Chapter 19: What Surprise?
"Key Chain" is code name for Farkle. You will understand this when you read the story so enjoy!
Lucas's POV:
"Oh my, I can't believe my baby boy is graduating in a month." My mom said as she gave me a hug. "Do you have everything ready for the last senior trip?" she asked. "Well, I don't think I'm going to Disneyland." I said. "Why not? Is it because Riley isn't going?" she asked. "Yeah, I don't want to spend the last senior trip without her." I said. My mom gave me a soft smile. "But Lucas, I know Riley wouldn't want you to miss it. You know out of all the girls you dated, she's the only one I like. I mean that Eva chick was scary. I carried pepper spray with me every time we were spending time together. She seemed psychotic." She said. "Yeah, she was something like that." I said. "But I really don't want you to miss the last senior trip of your entire life." my mom said again as she walked out of my room. I laid back down on my bed and looked over at the photo of Riley on my dresser.
"Huckleberry." I heard Maya said. I flipped over and saw Maya at my door. "Maya? What're you doing here?" I asked as I sat up. "We need to talk." She said as she sat down at my desk. "Okay, this a little strange. But what do you need to talk about?" I asked. "Farkle." She said. "Farkle?" I asked. "Yes, Farkle." She said. "Well, what about him?" I asked. She looked at me for a minute. "You know what, I changed my mind I can't talk about this with you." she said as she got up. "No, tell me. Come on were best friends. You're my girlfriend's best friend." He said. "It pained you to call me your best friend didn't it?" she said. "Yes it did." I said. "Well, on prom night, Farkle and I sort of had this moment between us. It was when you and Riley were walking by the water and we were walking behind you guys. We stopped walking for a moment, we just stared at each other. Then we almost kissed. I don't know what's going on but I feel like their might be something between us." She said.
"Why don't you test the water?" I said. "What do you mean?" she asked. "Try hanging out with him more, just the two of you. Maybe even ask him out to see if this could really be something." I said. "There is no way I'm asking him out. If anything, he should ask me out." She said. "Be brave. Sometimes we like it when the girl makes the first move." I said. "I guess you're right. But it's so weird. It's even weird talking to you about it." she said. "You don't say." I said. "Lucas, Riley and Farkle are here!" my mom yelled from downstairs. "I hope it doesn't look bad if we go downstairs together." Maya said. "No, it would just look straight out weird." I said as I got up and went downstairs. As soon as I got downstairs, Riley and Farkle looked shocked when they saw Maya behind me. "Maya?" Riley said. "Hey, baby girl." I said as I walked over to give her a kiss. "What's going on here?" Riley asked before I could even touch her. "Maya came over because she needed to talk to me about something." I said. "About what?" she asked. "About the key chain." Maya said. "What key- Oh that key chain, you guys were talking about the key chain?" she said with a surprise. "As surprising as it is, yes. Now can I have a kiss?" I said as I attempted to give her another kiss.
"So where did you guys come from?" I asked as I put my arm around Riley's waist. "Oh we just went to go get smoothies." Farkle said. "And you didn't want to share?" I teased Riley. "Nope." She said proudly. "So the senior sunset is coming up, are you guys ready for that?" Farkle asked. All of a sudden, Riley started to frown. "What is the senior sunset again?" I asked. "It's where all the seniors go and hang out on the football field, eat food, sign yearbooks. All of that stuff." Maya said. "Sounds fun, but then boring at the same time." I said. "So you're not going?" Maya asked. "I don't know yet. I might be busy. Baseball stuff." I said. I looked down at Riley and she was still frowning. "So, Maya do you want to go together?" Farkle asked. "What?" she asked. "Yeah, I mean if Lucas ends up not going, I don't want to be there by myself." He said. "Why not." She said with a smile. After Farkle and Maya left. Riley still had the frown on her face. So I knew I had to come up with something, "Hey, I'm sorry but I have baseball practice in a little bit. Are you going to be okay?" I asked. "Yeah, just not being able to do all of the senior activities kind of bums me out." She said. "Hey, you have nothing to be bummed about, I promise you." I said. "Come on, I'll take you home babe." I said. I kept my arms around her as we walked out to my truck.
After practice, I had something in mind. I decided to have a surprise date for her so I stopped at the store, to get all of her favorite foods, and decorations. After I left the store, I went down to the beach, to set everything up. When that was done, I hopped back into my truck and went to go pick up Riley. I had called Farkle in advance to tell him to keep an eye on my surprise and I was going to text him when I was close. I climbed through the fire escape and knocked on her window, "Hey." She said as she opened the window. "Hey, you." I said as I climbed through the window. "I have something for you." I said as I handed her a bag. "What's this?" she asked. "Look inside," I said. She did exactly that and her face lit up when she pulled out a strapped burgundy flowy dress. "What's this for?" she asked with a smile. "Why don't you put it on and I'll show you." I said.
