A.n.- Another story? Are you all excited? I've been planning and writing this story for the last month of so and have high hopes for it. A couple things before I start. This story will be told through Riley's point of view. The companion story to this one is Lore of Lucas (which will be posted Sunday). Couple things first:

inspirations for this story are Twelfth Night, She's the Man and All Shook Up. (Which are modern Twelfth Night Stories).

2. Riley and Josh are twins and of the same age in this story.

Other than that, I really hope you enjoy.

"Why are we here again?"

"Come on Maya, senior year won't be so bad, after all, we're kings this year." I finished arranging my room the way it would be for the rest of the semester. Between classes, the gatherings in the quad, and all the social clubs, it didn't have much time to set up the room to my exact specifications.

"It's school, which means one more year of this place and then we're free." I watched Maya fall back onto her bed and let out a big sigh.

"How did you do on Ms. Anderson's test?" Maya closed her eyes and let out a groan.

"I'd rather not talk about it." I winced, I knew she wasn't fully prepared for the test, but how bad could actually be?

"You know would make you feel better?" I inched towards her as she as she lazily opened one eye, her curiosity peaked.

"If you suggest that we read Sense and Sensibility again, I will hurt you." A small chuckle escaped my lips.

"No, I was thinking some retail therapy." A wicked grin spread across my face as I watched hers light up. Shopping was something that I knew she couldn't resist. It had the potential to turn her whole day around.
"But I thought you had to go home and pack." I grimaced knowing that what she said was probably the best course of action, but I didn't want to finish packing; it made the move feel so final. It wasn't even my fault we were moving in the first place.
"I have time." Deep down I knew I shouldn't be avoiding the issue, but basking in the ignorance felt refreshing. My words seemed enough to reassure her as she leapt off the bed. As the door swung open we came face to face with Farkle with his fists mid-air ready to knock.
"You're leaving?"
"Yeah, we're"-
"Going out, want to come?" Maya didn't let me finish my sentence.
"Sure I'll follow you both anywhere." A mischievous smirk appeared on my best friend's lips.
"Anywhere?"

"What about this one?" Maya twirled around in the outfit.

"Love it!" Excitement rung from my voice; sometimes I couldn't help but get over zealous.

"Why am I here?" Farkle groaned sitting in the chair provided watching us try on clothes all afternoon.

"Because you can't say no," Maya teased before she changed back to her clothes. I saw Farkle roll his eyes at the blonde and I shot him a reassuring smile.

"You didn't have to come Farkle."

"But the rest of your weekend is spoken for," he countered. Tomorrow started our big move, which consisted of moving to the other side of town. I would still be able to see Maya and Farkle at school, but it would be harder since we wouldn't live on the same street anymore.
"You'll see me at school, and you two can come over whenever you want." My words seemed to put him at ease.

"Riles, try this on," A hanger was shoved in my general direction which I took reluctantly.

"Maya, you can't expect"-

"Just try it on for me, ring power." I felt my face scrunch up, ring power was one of those things were we had to do what the other requested. I muttered something about trying on clothes not worth the ring power.

"Did you get your GMAT scores back?" I yelled through the curtains to Farkle trying to make him feel more included.

"Yeah," hesitation was evident in his voice. "I scored 730."

"Farkle that's amazing!" A great GMAT score was critical for Farkle getting into Yale. I took a breath and stepped from behind the curtain.

"Riley you look"-

"Amazing," Maya finished for Farkle. The blush spread across my cheeks, as I noticed a couple guys take notice. I wasn't one of those girls that usually wore dresses, so as I stood there in this deep purple sundress; I stuck out like a sore thumb.

"You need that dress Riley." Maya urged. My phone rang halting any further conversation, when I saw my Mother flash across the screen I knew I had to take it.

"Mom?"

"Riley, you have to go home and finish packing, I stopped by your room and it wasn't fully packed." A sigh escaped my lips, I had tried to avoid packing as long as possible hoping that they would call it off.

"Yes Ma'am." I hung up the phone and turned back to my best friends who were waiting.

"I'll get the dress, but I need to head home." I explained as I headed back into the dressing room.

"But"-

"Maya, I have to." She didn't question me again.

