To clarify about my last A/N I meant was one couple will be official before the end of the festival while the other is still hiding behind their feelings.
After the idiotic events of their drunken stupidity Josh and Lucas thought it be best to stay away from the girls and give them space. That thought lasted less than an hour when both guys share a look getting dressed heading for the festival as soon as it opened.
They both searched in areas they knew they would enjoy and couldn't spot them. Meeting back up after not finding them they call hoping they would answer. No such luck as they both get pushed straight to voicemail.
Josh calls Riley hoping she still had some faith in him to turn things around with Maya. That dream was dashed the minute he gets her voicemail and knew he was going to need protective gear for his arms and shins. Knowing she was going to leave him bruised before they went home.
"Maybe we should go to their place?" Lucas tells him as they walk out the festival. Josh looks at him seeing that look he gets when he's thinking about Riley. "Yeah." Josh tells him each hoping to see the girls.
"If i were you I'd think about turning right back around." Smackle tells them from the front door after they knocked hoping Riley or Maya answered the door. "Come on Smackle please?" Lucas asks trying to appeal to that side that got all giggly when he talked to her.
"I applaud your efforts at trying to appeal to my girly side but that will no longer work seeing as how I don't like you at the moment." He waited for the wink but knew she meant business when she didn't. "Smackle I need to speak to Maya can you please tell her to come outside?" Josh asks seeing someone watching from the window.
"Sorry they aren't here. Good day imbeciles." She slams the door after that turning the sprinklers on when they wouldn't leave. They knew that wasn't true since it was only ten in the morning.
They go back to Zay changing yet again from their soaked clothes slumping on the couch staring at the ceiling.
Neither talking or doing anything but thinking of Riley and Maya and how badly they both screwed up. Lucas turned his head towards Josh asking if he thinks the girls will forgive them. "Nope!" Zay shouts from his room.
They shake their heads as Josh asks what should they do. "Nothing they hate you!" Zay shouts once again. "Dude if you plan to comment about our situation just come out here." Lucas shouts back at him.
"Nah! I'm good where I am." He shouts back. They shake their heads trying to think of what to do next when the doorbell rings. "I'll get it probably my breakfast date." Zay tells them running to the front door.
They hear him talking to someone as he walks in telling them if they plan to kill the guys turn up the music and call him after saying they needed more ketchup since they spilled the one they had.
"I'll keep that in mind." Maya tells him lightly laughing as both boys stand when Maya walks in the living room. "Maya can.." Josh starts to say but she ignores him digging through her bag pulling something out and tossing it to Lucas.
"Riley figured since you made such a big deal about it you would want it back." Josh looks seeing it was the book he got her watching the way Lucas clutched it in his hands. "And we thought it was best we stay away from each other the rest of the time we're here shouldn't be to hard for you guys right?"
She walks out after that with Josh following after her. "Maya wait." She stops for a second but keeps walking as Josh chases after her. "Maya would you slow down please I need to talk to you." He yells out to her as she walks towards the muni platform.
He watches as she curses under her breath looking up and down the street since the train hadn't come yet and she would have to be forced to talk to him. "Maya will you talk to me please?" He asks following her around the platform making her roll her eyes.
"I'm not leaving until you talk to me Maya." He tells her standing in front of her. "I'll follow you everywhere you go." She scoffs rolling her eyes once again pushing past him. "I mean it Maya." He tells her turning her head to look at him.
She smacks his hand away when he tries to cup her cheek. "Empty promises Josh. That's all you offer. Empty promises. Everything you say is just an empty promise." The muni finally comes as Maya goes to get on turning back to him.
"I never thought someday was stupid. I was the stupid one thinking you could ever feel something more for me." She gets on as the doors close and Josh watches as the train pulls away.
Since neither girls wanted to taint their sacred vacation bay window with their boy problems the girls opted for the next best thing. Lounging in the park while Maya sketched and Riley listened to music and read resting her head on Maya's legs.
They packed a small basket deciding to skip the festival that day since what happened the day before and what happened that morning and enjoy a sunny day in San Francisco. Smackle and Farkle were with them but kept getting handsy grossing out the girls. So Farkle took his beloved on a boat ride who hoped to see seals in the water.
"Riles you okay?" Maya asks noticing she hadn't turned the page in a while and could hear her softly sniffing. "Yeah must be my allergies. Probably not use to this weather." She sniffs again and Maya tilts her head looking at her knowing she didn't have allergies and offers her a lifesaver gummy from the basket.
"Riles I'm here if you want to talk about it." Maya tells her turning Riley's face towards her. "I know peaches but there's nothing to talk about trust me. I just need a Benadryl." She turns back to her book and Maya sees her turn the song on her iPod noticing her listening to her sad songs playlist.
"Okay." Maya tells her taking her book and iPod from her as Riley shouts hey. "Riley talk to me you can't hold what you're feeling inside. It's not good." Riley slightly frowns at her biting into her lifesaver. "There's nothing to talk about. I hate him and never want to see his stupid face again."
Maya shakes her head giving her a look making Riley give it right back. "Okay." She tells her dusting her hands popping the rest of her candy in her mouth. "What about you and uncle Josh? Let's talk about that." Maya glares at her as Riley does the same. "There's nothing to talk about."
