Broken

20

Maya adjusted her sleeve, praying that everything was going to go as how she imagined it to be. She imagined Katniss and Peeta excepting Lucas and Nash treating him like a brother. Now that Maya and Lucas were dating, Lucas was going to meet Maya's new family.

Maya didn't have any worries about Nash liking Lucas. Nash was the one who had told her that she was in love with him. It was Peeta and Katniss she was worried about. What if they didn't like Lucas? What if Lucas didn't like them? What if they don't want her after meeting him? No matter what happened, Maya knew that she would stay with Lucas.

There was a knock at the door and Maya ran over to get it. When she opened it she smiled and her heart fluttered. Lucas was standing there with a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

He bowed in a joking manner and handed her the flowers. She giggled and hugged him.

"Thank you, Lucas. Just-just be who you are. Not the angry Lucas, but the one I fell in love with," whispered in his ear.

He was about to say something when a voice interrupted him.

"Hey, uh, sorry to break up the love, but Katniss and Peeta are coming," Nash informed them, looking away with red on his cheeks. He was embarrassed; he just saw his sort of sister hugging her boyfriend while whispering who knows what.

Maya let go of Lucas and rolled her eyes at Nash. Nash stuck his tongue out at her, knowing that they were going to nail this brother and sister thing. Maya couldn't help and she laughed.

Katniss and Peeta entered the room and looked at Lucas. Katniss smiled while Peeta studied Lucas carefully.

"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Mellark. Thank you for having me over," Lucas greeted. Maya's palms grew sweaty, praying that nothing would screw this up.

Peeta stuck his hand out and shook hands with Lucas while Katniss said "it's not problem. I hope you like spaghetti. Why don't you come into the dining room and then we can eat and talk about you."

Lucas nodded his head and hid a smile- spaghetti was one of his favorites. He took Maya's hand and walked into the dining room and took a seat next to the blonde. After everyone was served, Peeta cleared his throat.

"So, Lucas, how about a little information on your life? Family, school, dreams. All of that," Peeta asked. Lucas nodded his head, wishing that he could continue eating the food.

"Yes, Sir. My older brother takes care of me. I want to go to NYU and become an athletic trainer," Lucas informed everyone.

Maya had known that Lucas was going to get accepted into NYU but she knew she wasn't. She wouldn't go to any school. She failed a lot of her classes.

The only talent she had was her art. She wanted to become an artist and make people feel emotions that they hadn't know they possessed.

"Interesting. Tell me, Mr. Friar, how you plan on getting to NYU. Are your grades extremely high?" Peeta asked. Maya saw Katniss slap Peeta's knee, as if saying "stop being so pushy and formal."

"I got a scholarship for basketball," Lucas answered.

"That's exciting! Maya, do you want to go to NYU?" Katniss asked.

Maya looked up from her plate, not sure how to answer.

"Um, I've never gotten good grades. I don't think that I'm going to get in," Maya admitted.

"I'm sure you have a talent that could get you a scholar ship," Katniss tried comforting. Maya shook her head.

"She's an amazing artist. You should see her works. They're incredible!" Lucas exclaimed.

"Is this true, Maya?" Peeta asked.

Maya shrugged being modest.

"She is," Lucas insisted. Peeta smiled at Lucas and nodded his head.

There was an awkward silence after that. Lucas devoured his spaghetti in short amount of time.

"This is some good stuff," Lucas complimented as he wiped his mouth with his napkin.

"Thank you, Lucas!" Katniss thanked.

"Nash, where do you want to go to college?" Lucas asked, bringing their attention to the boy who was staring at his plate, not one bite taken.

He looked up in surprise and cleared his throat.

"Uh, NYFA. I want to be an actor even though that will probably never happen," Nash said quietly.

"Hey, don't give up on your dreams!" Katniss encouraged him. He faked a smile and started to pick at his food again. "Is there something wrong with your food?"

"N-no! There's nothing wrong, I'm just not hungry," Nash assured her.

"Oh, okay then."

They all finished dinner (besides Nash) and walked into the living room.

"I have to go. Thank you for the wonderful dinner!" Lucas thanked.

"It was no problem. I hope to see you soon!" Katniss said while giving him a hug.

"I approve. I need a guy to watch football with when the girls go shopping," Peeta told Lucas as they shook hands once again.

Nash looked down at his feet, feeling hurt at what Peeta had said. He was a boy who would watch football with Peeta. Why couldn't Peeta see that? Then Nash thought that he wasn't good enough.

Maybe they want to get rid of me already. Nash thought to himself. 

"Goodbye!" Lucas said while kissing Maya on the cheek.

Maya waved and smiled. She turned around and saw Peeta nodding his head, Katniss smiling like crazy, and Nash looking at his feet.

"I like him, Maya. Good choice," Peeta told her. She smiled and hugged Peeta.

"Peeta's right. He is an adorable boy who seems focused on reaching his life goals. I like Lucas Friar," Katniss agreed. Maya walked over and gave her a hug.

Everyone looked at Nash, waiting for his response.

"Nash?" Maya asked. Nash looked up at her. "What'd you think about Lucas?"

"Oh, he's, uh, cool. Yeah. Cool," Nash said while rubbing his wrists. Maya giggled, knowing that her whole new family approved of her boyfriend.

She skipped to bed, finally feeling happy once in her life. As she closed her eyes, she imagined Lucas. It made her fall asleep instantly with a smile on her face.

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Sorry for the short chapter! What do you think of Katniss and Peeta? Why is Nash acting like he is? What did you think about everyone's goals in life?

Hope you enjoyed this chapter!