When You Made Your Choice

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Beep! Beep! Beep!

Riley opened her eyes and faced her phone that was vibrating hysterically, she swiped her screen so the alarm can stop. She didn't want to get up, she wanted to just curl up in a ball and just lie there until her feelings washed away. After minutes of arguing with herself she finally got out of bed and walked to her closet, she decided to go with a white peplum top and high waisted jeans. After putting her black Vans on and putting her hair in a tight ponytail she joined her mom downstairs.

"Hey mom," Riley said as she sat down on the table.

"Hey sweetie. What do you want? We have pancakes or waffles."

"I'll take a waffle."

Topanga put the two frozen waffles on the toaster and took out the syrup and butter.

"Hey mom?"

"Yes?"

"What do you do when you want what's best for your friends, but it comes at the expense of your happiness?"

Topanga faced her daughter and narrowed her eyebrows. "Is something wrong?"

"I..." Riley stammered, she didn't know why she couldn't get the words out. "Never mind."

"Honey, it's fine. You can talk to me."

"I know, it's just that...i'm only fourteen and I shouldn't be going through this. I don't want to disturb you."

Topanga could listen to her daughter all day and not get bored. Sure, no fourteen year old girl should go through what she's going through, but that doesn't mean she can't talk to her mom about it. "I'm not disturbed."

"I think that-"

"Mom!" Auggie yelled interrupting Riley.

Auggie walked downstairs dressed for school, he had khaki pants and Converse on. Only something was off, his hair was curly as usual but his shirt ended at the top of his stomach.

"Oh My God! Auggie!"

"Did dad do laundry?" Auggie asked.

"Yeah. Yes he did." Topanga said laughing.

"Great." the little boy said as he walked back to his room. "That's just great."

"So what did you want to-"

Topanga was cut off by the waffles popping out of the toasters. She placed them on a plate and put butter and syrup just for her daughter. As she placed the plate in front of Riley, her phone chimed. "Honey, sounds like I have to go to work." she picked up her black briefcase and kissed her daughter's forehead. "Make sure Auggie goes to school with the right shirt on. Love you, bye." She closed the door.

Riley looked at her plate. Her waffle smelled and looked good, but she wasn't in the mood to eat. "Dad!"

"Yeah!" he yelled from the upstairs.

"Can you take me to school?"

"Sure...we leave in five minutes!"

She ate her waffles alone, normally Maya would've been here already and they would have set out for school. But that's changed, she walks with Lucas. A tear rolled down her cheek and she quickly wiped it away.

Lucas stared at the ground in the school halls. Maya was explaining something to him, but his mind was on Riley. He felt incredibly guilty for hurting Riley's feelings. She helped him keep his anger in check and she helped him in New York, but he betrayed her, what time of friend am I? He wanted to talk to her and make her feel feel better, he would do anything to keep her safe but how was he going to do that if she wouldn't talk to him?

"Lucas? Earth to Huckleberry." Maya said waving a hand through his face.

"Really Maya? When are the names going to end?"

"Never. What else am I going to call you?" he was about to say something when she interrupted. "And no. I'm not calling you Lucas."

"There's another option."

"Which is?"

"Boyfriend."

She laughed nervously, "I'll call you Lucas."

Lucas somehow felt offended by that. He did want to be referred to as her 'boyfriend' and the fact that she didn't wanted that, hurt him. "And I'll call you Short Stack."

She laughed and got closer to him, "You call me that one more time, and you'll wake up in the middle of an abandoned apartment with a black eye and a broken nose. Are we clear?"

He laughed and inched closer. "Will you be there to make me feel better?"

"I'll be the one who put you there in the first place."

"I think I deserve a kiss."

"Why's that?"

"You hurt my feelings, only a kiss can make me feel better."

"You're a tough guy, I think you can take it."

He leaned in closer, their lips only inches apart. As Lucas leaned in he closed his eyes and expected to meet her lips at this point. Instead he opened his eyes and found her walking away. He jogged towards her, "You know you could've just told me, you didn't want to kiss me."

"That's not it...I just don't like kissing in public."

It sounded like a complete lie to Lucas, but he just decided to keep his mouth shut. His eyes found Riley and a smile appeared, she looked gorgeous. Every fiber in his body fought the urge to run up to her and talk to her. "Look who's here."

Maya found Riley, "My Lil Plant!"

"Riley!" she said running up to her.

"Peaches?" Riley saw Maya running towards her, she thought she was going to get tackled by the blonde. "Peaches."

They hugged for the first time in weeks, and Lucas smiled once he saw the brunette spread her lips.

They separated and Riley looked at Lucas for half a second. "Where's Farkle?"

"He didn't tell you?"

"Tell me what?"

"He's not coming this week, he said he told you."

Riley frowned. "He never did."

The bell rang and they walked into class. Why didn't Farkle tell Riley?

Hey, Guys. Normally I post a chapter at 6:30, but I decided to post this one earlier.

violet1429: Your suggestions for another story, where 100% something I would love to write and Thank You!

But I decided to go with a more of a revenge/hatred story that involves Rucas. IF I decided to pursue it, the story will be called "The Truth Behind The White Lies" I won't give out a summary, but I would enjoy hearing what you guys think the story is about.

leximarie08: Thank you for being the first reviewer for this story, it meant a lot.

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