Chapter 36
"I can't believe you came!" Riley was leaning against Lucas' truck, they were touching foreheads with their hands intertwined. "Gah, I just can't get over how beautiful you look." The brunette's chest was visibly moving, she was exasperated at what had unfolded in that hotel, knowing full and well she'd get in huge trouble for it on Monday. "So, what does this mean? Are we back together?"
"Let's go to our spot. I need to be brought back down to reality, after what I did in there." Lucas chuckled and kissed her forehead.
"Let's go. Mind if I speed?" He shut his driver door.
"Not at all." The pair drove in silence the entire way, their body language said it all. The sly grins and winks were overwhelming Riley's new found feelings.
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The vast sky was filled with diamond like stars, and the moon gave off plenty of light since there were no clouds to cover it. There was a random wind every now and then that would send a chill but Lucas and Riley didn't mind. "Lucas, i'm tired of being unhappy." He grinned and with excitement looked at her.
"Me too."
"Why am I still so scared? You know me better than anyone, I was hoping you could elaborate for me." She slid off the tailgate and took off her heels.
"You have every right to be scared. I don't know about you but i've never felt this way before, I was with Bailey for a year thinking I knew what love was, and now i'm thinking how stupid I was to consider that love. You are afraid of the unknown, scared you might get hurt again." The brunette sauntered around the tree that they had made out on many times.
"I am, i'm terrified."
The green eyed man continued to glance at her. "I am never going to hurt you again." The cheerleader smiled and lifted her dress so it wouldn't drag.
"I know." Her freshly polished toes broke the fallen leaves with each step. "I want to thank you actually, for being honest with me. Even if you told me that you kissed Missy, not a lot of guys would tell me about 'letting her'. It destroyed me, but after several lectures I came to a conclusion."
"What's that?" She looked so gorgeous, walking around the tree, trying to be careful where she stepped to break as little leaves as possible.
"You told me the full truth because you care about me. Because, you loved me." She raised her arm to hold the branch above her, letting her dress blow in the wind. The slit opened revealing her long, muscular legs. Lucas stood up and meandered towards her, he grabbed the same branch and was only a few inches away.
"Say it."
Riley grinned. "Say what?" Lucas loved this game.
"You want me." The brown eyed girl raised her left pointer finger and shook her head no.
The brunette took a deep breath. "Let me say this first. I came upon the realization that you don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they aren't. Even though you come pretty close." She giggled." Turns out I fell in love with you thinking that you were perfect, and when I found out you weren't I ended up falling even harder." Lucas was falling more in love with her everytime she spoke. The cheerleader started circling the tree some more. "I'm not perfect either." She swallowed the lump in her throat and made her way around to him again. Riley stopped and looked him directly in the eye. "I'll annoy you, piss you off, say stupid stuff, and try to take it back, that's a guarantee. All that aside, I don't want anyone else to have your heart, or kiss your lips, or be the one you love. I know i'm a smart alec, and may not always show it but you'll never find a girl who loves you more than me." Their foreheads touched. Lucas' breathing was unsteady and his heart was noticeably beating.
"I love you Riley Matthews." His whisper sent chills down her spine. Riley put her arms around his neck and kissed him. It started off small but it grew bigger and more intense. Lucas picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. A slight breeze blew, rustling the trees above them, and he laid her down on the bed of his truck. Her ivory hands worked to unbutton his shirt while their lips met. Lucas' rough hands touched her soft face, sending shivers down her body. He pulled away now that he found the zipper, and bit his bottom lip in anticipation. The brunette slightly raised her back so the dress wouldn't get caught underneath her. Lucas leaned back in for a kiss, with so much passion it was almost demanding, he threw off his shirt then finished slipping off her dress. Riley smelt his cologne and it was intoxicating, her eyes were shut and one whiff of that made her remember every happy moment they've shared together. He stopped kissing her neck and gazed into her eyes, moving her hair away. "Are you sure?"
"Yes. Are you?" She was hoping more than anything he'd say yes.
"Yeah." Lucas laid back on top of her and they locked lips again. He couldn't believe what was about to befall him. This was something he had been waiting on, for a really long time, and it was about to happen. With the girl he loves, by his favorite spot, in his truck, under the moon light. They may not have been perfect but, this moment was.
