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Feelin' and Fallin'

Josh leaned forward to look out the windshield to read the "All Sorts Of Sports" sign. He rolled his eyes. He couldn't believe Cory would bring him here. First, Cory shocked him when he showed up at Shawn's so late as he just finished talking to the elderly woman next door then told him he had somewhere he wanted to take him and he wanted to take him right that second. Now here he was at some sport place. He looked over and raised an eyebrow at his brother.

"I don't expect you to bat or anything but I was hoping you would or we could just talk while you watch me make a fool out of myself."

Josh stared straight ahead before shrugging and getting out of the car. He knew he didn't really have a choice so he might as well get this over with.

Cory sighed, following in behind his younger brother.

"I just wanted to talk to you. Get an update on how your feeling. How's it going. Nothing too crazy or long."

Josh nodded as he sat down on a bench and watched a young boy in one of the batting cages.

"So you don't want to bat?"

Josh took his eyes off the young boy and shook his head. "I don't play baseball anymore, Cory."

Cory reluctantly nodded before quietly taking a seat next Josh. "So, how are you liking Philadelphia?" he asked, as the two continued to watch people take turns in the bating cages.

Josh shrugged his shoulder, "It's no New York but it's okay."

"How are you liking school?"

Josh chuckled, "It's school, Cory. What do you think?"

"I know your doing okay which is more than what you can say you were doing in New York."

Josh swallowed, glancing over at his brother before glancing away. "I guess I have a reason to," he admitted, the image of a certain blonde popping in his head.

Cory nodded, knowing Josh was most likely going to be short with every question. "So how's it living with Shawn and Katy? Are they treating you okay?"

Josh nodded, "Yeah. They've been nice."

"So you don't mind living with them?"

Josh shook his head.

"And Maya?"

Josh looked at Cory sharply, "Maya?"

"Yeah. What's your thoughts on her?"

Josh swallowed, knowing this was most likely a trick question. It's not like he could come right out and tell his brother his first initial thoughts about Maya when he first saw her come down the stairs and all the different ways he pictured he could have fun with her or how the blonde now has his full attention and consumes his thoughts because he knew he would be dead or taken as far away as possible from her and he wasn't ready for that to happen. "She's cool."

Cory slowly nodded, his eyes on his little brother, "At first I was a little nervous you two wouldn't get a long."

Josh frowned, wondering why. "We get along fine," he shrugged his shoulder.

"Good."

Josh nodded, as he watched a guy who looked around his age in the batting cage hitting every ball at eighty miles per hour and knowing at one time that used to be him.

Cory watched his brother watching the other boy. "You know, I was expecting a different Josh to show up here. I've talked to mom while you were in New York. I know how crazy you were driving her. How much you had her worried but here, you have shown no signs of the Josh she described in New York."

Josh glanced at his brother before looking straight ahead and nodding.

"Look, I know you know Katy and Shawn are leaving out of town for the weekend. I want to know I'll be able to trust you next weekend. I promised to keep an eye on you two but I don't know how much I'm going to be able to check in on you two. We never know how Riley is going to be. Right now, she has made a lot of progress and is almost back to her normal self but she still has breakdowns and I have to be there for her."

Josh looked over at Cory's pleading eyes. "You can trust me."

"There something else."

Josh raised his eyebrows.

"Hopefully you can keep an eye on Maya. She has a boyfriend that Shawn isn't too thrilled about. He doesn't want anything happening between the two."

Josh snickered, he didn't even need to be ask to do that. "Sure, I'll keep an eye on the two," he agreed.

"I'm proud of you Josh."

Josh swallowed at his brother's words.

"I'm proud you came down and you are getting your life back on track. You're going to school and not getting into trouble but there is one thing still missing."

Josh looked over at Cory as Cory stood up and walking over to the bats and grabbing one..

"Are you sure you don't want to bat?" he asked, hopeful, holding out a Louisville slugger for him to take.

Josh looked down at the bat before swallowing. He shook his head, "No."

"Why not? You were an all-star baseball player."

Josh shook his head, "I don't want to," he told him before getting up and walking out of the building.

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

"Did you come up with a plan for Farkle?" Maya asked as she leaned against the locker next to Josh's.

Josh stopped what he was doing to look at the blonde next to him, "Yeah, I told him he has until Monday to ask Smackle out or I was asking her out myself."

Maya's mouth dropped open before she smiled, "You didn't?"

"I did," Josh smiled. "Jealous I might go out with Smackle?"

Maya scrunched her face up. "No."

