A/N: Here is a much needed long over due update!Sorrry for the wait! Was having trouble finding a story line. I would like to remind everyone that this is an "Epic Lucaya Romace" so not everything may Lin up perfectly and sometimes the story may just jump. It's not exactly like a one shots story but it's not perfectly put together either!

Maya's and Lucas's first day back at school went off without a hitch.

It's definitely felt weird having everyone stare at them as they walked through the halls, but school was school and it was always reliable.

It was Maya's first day back at dance practice since she'd been back in town and she already had a huge surprise in for her.

"Hey Maya!" Leila said as Maya walked into the locker room.

"Hey Leila! I'm so ready to be back and doing normal things."

"Well good because I've got news! Everyone gather round please!" Leila called.

The team shuffled around her.

"So I've decided that we're going to enter a competition. It's been long enough and I feel we are more than ready. The competition is called Fire & Ice. It's for school dance teams only so there won't be any dance studios or anything, so it's basically fair game!"

"When? Where?" Girls asked randomly.

"It's in 2 weeks, and it's over at Einstein Academy."

"2 weeks!" Vanessa exclaimed.

"Yes 2 weeks, and we're gonna need a new dance because not only are we competing in the hip hop portion, but we are also doing Lyrical."

Murmurs came from all around.

"Yes you heard me right. I hope you've all been doing the required stretching because all the extensions and things will be put to use. We're not going to start the Lyrical routine today because I don't yet have an idea, but we need to kick ass at practice because we now have Maya and she's taking her rightful spot as a soloist back, sorry Gretchen." Leila said.

"What?!" Gretchen exclaimed. "I've been here everyday working my ass off and your just gonna hand the spot back! I think I've more than earned it!"

"Gretchen, it's nothing personal. That's Maya's spot and she earned it first. We had an agreement, you'd fill in until Maya returned and then you'd step back."

"Yea that was a month ago. This is now and we qualified for regionals because of me!"

"About that… I also removed us from the regionals list."

The team all gasped.

"I had no choice. We qualified without Maya and now that she's back she wouldn't be able to compete because she wasn't at the qualifiers, so we just need to qualify again! I've talked to the dance officials and they said if we can get a score high enough at this competition they'll use it as our qualifying score and let us back into regionals!"

The team didn't know what to think. Yes they all loved Maya but they did work hard for that score which did qualify them.

"Look, I know we all worked hard for that score before, but the team wasn't the same without Maya and we all knew that." Vanessa chimed in. "I don't know about you but I'm up for the challenge." She smiled at Maya.

Maya smiled back. She had been sitting there quiet enough.

One by one the other girls joined in, even Gretchen, but she wasn't happy about it.

Practice went off without a hitch. Maya was back and better than ever.

"Great practice everyone! We're being fitted for new uniforms tomorrow and they will be two piece for the hip hop and lyrical, so if your going to starve yourselves bows the time to start! I'm just kidding. Everyone better be eating properly or you'll be off this team in a heart beat!" Leila stressed. "Okayy, get out of here, I'm tired of seeing your faces." She joked.

"It feels amazing to be back. I never knew how much I could miss dancing." Maya said as she changed her clothes in the locker room.

"Well it's good to have you back. I was tired of Gretchen starting to think that she was all that because she was filling in."

"Yea she was starting to get a big head." Vanessa agreed.

The girls cleaned up and made their way out of the school.

"So you never told us any of the deets!" Vanessa exclaimed breaking the silence.

"Deets?" Maya asked as they walked through the halls.

"About you and Lucas! Are you back together? What happened on the island? You've been holding out on us."

"Nothing happened, and yes we are back together."

"So you mean to tell us that you were on that island for a whole month, just you and him, and nothing happened?" Leila said. "I don't buy it."

"Well you better start because nothing happened." Maya said as the 3 walked out the front doors.

"You ladies talking gossip and all?" Lucas said as they approached him.

"And what gossip would there be to talk about?" Maya said wistfully, giving him a look.

This caused Leila and Vanessa to look at each other confused.

"Well I hate to break up to girl party but Momma has dinner waiting for us at home."

"Ooo a Friar Family Meal, I'm all in." Maya smiled.

"Okayy, well we'll leave you two to it." Leila said as she and Vanessa walked off.

"Bye guys!" Maya laughed.

She doesn't know why but she felt really happy.

"So practice went well I assume?" Lucas said putting his hands on Maya's waist.

He was sitting on the wall and Maya was standing on the steps so she was just a hair taller than him for once.