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Lucas woke up the next morning still trying to process everything that had happened last night. He stared at his ceiling remembering the way she looked, how gracefully she moved and how happy he felt. He tucked his lips in and grinned, thinking about Riley kissing them, last night was one of the best nights of his life, if not the best night of his life.
Ding Ding
So, we didn't really get a chance to talk about 'us' last night. LOL
-I really, really enjoyed what we did do though. Really.
Me too, a lot. I just don't want us to be put on the backburner and sex take the wheel. You know what I mean? Lucas sat up in his bed and called her.
Hey beautiful girl.
Hi.
You know that I want to be with you, for you right? Not for sex. I never expected that.
I know. I just, want to talk to you in a public place, she laughed, about some things if we're going to work. After we finished we talked about how much we missed each other but that's about it.
I work from 12 to 4, can I kidnap you afterwards?
Please. He was sitting in his bed and grinned.
So, um last night was amazing. I don't think I told you how breathtaking you looked walking around the tree, in that dress.
Riley giggled. As a matter of fact you told me several times while we were, busy. But, thank you again.
I'm sorry, I just can't get over last night.
Don't apologize, I loved it.
I love you.
I love you too. You have to be at work in an hour, you should probably get ready.
I'll see you after work gorgeous.
There was a knock on her bay window and a second later it flew open. "Hi Maya!"
"Spill! NOW!" She plopped beside her best friend on her bed.
"I don't know where to begin." Her hands were in her hair.
"What happened? The anticipation is killing me."
"We went to our spot. I professed my love. We kissed. We-"
"RILEY MATTHEWS! Did you?" Riley's grin covered her entire face and she hastily moved to cover it up with her comforter. "Oh my gosh! How was he? How was it? You bad girl you!"
"Is it really appropriate for me to answer those questions?"
"Duh, we're best friends. I'd talk to you about Josh but apparently that's weird for you!"
"He's my uncle!" The brunette laughed.
"Do not dodge the question!"
She closed her eyes and went over every last detail of last night. The cheerleader couldn't help the smile that approached her mouth and the unsteady breathing. "Amazing. That's the only way to describe it. He was, i'm getting chills thinking about it, he was perfect." She smirked remembering that word from last night.
"Welcome to my world, where you're happy for all the right reasons." Maya winked and Riley was embarrased.
"I feel traumatized by you. I'm not with him for that."
"Obviously or y'all would have done it before last night. I'm happy for you Riles." The girls held hands.
"We still have some things to work out but, i'm happy for me too."
"What things? Y'all didn't discuss the relationship last night?"
"I mean, we're back together but I had a curfew and we didn't have a lot of time." The brunette closed her eyes knowing she was about to get picked on.
"Y'all left the dance at 8:30." Her jaw opened. "Your curfew was at 11:30 right?" Riley pulled the blankets back up. "Oh my God! I need to high five Lucas the next time I see him."
"Please, just don't do that." Riley was hiding her face but she was just as shocked as Maya was.
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"Hi Mrs. Matthews. I'm here to kidnap Riley." Lucas was standing at the door holding a few bubblegum flowers.
"Come on in Lucas." The mother opened the door wider to allow him room to come in. "I'll get Riley."
"Wait!" Topanga turned around and looked at him. "I wanted to talk to you first." He passed her a bubblegum flower.
"Okay?" Mrs. Matthews sauntered to the couch and patted on the cushion beside her, for him to take a seat. "What's up?"
"Um, I wanted to apologize to you. For what happened between Riley and I."
"Oh Lucas, stop. You don't have to."
"I know I don't have to, but if we're going to date again I want to get back in the good graces of her mother and father. I'm sorry for any pain I may have caused you, seeing your daughter so upset. I will do everything in my power to prevent her from ever feeling that way again." Topanga placed her hand on his cheek, feeling the scruffiness.
"You are a very kind young man. I don't like what you did, but I feel like you and Riles can work it out." She looked at her flower. "Thank you for this. Very thoughtful. I accept your apology and I will try to work on my husband before you talk to him."
"He's not here? I was hoping to get the yelling over with." He laughed.
"No i'm sorry he's not. He's with Shawn. Talk to him tomorrow, like you did when you asked for our permission to date her." Mrs. Matthews stood up. "I'll go get our girl." The running back stood up and he felt nervous, he quickly wiped his palms dry.
