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Nobody Wants To Fight

Josh listened to the sound of Maya's steady breathing knowing the drugs kicked in and she was fully asleep now. He opened his exhausted eyes after only getting a couple hours of sleep before being woken up by a in pain Maya before finally talking her in to letting him call the nurse to get her pain medication. It didn't take long before the nurse came with her medicine. Once the nurse left, Josh let her cuddle back up to him and get as comfortable as she could before he tried to stay as still as possible afraid to hurt her or make her uncomfortable as she fell back to sleep. He tried to fall back asleep but couldn't before finally giving up.

He gently lifted Maya's hand placing a soft kiss on it before carefully slipping out from underneath her. He stayed still making sure she was fully asleep before quietly backing and exiting the room. As soon as he exited the room, he stopped at the sight of his niece sitting on the floor outside of the room with her head in her knees. "Riley?"

She looked up at her uncle with sad worried eyes. "How is she?"

"She's..." Josh began, glancing back towards the room where his heart was. "She's okay. She's a little banged up but nothing that won't heal over time."

Riley nodded, staring at her uncle as he stared over at Maya's room. "You love her," she told him, softly.

Josh looked back at his niece before slowly nodding. "I do," he confirmed, walking over and taking a seat next to his niece on the ground after moving an overnight bag out of the way. "I love her more than I thought I could love anyone and still don't know what I did to get someone like her to love me."

Riley gave him a small smile. "Josh you are not a bad guy or Maya wouldn't have fallen in love with you the way she has. I haven't seen you two together much but the little I have I can see the love between you two and I can see it when you two talk about each other. Both of you have a light in your eyes when it comes to the other but just be careful with her. She doesn't let a lot of people in or trust them but when she does she does it with all of her heart and she loves and trusts you more than I've seen her do with anyone since she has been my best friend."

Josh stares straight ahead at Maya's door. "I know I made a huge mistake the other day. The last thing I want to do is hurt Maya. I want what is best for her."

Riley nodded, giving him a small smile as the two stared at Maya's door.

"You want to talk about your little break down?" he asked, gently, switching the subject.

Riley swallowed hard, looking up at her uncle. It was time for her to come clean about her huge mistake. She got her wish and Maya was okay and it was time she told her what made her put a wall up between the two of them. "I made a huge mistake too," she admitted softly, fighting back her tears as she rested her head on his shoulder when Josh wrapped an arm around her.

"It can't be that bad."

"It is. I betrayed Maya. I did something a best friend should never do."

Josh furrowed his eyebrows confused at her confession. "Maya will forgive you if that's what you're scared of. If she can forgive me after some of the God awful things I've said to her then she can forgive you too."

Riley pulled back to stare her uncle in the eyes, "I slept with Lucas," she said, barely over a whisper.

Josh felt himself tense up at the mention of the name of the guy he couldn't stand more than anything. He took in a deep breath, reminding himself to stay calm. His niece needs him to be supportive, not to run out and find Lucas and give him the ass kicking he so wanted to give him and deserved.

"Don't blame Lucas," Riley said, knowing what was running through Josh's head.

Josh's eyes snapped up at the sound of her voice.

"He isn't the only one to blame. I chose to sleep with him," she continued, softly.

"But Riley-"

"We both weren't in a good place that night and we were both drinking and did something we wouldn't have done sober."

Josh reluctantly nodded, knowing he had done some really dumb stuff not sober.

"You can't just blame him like I know you are wanting to. I could have stopped it but didn't. I wanted the pain to go away."

Josh nodded again, pulling his niece in for a hug. "It's going to be okay," he reassured her.

"I hope so," she cried in to her uncle's shoulder.

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

Maya slowly opened her eyes once she noticed the feel of the empty spot next to her. She saw a nurse in her room, filling in her chart. Her eyes adjusted, glancing around the room and her heart started to speed up when she didn't see Josh. She looked over to see the nurses questioning eyes were now on her. "Where's my boyfriend?" she asked, her eyes going back to search every inch of the room.

"Right here."

Maya's eyes snapped to her room entry to see Josh entering with coffee and an overnight bag in hand. She gave him a small relieved smile and the two waited until the nurse left to begin speaking.

