5 Years Later

Maya looked at herself in the mirror and fixed her hair a little. When she decided she looked presentable She walked downstairs where her family was. Once she got downstairs she saw her Aunt Julia and her cousins Jessica and Eliza. Maya took a seat besides Eliza who was on her Instagram. Eliza was 16 while her sister was 18, they were close in age but Maya was still the oldest at 19 years old.

"Maya are you excited to go back to New York and live there again?" Her aunt asked drinking her tea. Maya shrugged and looked down at her plate.

"Eh, I'm just going to miss all of you so much." Maya said looking at the three of them.

"I'm going to miss you too." Eliza said hugging Maya.

"Me too." Jessica said. Maya's Aunt Julia wiped a tear away from her eyes.

"Me three." She said as everyone giggled. "It's going to be very lonely without our Maya." She said smiling. Maya smiled and nodded.

After they were finished eating breakfast Maya went back into her room to make sure she had everything. Eliza walked into her bedroom and leaned on the doorframe.

"So When is Charlie coming?" Eliza asked. Maya smiled at the thought of Charlie.

"Soon." She replied. "Would you help me carry my luggage down the stairs?" She asked pulling a bag over to Eliza.

"Fine." She said giggling. Eliza took the bag and went downstairs leaving Maya in her room alone once again. She looked at the now empty room which had been hers for the past 5 years. She carried her bag through the hallways taking in her surroundings for one last time. She saw a picture of Eliza, Jessica, and her hanging on the wall from when they traveled to Paris. She had so many memories she had to leave now, and that once again broke her heart. She then felt an arm around her shoulder that took her attention away from the picture.

"I know it is going to be hard to leave, but your mom will be waiting for you in New York… Your home." Her Aunt said.

"She sent me here when I was 14, I left all that I had in New York because she couldn't have me around anymore. That was my home and she took me away from that, now this is my home and she is once again taking me away from it…" Maya said looking at the first picture She took with her family after arrived in London. Julia then hugged the girl and nodded.

"At least you will get to see your friends again." She said.

"Maya! Charlie's here." Jessica yelled from downstairs. Maya smiled and took her bag downstairs. She looked at Charlie who stood at the door.

"M'lady" He said bowing. Maya rolled her eyes and kiss the boy in front of her. "Wow, hello." He said smiling. "So are you ready to go?" He asked. Maya turned around and hugged her family.

"I love you guys, I promise I'll come back as soon as I can." She said feeling a tear slip down her cheek.

"And we will visit you in New York as well." Aunt Julia said. Maya smiled and waved as she and Charlie walked out of the house and towards the cab out front. They both got in and the cabbie took off. She watched as her flat slowly went away. Charlie wrapped his arm around her shoulder and kiss her cheek.

"Are you going to be alright?" He asked. She looked up at him and weakly smiled.

"I don't know." She said shrugging. "I'm scared to go back to New York to tell you the truth." He looked at her.

"Why?"

"It's going to be weird, my best friends are there, my crush is there, my mom is there, Shawn's there as well." She said leaning even more into him.

"Your crush?" He asked teasing her.

"My old crush from when I was 14, sorry babe." She said smiling back at him.

"It's okay, so what was his name?" He asked.

"Why?" She said looking up at him.

"Just so I know who my competition is." He said pecking her lips. She smiled and shrugged.

"Okay, well I had two major ones, so I'll just tell you about Josh." She said. He looked over at her again.

"You had two crushes?"

"I was a teenage girl, what do you expect?" She said laughing.

"Okay, so this Josh guy, how did you know him?" He asked with a bit of concern in his voice.

"Well, he was my friend Riley's uncle." He backed away from Maya and was taken a back.

"Uncle? How old is this guy?" Charlie asked.

"He was just 3 years older than Riley and I. He is probably around 22 now." She said looking out the window as the buildings and cars of London passed by. She knew she was going to miss this place.

"So, I'm going to meet these old friends of yours, I only know a bit about them so tell me more." He said.

"Well Riley was my best friend and really the best part of me. I knew when I was having a bad day I could go to here and she would make me feel better every single time. Then there was Farkle who was 'in love' with Riles and I. He would tell us one day he would have his choice of us. I wonder how that pipsqueak grew up." She said think that about all her friends.

"Wait you had a friend named… Farkle?" He asked smiling. Maya smiled and nodded.

"Farkle Minkus." Charlie laughed and looked at Maya intrigued by the things he was learning about her friends. "Then there was Lucas, he and I would pick on each other and get on each other's nerves. We had a really close group of friends, there was no one else like us." She said smiling.

"Well I can't wait to meet them." Charlie said smiling. They arrived at the airport and the boarded the plane. During the flight Maya could not stop talking about her memories in New York and all the stories she had with her friends. Finally, when they landed in New York Maya and Charlie got off the plane. They got a luggage cart and put their many bags on it.

"Ready to go find your friends?" He asked. Maya looked at him and then grabbed his hand.

"I guess so." She said. He smiled at her. "Just nervous." She said. They began to walk through the airport to find where they were supposed to meet Katy.

"I should be the one nervous. I'm going to meet your friends and family for the first time." He said squeezing her hand. She smiled and leaned into him.

"You're right, that's why I love you." She said pecking his lips. They found a bench where they sat and waited for Katy. Charlie wrapped his arm around Maya pulling her into him.

"Can you believe we're here?" He asked. Maya smiled and nodded.

"Maya?" She heard a voice call. She looked over to see her mother and her friends. All kinds of emotions hit her like a train. She stared to see Riley, Lucas, Farkle, Shawn, Topanga, Cory, Auggie, and her mom. Everyone was so shocked, it had been 5 years after all. Maya and Charlie stood up. Katy walked over to Maya and hugged her.

"Hey, Baby girl." She said hugging her daughter tighter and tighter. Maya loosely hugged her mother.
"Hi mom." Maya said blankly. Katy nodded and let go of her daughter.

"You've grown up so much since I last seen you." She said smiling at Maya. Maya nodded and stared at her feel. "Well Shawn and I will take your luggage to the cars okay?" She said pushing the cart. Maya nodded and looked up to see Riley 5 feet way. They stood there motionless just staring.

"Hi Riles, I… I've missed you."

A/N TBH I'm not that good of a writer so if you see any mistakes it would be okay if you could tell me about them. Thanks!