Maya stood on the bench in shock looking at Charlie who was still holding out the ring. He started to fidget a little when she didn't reply right away.
"Maya, will you?" Charlie said anxiously. Maya stared at the ring and then at the boy.
"Charlie… isn't this a bit too soon?" She asked.
"We've been dating for a year and a half now, I think it is a good enough time as ever." Maya shook her head.
"Charlie… No… not yet." She said calmly. Charlie closed the box and shoved it back into his pocket. He stood up and ran his fingers through his hair.
"Maya! We're ready." He said aggravated.
"You might be but I'm not!" Maya said standing up. Charlie just turned his back to her. Maya put one hand on his shoulder but he quickly brushed it off. "Charlie why is this such a big deal to you now?" Maya yelled at him.
"Because I want to marry you." Charlie said looking at her. Maya rolled her eyes.
"That's not why, I know it isn't." She said walking back to sit on the bench looking over at the sunset. She crossed her arms and sighed. "Whatever it is, I don't want to get married yet, I'm only 19 and so are you Charlie." She said looking over at him. "We don't need to do it right now." Charlie rolled his eyes this time and started to walk away. "Where are you going?" Maya yelled towards Charlie as she stood up but he just kept walking. "Charlie!" Maya said.
"Maya, I'm just going." Charlie said walking away and out of sight. Maya scowled at the direction he just went.
"This is why we aren't ready!" Maya screamed. She wasn't sure if he was going to hear her or not but she just needed to get it out there. She groaned and grabbed her coat, then started to walk towards her mother's apartment. Once she got there she angrily knocked on the door. Shawn once again opened the door. He smiled at her and gave her a curious look.
"Maya, where's Charlie? Did he not drop you off?" She looked up at him and heavily sighed.
"He's an asshole." She said before Walking past Shawn. She quickly ran towards her room. Once she got there she went searching through her closet and found the art supplies she left. She quickly started to paint her emotions. She kept painting for almost an hour until she was tired. She sat on her floor and admired her piece, it was the profile of a woman with her mouth wide open like she was yelling. The woman was unidentifiable and was filled in with different streaks and splatters. Maya looked at the painting for a while until she was interrupted by the knock on her door.
"Yeah?" She asked not moving. Her mother came in cautiously and slowly. She made her way over to where Maya was sitting on her floor. Katy looked at the picture and smiled.
"That's a good one." She said. Maya looked at the picture and shrugged.
"What do you want mom?" She asked without removing her eyes from the picture. Katy sighed and sat on Maya's bed.
"Shawn said you were upset with Charlie, what happened?" Maya looked over at her mom blank faced.
"He proposed." She said without any emotion. Katy's eyes grew big.
"What did you say?"
"I told him we weren't ready and he threw a fit." Maya said pulling her legs to her chest.
"Maya, I think you did the right thing…" Katy said. Maya looked up at her mother. "You two are only 19, I was your age when I met your dad and look where it got me." She said.
"Shipping your daughter to London?" Maya said harshly. Katy brushed her hair back behind her ear.
"Maya, I did that because I had no other choice." She said defensively.
"Mom you always have choices, you just chose to take me away from my friends and family because you couldn't ask for some help." Maya said crossing her arms. "The Matthews would've been happy to help us, you know." She said.
"Maya, we were broke. I'm sorry I'm so stubborn that I wouldn't beg for money from our friends." Katy said. "My sister offered to pay for your flight and to take care of you, I was mortified that I had to have my sister take care of my daughter instead of me." Katy said raising her voice. "I'm sorry that I did it but I want to move on, I never want to do that again." She said, her voice cracking near the end. "Maya you were all I had and I had to give that up." A tear rolled down her cheek. Maya looked at her mom.
"I know." She said quietly. Katy rolled her eyes and wiped the tear away. She stood up then walked towards the door.
"Well enough with this pity party, I'm proud of you for saying no…" She said before closing the door. Maya sat there in silence for a little bit until she decided to go to bed.
