"I am not sure" said Lucas "It isn't really lunchtime yet" he said as he checked his watch .
In the mall, there were five levels with a huge food count on the first level. An indoor water park was on the third level.
"There has to be something to do" said Maya "I don't want to go back to school yet" she said
"Neither do I" said Riley
"Me either" said Lucas
"Let's go on the roller coaster" Maya suggested "It won't be s crowded today"
"Then we can do mini golf" Lucas suggested
"Sounds fun" said Riley
First Riley, Maya and Lucas headed to the roller coaster which was on the fourth level of the mall.
"I really don't like roller coasters" Riley admitted 'I have never been on one"
"You are kidding me" said Lucas "That is the funniest ride ever"
"I guess, this will be my first" Riley said with a smile
"I will be right next to you" said Lucas "You have nothing to worry about"
"Ok" said Riley
As they got to the roller coaster, they found that they weren't the only ones in line.
"Riley" said someone as she turned around she couldn't believe who she saw.
"Shawn" she said as he came near her.
"What are you kids doing out of school" he said
"School was canceled for today" said Maya
"Oh really" said Shawn
"Yeah" said Lucas
Riley wasn't saying anything. She couldn't lie to Shawn. Shawn was like a second Dad to her. So she doesn't not to say anything.
"I don't believe you guys" said Shawn
"It's true" said Maya
Riley could hear "Bad Girl", "Skipper" in her head and tried in ignore them. She was hoping that this whole thing wouldn't be put against her when she graduates this year. She was hoping to be able to enter high school with her friends and not be left behind. She wasn't sure what kind of punishment her or her friends would get for this.
"I think you guys are skipping" said Shawn "I have done it many times back in my town and I can tell"
"We're not" Riley said as she shook her head
"No" said Maya "I wouldn't skip" she said
"So if I called Cory, he would tell me that there really is no school today" Shawn said
"Ok" said Riley coming forward "My dad is out sick and for the first time I am no longer known as his daughter in school. He isn't around to spy on me and I can do whatever I want and wear whatever I want. So today I thought since I have the chance I can ditch school with my friends" she said
"Oh ok" said Shawn "Just behave yourselves and don't get into trouble" he said
"Oh so you aren't going to tell my Dad" said Riley
"Of course I won't" said Shawn "As long as I can hang with you guys for the day"
"Sounds fun" said Maya as she went to stand near Shawn
"Ok" said Lucas
As they got to the roller coaster, Riley decided to sit next to Lucas, with Maya sitting next to Shawn. "4" please said Maya
"Aren't you kids supposed to be in school" said the person at the booth
"Half day" said Lucas
"Oh" said the person "Ok then" he handed them the tickets.
"This is going to be fun" said Maya "and Riley you have nothing to worry about" she gave Riley a hug.
"Okay" smiled Riley
Lucas went to sit next to Riley on the roller coaster and Maya and Shawn sat in the back, there was only 10 other people on there but they were basically college kids. As the roller coaster started Riley feared of something happening. It was her first time ever riding a roller coaster.
When Lucas noticed how jumping Riley was he put his arm around her which is another thing her Dad wouldn't have liked, she couldn't even hold his hand in school without him saying anything. "You will be find" said Lucas
"I am not so sure about that" said Riley
"Come on Riley" said Maya "Don't be a chicken"
"So I'm a chicken" said Riley
"Yeah" said Maya
For the rest of the time on the roller coaster, Riley ignored Maya. She loved having Lucas next to her, he kept her safe. She felt safe next to him. When the ride was over, she had ridden her first roller coaster.
"There is a first time for everything" said Lucas after Riley threw up.
"I am sorry" she started to cry "Maybe this was a mistake" she said
"But you had fun, right" said Lucas
"yeah" said Riley "I did" she smiled
"Then you have nothing to worry about but lets get you cleaned up" said Lucas. The vomit stain wouldn't wash out of Riley's top in the restroom. Her stomach felt better than it did when she got off the roller coaster, she wasn't sure if she wanted to ride again or not.
"Need a change of clothes" Riley said as she came out of the bathroom. "I can't wear this all day" she pointed at the shirt.
"What size do you wear?" Shawn asked
"A medium" said Riley "I wear a medium" she said again
"Lucas, Maya and I will find you something else to wear' said Shawn "Are you sure you don't want to go home?" he asked
"I'm okay" Riley smiled "I'm okay"
Maya knew everything about Riley, she knew her shoe size and her clothes size. They had been sharing clothes since they were little and had been the same size since third grade. As Maya looked through the clothes rack at Forever 21 and after a few minutes she finally found something she knew Riley would like.
"Thanks" said Riley when she finally came out of the bathroom. The shirt had a frog on it which Maya knew Riley liked. "I like it" said Riley
"Now what can we do?" said Maya "Lunch?"
"All you think about is food" said Lucas
"Food is good" said Riley "Everyone likes food"
"It isn't even lunchtime yet" said Lucas
"What can we do then?" asked Riley
Back at home, Topanga was trying everything in her power to not get sick. It seemed like she was the one who caught whatever virus came through the house. She had strep throat so many times that she eventually had to have her tonsils taken out. She couldn't avoid the stomach flu even if she tried and had caught the flu every year since Riley was born. At her age, she was hoping to have a strong immune system by now.
As she sat on the couch, within a few hours Auggie with me home and then Riley will be wanting her to take her to dance lessons tonight and Auggie has soccer practice, she always liked having her kids have activities after school but sometimes it was harder whenever she was sick but most of the time Cory was able to take the kids wherever they needed to go and she could rest but today was different, there was no way he could take Auggie to soccer and also Riley to dance.
Topanga started thinking so much she gave herself a headache. She felt that she was running a fever and started to feel like she had a sore throat.
"There is no way the house could function with both of them sick" she said "No way at all"
With a cup of hot tea, she tried to relieve the store throat that she had. When she was little her Mom always told her to rest when she was sick but how can she rest when she has to take care of things around the house.
As she took her temperature she frowned when it read 100.2 degrees. "I'm sick" she said with a sneeze as she sat on the couch with a blanket around her, trying to keep warm. She was that when Riley gets home, she'll offer to not go to her dance lesson and Auggie will be happy to not go to soccer practice for the night and they can just take care of her and Cory like they have taken care of them when they were sick.
"Wishful thinking Topanga" said a voice in her mind. "That will never work"
"It has too" coughed Topanga "It just has too"