Girl Meets Senior Year

Cause for Celebration

"Girls, dinner in fifteen!" Riley and Maya heard Shawn yell from downstairs.

"I guess they're back," Riley said.

"Yea. Guess so," Maya replied blushing.

"Are you ok?"

"I'm great. Really. You are great."

Riley raised an eyebrow at her, "You weren't too bad yourself."

"Riles..." Maya bit her lip, "I had no idea what I was doing."

"You think I did?" Riley looked at her in bewilderment. "I just did what I knew I liked."

"Does that mean you've?" Maya asked her.

"I'm not a prude, Maya!"

Maya scrunched her nose asking, "So does that mean when you... do you think... I mean.... who...."

"I think of you."

Maya couldn't contain the smile that crept across her face, "I think of you too."

"Good, now that we've settled that we should get cleaned up for dinner." Riley leaned in to give Maya a quick kiss before skipping off to the bathroom.

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"You two have fun?" Shawn asked as they say down at the dinner table, prompting both of them to turn scarlet. "You know what? I don't want to know."

"Dinner is almost done," Katy said appearing from within the kitchen. "I made one of your favorites, Maya."

"Chimichangas?" Maya asked hopefully.

"For the last time you know I don't know how to make those, but I did make tacos."

"TACOS!" Maya yelled.

"She does this, yet I'm the weird one in this relationship?" Riley asks the room.

-

The house phone rang and Shawn excused himself from the dinner table to answer it.

"Really?" He asked into the phone. "They're sure? Wow. Of course I'm going to tell them! Thanks for the call, Cor."

"What did my dad want, Uncle Shawn?" asked Riley.

"They found Missy."

"What? Really?" Riley asked.

"It's over?" Maya added.

"The police found her at her cousins upstate. She had been staying in his basement. Apparently the kid had no idea he was harboring a fugitive. I wouldn't say this is over, but I do know you girls don't have to worry anymore. She can't get to you where she is now."

Maya turned to Riley smiling, "You're safe, Riles."

"When are you going to get it through your head that you are the one that was shot? We are safe now."

"Now we have even more to celebrate," said Katy as she stood up from the table. "Who wants cake?"

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** Authors Note **

Thank you to everyone who has read, voted, and commented on this story! I am brand new to the world of writing fan fiction, and I'm really loving all the positive feedback I'm getting!

I also wanted to say while this story is "Mature" and has sexual content I'm refusing to include any outright smut in this story.  While the characters here are seniors in high school (17-18) the characters/actors in the show are younger. I want to be realistic about the feelings/experiences teenagers have in high school, but I am staying away from anything graphic for that reason.