Maya Meets World

Maya Meets Weekend Class Two

Maya walked into class early Friday evening. She wasn't exactly excited about another weekend class, but she knew she'd get to see Josh for the next two and a half days, and that she was excited about. She sat at her regular desk and pulled out her sketch pad, staring intently at the blank page in front of her. She tapped her pen, nervously, her foot bouncing beneath her. Maya was still stuck in drawing rut. And while that sucked for her personally, this block she was battling was hurting her academically as well. This weekend was the practical application of last semester's weekend class. The class was going to be focused around using the students' preferred choice of artistic expression, and for Maya, that was always drawing. She sighed heavily and buried her hands in her hair.

"Class hasn't even started yet..." Josh said half-teasing Maya as he saw the distress written across her face as he took a seat.

Maya looked up, Josh was a seat in front of where he usually sits, and her brows knitted in confusion. "What are you doing?" She asked.

Josh looked at the back row, students from different programs were also taking this class and the chairs were in chaos. "I... there's already..." He said motioning to the crowded back row.

"Get back here," Maya demanded as she scooted her desk to the left, making room for Josh.

Josh laughed and maneuvered his chair next to Maya's.

"Thanks, Josh!" Anna threw her hands up as Josh moved away from her.

Josh laughed, "Sorry," he said with a shrug.

"Thank you," Maya said with a bit of classic Maya-sass in her voice. "Phh, sitting a row away from me on a weekend class." She rolled her eyes playfully.

"I'm sorrrrrry," Josh pouted to Maya.

Maya raised her eyebrows, her eyes wide looking right at the brunette inches away from her. "Yeah, you should be." She said with a nod.

Josh laughed and pulled out his moleskin to take notes. He glanced over at Maya's desk and noticed her blank sketchpad in front of her. "Still stuck?" He asked with a nod in her direction.

"Egh," Maya groaned. "I just... nothing feels right. I can't even start anything."

Josh's brows furrowed, "Why do you think that is?" He asked.

Maya shrugged, "Dunno."

"Have you not thought about it?"

Maya sighed, turning toward Josh, propping her head in her hand. "I mean I have, and all I keep coming back to is that I'm just stuck."

"I wonder when that started..." Josh had a pretty good guess of when he thought it started, but he wanted to see if Maya could make those connections herself.

"Feels like forever..." Maya said with a sad smile. She turned her attention back to her book, flipping through the front dozen of pages, admiring her previous work, longing to be wrapped up in what she loved again.

Class quickly started and Josh and Maya's attention was redirected to their professor. There was a group project that was going to take the entirety of the two weekends, and the groups were going to be created randomly. Maya's stomach churned; the semester was almost over, and this was her and Josh's last time to be together like this until... She didn't know when. Maya sank in her seat as their professor drew numbers, going up and down the rows assigning pairs.

"Josh... group 3" Maya's ear perked up, no one else had been assigned group 3 yet... "Anthony, group 12. Taylor... group 6. Rae, group 13. Sam... group 12. Maya..."

Maya's heart was racing. There was only one person she wanted to be paired with, and as much as she loved her other classmates, she would have been disappointed to be paired with them.