Girl Meets A Different World (GMW fanfic)

Part 2: Never Hit The Floor

Um...this is awkward... I begin to think when...
"Hey" the boy says.
"Uh...hiiiiiiii" I reply, awkwardly.
"Gotta watch your step" he tells me.

Then I realize.... "Oh, um, you're still carrying me..." I tell him.
"Right" he says, putting me down. "Enjoy the day"
"Yah, you too" I tell him.
"Oh and um thank you?" I hurriedly add.
"No problem" he says.

He starts to walk away, and then somebody slaps me on the back. "Ow!" I say, spinning to see who hit me. "Maya!"
Maya looks at me with a smirk on her face.
"Yes?" She replies teasingly.
"Oh my god Maya I know!" I tell her, playfully slapping her arm.
"That always happens to you huh" she says, "Falling for boys? Literally?"

"Well you pushed me the first time!" I say, remembering how she pushed me onto Lucas's lap in the subway. "Still counts" she says.
"Haha" I tell her. "C'mon." Then we start walking to our class.

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Right after class when the bell rings I run straight into the hall towards Maya.
"I hate not having the exact same schedule as you" I tell her. She hugs me. "Yah I know, it really sucks" Maya says. "Now let's go home."

She tries to pull me toward the door.
"No" I tell her, "we still have one more class."
Maya replies, "Oh, is it one of the ones I really don't care for?"
"You don't care for all of them except art class" I say.
"Yah! That's the one I like" she says. "Well lucky you it's art class" I say.

"Well what are we waiting for?" she says, running into the classroom.
I run after her, then bump into her as she stops abruptly.
"Why'd you stop?" I ask her. "Hey... Riley," she says while smirking, motioning for me to look over her shoulder. I look and see what she's motioning at.

"Oh. My. God" I say. I try to run out of the room, but Maya grabs the back of my shirt.
"Nuh uh, you're not running away from this one" she says, pushing me forward.

I stumble but then catch my footing.
I almost faint, but somehow keep it together.
"Hiiiii, I'm Riley" I say. "Hi." says the boy who caught me on the stairs.
"I'm Miles."

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I. Am. Freaking. Out.
I have no idea what to say. He introduces himself, Miles, he says.
I have no clue what to say, so what comes out is, "Heeeeeee..."
Miles suddenly says, "Uh... are you okay...?"

Maya suddenly steps from behind me, taking his hand and shaking it while saying, "Yah. Hi, I'm Maya. She's okay, Riley just has a case of  freaking-out-and-stuttering-itis. She'll be fine in about a hundred hours. Now please excuse us."

She drags me (yes, I am still in a daze) towards my desk. "Snap out of it." she says, and slaps me. On the face.
"Maya!" I say, rubbing my cheek. "Well it worked" she says. "You seriously need to learn how not to go into a daze when talking to a boy"

"Yah, I know" I say, looking over my shoulder to find Miles staring weirdly at us. I smile awkwardly and give him a small wave. He returns the wave hesitantly but still sort-of smiles back. I put on my awkward face and slowly turn back to Maya.

"Why are you doing that face Riley?" she says. With my face still in awkward-face-mode I reply, "I think he thinks I'm weird." "Well, who wouldn't?" she laughs.

"I think this is gonna be another 'Lucas/Charlie thing'" I say, suddenly serious. Maya's face drops, but luckily I don't have to say anything anymore as the art teacher finally walks into the classroom.
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"Miss Matthews, why are you painting a purple cat?"
I turn around and see the art teacher staring at my work from behind.
"You told us to paint what we're feeling" I tell him.
"And you're feeling like a purple cat." he states.
"No, the purple cat represents me, I guess, and it's the way I draw it that expresses how I'm feeling" I suggest.

"And that's why your purple cat is a humble jumble of mustaches?" He asks. I stare down at my work. My cat did indeed look like it was growing mustaches all over the place.

" I think it's because I'm feeling confused." I tell him. "Well Miss Matthews," he says, "you did a great job of making me confused."

Then he moves away from me. I throw a glance at Miles, also thinking about Lucas at the same time, then look to my right and catch Maya staring at me.

She takes my hand, and I know she knows how I feel.
"Maya, I'm really confused"
"I know, but we're gonna sort this out."

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School is over for the day. Yes. Finally. I need to get out of here.
I start to run out, but I feel a tap on my shoulder.
"Hey" Miles says. "Uh, hey" I say.
"So, sorry if I made you feel awkward earlier, I was just trying to help" he says.

"No, actually I would've hit my head if you hadn't caught me" I tell him,
"And, I actually never thanked you, so, thanks"
"No problem" he replies, "so if you wouldn't mind, you, me and maybe Maya, could hang out sometime, you know?" He smiles. I'm beyond thrilled but say,
"I think that'd be great."

Oh my god I sound so unappreciative. GOD.
Maya then steps beside me, salutes at Miles, then drags me out the door and into the city.