Girl Meets World | AU

S3 E10 - Girl Meets Ski Lodge Part 2 (Not For Rucas Shippers)

Elliot's POV

Lucas starts kicking a tree and I do the same thing
"Why are you here, Elliot?!" I give a kick to the trunk
"'Cause I'm mad!"
"Why?!"
"Because if Evan wasn't already enough Josh is in it too!"
"What?!" we keep kicking the tree
"Yeah! We share rooms and he told me about his plan to win Maya!"
"He what?! What's his plan?!" we stop to catch on out breaths
"He told me something about convincing the two girls that Maya became Riley to protect her and that she doesn't love you like that. Listen, knowing them, they'll believe him and Maya will tell you to go after Riley, stepping back again. Please don't listen to her when she'll say that" Please don't tell me I used the term 'love'! Maya is gonna kill me!
"You said love? The last time Riley asked her she said that she didn't love me anymore. I'm losing her Elliot" I sigh and shake my head in disagreement
"When she came back to her old self she told me that her feelings for you resurfaced again. She loves you, she's madly in love with you" I try not to tear up. Why is it so hard to talk about this? Oh, yeah, because Maya is the only girl I've ever loved but she loves someone else
"She didn't want to tell you because she was afraid that she'd make the triangle more complicated to solve and didn't want to get hurt in case she wasn't your choice"
"How do you know all of this stuff?"
"Because she talks to me whenever she feels confused and needs advice that you or your friends can't give to her"
"When do you talk? She barely talks to you when she's at Topanga's with us or at your house having a slumber party with Riley"
"Because I visit her" he glares
"You what?!" I nod. I'm not afraid of him
"You heard me, I visit her at her house and we talk, sometimes all night" that's it. He snaps and so do I. We start throwing punches and kicks everywhere until Zay separates us
"What's happening here?!" I smirk, I'm not mad at him, I'm not.
"Why the hell are you smirking, Matthews?!"
"Get her" he takes a deep breath and relaxes
"What?"
"If you want to be the guy she talks to when she's going through something then you need to get her"
"This was all planned, wasn't it?" I nod and he smiles
"Yeah. Listen, Josh probably has already brainwashed her to believe that she doesn't love you but you can still get her back"
"How?"
"When she'll tell you to go after Riley then do it"
"But I don't want her"
"Just pretend to go after her. I'll talk to my sister about it, don't worry about hurting her, 'cause you won't. I'll fix everything"
"Thank you Elliot"
"You're welcome" we shake hands
"What the hell just happened?!" Zay asks, clearly confused

