Maya and Lucas sat together in the indoor tennis court as Maya thew the tennis ball against the wall and it rebounded back, repetitively.
"So you wanted to play tennis but you didn't bring a tennis racket?"
"I don't wanna play tennis, Lucas. Besides, I used my racket to kill a cockroach."
"Why am I not surprised?"
"Cause I'm Maya." Lucas nodded. "And I needed to talk to you."
"I kinda figured that since we've been sitting here for a half hour."
"My mom lost custody of me."
"What?" He asked, sitting up straighter.
"I'm gonna go live with my dad." She was still bouncing the ball.
"How did she lose custody of you?"
"She hit me and someone saw it. It was one hit and I lose everything because of it."
"Where's he live?"
"Florida."
"Yikes."
"And his wife's gone through two divorces and has custody of all of her kids. Ten kids."
"Ten!"
"Six boys and four girls."
"Wow. When do you leave?"
"I leave for the airport at 6Am."
"Who knows?"
"Only you."
"Are you going to tell them?" She shook her head.
"I wan't you to. Tomorrow morning, when I'm not next to Riley and she discovers I left? Can you?" He put his arm around her shoulder and she rested her head on his. He kissed her on the forehead.
"Why did you do that?"
"To cheer you up. And yes. I'll tell them."
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Hold her (gmw/Lucaya
FanfictionWhen Maya is sent to live with her father in Flordia, she is separated from her friends, on top of one of her new siblings that doesn't treat her too well. Lucas just wants to hold her in his arms and she just wants to be held but that could be hard...
