Chapter 2: Facing New Things
Okay, so for you Lucaya fans, you might not be that happy with this chapter because I'm warning you it has some Rucas scenes in it, (I wasn't even happy with typing it) but don't worry, you will like what happens as the story continues. Now I'll be quiet and you can read, so enjoy! R&R!
"Riley, why can't we just skip! I don't like talking about boring things." Maya drags her feet on to the ground as Riley tries to pull her towards the gym."Maya, for our first day, I do not want to get in trouble. I've had a good record my whole life, and I'm not ruining that."
"And I've had a bad record all my life and I don't want to ruin that!" Maya makes up excuses.
"Are you kidding me? Maya, that isn't a good thing to be in trouble constantly."
"Well you love me for who I am, and sweetie, that's who I am. Or are you just trying to go so you can flirt with Huckleberry." Maya says in her country accent again.
"You already have a nickname for Lucas?" Riley asked.
"Yep, he seems like a good one to annoy everyday." Maya smiles."Hmm, okay." Riley looks at her suspiciously, and Maya finally stops fighting and goes down to the gym just to see what Riley will do with Lucas around, as she calls him huckleberry.
"They walk into the gym and Riley spots a seat next to Lucas and Farkle. She sees Lucas staring at them, and Riley smiles to get more of his attention."Maya, let's sit right up there." Riley points to the open space.
"Ha, funny you call the seat that's close to Ranger Rick." Maya smiles as she keeps coming up with new nicknames."Seriously though, how are you coming up with nicknames for him this fast?"
"I told you, he looks like a good one to tease everyday. Let's go sit next to the Texas bull rider." Maya walks over there excitedly as Riley is keeping up with her."Hey Farkle, hey huckleberry." Maya sits on one side of Lucas."So is that your new nickname for me?" Lucas asked with a charming smile."And they'll keep coming along Ranger Rick."
Lucas smiles as Maya gets irritated by how well he's taking it."Hi guys, so, how's school been for everyone, ya know..." Riley slips while she's trying to sit down, and Lucas catches her. Riley starts to tingle as she can feel his broad arms on her back. She gets up from his strong arms and sits on the other side of him.
Maya puts her face in her hands as she's embarrassed for her best friend."Thank you Lucas. I don't know what I was looking at at the time." Riley and Lucas laugh and smile at each other."No problem, I wouldn't let anyone like you fall." Maya looks back up and stares at them staring at each other.
"Hello everyone! Welcome to high school where things start to change and where all of your inspiration for your future comes rolling around." The principal says in a fake exciting tone."Yeah, I'm super excited!" Maya says sarcastically."All you want to do is see the art room." Riley whispers.
"Exactly, because this gym is already making me feel like I need to push somebody just to get through." Maya looks at other people annoyed with how close they were to her.
The principal kept going on about how different people should feel like they are unique, and Maya ended up falling asleep right when he started talking. She flinches back up and sees that she fell asleep on Lucas."Urgh, huckleberry, why did you push my head over?"
Maya sits up straight just to wake herself up."I didn't, I guess you just wanted to lay on my shoulder."
"Please, in your dreams Ranger Rick. Or do you dream about the square dancing and your best friend Bucky the Bull?" Maya keeps going on with the country accent and the teasing.
"Yeah, maybe you can meet him some day, ma'am." Lucas tilts his imaginary hat and winks.
"This is going to be a tough year for the two of us Sundance." Maya looks at him with a glare."And I can't wait to see what other nicknames you can come up with." Lucas says in his country accent."Ooooooo." She says with full annoyance.
When the diversity talk is finally over, Maya and Riley walk out with each other, as Maya is trying to hurry just to get to the art room."Riles, come on, let's go see this bad boy!" Maya opens the door roughly and looks around. The art room is ridiculously big. Clean and beautiful sinks to clean off brushes, tables to make interesting things out of clay, and even a washer and dryer for clothes that have paint all over it.
Maya couldn't have been happier with what she saw."Oh my gosh! I am about to dominate in this room with my drawings!" Maya runs over to the table and lays all of her materials out.
