“Date nights are my favorite with @directvibrancy.”
“Have fun and enjoy yourself! You deserve it!”
“Thank you. It’s new but want to see if it’s worth it you know? After my last failed relationship.”
“It totally makes sense. I am proud of you for not giving up on love.”
“We will see how it goes. That’s all. Other then that, thank you. Really.”
“I am crossing my Fingers that it goes well. I know you are a good catch, you just have to let the people see that.”
"I guess we will see. She is nice and she is beautiful. She doesn't seem to scared from what I do. So I guess you can say that is a plus."
“She probably isn’t scared cause of how amazing you are! It helps a lot! Just don’t think about it too much and enjoy yourself.”
"Well thank you. But I pay you to say that, so we will see how it goes." Maya couldn't help but laugh at her own response. She was nervous but she didn't want to admit it. especially after what happened with the last relationship she was in. She ruined it, and she wants to do better.
She could totally tell that her cousin was nervous about this. But she knew Maya was an amazing person so she would rock this date. The teen was sure about this. It was obvious that the blonde had learned from the mistakes she had made in the past.
“You do? When am I getting paid?” She jokingly asked. Trying to lighten the mood.
Rolling her eyes with a chuckle. Her cousin was one to help her forget just how nervous she was when she made jokes like that and she smooths her hands over her outfit.
“So this is what I’m really wearing. Different from me being in uniform. Kind of nervous if I’m being honest. It’s a huge step for me right now.”
She was so thankful the blonde seemed to actually laugh about the jokes. Meant she was more relaxed then before.
“The outfit is perfect! How can someone say no to this?!” She said and smiled softly. “Being nervous is normal. It’s a good thing actually!” She told her cousin.
Rolling her eyes. Maya was not about to cave in. This was a big deal and she had to make sure she looked good for her date. It hasn’t felt like this since Carina left.
“Well thank you. I haven’t really put myself out there since Carina left. So this, it means a lot to me and I think it should go okay. I’m nervous because I don’t know who I am dating anymore.”
She knew it was important to her cousin. But she didn’t want Maya to have a panic attack over this.
“I understand. And you so deserve to find your person! Which you will. Cause you are awesome and I believe that everyone has this special person out there.” She said and hugged her cousin.
Rolling her eyes playfully again at her cousin and just couldn’t help but smile at the fact she was trying to make her feel better about this. And the way she was dressed which wasn’t every day she got dressed like that.
“I can hope. Thought Carina was and she left, without looking back. So, here’s to hoping this one doesn’t run for the hills either. I don’t even know what I did to Carina but she couldn’t get out of here fast enough. I even offered to go or marry her to help her stay her and she said no.” Her shoulders slumped but she needed to be happy for this date and make it work.
“No offense but screw her! You will find your true love. It wasn’t Carina! But you will find your person! I just know it cause you are awesome!” She said softly and told her again.
Bristol had no idea either why the Italian doctor decided to run off. “I just want you to be happy!”
Laughing a little at the comment. Not that Maya would ever find anything like that funny about Carina, but coming out of Bristol’s mouth, it was funnier then she intended it to be. Though, Maya did screw her, many times but that was another story.
“Well, I thought it was her so it is hard to come back from that. I wasn’t about marriage, or anything until I met her. So I just need to find someone who is in the same place as I am and willing to just be patient. Because this isn’t easy. I want to be happy, but I am just going slow and hope I find someone who respects that as well.”
“I mean I never went through what you did! But I know one thing, we are alike in a lot of ways so I am sure that even though you are taking it slow it is gonna be great! It is gonna help you gain trust again and you gonna see what you deserve! And that is love!” She told her.
She smiled at her cousin. “And now go get ‘em tiger.” Bristol replied with a soft laugh. She wanted nothing more right now than for her cousin to find happiness after the entire Carina thing.
“Oh, you mean your girlfriend dumping you and leaving the country isn’t normal? Seemed to happen all the time.” The sarcasm in Maya’s voice was evident and she couldn’t help it. She wasn’t mad at anyone but herself for letting someone in.
“That trust is going to be really hard to gain back, but baby steps is all it takes; that’s exactly what I’m doing. But thank you Bristol, it means a lot to hear that from you. I’m nervous if I’m being honest. I’ve been working too much and isolating myself so going out has been the last thing on my mind.”