Josh pulled the seat next to her bed as he took her hand into his, placing a soft kiss on it.

"Where you get the bag?"

"Riley thought I could use a change of clothes," he answered. "She is out in the waiting room waiting for me to change and comeback but she told me to take my time."

"That was sweet of her," Maya smiled, knowing it wasn't easy for Riley to be in a hospital and not questioning for one moment why she hasn't come in to see her in the hospital bed.

Josh nodded, "How are you feeling?" he asked, lacing their fingers together and giving her hand a little squeeze.

Maya stared at her exhausted looking boyfriend. "I think I feel better than you are because of my mediation. You look really tired."

Josh gave her a small smile, "Nothing I can't handle. I'll catch up on sleep once you are out of this hospital."

"You should try and rest."

"I will later," he promised, giving her hand another little squeeze. "Right now I want to focus on you and getting you out of here," he told her, glancing around the room. "I hate you are in here and in pain. I wish I could take your pain away. I wish it was me in here and not you-"

"Hey, stop," Maya cut him off.

Josh takes in a deep breath, "I hope I never see you in the hospital again."

"Well you aren't going to get that wish."

Josh looked at her frowning.

"I hate to break it to you but when we have a baby I'm having it at the hospital. I'm not going to be one those moms who has her baby in the bathtub at home. I want to have it at the hospital with drugs."

A small smile comes to Josh's face as he thinks about them in future and nods, "Okay, true, but we aren't going to have a baby for a long."

"Not until after we are married," Maya agreed.

"And we aren't going to get married until after we finish school and I think we should live in dorms our freshmen year so we can get a real feel for college and then see how we feel our sophomore year."

Maya nodded again. "I think sounds like a good idea. I told my parents about NYU."

Josh looks at Maya surprised.

"I told them I got into NYU and I'm going."

"I'm expecting they weren't thrilled?"

Maya shrugged, "I think they were shocked and I'm sure Shawn had his suspicions of why he thinks I want to go to NYU. He doesn't understand I'm not the same little girl with dreams of moving to California. I've changed. I've changed a lot in the past few months. Yes you are a huge part of why but it's not a bad change like he is going to make it out to be-"

"Maya," Josh sighed, stretching out his legs. "Maybe you should cut him some-"

"No," Maya snapped.

Josh sighed again. "I don't want to get you worked up-"

"Then stop. I'm not ready to forgive him."

Josh opened his mouth to respond back but stopped at the sound of light knocking on the door. Both turned their attention to see Maya's mother hesitantly walking in.

Josh glanced back and forth between Katy and Maya and could feel the tension in the room between the two. He knew the two needed to talk so he gave Maya's hand a tight squeeze as he stood up and grabbed the overnight bag, "I'll give you two a minute alone," he told them. "I'll be back," he promised, pressing a soft kiss on Maya's forehead before exiting room.

Katy watched as her daughter's eyes followed Josh. She gave Josh a small smile as he walked passed her before slowly looking over at her. She swallowed hard before taking the seat she assumed Josh pulled up next to her daughter's bed. "How are you feeling?"

"Right now I feel fine. They just gave me a dose of my medicine," she answered, not looking her mother in the eyes.

"That's good."

Maya nodded, pressing her lips together while looking straight forward.

"I know, you're upset with me and Shawn-"

Maya shook her head, finally looking over at her mother, "Upset doesn't even begin to describe how I feel."

"I don't want to fight."

"I don't want to either but I will if I have to."

Katy looked into her daughter's eyes, "Maya, you are the most important thing in my life, you know that right?"

Maya slowly nodded.

"I'm always going to have your best interest at heart. There are things that we need to talk about and discuss because you are going to be coming home and Josh's parents are on their way down from New York."

"What!?" Maya snapped. "Why?" she asked as her fear of Josh moving back to New York took over her.

"Because all of us need to sit down and figure out where we go from here."

"I'm not going to stop seeing Josh if that's what you are hoping for. I'm going to be with him and I don't care if you send him back to New York. The distance won't stop us from being together and as soon as I graduate-"

"Maya, stop," Katy cut her daughter off, resting a hand on top of hers before Maya quickly moved her hand away causing her mother to sigh. "We are just going to figure out some things like Josh's living situation-"

"Why can't he stay with us?"

