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Warning: A very OOC Lucas.
Riley Matthews sat alone in the cafeteria, waiting for Maya to join her. She had her head down as she patiently waited, hoping to not draw attention from him. She could not bare to hear his words again.
Ugly
Stupid
Naive
Too happy
His words caused some of the deepest cuts on to Riley's poor heart. She couldn't fight him anymore. She allowed his words to enter her mind and she slowly started to believe in everything.
Ignorant
Gullible
Annoying
Might as well die.
Her friends did try to protect her from him, but it was too late. She already let him in. She made false proclamations to her friends, stating that she was fine, when in reality she was dying.
"Look who we have here! The peasant girl," the shrill voice of Missy Bradford, Lucas's girlfriend, cut through the air. Riley lifter her head up, examining the girl who wore too much makeup and eye blinding pink. Riley just glanced at her and looked down again. She wasn't in any mood to fight the pink bulldozer. "Hey! When I'm speaking to you, look at me!" the bulldozer complained. "Fine, since you're not listening to me, I'll get Lucas to make you listen." The girl stomped off, calling for her entourage and boyfriend.
Riley felt a presence beside her and looked up to see the smiling face of her best friend, Maya Hart. "I'm sorry I was so late, Riles. Your dad held me back, saying the art teacher wanted to talk to me," the blond explained. Riley nodded, not paying attention to anything. She was mentally preparing herself for Lucas. She had to stay strong, or at least somewhat strong. She had to learn to fight her own battles. She couldn't let Maya or Farkle do all the fighting for her. Her dad had an idea that someone was bullying his daughter, but everytime he confronted his daughter, she'd beg him to not get involved. He would listen, but he kept a close eye around her, hoping to catch the bully in the act and then expelling that bully from this school.
"Riley, are you listening?" Maya asked.
Riley shook her head, snapping out of her trance. She glanced at Maya and faked a smile.
"Did Missy or Lucas say anything to you again?" Maya asked.
Riley slowly nodded, tears glistening in her eyes. Riley bent down and cried on Maya's shoulder, cursing herself for being so weak. Why couldn't she fight back? Why is she letting these words get to her?
Maya consoled her, but at the same time, she looked around for Missy. The honey blond wanted nothing more than to stuff Bradford's face against a locker and also throw in a few punches at Lucas, but she knew Riley didn't like violence. Farkle, the genius, was absent that day. Usually, either Farkle or Maya would always be by Riley's side in any class, but since the genius was sick with the flu, he couldn't be there to help protect Riley.
Riley stopped crying when she heard footsteps approach her table. She used her sleeves to dry her tears, looking at the people surrounding her table. She looked up to see Lucas's smirk and Missy's mischievous look.
I'm about to pay for ignoring Missy, Riley thought to herself.
"So, my girlfriend over here told me you were giving her attitude, Matthews," the devil spoke. Riley only looked up and nodded, which angered Lucas. He leaned down and roughly grabbed Riley by the chin, forcing her to look him in the eye. "Speak when you're spoken to!" he said, eyes sparking with anger. Tears formed in Riley's eyes again. Maya watched this scene unfold with anger. Her fists were clenched. She was ready to pounce any moment, but Riley held Maya back with one arm.
"I'm sorry," Riley softly apologized.
"Damn right you should be," Missy injected. RIley flinched at the cuss word. Riley was never the one who liked it when others cuss. She thought cussing had no point to it. You're just adding an extra word when you're in anger. What's the point to it?
"Stop picking on my best friend," Maya defended.
Missy turned towards Maya, laughing. "Looks like the other peasant wants a beating. I have a question. How's your mom's acting career? I heard that it's just a joke. How are you even in school right now? You should be helping your mom work. Only god knows how you and your mom are able to get through with taxes. Tell me, do you starve yourself sometimes? Is this how you get that body of yours? I mean you have no choice, considering your mom barely has enough money to put bread onto the table. Especially since I heard she does nothing but sleep with guys every single night. Maybe you should do what she does," Missy said, poison laced her every word.
Maya's mouth hung open. Her cheeks were tinted a bright red, showing how much anger she felt for this monster in pink. Riley was also fed up with anger. You can mess with me, but if you mess with Maya, you'll pay, Riley thought to herself.
She noticed Lucas no longer was paying attention to her, instead, he was smirking at the blond. Riley clenched her fists, shaking with anger. She drew her fist back and punched Missy with all her anger. Missy's head jerked back from the force of it. She fell to the ground, dazed. Maya looked at Riley in wide eyes. Lucas, was angry. His whole face turned red as he glared at the brunette who punched his girlfriend. Lucas grabbed Riley by the wrists and leaned down towards her ear.
"I swear, I'll make you pay for that. One day, when you least expect it, I'll make your life hell and you'll be wishing you were dead," Lucas threatened.
Riley ignored the threat and instead hugged Maya real tight.
"I fought back," Riley gushed.
"I'm so proud of you Riles!" Maya gushed back.
Lucas went back to help his girlfriend up. They both looked at the hugging girls, glared at them, and walked away, their heads high in the sky.
During the rest of the day, Riley's mind kept replaying the moment where she punched Missy, reliving that part of her day. For the first time, things were looking up for Riley, but for how long?
A/N
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