messages ✆ lucaya

part twenty five

"it was literally horrible," lucas groaned into the receiving end of his phone, mentally slamming his head against the quartz countertops in his kitchen. "i don't even know what half the shit i said was, but i'm almost sure it made absolutely no sense."

"i'm sure it was fine, lucas," paris sighed into the phone, searching through the freezer aisle of the grocery store for rocky road ice cream.

"no, it wasn't. she probably never wants to see me again," he whined, and paris rolled her eyes. "come over?"

"already on my way," she told him, smiling slightly when she found the large tub of rocky road ice cream.

"okay, bye," he hung the phone up, carelessly dropping it onto the counter and letting it slide over and hit the fruit bowl.

he couldn't believe he had been such an idiot in front of her, but he couldn't help it.

her beauty had him awestruck, and he couldn't comprehend half of the things that came out of his mouth.

"fuck," he grumbled, placing his head in his hands and slowly dragging them down his face.

*ding-dong*

oh great, people.

lucas sighed, walking over to the door and carelessly flung it open, expecting it to be paris.

"that was qui-" he started, but when he looked down and saw maya standing there with tears streaming down her face and her small body shivering, he instantly stopped speaking.

he instantly wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her shoulders in an attempt to warm her body. she took a second before also wrapping her arms around his waist, her tears almost immediately stopping when he wrapped her in his warm embrace. she sighed into his chest, clutching onto the back of his shirt as he lightly let his head rest in the nape of her neck. he breathed in and couldn't help but feel instantly relaxed by her scent.

"did you just sniff me?" maya giggled, pulling away from the hug but keeping her arms wrapped around his waist. lucas felt the heat rush to his cheeks, and he shook his head nervously.

"we should- uhm.. we should probably, you know, uhhh- go inside, we should go inside now," he stuttered, and maya laughed, pulling completely away from their embrace and stepping inside of his house, lucas following closely behind before shutting the door.

the blonde walked over to the couch and sat down on it, unsure of what to do.

"what's up?" lucas asked, walking over to her and taking his seat next to her.

"nothing really, what's up with you?"

"no, umm.. i meant, like- why didn't you go with bradley?" he awkwardly asked, rubbing the back of his neck.

"oh," maya blushed in embarrassment. "well, umm, bradley and i kind of got into a little bit of an argument, and he left and i really didn't want to have to face him at the hotel again, and i don't really have anywhere else to go because i don't know anyone around here, so i figured i would come to you, but if i can't stay that's fine, i don't want to bother you, i just-"

lucas cut off maya's rant by reaching out and grabbing her hand, which instantly silenced her.

"maya, of course you can stay with me. i don't mind at all," he smiled, and the blush on her cheeks was apparent.

"thank you, lucas. i really, really appreciate it, and i promise i'll get out of your hair as soon as i can get someone to come get me," she started to ramble again, causing lucas to chuckle.

"maya," he interrupted, turning his body towards her and taking both of her hands into his, interlacing their fingers. "i swear, it's fine. you can stay as long as you need. you're always welcome here."

before he knew it, he was leaning forward, as if he was going to kiss her. one hand removed the blonde's own hand from it before reaching up to touch her cheek, and she also began to lean forward.

they both longed to feel each other's lips molding together again, and all they wanted in that moment was to kiss each other into tomorrow.

that was until the doorbell rang.

"are you kidding me?" lucas groaned, his head dropping as he took a deep breath to calm himself.

why was it that people always felt the need to interrupt maya and him?

he got up and walked over to the door, opening it to reveal paris standing there with two bags of ice cream in her hands.

"hey, i brought rocky road," she smiled, but he shook his head with wide eyes.

"you can't be here right now," he told her, and she sighed.

"and why is that, lucas?"

"because maya came back, and she's staying the night with me," he panicked.

"woah, moving a little fast there, are we?" paris asked, an eyebrow raised suggestively.

"not like that, paris. bradley and her just broke up and she doesn't have anywhere else to go."

"mhm, sure. whatever you say. here's your ice cream, call me tomorrow to let me know what happened," she told him, handing him one of the bags, and he took it gratefully.

"thank you, paris," he nodded before shutting the door, turning back around to see maya already staring at him. when she saw that he noticed her gaze, she turned her head and blushed, making lucas smile.

"do you want to watch a movie?" maya asked, making lucas's smile grow more.

a chance to cuddle with maya on the couch under a blanket while sharing popcorn and watching a movie? now that's an offer he simply couldn't refuse.

"but of course, shortstack."