Author note: Eek! Only 2 more chapters after this, my dear readers you have all been amazingly understanding and supportive during this story. You really do mean the world to me and every review, reblog, tweet, ask message, etc always blows me away that you take the time to respond. Thank you all. This is actually one of my favorite chapters I've written of the entire story, so I really hope you enjoy it.

We'll follow the Rainbow

"Okay Riley, this gel is going to be warm, are you ready to see how big Baby Friar is getting?" Dr. Ramsey looked at the couple.

"Very ready" Riley squeezed Lucas' hand as they looked over at the monitor as the wand was moved over her stomach.

"Oh this is good, Baby Friar didn't want to hide this time." Dr. Ramsey smiled as she turned up the volume to hear the healthy heartbeat.

Riley took a deep calming breath, "And you can tell if it's a boy or girl I mean don't say it out loud, but you can tell right?"

Dr. Ramsey looked to the young couple, "Yeah, it's clear. I'll write it down on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope for you. I take it you're doing a gender reveal?"

"Yeah her Mom is in charge of the party, anyone else we figured would spill before the party." Lucas explained as his eyes studied the image in front of him.

"Baby is looking healthy, right size, everything is good."

Riley breathed a sigh of relief and closed her eyes.

"You can get up and use the restroom now."

Riley pushed herself from the table to use the restroom, when she was done she came back to Dr. Ramsey holding a sealed envelope, "So in here, it tells us if we're having a boy or a girl huh?"

"Yes, have you two decided on your birth plan yet?"

Riley looked to Lucas, "Not yet, we're still discussing it."

"We'll discuss it at your next appointment, I'll see you soon." Dr. Ramsey walked out with them.

Lucas took the envelope from her once they left the office, "You know we could find out right now, we don't have to wait until tomorrow."

Riley snatched it back, "We're waiting, one more day and we'll find out if we're having a Joseph or an Amelia."

Lucas pouted, "Fine, I still think it's going to be little Amelia Leigh."

Riley rolled her eyes, "Joseph Alan."

Topanga and Maya were waiting outside of the apartment when they arrived home. "What's wrong?" Riley questioned.

"Nothing is wrong, hand over the envelope." Topanga held her hand out and Riley dug it from her purse.

"So what time are you coming to set up for the party tomorrow?" Riley went to pull her keys out when Maya stopped her.

"The two of you are spending the night here." Maya handed her an envelope, "We've got a lot to do for this party so scram."

"Wait, you're kicking us out of our apartment for the night, and you won't even let us pack a bag or anything?" Lucas looked at Maya, "At least let us get our things, Riley needs that body pillow, only way she can sleep right now is with it."

"Yeah, and we need our tooth brushes, pajamas, clothes for tomorrow."

Topanga opened the door and pulled out an overnight bag, "Here you go, we packed for you."

Lucas took the bag, looked at his wife a little worried, "Why can't we be in the apartment tonight, what are you setting up?"

Maya and Topanga smiled, "The nursery, that's the reveal"

Topanga waved the envelope at her daughter and son-in-law, "We discussed it and a cake is so overdone, the box of balloons is overdone, and while there were some cute ideas we saw on Pinterest and YouTube, they don't fit you two as a couple. Besides you haven't gotten the nursery set up just yet, and this is the perfect opportunity to do so. We're going to go and paint it and you won't get to know if it's blue or pink until tomorrow."

"We hadn't really discussed what color we were going to paint it but not blue or pink."

"Fine Riles, we won't do blue or pink, we'll find a nice color, but for now you two are out of here. Go have a nice night in the hotel, you're already checked in, all you have to do is leave the key in the room when you leave tomorrow." Maya started pushing them towards the elevator, "By the way did you decide on names?"

"Yeah, Mom knows what we picked." Lucas looked towards his mother-in-law, "Are you sure you want to do all this work?"

"Oh I have Auggie, Doy, and Frankie coming over later to help out." Topanga smiled, "They volunteered."

"Mom, please, this sounds like it's too much work." Riley insisted.

"This could be my only grandchild, let me do this for you. Now go, just enjoy a night just the two of you. You won't have one of those for a while once the baby comes."

"She's right, they both are." Lucas hit the elevator button, "Just can you keep it secret between the two of you? Is there any way you can keep everyone from knowing?"

Topanga and Maya looked to each other, "Don't worry, even the boys won't know. We're just using them for the muscle." Maya teased.

