A/N: This is literally the first fanfic I have ever written, but I felt so inspired that I had to get it out there. With confidence given to me by onceuponatime2011 I present it now. There are multiple pairings that are explored, but be warned that my ships are Rucas and Joshaya, with no boy ever more important than Riley and Maya's friendship. Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to Girl Meets World, but I am inspired by the characters Michael Jacobs has given us daily.

Lucas and Maya entered Riley's bedroom and saw her sitting at the Bay Window. They didn't know why they had been called to this important place, but her tone when requesting their presence seemed serious, so they dropped all other activities immediately to come to the most important person in both of their lives.

Riley stood when they came in and gave a soft smile, "Thank you both for coming here. I really need to talk to both of you."

Lucas and Maya looked at her with concern etched in their expressions. Those words were never the beginning of a positive conversation.

"What's wrong, pumpkin? You are kind of scaring us. Is everything OK?" Maya asked.

Riley nodded and motioned for them both to sit with her at the window to her right. Lucas and Maya hesitantly sat down and looked to Riley for more direction.

"Of course I am fine. I didn't mean to worry you guys, I just really needed to talk to you about something." Riley continued to address both with her hands clasped on her lap. She hoped her body language was less stiff and forced than what she intended, but clasping her hands was needed to keep her composure. She would not let them see her vulnerability if she could avoid it.

"I have realized something this year, and I want to tell you both about it. When the yearbook came out and I saw you both as 'Best Couple' it really shocked me. I both had you placed in my mind as my best friend and my…whatever we are, Lucas, and I neglected to see what was happening between you."

Lucas interrupted her train of thought when she paused, looked her in the eyes, and replied "Riley, nothing was happening between us. Nothing is happening between us. We are friends. Don't let the other people in the class get to you."

Riley stared back into the emerald green eyes that haunted most of her dreams and almost lost herself. She struggled to look away and regain the composure she was barely hanging onto. It would be so easy to believe his sweet words. She could tell he was sincere and it almost broke her. She couldn't live in denial and confusion anymore.

"Lucas I really need to say what I need to say without being interrupted, okay?" Riley asked Lucas softly, her eyes imploring him to let her continue. He would do anything for her, so this was a small request of him he had to grant, no matter how much he did not like where this was going.

Lucas nodded for her to continue. Maya watched her best friend with concern growing in her heart. Riley was obviously hiding something from her, which Maya hated. Riley was trying desperately to look confident but her tone was a bit too stiff. The language of Riley Matthews had been one Maya learned from her first important memory, when they became friends. She could read Riley like a book, well, most of the time anyway. The recent realization Maya had that Riley loved Lucas as a brother challenged her understanding of her friend, and she struggled to fit her recent behavior into this knowledge, but right now all she could do is silently watch as the sunshine in her life commanded their attention.

"So after the yearbook came out, I really started to question a lot of things. Was the class seeing something I missed?" Riley held a hand up as both of her friends moved to deny this, and her small gesture enticed them to continue to listen.

"When semi-formal came I had this idea in my head of the 'big ask' you would do, Lucas. It really wasn't fair of me, and I'm sorry. You said you assumed we were going together, which told me I didn't understand us as well as I thought. I know we were Riley and Lucas, and I knew we were an 'unofficial thing' but what did that mean?

"I tried to pretend it was nothing, but what happened when the school board was going to take away the arts program made me realize I couldn't just live in denial anymore. You were so passionate about helping Maya, Lucas. That's always been my role. It was amazing to see because I care about you both so much, but it showed me what I had been avoiding since we all became friends."

"What did you realize, Riles?" Maya asked curiously, not knowing if she really wanted to know the answer.

"You two have feelings for each other." Riley replied.