Mason said he finished third in a mile run and got a piece in the school art show. He then went on to ignore Maya completely and turned to Mason, who wasn't used to receiving attention from his father. That night at the dinner table, he punished her by denying her potatoes. Her father was furious with her and told her she had no friends on the track, only competition. Hima urged her to keep going but Maya only managed to get back to second place. Maya, who was leading the race, stopped to check on her. She then leaned in and kissed Hima.ĭuring the next race, Hima twisted her ankle and fell on the track. When she asked if Maya had a celebrity crush, Maya replied she had a crush, though not a celebrity one. Hima then found out Maya didn't know anything about pop culture. Maya knew how it looked but she praised herself lucky for having a dad who put her above everything else, never missing a single race, while other dads were always working or vanished after a divorce.
While Hima was helping her with her trigonometry, she discovered that Maya wouldn't even eat a cookie per her father's imposed diet. As their friendship grew, Maya developed a crush on her.
Hima then invited her to the theatre to watch the latest movie, which Maya accepted. Hima had noticed him at races before and commented he was a bit scary. As such, Maya missed out on the things that most teenagers occupy themselves with, like music and celebrity crushes.ĭuring practice, one of her competitors, Hima, approached her and invited her to tag along with the rest of the team for pizza. He also put her on a strict diet that wouldn't even allow her to eat a cookie. Maya grew up with an abusive father, who pushed her to train excessively to ensure her winning every race, going as far as forcing her out of bed the morning after a race by pouring cold water over her rather than letting her enjoy her victory. 1.5 Lieutenant Application and Hooking Up with Jack.1.3 Working at Station 19 and Finding Her Brother.
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