The elevator dinged just before opening, "You guys go have fun, be newlyweds you still are, so act like it tonight." Topanga told them as she and Maya pushed them into the elevator.

Riley and Lucas both tried to protest one more time as the elevator doors closed.

Topanga opened the envelope and smiled, "Okay let's go find a paint color that it's pink or blue."

"Is this really where you want to have our first real date?" Zay asked as they entered the lobby of the hotel.

"Yes, I don't think we'll see anyone we know here. Why would they come to a hotel in the middle of Manhattan?"

"Good point." He took Isadora's hand, "Thank you for going out with me."

"Thank you for asking." She was blushing as they moved towards the restaurant just as they saw Riley and Lucas coming out. They quickly moved behind a large plant, watching as Riley looked around confused.

"Riley, what's wrong?"

She rubbed her eyes, "I could've sworn I just saw Isadora and Zay."

"Honey, you're exhausted, let's get upstairs to our room."

Riley gave him a quick peck on the lips as they moved towards the elevator, looking back right towards the large plant, she was sure she saw something.

Zay and Isadora waited until they saw the elevator doors closed. "What are they doing here; don't they have an apartment of their own?"

Zay sighed, "They do, but right now Topanga and Maya are painting the nursery for the gender reveal party tomorrow."

"And they don't want Riley around the paint fumes, and they don't want either of them to know before the party do they?" Isadora sighed, "They've gone upstairs, I'm sure they're in for the evening."

"Yeah, Riley's been exhausted with the pregnancy." Zay took Isadora's hand as they moved towards the restaurant, "I don't want to talk about Riley, Lucas, Farkle, or Maya. I want to talk about you, me, and our interests."

She smiled shyly, "I think that sounds wonderful."

They chatted easily over dinner, discussing Isadora's current project she was working on for her Graduate program, Zay talked about running the bar, his plan to eventually own it himself if the timing was right. They talked the Royal family of Glendova; he shared stories—and videos of Duke from college. They found a shared interest in historical documentaries and mini-series, specifically about the American Revolution.

"You haven't watched Sons of Liberty?" Isadora was shocked as she looked across the table at Zay who had been smiling all night.

He shook his head, "I think I missed that one."

"You'll have to come over one evening and we can start it. It's one of my favorites and Ryan Eggold is amazing as Dr. Warren."

"I would like that very much, and you've watched Turn: Washington's Spies right?"

"Of course I have, that season three episode during Thanksgiving will forever be my favorite Thanksgiving ever on any television show."

"Better than the WKRP Turkey Drop?"

Isadora's jaw dropped and her eyes went wide with excitement, "You know that episode, you know of that show?"

Zay nodded, "Yeah, I binged it on Hulu ages ago. It's great, Mr. Carlson, Johnny Fever, Jennifer, Venus, it's awesome; ever since, every Thanksgiving I watch that episode."

Isadora looked nervously at the table for half a second and then back up at him, "I watch it every year as well."

"See this is something new I never knew about you before."

"No one else knows." She looked down to see he was holding her hand, "It doesn't really fit with the whole genius persona."

"You're more than just a genius Isadora."

"I'm very happy that you see that Zay."

He brought her hand to his lips kissing her fingers. Just as he saw Farkle and Maya walking by, he kept his eyes on them as they went to the elevator.

"What's wrong?"

"Farkle and Maya just walked by, they're probably checking in on Riley and Lucas."

"You haven't told them about us yet, have you?" She pulled her hand away from him.

"No I haven't" He pulled her hand back into his, "Because I don't know what this is yet, but I do know it's something very special and I don't want them butting in. It's kind of how things work in this group."

"That is true they do tend to be overly involved in each other's lives." She squeezed his hand, "What do you say, we go somewhere else for dessert? I know this great little place a few blocks away."

"That sounds perfect." Zay got the check taken care of, helped her on with her jacket and they left.

They strolled down the street hand in hand as she guided him to the little bakery, they ordered caramel cupcakes and found a table near the window.

Isadora was the one who saw them enter this time, "It's like they're following us."

Zay turned to see Lucas and Farkle come in going straight to the counter to place an order. He sighed, was the universe trying to bust him and Smackle on their first official date or what? "Ignore them unless they notice us."

"Good idea." She started to giggle.

"What?" Zay looked to her confused.

Isadora reached over with her napkin wiping the frosting that had ended up on Zay's nose.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." She looked down at her cupcake for a second before back at him, "I'm going to the party tomorrow."

