Riley and Lucas were on their way back from Swarvoski's bakery. They met Maya and Farkle there and Lucas was walking Riley home. Riley and Lucas were walking and there was an awkward silence between them. It was normal these days though. Back at the end of 7th grade (they are in 9th grade now) the two started dating. They loved dating but still felt like they were rushing things.
2 months ago (at the end of 8th grade) Riley and Lucas decided to stop dating, it was a mutual decision but neither of them wanted to break up. They thought breaking up was the best thing for them, but it wasn't. They needed each other to feel complete, but they didn't dare tell each other that.
It was only 5 months ago that they told each other their first "I love you's" and now they're walking home in a complete awkward silence. Lucas nor Riley broke the silence, not matter how much they wanted to. Lucas was thinking about reaching for Riley's hand but he didn't, he didn't want to be reminded of how much pain he was in that he couldn't grab Riley's hand or hug her or kiss her anymore.
As they were walking to Riley's apartment, they didn't know what they were in store for when they would get upstairs. Maya and Farkle were taking the subway to Riley's apartment, they had a plan to get Riley and Lucas back together. Both Maya and Farkle were starting to get annoyed with the awkward silences and the pained expressions in Lucas and Riley's face when the two looked at each other, and don't get them started on the way Lucas and Riley would just sit by themselves in an awkward silence until Maya or Farkle would show up.
Riley and Lucas walked into the lobby of her building. Riley reached in her pocket to get her keys but they weren't there.
"Shoot, I forgot my keys," Riley said to herself. She buzzed to get into her apartment.
"Who is it?," Riley's mom, Topanga, asked.
"It's Riley, I forgot my keys," Riley replied back.
"Oh, is anyone with you, do they want to come up?," Topanga asked. She knew about the plan to get Lucas and Riley back together but she was playing dumb, even though Maya and Farkle already clued her in on everything.
"Lucas doesn't want to come up," Riley said to her mom without even asking Lucas.
"Actually I would like to come up, I haven't seen your family in a while," Lucas told Riley. It was one of the few sentences they've said to each other in months. Riley smiled to herself, just the way I remember it, she thought about Lucas's voice. They both almost have forgotten what the others' voice sounded like. It was nice to hear each others' voice once in a while.
"Mom, Lucas does want to come up for a little while," Riley said to her mom.
"Great!," Topanga exclaimed. She was always a big fan of the two being together so she wanted them back together and would go with whatever plan was concocted.
Topanga buzzed them in and Lucas and Riley were on their way up the stairs. When they both walked into her apartment, they didn't expect to see Maya and Farkle there but they were glad their friends were there. It won't be completely awkward with them here, Riley and Lucas thought to themselves.
"Hey honey, hi Lucas," Topanga and Cory both greeted the two. Cory has finally come around to both of them dating and was actually a fan of the two so he was in on the plan too.
"Hey," Riley and Lucas both said back.
"You two come with us," Maya and Farkle said. Both of them followed Maya and Farkle up the stairs and they were confused, what were they doing?
They put Riley and Lucas in Riley's room and walked out and locked the door. Riley and Lucas ran up to the door and screamed, "What are you two doing?"
"You two are going to work things out," Maya began," We're all sick and tired of seeing you two down like this. Every time you two are alone, you wait until someone else shows up to talk, whenever you two look at each other, there is pain that anyone can see on your faces. And you guys are always exchanging awkward silences. You've said all of 5-7 sentences to each other since you broke up," the two winced when Maya said this," We are not moving from here until we hear that you two have made up and are back together. Your mom and dad are here along with Farkle and I. We all have faith in you guys, so all you two need to do is believe in yourselves. You need each other and you know it."
Riley and Lucas just looked at each other with the same thought running through their heads, is this what its really come to, do we really need to be locked up in a room to actually speak to each other, this used to come so easy to us, why is it so hard now?
They just sat in silence for 2 and a ½ hours. They were going to be there for a long time.
About another ½ an hour later Riley finally thought of what to say,"Hi."
Lucas smiled when she said this, "Hi," he replied back. Neither of them would ever forget about that day in the library. That's how their story really started back in 7th grade and both of them hoped that's how it would start again.