Meant to have this out earlier this week but the internet gods would not hear of it.

"Will you Dorothy Matthews have dinner with me?"

Riley widened her eyes not sure if she had heard Lucas correctly or not. A million things were running around in her brain at the moment. Did he just ask me on a date? Like a date date?

Was it just a friend date? Wait he said dinner did he mean a romantic dinner or just I haven't been home and missed you let's catch up dinner? Oh crap he's still talking and I haven't heard a word he has said.

"I'm sorry what did you say?" Riley ask as Lucas shakes his head. "I was saying you don't have to answer now." He kisses her cheek before getting up and going into his truck. Riley stands as she watches him drive away until he was out of sight walking in the house and tossing herself on the couch.

"What happened to you?" Morgan ask coming down the stairs as Riley turns over. "Scarecrow asked me to dinner." She covers her ears when Morgan begins to scream in excitement. "Oh my god what did you say? What are you going to wear? Why aren't you more excited?"

Riley sat up on her elbows as she looked at her. "I'm not sure what he meant by it." Morgan looked at her weirdly as Riley explained what happened on the porch. "So why didn't you ask him?" Morgan asked handing a cup of coffee. "I don't know I panicked and my mind started over analyzing everything I didn't hear him."

Riley glared at Morgan as she begins to laugh sitting on the edge of the couch. "What did you want it to be? Did you want it to be a date?" Riley smiled biting her lip as she looked down at her cup. "Oh you did look at you blushing Dorothy." Riley lightly laughed as she leaned back on the couch.

"What should I do?" She asked sipping on her coffee as Morgan tapped her chin. "Say yes. Figure out if it's a date go on more dates get married and have little Dorothy and scarecrow babies." Riley gasps as Morgan laughed all the way towards the kitchen.

Riley bit her lip as she tapped her cup before getting up and heading to her room. She set her cup down looking around the room before smiling when she saw what she was looking for. She smiled running her fingers over the flashlight before checking to make sure it still worked.

She grabbed it opening up the blinds and hoping he was in his room and would still understand their code. One flash was hi. Two flashes was you stink. A code she used to make herself laugh at his answer. Three was goodnight and five was meet me at our tree.

She flashed the light five times chewing her lip waiting. He flashed four times which meant race you there making her smile. She grabbed her jacket walking out the house at a normal pace. Even though he said race to the tree he always walked or ran slowly letting Riley win everytime. She always knew he let her win but he always claimed he didn't.

She hugged her arms as she got closer seeing him standing by his porch until she was a foot or two from the tree before making his way there. "Beat me again Dorothy." He says snapping his fingers with a smile on his face. Riley shook her head as she smiled softly back at him.

"Yes." She said as they stood staring at each other for a moment. "Yes what?" He chuckles as Riley playfully hits him. "Yes I'll have dinner with you." She felt her cheeks heat up as she watched the smile on Lucas face get wider from her response. "Okay." He says as they stand looking at each other not uttering a word.

"You gonna tell me when or should I guess?" She asked jokingly as he faked gasps. "How about tonight or is that to soon?" He asked nervously rubbing his neck. Riley bit her lip as she put her hands behind her back swaying back and forth as she shook her head. "Tonight sounds perfect."

Lucas smiles at her as he moves closer putting a piece of hair behind her ear causing her to shiver as he let's his fingers softly caress her neck. "So dinner tonight at seven be ready at three." He tells her as Riley looks at him weirdly. "We still have to teach you to ride a bike don't think I forgot."

Riley scrunched up her nose hoping that he did forget. Riding a horse was one thing but learning to ride a bike was a whole other scary thing.

"Do we have to? I already conquered horse riding and I know how to drive a car. I don't need to learn how to ride a bike." She rambled on as Lucas folded his arms across his chest smiling at her until she finished.

"What do I have to do to get you to ride a bike or at least attempt to?" He asked as Riley tapped her chin. If she was going to get out of this she would have to make up something so ridiculous he wouldn't make her.

"Okay I want a bike. Not just any bike though. A bike with rainbow tassels and it has to be a purple one and I want a basket in the front for Toto. Also when I ride I want it to a glittery purple that reflects off the sun making it look all shiny. Also I want the basket to be a wicker one although I don't want it to clash with my bike. If you can find an adult bike like that I'll consider learning."

She took a breath before looking at him with her hands on her hips. "I also want to feel like a princess."

She watched as Lucas stood there looking at her before nodding his head. "Okay." He kisses her cheek before turning back to his house. "Okay?" Riley says with a confused expression on her face. "I'm going to find this magical bike even if I have to make it myself. You Dorothy Matthews are going to ride!"

