Author's note: I noticed that in my other fic I didn't add certain events like this one so I thought it'd be cute if he taught her. I hope you like it. Lately, I've been busy with school and hospital visits so my chapters haven't been so good. I'm all free now so I'll give it my best again!
The only thing Maya Hart was afraid of besides being left was driving, or so she thought.
For the past year she would make up excuses for not wanting to learn.
"I have a lot of homework."
"I feel sick."
"I'm going to Riley's."
Shawn eventually gave up.
Today Riley's driver's license arrived making Maya the only one in the group of friends without one.
At the bakery:
"Maya, it's really simple." Riley said.
"Yeah, all you have to do is concentrate, that's really it." Lucas added.
"Of course. You don't want to crash." Farkle said.
They all glared at him.
"Geez, thanks Farkle." Maya sighed.
"What are you so afraid of baby girl?" Katy asked.
"I don't know."
"C'mon kid. I'll teach you."
"Me too." Said Cory.
Maya finally gave in.
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Today was her first lesson.
"Okay, what do we do first?" Shawn asked from the passenger seat.
"Pray." She answered.
"Funny." He responded sarcastically.
"Actually, Shawnie, that's not such a bad idea." Cory said laughing nervously.
Shawn glared at him. "What is the first thing we do?"
"Seatbelt." She said putting it on.
"Perfect. Then?"
"Mirrors." Maya checked she had a good view.
"Great. And after?"
Turn it on." She said anxiously.
"Shawn." Cory said afraid.
"Turn it on, Maya."
"Dear God, I beg you…." Cory started to pray.
"Cory! Shut up!" Shawn yelled.
"Okay." He wheezed.
"Now,. Which one is the break and which one is the accelerator?"
Maya pointed to each correctly.
"Right, so now…" he turns to Cory then Maya. "Drive." He gulped.
Maya was scared to death even though there were no cars around but she had to face it someday.
She let the brake go letting the car move about an inch when:
"Ahhh!" Shawn and Cory screamed causing her to hit the break hard in fright.
"WHAT?!" she yelled.
"I can't." Cory ran out.
Shawn stared at her. "Sorry." He smiled. "I can't." he left also.
Great. Who's going to teach her now?
On her way up to the Matthew's apartment she bumped into Josh.
"Hey." He greeted.
"Hey." She now controlled her reactions towards him.
"Have any idea why Cory ran up like he was being chased by a dozen pit bulls?" he laughed.
She raised the car keys. "He and Shawn were teaching me how to drive and they freaked."
"Ah, it happened to me too. A friend had to teach me."
"Yeah, well, I'll see who's willing to." She said.
"I could teach you." He smiled bumping his body onto hers.
"Really?"
"Yeah. What can happen?"
"You could die." She said.
He laughed harder. "I doubt it..."
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They were both in Josh's Sentra waiting for the other to speak.
"So…" Maya decided to break the silence.
"So…"
"What do I do?"
"You know what to do." He said. "I won't always be hhere to tell you."
She put the seatbelt on, checked the mirrors and started the engine.
"You see." he smirked. "Now drive."
She stared at him. No hint of worry r fear on his face.
"Ok…" she said letting the car advance a few feet.
"Great! Now you want to keep your eyes on the road and take control of the car.
She was doing pretty well and since her eyes were glued on the road she didn't notice the long looks Josh gave her, a smile plastered on his face.
She looked so beautiful to him when she concentrated. Maya would squint her eyes and bite her lower lip irregularly. He turned on the music thinking it was far too quiet.
"What are you doing? Do you want to die?" Maya wheezed.
He snickered. "No. It's to relax you a bit and if it doesn't, you'll learn how to deal with distractions."
"As if you weren't distraction enough." She muttered.
"What?"
"Nothing." She chuckled.
He heard. Just wanted to hear her say it again. Josh started beating the seat to the beat of the song, his fingers taking the role of drumsticks.
After a few minutes her first turn was near.
"Josh." She said nervously.
"It's fine just turn the wheel as much as you can without doing a 360."
"Ok." Maya said steering the wheel.
"Ok, that's enough." But Maya had turned too much already. "Maya, that's enough."
"I already stopped." She said but the car was even closer to the pole.
"Hit the break, hit the break!." He panicked. Not for his life but it took so long for him to save up for this car.
Gladly nothing happened to the car.
"I think you should take it from here." She said almost in tears. She then realized her big fear was to fail.
"No." he hugged her. "Keep trying."
She finally got it after a couple more times.
"That was really good." Josh said getting off the car in front of the building.
"Not that much." She blushed.
"What? You were. I can't wait to see you kill your test." +"Well, you're invited to it."
"Cool." He smiled looking into her eyes.
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The hunters and the Matthew's were there supporting Maya.
"Okay… you know what to do right?" Josh asked.
"I do." She smiled.
"Go." They bumped fist.
They weren't allowed to see the test so they were all waiting for Maya to come out.
Finally, she did. Her head hung low and a small paper in hand.
"So?" Shawn asked.
"Oh my God. You killed them all." Cory said earning a glare from everyone in the room.
"Maya?" Josh called her.
She slowly lifted her head, a sad look on her face. She shook her head.
"Oh…" Josh was confused, she wasn't really that bad.
But her head didn't stop shaking. In fact, she shook it more and more and then started to jump up and down in excitement.
"I PASSED!" She shouted holding her paper high.
Josh laughed in relief. He was extremely excited and proud. So much, they ran to each other and she jumped letting him grab her legs letting her wrap them around his waist.
"Thank you so much for helping me."
"My pleasure."
In the heat of the moment, without remembering who else was in the room, they kissed. It was until a small gasp interrupted them.
She slowly climbed down his body and walked towards Shawn showing her the piece of paper that claimed she had excelled her test and smiled innocently.
"Um… so I passed…"
"I'm going to pretend that didn't happen." He said. Shawn knew it was bound to happen soon he just wished she didn't grow up so fast.
"Okay." She whispered in embarrassment.
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Later that night they decided to use Maya's accomplishment as an excuse for a big dinner. While everyone chatted around the table, Josh and Maya sat at the bay window.
After a moment of silence Maya spoke. "I'm sorry I kissed you. It wasn't right and I'm pretty sure you didn't want to." She rambled on.
Josh frowned. "I'm not sorry." Maya stared at him with wide eyes. "Well, only at the fact that everyone saw it." He chuckled. "I wanted to. I liked it…" he blushed. "Reminds me our time is almost here."
Maya was ecstatic. "Yeah…" she put her hand on his. "Almost." She finished, their eyes glued on each other.
There it goes.
Another fear, another doubt he chases away, more hope they gave each other.