Riley wondered what Maya could possibly be talking about. Maya had been keeping something from her? She had to find out what. So she continued to fake sleep. Maya gently wrapped her arms around Riley as she usually did. This gave Riley butterflies, but she had no idea why. She felt Maya softly stroke her face. She pretended to be sleep talking to try and get more information about "Maya's Truth". First, she just mumbled something that didn't make any sense to keep Maya convinced she was asleep. Maya was alarmed at first,but then Maya thought to herself, "If I can talk to Riley in her sleep, this could be fun." Maya smirked. Riley started to say Maya's name in her "sleep".
Mayaaa. Mayaaaaa." Riley moaned.
"Oh my gosh she's having a dream about me!" Maya thought excitedly.
"why Mayaaa?" Riley quietly wailed.
"why what?" Maya answered concerned
"Maya you're hurting me" Riley sleep complained.
"Riles I would never hurt you. I love you." Maya soothed
"tell me the truth Maya" Riley begged in her pretend sleep.
She must have heard me wish I could tell her the truth and it became part of her dream. Maya thought.
"Riles, the truth is, I love you so much. More then you could ever understand."
Maya was right. Her love for Riley was more than she could understand. Riley thought that she just meant really loves her in a best friend sort of way. Riley assumed that Maya felt embarrassed to openly express how much she loves her best friend because of her bad girl/don't care about anything reputation. Riley didn't understand that Maya was full-heartedly in love with her, and wanted so badly to just take her hand and run away with her. To be free to hold and kiss the girl of her dreams. To spend every moment with the one person who made her feel like she wasn't worthless. There was much that Riley didn't understand.
Riley, still pretending to be asleep, snuggled into Maya. Maya never got over how great it felt every time. Maya began to sing softly. Riley finally fell asleep for real in her best friend's arms, to the sound of her sweet voice.