"Sorry about them." Riley said as soon as they left the apartment.

"Don't worry about that." Lucas said. I'm just glad you said yes when I asked you out." They left her apartment building and walked down the street.

"So where are we going?" Riley wanted to know what exactly she said yes to.

"You said to surprise you, so I'm not going to tell you." Lucas said with a teasing smile.

"I don't actually like surprises." Riley said.

"I am already learning so much about you." Lucas said. "Aren't you glad you said yes to me?"

"I don't know." Riley teased. "Ask me at the end of the night. He laughed. "Deal."

"So where are you taking me?" She was curious to know.

"We are going ice skating." Lucas said a little timidly. He didn't know if she would like the idea. Panicked splashed Riley's face. She remembered the last time she went ice skating. It was with Charlie that time he said he loved her for the first time. Riley didn't know if she was ready to be reminded of him for a whole night.

"But there aren't any ice skating rinks open yet." Riley was confused. It was September. It wasn't even that cold.

"I know a guy." Lucas said mysteriously.

"I thought you didn't know anyone in the city." Riley mocked.

"Fine, Zay knows a guy." Lucas corrected himself.

"So you booked a skating rink just to impress me?"

"I just love ice skating. It has nothing to do with you." He said and she laughed sheepishly. "But you will be impressed."

They took a cab to the secretive location, deep in Brooklyn. They talked the whole way there. They talked about their parents and pets, best friends and favorite colors. Riley found out what kind of food he liked and what kind he detested. The conversation was light and he made her laugh a lot. Riley enjoyed his company a lot more than she thought she would. She spent the whole week imagining how this date would go and he was a lot funnier then she remembered. He held the doors opened for her, he looked at her like she was the only person in the world and he listened to her every word. She didn't pine of Charlie when she was with him. He wasn't just a rebound. Riley knew he could never be. When they finally got out of the cab, Lucas led her to a dark industrial looking building on the corner of the street. Lucas took her hand and she didn't stop him.

"We don't have to go if you don't want to." He offered. "We can do something else."

Riley thought about it for a second. She could make them turn around and make some new memory somewhere else. Or maybe this was just what she needed. They could rewrite history and ice skating can be a great new memory. And if Lucas happens to turn out to be as bad as Charlie, what's another miserable memory to add up. She was bad at skating anyways. She decided to stay.

"It's fine. I love it." She said.

Lucas led her inside the building.

"I knew this was too good to be true. You are going to kill me now, aren't you?" She joked.

Lucas laughed. "If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't have taken you all the way to Brooklyn."

"What better place is there?" She laughed.

Lucas led her down the long dark hall. It seemed he knew his way around pretty well. Riley would've lied if she said she wasn't a little scared.

"We're here." Lucas announced. He reached with his free hand and turned on the lights. The whole room lid up and Riley saw a big ice rink in the middle of the room. The lights changed color every few minutes and music played in the background.

Riley took in the room she found herself in. "I didn't even know this place existed." She said in awe.

"I'm glad you like it." He said with a huge grin. He took her to choose the right size skates and led her to the rink when they both put on a pair.

"I have to warn you, I am very clumsy and there is a big chance that I won't come out looking very attractive tonight." Riley said.
Lucas took both of her hands in his and led her on the ice. "I don't think that's possible." He replied.

They started going round in circles. Lucas never let go of her hand. Riley felt a certain freedom with Lucas that she never had with Charlie. Maybe it was because she didn't know him as well or maybe it was just because Lucas was the kind of person who could never make you feel uncomfortable.

"Impressed yet?" Lucas asked after half an hour of pure fun and ice skating.

"It takes a lot more to impress me." Riley flirted the best to her abilities.

"You are a very hard person to please." Lucas flirted back. He faced her and wrapped his hands around her waist. He skated backwards and Riley skated towards him. He bumped into the handrail and stopped them. Riley knew he was about to kiss her. His breathing got faster and his eyes fell on her lips. She smiled and closed her eyes. Their lips met and Riley felt the same spark from the last time. She was relieved it wasn't just the alcohol. This time the kiss was soft and tamed. Not as rushed but still as passionate. Riley liked the change of paste. They kissed for what seemed like forever and Riley still didn't think it lasted long enough.