"Better than just well. It went great!" She beamed putting her hands around his neck.

"Good, well I am glad to see you happy for a change." He smiled.

"It feels good to be happy. I mean we're back at school, your mother loves us, dance is fantastic, and I have you. What more do I need?"

Lucas scrunched his face. "Hmmm." He thought aloud. "This." He said pulling her into a kiss.

The two made out for a minute before releasing.

"Your right. I did need that." She smiled leaning back in for another.

It's like the two belonged in a movie or something. Life was good.

"As much fun as this is," Lucas said pulling away moving a hair out of Maya's eye, "if we don't get home Momma is gonna start to worry."

"You're right." Maya said pulling him up so he was now taller.

The two linked hands and started walking towards his truck.

"Okayy wait." Maya said stopping. "Just one more." And she pulled his lips down to hers igniting them into a very heated make out session right next to his truck.

You'd think with being in the school parking lot the two wouldn't be getting all hot and heavy but for some reason Maya was just drawn to Lucas. She wanted him so bad right now.

Lucas had picked Maya up and set her on the hood of his truck as the two continued to make out.

Lucas had his hands underneath Maya's shirt feeling her curves up and down. His warm hands felt amazing against her skin.

Maya was hungry for Lucas. She'd never felt this way before, she wanted this so bad, that's why when Lucas stopped her, her heart dropped a little.

Maya had started to pull at his shirt when Lucas realized what the two were doing and where they were doing it and stopped before anything further could happen.

"What?" Maya breathed heavily as he pulled away.

"We can't do this here Maya."

"What? Why not?" She said pulling him back in.

"Because we're in the school parking lot." He said pulling out of her grasp.

Maya looked hurt a little and Lucas took notice.

"It's not that I don't want to Maya, it's just that we're at school, and it should be at a proper place, not in the back of my truck."

Maya was confused.

"I love you Maya, but we can't do this here." He said tucking her hair behind her ear.

"Fine." Maya said giving up. "But I'm not done with you Mr. Friar." She smiled mischievously.

"I would hope not." He said as he helped her down to the ground.

Just then Maya's smile faded quickly.

"What's wrong?" Lucas asked.

"I um- I-" Maya stumbled the words out.

"Maya?" Lucas said concerned.

"I'm gonna be sick." Maya said pushing past him running for the bushes.

Maya blew her chunks all over the bushes in the parking lot… which was odd since she hadn't eaten since lunch and it was 7pm.

Maya felt hands behind he pulling her hair out of her face.

"Alright, alright." Lucas said trying to calm her down some.

Maya finished throwing up and sat down on the curb.

"I have some water in my truck, just hang on." Lucas said hurrying over to get it.

Maya had her head in her hands resting on her knees.

"Here." He said sitting next to her giving her the bottle of water.

Maya rinsed her mouth out and then drank some.

"Better?" Lucas asked once she was done.

She just shook her head but it wasn't a yes or a no, it was more of a maybe.

"I just think being the first day back and all I may have pushed myself to hard, Dance and all." Maya said taking another drink.

"Well I sent momma a text letting her know your practice ran late so we can sit here for as long as you need."

"I'm okayy to go home." Maya said. "I just wanna shower and lay down now."

"Alright, just no getting sick in my truck." Lucas joked standing up.

"Haha Ranger Rick." She said as he helped her up.

"Woah." Maya said almost falling back holding her head.

Lucas caught her before she could fall.

"Okayy, now I'm starting to worry."

"I'm alright." Maya said. "I just need to lie down is all."

"But Maya-"

"Lucas, I'm fine. I swear."

Lucas let it go but something just wasn't sitting right with him.

Lucas took Maya home and she showered and went right to bed.

The next few days were just fine. Maya wasn't sick anymore and she was in a better mood than ever. She was practically glowing and everyone could tell.

As Maya would walk through the halls with Leila and Vanessa at her side everyone would notice. She was more popular than ever.

She was sitting in Math when the feeling hit her again.

Maya suddenly felt flushed. She must have looked it too.

"Mrs. Reyes, can I use the restroom?" Maya asked raising her hands.

"Sorry Maya, you know the rule, one pass per 9 weeks."

"But Mrs. Reyes-"

"No Maya, I'm sorry." And with that she went back to teaching.

"Maya, are you alright?" Vanessa whispered to her.

"Yea, no. Is it hot in here?" She whispered back.

"Maya you don't look so good."

Maya was taking deep breaths to try and hold it in.

