows?" Maya asks.

"Yeah. Why?" I ask.

"My parents only let me stay home by myself, or with my brothers. I can't have any friends over, especially boys." Maya states.

I laugh, "My dad just trusts me I guess. Anyway I'm going to go get changed, you can use the guest bathroom over there if you need anything." I point to the bathroom, and then I leave Maya by herself.

Once I'm safely in my room I throw my stuff down, and lay on my bed. I am so relieved that Douglas wont be here, he would just make things awkward. I hope Maya stops questioning me about my relationship with Douglas, I don't know if I can keep up the lies.

I get up and change out of my jeans, white t-shirt, and leather jacket, and put on black basketball shorts and white tank top (A/N like the shirt Adam wore on Cyborg Shark Attack, not like a girl tank top, if that makes any sense) I jog back down stairs, and find Maya in gray yoga pants, a green t-shirt that brings out her eyes, and her hair is up in a ponytail. I can't help but notice that she is attractive. I can see why Chase is to afraid to ask her out, but he better hurry up or other guys will.

I notice Maya is looking at me strangely, then I remember all of my bruises are visible.

"Marcus, why are your arms and legs covered in bruises?" She asks, she then walks over to me, and lifts the back of my shirt up. "Your back is also covered. How are you getting all these bruises?"

I can't think of any thing to say, I'm aware that she is standing in front of me, looking at the bruise on my collarbone.

"You're lucky this didn't break." She is examining the bruise.

"Marcus is it your father?" She asks gently, and looks me in the eye.

"No." I lie.

"Then how?" She asks.

"Motorcycle accident." I respond.

"You were just bragging earlier about being a pretty good motorcyclist. Plus your bike looks fine to me." She says.

I sigh, "I got into a fight the other day, and yes some are from my dad when we spar. I land on my back a lot when we fight." It wasn't a complete lie, I do fight the robots he makes, and they do cause bruises.

"What about these finger prints on your arms." Maya points out.

"Lets just get started." I hope she drops it.

"Marcus-" She starts.

"Lets just start, please." I interrupt her, but I guess she hears something in my voice that says drop it because she just nods and follows me to the backyard, I can't bring her to the lab to train.

I lay a mat down and say, "Shoes off."

She obeys. We spend an hour going over basic forms and we spar a little.

"Alright, I'm going to go change and then I'll drive you home. You can use the guest bathroom if you want." She nods and then walks away.

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I pull up in front of Mayas house, she gets off my motorcycle and hands me a piece of paper.

"That's my number, incase you ever need to talk." She says.

"Maya!" this little boy who appears to be three runs out, he has blonde hair and the same green eyes as Maya, I assume he's her little brother.

He jumps and she catches him, "Hey Brady! Brady this is my friend Marcus, Marcus this is my baby brother, Brady."

He smiles at me, "Hi. I like your bike."

"Thanks." I reply.

"Don't tell daddy I road on motorcycle." Maya tells her little brother.

"See you around Marcus." Maya says.

I put my helmet on and head home. Brady waves to me as I depart.

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"Good job Marcus. I didn't know you were going to use their friends to get to them. Since you did such a good job I'll only make you train till 9 tonight." Douglas says. He thinks he's being nice.

"Thanks." I reply.

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I'm laying in bed at ten; training, and homework are complete, when I noticed I got a text:

Chase: When Adam came home from football practice he told me a rumor he heard, that u broke Caitlin's heart in front of the whole school and then took some sophomore out in a date.

I just thought u would want 2 b prepared for school 2morrow, don't worry Bree gave me the true story; she was eavesdropping on u guys.

Marcus re Chase: Thks 4 the heads up. The sophomore was probably Maya.

Chase re Marcus: No prob. I already texted Maya, since I knew u 2 were hanging out.

Marcus re Chase: G2G.

I then text Caitlin hoping she'll answer:

Marcus: srry, I wasn't trying 2 b mean. Can we still b friends?

Bree: Caitlin says she still wants 2 b friends, but isn't in the mood 4 talking w u right now.

Marcus re Bree: Thnks.

Bree re Marcus: No prob

G2g ttly.

Marcus re Bree: goodnight.

I hate drama. Then I rolled over and fell asleep.

A/N I hope you guys liked it! I know it was a little rushed. The next chapter will be longer, and we will meet Donald.

Please let me know if I made any spelling or grammar mistakes so I can go back and fix them.