Girl Meets A Different World (GMW fanfic)

Part 7: Midnight

Maya's waiting for me in the bay window when I walk into my room.
"So now we keep secrets from each other, huh" she says to me.
"Maya! I'm not keeping secrets from you" I say.
"Oh and that's why you've been ignoring me all day?"
"Maya it's not like that"
She turned away from me.
"Maya..." No answer. "Peaches!" I teasingly punch her arm.
She turns even more away.
"Fine!" I say. Breathe in. "Miles asked me out"
She finally turns back to me. "What?"
"Miles asked me out" I repeat. "You're kidding" she says.
"Why would I joke about this?" I ask her.
She seems to contemplate that, then turns to me.
"Well," she says, "what did you say?"...  "I said yes" I say.
"So you have a boyfriend now"
"I guess"
"It's official?"
"Yah?"
"As in your boyfriend-girlfriend now?"
"What's your point?"
Then she asks the question I've been dreading to hear.
"What about Lucas?"
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Maya's face is down, which I'm pretty sure is the way my face also looks.
So I say, "Lucas had to move back to Texas. Nothing we can do about it"
"It's not his fault" she says. "His uncle died."
I remember hearing the news. Lucas's reaction was... Never mind.
Maya continues, "Anyway, that's not what I meant"
"What do you mean?" I say.
"You know what I mean" is her reply.
Yah, I do know what she means. I wish I didn't.
"Lucas is...well... I'm not sure if he's coming back. I'm not sure about my feelings for him anymore. Even if he continues a relationship with one of us, it's not gonna work because of distance." I say. Maya listens, but her face is so...
"Anyway..." I start to continue, "Miles is here. He's not in Texas. If I don't say yes to him, I might lose him. I know my feelings for him already. That's the main difference."
Maya says, "What if he comes back?"
I say, "Then I guess he's yours, but I don't think he'll come back"
"And you're okay with that"
"I don't know"
"Riley..."
"Maya, I really don't know"
"How will you know?"
"I don't know"
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Christmas comes fast.
Miles and I have been dating for almost a month now, and Maya is perfectly fine with it.
No, we haven't kissed.
Of course at first, mom and dad were hesitant about letting me date, but they had gotten to know Miles and after a while they had approved of him.
I spend Christmas Eve with everyone.
It's dinner and everyone's here at the table. My family (dad, mom and my brother Auggie) along with Maya, and Farkle and Smackle and of course, Miles.
Right after dinner everyone goes to the couch to pass around their gifts.
I get a painting from Maya, more books from both Farkle and Smackle, and to my surprise, a new iPod from my parents. I wait for Miles gift, he says he'll give it to me later. We start to play board games until like eleven o clock.
Everyone- except Maya of course- starts to leave to spend midnight with their families.
I walk Miles to the door, but instead of going down the stairs to go out of the building, he grabs my arm and leads me to the roof.
We reach the roof when he says, "Close your eyes"
"Huh?" I say. "Close your eyes" he repeats. I oblige. "Now hold out your hands" I do.
"Will this take long? Maya and my parents might begin to get suspicious"
He laughs. "No this won't take long, now keep your hands open"
I feel his hands put something on mine, and I start to open my eyes but he says,
"Wait for my count!" Huh. I smile teasingly, "Fine!"
"3...2...." he pauses. "Miles!" I say. He laughs... "1!"
I open my eyes. In it is a small box. I look up at him.
"You're not engaging to me...right?"
"No. No I'm not" Smiles.
"Open it" he says. I slowly open the box, and in it I see a small metal ring.
He gets it and slips onto my finger. I then see it has a tiny heart on it.
"A symbol of our relationship" he says, smiling. I smile back.
I look at my watch. 11:59 pm it says.
"Thanks" I tell him. "Of course" he says. We smile at each other. Again.
"Riley.."
"Yes?"
"I'm gonna do something..."
"What..."
"I should stop talking..."
"Yah..."
We both stop talking.
We smile at each other.
"Merry Christmas Riley"
My face is glowing.
"Merry Christmas Miles"
He leans in, and stops right in front of my face.
I give him a small nod. Allowing him.
He leans in even more, and kisses me for the first time as the clock strikes midnight.