During songs, if it is italicized then Lucas is singing. If it is normal then Riley is singing. If it is bold and italicized then they are both singing at the same time.

Chapter 22

The running back opened the door to his home and escorted her inside. Riley took a look around, she didn't see Brinley's mega blocks laying everywhere or Taylor coming to give her a hug. "Where's your family?"

He snickered. "They're gone for the day. They took Brinley to a waterpark."

She turned around and smacked him. "You sneaky little-"

"Let's play nicely." He winked.

"There will be no playing. Eating, yes. Swimming, yes. But, no playing. Got it?" He put his hands up in surrender.

"I'd never think of it." She sauntered towards the hallway.

"Lies make baby Jesus cry, Mr. Friar." Lucas laughed hysterically. "I'm going to change and i'll meet you outside."

"You'll probably beat me out there." Riley ignored the comment and went to change. She decided to give herself a pep talk in the mirror.

"Okay, you hold it together. You are an expert at holding grudges and being mad. Relax, don't look directly at him." She put on her sunglasses and walked to the backyard. The brunette peruzzed outside and since Lucas wasn't in sight she laid out on a lawn chair.

Riley was almost asleep when she heard a guitar. Girl you know I love talkin to you on the phone. I could listen to your sweet voice all night long. Sometimes I can get by with a sweet dreams baby good night. But, this time I don't want to spend it alone. Riley didn't move, she just listened to him sing. His voice was so smooth and dreamy it caused butterflies. So, I'm comin' over I hope it's alright listen for me pullin' into your drive, look out your window you'll see my lights. Baby, girl I gotta see you tonight. The way the breeze is blowin' blowin', got me wishin' I was holdin' holdin' onto you so tight under that porch light. Girl I gotta see you tonight. The brunette sat up in her chair and couldn't help but smile.

I got a couple hundred pictures of your pretty face, on my phone on my dash all over the place. But I would drive a million miles just to see that little smile and realize baby it's worth the drive, you're worth the drive. So i'm comin' over I hope it's alright, listen for me pullin' into your drive, look out your window you'll see my lights. Baby, girl I gotta see you tonight.

No I don't care what time it is, I just gotta get a little moonlight kiss. Girl, I can't help it when I feel like this. There's only one thing to do, baby i'm missin' you.

Riley clapped her hands. "That was great. Do you know how to play 'We are Never Ever Getting Back Together'?"

"Doesn't sound familiar." He twisted his guitar behind him and revealed his 6 pack. "I know the song Remind Me by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Let's give that a go, shall we?" His grin was adorable and it was hard for Riley to say no, so she didn't, she shook her head no. "Come on beautiful. Let me hear that gorgeous voice." His smile, his eyes, his abs and that freakin' guitar was doing her in.

He started strumming again. "This song isn't completely accurate to our situation, but I think you'll get it." We didn't care if people stared, we'd make out in a crowd somewhere. Somebody'd tell us to get a room, it's hard to believe that was me and you. Now we keep sayin' that we're okay, but I don't wanna settle for good night great. I miss the way that it felt back then, I wanna feel that way again. It's been so long bet you forget the way I used to kiss your neck. He started taking a few steps around the edge of the pool. Riley stood up.

Remind me, Remind me.

So on fire, so in love. Way back when we couldn't get enough.

Remind me, Remind me.

The brunette took a deep breathe and followed Lucas with her eyes, walking around the pool towards her.

Remember the airport, droppin' me off we were kissin' goodbye and we couldn't stop.
I felt bad cause you missed your flight.
But that meant we had one more night.
Do you remember how it used to be, we turned out the lights and we didn't just sleep.
Remind me, baby remind me.
Oh so on fire, so in love. That look in your eyes that I miss so much.
Remind me, baby remind me. I wanna feel that way.
Yeah, I wanna hold you close. Oh if you still love me don't just assume I know.
Oh, do you remember the way it felt.
You mean back when we couldn't control ourselves.
Remind me.
Yeah remind me.
All those things that you used to that made me fall in love with you. Remind me, oh baby remind me.
Yeah, you wake up in my old t-shirt, all those mornings I was late for work. Remind me.
Oh baby, remind me. The music from his guitar slowed until it completely stopped, and he was standing right in front of her.

Lucas put his guitar behind him again, and placed his hand on her back. Riley's entire body was covered in goosebumps. He raised his hand slowly and after moving her hair out of her eyes, caressed her cheek. "Say it." He whispered, the pair were both breathing heavily. They weren't sure if it was from the singing or because of each other.

"Say what?" They touched foreheads.

"You want me." She could feel the warmth of his lips against her cheek. The brunette was trying everything she had to continue to be mad at him.

"Is that why you brought me over here?" He pecked her neck. Riley was trying to keep her breathing steady.

"You caught me." Lucas' lips were barely an inch away from hers. "Say it."

They locked eyes and she was done for. "I want you." Lucas immediately kissed her, Riley put her arms around his neck and he lifted her up off of the ground as she kissed him back. The cheerleader's long legs wrapped around his waist. Sparks were flying, kissing him felt right like she should've been doing it all along. Lucas' body tingled all over as he held her in his grasp. He had never felt like this before, his stomach fluttered and his heart was definitely skipping beats. They pulled apart and touched foreheads. They were both smiling and their stomachs felt like they were going to burst. Riley felt like she could scream, and Lucas did. He spun her around in circles, laughing.

Riley was still trying to catch her breath when they kissed again. He pecked her cheek and squeezed her tight. "You can set me down if you want."

"I'm not letting you go." The new couple touched foreheads again and he gazed in her eyes. "I really like you Riley." The running backs large fingers were running through her hair.

