Riley pov

"So are you nervous for your date tonight?" Maya ask as I walk in my closet. I step out and look at her weirdly. "What date?" She starts laughing "seriously riles the date you're about to go on with huckleberry." I bite my lip and she stops laughing. "You really didn't know he asked you out?"

I shake my head. "Is that bad? I thought it was a celebratory dinner not a date. Should I be scared?" I ask sitting next to her. She chuckles and says "of ranger rick? Sure honey." I giggle and get up to finish getting dressed. I look at myself in the mirror and feel her staring at me. "Peaches why are you looking at me like that?" "Are you going to tell huckleberry about your plans for New Years?"

I start laughing at her "seriously?" I ask her. She nods her head. I look at her and say "if something happens with us then maybe I don't know." She walks up to me and puts her hands on my shoulders. "Honey how do you even know if your old pen pal remembers the pact you guys made? You haven't talked to him in years." I walk to my closet and bite my cheek.

"Yeah your right... who knows if he does." I turn and smile at her. "Well its like you say have to have hope right?" She shakes her head says "I hope you know what you're doing riles." I turn and say "I do Maya." "Well I better let you finish getting ready." I smirk at her and say "zaya time?" She turns her head and blushes. "Ha! I knew it!" I say giggling.

I go downstairs and look up laughing I send a message to MadDogg.

PrincessDancingSunshine-you will never guess what's hanging in my living room right now?

MadDogg-should I be afraid?

PrincessDancingSusnhine-lol no any guesses

MadDogg-a giant cobweb with a message like in charlottes web!

Before I could respond I hear a knock at the door. I open it and see Lucas holding flowers. "Hi." He says smiling at me. I smile and say "hey." He says "hi" again. I giggle and say "you kinda said that already." He turns red and rubs the back of his neck. "Are those for me or do you have a flower delivery job nobody knows about?" I ask pointing at the flowers.

He chuckles and hands them to me. "That'll be 17.50 please." He says holding out his hand. I laugh and put them in water. "So this is what you meant was hanging in the living room?" I hear him say. I turn around and say "I told you that?" His eyes widen and he rubs his neck. "No I mean this is some banner hanging in your living room."

I look at it then back at him. He looks at me with wide eyes still and I start laughing. "Yeah I made the mistake of telling my dad about it and when I got home.. voila the banner." Lucas breathes a sigh of relief and then chuckles when he feels me looking at him. "So can I asks something that might potentially embarrass both of us?" I ask grabbing my jacket.

He closes the door and says "okay.." I close my eyes and take a deep breath and say "is this a date?" He doesn't say anything and I feel my cheeks heat up. "It is isn't I'm sorry I didn't think it was I just thought you wer.." he puts his hand over my mouth and smiles. "Riley it doesn't have to be a date if you don't want it to be."

I smile and say "thank you." I see him frown so I say "but let's see how the night turns out and ask me later. Okay?" He admittedly starts grinning and says "So dinner isn't until 8 so what do you want to do till then?" I smile and say "oh I have an idea."

Lucas pov

"This is so not good for my ego." I say walking her to her door. She giggles trying to balance the giant bear she won at the arcade. "Hey you got the best prize there." She says gesturing to my jar of purple jellybeans. "Haha mock if you must. I still want to know how you won?" She puts the bear down and crosses her arms. "Are you forgetting I have a little brother."

I nod and say "that's right you go to arcades I go to tea parties." I turn red and she starts smiling "aw you go to tea parties? Do you wear a little hat or does she make you wear a suit oh wait I..." I put my hands around her waist and she goes quiet. "So did you decide if this was a date or not?" Her cheeks get pink and I smile.

"I haven't quite decided that yet." She says putting her arms around my neck. "So what's the deciding factor?" I say leaning in. She smiles and says " this!" And grabs my jellybeans. I chuckle and say "if stealing my jellybeans makes this a date then I'll take it." She smiles and puts her arms around my neck again.

"I never said that was the deciding factor Friar." She says dancing her fingers on my neck making me shiver. "So what is then?" I say gulping and leaning towards her again. She kisses my cheek and giggles saying "if the jellybeans taste good or not." "Matthews you don't play fair." I say pouting. She giggles and says "aw you big baby. You know you love it."

"only every other day." My eyes widen and she gasps. "What did you say?" I rub my neck and say "sorry that's what Zay tells me. He's been testing out sayings or phrases to use on Maya." I look to see if she buys it or not and I didn't think she would but she smiles and says "night Friar." Once she closes the door I lean against it and breathe a sigh of relief. Just when I get to the car my phone buzzes.

