A/N: Thank you guys so much for the reviews. I guess the links don't really work, I don't know why. But I guess all you need to know is that the dresses were pretty. This chapter I guess is sort of angsty, there's some things that happen in this chapter that you guys might not like. Also, and I mean it, I am struggling to write the chapter after the next one. Please, if you have any ideas please let me know. Feel free to PM me or drop it in the reviews, that would mean a lot. And also, if I don't have any ideas then the chapter will be delayed cause it will not be written.

Sorry I missed last week. I am so caught up with somethings that I have to deal with. Please read the A/N at the bottom.

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About an hour and a half later, Riley alongside the other girls who participated in the pageant were called up on stage. She watched as everyone's eyes were on them, skimming their dresses, staring at them and smiling. She looked at the girls next to her and realized Shelly was standing next to her.

"I really liked your ballet dance. It was beautiful," Riley informed her.

"Not as beautiful as your dance. If all goes well tonight, you won."

"Before I crown the winner," Katherine began, "We would like to thank these young ladies for their participation. It takes a lot of courage." As the people began to applaud, Riley skimmed to crowd to find Lucas. When her eyes found his it was like a sudden spark ignited between them. He smiled and she smiled back. "Without further adieu, this years Miss WaterLake is: Riley Matthews."

The brunette never expected to hear her name. She would've thought that someone else would have won. Someone else but her. Her eyes went to Katherine who waved at her to walk up towards the podium; then she looked at Lucas who stared at her in complete affection.

They placed a slash over her and a small golden tiara to compliment her dress.

"Umm..." Riley began as she stood in front of the podium. "It's not an everyday thing where I win or get to participate in something such as this. I'd want thank you anyone who voted for me or was just moved by the dance...this is an honor. Thank you."

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She waited for seven minutes until Farkle had pulled up in front of her. He helped put her luggage in the trunk of the car and drove her to his house before he asked her what happened.

"We got into this argument about...him and I told her it was a mistake and that we should have never made this pact. Farkle, I tried to break it. I told her I wasn't going to do it but she's so stubborn she wouldn't let me explain to her that's he's a good person - "

"Who's her?" Farkle questioned. After a second's hesitation, Farkle questioned her one more time. "Riley, who's her?"

"Her name is Maya."

Farkle furrowed his brows at the familiar name. And then it hit him. "Hart? Maya Hart?"

She nodded, "We made a plan to break Lucas' heart...but the more and more I got to know him...the more and more I fell for him."

"I warned you, Riley."

"I know. But...part of me wanted to. I wanted him..."

"...to fall for you the way you fell for him," Farkle continued.

"I like him Farkle. I - I think about him all the time. And I'm scared that...when he finds out - if he finds out - he'll hate me."

"Riley, you wanna know why Lucas fell for you?" he questioned. "He thinks that you're the first honest relationship he's ever been in. I see the way he looks at you and at times you are all he talks about, but we both know the truth has to come out. Whether you choose to accept it or not."

"I know, Farkle. I see that. But I don't want to tell him. I made a mistake and I don't want him to know...it'll ruin us."

"It'll ruin what started off as a deceiving relationship. You tell him the truth and it will lead you guys to something better."

"What if he hates me for it? What'll happen then? I go back to New York and forget everything we've ever had?"

"Possibly. Lucas will react in everyway he can. There will be anger, hurt...tears, but at least he will know the truth."

Farkle opened the door to his car and let himself out. Riley stayed in for a few seconds contemplating what he had just said.

Lucas will react to the truth.

She just hopes he doesn't hate her for it.

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Dangerous Woman

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It was three in the afternoon when Riley stared at her phone. She looked at the door in front of her before she put her phone in her back pocket and entered Lucas' home. Riley was surprised to see the horde of people in his foyer alongside his living room and backyard. They were decorating for the anticipated ball that was supposed to be the event of the year.

She walked up the stairs and into Lucas room who abruptly got up from his bed and walked towards her. "Hey, what are you doing here?" he asked before kissing her.

Riley stepped back from the kiss before he was even done, Lucas raised a brow and looked at her. He decided not to question it. "I was wondering," he began. "At what time should I pick you up."

"Don't," Riley said, almost immediately. "You don't need to. I'll meet you here."

