Maya's Hart

Chapter 12

Riley's POV:

My mom, Maya, and I all started preparing the table. We set 6 plates. We all waited for my dad and Shawn to arrive. While we were waiting and talking, Auggie's girlfriend, Ava, stomps into the apartment.

"Ava! What are you doing here?" My mom asks

"My mom made me come here to give you this gift," Ava scowls as she handed her a cute little present box with a pink bow on it.

"Why thank you Ava! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving," My mom pats her head.

"Yeah yeah whatever," She quickly stomps out and slams the door behind her.

"Well then, isn't she polite?" I say sarcastically.

My dad opens the door, while he was pulling some guy (which I assumed was Shawn) by the ear.

"Ow ow ow ow ow!" Shawn cries "Hey Topanga, stop teaching your husband to do this crap!"

My mom quickly covers Auggie's ears.

"Do not swear in front of my kids! Especially this one," my mom says, gesturing at Auggie.

"Great to see you too Topanga!" Shawn smiles as he pulls away from my dad.

"Alright you must be Auggie!" Shawn says as he picks up Auggie and spins him around.

"Weeeeeeeee! I like you!" Auggie chirps. Shawn sets him down and pats his head.

"Ok, which one is Riley? No wait wait wait don't tell me I got this!" Shawn looked at Maya and I, who were sitting on the couch side by side.

"You're Riley, right?" Shawn says pointing at me.

"Yep! That's me," I say, standing up. I shake Shawn's hand and sit back down.

"So that must mean you're Maya!" Shawn says "Cory's told me that your basically the girl version of me,"

"Yes I am, and really?" Maya eyes my dad.

"Are we just going to keep talking or what? I've set up a whole Thanksgiving dinner come on!" My mom laughs.

We all sit down and serve ourselves. There was a huge turkey, a huge pot of mashed potatoes, gravy, steamed vegetables, and freshly baked bread. It all looked way too good to be true.

"You made all this mom?" I ask.

"Yes, yes I did honey, now eat," my mom eyes me.
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Maya's POV:

This was way too much. Everything looked so good I just wanted to devour it all. I put a huge load on my plate. Shawn eyes my plate and somehow seemed to understand why my plate was loaded.

"Big eater! Just like me!" Shawn winks. Everyone laughs and I wink back. I sorta like Shawn. He seems interesting and understood what I was going through even though I didn't tell him shit.

After diner we all put our dishes in the sink and sat on the couch in unison. We slouched and complained about how full we were. Topanga smiles and shakes her head.

"Well there's only a little bit of leftovers. Do you want to bring some to your mom, Maya?" Topanga asks.

"Sure! Thank you," I smile.

"Thank you for such a great meal Topanga!" Shawn exclaims, he looked absolutely stuffed.

"No problem Shawn, nice to have you back!" Topanga winks while she put the leftovers in a styrofoam container.

"Well I better get going! I had such a great time and the dinner was fantastic! It was also really nice to meet you kids!" Shawn says as he kissed Auggie's, Riley's, and I's forehead.

"Bye! It was a pleasure having you," everyone chirps. He waved and walked out the door.

"I better get going too. My mom should be returning home from work by now," I sigh. Topanga gives me the styrofoam container and kisses my cheek.

"Bye sweetie!" She says.

"Bye!" Everyone else said in unison. I walk out the door with the hugest, dumbest smile ever. Today was such a great day and absolutely nothing could ruin that. Or at least that's what I thought.