Here we are! The last chapter of my first story! I am very thankful to those of you who have read, reviewed, etc. Y'all have given me a new found confidence in myself as a writer, and I hope to have my own works in the making soon!
I hope y'all like this chapter (Some of you may hate me at the end, but it'll be okay).
I don't want to give too much away, so I'm just going to write the last chapter already.
Maya slowly creeps into Sadie Friar's bedroom with a smile on her face. She takes a seat on the little girl's mattress and gently wakes the sleeping child.
"Sadie, wake up. We have a big day today! I need your help," Maya sings.
"You have a pretty voice," Sadie mumbles making Maya giggle.
"Get out of the bed you silly goose," Maya says.
Sadie giggles. The small child, who is already excited about the big day, perks herself up and quickly jumps out of her bed. Maya follows her out of her room and into the laundry room to help Sadie pick out her clothes.
"Go get changed, and you can come with Riley and me to get the decorations, okay?" Maya says. Sadie nods with a big smile on her face and rushes off to grab a change of clothes.
Maya walks back to her room and grabs a change of clothes too. She decides to change into a floral print dress that falls just above the knee. She puts on a pair of her brown boots. She looks at herself in the mirror and pulls her hair out of the messy pony tail, which has been in her hair for a few days now. She brushes and straightens her hair, leaving it down for today. And she gets her make up out, still covering the bruises on her face from Tony's abuse.
She knows that it will take a long time for these bruises to heal. But she can't shake the feeling that when she is with Sadie and Lucas then her bruises heal faster. Maybe it's science. Maybe it's psychology. Maybe she should ask Farkle.
There is a knock on the door, and Maya immediately rushes to the front door before Sadie can. She can't let Sadie invite any strangers into the penthouse.
When she opens the door she sees her perky, and glowing, best friend. Maya is glad that she has two perky girls by her side to help her get this thing for the 'big day' done. She knows she can't do it alone.
"Hey, Riley! C'mon in," Maya greets her best friend. Riley walks in and shuts the door behind her, looking in awe at the penthouse.
"No way," She says.
Maya laughs, "That was my reaction when I first came here."
"Maya! Now you have a big bathroom!" Riley teases her.
Sadie comes down stairs trying to take her hair down. She looks frustrated but greets Riley with a smile on her face anyway.
"Are you guys ready?" Riley asks.
"Not yet, let me grab my jacket," Maya responds. She's about to walk upstairs before Sadie stops her.
"Maya? Can you do my hair, please?" Sadie asks, struggling to pull her down from her messy pony tail. Maya giggles and walks over to Sadie. She gently tugs the hair bow out of Sadie's light brown hair. Maya goes upstairs to grab a hairbrush, and she grabs her jacket while she's there. When she comes back downstairs she asks Sadie what she would like done to her hair.
"Can you do this?" Sadie asks, showing a picture of the hairstyle on her phone. Maya nods, and all of the girls walk into the living room to sit down.
Maya brushes the tangles out of Sadie's hair before she puts a middle part in it. Once she does that, she take the two front strands of her hair that frames her face and french braids them until they meet together in the back of her head. She then takes what strands of hairs are left and wraps them around the braid in the back, taking all of Sadie's hair off of her neck.
"Do you have bobby pins?" Maya asks. Riley looks around her large purse and pulls out a few bobby pins that Maya uses to pin Sadie's hair down so that it doesn't mess up.
"Thank you, Maya," Sadie says grabbing her coat.
"Anytime sweetie," Maya responds as the girls walk out of the door.
"She adores you," Riley says all giddy-like, "She talks about you and Lucas all the time at the daycare center. You want to hear a secret?"
Sadie isn't listening to the conversation that the older women are having. She's happily skipping along in her own little world.
"What?" Maya whispers.
"She's accidentally called you 'mom' at the daycare center. You're like a mother to her. How does that make you feel?" Riley whispers back.
Maya can feel that warmth of joy spread throughout her body. Of course, Sadie would look at Maya as mother. Maya has been there for her since she was born and will still be there for that girl. Even when she used to feel like murdering Lucas, she couldn't stay away from Sadie. Sadie will always feel like a daughter to her.
She just doesn't know if she's ready to tell Lucas that.
Lucas walks out of the bathroom changed into a pair of jeans and a nice shirt that Maya had brought for him to wear. It's been a week since the boxing match against Tony, and he finally gets to leave the hospital today. He is happy that he won his match. He is happy that he doesn't have to stress over the match or Tony ever again.
One night, earlier in the week after Maya left, Lucas turned the television in his room to SportsCenter, which covered the story of the historic match. He got to see his victorious moment. He knocked Tony out and won the match. After that last hit against Tony, he remembers that he completely blacked out. Lucas hates that he can't remember his winning moment, but he does have a concussion.
He also saw Tony get up a minute or so after the punch that costed him the match, and he saw how mad Tony got.
He could only imagine how bad it must have been for Maya. He still gets a bad taste in his mouth about the whole situation, but Maya is tougher than him. She has been though a lot because of Tony. That's why he wanted to pummel Tony to the ground.
He unmutes the television to listen to a press conference about Tony. The commissioner of the boxing program that Lucas is apart of is standing at the podium. Nick and Tony's agents are present at the podium as well.
"I have called a press conference because I feel that we need to be here to address the concerns of the violent acts that took place directly after the charity match between Lucas Friar and Anthony Espinoza a week ago. Firstly, I would like to inform the public of Lucas's condition. During and after the match, Mr. Friar received a few broken ribs, and numerous blows to the head and face that resulted in a major concussion. He went through concussion protocol with some of the finest doctors in New York City, and he is set to be released from the hospital today."
