Riley's POV
"Daaaaddyyyyyyy!" I yelled, bursting through the door, dashing into the living room. Then I almost tripped over him. He was sitting on the couch with his feet propped up on the coffee table.
"I'm right here." He said, as he helped me regain my balance.
"If I were missing how would you find me?" I asked.
"I'd ask Maya," he replied.
"What if we both were missing?" I asked.
"What is this about, Riley?" he questioned.
"Our phones. You got Maya a smart phone, remember?"
"Yeah."
"So you can use the find my device app," I suggested.
"Maya lost her phone?"
"No, I lost Maya. I'm afraid she might have run away."
"But in class you said she wasn't feeling well," he began to sound very concerned.
"I said 'I guess she's not feeling well.' My guess was wrong."
"Riley, I have to call her mother." He started to reach for his phone.
"Just wait. Track her phone first." I pleaded.
"What is this LoJack app you speak of?"
I grabbed the iPad and opened find my device. He leaned over my shoulder in awe.
"You mean, I can spy on where you all are?" he smiled. "I can't believe I didn't know about this sooner!"
"Look, our phones are here, but Maya's phone is-"
"But Why would she go all the way to-"
"Shawn! Call Shawn!" I exclaimed.
Maya's POV
"Either she rejects me and feels weird about our friendship now and my heart gets broken, or we actually have a thing, but our thing ends badly as most things do, and our friendship is never the same after, and my heart gets broken. I'm screwed no matter how you spin it." I supposed.
Shawn shook his head. "But what if you have a thing and it goes well. What if it turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to both of you?"
"We're not Cory and Topanga." I said.
"No, you're Maya and Riley. And you will never know how great your thing could be if you don't see this through. Just think. If Cory and Topanga didn't see their thing through, there would be no Riley," Shawn reasoned.
"Wow. I can't imagine a world without Riley," I said. Maybe Shawn is on to something.
"Maya, this whole running away thing, it's not you."
"How do you know?"
"Because, we're the same. We're the ones who get left, not the ones who do the leaving." Shawn was right. He continued "And the Maya I know, would never walk out on Riley."
He's right. I need to go back and face her.
Shawn's phone rang.
"Is it my mom?" I asked.
"Nope, it's your teacher." He said.
He answered the phone and put it on speaker. "Cory! I was just talking about you."
"I really hope you were just talking about me to Maya." Cory said.
"Yeah, she's with me. We're just hanging out, having some pizza." Shawn explained nonchalantly.
"Good. I'm glad to hear that. Riley's been really worried about her." Cory said.
"Don't worry, I'll have her on a train home in 20 minutes." Shawn said.
Riley's POV
I was sitting in the bay window, where it all started. I didn't know for sure if she would come here tonight, but I remained hopeful. I waited. Then I heard the doorbell. The doorbell? Who uses that?
I dashed downstairs and opened the door.
"Maya!" I smiled. I threw my arms around her and embraced her tightly. "Since when do you use the front door?"
"I wasn't sure if you would want to see me," Maya said.
Maya's POV
Riley gave me that knowing look and demanded my presence upstairs. "Bay window, bay window right now". I followed her lead.
I followed her into her room and closed the door behind me. She started pacing towards her bed with her hands folded, and then turned around and paced back towards me until she was right in front of me. She was so close to me, I could smell her hair and feel her breaths growing more rapid.
"How ya doin?" I said, trying to settle her nervous hesitation.
In one swift motion, Riley wrapped her arms around me, pushed me back against the door, and kissed me passionately. She pulled away for a moment and looked into my eyes. I moved my hands up to hold her face and gently pulled her back into me. I kissed her back, matching her passion with my own.