AN: I'd like to say by the time I actually upload this, this story will be completed/ I'll be well into the story line. You'll just have to wait for updates. I'll be posting chapters every Wednesday and Saturday.
Chapter 2
After their brief cleaning, Katy and Maya had dressed into some semi-formal attire. Maya wore a navy skater dress that hovered above her knees and some medium inch white heels. She tied her hair back into a low ponytail with her voluminous curls still visible underneath the hair tie. She wore minimal makeup to look smart. Katy wore a black skirt that cinches in at the waist and is mid-calf length and a white, long sleeve blouse tucked in. She had a church hat on with her hair tied up.
They caught up to Missy and her family who were ahead.
"Hi there Ms Hart and Maya. You look great," She stressed, smiling as she checked out their clothing. Missy's mother turned around and greeted them.
"How do you do Ms Hart? Missy has told me all about you! I'm Amelia Jones Bradford" She said. Missy clearly got her looks from her mother. Amelia shook Katy and Maya's hands and then proceeded to pull her teenage son. He had a massive curly afro and seemed mesmerised by Maya.
"Mom. You're making me look uncool infront of Maya," He hissed. She smacked his arm.
"Boy would you stop pestering me and your sister and head off with the men into the mens section of the chapel? You tire me," She whispered back sternly. The boy straightened out his suit and walked off. Missy giggled.
"Sorry about Matthew. He's a hormonal teenager," Missy said, laughing. Katy and Amelia seemed to walk off ahead- they looked like twins with the matching outfits. Maya, however looked a bit different compared to most of the girls her age. She noticed that as soon as she walked in, all the women looking at her. She shrugged her shoulders and sat down, trying to engage in a conversation with Missy. Missy put her finger on her lip and told Maya to be quiet as the Pastor gave a lecture and recitation of part of the bible.
Maya's eyelids were drooping a little until the pastor pointed her out.
"YOU! Stand. You are a newcomer within Ahmsville," He stated with his booming, monotonous voice.
"Yes sir," She replied back, glad that the only skin visible were her arms. All eyes were glued to her.
"What brings you to Ahmsville and it's church?" He asked. The people started whispering until the pastor told them all to be quiet.
"To live a better life and have a better lifestyle sir. I wanted to be more in touch with God too sir," She replied. The pastor started off the slow clap and everyone was clapping until he abruptly stopped the clapping and continued with the lecture.
The lecture had finished at 9pm and Maya was feeling exhausted. She started rubbing her shoulders due to the cold as Missy and her blonde friend approached her.
"The Pastor almost caught you red-handed sleeping! He only calls someone out when he knows they aren't paying attention," Missy explained, grinning. Maya sighed and smiled a little.
"Can't the pastor be... more exciting?" She mumbles as Missy chats animatedly with her blonde friend. Maya walks up to her mother who seems to be fitting fine with the older bunch.
"Oh hey honey, greet these wonderful ladies! This is Mrs Firth, Mrs Woods and Mrs Hands," She stated. Maya shook their hands and felt them glaring at her outfit and her legs. She walked off and sat on a bench near the church doors. She felt someone sit next to her.
"Exhausted newcomer?" He asks, his voice sounding fairly deep compared to the pastor. The pastor was the only male voice Maya heard in this town so far other than Missy's younger teenage brother who didn't seem to fully break his voice yet.
"Yeah. Pastor couldn't sound more enthusiastic?" She asked, turning to the man. He shook his head.
"Not a nice way to start by talking crap about the pastor to his own son huh?" He asked, flashing a smile at her. His brown hair was full and slicked back, his million dollar smile glaring her. His chocolate coloured eyes pierced. He seemed well dressed, quite young and intelligent.
"I'm Charlie Gardner," He states. He doesn't hold out his hand for her to shake as they usually did. She didn't mind though.
"Maya Hart," She replied. She felt everyone's eyes on her and Charlie so she got up and said her goodbye, walking off.
Missy ran up to her.
"Oh my God, you actually spoke to Charlie Gardner? I know he's really handsome but he's a no go zone. He's already married anyway," She stated.
"Honestly, I wouldn't ever go for him anyway. He seems like bad news," She reassured Missy, turning back to look at him. Missy tapped her foot on the ground.
"Maya, I mean it. Pastors always have one messed up child and he's that one," She warned, pointing at him.
What Maya didn't want to admit was the one that actually caught her attention was the diligently praying blonde haired guy who sat at the front pew on the men's side that only looked at her once. His green eyes pierced right through her soul. She looked around to see if he was there but it was as if he was never present, his presence vanishing into thin air. She sighed as Missy grumbled about what happens to adulterous females, but Maya knew she would never stoop that low.