Saving Maya

Chapter 7. Love

AN

I'm really sorry I haven't updated in like two weeks but its because school started and I'm a freshman so theres a lot of new stuff going on. Also I'm sick right now so if this chapter isn't very good I'm sorry.

I do not own Girl Meets World

Enjoy! 

Maya POV

        Lucas is on his way over to pick me up so we can go get ice cream. I'm just putting on some mascara when the doorbell rings, but Shawn gets to it before I can. (Her outfits in the media btw) I see Lucas standing there smiling. Shawn invites him in and whispers something in Lucas's ear. Lucas's face turns to a serious expression, he nods, and walks over to me.

"Ready to go?" he asks.

"Yeah lets go" I respond.

Shawn says goodbye to both of us as we walk out the door. 

"What did Shawn whisper in your ear?" I ask

"Oh, he just wanted you home at a decent time and stuff" Lucas says.

"Friar, you're a terrible liar. What did he really say?"

"Ok fine. He said to be careful because he's still worried about your dad. He also wanted me to walk on the outside of the sidewalk, so that nobody could drive up and try to grab you." Woah. I wish I didn't ask.  Oh well. We held hands and walked the rest of the way to the ice cream shop. We got our ice cream and sat at one of the tables. I got strawberry and he got cookie dough. We talked and ate our ice cream, laughing when it got all over our faces. We finished our ice cream and started to walk back to my house. That,s when everything went wrong.

Lucas POV

(some mild language in this part)

             Some guy randomly jumped out and grabbed Maya. I instinctively punched him in the stomach and he dropped Maya. 

"Maya, who's this?" the man asks her. I'm assuming it's her father.

"I'm the guy who's gonna protect her, and not let her get hurt again" I say. "Maya, go, run to the Matthews, call Shawn when you get there! Go!"

"But what about you?" she asks, panic evident in her voice.

"I'll be fine, I'll meet you there! Just go!" I yell as she turns to run. I turn back to face the man.

"So, I'm assuming you're Maya's boyfriend?" He says, but he probably doesn't care.

"Yeah, and you're the man who abandoned her fourteen years ago." I spit back.

"I'm her father, kid." He says.

"No you're not. You may be her biological father but that doesn't mean you're not just an asshole who abandoned her. Stay away from her" That's when he punches me, full on, in the face. I fall to the ground, scraping up my hands trying to catch myself. I got up and kneed him in the stomach and ran. I get to the Matthews and get up the fire escape and into Riley's  room as fast as I can. Surprisingly, there was no one there. I stumble through the door and into the kitchen where everyone is sitting. I see Shawn walk in the door just as I collapse.

Maya POV

        I run as fast as I can to the Matthews' house. I go through the front door since I thought it would be faster and they gave me a key just in case. I run in and shut the door quickly behind me, breathing heavily.

"Maya, what's wrong?" Auggie asks, as he was the only one in the room. The rest of the Matthews come into the living room, probably because they heard the door slam.  I explain everything that just happened, how my "father" tried to grab me, how Lucas defended me, and how he told me to run, and that everything would be fine. Mr. Matthews called Shawn at some point during the story, and he's on his way. Now all we can do is wait. We all sit in silence until we hear a loud noise coming from Riley's bedroom. We all stand up as Lucas stumbles in at the same time Shawn walked in the door. Lucas collapses and I run over to him. His arms are all scraped up, he has a black eye, and his face is bleeding. Shawn says something about a restraining order and my father but I'm too busy crying to listen. Lucas got hurt because of me. He's starting to wake up. He opens his eyes and looks at me. He sits up and hugs me. 

"Thank God you're ok!" he yells in my ear. 

"Me? You're the one who fought a grown man!" I say through my tears. "Come on, let's get you cleaned up." I help him up and lead him into the bathroom. I close the door, but not all the way, because I don't want to get in trouble for anything. Lucas sits up on the bathroom counter and I start to clean the blood off his face and arms. Once I rinse the blood off with water, I take a paper towel with peroxide on it and start to dab it on the cut on his face. He winces when the peroxide hits the open wound.

"Sorry" I say. He takes my face in his hands and wipes the tears with his thumbs. I smile at his gesture.

"I love you" he says, I'm about to start crying again, but this time from happiness.

"I love you too" I say, truly meaning it. He moves one of his hands to my waist and kisses me. It was like our first kiss, but longer and more passionate. We pull away and I finish cleaning up his arms and face in silence. When I'm done he gets up and we walk back into the kitchen where Shawn and Topanga are talking about something serious. I think they're going to try to file a restraining order on my "father", which I have no problem with. I mean, we should call the cops on him for attempted kidnap and assault of a juvenile, but it might be too late for that.  Lucas and I walk over to the couch and sit with Riley and Farkle, who had gotten there sometime after Shawn. I sit with my head on Lucas's chest and we talk to Riley and Farkle. At some point we order pizza and everyone goes home. 

"Maya, how would you feel about moving?" Shawn asks me as we're walking home.

"What? What do you mean move?" I ask, starting to panic. Does he mean move away? Like "away" away?

"Well, not move away, just out of our apartment. There's actually an apartment in the same building as the Matthews for rent. We live in a four-bedroom house and we just don't need that much space" Shawn explained, relaxing me slightly. He was right, we had moved when he and my mom got married, and we don't need that much space for two people. I liked the idea of living closer to Riley, and school, there would be a lot less walking. Also, my "father" probably wouldn't be able to find me, so thats a plus.

"Yeah, I think it's a great idea" I say. I really don't mind moving and like the idea, but I haven't seen this apartment so I don't know what to expect. Shawn says we're gonna go see it on Tuesday, and then decide if we like it. Today is Saturday, so it'll be a while. We get home and I go straight to brush my teeth. I go to bed, exhausted from the day's events. I fall asleep, hoping for a good day tomorrow.

AN

Well theres a new chapter! Hoped you like it. Its really late and I'm still sick so I'm gonna go to sleep now, bye!

Next chapter sneek peek:

Somebody is sick and they have to go to the hospital, but for a different reason.