Chapter 6: Single
Lucas's POV:
Maya and Riley's jaw dropped, as they stood there frozen in the doorway. I was having trouble believing the fact that she was pregnant. "Obviously, Lucas and I have more that we need to discuss, so do you mind leaving us alone?" Eva said. "Yeah, I do mind Amber." Maya said as she stepped out the doorway and closed the door. Eva look like guilty. "I call bull on this little pregnancy, pregnant with what? You've been lying about everything since you got to JQA." She said. I had about enough with this. Eva grabbed my arm. "Lucas, I can't handle this." She said. "Listen, you guys need to go." I said as I opened the door but then I got attacked by snow. "Oh yeah, you try calling us a cab in this storm." Maya said sarcastically.
After, I set the fire on the fire place, I joined Eva on the couch. While Riley and Maya sat down in front of us. "Lucas, there's obviously a lot more that I need to tell you, and I'm pretty sure their dying to tell you, but I would rather want you to hear it from me. I have been living in New York all my life with my grandma, because my parents abandoned me when I was seven. I just wanted to go to a good school, and belong somewhere with people like you guys because you guys seem like tightknit group." She said. "I'm sorry." I said. "You know you don't have to believe everything she says with a grand of salt." Riley said. "I just wanted to have a better life." Eva said. I looked at her with sympathy. "Lucas, can I show you pictures of Eva's bedroom." Maya asked sarcastically. "You must be so proud of yourself Maya, it wasn't enough that you attacked me, but you take advantage of my grandma? The only person out of my whole family that actually cares about me. So you snooped through my bedroom, good job." Eva said.
At this point, I really didn't know what to believe or who to believe, I just wanted this day to be over. "You're nuts." Maya said. "I've been attacked by girls like you my whole life, and the kid I attacked in the fourth grade, she was with two other girls, and they were holding me down in the bathroom, trying to dunk my head in a toilet, so yeah lucky for me there was a pencil on the floor." Eva said.
Riley's POV:
I looked over at Lucas and he looked hurt and confused. I wanted to ask him how he was feeling but what good was that going to do. "And if you want to know anything else, I'll tell you but there's one thing I haven't lied about and something that I will never lie about, is my feelings for you." she said. Lucas started to look uncomfortable. All of a sudden the door opened and a couple walked in. "Who are you?" the man asked. "Uh, isn't this the shapers house? Do you know Carol and Bill?" Eva asked. "We bought this place from them like five years ago," the man said. "Oh god, I'm so sorry." Eva said in an innocent tone. "I didn't know, they said I could use this place whenever I wanted. You had a key out right where they always left theirs." she said. "Would you please leave? Before I call the police." the man asked. Lucas and I looked at each other and then he got up and stood next to me.
The rest of that night was a blur to me. Somehow Eva talked the couple out of calling the police on us. Lucas's faith in Eva had seem unwavering. Thank god today was the last day of the trip. Even though the storm had passed, it didn't mean the air was clear. We all boarded the bus and drove back to school, I still didn't understand why Eva's unfolding didn't leave him running. But then again it was not my business anymore. But was Lucas really ready for this type of commitment? Either he still believed her or he was just trying to do the right thing. Which was completely Lucas. All of a sudden, my phone buzzed and it was Martin. He wanted to talk.
Lucas's POV:
The bus made a quick rest stop at the gas station and I still wasn't fully convinced that Eva was pregnant. "Hey, I was wondering if you could take another test, just in case." I said. She agreed. We went inside the store and waited for her results to come.
Eva's POV:
As I got into the bathroom, I quickly pulled out Gloria's test and acted like it was mine. I waited five minutes before I went there, finally the five minutes were up. Lucas, Riley, Farkle and Maya were all waiting for me to come out. I opened the door and put a concerned look on my face. I walked towards Lucas and held up the pregnancy test. Everyone looked shock. "Looks like we're doing this." Lucas said.
Gloria came up to me and pulled me to the side. "Are you trying to pretend my pregnancy test is yours? I don't like this." She said, "I'll make it worth your while." I said as I took a pair of silver snowflakes earrings out of my bag, they belonged to Lucas's mom but I knew she wouldn't notice them missing. "These were really expensive, keep them if you want, or if you need money for something." I said. She looked like she was in love with the earrings, then she took them.
Riley's POV:
"I am so sorry about everything that happened over the weekend, I got caught up in the whole Eva mess and I completely blew you off. She's really bad news. I didn't mean for things to get like this." I said as I apologized to Martin over the phone. "Look, I get it. You're in high school everything is spinning completely out of control and you're just trying to cope." He said. I felt relieved that he understood. "The truth is, is you still have a lot of growing up to do, and for now I think you should go and do that." He said. "What?! No, no, no Martin." I said. "Look, you're a really great girl. Maybe someday, but I just think our timing is wrong." Martin said. There it was. We were officially broken up.
A few weeks later:
Riley's POV:
We were all in class waiting to take our finals, I was trying so hard to concentrate. But the only thing that consumed my mind was Eva, Lucas and Martin. Before the test started, Gloria ran out of the classroom like she was about to vomit. Finally, the hour had gone by and I met up with Maya for lunch. "Oh don't look now, here comes Mr. and Mrs. Pregnant." Maya said sarcastically. "I don't know why Lucas won't just believe us when we tell him Eva is completely insane." I said, "I know, and did you know that he's proposing to her? Apparently, Eva is pressuring him into it because of her pregnancy. Well that's what Farkle told me." Maya said. All of a sudden Lucas came up to us, "Riley, we need to talk." He said. I got up and we went to an empty classroom. "Okay, who have you told?" he asked. "Excuse me?" I said. "There's rumors going around that someone is pregnant, who did you tell?" he asked again. "Lucas, you have known me for about four years now, you should know that I can keep a secret." I said. "You promise?" he said. "Remember how long I kept us a secret?" I said. Lucas frowned. "Well thank you." he said as he walked away.