"Wow Maya, I haven't seen you happy all day ever since you ate that donut." Riley helps her sort out her stuff.
"I can help you if you want me to." Riley offers."Ummm, Riley, not trying to say anything rude or anything, but I definitely don't need you to help me. You can watch and hand me stuff I need. I just don't know what to make." Maya looks at her sketch pad, trying to think of an idea."How about the two of us walking into a big part of our lives? Together!"
"If you're talking about the place we're at right now, I'm going to stab somebody with this brush." Maya threatens. Riley just keeps looking at her as Maya is trying to fight her begging face."Urgh, fine! Do you want me to make you one? If one looks better than the other one you can take the one that looks better."
Maya takes out her paint and starts using blue for the sky."Riley, are you sure you want to stay here and watch me paint? I'm sure you would rather talk to Sundance." Maya starts painting and Riley just stares at her.
"Great, you have another nickname. And no, I would rather stay here with you and talk about things." Maya looks up at her with a disbelief face and she puts her hands up."5,4 3,2,1."
"How in the world am I suppose to talk to Lucas?! Every time I look at him I start gritting my teeth really hard, and then my face feels like it's turning red. Maya, what am I suppose to do!" She shakes Maya as she was about to finish her sky."Okay, so maybe that's called being nervous and doing that thing you do with your face when you're very happy."
Maya says sarcastically again. Riley does her beaming face, and Maya busted out laughing at her best friend."Yes, that's the exact face I'm talking about. Can you give me my paint and the easel?" Maya points to the easel and paint and Riley gets it for her.
"But you never know, what if he likes that face?" Riley tried to sit on the chair, but her foot moves it back as she was backing up, so that ended up with her being on the floor. Maya starts laughing again."Let's hope that he likes that face, and your clumsiness."
"Oh whatever. I'm just going to focus on having fun and focusing on my future, because high school is where it all starts." Riley crosses her hands again. Maya looks away so she doesn't have to see them. A familiar country boy and his best friend walk into the art room.
"Oh, hi Lucas." Riley says with a squeaky voice."Lower that voice down Mathews. And are we all going to keep meeting up like this?" Maya asked as she started painting Riley on her sketch pad."Wow, you're an artist." Lucas comes over and looks at her drawing.
"Back up huckleberry or I will break you." Maya makes him scoot back."Well it looks good so far, ma'am." He winks and tilts his imaginary hat again."Ooooooooo." Maya contains herself and keeps working on her painting.
"So, Lucas, how are you liking high school so far?" Riley gets up and walks closer to him.
"Uh, it's okay I guess. I like the setting and everything, but the gym could use some work."
"Ohhhh, I feel the same way." Riley touches his shoulder a little bit. Maya rolls her eyes while she's working because earlier, Riley told her to give the gym a chance."We really should get to know each other better. You guys want to go to my moms's restaurant to get you know, things to put in our bodies?" Riley tries to crack a joke.
Maya snickers to herself and puts her things down."Sure, I could use something in my body." Maya smiles at Riley, as she's trying to tell her to dum down the jokes with her face expressions."Yeah, we would like that. We should go now." Farkle points to the door."Sure, but I'm gonna clean my stuff first.
And Riley is going to come with me, come on Riles." Maya picks her stuff up and takes Riley's hand."To put stuff in our bodies? Are you high?" Maya asked as she turned the sink on."Maya, this is why I need to be coached." Riley says as she helps Maya get the paint off of her brushes.
"Coached? Okay, bay window after we leave Topanga's. I'll teach you everything you need to do to score with Lucas." Maya looks over at him."You actually called him by his name?" Riley asked surprised."I called him by his name before, I think, but I always knew his name."
Maya scrubs the paint brushes with her fingers as Riley moves her easel to the side of the room. Maya turns the sink off and gets the paint off her hands."Okay, we're ready boys. We'll lead the way." Riley says and walks out the door. Maya catches up to her."Riley, the tone is the first thing we're going to work on.
Don't talk so awkward like. Just play it cool." Maya gives out her first tip."Okay, he's just really nice." Riley says with a big dopey smile on her face. Maya starts laughing again."But to me, personality is automatically an A+."
