Together [GMW]

Chapter 14

The rest of the school day was fine. I didn't have any classes with Josh. The only time we did see each other was in between periods and at lunch, and since those were optional times to see him, I dodged him all day. Well until...
   "Hey Maya." I fake a smile. I was on my way home, usually I go with Lucas, but he's been walking with Riley.
   "Hey Josh." He smiled back, genuinely.
   "So did you make a choice?" Choice?
   "What choice?"
   His smile faded. "The choice between Lucas and I." I put my arm out in front of his chest to stop him and turn to him.
   "What do you mean I have to choose between you and Lucas?"
   "That's what you were suppose to be thinking about." I must've been giving him a dumbfounded look, "did you not know?"
   "I guess not. What did you mean by choose between you and Lucas?"
   "I mean who are you going to stay with."

   I know, I know Lucas is my best friend, but I've liked Josh since forever. He had always told me he was too old for me. Two years older, to be exact. Psh, but he's not, thus the reason we're dating now. And Lucas, well, that's a totally different story. We've hung out with each other since we were babies. We've always been there for one another, I can't just push him away for one guy. "Look Josh I have to think about this it's not just which candy do you love more. It's two people I care about a lot and losing one of you wil change everything." He nods his head.
   "Okay, but you have til Sunday," and with that he walked off. Leaving me standing there, alone. I have 2 days to decide who to cut out... well that's great. I continue to walk in silence.

   Once I got into the building, I decided to stop at Lucas's apartment. I knocked on the door twice before Elizabeth opened the door. "Hey is lucas here yet?" I questioned.
   "Yeah, come in." I walked in standing beside the couch. "He's in his room." I nodded and walk in to his room.
   "Hey, Maya, what took you so long?"  He asked. He was watching TV. I know, I know, does he do anything? To answer your question... no. Just kidding, yes. Every Tuesday and Thursday we have practice. Well, he has practice. A bunch of the guys on the baseball team have girlfriends who come and hang out, but I went before I was dating Josh. So, according to them, I'm an 'Honary member'.
   "Josh needed to talk to me." He looked away from the TV screen to me.
   "About what?"
   "Long story or short story?"
   "Long."
   "Okay. So a couple days ago, as you know, I was suppose to think about my feel-" I stopped before I realized what I was going to say. "-ings about me and him. Turns out that's not what I was suppose to think about. I was suppose to think about who I was going to choose." The confused look on his face made me decide to add more. "The choice between you and him."
   His eyes widen and his voice gets high, "me and josh?" He clears his voice to make it lower and then repeats it, "me and Josh." I nod my head and plop down on to his bed. "Who are you going to pick." I shrug my shoulders. "If it's him I'll understand, you should be happy," he responds. He always wants me to be happy. His response made me blush and cause a smile to appear.
   I'm glad he wanted me to be happy, but I wasn't going to cut him out of my life for a guy, same goes with Josh. "Look Ranger Rick, I appreciate your need to make me happy, but it's a tough choice."
   He lowers his head, looking at his lap, for a reason I don't know, "We took you to Texas one time. One." He says, showing me a one with his finger.
   "And it was the best month ever. How is your Pappy Jo anyway?" I asked sincerely.
   He picks up his head, "We're straying off topic." He replies. "So who are you going to pick?"
   "I don't know I love you both in different ways, of course, but I can't just choose one of you." He nods.
   "Just tell me who you do before you tell him."
   "Okay," I sit up next to him holding my arms out, "Hug?" He wraps his arms around me and I rest my head on his shoulder. I breathed in his cologne and my stiff body relaxes.

   "Maya," I don't say anything, "Maya." Now he's playing with my hair as I still hold on to him. "Shortstack, I have to go." I shake my head. "I have my first date with Riley, tonight."
   I look up at him with pleading eyes, "please Luc."
   It took him a minute, but he finally agreed. "Okay, I'll reschedule. We'll just watch-"
   "Pretty little liars," I interrupt.
   "Yes, we'll have a pretty little liars marathon." He said, disappointed.

   "I hate her." He says, blatantly.
   "Lucas-"
   "No," he interrupts, "I do."
   "She could've died, if I was her I would've hugged him too,"
   "I don't care. She being a cock-block."
   "What about Haleb I thought that was your ship?"
   "They're fine they had sex earlier nothing can break apart Haleb forever. Nicole on the other hand is the biggest cock-block since Spencer. I hate cock-blocks." I sit up. Originally, I was resting my head on his chest and he had his arm around me. I look at him and he pauses the TV. "What?" He asks.
   "I'm being a cock block." I respond.
   "No you're not."
   "Yes I am. You're supposed to be on a date with your girlfriend, Riley, my best friend."
   He puts his hand over his heart pretending like he's hurt, "I thought I was your best friend." I smile a little.
   "Stahp," I say, swatting at his chest, "your my best guy friend she's my best girl friend, there's a difference."
   "Maya, it's fine," he grabbed his phone off the night stand and showed me his conversation with Riley. "See she's fine with it. I'm fine with it. Now you be fine. Okay?"
   "Okay." I lay back down and he wraps his arm around me, again, and we continue finishing the episode.

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I finished sooner than I was supposed to so I just decided to post it tonight instead of waiting to post it tomorrow morning

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