Love is for Suckers (Joshaya)

Chapter 1

"Peaches" she hears her perky brunnete friend as she approaches her at her locker.

"hi sweetie" the blond smiles at her best friend since kindergarden

"today is going to be a beautiful day" riley says happy and in her own little world

"riles, it's high school, not Disneyland" maya tries to bring her back to reality

"oh come on Maya you can never see the bright side of anything" her best friend has been telling her that ever since she could remember.

But it s so easy for riley to say that. She has grown up in happy world.2 parents who love her and a cute little brother who looks up to her. Everything in her world is just sunshine and daisies. Riley has never had to face the all the hardships maya has. The abandonment of her father when she was just a lttle girl and it doesn't help that her mom is hardley ever home. For maya seeing the bright side of anything was very hard.

" I think your just excited because you love looking at lucas" maya accuses

"maybe" riley blushes

riley has had a crush on the new kid lucas friar ever since he transferred from texas at the beginning of the year. But she has never had the guts to talk to him. She had her chance once, we were on the subway one time and she accidently landed on his lap when the train stopped suddenly but she quickly apologized and got up and she has tried to avoid him ever since.

"why don't you actually talk to him?" maya asks her

"no way he probably thinks of me as that freak that landed on him on the subway" riley sighs

they make their way to their class

"maya we need to find you a guy" her best friend says as they take their seats in class

"yeah worry about yourself first sweetie"

"can you imagine if we both had boyfriends, we could go on double dates" she says excitedly

"yeah like that's gonna happen" maya chuckles

"come one peaches don't you want a nice boyfriend?'

maya hasn't really ever dated. Shes been out with 1 or 2 guys but it never went as far as the 1st date. She has only had 1 real boyfriend his name was micheal, they were in 9th grade and after a month of dating he cheated on her with some sophomore.

"no thanks" maya says

"come on maya, we can find you a great guy, maybe pete from the baseball team, he's cute."

"riles no set ups, I'm not interested in dating" she tells her friend for like the millionth time. She is always trying to set her up with someone but maya always turns her down.

"you are impossible" riley sighs

"that's why you love me" maya smiles sweetly

riley rolls her eyes and smile. The teacher walks into the classroom and class begins.