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Hide, Run

"Maya, will you please go and get the trash out of Josh's room?"

Maya dropped her spoon in her cereal. Her mother couldn't be serious. "Are you serious?" she voiced out her thoughts.

"Yes," Katy answered. "He is in the shower. Just go fast."

Maya looked over at Shawn who gave her a little nod to go.

Maya groaned before getting up. She listened to the water running as she walked passed the bathroom knowing he was still in the shower. She promised herself just a few days ago she wouldn't step foot in his room and now here she was getting ready to walk in it. She slowly opened his door and was surprised to find it neat and clean, not messy at all, besides a few balled up paper thrown on the floor by his trash can as if he was playing basketball with it. She grabbed his trashcan and started to pick up the paper off the floor. She pressed her lips together as she noticed there was writing on the paper. She looked over at the door before unraveling the paper to see what it was. Maya shook her head, shocked.

"His homework. It's due today, so why is he throwing it away?" she frowned, examining the paper.

"You said you wouldn't visit my room but yet here you are."

Maya winced at the sound of his voice. She closed her eyes cursing the gods above before she turned to see a fresh out of the shower Josh but this time instead of a towel wrapped around his waist he was shirtless with gym shorts hanging low on his waist.

"Enjoyed the view so much you couldn't resist coming and seeing it again."

Maya forced herself to look away as Josh dried his hair. "No. I'm here to empty your trashcan because my mom requested me to not because I chose to."

Josh smirked, nodding.

"Why is this balled up on your floor? Why aren't you turning it in?" she asked, holding up his homework. "You completed it and it's right so why aren't you turning it in?"

Josh shrugged, "Don't want to."

"You should. Josh. You know it's not too late? You've only messed up the first half of this year, right? Before that you were a straight "A" student and you're obviously still smart because," she held up his homework.

"Why do you care if I turn my homework in or not?" Josh asked, slipping a t-shirt on.

Maya sighed. "I don't but I think it's dumb that you actually did your math homework correctly and you aren't going to turn it in to get the credit. Why wouldn't you want to turn this in?" she questioned as she walked a little closer to him. The two stared at each other for a moment before Maya shook her head, "Never mind, it's none of my business," she said, putting down his homework on his bed.

Josh took in a deep breath as she slipped out of his room. He walked over picking up his homework, staring down at it before he allowed it to fall out of his hands back onto his bed.

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

"I haven't had the chance to ask you yet but how are you enjoying having a brother?" Farkle asked as him and Maya walked into the chemistry lab.

"He is not my brother. Don't ever call him that," Maya snapped more harshly than she attended to at Farkle as she sat down on one of the lab's stools.

"Whoa, calm down. It was just a joke."

Maya winced, apologetically.

"So, I'm going to take that as it's going good?"

"Good?" Maya asked, raising her eyebrow. "He is anything but good. He is frustrating. More than frustrating. He says really rude and stupid things that makes my skin crawl. He thinks it's okay to leave the bathroom in just a towel or walk around shirtless. Do you know he does his homework but doesn't turn it in? Who does that? He does! The worst part of it all is he doesn't even want to try-" she started to rant off some things about Josh but then saw that look in Farkle's eyes and the slight smile on his face. "Don't! Don't look at me like that."

Farkle just cross his arms across his chest.

"No. Farkle," Maya tried to argue. "No! Did you not hear me? He makes my skin crawl. There is nothing about him to be attracted to."

Farkle raised an eyebrow not buying what she was spilling.

"Fine," she held her hands up. "He is really and I mean really good looking and he has an amazing body but anyone can see that. I'm not blinded. I have eyes, Farkle. And for some strange reason I can't stand being in the same room as him but yet at the same time I don't want him to leave the room," she said, not believing she said that out loud. "But that doesn't mean anything. At the end of the day he is still an ass. Why would I want to date someone like that? I don't want to date someone like that. I won't ever-"

Farkle smiled to himself, shaking his head at his best friend.

"Farkle! Are you listening to me?" Maya asked, grabbing him by the collar.

"Yeah. Yeah. I'm listening. What are you going to do?" he asked as she dropped her grip.

Maya sighed, deeply. "I don't know," she admitted. "I mean, nothing," she snapped, correcting herself quickly. "I'm going to do nothing because nothing is going to happen. He is just an asshole who has to live with me the next couple of months."

