World meets Maya

{16} Best friend or him?

I should've seen this coming I know Riley and Farkle more than I know about tacos. Which is a lot. Thinking about tacos right now is all that's keeping me from yelling at them both. Or maybe it's because i'm slightly drunk that i'm thinking about tacos. I probably should just forget about the tacos.

The light in the room is dark as outside and I can barely see their faces apart from the low shine of blue and purple from the LED speakers. Despite the visibility I can see the guilt on their faces clear as day.

I crashed their seven minutes in heaven game thinking Riley was stuck in there with some rando. What I didn't expect to see was my best friend with red lips and a flushed face. I'm immediately sobering up.

"Oh Maya! Hey! is that heaven calling to say seven minutes is up ha. ha" Riley says quickly breaking apart from Farkle and into the party again. She attempts to leave for the door before I grab her arm pulling her back before she can. She wants to believe that I don't know they kissed, but i've seen her kiss Lucas plenty of times against my will and I know what it looks like.

"What are you doing Maya?" She asks innocently but she can never fool me. I intensify my death glare until she immediately crumbles. "OKAY I KISSED FARKLE IM SORRY" she shouts, luckily the blaring music practically blocks anyone else from hearing clearly. She starts to explain her feelings for Farkle but that is not my concern right now.

"Lucas is going to be crushed Riley. I don't really care about anything else" I say harshly, I spent this whole night with that boy and I spend the rest of my days thinking about him. No matter what problems they may be having, he doesn't deserve this. I turn to look for Lucas to make sure he hasn't seen this because as much as I care for him, I already know i'm not going to snitch on my best friend. I don't know if that's the right choice but it's the choice i'm making. He is nowhere to be seen.

"Maya I swear to you this will never happen again. It was a mistake-" she starts and at the corner of my eye I can see Farkle deflate and beginning to walk away, Riley's eyes trail his back. I feel the need to follow him but I have no words to say. Words cannot describe the disappointment I feel but I know Riley and I can see in her eyes that the guilt she is feeling is genuine. It doesn't excuse what she has done though. I take a deep breath and try to think of something to say.

"Riley you have to tell him. He loves you" I say putting my hands on her shoulder, she's unsteady on her feet and her drunken sadness is catching up to her. Nothing I say right now will be going to her head.

Riley shakes her head and when she looks up at me her eyes are filled with tears. "It's not me he loves Maya"

I scrunch up my eyebrows in confusion, who else could Lucas love? Before I can voice my question out loud the front door bangs open and the main big lights are shuttered on causing everyone to squint and cover their eyes.

Suddenly Smackle climbs on a table and screams "POLICE. SCATTER!"

Everybody runs, I see Zay grabbing Smackle and I instantly lose Riley, she's slipped through my grasp like water. I'm being pushed in every direction and briefly feel like fucking Mufasa in Lion King. I'm swearing every curse word I know until strong arms suddenly curl around me and i'm lifted away, looking up I see Lucas and my heart feels instantly heavier.