Riley and Maya were walking down the street; they were headed towards the Matthews apartment. Before they went up to the apartment, they were going to stop at Topanga's shop and order some smoothies. Katy (Maya's mother) started working there a few weeks previously. For years, Maya's mother had to work late shifts at a dinner. Katy and Maya lived with Katy's mother, so she could help Katy raise Maya. Katy was at work a lot. She didn't get to spend a lot of time with Maya, until she started working at Topanga's shop. Topanga gave Katy better hours and better pay. Maya and her friends came into Topanga's almost every day after school. So, Maya got to see her mother more and spend more time with her.
When they walked into Topanga's, Riley and Maya ordered two strawberry banana smoothies. Katy quickly handed them the smoothies. Riley didn't say anything to Katy about Cory giving the class dentition. She knew Katy would be very angry with Maya if she found out that Maya was shooting foam gum at Farkle. After the girls got their smoothies, they took a seat in the back of the shop.
"Maya, please tell me that you learned something," stated Riley.
"I've learned somethings," answered Maya.
"Like what?" asked Riley.
"I've just learned somethings," answered Maya. "After sitting there for an hour, I had time to think."
Riley saw a piece of paper in Maya's pocket. She wondered what it was.
"Maya, what's that piece of paper for?" asked Riley.
"Nothing," lied Maya. "It's just a blank piece of paper."
Riley knew different. She knew that Maya had written something down on it. Riley told Maya that she knew something was written on it. Maya pulled it out of her pocket and let Riley read it.
"I've seen you've changed some stuff about Mayaville," declared Riley. "I thought it was place where there wasn't any rules."
"After the extra hour of detention, I had a change of heart," admitted Maya. "I created Mayaville, after my father left and never came back. I don't want to talk much about why I created Mayaville."
"Okay we can talk about it when you are ready," answered Riley.
Riley didn't want to push Maya, because she didn't know if Maya felt comfortable about talking about personal things. She had been friends with Maya for a long time, but there were still a lot of things that she didn't know about Maya. There were certain topics that Maya tried to avoid. She knew that Maya didn't like to discuss the issues with her father. Riley also knew there were somethings that happened to Maya before they became friends.
She remembered when she first became friends with Maya, it was sometimes hard for Maya talk with her. Maya often couldn't find the words to say to Riley. But, Riley knew that there somethings that she wanted to tell her. She'd tell Maya she could tell that she wanted to say something to her. But, Maya always said it was complicated.