I turn on the lights of my apartment and as soon as I close the door Lucas pushes me against it kissing my neck. "Lucas we need to talk?" I tell him breathlessly. He shakes his head and says "we are talking Ri." I smile and say "this is not talking." "Yes it is. It's grown up talking." He says between kisses.

He lifts me up making me gasps and carries me to the couch laying me down. I close my eyes and whisper. "Should have brought the rope." He looks down at me smirking and I push him off shaking my head. "Not like that. We need to talk remember." He groans and pulls me up. "You were the one that wanted to talk remember Friar don't get all quiet on me now."

He smiles and turns pulling my legs onto his lap and pulling me closer. "Okay what should we talk about first?" I smack his hand when he starts moving it up my dress. "Talk first remember?" I smile when he starts pouting.

"So I've made a list of what we should talk about?" I tell him. He looks around and says "okay where is this list?" I shake my head and say "it's all up here." I point at my head and go on. "The trip to Texas?" Lucas looks at me and says "what about it?" I bite my lip and say "was it a spur of the moment because you wanted alone time with me or because you had to check out the school?"

Lucas frowns and looks me in the eyes and says "that trip was all about you and I. Nothing more." I start smiling but say "what about when you said you had to go take care of a few things and would disappear?" He looks away and says "that was about the school." I nod looking down and Lucas lifts my head and says "I only went because they wouldn't let me fill out the paperwork later."

I smile at him and asks. "When do you leave for school?" He sighs and says "September." Tears start to fall down my face and Lucas wipes them and pulls me close. "Ri I won't go if you don't want me to. Just say the word and I won't." I pull away shaking my head and say "Lucas I can't asks you to do that."

He cups my cheeks and says "I'm asking." I smile and say "Luke going to Texas A&M has been your dream since before you met me. I won't take that from you." He rubs my cheeks with his thumbs and whispers. "Sometimes dreams change." I kiss him and say "I'm flattered but you are still going to that school." He groans resting his forehead on mine.

"So where does that leave us?" I close my eyes and and hear him whisper. "Please don't say this is the end of us?" I smile and say "it won't be I won't let it." He sighs and says "so what now?" I lean my head on his shoulder and say "we get up and head to the bedroom." He lifts his eyebrows and picks me up saying "I like the sound of that."

I smack his chest smiling and say "not like that. I meant sleep I'm tired it's been a long day." He kisses my head and says "it has been I can go if you want me to?" He sets me on the bed and I start unbuttoning shirt. "What cha doing there Ri?" I take his shirt off and kiss along his neck making him groan. "I'm getting you to stay."

I pull him on the bed with me and he starts kissing me. "I thought you wanted sleep?" I shake my head and he smiles lifting off my dress. I moan when he starts kissing along my body and grip the sheets. "Hey are you guys home?!" Zay shouts knocking on the front door. Lucas growls and continues kissing me. "Luke he is just going to use his own key."

Lucas shakes his head and says "nope I took it from him this morning. We just need to be quiet." I try to hold in my moan from him teasing me and I say "well if you keep doing that I won't be able to." He smirks and continues kissing me. "Come on guys its cold out here please?" Zay says whining.

I kiss Lucas once more and throw my robe around myself. "We can still pretend to not be home." Lucas tells me walking with his hands wrapped around me. I giggle when Zay shouts he can hear him. I open the door and Zay smiles walking in plopping himself on the couch. "So what's up?" He asks looking at Lucas and I.

Lucas shakes his head and says "what do you want Zay?" He chuckles and says "well I wanted to hang out is that so bad?" I smile and Lucas nods his head and says "really at midnight? You wanted to hang out?" I laugh and Zay grins at him and stands up and says "okay you caught me I thought I bring Riley her bakery keys. I'll head out now back to my little apartment alone."

I try not to smile and Lucas mouths no at me. "You can stay Zay. I'll get your blanket." He runs up hugging me and says thank you. "Ri you know if you keep feeding him he will never leave." Lucas says when we go back to bed. I giggle closing my eyes and snuggling closer to him.

