Sorry about the long-ass time it took me to update! It's been a total of 34 days, and that's the longest time it's taken me to update something in quite some time. The reason is, I needed a way to end this, and all my ideas were too short to use. But it's finally finished and there will be a sequel, hence the title of this story being "Just the Beginning". With that, in the words of Joey Graceffa, without further damn ado, here's the final chapter!
Chapter 14
"Whatcha wanna do tonight, Riles?" I asked her, looking up at her from laying on her chest. Her hands rested in mine and I traced circles on her palm with my thumb. There had been a few nights when both of us were too busy with homework to go out together, but now it was Friday and we were both free. "See a movie? Go out to dinner?"
"Can we just stay here and cuddle?" she asked.
"I'd like that," I said with a smile. She leaned down and kissed me.
"What was that for?" I asked.
"What? I'm not allowed to kiss my girlfriend?" Riley teased.
"Ooh, flirting are we?" I teased back.
"How is that flirting?" she laughed.
"Cause I like it when you call me your girlfriend," I told her, sitting up.
"Why? It's true isn't it?" she asked, with a laugh.
"Yeah, that's why I like it," I told her, sitting on her lap to face her. I bit my lip seductively before leaning in to kiss her. I loved the feeling of kissing Riley. The way her lips felt against mine couldn't be described in any other way besides right. I pinned her wrists down to deepen the kiss...only to be interrupted by a knock at the window.
"Riley, Maya..." I heard Farkle's voice from the bay window. Riley and I looked over to see Farkle, Lucas and Zay in the window. "Woah, sorry, are we interrupting something?" Riley practically pushed me off her with embarrassment.
"No," she said, rather frantically. "Come in." Riley sat up and Farkle climbed through the window with Lucas and Zay behind him.
"You sure we're not interrupting, 'cause we can come back later," Lucas suggested. He himself looked slightly embarrassed to have seen his ex-girlfriend in a situation like this.
"Yeah, looked like you had a pretty heavy make-out session going," Zay joked, making Riley blush. Lucas elbowed him.
"Nah," I said, then turned to Riley with a mischievous grin. "But we could... Whaddya say Riles? Wanna make out?" I leaned over and kissed her neck, playfully teasing her. She gasped when I bit gently above her collarbone. She pushed me away again, turning a deeper red.
"Maya!" she scolded. I smirked at her, snickering.
"Okay, okay! Get a room!" Zay exclaimed. We all laughed.
"We're all going to Topanga's to work on our group assignment about suffrage and womens' rights, you coming?" Farkle asked.
"Homework on a Friday night?" I questioned. "I think I'd rather stay here with my girlfriend."
"See, Farkle," Lucas said. "I said nobody was gonna want to do homework on a Friday."
"Yeah, even Smackle's out partying with her friends from Einstein Academy," Zay added. Farkle frowned.
"Well, the three of us can still get a start on it, can't we?" he asked.
"Sure, Farkle," Lucas sighed.
"It's not like we have anything more fun than a History assignment to be doing on a Friday night," Zay retorted at Farkle. Sarcasm dripped from his words like water from a saturated sponge.
"Goodnight, girls," Lucas said, following Farkle and Zay back out the window.
"Have fun with your boyfriends, Ranger Rick," I remarked, earning dirty looks from both Lucas and Riley. "So, Riles, where were we?"
"I think it was something like this," Riley replied, with a devilish smirk. She took my hands and pulled me down on top of her.
"Ooh, Riles, I likes this new side of you," I teased. I kissed her for a few seconds.
"This is the best part of having a girlfriend," Riley said.
"What? Kissing me while being pinned down on your bed?" I asked, jokingly and making Riley blush again.
"No! Just spending time with you!" Riley corrected, with a cute giggle.
"Oh," I said. "Here I was thinking you liked this."
"I do!" she exclaimed, laughing. I raised my eyebrows, skeptically. "That's not what I-!"
"I know Riles, I'm just teasing," I said, grinning and kissing her again.
"I love you, Maya," she said. My heart stopped for a second before I replied.
"But not like that...right?" I asked. I could hear the blood pulsing through my veins: a response to the sudden suspense of the situation.
"No, Maya, I love you," she restated. I swallowed hard, the excitement rising inside me at a rate faster than the speed of light.
"I love you, too, Riles," I told her. An immense grin spread across both of our faces and we kissed once again in a whirlwind of seemingly eternal happiness. But that, my friends, was just the beginning.