A/N - This is my first story on here that isn't Austin & Ally, I haven't been writing stories on FanFiction for a long time but since I saw Josh and Maya interact on Girl Meets World I thought that I should write a story about them! Thank you for the readers that have read and reviewed my previous works and for the readers that have joined during my very long hiatus. I hope you like it and let me know if I should carry it on! ~AllAboutAuslly
I'm Maya Hart, typically known as a troublemaker and a rebel. If you dare try and challenge me on that then I will probably win, so you should not. Riley Matthews is my best friend and we do everything together. We go to school, have the same lessons, I pester her crush Lucas and we talk to Farkle then go home together. That was how our day usually went, but then one day something peculiar happened. It was Christmas day and I was sitting down next to my best friend, still in awe of the male version of me that stood before my eyes. I heard stories about Shawn Hunter before from Riley's father, Cory Matthews, but I didn't think they were true. I mean, he had a bauble that said 'CORY and SHAWN 4-EVAH!' however, I didn't buy it. How could someone that sound so cool be best friends with someone so…? I'm kind of going of topic here so I'll proceed. I was sitting with Riley, listening to Mr. Matthews' dad when suddenly my eyes came in contact with something I didn't mind. An attractive guy gave Riley's grandfather a set of keys that signified that he was a few years older than me but that didn't bother me. He came inside the apartment and my eyes instantly scanned onto his exceptional tall figure. His hair was a dark shade of brown and looked like he spent a fair amount of time combing it to get it the way he wanted. When I caught direct attention of his eyes, they reminded me of the cup of coffee that I had this morning: warm and energetic. Once he took of his leather jacket, my eyes slowly moved to his clothes. He wore another jacket, mostly because the weather in New York was very chilly, unzipped which showed a simple neutral shirt which had a design of city buildings and his look was complete with jeans and some dark boots.
"Boing!" I called out, pointing at him.
"That's my uncle, Maya." Riley introduced.
"Sweet, I would be your aunt."
"JOSHY!" Auggie yelled, out of nowhere, running towards his uncle.
Josh is Riley's dad's very younger brother. I remember meeting him a long time ago when we were all younger but I didn't see much then. I guess puberty worked wonders on him. He lifted Auggie up with no sign of hesitation. So he's strong too? Next thing I knew, he face planted Auggie on the couch and walked over towards Riley and I.
"Uncle Josh!" Riley greeted, giving him a hug.
"Uncle Josh!" I beamed, putting my arms around him and closing my eyes admirably.
"I'm not your uncle, Maya." Josh replied.
"Even better."
In what seemed like a second, Riley removed me from Josh and he put his hands inside his back pockets.
"It's… it's, been awhile," he pointed out.
"Sure has," I smiled at that fact that he remembered me.
"Well… boy, you grew up gorgeous." He smiled back.
I have blonde wavy hair which I usually left down and blue eyes. My clothes are mostly from the thrift store and I thought that I've always looked the same… certainly not gorgeous. That compliment made me happy.
-/-
Coming back to the present, I invited Josh with Riley, Shawn and I on a trip and I can't wait for it to happen. I am now with Riley at Svorski's Bakery, a hangout that we like to go to, texting Josh.
"Maya," I think Riley said. "Do you even know what I was talking about?"
"Hm, what?" I remarked, still looking at my phone.
Riley took my phone from me and placed it on her lap. She didn't really like me texting Josh because A: she thinks it's weird that I like her uncle and B: she thinks that I'm not spending enough time with her. I took a long sip from my hot chocolate and sighed. Riley wasn't really making this any easier for me and I like Josh, he cool and I don't think I've ever felt this way about anyone before.
"You're ignoring me and texting Josh."
I gasped. "I am not!" I added more emphasis on 'not' to make it clear that I wasn't texting Josh, even though I was.
My phone beeped.
"Then why did he just send you 'cool' with loads of emojis?"
I grabbed my phone and smiled at the text message, then watched as Riley crossed her arms and gave me a stare. "Riley–"
"Maya, you know I don't like this. It's just weird! How would you like it if I started texting your uncle?"
"I'd say go ahead!"
"Ugh, I can't believe you, Maya." Riley got up and stormed out of the bakery.
