A/N: This song is really old, but I heard it on Spotify when going through some of my playlists and felt inspired. This is based on The Feeling, by Justin Bieber and Halsey.

You are to me

A part of me just like anatomy

You're pulling me

You're pulling me in like you're gravity

RileyandLucas. That's the way it's always been; programmed into their brains as if it was destiny.

They were best friends before they were a thing, and Riley had always assumed that Lucas liked her back.

He was dark and beautiful, alluring with his charming behavior and past.

I'm notorious for thinking you're full of beautiful

Instead of hollow

Sugar on your lips, it starts to kill

Jagged like a pill, so hard to swallow.

Riley refused to believe that Lucas was bad.

She can't deny that she heard rumors-because she did.

Maybe he did have anger-management issues, but that could be handled right?

He was perfect.

They rode a horse together.

He told her that she was his princess.

He wasn't perfect though, and Riley began to understand that.

How could she fall in so deep with someone that she didn't really know?

Am I in love with you? Am I in love with you?
Or am I in love with the feeling?
Trying to find the truth, trying to find the truth
Sometimes the heart is deceiving

Lately, RileyandLucas seems more like RileyandLucasandMaya, and that makes Riley question everything.

Did she really love Lucas for who he was, or who she wanted him to be?

She just wants someone to tell her how she feels; finding out her feelings herself was too complex.

Voices were screaming, thrashing around in her body.

She couldn't discover a way to let them free, and it made her insane.

Can't get out of my head, I need you to save me
If I am delusional then maybe I'm crazy

How could Riley have been so oblivious to Lucas' true self?

Lucas wouldn't understand.

People change people.

Wasn't that the secret of life?

Maybe she had altered him in some way; some way that allowed her to believe he was her prince, rather than who he really was.

You give to me
Everything, anything that I could dream
And at least that's what it seems
Could it be I don't know what's good for me?

It wasn't that Lucas was a bad guy, because he treated her the way she had only dreamed about in previous years.

He was the handsome prince with a harsh past, and she was the innocent princess.

Maybe that was the issue-he was too perfect for Riley's own good.

How was she supposed to continue in this harsh world, being sheltered and naïve, expecting everything to be perfect?

I'm sinking faster and faster

Between heaven and disaster

Sorry if I made you feel like I'm standing on the borderline

Riley knew this relationship was dangerous, yet she continued to debate whether it was worth saving or not.

It could be perfect-but was that what she really wanted?

Lucas got mixed signals, how was he supposed to know what was going on?

He loved her, and she loved him, right?

Riley managed to convince herself that there were never two options; she wanted love, but this wasn't it.

Am I in love with you? Am I in love with you?

Or am I in love with the feeling?

Trying to find the truth, trying to find the truth

Sometimes the heart is deceiving

Can't get out of my head, I need you to save me

If I am delusional then maybe I'm crazy

In love with you, am I in love with you?

Riley loved the idea of love.

When Lucas came around, he swept her off her feet and made her so dizzy she couldn't see straight.

She thought that it was love; physical attraction was a majority of the relationship.

She thought her heart was beating for him- Lucas, a cowboy with a bad past, both gorgeous and unpredictable.

Maya was in love with Lucas, now.

Maybe she loved him with a love more real than Riley ever had.

Riley would do anything for Maya, even if it meant giving up her fairytale based on lies.

"Lucas, we need to talk."

"Riley, you know how I feel about you, don't you dare try to spring the brother thing on me again."

"Lucas, you have to understand how sorry I am for leading you on. I don't love you; at least not yet."

"What is that supposed to mean?" his bewildered expression almost made Riley giggle.

"It means that you can go to Maya." Riley smiled, knowing her best friend would be elated.

"Well I guess that made my decision a lot easier." Riley snorted, hugging Lucas.

"I'm still your best friend, right?" Lucas leaned back from their embrace to look Riley in the eye.

"Always, Lucas."

Fin.