Disclaimers:

1) I don't own the show, characters, general plots, or any other similarities between this fanfiction and the show it is derived from, Girl Meets World. The same goes for any unintentional similarities between this fanfiction and Boy Meets World (as it's been quite some time since I've watched it and all).

2) This is my first GMW fanfiction so don't judge too harshly on this story, that would be appreciated.

Author's Note:

This story will be told from multiple points of view. I will not announce who the points of view are from, but I will be separating them with these "XO" doodads that you see immediately below. This story is *not edited* and, therefore, all chapters are posted with minimal to no editing. I am writing this a creative vessel. Hopefully what errors that do exist do not hinder your ability to enjoy the story I want to share with fellow GMW Lucaya shippers :)

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Girl Prepares for Heartbreak

1 Week Ago: Christmas Break

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Dear Diary,

Mom and Dad told me last week that we were moving. Mom was offered a much better paying job after she won a star case. I expected something like this to happen eventually, mom is an amazing attorney and in New York no less! However, we are moving extremely far away. In fact, the job is in California.

She assured me that she had taken all things into consideration. Auggie has a girlfriend. I have a boyfriend. Unfortunately, Dad lost his job at the school. Even though his class performance was very high, many parents found that his teaching style was "unconventional" and too "student focused." They felt that the students had too much say in how the class schedule was and how the work was completed. Also, he was on the staff for a significantly less amount of time than the other History teachers when they decided to down size.

This was apparently the ultimate factor in Mom deciding to accept this job. She hadn't mentioned it to either Auggie or myself because 1) I am starting college in the fall in California anyway; and 2) Auggie is starting high school next year. I guess I understand all of this – but I never broke the news to Lucas that I got accepted to UCLA. I was hoping to tell him after the first of the year. He's returning to Texas to work on the farm with his father, so we knew eventually we'd have to have the "long distance relationship" talk. I was hoping for a little more time but Mom says we're moving during Spring Break… That's only 3 months away and that is nowhere near enough to address this with Lucas calmly.

What's a girl to do?

Riley

There was a knock on my window and it was none other than Maya Hart. Her hair was pulled back into a ponytail and she sported her usual jogging garb. I still had trouble accepting that she'd changed so much since starting high school. So much had changed for her friend in their freshman year. Her mother had been hospitalized for a drug overdose, and Maya was temporarily placed in foster care when her mother left in the hospital overnight after passing out from over-exercising (because Maya had developed an eating disorder). In sophomore year Mom helped her get emancipated and found her a decent part time job she could manage so that she could take care of herself. Now she lived on her own and was already certified to teach yoga and zumba at a nearby gym. I was so proud of her but I was incredibly sad at the same time. At seventeen years old, Maya had seen some of the worst things the world had to offer. That is frightening to me.

"Come on in!" I shouted at her even though I was less than a foot away. She came in an immediately shed her windbreaker and exposed her fit frame. My eyes always trailed down her torso checking for any physical signs that she was starving herself or overexerting herself again, but she still had 'cushion,' as we aptly called it. Maya had learned to take care of herself the right way but as her best friend I never stopped worrying. Mom says that it's because I have a natural 'maternal' instinct. She thinks I should be a teacher like Dad was but I'm afraid that someday teachers won't be needed because of technology. I want to do something I know there will always be a demand for – so I'm planning on doing Management while I'm at UCLA.

And then as if on cue, Maya brings the topic up: "Are you telling Lucas tonight?"

She obviously already knew about the move and the UCLA acceptance. If Maya didn't already know then I would be a terrible friend. Unfortunately, she's been pressuring me to tell Lucas right away. I have been insisting that the timing must be perfect, but Maya's personality hadn't changed after all these years. She insulted me and harassed me about 'growing a pair' so that we could enjoy the last few weeks we're going to share together. She seems to think we can't do a long distance relationship. I told her that I wasn't worried about our ability to do it so much as the way it was approached. As this conversation replayed for the umpteenth time after her arrival I just balled myself up on the bed and sighed. Lucas would be here in ten minutes and I still had no idea what to do or how to do it.

Maya walked to the closet and pulled out the dress I'd picked out for the evening. Lucas and I were going out for dinner and a quaint Italian restaurant. He claims he didn't have reservations but I had Dad call to 'verify the reservation time for L. Friar' and they were able to confirm that a V.I.P. booth had been reserved. Dad and Mom have been trying to have 'the talk' with me about many different things like sex, marriage, and running away. They assured me that if my relationship with Lucas was meant to be that we'd find a way to make it work without having children, eloping, or running away to stay together for a little while longer. I assured them that none of these things were my intentions, although Maya had suggested all of them if I was that worried about losing the relationship Lucas and I share.

I changed under the supervision of Maya would braided my hair neatly down my back and placed my favorite necklace from Lucas around my neck. We both stared at my in the mirror until Lucas inevitably showed up to escort me away. With the deepest frown on my face I kissed Maya's cheek and told her I'd be back by 11:00 and that she could help herself in if she wanted.

"Don't worry, kid, you'll be alright. This isn't the hardest thing you've ever been through." Maya comforted me before I left the room. But I was never one to let her have the last word.

"How could you possibly know that?" But she already pushed me out the door before I got an answer, "MAYA?" I screamed.

"BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL FRIENDS WITH ME! SEE YA!" I heard her slam the window shut and lock it. She wasn't going to come back later so I shuffled my way to the living room where even Lucas couldn't pretend to be happy. Dad and Mom glowered at me like they wanted me to cancel the date but we all knew, even Auggie, that tonight had to happen. Lucas and I didn't even have to speak to know that tonight we were going to talk about the 'long distance' relationship forefront finally.

Author's Fun Facts? Here you go even if you don't want it.

This chapter was initially titled Girl Meets Heartbreak. But I accidentally ended up writing approximately 10K in one sitting. This started off as maybe a 2 shot story but it evolved a little more because I wasn't looking to rush the end game and the first four chapters sort of happened. I adjusted to the initial saved title to fit what this chapter actually covered.

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