Fuck…. I just killed her! She's probably dead now! What the fuck did I do? I hate her…. But not enough to actually kill her!

That's what Lucas thought as he swam towards her. The life guard had already reached her and Lucas helped him with pulling her through the water. To be honest, the life guard was very much able to pull her on his own but Lucas felt like he had to help somehow. Her legs accidently kicked him under water and he almost went under water while trying to help her but because he was a good swimmer, he didn't.

Please be alive… please don't be dead…

Lucas thought as the life guard laid her on the floor and proceeded to do CPR on her. He tried at least three times before Riley finally started coughing out water. As she did, she held onto Lucas' arm as she sat up and continued to cough out water. Without noticing, Lucas pulled her a little closer and patted her back a little and it was then that Riley noticed who exactly she was holding onto as well as the crowd which had formed around them. She pushed him away gently as she had no strength to push him away harder.

The life guard and the chief gave them towels and helped them up and into the pool chairs. Riley wrapped the towel around herself, knowing well that her white polo shirt is pretty much see through right now.

"Maniac." She mumbled, mostly to herself but Lucas heard her.

"Excuse me?"

"MANIAC! I almost drowned because of you! You almost killed me!" Riley exclaimed in anger, not caring that Mr. Malik is standing right beside Lucas… More like not noticing him.

"No, actually, YOU almost killed ME!" Lucas exclaimed as he coughed out the little bit of water that he drank from the pool.

"I honestly wish that I did! Why the hell did you pull me into the pool?!"

"And how would I know that you can't swim? You can't swim yet you work at the pool bar." Riley was about to curse him but she looked at Mr. Malik and bit her tongue to stop herself from insulting him majorly and just scowled at him. "Actually, you're the maniac!" With that, Riley stood up and stormed off angrily and Lucas followed her with his eyes as he coughed some more.

"Riley." Mr. Malik called after her and she stopped walking and her expression softened a little. "What did you just do? Do you know who you've just fought with?"

"Yes, I do. He's an idiot." She exclaimed.

"Look, I can't let this go and I can't give you a second chance either." Riley looked at him in fear, "I'm forced to write a report about you to the manager and for the mean time you're fired." With that, he left and tears started falling from Riley's eyes. Not just because of being fired, but also because of almost drowning and dying…. Again. She shook her head as she refused to remember the last time she experienced that.

She looked at Lucas, who was still looking at her from his place on the pool chair, and glared at him through her tears. Lucas didn't hear what Mr. Malik said to her, but he was able to see that she was crying and he felt really guilty because he guessed that Mr. Malik scolded her. Riley turned around and walked away and Lucas guessed that she was going somewhere to change her clothes.

He pulled his tank top back over his head and got up as well and headed to his room. Just as he closed his door, his phone began ringing and he looked to see Kayli's name on the screen. Great! That's just what I need right now. He sighed before answering, knowing quite well why she was calling.

"Kayli…"

"Hello, Lucas."

"How are you? What are you doing?"

"What could I possibly be doing, Lucas?" she said in a sharp tone. She was back in her light washed ripped jeans and a white off the shoulder blouse with her hair down from the pony tail it was in, heading out of the gulf place to her car. "I'm trying to get out of the shock that I've just received. I pumped into Miley while I was at the gulf place a while ago and she showed me the picture that was published today of my BOYFRIEND holding another girl's hand. I don't recall ever being this embarrassed in my life…. Ever!" She got into her car and Lucas sighed.

"Kayli-"

"I don't even know how I got away from her. I wonder what your explanation is this time. Although everything is pretty clear this time."

"It's not what it looks like, Kayli."

"Then what? You probably won't say that the girl is Farkle's girlfriend again, will you?"

"But she is! She is definitely his girlfriend." He could see Farkle saying 'not again! Leave me out of this.' I'm so sorry Farkle! "A problem happened at the bar we were at last night. We don't even know how we managed to get out of there."

"And while you were running out you took her hand, didn't you?" Kayli said sarcastically. "What kind of lie is this, Lucas?"
"It's not a lie. I swear that I'm not lying, Kayli. She was right in front of me and she almost slipped while we were running out. I just took Riley's hand in mine so that we could get out of there faster. Can't you believe me, Kayli?"

"So her name is Riley?" Lucas internally cursed himself in his thoughts. He didn't even notice that he has said her name.

"Did I say Riley?" he tried to play dump.

"Yes, you said Riley. The girl's name is Riley, isn't it?" Kayli asked in a sharp tone once again as she started her car. Lucas face palmed himself.

"Riley…. yes, that's her name."

"I think it would be a lot better if we talk about this face to face, Lucas…. And that way I'll get to meet Riley as well."

"Are you coming to the US?" Lucas asked as he once again cursed in his mind.

"Can't I? Do you have a problem with that?"

