I just want to check something here. I'm playing v1.7 from the current first page, and attempting to follow the walkthrough on this page linked from the first page ... which says 1.4. Maria's bits are not at ALL going as described. In the walkthrough, it says I get back from school before delivering the package from terracotta and receive a "scene" as reward- in my playthrough, despite having played the intro and gotten the relationship level-up with maria there, simply getting the package at terracotta immediately takes me back to maria, and I get no scene.
Second, the walkthrough indicates that as soon as I find maria on the beach during the weekend, she should invite me to hang out. In my case, she tells me to go away.
In the meantime, I've done all the things she's asked of me (no "keep your money" results).
Is the walkthrough hosed, or am I missing something?