"And you do have a boyfriend."

Maya looked over at Farkle with wide eyes. "Yes, Lucas, who is nothing like Josh."

Farkle nodded, from what he knew Lucas was a good boyfriend to Maya but he still had a bad feeling about him at the pit of his stomach. "Maya, but you do realize you are living with the guy and he's been here a week and you are already losing your cool and whether you like it or not you have an attraction to Josh. How are you going to survive the couple of months with him?"

Maya glared at Farkle, astound, "I am not losing my cool and I do not have an attraction to Josh. I just said he was good looking but I'm in control. He is going to keep trying to push my buttons but I'm not going to cave in to him."

The two heard the bell ring and packed up their things. Once they were in the hall they saw Josh walking out of his class, making Maya stop in place.

"Stay in control," Farkle reminded her as he walked in the opposite direction as the blonde.

Maya rolled her eyes. "See you next at lunch."

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

Josh's eyes darted around the cafeteria during his lunch bell. He could easily sneak out the side door without any of the staff noticing. He did one good thing today. He turned in his homework so he can say he tried. He started to sneak his way over, making sure to not be obvious or get caught by a teacher when something caught his attention and made him stop.

"Look Zay, what do we have here?"

Josh watched as the brunette girl looked up at the two jocks as she got her tray of food ready to eat and placed her napkin on her lap.

"I don't know Charlie, what is it?"

Out the corner of Josh's eye he saw a boy rushed over to help defend the girl. "Hey! Leave her alone."

Both Charlie and Zay laughed as Zay tapped Charlie's shoulder.

"What are you going to do?" Charlie taunted the other boy, trying to get a rise out of him.

Josh shook head, walking over and shoving Charlie forward, making Zay stop mid-chuckle.

"Back off," he told both of them, glaring into their eyes.

Charlie looked surprised to see the new guy. "Dude, calm down, we were just messing around."

"He doesn't like your messing around and neither does she so leave them alone or we are going to have a problem?"

Both Charlie and Zay held their hands up in surrendering.

"We aren't looking for any problems. We were just joking."

Josh watched both of them walk away to high-five another guy with blonde hair who just entered the cafeteria and Josh could only assume was another one of their bonehead friends before glancing down at the couple. He pulled a chair from another table and sat down on it backwards. "What's their deal?"

"They just like causing trouble," Farkle answered with an eye roll. "They usually leave us alone but Maya isn't here yet to put them in check."

Hearing Maya's name caught Josh's attention. "Maya? Maya Hunter?"

Smackle nodded. "The one and only."

Josh slowly nodded his own head. There was definitely more to the blonde than he originally thought.

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

Maya walked in to the kitchen after school and instantly could feel her mother's questioning eyes on her. Whatever her mother wanted to talk about Maya already knew it was something she didn't want to discuss.

"So, your father isn't here."

She heard her mom begin. She turned to face her mother after grabbing a water bottle out of the fridge. "Yeah?"

"And I was thinking we could talk about girl stuff."

"Mom," Maya sighed, shaking her head.

"You don't have to worry."

Maya cringed as her mom eyed the seat next to her for her take. She reluctantly took it.

"So...?"

Maya raised her eyebrows at her mom, "So?"

Katy cleared her throat. "So...you and Lucas? You two have been together for a while now. You two have never..."

Maya winced, resting her water bottle on the table. "Oh my God, Mom, can we not?"

"But we are."

Maya closed her eyes before looking at the ends of her hair.

"I have to know. So have you?"

"No," Maya answered, truthfully. "Lucas and I have never had sex. You don't have to worry I'm still a virgin."

Katy sighed in relief. "But you would tell me if you were thinking about having sex? I know you are a teenager and I was once your age."

Maya pulled at the dead ends of her hair wanting nothing but for this conversation to be over with. "Yes, Mom."

"I just want you to be safe about it and if you are going to have sex we should put you-"

"I know that but you have nothing to worry about because I don't plan on having sex anytime soon. I know I'm not ready for that kind of commitment. I still like the idea of waiting until I'm married. So don't worry, I'm not going to have sex with Lucas or the next guy that walks through the door," she threw out, trying to get her point across as she tossed her hand up in the air before it hit the table.

"Hey."

Maya closed her eyes at the sound of Josh.

