Tuesday came quickly after the Texan walked his blonde friend home last night. Currently, he was finishing up his in-class essay. Soon, they would be let out to lunch and he would be able to meet with his friends.
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The young man gave his teacher a curt nod and smile before being the first one to walk out of the classroom to find his friends.
"Hey, Lucas!" A familiar voice called out to him in the hallway. "Lucas, my man."
Lucas turned and smiled at his friend. "Zay." He greeted, reaching out his hand towards his friend. "I didn't see you all summer long, man." He began, walking towards the school courtyard with his friend. "Where have you been?"
"Oh," Zay smiled. "Been one hell of of a summer." He said, shaking his head. "Been doing a lot of odd jobs all around-Did you know how tiring it is to be a dog walker?" He gave his friend an incredulous look. "Like, man- dogs are strong." He scoffed. "That's all I have to say."
The blond chuckled with a small shake of the head. "Well, at least you did something, man." He smiled. "That's better than doing nothing all summer long."
"Yeah, you said it." He scoffed once more.
Silence filled the air between the old friends for a while, until Zay gave the blond a sly look.
"So~" The boy sang with a suggestive tone. "How's it going with your 'Shorty'?" He snickered at the innuendo he had inserted in his question. "Eh?" His tone was suggestive.
Lucas clicked his tongue, eyes looking up as he thought. "Don't really know." He gave his friend a slight frown. "I mean, it's not like I asked her out yet..." He admitted.
"What?" Zay's eyes widened. "Why not?!" He whined. "You two are like so perfect for-"
"Don't say it, Zay~" The blond bit his lip and gave his friend a defeated look. "I'm just trying to find the right moment." He said. "I just haven't found it, yet." He turned and walked away, leaving his friend behind.
The young man left behind watched his friend walk away with an unreadable expression. "Sure sounds like Freshmen year's going to be long..." He mumbled.
School hours flew by quickly and soon enough, students scrambled out of the John Adam's High School campus, and made their way home.
"Hey, Riles." Farkle called out from behind the girl. "You never told us his name." He stated whilst donning his black beanie.
Maya side-stepped her best friend. "Yeah, Riles." She began. "What is his name?"
The brunette grinned. "It's Kyle." She said quietly, in a very girly way. "Kyle Anderson." She blushed.
The blonde seemed to approve of something as she nodded and moved out of the brunette's way to let her unlock the door.
"So, Riley." The Texan began, setting his things down beside the couch and sitting down himself. "Does Kyle go to our school?" He asked.
"Yep!" The brunette nodded enthusiastically, sitting on one end of the couch. "Actually, he's a sophomore." She smiled. "And he's the captain of the baseball team." She opened her mouth to speak once more but decided against it.
"Oh," Maya began with a plop on the couch besides Lucas. "That would be a great help to Ranger Rick over here," She turned to Lucas with a smile. "Right, Hee-Haw?" Her eyes widened teasingly as she tilted her head.
The boy smiled smugly. First, for her choosing to sit next to him instead of Riley. And of course, because of her teasing nature.
"Sure would help a lot." He said with a thick Texan accent, smirking at the blonde beside him. "Sure is touching to see how much you care about me, ma'am." He tipped his imaginary hat with smugness.
The blonde forced a smile, an eye twitching slightly, then turned to her best friend. "I hate him so much.." She grumbled, rolling her eyes.
From the kitchen, Farkle hollered at his friends while expertly moving around Riley's kitchen. "You guys want any drinks?"
A series of orders followed suit.
"Whoops!" The genius began. "Only one soda left." He called.
Lucas and Maya immediately turned to each other. "I called it first!" The two yelled in unison.
The blonde glared. "It's mine." She glared, getting up from her seat and running towards the kitchen, only for her hand to be pulled down roughly by the sea foamed eyed boy. She found herself blushing at the quite intimate position.
The boy smiled charmingly as the blonde landed on his lap with a thud. "Actually," He said teasingly. "It's mine."
Before the blonde could react appropriately to the situation, the boy sat her down to her original spot and quickly upped and ran to the kitchen.
Riley watched her two friends with amused eyes, as Farkle shook his head with a chuckle and a smirk. The boy genius turned to pour two cups of orange juice for him and his brunette friend, all while muttering under his breath. "Just get a room already..."
"Hi," The young man gave everyone in the room a charming smile. "My name's Kyle."
The brunette besides the young man smiled gingerly, leading him to sit on the couch where her father sat. "Daddy." She began with a grin. "This is my boyfriend."
Mr. Mathews looked the boy up and down with suspicion before glaring at him. No matter how good or charming or perfect this boy was, he began to think, he was still the one who was taking his time away from his daughter. However, he would give the boy credit; Good, clean-cut, short, black hair, well-ironed button down shirt-well, the boy looked decent enough.
