crushed || lucaya

Chapter 14

Riley's POV:

"Maya?... What happened?" I said. I wasn't sure what to say at the moment seeing her like this. Knowing Maya for so long, it was hard for things to get to her. But she didn't take criticism lightly. It was obvious she was getting bullied.

She didn't reply.

"Maya. You can tell me. I've always been here for you."

"It - It's complicated." She said stuttering.

"No matter how complicated, I want to help."

"There's this guy who I was texting the whole day... And in the beginning I was actually enjoying it."

"Oh.. So that's why you were on your phone the whole day.."

"Yeah. I'm sorry Riles. It's just... I thought we were getting somewhere. Anyways, I told him all these personal things. Ya know, family issues. At the moment he comforted me. When Lucas and I went to play Laser Tag, I stopped talking to him for those 10 minutes or so. Afterwards, I checked my phone..."

"And..?" I replied. I know what I said may have sounded rude, but I was just upset for Maya.

"And some account on Instagram started posting pictures and people started commenting on my pictures things like:

"Wonder why your Dad's not in this picture..."

"Must be hard to grow up without a father. Lol"

"LMFAO, if only her Dad saw this."

"No Dad? Lol no surprise."

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"I didn't know how everyone found out about my Dad leaving my Mom and I until I looked through our texts and remembered he was the last person I told. I confronted him and he hasn't replied." Maya said. She seemed truly hurt.

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"The more comments I saw, the more likely I was going to break down. But I couldn't do that in front of Lucas... I know how he gets." Maya said.

"Hey.. Why are you crying Riles?"

Maya's the strongest, toughest person I know, I can't stand to see her like this. So if I had to, I was going to go through this with her.

"I don't know.. But anyways Maya everything's going to be fine eventually. I'll be here every step through it."

"Riles... Can you promise me something?"

"Of course."

"One, promise we'll always be there for each other. And second, Lucas CANNOT know."

"Done and done."

"So did you like this guy at one point?" I asked Maya. I mean why else would she text him the whole day if it didn't mean anything.

"Well I guess. Not so much though." But her answer didn't seem genuine... Like she was hiding something.

"Tomorrow, you and I, just do our own thing. How 'bout that?" I wanted her to get her mind off of things. And if there was anything else for her to tell me, or she had another breakdown, Lucas wouldn't be there to be... Well... To be just plain ol' fiery Lucas.

"Yeah. I'd like that." Maya said, turning off the lamp, as we both fell asleep. I heard a sigh of relief from both of us. I was just glad I heard her sigh too.

Maya's POV:

I felt bad keeping this secret from her for most of the trip. It's just.. I wanted to know if I could get through this myself. Truth is, I need and always will need Riley's help.

When I told Riley that I somewhat had feelings for Zach, I didn't really mean it. I wanted to move on from Lucas, especially because I knew this Amber girl we met early on today wasn't "just a friend." I know when Lucas is lying, and the way she looked at him... Is the way I look at him.

The way I feel about Lucas, is far from how I feel about a guy I just met on the internet.

And I'm happy this Zach dude is gone tbh. I don't want to end up being catfished. ;)

7:30 A.M

Having a day just with Riley was all that I needed. I needed some alone time with Riles. Maybe the guys needed some time with each other too.

I woke up seeing that Riles was up already obviously. She was getting ready while I was still laying in bed.

"So what do you want to do today?" Riley asked sitting next to me.

"I'm not sure. I mean it's not only my decision."

"It should be. You went through a lot last night."

"We'll think of it eventually. Our main concern is telling the boys." They'll probably be fine with it, but I do feel somewhat bad not being all together on one of the last days of this vacation.

I was glad that mom and Aunt Caroline were coming with us. I finally get to see my mom have some fun. One of the main reasons I wanted to go to Hawaii also because I wanted to see my mom happy again. Ever since my dad left us, she has never been the same.

"Just pack your swimsuit just incase." Riley said smirking at me interrupting my thoughts.

I grabbed my Nike backpack and put most of the things I need. I wore a loose tanktop, short denim shorts, with my hair tied. Without realizing, Riley and I were wearing the same outfit from the day we went shopping together and decided to get matching outfits for the summer. Like today.

For some reason, I felt like I was forgetting something until it popped back in my mind.

My phone.

I reached for it, than slowly pulled my hand back. Maybe for today... I'll leave it.

Riley and I walked out with our backpacks and saw Lucas and Farkle waiting at the other end of the hallway for us.

"So what're we doing today?" They both screamed from the other end of the room.

We walked towards them. "That's the thing.. Um.. We wanted a day just us and you guys have a guy's day ya know?" Riley said with hope in her eyes.

"Oh sure.. " Lucas said as they both walked away.

Riley and I looked at each other obviously feeling guilty.

"They'll get over it." I said. It's true though. There guys, they could do boring things and make it fun.

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This chapter was kind of boring sorry. But I'm already working on Chapter 15 so it's coming up. Thank you again for all the comments and votes. ILY ALL <3

Jasi :3