Riley open the door to her apartment kicking off her shoes and tossing the ice pack on the counter along with her keys. She lets down her hair watching the flower petals fall around her feet. She walks to her room unzipping her maid of honor dress letting it fall before kicking it aside too in search of her comfy pjs and bunny slippers.
As she walks back to the living room she heads for her fridge grabbing a water and drinking some before looking at the list on it grabbing a pen and scratching off number four on her list.
4-Break someone's heart
Her list. She made it on her twenty first birthday when she only had one drink and Maya told her everyone had a better time on her birthday than her. She finally decided after that she was going to unfold her hands and live. Hence the list.
She sighs putting the end of the pen in her mouth wishing she never had to cross off that one knowing it was wrong to even have that on there and she didn't want to but Maya told her if she wanted to be daring and dangerous and experience new things she needed it along with have sex with a friend no strings attached.
One she scratched out about two months ago when she entered a no strings attached relationship with Charlie Gardner from high school and then proceeded to break his heart the night of Maya's wedding which was that very night.
She told him from the beginning it was nothing more than sex she wanted and he agreed but somewhere between the time they started and that night he would act different and would asks her to dinner and thinking they were going as friends she would go.
She felt completely terrible when he pulled her aside and got down on one knee and proposed. To say it took her by surprise was an understatement and she had the bump on the head to prove. She walks to the bathroom opening the door for her little pug that Maya always used to act out the scenes from men in black with.
"Hey Pluto did you miss me? I missed you and would much rather have been snuggling with you on the couch than fainting in front of family and friends turning someone down." Pluto tilts his head at her making her smile. "Never mind me. It's the bump talking."
She turns on the TV flipping through the channels until she lands on the food Network making Pluto bark.
"I know we missed cake wars. But don't worry I recorded it. Now we can see if Erin and Martha moved on to the next round." She crossed her fingers as he barked and got up grabbing some ice cream for her and doggy biscuits for Pluto turning on cake wars.
"Well I for one will not be tuning in next week. I can't believe they kicked them off. Team butterscotch cakes were nowhere near as good as Erin and Martha cakes." Riley tells Pluto scratching behind his ears and turning off the tv.
"Wow its almost ten we should head to bed." Riley chuckles as she gets up dancing to the kitchen and putting her ice cream away and smiling as she heads to bed. "Pluto do you know if I locked the front door?"
She yawns shaking her head as she gets up heading to her door checking the locks before jumping on her bed falling asleep.
She wakes the next morning hearing her computer beeping. She groans grabbing it off her nightstand and answering the video call from Maya. "Riles!" Maya shouts with a huge smile on her face. Riley laughs shaking her head and rubbing her eyes. "Peaches you're supposed to be on your honeymoon why are you calling me?"
"Just because I am doesn't mean I can't check in on my best friend and make sure she didn't say yes to cheese soufflé proposal." Maya starts laughing as Riley playfully glares at her. "You know I didn't Maya. Wait are you still at the airport?" Riley noticed other people walking by with suitcases in the background.
"Yeah well someone made us late since he forgot our suitcases at the house and we had to go back to get them but luckily we will be on the next flight." Riley can see she was in the gift shop looking at clothes they had.
"Why are you in there?" She asks as Maya holds up a shirt showing her and making a face. "Well my husband boing." Maya says smiling like crazy. When Josh and her started to date she called him her boyfriend boing once they got engaged he was fiancé boing. "Forgot his speedo at home so he's looking for one here."
Riley screamed and covered her ears seeing Maya laughing and shaking her phone as she did it. Wishing she could chop off her ears and eyes after Maya holds up a speedo. "Thanks a lot Maya and would you stop with the husband boing you make me sound like I have four wives at home waiting for us." Josh tells her taking the phone.
"Hey niece." He smiles giving her a wave as Riley smiles and looks up as she talks. "Hey uncle Josh." Maya looks and starts laughing as Josh turns the phone to show her Riley. "Okay Riles he's gone you can look." Maya tells her still laughing.
Riley playfully glares at her shaking her head and leaning against her headboard. "So did you make out with the paramedic that took you to the hospital so you can mark it off your list?" Riley picked up her computer walking into her kitchen and starting her coffee pot.
"No peaches and besides it was a girl and remember been there done that." She hears a thud on Maya's end and then Maya telling someone he's okay. Riley looks and sees Josh laying on the floor clutching his chest. She shakes her head rolling her eyes at his dramatics like her dad.