"Sure," Josh grinned, before going back through his binders.

Maya shook her head, before leaning over, surprised at what she was seeing. She instantly snatched the paper out of his hand.

"Hey, what are you?"

Maya smiled huge at hims she backed away some. "Is this what I think it is?"

Josh glared at her, "Give it back," he ordered.

Maya looked at him before looking back down at the paper. "It is!" she said, excited. "It's your homework."

Josh looked up sighing at being caught.

"You're doing your homework and turning it in?" she asked, amazed. "What happened to balling it up and playing basketball with it?" she asked, walking over to her locker.

"Could you please just give me back my homework or would you like me to not turn it in?"

Maya turned to face the boy and pretend to ponder for a moment before caving in and playfully rolling her eyes as she handed him back his homework, "Fine. You can have your homework back."

"Thank you," Josh said, pretending to be dramatic, placing his homework in its spot as he leaned against the locker next to hers. "Your parents are really leaving out of town?"

Maya nodded.

"So, how many times do you think my brother is going to check on us while your parents are out of town?"

Maya looked up from her paper before putting it in her folder and tossing it back into her locker before answering, "I don't know. I've never stayed home alone before. Why are you planning on having a party?"

"Only if the party is just me and you."

"Josh!"

"Kidding," he told her. "Or am I?" he asked, backing away from her and walking down the hall.

She smiled, shaking her head, as she started to get the remaining things she would need for the rest of her bells.

"What did Josh want?"

Maya jumped and looked up shock to see Lucas. "Lucas you scared me," she told him, her hand on her chest.

"What did Josh want?"

Maya shook her head, narrowing her eyes in, "What?"

"Josh. Why was he at your locker?"

Maya looked at Lucas puzzled. "We were just talking?"

"About?"

"Nothing too important. Just homework."

Lucas slowly nodded, staring at his girlfriend. "I don't like Josh hanging around you so much. I feel like every time I turn I see you two together."

Maya raised her eyebrows at Lucas before shaking her head. "Lucas, I live with him and he's a friend."

"I don't like that he is constantly around you."

Maya shook her head. "He is not always around me."

"And you are always defending him," he pointed out.

"Oh my god," Maya shook her head, shutting her locker. "I can't."

Lucas sighed, "No, wait," he grabbed her arm, stopping her. "I'm sorry," he apologized taking her hand into his and lacing their fingers together.

Maya pressed her lips together, taking her hand from his.

Lucas instantly took her hand back into his making her look up at him. "You know I love you right?"

Maya's eyes went wide. She swallowed as her heart started to pound in her chest. They have never told each the L word before.

"That's why I think when your parents are out of town it will be perfect time for us to spend time alone and take our relationship up to the next level. It will only make our love stronger," he continued, giving her hand a small squeeze.

Maya was loss for words. She nervously glanced down at their connected hands as she swallowed again.

"Maya?" Lucas said, confused when she didn't say anything back.

"Lucas," she breathed out, looking up at him as she shook her head loss for words.

Lucas cupped Maya's face between his hand and went down to eye level as his thumbs caressed her cheeks. "Maya, I love you."

She stared into his green eyes as he waited for her to respond. "I-hmm...I think we should break up," she murmured.

Maya watched as it look as if Lucas had been punched in the gut.

He dropped his hands, taking a step back from her. "What?!"

She winced at the harshness in his voice and the two glanced around making sure no one was paying attention to them. "I'm sorry. It's just-I'm confused right now-"

"Wha-wha-what do you mean you are confused right now?"

Maya opened up her mouth and closed it as nothing came out.

That's when it hit Lucas. "It's because of him, isn't it? It's Josh."

Maya shook her head, "No. It's because of me. I promise. Josh has nothing to do with it."

Lucas shook his own head as anger started to boil within him. "Can you look me in the eye and tell me I won't be seeing you two walk down the halls holding hands in the next couple of days?"

Maya pressed her lips together, looking away.

Lucas shook his head, "Unbelievable."

"Lucas, I don't know what's going to happen," Maya confessed. "All I know as of right now is I'm confused and-"

"Do you like Josh?"

Maya swallowed, knowing she could easily lie and deny but instead she told the truth. She slowly nodded her head, "Yeah," she admitted, making Lucas look away closing his eyes. "But that doesn't mean anything is going to happen between me and Josh," she told him because in all reality it was the truth. She didn't know. She wanted something to happen but she knows in life you don't always get what you want. Maya watched as Lucas paced back and forth before he as she leaned back against her locker. "But our break up is happening because of me. Not because of Josh-"

Lucas stopped directly in front of her, resting one of his arms above her head while his other hand cupped her cheek.