"So am I, obviously."

"How do we do this?"

"We could go together, or we could go separately."

"I like you Zay, I like whatever this is, but I don't think I'm ready for others to know about us yet." She confessed, "And I don't think you are either. We need to figure out what this even is before we invite our friends into it."

"So tomorrow is not a date." Zay looked down at his cupcake wrapper, "Maybe we could do something Sunday afternoon?"

She smiled, "I would love that."

Neither Zay nor Isadora noticed that Lucas and Farkle had gotten their order and left, walking right past the window they were sitting at.

"Lucas, do you see what I see?" Farkle looked at his ex-girlfriend who appeared to be flirting with one of his best friends.

Lucas stopped, holding the box of cupcakes close to him, knowing his wife would kill him if anything happened to them. "Whoa, do you see Zay on what looks like a date with Smackle?"

"So we both see this." Farkle stared for another moment, "We should get back, Riley has probably driven Maya crazy asking about the nursery."

"Yeah you're right and this is probably not what we think it is."

Maya studied Riley, "I guess I would say low, I think. I don't know Honey you're the first one of our friends to be pregnant."

Riley rolled her eyes, "Put down low."

"Okay, I still can't believe your Mom wouldn't tell me." Maya typed it the information into her phone.

"I can, you would've told me as soon as you came through the door. All I know is you've painted the nursery a neutral color, and Mom is hiding the information from you." Riley sat back down in the hotel chair and rubbed her belly. "Okay Baby, tomorrow you get to start hearing us call you by your name."

"You've just been calling her or him Baby this whole time?"

"Sometimes Watermelon since that's what it feels like." Riley confessed as she rubbed her hands together before getting back up to look for lotion. "How long do you think the guys are going to take?"

"More than five minutes Riles, they probably just left the hotel. Dry hands, cold feet?"

"Yeah, how did you know?"

Maya smirked, "Just checking stuff off the list."

"So what's the verdict so far?"

"I'm not telling give me your wedding ring."

"Never, if I take it off I might not get it back on." Riley stared at her best friend, "Come on, why are we doing this?"

"Topanga asked me to, it's for the party so far you're leaning towards boy." Maya smiled as Riley removed her ring and watched as Maya used a piece of thread from the hotel sewing kit to tie it off before she swung it over her friend's pregnant belly.

Riley watched as the ring moved in a circle, "What does that mean?"

"Another vote for a boy" Maya exclaimed just as the door opened and the guys came in.

Lucas and Farkle watched them for a moment, "Is that my wife's wedding ring?"

"Yes, we're trying to determine if it's a boy or girl based on old wives tales." Maya slipped the thread off the ring before handing it back to Riley.

Lucas rolled his eyes, "We're going to find out tomorrow afternoon."

"So far everything indicates a boy, Lucas are those the cupcakes?"

"Yes, they are." Lucas slowly handed the box over, "She's craving sweets, what does that indicate Maya?"

"A girl" Maya looked up from her phone, she looked at her fiancé and his best friend, "What's going on, you both have this weird confused expression."

"It was just weird, we saw Zay with Isadora at the bakery." Farkle couldn't remember Isadora ever looking at him the way she did at Zay.

Riley scrunched her face confused, "They're friends, we're friends, we're all friends, why was it weird?"

Lucas looked around the room, "They did kind of look like they were on a date. Is that possible?"

"You guys, they probably just ran into each other, decided to get a cupcake or something. You're being silly, Zay and Smackle, come on guys what would they even talk about." Maya tried to reason. "Hey Lucas, have you gained weight since Riley started to?"

Lucas stood up tall tried to look away, "Maybe a little, why?"

"Girl" Maya typed into her phone, "And we know about the morning sickness so again, Girl."

"Hey, Kate Middleton had the same thing as me and she gave us Prince George before she had Princess Charlotte."

"I'm just following the site Riles." Maya defended as she continued on.

"Okay, why are you doing this?" Farkle was thankful for the distraction.

"Topanga asked me to, I think it's something for the party, you know before the big reveal." Maya dug through her purse and pulled out a key placing it in front of Riley, "Could you pick that up for me?"

"Really Maya" Riley shook her head as she reached for the key, picking it up from the narrow end. "Well what did that mean?"

"Girl" Maya shrugged, "Maybe your instincts are wrong."

"Or maybe these are silly little games people played that could go either way." Riley handed her the key before turning her focus on the boys, "If something is going on between Zay and Smackle, then maybe it's new and they don't want us to know. Watch them tomorrow they'll both be at the party. If they're dating there will be signs."

