worth it

7am, the clock read. Beep beep, beep beep. Although it was a Sunday, Maya had set her alarm clock especially early. Why? Well it was an especially special day. Her and Lucas' 2 year anniversary. She still cringed at that phrase. She whispered to herself, "Me and Lucas. Lucas and me." She hated to admit it, but it sounded good as those words rolled off her tongue. She pulled on a shirt and shorts, and climbed down the fire escape, running over to where Lucas' apartment was. Although the last time she remembered she had been there was for a project back in middle school, she could still recall each and every turn and corner. She knocked on the window several times, hoping that Lucas wasn't a heavy sleeper.

Noticing movement on the bed, she sat by the windowsill, waiting for him to realise she was there. He sat up, eyes half open and saw her sitting there, smiles and all. His eyes widened and he scrambled out of bed, running over to the window. He opened it and she climbed inside but before he could get a word out, she asked, "One question Huckleberry, are those bunny slippers?" His face turned red at once and he kicked the slippers off to the side of his room. Ruffling his hair, he replied nonchalantly, "No, no, what slippers?" Lucas was still a child inside and Maya knew that now. She placed her hands on his shoulders and said, "Happy anniversary babe." He smiled and before he knew it she had pulled him in for a kiss.

It was way too early in the morning for him to feeling like that, but that's why Sunday mornings were good, right? Now, he was holding her waist and she was putting her arms around his neck, almost clawing at it. She took her hands off his neck, still lip locked, and tried to get her shirt off. But Lucas' pulled it back down before he saw anything. He broke the contact and noticed as a look of disappointment took over her.

"What's wrong? Too scared?" Maya said, batting her eyelids, hands still by the hem of her shirt. He pulled her over to his bed and sat down. He didn't really know how to explain it, but he wanted to do this right, and this wasn't it. He wasn't going to lose it, not yet at least. But how to explain to her when she almost initiated it?

"Look, Maya, I want to but, I want to do this right. Not now, but stick around enough and you know, we can give it a shot. But not yet, I don't want to be responsible if something happens, alright?" He said, hoping she would understand where he was coming from. She let go of her shirt and placed her hands on his lap.

"Alright, I just thought that you would've wanted to, so… Yeah, but can we at least do this?" And all Lucas saw was a wide smile and her eyes form into those crescents they made when she was really happy, and he knew what was coming for him. He readied himself for the impact of her body and… there it was. They were side by side, on his bed, and it was everything he ever dreamed of. Her arms were around his neck and he was holding onto her waist, again. And all Lucas can think was 'my parents warned me about drugs in the street but never ones with brown eyes and a heartbeat', something he had read the night before, and damn was it true at this instant.

And as Maya pressed herself closer to him, their bodies were against each other, moving in perfect synchrony. When she began to move away, he would move himself closer, and then she would push in deeper, causing him to move closer to his side of the bed. The only breaks they took lasted milliseconds and it was just to gasp for air. They didn't care if they suffocated at that moment, because it was as if they were each other's only source of oxygen. Without the other, they might as well not be alive. They were both grinning like fools, but to Maya, she didn't care how she looked. She only cared what she was tasting, what she was smelling. He still had morning breath but she didn't give a damn. It was just so good that she definitely never wanted to stop.

Lucas waited for the right time, and he broke contact, before planting his lips at the side of her neck. He could feel her pulse and after every beat, he inhaled and kissed deeper. Maya was practically shaking, shivers being sent down her spine almost every second. Every time he kissed, she would inhale sharply, followed by a short giggle, and that was the way it was. She was hanging onto him tight, as if her life depended on it. "Kiss me, kill me," he could have sworn he heard her whisper into his ear. And he felt that if he continued this, he would go bad, and never go back, but he never wanted to. If it meant being with Maya, and loving her for the rest of his life, he didn't care who he was, good or bad, as long as he was with her. He was feasting on what he felt, and he was practically insatiable. Right then, she placed her hands on his cheeks and pulled his head up and away from her.

"What's wrong shortstack? My goals too tall for you?" Lucas said, smirking. They lay on their sides, and she said, "No, no, I just wanted to take a break, but we'll go back to that, trust me." She gazed into his eyes and saw a whole universe, yet to be explored, and he saw a future in hers, one he wanted to explore with her.

"I was just… thinking. So many people say that we're polar opposites, that you're South, I'm North, you're the Sun and I'm the Moon but… We really aren't, are we? We've been abandoned, we've had to fend for ourselves. Although we aren't exactly the same either, I mean. To everyone else, you're the moral compass, a guide for everyone to follow. To everyone else, I'm some kind of trouble maker, the first one to get out of school every single day. But to me, you're no moral compass, you're more than that. You keep me grounded. You guide me. You guide who I am and who I will be. You.. you're my entire world, Lucas," Maya said, smiling as a single tear slid down her cheek. She never thought that she could be this happy, ever. He wiped it away and twirled a single lock of her blond hair around his finger.

"Listen, Maya. Everything you said, I couldn't agree more. You don't just listen to me, you understand me, you know my problems and you can empathise with them. Our family lives could both be better, and I try to hide it from the world, but you don't, which I find really courageous. And as long as my mother doesn't walk through that door and see you here, I could lie like this forever, just looking at you. You are beautiful, Maya, inside and out. You may think you're broken inside, and that you can't be fixed, but I think you just need to find the right pieces. And I can help you with that. I have been and I will be. 2 years ago, on this day, I asked you, Maya Penelope Hart, to be my girlfriend, and you said yes, and-"

"And that, Lucas, is why I love you."

Once again, she grabbed his cheeks and leapt onto him. Her lips were a drug and he was an addict. He wanted more and more and more, with every second that passed, his need was increasing. He felt like he could do anything in the world, just the two of them. He could rule the world, with Maya as his queen. They continued and all of a sudden, his hand shot up, landing on her thigh. Maya jolted and breathed, her mouth right by his ears, "Ooh, where'd you learn that one, Ranger Rick?" He laughed and held her tight, close to his own body. They were yin and yang. Each one had the essence of the other in themselves. Maya was dark but she had the light that Lucas tried to be. Lucas tried to be the light in everyone's darkness, but one cannot be the light without having a darkness of their own. As they gasped for air, Maya felt the warm breath on her neck, the same warm breath that had fanned her the first day this dream had started. She almost started to worry about the fact that this was a supposed 'dream', but Lucas hands quickly calmed her down. As they grew tired, they merely lay next to each other, staring again into each other's eyes. Lucas had been with this girl for 2 years, and this had to have been the best anniversary yet.

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