He nodded taking note of her nervousness. "Are you hungry? We can go eat..."

"Actually, Lucas," she grabbed his hands. "I need to tell you something."

"Well, what is it?" he questioned.

He waited for a few seconds before Riley said something. "These past months have been great," she watched as Lucas raised a brow. "I've never met someone who has made me feel this free, or someone who has been so great to me," she watched as he smiled.

"But I finally met someone who is capable of making me see what I'm doing wrong. And that is being in a relationship," he stopped smiling as the meaning of her words settled. "You are a great guy," she told him as she wiped a tear that trailed down her cheek. "But I'm not what you need right now."

He inched further from her, "What are you saying?" he asked.

The silence was killing both of them gradually as Riley struggled to get her point across under Lucas' expectant eyes, "I'm saying we need to break up."

He could feel the heartbreak like glass thrown at a wall. Like the shattering of the transparent substance depicted his heart's fracture. He studied Riley's face in revelation before he had enough courage to finally say something. "I thought we were okay."

"We were," she told him. "Just that...when you look back at what we had, you're going to..."

"To what, Riley?" he questioned, this time a little louder. "Regret it?"

"You're going to look back at it and want more."

Lucas didn't want more in a relationship than what he possibly had with Riley. He never found anything wrong with it, he was happy and in a good place, he just wished she felt the same. "More? What is more, Riley? Explain it. 'Cause I already thought he had that."

Riley snorted the upcoming tears. "Lucas, please. I need you to understand, if not...accept that what we had was nice, great in fact, but we both know it wasn't meant to last."

Lucas scoffed at her words, "Did we?" he all but questioned. He had an honest relationship with Riley, she was the first girl he ever trusted that wasn't his mom. He told her things not even his best of friends know, and he told her because he saw potential in them. He hoped they would last forever.

"Why are you doing this, Riley? And don't give me all that it's not you, it's me bullshit cause i'm not buying it. Do you really think I'm going to believe that? That we weren't going to last because I need more? I know you had hopes for us, I know because you told me. Or where you lying to me then?"

"Of course not."

"Then what is it? Why are you doing this?" When she wouldn't answer Lucas turned away from her in frustration. He ran a hand through his hair, trying to find a reason why Riley would do something like this. If he allowed himself to look at her, and really focus, without the emotions bringing him down, without his racing heart distracting him, he could see Riley beg for forgiveness. He could hear her silent pleas.

But he couldn't.

"You know I am so tired of being disappointed. I am so tired of everything. I had a lot on my plate before I met you, Riley. But bit by bit, the plate became light as our friendship grew closer. You helped me...and now you're breaking me."

"That's now what this is - "

"It's exactly it," he yelled. "You were there through my worst and you stayed. Hell Riley, the respect I have for you is greater than anything...anything. You helped fix my problems, not cause them."

"I'm so -"

"Sorry?" he scoffed.

When the silence grew thick, and Riley's eyes were on his, Lucas finally let the tears he grasped...go. It was too much to hold, to much to carry, he had to let them go.

Riley's heart broke before her. The last bit of strength she had to go through all of this was gone. Empty. She wanted to hug him, but she had a reason to do this. It was for his own good.

"Lucas - "

"How are you being so calm about this? Doesn't it hurt; to do this?"

"It's not about what I feel."

"Right," he began. "Because what you feel wasn't important in our relationship." He took a few more steps back and took deep breaths, his sobs were getting in the way of trying to get his points across.

When he was calm, he approached her and placed his hands in her shoulders. "Don't end us like this," his anger blended with newfound desperation. "Don't give up on me like this."

"I'm not giving up on you, Lucas. This isn't about that. It's about realizing we need more."

He clenched his jaw, "We've been through so much. I just thought that was enough."

Riley bit her lip in order to maintain her position. It was enough. "We had something, Lucas" she cleared out. "But it's over."

He let go of her. The last ounces of hope he had in him drained. He stared at her for what he thought would be the last time in a long time and nodded. He didn't hide what he felt from her, "Hopefully, one day in a few months or years, when you look back at what we had, you realize we had everything."

He caressed her cheek but stopped when he was temped to kiss her.

"Goodbye Lucas," she told him.

