My one and only Love

Chapter 7

Maya wondered if she’d pressed charges against her father if she’d have been able to stay with the Matthews…but what if she wasn’t. What if they still made her go back to Ohio with her step-family? She was still a minor who ran away, she would still be in the wrong no matter what the situation and that much Maya knew. Over the next few weeks she spoke with Josh more than she spoke with anyone. She had come home to find her things all opened and gone through, and with one day skipped school and a quick search, she found her things in her step-sister’s bedroom. She took it all from its hidden places and put it in the middle of their beds. She didn’t care about the items they stole, some clothes, some cheap fake jewelry, what truly mattered to her, she’d taken to New York with her. But Maya had wanted to make a point, let them know she knew – let them know had they just asked she’d have let them have any of it….she didn’t care any longer.

Maya still had no intentions on staying in Cortland and she had made that very clear to one person in particular. Joshua Matthews had quickly become her partner in crime as well as the other half in some undefined long distance relationship. They hadn’t put any labels on anything, neither had seen the need for it, they clearly both had feelings for one another. Josh had been making plans to go get Maya since the day he had to say good bye to her again.

“One day I’m going to be there when you leave for school.” He told her over the phone with a smile. He was still lying in bed as she walked to school. “I’ll pull up, you can jump in and we’ll be off.”

“Mmm, I better keep spare clothes in my backpack then, hmm?” She added with a laugh, the only time Maya laughed anymore was talking to someone from New York. Her grades hadn’t changed much since New York, but she was nowhere near as social as she’d been in the city. She still had no interest in making friends – and since she’d ran away, few people looked to her as a friend, more as a story to be told.

“Heh, didn’t think about that.”

“Shocker.” She teased.

“Okay, well then we’ll go get everything from your house after they leave.”

“Always thinking, Matthews.” She smiled as she goaded him, it was how she treated those she cared for.

“What would you think if I did show up one day?”

“I’d think that you’d come to rescue me like the princess I never was.”

“That make me the prince?” He asked with a chuckle.

“Nope. Knight.”

“Don’t expect a white horse.”

“Never.” They continued with their banter until she was walking into her first class. “Alright, I’m nearly to Chem, don’t go back to sleep, you’ve got your Bio test today.”