Hiya everyone! Sorry for the long hiatus. I was finishing up the last few weeks including finals of the fall of my sophomore year of college. Anatomy kicked my ass but I made it through with a lot of hard work. I am so blessed to have the time to write this chapter and I look to be updating at least a few more times while I'm home. It looks like next semester is going to be a little more relaxed so I hope to write more then too. I hope you all enjoy this next chapter! As always I do not own Girl Meets World. After a very long wait I present the next chapter Cause You're There For Me Too!

Riley's POV

It's been three days and it still feels as though Lucas kissed that girl just moments ago. I should've known that he wouldn't be able to fully give up his bachelor days. The problem was that I really had thought that he was starting to change. Of course, that was probably just an act to make me trust him and then he could go and do things like that behind my back without me suspecting a thing. Ha! And to think, I was starting to like him. As a friend, of course.

Since the moment I ran out of the party, it has been nothing but calls and text messages from Lucas. In the taxi, on the way back from the gala. 5 missed calls and 10 text messages. Maya came over and I told her what had happened. The next morning getting ready for work. 3 missed calls and 4 text messages. By the time I got home from work yesterday I had 15 missed calls, 10 voicemails, and 25 text messages. And this was the day the flowers started arriving.

First came the peonies. One vase sent to the bakery and another vase sent to my apartment yesterday. Both included notes within the bouquets that much like the voicemails and messages I did not look at. I want to believe the best, that maybe Lucas has an explanation and that this is just some misunderstanding, but my heart hurts knowing that there is a possibility that it's not a misunderstanding. That maybe our whole friendship thus far has been a lie.

I quickly pull on my shoes to head to the bakery before racing to answer the door. There on the other side was a delivery man with yet another vase of flowers. Asters. I signed for them and then placed them in my kitchen as my table was crowded with the peonies from yesterday already. Another note hid within this bouquet but at this point if Lucas really wanted to talk to me then he could do so in person.

The rest of the day passed relatively normally. I sold lots of muffins and coffees. There were no more surprise bouquets of flowers and no more voicemails or text messages. Honestly everything went back to normal for me until the next night.

I was sitting in my living room when suddenly a knock came from my window. Looking over I spot Lucas sitting there holding a single yellow rose. In shock, I slowly sit up and walk over to my window pushing it open.

"Lucas, what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to come here and explain to you what happened the other night at the gala. You don't have to believe me and if after I explain this you still hate me then I give you permission to make my life a living hell over the duration of our marriage but please just let me explain. May I come in?"

"Sure." He steps through the window and into the room. Seeing him in the light of my apartment I see the bags and dark circles under his eyes accompanied by his disheveled hair. He hands me the rose.

"This is for you. Riley, I am so incredibly sorry. Yes, I was kissed by that girl. And yes, I'm sorry that you had to see that, but I wish you had been there to see what had happened before she kissed me. That girl is the she-devil that I like to call my ex Missy Bradford. She's been texting and calling and stalking me ever since the announcement of our engagement got out begging for me to get back together with her. I can show you all the texts if you need proof, but I didn't want to tell you about all of this because I didn't want to worry you. At the gala, I was telling her to stay away from us and stop contacting me which is when she must have seen you coming and thought that she could drive us apart by making you think that I was cheating on you. I may have used to be known as a playboy, but I would never do that to any girl. Especially you Riley. I hope you can forgive me."

I look at Lucas while I let everything sink in. I thought the girl that I saw him with did look familiar at the gala and now I know why. "I could never hate you Lucas. And I forgive you. Being the daughter of a shark lawyer has taught me how to know when someone is lying and someone whose lying wouldn't look as disheveled as you do right now." I wrap my arms around his neck and pull him down to me for a hug while his arms come around my back and he rests his head on my shoulder in the crook of my neck. We stand like this for a while until we slowly pull apart and I go to the kitchen to place my rose in a vase with water, Lucas trailing behind me.

"Lucas, why don't you stay here for the night. It's late and I can see how tired you are. We can watch a movie and talk. I've missed that these last couple of days."

