Girl Meets World | AU

S3 E9 - Girl Meets Ski Lodge Part 1

*After the first hike, Maya remained inside*

I'm so bored, someone please save me. I've been alone for so long, I need someone to talk to! I'm just watching the leaves die! I can't even imagine how much fun the others are having right now! The only thing that I've done is being visited by a doctor who put a stupid boot on my foot, apparently I sprained my ankle just because of that stupid fall. The front door opens, revealing Ms. Matthews, meaning that the hike is over, finally!
"I'm sorry you had to miss the first hike, Maya" I smile
"It's fine Ms. Matthews, I just watched the leaves die"
"I'm sure you'll find something entertaining to do"
"I hope so" she smiles sympathetically at me and walks away
"You two stay away from each other!" Elliot and Josh shout at Yogi and Darby while trying to separate them. Everyone knows that they're like glue, they can't be separated. I see my friends coming in and stand up
"How was it?" Lucas sighs
"It went well until Elliot decided to went after Farkle after he wandered off the trail, almost killing himself" my heart stops beating for a split second.
"Hey guys! Maya, is everything okay?" I nod and walk up to him
"Yes, Elliot, I'm fine. Are you okay?" he frowns when I start checking him
"Yeah, why?"
"We were telling her what you did earlier"
"You could've been killed!" he sighs
"Farkle"
"He saved my life"
"What happened exactly?" I take a few steps back after making sure that he's okay
"I was chasing a rare Achemon Sphinx Moth for my collection. I have one. He was flying around like he was taunting me, and no one taunts Farkle! I grabbed him out of the air, looked him in the eye, and said, 'Achemon? Ache-mine!'" Isadora chuckles
"Now tell them what really happened, honey"
"He tricked me. He flew over there, and I went after him and slipped off the edge of the trail. I was hanging on by a tree branch. I was hanging by my fingertips. Elliot tears off, jumps up, and saves me" I look at Lucas
"What were you doing?"
"I was saving Smackle" I frown
"What happened to you?"
"I was all, 'Help, Lucas. Help'"
"All while Farkle was hanging from a tree?!" Okay Maya, don't freak out
"No, every chance I get"
"What about you?" I ask my best friend
"I-I panicked. I didn't know what to do"
"Well, at the end of the day we're all okay" Elliot pats Riley's and my back and I cup his face
"No, Elliot. You could've gotten seriously injured"
"Come on, Maya, I'm fine, okay? Gotta go now. Bye" he kisses my head and hugs his sister before walking away and Smakle, Farkle and Zay follow him.
"Are you okay?" Lucas asks me when we sit on the bay window with Riley
"I'm always okay"
"Maya-"
"I'm serious. I just sat here and watched the leaves die. It was... entertaining, somehow"
"This triangle has to die right now" Riley blurts out
"What? Why?"
"How? We've tried before"
"Yeah. But this time, there's something stronger. Seasons change. It's nature. And nature knows that it's time for the triangle to die" we stand up to join the others at the fire place
lOkay, triangle over. Our mothers told us that you made a choice"
"Yeah, I did, but this shouldn't be my choice. It should be a decision that we all make" I roll my eyes
"I got no pride. Just flip a coin. Let's get a pizza" at this point I'd rather get hurt than continue with this
"Movie night!"
"Movie night!" Lucas repeats after Josh
"Coward!"
"I know"
"All right, we got a bunch to pick from, so let's see what we got here"
"I want a spy thriller. Two spies in love with lots of danger"
"Why does it always gotta be danger with you" Riley gasps
"Romance! I want to cry my eyes out! Boy meets girl, boy stays with girl, nothing bad happens. The end"
"Okay, so dangerous life with you and crying my eyes out with you. That's what we got here? No other choices?" Elliot slightly laughs
"Oh, believe me, the story of your lives is better than whatever we got here"
"Okay, well, if we're actually gonna decide this, then we should imagine what our lives would be like together" I nod
"Okay" I start imagining our lives. Two spies. Action! Purple cat! ....purple cat?
