Everyone Can See It (Discontinued)

Zay Babineaux Pt.1

(Original A/N: So a few things
1) This was posted a little later than I liked but I wanted to get it out today
2) I love Zay.
3) Once I started writing him, I had trouble stopping. So this is Part 1.)

Zay in the house!

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Zay Babineaux was a cool dude. He knew it, his friends knew it, and the whole school knew it. He didn't need them to make a big deal out of it. Would he appreciate if they acknowledged it from time to time? Sure. After all, he was the coolest out of his group of friends. You would expect it to be Lucas but nah, the guy had become such a softie with increasingly apparent poor manners since moving to the big city.

Seriously New Yorkers, y'all hate doors so much that you rather come in through the window? And people thought Texas was backwards. The only person who could be cooler than him was Maya if it weren't for her going all "heart eyes" whenever she was in the same room as Riley.

Maya Hart having "heart eyes" for Riley. Maya Hart Eyes. Ha, he was more than a pretty face. To think there was ever a time where he had no idea that the two of them should be a couple. That was the only down side of passing through life without a care: sometimes obvious things passed by you too.

Point is, it didn't matter if he was in Texas or New York, Zay had learned from a young age to just go with the flow and see where life takes him.

"Roll with the punches" as his grandmother always said. "Life has its ups and it'll also knock ya down. But so long as you get back up again, it can't ever stop you. Just keep being you, baby."

Zay took that lesson to heart. Life was gonna do what it was gonna do, so all he had to do was enjoy the ride. He was true to himself and to his friends and let others be however they wanted to be. That right there was his own secret of life, though don't tell Mr. Matthews. Not to take anything too seriously and laugh about it. Be chill.

There were certain occasions where he lost his easygoing nature though. It was just part of the downs of life that his grandmother told him about.

When he found out Lucas was moving all the way to New York. That hurt.Especially since the reason his best friend was moving was because he kept getting into fights on Zay's behalf.VANESSA! Yeah, she was probably the most consistent example.When one of his friends was hurting.

Especially that last one. He cared about his friends and he cared hard. It's why he himself felt like he was being operated on as he hugged a crying Maya in a hospital hallway near the OR waiting room.

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Saturday, two days ago

The five of them were in Riley's bedroom waiting for Farkle to show up so that they could finally head to the movies. Well technically, Lucas, Smackle, and Maya were in Riley's room while Zay was on the fire escape, waiting to be invited inside like a gentleman.

"Zay, would you just get in here?" Riley said from her spot on the Bay Window. "You should know I have an "open window" policy by now." Her and Maya laughed at her dumb joke. Honestly, how he didn't see it before...

"Say it."

"Seriously?"

"Say it!"

"Oh my god." Riley sighed. "Zay, so nice to see you! Please come in."

She was exaggerating her words but it did the trick. He climbed through the window and purposefully sat in between Riley and Maya. They both shot him a look and he grinned. "Now was that so hard to say?"