XXXXXX

Maya and Josh sat on the couch watching a movie. They watched "It happened one night" since they both enjoyed old movies. Maya didn't tell him yet. She was about to, she came so close but then the popcorns distracted them and before she knew it they were on the couch, watching the movie. Maya was glad. She realized she wasn't ready yet.

"Is it weird that we are here alone even though neither one of us lives here?" Maya asked to defuse the tension between them she created in her mind.

"A little bit, yes." Josh laughed. "Where are Cory and Topanga?"

"Date night." Maya answered.

"So Cory and Topanga have a night out, even Riley is on a date and the two of us are here on this sofa." Josh summarized.

"What's wrong with this sofa?" Maya joked with a confidence in her voice she would've lost the second she told him the truth. Who said telling the truth was a necessary feature to a happy life? He didn't have to know. They were all better not knowing. She decided to break the deal she made with Riley. It had to be done.

"Nothing." Josh said. "I honestly wouldn't like to spend my Friday night in any other way."

Maya blushed. "You would've enjoyed it more with someone else." It was a thought embedded deeply in her mind. Maya knew Josh would never see her as someone he could possibly be with. She will never be anything but a friend to him. She strongly believed that.

"It's not the sofa that's special Maya, it's you." And then he said things like that. Things that messed with Maya's mind. And for a second her heart would flutter and she would think she had a chance with him. She would picture him as he confessed his undying love for her. And then she'd snap back to reality.

"I am amazing company." Maya joked. "But I'm sure if an opportunity presented itself, you'd run off to make out with some poor girl with daddy-issues who'd think she could change you and your loose-moral ways and make out with her."

"Would you be jealous?" Josh teased.

"My heart would be breaking into a million pieces." She said as dramatically as she possibly could and put both of her arms over her heart like she was in a production of a Shakespeare play, all to hide the fact that she would actually be devastated.

"Well I couldn't possibly live with the guilt of breaking a young maiden's heart, especially if the maiden is a fair as you." Josh said with a horrible British accent.

Maya took a moment for his words to sink in. "Why does melodrama transfer us to the middle ages dialect?" She asked, making Josh laugh.

"I guess we are just weird like that." He said.

They looked at each other and laughed for a while.

"We should get back to the movie." Maya averted her eyes back to the screen before she could do something she'd regret, like kiss him.

"Yeah." Josh agreed. They watched the movie until it ended, with no more interruptions.

XXXXXX

"You have to show me." Riley pleaded.

"No way. Absolutely not." Lucas made the mistake of telling her he used to train figure skating with his sister when he was younger.

"I thought you wanted to impress me." Riley joked.

"Impress you, not break my neck." Lucas protested.

"Oh come on. There must be one move that isn't too dangerous that you remember." She begged.

"I'll do it, but only because you are very cute." He finally accepted. Riley screamed in excitement.

"Just don't die. I can't have that on my hands." Riley warned him.

"I can't die. You'd miss me terribly." He teased.

"I wouldn't miss that big ego." Riley said.

Lucas took in a deep breath and started skating backward for the quarter of the ring then he jumped and did a pirouette in midair that continued even when he stick the perfect landing.

"Is this your move? You bring girls into an ice rink, sweep them of their feet with your fancy pirouettes and confuse them with your southern charms?" Riley questioned him.

"Is it working?" He asked.

"A little." She said.

Riley blushed when he looked at her and she lost her footing. Lucas tried to catch her as she fell but instead he landed on top of her. They both laughed.

"Are you okay?" He asked concerned.

Riley kissed him in response.