“It does happen sometimes.” She answered. “If that helps my ex girlfriend slept with both of my best friends at the same time to dump me.” She admitted.
She couldn’t blame her cousin for struggling with trust. It really sucked a lot what had happened and even thinking about it gave her trust issues.
Maya still wasn’t used to Carina not being there, but she was getting better as she was starting to see someone else. She was hoping to find happiness and she was just trying to really understand why things happens. But hearing Bristol and what she said she raised her eyebrows and was shocked to know that. Shaking her head with a slight chuckle and she couldn’t help it, because dating was hard.
“That is a lot to take in as well. I am sorry that happened to you. What makes people do that? Which, I should answer that, because I did cheat on Carina but we got back together and fixed it. So I really can’t be mad as I have done it before. But that is rough. How did you handle it?”
Bristol let out a soft chuckle as well. “I would like to say I handled it really well but in reality I was a crying mess!” She admitted.
She sighed softly. “Well she could just have dumped me before hooking up with someone else! Even worse my two best friends! It is kinda a shitty move!” she answered softly.
“It’s part of the reason why I moved here to be honest! To get away from the negativity!”
Maya understood, she has been there the last time that Carina actually left, and left Maya there alone when they were trying to build a life together. “I mean, I get that, I have been there too. I have been upset and cried, screamed, punched a wall and went to work and didn’t care what happened.” Maya knew how her anger was, and that was the whole thing that happened.
“I mean, I could have broken up with Carina too when I slept with someone else, but I didn’t. Instead I let her yell at me and be hurt and we worked it out. It just happens, but it doesn’t mean it is right. You deserve someone better then that and I don’t want you to ever forget that, just like I am trying to get used to me being with someone else and not Carina.”
Maybe Maya should be taking her own advice and just try to find something better and she was trying, she has a date and she was nervous but it was just something she needed to do. “Well you’re welcome here, just don’t question anything I do, and I won’t you, unless you’re not going to school, then that is when I will have an issue.”
Bristol listened to her cousin talk about how she handled the breakup and all her emotions. They sure were pretty similar when it came to those kind of things.
Although Maya was the one that cheated in the first place. So that’s what was different about them. “I try to remember that I deserve better! And I am glad you realize that you should have handled things differently with Carina!” She answered softly.
“Please take your own advice as well! Thanks for letting me stay! I appreciate it and I won’t question you! Also I would never skip school.” The teen replied.
Not being able to hold back a chuckle, Maya knew she did a lot wrong, and had to take responsibility for that. But it was too late, Carina was gone and she was just trying to really make things work in her life. Things weren’t as bad as they were, but she knew she needed to change things if they were going to be different this time around with someone else.
“I could have, but I push people away. That is just who I am. I have always pushed people away when I was feeling something I couldn’t control. It is not even about who it is, it is just who I am I guess you can say. So, I am working on that and I am working on myself as well. I can’t keep doing that and ruin something else that will be good for me.”
Maya knew she had to take her own advice and hoped that Bristol took her advice as well, because they don’t need the both of them screwing up. “Just don’t skip school. You need that if you are going to do something bigger with your life. So, please, just you can stay as long as you want as long as you’re going to classes and staying out of trouble, I work a lot so barely home when I am working.”
Staying out of trouble and not skipping school seemed fair in Bristol’s eyes. Not that she would do that anyways. Cause just like Maya always did, the brunette aimed for perfection.
Maybe it was on their dna? So it wasn’t their fault that they always were stressed and struggled with their feelings.
But Bristol wanted to do better and make sure there was not gonna be any drama.
“Don’t worry about me Maya! I got it! I promise I won’t skip classes.” She said with a soft smile.
Maybe it was all the pressure that was put on Maya is why she put pressure on other family members. Bristol had a lot to look forward to and she was the one who could do better then her. But she didn’t want her skipping school. Maybe it was what would have happened to her is what she thought about when it Bristol skips.
“Thank you. Just, I guess you can say I care and want you to do the best you can. Maybe it is how I’m wired. I don’t know, but just, if something is going on, you can talk to me. I hope you know that.” Maya was new at this as she worried about herself for so long but she was getting better at helping others and being there when they need her.
“Speaking of, how are you settling in here? You haven’t said much. You’re okay?”
Bristol was aware of how her uncle was and how that had an impact on not only Mayas teenage years but her whole life until recently. And even now it was still lingering.
