(Author's Note: I don't mean to ever leave you guys hanging. I just post each chapter as I finish it, and some chapters come out more easily than others. As always, thanks for reading, and thanks to everyone who has been writing reviews lately! I really appreciate hearing feedback from readers.)

RIley's POV

I insisted that we return to the party because Farkle was probably back by now and wondering where we went. As we entered the service stairway she stopped me on the landing. Her wide eyes stared at my neck in shock. "Oh, Riles!"

"What?"

She covered her mouth with her hand and shook her head.

"What's wrong, Maya?" I asked.

"Looks like I did some serious damage to your neck," she said. She pulled out her phone and opened the front facing camera and handed it to me so I could see. OMG!

I gasped. "WHOA! Maya! It looks like you beat me up!"

"But I was only trying to eat you up," she said. I blushed at her comment.

"Peaches, that sounded so naughty," And so hot. I smiled.

She looked surprised by her own her words. "Wow, that WAS naughty. I didn't even mean to be naughty, it just came out." We both giggled.

She loosened my hair to let it down and tried to hide my neck with my hair.

"Your hair kind of covers it. But it will probably still be noticeable. I'm sorry, Pumpkin," she said.

"You are NOT," I called her bluff.

"You're right, I'm not sorry," she smirked.

"I'm not sorry either. I really enjoyed it," I smiled at her.

She looked at me with such passion, and so much desire, that part of me wanted to surrender myself to her completely, but I couldn't. Not when she's been drinking. I want our first time to be something that we can both remember clearly in the morning.

When we got back to the living room, everyone was sitting around coffee table, coupled up with their dates: Farkle and Smackle, Lucas and Haley, Darby and Yogi, Sarah and Wyatt, Jade and Dave.

Farkle saw us walk in. "You've returned just in time. We were just about to start playing the relationships game."

"Is that like the couples game?" I asked. Maya and I sat down next to Farkle and across the table from Lucas and Haley.

"Kind of. In this game, the red cards are meant to be asked to your partner, and the blue cards are meant to be asked to your friends. If you get a blue card you can choose any player in the game to ask the question to," Farkle explained the rules.

Farkle drew the first card. It was a red card. "Where do you see your relationship in five years?" He read the card to Smackle.

Smackle replied, "I see myself accepting the Nobel prize for physics and you'll be there as my arm candy."

"Isadora, it said five years, not fifteen," Farkle said.

"Well dearest, I guess we'll be in college in five years. Do you think we'll be at the same one?" Smackle asked Farkle.

"I can see us both at Princeton," Farkle said, confidently.

"But what about MIT?" Smackle asked.

"And what about Cooper Union?" Maya asked.

"What's Cooper Union?" Both Smackle and I asked at the same time.

"It's a school for arts and sciences in the east village that I was telling Maya about," Farkle explained.

"You never told me about it," Smackle said.

I turned to Maya, "You never told me about it either."

"Well, I just heard about it from Farkle like two days ago," Maya said.

I smiled at her. "I think it's great that you're thinking about art schools for college," I told her.

"You do?" she asked.

"Yeah," I replied squeezing her hand.

"Even if it means that we would end up at different schools?" she asked.

"Cooper Union is in the is NYU. Maybe I could go there, just like Josh. Then I could really be a Gamma Gamma girl!" I said, excitedly.

"Well, we have five years to figure out our college plans." Farkle said, holding out the box of cards. "Who wants to go next?"

Maya's POV

Haley took the box of cards from Farkle. She pulled out a red card. "If your partner were an animal, which animal would he or she be?" she read the card.

She looked at Lucas, "You're strong and athletic, like a horse. You seem like a horse to me," she said. Lucas smiled. "Back in Texas, I actually helped a horse give birth."

"Wow! Really?" she asked.

Lucas nodded. "Yeah. It inspired me to want to become a veterinarian someday."

"That's such a beautiful ambition," Haley replied, in admiration.

"Thank you," Lucas said, still smiling.

I haven't seen Lucas smile this much at someone that wasn't me or Riley. Even though I'm pissed at him right now, I'm glad he found someone who can make him smile again, and I'm REALLY glad that someone isn't my girlfriend.

"Which animal would you think I am?" she asked him.

"You strike me as a golden retriever," Lucas said.

Haley's eyes lit up. "I have a golden retriever!"

OMG this is just adorable. They're so cute together. I ship it.

"You do?"

"Yeah, her name is Daisy."

"I'm definitely a dog person," Lucas said.

"She's the sweetest dog. You'll have to come over and meet her sometime," Haley suggested.

"I'd love that," Lucas nodded.

I looked over to see if I could detect any jealousy vibes from Riley, but her expression mirrored my own. She seemed to be just as happy for Lucas and Haley as I was.

Riley leaned forward to take the box of cards from Haley. As she did, her hair shifted, revealing the huge, dark hickey I left on her neck. Everyone seemed to react simultaneously with a gasp. The look of shock and dismay on Lucas's face was priceless.

"So that's what you two were off doing when you disappeared from the party," Darby commented.

Riley and I looked at each other and blushed.

"Riley and Maya. They're like fiyah," Sarah remarked.

I giggled. Haha, I love Sarah. "Thanks, Sarah" I said.

Riley pulled out a red card. I leaned in to read it with her. We both read it at the same time and looked at each other. I grabbed the card before she could read it out loud.

"I want to ask this question to Lucas," I said.

"No, Maya," Riley said firmly.

"Yes." I insisted.

"It's a red card. We're supposed to ask each other," Riley argued.

"I don't follow the rules. I'm Maya."

"Well, let's hear the question," Lucas requested.

"Would you ever pursue a romance with someone that one of your friends was romantically involved with?"

"That is not the question," Lucas refused to believe me.

"It is the question." I showed him the card.

He read it, "Huh," he said.

"Huh," Farkle echoed.

"That seems like an odd question to be on a red card," Smackle commented.

"Maybe it's a misprint," Farkle supposed.

"Yeah, it sounds like it should be on a blue card," I reasoned. "That's why I'm asking Lucas."

"It's still a red card, Maya," Lucas said.

"I'm still asking you, Huckleberry." I insisted.

"Last time I checked, I wasn't dating you anymore, so I don't have to answer," he replied smugly.

Oooooh. Burn. I'll get you for that, Huckleberry.

I reluctantly turned to Riley, and repeated the question.

"Would you ever pursue a romance with someone that one of your friends was romantically involved with?" She looked at me while I was reading her the question, but then she turned to look at Haley while she answered the question. Haley watched Riley as she answered.

"No," Riley shook her head. "No, I wouldn't," she said, in Haley's direction. Haley gave Riley a subtle smile of understanding.