Maya's POV

"Thank you" I hug Lucas, I have to let him go
"What are friends for?" he smiles and walks away. When I turn my head around I see Josh
"What do you want?"
"Who me? I was just standing over there watching that whole thing" he sits next to me
"Yeah, we get it. You watch stuff. So what'd you think?"
"I thought this: for me to ever think that I don't need a friend like you in the world, just 'cause I'm a little older, that'd make me a lot less mature than I want to be" I smirk
"You know, Boing... there are six weeks out of the year between our birthdays when we're only two years apart. Like, oh, I don't know, right now, so... how about this? We get to hold hands six weeks out of the year. I'll take it" he nods
"We could do that. Or how about I like my deal better? You once said you were playing the long game"
"I like you, Josh" At this point I'm not even afraid of rejection anymore, I don't care. The boy I love is with someone else now.
"I like you, too" What? Is this for real?!
"And I'd never want you not to be in my life. How about we try this-?"
"Boyfriend and girlfriend right now!"
"No" well, I saw that coming
"Boyfriend and girlfriend eventually" he looks away from me and I grin
"You're not saying no. You have to say something"
"I'll play the long game. Live your life, I'll live my life, I know you're out there... and I'm out there, too"
"That's your deal?"
"That's my deal. Someday?"
"Someday" we shake hands and goes away
"How's it goin' kiddo?"
"Elliot? What do you want now?" he chuckles and sits next to me
"Stop backing up for Riley"
"I'm not. I don't like Lucas-"
"Are you seriously gonna listen to Josh? The guy who rejected you for years and saw him once in a while instead of me? The guy who's always been there for you, even in your lowest?" he takes my hands in his
"I know you. You think you don't like Lucas, and you're right"
"That's exactly-" he cuts me off
"Because you love him" I look down
"Elliot, your sister will be devastated if-"
"She won't. Trust me, she won't. I just talked to her" I raise my eyebrows
"What?" he smiles at me
"Can I chaperone you to the bay window? There's someone waiting for you"
"What are you talking about?" he groans and picks me up bridal style
"Elliot! Put me down!" I punch his chest
"You'll thank me later"
"I can walk!"
"I highly doubt you can with that boot on, you know?" I groan in frustration until we reach the bay window and makes me sit down
"Lucas?" I ask when I see him
"Thank you, Elliot"
"She punched me, I owe me thirty bucks" he walks away
"What's happening?"
"My favorite thing in this world is when you talk to me" I frown
"It is?"
"It's okay for you to talk to whoever you want, Maya, you know why? Because... I am a secure Western hero" I cringe
"Please don't say that ever again" he softly laughs.
"I won't, trust me...but the important talks, the ones that we're going to think about and always remember. Can those just be between you and me?"
"Lucas, you know how I suck at talking about important stuff like feelings. I mean, I might've talked with Evan all night but it wasn't a deep conversation at all"
"Well, I was thinking that if we were... together a little more then I could teach you how to open up to me, and maybe one day have one of the best conversations ever" he shifts closer to me
"That's what you were thinking?"
"Yeah. I think about it all the time"
"So, if there was some dance or something, maybe we could go together?" I ask, blushing
"Yeah, without even asking each other since I know how much you hate proposals" I smile
"And if you went out and got a taco or something, maybe you would think to get me one, too?"
"And a drink. And a quesadilla too. So, you've been thinking about this, too?" he holds my hands and I look down as I bite my lower lip
"Yeah. Yeah, I think about it all the time. But we always said that the most important thing was that nobody got hurt. Will Riley be okay?"
"We've already talked about it. Elliot is making sure that she's okay"
"So this is our moment?"
"I promise to Riley that my moment would be my moment. Well, I've already had it with her and it wasn't a very great one" I chuckle
"She kissed your chin" I softly laughs
"So, this is a new moment, not my moment. It's ours, if you want to" I nod
"Sure"
"Great..." he pulls out of his pocket a ring box and my eyes widen
"Lucas, we're too-" he opens it and smiles
"It's a jellybean" I sigh in relief but frown, why a jellybean?
"What does it mean?"
"We put these jellybeans on a scale... when I was trying to think about all of the things that I like about you, and I was trying to decide what I needed to do. It means you, Maya. I choose you, and I really want you to choose me" I smile and rest my head on his chest
"I do. I always did" I look outside
"You know what I've learned when I stayed here all day yesterday?"
"What?"
"Look at leaves, they're like us. We have this one little life... and for a lot of it, we just blow around in the wind. I don't wanna do that. I wanna spend my time in a relationship I hope for"
"Ours?" I nod
"Yes, ours. I'm glad I had a one-minute relationship with you the day we met"
"So am I" he looks down at me and smiles before kissing me. Man, I've missed this feeling. It feels so fresh, almost as if I never kissed him. I move a little since this position it's kinda uncomfortable and sit on his lap
"Maya?" he asks in between kisses but I ignore him. I already know what he's going to say next. I'm still scared to tell him my feelings for him. I just keep kissing him and even deepen our kiss.
"Okay, as much as I love your French side-"
"Lucas, don't" he cups my face
"Maya, I love you. You don't have to say it back. I just wanted to you know that" I look at the pillows under us because I don't want him to see me blushing.
"I-I love you too" I say in a whisper, almost inaudible. He tilts my chin up so that I can look up at him, I see a smile on his face, a pure one. This gives me enough confidence to repeat what I just said louder
"I love you too"
"See? You're already getting better at expressing your feelings already" I slightly laugh
"You know, I'd rather express my feelings in other ways"
"Oh yeah?" I nod
"Oh yeah"
"Would you mind showing them to me?"
"Absolutely. If I had a smoothie right now I'd pour it over your head but, since I don't have one..." I slowly lean in
"Yeah?" I stop. I'm still too insecure to start a simple kiss.
"Maya?"
"I-I suck at romantic things. Can... can you do it for me?" he laughs
"Hey!"
"Sorry, sorry" he presses one hand on my back, pulling me closer to him
"I'll do it for you, ma'am"
"You really are a secure Western hero" I say with a smile
"Thank you, Maya" he closes the gap between us and our forever-lasting kiss starts again.