Riley pov

"Hello niece!" Maya says cheerfully walking in the apartment. I roll my eyes and say "not in the mood Penelope." She smiles and sits on the couch and says "okay feisty pants what's wrong?" "Nothing that a nice hot bath couldn't fix." I tell her grabbing a water. She smiles and says "how about before that we have a girls day?" Zay walks out the guest room and says "oo a girls day I'm down." Maya glares at him and says "aren't you supposed to be hanging with the geniuses?" He looks at her weirdly and I say "why would you think that Maya?" She looks between us and shrugs "I just thought since ranger rick wasn't here Zay would want to hang with other people."

I look at her curiously and say "what are you up to Maya?" She laughs and says "Moi? I'm not up to anything I just thought it would be nice to spend time with my best friend/niece but if you want to sit at home in the bath and wallow then fine. I'll head home." She slowly makes her way to the door and I look at Zay and say "fine but let me get changed first." Maya claps her hands together and pulls out her phone. "Who are you texting peaches?" She looks up and says "I'm texting josh that I might not hear my phone since we're having a girls/Zay day." She gestures to Zay and he says "oh today I'm one of the girls. I think it's time I get inside the mind of the female population."

We head to the mall and stop off at the first clothes store we seen. "Here riles this dress would look gorgeous on you." Maya says handing me a purple dress. I go try it on and show her and Zay. "Didn't I tell ya? Gorgeous." Maya says smiling nudging Zay. I blush and go to change when Maya grabs my clothes and takes the tag off my dress. "Maya what are you doing? I need to change!" I shout trying to grab my clothes back. "Honey trust me you need this plus I already bought the dress." My eyes widen and I say you didn't?" She smiles and nods her head.

"Wow you girls sure do know how to treat a fella." Zay says while the girl sticks cucumbers on his eyes and goes to work on his hands and feet. Maya and I laugh and say "I thought you were one of the girls today Zay?" He smiles and says "oh if this is how y'all treat yo self I just may be a girl for this." Maya chuckles and says "Zay you don't have to be a girl to treat yourself hell I make Josh do this at least once a month. Helps to relieve the stress." "I knew Josh like this stuff." I say laughing. Maya smiles and says "we should do this for his birthday next week. I still haven't figured out what to do."

"Okay cowboy we went to four clothes stores and got mani pedi I think it's only fair we go to a store you like." Maya tells Zay once we walk out the store. "Zay Zay Isaiah!" I snap at him. "Huh what? Sorry yeah that sounds fun." Maya and I exchanged a look and laugh. "Okay Zay what's going on?" He points over to the food court where we see a girl sitting down. "Ooo who's she?" Maya asks poking Zay. "That's Vanessa. She moved out here last year and took my heart with her." Maya and I squeal and I say "aww Zay you came for the girl?" He blushes and Maya laughs and says "damn it now I owe Josh $10 I bet you came here for huckleberry." Zay gives her a look and says "oh please Lucas couldn't handle me and besides his heart belongs to another brunette with big brown eyes." He looks at me and I turn red.

"Okay so are you going to talk to that girl?" I say changing the subject. He shakes his head and sits down on the little bench near the wall. "Why not?" Maya asks as we sit with him. "She would never go for a goofy guy like me. I offered her a house and ice cream and she still turned me down. Vanessa!" He cries out. Maya and I look at each other and nod our heads. "Okay Zay let's go." "Where are we going?" We link arms and I say "Zay we are going to make you over and win you Vanessa's heart." He smiles and says "thank you girls." Once we made him over we seen Vanessa still in the food court.

"okay go sit at a table in front or near her so she sees you and riles and I will handle the rest." Maya says as we fix his shirt and hair. He takes a deep breath and walks over there. "Okay Riley you ready?" I look at her and nod my head. We walk over and wait for her to notice him. She finally does and Maya goes and sits next to him. "this is my friend Maya." Zay says. Maya looks at him and say "you did not just introduce your girlfriend as your friend." "What?" He says. "Isaiah Earl Babineaux the next time you introduce your girlfriend as your friend we are through. Do you hear me?" Zay looks confused and says "I mean, I hear you but I..I.." Maya interrupts him and says "put your arm around me! Twirl my hair. Call me honey nugget." Zay twirls her hair and says "hi honey nugget." Maya smiles and says "hi hunkalicious."