"No, of course I don't have a problem with that, babe." He lied through his teeth.

"Alright then, I'll be on the first plane to Florida. I'll inform you before I leave the UK."

"Okay, babe… Good bye." He said.

"Good bye, Lucas." Kayli said and hanged up then started driving her mini cooper towards her house to pack.

"Shit… What am I gonna do now?" Lucas thought aloud as he face palmed himself once again. He threw his phone on the sofa before going to take a quick shower.


Riley took a quick shower and blow dried her hair before she put on a pair of neon yellow shorts, that are not so bright but more on the settle type of color, paired with a white tank top and a denim sleeveless vest on top as well as a pair of white sandals. She didn't bother with much makeup as she just applied concealer, powder to set it in, blusher and mascara. She also filled her eyebrows in. She made sure to blow dry her hair in certain way so that it would end up wavy like she preferred it and left it down before heading towards the beach to talk to Maya.

She was actually deciding whether or not to talk to her and tell her, her decision as she saw her busy serving someone. When they locked eyes, Riley knew that she had no other option than to tell her so she made her way towards her.

"Riley..." Maya said as she met her halfway. She looked at her outfit in confusion, "What happened, Riles?"

"I'm going back to LA, Maya." Riley stated.

"Why? What happened?"

"… I got fired."

"What?! Why?"

"Because of that jerk again." Riley said in an angry tone at thought of Lucas.

"I can't believe this…"


Miley looked at the people around her as she kept stirring her tea. She was so deep in thought that she didn't notice her friend sitting down on the other chair.

"What's wrong? You look upset."

"Farkle is dating someone…" She said with a sigh.

"What? And he said he can't forget you easily." Her friend said sarcastically. "It hasn't even been a month since your break up and he already found someone."

"Dating someone else doesn't mean that he forgot me, dear. Sometimes it means the opposite. Farkle will be mine again when I want to." She said as she smirked at her friend.

*GMWGMWGMWGMWGMWGMWGMWGMW*

"Okay then…. We'll start our improvements for the roof bar according to what we talked about." Farkle said as he handed the engineer the file that had everything needed.

"okay…" he said as he took the folder from him.

"I'll give my orders to the employees according to this then." The manager told Farkle.

"Okay… I'll see you later then" Farkle said and they both left. It was almost eleven in the morning but it felt like it's three in the afternoon for him. He checked his schedule and decided to take a nap since the party was at six O'clock, so he made his way up to his room. He decided to call his sister before taking his nap though.

"Hello, Brother." She answered happily as she and her friend, Sofia, made their way out of her blue convertible Mini cooper.

"Hey, little sis. What are you doing?"

"Nothing much. Me and Sofia just arrived at Ian's café to drink something…. What about you? How are things going like at the hotel?" They made their way to the Café and sat on one of tables that were outside.

"They're going good…. I felt worried about you, though." He said as he changed into some loose shorts to sleep in, keeping his V-neck on after taking the blazer he had off.

"I'm okay, Brother… Don't worry."

"Is Ian there?" He laid down on bed as he asked her. As he said that, she froze as she spotted Ian talking to one of the waiters. She stared at him with a love-struck look on her face.

While she stares at him, let me tell you about her. Caitlyn is a petit sixteen years old girl and a swimmer. She has beautiful dirty blonde hair that almost went to the middle of her back and blue eyes that were a lot brighter and a lot more noticeable than Farkle's. Farkle's eyes were blue but you barely noticed that from a far. Caitlyn was curvy in all the right places and short. (AN; go on instagram at BriaByerley and that's who I'm describing, Face and hair wise.)

"He's here, Brother." She said as she saw him making his way towards them.

"Hello, girls." Ian said with a smile on his face when he reached their table.

"Hey, Ian…. I'm talking to my brother and he was just asking about you." She couldn't contain the big smile that took place on her face.

"Tell him that I'll be in Miami this evening and to send me the hotel's address." Ian said.

"I will send it to him." Farkle said as he heard him through the phone.

"He said that he will."

"Anyway, do you need anything, baby girl?" Farkle asked.

"No but… Um, I was wondering if I could come to Miami as well" She asked nervously.

"Where did that idea come from, all of a sudden?" Farkle asked in confusion.

"Nowhere… It'll be just a change of weather, Brother…. I'm bored with LA, right now." She looked at Ian who smiled slightly at her.

"There is the grand opening ceremony in a few days anyways, Cait. You can come with dad then."

"What if I came today with Ian?" She looked at Ian and he nodded in agreement. "Isn't that possible?"

"And why be a burden for him, baby girl? Just come with dad."

"You should come with me. I'm going on my own anyways. You'll keep my company, little thing." Ian said raising his voice slightly so that Farkle hears him over the phone. Caitlyn smiled even bigger.

"Ian is saying that it's okay, Farkle." She said excitedly.