"it's okay it's like he's our little child. We will need the practice you know." Lucas gets quiet and I open my eyes and see him smiling at me. "What?" I asks pulling back a little. He kisses me and says "nothing I just like hearing you talk about our future together." I blush and he cups my cheek. "Don't be embarrassed I think about it too."

Before I can say anything we hear. "I do too and I want to be godfather to all ten of your kids!" Zay shouts chuckling to himself. I gasps and say "he thinks we would have ten kids?" Lucas laughs and pulls me close.

I wake the next morning with a big smile on my face. "What has you all smiley huh?" I turn around and see Lucas with his eyes closed still. "How do you know I'm smiling your eyes aren't even open?" He smiles pulling me closer kissing my head and says "because I know you and plus you're with me what's there not to smile about?"

I laugh and say "are you trying to say I'm smiling because I'm dating you?" He opens his eyes and says "well yeah." I bite his arm and shake my head at him getting up. He pulls me back down and says "where are you going?" I moan when he kisses my neck and say "the bakery I have to open it this morning."

He shakes his head and says "nope today your mine." I smile and say "Lucas as much as I would love to stay here and keep doing this and what comes next I can't. I have the keys and need to open the place." He looks at me and starts grinning. "What did you do?"

He unbuttons my pajama shirt and says "I may have already got Zay to go down there and open the place for you." I sit up and say "Lucas Friar you left my bakery in the hands of Zay Babineaux?" He leans on his side nodding his head. I growl at him and grab my phone.

"Topanga bakery this is Zay how may I help you?" I hear a lot of commotion in the background. "Zay what's going on there? What's all that noise?" He tells me hold on a second and then says "sorry sugar the morning has been hectic." I see Lucas smiling and stick my tongue out at him getting up.

"Okay I'm on my way now to help. Sorry Lucas made you go in. I doubt this is what you wanted to do on your Saturday." Zay laughs and says "actually this is pretty fun. And don't worry Sandy and Paul are here and Auggie is manning the catering side. I guess those boxes of goodies you sent worked. I got to go Riley but don't worry I'll let you know if we need you."

He hangs up and I sit on the couch and Lucas comes out sitting with me and starts kissing my neck and says "see told ya. Now can you be mine for today?" I close my eyes and say "okay but this doesn't change the fact you left my bakery in the hands of Zay." He pouts and I smile and say "don't even Friar." He smiles and lifts me onto his lap taking my shirt off. "You think kissing me is going to get me to let you win?"

He lifts me up taking me into the bedroom laying me down and locking the bay window and turning off our phones. I smile shaking my head and say "okay you win." He jumps on me making me giggle and kisses me.

We spend the weekend locked in my apartment just enjoying each other and I had to hand it to Zay when I would call to check the place out Auggie or Sandy would tell me he was amazing and knew what he was doing. "Don't go stay right here with me naked." Lucas tells me kissing my shoulder.

I giggle turning around and kiss him feeling him unzipping my dress. "Lucas you know this is my father daughter day. Besides aren't you sick of me yet?" He looks at me seriously and says "I could never be sick of you Ri." I kiss him once more zipping up my dress and say "nice try but I'm still going to dinner with my dad."

He groans covering his face and I smile straddling him pulling his hands away. "How about I make you a deal?" He sits up and tries to unzip me once again making me smack his hands. "I go to dinner with my dad and you call your parents who I'm sure are wondering if you're alive and when I get back I bring dessert and you can eat it off me." Lucas smirks and says "can I get a sample now before you go?"

I sigh and say "okay five minutes Friar I really have to go." He nods kissing me and chuckles when he finally unzips my dress all the way. I hear my phone ringing and Lucas trying to grab it before me. I grab it seeing that it's my dad texting me again wondering if I was on my way. I look at the time and get up getting dressed again.