“I Care about you as well. So if you need to talk to me about things I am there for you too. It goes both ways. That’s what friends/cousins are for!” She whispered out, smiling softly.
The teenager listened to her cousins question, biting down on her bottom lip. “I am okay. Just a lot of pressure because I was the captain of the running team at my old school. So I don’t want to fail here.” She admitted and sighed a little. “But I like living here with you!”
Growing up, Maya didn’t get a chance to really just be herself. To be a kid and do things her friends did. Her father put so much pressure on her. It had eat at Maya up until recently when she faced that. She knew her cousin might have been going through the same thing and she didn’t want to see her go through it all. It was hard enough for her, let alone Bristol.
“I mean, you can talk to me as well. I don’t want you thinking I don’t understand. I think I understand more then what people think. I know it is difficult moving away and starting new, so that is what I am concerned about for you.”
Maya just didn’t want Bristol to think she was alone and she wanted to check on her, because she has been busy and she has been just doing her thing but she wanted to check on her. “You aren’t going to fail. If you were the captain there, you will be that here. Just have to prove to them the new girl can do it. But school is good?”
Bristol and Maya probably had alot in common. That was true. And they both are very driven to archive their goals. Or the goals that have been set for them. — their dads were brothers after all. So they sure did have some similarities when it came to parenting. But Mayas dad was top tier of worst parenting.
“I promise to talk to you about my struggles and when things go a certain way! I Know Even when you are busy you care about me and want to be there for me.” She said and was smiling slightly. She was thankful for her cousin. “I am here for you too, if you need me though.” The teen added.
Staying quiet for a moment. “I will show them i am not Just the new kid but that I also have what it takes to become captain.” The brunette Answered. Shrugging her shoulders. “Yeah school is decent…” she told her. Bristol had a hard time to adjust if she was honest but she was giving it a chance.
Maya just wanted the best for everyone around her. Even Bristol who thinks she doesn’t deserve much. Maybe it was the way their dads were, and being her father was her dads brother, she can see how they were alike in many ways. But she didn’t want Bristol to hide anything from her. She didn’t want her to thinks he didn’t care or understand, when she understood better then most, and she meant that.
“That is all I ask. If anyone knows about it, it is me, and I don’t want you to hide that from me or think you are alone in all of this.” Tilting her head, she could tell Bristol needed this as much as she did. “Of course, we all need someone and I will be that person for you. I don’t want you to know what it is like to do all of this alone.” Nodding her head with a smile, Maya may take her up on this and talk to her when she was ready to talk to about things.
“New kids aren’t a bad thing. Just, don’t let them see you as weak. Especially if you think they don’t like you. You got this.” Maya was taking the roll and wanted to know more about Bristol and how school was. “Anything interesting happen? Or you just there like you have to be? Just make sure you do decent so you can do sports okay?”
Bristol genuinely looked relieved by Mayas words. It was nice to have someone that understood her and the pressure that was in her. And the pressure she put on herself because it has always been drilled into her at a very Young age.
Sometimes Bristol called it ' The Bishop' way.
"i know i am not alone. Which means more than you will ever know. Thank you so much for everything. But don't forget yourself in all of this. You are important as well and If you ever need someone i can be that someone! Cause that's what Family is for. To Support eachother and be there for one another! Right?" She stated and offered her a soft smile.
"Life is already hard enough, so it's important to be there for one another!"
Maya knows what pressure is. her father was famous for making her feel like if she didn't win then she was not good enough. That is just how it was and she hated feeling that way which meant, she hated when anyone else felt that way because she knew just what it felt like.
"I know what it is like not really being good enough, or made not to be good enough. My dad was famous for it. if I wasn't winning then I was last according to him. I don't want you to ever feel that way. I don't want you to ever feel like if you are not first you are awful because just to be there, it is worth it and means you're doing something right."
Supporting her in a way she wished she had was important to her. She wanted nothing more then to be that person for someone. "Life will get easier. Trust me. Mine has."
Bristol believed her Cousins words. Maya was her Idol in Many ways. So seeing how the Blondes Life turned Out has given her hope.
"i believe in all of it! Cause you are living Proof that Life does get better and that you can break a Bad circle! Because we can write our own stories. Even though our dads tried to mess us Up!" She answered. Honestly without Maya she wouldn't think so positive. But thankfully the blonde was Always there for her.