Riley shook her head as Lucas reached his porch turning back to her again and bowing. She curtsy waving before heading back for the house with a smile on her face. "You look happy so I'm assuming it is a date?" Morgan asked as Riley turned to her with wide eyes.

During their talk and her agreeing she never actually got around to asking. Now she was worried about two things that could potentially cause her embarrassment.

Riley hummed to herself as she hung up the pictures she was developing. She was currently in Morgan's attic that she turned into a dark room. Usually the basement would have been a better choice but the attic barely got any light making it a perfect room.

Which always gave Riley the creeps and one of the reasons she preferred not to go in there alone. Morgan was with her for awhile laughing at the fact she never found out if her dinner with Lucas was a date or not. But she got called away leaving Riley to defend herself against whatever laid in the attic.

She froze wide eyed when she heard a scratching noise coming from outside the door. She listened not hearing it again as she begin to hum once again hanging her pictures up. She stops when she hears someone walking up the stairs she had left down.

She called out asking if anyone was there as she grabbed her camera turning the flash on high in case she needed to blind the intruder. "Just So you know I have a very giant dog in here and he likes human flesh." When in actuality she had a very small dog who was probably asleep on her bed still.

She heard the scratching again and the sound of her name as she gulped. "I'm serious one whistle from me and he'll attack." She doesn't hear anything when she hears someone's footsteps. "Riley I seen your dog he can't hurt me." They touch her shoulder as she screams turning around and blinding them with the flash.

Riley glared at Tristan as Lucas looked him over seeing if she had caused any damage to his eyesight. "You know I can sue you and arrest you too." He tells her as Lucas hits him in the arm. "I like to see you try you scared me you big punk! Serves you right." She tells him as Lucas chuckles softly.

"So am I going to live?" Tristan asked as Lucas nodded his head. "Yeah unfortunately you are. But let that be a lesson to ya on scaring Dorothy." He tells him putting his arm around her. Riley sticks her tongue out at Tristan as he stands shaking his head at them. "Aw you two are no fun."

He leaves after that as Riley sighs slumping on the couch. "Your brother is a monster I have half a mind to call Emily." She says as Lucas chuckles sitting in front of her on the coffee table.

She turns her head towards him and smiled laughing slightly at his facial expression. "What?" She asked sitting up as Lucas pulls a crown from his bag setting it on her head.

"Crap."

Lucas tried to keep a straight face as he stole glances at Riley as he drove them to where he had her bike. He didn't have to look that far or hard for the peculiar bike she had in mind. He knew she would describe a bike to try to make it difficult for him to find just so she wouldn't have to learn.

But the stars had aligned with him and he had done it. He had found her bike and would help her accomplish this fear she had. "You okay there Dorothy?" He asked placing his hand over hers squeezing it. "I'm good." She whispered squeezing his hand back.

Lucas stole another glance at her seeing and feeling she was nervous so he brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. He smiled as he hears her gasps slightly as they continued to drive in silence with him never letting her hand go.

"Okay princess Dorothy we are here." He announces letting her hand go and already missing it's warmth. He hopped out moving to her side opening the door for her as he held out his hand. "It's okay Riley I'm right here."

"We don't have to do this if you don't want to." He tells her as she shakes her head getting out. "No I should get over this fear once and for all. I can show my dad I can do it." Lucas tilted his head at her in confusion as she laughed.

"Long story." He nods as he intertwined their fingers walking into the building that held her new bike. "I rented out this building so we could have privacy. They have tracks so we can practice there." He tells her as she looks around the building.

"Lucas you didn't have to rent the place out. Although I am grateful I don't know how I would handle a bunch of little kids watching an adult with training wheels." Lucas rubbed his neck as he looks at Riley. "Actually I forgot the training wheels."

Lucas helped Riley put on her knee and elbow pads as she looked around. "So where's this death trap you want me to ride?" She asked as Lucas gives her a look. "I'm kidding scarecrow." She laughs pinching his cheeks as he playfully swats them away.

"I'll go get your chariot ready your highness." He bows as she curtsy again with a giggle. Lucas jogged into the office that he put her bike in looking it over wiping the bit of dust that had landed on it. He placed the sheet over it as he wheeled it out looking around as he sees she had disappeared.

"Dorothy?" He called out parking her bike as he spots her feet behind some chairs. "Well I do wonder where princess Dorothy has gone? I have her chariot parked over here." He calls out walking passed the chairs a couple of times as he sees her trying to crawl away.

She almost made it out the door but Lucas grabs her legs dragging her back and straddling her. "Dorothy you promised." He pouts as Riley giggles. "I know I know I just got scared for a second when you went to get my bike. I let my thoughts consume me."

