The highlight of the day are always the newly engaged couples. Those two people who you're always jealous of because of how lucky they seem. You know the ones who suck up to each other because they know they MIGHT be stuck with each other for the rest of their sweet sweet poor lives. The point is newly engaged couples are just so adorable it just hurts.
Unfortunately though, when you're a 3rd, 4th, 5th,and 6th wheel like Zay, Maya, Lucas and Smarkle, it ain't adorable, it did hurt though. The PDA was just too much to handle. They were flirting, giggling, chuckling, teasing, snorting, sharing, gossiping, sniggering,winking, kissing,french-kissing you name it.
They aren't hating or anything. They were cute (really cute), and they are happy that they are happy, but they honestly didn't have to shove it in their faces.
The supposed secret location which Riley made such a big deal about was a club Farkle rented for a day. The perks of being a young genius multi millionaire inventor with your own company. Makes you wonder what you've been doing with your life.
Since Riley had the wedding plans on her plate, Farkle being the fiancé that he was offered to plan the gang's night out
BIG MISTAKE
The place was empty af. Since evidently, Farkle thought the best way to spent your time in a club is to dry up the place, kick the DJ and people out and forget to pay the bartender.
The walls were painted black and the curtains covered the windows so no light came in. There were some paintings of some weird shit on the was hard to explain but Maya was pretty sure the painters were high when they painted them. Something like people-got-high-in-our-club-and-painted-this-shit-so-let's-post-them-on-the-wall-to-let-people-know-we're-proud kinda thing . She might not have evidence but hey she's an artist so that has to make up for something right? There were two floors, one mainly for the dance floor with a pub by the corner and the top for the VIP'S. Maya and the group are currently seating in a private booth in the VIP section.
There were three couches there. The couple took the left corner couch, giving them the 'best show of their lives' (A/N guys I'm not gonna lie to you that was sarcasm). Then it was Maya and Zay on the second couch which was in between the first and third. Smarkle and Lucas took the last by the right corner. The lighting made it worse. The lights were a variety of blue,red,yellow and shit Maya does not feel like remembering. It was annoying everytime they changed. It was just a reminder that their first meet up as a group again was an empty club with no music or alcohol at all and involved their friends, being the newly wed couple shoving all the PDA they could think of.
So, this is how Maya and the rest of the group ended up in a club with no bartender which mind you was their escape route in the first place. Yep, they knew the PDA was coming. Seriously, this place doesn't even have WiFi. What kind of a club doesn't have WiFi. Ofcourse Maya could just pay for her data plan and get it over with but that requires a lot of work and energy and Maya Hart and work do not go in the same sentence. (Even though they just did). Besides, who doesn't like free things.
"Ahem" Zay cleared his throat loud and dramatic enough for everyone to hear or in this case, Riley and Farkle, THE COUPLE.
Nothing
"Ahem ahem" he faked it again, this time more louder and more dramatic.
Nothing, all that throat clearing and fake coughing was for nothing. They still tee-heed, whispered and continue to ignore the shit out of their friends.
"Guys" Maya crowed exasperated .That got their attention (barely), no seriously it took them literary 5 minutes to back away from each other.
Riley was the first one to finally acknowledge her friends. She whispered something to Farkle, removed his arms that were wrapped around her shoulder, pushed the poor guy back then cleared her throat to reset the whole situation. But how the heck do you un-see something that can never be unseen.
"Oh you guys are still here" she bit her bottom lip then turned o her fiancé giving him a wink
"I forgot"
Friends of the year ladies and gentlemen
"Darlings we know you're newly weds and all but incase you forgot 3 of us are still single and it's like every time we hang out your mission is to shove it in our faces" Maya cringed using her hand to describe how annoying they were being.
Riley wore a knee length black fitted dress with wedge heels. Maya remembers Riley picking out that dress when they went shopping last summer for fun. She always wondered what happened to that dress, at least she got to find out today.
Farkle wore a black shirt with the word genius printed on it and some jeans, nothing special. Maya had to admit it looked damn good on him. Through these years Farkle grew handsomely (thank you puberty) and Maya and the rest of the group were proud. Not that they cared what he looked like. Whatever happens he'll still be their Farkle.
"You can count me in as 4" Zay sighed. He wore a brown-back plank t-shirt and some denim jeans. He matched it with his regular combat boots he and Lucas promised to wear today. They are literarily just begging Maya to make fun of them.
"Sarah's still mad huh?" Maya asked. She felt for the poor guy, this is why she didn't do long term relationships.
