This is some time after Girl Meets Creativity. Also sorry for the ending angst and sadness, I didn't mean for this chapter to be like that but I've been feeling kinda sad lately so this chapter happened.
2. "It reminded me of you."
Maya tried not to blush as she looked down at the small figurine.
It was nothing special really.
Except that it was to her.
It was a small white horse, with the words "The horse that knew better" engraved on the the bottom.
Lucas had recently gone to visit his family back in Texas and he decided to bring everyone a few souvenirs.
He had brought Farkle some weird looking rocks that made Farkle geek out.
He brought Zay some sweets from his favorite candy store back home.
And he brought Riley a purple cat figurine.
How in the world Lucas found a purple cat was a mystery.
Texas must be a weird place, thought Maya.
Riley gave him a huge smile and Lucas returned it, Maya had to look away from them.
It was like looking into the sun.
Lucas turned to Maya who remained silent.
"So do you like it?" Lucas asked nervously.
Maya didn't know what to say, the same way she didn't know what to say when he had told her he wanted her to be happy.
Art was the one thing that she loved and she could have.
It became something so important to her and the thought of losing it was terrifying.
Maya looked into Lucas's eyes for just a moment too long before she spoke.
"Yeah I do actually, I can't believe you remembered this."
"Of course I do. If it's important to you, then it's important to me."
He said it with such a certainty, with such sincerity, that it made Maya speechless once again.
"Thank you...This is..." Maya tripped over her words as she tried to find the right ones.
She could make a joke or she could be mean but for once she didn't want to put up her walls like she normally did with him.
Luckily Riley who had been looking at Farkle's souvenir turned to Maya with an excited look on her face.
"Look Maya! Look! This one has glitter all over it! It's so pretty." Riley said holding the dark and shiny rock.
"You can have that one Riley," said Farkle.
Riley's smile got even bigger as she thanked Farkle and then as she thanked Lucas.
They both looked at her fondly.
And there it was, thought Maya.
The reason she put up walls in the first place.
Maya could never hurt Riley.
Hurting her would be the worst thing Maya could ever think of doing.
If there was a line you could never come back from this was it.
Maya shouldn't look at Lucas longer than she had to.
She shouldn't walk next to him or try to sit closer to him.
She shouldn't want to listen to him whenever he talks.
She shouldn't want to know everything about him.
She should call him names and make fun of him when he says something that makes her heart race.
She should stick next to Riley but sometimes that included sticking next to Lucas too.
Maya needed to ignore those feelings until they become another disappointed memory.
Just another scar, one that might sting every once in awhile.
Maybe one day she won't look at them and feel so utterly hopeless.
Maybe one day it won't hurt.
Once again I'm sorry for the angst and also sorry for this one being short, I'll try to make the next chapter longer. Next chapter will take me a while to write though and I have no idea when it'll be done.
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