The four of them walk down to Topanga's and talk about high school and what they dream of doing in the future. When they arrive, Topanga automatically knows that Riley and Maya have arrived, since they've always went there after school."Hey mom."
Topanga sees some new faces walk into the restaurant."And who are these two gentlemen right here?"
"Oh mom, this is Lucas and Farkle. Lucas and Farkle, this is my mother, Topanga." Riley introduces them."Nice to meet you Topanga. I hope you know that your daughter is wonderful." He shakes her hand."You boys just call me Mrs. Mathews."
"Will do." Lucas says with that smile. Riley starts getting butterflies in her stomach as she keeps looking at Lucas's smile."Well Mrs. Mathews, I would really love it if I could get the shake I've always gotten after school." Maya leans on the counter, looking past Topanga as she already sees that her shake is set and ready.
Topanga smiles as she notices what Maya is doing, and gives Riley and Maya their shakes.
"What would you boys want?"
Maya walks over to Farkle to investigate what they were going to ask for."Topanga, do you have a Sundance shake that huckleberry could have?" Maya asked as she pointed to Lucas so Topanga would know what she was talking about."We actually do."
"Then I'll make sure I take that. Thank you ma'am. Y'all are very kind." Lucas teases back. Maya is fully irritated that she can't push Lucas's buttons."Riley, I am getting really sick of your boy toy." Maya says as Riley just smiles."He's not a toy, he's just a human being that I just can't talk to like I normally can."
Riley does her weird smile again."Riley, remember the tone and the bay window, but first, I want to get some more info on this party that we're going to." Maya sits on the chair as Riley sits next to her. Lucas and Farkle sit in the other ones.
"So, you two, how do you guys know about how fun the party is? Your freshmen, right?" Maya asked them while sipping her shake."Yeah, we are, but it's a party that Madelyn has been throwing every single year."
"Madelyn?!" Maya shouted as her drink went out of her mouth."I feel very different." Riley says as her eyes are as big as watermelons."What, you guys don't like her or something?" Farkle asked.
"Don't like? I can't stand that brunette flipping, designer clothing, high heels shoes bitch." Maya says as she takes another sip of her shake."Yeah, she kinda got in a little argument with her while we were sitting under the tree." Riley explains.
"Yeah, not a lot of people like her, the upper classmen just love going to the party. She's a sophomore and I've been knowing her for quite some time." Lucas says."Okay, so how come you told us we should come if it's not your party Ranger Rick?"
Lucas laughs before he answers,"Madelyn always let's Farkle and I invite whoever we want, and we wanted to invite you two."
"Ohhhh, so I guess I'll be ruining her party because we already don't like each other already." Maya says with a smile on her face."Yeah, maybe that'll be more interesting than watching people drink and throw up, just like we see every year." Farkle says with a dopey smile.
"There's drinking at this party?!" Riley asked as her eyes shot out again."Yeah, I bet huckleberry was all over that beer back in his country living days!" Maya says in her country accent one time too many."I bet you'd really like it if you came to Texas." Lucas does the same thing, and he was about to pull out his imaginary hat, but Maya gets irritated.
"Don't you dare do that hat thing." Maya stops him."Alright, sorry ma'am." He does it anyway and Maya looses her mind."Urgh, it's killing me that I cannot get to you!" Maya says as her hands start shaking and clinching, showing her anger.
"He's not as easy as you thought he would be." Riley looks over at Maya."No, he's not! And it's burning me up like the country fires." Maya puts her elbow on her leg and put her chin on it."There's something about you guys that's very funny." Farkle admits.
"Same for you two. Plus, Farkle, you look like you're a very smart kid." Riley points out to him."Yeah, I'm actually rank 1 in my class." Farkle says."Wow, so we have ranky and ranger Rick!" Maya beams instantly.
"Are you really going to call me ranky?" Farkle says offended."No, the names only go for this one." Maya puts her hand on his shoulder."Speaking of being rank 1, I gotta get home, I'm gonna start studying early."