"Riley you kissed a girl and liked it?" Maya and Riley share a look and start laughing confusing josh who was looking back and forth between the two. "Josh I'm not a Katy Perry song. It happened one time." Maya looks at her and Riley smiles. "Okay twice."
Riley kissing two girls was something she experienced freshman year of college before she made her list. Maya and her were throwing a little get together in their dorm and Maya suggested spin the bottle and that led to Riley kissing not only Maya but Darby.
"So what one will you work on tonight?" Maya asks. When Riley first made the list of things she wanted to do she always wondered if she would even go through with it and so far she had. "Not sure yet." Riley tells her with a shrug as she pours herself a cup of coffee.
Maya turns her head as she sees Josh grabbing their bags. "Well they're calling our flight got to go. Let me know what one you accomplish. Love you riles!" Riley laughs blowing kisses at her. "Love you too have fun peaches! Stay safe!"
She closes her computer and grabs her coffee sipping it as she looks at her list. She grabs it taking it to the couch and sitting down looking at it with Pluto. "So what do you think which one should I choose?" She closes her eyes and hovers her finger over the list.
She points at one and opens her eyes looking at which one she chose. "Huh I can do that one. Should be simple. I just need courage." Pluto barks and Riley laughs and shows him the list. "Well do you think I can do it?" Pluto looks at the list and then at her tilting his head. "Not loving the confidence Pluto."
Riley got dressed getting ready to help at her mom's bakery. Since she was a teacher she had her summers free and would help at the bakery whenever she could. She had everything and was searching for her phone when she forgot she plugged it in but didn't turn it back on when she got bombarded with questions from her dad about Charlie's proposal.
She unplugs it and runs out the door getting on the train plugging her headphones in and turning on her phone seeing her voicemail was full and she had a bunch of missed calls. She decides listening to the voicemails would be better.
"Sugar I can't believe you fainted after cheese soufflé proposed." Riley shakes her head lowering the volume on her phone as Zay chuckles loudly. "I can't believe I missed it. I blame Vanessa who insisted we needed to go visit her mom right after who can't even cook..."
It goes silent and she was about to skip to the next one when she hears Zay again. "Shit. Vanessa just heard me and now I may die. So this message may be my last." The sound of his scream is the last thing she hears before the call ends.
Zay was always a character every since he moved to New York in seventh grade and they all became friends. She never had a bad time when Zay was involved. She plays the next one that was from Farkle. "Hey that was quite a fall. You okay? I seen Charlie leave and he didn't look good." Riley bit her lip that wasn't something she wanted to hear right now.
"But don't worry I think it was from the three whiskeys he had plus he didn't eat his dinner although Smackle did. Claims eating for two but it was mainly for her." Riley laughs as she hears Smackle in the background crying and yelling in Italian at Farkle for suggesting she was using their unborn child as an excuse to eat more.
She skips over the next one after and the next three when she hears that it's Charlie saying he wanted to talk about what happened. And they could go back to friends with benefits again.
She stops listening after that and puts her phone away and heads for the bakery. "Hey mom, dad isn't here is he?" Riley asked peeking in the bakery doors. Topanga shakes her head with a smile. "No he went camping with your uncle Shawn. He did however want me to asks what yesterday was about?"
Riley groan resting her head on the counter as she sat down. Her mom knew about her list and was somewhat okay with it as long as she was up front with people that got involved in it with her and staying safe.
"I knew I shouldn't have listened to Maya and asked Charlie. I should have went with my gut and chose Dave." Riley tells her as she places a blueberry muffin in front of her. "Ew corn chip Dave?! Riley you're better than that!" Topanga laughs as Riley looks to the door and sees Darby standing there with her hands on her hips.
Darby Walker another friend from middle school who became apart of their little group always making her smile. She was a mixture of Maya and Zay and Farkle all in one. "Hello Darby." Topanga says placing a coffee and scone on the counter next to Riley. "Morning Mrs. Matthews."
Riley shook her head and picked at her muffin as she felt Darby's eyes on her. "So you had a minor setback but like I always say when one door closes kick in a window." Riley looked at her and then her mom laughing at the wisdom from the great Darby Walker.
She gets up and grabs her apron tying it on and tossing the rest of her muffin. "So what number you pick for tonight?" Much like Maya Darby was invested in whether Riley would complete her list within the year like she planned for herself.
"Number eight." Riley tells her as she goes around offering more coffee to customers. "Makeout with a stranger in public. Sexy!" Darby tells her with a shimmy as she shows Topanga her phone. Riley walks over to her grabbing her phone. "You copied my list?"