Vanessa looks at them and says "A little possessive, no?" Maya shakes her head and says "well the good ones, you don't let get away, know what I mean? With all the girls chasing him around New York you have to swoop right in or he'll be gone. I said you have to swoop right in or he'll be gone!" I laugh and put our bags down and walk over "Isaiah Hank Babineaux!" He shakes his head saying "no." "I don't care. I only care that you don't let Maya get her hooks in you. When you know you're mine." Zay looks at Vanessa and says "this is my friend Riley." Maya looks at me and says "Now how do you like it when he calls you a friend, Riley? I smile and say "I like it."

Maya shakes her head and says "no you don't like." "I do not like it when you call me just friend." "Well what would you like me to call you?" He asks. I sit up smiling and say "cotton candy face." Maya bites her lips and says "good girl I know that was hard." Vanessa looks at zay and says " is it possible I've misjudged you?" I look at her and say "It's possible, Vanessa." She looks at me and says " How do you know my name?" "Um.." Maya and I exchanged a look and say together "Too much, too much, too much!" And take off.

We grab our bags and hear Vanessa call back Zay. He walks over and they talk and we see Zay grab her and kiss her. She pulls back and slaps him and smiles and kisses him again. Maya and I look shocked and watch as they walk away hand in hand. We make our way home and I say "well I did not see that coming?" Maya laughs and says "I know who knew she would still go with him." I giggle and put my bags down to open up my door. "Thanks peaches I need this." She smiles and says "trust honey it's not over yet." I look at her confused and the front door opens. And I gasps.

Lucas pov

"Hi." I tell her holding a bouquet of roses and tulips. She puts her bags down and says "Hi." I smile and walk towards her saying "Hi." Maya groans and says "talk to each other already. Bye riles." I chuckle as she closes the door. "What is all this Luke?" Riley says looking around the apartment filled with roses and tulips. I hand her the flowers and say "my apology slash do over date night. I just hope Zay doesn't show up." I watch her laugh and she says "oh I don't think we will hear from Zay for awhile." My eyes widen and I say "oh god what did he do?" She takes off her shoes and says "he found Vanessa." I smile and say "I figured he find her eventually."

"So.. you look amazing by the way." I tell her rubbing my neck. She looks at me and starts laughing. "What?" She shakes her head walking into the kitchen and puts the flowers in water. "It's nothing. It's just.. you asked Maya to get me out the house didn't you?" I turn red and grin saying "she told you that?" She shakes her head and says "no but I know Maya and she loves playing Cupid." I smile and walk towards her she looks at my bandage hand and frowns.

"Don't." I say grabbing her hand and leading her to the table. "Don't what?" She says. "Don't let what happened yesterday ruin today or tonight." I kiss her hand and she smiles. "I see the bandage is new did you tell your mom what happened?" I shake my head smiling "no I told her I owe it to tell you first." She props her hands on the table and rest her head on them. "Okay I'm ready to listen Friar." I chuckle and stand up. I look at her and clear my throat and sit back down.

"You know how I got that call from the vet I'd been waiting to hear from?" She nods her head and I go on. "Well he was calling to tell me that he wasn't going to sell his practice to me anymore." She grabs my hand and squeezes it. "He told me that he was in the beginning but seeing how I got arrested didn't exactly help win my case of keeping his practice a family one with no trouble. After that I saw red and let the little demon on my shoulder fill my head with bad things so I got into a fight with a tree and turned off my phone."

Riley gets up and sits on my lap. She sighs and says "why couldn't you tell me that last night or even this morning?" I bow my head and say "because I was embarrassed I was really looking forward to our date and then I get that phone call and..." "and what?" She asks tilting her head at me. I look at her and say "and it just proved that maybe I'm not good enough for you." She looks at me and slaps me in the back of the head. "Ow! Seriously why do people keep doing that?! I'm going to get brain damage." Riley laughs and cups my face and says "maybe we do it because you need some sense slapped into you. And we can figure out a way to get that vet to change his mind if need be my mom can scare him." I look at her and she says "kidding."

I chuckle and say "thank yo.." she shakes her head and says "I'm not finished Friar. Didn't I tell you already that let me be the judge of the book that is you? You can't make decisions on your own about how I feel unless you actually know those are my feelings. So unless you want me to follow you around the rest of your life and slap you upside the head I will." I smile and cup her face and kiss her.

"Actually that I wouldn't mind." She blushes and starts smiling and I kiss her again.