Maya's pov.I stood at the front door of my house, waiting for Micah to arrive. The paper he'd slid to me during class today had said he'd be coming over to my place around 5pm to get me so I could go tutor him but it was already 5: 30 and I didn't want my father coming to meet us or my aunt.I frowned when it began to drizzle and went back into the house to wait.I plopped down on the couch and texted Micah, asking him where he was.He didn't text back immediately so I assumed he was probably driving.I decided to play a game on my phone while I waited for him to arrive.As I played, I couldn't help but think about Daniel. He'd ignored me the whole day in school and had also ignored my text messages. I felt like a desperate ex that couldn't take the hint.I had asked Lydia to help me talk to him and I had even seen them going home together but I still hadn't gotten a text from her.I key out a sigh, feeling out of sorts. A lot of things had happened this week that was driving me in

Maya's PovI woke up the next day, feeling a bit hungover. I hadn't even drank that much tonight. Why did I feel like shit? I wondered as I dragged myself out of bed and walked towards the bathroom.As soon as I got to the vanity, I quickly turned on the tap and splashed water on my face so I'd wake up properly.I didn't feel like going to school today but I didn't have much of a choice.Aunt wouldn't stand for it and neither would my dad and neither would my perfect attendance."Plus you get to see Micah and ask him what yesterday was all about."My wolf chimed in and to my surprise she wasn't being sexual with Micah.I dragged my feet to the kitchen and found my Aunt drinking coffee."Good morning sunshine," she grinned at me."Good morning, Aunt," I yawned as I walked towards the fridge.I opened it, took out a bottle water and went to sit on one of the stools under the kitchen island."You look tired, did you get any sleep at all?"She questioned, touching my face."Yeah, a littl

Maya's povMicah took a seat beside me and grinned."You really are funny sometimes."He said and I made a gesture that indicated it was obvious that I was."Thank you for the flowers, I'll keep them till they wither away."Micah gave me a shocked look before bursting into laughter."You are bloody dark, you know that?" He said, it seemed like he was surprised to hear me joke about things and it made me laugh."A little bit." I grinned."So, where do we start?" Micah asked."We start by you telling me what happened yesterday?" I said, staring at him squarely in the eye."I don't want to talk about it." He said, looking away from me , all traces of humor gone from his face."You are going to have to. Your antics cost me my friendships,"He snapped his head back to me in shock."What?""Yeah, Lydia and Daniel are mad at me."I admitted."Why? Because you have a life outside of them? That's normal, Maya.""That's not it. I blew them off the day I was supposed to tutor you at your place

Micah's POVLoud music sounded through every speaker in the pool house. Boys and girls from school danced while some of them were already in the pool hosting random competitions.I stayed glued to the bar waiting nervously for Maya.She'd texted me last night that she'd be at the party today but she was nowhere to be found.Did she get cold feet and decided to stay back or did something happen?Goddess, I hoped not. I really wanted her here and not just because of her company.I contemplated texting her but I thought against it. That would look desperate besides it had only been an hour since the party started. I was sure she was going to make it although I was sure she wasn't going to appreciate the fact that the whole school was here.I had skewerd the truth a bit to fit my narrative."Hey birthday boy," Luke patted me on the back as he plucked a beer from the bar.He'd recently gotten a buzz cut that made him look like some mafia henchman. Surprisingly, all the girls were into the

Micah's povI sat in the cafeteria watching as Maya spoke to her friends animatedly.They all seemed to be back to normal and the motion irked me.I missed when she was all mine. We didn't have any lectures together today, so I didn't have any excuse to go up to her and frankly, I didn't want to. My feelings towards and for her were still very confusing She'd texted me last night but I hadn't responded for fear of… I wasn't sure what I was afraid of and I didn't want to think about it more than I already had."You realize you are making groggily eyes at her, don't you?" Ted chuckled beside me.Fuck! I cursed internally.I hadn't realized that I had been staring so long."At who?" I glanced at him, pretending not to know what he was talking about."Red, you've been staring at her like a love struck puppy for the past five minutes.""That's not true." I rolled my eyes, trying to look as calm as possible."Sure buddy," Ted patted me on the back.He rose from his seat and finished his ca