The 13 Days of Rucas

Hello, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker bringing you another cute chapter of The 13 Days of Rucas and this one is my favorite, along with another chapter in this story. I was inspired to write this one because of Rowan's love for the Knicks and watching videos of marriage proposals happening at a basketball game. Plus, I would love to do something like that when I get married and I'm a hopeless romantic as well. LOL. So, it's Day Eight and in this one Lucas surprises Riley with tickets to the Knicks and another surprise during the game. Let's hope that Riley likes the surprise. So here it is, Day Eight of The 13 Days of Rucas. Enjoy. BTW, Riley and Lucas graduated from NYU and they're living together. Plus, Riley is 25 and Lucas is 26.

Day Eight

Proposals

Lucas pops the big question to Riley.

"Lucas, where are we going? I can't see anything with this blindfold on my face." Riley said, sitting in the car with her boyfriend of ten years Lucas Friar as he drove to their destination. Lucas had the perfect plan to give Riley the biggest surprise in her life that she will enjoy. He knew that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Riley and tonight was the night that he was going to pop the question to her. After they graduated from NYU, Lucas and Riley talked about getting married and Riley's the type of girl who's a hopeless romantic. Lucas and Riley have been dating for a long time and Lucas' parents joked about the two of them getting married, even Topanga as well but Cory was the only that started freaking out about the idea of his daughter getting married. Last Halloween, Riley and Lucas decided to go out as Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood from Raiders of the Lost Ark for Farkle and Smackle's Halloween party, Lucas' mother Amy made her a white dress for her Halloween costume and Topanga made Lucas an Indiana Jones costume for him. Yeah, their parents knew and their friends knew that they were going to get married. Lucas felt like it was the amount of time they've been dating and the amount of trust in their relationship that matters more than their ages. When Lucas first moved to New York, Lucas was 13 and Riley was 12 back in the seventh grade. Now, he's 26 and Riley's 25.

"Not yet, princess. Don't try to take the blindfold off because if you do you'll ruin the surprise." Lucas said.

"But I want to take it off." Riley whined.

"Relax, it's not like I want you to wear a blindfold during sex, which sounds like a pretty kinky idea if you think about it." Lucas chuckled.

"Lucas!" Riley exclaimed in an embarrassed tone.

As they finally arrived at their destination, Lucas parked his car and stepped out of the car, moving over to the passenger side to help Riley out of the car and stood behind her.

"Alright. Are you ready?" Lucas asked, getting ready to take the blindfold off of Riley.

"Please take the blindfold off, I want to know what the surprise is." Riley said. A grin appeared on Lucas' face as he removed the red blindfold from off of Riley's face. Riley opened her eyes and gasped while jumping in joy before hugging Lucas and kissing his cheek. "Oh, my God! We're at Madison Square Garden! You're taking me to a Knicks game!"

"Yeah, and here are the tickets." Lucas said handing the tickets to Riley. "I told you I'd promise to take you to a Knick game sometime and now it's that time."

"Court side. Front row. Lucas, that's expensive. How…?" Riley asked.

"Well, Mr. Minkus has a friend who works at the Garden and he wanted to give the tickets to Farkle and Smackle but Smackle's not a basketball fan so he gave them to me for free." Lucas said.

"For free!" Riley exclaimed, doing her John Lithgow imitation from Santa Claus: The Movie.

"Yeah." Lucas said.

"So, who are the Knicks playing?" Riley asked.

"The Dallas Mavericks." Lucas said.

"Oh, we are going to kick your butts." Riley said as her and Lucas walked to the front gate and entered Madison Square Garden.

"Really? Your Knicks aren't going to beat my Mavericks." Lucas said, smirking at Riley as they both made their way to the concession stand. "How about I treat my princess to some nachos because tonight is a special night for you."

"Sure, nachos sound good and some cotton candy." Riley smiled.

"Alright." Lucas said. The handsome Texan purchased some nachos, cotton candy, a large bag of popcorn and a couple of drinks before making their way onto the court and looked for their seat with Riley noticing some celebrities sitting down in their row.

"Holy cow, it's him. It's Star-Lord himself. It's Chris Pratt. God, he's so handsome." Riley said, making Lucas a bit jealous. Ever since they saw the movie Passengers together after Lucas got back from Texas, Riley started blushing from seeing Chris Pratt's character naked in the movie, which made Lucas a little jealous.

"Standing right here, you know?" Lucas asked, chuckling as they took their seats right before the arena went dark and they announced the players. After they introduced the players, it was time for some warm-ups and Riley trying to get an autograph from Chris Pratt, who was sitting right next to them along with his wife Anna Faris and their son Jack.

"Excuse me, Mr. Pratt. Hi, I just want to say that I'm a big fan of Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. They're like my favorite movies to watch with my boyfriend. Oh, yeah. Especially Passengers." Riley said as Lucas made a facepalm.

"Thank you. And what's your name?" Chris asked.

"My name's Riley and this is my boyfriend Lucas. He's the one who surprised me with tickets to the game." Riley said.

"Hi, Chris. Hi, Anna." Lucas greeted the Guardians of the Galaxy and Passengers star and his wife.

"Hi, there. Your girlfriend is very lucky to be dating a nice gentleman like yourself." Anna said.

"Yeah. I am." Riley said as she looked at Lucas and smiled at him before they both got their pictures taken with Chris and Anna before the game starts with Lucas cheering out "Go Mavericks!" and Riley glaring at Lucas and cheering out "Go Knick!" then stuck her tongue out at her. As the game began, the first few shots from the Knicks were sloppy for a bit and the Mavericks made a couple of shots, but the Knicks came back with a few perfect shots of their own when Riley's favorite player Carmelo Anthony swoops in for the two-handed slam dunk, making Riley shout out in joy and jump out of her seat screaming.

During the game, the Kiss Cam was in action when everybody looked at the jumbotron screen as the kiss cam scans the crowd and selects the couple with the song Kiss Me performed by Sixpence None The Richer playing in the background.

"Awww, look at the little kids." Riley smiled as she sees an eight-year-old girl kissing a seven-year-old boy on the cheek, after the kiss cam left the children, it was now on Riley and Lucas. Riley pointed at the jumbotron screen as she turned to Lucas and smiled at him, leaning in to kiss him on the lips as the crowd applauds along with Chris and Anna. The kiss cam continued for a few minutes until it went back to Riley and Lucas.

"Riley Matthews, your boyfriend Lucas has something that he would like to say to you." The announcer said.

"Lucas?" Riley asked.

Lucas took a deep breath and got out of his seat, standing in front of Riley then got down on one knee and held her hand. Riley gasped, knowing what Lucas was about to do right now in public and in front of everybody.

"Lucas…" Riley gasped.

"Riley, you make me happier than I ever thought I could be. We've been dating for only ten years. You are my princess and I am your cowboy, we've loved each other for a long time and it's about time that I we can spend the rest of our lives with each other." Lucas said, pulling out a ring from out of his pants pocket and placing it on her finger. "Riley Amy Matthews, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"

Riley's eyes watered as everybody in the stadium were yelling out "Say Yes!"

"Yes. Lucas Friar, I will marry you." Riley got out of her seat and hugged and kissed Lucas as the crowd applauds them.

Awww, a basketball game proposal. How sweet is that? I thought it would be something cute that Lucas would do for Riley. I hope that you've enjoyed reading Day Eight of The 13 Days of Rucas. Next time, it's Day Nine, dealing with Lucas planning family movie night with Riley and their daughter Juliet. Don't forget to review this story, add this to your favorites and follow it for future updates. I'll see you guys next time. Till next time, my fellow readers.