Girl Meets World Episode Tag: GM I Do, 3x10 (Part I)

A Riley & Lucas Story

By Brown Eyes Parker

Riley's head was full of wedding day dreams as she wrapped her mother's best set of satin bed sheets around her body, pretending it was a dress and pinned a white sheer curtain to her milkmaid braids. She scrolled through Spotify's genres and pressed play when she finally found a compilation of country love songs. She docked it to her speakers, turned it up a little and then picked up her bridesmaid bouquet.

She started to glide across the room, acting like it was her big day and that Lucas was waiting for her at the end of the aisle, ready to say I do and spend the rest of his life with her. She smiled widely, impersonating a lovely bride-to-be as she looked around the room at her stuffed animals, standing in as the congregation of her dearest family and closest friends.

It was a flawless performance really, until. . .

"Um Riley! What are you doing!?"

The sheet slid to her feet and she whirled around, slightly embarrassed that she'd been caught pretending to get married to her boyfriend by her boyfriend.

"Lucas!" She rasped, thankful she had decided to keep her bridesmaid dress so that she wasn't standing there in front of him in nothing but her bra, panties and pink sandals. "What are you doing here!?"

He climbed through the window and picked up the sheet, folding it neatly. "I wanted to see you," he explained. "You've been so busy with wedding stuff, I've missed you."

"I've missed you too!" Riley replied, beaming at him.

"Was it a nice ceremony?" Lucas asked. "I wish I could have been there."

"It was nice," Riley answered. "And it was small. There was hardly anybody was there except for us and Ava and Mr. Feeney."

"Everybody's happy though? That's the most important thing."

"Everyone's happy," Riley assured him. "Even Maya although it was a bit rocky there for a while. She's getting things she's always wanted and I think it's too much for her to handle. I mean first Josh and now this. It can be a little overwhelming. But she's okay now."

Lucas nodded. "Good! I'm glad she's okay and that everything worked out for everybody in the end."

Riley sighed. "Me too. Oh Lucas, it's so romantic!"

"I really wish I could have been there," Lucas repeated. "I would have liked to dance with the prettiest girl at the wedding."

"If Shawn would have given her up!" Riley teased.

Lucas groaned. "I was talking about you Riley! You're the prettiest girl at the wedding. You have to know that."

Riley blushed. "Well, I'm not supposed to be the prettiest girl. That honor belongs to Katy. She was the bride after all."

"I'm sure she was the epitome of bridal loveliness," Lucas said. "But it doesn't take away from how beautiful you are."

Riley's blush deepened. "Thank you," she finally replied.

"So, how about it?" Lucas entreated.

"How about what exactly?" Riley asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

"How about we dance?" Lucas clarified. "Right here, right now."

Riley frowned. "Right here in my bedroom?"

"Why not? We already have music and there isn't like there's not enough room," Lucas answered, looking at her with beseeching eyes. "If I had been at the wedding tonight, I would have asked you to dance with me."

"But there wasn't a lot of dancing," Riley told him as she let him put her hands on his waist and she slid her arms around his neck. "Uncle Shawn danced with Katy and then he danced with Maya. So, you see, it wasn't a huge reception where everybody danced all night.

"So? It doesn't change anything. I still want to dance with you," Lucas replied, swaying with her to the music. "Even though I don't think Sam Hunt can be classified as pure country music!"

Riley looked up at him with adoration filled eyes. Lucas grinned back at her, a little goofy, the same kind of look in his eyes as he picked her up and swung her around, her knees bent. She giggle-yelped a little and tightened her grip on his neck, anchoring herself to him so he wouldn't drop her.

When he put her down, he stopped dancing with her and brushed a stray curl away from her face. Everything around them seemed to freeze and Riley's pulse sped up in anticipation of what was coming next. She lifted a hand to his cheek and stroked it. There was a pause before they met halfway in a chaste kiss.

It only lasted a few seconds, a whisper of butterfly wings. Riley was almost sure that she'd wake up and realize she was dreaming just like she had all those nights during the triangle. When they pulled away, she glanced down, unable to meet his eyes as she caught her breath.

"Riley?" Lucas asked uncertainly. "Was it bad?"

Riley finally looked at him and shook her head. "No. No of course not! I was just thinking. . ."

"Me too," Lucas admitted. "Do you think that maybe in a few years it'll be our turn to say I do? You and me for the rest of our lives?"

"I think we might have to wait for more than a few years," Riley answered. "Daddy might not let me get married until I'm 45. But yeah, I think maybe one day it could be us. I hope that one day it'll be you and me for the rest of our lives."

"The Matthews-Friar," Lucas said, smirking at her look of surprise. "What? I'd be willing to share your last name with you. I'd be willing to share anything with you, you know. All you have to do is ask."

Riley sighed, in that moment, she was happier than any fairy tale princess could possibly be. "Well, right now all I want to do is share another dance with you and then maybe a piece of leftover wedding cake."

Lucas looked pleased as he took her back in his arms. "I can do that," he answered.

The End

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Author's Note:

Sort of. . .

When I first saw promo pics of Girl Meets I Do and realized that neither Josh or Lucas were going to be in the episode, I couldn't get the thought of guys seeing their girls or them dancing together out of my head. So, there's a second part to this story coming up and it'll be about Josh & Maya. I hope you'll stay tuned for that. The songs I kept playing over and over again while I wrote this tag were "It Goes Like This" by Thomas Rhett, "Pick Up" by Dierks Bentley and "I Met A Girl" by Sam Hunt. So, they could be dancing to any of those songs, you can choose.

Please tell me what you thought of this! I'll be back soon.

Until Next Time!

Love,

Holly, 8/13/2016