"Goodbye Riley."

She turned her back on him without even wanting to stare at him for one more second. She would break if she did. She would confess if he said her name once more.

When she closed the door and walked down the stairs, Riley realized she had followed through with Maya's plan. But in a different way.

She didn't just break Lucas Friar, she ended what he told her was one of the best things that had ever happened to him.

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Riley sat on the bench just outside Farkle's house. She overlooked the pond and wooden bridge as the tears trailed down her puffed cheeks. Farkle took a seat next to her a few seconds later and placed his hand on her back for comfort.

"I talked to Lucas," he informed her. "He's not doing so good."

"Yeah, me neither," Riley told him. "Why are you here, Farkle? Are you going to tell me how horrible of a person I am?"

"Actually," he began. "I'm here to keep you company. I know it must've been hard. Lucas told me the reason you broke up with him was bullshit."

"That's because it is. It was all I could think of. Farkle everything was perfect. And then Sorrell...he got in my head. But he had a good reason, my life isn't here in LA, it's in New York. A long distance relationship wouldn't work, not in this case. Part of me doesn't want Lucas to know the truth about why I was with him all this time."

"I get it. I felt the same way when I was with Emily. I didn't want Zay to know. But I am telling you this Riley, you will regret not telling him; no matter how much it will hurt him."

Riley closed her eyes and let the remaining tears fall. "You should get going, don't you think? You don't wanna keep your parents waiting. There is a ball after all."

"You are right about that. Are you okay with staying here all by yourself?"

"All by myself?" she asked. "Where's Sorrell going to stay?"

"In New York," Farkle told her and when she wasn't getting the point, he clarified it for her, "He already left."

Riley sighed, "Thank God."

He laughed, "There's food in the fridge and if you feel like ordering pizza, there's money in the cookie jar."

"Thank you," Riley hugged him. "I'll be all right."

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Maya hopped out of the shower feeling nothing but heated. As she slipped out of her towel and into her clothes, her phone rang. When she saw who the caller was, Maya answered it after a second's pause. "Tyler?"

"Chloe, hey."

"Hi," she said, skeptical about why he was calling.

"Hey, listen, there's this ball at Lucas house and his mom is hosting it. I, on the other hand don't have a date and I know it's last minute, but would you like to go with me?"

Maya blinked at the question before an answer could jump out of her, "Yes. I mean, yeah. Sure I would like that."

"Great. What time should I pick you up?"

"You don't need to," she told him. "I'll meet you there. If that's all right?"

"That's great. I'll see you there."

Maya hung up the phone before she ran towards her closet, searching for the perfect dress. When she found one she laid it on the bed and dialed Riley.

When she heard Riley answer the phone, the memory of slamming the door on her face hit her. She had totally forgotten about that. She wanted to hang up but she was still too angry for that.

"I'm going to tell Lucas," she informed Riley. "...the truth. About why you were with him. I know he won't be convinced easily, so I'm showing him the picture we took together."

"Maya," Riley warned. "Don't."

"It didn't have to be like this."

Riley argued but Maya had already ended the call. She held onto her phone as she ran inside Farkle's house. She opened the door to the guest room and ran towards her luggage.

She wasn't going to let Maya do something like that.

When she unzipped it, Riley remembered that Lucas had previously bought her a dress with a necklace. He did this because he hoped they could go together to the ball. Of course, that was before she broke up with him.

She knew she had to get to Lucas before Maya did. And as much as it killed her, she had to tell him the truth.

Before Maya could.

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A/N: If there is anything you would like to see happen in this story please let me know through review or PM. Hope you guys enjoy.

7-21-17: This chapter was written - I think - in maybe April or May. I am not sure, but it's been a while since I've written for Dangerous Woman. And due to the long time that this story has been up and the time and effort it took to write some chapters, I will not be adding a second installment nor will I ever publish another story on FanFiction. There are just so many things I am dealing with at the moment and I can see some of you guys are getting impatient and bored. The next chapter has been already written but it does not give you the ending I wanted nor the ending you deserve. If I don't feel motivated or if I don't have any ideas to grasp onto then that will be the ending I am leaving it at.

Thank you guys so much and I hope you understand. I truly didn't mean to disappoint you guys.