"Caitlyn, stop insisting on it." Farkle said sternly.

"Off, Farkle!" Caitlyn huffed and Ian extended his arm towards her so that she can give him the phone.

"Why are you upsetting the girl, dude? We can come together, I don't have any problem with that." Ian said.

"Hmm…" Farkle sighed as he thought about it. He can't really say no after all this insisting. "Okay, she can come with you today." At that, Ian nodded at Caitlyn and she jumped from her seat excitedly.

"Okay… See ya.…. Oh and don't forget to send me the address…. Bye." Ian said and hanged up after Farkle said goodbye. Caitlyn hugged him out of excitement and he laughed slightly at her excitement..

"Thank you so much, Ian." She said when she pulled away.

"Anytime, little thing. I'll book your ticket right now and come pick you up at ten thirty, okay?"

"Okay… I'll go pack now." She pulled the smiling Sofia towards her car and they both waved at Ian goodbye. "We should go to the mall… its seven so if we spend two and a half hours there, I'll have an hour to get ready." Sofia nodded and Caitlyn drove off towards the mall. "I should buy somethings that will make me look sexy and older, shouldn't I?"

"You probably forgot that your brother will be there, didn't you?" Sofia said.

"Oh yeah… I forgot about that because of my excitement… I can't believe I'm going to Miami with Ian…. Oh my god that's a dream come true, Sofia!" She said excitedly as she parked her car in the mall's parking lot. They went inside and started their shopping spree.


"How…. How can he pull you into the pool? You could've drowned" Maya exclaimed after Riley finished telling her everything.

"Yes… I honestly felt like I was dying and to top everything off, I got fired."

"And to top THAT off, for the second time… because of him."

"I wasn't supposed to come here." Riley said as she shook her head.

"Don't say that, Riles. You didn't have anything to do with it. It's that stupid jerk's fault…. We'll look for another place for you to work in. Maybe Josh will be able to help us again."

"No, Maya… I'll go back to LA."

"Riley, you can't go back so suddenly. Are you gonna leave me alone?" Maya said desperately.

"I can't stay here for longer, Maya."

"Look at the bright side, Pumpkin. Farkle is here, too. Are you just gonna leave that chance that was given to you and go?"

"What chance are you talking about, Maya? He's a client in a hotel like this and I'm just a person who even succeed in working at such hotel. There's absolutely no meaning for my dreams of him. If I stay here for that non-existing chance you're talking about, I'll be sadder later on." Maya looked at her sympathetically. She was really sad for her friend.

"You know better than I do… Are you going back right away?"

"I'll call my mother and ask her to send me money and I'll go back right when she does." Maya stood there and looked at her hands as she thought about something.

"No, don't call her right now." Maya said as she walked past Riley.

"Where are you going?" Riley asked confused.

"I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere and don't call your mother yet." With that she ran off and Riley sat on one of the beach chairs.

Maya went to a jewelry shop that she had seen earlier inside the hotel and took off her pure gold bracelet.

"Hello." The sales lady greeted with a smile.

"Hello… May I ask about something?" Maya said with a smile as well.

"Yes, of course."

"How much could this bracelet cost?" She handed her the bracelet and watched as she weighed it and calculated stuff.

In the meantime, Lucas was back at the pool dressed in a pastel pink v-neck, a pair of beige jean shorts and a pair navy blue vans.

"Where did she go…?" He said as he shielded his eyes from the sun with his hand and looked around some more. "She'll never accept after what happened. I'll convince her somehow."

"Mr. Friar, Hello. I was looking for you, too." Mr. Malik said when he approached him. "Pardon me, you're okay, aren't you?"

"I'm okay…" He said as he looked around some more.

"We did what was necessary regarding that employee, sir. Don't worry about it." At that Lucas looked at him.

"How so?"

"She got fired, sir."

"Why did you fire her? Did I complain about her actions?! She didn't do anything. I pulled her into the pool." Lucas exclaimed.

"When I saw the way she was acting with you and how she treated you, Mr. Friar…"

"Doesn't matter now. Did she leave the hotel? How can I reach her?" Lucas asked and Mr. Malik looked at him strangely at how frantic he was to find her.

"I'll…. Make them look for her, sir."

"Do that as fast as humanly possible, please." Mr. Malik nodded and ran off.


Riley huffed as she waited for Maya and looked around her. She spotted Maya coming her way with a smile on her face and stood up. Maya just pointed the money towards her and Riley looked at it.

"Where did you get this from?" Riley asked.

"Leave that alone and take it." Maya said with the smile still on her face. "Allow me to do this one thing for you." As Riley looked at Maya's wrist, she noticed Maya's bracelet missing. It was hard not to notice that as Maya never took it unless for emergencies and now her wrist only had her white watch wrapped around it.

"Did you sell your bracelet, Maya?"

"It's old fashioned now anyways."

