Maya POV/chapter two.
Lucas and I walked into the café; I then saw Ryan and his new ditsy blonde girlfriend, Katie on their date. I wasn't there with Lucas because I wanted Ryan back; I knew I deserved better than him, but I wanted to make Ryan feel the way that he made me feel when he stomped all over my feelings.
"Quick Lucas hold my hand," I stated while grasping Lucas's right hand. Lucas sighed and let go of my hand.
"Quit being so demanding Maya, I could easily walk out of here and not go on this fake date with you," he whispered in my air. I was starting to get really frustrated at how stubborn he was being. I didn't see why he couldn't just hold my hand; that way Ryan would think that we were on a proper date.
"Lucas we're on a fake date-we have to make it believable," I whispered frustratingly.
"Okay fine," he stated. He grabbed my hand and we walked to the nearest table, I put on a fake smile, and so did Lucas. I sat down next to Lucas and played with my fingertips until Lucas went to speak. "So I know you said that Riley was okay with this, but is she really okay with it? I mean, I really like her, I don't want her to be upset or anything."
"Yes Romeo she's okay with it, you and Juliet will end up happily ever after." I didn't get why he was worried, it didn't make sense to me at the time, because it wasn't like we were on a proper date. Even so, everyone could tell that Riley and Lucas would end up together. I looked in the direction of Ryan and Katie, and noticed that they were staring at us like zombies. I faked a smile and turned to face Lucas. "Okay so we have to make this believable…" I said, while still faking a smile.
"What do you mean? They'll be able to tell that we're on a date won't they?" He asked with a naive manner. Did I have to spell it out for him?
"We have to flirt. It will make it look more believable." I said, while I bumped his shoulder playfully. I wasn't very experienced with flirting, so I didn't know if I was doing it right.
"Um okay, you have really pretty blue eyes you know." He said while smiling at me. I knew he was most probably faking it, but that compliment kind of got to me, he had never complimented me like that before.
"Thanks…" I trailed off, unsure of what to say next. I randomly started to giggle really loudly, and I wasn't too sure why. I thought that maybe I was nervous but I didn't want to accept that so I put it at the back of my mind. I looked to see if Ryan and Katie were looking, but turned out they weren't.
"They're not looking now. We can stop," I stated.
"Oh yeah okay," Lucas replied a little awkwardly. I didn't get why he was feeling awkward, I mean it was just a fake date, right?
A little while later Lucas looked up, and then I looked up shortly after, to see Ryan, the boy we were trying to make jealous. There was an awkward silence, but finally Lucas spoke up.
"Uh hey, what's up?" Lucas asked with a nervous expression, he sounded so nervous and I felt a little bad for him. Ryan looked at the both of us with a no nonsense expression, I could tell that he didn't believe us, and Lucas's awkward reception probably contributed to his theory. I wasn't worried though, I was sure that I could convince him that Lucas and I were really dating.
"This is a fake date isn't it?"
"No of course not! Where on earth did you get that idea?!" I asked with a jumpy tone. 'Oh shit' I thought to myself, I could tell that my acting was awful and I was angry that I had let that jerk win. I wanted to win.
"Yeah you're not good at acting-stick to your day job Hart," he rolled his annoying little blue eyes and went to turn away. I wasn't going to give up yet though-I knew that I needed something to really convince him, but I wasn't sure what would be able to convince him. I then thought that if I kissed Lucas, maybe he'd be convinced.
"We wouldn't do this if we were on a 'fake' date," I exclaimed desperately. I had no idea why I was even considering kissing Lucas, but before I knew it I turned around and lightly kissed him on the lips. As we pulled away, I had been left wanting more, not understanding the reason why I felt that way. How strange was this situation? I had my first proper kiss with Lucas? Lucas, the guy that I would tease pretty much every single day? I was shocked, and it was as if we were the only two people in the café. I looked over at Ryan and noticed how angry and envious he looked. I thought it would make me really happy seeing Ryan angry, but in all honesty the kiss I shared with Lucas made me more confused than ever. What was I thinking? I let out a sigh, and thought about it some more. I couldn't deny the awkward tinge which hung in the air, but I felt stiff, it was like I couldn't move.
