Chapter Five
The next morning Lucas woke up with Maya gone. He checked his phone and it was 9:00 in the morning. He checked the message he had from Maya.
"Hey, I had a great time last night. I had to leave early so I could be back before my mom woke up. Thank you for an amazing night." Lucas smiled while he read this message. He loved that she could make him smile but every little thing, even the simple things.
"Can we meet up at 1:00? I want to take you somewhere." Lucas sent back.
"Of course." Maya sent back right away.
"I'll be at your apartment at 1:00 then." He sent back. He got out of the bed and went to take a showere. Once he got out he put on Nike shorts and a t-shirt that had his baseball number on it. He slipped on his Nike shoes. He ran downstairs and his dad was sitting there reading the newsparper. He glared at Lucas when he saw him coming down the stairs.
"Morning." Lucas said.
"You going to tell us who this little girl friend of yours is?" His dad asked.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Lucas said getting a water out of the refrigerator.
"I saw this blonde chick sneaking out of your room this morning." He answered.
"First of all don''t call her that. And it's not what you think." Lucas said.
"Oh so it wasn't just another one of your little one night stands?" His dad asked. You could tell that he was still mad, but Lucas wasn't going to let his dad's ego get to him
"No dad, she's different. I have something special with her." Lucas answered.
"Wow, she must be pretty good in the sack then." His dad said. Lucas balled up his fists to that comment. Everything was a competion to his dad. Rather it being baseball or how many girls he could get. My dad stopped all of the one night stands once he met my dad but he always brags about them when he's not around.
"Dad, I haven't had sex with her. And it's not always about that. I told you she's different." Lucas said defending Maya.
"Well, then if she's this special then I would love to meet her." He said.
"Fine, I'm about to go meet her so I'll be home late tonight." Lucas said. His dad waved him off and then continued reading the newspaper.
- Maya and Lucas arrived to Lucas's favorite hide out. They went back up to the roof and sat down on the edge.
"You see that pond over there?" Lucas asked pointing towards it.
"Yeah, what about it?" Maya asked.
"You wanna go swimming?" He asked standing up and taking his shirt off.
"What? No." Maya said looking up at him.
"Why not?" Lucas asked now taking his shoes off.
"First of all, I don't have my bathing suit and second of all, that's disgusting." Maya said.
"I go swimming here all the time, besdes you can use my shower afterwards." Lucas said.
"And what about your nice clean truck?" Maya asked.
"Oh well, you're going to have to ride in the back." Lucas said and then they both laughed.
"Sounds like a plan." Maya said. She then took everything off until she was in her bra and panties. They ran down the dock at the pond and then jumped in.
Lucas and Maya walked into his house drenched and laughing.
"What's so funny?" Lucas's dad asked stopping him.
"Nothing we were just talking about what happened today." Lucas answered.
"It's nice to finally meet you. I mean I saw you for a split second this morning when you were sneaking out of my house." His dad said extendng his hand to Maya. Maya took it into hers and shook it.
"Nice to meet you to sir and I'm sorry about that I just had to be home early in the morning." Maya said.
"Oh, yeah that's fine." He said.
"Well dad, we're going upstairs." Lucas said putting his hand on the small of Maya's back and leading her upstairs.
"Sorry about him." Lucas said after reaching his fine.
"No, it's fine." Maya said. "I've been through way worse." Lucas laughed and shut the door behind her.
"You can take a shower first, and I washed the clothes you left her last night." He said handing them to her.
"Aw thank you." Maya said.
"You're welcome. The towels are in the closet in the bathroom." He said kissing her and then turning the TV on.
Once they both got done with their showers they ordred pizza and were watching The Longest Ride and laying on his bed. It was the perfect date.
"So what's up with your dad?" Maya asked. It had been bothering her all night but she finally grew the courage to ask.
"He's just always been competitive and he thinks your just another one night stand of mine. But like I told you I changed." He said.
"I know, and you shouldn't let him push you around like that." Maya said.
"It's not that simple, he's my dad." Lucas replied. "And besides you still haven't talked to your mom." Maya bit her lip and took another bite out of her sandwitch.
"When are you going to do that anyway?" Lucas asked.
"Tomorrow." Maya said and she meant it. She needed to talk to her mom.
"Good, and after you do that I'll talk to my dad." He said kissing her forehead.
"Sounds good." Maya said.
"Have you noticed we look exactly like the couple in this movie." Lucas said with a laugh.
"Oh my gosh, we really do." Maya said laughing along with him.
They were sitting in Lucas's truck outside of Maya's apartment and they were talking until she had to go in.
"So I was wondering if you wanted to go to the movies with Riley, Farkle, and I tomorrow?" Maya asked.
"Kind of like a double date?" Lucas asked.
"Exactly." Maya asnwered.
"Here's the thing, you and I both agreed it would be hard to have this relationship in public so I was wondering if we could be our usual selves in public and a couple secretly?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah that's fine." Maya asnwered. She was lying.
"Good, we'll make this work." Lucas said. He kissed her forehead and then her lips and then she left. She thought about this whole idea once she got upstairs and was wondering if it could really work. Well if you really like someone it should.
Right?