I KNOW IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE WRITTEN ANYTHING, BUT LIFE HAS HAD ME BUSY. ANYWAY, I'M NOT GOING TO RAMBLE ON I WILL JUST START THE STORY. PLEASE REMEMBER TO LEAVE ME SOME FEEDBACK. I LOVE HEARING WHAT Y'ALL HAVE TO SAY. DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GIRL MEETS WORLD OR THE CHARACTERS!

CHAPTER ONE *SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE*

Riley plops herself down in the sand, watching the waves of the ocean crash against the shore. She revels at the light bluish green color the water holds. She sniffs the air that is whirling around her, and sighs at the salty scent. She feels at peace, a feeling she hasn't had in a long time.

The gang had decided to go to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the summer before college started. Which sounded perfect to Riley, except for having to deal with Maya and Lucas being all in love in front of her face. She had been able to avoid their couple interludes, but it seems impossible to do when they are all in the same condo. She knows it shouldn't bother her. Her and Lucas were a thing forever ago and had decided to be friends instead. It seemed like a good idea at the time. She didn't want to ruin what they had, or at least that is what she kept telling herself at the time. Now, looking back on it she knows she was just scared. She was being a baby about it.

She lost her chance.

She knows that and she should be able to let it go. Her best friend has him now.

Riley's brown eyes move away from the spectacular ocean and finds a couple standing off to the side. They are staring into each other's eyes, smiling, while intertwining their fingers. Usually Riley would smile, feel swelled up with happiness for the couple. She had always been happy when she seen others happy as well. But it seemed Riley has changed a lot since she was a naive little girl.

"Why is the most beautiful girl on the beach frowning right now?" A southern voice says, one that Riley has found herself swooning over on many occasions.

Lucas smiles down at the brunette and sits beside her, curious on why she isn't smiling. Of course he has noticed she hasn't been smiling for a long time now.

Riley plasters on the fake smile she has been sporting. "I'm just tired from the trip down here. I'm alright." She looks into Lucas' sea green eyes. No wonder she is so in love with the ocean, it reminds her of him. Everything reminds her of him.

"I feel like you are lying. You have been off lately. I thought this vacation would brighten you up." Lucas looks down at his hands. He hates that she isn't happy. He wishes he could take her sadness away. "I wish you would talk to me."

Riley once again looks at the couple. They are so happy. The brightness of their smiles almost makes her nauseated.

Lucas follows her gaze and spots the adorable couple as well. He smiles at them, but it doesn't completely touch his eyes. It may seem cheesy to most guys his age, but he has always wanted something as real and in love as they seem to be. Maya flashes through his mine, thinking that their relationship isn't where he wished it could be.

He cares about her, but they don't look at each other like people do when they are in love. They don't hold each other like that. Heck, they barely joke around and pick at each other. They fight. Lucas turns his attention to Riley, the source of many of Maya and his fights.

Maya says Riley and Lucas have something still.

Lucas stares at Riley watching the couple walk hand in hand by the shore line. He loves her, he always has. But Riley told him long ago they were friends and that was that. He couldn't change her mind, so he gave up.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Riley snaps Lucas back to earth.

He shakes his head, trying to knock the thoughts of Riley and what they used to be to the back of his head. "I'm just worried about you." Which isn't far from the truth. He is worried about her. She isn't the girl she used to be.

Riley rolls her eyes and gets to her feet. "I'm alright, cowboy." She holds her hand out for Lucas to take.

He holds onto her soft hand and pushes himself up as she pulls him. He trips a bit though and smacks against her, almost knocking her down.

Riley's breath hitches in her throat. She is so close to him, so close to being able to grab him and kiss him. She looks down at his light pink lips and then back up into his eyes.

Lucas gulps. His heart starts hammering in his chest. Being only a few mere inches away from her makes it difficult to control the urge he feels sprouting inside of him.

"Are you two ready to go eat? Everyone is waiting." Farkle interrupts the moment they were sharing.

Lucas back away from Riley, scolding himself for getting caught up in her. He can't do stuff like this, not with him dating her best friend. "Yeah, I was just finding Riles." He walks ahead of Farkle, ignoring the look on his face, and trudges up the sand to the condo.

Riley begins up it as well, with Farkle in tow.

"So what was that?" Farkle asks.

Riley sighs before shrugging her shoulders. "It was nothing. He tripped when I was pulling him up." She looks at Farkle, who is beside her now. "There is nothing between us." She reassures him.

Farkle nods curtly, knowing that is far from the truth. He has known them for years now. He knows how much they love each other. Even if they are in denial.

The moon is shining against the sky as Maya and Lucas walk down the shoreline. The waves are crashing against their bare feet and there is faint music playing in the background from a condo.

It's a picture perfect moment.

At least from the outside.

"I still don't know what we are supposed to do, Ranger Rick." Maya says, completely aggravated.

Lucas keeps from rolling his eyes, tired of her calling him that. He thought by now she would say his actual name. "If you are willing to try, we can make it work. Long distance can work."

After summer ends, they are heading college.

Maya got accepted to NYU to be an artist and she had hoped that Lucas would apply there too.

Instead, he applied to Princeton and got accepted. And so did Riley.

Maya chews on her bottom lip. A habit for when she is agitated. It seems she does this often when she is with Lucas. "How are you so confident in us?"

"How are you not?" Lucas challenges back.

Maya rolls her blue eyes and stops in her tracks. "Don't you dare try and act like I don't have faith in us."

Lucas throws his hands up in the air. "That's what it sounds like, Maya. If you don't think we can make it then say that." He stares at her, wondering if she will say they won't make it. Wondering if he even wants to try.

Maya crosses her arms over her chest. She doesn't understand why they can't get along for just a few minutes. She sees the way Riley and him are with each other. She looks down at her feet. She doesn't want him to go to college with her. "I want to try." She says barely above a whisper, her usual confident voice has evaporated at the moment.

Lucas begins walking again, wanting to believe that the feeling that's washing over is relief. But his denial has been on high lately.

Meanwhile, Riley is on the balcony standing next to Farkle. Her hands are gripping the railing, making her fists white.

"I just wish you would have said something." Farkle says.

"It wouldn't have made a difference." Riley tells him. "Maya likes him a lot and apparently he feels the same way."

Farkle shakes his head. He's been keeping too much to himself and it's becoming a weight he doesn't want to bear. "I think it would have made a big difference, Riles." He walks back into the cool room before she can say anything to him. He spots Smackle talking to Zay on the couch and smiles at his girl.

Smackle smiles back and gets off the couch. She walks to her boyfriend and places a simple kiss on his cheek.

Farkle is so glad that they are simple. No drama. He couldn't deal with all the complications that his friends deal with daily. "I love you." He tells her, full heartedly.

"I love you too." She says back.

Josh saunters out of his room then. He had decided to join them all on their vacation. He needed a break from New York before school started again. "Well aren't you two just adorable." He points out. He looks around the room to see if Maya and Lucas are there. "Where is the other couple?"

Zay props his feet up where Smackle was sitting. "They were having their everyday fight about college. So they decided to go walk on the beach and try to clear it up."

Josh shakes his head. They are always fussing about something. Maya deserves better than to be in a relationship that isn't going anywhere, as that's how he feels about theirs. "Well maybe they will clear it up."

Farkle looks out to the balcony where Riley is standing. "I don't know what will happen." He says aloud, his voice distant, watching his friend struggle outside.

I KNOW THAT WAS A SHORT CHAPTER, I PROMISE THEY WILL BE LONGER. BUT WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK WILL HAPPEN? PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AND PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK IT MOTIVATES ME!