Love is for Suckers (Joshaya)

Chapter 15

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Surprise I am back

I first wanted to apologize to all my readers that I took so long to come back. I had serious writers block and that threw me for a while but when I finally started writing again I came to the decision that in order to update faster I needed to complete my story before uploading so that way my updates would be faster than usual. While I have not finished all my stories I have most of the chapters written out and mapped out for the rest. So I hope to be better at updating.

I want to thank all my faithful followers who continued to follow and comment on my stories, I wanted to let you know your comments did not go unnoticed. I have been reading them this whole time and they are part of the reason I came back,

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"Hello Niece" Josh greets as he enters his niece's room

Riley looks up from her homework to see her Uncle entering

"Uncle Josh! what are you doing here?" she asks confused to see her uncle in her room

"I Just came by to say hi" he says as he heads over to sit at the bay window.

"You sure have been coming around much more lately" his niece observes  as she closes her textbook and puts her homework aside.

Josh shrugs "Can't a guy come visit his favorite niece?" he asks 

"First off, I'm your only niece and second of all I think a certain blonde may have more to do with it" 

"Why would you think I'm here for Maya?" he tries to ask innocently

"Ha! I never said Maya!, I knew you liked her!" Riley squealed with joy and jumped off her bed and went to sit next to her uncle at her bay window

Josh shakes his head but can't hide his smile.

"Okay so maybe I do, she's just so different from most girls I've met, and she's very mature for her age" Josh smiles as he thinks about the petite blonde that he could not stop thinking about.

"oh my gosh you are so in love" Riley gushes too excitedly

"I wouldn't go that far Riley, but there is something about her, I just can't explain it"

"Yep, my Peaches is one of a kind"

"yeah she sure is , I saw her the other day" he tells her

"Really?? where? " she asks 

"At the Diner over by the campus" he informed her

"oh yeah,  she's was helping her mom this week" 

 "Does she do that a lot?" he asks his niece curiously

"Once and a while when a waitress calls in sick or she  needs extra cash " she answers

Josh nods "So have you ever met her mom? what's she like?" he asks. He had never met Maya's mother it seemed every time he went over to tutor Maya she was always at work. He was curious to meet the woman or anyone from Maya's family for that matter.

"Katy's nice, I haven't really spent a lot of time with her because she works a lot  but I can tell she really cares about Maya"

"And it's just her and Maya?" he asks

Riley nods "yep"

"What happened to her father?" he asks

Riley sighs "You should ask Maya about that"

"I would like to but it seems that its something she doesn't want to talk about"

Riley nods "yeah it's something she rarely talks about"

"Why?" Josh asks 

Riley smiles sadly  "If you're going to be spending time with Maya there is s something you should know about her. Maya acts like this confident fearless person but inside  she holds it all in and doesn't want to deal with it and she builds walls to try and keep people out. Riley pauses for a moment before adding "Don't let her push you away Josh"

Josh smiles at his niece "I promise I won't Riley" he puts his arm around her to pull her in for a side hug.

"Please don't hurt my peaches" 

Josh smiles "I promise not to hurt your peaches

"Good because I don't care if you are my uncle, if you hurt her I hurt you" she threatens

Josh laughs "Riley you have my word I would not do anything to harm Maya"

Riley smiles having no doubt in her mind "I know you wouldn't Josh" she gives her uncle a hug.

"As much as I love our bonding time uncle Josh, I really have to finish my homework and then I have to study for a math test" she tells her uncle as she pulls away fron their hug and gives him an apologetic smile.

"Its okay I should probably head out, just wanted  to say hi" he says as he stands up to leave

"But if you have time, you may consider stopping by the diner" Riley says giving his uncle a knowing look.

Josh smiles knowingly at his niece's suggestion

"Thanks Riley" he says before he heads out

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