"Yep" he said making the p pop. He slightly shifted his head to turn to Riley " Thanks for that again Riley" he said with a fake smile
"What did I do?" she replied raising her hands up in defense
"You screwed him up that's what you did, you screwed him up good" Maya chuckled shaking her head
"What did she do exactly" Lucas curiously asked turning to Maya
It had been a while since he actually faced her. Since their conversation on their ride here, they seemed a little distant. No one really noticed except for Zay. When he saw Lucas pass Maya with a frown on his face and move to seat next to Smarkle, which by the way never happens, he knew something was definitely wrong. They usually would have been all up in each others space. Seriously and they thought they were the 3rd and 4th wheel. But he ofcourse decided to let the oblivious buffoons figure their shit out, he had learn from personal experience that was the best way.
"She mentioned the V word" Maya teased
"The V word?" Smarkle asked making Maya turn her attention to her
"Vanessa" she replied teasingly.
Smarkle's eyes turned and scanned Riley's for a second. She cocked her head to the side and narrowed her eyes through her thick glasses.
"What are you doing?" Maya asked as she followed Smarkle's eyes directing her to Riley
"Searching for a preferable way to say she screwed up" she replied making everyone burst in laughter
"Okay fine I get it" Riley finally cracked "I'm sorry okay, we were just talking about our exes and we started talking about Farkle's exes and then we moved to your exes and it just kinda spilled"
"You were talking about the people I dated?" Farkle gulped then turned to fiancé. You could see a sweat form its way down his forehead as he looked from Smarkle to Riley. Smarkle rolled her eyes and pretended not to care. But even anyone could see the smirk she pulled on her lips was because she was enjoying Farkle being tortured.
Maya remembered when they broke up, she still doesn't know the details but from the way Smarkle told it. It didn't seem terrible, professional if you'd describe it in one word . Something you'd expect from geniuses. Any who, they didn't talk to each other for 2 weeks, avoided each other and pretended it didn't bother them and then one day bam they're friends again. So now they can use words that normals cannot understand...Yay! (A/N what can I say, sarcasm is my middle name, deal with it)
"Don't worry babe, you're safe" she reassured him patting him in the back
"Good to know" he replied not entirely convinced.
Two seconds later, the room was as dry as Safari desert. Silence lingered in the air, thick and heavy. The breeze moved slowly and could here the crickets as they each stared at each other and gave awkward smiles. They had not seen each other in years, and now they must face the consequences.
"It's so quiet in here" Maya said rubbing her arms to defend herself from the chills the breeze gave her.
"Well Maya that is what you get when you rent a club for a day" Riley replied
"No honey, this is what you get when you let Farkle do the planning" her best friend argued patting her on the lap
"But this is fun" Farkle said with sad eyes "Right guys" he turned to look at his other 3 best friends who shook their heads and opened their mouths but said nothing.
"No Farkle fun is coming to a club which incase you need to know has a DJ" Maya smiled gesturing to the DJ's empty spot "dancing with strangers you've never met in your life and probably doing something stupid you'll regret for the rest of your life"she turned her smile into a frown. "Fun? Sweetie this isn't fun, this is a failure"
"Well Maya if you look on the bright side you don't need to worry about too much people closing on you or not being able to see the DJ due to your- he paused then took some time to scan her head to toe. His eyes found their way back to her face. He watched as she twitched her eye waiting for him to say something. And as she grit her teeth a smirk pulled on his lips -shoe problem"
Ladies and gentlemen, there comes a time when a person must decide whether to
A. Kill his/her friend right on the spot
B. Torture his/her friend then kill them or
C. Give them a 5min head-start, chase them all the way to Mexico, torture them, then kill them.
This, this was that moment for Maya Hart
"Hey here's an idea, why don't we change the subject and avoid any blood" Riley laughed nervously which made Maya settle now.
And so they resulted into more silence and awkward someone decided to free them from their misery. What would they do without him?
"So when's the wedding" Zay turned to his friends
Riley looked at her fiancé who gave her a nod before she spoke " We were thinking next July" she said smiling
"Guys that's 9 months away, don't you wanna finish college Riley?" Maya added
"Maya just because I'm getting married doesn't mean i'm quitting college"
"I'm not saying you are but with planning the wedding and everything... I'm just worried for you"
"Look, Maya, I can do this, and Farkle to help me out with the wedding-Maya snorted and Farkle yelled out a "Hey, I can plan weddings"- besides I have you don't I?" she smiled.
Maya smiled "Yeah, you have me"
Zay raised his hand and moved so Riley could see him more clearly "Eh yeah, just Maya?" Zay said offended.
"All of you" Riley replied smiling at them"I meant I have all of you" They all smiled
And thus, the confused stares and awkward smiles ended "Do you guys remember that time we sneaked Smarkle into Ashley Ryder's party?" Zay asked his friends.
