June 11th 2020 Day After Graduation
"Okay who is touching my butt?" Lucas asks as the group walk with flashlights into the park. "Nobody is touching your butt huckleberry." Maya says shining the light she was holding at him. "Funny Hart, but seriously I feel someone's hand."
"Maybe it's your girlfriend or your own." Zay tells him shaking his head as they continue to walk. "Um it's not me." Riley says shining her flashlight on herself. Everyone looks at each other as Smackle raises her hand. "Okay I was touching Lucas derrière."
"Smackle!" Lucas, Riley and Farkle shout together making Maya and Zay laugh. "I couldn't help it dearest it's on my list." Farkle nodded his head saying he understood as the group looked at him weirdly. "Your okay with her touching his butt?" Zay asks as he stops walking.
"Yeah." Farkle tells him as they stop walking and continue looking at him with a confused expression. "What?" He asks as he looks around at them. "I think perhaps they wish for you to elaborate further." Smackle says as he nods before she pats his shoulder.
"I've complied a list of semi childish things I wished to partake in before we head off to college." The gang all awe her as Riley pulls her into a hug. "Oh Smackle that's so sweet." Smackle smiles at her as Lucas raises his hand. "Um touching my butt was on your list?"
The group laugh as they continue walking ignoring him as Riley kisses his cheek.
"Okay I found the perfect spot." Zay announces as he shines his light on a spot in the park. "Okay everyone ready?" He asks as they all nod. "Shovel me blue eyes." Zay says holding out his hand as Maya slaps it. "I'm not holding the shovel and don't call me blue eyes."
"I wasn't talking to you conceited I was talking to Farkle." Maya shakes head as Farkle smiles handing the shovel to Zay. He sticks the shovel in the dirt leaning against it as he beckons Riley to him. "Okay cotton candy face let's hear it."
Riley looks at him wide eyed shaking her head. "I didn't have anything prepared and why am I the one doing the talking?" She punches Zay's arm as he tells her it was her idea in the first place. She goes and stands back with Lucas who puts his arm around her kissing her head.
"Okay well I'll say something." Maya says holding up her hand pushing Zay slightly.
"Ahem." Maya clears her throat as she looks at her friends. "Yesterday marked the final day of us in our safe little bubble. Tomorrow we step into the real world. Zay is about to dance his way into Juilliard and the geniuses are about to well...take over the world." She stops sniffing and looking at Riley taking her hand.
"And huckleberry is about to take my best friend with him to all the hoedowns and cattle pageants." She starts crying as Riley hugs her crying with her. "And Maya is about to take the art world and spin it on its head." Farkle adds before they all pull each other close and hug.
"Okay enough mushiness." Maya says wiping her eyes. "Everyone bring their important things?" Everyone nods opening their bags. "Remember no looking at what the other puts in." Riley says taking out the box she had in her bag as Zay puts his thing in first. The geniuses follow after then Maya and Lucas, Riley was last as she held hers in her hand.
"Riles you okay?" Maya asks as she held the box so she could put her item in. "Yeah I just...let's make a pact right here that instead of ten or twenty years we come back in five and put a new item in." Everyone shares a smile and a look nodding their head.
"Okay Minkus set your watch so you can remind us. You know we will forget." Zay jokes as Lucas elbows him. "Okay five years from today even though we know we will see each other we spend a week or summer together. However long we can and talk about what we've been up to. Deal?"
He holds his hand out as everyone puts their hand on his. "Smackle that's not my hand." Lucas says shaking his head as she winks at him saying she knew as she puts her hand on the pile.
"Okay five years we can do this." Lucas says clapping his hands together.
Five years later
Zay chugged his water down tossing it on his bag as he leaned against the bar in the dance room. He rolled his shoulders as he hit played on the radio to start his warmups. He had a big show in a couple of days and he wanted to be ready.
He had just finished his last pirouette when he hears clapping. He chuckles softly as he turns towards his admirer. "Getting better baby" Zay smiles wrapping his arms around his ballerina kissing her. "Gross Zay your sweaty." She squealed as he lifts her.
