Chapter 27

Maya?
Hi peaches. How are you feeling?
Hashtag Bleh. Little stomach bug I think.
Poor thing. Do you need anything?
No, thank you though. I was calling to see if you were going to the party tonight?
Yeah, with Josh. Why?
Keep an eye out for Missy. Since i'm not going to be there, Lord only knows what she's planning.
Lucas wouldn't do anything.
No, I know. I just like hearing funny stories.
Maya giggled on the other line. That's if Lucas goes.
He may not. I'll let you know. By the way I just want to reiterate I 100 percent trust him, i've never seen him drinking though.
There was a knock on her door, and her sexy boyfriend walked into her room. Okay peaches.
I'll talk to you later, I have a visitor.
Have fun! Bye!

"Hey, what are you doing here?" The brunette sat up in her bed.

"I've come to check on you beautiful girl." Lucas' jaw clenched right before he smiled and it made her stomach turn, but in a good way.

"I don't want to get you sick." The running back stared into her eyes and sat at her bedside.

"I'll take the risk. If I have to call into work tomorrow so be it." She giggled, he loved her laugh. It always made him smile. "I love your laugh, even when you're sick it makes me smile."

She closed her eyes and thought, 'things like that are why i'm falling in love with him'. "Thank you. That's very sweet." The green eyed man glanced to her TV.

"Lord of the Rings? I wasn't expecting that!"

"I always turn it on when i'm sick or cleaning. I know it well enough where it's okay if I miss some parts. It's long enough where I won't have to change the movie over and over. Plus, once I get the last movie of The Hobbit I can watch all 6 in a row and take up a weekend."

He started laughing, "I'm sorry I don't mean to laugh, but you put some thought into that."

"I was a sickly child. I used to get migraines all the time. So I would pop this on and turn the volume down."

"Doesn't light and noise affect your migraines."

"Yes, it does. I would either sleep in the bathroom or pull the blanket above my head. But, there was a small section in my life where I couldn't sleep without the TV on. I still get them occasionally when the weather changes when something up north gets brought down by a cold front."

"Poor thing." He stuck out his bottom lip and rubbed her cheek with his thumb. "Can I get you anything?"

"No. I'm okay, thank you. Are you going to hang out for a while before the party?"

"I'm not going." The running back looked at his girlfriend and realized she was giving him a crazy look.

"Why?"

"Because you aren't going to be there. What kind of a boyfriend would I be if I went to a party without my girlfriend."

"You're so attached." She giggled. "You can go babe, I really don't mind. Go hang out with your friends."

"Wait, you're serious?" He took off his shoes and climbed on her bed completely to sit at her feet.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

"That's just really cool. Most girls wouldn't do that." Riley winked.

"I'm not most girls. Just be careful with Missy I already told Maya to keep an eye on her."

"If you really are okay with it, and this isn't one of those I leave and you get mad things then I probably will go." She picked herself up and tried to comb through her hair.

"I'm perfectly fine with it. Really, besides by the time you leave i'll be sick of you." She giggled.

"Are you sure you're sick?"

"Yeah, I quit throwing up about an hour ago."

"I didn't need to know that. You just look so beautiful, and you're still funny. When i'm sick I just a big baby."

"Aren't all guys?"

He laughed and stared at her, he couldn't believe how happy he was. "Can I tell you something?" She sat up, since his tone was serious.

"Sure, everything okay?" Riley tried to lighten the mood. "Did you cheat? That's a deal breaker mister!"

"I'm being serious." The brunette took a deep breath and nodded her head for him to continue. "I just, I wanted to say that I, i'm fal-"

"RILEY!" Topanga walked into her bedroom.

"Hey mom, what's up?" Lucas tried not to look disappointed.

"I was just coming to check on you, I made some chicken and dumplins your favorite thing to eat when your sick." The brunette shrugged her shoulders.

"Can I wait a little longer? I just stopped ya' know-"

"I gotcha honey. That's fine, just let me know. Lucas would you like some?"

"Heck yeah!" He left the room after winking at his girlfriend. Riley smiled and leaned back on her pillows. She looked to the right out her window and it looked like such a beautiful day. The sun was out, with hardly any clouds and the tree blowing in the wind indicated there was a nice breeze to keep people from burning up. The running back walked back into her room with a big bowl. "Holy crap, this is so good."

"Do me a favor and sit down wind. The aroma might upset my stomach." He giggled and sat back down at the foot of her bed. Lucas stayed for several more hours, they talked about random things and learned even more about each other. The green eyed man loved it when they did things like this, he loved learning new things about her. He loved Riley.

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"Hey bro, I was wondering if you were going to come!" Lucas stepped into the party house and his ears were immediately overwhelmed with music. He and Josh shook hands.

"Yeah, Riley said I could. And, she needs to sleep anyways she didn't eat all day. I probably won't stay late though." After talking with several football guys and Josh, the running back peruzed the house and found a beer pong game going on in the garage.

"Just in time Friar. I need a partner." Lucas stood at the garage door and glanced at Chase.

"No, that's okay man. Thanks though."

"Come on, just one game! I'm pretty good, so you won't have to drink too much. Besides, Josh is DD so that's why he couldn't play. He can take you home." The green eyed man dropped his shoulders and hesitantly agreed.

"Alright, one game." Missy walked out into the garage right when the game started and he immediately rolled his eyes.

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"Maya, Lucas is in the garage playing beer pong."

"Hey Darby, yeah, Riley said that he could come out tonight." She turned away from Josh.

"But, Missy is out there." The blonde nodded and after thanking Darby she turned to her boyfriend.