"I got a little something to say. This isn't how it would be!" I roll my eyes at Riley
"You're just jealous that our lives together would be action and adventure and Lucas and I would save the world
"You'd... you'd tear each other into pieces" I notice that everything is looking at us
"What are y'all looking at?"
"You. We've been watching this thing for the past two years"
"Wanna see how it ends"
"You think we'd tear each other to pieces?"
"Yeah, I can see it" Lucas replies instead of her and I grab him by his hoodie again
"Stop helping her"
"This doesn't need any help. I know you two. I know how this ends" she smirks.
Seriously? We'd destroy the world? Oh, please
"Maya, we'd rather argue with each other than save the world" I sigh cause I don't really feel like arguing
"Wah-wah"
"Well, there's a new world now. My world. And it's fabulous"
"Yeah? What's it look like?" I start imagining their lives together. A nightmare. They'd be happy for sure, but too dependent on each other, making their relationship toxic. So I come up with a plan and Riley groans
"What could you have possibly come up with?" I grin
"Oh, nothing. Except everybody's gonna be dead"
"Why does everybody always have to be dead?"
"I will show you" I smile at what I'm thinking about: everyone is dead and all I have to do to get Boing's attention is get rid of everybody else in real life
"Wait, no, stop. None of that is what's going to happen. We care about each other too much to let anything like that happen, right?"
"I hope so"
"We do"
"So, I hope you guys aren't looking for some big fight... 'Cause there isn't gonna be one" everyone whimpers and Zay stands up from the couch
"But we wanted one!" Farkle stands up too
"They already said there isn't gonna be one"
"But I wanted one!"
"You wanna have one?!"
"Yeah!"
"No" Farkle leaves and Zay chuckles
"Boy, that was a quick one"
"Maybe my dad was right. Maybe we can't decide this. Maybe only nature can, because nature is what's stronger than us"
"So our lives are just gonna depend on whatever nature decides to do with us?"
"Or what we do with our human nature. Aren't we smart enough to know what to do?
"I believe we are"
"You know what? She's right. No matter what we decide, this is our world and it's only the right decision if we stay friends" I bite my lip
"We can control that, right?" Mr. Matthews smirks
"Actually, this brings up an interesting question. Who is in control of your life?"
"I am! Now go to bed. Lesson over" We follow Ms. Matthews order and stand up
"Maya, you want help up the stairs?" Elliot asks me and I shake my head in denial
"Not really tired. Ms. Matthews?"
"Yes, Maya?"
"Is it okay if I stay awake for a bit?"
"Just a bit" she hugs me and leaves
"Goodnight Peaches"
"Goodnight Riles" we hug and she goes upstairs
"Call me if you need anything" I nod at Elliot
"Will do"
"See you tomorrow" he gives me a quick hug and now I'm all alone. Why did I decide to stay up? I sit on the bay window and look outside: now I remember. I wanted to stay here because of the sky, the stars, they remind me so much of Texas. Those were good days. I miss them.
A stranger walks up to me with two mugs of hot chocolate
"Thought you could use this" I look at him and study his face for a while: blue hypnotic eyes and brown curly eyes, good combination. I remember that I have to reply to him
"Oh, thanks, but I was just looking at the sky a while"
"Okay, but could you take one of these anyway? Because hot" I softly laugh and take it
"You here with the New York group?" I nod
"Yeah"
"That's why you like the sky" I tilt my head
"Why?"
"Well, because you can't really see it in New York"
"Why not?"
"Too much ambient light" I take a sip of the hot chocolate, delicious. I've never had one like this before.
"This is where they keep all the stars, huh?"
"Yeah. I'll tell you a secret. When everyone else has gone upstairs, I sit right where you are and I'll watch this sky too" I start looking outside again
"It's amazing, isn't it?"
"Yeah. And it goes all night" why am I talking to a stranger right now? I don't even know his name.