"That sounds great. I haven't gotten a good night's sleep since you left the gala," he says while sheepishly looking down.

We play a random movie not even paying attention to it and instead just talking to each other. It felt like we had picked up right where we left off. A kind of normalcy that couldn't be changed by just one hiccup.

When I wake up the next morning, I find that Lucas is gone to work leaving a note behind on the counter.

I hate making people upset.

Seeing that note reminds me of all the other notes Lucas sent me over the past few days and I go through each one of them before leaving for work.

After the gala:

8:34(New Voicemail)- "Riley, I saw you run away, and you're probably headed to your apartment now but if you hear this message please call me back, I want to explain."

8:45(New Message)- Riley I'm really sorry.

8:50(New Message)- I'll let you yell at me as much as you want as long as I can explain.

9:00(New Message)- Can you let me know that you at least got home alright?

9:05(New Message)- I'm guessing you are home right now and are not even reading these messages but I'm still worried.

9:10(New Message)- Even though I know she will beat my ass I'm going to call Maya so that she can check on you.

9:20(New Message)- Ok, so Maya hasn't texted me back, so I assume this is payback. I hope you're alright.

9:25(New Voicemail)- "Riley please call me back so that I know you got home alright, I still need to talk to you."

9:30(New Message)- I just got home. I checked all your favorite places to see if you were there since I still have not heard from you or Maya.

9:45(New Message)- You have every right to be mad at me.

9:50(New Message)- I would be ok with you being mad at me as long as we can still talk.

9:55(New Voicemail)- "Hi, Riley. I'm so sorry and I want to explain if you will let me. I already miss hearing your voice. Please talk to me."

10:00(New Message)- Even though I know I won't be getting much sleep tonight I just wanted to say goodnight.

The next day:

7:30 am(New Voicemail)- "Good morning Riley. I know that you probably still don't want to hear what I have to say and that I don't blame you for. I just wanted to say I'm sorry again."

7:45(New Message)- I love campfires at my Pappy Joe's farm.

12:00(New Voicemail)- "Riley, I'm sorry again. I really want to talk to you. I want to know that you're okay. Please call me."

12:30(New Message)- I really miss you.

12:35(New Message)- I just saw a funny video that you would love and knowing that I can't show it to you right now makes me sad.

12:40(New message)- Video message

5:50(New Voicemail)- "Hey Riley. I hope you had a great day and that you watched that video I sent you. I realized I could just send you the video after I sent that text message. I still really wish I could talk to you but I know that we will talk when the time's right."

Yesterday:

12:00 am(New Message)- Goodnight Riley. Sweet dreams.

9:00(New Voicemail)- "Good morning Riley. I hope you have a wonderful day today. I'm still really sorry."

9:30(New Message)- I'm trying to do the right thing and give you some space, so I tried to make my own coffee this morning.

9:32(New Message)- Bad idea.

Message on Peonies at Work- I'm sorry.

10:00(New Message)- I really hope you got the flowers I sent. I looked up flower meanings online to figure out what to send you.

10:10(New Message)- That last message was a lie. The old lady at the flower shop helped me.

10:12(New Message)- Then she gave me a whole talk on the right way to treat a woman.

10:13(New Message)- I agreed with everything she said.

11:00(New Voicemail)- "Hi Riley. You know I never realized how much we talked until we didn't anymore. Huh, now I'm sad."

12:00(New Voicemail)- "Sorry for that last message Riley. I didn't mean to make you sad in the—oof. Just tripped over a bench. That's gonna leave a mark. Anyways I hope you are making so many people happy today just like our talks make me. Damn that was cheesy. What I wanted to say was that I hope we can talk soon."

1:00(New Message)- Coffee withdrawal stinks. Same with muffin withdrawal.

1:30(New Message)- I know I should be doing work but look at this puppy riding a scooter.

1:32(New Message)- Video message

4:00(New Message)- My favorite part of my day is our talks.

5:00(New Voicemail)- "Hi Riley. I'm hoping that your day went well. I really miss you."

Peonies at Apartment- You're the best friend I've ever had.

Today:

Asters- I'll be there for you.

3 weeks until the wedding.