Chapter Four
The next day in school Maya hadn't seen Lucas anywhere and she was starting to get worried. She knew that if he wasn't here then she would know if she didn't see him in Mr. Matthew's class. The bell rang and Maya's stomach was doing cartwheels, she needed to talk to Lucas. She walked into class and saw him sitting at his desk. Usually he's talking to Zay when she walks in but he wasn't this time.
"Hey, can we talk?" Maya asked sitting down in her desk in front of his.
"Can't." He said not even making eye contact with her.
"Why not?" Maya asked, now getting really worried.
"Because, if you're seen talking to someone like me then you'll end up getting hurt." He said.
"What are you talking about?" Maya asked.
"Alright class, let's get started." Mr. Matthews said ending their short conversation.
Lucas walked out of his last class with his headphones in his ears and his bookbag on one shoulder. He walked out to the parking lot and he had his head down. When he got close to his truck he looked up and saw Maya leaned against the hood.
"What's up?" She asked. Lucas took one head phone out and stopped.
"What'd you want?" He asked.
"I want to know what the hell your problem is?" She asked pushing off and walking closer to him.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He said walking past her and tossing his bookbag into the back of his truck.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. What did you mean by what you said earlier?" Maya asked crossing her arms.
"I mean that you don't need to get hurt. I won't let you." He said.
"And why would I get hurt?" Maya asked. Lucas shook his head and got in the truck.
"No, you're not just going to walk away." Maya said getting in the passanger side.
"Get out." Lucas said not looking at her.
"No." Maya said.
"Whatever." He said starting his truck and pulling out.
"Tell me why I would get hurt." Maya said.
"Because everytime I like someone they always get hurt because I'm not good enough for them." He said pulling into an empty parking lot next to an abandon building.
"You like me?" Maya asked surprisingly.
"Doesnt matter." He said getting out of his truck. She could tell that he's been here before. But why here? He walked into the building and then up the stairs to the roof as Maya followed. He sat down on the ledge of the one story building and Maya sat down next to him.
"I come here whenever I'm dealing with stuff. It calms me and soothes me." Lucas said. It overlooked a river and the town on the other side.
"Do you come here often?" Maya asked.
"Almost everyday, yesterday was the first day this week that I didn't come here." Lucas said.
"Why?" Maya asked.
"Because I didn't think about my problems when I was with you." Lucas said.
"Why?" Maya asked again.
"Because I like you." Lucas said looking Maya in the eyes.
"You can't." She responded.
"And why is that?" He asked.
"Because I can't date someone like you or even have feelings for someone like you. I'm only with you because I have to be." Maya said standing up and walking away.
"You mean to tell me that you don't feel anything?" Lucas asked.
"I can't." Maya answered.
"But do you?" He asked standing up and walking towards her.
"Of course." Maya said.
"So I'm not the only one." Lucas said.
"No of course not." Maya said.
"Then let's do something about it." He said stepping closer.
"No, we can't, remember?" Maya said pushing him away.
"Who said anybody has to know about it?" He asked.
"It's not easy to keep that big of a secret." Maya said.
"We can try." Lucas replied.
"Can you just take me to Riley's place?" Maya asked.
"Yeah." He said. We walked back to the truck and we drove in silence to Riley's place. Once we were outside of the apartment Maya still sat there.
"Can you at least think about it?" Lucas asked.
"Lucas," Maya began.
"Please." He finished.
"I'll think about it." She said getting out and walking into the building. Lucas smiled and then left.
"You have feelings for Lucas Friar?" Riley yelled in surprise.
"Riley, will you please just shut up." Maya said rubbing her face.
"No, I knew something like this was going to happen." Riley said in excitement.
"How? I wasn't even close to liking him until yesterday." Maya said.
"Because I can tell the way he cares and the way he looks at you. He likes you and I know that you don't dislike someone that much. I knew that you would come along sooner or later." Riley said.
"Would you judge me if I dated him?" Maya asked.
"Of course not. If anything I would be happy for you. You deserve someone like him, he's better than you think." She responded.
"Thanks." Maya said and then laid down to think.
"Lucas, come down here." Lucas heard his dad yell from down stairs. He ran down and stopped to find his dad in the living room.
"What's up?" He asked.
"Your coach called me to see if everything was okay." His dad said.
"Why?" Lucas said getting worried.
"Because you missed out on practice today. You mind telling me why?" He asked.
"Dad, I was dealing with a lot today and I didn't feel like going." Lucas confessed.
"It doesn't matter if you don't feel like it. You go! You don't skip out on your future." He yelled.
"Well it isn't my future dad." Lucas finally admitted.
"What're you talking about?" He asked.
"I don't want to be a baseball player, dad. At least not in the future and it's time you finally accepted it dad." Lucas said going upstairs.
"We're not done talking." His dad yelled from downstairs.
"I am." He yelled back. I laid back down on my bed and closed my eyes. Just then my phone dinged and it was a messae from Maya.
"Hey, so I thought about it. Can you come pick me up from Riley's?" Maya asked.
"Of course be there in ten." Lucas sent back. He ran down stairs and his dad tried to stop him but his mom gave him the nod to go ahead. He walked outside and drove to Riley's.
Maya got into Lucas's truck but he didn't pull off right away.
"So?" He asked. Maya didn't say anything but pulled him in for a kiss. He was surprised by the kiss but then kissed back. He pulled away and took off his seat belt and then went back to kissing her. She ran her fingers through his hair as he grabbed her hips and pulled her closer. He touched the edge of her shirt and then she knew he was taking it too far.
"Wait, not ready yet." Maya said pushing back.
"So where do you want to go?" He asked.
"To your house. I can't go home." Maya said.
"Good, because I need to talk to you." Lucas said and pulled off.
"What do you need to talk about?" Maya asked sitting on the couch with her legs in his lap.
"I told my dad." Lucas said. "I told him I didn't want to be a professional baseball player."
"Oh my gosh, how'd it go?" Maya asked.
"It didn't I went back up to my room because I knew he was going to get an attitude." Lucas said. "But now I figured you should talk to your mom."
"Can't, I never see her." Maya said standing up and laying down on the bed.
"Do you want to stay here tonight?" Lucas asked. "Tomorrow's Saturday, my parents don't care, and I'll even sleep on the couch."
"Sure, sounds nice. But you don't have to sleep on the couch, butI don't want to try anything." Maya said.
"Wasn't going to." Lucas said with a laugh. He walked to the bathroom and came out in sweat pants and no shirt and he had a hot body. He handed Maya a shirt and she put that on and then they fell asleep in each others arms.