"Hey!" Riley popped out from around the corner. As usual, she looked beautiful.
"Hey gorgeous!" He kissed her cheek and handed her the flower. "You ready to go?" His green eyes gazed upon her. The brunette was wearing skinny jeans, black suede boots, and an oversized maroon t-shirt.
"Absolutely. Bye momma, i'll see you later." The pair left the house hand in hand and drove to the ice cream parlor. Riley's head was on his shoulder and she turned on the radio.
So put your drink down, throw you camera up, flip it around and snap a payback picture. I'll send it to my ex, i'll send it to my ex and send them both a text sayin' we ain't going home alone tonight.
"Are those new boots?"
"No, I just wanted something to cover up the brace. Plus, I don't wear heels a lot so that's probably why you've never seen them." He kissed her head.
"You're sure that your knee is nothing to worry about?"
"Yeah, besides now that football season is over it turns to basketball and we really don't do a whole bunch of things that will bother my knee." He pulled into the parlor and escorted her inside.
"Find us a table, i'll grab the ice cream." She grinned and sauntered to a booth right by the front window. Lucas kept turning around and smiling at her while he waited, the brunette looked outside and noticed it was dark and cloudy.
"Here you go m'am. One cookies 'n cream, in a bowl with a cone on the side." He laughed. "You just recently started doing that and I don't think i've asked why. Why not just get ice cream in a cone?"
"I'm set in my ways with the bowl. But, I like breaking apart the cone and dipping it into the ice cream. It's a win, win." He sat beside her.
"Yeah, that's what it is." They both giggled and took a bite. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"
"Us. It's the quicker term used when referring to yourself and another person." The brown eyed girl giggled and broke a piece of the cone off. When she glanced at Lucas, she knew she needed to be serious. "I want to stop drinking, at least till i'm old enough where it's legal and there's no Missy around. I want to make sure we keep us a priority as well and not, what we did last night."
"I decided I would quit drinking too, not that I did it that much but, i'd rather not put myself in a predicament where it could ruin us."
"When did you decide that?"
"About 1 minute after she kissed me." The brunette grinned. "And as for keeping us a priority, besides school that's the only thing i've been focusing on is 'us'. I wasn't expecting last night to happen, at all, as soon as you stepped into the homecoming dance I was in a state of bewilderment? Is that the right word?" They both laughed and he gently reached out to grab her hand. "I'm with you for you, I don't care if we have," The green eyed man leaned forward to whisper, "sex again, I do to an extent but it's not as important to me as you may think!"
"How do you know exactly what to say?"
"It's a gift. Made specifically for you, so it only means we're meant to be together."
"By the way." Riley closed her eyes to help hide her embarrasment. "I told Maya, well more like she coerced it out of me after guessing that we did." Lucas took a bite of ice cream.
"Oh yeah? What did you say?" He bit his lip and got proud of himself.
"I don't think that we need to talk about that, here and now." He stretched his arms behind him.
"I was that good wasn't I?" She was about to reply sarcastically when she heard thunder. The brunette turned around and saw rain coming down outside.
"Excuse me, i'm just gonna slip out of here and go out there." He laughed and helped her out of the booth.
"It's raining!" He exclaimed as the bells to the door rang. Riley stood outside and let the rain pour down her ivory arms. Lucas watched her from inside, her hair had fallen from perfect curls her oversized tee clung to her body. The running back followed her, and put his arms around her. "Excuse me, m'am. I don't know if you realize this, but it's pouring and you're soaked."
The cheerleader turned around to face him. "Excuse me sir, sometimes you have to learn how to dance in the rain." She grabbed his hand and twirled around. "But, if you aren't ready for that yet then I suggest you wait back inside or in your truck." He pressed their bodies together.
"Well, if I went inside how could I kiss you in the pouring rain?" The couple locked lips sending heat between their bodies. Lucas and Riley touched foreheads, their breath was apparent since the cold front dropped the temperature a few degrees.
"So, what now?" The brunette asked.
"Now, my wonderful girlfriend." Riley smiled, at Lucas' apparent happiness to the word. "We will go back to my place and dry you off. Sound good?" She quickly ran to his truck and buckled her seat belt. His happiness was evident, it was pouring rain outside and Lucas stood out there watching her through the windshield.
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