"You know what you two can have each other," he sighed and walked back to his table. Lucas and I looked at each other awkwardly, and I felt that I needed to say something. After all, it was my idiot self who kissed him.
"Sorry about kissing you. I thought it'd make him believe us, but the kiss wasn't a big deal or anything," It bothered me how much the kiss actually ended up meaning to me, despite saying that it wasn't a big deal, and that it didn't mean anything, I knew that it meant more to me than I was letting on.
"Yeah true! Uh it's okay I guess… I probably should get home now, I'll walk you…" I really didn't want to walk 7 blocks with him, so I decided to pretend that Shawn was going to pick me up.
"No I'm fine, I can get Shawn to pick me up, and he texted to say that he would." I figured that I could ride the subway to Riley's house; I had always been pretty street smart so I knew how to handle things like that. The only thing was I'd kissed the guy that Riley really liked, and I had no idea how to act around her. I knew it was a fake kiss, but I still felt really guilty, I knew that Riley was okay about the fake date, but I knew her, and I knew that she would be upset about the kiss.
Around 5 minutes later we left the café… I contemplated all sorts of thoughts over and over in my head as I traveled to Riley's place.
(Half an hour later. Riley's place)
I entered Riley's house absent-mindlessly, my thoughts were still focused on what happened with Lucas earlier. I just headed straight for the fridge, not really paying attention to that I was doing.
"Hey Maya," Riley greeted me while walking down the stairs. "How'd it go?"
"Hmm?" I mumbled, snapping out of my daze. "W-What do you mean?" I asked nervously, afraid that Riley knew about the kiss.
"You know, the fake date. Did that jerk Ryan get really jealous?"
I smiled over at Riley in relief, I knew that I should have told her about the kiss but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
"Um kind of I guess." I said while nodding my head awkwardly.
"Well that's good." She said while smiling a little. A tiny yawn escaped her mouth, she stretched and looked at me with a guilty expression.
"Sorry, guess I'm kind of tired," she stated sorrowfully, "you going to spend the night here?"
"No, I think I'm going to head home," I replied quickly. I normally stayed over at the Matthews without a second thought, but that night I felt that I needed to be alone. I needed to think and figure out what these sudden feelings were.
"Ok, well, my mum or dad could drive you if you want?"
"Yep sure I feel like a drive, I'll be two ticks." Topanga interjected while walking back up the stairway.
"Okay," I faked a smile and turned to face Riley, "so what are you doing tomorrow?"
"I'm going on a date with Lucas. He said it was a surprise, I hope we make it official," she stated perkily. Of course…Lucas loved her, and she loved him. Through all of the excitement and confusion that I had felt in sharing my first proper kiss with Lucas I seemed to have forgotten those two facts. My face fell in disappointment, a part of me felt something really special with the kiss, but I knew it was a stupid thought.
"Maya?" Riley asked, she probably wanted to see if I was okay.
"I'm fine Riley," I muttered.
"Okay," Riley replied and she reached forward to hug me.
"Are you ready to go now Maya?" Topanga asked, while walking down the stairs.
"Yep," I pulled away from Riley's hug.
"Are you sure you don't want to stay?" Riley asked with a hopeful expression.
"Yeah I really need to go home and do some stuff. But I'll see you tomorrow okay?"
"Yay," she replies happily. "I have my date with Lucas around midday, so we can hang out before or after that?"
"Aha um okay," I took a deep breath; whenever she'd mention Lucas I would feel awkward. Riley looked at me with a puzzled expression and I was scared that she was beginning to know that something was up.
"Okay well bye," Riley said while smiling.
"Catcha later!" I responded with an unusually perky tone. Even Topanga looked a little confused. Topanga opened the door and we exited their house…