GIRLS - rilaya

of girls and galaxies

chapter six
maya

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"I didn't tell her."

"What?!" Farkle and Zay exclaim simultaneously.

"I got into her room, and it was late so I was already all sappy and stuff, but she shut me down as soon as I opened my mouth."

"Why? It's Riley. Doesn't she love late night sappy talks?" Zay asks, scratching his head.

"She overheard me and Farkle talking about me kissing Lucas."

"Oh, of course," says Zay, pretending to act natural. He laughs, then in an instant he goes wild and slams his hands on the table. "YOU KISSED LUCAS?"

My eyes roll to the back of my head. Luckily, Farkle proceeds to explains for me. "Maya had to confirm if she had feelings for Lucas or not, and when he kissed her, she knew that she didn't. Also, she did do it for Riley's benefit, as now we all know that she deserves someone who won't kiss other girls while dating her."

Zay narrows his eyes at me. I stare at him coldly until he laughs nervously then sits back down.

"Also, there may be a chance that she'll never talk to me again."

"WHAT?" they shout again, both jumping out of their seats.

"She didn't give me a chance to explain. She just went on about how I betrayed her and that she doesn't trust me. But you know what hurts the most? That she believes I really meant to hurt her."

Farkle comes and sits next to me, wrapping an arm around my shoulder. "She's confused and frustrated, Maya. She'll believe anything that makes her feel normal again. She's refusing to give into her own feelings for you so she acts the complete opposite of the way she feels."

"I don't even think she has the same feelings for me as I do for her."

"I think you just need to give it time," Farkle responds.

"What's time gonna do? She'll just completely get over me, and get back together with Lucas, and then I'll be out of the picture again." I don't want to complain all day, but I can't help it.

"Well, maybe you're right. But maybe you're wrong. Maybe she'll never get over you, and she'll never talk to Lucas again because he was the one who came in between your relationship, and maybe you two will never be able to even have a conversation so you separate yourselves and try to find love but you won't because you two are meant for each other but by the time you realize that it'll be far too late to pick up from where you left off." Zay says. We all stare at him. He's never said anything like that before - he hardly even gives simple advice. "Or I don' know somethin' like that or whatever," he mumbles, looking away.

"Wow, Zay. You love Riley and Maya together more than than Maya loves Riley and Maya together," Farkle says.

"Shut up, man," he replies, then stuffs a cookie into his mouth.

"So you want me to just straight up tell her that I love her? Guys, she doesn't even know what she's feeling. How can I just throw up my love all over her? She'll be tangled in a mess of... you know, love and emotion and mucus and stuff."

"That is a really interesting way to put it," Zay comments, then spits out his cookie in a napkin.

"Either way, Maya, you have to talk to her. Like Aristotle over here just said, you can't let this get too far."

I nod. "Okay, yeah. I'll talk to her."

"Good."