Decided that this is going to be more than a two-shot. Still not sure how long it will be. I'm just going to write until I run out of ideas. Keep sending in your reviews, I love hearing your feedback. Feel free to give me your ideas on what should happen next.

I'm trying to write this in a non-bias way. I ship Lucaya & I want them to be together. But, I'm not confident that's what the writers of the show are planning on doing. So, I'm trying to do this realistically.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Girl Meets World, if I did Lucas & Maya would be Cory & Topanga 2.0.

Part 3: The Fire Escape

Maya walked into her apartment & took her boots off first, not wanting to wake her mother. She walked into her room & quietly closed the door & turned on the lights. Feeling warm, she walked to her window & lifted it up. She gasped as she saw Lucas sitting on the fire escape.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked, as she crawled through the window to join him outside. "How long have you been sitting out here, Huckleberry?"

"I've been her almost an hour. I was just about to give up & head home." he said.

"Why are you here in the first place?" she asked, shoving her hands in her jacket.

"I wanted to check on you." he said. "What took you so long to get home? You left Riley's way before I did."

"I went for a walk. I wanted to clear my head." she said.

"Is that code for talking to Farkle?" he asked.

"How could you possibly know that?" she asked. "Did he call you after I left?"

"No…I just kinda guessed." Maya took a seat next to him. "You shouldn't be mad at Farkle."

"I'm not." she assured him. "I just wanted to get some answers."

"And did you?" he asked.

Maya stayed silent.

"Maya, why'd you leave?" he asked.

"I told you why…you & Riley had a lot to discuss." she explained.

"But this does involve you. & you know that you should've stayed. So why did you leave?" he asked again.

"I didn't." she admitted. "I was hiding behind the door."

"You stayed & listened?" he asked. She nodded.

"I left after you told Riley you weren't sure when things changed." she stated.

"So why bother 'leaving' if you were gonna stay anyway?" he asked.

"Because I'm a coward." she said, her gaze falling to her lap. "I run away from my problems. If it weren't for Riley constantly pushing me to deal with things…I might run & never look back." Lucas stared at her. "I guess I'm more like my father then I thought."

Lucas shook his head. "I know that's not true…you're not a coward, Maya." Maya looked up from her lap. "Everything that's happening is new to all of us."

"Why did you come check on me?" she asked.

"Because I thought you might be upset." he answered simply.

"Why not send a text? Or just call?" she asked. "Why did you show up at my window at…" she paused to check her phone. "1:36 in the morning."

"I don't know…Honestly, I just left Riley's & walked here. I didn't think too much about it." he stated.

"Lucas," Maya started. "Nothing's going to happen until you sort out your feelings & make a decision."

"I told you, I'm not going to pick between you & Riley. I don't want to hurt anyone." he stated.

"You mean you don't want to hurt me?" she corrected. He stared at her. "I know you want to be with Riley. I know you went along with…whatever we were doing for my sake, but you didn't have to."

"Maya-"

"No, Lucas. You like Riley. You deserve to be with Riley & she deserve to get her happy ending." Maya exclaimed, standing to her feet.

"And what about you, Maya?" he asked, standing up in front of her. "Why is your happiness always sacrificed for Riley's sake?"

"What are you talking about?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Everything you do is to protect Riley. You formed a committee to shield her from the bad in the world, you hid your feelings for me to keep her happy. Why do you put her happiness over your own? Why don't you get to be happy?" he asked.

"I don't know if you noticed this, Ranger Rick, but I'm okay with believing nothing good is ever going to happen for me. Don't believe, don't get hurt." she stated, quoting something she said a long time ago.

"But you haven't been that person in a long time." he pointed out, Maya turned to face the city instead of the boy. "I saw you change, I saw you start to hope for things. I saw you become passionate about art…I saw you believe in god & the power of prayer. & I think…" he paused, not sure if he should say the rest. But, both the girls were right. He had a decision to make. He needed to tell them how he felt. "I think that's when everything changed for me."

Maya's eyes widened & she turned to face him once more. "I never wanted to admit that because it meant things were changing. You started to believe in yourself & suddenly I saw you differently. I didn't see you as the blonde girl who made fun of my southern roots…I saw you as-"

"The blonde beauty." Maya finished for him.

"Yeah…the blonde beauty that would do anything for the people she cares about." he added.

"Thank you for telling me how you felt, Lucas." Maya gave him a small smile.

"Maya…can I try something?" he asked.

Maya stared at him. "What?"

"Do you trust me?" he asked. Maya hesitated, before nodded.

Suddenly, Lucas was leaning forward & Maya's heart was beating out of her chest. When his lips touched hers, she didn't fight him like he expected her to. Instead, she kissed him back. It lasted for about 4 seconds.

When they pulled apart, they just stared at each other. Maya broke the silence. "Why?"

"Because I wanted to see if it would change anything." he answered.

"And did it?" she asked, holding her breath.

Lucas shook his head. "I kinda want to do that again…"

And that's what they did. After about 6 seconds, Maya pulled away, putting her hand on his chest. "I think you should go." she said. "You have a lot to think about & kissing me isn't going to give you that answer."

Lucas nodded. "You're right…I'm sorry."

Maya shook her head. "You don't have to apologize, Huckleberry."

He smiled. "Goodnight, Maya." he said as he turned to climb down the fire escape. Maya watched him as he climbed down & disappeared out of the alleyway.

She climbed back into her room & crawled right into bed. She saw she had a missed call, but decided that it could wait until morning.