On their way to school Maya walked Riley through the whole story of what happened on the subway with josh.
"wow so uncle josh really fought him?"
"not really the guy chickened out, your uncle josh had him kneeling on the floor crying in pain" maya kinda chuckles at remembering the jerk who thought he was tough.
"wow didn't know uncle josh had it in him, I mean I know he took martial arts for years but he always chose not to go using his skills to pick fights" riley tells her friend who simply shrugs having no idea why he would choose to help a girl he didn't even know.
"so what did you think of my uncle?" riley asks with a smirk
"he was okay I guess, not much to go on" maya says nonchalantly
"didn't look that way to me" riley teases
"what do you mean" maya asks
"oh nothing just that I may be looking at my future aunt" riley laughs
"your insane riley, I just met the guy " maya says trying to avoid eye contact
"you should have seen the way you looked at him"
"riley he's 3 years older than me" maya tries to reason. Even if she was interested in him Josh probably had tons of college girls after him. Girls that she could never compete with so why should she even bother.
"you guys would be cute together" riley insists
"just drop it Riley"
"fine" she sighs as they walk off to class
After school riley and maya return to riley's house where they find riley's grandparents on the couch.
"hey girls how was school?" riley's grandmother asks
"it was okay, how was site seeing?" riley asks
"exhausting we were on our feet all day" riley's grandfathers complains as he puts his feet up on the coffee table.
"where's uncle josh?" riley asks curiously when she doesn't see her uncle in the apartment.
maya gets nervous at just hearing his name
"he took Auggie to the park, he should be back soon" riley's grandmother tells them
"cool well we're going to be in my room studying if you need us" riley drags maya with her
"so you wanna stay for dinner" riley asks after her and maya enter her room
usually maya wouldn't hesitate to say yes to spend time with riley and her family but the thought of sitting across the table from josh freaked her out and she hated that she felt that way.
"um I don't know, I mean you have family visiting, I don't want to impose"
"oh come on you know your family, plus I'm sure my uncle josh wouldn't mind seeing you" riley says with a smirk
"riley will you give it a rest"
riley just giggles
in that moment they hear a knock on the door and then josh pops his head in
" hello ladies"
"hey uncle josh" riley smiles brightly her favorite uncle
Maya did her best to not let it show that she was nervous at the presense of the handsome older guy.
"hello maya" he smiles at the blonde
"hi" she says
"uncle josh I was just trying to convince maya here to join us for dinner"
"really? I think that's a great idea"
"see maya, your not imposing come on" riley insists
"we would really love it if you would join us maya" josh smiled at her
maya looked at his eyes and had to look away right away
"uh okay I guess" maya
"yay" riley claps excitedly and josh just grinned at her
just then riley's grandmother walks in
"riley would you come help me with dinner"
"sure grandma"
riley and her grandmother leave for the kitchen
"I'm glad you decided to join us"
maya just nods and they stay staring at each other for a good whole minute before maya decides to try and break the silence
" so riley says you're a student at NYU?"
"I am" josh answers simply staring at maya and enjoying how nervous he made the blonde
"riley says you paint?" josh asks
"yes I do" maya answers
maya had always loved art, it was a passion of hers, she loved capturing something beautiful as a sunset or the moon, things that people hardly ever had time to just sit down and appreciate it and its beauty.
"well maybe someday you could show me some of your pieces" josh smiles at her
maya had never let anyone see her paintings, not even riley, they were personal to her. It was like a diary where she let out all her innermost thoughts and feelings.
Before maya could answer josh's father calls for him
Josh turns to maya
"see you at dinner gorgous" he smiles at her leaving maya with that feeling in the pit of her stomach and she hated the power this guy had over her.
YOU ARE READING
Love is for Suckers (Joshaya)
Storie d'amoreMy friends have accused me of never really being able to enjoy anything I see a shiny apple I automatically think it's poisoned I see a shining star, I think it's gonna fall on my head I fall in love with a boy, I know he's gonna leave.