"Hey Josh, let's go watch a game." He escorted Maya out to the garage where they found Lucas chugging a beer.

"Chase, I thought you said you were good at this." He slammed the red cup down.

"I am, I didn't factor in the fact that I have played several games." Chase laughed and patted Lucas on the arm. "So, where's Riley at tonight?"

The green eyed man eyeballed Chase and tossed a ping pong ball. "She's sick. Why?"

"Just curious. Line it up please." They rearranged the cups and the running back tossed another ball.

They won the game, but that one game turned into 3 until they finally lost. His friends were still watching him play, Lucas was starting to feel the alcohol working on him. "Josh, i'm going to the bathroom real quick, then i'll head out."

"You aren't driving!" Josh demanded.

"No, if you aren't leaving then i'll walk I only live a block or 2 away." Lucas walked inside and up the stairs to the bathroom. He washed his face off with water, and put his face under the faucet to drink some. He pulled out his phone to check the time and saw a text from Riley.

I'm going to bed. But, I hope you have a great time tonight. Sweet dreams, and I wanted to talk to you about something tomorrow morning. I'll come over when I wake up. :)

He grinned, at the thought of seeing her and opened the door to the bathroom. "Hello Lucas." The bathroom door slammed shut and locked by Missy.

"Inappropriate. Please move."

"Oh stop it. I was just going to see if you could walk me home."

"So you lock me in a bathroom?" He glanced behind him and sat down. "That makes zero sense."

"Could you walk me home?"

"I only live like 2 blocks away. Where do you live?" He put his hand on his head, it was starting to hit him all at once, he didn't drink enough to automatically jump into several games of beer pong.

"4."

"Yeah, sorry I can't. You can walk with me until I get to my place but, after that i've gotta go lay down. It'll be best to find a DD and ride with them."

"Such a lightweight. So cute. Come on." Missy stepped out of the bathroom and Lucas followed behind her. He locked eyes with Maya and saw anger. The running back rolled his eyes and shook his head, which seemed to lighten her glare.

"Lucas, can I talk to you for a sec?"

"Actually Ma-" The blonde grabbed his arm and pulled him away.

"I wasn't really asking." The blue eyed girl smirked and turned to Lucas. "That better not be what I think it was."

"It wasn't, she asked for me to walk her home. I said i'm walking to my house and i'm not going anywhere else. The 3 games have hit me all at once."

"We can take you home. We're going to head out in an hour"

"No, it's okay. I'm lame. Plus, Riley wants to see me in the morning and I don't want to be hungover so I need some water and sleep. I'll text y'all when i'm home." Lucas walked away and met Missy at the stairs. "Ready?"

"Let's go." Missy winked at Maya and the blue eyed girl pulled out her phone but hesitated to call Riley.

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"Lucas, can I have your hoodie? It's cold out here, I wasn't expecting that, it's November in Texas." She giggled.

"Sure." He slid off his hoodie, not thinking twice about it and tossed it towards her.

"So, how long have you and Riley been together now?"

He smiled. "2 months."

"Wow, that's a long time." He felt a tone of sarcasm. "You got here and started dating her, have you ever thought about expanding your prospects?"

"Nope. Riley's the one I want. I love-" Lucas tripped over a crack in the sidewalk and fell over. Missy dropped to his side laughing.

"Are you okay? I can't believe your this-" She stopped talking and as Lucas went to sit up the cheerleader leaned in and kissed him. It took him a second to realize what was going on but after 10 seconds of kissing her back, Lucas angrily pulled away, and immediately wiped his lips.

"What the hell Missy?" He stood up quickly and took off towards his house. There were a lot of things running through his mind but the big one was how he was going to break this to Riley. He had to tell her, she couldn't hear this from Missy. He stumbled into his house and after shutting his door he placed his forehead against it. "What am I going to do?" He looked at the picture on his bedside and took it into his hands. The picture they took right after they started dating, she was so happy. Her brown hair flowing in the wind and her grin, a tear dropped onto the frame. "I can't lose her, Lord please be with me."

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Riley woke up the next morning, feeling so much better. After a quick shower and several minutes of brushing her teeth and using mouth wash she got dressed to go over to Lucas' before he had to leave for work.

"Hi honey! How you feelin'?" Topanga was flipping pancakes.

"Much better, still not liking the smell of food though. I think i'll just take a banana." Riley had on one of Lucas' hoodies and a pair of dri fit shorts with her tennis shoes.

"Where are you going?"

"I was going to run to Lucas' before he has to go to work. I wanted to talk to him." She turned around after putting the last pancake on a plate.

"Everything okay?"

"Yeah. It's nothing bad." Riley's smile gave it away.

"You love him?" The brunette played with the banana and bit her lip. "Sweetie, that's great! Why are you ashamed?"

"I'm not ashamed, I just thought that you may not want your little girl to be in love." The cheerleader giggled.

"That's your father. I'll break the news to him, if you want."

"No, that's okay. I'd rather him hear me tell Lucas while we're in school or something. He can't freak out in front of a classroom full of kids."

"Smart girl!" Topanga held out her arms and Riley ran into them. "Good luck. And, yes you can take the car."

"Yay! Thanks mom!" Riley took the keys off the rack and sped off to Lucas'.

"You can come out now honey!" Cory sauntered around the corner with his chin touching his chest. "It's not the end of the world."

"That's where you're wrong. It absolutely is!"

"Come here love." She hugged her husband and with a small grin whispered, "I made pancakes."

"Okay." He took a seat at the table and Topanga made a plate.

Riley was driving and her stomach was full of butterflies, she originally didn't want to be the first one to say she was in love, but for whatever reason, she didn't care anymore.

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