"You mean that time she puked on me then punched me in the face yeah I felt it too" Lucas cringed
"In my overall defence you looked like a stalker and I was not in the mood to attend to your droll lewd feelings"
"I was trying to take you home" Lucas screamed then realized what he made it sound like "I mean your parent's house, I mean...you know what I mean"
"You were obsessed with me" she screamed to his face
"Guys help" Lucas cried turning to his friends
"Well you did look like a stalker" Maya spoke
"Plus you did ask her if you could take her home" Riley completed
"Which is what your caring and wonderful friend says to you when he finds you getting a piggy back from a stranger because you thought he was a cow"
"It's fine Lucas, I am almost certain that one day you shall be able to move on and accept that" Smarkle moved closer to face the direction of Lucas ' face completely "I will never love you" she added shaking her head continuously
Within seconds or what seemed to be like minutes turning to hours, everyone gave in and started laughing. That is everyone except for Lucas of course. Poor guy sat there confused.
"I missed this guys, I missed us" Riley sighed smiling
"Riley it's not like we don't hang out anymore" Maya argued
"No Riley's right it's not like before" Farkle gestured to all of them "we may hang out now but its not the same" he completed.
"What happened to us?" Riley asked
"We each had our lives I guess" Maya gestured to them all "we just forgot how good we all were together" she took a look at all of her friends
"We kicked ass didn't we" Zay commented
"Yeah we did" Maya smiled remembering the memories they shared
"We can remember" Riley said as she pulled out a bottle of Irish Whisky from her big bag. Maya always wondered what was in there "You sneaky little-
"Maya language" Farkle interrupted. She took a glare at him before turning back to Riley. Geez, what does a girl gotta do to curse in front of her friends. Women equality, am I right?
"Well look at you being all bad" Maya complemented her. Proud of her little Pluto.
"I learnt from the best"
Maya smiled at Riley "Maya are you crying" Farkle asked
"My baby's all grown up" she said wiping the tears from her cheeks.
"Irish whiskey" Zay yelled staring at the bottle "how rich are you guys?"
"It was actually a gift form one of my investors"Farkle admitted. The guy gave it to him when Farkle when he sold him 3% of his company's stocks. Nice guy
"Dude just gave you that kinda strong whisky, what was 'I'm in my mid 20's' not pasted your face?" Zay wondered.
Farkle shrugged " He probably thought I was in my 30's or something, I don't know"
"Well, we shall drink to his stupidness" Maya nodded her head laughing evilly.
"Guys are we really going to get drunk here?" Lucas asked
"What did you think we we're going to do in a club Sudance?" Maya eyebrows wrinkled with curiosity
"I didn't know what we we're gonna do, the location was a secret remember?" Lucas said.
"Bulls**t, Riley texted all of us the location, we literarily drove here seriously, how is that a secret" Maya asked confused
"You guys knew" Riley looked at her friends innocently.
"I thought it was near the club or something I don't know, I mean we all have classes tomorrow, I thought we would we more responsible-
"Oh my God you just can't take a challenge can you?" Maya groaned stretching her hand out to Riley so she could give her the bottle.
"Oh I can take a challenge, can you?"
Maya snorted.
Was he serious "Can you?" she mocked him
"No can you?" Lucas retorted moving closer
Maya did the same."Can you?" she smirked
"Just shut up and take the damn thing" Riley crowed shoving the alcohol into Maya's chest aggressively.
Maya rapidly took hold of the bottle before Riley let go then made a large Ow sound pretending she was hurt "Geez Riley you don't have to be so aggressive"
"Yeah we were just talking" Lucas backed Maya up. Yeah, they are definitely the ones who feel left out in this relationship.
Maya reached for the cap and opened the bottle pouring it intoner glass then handed it to Zay to do the same.
"Wait" Smarkle stopped Maya from taking a sip "if we all consume this, who's gonna drive us back home"
"We'll just call uber" Zay said "Someone is gonna have to do it though I currently have $-7 "
"How is that even possible" Riley wrinkled her eyebrows confused
"Well Riley you see, people like to visit a lot of places and meet new friends. Friends who don't talk about their friends' exes with their girlfriends and ruin their entire relationship" Zay remarked
Yeah this is definitely one of those moments your thankful you have alcohol
A/N
Look I know I said I would get my procrastination under control. But ones you guys hear my excuse, you'll forgive me.
Okay so here it goes
*clears throat*
I was abducted by aliens
They needed someone to teach them how to chill because and as I quote "was against the law until last year when the new president was elected" crazy right
Any who just wanted to say you guys are wonderful for being patient with me. And if you've given up on this story, I don't blame you *point suspiciously at the aliens whispering* blame the aliens.
Again
You guys are WONDERFUL *blows kisses* Love ya!