"Lucas Friar you're in so much trouble! I'm so late to meet my dad." I yell smacking him with the pillow. He chuckles kissing me and says "hey you were the one that kissed me after the first time." I roll my eyes and grab my phone and say love you as I walk out the door.

I get on the subway thankful it was on time when my phone goes off. "I love you too." I smile at the text feeling my cheeks heat up and text back. "I had a feeling you did." The train stops and I get off heading for my parents apartment. "Hey sorry I'm late blame Lucas." I tell my dad when he opens the door. He chuckles and we link arms heading to our spot.

"So you two official now? Rucas is officially together?" My dad asks when we grab our hot dogs. I almost choke on my hot dog and say "dad! I thought we talked about this?" I start blushing and he pokes my cheek smiling as we sit on our bench staring out at the water. "You know he asked my permission to asks you out." I turn his way and smile wider. "He did?" He smiles nodding his head.

"I wanted him to jump through hoops but your mother wouldn't let me." I giggle and crumble up my wrapper leaning my head on his shoulder. "So you going to move to Texas with him?" I look up at him and seen him looking at the water. "No I'm staying here." He chuckles and pulls out an envelope and hands it to me.

I sit up and look at it curiously and then at my dad who smiles and gestures for me to open it. "How did you get this?" I asks when I see it's the papers from Elizabeth about opening a store in Texas. "You should know everyone at your bakery is a snoop.." I cover my face and say "I can't believe Sandy and Zay. Those little nosys."

He chuckles and says "more like Zay and Auggie." I gasps and say "Auggie?! I can't believe him." My dad puts his arm around me and says "so you plan to open your store down there?" I shake my head looking down and say "no I have my business here I can't just leave it."

He looks at me and says "your scared." I look at the water shaking my head and say "I'm not scared." He nods his head and says "yes you are. You have that same look when you were to afraid to tell us Mr. Peanut died." I sniff and wipe my eye and say "daddy you promised never to bring up Mr. Peanut again after his funeral."

"Yes but if Lucas never held your hand Mr. Pea..." I give him a look and he says "your hamster would still be in a shoebox underneath your bed decomposing and haunting us." He shivers and we start laughing. "So what has you so spooked this time?" I look at him and he grabs my hand and I say "I don't know I guess I just don't like change and a lot of that has been happening to me recently."

"Not all change is bad sweetheart. You never know this change could be something great." We get up and start walking and I link arms with him smiling and say "daddy are you telling me I should move with a boy whose shoe you stole to Texas?" He grimace and says "as much as it pains me yes I told your mother I knew the story when we first met him. You to were practically inseparable."

I smile and say "what if we aren't like that if I move to Texas with him? What if he doesn't see me as he does here?" My dad stops us and looks me in the eye and says "sweetie he only sees you one way and as much as I would like to fake a heart attack and stop this I just want you to be happy." I hug him and we continue walking.

I get home and see Lucas wasn't there but he left a note saying his mom wanted to see him in person to make sure he was alive still. But would be back soon. I smile and head up to Maya's apartment hoping her and josh weren't having sex.

I crawl through her window and see her laying on the floor surrounded by tissues and pieces of chocolate. "Hey peaches what's wrong?" I lay next to her and she gives me a sad smile and says "Boing and I had a fight." I frown and say "what was it about?" She wipes her eyes sitting up against her bed and says "my record company heard one of the songs I wrote about him and wants me to come in and record some tracks."

I sit next to her and say "Maya that's wonderful are you going to do it?" She leans her head on my shoulder and says "I don't know on one hand I want to. I love making music and then there's the other hand and it holds your uncle and this perfect little love bubble we live in now." I start laughing and Maya looks at me weirdly.

"Riley I'm pouring my heart out to you and you're laughing at me?" I shake my head and say "no well yes but it's just because our love life are the same." She thinks about it and starts laughing too. "Your right they are. So how did you fix yours?" I stop laughing and say "well we talked about it and I want him to go."