"I'm just going to assume that is the drugs talking and thanks for reminding me because we need to have a talk. Shawn found the pregnancy test. Why didn't you tell me you were having sex?"

Maya shrugged, knowing it would be so much easier and this conversation would be dropped faster if she told her mom the pregnancy test wasn't her but knew if she did she was more than likely ratting Riley out.

"So, you are having sex," Katy confirmed. "Did you take the pregnancy test?"

Maya closed her eyes for a moment, "I thought you said we were going to talk? If all you are going to do is lecture me then I don't want to hear it right now."

Katy took in a deep breath, "I've always told you, you could come to me when it came to sex. We've could have put you on birth control so you wouldn't have to worry about getting pregnant which we still need to do because Shawn and I aren't interest in becoming grandparents anytime soon but when I asked you, you told me you weren't having sex. You didn't have to lie to me. You could have told me the truth."

Maya sighed, "And I wasn't having sex when you asked. I was dating Lucas when you asked me and I never had sex with Lucas so I didn't lie."

"So how many lies have you told?"

Maya swallowed hard before shrugging. "Not as many as you are probably assuming. I only lied when I had to or I tried to be vague when answering or not cave in to unasked questions. I knew I had to lie when you asked me at the dinner table if there was a boy who had my attention and Shawn just stated Josh and I seem closed but he didn't ask if anything was happening between the two of us or when Shawn asked me if there was something I needed to tell you guys. I knew what Shawn was asking but I knew I couldn't tell the truth. I had to lie and keep hiding my relationship with Josh. It doesn't mean I liked lying to you guys because I didn't. I knew it wrong and I felt guilty but I don't regret it," she told her mom, honestly.

"Maya," Katy sighed. "Why didn't you say something when all of this started? When you started to feel something for Josh. All of this could have been avoided if you would have told me about you and Josh from the beginning."

Maya frowned, frantically shaking her head, "No, it wouldn't of. I couldn't have told you about Josh and I and that's why I lied and hid my relationship with him. You and Shawn wouldn't have approved of my relationship with Josh because of his past. You two would have held it against him and not allowed us to be together and you know I'm right! Look at what Shawn did when he confronted Josh! He used Josh's past against him and blamed Josh for everything when it wasn't Josh's fault!"

Katy swallowed, knowing part of her would have frowned upon the relationship. "You're right. I wouldn't have been happy."

"Josh didn't deserve the blame and he doesn't deserve to have his mistakes thrown in his face."

Katy nodded, swallowing again. "I know," she agreed, softly. "I can see Josh isn't his mistakes. He has been respectable beside the lying about your two's relationship but I can't just blame him because you were just as wrong and your my daughter and you should have known you could come to me. It hurts you didn't feel that way."

Maya sighed, "I am sorry I went behind your back and that I hurt you because of it but I don't regret my relationship with Josh and I'm choosing to be with him whether you or Shawn or anyone else likes it. I love him and I'm not going to give up on us because someone doesn't approve."

Katy nodded, understanding. She was once young and in love too and hoped Maya's love story doesn't end like her did with a broken heart and being a single mother. "Maya, I just want you to slow down a bit and not be blinded by your love for him. You are rushing everything and wrapping your world around him and at the end of the day he is just a boy."

Maya frowned, shaking her head, "He's not just a boy to me. Josh is more than that. I know we are young and everything has happened fast between us but he's someone I want to have a future with and I'm willing to fight for that future with him. I believe in him and I believe in our love. I'm not blinded by my love for him or wrapping my world around him," she stopped for a moment. "I love him," she breathed out with a smile. "And I've never experienced this kind of love before so yes I do realize I need to learn how to balance things in my life more but we are in that early phase of our relationship so I think it's a little understandable we are spending time together and haven't quite figured out how to balance everything but we will."

"I just don't want you to have regrets or miss out on something."

"I'm not going to. If Josh and I for some odd reason break up then it will be a lesson learn but my heart wants what it wants and it wants to be with Josh."