"We can go with you if you want Farkle." Riley offers."Sure, you actually can if you want to. Anytime, anyday." Farkle says."Okay, let's go. Mom, I'll see you at home." Riley says as she puts her coat on.
"See ya!" Topanga yells from the counter, and the four of them leave Topanga's."I am so cold right now." Maya says as she pulls her coat closer to her body."I know, but staring at Lucas will make the coldness go away." Riley whispers as she starts smiling awkwardly again.
"Oh please stop with the face. You know it makes me snort sometimes." Maya covers her face."You know it's true."
The four of them end up at Farkle's place."I'll see you two at school tomorrow. Bye ladies." Farkle winks, but all of sudden he falls as he's going into the house. Maya and Riley both check to see if he's okay."I'm okay!" He yells. He closes the door.
"You girls just can't be left in the cold by yourselves." Lucas says as he walks down the steps."What, are you going to protect us or something if someone tries to snatch us Sundance?" Maya says as she walks the other direction.
"Hm, something like that, if you can't handle it." Lucas starts to tease."Oh, trust me, I can fight my own battles." She rolls her eyes."It's nice of you to do that Lucas." Riley says nervously."Anytime Riley, that's what I'm here for. To treat everybody the way they should be treated."
Lucas and Riley both smile at each other as Maya is behind but in the middle. Maya starts to smile as her best friend is finally starting to cool down with her tone, just by a little."Yeah, you don't get a lot of people like that in New York."
Riley looks at her boots. At the top of Riley's eyes, she can still see that Lucas is smiling at her. They end up at Riley's house, and Lucas looks up."We usually go through the window. You don't have to watch over us." As Riley is still talking to Lucas, Maya is already going through the window.
"I had a good time with you Riley. I usually don't say that when I first meet somebody, but you were just different, ya know." He tells her, and she does her weird smile that she usually only does in front of Maya. Lucas just laughs at her."I had a good time with you too Lucas. Hopefully it'll be like that on Friday."
Riley put her hand up because she didn't know what to do, and they high five each other. They both start to laugh."See you tomorrow Riley." Lucas starts to walk off, and Riley is beaming with excitement as she kinda nailed her first conversation with Lucas alone. Riley then goes through the bay window.
"So, how did it go Riles?" Maya asked."It was so smooth, and I think he really enjoyed talking to me as much as I did."
"Yeah, at least he laughed when you did that hilarious beaming smilie." Maya starts laughing just thinking about it."Yeah, I told you he wouldn't think I was awkward and weird, but now what? Nothing is happening."
They look around the room, establishing that nothing is happening."Yeah, but sometimes you have to make it happen." They both look at the door and see that Cory has walked through the door."Hi dad." He rushes over to the window and puts himself in the middle.
"Please tell me you didn't talk to any boys." Cory crosses his hands, hoping that they didn't.
"Sorry Mr Mathews, we can't tell you that we didn't." Maya says."DANG IT!" He yells."But dad, what do you mean we have to make it happen?" Riley asked.
"In some situations, not everything is going to happen the way you want it to. Sometimes your gonna have to make an effort for yourself in order for it to happen." Maya and Riley both shake their heads, showing that they understand what he's saying.
"Dad! We have to play the other round! Auggie yells from his room."I'll talk to you girls later. I have to attempt to kick his butt again." Cory puts on a dinosaur hat and walks out of the room to go to Auggie's.
"Urgh, can I stay over tonight? My mom is going to be pissed just because I wasn't there so she could tell me all of these useless things about high school." Maya complains."Maya, you can spend the night whenever you need to. Matter of fact, you don't need to ask."
"Okay, so when I put that on ring power you won't try to refuse like you did in middle school?" Maya smirks at her."No, I'll try not to if I have a bad day." They both laugh and Maya leans on Riley as Riley caresses her head.
"But Maya, I want you to promise me something." Riley tells Maya as Maya is still listening.
"What do you want me to promise Riles."
"I want you to promise me that this new experience won't wreck anything about us and that nothing can come in between us." Riley says as she looks down at Maya. Maya looks up at her with a smile.
"I promise that nothing will come between us."