Lucas and Riley found themselves in his backyard. Riley saw that there was a swing set and walked over to sit on one.
"Haven't used it since I was kid, my cousins still use it when they come to visit" he says as he follows her.
"I like swings I wish I had one, downside of living in an apartment" she chuckles as she begins to swing. Lucas goes to the one next to her and begins to swing as well.
They swing in comfortable silence for a moment
"I forgot how much fun it was to swing" Lucas chuckles as he continues to pump his legs to go higher.
"It's fun to re live your childhood" Riley giggles
"So for your first football game, what did you think?" he asks her
"It was okay, didn't realize how insane the crowds could get" she chuckles
"Yeah they can get a bit crazy sometimes" he agrees
"It was fun though" she admits
"That's good to hear, do you think you'll be coming to more games?" he asked hopeful.
"Maybe" she replies
That made Lucas happy to hear
"Well I hope you do, I kind of like seeing you up on the stands" he admits
She swore she could hear her heart beat faster "Really?" she asks
"Yeah, I was a bit nervous before the game but seeing you there...made me feel better" he admits hoping he wouldn't scare her off.
If she though her heart was beating fast before, now it was going a mile a minute
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to freak you out or anything" he says quickly as he started to get worried that she hasn't said anything
"No, no it's fine, that was actually very sweet" she assures him
"Good" he smiles
They had stopped swinging and were now just staring at each other.
"You have really pretty eyes" he blurts out
Riley blushes and looks down
"Thank you" she says quietly as she looks down
He pushes his swing to hit hers making her laugh
"Have I freaked you out yet" he teases
Riley giggles "Are you trying to?"
"No that's the last thing I wanna do" he says honestly
He's too perfect. He can't be real Riley's thought tell her
"We've been out here a while maybe you should get back to your guests" she suggests
"They'll be fine by themselves for a while longer, besides,.. I like spending time here with you" he admits
Riley smiles "I like spending time with you too" she admits
They find themselves again just staring at each other. The wind started kicking in and Riley let out a small shiver which Lucas noticed and immediately started taking off his jacket
"Here" he says
"No its fine" she tries to protest but he still shoves the coat in her arms
"it's fine, really" he insists
"But what about you?" she asks while she slides her arms into the coat
"I'm okay, don't worry about me" he assures
He was honestly the kindest guy she had ever met
He smiles at the sight of her in his jacket "It looks good on you" he compliments
She blushes once again "Thanks, its kind of big on me though" she chuckles
It was true her small body was hidden in his huge jacket making Lucas chuckle
"Yeah your a small little thing aren't you" he teases
"Hey, I may be small but Im tougher than I look" she threatens
"Yeah right" he teases.
"Oh yeah" she says as she gets up from her swing and goes over to punch him but Lucas grabs her hands
Neither could contain their laughter as she tries to get out of his grip but he just holds on tighter . Eventually they both stop laughing and struggling when they realize how close their faces had gotten
They stay like that very close to each other their faces inches apart
Lucas stares right at her big brown eyes and can't help but lean in
Riley finds herself holding her breath as she closes her eyes
"There you are"
Both jump away and stand up to see Josh and Maya coming their way
"We've been looking all over for you" Josh scolds his sister
"Yeah sorry we lost track of time" Lucas apologizes
"Riles you ready to go?" Josh asks
Riley nods "Yeah" she turns to look at Lucas "Bye" she says softly but Lucas still hears
"Dude great party as aways, ill talk to you later" Josh says as they fist bump
"Yeah see ya, " he says still kind of dazed
Maya and Riley had started walking leaving the boys behind
"So how come every party we've been to, it always winds up with you and Lucas by yourselves outside" Maya teases
"I don't know how come every time you find me, your with Josh?" she fires back
Maya rolls her eyes but doesn't say anything because Josh had caught up to them
"You guys ready?" he asks
Both girls nod
"Okay let's go'
The 3 teens head out. The girls wait our front while Josh goes to get the car
"So what happened?" Maya as soon as Josh is out of earshot
Riley rolls her eyes "Nothing happened" she insists
"Oh really, then why are you wearing his jacket?" she asks
Riley eyes widen as she looks at the jacket and realizes she still had it on
"Oh my gosh I forgot, I have it on I have to give it back" she says
Josh arrives with the car
"Give it to him later, I need to get him before curfew" the blonde says pulling her best friend to the car
Back inside Lucas had joined the party again
"Luke man where you been?" he asks as he approaches his friend
"I was outside" he says simply
"By yourself?" he asks
"No, I was with Riley" he replies
Zay smirks "My man! you finally told her" he says putting a hand on his friends shoulder
"No, I didn't we just talked" he explains . "But..." he adds
"But?" Zay asks
He looks around to make sure no one else was listening
"We kind of almost...kissed" he explains and he can't help the small smile that spread just thinking about it.
Zay's eyes widen "almost, what happened?" he asks
"Josh and Maya came" he explains
"Dude that sucks" Zay sympathizes
"I know" Lucas says heaving a sigh
"So what's your next move?" he asks
Lucas shrugs "I don't know, I've nervous I don't want to scare her off, maybe she doesn't like me that way" he explains
"Dude I've seen the way she looks at you, it's the same way you look at her, trust me you both got it bad" he assures his friend
Lucas chuckles "Thanks man"
"You just need to spend more time with her" Zay suggests "Find out what she likes and do that"
Lucas smiles "That's a great a idea, thanks Zay" Lucas pats his friend's back
"No problem man"
As soon as Riley gets home she gets ready for bed but she doesn't go straight to sleep
She ends up laying in bed just thinking about that whole scene in Lucas' back yard
Was Lucas really going to kiss her?
She could still picture his perfect face right in front of hers and his eyes looking straight into hers
she couldn't stop the smile that spread when she thought about it
She looked over to the chair in the corner of her room where she had laid Lucas' jacket she got up and went to put it on and crawled back into bed.
Letting Lucas' scent drift her off to sleep with a smile on her face.