"I'm really sorry about Charlie," was the first thing Riley said when Maya picked up her phone.
"It's fine Riles," she sighed.
"No it's not fine. Lucas called me and told me that you guys had a fight. He sounded pretty distraught. I wanted you to tell Lucas about the baby, but I didn't want it to be at the party, in front of all those people, if my stupid husband could just shut-"
"Riley," she interrupted. "It's fine. It's bound to happen."
"Where are you now?"
"I don't know, somewhere in Central Park."
"At one in the morning?"
"I need some time to think."
"I'm picking you up," Riley insisted.
"I'm fine-"
"No!" Riley interrupted. "Please Maya, don't fight me with this. I don't want anything bad happens to you, especially after what you told me this morning you seem to be not in the right mindset right now. You just had a fight with Lucas-"
"It's more like a heated argument," Maya informed her. "I just need some time to think, okay?"
"Then think in my house, I'll have the guest room ready and I promise you I won't bother you at all. You can stay there forever until you're done thinking. As long as I know where you are.." Riley said in one breath.
Maya smiled to herself, it was a nice feeling to know that something just can't change. Even though now, Riley was a wife and a mother to a 10 month old little child. She was still this caring, overprotective little Riley she met when she was seven. This was the first time she thought maybe being stuck in the future isn't as bad as she thought it was.
Twenty-two minutes later Maya was lying on Riley's guestrooms bed.
Riley entered the room with a glass of warm liquid. "So you're done thinking now?"
Maya rolled her eyes. "I just got here."
"I know I said I won't bother you until you're done thinking, but you were just being so weird today," Riley said as she handed the tea to her.
"Should I be having tea?"
"It's Chamomile tea, no caffeine and it helps you to calm down."
She nodded and took a sip of the tea.
Riley stood on the edge of the bed and watched her. "Can I just ask you just one question?"
She shook her head. "Riles, you told me you are not gonna bother me if I come here."
"Just one I promise."
She sighed. "Fine."
"I don't understand why are you freaking out like this, not just today but since you found out you are pregnant you've been acting so strange."
So older Maya had been having doubt about this.
"Is not a bad thing Maya. I know I've probably told you this like a million times."
"I know," she said. "I'm just not ready I guess."
"Why not?" Riley moved closer to her and laid next to her. "Lucas is excited so why can't you? You guys have been together since forever - longer than me and Charlie I might add. You guys are both successful individuals, this should be the next step."
"He proposed," she blurted out. "Did I ever tell you that?"
Riley jumped out of the bed. "Shut up! You did not, why didn't you tell me? Oh my God when's the wedding?"
"There's no wedding. I said no, apparently."
"You said no?"
"Yup."
"Why?"
She was wondering the same thing. If her life in the future is so great why did her older self said no to the guy she supposedly been in love with since forever. "I'm still trying to figure that out."
Riley looked bewildered. "You don't know why you said no?"
"I don't know a lot of thing apparently," she confessed.
"Well sleep on it then," Riley stood up ,ready to leave but then she stopped and turned back around. "Can I just ask one more question."
She rolled her eyes. "What now?"
There was hesitation in her face. "When you talked to Farkle…" she took a deep breath before continuing. "Did he mention something about me?"
"What do you mean?"
Riley shook her head, "It just ever since he came back to the city, Farkle and I are just… you know what just forget it. I'll see you in the morning."
Huh.
Maya looked at Riley as she closed the door carefully. There was a sense of discomfort in Riley's tone when she mentioned Farkle's name. Did something happen between them? Now that she thought about it, she recalled the way they acted at his party earlier. Before she left the party abruptly, she didn't see them interacting with one another at all. Riley was busy with Charlie and he was entertaining other guests, it seemed normal but not for the Farkle and Riley that she knew in her time. It was odd. She sighed and shook the thought away, she'd like to think that they were all still a tight knit group of friends but that did not seem to be the case.
I apologize for the lack of updates. I appreciate you kind souls for still giving this fic a damn and reviewing. Thank you! PS, I have a new Lucaya one-shot coming up, please if you have the time do check that out :)