"I know you say you're confused right now and you need time to think but I'm not going to give up on us. I'm going to prove to you we are suppose to be together," he told her, kissing her on her cheek before walking away.

Maya watched him walk away before closing her eyes and feeling a huge weight lifted off of her chest.

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

Later that night, Maya sat under the stars with the fire burning next to her to keep her more warm than just the blankets wrapped around her bottom half. Ever since she saw Josh looking up at the stars she remembered how she would come out here late at night to either draw or play the guitar and sing when she needed to clear her head and she thought it was the perfect time to do it again. Tonight she found herself with her guitar, a notebook and pencil to write lyrics. She got comfortable with tons of blankets and pillows around her before getting loss in her thoughts as her fingers strummed the guitar and her voice began to sing her emotions.

"Your eyes, crashin' into my eyes. Was I accidentally falling in love?"

Maya stopped at the words that just came out of her mouth, shocked. She pressed her lips together as she took a deep breath. She closed her eyes as the thought of his sparkling blue eyes staring back into hers. She opened her eyes at the sound of footsteps coming behind her. She looked over her shoulder, giving him a smile.

"Gorgeous, what are you doing?"

"Looking at the stars," she answered, mocking him the night she found him out here.

Josh chuckled. "Funny."

Maya put her guitar off to the side before lifting the blankets up and signaling for Josh to sit.

Josh sat down next her, helping adjust the blankets so they were both under and comfortable. The two sat in quiet, enjoying the silence before Josh broke it after his eyes landed on her guitar.

"When did you start playing?" he asked, nodding his head toward her guitar she put off to the side when he came over.

Maya bit her lip before looking over at Josh. "When my dad left," she answered, softly. "It was a way for me to release my thoughts and emotions."

Josh looked over at Maya surprised about her admission. "I'm sorry, I didn't-"

"It's okay," Maya cut him off, giving him a small smile. "I've come to terms with it and I've moved on. He has a new family and I'm okay with not being a part of it because I have plenty of people around me that loves me and I have Shawn."

Josh nodded, "Your dad is an idiot though because he is missing out on someone really special," he told her, looking into her eyes.

Maya looked away, blushing. She bit her lip again before looking back at him and giving small smile. The two fell into a comfortable silence and Maya found herself staring at the boy next to her as he looked out in the distance. "Josh," she began softly and hesitantly as she grabbed his attention. "What made you change?" she asked, causing him to frown. "Shawn said at one time you were an all-star baseball player and a straight A student. What happened?"

Josh swallowed, looking over at her for a moment before staring up at the stars and just when Maya thought he wasn't going to answer her. "I got injured," he finally answered her, swallowing before he continued, "My shoulder. And I couldn't play anymore." He stopped, glancing over at Maya as her eyes stared at him and he knew he had her full attention. "Even after I recuperated and got the okay to play. I wasn't the same. I wasn't the player I used to be. I kept getting benched. I went from being the best player on the team to being a bench warmer. I couldn't take it so I quit."

Maya took in a deep breath as her heart broke at the heartbreak in Josh's voice.

"That was the start. I drifted away. My friends weren't my friends anymore so I got new friends."

Maya pressed her lips together, "From what I know I wouldn't call the people you are hanging around friends."

Josh gave a small smile and nod. He couldn't disagree. He barely knew half of their last names. "Getting into trouble before getting caught was a different kind of thrill. It gave me a thrill that I was missing from not playing anymore and partying made me forget that I wasn't an all-star anymore while the girls made me feel like I was."

Maya felt a pang of jealousy at the mention of girls.

"My whole life and dreams changed with my injury. What I dreamed for my future is gone and to this day it's still hard to swallow."

Maya bit her lip as she stared at the boy next to her. She could see the hurt written over him. She couldn't imagine having her passion and dreams taken from her but she knew there would be new passion and new dreams out there to chase. She learned that from her best friend. You have to have hope. There is always another door opening if you allow it to. She also knew you would always have to be opened to a different door opening. She learned that from Riley and even in Riley's pain Riley still stuck to hope. She knew Riley at times had a hard time believing it but she also said it is what is keeping her going. "You know you can have new passions and new dreams? You just have to open to it. That door closed but a new door can open."

Josh looked over at the blonde next to him.

