Hi, I recently started experimenting with writing fanfics. I was so excited after reading a few and finishing season 3 mid morning (4 AM) that I had to write down whatever was in my head. There may be some grammatical error in the first few chapters, but I promise I'll adjust and fix it as I go. I did write this on a whim. The content will be pretty much rated M for adult situations. This is set when everyone is between the ages of 29-31. I will try to publish between 2-3 chapters weekly.
*I do not own any of the characters, events, or locations of Girl Meets World. This is just a fanfic.
Chapter 1: Silence
Dr. Lucas Friar took a deep breath as he put the photo of Riley Matthews back in his desk. He felt a little pinch of guilt every time he did that. Every afternoon during his lunch break he sat in his office and looked at the photo of his first love. Every afternoon he put her away like a dirty little secret. It has been a little over a decade since he last saw her. His story wasn't meant to be this sad, at least he didn't believe it would have been. He walked out on his life in New York, his friends, and Riley over something so ridiculous. His dirty little secret.
Flashback to 12 years ago
Riley was excited to see that Evan had moved to New York and joined their classroom. He was someone she considered a good friend. Evan was the person who helped Lucas realize his feelings for her after all, but she couldn't help but notice that Lucas wasn't all too excited about it. Maybe something else was going on? Maybe there was something wrong with him? She would need to ask, but when they were alone.
Lucas sat quiet and alone hoping his girlfriend would notice that he was pouting. He didn't like that she was taking such a high initiative over making Evan feel at home. There were other people at the school, why did it have to be Riley? Maybe she did have some feelings for Evan, after all, she spent an entire night talking to Evan. That is more than she has ever spent talking to him. He knew she could feel there was something going on in his mind, but she didn't ask. Maybe she just didn't care?
Maya, Zay, and Farkle offered to show Evan some of the places teens liked to hang out in New York. Riley stayed behind and approached her boyfriend who sat lifeless in a corner alone.
"Lucas?" Riley mumbled as she approached.
"Yeah?" Lucas responded begrudgingly.
"Are you mad at me?"
"Why would I be mad at you?"
"I don't know, you've hardly spoken a word to me all day, and you didn't sound too pleasant when I approached you."
"Gee, I didn't think you cared, I thought maybe you cared more about Evan than your own boyfriend."
"Lucas, Evan is new here, I was just making him feel at home," Riley responded a bit disappointed in her boyfriend.
"You know, I wonder about that sometime, I was new here, you were that kind towards me, and now Evan, maybe you just have a thing for every new guy that shows up?"
"Lucas!" Riley replied shocked and disgusted. "What's wrong with you? I've never seen this side of you before. You're not being very Lucas right now. I don't like this side of you at all."
"Then maybe you don't need me around, this side of me is a part of me."
"Lucas, what are you saying?"
"I don't know, maybe Evan is more your liking, he isn't like me." Lucas said walking away leaving Riley surprised and confused.
Riley believed that this was just another couples quarrel and at first Lucas believed so too. He returned home to find his uncle Bob in tears because his wife had left him for another man. What was it with women? Do they all just turn around and walk out when they find the next best guy? Lucas's temper got the best of him and his own insecurity talked him into turning a small issue with Riley into a life altering one. He got on a plane and returned to Texas in anger. When he arrived in Texas he realized how stupid he had been, but it was too late. He wrote Riley a breakup text and turned off his phone. Despite his parents urging Lucas had no intention of returning to New York. How could he? He had been such a stupid idiot over something so small. He accused Riley of being something she wasn't. He wasn't happy with himself, he wasn't happy with what was going on his life. His uncle Bob became a worthless drunk overnight, and his parents were getting a divorce.
Riley tried her best to get in contact with Lucas, she didn't understand what she had done wrong and why Lucas didn't talk to her. She contacted all his family in New York, and his family in Texas. No one would say why Lucas wasn't talking to her. They were just months away from Graduation and Lucas had just walked out on them. Was it something she did?
Back to present day
Yes, that is how Dr. Lucas Friar allowed his own insecurities and most of all jealousy ruin his life. He couldn't say exactly his life was ruined. Lucas joined the military shortly after finishing the rest of high school in Texas. After his enlistment and some smart investing, Lucas Friar became a billionaire. He didn't stop there, Lucas would eventually go to Medical School and become Dr. Lucas Friar. A part of him knew the reason was because Riley had believed in him so much. Riley always encouraged him to be what he wanted to be and at the time it was a Veterinarian, but after joining the military Lucas realized as much as he wanted to help animals, people needed him as well. His usual ritual of looking at Riley's photo chipped away at his heart each time. He was turning 31 soon and still lived as a self-professed bachelor.
"Now, Riley do I start to care less about the women I date every time I look at your photo? Is it because I specifically date girls who are nothing compared to you? Even if I did date a good girl, how would she hold a candle to Riley Matthews?" Lucas mumbled patting the top of his desk as if the photo of Riley could hear him through it.
"Dr. Friar, you are needed in the emergency room." A woman yelled through the intercom on his office phone.
"I'll be right down Anne." Lucas responded with the push of a button. On his walk from his office to the ER, Lucas continued to think of Riley Matthews. It has been twelve long years and she still had a tight grasp on his heart. Surely a middle school, high school crush would dissipate after some time? Lucas knew that she wasn't just a middle school, high school puppy love story. She was the bearer of his heart. Underneath Riley Matthew's goofy, weird, childish, and fun persona was the kind, caring, mature, and loving one.
"Dr. Friar, we have a patient in exam room 3, she had fallen off a horse." The nurse barked at him as he walked through the ER doors. Lucas walked over to the bay to take a longer look at her charts. R. Matthews, the name of the patient. He couldn't help but smile. He was thinking about her more than often today and now someone with her initials is waiting in an exam room for him.
"Hello, Ms. Matthews. I'm doctor Friar, and I'll be looking at your injuries today." Lucas said walking into the exam room. The patient was facing the wall speaking on her phone as he entered and began to turn as soon as she heard Lucas enter.
"Lucas?" The woman questioned surprised.
"Ri…Ri..Riley?"