Katy gave her daughter a small nod and smile, "Okay. So, why don't you tell me all about the boy who has captured that heart?" she said, making her daughter smile a genuine smile.

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

Josh splashed water on his face before staring down as the water drained from the sink and memory flashed through his mind.

"My parents won't be home for at least another two hours," Maya smiled as she hung up her phone.

"Two hours?" he asked as he dropped his backpack on the floor as the two just returned home from school.

Maya nodded, walking closer to Josh.

"Did they sound suspicious? Did they mention Cory? Or the fact he caught us out at one o'clock in the morning?" he asked, wrapping his arms around her waist.

Maya shook her head, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him down for a deep kiss, backing him to sit on his bed.

Josh pulled away when things became heated between the two, staring up at her as she straddled his waist. "I want you to know just because of what happened between us in the tree house last night. I don't expect..." he began before looking away from her for a moment to gather his thoughts before starting over. "I know you know about my past and I know everything between us is happening fast and last night -," he paused, taking in a deep breath. "I don't want you to think or feel every time we are alone we have to have sex. I'm not expecting it and I'm okay with-"

"Josh," Maya cut him off, placing her lips on his.

"I know you would never make me or force me to do anything I didn't want to do or wasn't comfortable with doing. You've never made me feel that way. You have never once made me feel uncomfortable or made me feel force in to something I wasn't comfortable or ready to do," she continued, staring him in his eyes as she gently ran her thumb across his cheek. "Never," she emphasized. "Not even the first night we kissed and things got a little heated. What is happening between us is because we both want it to."

"I just want everything to feel right and special."

"And it is because it's with you," she told him, getting a smile out of him.

"You are the best thing that has ever happened to me."

Maya smiled, hearing the words out of his mouth before pressing her lips back to his.

He smiled remembering the look on her face and the love he felt run through his body. He turned the sink off before taking one last look at himself in the mirror and hurrying back to the waiting room hoping to find Riley so he could her his bag before making his way back to Maya.

"Josh!"

Josh looked over surprised to see the last two people he expected to see. "Mom. Dad," he breathed out before making his way over to them.

"We got here as soon as we could after we heard about Maya. We are so happy she is okay."

Josh nodded, swallowing as he waited for his mom to start scolding him about not leaving Maya alone like they wanted but instead was shocked when his mom's first action was to pull him in for a big hug.

"I've missed you," she murmured as she held on to him tight.

"I missed you too, mom," he said back, holding on to her just as tight.

"Cory told us all about how well you've been doing down here," she told him as she pulled away a little. "But we do need to talk about what happened between you and Maya."

Josh sighed, he knew it was coming. He took in a deep breath.

"But we can do that later," she smiled, bringing her baby boy back in to another tight hug, never wanting to let him go.

Josh smiled as his mom cupped his cheeks in her hands, bringing his face down to kiss his cheek as his dad pat his back.

Amy stared at her son, lovingly. "Are you ready to come home my sweet boy?"

Josh felt his heart drop as he glanced from his mother to looking in the direction of where Maya's room was back to his mother's hopeful eyes.

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

Maya sighed, turning off her television, wondering where Josh was. She knew she should be trying to take go to sleep but couldn't sleep without him being close. She looked over at the sound of her door opening hoping to see Josh's face but her eyes lit up at the sight of her best friend "Riley." She watched as Riley nervously walked into her room.

Riley returned her smile, taking a seat next to her hospital bed. "I know right now isn't a good time and I should only be here to make sure you are okay and I'm happy you are okay because I can't imagine losing you," she began to ramble, not looking over at her best friend.

"Riley-"

Riley shook her head as the tears started to come down her cheeks. "I have to get something off of my chest and I have to do it right now or I'm scared I never will."

Maya frowned, tilting her head to get a better look at her best friend, confused, as she wondered what was wrong. "Riles, what is going on?"

I'm sad to announce this story is coming to an end. The next chapter will be the final chapter. Let's end it on high notes so please leave me a review below with predictions on how it's going to end, what you loved about the story, if you want a sequel, or whatever your heart desires, and please don't forget to vote!