"Riley has a point, besides I'm sure we're just being silly." Farkle rationalized, "What's in the lead boy or girl?"

"Girl is ahead by one." Maya glanced at Lucas who was smirking. "Don't get so confident Huckleberry."

"I dreamed I'm having a boy Maya, I'm sure that's an old wives tale as well."

Maya smirked, "It is, and it means you're having a girl."

"Yes" Lucas couldn't help but react and everyone stared at him. "Was that really loud?"

"Do you want to be chasing boys out of our daughter's room?"

"I already plan to steal their boots." He smiled proudly.

"We're having a boy." Riley insisted, "I know it in my bones."

Lucas moved towards her a smile on his face, "Girl, your brown eyes and smile, my hair."

"Your hair, what's wrong with my hair?"

"Nothing, I'm just worried your father's hair might decide to show up instead."

Riley couldn't help but giggle, "A boy, your smirk, my eyes, and whatever genetic blend of our hair is possible."

Lucas nodded, "Girl" He moved a bit closer, Maya and Farkle rolled their eyes and slowly moved towards the door.

"A boy" Riley insisted again, her heart racing as her husband moved towards her.

"Girl" Lucas smirked as he heard the door open and then close quickly.

"Boy" Riley's eyes dared him to do what she was sure he wanted.

His lips crashed onto hers as he pulled her pregnant body as close to him as he could, "You're beautiful Riley, glowing."

"You say that every time you try to seduce me." She teased as she let her fingers dig into his golden hair.

"It works doesn't it?" He started to kiss her neck, pushing her brown lock away as his fingertips grazed her skin.

"I'm onto you Friar." She breathed feeling her body burning from his touch.

"Is that so Friar?" He pulled away, looking into her eyes, "You know it's really not that much longer that it's just you and me. We should take advantage of it."

Her fingers gripped his shirt, "Then shut up and take me already."

Topanga was waiting outside the door when Riley and Lucas arrived, "Well look at the two of you, I take it you had a good night away?"

"We did, thank you Mom." Riley gave her a hug, "So can we go in or do we have to just hang out, out here?"

"First pick, are you team girl or team boy?" Topanga held two clothes pins in each hand one set pink the other set blue.

Lucas snatched a pink one while Riley went for blue.

"Now you can go in."

"Mom, why don't you have one?" Lucas studied her, hoping she would give it away.

"Because I'm the only one who knows, even Cory doesn't know." Topanga smiled before opening the door, "Oh and he's on team girl he really wants Lucas to have to chase boys out of a room."

"Funny, Lucas want's the same thing." Riley went into the apartment, found a board that listed the results of every silly test Maya had given her last night. Pink and blue balloons filled the empty spaces and a table was set up with refreshments, "Mom this is wonderful, thank you."

"Oh honey anything for my baby." Topanga kissed her forehead, "Now a few guests are already here, more are on the way including your Uncles."

"Wonderful, the more the merrier" Riley immediately went to grab a bottle of water, looking up when she saw Zay coming in with Farkle and Maya.

Lucas saw where her glance went he looked back to his wife and shrugged.

As more guests arrived Riley almost missed Isadora arriving, but she'd been talking to Zay at that moment and noticed when his eyes lingered at the door. "So Zay," She took a bite of her carrot as she studied him, "Are you seeing anyone?"

His eyes shot back to her, "Um, actually I just started seeing someone, it's very new, I don't know where it's going to go only had one date so far."

Riley nodded, "Where did you meet this girl?"

Zay chuckled, "Actually gossiping online about the royal family of Glendova."

"Oh is that so, what could there be to gossip about?"

"Well rumor has it Princess Rosalie is expecting already."

"Good for her, I wish her and Laurence nothing but happiness, and that's exactly what I told him in the letter I sent before his wedding."

"You sent him a letter?"

"Well Lucas and I did." She smiled, "So what else do you and this girl talk about?"

"We're both into classic TV shows you can find online, and we're both into Documentaries and Mini-Series about the Revolutionary War era."

Riley smiled, "You are beyond smitten this is different than I've seen you with any other girl Zay. I wish you luck and love."

"Thanks Cotton Candy Face."

