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Young Hearts

Both Maya and Josh swallowed at the sight of Cory sitting down at the kitchen table.

"Which one of you two is going to explain yourselves?"

Maya and Josh both looked at each other as Cory stood up to walk and stand in front of the two.

Maya took in a deep breath before answering, "We were at my tree house," she told him truthfully, making Josh a little uneasy.

Cory folded his arms across his chest as his eyes narrowed in on the two teens. "You were at your tree house at one in the morning?"

Maya nodded, "We were waiting for it to stop raining and we ended up talking and loss track of time," she explained, glancing back at Josh who nodded in agreement.

"Both of our phones are dead so we didn't know the time," Josh added, thankful Maya's phone went completely dead on their walk back to the house as both held up their dead cell phones. "We didn't realize it was this late."

Cory looked at the two suspiciously before reluctantly nodding his head. "Both of you need to get upstairs and get to bed. You have school in the morning and I expect both of you to be present."

Maya and Josh both nodded and started on their way upstairs.

Cory eyed them as they walked passed him. "Josh," he said, stopping the teenage boy before he could get far. "I would like a few words with you," he told him, glancing back and forth between the two. "Alone," he made clear when he saw the teenage girl stop as well.

Maya swallowed hard as she felt her heart drop to her stomach. She glanced at Josh who nodded his head for her to go on. She took a quick look over at Cory before reluctantly walking upstairs and leaving Josh with his brother. She walked into the bathroom to clean herself up some. She caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror before adverting her eyes to stare at her reflection. She blushed, biting her lips as she thought about how Josh has seen every part of her and couldn't help but feel a little different as she stared at herself. She kept staring for a moment longer before finishing cleaning herself up and getting dressed for bed. She snuck out of the bathroom and stopped, looking in the direction of the stair and hated knowing Josh was still most likely getting chewed out by his brother. She just hoped it was nothing too bad.

XOXOXOXO

Cory waited until he was sure Maya was upstairs and heard her bedroom door close before looking back at his younger brother. "I want you to be completely honest with me," he told him. "Is what was said the truth?" he asked. "You two were at the tree house, talking, and loss track of time?"

Josh turned his attention from the staircase the blonde just walked up to his brother and slowly nodded. "Yeah."

"Josh."

"Cory," Josh said back in Cory's same warning tone.

Cory sighed.

"Cory, it's not what you think."

"Josh, how can I not think what I'm thinking? It's after one in the morning and you two were out alone. I know your past. I know how you go from girl to girl."

"It's not like that with Maya. I would never do that to her."

"It better not be," Cory warned him before sighing again. "I know since you have gotten here you have been on the right track and I know I haven't been the best brother but please don't do anything stupid or take Maya down with you while doing something stupid."

Josh shook his head, "Cory, I would never do anything purposely to hurt Maya."

Cory stared into his little brother's eyes before he nodded and walked over closer to his younger brother, resting a hand on his shoulder, "You better not," he told him, quietly. "She is Shawn's daughter, Josh."

Josh nodded, swallowing.

"I want you to come over and start having dinner at my house at least once a week so we can talk and catch up, starting on Friday."

Josh shrugged at the thought having dinner at his brother's house in two days. "Fine."

Cory nodded, keeping his eyes on his brother. "Lock the door behind me and get to bed."

Josh nodded again, locking the door behind Cory as he left. He waited until he saw his brother's car pulled out of the driveway before climbing the stairs. He was satisfied at how things went with Cory because he knew they could have gone twenty times worst but knew both him and Maya would still be on edge. He walked into his bedroom surprised to find Maya sitting crossed-leg on his bed. He gives her a small smile as he closed his bedroom door and locking it out of habit.

"Do you think he is going to tell my parents?" she asked, quietly.

"I don't know," Josh answered, honestly, walking over to her as she adjusted herself to kneel at the edge of his bed and wrapping her arms around his neck as his arms instantly went around her waist. Josh placed his forehead against hers. "He didn't say but I don't think he will."

Maya nodded biting her lip. She closed her eyes, her mind going to the worst. "This is all my fault, if we didn't go to the tree house-"

"Hey," Josh cut her off, gently, catching her attention. He gently pressed a soft kiss on her forehead then her nose then her lips before resting his forehead back against hers again. "This isn't your fault. How were we suppose to know Cory was going to come and check on us when last time he didn't? We were alone for an entire weekend and he didn't once call or come over to check on us."