After she put on the dress, we headed off for the beach. "Where are we going?" she asked. "You'll see." I said as I held her hand while I drove. "I don't like surprises." She said. "Riley Matthews, that is a lie." I said. When I pulled up at the beach, I saw Farkle walk away. I quickly blinded folded Riley and walked her over to the spot. "Okay, one more step." I said. "What are you up to, Lucas Friar?" she asked. "Okay, you ready?" I asked. "Ready as I'll ever be." She said. I took off the blind fold and she put her hand over her mouth. She looked down to see a picnic blanket, with her favorite food laid out, a brown picnic basket and her favorite orchids in the middle of it all. "What is this for?" she asked. "Since you couldn't go to senior sunset, I thought I'd bring it to you. I know how much you wanted to go to it…" I said.
Riley's POV:
"I can't believe you would do this for me…" I said as she rested her head on my chest. "I'd do anything for you." he said. I was absolutely lost for words. "I love you so much." I said as I threw my arms around him and gave him a kiss. "I love you too." He said. "Is that chocolate cover strawberries?" I asked. "Yes it is." He said as we sat down. "The sun sets in about 20 minutes I believe." He said. "Well looks like we have a little bit of time to kill." I said as I leaned over and kissed him. We laid down and gazed up at the sky. He had his arms around me while I rested my head on his chest. Everything in this moment had felt so perfect.
Farkle's POV:
"Alright, let's do this." I said as I got out of the car. "Pipe down, Farkle." Maya said as she joined me my side. "No way! It's senior sunset! I deserve to go crazy because SENIORS RULE!" I yelled. "Everyday." Maya said as she rolled her eyes. We walked into the football stadium together and I laid out the picnic blanket for us. "So, can you believe graduation is in a month?" I asked. "Nope, I mean Riley and I are going to be going on a road trip for a month and then when we get back I'm only going to have two weeks until I have to leave for Italy." She said. I completely forgot about Italy. There was no way that I could tell her how I feel now. "Well, I hope we stay in touch with each other. You're going to be changing the world, Maya Hart." I said. She blushed. "Ha, yeah. Good luck at Harvard though. I'm glad you get to go to the school of your choice." She said. "Thank you." I said.
Pretty soon, music started flooding throughout the entire stadium. "You know you have to dance with me now." I teased. "But I'm eating a brownie." She wined. "Take it onto the dance floor." I said. "No way, just let me finish eating and then we'll dance." She said.
Lucas's POV:
The sun was finally setting and it was beautiful. I started to play some music to go with this moment. "I've never seen anything so beautiful." Riley said as she gazed up at the sky. "I have." I said with a smile. "Aha, nice," she said as she got up and walked away. "Riley, what's the matter?" I asked as I followed after her. "Nothing, I'm just feeling sort of down all of a sudden." She said. "Why? I thought this whole thing would make you happy." I said. "I'm really grateful that you did this for me. It means a lot to me but I just wish I could spend it with Maya and Farkle as well. I mean I love that were together, but I want the senior activities with them too." She said. "I understand completely. I mean I was being a little selfish because I really wanted you all to myself." I said. "You've been having me a lot to yourself lately. You have to share." She teased. "I know I have to." I said as I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her on the lips. "So do you want to sneak into senior sunset?" I asked. "I don't think I would have to. I tend to forget my dad is the teacher there." she said. We packed up our things and headed off to the school.
"You're not mad are you?" she asked. "No, why would I be? I got to watch the sun set with you." I said as I grabbed her hand and kissed it. "Are you sure?" she asked. "I'm sure and besides, we already packed everything up." I said. "We can always do something else because maybe Maya and Farkle need this alone time together." she said. "You do have a point, what did you have in mind, babe?" I asked. "We should go to the Levi and maybe look up at the stars." She said. "And the Levi it is." I said as I gave her a smile.
The Next Day
Cory's POV:
"Can you believe our little girl is in college already?" Topanga asked as we sat down at the kitchen table. "It's amazing. I mean we raised her the best we could and she's turning into an extraordinary person." I said as I took a sip of coffee. "I can't wait to see everything she accomplishes. It's so weird that she's in college and then in a month she's going to be walking at graduation with her fellow high school classmates." She said. "Yeah, but it's better than not being able to see that moment at all." I said. We sat there for a moment then the door buzzed. "It's Lucas." he said. "Isn't Riley with Maya?" Topanga asked. "Yeah, she is. But you never know what this could be." I said as I buzzed Lucas in. "You." I said. "Me." he said. "You know Riley isn't here." I said. "Yeah I know, I actually came here to talk to you and Mrs. Matthews." He said. "Come on in." I said.