"Oh no." She whispered before she got up and ran out of class.

She barley made it to the bathroom before she threw up again. Had she waited any longer it wouldn't have been a pretty sight.

"Maya?" She heard as someone came in the bathroom.

"In here." She said sitting down.

"Maya are you alright?"

"Oh yea. I'm fine. If I had waited any longer it wouldn't have been a pretty sight."

"Are you sure? Do you need anything?"

"No I'm okayy. Thanks though."

"Well Mrs. Reyes isn't to happy that you ran out of class."

"Well next time I'll just blow chucks on my math book." Maya laughed.

Vanessa laughed too.

The bell rang.

"And I guess that means I don't need to go back to class!" Maya exclaimed.

"I'll go get out stuff and tell Mrs. Reyes that I took you to the nurse that way she can't be mad."

"Thanks V!"

Vanessa was almost out the door when Maya stopped her.

"Oh and V?"

"Yea?"

"Can we please not say anything about this?"

Vanessa looked confused.

"I was sick the other day for a few minutes also. I just don't want Lucas to worry or anything cause I'm fine."

"Maya-"

"I promise I am fine V."

Vanessa contemplated for a second but she agreed and then left to go retrieve their items.

The next few weeks went by smoothly, or almost smoothly.

Maya seemed to get more and more popular as time went on, but she also seemed to get more and more sicker (luckily at times when no one was around to see).

She was throwing up every few days or so and she was starting to get scared herself, but she'd never admit it to anyone.

She also seemed to crave Lucas more and more. She was always initiating make out sessions with him at terrible times; at the mall, in the halls; it always seemed to be terrible timing.

Lucas was wanting Maya more and more too, but he'd never take advantage of her. She seemed to be filling out more and more. Her boobs had grown some and her curves seemed to be curvier. This just made Maya more desirable and one of the hottest girls in the school.

Everyone seemed to be noticing too. More guys at the school would stare at her, although she never noticed, and more girls began to become jealous. Vanessa and Leila noticed a change in Maya too. Maya was happier, more confident, and at the same time more self concerned. She seemed to cover herself up a bit more, but she still showed skin.

Lucas and Maya were on their way home from a date night one night and everything seemed perfect. It was a movie and dinner kind of night.

They went to see Petes Dragon since it was Maya's favorite childhood movie, and then headed to Topanga's for some desert.

Lucas had just pulled into the driveway. The two sat in his truck for a while just talking, or more so making out. This time Maya had pulled away though.

"Alright, now it's my turn." Maya said.

"Your turn for what?" Lucas asked amused.

"My turn to turn you down." She smiled.

Lucas lost his smile.

"You think I turn you down because I don't want you?"

"Well… yea." She said loosing her smile too.

"Maya," he said grabbing her hands, "I don't turn you down because I don't want you. Believe me, I want you so bad."

She blushed.

"But you have terrible timing. I mean you always wanna get it on in public places."

"I do?" She asked confused.

"Yes." He laughed. "I mean I understand not wanting to do it when momma is home but public places aren't any better."

She smiled. "I guess I just never realized."

"Believe me Maya Hart. You are so sexy and I want you, but we just need better timing. Like right now is bad timing because we're in my truck in front of my house with my momma inside."

Maya laughed. "Point taken."

"We can make out though."

"Oh can we?" She smiled mischievously.

"If you want to…" he said pulling her closer.

"Oh I want to." She said getting close to his face drawing him in. "But you'll have to catch me." She whispered and then jumped out of his truck.

"Oh no you don't." He smiled and then jumped out and chased after her.

"I'm gonna get you." He shouted running after her.

She was running around in circles and all kinds of patterns.

Lucas finally caught her from behind and lifted her spinning her around.

Maya couldn't help but laugh hard.

"Okayy okayy, I surrender." She said in between laughing and catching her breath.

"Good." He smiled and set her down.

The two didn't notice that they had an audience at the front door.

"Lucas." The man said as he was setting Maya down.

Lucas smiled and laugh instantly fled from his face. He became pale so fast.

"Dad?" He said confused and stood up straighter taking his hands off of Maya completely.

Maya took note of his sudden change in mood. Lucas had never been this attentive.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"A dad can't visit his son?" The man said with an annoyed voice.

"I'm sorry Sir, I didn't mean it that way."

"Your damn right you didn't."

There was an awkward silence as Lucas and Maya made their way to the front steps.

"Are you going to introduce me to your friend?" His dad asked.