Maya decided to continue, "Josh, I know you're not this horrible cocky guy you want everyone to believe you are-"

"You don't know that-"

Maya grabbed the side of his face so he was facing her. "I do," she nodded, staring into his eyes. "Okay, I mean, maybe, some of the cockiness is real," she backtracked some causing the two to laugh. "But I know you aren't that horrible guy. You dealt with losing baseball wrong and made mistakes but you aren't that horrible person because I saw the way you stood up for Farkle and befriended him when you didn't have to or how you help even though no one asked you to. You do all these little things because you think no one notices so you can keep this hard shell up and remain this bad boy that you aren't."

Josh swallowed as he held on to Maya's gaze.

"You may not be that baseball player you once were but that doesn't mean you're worthless and you don't deserve happiness because you do. You deserve to make a new and bigger dream for yourself."

Josh remained quiet as neither one looked away. "I don't think your boyfriend will like you holding my face in your hands and our faces being this close," he said, quietly.

"What boyfriend?"

Josh looked at her surprised as she slowly nodded answering his unspoken question.

The two stayed still, still gazing into each other's eyes before they slowly leaned towards each other. The next thing Maya knew her lips were on his in what started off as a soft kiss but soon turn in to a heated one. She slowly leaned back and felt Josh adjusted his body so his body was half-way over her as their kiss became more intense. She ran her hands through his hair before her arms wrapped away his neck as she lifted herself up more into the kiss before they both pulled away but remained so close that their noses touched. Josh placed a quick kiss on her mouth.

"I knew you wanted to kiss me," Josh grinned against her lips.

"Josh!" Maya laughed, whacking his shoulder.

Josh cut her off by crashing his lips back onto hers for another deep kiss. He rested his forehead against hers when they pulled away, breathless, both staring into each other's eyes before Josh placed a few more soft kisses on her lips. He placed a kiss on her forehead before he laid back down getting comfortable as Maya cuddled up to him. Maya rested her head on his chest as one his hand's fingers ran through her hair as the other took one of her hands into his and laced their fingers together.

Maya stared down at the connected hands before looking up at Josh and leaning up to peck his lips. She smiled before cuddling up to him more and feeling more content in her life than she ever has before.

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

Lucas strolled up to the Hunter's front door with roses in hand as he lightly knocked on the door and rang the doorbell. He paced back and forth waiting for someone to answer. He looked in the driveway, noticing Shawn's car was gone which meant most likely Shawn and Katy were out for their usual date night but Maya's car was parked in its usual spot. He knocked again and when he got no answer he walked around to the backyard. He was determined to show Maya he was the one for her. He meant what he said when he said he wasn't going to let her give up so easily on their relationship. He wanted to show her he was going to fight for her even if she was confused about her she felt.

He held the bundle of roses as he walked through the grass on the side of house, knowing there was a good chance Maya would be in the back yard. It was then Lucas realized what a huge mistake it was. He watched as Josh and Maya made out while the fire burned next to them without a care in the world. The two not even noticing he was there. He shut his eyes tight, wanting the image out of his head, not allowing the tears fall down his cheeks.

He didn't say a word and quickly left. Once in the safety of his car, he slammed the roses over and over again against the passenger door. The rose petals went all over his car as he allowed his tears to fall. He threw what was left of the roses in the backseat before hitting the steering wheel and harshly wiped away his tears. He quickly pulled away from Maya's house. He rushed home for a quick pit stop, and sneaking out with his parents' hidden bottle of vodka. He didn't know why or how he ended up behind the school's bleachers but there he was and he was surprise he wasn't alone.

"Riley?"

The brunette looked up from the picture in her hands with her own tears running down her cheeks.

"Lucas?"

Lucas slowly walked over taking a seat next to her. He glanced down at the picture, knowing the girl next to him was in pain too. "Need a drink?" he offered, once he took a big gulp himself.

Riley nodded, before taking the bottle from him and taking one herself. The two passed the bottle back and forth several times, losing count. They were both feeling the affect of the alcohol, before one spoke again.

"When will this hurt go away?" Riley asked, tears coming back to stream down her cheek again.

"I don't know," Lucas answered, truthfully.

"I just want it to go away."

"I know," he said, as the images of Maya and Josh ran through his head. "Maya broke up with me and is now with your uncle," he confessed getting Riley to look at him with wide eyes. "She told me this morning our break up had nothing to do with him and I go to her house and he's on top of her as the two made out and who knows what else. I think she has been with him the entire time."

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault."

The two stared at each other before leaning in for a kiss that quickly got heated. Lucas pulled Riley's body close to his before they both started to removing each other's clothes. At the moment neither one caring about what was happening between the two.

Both just wanting the hurt to go away.

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