Without Our Love
Riley Matthew's whole world starts to change when she finds herself in Texas with Josh, Maya, Farkle and Lucas. A lot can happen in Texas, heck a lot can happen in one day. But things slowly start to take the wrong turn, as Riley and the gang face something they never thought they would. Can they overcome this obstacle and forgive each other? Or will this tear their friendships apart?
Chapter One: Texas
Riley's POV:
Everything is bigger in Texas isn't it? I thought to myself as our plane landed in Austin, Texas. That's right. Farkle, Lucas, Josh, Maya and I were in Texas for the summer. Next year, we'll be seniors. Well except for Josh. He's three years older than us. "Alright, were here." Lucas says as he takes off his seatbelt. "I can't wait for you guys to meet my family." He said with the biggest smile on his face. "We can't wait to meet your family either." I said. Lucas and I have had an unofficial thing since the 7th grade. I thought we would've become a thing by now but we haven't. We may have had some ups and downs and there was some moments where I thought I was wasting my time. But after semiformal, I realized that it was best if we stayed friends. Our friendship was too important to me and I didn't want to lose him.
As soon as we got off the plane, we all inhaled in that Texas air. "Oh I've missed this place." Lucas said as we walked to get our luggage. "It smells…interesting." I said. "You'll get used to it." Lucas said as he smiled at me. Once we met up with Lucas's grandma, we grabbed our luggage and left to his ranch. Texas was different from New York. The streets weren't as busy, there was open roads. But when we drove through a little town, I was amazed. There was all of these little shops and a diner. I took a wild guess and thought of it as the towns hot spot. Everyone looked so friendly and full of life.
After we passed through the town, we drove into the country side. Open grassland, flower fields, so many trees and wild life. Then we pulled up into Lucas's ranch. It was beautiful. The house looked more like a mansion, it was ivory white all over, with a beautiful brown fountain in the front of it. Behind the house was a barn, and a horse stable. I saw a white horse as I got out of the car and it reminded me of the one we rode on during the eighth grade election. "So what do you guys think?" Lucas asked. "It's so beautiful." I said. Josh and Maya agreed.
Maya's POV:
I still couldn't believe that my friends convinced me to come to Texas with them. I didn't think I would ever come here. But when I heard that Josh was coming, I quickly changed my mind. "Would you stop touching me?" Josh asked. "Oh, you know you secretly like it!" I teased. "Maya, we're three years apart." Josh said. "I know you say that all the time, but like I said I'm in in for the long game." I said as I took my luggage and walked cheerfully into the house. Josh blushed and followed along.
Farkle's POV:
"Oh Farkle, you're so adorable." Smackle said as she patted my head. "No, you're adorable." I said with a sly smile. "Farkle…Farkle… FARKLE!" Lucas yelled as he woke me up. I jumped. "Welcome to Texas, buddy." He said with a chuckle. "How long have I been asleep?" I asked. "As soon as we got into the car, my friend." He said. I got out of the car and Lucas helped me take my luggage inside the house. Once we got in, Lucas's dad came downstairs and greeted us. "Lucas! There's my boy!" His dad said as he gave him a hug. Lucas dad had greyish hair, he was wearing a plaid shirt, with a brown belt, denim jeans. Your typical Texas dad look. Cowboy boots but he didn't have a beer belly. He was very fit for someone his age. Now I see where Lucas got his good looks from. Why was I thinking like this? I have a girlfriend.
Riley's POV:
Lucas's dad took a step towards me and smiled, "You must be the famous Riley." He said as he gave me a bear hug. "Why, yes I am. But I didn't know I was famous." I said with a laugh. "But you are, Lucas talks about you non-stop every time we talk." He said. I looked over at Lucas and his face turned red. "Dad." He said as he gave him a look. His dad shook it off and walked over to Maya. "And you must be the scary blonde my son talks about." He said. Maya gave Lucas a death glare. "I'm a scary blonde to you?" she asked. "On some days." He said with hesitation. "It's nice to finally meet Ranger Rick's dad." Maya said as she shook his hand. "And you must be her boyfriend?" he asked Josh. A smile spread across Maya's face. "Yes he is." She said as she linked her arms with his and rested her head on his shoulder. "Wrong." Josh said as he released Maya from him. "I'm Riley's Uncle Josh." He said as he stuck out his hand. "Last but not least, you must be the super genius." His dad said as he stuck his hand out. "Farkle Minkus at your service, sir." Farkle said as he pretended to tip his hat.
