complicated [lucaya]

7

Friday...

[Lucas' POV;]

"Please talk to me." She hasn't spoken to me since we arrived at school, not even one snarky comment. I quickly picked up my pace, trying to keep up with her as we walked across the parking lot. When I went over to her house this morning, Shawn informed me that she didn't go home last night and threatened me into fixing this. "Where were you last night?"

Still no answer, this really is my fault. "I'm sorry for what I said. I didn't mean it."

Maya stopped walking and laughed while shaking her head. "Wow, that's bullshit." She turned on her heal and looked up at me with her bright blue eyes. "Of course you meant it. Otherwise you wouldn't have said it at all."

"I was just getting frustrated. You know I don't think you're a slut." I tried to reassure her, but the hurt in her eyes told me that she wasn't buying it. "I'm sorry."

Her smirk faded away and she looked down at her feet. "Don't be sorry. I mean you're not completely wrong. After that night I started acting different," We started walking towards the old courtyard, "Everyone already thought I was easy so I figured I might as well give them something real to talk about."

"But that's not who you are, Maya. You're not that person." Easily opening the gate, (that we broke about a year ago), we sat on the bench in the chipped-paint gazebo.

She cracked a small smile before sitting her bag next to her. "It's not who you are either, Lucas." Then slight breeze blew her hair out of her face. "You changed after that night too."

"This isn't about me."

"It's about both of us," she snapped. "We both changed."

I sighed and played with her hand. "Is my reputation as bad as Shawn says?"

"You want the truth?" I nodded slowly, "You're not exactly boyfriend material, how about mine?"

"Truth? Your phone number is on the stall doors in every bathroom."

We stared at each other for a few moments before bursting into a fit of laughter.

"Why are you attracted to Riley?"

"She's a good friend. She's innocent and not like other girls."

Maya looked at me, trying to read my face. My eyes never left her. "Your friends dared you to sleep with her didn't they? Because if they did, and you try something, I'll kill you. That little flower isn't ready."

"I'm not going to try anything."

"Good boy, because she's afraid to take a chance on you already given your sexual past and our current situation."

I raised my brow and watched a smirk spread across Maya's face. "Is she or is she not giving me a chance?"

"If you can convince Riley that you are done with your womanizer days, then yes. You have a chance."

As soon as she spoke those four words, I pulled her in for a hug. "This is great news." I placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.

[Josh's POV;]

"Hart, Friar. Am I interrupting?" I smirked and sat across from them.

Maya rolled her eyes and scooted away from Lucas. "Not at all, what are you doing here in the middle of the day?"

"Sometimes I like to drop by and see what you two are up to. The better question is why you're out here and not in class." My eyes shifted between the two. I've known Maya and Lucas for a long time, and even before they slept together, they were always touchy.