PrincessDancingSunshine-I don't think I can wait until New Years for the pact we should meet sooner.

"Okay what was the 911 that you made me get out of bed at 10?" Zay says walking into my room. I was currently drinking my fourth cup of coffee and pacing. "Dude you look like crap what is going on?" I toss him my phone and down my coffee. "This is good she wants to meet sooner. I don't see the problem?"

I sit on my bed and say "yes there is a problem! We can't meet right now! She'll hate me for sure." I groan and lay down looking at the ceiling. "Dude I highly doubt she is going to hate you." Zay says trying to reassure me. I sit up and say "yes she will I might have slipped up last night on our date and said some stuff MadDogg would to her. I think she suspects that's why she wants to meet sooner."

Zay sits on my desk chair and says "Luke just be honest with her. Now before you dig yourself into a bigger hole than you're in now." I shake my head "I can't if I do than that's it she'll never forgive me. I just need to get her to keep the original plan of when we should meet and prove I'm not him. And you're gonna help me with that."

"oh no I'm not getting sucked into the craziness that is your brain right now. Riley actually loves me and I plan to keep it that way." Zay says backing up from me. "Zay come on I just need you to do this one thing and then I swear you won't have to anymore. Okay?" He looks at me and says "on one condition."

"Okay name it?" I say excitedly. "If she ask you at any point in time between now and New Years you have to be honest and tell her." He says crossing his arms. I mull it over and say "Deal." He sits on the chair again and I tell him my plan. But first getting Riley to stick to our plan. Before I can message PDS I get a text from Riley.

Riley-can we meet up today?

"crap!" I say to myself.

Friar-sure what time already trying to go on another date with me? :)

Riley-something like that. Meet in the park say 1?

Friar-okay see you then

"Shit!" I say going to my closet. "Zay!" I shout out my door. "What's up now? I was enjoying some pancakes." He tells me walking in with a mouth full. I throw out shirts looking for the right one. "Riley want to meet up I think she is going to ask me if I'm MadDogg." He puts his plate down and starts clapping.

"Why are you clapping? You're gonna help me." I say changing my shirt. He shakes his head and says "oh no I'm not me made a deal remember if she asks you tell her. Plain and simple." "Come on Zay I don't know if she will ask me but I need to be prepared if she does. So I need you to go with me to the park."

He sighs but agrees to go with me. "So what's the plan?" He asks I smile and tell him what he needs to do.

Riley pov

I thought about what Maya said and she was sorta right. I should tell Lucas but after last night with Lucas sounding like MadDogg I had to know if Lucas was him or not. I get to the park early and look around for him. I see him sitting on a bench with smoothies smiling when he sees me.

"Hi." I say smiling when I get closer to him. "Hey." He says grinning I blush and say "Hi." He starts chuckling and says "you said that already." I laugh and say "oh yeah." I sit down and he hands me a drink. I didn't know how to just come out and asks so I start drinking the smoothie.

"You might want to slow down before you get a brain freeze." He says pulling my arm down. I turn red and look at him trying to see if I can get anything from his facial expression. "Riley why are you looking at me like that?" He says chuckling. I sigh and pull out my phone and message MadDogg.

PrincessDancingSunshine-hey MadDogg

I hear his phone go off and start smiling. "It's you." I say looking at him. He looks at me and then grabs his phone and glances at the message. "My mom wanting to know where I disappeared to." He shows me his phone and I frown "oh." I say. My phone goes off and I see it's MadDogg.

MadDogg-hey PDS finally gonna tell me if I was right about charlottes web? Lol you kept me in suspense all night! ;) :)

I smile at his message and look back at Lucas who was just staring at me. "Sorry a friend." I say putting my phone in my bag. "Hey you okay?" Lucas ask putting his arm around me. I nod and say "you would tell me if you were hiding something right? Like a secret nobody knew." He looks at me and smiles "actually I do."

Lucas pov

"Actually I do." I tell her. She looks at me and I gulp. "I should just tell her it would be so easy to just tell her." I thought to myself. I see Zay from where he is hiding and see him mouthing "just tell her." to me. I look at Riley and say "I've never told anyone this but I watch cuddle bunnies." I look down and wait for her to laugh. "Really? I watch that too!" She says grabbing my hand.

I smile and just go for it and kiss her. I thought she pull back but she doesn't. When we finally pull back she smiles and says "maybe we can watch them together sometime." I hug her and say "I like that." I see Zay giving me a thumbs up so I give him one back.

Up next Riley learns the truth. Also fair warning everything that happens next I had decided before the beginning of story so bare with me.