Against The Odds

45

IT'S SATURDAY and I finally get to UPDATE

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MAYA POV

I continued to help Riley fold and pack her clothes the next day and she told me that despite everything that went on while she was here, she had a good time. I smiled at her but I felt bad. I wish that everything would have gone smoothly for her visit. The majority, if not all of the problems that happened over the past two weeks were definitely my fault. As I was talking to Riley my phone began to vibrate in my pocket and when I took it out my body tingled and my heart beat pounded past its normal rate. Lucas.

Only Lucas gets this reaction from me, even when he hurts me, even when I’m infuriated or frustrated by him, I still get weak when I see him, talk to him, or get the smallest gesture such as a text from him.

I stood from my place on the bed as I answered the phone and when he spoke, a huge smile split onto my face.

“Who is that?” Riley mouthed the question to me and part of me didn’t want to answer her. I knew that it would be worse for me if I didn’t though. I spoke to respond to her and to Lucas at the same time.

“Hi Lucas what’s up?” Riley raised an eyebrow and a discontent smirk covered her face as I walked out of the room. It was the best thing to do. Riley and I were having a good time while packing and I didn’t want to ruin it by slapping the look off of her face.

“Hey, umm....what are you doing?” Lucas sounded uneasy and I could picture him shifting his weight on his feet.

“I’m with Riley we’re packing her stuff for her flight later.”

“Do you think that you could come over?...” Lucas trailed off and my mind started to race as it does when it comes down to issues concerning him.

“Lucas are you okay? What’s wrong?”

“Umm..I...I just need to talk to you...” My heart sunk when I heard Lucas speak. He didn’t sound like he was okay. He’s been in such good spirits lately that I almost forgot that he was bipolar. He’s still a patient. Don’t let it ‘slip your mind’ again. My focused side once again made a nasty appearance and this time she brought bitchy me with her. I ignored them and checked the clock, it was 5:16. With Peyton being as precise as he is with time, I knew that he would be here at exactly 7 for our dinner.

That leaves me an hour and twenty-four minutes to be with Lucas if I take out the time it will take me to get ready. When I hear a loud thud in my room I remember that Riley is here and that it’s her last few hours with me before she’s gone for a month.

“Lucas, could you come here to my place? I have a meeting to go to for my internship at seven and Riley is still here until ten tomorrow.”

“Oh umm never mind. It’s fine I can take care of it.” I had a mind to call Peyton and cancel dinner so that I could rush to Lucas side but I need to get this over with so I can fully give him my attention.

“Lucas are you sure? You know you can-”

“I said its fine Maya!” Lucas snapped at me through the phone and then quickly apologized before he assured me that he was okay. I still wasn’t convinced and told him that I would be checking on him over the next few hours before we got off the phone.

I dressed as simply as I could for dinner. I didn’t want to wear anything flirty or sexy that would lead him on. I need to be straight forward and confident in what I’m saying to him. I decided on black skinny jeans, a grey light knit sweater, my black sandals and I even pulled my hair out of my face, straightening out the loose curls that hung to frame my face. How much more boring could I get? When Peyton arrived, he wasn’t wearing his glasses and his deep sea blue eyes were sparkling.