Caught In The Middle

Chapter 12

A/N: You guys are so awesome! Thank you for all of the comments you left on the last chapter. :) 

Maya POV

Maggie seemed to really love riding her horse. She rode it for a good 30 minutes after we got there. After about 40 minutes I noticed she was sitting in the pasture with her sketch book. I decided this might be a great time to have a conversation with her or at least to attempt to have one. I stood up off the chair and Lucas looked up at me with a look on his face. I could tell he was wondering what I was doing. 

"I'm going to walk over and see Maggie." I said to him. 

He smiled "Do you want me to go with you?" he asked me. 

"No. Let me go on my own. I promise I'll be okay." I said before leaning down and kissing him softly. 

"She's got this Lucas." Diana replied then she turned to look at me "Let me know how it goes." 

"I sure will." I said with a smile. 

I made my way off the porch and over to Lucas truck where I had a bag of things. Lucas didn't know but I had packed my own sketch books. One of them was from when I was 5 years old after my parents split up. I like to keep all my drawings and I wanted to bring this book for a reason. When I'm around beautiful scenery like this it inspires me to draw so I also brought my current sketch book. I grabbed my bag of things and supplies before making my way over to Maggie. I watched as she stared intently at her horse then looked back down at her sketch pad. She was drawing her horse and I couldn't help but smile. I walked over and sat down beside her. 

"You're drawing is really good." I said breaking the silence between us. She hadn't noticed I was there until I spoke up. 

"Thanks." she mumbled. 

"I love to draw too. Do you mind if I join you?" I asked I asked as I sat down beside her. 

"No, I don't mind." she replied and I couldn't help but notice she seemed more down today. 

I was surprised she was actually speaking to me. Maybe Diana did get through to her a little bit. I grabbed my older sketch book to look through some of the drawings. I didn't want to get right into the discussion with her about whats going on so I figured I would ease into it. 

"Great! I think I might draw the barn. Its beautiful." I said as I placed my sketchbook on my lap and grabbed a pencil so that I could begin to draw the beautiful barn scenery. 

"Mhmhm." she replied. 

We sat in silence for a minute and I continued to draw. I glanced over and saw her watching me. The two of us continued to sit there and draw. I figured instead of sitting here in complete silence the whole time that I would speak up. 

"I'll show you some of my old drawings." I said to her with a smile. 

"Okay." she replied.

I grabbed my old sketchbook and placed it on my lap. I began looking through the pages of them and couldn't help but laugh at some of them. There was one in particular I was looking for that I drew and it was of my Mom, Shawn, my dad, and I. It showed my mom and Shawn were happy while my dad and I were off on the side together. 

"I drew this when I was 6 years old. This is my mom, Shawn, my real Dad and I." I said as I pointed to each person. 

"Oh." Maggie replied. 

"You and I have a lot more in common than you realize." I said to her as I brushed my hand along the drawing. "My Dad left my mom and I when I was 5. I didn't understand why and it broke me into a million pieces. A couple months later my mom met Shawn. I didn't like him at first and wanted to be a family with my mom and Dad. Mom had clearly moved on and that hurt me so much." I said to Maggie as I looked over at her.