Maya Meets World

Maya Meets Engagement

Maya yawned as she crawled out of bed, her hair a mess, an oversized sweatshirt hanging halfway down her thighs. She blindly stumbled to the kitchen, one thing on her mind; coffee. Her eyes shot open as the smell of freshly brewed coffee hit her nose.

"Good morning," Josh smiled handing a coffee mug to Maya.

Maya's head fell back as a smile spread across her face taking the mug from her boyfriend. "Thank you,"

Josh gently kissed Maya's cheek, "You know," he said stepping back, looking Maya up and down, "I thought I recognized that sweatshirt,"

Maya smiled proudly. She was sporting one of Josh's old NYU sweatshirts she had borrowed several years ago after having visiting him her Senior in high school.

Josh found it incredibly endearing that Maya held onto the sweatshirt, and more than that, that she still wore it. He took a step closer to Maya, closing the space between them, his eyes holding onto hers.

Maya's eyes softened as she looked at Josh, her heart racing like it always did when he was near her. As Josh leaned in, Maya raised an eyebrow, halting his movements, "How'd you get in here, Matthews?"

Josh rolled his eyes, "You gave me a key,"

Maya smiled, "Oh yeah," she loved giving Josh a hard time.

"Come here," Josh finally said, done playing around. He wrapped his arm around Maya's waist, finally pulling her flush against him. "Good morning," he repeated.

"Good morning," Maya smiled back, tilting her head up slightly, Josh closing the last few inches between them, their lips colliding.

Josh wrapped his hand in Maya's messy blonde hair, wanting to bring her even closer. Every inch of his body was on fire, this woman lit a flame in him he didn't know he had. He ached to be near her, and when he was, he couldn't stop himself from physically connecting them.

Maya finally smiled and pulled away slightly, "Mmm, I love you, and I love this," she said and leaned back in, connecting her lips with Josh's once more. "But... coffee," she said with a slight frown as she glanced down at the untouched mug in her hand.

Josh shook his head with a slight laugh and kissed Maya's forehead. "I knew I trained you well,"

Maya scoffed and rolled her eyes, "Trained me well. You wish," she said as she walked over to the kitchen counter, pulling herself on top, her legs dangling as she finally began to enjoy her first cup of coffee for the day. "Mmm," she smiled feeling the coffee hit her soul. "You making breakfast too?" Maya asked with excitement as she heard the oven timer go off.

"Mhmm," Josh nodded walking to the oven, pulling the door open.

Maya leaned forward, "Whatcha make?"

Josh pulled out the pan, placing it on the stovetop. He carefully flipped the pan over onto a plate, smiling proud of himself as he looked at the perfect breakfast he had made. "Monkey bread,"

Maya practically jumped off the counter hurrying to Josh to get her hands on one of her favorite breakfast foods. "Yum!"

"Let it cool for a second, Maya," Josh laughed, "You burn your tongue and you won't even be able to taste it,"

Maya didn't listen, her fingers were already pulling apart pieces of the hot bread. "So good," she said almost in ecstasy as she licked the sticky caramel and cinnamon off her fingers.

"Yeah?" Josh laughed.

Maya stood on her tip toes placing a quick kiss on Josh's lips. "You're my favorite," she smiled.