"I like you too." He hugged and kissed her again.

"I thought you'd be mad at me for a good while."

"I was planning on it." She grinned and once again they were touching foreheads, she loved being close to him. Riley's hands caressed his stubble filled face. Her eyes were closed when she heard a camera shudder. "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Sending it to my friends from Austin." He looked at her and smiled. She was really surprised he could hold her up with one arm. "I'm not ashamed of you, I never will be. And, send." Riley could feel her heart smile. "I really like this picture." The brunette looked at it and smiled. Neither one of them was looking at the camera, but Lucas was smiling while Riley had a smirk on her face. Both of their eyes were closed and her long brown hair was being blown in the wind, with the crisp blue pool water as their background.

Ding Ding

That's my girl.

He started laughing. "What? What is it?"

"Zay texted me back, 'that's my girl'." He responded and tossed his phone on the chair next to them.

"What did you say back to him?"

With a smirk he replied. "She's mine." The brunette exhaled and kissed him again. How could she have thought that Lucas would be ashamed of her? "You're mine Riley Matthews." She slowly moved her head up and down.

"I'm yours." They kissed again, and she felt the butterflies and the sparks from the first time they kissed. Lucas took off his guitar, still holding the cheerleader. "You really can set me down." She giggled.

"No, I don't think so. But, i'd hold your breath if I were you." Her eyes got wide when they jumped in the pool together. Riley came up laughing and splashed him.

"You're terrible."

"No." He pulled her towards him. "I'm in like with you. It makes me spontaneous."

"You're in like with me? Did you copyright that catch phrase?" She laughed, showing off her brilliant smile. He pushed her wet hair back and looked at her.

"I'm glad you aren't mad at me anymore. I hated the fact that I hurt you."

"Me too." He splashed her. "Well, did you think I was going to be mad at you after all that? You were strumming your guitar and shirtless and we sang together. That was definitely a good way to change my mind. How long did it take you to come up with that?"

"Not long. The hard part was getting you to agree to come over." He grabbed her chin and pecked her lips. "I love kissing you."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah me too. Quick question, I never got an answer to. What schools were you planning on applying to?" She grinned, Riley really enjoyed the fact that the hottest guy in Burleson was her boyfriend now. Not to mention, how sweet he was.

"SFA or UT." Lucas winked.

"Those are both in Austin. And I plan on going to UT."

"Yeah I know, i'm from Austin remember?"

"How could I forget? If you hadn't moved we never would've met." His cheeks were starting to hurt from his smile.

"You hungry?"

"Starved. What'd you have in mind?"

"I bought some steaks I can grill up." She smiled.

"Oh steak, the way to my heart!" Lucas climbed out of the pool and Riley turned on the iPod dock.

Kick the dust up, back it on up, fill your cup up. Let's tear it up, up. Now kick the dust up.

Lucas came outside to get the grill started and saw Riley in her own world. She restarted that section and listened even more intently. "1 2 3 4."

"What's goin' on in that head of yours?" He turned on the gas.

"What if we used this section of the song for the senior pep rally."

"We could. Come here." They walked out to the grass.

"The girls could meet y'all on the floo 8. We all bell jump on 1 2, you spin us 3 4-"

"Dip the girls from left to right on 5 6 pick them up to flip on 7 8." Lucas was smiling, he loved working with her.

"Flip me on 1 2, spin me in front of you on 3 4, and you do that thing where you whip my legs in a circle o 8."

He smiled. "Let's try it. I'll go start the song." Riley was smiling, she liked this so much better than the original song. He pressed play and ran to his now, girlfriend. The pair kissed, because well they couldn't not. "Ready?"

"Yup! Walk u 8. Bell kick, spin 3 4, dip 5 6, pick up on 7 8." Fill your cup up. "Flip me 1 2, spin, whip m 8."

"Wow, that worked out a lot better!" Lucas smiled and hugged her. "I love dancing with you."

She grinned and took a deep breath. "Yeah, we move better than you and Bailey did last night." She tried to control her laughter.

"You're awful. Even though you speak the truth." He kissed her head. "Besides, I hung around you too much. Everytime she spoke I rolled my eyes."

She picked her head up off his chest. "Why on earth is that my fault?" Riley giggled.

"She constantly said something goodie two shoes, and I was used to well, you. There really isn't a good word to explain that. Oh, I didn't tell you that she pushed me in the pool."

The cheerleader cracked up. "Wait, were you wearing your swimsuit already?"

"Yes."

"Well, then it still is somewhat goodie two shoes." The cheerleader wanted to pry a little more, but decided to leave it alone.

He kissed her. "So, how's your group doin' on the stunting thing?"

"Pretty great, it's hard to get you boys to focus though. How about yours?"

"It's hilarious. Josh and I have been getting under Missy's skin." Riley started laughing and took a sip of water.

"Try to be serious though, someone could get hurt." Lucas stopped what he was doing and with a smile on his face, just gazed at her beauty. After several minutes Riley felt like she needed to say something. "Yes?"

"Have you ever worked so hard for something, for a good while and when you finally got that something you are extremely happy." The brunette thought about it and she did that a lot with cheering.

"Yeah. I have, it took me several weeks to learn how to do a front full twist." Lucas had no idea what she was talking about.

"But, after you finally did it how'd you feel?"

"Um, happy. Relaxed, relieved-"

"That's how I feel. I've worked hard and for a while to get you to be with me. I'm everything you said but with 10 times more emotion." He chuckled and Riley's heart fluttered.

"I'm glad you didn't quit bugging me."

"Anytime sweetheart, anytime."

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