"So," The older man began, standing from his seat. "You're the boy-"
The Texan quickly stood from his seat as well. "The guy who's dating Riley." Lucas' firm voice cut the older man off, earning odd glances from nearly everyone in the room.
Maya's eyes widened in surprise, standing up and putting her hands on her friend's shoulders. "Whoa there, Cowboy..." She began, motioning for the young man to take a seat. "Lets let Mr. Mathews do all the talking, okay?" She smiled at him dubiously.
Realizing why everyone gave him odd looks, Lucas stood with wide eyes and quickly apologized. "I'm sorry," He began. "I'm Lucas." He approached the sophomore. To his surprise, he was a tad taller than the guy, as well as having a bigger build. "I'm like Riley's older brother." He smiled, holding out his hand toward the guy.
Maya rolled her eyes, sighing loudly, as she dropped on the couch exasperatedly. "I tried to tell him..." She groaned, bringing a hand up to her temple.
Kyle simply smiled and shook his hand. "Nice to meet you, Lucas." Then, he looked at his girlfriend's father. "And of course, you too, Mr. Mathews." He approached to give the older man a handshake. "I'm sorry I only came to introduce myself to you, now..."
The older man exchanged an appreciative smile with his wife, from across the room.
"Josh?" Corey answered the door with a surprised smile. "Brother!" He exclaimed, throwing his arms around the younger man. "What are you doing here?" He asked, grinning ear to ear, while welcoming the young man into his home.
The college student smiled back, an arm around his older brother's shoulder. "I had some free time. I thought I'd visit you guys." He said, eyeing the people in the apartment. "Is this a bad time?" He asked, turning to his brother.
"No, no, no it isn't." Corey smiled. "We were all just..." He paused, trying to think of the correct word. "Hanging out with Riley's boyfriend." He smiled.
The younger man widened his eyes and gave his niece a pointed look. "Boyfriend?" He stated, a frown forming on his lips. "What boyfriend?"
"This boyfriend." The young brunette smiled, holding up her tangled hand with Kyle's. "See, Uncle Josh?"
Corey's eyes darted at his daughter and the boy's hand. "No PDA!" He yelled, marching towards the two.
Josh shook his head in slight dismay and looked around the room once more. "Where's Auggie?" He asked his sister-in-law.
"Oh," Topanga began, handing the young man a cup of hot chocolate. "Auggie's on a field trip." She said, looking down to her wrist watch. "And I'm supposed to pick him up in two hours."
The younger man simply nodded and took a seat next to Lucas. "Hey, man." He greeted with a smile. "What's up?"
The younger man smiled back. "High School." He said, biting the inside of his cheek. He knew a certain blonde friend of his has only recently gotten over this guy and he knew much more how much that certain blonde friend of his has been so crazily head over heels for this guy. "So far, so great..." He clicked his tongue. "How's college?" Even though this certain blonde friend of his has gotten over him, he just can't help but dislike the guy a little...
"Ahhh..." Josh yawned loudly and thought momentarily. "It's tiring." He said finally. "But it's pretty fun." He smiled. "Pretty girls, you know?" He chuckled.
Silence hung over the two young men until Maya came walking into the living room from the bathroom.
"Hey, Ranger Rick," She called out happily, eyes fixated on the Rubic's Cube in her hands. "I bet you can't beat-"
Josh turned to the familiar voice and smiled. "Maya!" He called.
The blonde looked up immediately and smiled. "Uncle Boing!" She exclaimed, quickly making her way towards the young man and wrapping her arms around him. Putting aside her one-sided feelings for him, they both figured that they actually clicked enough to be good friends.
To Lucas' dismay however, it seemed to him as if the college student's hands lingered a moment too long.
"What're you doing here?" The blonde smiled gleefully, resting her hands at her sides.
Josh in turn smiled back, shoving his hands in his pocket. "I have some free time." He merely said. "Thought I might visit my brother."
Riley, hearing this, turned to the college boy and hollered. "Just my dad, Uncle Josh?"
The young man turned to the blonde in front of him with a shy smile. "Well," He began, rubbing the back of his neck. "Maybe I was expecting someone else here, too..." He said quietly.
Witnessing and realizing what the young man's reaction meant, a certain Texan frowned.
"Sh.." The blonde hushed her companion, giggling silently as she takes his hand in hers and leading them away from the building. "Riley's already suspicious about me leaving so early." She warned. "Don't make a lot of noise!"
The boy smiled and chuckled, matching his pace with the blonde's. "Hang on!" He called out in a whisper, tugging at the girl and holding her close to him. "I haven't gotten my hello kiss, yet." He grinned slyly. "Are you really just going to leave your boyfriend hanging like this, Hart?"
The girl giggled, standing a tad taller on her tip toes, nuzzling the young man. "Maybe~" She sang teasingly. "You were late, so..."
He groaned and held her tighter. "Stop being so mean..."
She merely smiled before wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him close.
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