dear future boyfriend

by danahscott

Riley made a list when she was ten of things her future boyfriend would do for her. But lists like that are childish. We have to grow up sometime, right? (Or, all the ways Lucas accidentally lowered Riley's expectations and all the ways Farkle built them back up again.)

1. Prologue

At the back of her closet, covered in dust, taped to the wall but hidden behind shoeboxes, laid a very important list Riley Matthews had made when she was ten years old. She and Maya had spent the whole afternoon on it, and even though Maya made fun of Riley ("Why would you want that? I'd hate it if a guy did that for me"), she still helped her find the purple glitter pen.

THINGS RILEY MATTHEWS' FUTURE BOYFRIEND WILL DO FOR HER

Buy her flowers

Plan really cool, romantic dates for her

Call her on the phone (not just text!)

Know what her usual order at Svorski's is

Leave her little notes ("Gross.")

Watch her favorite TV show ("Why would that matter?")

Take pictures with/of her

Call her beautiful every day

She signed it, dated it, and taped it to her wall. She didn't really look at it too much afterwards, not at all when she started dating Lucas, but she never once forgot it.