"Riley, can you come here for a second?" My Mother's voice carried through the house and I let out sigh. It wasn't enough that we upped and moved further away from Maya and Farkle, but the fact that I had to give up much needed time for studying or socializing left me wondering why we were moving at all. I should be spending the time with my two best friends not unpacking my room because my twin couldn't stay out of trouble. I stopped unpacking and ventured downstairs to answer the whim of my Mother.
"Sweetie," I froze at the bottom of the stairs. I knew that voice, she only used it when-
"This is Charlie. He was nice and decided to stop by to say hi." Her tone was almost sugar sweet.
"Isn't that nice, dear?" It was the time my Mother used whenever she wanted to set me up with a boy. This time seemed no different.
"If you wanted I could show you around," he offered a small smile.
"I think I have it covered," I replied back with the sickliest polite smile I could muster. I watched as his face fell a little, but he masked it quick.
"One second Charlie," before I could object further, my Mother dragged me into the kitchen.
"Riley, how could you be so rude to him?" Was she in the same room? A thousand different responses went through my head that would be considered ruder.
"How was I rude Mother? Because I didn't want my Mother setting me up on a date?" My Mother was borderline obsessed with trying to find me a guy, since none had seemed to catch my interest so far. My Father seemed to like the idea of being too busy with school to deal with the thought of boys and encouraged it whenever he could. It was in my parents' minds that I was to become a doctor, that is what I've been preparing for as long as I can remember. After the late night study sessions and the extracurricular activities to add to my resume, it didn't leave much time for boys.
"Riley Ann Matthews, he seems like a nice boy, and he's just trying to be friendly since we moved here. It's the least you could do." I knew if I didn't give in she would spend the rest of my time before school nagging me about it. I exited the kitchen to see Charlie still standing at the door.
"I would love for you to show me around tomorrow Charlie," my tone the same as before. I retreated away from the boy and my Mother rolling my eyes as I went. The sooner I could get this over, the better. I pulled out the phone as my fingers quickly dialed a number that I had memorized years ago.
"Maya."
"We've been here all of ten minutes and my Mother has already set me up with a guy."
"No, really?" Maya always got a kick out of my Mother's antics.
"Yeah, he welcomed us to the neighborhood."
"So you don't have a date tomorrow," Maya teasing voice trailed off.
"That's not the point." I snapped then I heard Maya burst out in laughter.
"I want all the details."-
"Riley, you have a date?" Josh's voice came through the door.
"Josh!" My voice screeched, I stood up fully prepared to hunt down my twin for ease dropping.
"Josh?" Maya voice grew hopeful; she had liked Josh for as long as I could remember. It never grew out of the stage where it wasn't weird for her not to gush about my brother.
"I'm going to kill you." I threw my phone to the bed and chased my brother to his room and the door got slammed in my face.
"Sometimes you are insufferable," I huffed.
"Same to you," I heard him through the door. I went back to my room, and picked up my phone back and muttered an apology to my best friend.
"When can I come over and see your new place?"
"How about tonight?" I offered, after today, I needed to see a friendly face.
"I can head over soon."
"Riley, dinner!" I sighed and hung up the phone and brushed shoulders with Josh as we both headed down the stairs.
Dinner was more on the quiet side, mostly because of the tension that was in the air because the constant fights between Josh and our parents. I decided to be the one to break the silence.
"Mom, can Maya come over tonight?"
"Oh course sweetie." Mom passed me back the plate of food with a smile.
"I'm going out tonight." Josh announced casually to the table.
"No Josh, we need you to stay in tonight." Our Mother said without looking up, if she would have looked at him she would have seen the anger flair on his face.
"I can't go out but Riley can have Maya over, how is that fair?" He snapped pushing back his chair and ran up the stairs despite our Mother's objections. I sunk down in the chair again hoping that Maya would be able to come over quickly and distract me. I hated it when they fought, we were a family. It wasn't Josh's complete fault half the time, he just hadn't been acting like he used to for the past year. After this weekend we would be back at school and everything would return to normal.

The popcorn popped into my mouth on the way back to the couch.
"Popcorn and chocolate?" Maya's nose wrinkled at the sight.
"It's the perfect blend of salty and sweet," I explained taking another bite.
"It's weird." She rolled her eyes at me.
"So are you excited for your date?" Words could not explain the daggers I shot at her. She held up her hands defensively.
"What is so wrong being happy?"
"Nothing is wrong with being happy, I just don't believe I need a guy to be happy," I explained what seemed like the 12th time.
"Is your brother around?" Maya grabbed a piece of popcorn that wasn't covered in chocolate. It was amusing how not subtle she could be when it came to my twin.
"Probably in his room, brooding," I said hoping to drop the subject.
"You want something to drink?" Maya nodded and I headed towards the kitchen. My ears perked up when I opened the fridge door.
"I don't know what to do with him Cory," my Mom's worried voice carried.
"He's just gotten caught up in these bad influences, I'm hoping going to Illyria with Riley will help. He got kicked out of Balkans High quicker than the other schools."
"What do we do if it's not enough?" My Dad as rarely worried but even from the distance I could picture his distressed face.
"We can look at getting him transferred further away."
"Then he'll never get caught up. It's already bad enough that he's starting two weeks behind at Illyria." I blocked out the rest of their conversation, I didn't believe what I was hearing. Send him away? The room started spinning, I knew I needed air. The soda cans were left on the counter and I raced outside desperate for the night air. My parents had never been the type to simply send someone away, he might be a pain, but at the end of the day he's still my brother. My gaze landed on the sky, I've found that it calmed me. I heard a noise coming from down the street to see a young guy messing with his garbage can. I couldn't make our much but I did see his sandy blonde hair and basketball shirt. When his gaze shifted to me I felt a blush spread across my cheeks. Thankfully he would never see it because of the darkness.
"Lucas." My ears perked up at the sound of his name.
"Riley," Maya came out of my house concern laced through her voice.
"What are you doing out here?"
"I just needed air," I said not wanting to tell her that Josh might get sent away. I found my eyes drifting back to the house where the guy had disappeared into. Maybe the move wouldn't be that bad after all.

A.n.- Chapter one complete. If you found in boring, just hold out to chapter 3 when everything picks up. Please leave a review and let me know what you think. Leave a review, favorite, follow. I should be updating this again early next week. Till next time