A lot of people have been asking me how Emily and Maya met in this story, Well here is a quick mini chapter explaining exactly how they met. This is a flashback to 2010, one year after Jenna moves to town.
Mini Chapter: How They Met
It was a hot Saturday afternoon when I first saw her. I was lounging about with my friends when Alison called out attention to Jenna. We all laughed as Ali cracked a cruel joke on her arch enemy. Then out of nowhere she appeared. She was wearing the tiniest cutoff shorts and a purple bikini top, the strap of her guitar ran across her chest. Her hair was straighter than I have ever seen it and the skin glistened from her previous dip in the water of the lake.
"Who is that?" Spencer asked Emily, noticing my staring.
"I…I don't know." Emily answered quickly averting her gaze to Lucas, who looked to be playing with a sailboat.
"That's the schools newest pothead, Maya something. She just moved here from New York." Ali explained nonchalantly. Emily felt her eyes working their way back over to where Maya stood laughing with Noel Kahn and Sean Ackard. "She's cute." Alison added looking at the side of Emily's face as the girl shyly turned away. "Don't you think so Em?"
"I…guess. I don't know." Emily said shaking her head.
"Well, I think she is pretty hot. She has some serious potential; it's too bad she hangs out with trash." Ali said referring to Jenna.
Emily just kept watching her, watching the way her entire face lite up as she laughed at one of Noel jokes. She watched the way Maya seemed so at ease with the most popular kids in school when she was just the unknown new girl. Ali was right. Maya was hot, very hot. The guitar made her look even hotter, so much hotter.
Emily watched as Maya excused herself from the boy and walked over to one of the nerdiest girls in school, Mona Vanderwaal, and wrapped an arm around the other girl's neck. The usually timid and generally afraid Mona seemed to lighten up when she noticed it was Maya by her side. The two girls started to walk away from everyone else, but not before Maya stopped and said something to Jenna, who laughed and waved the two girls off.
"I'm going to go get a drink, anyone want anything?"
Emily asked not really waiting on an answer as she just wanted to get a better view of Maya. The other girl turned in their lounge chairs, confused as they watched their beautiful friend power walking towards the concessions.
"What's up with her?"
"Who cares, Noel is coming this way Aria." Alison said smirking as her shortest friend whipped her head so fast one of her earrings flew off.
Meanwhile, Emily walked in the direction she had seen Mona and Maya walk in the seconds before. Emily found Mona standing at the lemonade stand buying a drink but no Maya. Doing a quick scan of the area, she sighed, not finding Maya anywhere. Emily went to turn around and return to her friends when she bumped into someone, knocking their nachos and wallet out of their hands.
Emily dropped to her knee and picked up the wallet while words of apology flew from her mouth. Emily was too busy brushing dirt off of the wallet to notice the smile on the other person's face.
"Hey, it's okay." Maya said placing her hand on Emily's shoulder, getting the girls attention. Emily looked up and blushed. She hadn't noticed she was rambling apologies. "They were pretty gross anyway."
"Let me buy you some more."
"No, no, that's really not necessary. I'm Maya by the way. Maya St. Germain aka New Girl." Maya smiled widely and pulled Emily into a tight unexpected hug. Emily was so caught off guard; she did not have time to enjoy the girl uniquely fruity scent.
"I'm Emily."
"I know. My friend, Jenna, warned me about you and your friends. I was advised to stay away from you." Maya said turning back to the direction she had come from. Emily looked in that direction and saw a confused Jenna staring at the pair. Emily couldn't help but think about how bad things would be if it was Alison watching them instead of Jenna.
"So, why are you talking to me?"
"Let's just say, I like to pick my own friends." Maya said tilting her head to the side and shamelessly running her eyes down Emily's body. "Besides, how can I not introduce myself to someone so beautiful?" Maya shamelessly flirted. Maya laughed as a red tint grew on Emily's face.
"Um…are you sure I can't replace your food?" Emily said changing the subject. She was scared of embarrassing herself any further in front of the new girl.
"I'll tell you what. You can pay me back by having lunch with me and my friend Mona, I'm buying."
"Ok…uh…yeah, I can do that." Emily agreed nervously. Maya gave Emily the biggest smile ever and held out her hand for Emily to grab. Emily never knew two hands could fit so perfectly together.