Maya nods smiling at me and says "that's good. Are you going too?" I shake my head and say "I can't go. I have my bakery and still have the catering thing with that movie. Oh my god!" "What?! What is it?" Maya asks looking at me with concern. "I forgot that director guy still wants to talk to me when they finish up the movie."

Maya grabs my hand and we sit there in silence awhile. "Hey Riles?" I turn and look at her. "If you didn't have the bakery or the catering thing. If huckleberry asked you to go with him would you?" I smile at her and say "in a heartbeat." She smiles and hugs me saying she had to go find him.

I make my way back to my window and see Lucas already in bed asleep. I smile and slip off my shoes and dress and get in bed with him. "I figured you were probably upstairs." He whispers pulling me close. I bury my head in the crook of his neck and say "yeah peaches needed some girl talk."

"Good morning beautiful." I shush Lucas and turn over. I hear him chuckle and I say "don't even think it Friar I'm tired." He groans dancing his hands on my stomach and up to my bra. "Luke I love you but I'm tired you woke me early this morning for sex now I need sleep." He huffs and lays next to me with his hand still on my chest.

I feel him wiggling next to me and I groan and turn around kissing him. "Wow!" I thought you were tired?" He tells me trying to catch his breath. I roll my eyes and say "well you seem to be wide awake and I know you wouldn't stop touching me until you got me to give in." He wiggles his eyebrows trying to unhook my bra but I stop him.

"Now that I'm up in starving let's go get something to eat?" I get up teasing him as I grab my clothes heading for the bathroom. I giggle when I hear him shout "I'm in love with a real meanie!" I finish getting ready walking back in my room to see Lucas asleep again. "Unbelievable!" I say shaking my head.

I walk over pulling the blankets off him making him fall off the bed. "Ow that hurt Ri." He says rubbing his head. I fold my arms across my chest and say "well that's what you get for trying to go back to sleep Eugene let's go I'm hungry." He playfully glares at me for calling him Eugene.

"so where should we go have breakfast?" I asks once we get in the car. "Well I may have told my mom we would eat breakfast with them this morning." Lucas says grinning at me. I shake my head and say "I have no clue what I'm going to do with you Friar?" He leans over and kisses me and says "love me?" I smile and whisper "I can do that."

We make it to his parents place and I see my parents car parked outside. "Why does this feel like more than just a breakfast?" I asks when we get out the car and hear several voices. Lucas pulls me close and says "well you know our moms they've been planning family gathering like this since they day we met." I smile intertwining our hands.

"Pretty sure they have been planning our wedding since the day we met." I giggle shaking my head and see Lucas staring at me with a smile on his face. "What?" I asks tilting my head. He kisses me and we start walking towards the front door. "Here they are!" His mom shouts when we walk in the backyard.

I hug Lily and say "why does it feel like your mom is planning to marry us?" She laughs and says "I know she went all out for this breakfast. Did you know she got twelve different jams?" We start laughing and our moms walk over to us.

"oh hush you two it's not everyday all of us are together like this. It's nice isn't it topanga?" My mom smiles agreeing with her. "I think she means it's nice now that we're together." Lucas tells me wrapping his arm around me. I turn looking at him and then at our moms realizing it was true.

"oh my god mom Mrs Friar is this breakfast more than just breakfast?" They were in the middle of clinking glasses and look out way. "Riley you can call me Mary Anne or even mom. You know that and it's just breakfast but your mother and I need to get back to planning."

"So I think if they did get married we can have it here or at the very least the reception. What do you think topanga?" I shake my head walking up to them and say "mom Mary Anne Lucas and I are still in the beginning stages of our relationship wedding bells are far from our minds at this point."

They smile and turn back around. "I think we could build an arch with little tulips and when would it happen?" My mom asks. They look at each other and say at the same time "Christmas time!" I shake my head and say "you think they actually heard what I said or it was just white noise to them?"