The rest of the day had gone by so fast, I still didn't get a chance to talk to Lucas about him proposing to Eva. I had to stop him. Then I saw him doing homework in the classroom. "Lucas, I know it's none of my business but what the hell? You're proposing to her?!" I said. Lucas rolled his eyes. "Riley, we're having a baby." He said. "So?! Don't do this, Please don't ruin your life over this." I pleaded. "Ruin my life? Really?" he said. "Maybe I am overstepping my bounds but-." Lucas interrupted me. "Riley, you are definitely overstepping." He said. "Okay, fine I'm out." I said sadly. Lucas sighed. "Riley," he said. "No, you know what Lucas, I am out. I have been nothing but a good friend to you, even after everything we have been through, I even kept you a secret and for what?" I said as I stormed out of the classroom.
Lucas's POV:
What did I just do? I have officially lost Riley Matthews, I never thought that would happen. But there was nothing I could do about it. I had to do the right thing. Even if the right thing wasn't something I wanted to do. I walked out of the classroom and I saw Riley at her locker and Eva was walking up behind her. "Riley." She said. Riley turned around. "I heard about you and Martin and I'm really sorry, I mean I really am so, so, sorry for you, it must suck that you can't keep a man. Martin was amazing and you lost him and you and Lucas aren't even speaking and I know that you still would just pine for him. Don't worry about the final, I'm pretty sure you aced it, after all, you're the 139 best student here." she said as she walked off. Riley rolled her eyes. "That's actually number 17, you little wackjob." She said as she walked away. Then it all hit me. I finally knew what the right thing was.
Afterschool, Eva and I went to the jewelry store to go check out engagement rings. "Do you have anything cushion cut?" Eva asked the jeweler. "There's actually something I want to talk to you about. Sometimes I feel like you're not being completely honest with me." I said. "What do you mean?" she said as she tried on rings. "Like at the ski house, when those people didn't know who you were." I said. "Well, I didn't know the shapers sold their place." She said. "And the new people had their key in the same place, the shapers used to have theirs." she said. "Yeah I know, that probably makes sense. But you know at lunch when I heard about the rumors?" I asked her. "Yeah, what about them?" she asked, "Well I found out that the person who is pregnant is Gloria," I said. "Okay and Gloria's pregnant? What does that have to do with us?" she asked. "Nothing really accept the fact that Gloria was wearing my mom's earrings today," I said. Her eyes widened. "That's so weird. How did she get them?" she asked.
"Well she said it all started when she saw you in the bathroom at the ski lounge, you know when you told her you were going to keep her pregnancy a secret. She also told me she had no idea that those earrings were stolen." I said. "Lucas, you're freaking me out." She said. "Is she saying some crazy stuff?" I asked. "I would never do something like that, I'm a good person." She said. "Yeah I know, it's just that um I was walking out of class afterschool today and I overheard you talking to Riley and I just wanted to say that you're a horrible person, Amber." I said. "What?!" she said. "No one talks to Riley like that, and I know you lied about everything, you're not pregnant, no you're not anything!" I said. "You don't understand." She said as her eyes began to water. "Oh, actually I do. I'm going to make a deal with you. Get out of my school, get out of New York and I will tell everyone that you got into college early, or that you left me for some famous celebrity, actually you know what I'll let you make you make up whatever excuse you want, and if you ever come back here the deal is off, and I will tell everyone the truth, you have 24 hours to decide how you want this to go down." I said.
Eva was in tears, "But Lucas all I ever wanted was you, and maybe I got a little crazy." she said. "You tried to ruin my life!" I yelled. Eva started to cry but I could see right through her act. I pulled her into a hug and sighed. "You now have 23hrs, and 59 minutes." I said as I walked out of the store. Eva quickly dropped her act. I knew I had owed Riley a huge apology, so I stopped by the candy store and bought the biggest box of chocolate there was.
Riley's POV:
I was sitting in my room listening to music, then all of a sudden there was a knock on my window. Lucas climbed in. "What do you want, Lucas?" I said. He stood at the foot of my bed. "I know I am the last person you want to see, but I just thought you should be the first to know that I broke up with Eva." I said. I saw Riley's face lit up. "Yeah, she lied about everything, you were right about her, she's completely psychotic, oh and she's not even pregnant." He said, "What? How could- never mind, are you okay?" I asked. Lucas took a deep breath. "Honestly, I feel great, I am not going to be a dad anytime soon, my psychotic girlfriend is gone and I'm about to join you and eat some of the chocolate I got you." he said as he sat next to me on my bed. "Riley, I really am sorry that I didn't believe you, I ruined our relationship because of it. You were just trying to be a good friend and I wasn't being a good one at all. Looks like were both single again." he said as he chuckled. "I sure am!" I said as I took a piece of chocolate from the box. "I don't know if I'll ever be ready to get back on that horse, how about you?" he asked. "Someday, but for now I just want to give it time." I said as I rested my head on his shoulder. We spent the rest of the night talking and eating chocolate.
OKAY. So wasn't Eva completely insane? The next chapter, you will see, nothing but Rucas. Riley and her friends go to New Year's Eve party and her and Lucas make a pact at that party. What do you think the pact is? Do you think they're going to get a midnight kiss? Stay tuned for the next chapter xx