"Lucas, what a surprise." She said as she walked over and gave him a hug. "Is Auggie here to?" he asked. "Yeah, he's upstairs. Do we need him for this?" I asked. "I would love it." he said. I called Auggie and he came running downstairs. "I didn't do it." he yelled. "You're not in trouble bubba." I said. "So, should we take a seat?" Topanga asked. "I think that's a good start." I said. "So what can we do for you?" I asked. "Well, first just let me start by saying that I respect you guys very much and you know that I am head over heels in love with your daughter." He said. "I don't like where this is going." I said to Topanga. "Just let him talk." She said. "I know we were on and off for a little bit there but I don't want to spend the rest of my life without your daughter. I don't want to and I don't plan on it. Your daughter has changed me into a better man and I'm here because I want your blessing to ask your daughters hand in marriage. Your daughter means a lot to me and I will protect her from any harm that may come her way, I will be by her side through everything that comes at her." he said.
Topanga's POV:
Oh no. Cory was about to flip out. "Lucas, that was very sweet of you to ask us for our blessing. Just how long are you going to wait to propose?" I asked. "I'm not sure. I mean I want to propose at graduation but that's probably too soon." He said. "Yeah, way too soon." Cory said. "Cory, he probably doesn't even have the ring yet." I said. "Oh no, I have a ring." He said. Cory's face dropped. "What?!" he yelled. "So why am I here?" Auggie asked. "Because I wanted you to be a part of this Auggie. I wanted to know if you would be okay with me asking your sister to be my wife." He said. "I'm okay with it, I mean you make my sister happy, but if you break her heart again. You will not live to see another day." he said. "AUGGIE!" Cory and I yelled. "I'm just saying." Auggie said.
"Lucas, I know you love our daughter very much, but have you really thought this out?" I asked. "I did. I know it may seem crazy but I don't know what more I can do to show your daughter that I'm serious about her. I mean sure I've showered her with surprises and compliments but she still has a little trouble trusting me after the incident that happened last year." he said. "And that's why you're proposing?" Cory asked, "No, I want to propose because your daughter is the best thing that has ever happened to me. She's changed me for the better, she makes me happy, and everything that I've done so far is because of her, I mean I didn't think I would be going to college, I thought I would've been this high school dropout. But when I met your daughter that all changed. She made me see a different perspective of things, she's shown me things I've never seen before. I thought the world was just a cold dark place, but she's shown me the world in a brighter way." he said. "Lucas, I know you want our blessing, but I've been in your shoes before. I proposed to Cory at our high school graduation. We were going to elope at first, but then I realized I wanted all of our family and friends there to watch us get married. Some people thought that we were way too young to get married, and I too thought that as well. But I didn't care because I knew that Cory was the one for me." I said.
"So what're you saying?" he asked. "I'm saying that you should think about this some more. Do you really want to marry her right now? Because Cory and I went through a lot, once you get married you're not going to get any special treatment. Cory's parents didn't let us move in with them, so we moved into a crappy apartment. We went through a lot because we were young and we were scared." I said. "What I'm trying to say is that, you have to really think about this. I know it's different because you guys are going to different colleges but you have to think about all of the possibilities." I said. "Lucas, do you really love our daughter?" Cory asked. "I do sir." He said. "And you really want our blessing?" he asked. "Yes I do, sir." Lucas said. "You got it." Cory said. "Cory…" I said. "This kid reminds me a lot of myself right now. Topanga, I think he deserves our blessing." He said. "Well, he did give us a good speech. Lucas, you have both of our blessings." I said.
Lucas beamed. "Thank you so much and don't worry, I'll make sure to tell you when I'm proposing." He said. "You have a ring already? Wow you move fast." I said.
Lucas's POV:
I took out the ring box that I had in my pocket and showed it to her parents. "Wow, you picked this out yourself?" Topanga asked as she admired the ring. "Why couldn't you have the same taste?" she teased Cory. "This is the ring Riley was eyeing two years ago. When we first started off as friends, we were at the mall and she said that if she were to ever get married, she would want her boyfriend to propose to her with this ring. So I got it a couple months ago because I knew that we would end up at the altar one day." I said. "You are by far the most charming young man that I have ever met." Topanga said. "Looks like you're proposing." Cory said.
Sorry I made this chapter super long. The conversation may be a little confusing between Lucas and Riley's parents but as I said before there's only a few chapters left in this story. I mean I have to end it at some point. But stay tuned for Chapter 20 xx