Chapter 6: Don't Want To Hurt You Anymore
Before I could even ring the door bell, the door swung open. "Riley. What're you doing here?" Lucas asked. "I don't know, I was just walking around the neighborhood and I just found myself here for some reason." I said. "How have you been?" he asked. "I've been great. Is it okay if we talk inside?" I asked. "Yeah, come on in." he said.
Riley's POV:
Lucas and I headed up to his room, and it had been awhile since I had been to his house. After what happened between us, things haven't quite been the same. "Make yourself at home." Lucas said, he kept picking up stuff off his desk and floor as I walked towards his bed. "A little messy, are we?" I teased. "Just a little. But I guess this is what happens when I come home." He said. We stood there and looked at each other for a moment. "So, um there's something that I wanted to talk to you about." I said again. "I'm listening." He said, as he sat down next to me. "I wanted to talk about what happened after the white party." I said. Lucas turned pale. "Oh… Okay." He said.
Flashback to the white party
"I can't wait for you to meet Lucas. His plane should be arriving in an hour and I will be there to surprise him!" Riley said. She was sitting in her dorm, with her roommate Amanda. "I can't wait to meet him either, I haven't had the chance to meet him and he's been here a thousand times already." The red head said. After Riley finished getting ready, she headed off to the airport to go meet Lucas.
After waiting for an hour, Riley was getting anxious. All of the faces that were walking through the entrance weren't Lucas. Finally, she saw a familiar face. "LUCAS!" she yelled, he looked up to see her running towards him and a huge smile spread across his face. "There's my girl!" He said as he caught her in his arms. "I've missed you so much!" Riley said. "I've missed you too." He said, he finally put her down and planted one on her. "Mm I've missed that. I've missed these lips, these eyes, this face, this." he said as he squeezed my butt. "Lucas, we're at an airport." Riley joked. "I don't think they mind." He said, holding onto her.
After the two finished reuniting, they headed back to Riley's parent's house. "It's Riley and Lucas." They buzzed. "I expect you two to be arm length away from each other." Cory said over the buzzard. "Really dad?" Riley said. "No exceptions." Her dad responded. Soon enough the door swung open, "That doesn't look like arm length." My dad pointed out. "Dad, when is your overprotectiveness going to go away." Riley said. "By the time I'm dead. But I know you and Lucas are serious now, so I guess I can ease up a little. Come on in." he said. The couple walked in and Topanga walked over to greet them. "There's my favorite young couple." She said, as she wrapped her arms around the both of them. "Lucas, nice to have you back. How was your flight?" she asked. "it was long and tiring." He said. "Do you guys have any plans tonight?" Topanga asked. "Yeah, we're going to go to the white party that my sorority is having." The brunette said,
"Sounds fun, what're you going to wear?" her mom asked. "I was going to wear a white t-shirt crop top and white high-waisted flow, fit and flare pants," Riley said. "Oooh that sounds cute." Topanga said.
After spending some time with her parents, Lucas and Riley went back to the dorm where the two got ready and headed off to the party. Once they walked into the room, everything was white, but with a touch of sparkling lights. "There's someone I want you to meet," Riley said as she took his hand. They walked over to Amanda. "Hey, Amanda!" Riley greeted. "Hey- Lucas?" Amanda said. "Amanda? I didn't know that you were the Amanda, my girlfriend was talking about." Lucas said. "Likewise." The blued eyed girl said. "You two know each other?" Riley questioned. "Yeah… Um… we used to date back when he was living in Texas." Amanda said. "Oh wow, this must be pretty awkward then. I'm sorry I didn't know." Riley said, "No, It's fine. It was a long time ago, and were both in different relationships now." Amanda said.
"Oh…alright, well Lucas, would you care to dance?" Riley said, trying to get out of this awkward moment. "Well, do you think Amanda and I could catch up for a little bit? I'm kind of curious to know what you've been up to." Lucas said. Bad idea. "Yeah, why don't the three of us go find a place to sit down?" Riley suggested. "Sounds good." Amanda said.
After the three finally found an empty table, they sat down and started to chat amongst themselves. "So, how have you been?" Lucas asked. "I've been great, I have a boyfriend. His name is Aaron. We've been together for 4years now. I'm going to Columbia with Riley of course, and I'm studying to be a journalist. What about you?" Amanda asked. "Oh, I've been good. I've just been getting through school. I go to USC now and at first I was going to go to Berkeley, but I wanted to be close to Riley so I chose USC." Lucas said. "Aww, that sounds like something you would do." Amanda said.
Riley sat there and watched the two old flames catch up and she was starting to feel a little insecure. It looks like the connection between the two of them was still there and all of a sudden, she overheard Lucas telling his ex about something that he didn't even tell her. That was the end of it for her. She couldn't stand to see the two of them talk anymore. So she excused herself from the table, but it's not like they noticed anyways.
Riley started walking around the party and started mingling with some people. Then she saw another familiar face. "Zay?" Riley said, walking up to him. "Oh hey, I didn't know you were coming to this party." Zay said. "Yeah, I thought this would be a good way to spend my night with Lucas. His plane landed earlier but he's too busy talking to Amanda." The jealous brunette said. "Amanda? Oh no, you need to get him away from her. They were in love with each other, but then she turned around and backstabbed him. It completely shattered him and why are you letting her take your man like that? You need to go back over there and get him and talk some sense into him." Zay said. But before Riley could do anything, Lucas walked over to them. "Hey, there you are. Why did you leave?" Lucas asked. "Well, hello to you too." Zay said. "Zay! I didn't even see you there." Lucas said, as he went in for a hug.
"Well, I'm going to leave you two alone." Zay said. "Why'd you leave babe?" Lucas asked. Riley remained silent. "Babe, are you okay?" he asked. There was still no response. "If this about Amanda, I'm sorry. I realized I messed up by asking to catch up with her. I just haven't seen her in a while." He said. There was still no word from Riley. "Babe, talk to me." he said. Riley's eyes remained on the floor. But she finally spoke up, "Why didn't you tell me how serious you two were." She said softly. "I didn't know that mattered, I didn't even know she was going to be at this party. I didn't know that she was the Amanda you were talking about. But Riley, that was a long time ago, and you're the only one I have my heart set on. The only one my heart will ever be set on." Lucas said.
"You always say things to make me feel better, Lucas. But I feel like you're just telling me stuff I want to hear. I don't know. From what I saw, it looks like the connection between you two is still there." Riley said. "But the feelings aren't. You know I'm all about you, Riley." Lucas said. "I think we should call it a night. Do you need a place to stay?" Riley asked. "I'm not going to let you leave upset. Tell me what's going on." Lucas said. "You guys were in love, and you wanted this whole future with her and then she hurt you and what if I end up doing the same thing again. I don't want to put you through so much pain Lucas, I don't know how to be a good girlfriend to you. I don't know how to make you stay without being afraid that I could lose you one day, so maybe it's best if we just give each other space because I know what I saw back there." Riley. "Riley, don't do this. We have gone back and forth with each other. We have to try and work this out." Lucas said,
"We will, we're not breaking up Lucas. I just think it's best if we give each other space for a while." Riley said. "Fine." Lucas said.
Flashback over.
"Do you still see a future with me?" Riley asked. "Of course I do." Lucas said. "After seeing Amanda, did old feelings start to come back?" the brunette painfully asked, Lucas gulped. "Be honest." Riley said. "Yes." Lucas said.
To be continued…again.
Every story has a twist and maybe this chapter has one? Or the next… Stayed tuned xx