"Okay everyone, could I have your attention please?" Topanga tried to gather the crowd around, "As you know, Riley and Lucas have no idea if they're having a boy or a girl. And as you can see they've both got a different idea of who will be blessing them before they know it. Now I thought about how to do this reveal for them, I searched Pinterest, Google, and YouTube for ideas and realized that the best way to let Riley and Lucas find out who will be joining them, if it's Amelia or Joseph would be to let the nursery tell them."

"Sorry guys, Topanga's decision." Cory came over with blindfolds wrapping one first around Riley's head and then Lucas', "I don't even know the results."

"I'm going to lead the two of you into the nursery, and you'll remove the blindfolds and find out okay." Topanga took their hands and slowly guided them to the room. "Okay, deep breath okay" She opened the door and pushed them in, "Blindfolds off."

Riley reached up to remove the covering from her eyes, she looked around the room, the walls gray, with black trees painted in one corner where a rocking chair was placed, a quilt made of bandana's thrown over it. Slowly she looked around, looking for a clue and then she gasped. She covered her mouth and squeezed Lucas' hand as he turned to look in the same direction.

Above the crib Topanga had painted, "Let him sleep for when he wakes he will move mountains."

Lucas dropped to his knees, his hands protectively on Riley's stomach, "Joseph Alan Friar, that's who you are little guy."

"A boy, we're having a boy." She could feel the tears in her eyes as her lips quivered, "I've been telling you for months now Lucas."

He smiled as he looked up at his wife, "You were right, you hear that Joey, Mommy was right. We'll probably say that a lot."

Their friends and family chuckled, and it was then that Lucas and Riley were snapped back into the moment around them and started to see the little details Topanga had put together without Maya.

"Isadora, it's good to see you again, I hope you're doing well." Farkle and his ex were both at the refreshment table.

"I am Farkle, congratulations on your impending marriage to Maya. You two make sense, and I'm glad that you found each other."

"Have you found anyone?"

Isadora blushed, "Possibly, I require more experimentation before coming to a conclusion."

"Is it anyone I know?" He reached for a carrot stick, realizing he didn't really have a read on his ex any longer.

"Farkle, if I have a conclusion to my hypothesis to share with you, or anyone you'll know. If you'll excuse me I would like to say hello to Zay, I haven't seen him in a while."

"Of course" Farkle watched as she left, and then felt Maya slip her hand into his, "You don't have to be jealous."

"I'm not, but I think you're right. They're dating, but it's new, and we as a group are a bunch of busybodies, we kept us a secret partially for that reason, so let's give them the space they need." She kissed his cheek.

Farkle turned to her, "You're the only one for me Maya, and in a few weeks it will be official." He brought her hand to his lips kissing it. "Are you ready to become Maya Minkus?"

"More than I ever expected to be. Are you sure you're ready to start working on those eleven kids?"

He pulled her close to him, "You know we could start working on them now."

Maya swatted his warm, "Farkle, I love you."

"And I you, think Riley and Lucas would notice if we left."

"We would." Lucas was behind them, "Okay love birds, Riley and I wanted to talk to you in the nursery."

"Okay, well then let's have a chat." Farkle wasn't sure what they could want to talk about as he and Maya followed Lucas.

"Okay Riles, what's up?" Maya asked as Lucas closed the door.

"So Lucas and I were talking, and um trying to come up with who we thought would be the best Godparents for Joseph, and well we realized it's not that much of an actual choice."

"What my wife is trying to ask is will you be Joseph's Godparents?"

Maya and Farkle looked to each other and smiled before looking back at the parents-to-be, "Of course!"

"Yay" Riley cried out before hugging her two best friends. "Joseph is going to have so much love, thank you."

"We'll always be here for the three of you." Farkle reminded her.

"Thanks Buddy." Lucas slapped him on the back, forgetting his own strength for a moment when he saw the familiar cringe on Farkle's face. "Sorry, let's go and enjoy the rest of the party, or at least let Farkle and Maya sneak out so they can have some, what did you call it Riley; sexy times."

"Oh they want to sneak away for sexy times huh? Are you two working on those eleven babies already?"

"Not yet." Maya blushed, "Practicing for when we're ready."

Riley looked down at her pregnant belly, "Practice, sure."

Maya rolled her eyes as they left the nursery, and rejoined the party, losing Riley and Lucas as they got cornered by her Uncle Eric, it was only a few more minutes before she and Farkle had escaped into the New York air.

"We're ready for all of this, right?" Farkle asked her as they walked down the street holding hands.

"As long as we're together we will be." She rested her head on his arm knowing that what she said was true.