Girl Meets Leftovers – Part 4
*Author's Note – I know that this prompt was intended to be a romantic one … but I'm choosing to take the friendship route. Why? Because of Girl Meets Ski Lodge Part 1. It appears that my dear ship Lucaya might be heading for some bumpy seas, but that doesn't mean we should give up hope. The writers know what they're doing, and if Lucaya got together right now – it would end in a huge explosion. They need to wait for Maya to re-grow as a person (all thanks to Riley who pushed her all the way back to 'Hope is for suckers' mode :/ ) and for Lucas to pull the 'Mr. Perfect' stick out. And that's exactly what they're doing …. We Lucaya fans just have to sit through some Rucas and Joshaya first. But not in my stories! Hence the Rucas friendship angle of this one. So don't lose hope just yet ParakeetPower. We may have lost a battle … but the war has just begun. (So we're clear by war I mean the emotional journey of Lucas and Maya that brings them together again.) And as always Enjoy! *
Prompt: Rucas goes to the beach
"Where is everybody?" Riley asked as she hopped into the front seat of Lucas' car when she saw no other passengers with him.
"Zay went back to Texas for the week, Smackle had a science competition in Atlantic City, Farkle's with his dad on a business trip across the country…"
"And Maya?" Riley asked suddenly concerned for her lack of best friend.
"Maya isn't speaking to me. We kind of had a fight last night." Lucas said after a long pause.
"Aw do you want to talk about it?" She replied placing a hand on his shoulder.
"No, no I don't. I want to go to the beach and have a fun day with my good friend Riley."
"I'm your good friend Riley!" Riley said raising her hand like she was answering a teacher in school
"Yes you are."
"So what are you waiting for, let's go to the beach!"
"To the beach!"
And with that they were off.
For the rest of the day Riley did everything in her power to ensure that Lucas got exactly what he wanted, a fun day at the beach with his good friend Riley. They played volleyball, had a splash war and played around in the ocean, and built a sand castle. Riley could tell her plan was almost working, until a short blonde girl walked past them and Riley knew Lucas wasn't looking at her for her bikini bod. It was then she knew drastic measures had to be taken.
"Hey." She called out breaking his train of thought.
"Yeah?"
"You ready to talk yet?"
"Riley…"
"No? Good, then I can bury you in the sand." Riley said dropping to her knees and patting the sand next to her. Lucas smiled and rolled his eyes before laying down on the sand as Riley started pouring sand on him.
Once he was buried all the way up to his neck, that's when Riley's true evil plan set into motion.
"I'm gonna go get an ice cream. You want one?" she said standing up and cleaning the sand off her hands.
"You're just gonna leave me here like this?"
"Yeah."
"Well can you at least put some sunscreen on me so my face doesn't end up looking like a tomato."
Riley got the sunscreen and started over dramatically rubbing it all over Lucas' face leaving it white.
"Thank you."
"I'm going to get my ice cream now. You want one or not?"
"Strawberry please."
Riley came back a while later with two cones in her hands, and as she liked hers Lucas' was melting in her hand on the hot summer day.
"What'cha got there Riley?"
"Ice cream cone."
"Yeah? Can I have mine?"
"No."
"No?"
"No."
"Can I ask why?"
"Talk to me about your fight with Maya, then you get ice cream."
"And what if I don't want to?"
"Then I just let this ice cream melt and drip …" Riley said walking over to him and putting her hand with Lucas' ice cream cone over his head. One strawberry drop landed on his forehead and streaked its way down his face.
"Okay then."
"You ready to talk?"
"No."
"Fine, then can I ask you questions and you give me the answer."
"Are you not going to stop dripping ice cream on me if I don't?"
"That sounds about right, so yes." Riley said taking a bite of the cone.
"I guess I have no choice then."
Riley smiled as she finished her ice cream cone before putting all her attention on Lucas.
"Okay question number one, who started the fight?"
"Me."
"How?"
"I said something and she…didn't react well."
"What?" Riley asked but all she was met with was silence. It suddenly dawned on her that she was pulling information about her best friend, from her best friend's boyfriend. "Wait, why hasn't Maya called me yet? Or come over to the bay window? Whenever you guys fight I'm the first one to know. She always calls me, why hasn't she yet?"
The ice cream cone was soon forgotten as Riley stepped around Lucas so she looked him right in the eye.
"What happened?"
"The fight was … about you, kind of."
"What? Why?"
"Can you dig me out please. I really don't want to talk about this with ice cream on my face."
Riley immediately dug him out and once the ice cream had been wiped off his face, they sat down on their beach towels and Lucas explained everything.
"Last night … I told Maya that I loved her."
"Awwwwwwww! You did?"
"Yeah, I said 'I love you' and she didn't say anything. Her eyes went wide and she backed away from me. Here I am in a very vulnerable place and she doesn't say anything. So I press her on it."
"Oh no."
"I pressed her on it and I pushed her and we both got really angry. And then I said something."
"About me?"
"Yeah. I said how come she could say it to you and not to me. And she said it was because she trusted you."
"Lucas, Maya trusts you. I know she does. And I know she loves you too. It's just hard for her to say it to anyone. I guess she's been saying it to me so long it doesn't get to her."
"I know, I let my temper get the better of me. It's just that Maya has always had a way of getting under my skin and I guess it works both ways. Good and bad."
"Yeah. But I know that you do that to her too. And I think that's love. When you can't shake somebody and you let them see you at your worst but they're also the ones that make you your best."
"Thank you Riley, that was exactly what I needed to hear."
"Anytime. Now let's go so you can make up with your girlfriend and so that I can gush with my best friend about the boy that loves her." Riley said with a huge smile on her face.
A couple of years before when Lucas was her boyfriend she never would've thought they'd end up like this. He was in love with her best friend, she had her eyes set on a certain genius, and they had one of the best friendships ever. It was better this way she decided. And later on when Maya told her the whole thing, grinning from ear to ear like a Cheshire cat she knew this life was definitely better before she showed her pictures from her fun day at the beach with her good friend Lucas.
THE END