When You Made Your Choice

Limited Series...

Lucas chose Maya.

The rainy weather only brought agony to Riley's being. Dried tracks of tears marked her warm cheeks, her brown luminous hair was now dull and tousled. Her eyes looked like she couldn't wipe off her dark eyeliner, she sat there watching the rain fall. It's been weeks since Lucas chose Maya and she still felt like crying, why would it hurt so much to watch him go? Her feet were tucked under her warm brown blanket and her hands were clasped together, when you lose someone you've cared about deeply you feel like you lost yourself and that's what Riley felt.

Around Lucas she acted like it didn't hurt, she thought that if she didn't care he wouldn't want to talk to her about it...and it seemed to have worked.

A knock on the door brought her back to reality, the cold lonely reality she now faced.

"Hey mom," Riley said not taking her eyes off the window, she didn't even have to look. The way her mom knocked on the door was now implanted in her brain.

"Do you need anything?"

"I'm fine." Riley said in a dull, raspy voice.

Topanga took a seat next to her daughter and forced a smile. "Your dad and Auggie are going to the movie theaters. You wanna join them?"

"I...just want to be alone, mom."

She nodded and caressed her daughter's cheek. "I'll be downstairs if you need me."

After her door closed, Riley returned her uninterested gaze out the window. The words echoed through her head over and over and over and over again. She actually had hope they'd be together, she thought that he might actually choose her. Lucas was lean, handsome, athletic, and smart that was practically the whole package for a High School student. And Maya was pretty, smart, and artistic, they were a match made in High School Heaven.

Riley on the other hand was quirky, klutzy, weird and child-like. That's how Maya made Riley realize that you should NEVER hope for too much. She ran a hand through her knotted hair and sighed. How can someone like her compete against Maya? Maya may not have the perfect life, but she has the perfect boyfriend and is going to be loved.

Riley finally got up from her seat at the bay window and stretched, she hasn't even gone to the bathroom in hours and her bladder was now acting up. She made it in the bathroom and took a hard look at herself, she was a complete mess. She walked out of the bathroom and cried some more on her bed, if she had a dollar for every tear she has shed she would have three hundred and forty seven dollars. Her dad knocked on the door, she flipped herself over and wiped her tears away.

"Come in."

Cory opened the door and saw her daughter. She'd never seen her like this, the Riley he raised and loved didn't cry for this long. Riley was never...depressed. "Are you sure you don't wanna come watch a movie with us?"

"I'll be fine alone."

"Are you sure?"

"Dad, I don't need to be taken care of. I can deal with this, I was stupid enough to think I had a chance in the first place-"

"Riley Anne Matthews I do not accept self doubt from you. If you thought you had a chance with him it was because you actually did."

"Then why didn't he pick me?" she faced her dad. "Why am I crying because his choice?"

"Because you care for him. You like him. Riley he was your first crush...and you were his."

"I don't care if I was his first crush, dad that didn't mean anything to him. I...everyone told us we're too alike, I was constantly being told how much Maya and Lucas deserved each other...Lucas is like a brother to me. I would rather have him close than lose him all over again."

"You'd rather have him close?"

Riley nodded.

"Then why are you doing the exact opposite?"

"Because I don't want to see him right now. And i'm pretty sure he feels the same."

"I'm at the front of the class everyday teaching you guys about history and how it can repeat itself. Half of the time he's eyes are fixated on you."

"I want to be alone dad."

He simply nodded and kissed his daughter's forehead. "I'll bring you back some food."

Riley watched him go, once the door closed she closed her eyes and went to sleep. Sundays suck...

I decided to make this a temporary story for a short period. It will obviously end with Rucas, because that's the ship i'm in.

My other story, By Malice Through Agony, has received amazing reviews and I am blessed with the wonderful reviews from you guys. I DID take all suggestions under consideration and I enjoyed reading them. So Thank You!

Also I have this other story in mind: Let Me Know if you want to hear it.

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