Chapter 9- Afterparty

Maya woke up to her phone ringing. She sleepily answered it.

"What the FUCK Maya? Where the hell are you?!" Her mother yelled into the phone. Maya held the phone away from her ear and looked at the bedside clock. 1:15. Maya shot up and shook Josh awake.

"Shit! Josh! Look at what time it is!" she whispered. He groggily opened his eyes and looked at the clock, falling off the bed in the process. They scrambled around, quickly trying to get dressed and not run into each other.

"I'm sorry, mom. I lost track of time." She listened for a moment. "Where am I? I was hanging out and I fell asleep at the afterparty." Listening. "Just friends, Mom. Look, we will talk when I get there. In about a half hour." She hung up the phone and glared at Josh.

"A half hour?! My mom is going to beat my ass! Because you wanted to sleep. Damn it, Josh. She is never gonna let me out of the house again."

"Um, as I recall," Josh protested, "you were just as content as I was. Don't put all the blame on me, Maya." Agitated, he snatched up his clothes and headed for the bathroom to dress.

"What's all that for?" Maya shouted through the bathroom door. "Now you wanna act shy? Like I haven't seen your penis or something." She kicked the door and stomped around the room to find her own clothes. When Josh emerged from the bathroom, Maya sighed.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to put it all on you. It's on both of us." She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him. "Forgive me?" She looked at him with sad eyes. Josh laughed.

"I can't stay mad at you, Maya." He hugged her tightly and kissed the top of her head. "Now let's get you home, so we can face the music." Groaning with dread, Maya nodded and the two of them headed to the Uber that Josh ordered while he was in the bathroom.

When the Uber pulled up to Maya's house, Katy was waiting outside along with Cory and Topanga. All three of them looked agitated and tired.

"Uh-oh." Maya remarked. "We are in serious trouble, now." Josh looked out the window and agreed. They got out of the car and Josh tipped the driver. When the car pulled away, all three of the adults began yelling at once. Maya held up her hands, attempting to be the voice of reason.

"Whoa! Can we do this inside, so the neighbors don't call the cops? It's like 2 in the morning." The adults stopped yelling at Maya and Josh and looked at each other. They parted so Maya and Josh could get through the door first, then they followed. The minute the front door was closed, they started yelling again.

"What were you thinking?!"

"What were you doing at 1 in the morning?!"

"Do you realize what could have happened?!" Josh and Maya looked at one another and rolled their eyes.

"STOP!" Maya shouted. Shocked, the adults fell silent. "I know we messed up, but I can only process being yelled at from one person at a time! Please!" Cory and Topanga took Josh into another room to yell at him and Katy took Maya into the kitchen.

"What was going through your head, Maya? Do you know how worried I was?" Maya shook her head and listened quietly.

"I almost called the police! I sent you like 15 text messages. I called you like 6 times. Where were you?" Maya had always had an honesty policy with her mother, so the lie she told in the hotel room was really eating at her. She felt she had to come clean. Maya took a deep breath.

"Mom. Let me apologize now for what I am about to tell you." Katy had to sit down.

"Oh no. What happened?"

"I wasn't with friends at an afterparty. I fell asleep but it was with Josh." Maya looked at her mother's face, before continuing. "After we had sex in his hotel room." Katy went ashen and looked about to faint.

"You did what?"

"We had-"

"I heard. I just couldn't believe it." Katy interrupted. "How many times have we discussed this, Maya?" She took a deep breath to center herself. "Were you at least, safe, about it?" Maya winced at the word 'safe'.

"I don't think so, Mom." She replied in a small voice. Katy put her head in her hands.

"Shit." was all she said.

"I'm sorry, Mom." Maya's eyes began to fill with tears. Katy slapped her hands to her knees with determination.

"We will figure this out. I didn't want you to follow in my path, but it is what it is, if it happens. We will deal with it." Maya looked at her mother in shock. She didn't expect her to be so calm about this. She expected fireworks and shouting. Instead her mother was extremely understanding. She was just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

And then it dropped.

"This doesn't mean you won't be disciplined. Not by any means. Understand?" Maya nodded, quickly.

"I accept any punishment you give me. It was a stupid decision." Maya replied, looking at the floor.

"Good. First things first, you will not see or talk to Josh for," Katy paused, contemplating how long was justified. "three months." Maya's head shot up and she opened her mouth to protest, quickly closing it again when she saw the look her mother gave her. She put her head back down.

"Ok." She replied, dejectedly.

"Second, your curfew is reduced to 7:30pm. You can go to the Matthews' but only if Josh is not there." Maya nodded, keeping her head down.

"Lastly, you are coming to work with me at the coffee shop on the weekends." Katy expected opposition on this.

"But Mom-" Katy held up a finger for silence.

"If it turns out that you are pregnant, you are going to need a job to provide for this baby. If, by some miracle, you got lucky and you aren't, at least I know where you are on the weekends."

"PREGNANT?" Topanga was at the kitchen door. "Cory?!" Cory came running from the other room.

"What's wrong?" he asked, concerned. Topanga turned to Cory, her face having turnt a pale white.

"Did Josh not just tell you that nothing happened?"

"Yeah? Why?"

"Because Maya might be pregnant." Cory's face went from ashen to red.

"JOSH?! Get your ass in here!" Josh ran into the kitchen and was met with a very angry looking Cory.

"You lied to me, to us. When we asked you if anything happened." Topanga scolded. Josh looked down at the floor, ashamed.

"I didn't figure it mattered at the time." Cory and Topanga looked at each other, dumbfounded.

"What are you even saying right now? She is 16, Josh. 16!" Cory shouted. "You better pray that she isn't, or you will have Hell to pay!" Josh looked up and smirked, instantly turning into a 13 year old boy.

"What, from you?!"

"No, Josh, from Mom and Dad." Cory replied. That wiped the smirk right off his face. "So you better be on your knees and praying." At that moment, Cory's phone rang. "And you should probably start now, because that is Mom and Dad on the phone."

Arthors Note- So how do yall like the reality to the story now guys? Will Maya end up pregnant? What will she do about not seeing Josh for months. Joshaya fans stay tuned. Happy reading guys and please review.