Darby smiles taking her phone back and sending a text before slipping it in her purse. "Actually Maya and I have a copy. As two of your best friends we are obligated to have it." Riley shook her head as her phone buzzed with a text from Maya saying make her proud and smooch a hottie.
"So tonight we get dolled up and hit the town looking for your hottie." Darby tells her with a wink. Riley shook her head and wiped down the counter as she looked at her phone for places to go. "We can go to this new club in Brooklyn have to take the train. Cab would cost to much."
Riley agrees and Darby heads out already late for her job at her parents dentist office. "Sweetie make sure you stay safe. A lot of perverts ride the train nowadays." Riley nodded biting her lip to stop from laughing at her mom. "Don't worry mom I'll be with the biggest pervert on the train. Darby."
"I'm serious Riley." She holds up her hands and smiles telling her she would be.
8-Makeout With A Stranger In Public
After working at the bakery Riley was on the subway holding the bar chewing on her lip wondering if she could just go up and kiss a stranger. As she thinks it over deciding on doing a different one the train jerks sending her flying.
She screams and feels someone pull her on their lap. Her eyes were closed and her breathing was heavy. "Are you alright?" Her rescuer asked her. She opens her eyes to see a guy with green eyes and a slight stubble on his grinning face.
It was simple just find a stranger in a public place and make out with him a little. "Are you alright?" He asked again when Riley had yet to say anything. She bit her lip and pulled his face to hers kissing him.
When he didn't kiss back she was going to pull away but he wraps his arms around her sending chills down her spine. She puts her arms around his neck deepening the kiss and catching him off guard when she slips her tongue in.
She hears him groan pulling her closer and can feel him underneath her so she pulls back breathing heavily. "Wow." He says breathing just as heavy. "I'm Lucas." He holds out one of his hands and she shakes it feeling a spark.
"You want to get a drink?" Lucas asked when she drops his hand looking at him with wide eyes. The train stops and Riley gets off his lap and exits the door with Lucas following her. "Wait you never gave me an answer or your name." He tells her grabbing her hand.
"I know and sorry I can't." Riley tells him mentally cursing herself since she had to wait for another train. Lucas looks at her and folds his arms across his chest. "Oh I get it your a tease." Riley gasps and turned around glaring at him. "I am not a tease you jerk!" Lucas chuckles and walks closer to her.
"Okay prove it. Have a drink with me?" Riley seen her train coming and people boarding. "Okay." She tells him with a smile shocking him. He turns around and Riley runs for the train just as the door closes.
Lucas turns around shaking his head walking towards the train. "Oh did you mean right now you wanted to get a drink?" Lucas mouths tease at her as she blows him a kiss and waves goodbye as the train pulls away.
Riley sits in a empty seat and holds her lips still feeling the tingle from kissing Lucas. She smiles as she feels his hands on her and then shakes her head. "What are you doing?" She tells herself as she pulls out her phone and texts Darby she didn't need to go out since number eight on her list was accomplished.
"Hey Pluto did you miss me?" Riley bends down scratching his ears as he barks. "Well even though you didn't think I could I accomplished number eight." Pluto barks making her laugh as they head to the kitchen marking it off her list and preparing dinner.
"I fell into a burning ring of fire, I went down, down, down and the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns, The ring of fire, the ring of fire." Riley rolled over covering her head with her pillow trying to drown out the music from her new upstairs neighbor.
Normally she wouldn't hate hearing country music but the person butchering the song was making her not a fan. She growls slipping on her slippers and grabbing her keys marching upstairs and banging on the door.
"Keep your pants on I'm comin!" Riley stop midknock at the sound of the familiar voice. They open the door and her cheeks heat up staring when she sees it's Lucas with shaving cream on his face and no shirt on and a towel across his shoulder.
"Well well if it isn't my little tease? What are ya stalking me now?" Riley glares at him and scoffs folding her arms across her chest. "I'm not a tease or am I stalking you jackass. But I would appreciate if you turn down the music."
He wipes the shaving cream off with his towel and smirks as he sees her trying not to look at his bare chest. "What you got a problem with Johnny Cash?" He asks leaning in his doorway checking her out.
Riley looked down and realized she only had on a tank top and shorts. She shakes her head and punches Lucas in the arm. "Ow! What was that for?" He shouts rubbing his arm. Riley smirks and says "because you're a tone deaf pig."
She walks towards the elevator pressing the button when Lucas shouts out to her. "See ya later neighbor!" She turns to see him waving at her as the door closes.
Well I definitely have a problem. I can't seem to stop making up new stories when I still have others unfinished. Although this one won't be as long as the others just enough for Riley to finish her list. Hope you enjoy.