Nick takes his turn at the podium, saying, "Lucas would like to thank everybody who came out to the match as well as everybody who watched at home. Because of you guys, we raised over $500,000 for various charities. Lucas would also like me to inform you that he has very important news, but he told me not say what that news was because he would like to do it himself. Be prepared for that. Thank you.'
Lucas can't help but laugh at how Nick said that last part.
The commissioner steps forward again, "Now, I would like to address Mr. Espinoza's behavior prior to the match and after the match. Mr. Espinoza has been known for his violent streak, but never would I have thought that Mr. Espinoza's violent streak would escalate that quickly. We here in the boxing industry know that some of our athletes use boxing as a coping mechanism for anger, but in cases like these, we must ask Mr. Espinoza to enroll into anger management classes, or we will terminate his contract. After the charity match and the allegations concerning his former partner, who I will not name, it is imperative that he take these classes. It is true that physical evidence has appeared that Anthony Espinoza has committed the crime of domestic abuse. Here to speak more on the subject is Mr. Espinoza's agent and representative."
Lucas turns the television off. He walks over to the window and looks out at the rest of the city. He is startled when he hears Farkle's voice. He turns around and greets Farkle with a smile.
"It's nice to see you up and moving around," Farkle begins, "How do you feel?"
"A little dizzy, but I'll be okay. I'm just ready to go home," Lucas explains. Farkle nods and hugs his best friend. Lucas takes a seat on the hospital bed while Farkle takes the chair.
"I've been told to come pick you up."
"I though Maya and Sadie we're picking me up," Lucas says confused.
"Well, change of plans. Let's go fruit fly," Farkle says.
Lucas chuckles, "Fruit fly?"
"I can't call you a freak forever."
.~.~.~.
Lucas has no idea what's going on. He's ready to go home, and Farkle keeps making excuses. He keeps saying 'Riley needs this' or 'I need to pick something up at home', which is a forty-five minute drive away from the destination that Lucas really wants to be. Now Lucas is blindfolded because Farkle said that was the only way he could go home.
"Whatever. Let's just go," Lucas responds, putting the blindfold on himself.
Farkle, with a devilish grin on his face, backs out of the driveway of his home and heads back to the city. He quickly shoots Riley a message saying that they arrived when they did arrive in the parking garage.
Farkle helps guide Lucas out of car and into the building. Lucas keeps asking if he can take the blindfold off already, but Farkle keeps rejecting. An elevator ride later, they appear at his front door. Farkle opens the door and guides Lucas inside.
"Okay. One, two, three!" Farkle yells, quickly taking the blindfold off of Lucas, who is surprised by his family and friends.
"SURPRISE!"
"Oh my God!" Lucas says in shock, "This is amazing!"
He takes a look around at the scene. Everybody that he cares about most is there with a huge smile on their faces. The place is nicely decorated with streamers and banners that read 'welcome home' and 'congratulations'. Lucas is pulled out of his thoughts when his little girl calls his name.
"Daddy!" Sadie yells and runs into his arms.
"Hey, munchkin! I've missed being here so much," Lucas responds wrapping his arms tightly around his daughter. She does the same thing to him, making his heart swell with joy and adorableness. He picks her up in his arms and rests her on his hip.
"This party is so awesome. Thank you guys for being here," Lucas says.
"You should be thanking that little one," Maya says gesturing towards Sadie.
Lucas smiles and kisses his daughter's forehead, "Thank you. This means a whole lot to daddy. I am so lucky to have you. Love you, sweetie."
"Love you too, daddy."
After the party was over, Riley and Farkle stayed to help clean up. Lucas and Maya are in the living room, cleaning up a little trash that was left behind by some of the guests.
Lucas looks over at the couch, where Sadie is asleep. He laughs a little bit and sets the trash bag down.
"She certainly likes to party. Reminds me of her father," Maya jokes, "Keep an eye out on her in the future."
He chuckles, "I'm going to take her to her room. I'll be right back," He says, lifting his little girl up into his arm, careful not to wake her, and makes his way upstairs.
Maya is shoving more trash into a trash bag before she hears a knock on the door. She's about to set the stuff in her hands down to get the door, but Farkle says that he'll get it. She wonders who it could be. She's pretty sure that all of the guests didn't leave anything.
Lucas walks back downstairs and picks up where he left off.
"I'm sorry you got hurt," Maya says, "I guess we're matchers now."
She's gesturing to the bruises they both have on their faces. Lucas doesn't take the joke lightly. He actually takes it seriously. He drops the bag of trash again and steps closer to her. She doesn't know what he's going to do, but it excites her.
She actually trusts Lucas, and that's why she feels excited. Lucas smirks and wraps his arms around Maya's waist, pulling her closer to him.
"I got hurt because of me, not you. This isn't your fault. Nothing that happened to you and me is your fault. Understand?" Lucas asks.
Maya nods and holds onto the collar of his shirt. She pulls his face closer to his by pulling on his collar. Just as their lips are about to meet, his name is called.
"Lucas! You have a visitor at the door!" Farkle yells. When Farkle walks over to Riley, he sees that she has a horrified look on her face.
Maya walks out of the living room behind Lucas. She's kind of worried after seeing Riley's face, and she's even more worried when she sees Lucas freeze after seeing who is at the door. She freezes too when she sees who it is, and she can't believe who is standing right in front of them.
"What are you doing here?" Lucas asks.
"I'm here to see my daughter."
Plot twist! I told you! I hope I surprised y'all! And with that little incident happening (and the fact that we really haven't gotten any closure with Tony), I guess I have to say that there will be a sequel!
This sequel will bring a new challenge for Lucas and Maya. I do plan on writing the first chapter soon, so I hope y'all are ready.
I also will say that I am going to put my other story Friar Family Ties on hold until I get finished with this series because I do want to start the sequel soon.