"Hey isn't that how we met? You liking the feel of my sweat?" She shakes her head as Zay chuckles. His phone goes off as he picks it up seeing it was his calendar. "Time capsule time?" She asks as Zay nods grabbing his bag.
"Yup you ready to meet my second crazy family?" She bobs her head as she links her arm through his. "Yeah I think I am."
Maya yawned turning over in her bed noticing the time and cursing. She was so late and she blamed the blue eye man sleeping next to her. She got up running to the bathroom brushing her teeth and tying her hair into a messy bun. She went back into her room looking for something to wear when she gets pulled back onto the bed.
"Where do you think you're going?" He whispers in her ear making she shiver. "I have to go get Riles and I'm so late. Your fault by the way." She pushes him back as she slips on some leggings putting her shoes on. "Hey." He says sitting up rubbing her engagement ring.
"You gonna tell her this time?" He asks as Maya looked down at her hand and then at him. "I will Josh." She kisses his cheek as she grabs her bag heading out the door. She sat in her car outside the airport staring at her left hand she knew she told Josh she tell Riley but she just couldn't not yet.
She sighs slipping the ring off her finger and putting it in her purse getting out the car to welcome home her best friend.
Farkle lowered his goggles as he talked into his recorder. He slowly pours the liquid into the beaker stirring it around watching as it mixes with the other ingredients. He nods his head satisfied with it as he sniffs it before drinking it.
"Great Albert Einstein what am I missing?" He asks scratching off lime from his list. "Dearest give it up it's been months I think if you were meant to know the secret ingredient to your father's drink he would have shared it with you."
Farkle looks at Smackle sighing in defeat as she smiles at him. "How is it I can solve difficult equations but finding the secret in my father's drink still alludes me?" Smackle pats his shoulder shaking her head. "One day Farkle however not today we have to go." He nods as he takes off his goggles and coat exiting out their lab heading for home.
Lucas logged off his computer making sure he had everything he needed to catch his flight. He sits in his office staring at the picture he had of the gang at their high school graduation. He smiles looking at everyone before landing his eyes on the brunette in his arms. He sighs closing his laptop and heading out his office.
He couldn't dwell on the past no matter how fresh the wound still was knowing he was about to see her in less than twenty four hours.
"Hey handsome your gonna miss your flight if you continue to stare off into nowhere." He smiles turning his head as he sees his girlfriend walking towards him. "Don't pretend you ain't gonna miss me?" She wraps her arms around him shaking her head. "I think you have that backwards. You sure you have to go?"
He nods as she sighs softly looking away. "Your coming back right?" He kisses her cheek nodding his head. He knew if he spoke he might have to lie to her and he didn't want that. He already had a relationship where they lied to each other and he didn't want that now.
"I'll call you when I land." He tells her hopping in his truck. She blows him a kiss and he smiles at her but he knew it didn't have the same effect on him as someone's else's.
Riley tries to tie up her hair but lightly laughs remembering she had cut it short. She looks at her phone checking the time. She was almost home and couldn't wait to see everyone. Well not everyone a part of her hoped he wouldn't show and the other wishes he did.
There were things still left unsaid and she knew they needed to be said.
Her plane finally lands and she was dying to get off. It was the first time in awhile she was going to be home and she was excited. She grabs her bags spotting Maya as soon as she gets off the escalator.
She runs towards her squeezing the life out of her. "Peaches I've missed you so much." Riley cries as they pull apart. "I missed you too let's never go this long without seeing one another. Agreed?" Riley laughs as she tells her agreed.
"So how are you? We going back to your place?" Riley asks as Maya widens her eyes. "No! I mean don't you want to see your folks first?" Riley looks at her and smiles. "Actually they aren't home they're on a cruise I think. But we can stop there so I can shower and maybe rest a bit before seeing everyone."
Riley sees Maya look at her as they get into her car. "Still haven't talked to him yet huh?" Riley shakes her head as Maya grabs her hand. "Maybe this trip will change that." Riley nodded even though she wasn't sure that was true.
Okay I'm horrible I already have three unfinished stories and I'm starting a new one. Though technically two are almost finished so but anyways I'm not sure if this will be a story or just a really long one shot. It might just be a short story idk. Will see let me know what you think.