"Sir, this is Maya."

"Nice to meet you." Maya smiled holding out her hand.

He didn't shake her hand but rather ignored it.

"Your late. Your mother has dinner ready for us." His dad said and walked inside.

Lucas started to follow but Maya stopped him.

"Lucas, are you okayy?" She asked concerned.

"I guess we'll find out." He whispered.

The two made their way inside and sat down at the dinner table.

The 4 began eating with an awkward silence.

"This dinner is lovely, thank you Leslie." Maya said breaking the silence.

"Thank you Maya." She smiled at her.

"You call her by her first name? That's so improper. You should call her Mrs. Friar. That's her name." Lucas dad instantly said making Maya uncomfortable.

"Lucas is doing wonderful in school." His mother broke the silence.

"He is?" His dad asked.

"Yes sir. Straight A's and one B."

"A - B?"

"Yes sir but only one."

"A - B is not acceptable Lucas. How do you expect to get a sports scholarship with a B on your record."

"But Sir-"

"No buts Lucas. Raise it to an A."

"Yes sir."

Maya noticed that Lucas was very tense.

"How about you? You do well in school?" His dad turned his attention to Maya.

"I wouldn't say well…"

"So you do phenomenal then?"

"I wouldn't say that either. School isn't exactly my forte." Maya answered.

His dad raised his eyebrows.

"I'm a C student." Maya said ashamed.

His dad didn't say anything.

"Maya has an A in art though. She is a great artist." Lucas chimed in trying to save her.

Maya blushed a little.

"Art? Art is a waste of time." His dad shook off.

Maya lost her blush and confidence again.

Everything that was talked about at the dinner table was immediately shaken off by Lucas's father. He certainly made it clear that he wasn't a fan of Maya.

"Boy Lucas, you sure know how to pick them." He said with his mark aiming towards Maya.

"What does that mean?"

"I mean look at her. She's got you whipped. She's pulling your grades down, getting you lost at sea, your acting like a love sick puppy over a teen girl. Your not acting like the young adult you are. You should be with someone of more poise, like that Riley Matthews I met before. She acts and dresses her age."

Maya's breath hitched. Rileys never been mentioned in so long. Maya never even thought about Riley, but to be compared to Riley was practically an insult for Maya's personality.

"What's wrong with what Maya is wearing?" Lucas said very tensely.

"Look at her. She's in shorts that are way to short and she doesn't even have a full shirt on. She's got a ring hanging from her stomach and her face is caked in make up. No young lady should be dressed like this. Did your father not teach you any better?"

Maya was already feeling uneasy inside but Lucas's dad just put her over the top.

"Dad!" Lucas exclaimed.

"No Lucas, it's alright." Maya said to him.

"My father left when I was 4." Maya said ashamed. She just looked down.

"I can see why." His father said.

"Dad!" Lucas exclaimed again.

Maya was about to lose it completely. She didn't say anything but she just got up and ran off.

"Maya!" Lucas exclaimed getting up to go after her.

"Lucas sit down!" His father demanded. "She isn't worth it."

That was the last thing before Lucas exploded.

"Not worth it? Who the hell do you think you are? Maya Hart is one of the best people I have ever met! Her father may have left her but if he had stayed she might not be the person she is today! Maya is my girlfriend and I love her and you have no right to belittle her because you don't like my choices!" Lucas yelled at his father.

"Son you haven't noticed have you?" His father laughed.

"Noticed what?" Lucas said annoyed at his father getting ready to go after Maya.

"Son, it's completely obvious to tell. She looked beyond sick as she was sitting here, like she could throw up any second."

"That's because you were insulting her." Lucas butted in.

"No son. She's pregnant."

Lucas face went pale.

"What? No she isn't." Lucas said.

"Yes she is. No girl at the age of 16 is filled out like that unless she is pregnant."

"She's not pregnant. She's more mature than her age shows, she's been that way since 7th grade." Lucas said getting up to leave.

Lucas couldn't believe what he was hearing. How could his father insult her so much and then accuse her of being pregnant. There was no way Maya was pregnant; it just wasn't possible.

Lucas went upstairs to check on Maya.

"Maya?" He said entering his room.

He could hear a crying coming from across the hall. Maya had locked herself in the bathroom.

"Maya?" He knocked at the door.

He could hear her sniffle.

"Maya please open the door." He begged.

She unlocked the door but Lucas opened it.

"I'm sorry I ran off."

"You don't have to be sorry Maya. You had every right."

"Your father hates me."

