So sorry Guys. I know I missed the last two days but will try make up for it with 2-3 chapters today
A week later
Ok. Riley and Lucas were just getting borderline annoying at this point. All lovey dovey and baby talking to one another. At least Riley has finally got how to 'boop' down pat. They definitely weren't uncomfortable this time. Just, everyone around them was. When Zay got to school, he walked towards the history classroom and saw Lucas and Riley talking with absolutely no personal space between them and went to turn away until he noticed Maya standing behind them, banging her head lightly against the wall. Laughing to himself, he walked over to save her and pulled her away from them. "Thank God. They were driving me insane."
"I didn't notice by the way you were apparently trying to knock yourself out over there."
"Well can you blame me? Oh Lukey, you're my hero. You're so amazing and strong and sweet," Maya mocked her best friend.
"Is someone jealous?" Zay teased.
"What?! No definitely not. The thought of it revolts me."
"Mhmm. Sure. How long have they been like that now?"
"A week. Hopefully it's just their honeymoon period and will stop. Now would be preferable."
"Hey guys. What are you talking about?" Farkle asked as he joined the two friends.
"That," Maya replied as she turned Farkle to face the loved up couple.
"Really? They're still at it? Well hey, it's a good sign for them, isn't it Zay? They're going strong," Farkle commented, subtly hinting at the running bet between them. In response Zay death stared Farkle. "Yeah. Real promising," Zay murmured. Maya stood their confused as to what was going on, but just before she could ask, the bell rang, to which Farkle insisted they go inside, never one to be late to class. Somehow Riley and Lucas beat them in and Lucas had occupied Maya's seat. A little hurt at her best friend, and at Lucas, for shoving her aside and ignoring her, she rolled her eyes and plopped herself in Lucas's old seat. She turned to look at Farkle who was staring at the back of Riley's head, with a sullen look on his face, borderline heartbroken. Maya had figured it was just because he was feeling the same as her, unimportant and replaceable.
Mr Matthews walked in, noticed the change in seats, looked kind of disappointed in the direction of Riley and apologetically at Maya, to which Maya shrugged. "Ok. The school has an exciting new field trip for Freshmen. It's happening in two weeks. Ladies and gentleman, we are going skiing!" Cory declared enthusiastically. The class erupted with chatter and excitement. Cory hushed them. You get to choose who you share your room with, same sex only, however, your groups will be chosen by me. Here are the permission slips, pass them around. Riley turns to Maya and asks sweetly, "roomies?" to which Maya replies with a harsh, "Yeah. Sure." Riley turned to the front confused and then looked to Lucas, who was looking down at his desk with his face over ridden with guilt. Seeing this face, Riley reached out her hand to his in an effort to comfort him.
The bell rang and all the students began filing out of class, still talking excitedly about the impending field trip. Riley stopped Maya to ask what was wrong, to which Maya just replied, "Nothing Riles. Just having a bad day. Lucas is waiting for you." With that Maya walked away leaving Riley even more confused. Lucas walked over to check on Riley to see if everything was ok, to which Riley just replied, "I don't know."