"I know how much you love that bracelet, Maya…. I can't accept this money."

"Riley… If you don't accept it, you'll make me really sad…. And besides, I'm the one who dragged you over here and I'm the one who got your money stolen. So please, take the money…. Consider it as a way of saying sorry for causing you all the trouble. I'll feel much better if you take it." Riley sighed and hugged Maya tightly.

"Thank you so much, Maya. I'll never forget this favor." Riley said and they stayed in each other's embrace for a few minutes.

"Is Miss Riley who works at the pool bar there?" Mr. Malik asked Emma over the phone. "I need to reach her quickly."

"She signed off about a half hour ago, Mr. Malik. It's possible that she's out of the hotel by now." She said.

"Okay, Miss Emma. Thank you." He said before turning back to Lucas. "She signed off about a half hour ago, sir." Lucas huffed and left him.

"I put you in a hard situations as well, Josh. I'm so sorry." Riley said as she, Maya and Josh stood together in the hotel's lobby, near the exit/entrance.

"Don't be sorry, Riley. I'm also upset about what happened and you having to leave. I mean, you got fired when you weren't even at fault. Our managers are really sensitive towards our clients' acceptance and enjoyment, so they don't show any kind of forgiveness."

"They were right as well, Josh. I mean, they don't know exactly what happened so it's the natural thing to fire me…. Anyways, what happened, happened. It was a pleasure to meet you, Josh."

"It was a pleasure meeting you too, Riley." He said with a sad smile and Riley hugged him.

"Thank you for everything." She pulled away before pointing at Maya, "I'm leaving Maya in your hands, you'll take care of her, aren't you?"

"Don't worry about her, I'll take care of her."

"Off, Riley! I'm gonna cry now." Maya said as her eyebrows frowned.

"No, don't cry, Peaches." A car honked from outside.

"Your taxi is here…" Josh said and she waved at him goodbye as her and Maya went outside. Lucas was now looking around the lobby. When she went outside, the taxi driver took her suitcase from her and she turned to Maya after thanking him.

"I wish you'd stay with me." Maya said that and threw herself in Riley's arms, tiptoeing a little due to how short she was compared to Riley. She was the same height as Riley with heels, but because she was wearing converse, the height difference was there. She felt like she was about to cry so she took a deep breath and pulled away, "Okay…. I won't make this harder… Call me when you arrive, okay?"

"Okay… I'll call you every day as well, don't worry." Riley said with a sad smile before waving at Maya one last time and getting into the taxi. As she waved at Maya from the taxi, Lucas was getting out from those stupid spinning doors.

"NO… WAIT!" He yelled after the taxi but it was of no use. Then he looked at Maya, "Was that girl in the taxi your friend? Do you know where she's going?"

"She's going to the airport. She got fired because of some stupid jerk…. Besides, who the hell are you? Why are you asking about my Riley?" Lucas didn't answer her and went to the guy who called for taxis. Maya stood in her place, watching him.

"Can you get me a taxi, please?" Lucas asked him.

"I'll call one for you sir, it'll be here in fifteen minutes."

"I don't have time for that." Lucas said and then he noticed the driver getting into a car, ready to take it to the garage. "Hey…. Get out, get out." He told the driver as he opened the car door and the driver got out. "I need the car for a little while."

"Who are you?!" Maya exclaimed.

"Thank you for the insult." That was all he said before getting into the car a driving off.

"What insult… I didn't insult him at all… all I said was that she was fired because of a stupid jerk…" Maya thought about his words aloud as she went back into the hotel. "That was the only insult that came out of my mou-" she stopped in her tracks in the middle of the lobby before turning to look at the door in shock.

"Shit!" was all she said as she realized what she just did.


For some reason, I feel like this was an informative chapter even though its probably not. It covered a lot of characters, somehow. Like we had Josh, Kayli, Maya, Lucas, Riley, Farkle, Caitlyn, Sofia, Mr. Malik, Miley... many of the story's characters so far.

Anyhow, I really hope that you liked this chapter and enjoyed it, despite that it's not that long. I can guarantee that next chapter will make those of you who want more Rucas pretty satisfied. Not only the next one though... *Wink*Wink*

Thank you so much for everyone who reviewed the last chapter. Every single review made me super happy.

I wanted to reply to a thing that Violet1429 said... Maya WAS too focused on finding a guy but now she's focused on other things, like her job and Riley. As for Kayli and Rucas' relationship development, Miami is a major factor in its development but it's just that, a factor. Miami will make them realize certain stuff but not the kind of stuff you guys want them to discover... yet. Later on, Kayli will definitely be the biggest cause of complications in this story.

I want to do it the other way around this time, so instead of asking you guys a question, since there wasn't anything question worthy in this chapter, how about you guys ask me something?

one thing I'll ask though, what do you think will happen next?

Until next time,

Haneenxx