Maya slowly nodded.

"Let's not let this ruin our night. Tonight was special."

Maya pressed her lips together before nodding again, a small smile coming to her face. "No matter what," she began, softly. "I don't regret anything, especially tonight."

"Neither do I. What I told you in the tree house I meant every word. You bring out feelings in me that I've never felt before."

Maya bit her lip, blushing before giving Josh a seductive look, "And you make me want to do things I've never wanted to do before."

"Maya," Josh laughed before tilting Maya's chin up so her lips could meet his for a long kiss. "I love you," he murmured against her lips, placing a soft loving kiss on her lips.

Maya smiled into the kiss, "I love you too."

"We just have to wait it out," he told her, when he pulled away. "What happens. Happens. If Cory tells your parents he caught us out at one in the morning then there is nothing we can do about it."

Maya nodded, biting her lip. "You're right."

Josh nodded, "Let's not worry about it anymore."

Maya nodded again.

Josh gently cupped Maya's face in his hands and pulled her in for another quick kiss before reaching over and pulling the blankets down on his bed. "Let's get comfy and to bed."

Maya got under the covers as Josh stripped down to his boxers before getting under the covers with her and instantly pulling Maya close to him. "Do you ever think about the future?" she asked him, softly. "Like where you want to be after we graduate high school?"

Josh glanced down at Maya to meet her eyes.

"I applied to NYU before I even met you," she told him, not giving him a chance to speak. "And I got in."

Josh looked at Maya, shocked.

"My parents don't know yet. They are assuming I'm still going to go somewhere on the west coast but I'm going to NYU."

"Maya I can't ask you to-"

"You didn't ask. I want to. Josh, I want to see where this goes and give us a real chance because I know long distance doesn't usually work and if our relationship doesn't work then it doesn't work. It will be a lesson learn but I don't think I'm going to regret this decision at all. New York is filled with art and its an easy decision knowing you are going to be there."

Josh stared into her eyes before nodding and pressing a soft kiss on her lips. "I'm not sure you can count on me being there though because Shawn is going to kill me when he finds out about us and if he doesn't kill me when he finds out then he especially will when he finds out you are moving to New York."

Maya chuckled, "Don't worry. I'll protect you," she smiled as she snuggled up even closer to him as he wrapped his arms around her tighter, both wanting to be as close to each other as possible as the two fell asleep.

XOXOXOXO

Maya yawned, shutting her locker. She glanced down the hall when something caught her attention. She squinted her tired eyes trying to get them to focus more so she could get a better look down the hall because she couldn't believe her eyes. "Riley?" she muttered to herself, surprised to see her best friend at school. She started to rush in her direction. "Riley!" she yelled, trying to get her best friend's attention as she continued to make her way through the crowd of people.

She stopped in the middle of the hall, frowning when she saw Riley make eye contact with her but quickly rush off in the opposite direction. Maya shook her head as she watched the back of her best friend walk quickly away from her.

"You know it's rude to stand in the middle of the hallway."

Maya wasn't sure how long she stood there hurt and stun by her best friend's brush off but a smile came to her face at the sound of the voice behind her. She turned to fake glare at him before walking over. "Tell someone who cares," she told him, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulled away from him to dodge his kiss when he leaned in to kiss her. "You know it's rude to kiss in the middle of the hallway."

"Tell someone who cares," he said, before capturing her lips with his.

"Did you know Riley was here?" she asked when they pulled away.

Josh shook his head as he laced their fingers together and walked over to his locker.

Maya nodded, "She is and I yelled her name and she looked directly at me and walked in the other direction."

Josh furrowed his eyebrows confused, "That's weird. Did you two get into a fight?"

Maya shook her head. "We were fine the last time I saw her. We talked about you."

Josh nodded with a slight smile. "Then I wouldn't worry too much about it," he tried to ease. "Maybe she just needed a minute to herself and needed to get away. Nothing against you."

Maya nodded, biting her lip. "I just hope everything is okay and I didn't do anything wrong. I know I haven't been there like I was but I've been calling and sending her texts and she isn't responding."

Josh sighed, "Hey," he waited until her eyes were looking into his, "I'm sure if something was wrong she would turn to you."

