The Fame

The Assembly

Lucas POV:

Can today get any more boring? Mondays were usually pretty boring but this one somehow topped it. Probably because it's dead week and we're studying so much. We also have an assembly so hopefully I don't fall asleep.

(2 hours later)

It's lunchtime and I can't help but wonder what the assembly is even about anyway? The last time we had one it was in 8th grade and it was a punishment for a food fight that had happened. I smile thinking about the memory because Maya started it all because I wouldn't give her the rest of my tater tots. Boy do I miss her. (10th grade year)

"Lucas what are you smiling about?"

I come back to reality and Riley's looking at me confused. Riley and I used to have something but things didn't work out, we lost our spark. "Nothing" I reply quickly. I'm grateful we're still friends though, but that didn't mean I could tell her I had a tiny little crush on Maya before.

(1 hour later)

We hear the announcement over the intercom to come to the gym, and we all groan.

"Come on kids I guarantee you'll like this assembly" Mr. Matthews chimes,

And I hope he's right.

Riley, Farkle, and I walk into the gym side by side with confused faces. Why are there pictures of Maya everywhere? And my heart sinks, did she die? Is this what's happening?

"Riley you don't think?" I croak

"Of course not! I just skyped with her a week ago she's fine!" Riley assured me

"Oh thank god"

A sigh of relief comes towards me... so then what's going on? We take our seats on the bleachers and it's silent. I've never in my 4 years of being in this school, have heard the school be this quiet. There's a giant screen in front of us, kind of like a jumbo screen you would see at a basketball game. And the room goes dark. The jumbo screen lights up with a video of Maya. Now I'm pretty sure my heart just skipped a beat. According to the crowd, I think theirs did too. It's some kind of interview?

"So how is your tour going right now?" the interviewer asks and I feel a little bad because I said I was going to one of her shows, but I never had time to.

"It's going amazing right now" she replied maturely and elegantly. I never took my eyes off her. I felt like I was being hypnotized.

"But tomorrow I'm making a stop somewhere special"

"Oh yes, I've heard about that. Are you nervous at all?"

Maya stares at the interviewer for a couple seconds and finally responds

"Not at all"

And the room goes dark again.

When the light comes back on again I see Maya right in front of me.

"Hey Huckleberry" she mouths to me with a smirk.

Yup my heart definitely just stopped.