Riley nods giving her a smile telling her exactly and grabs her book laying back down but not before sticking her tongue out at her. Maya starts to say something but Riley shakes her head telling her don't.
Maya sighs pulling out a soda for the both of them watching as the trees blew softly in the wind. "Bet taking that deal to work out here is looking better and better huh?" Riley turns her head and sees Maya looking at her with wide eyes. "Minkus is dead!" She says through gritted teeth.
"Peaches Farkle didn't tell me you did." Riley tells her making Maya look at her with a confused expression. "How did I tell you that? When did I tell you that?" Maya asks trying to think back to when she first got the offer. "You talk in your sleep when you get excited about something Maya. You always have."
Maya smiles and gasps playfully hitting Riley as she sits up. "Is that how you knew about your surprise party?" Riley nods her head giggling telling her that's also how she knew she wanted a cabbage patch kid for Christmas too.
"I feel so used." Maya tells her as they both lay down on the blanket. "Oh come on I only use your sleep talking for good never evil." Riley tells her making Maya laugh. They lay in silence as they both stare up at the passing clouds.
"Maya?" Riley asks turning her head to look at her. "What's up honey?" When she didn't say anything Maya turned her head towards her. "How come you didn't want to tell me? Did you think I would get mad?" Maya turned on her stomach as Riley did the same. "No well maybe a little." She tells her lightly laughing.
"We've always been together. The furthest we've been apart was for college. And even then we weren't that far from each other. If I accept I'll be oceans away." Maya tells her turning her head and looking at Riley weirdly when she starts laughing.
"Riley I'm baring my soul and your laughing?" Maya tells her glaring at her. "Peaches I'm only laughing because isn't it usually me that's the overly dramatic one?" Maya laughs nodding her head. "Besides it doesn't matter where either of us end up we will always be thunder and lightning."
Riley holds up her finger with her friendship ring on it as Maya does the same. "Thanks Riles. I'm glad you know now." Maya tells her as they hug. "Me too Maya." Riley picks up her book as Maya looks at her again.
"What?" She asks tilting her head. "What else did I talk about in my sleep?" Riley starts smiling as she stands telling Maya she talked about her love of the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears. And that's how Maya ended up chasing Riley around the park tossing grapes at her.
After Josh texted saying he needed to blow off steam after Maya didn't want to talk Lucas sat staring at the book Riley gave back to him. He didn't know how long he was starting at it but he picked it up googling an address and then calling a cab to take him where he needed to go.
He enters the store looking over his shoulder feeling like he was being watched. He didn't see anybody and proceeded to walk up to the counter discreetly asking the man behind the counter asking where the section he was looking for was.
The guy tells him looking Lucas up and down as he thanks him looking out the window before heading to that section. He scans the books and finds the one he was looking for a book on how to tell a certain brunette how he really felt for her.
"What cha doing Luke?" Zay shouts making Lucas drop several books on the floor. "Zay you jerk why are you following me?" He asks picking up the books hoping Zay didn't see which one he was looking at.
"I was in then neighborhood and seen you come in why are you in the self help section?" He asks pulling a book off the shelf flipping through the pages. "I'm not I stopped here because I thought someone was following me and I was right."
He grabs the book he wanted and walks towards the front to pay not noticing Zay smiling at him taking out his phone.
After checking in with her parents who rushed her off rather quickly Riley walked along the pier. It was becoming one of her favorite places in the city especially since she could enjoy her favorite Mac and cheese in a grilled cheese.
She was completely in heaven when she found the American grilled cheese kitchen restaurant. It was down the street from the ballpark and totally worth the walk. So there she sat eating her sandwich and enjoying the day until she feels someone watching her.
"Hey. Can we talk?" She shakes her head grabbing her stuff trying to make a run for it. "Riley just talk to me please?" Lucas asks trying to stop her from walking away. He sighs stepping in front of her holding out her book to her. "Here this belongs to you." He tells her as she makes no move to take it.
She doesn't reach for it as Lucas grabs her hand putting the book in it. He looks at her but she makes no move to talk or look at him. "I'm sorry I lied about the book." He whispers holding her hand still. She shakes her head shoving the book at him. "It's to late for sorry."
She tells him walking away after that as he watches her walk away from him.
"She didn't take the book. Damn it!" Zay shouts as he and the geniuses sit in his Jeep watching what had happened through binoculars. "Zay did you really think she would?" Farkle ask pulling something up on his computer.
"Well yeah my money is on them getting back together." Farkle and Smackle both look at him weirdly asking who was he betting with since they weren't going to interfere just observe. "He made it with me."
They look at Farkle computer seeing Mr. Matthews holding up his hand. "Mr Matthews you're betting against your own daughter happiness?" Smackle asks shaking her head. "Not exactly Smackle I just know my daughter and Mr. Friar has a lot of groveling to do before Riley forgives him.
They all look at each other agreeing even Zay who told them about the trip Lucas took to the bookstore. "We just need to let them try to work this out on their own." He tells them as they all nod. He hangs up and Zay starts the car.
"So we are just going to sit back and let them figure this all out themselves?" Zay asked driving back to their place. "Not exactly Zay. Although we agreed not to interfere we never said we wouldn't help push it in the right direction." Smackle tells him as Farkle who was still mad at the guys agreed.
"Okay let operation let's get these crazy kids together commence." He honks his horn cutting off cars and freaking out the geniuses.
