Girl Meets Drabbles Part 28
*Author's Note – You guys are making me blush! All these sweet remarks about how your prompts are turning out, I love it! And I love you! Oh and It's .FromStatefarm how could I ever forget you! I decided to combine your prompts you sent me and turn them into one big story I hope you don't mind! Get ready for another two parter guys! Also keep on sending prompts you have until June 1st if I haven't mentioned that a million times already lol and as always Enjoy! *
Prompt: From It's .FromStatefarm - How about one where someone has really good news and the whole gang is there to celebrate AND maybe the gang is planning a road trip to whatever destination you feel like making them go to and then eventually them on the road.
It was quite a sight to behold. All of my closest friends and family gathered together celebrating. It was my definition of a perfect moment. Sure I had just graduated from MIT at the top of my class, but the real reason for the celebration was sitting with her best friend in the bay window of her mother's bakery. Not too long ago I proposed to Riley Matthews, love of my life, and still astonishingly enough she said yes.
"Farkle." Called my angel from her perch signaling me with a not so subtle wave of her hand to come over there. "Come, join us."
"Yeah why were you standing on the other side of the room anyway?" Maya asked.
"Just enjoying the view." Farkle said causing Maya to groan and Riley to smile.
"If you two are gonna be gross then I'm gonna need more champagne." Maya said getting up and forfeiting her seat to Farkle.
"Are you enjoying your party Farkle?" Riley asked.
"Of course, everyone I love is in one room."
"We love you too man." Zay said coming over with Lucas in tow.
"It's just… never mind." I began.
"It's just what?" Riley said
"It doesn't feel big enough."
"There's Ostridge egg gift bags; how much bigger can you get?" Lucas replied.
"No what I mean is I feel like we need to do something really special to commemorate everything. Our lives are changing and I feel like we need to cherish how we are now."
"Okay what did you have in mind?" Riley said as she placed her hand a top my own.
"How 'bout a road trip?" Maya said finally rejoining the gang.
"Count me in. I don't have to be back in Texas for another month." Zay said.
"Me too, I don't start at the gallery till August." Maya interjected.
"Wherever you go I go." Riley said looking at me.
"Let's do it!" I replied
"Alright road trip!" Lucas said as we all clinked our glasses together.
Riley spent the next week researching possible destinations. We had two weeks to spare before any of us had to go back to our regularly scheduled lives.
"What about the Grand Canyon?" She said pointing at the giant map she put together.
"Lucas and Maya went there for their anniversary; it needs to be some place that none of us have been to before."
"Well we're running out of map but I'll keep looking." She said. I always loved how intense Riley gets when she's working on something. Her brow furrows in the most adorable way but it's the passion behind her eyes that I love the most. I use to see it all the time when we got paired up for school assignments, it's almost second nature for me to stare at her in all her glory. But she never usually catches me.
"What?"
Until now.
"Nothing, I just can't wait to marry you." I said leaning back in my chair. Riley got up from her own chair and sat in my lap.
"I know but I want our wedding to be perfect. Which means months of planning and organizing…"
"Maybe we should just elope." I joked but from the look on Riley's face she took it seriously.
"That's it!"
"What's it?"
"Las Vegas! We can take a cross country trip to Las Vegas why didn't I think of that before." She said as she hopped off my lap to go back to the map.
"Wait, you actually want to elope? No big white wedding?"
"What? No of course not! But there's still a lot to do in Las Vegas besides get married. And its someplace none of us have been."
"Las Vegas huh?"
"Whatd'ya say Minkus? Feel like pressing your luck?" She teased while sauntering over to me. The vixen. I pulled her close by the waist causing her to let out that adorable giggle I love so much.
"I'm pretty sure I used it all when I got you to agree to spend the rest of your life with me but sure why not."
"Yaaaayyyy! We're going to Vegas!" Riley said bouncing up and down with glee. Soon enough the plans were made and the road trip was set into motion.
Since it was only the five of us we decided to squeeze into Lucas' SUV, it being the largest of all the cars. We all met at Topanga's with our luggage and loaded ourselves with enough coffee to make the energizer bunny look slow, unfortunately for some of us that didn't seem to be enough.
"Why'd we have to leave so early." Maya said as she sat with her head pressed against the passenger side window with her sunglasses on and her third cup of coffee in her hand.
"You know what they say Maya, the early bird catches the worm." Riley replied from in between Zay and I in the back seat.
"Stupid bird." Maya mumbled back.
"Yeah I'm with Maya on this one. You bunch of morning people … sickens me." Zay said also nursing a cup of joe.
"Well maybe if some people didn't go out to a bar last night…" Lucas started to say but Maya cut him off.
"Really Huckleberry?"
Maya and Lucas dated a while in high school but like most high school sweethearts they grew apart over time. Now they were just best friends but old habits die hard I suppose.
"Maya and I were at the bar for a very important reason… we need dates for the wedding." Zay said holding his hand up trying to defend his hangover.
I watched as Lucas' knuckles tightened around the steering wheel and Maya stared out the window.
"Okay new topic of conversation. Riley my darling what is the itinerary for our road trip extravaganza!" I said causing her face to light up like the sun, which still hadn't come up entirely.
"I have planned out a trip so spectacular they should put it in the best friend museum of road trips."
"That doesn't exist." Maya retorted but Riley just continued.
"My friends over the next three days we will see all the best sights our country has to offer before making it to our destination. This will be the best trip ever."
"Who knows what adventures await." I said just as we got onto the highway and began our journey.
To Be Continued…
