girl meets the secret to life | lucaya & riarkle

35. Girl Meets Apologies.

Lucas Friar's POV

Everything was finally working out.

We were happy.

We weren't fighting.

She loved me.

I love her.

And then she lied.

I just don't get it. Maybe there's some pull in the universe that won't let us be happy, or maybe we really aren't meant for each other.

But I still love her, even if she doesn't feel the same.

And I have this feeling inside of me screaming one thing:

I will always love Maya Hart.

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Riley Matthews-Minkus' POV

"Two weeks! Gah, what am I doing with my life?!" I scream to my best friend Maya.

Maya sighs. "You're getting married to the boy you love. The boy I love thinks I'm a cheater."

"I don't get why you won't just go home and talk to him about it. It happened over two hours ago," I respond. "And you really should leave, because I have a feeling Josh is gonna come to me with his sadness."

"Riley!" Maya shouts. "You know you can't blame me. I love Lucas, and he was always just a... well, distraction."

"Why did you have to use my cousin?!" I ask. "Why him? He actually had feelings for him and you broke his heart."

"I'm well aware how wrong and immature I was, and I apologized thousands of time. But Josh is the least of my priorities. I need to talk to Lucas."

"Then go home, and talk to him. I'm sure he's at your parents' apartment. Just go and explain everything. That you pulled away as soon as he kissed you, and that you forgot you were dating him."

"That sounds so ridiculous though," Maya sighs. "How do you forget you're in a relationship with someone?"

"When you really don't care about the relationship," I mutter.

I don't really know how I feel about Maya's situation. I know Lucas and her are perfect, and I wish I noticed that before.

But Josh and her are so cute, and we'd daydreamed about it forever. Just like that, she leaves him in the dust.

So do I want her to be Maya Matthews?

Or do I want her to be Maya Friar?

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Maya Hart's POV

One step closer.

I feel like I'm walking into a madhouse.

Like everything will fall apart, as soon as I step through those doors.

Maybe I should run again. I'm sure he'd do great on his own.

But I promised I'd stay. So I will.

And I'll face my fear of loosing him.

I will not loose him.

I refuse to loose him.

So I push the door open, and walk into my family eating lunch.

They all stare at me, and I stare straight back at them.

"I don't want to be the smarty pants or anything," Lizzy says. "But I think Dad and Mom should go and talk things out before they fight."

Isaac nods his head, and Lucas and I slowly walk to my bedroom.

I sit down on the bed, him on the floor.

We sit in the silence, and I can feel the pain in the air.

I hurt him so much, and I can't stand him hurt.

So I take a risky move.

I get down on the floor, and I give him a hug.

And then I start bawling in his chest.

At first, he's stiff and stone cold.

But then we melt into each other, and he hugs me tightly to.

As if we're each other's life forces.

"Lucas," I whisper.

"What?"

"I know it looks like something was going on there, but it wasn't-" I begin.

He pulls away from the hug, and looks me dead centre in the eyes.

"You and Joshua Matthews kissed. You told me you loved me, and you kissed another guy!"

"I didn't!"

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes! I watched the girl I am so desperately in love with kiss someone else!"

"Lucas! Can you please just listen to me for a few minutes! I'm begging!"

He sighs, and nods his head.

"Look, Josh and I were dating. He was the boyfriend that I had while I wasn't taking care of the kids. Then, this whole mess happened. And I finally did it, we finally did it! We sorted everything out. We told each other the feelings that we'd been bottling up for so long.
"And ya, I forgot about Josh. I forgot we were dating. All I could think about was you! I could only think about how much I love you!
"And at the hospital, Josh found me. I was about to break up with him, but then he kissed me. And well, when I pulled away, you and the kids were standing there."

Lucas sat there, clearly confused and battling himself in his head.

"Did you two break up?" He finally asks after a while.

"Of course! I told him the real reason I dated him, and I called it off."

"Oh," He whispers. "Maya?"

"Yes, love?"

"Do you have feelings for him?"

"Not anymore."

"Really?" He asks.

"I promise, I love you and only you."

He stares into my blue eyes, and then touches our foreheads.

"Did we ever break up?" He asks.

"Well, no. I don't think so."

"Well that's good, because you're mine. And I'm not sharing what's mine, no exceptions."

I smile, and connect our lips.

And then we both sigh in relief.

I think, just maybe, the world has balanced out. And maybe Lucas and I finally have a shot.

Well, I can only hope.

At that moment, the door slams open.

But I don't care, I just keep kissing him.

"EEW!" Someone screams.

I burst out laughing, and meet the eyes of Elizabeth.

And she gives me a nod. As in, she's okay with this.

And this is what's supposed to happen.

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There people. You asked for no more cliffhangers, and for Maya and Lucas to finally be calm.

Well! There ya go peeps! Calmness!

And guess what's gonna happen in the next chapter 😎😎😘😏😏

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