Lucas and Lily laugh and we leave them and get something to eat. After breakfast we end up back at Lily's house and end up in the pool. "So mom is planning a huge going away party for Lucas the week before he goes to Texas." Lily tells me as we lay out by the pool. I nod my head and Lily nudges me.

"You asks him to stay yet?" I turn smiling at her and say "no as much as I want to do that this means more to him than he lets on and I want him to be happy." She smiles and says "but you're still scared aren't you?" I lightly laugh and say "man I got to work on my poker face." Lily looks at me weirdly and then we both start laughing.

"Come on ladies it's a nice day and this is how you plan to spend it?" Lucas tells us blocking the sun from me. I smile and say no in a few I'm going to turn over." Lily laughs and Lucas nods his head. "Okay smart ass." He lifts me up and jumps into the pool.

"Lucas Eugene Friar you're so dead!" I say splashing him. He goes under and pops up right in front of me pulling me to him and kissing me. "Hey knock it off. Pappy Joe warned us about you two." Ethan says walking out the house with drinks and snacks. "Hey when you got a girl who looks like this there is no way you can keep your hands off her." Lucas tells him making me blush.

Ethan sits next to Lily pulling her onto his lap and says "I do this one can hardly keep her hands off I'm surprised we don't have more kids!" Lily gasps while Lucas grimace covering his ears. "Dude that's my sister I don't need to know that stuff." I look at Lily and we both start laughing. "So mom and dad have the girls for tonight so what should we do?" Lily asks.

Lucas and I get out the pool and he suggest dinner and dancing. "Okay well I need to go change." I tell them goodbye and head home to change while Lucas changed there. I make it inside my apartment when I hear a knock on my window. I knew it was probably Maya coming over to tell me she made up with Josh.

"hey peaches did you find him?" I say opening the window. "Yeah she found me." I turn around and see Josh climbing through the window. "Hey uncle Josh where's Maya?" I asks looking through my closet for the perfect outfit. "She at the little studio she had built her so she didn't have to go all the way to LA." I turn looking at him and he nods.

"Okay yes I overreacted if I would have listened to her she would have let me know about it." I smile nodding my head at him. "So what's really wrong?" I asks seeing that familiar Matthews worried look on his face. He sits on my bed staring at the ceiling and says "what if they like the songs and goes on tour and meets someone else?"

I sit next to him and say "man us Matthews really are the same when it comes to loving others." Josh chuckles and says "yeah we do. So help me?" I look at him and say "well in my situation I can't exactly go with him but you could if she went on tour." He looks at me weirdly and I tap his head. "Josh you're a writer use your experience on the tour as inspiration for your new book."

He smiles and says "what makes you.." I cut him off and say "she would asks don't think otherwise."! He thanks me and heads out the window again and I get dressed. I decided on a knee length dress that hugged my body. I had just put on my shoes when I hear the doorbell. I open the door and Lucas stares at me making me blush. "Okay maybe we should just stay in?"

I giggle and close my door locking it when I feel Lucas press himself against me. He puts his hand on my shoulder and trails it down my arm making me shiver. I lean against him and he starts kissing my neck. "Okay let's go Friar." He groans and we make our way downstairs.

After dinner we went dancing and a slow song comes on with Lucas pulling me on the dance floor. I smile as he twirls me and pulls me back to him. "Having fun?" I put my arms around his neck and nod my head. "Let's go somewhere?" He whispers in my ear. "We can't leave your sister and Ethan."

He spins me and says "no not now I meant later let's take a trip somewhere? Just you and me." I look in his eyes and say "we just got back from Texas not that long ago and besides you leave back there in a couple of weeks and you still need to pack for it." He looks at me and says "you don't want to leave with me?"

I kiss him and say "I would go anywhere with you but don't you want to spend time with your family and friends before leaving for the next four years for college?" He cups my cheek and says "if I'm being honest you're the only one I really want to spend the next couple of weeks with."

I smile and say "that can definitely happen." I wink at him and he dips and kisses me.

The end is near.