(MILES)

Miles had never been to a funeral in his life, and never wished to go to another. It was stupid, and didn't help or hurt at all. It was just like a social event. Most of the people there were other politicians who were there because it would look good on their next campaign to pretend they cared about other politicians, and the other people were family that Miles had never met. They kept holding him and crying into his shirt that went from white to smeared with old lady makeup and telling him how much he looked like his father. Great, I look like the dead guy, thanks, Aunt Bernice. Miles thought, but didn't say it of course.

The one pleasant surprise was his mother showing up. His biological Mom who had left a while back, when Miles' dad started getting more physical with his abuse. Before Miles got expelled for the first time, his abuse was mild. A spanking here, yelling there... Nothing like the abuse Miles got before his dad died.

His mom hugged him tightly. They both had dry eyes, for they both hated Miles' father. With a passion. There was love there, of course, but the main feeling was hate.

After the crappy funeral, Miles' mom took him out for lunch at some crappy Chinese place that was styled like a diner. That was one thing Miles loved about his mom. She wasn't into the whole fancy millionaire politician lifestyle. She was a classic, quirky, unique, beautiful woman. An individual. After many times of Miles calling her 'Momma' like he usually did, she told him, "Miles, you're growing up. Call me Noelle!" It felt weird, but he did it anyway.

Miles told Noelle about Maya. About his living arrangements at the Matlin house. About everything that had happened since she left, but most of it was about Maya. He even went in depth about Cam... Noelle didn't speak much, but Miles could see she was listening closely.

When their food got there, Miles stopped talking and dove into his plain lo mein noodles. The dish was about as crappy as the restaurant, so he just poured more soy sauce on it and made it taste like soy sauce with a hint of noodle.

"It seems..." Noelle took a bite of her beef and broccoli which smelled revolting to Miles, "Like you really love this Maya girl a lot." But this seemed so insincere. Like she didn't believe it. She checked her phone for a while and Miles played with his soy sauce drenched food for a while in silence. Neither of them sure how the other was feeling or what the other wanted to say. They could both see that the other had words on their lips, but still...

At the end of the meal, they both stood up and hugged. "Thanks, mom. I needed you." Miles said, knowing she would correct him, but she surprisingly didn't. She just kissed his forehead and said, "Love you, kid." They both smiled. Miles wasn't ready for his mom to leave. "Do you want to meet Maya?" It slipped out. He just wanted more time with his mom, and maybe this was a good idea...

It wasn't that his mother was a bad person, not in the least, it was just...she was very judgmental. She'd learned to be that way by being judged by every woman at all of Miles' dad's big functions. She was super sweet, but she didn't have a big filter when it came to people she didn't know or didn't like.

"Please be nice." Miles said, when he opened his mom's door. He was starting to wonder if he should have warned the Matlin's. It was rude of him to just bring his mother into their house. What if Mrs. Matlin was rearranging things and it was a mess? She would probably be annoyed if Miles brought his mother into a messy house...

"Mom, wait here for a minute. I'm just gonna make sure it's okay to-um, make sure they're decent."

"Oh, would they not be?"

Such an innocent phrase, yet it seemed so mean considering the circumstances.

"They will be, It's just...Nothing."

"By the way, introduce me as Noelle, Miles. I've asked you to call me that, have I not?"

Miles raised his eyebrows, feeling a bit annoyed, but he left his mom-Noelle, on the front porch.

"Hey, Mr. Matlin!" Miles spotted his girlfriend's dad on the couch. "I-um, have a guest who would like to meet the family who graciously took me in. It's my mom... Are you guys cool with meeting her?"

Mr. Matlin was such a nice guy. He didn't even skip a beat. "Of course, Miles! Honey? Maya? Is Katie here? Or is she off with Jake? Everyone get in the living room!"

Mrs. Matlin used her crutches to bring herself from the kitchen. She looked nice. Katie came out next, with a hickey that was badly hidden on her collar bone. Nice... One more thing for Miles' mom to judge. Where was Maya?