"Hey Josh," her mother greeted with a smile. "How was your first week of school?"

"Good. I'm going to hang out with a couple of friends tonight. I got the okay from Shawn and I'll be back before curfew," he told them grabbing a water bottle.

"Okay," Katy smiled as the two watched him leave. "Who's his friends?"

Maya shrugged, as her stomach turned at the thought of Missy. "I don't know," she answered. "But I have to go and get ready Lucas is going to be here soon."

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

"You do know my parents are right there?"

"That makes it hotter, knowing they could look out the window and see us in my car."

Maya bit her lip as she shook her head that's when she Lucas's hands start to unbuckle her pants. "Lucas," she murmured against his lips as he continued and kiss his way down her neck. "Stop."

"Stop?" Lucas asked as he continued and got pants undone.

"Yes! Stop!" she said, pushing him off of her and sitting up.

Lucas looked at her in disbelief before he shook his head.

Maya swallowed, knowing Lucas was upset. "I'm not ready," she told him softly as she buttoned back her pants and fixed her shirt. "And if I was I wouldn't want my first time to be in the backseat of your car."

Lucas sighed, closing his eyes. "You're right. I'm sorry," he apologized.

Maya nodded, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. She looked over at her house before looking back at her boyfriend. "I need to get inside before my parents catch me. It's already after my curfew."

Lucas nodded. "I'll see later," he told her, leaning over giving her a quick kiss before opening the door for her to get out of his car.

Maya hurried out of Lucas's car and in to the backyard to sneak in through the kitchen. She stopped in her place when she saw Josh lying on the grass staring up at the stars. She glanced around before making her way over to him.

"Josh, what are you doing?"

"Looking at the stars."

"Don't you think it's a little cold to be looking at the stars?" Maya asked before moving closer to him. She sighed when she saw the bottle next to him.

"Not at all."

"Of course not, because you're drunk," she pointed out.

"Thank you captain obvious. You can go now."

Maya shook her head, rolling her eyes. "Why did you do this? Why are you drinking?" she asked. "Shawn trusted you to go out with "friends" and you go and get drunk."

"It's not my fault. I don't even know why he trusted me."

"He wants to believe you can change."

"He's just going to be disappointed. He should ask my parents."

"No, he's not."

Josh frowned, looking over at the blonde.

"You can change. It's not too late," she said, staring him in his eyes. She sighed when he looked away, saying nothing. "Come on, we need to get inside before my parents catch us."

Josh frowned, looking back up at the blonde. "Why wouldn't you want Shawn and your mom to catch me? If they do then they have a reason to send back to New York where I belong."

Maya sighed again. "True and you would love that because I know that's what you want but I saw the hope in Shawn's eyes the day he told us you were coming to live with us. He wants to help you get your life back on track and I'm not going to let you ruin it in the first week of being here," she said, grabbing the bottle and throwing it in the trashcan before going back over to him. "Now shut up and don't say a word so I can help you to your room," she told him, offering her hand to help him up.

"Gor-"

"Not a word," she instructed, her eyes gazing into his as she held her hand out for him to take.

Josh stared up at her as she signal for him to take her hand before finally putting his hand into her and allowing her to help him stand. She wrapped one of his arms around her shoulder as the two were as quiet as possible as they entered the house.

Maya helped Josh into his room and over to his bed. He flopped down, dragging her on top of him.

"Josh," Maya gasped, staring into his eyes, shocked.

They stood still for a moment, neither eyes looking away from the other and before she knew it the two slowly started to lean in towards each other. She could feel his breath on her as their lips were only centimeters apart but before their lips could touch she turned her head, pushing herself up off of him. "You need to go to bed so you can sober up," she told him, not daring to glance in his direction.

Josh frowned, staring at her before grabbing his pillow and closing his eyes.

Maya sat there a moment longer, pressing her lips together and wondering what the hell almost just happened. She quickly got up and went into the bathroom, grabbing some aspirin and then into the kitchen to get a water bottle. She was relieved when she walked back into his room to see that he seem to be asleep. She left both things on his nightstand before going into her room.

She lied on her bed wide awake, wondering how she went from a make out session with her boyfriend to almost kissing another guy but not just any guy. The guy who for some strange reason she felt a pull to. Farkle was right. It's only been a week and she was losing her cool.

 How was she going to survive the next couple of months with him?

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