This isn't fair at all. Just because Riley doesn't like me talking to Josh doesn't mean I have to stop, right? She isn't the boss of me and ever since he came round at Christmas, Riley has been in a mood with me. I'm not really comfortable with talking to her about my crush on Josh and I don't think she is either but there's no way I'd talk about this with cowboy Lucas or creepy Farkle. Riley is supposed to be my best friend – I talk to her about her crush on Lucas! Wouldn't it be fair for her to do the same for me? Ugh, I need to talk to someone who won't laugh or judge me. Someone that has had way more experience than me on this subject. I left the bakery, Riley was gone so I decided to go on a long walk to clear my head. Once I cleared my head, I arrived at the Matthews' apartment. The window in Riley's bedroom was open, so I made my way through it. Not thinking clearly, I decided to text Josh.
ME: Riley is ignoring me
JOSH: Why's that?
ME: Um, because I'm texting you…?
JOSH: Then why are you still texting me, Maya?
ME: I like texting you
JOSH: I like texting you too
ME: Cool
JOSH: Cool
To avoid me texting Josh any more than I already have, I turned my phone off. Riley then walked into her room, slightly startled to see me.
"Maya, what are you doing here?" she questioned.
"Riley, I'm not here to argue with you," I spoke, taking a breath. "I wanted to ask your dad a few things."
To my surprise, she sat with me at the bay window.
"Things that you couldn't tell me?" Riley looked hurt.
"Yes, since you walked out on me. Anyway, I don't feel comfortable talking about this with you." I clasped my hands together, awkwardly.
"Yeah, well, I spoke to Josh and I guess I kind of feel better. I mean, it's not like you're dating or anything." Riley laughed.
"Nope, we're just people who like texting each other." I said, half joking.
It was true, we've been texting each other for about a week and the closest we're came to anything like that is 'I like texting you' which I said first. I did try my hardest to get rid of the word 'texting' but I couldn't do it. Josh and I will probably just only be texting buddies.
"Well, that's good to hear." Riley hugged me and I felt somewhat disappointed. I made up with my best friend but I'm still not entirely happy.
-/-
A few days later, I was back at Riley's apartment watching TV. There was nothing on so we were frantically switching from channel to channel. I hated it when there was nothing on TV, watching TV is literally mine and Riley's number one thing to do when there is no school. We could stay in front of the TV for hours just binge watching Red Planet Diaries. When I passed the control to Riley, my phone started ringing.
"Let me take this." I whispered.
Riley nodded and I went into the kitchen. I answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Hi, it's me," Josh replied. "Could you help me out?"
I looked at Riley, she was now watching a nature programme.
"Sure, what with?" I smiled.
"Can you open the window in Riley's bedroom?" I just about heard what he said.
"Why?"
"It's a surprise" was all he said.
"Alright," I hung up then went into Riley's room and Josh was sitting out the window. Trying to avoid my beaming smile, I opened the window.
"Surprise!" Josh smiled, climbing inside. He was wearing some decent aftershave that I loved.
"What are you doing here? How did you even know I was here? I thought you lived in Philadelphia?" I gave him a hug, in which, he hugged me back.
"I do, I got the train down. I wanted to tell you something that I couldn't text… I kind of told my parent's that I was going to a friend's house nearby so I can't really stay for long. Oh and I saw your MyFace update."
I smirked at the rebellious side of Joshua Matthews that I haven't really seen before. I looked to see if Riley was still watching TV, she was but just in case I closed the door.
"Riley's watching TV," I paused as I almost got lost in his eyes. "What did you want to tell me?"
He fidgeted with his hands a little until he put them in his pockets. "I-like-you."
"What?" Josh spoke so fast that I wasn't sure if I misheard him.
"I like you, Maya. A lot."
Once he saw a smile appear on my face, he relaxed. "…and I like you but Riley and I just made up like a few days ago, if I told her that we're, you know, together I don't know what she'd do."
Josh paused then scratched the back of his head. "Then we won't tell her."
"Not tell her?" I wasn't so sure.
Josh nodded. "Just until she gets used to the idea of you and I dating."
"I've never had a secret boyfriend before." Not that I had many to begin with.
"Me either. I mean, I've never had a secret girlfriend before."
The rebellious side got the best of me. "Let's do it."
"Cool, well I better get going. Bye, Maya." He gave me a hug.
"Bye, Josh."
He then left from the window and I made sure it was shut. Hide the fact that I'm dating my best friend's uncle? How hard could that be?