The place was quiet for a moment.
"But hey... but when someone's jealous doesn't mean that he likes the person even more that the other person, right?" asked Zay, trying to make the situation better, even though he, himself knows that jealousy means liking someone.
"It's okay you guys, I understand. I actually know that Lucas was jealous ever since we visited Josh yesterday. He has been looking at Maya with a serious face when we're at the hospital." said Riley, who seemed okay with it. But who knows how she actually feel inside.
"It's not jealousy. I'm not jealous, okay? It just makes me uncomfortable, that's all!" said Lucas. No matter how many times he said that, people will still say that Lucas actually likes Maya more than Riley. "It's okay Lucas, I already understand. I will help you with your problem." said Riley softly. She just keep smiling at Lucas. Lucas felt bad for Riley. So very bad.
Farkle and Zay just looked at the two. They also feel bad for Riley.
"Excuse me I have to go now. I'll... see you guys later." said Riley as she stood up from her seat. "Now? But it's 4.45 p.m." said Farkle, not wanting Riley to leave. Before she go she has to tell Lucas how she really feels. "Um my mom texted me and said that I should go home now. So, bye..." Riley said as she walked outside the bakery.
Lucas quickly chased Riley outside the bakery and gripped her hand tightly. "Riley I...I..." Lucas just realized that he hold Riley's hand without thinking. He also had actually no idea what to say to her after what happened.
"Lucas, ow, ow, my hand!" said Riley. Her hand was hurt from Lucas' grip. "Riley, I'm so sorry! Here let me look at your hand." said Lucas as he looked at Riley's hand. He brought her hand closer to him. For some it looked like Lucas didn't want to see her hand. It seemed like he wanted to brought her closer to him so he could look closely at her.
Lucas then gazed at Riley and Riley gazed at him. After a few seconds Riley spoke up, "Can I go now?"
"Oh right. I'm sorry Riley." said Lucas.
Riley then walked away and left Lucas.
As she walked to her apartment she said, "Well, I shouldn't care about it. I knew this would've happened."
She then whispered to herself, "Even though I still liked him..."
At Riley's bay window…
Maya went into Riley's room through her window like she always do. "So what's up? You texted me to come here." asked Maya as she sat beside Riley who has been waiting Maya for quite some time.
"Nah, I just wanted to talk to you here. Like we always do. So, anything happened when you're with Josh?" asked Riley. "Oh, we just talked about a lot of stuff. I told him about high school and he told me about NYU." answered Maya. "Nothing else?" asked Riley, wanting to know if there's anything good that she need to know. "Nope. Oh yeah, he said that the cookies I brought for him was good." said Maya.
"Oh, okay. So… um, one question, do you still like Lucas?" Riley asked Maya with a serious look. "Uhm, Lucas is like, well… a crush. I like him. A lot. Josh was a different kind of thing." said Maya while taking her phone out from her pocket. "Hey. Remember the shopping trip we're going this weekend? Are you coming or not?"
"I don't know if I can come… this weekend. If I can't go you can just go with Uncle Shawn together. Just the two of you. Is that okay Maya?"
"Okay, I don't mind."
Riley suddenly puts her head on Maya's shoulder. "Say, Maya. What would you do if Lucas actually likes you more than me?" she asked, while smiling. Even though she's smiling it still looked sad. "I don't know." Maya answered, looking at Riley.
"What's wrong? And why'd you ask?"
"Oh, it's just some thoughts that I have."
"Oh, another message from Charlotte."
Riley then lifted up her head from Maya's shoulder and looked at Maya's phone curiously.
"Wait Charlotte? As in the Charlotte from Josh's NYU? The one who talked about your 'crush' on Josh?"
"Yeah."
"How did you get her number? Did you have Jasmine's number too?"
"Yeah. And it's a long story. Well not really. I actually got it from Josh when I visit him."
"So what're you guys talking about?"
"She told me that I should always visit Josh since she and her friends are busy with college."
"Pfft. Do you know what does that means? They actually wanted you to always visit Josh so he could, like, probably, well maybe… consider your feelings or some other things like that, who knows? Um… what I'm trying to say is, Josh might think that you cared so much for him, and started to have feelings for you. Maybe Charlotte actually planned this for you."
"Yeah right. I don't think so."