Maya nodded, pressing her lips together as Josh pulled her to him. She closed her eyes for a moment allowing herself to feel his comfort before opening her eyes and staring in the direction her best friend hurried down away from her. She felt Josh pressed a kiss on the top of her head causing her to smile. She rested her chin on his chest to look him in the eyes. "Thank you."

Josh gave her a confused look.

"For comforting me and being there for me."

Josh smiled. "Always."

XOXOJOSHAYAXOX

Josh sat on Cory and Topanga's couch, saying a little prayer to himself, hoping this dinner would fly by. He wanted to get out of there as fast as he could. The less time he was there the less likely Cory would bring up catching him and Maya out at one in the morning.

He caught a glimpse of Riley as she came down to grab a drink and was about to go back to her room before he stood and grabbed her attention. "Can we talk for a second?" he asked, glancing over at Topanga who was busy in the kitchen while Cory sat at the table busy grading papers.

Riley nodded, and signal for him to follow her to her room. She softly shut the door behind the two. "What's up?"

"I know I may be overstepping my boundaries and if you don't want to talk about it then I completely understand but I wanted to talk to you about Maya," he began softly and could instantly see Riley wince then try to play it cool.

"What about her?" Riley swallowed, trying to shrug it off her nervousness.

Josh eyed Riley for a moment before answering, "She's scared you're mad at her or she has done something wrong."

Riley frowned, "What in the world would make her think that?"

"I don't know, maybe you looked right at her and walked in the other direction after she yelled your name to get your attention at school today," he pointed out. "Or the fact you're avoiding her texts and calls."

Riley shook her head. She should have known Maya would tell Josh everything. "I'm not mad at her and she hasn't done anything wrong."

It was Josh's turn to frown. "Okay, so what's going on? Did something happen or is it because of me?"

Riley quickly shook her head no. "No, nothing happened and it's not because of you. I just need space. When I saw Maya, it was my first day back at school and I just needed to take a step back from everything including my friends which includes Maya."

Josh noticed the look in Riley's eyes. He pretty sure it's the look he gives his mother when he wasn't coming completely clean when he was withholding information. His mother always told him the Matthews are the worst at lying and she knows when he isn't being completely honest with her. He didn't have the relationship with Riley to call her out on it. He should be thankful she was answering with what she did. "So you just need space?"

Riley nodded, "I just need space. Tell Maya everything is fine between her and I and I'll come to her when I'm ready."

Josh nodded, knowing there was more to what was going on but also knew Riley wasn't ready to open up just yet and he wasn't the person to get her to open up.

XOXOJOSHAYAXOXO

Maya smiled as she looked over her shoulder to see Josh entering as she was loading the dishwasher up, "You're home."

"I'm home," he smiled back, his eyes on her as he walked over to lean back against the sink next to her.

"How was your dinner at the Matthew's?"

Josh slowly nodded, "It was good."

Maya turned the water off and looked at Josh with suspicious eyes, "Good?"

Josh looked around, "Where's your-"

"Upstairs. They turned in early tonight. Why? Did-"

"I think were good," he cut her off softly. "I don't think Cory is going to tell on us. He didn't say anything tonight."

Maya swallowed, nodding. She pressed her lips together to hide her smile as relief washed through her body. She had to remind herself to stay in her spot and not throw her arms around Josh and kiss him because she was scared once she started she wouldn't be able to stop.

"I know not a lot of time has gone by but I think if he was going to he would have already or he would have told me tonight when we talked alone," he continued, softly. "He continued to acted as if nothing happened so I think he is keeping it a secret and letting us get off with a warning to not let it happen again."

Maya bit her lip as she stared into Josh's eyes, both knowing how lucky they got.

"I talked to Riley tonight."

Maya looked at Josh surprised and knew he talked to Riley for her, "Josh, you didn't have-"

Josh shook his head, "I wanted to. I was there and I know you have been worried about her being mad at you but she's not," he told her, softly, making her smile. "She just needed space like I said she did."

"Really?"

Josh nodded. "She told me to tell you, you did nothing wrong and she just needs some space right now and she will come to you when she is ready."

Maya smiled, "Thank you.'

Josh returned her smile, rubbing her upper shoulder. The two got loss in their own little world, conversating quietly but not noticing someone was just around the corner watching them closely.

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