After we all greeted his dad, we all went up the staircase to find our guest room. I opened the door to mine, and I was in awe. The walls were white, but there was beautiful paintings on them. There was a big clear window that reminded me of the bay window. There was beautiful light pink curtains that draped down. Then I looked over at the queen size bed, with soft ivory white bed spread and a beautiful night stand next to it, with a lamp on top. Then I walked over to the closet and it was very small yet antique at the same time. I loved it. I loved everything about this room. I had the perfect view of field. I noticed there was a trail and that led to the woods. It probably led to the lake I saw on the way here. I couldn't wait to explore Texas.
"Hey," Lucas said as he knocked on my door. "Hey, you're settled already?" I asked as I put my clothes in the drawers. "A little…" he said with a smile. "Need help unpacking?" he asked as he walked into my room. "No, I think I got it…" I said. "Okay, well when you're done. Meet me out back by the stables. There's something I want to show you." he said as he put his hand on my back and walked out. I was glad that Lucas wanted to spend some time alone together, but the thing that still bugged me was Maya and Lucas. But I shook it off and continued to unpack.
After I finished unpacking, I changed into a red plaid shirt, with denim jeans, a brown belt and brown cowboy boots. I then walked out and met Lucas by the stables. "Hey," I said as I walked up to him. Lucas examined me for a minute. "Wow, city girl goes country." He teased. "Very funny, so what did you want to show me?" I asked. Lucas took my hand and led me into the stables. He put a cowboy hat on me and took one of the horses out. "I thought we go horseback riding. What do you think?" he asked. "I think we definitely should." I said. Lucas helped me up on the horse and he got onto the other horse. "I'm a little afraid being on this by myself." I said as the horse started to move. "Don't worry, I'll be right beside you." he said as he followed along next to me. We rode slowly out of the stables and out onto one of the trails. Lucas took his right hand and grabbed onto my hand. "You're already a pro, riding a horse with one hand." He said as he held onto my hand. The woods was breath taking but it was a little creepy how they draped over each other. "Why are you holding my hand?" I asked. "To make it less scary for you." he said. "I think I got it." I said as I let go of his hand. He gave me a confused look but quickly got over it.
As we were riding the horses, we went up an isolated area where we could see a view of the whole ranch and a small part of the other lands. "Wow, this view is amazing." I said. "It sure is." Lucas said as he kept his eyes on me. "So did you come up here a lot when you lived here?" I asked as I kept my eyes on the horizon. Lucas quickly snapped out of his little moment. "Yeah I did, I used to come up here a lot with my Pappy Joe." He said. "Are we going to meet the famous Pappy Joe?" I asked. "Yeah, he's coming over for dinner tonight. He's very excited to meet everyone tonight." he said.
Lucas's POV:
"Especially you." I said under my breath. "What?" Riley asked. "Nothing." I said trying to cover up. Riley was glowing in the sunlight. She was the perfect view. But I never got my moment with her and we've been leading each other on since middle school. I just haven't had the courage to ask her out. I mean we've been on a couple dates and we tried to date but it was out of pressure so that didn't work out. But the one thing I couldn't stop thinking about was when Maya was being Riley and she said "That's why I like you, it's like you're my brother-." But then she quickly stopped herself. Could Riley actually think of me as a brother? Even after everything we have been through? Because I know you don't kiss your brother.
OKAY. So this is the first chapter to a very interesting story. *insert smirk face emoji.* I will upload chapter two once I get WiFi again or whenever I have time. But please leave your feedbacks I love reading them. Well the nice ones. Again, I am in school and I have a lot of work cause I'm taking more units this semester but I will try my best to update as soon as I can!