Just a Dream {Girl Meets World}

18: Falling on Thin Ice

Chapter Seventeen
Riley Matthews

    "Ahh!" I screamed as I crashed into Maya, causing the both of us to come tumbling down.

    Maya and I both closed our eyes, bracing for impact. We both hit the ice with a loud, "THUD!!!" When I opened my eyes, I found myself on top of Maya. I felt my face heat up from embarrassment. Maya opened her eyes back up, looking at me as if she did not know what to do. That's when I realized that my face was just inches apart from Maya's. I felt my face become even hotter.

    "Um, Riley, you ok?" Maya asked me.

    "Y-yeah, wh-why?" I replied.

    "Because your cheeks are bright red."

    I felt my face become even hotter. "R-really?"

    "Yeah, they just got even redder. Are you ok?"

    "Yeah, I-I'm fine..."

    "Are you embarrassed? Riles, no one can see us. You shouldn't have to feel embarrassed. No one's going to judge you on your iceskating-skills. I may be here, but I'm a rookie at this as well."

    "I agree."

    "So, why are you embarrassed? You didn't look the embarrassed the other times you fell."

    "I-"

    "Is it because you fell on top of me? Riley, it's completely fine. I was going fast and I shouldn't of been. You were trying to keep up with me and tripped. And besides, none of us are hurt."

    "I know."

    "Then, what's wrong?"

    "It's just..." I began as I tried to push myself off of Maya. However, my hands ended up slipping from underneath me. I closed my eyes, bracing for impact. Next thing I knew, a pair of hands grabbed me. When I opened my eyes again, Maya was holding me up by my shoulders so that I wouldn't crash on top of her again. Our faces were inches apart again. Instead of pushing me off of her, Maya just held me like that for a couple of seconds, looking me directly in the eyes. I noticed that her cheeks were a light shade of pink.

    "Why is she looking at me like that?" I thought to myself, "Is she... Oh God Does she... Oh no... Does she want to.... Oh dear...."

    Instead of using my hands to push myself off of Maya, I just kept them right were they were. I looked back at her the same way that she was looking at me; as if I didn't know what to do, but knew what I wanted to do.

    "Why haven't I pushed myself off yet?" I thought to myself, "Why am I just staying like this? Why do I like it?"

    Maya and I just stayed like that for a couple of minutes, not saying a word.

    "M-Maya...," I finally choked out.

    "Yes, R-Riles?" Maya stammered as she began to blush as hard as I was.

    "What is going on? Why haven't you put me down yet?"

    "I-I'm sorry, do you-"

    "But the better question is why haven't I decided to get up yet?"

    "I don't know, Riles. I don't know what is going on inside of your head; only you do. You tell me."

    "I-I umm..."

    I tried hard to think of something to say, but couldn't. How am I supposed to think of words to describe what is going on inside of me right now? I have never felt this way towards my best friend before.

    "But by the way that you are acting, I think I'm starting to get a clue of what it might be," Maya stated.

    That's when I finally removed Maya's hands from my shoulder. I pushed myself up off of Maya. I just couldn't take it anymore. I don't want to feel this way and I wasn't going to let my feelings make me do what they wanted to do, although I secretly wanted to do it too deep down inside. A few tears slipped down my cheeks.

    "I'm so sorry, Maya," I cried, "I don't mean for what is going inside of my head to happen. I-I ruined our friendship. I'm so sorry!"

    Before Maya could say anything, I grabbed onto the rail and pulled myself back up onto my own two feet. I skated off the rink and took my skates off. I put my own shoes back on and dashed out of Rockefeller Center.

    "RILEY, WAIT!!!" I heard Maya cry.

    "She's chasing me," I thought to myself, "She wants me to come back. She isn't grossed out."

    Just as I was about to stop and go back to Maya, and apologize for dashing off like that. I decided to pick up the pace. I took some really odd turns to shake Maya off of my tail. I just couldn't confront her right now. All of this was just too much for me to handle.

Why have I never thought like this before?

A/N: Ok guys, I decided that this is story is going to have romance in it. I usually don't write books with romance, but GMW is just filled with so many ships that it's hard not to ship anyone. I think it's because all of the characters on the show care so much about each other and show so much love, which causes people to want them to be together. And I'm talking about all the ships. This is my first time writing a romantic story in a long time, so no hate please! If you read any of my other stories, then you might have never expected something like this from me, but I am a very open person. I named myself Creativity77 and not some fan-related name because I like to write about all types of things. If I see any harsh comments, then I will delete them. However, if you want to leave a constructive comment or any suggestions, then that's fine! Those are the type of comments that help me improve my writing! Oh, and sorry if anything sounded harsh, it's just that to tell you the truth, I was very scared to post this chapter because I was afraid that some of the people who read my other books would see this and criticize me. No, I was afraid of getting criticized period. But then I realized that even though not everyone agrees with what I'm writing about, that's not my fault. If people don't like where I'm going with this book and are truly good people, they'll just stop reading and not give me any hate comments. I shouldn't be scared to write what I want to and no longer am. Sorry that this rant turned out to be so long. To be honest, I wanted to make this book Rilaya from the very beginning. But it already is because Rilaya is used for Riley and Maya's relationship, and a relationship can be a friendship(well, a best friendship in their case). But in this book, well let's just say that they become very close. 😉 

I hope that you guys enjoyed this short chapter! In the next couple of chapters, we will get deeper into Riley and Maya's feelings and relationship. Anyways, have a nice morning/afternoon/night, everybody! 😀

-C77