Maya sat in the passenger's seat while Josh drove through the city. It was quiet and awkward in the car.
"So, Charlie, you are going to Columbia?" Josh asked without taking his eyes off the road.
"Yeah, are you in college?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah when I was 17 I went to NYU."
"Cool." Charlie said quietly. The car returned to the state of silence it was previously in. Maya shifted in her seat.
"How old are you, Charlie?" Josh asked.
"19, how about you?" Charlie asked back to Josh.
"22." He said looking at the road. "Hey Maya how old are you? I forgot was it 13 or 14?" Josh asked as he looked over at her. She looked up at him as he winked at her. She just rolled her eyes and looked towards the road.
"19 uncle Boing. Remember when you pulled the whole 3 years is too old on me?" She said looking back at him. You could see how tense she made him.
"Yep." He said quickly glancing over at her then switching his attention towards the road once again.
"Then you would know how old I am." She said harshly. The tension in the car was so thick you could taste it. When they finally arrived at Columbia University Charlie and Maya got out of the SUV. Charlie went to the trunk and got his bags out. He closed the trunk and looked at Maya who was just gazing at him. He smiled and pecked her lips.
"What?" He asked.
"Nothing, I just love you." Maya said. Charlie looked back at her and smiled.
"I love you too." He said. "I'm going to go find out where my dorm room is and then when I get it you can come over sometime." Charlie said pulling Maya closer to him by her waist. She smiled and kissed him. Finally, Lucas, who was parked behind them, honked his horn and rolled down his window.
"You two know that we have to get these back by 5 right?" He yelled. Maya laughed and rolled her eyes.
"Hold your horses cowboy." Maya yelled back at him. "So, you're going to stay at your dorm all night and not come over to the Matthews?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm sorry but I promise I will text you and we will spend all of tomorrow together." Maya smiled and let go of Charlie. He then grabbed his stuff and walked to the University entrance. Maya then walked back into the car.
"Wow, what a kiss." Josh said teasing her. "I mean the amount of passion… like what can I say, hashtag goals." He said making a hashtag sign with his hands. Maya laughed and softly punched Josh's shoulder.
"You wish you could've had a kiss like that." Maya snapped back at him. Josh just smiled and shook his head.
"You know you love me." Josh said smirking at Maya as they drove away. Maya smiled and shook her head.
"I only tolerate you because you are my best friends uncle." She said. "And you're not even the fun uncle." Josh gasped and looked over at Maya.
"What, who would be the fun uncle then?"
"Eric or Shawn." Maya said looking at the road.
"Wait a second, First, Eric is mental and Riley is not even related to Shawn." Josh said shaking his head. Maya laughed and pulled her legs close to her.
"Well I guess they are both better than you." Maya said smiling.
"Oh well, I'm going to change your mind this summer when we work together." He said. Maya looked at Josh confused.
"What do you mean when we work together?" Maya asked cautiously.
"Your mom didn't tell you?" Josh asked Maya. She shook her head and furrowed her eyebrows.
"What are you talking about?" She asked confused as ever.
"We are going to work at the Daily Blend shack together, all day long, all summer." He said smiling at her. Maya looked at him and her eye got big as her face felt hot.
"I don't want to. My mom signed me up for work even though she didn't even tell me." Maya said. "Are we going to be in that little shack? Alone?" She asked.
"You don't trust yourself alone with me, do you?" Josh said smiling at Maya then returning his eyes towards the road.
"I'm alone with you now, aren't I?" Maya asked.
"Well Lucas is following behind us so... no." Josh said trying to defend himself. Maya just shook his head and looked through the window lost in thought.
"When is the first shift working at the Daily Blend?" Maya asked.
"Tomorrow, 7-5pm." He said nonchalantly. "So we are going to be together all day tomorrow." Maya went back into her deep thought until a thought hit her.
"Damn it." She said. "I told Charlie we would spend the whole day together tomorrow, I don't want to spend it with you…" She said face palming herself. "Should I call him?" She asked.
"Sure, it's not that big of a deal." Josh said. Maya nodded and pulled her phone out. She quickly called Charlie and waited for him to pick up. Finally, Charlie did pick up.
"Hey Babe." Charlie said.
"Hey honey, I'm sorry but I won't be able to hang with you tomorrow, apparently my mom got me a job and I'm going to have to work there all day tomorrow. Trust me I would rather just spend time with you." She said into the phone.
"It's okay babe, I get it, how about we go out to dinner tomorrow night after your work?" He asked. Maya smiled and nodded.
"That would be perfect."
"Okay good, I love you."
"I love you too." She said before hanging up. Josh looked over.
"So?" He asked.
"We're going out for dinner tomorrow night after work. Yay." She said happily.
"OMG that is like so exciting." Josh said in his valley girl voice. Maya just rolled her eyes.
A/N So if you guys were wondering what Charlie looks like I picture him as Zak Henri, mostly because he is my celebrity crush.