"Um, I'll let her in and introduce you guys, then you guys can talk while I go find Maya. I bet she's taking a nap." Miles gave the Matlin's a toothy smile. He was nervous about this...

He went to the front door and let his mom in. She was complaining about him leaving her for so long, then she shook the Matlin's hands, and congratulated Miles on 'getting such a beautiful girl'. But she was talking about Katie.

"No, no. This is Maya's sister. Katie." Noelle's face came to a pout. "But, she's so gorgeous!"

"Yeah, yeah. But Maya is the one for me. She's just as gorgeous, if not more... Sorry Katie." But Katie didn't seem to mind too much. She was grinning from the compliments.

"Speaking of Maya, I'll be right back, I'm gonna go find her. She's gotta be napping if she didn't hear Noelle's loud voice." The room erupted in nervous laughter from the Matlins. They didn't want to laugh too hard, for they weren't in the business of offending strangers.

Miles left them in the living room and made a beeline to Maya's room. She must've been passed out.. But when Miles came in, all he saw was a little Maya on her bed, sitting, with headphones in, humming and writing in her Cam journal contently. She was so cute...

He walked over and sat beside her. The bed moving startled her and she made a little shriek and shut the journal fast. Miles assumed nobody except Miles knew about the journal. "Aw, hey. I didn't mean to scare you." He smiled at her, and took her hand. She kissed him and threw the journal behind her. They kissed passionately for a while and it made Miles forget all about his mom being there. The only thing that took them out of their world of kissing was Katie standing at the door coughing awkwardly.

"Um, it's been almost 10 minutes. They're starting to think you either died or you're making a baby. And at this rate, you were heading for either loss of oxygen due to sucking each other's faces off, or the baby making. So- I'm gonna tell them Maya was sleeping and Miles got engrossed in reading...this. What book is this?" Katie had the Cam journal in her hand.

"Um, Catcher In The Rye. Special edition... Journal style?" Maya kind of sucked at lying, but her attempt was cute. She snatched the journal and Miles got up and grabbed her hand. The journal was set on her bookshelf and the three teens went downstairs.

The evening went well. Noelle managed to only accidentally offend Maya a few times, and Mrs. Matlin a dozen times. But woman-to-woman, it seemed like it didn't matter. Maybe women didn't take things personally...

When the evening was over, Miles showed his mom to her car. She left, giving Miles a kiss on the cheek, and drove off. Miles wasn't sure if she was staying another night in Toronto or not, but he was glad things were good with Noelle.

When Miles came back in, Mr. Matlin was gushing over how nice Noelle was, Mrs. Matlin said a few quiet nice things, and Maya just stared at Miles with this...look. It almost seemed...lustful. Katie had disappeared, probably to Jake's. Since she was 18 and in college and didn't really live there, she could do that. It seemed nice..

Miles took a shower and when he got back, saw a note from Maya on his pillow.

"Me, you...alone all of tomorrow night til Midnight. What do you think? ;) -M"

There were a few hearts drawn on the note, and Miles bit his bottom lip hard. He wanted to, he really did. He'd had sex a few times before with a couple sluts from his old school, but he'd never done it with someone he loved... He heard Maya get in the shower, so he decided to write her a note.

"I'm a teenage boy who also happens to love you. What do you think I think?"

Even if he thought it seemed a little girly, he drew a few hearts on the note, and left it on Maya's pillow for her to discover. He might have sex with Maya Matlin...The girl he loves. This is so scary and big and amazing and...a dream come true.

Miles had a sexy dream about Maya that night. And when he got up at 3am, he snuck into Maya's room and saw her laying in bed. All he wanted was to grab her and wake her up and pin her against the bed and do things to her. Miles was not a super gross horny guy, but after that dream, it was all he wanted. He just kissed her forehead softly and went back to bed after changing his boxers.

What is everyone's opinions on smut? I might write it in the next chapter, but I'm not turning this into a sex story. If I get more negative votes toward it, I won't do it, but if you guys are into it, I'll write it. Up to you. I want to make you comfortable.