"No it's not that Maya. He just views you as the wrong girl for me."

"And who's the right girl? Riley Matthews?" Maya said annoyed and sniffling.

"Come here." Lucas said grabbing her hand leading her to his room.

The two sat on the bed and Lucas tucked some hair behind her ear.

"Maya, I love you. My father can say or think what he wants but it's not going to change the fact that I love you."

"But he doesn't approve of me."

"He doesn't know you."

"He prefers Riley. Everyone does."

"I don't."

Maya snapped her head up.

"Maya, I chose you remember? My father met Riley once and that was when she came over to try and convince me to choose her. My father thought she was very mature and poise for an 8th grader. But no one said you weren't."

"Your dad just did."

"My dad can go to hell. He's the one who chose his work over his family so he gets no say. Yes he can have his opinion but it will never mean anything. Maya I love you."

She smiled a little with watery eyes. "I love you too."

The two shared a hug that was quickly interrupted by his father.

"Why is this door closed?" He said barging in.

The two immediately split.

"You could knock sir." Lucas said looking at him.

"Oh I could? Well you could leave it open like a young man should. For heavens sake Lucas, have you lost who you are, who you're supposed to be."

Maya was trying not to move, maybe if she didn't move he wouldn't notice her.

"Child, would you please put on some real clothes, it is hard to take you seriously in that slutty outfit."

Her plan didn't work.

Maya got up and opened one of Lucas's drawers and grabbed something that covered a lot more and then went to the bathroom to change.

"She's not a piece of meat dad, you can't just treat her like one. She's fragile."

"You cannot speak son. You're the one who knocked her up. Or did you? Is she scamming you? She's going to make you believe it's yours and use you for our money. That makes perfect sense!" His dad was going in and on.

"Enough dad!" Lucas exclaimed getting up. "She is not pregnant. And she most certainly isn't scamming me for money. I've loved Maya since I met her in 7th grade."

"You don't know what love is Lucas."

"Oh I don't? Well I know what it's not. It's when you chose your family over your job, when you come home for dinner every night, when you don't cheat on your other half because you love them. I think I know more about love than you dad."

"I don't know who you've become son. Your not the child I raised."

"Your right, I'm not. I'm not because you didn't raise me. Momma did and I think she did an amazing job." Lucas said.

Maya came back even though she didn't want to. She would've hidden in the bathroom all night if it had meant staying away from Lucas's father. Maya was now wearing long pajama pants and a covering tank top with a sports bra underneath. She had washed all of her make up off and brushed her hair so it looked more presentable.

Lucas's father eyed her as she walked into the room and placed her other clothes in the hamper next to Lucas's closet.

"Pajamas?" He said.

"Maya lives here." Lucas said.

"Oh really? And your mother allowed this?"

"Maya is technically a foster child. Momma took her in so she didn't have to leave the only place she had ever known."

"She never ran this by me."

"This isn't your home." Lucas shot back.

"I pay for it. Makes it MINE son."

"Then why aren't you here everyday? You don't make dinner every night or care for me or Maya. This isn't your home."

"And this isn't hers either. She is a ward of the state apparently!"

"Dad it's time for you to go."

"Have you figured out what you're going to do yet?"

"Dad you need to go." Lucas said again getting angry.

"Because I'm not going to pick up the pieces for you."

"Dad! Leave!"

"You are not the child I raised Lucas. And she, she is a disappointment." He said before leaving the room.

Lucas closed his door. It was taking everything in him to not punch a hole in the wall.

He turned around and immediately went over to Maya. She was standing in the corner.

"You're not a disappointment. You're everything I have ever wanted and more. My father is an ass and is completely wrong about you."

"You're so worried about me right now and I should be the one worried about you." Maya said embracing him. "I had no idea Lucas."

"He's not someone I'm proud of."

Lucas was starting to show a more vulnerable side of himself.

"He wasn't always like that. He was a real dad when I was young. It was when I got in trouble back in Texas that he became this way. Ever since everything I've done or have been friends with has been a disappointment to him."

"Your not a disappointment Lucas. You're everything to me and I don't know what I would do without you. It's hard to imagine what life would be like if you hadn't ever moved to New York. I'd be homeless right now."

"No you wouldn't. Your Maya Hart. Everybody loves you. You would've been placed no problem. But none of that matters because you're here, with me and Momma and we both love you. I love you Maya."

She smiled and let a tear fall.

"I love you too. More than you will ever know!" And with that said she fell into a deep kiss with him.