complicated [lucaya]

13

Friday Morning...

[Maya's POV;]

It was as if Jack Frost had entered the room. Riley walked right past me without saying a word. "Riles, can we please talk about this?"

She stopped and turned to face me. "You're sleeping with my boyfriend. You could have any guy you want, why him?"

"Lucas really cares about you. He's a lot of things but he's not a cheater. You know both us better than that."

Riley ran her fingers through her hair as she sighed. "I don't know what to believe anymore. What Josh said makes more and more sense every day."

"Josh is a liar. He's just doing this to get back at me."

"Get back at you for what?"

I sighed and pulled her into an empty classroom. "You have to believe what I'm about to tell you, okay?"

"What's going on, Maya?"

My heart was racing. I took a deep breath and leaned against the door. "Josh and some of his friends have been drugging me in order to sleep with me. I threatened to press charges so he tried to take away something important to me."

"Maya, I'm so sorry. Did you tell your parents?"

"Yeah," I nodded. "They want to press charges too. But Josh made a point, I don't stand a chance if we go to court. It's been long enough that there's no way to prove it. My word against his."

She crossed her arms. "You can't let him get away with this. I love Josh, but he needs to pay for what he did to you."

"I can't press charges. It will blow up in my face and I've already been humiliated enough this year."

"Then what else are you supposed to do Maya? He doesn't get to walk around with that smug look on his face while you're miserable."

I nervously bit my lip and looked at the ceiling. "I just feel so stupid." My heart was racing. "He's the only guy I've ever trusted aside from Lucas."

Riley sighed and walked towards the door. "You and Lucas?"

"It's not like that Riley."

She opened the door and looked back at me. "You're still lying. I'm going to help you with this Josh situation, but until you tell me the truth about Lucas we're not friends." Riley left me alone in the classroom as the bell rang.

I can't believe that this is happening to me. At the beginning of the year, Lucas and I made predictions and losing Riley's trust definitely was not at the top of my list. Sliding my back down the door, I let out a loud sigh. "I'm such an idiot."

-

"Looking good today, Hart." Anthony smirked as walked by me and squeezed my ass.

I looked at him with disgust, "You do not get to touch me like that."

"Feisty, I like it." He spoke softly as he closed the space between us. I tried to push him away but failed when Anthony tightly grabbed my wrists. "We could have a lot of fun together Maya."

My eyes trailed away from my hands and I looked into his dark brown eyes. "Let go!" I yelled as I struggled to break free. Using all the strength in my tiny body, I pulled my hands away and slapped him before backing away. "Don't touch me like that, Anthony."

He held his cheek and stared at me. "I'm joking! What the hell is your problem?"

"You're my problem!" I sighed and sat on the table behind me. "It's not funny. You know what, we used to be friends. Now you're just as bad as Lucas."