He shook his head as he smiled down at her brushing the hair off her face as she bit her lip. They continue to stare at each other before he realizes the position they were currently in. "Well...we should introduce you to your bike." He says standing and clearing his throat.

He held his hand out for her as she put hers in his nodding her head. "If we must." He chuckles as he walks with her over to her bike telling her to close her eyes. "Scarecrow is this necessary?" She asked as he smiled watching her with her hands over her eye.

"Of course it is." He tells her grabbing the bike and pulling the sheet off. "Okay ready?" She nods her head as Lucas taps her nose making her giggle. "Okay open them." He watches as she lowers her hands looking at it with her mouth open running her hand over it.

"You got it the exact the way I wanted it." She tells him as she throws her arms around him. "Thank you scarecrow." She whispers hugging him. "I thought you wouldn't think I could find it?" He ask jokingly as Riley sheepishly smiles at him as he chuckles softly. "Okay ready?" He ask as Riley looks at her bike tapping her chin.

"It's missing something important." She says as Lucas holds up one finger moving towards his bag. "Pick a hand." He says walking back to her with closed fists. Riley shakes her head as she taps his left hand. He opens it as she stares at him weirdly before picking up the paper from his palm.

"This says bell." She says as Lucas smiles walking back to his bag. "Well a bell and horn wouldn't fit in my hand silly." He pinches her cheek as she smacks his hands away giggling. He attaches her bell as she puts on her helmet with her name and a princess crown on it.

Lucas holds the bike up as Riley bites her lip nervously staring at it again. "Take your time Dorothy just not all day we still have a dinner to get to." He smirked as he seen her cheeks heat up at the mention of their dinner.

He knew after he asked she didn't really hear him when he had said he wanted it to be their first date as adults. Since they had many dates when they were younger with each other. Or at least that's what Riley would call all their times they played house together.

Lucas was nervous and wasn't sure if she wanted it to be their first date since she zoned out but he wasn't a hundred percent sure. He just kept calling it their dinner in hopes of not embarrassing himself if she didn't want it to be their first date.

"Scarecrow you okay?" Riley asked as Lucas shook his head seeing her on the bike. "Yeah I'm good." He tells her clearing his throat. He stands on the side as he holding the handlebars helping her steer. "You want to try one without my help?" He asked as Riley widens her eyes shaking her head as he chuckles softly.

They do a couple of circles as Lucas let's her get used to pedaling. For her not having training wheel she was doing pretty good minus him holding the handlebars as she steered. He seen she was smiling more and decided to let her try without his help. Which was a mistake when she ends up falling down.

"Oh my gosh Riley are you okay?" He asked rushing to her side and checking to see if she was bleeding. He looks at her weirdly as he sees her laughing instead of freaking out.

"Why are you laughing?" He asked helping her sit up and take off her helmet. "Because this is deja vu. Except the part where I skinned my knee and my dad fainted making me think I killed him." She continues to laugh as Lucas looked at her weirdly shaking his head. "Okay Dorothy lets go. Apparently delirium has set in and you need a break."

Lucas grabbed all their stuff as Riley continued to laugh as he put her bike in his truck. He shook his head as he watched her smile leaning her head out the window as they drove home. But the closer they got to home the more nervous Lucas grew. In his search for the bike he didn't know what they were going to even have for dinner.

"Home sweet home." He says taking out Riley's bike and setting it on the porch. "Thanks again Scarecrow even though I technically didn't ride or really learn I had fun." Riley laughs as he pretends to be hurt. "Next time I'll even bring my bike."

They stare once again at each other as Riley puts her hair behind her ear. "So dinner?" She says as Lucas rubs his neck. "We are still on my place okay?" He asked as she nodded. He nods bowing as he heads for his truck,

He quickly got home showering as he thought about what to make her. He didn't have to worry about them being interrupted since his parents and Pappy Joe were gone for the night and Tristan worked late. He dressed quickly racing downstairs as he finally thought of what to make.

He was going to keep it simple and make her his famous Mac and cheese with his fried chicken fingers. He thought nagbe he should call her and asked her to bring dessert but he remembered his mom had baked a pie so they were good on that. He debates with himself for thirty minutes on whether he should light candles and decides to do it anyway.

He could always blow them out if she didn't think of it as their first date. He checks his chicken yelping as it's pops at him as the doorbell rings. He checks the time seeing it was ten to seven and it was probably Riley. He fixed his hair before moving towards the door holding the flower he picked for her.

"Princess Dor..." he trails off when he sees who it was.