The next day Maya was awakened by her phone, it wouldn't stop ringing.
"Hello?" She asked half asleep.
"Hey gorgeous, it's almost time for work, you ready?" She heard Josh's cheerful voice say on the other side. Maya groaned.
"Do I really have to go?" She asked. Josh chuckled on the other side.
"Sadly, yes."
"Fine." She said getting out of bed and getting dressed. She looked at herself in mirror and shrugged. "This looks fine." She said leaving out of the house.
She got to the shack on time. Josh was sitting on the couch in the shack and his eyes were fixed on his phone.
"Hey uncle Boing." She said sitting beside him. He stared at her with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Maya are you looking for a place to stay?" He asked. She looked at him, contemplating how to reply.
"Why?" she asked cautiously. He looked down at his phone.
"Well, I lived with… two friends of mine, but one of them is moving out, and we need a third person who can pay rent." Josh said. Maya shrugged. "Would you think about it?"
"Yeah, but I don't know if I'd have enough money to pay my part of the rent if I moved in." Maya said. Josh nodded.
"How about after work I show you the apartment and introduce you to Sam my roommate who is staying, okay?" He asked. Maya looked at him and thought about it.
"Okay, sure." She said. The bell rang informing them that a customer was at the window. It snapped them out of their thoughts. Maya got up and walked to the window and began to work.
After work Maya and Josh closed the Daily Blend They headed towards Josh's apartment. When they got there, Josh unlocked the door and they walked into the living room that split into the kitchen and dining room. The walls of the Livingroom area were baby blue with a few shelves framing the big screen tv. Most of the furniture was black except for the lamps where there were only two. The kitchen side was painted light yellow with black cabinets as well. The table had four chairs that matched the cabinets.
"So, this is the living room/ Kitchen/ dining room." Josh said gesturing to the area. Maya nodded. Josh then lead her towards the hallway filled with doors. He stopped in front of the first doors on the right and opened them. "Here is the washer and the dryer." He said closing the doors. He walked towards the next doors were one on each side of the hallway. "This one" He said pointing to the one on the right. "Is the bathroom. And this one." He said pointing towards the left. "Is Sam's bedroom." He knocked on the door. When no one answered he knocked harder and louder on the door. Finally, a blonde haired boy who had to be at least 6 foot opened the door.
"I was ignoring you for a reason." He said looking at Josh.
"Sam, this is Maya. She is thinking about taking our extra room." Josh said. Sam looked over at Maya and shrugged.
"Okay, So she's going to take Willow's room?" Sam said. Maya looked at Josh.
"Who's Willow?" Maya asked. Josh rocked back on his heels.
"He's ex-girlfriend/ our old roommate." Sam said smiling at Josh. Maya smiled and shook her head.
"Is she moving because she doesn't want to live with Josh anymore?" Maya asked.
"Nah, it's because she's moving in with her new boyfriend." Sam said looking at Maya.
"Okay enough about Willow, I'm going to finish up my tour with Maya." Josh said walking down the hallway having Maya follow him while Sam closed his door again. They were at the end of the hallway standing between two doors again. "This one is my room." Josh said pointing to the one on the left. "And this one is the room you would have." Josh said pointing to the one on the right.
"You mean Willow's room?" She asked smiling at Josh. He rolled his eyes and smiled at her.
"Yep." He opened the door to reveal a medium sized room with red walls. It had no furniture in it, so it was pretty empty looking.
"So, would I need to bring my own bed?" Maya asked looking inside the room. Josh shook his head, he walked towards the other side of the room and pushed on the wall. It came down to reveal a pull-down bed. In the area where the bed had been was empty shelves.
"So, what do you think?" Josh asked. Maya looked at the room again and then turned to Josh.
"I'll move in."
A/N What up guys! another chapter is here, and Maya is moving in with Josh... what do you think this will lead to?