Maya Hart Wants a Cowboy

Done Stepping Back

RILEY

Farkle, Zay, Lucas and I are all standing around in the lobby. Farkle and I keep turning to each other every so often with worried facial expressions. We haven't told Lucas or Zay yet. 

Thor returns two hours later, but no Maya. What the heck Thor! You had one job!

"Well, where is she? Did you find her?" Farkle blurts as soon as Thor makes his way over to us.

"Oh, I found her and she is somewhat okay. But, you need to go to her!" he says pointing at me and Farkle.

"Why couldn't you bring her back?" I ask.

"Riley, I'm not the one she's mad at, I'm not the one in the wrong. It's you two, and if you don't go bring her back, she'll never forgive you."

"Woah, who's gone? What's going on?" Zay asks.

"Uh, nobody! C'mon Farkle!" I say.

If I tell Zay, he's gonna tell Lucas. Lucas might turn into Texas Lucas, and he'll get all mad and probably hurt Farkle, or go all crazy.

Thor comes over to me and whispers in my ear, "She's at the fourth farthest hill from the lodge."

I grab Farkle's hand and drag him out the door. 

MAYA

I'm still sitting on the hill. Still surrounded by my thoughts. Maybe I did overreact. I should just go back...

"Maya!" I hear two familiar voices yell.

I stand up and face away from the direction the voices were, "What?"

"Maya, you have every right to be mad at me! I shouldn't have told Riley your secret and I am honestly sorry. It was not my business to share and yet I shared it anyway. Don't be mad at Riley, hate me if you want to," Farkle cried.

"First of all, Farkle, I could never hate you. I do forgive you, because you suck at keeping secrets and I probably shouldn't have told you. But, that is not why I'm mad at Riley," I say still facing away from them.

"It's not?" he asks confused.

"Riley, did you even tell Farkle what you said to me?"

"Well... um... no" Riley says.

"Riley! What did you say?"

"You wanna know what I said? I said that Maya was just lucky that Lucas liked her. I thought it would never happen because she's broken and I was available. At the time, I thought she only liked Lucas because I liked him. I thought she was trying to be just like me. Why else would Lucas like her?!" Riley said.

"RILEY!" Farkle yelled at her.

"I didn't mean to say that. That was way back when I still liked Lucas. I thought she was trying to take him from me. I don't think that of her at all! I never meant to say that and I didn't mean for you to think of me as mean. I'm so, completely, honestly, truly, sorry Maya!" Riley cries.

"Riley," I say turning around to face them, "How could you not come to me if you felt this way about me. If I was hurting you, I would've stepped back and you know it! I've stepped back so many times, another time wouldn't hurt!" I say.

"But I didn't want you step back! You can only go so far until you step back one more time, and you fall!" Riley says, with a tear rolling down her face.

"Do you forgive us?" Farkle asks.

"I do. Only on one condition..." I start.

"Anything!" Riley said.

"You start considering my feelings. I've always considered yours and I'm done stepping back! I'm done walking around like I'm okay with everything. No more being fake!"

"Of course!" They say in unison.

We group hug and make our way back to the lodge.

Farkle stops walking, making me and Riley stop.

"Lucas and Zay are in the lobby, and they have no idea what is going on!"

"Lucas can't know! If he sees us walk in with you, he's gonna know you were the girl we were worried about and looking for!" Riley says turning to face me.

"It'll be fine! I'll sneak around to the back entrance and pretend I slept in. It's only... 11 AM!"

"Go! Go! Go!" Farkle says, shooing me away.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm just dragging out the ski lodge now. Time will skip in the next chapter.

Did you like it? Let me know!

- XOXO

THE MYSTERIOUS UNO  <3