XXXXXX

Josh noticed when Maya fell asleep because she snores, even though she claims she doesn't. Her head fell on his shoulder just before the movie ended and Josh didn't want to wake her up even after it ended. He looked at her as she was sleeping. She seemed so peaceful. He wondered what she dreamt about. Josh liked spending time with Maya. She was smart and funny and he trusted her. She was a rare kind of friend to have and Josh never wanted to lose her. That's way he was so sad they started to drift apart. He detested the idea of not having her in his life. He didn't have a lot of people to talk to and Maya was as good of a friend to him as she was to Riley. The Matthew's are very lucky to have a Maya Hart in their life. Josh didn't move too much. He was skipping through channels trying to find something interesting when Maya opened her eyes.

"Oh god, I fell asleep." She was disappointed.

"You only missed like 10 minutes of the movie. Want to watch the ending again?" He was very sweet to offer.

"No it's fine, I watched the movie before." Maya said in her sleepy voice.

"Why did we watch it again if you saw it already?" Josh asked.

"I like that movie. I'd probably still watch it, even if you weren't here with me."

"It's a good movie." Josh agreed.

"What should we do now?" Maya fished for an activity.

"You should go to sleep since you clearly need it." Josh suggested.

"I am not that sleepy. I just dozed off for a while." Maya said in her defense.

"Want to take Auggie's telescope and look at the stars on the balcony?" He suggested.

"There aren't many perks of living on the twelfth floor." She said, "But this is definitely one of them."

"I'm glad you like the idea."

XXXXXX

"I had fun tonight." Riley told Lucas as they stood outside of her apartment. "And I honestly didn't think I would.

"And the dinner after the ice skating wasn't bad." Lucas agreed.

"I told you Victor's taco stand is the best in Brooklyn." Riley said proudly.

"And you were right." He said with a smile. "Next time we'll eat somewhere nicer."

"Oh, you think there's a next time?" Riley teased.

"I was hopeful." He leaned in closer.

"Kiss me again and I might just say yes." Riley said with a big smile. He listened to her. He loved that he could taste her smile through the kiss. It made him smile too. If anyone were to pass by at that moment, they'd think these two were together for a long time. There were moments tonight when they both thought they knew each other their whole life. Riley never though it could be this easy with someone and Lucas never hoped he'd meet someone as great as Riley.

He slowly pulled away. "So about that second date…" Lucas started.

"It was an okay kiss. Not really in my top ten." Riley said with a bored tone. "Okay goodnight." She added and closed the door in Lucas's face. He was confused, that's not how he pictured the night would end. A second after, Riley opened the door again: "Pick me up tomorrow at four. I am taking you out." She smiled and gave him a quick kiss. Lucas stood in front of her door smiling. He couldn't believe how fast he was falling for this girl.

Riley was surprised Maya and Josh weren't in the living room. She wondered what happened when Maya told Josh she liked him. Maybe it went so well they are in a bedroom right now. She just hoped they weren't in her bedroom. She headed to her room when she spotted them on the balcony through the window. They were looking at the stars through the telescope and laughing. Riley smiled jumping to conclusion thing went well. She couldn't wait until Maya told her everything. She went to her room and got ready for bed.

XXXXXX

"Estera cannalabis is not a real constellation." Maya couldn't breathe from all the laughter.

"I'm sorry did you study astrology for a semester?" Josh asked with a mock offence.

"No." Maya was still laughing. "And neither did you, you studied astronomy."

"Well, that just undermined everything I said in the last fifteen minutes." Josh laughed.

"Oh, it undermined everything you said in the past fifteen years." Maya couldn't stop laughing. Josh loved that he was the cause of her joy.

"Then you tell me what we are watching since you are such an expert." He acted hurt.

"It can't be that hard." Maya accepted the challenge. "They did it in 17th century, we can do it now." Maya looked through the telescope again. She looked through it for a while but all the stars looked the same to her. Maya didn't know what she was observing anymore then Josh did.

"I give up." She admitted defeat reluctantly. "I know nothing."

"We are garbage people." Josh agreed. "The 17th century people are better than us. They threw their feces on the street and they are still better than us."

Maya laughed hysterically. "I am never star gazing with you again." She said.

"But I am so fun to be around." Josh replayed enthusiastically.

"But you know nothing about space. I need an expert." Maya said.

"Women are so needy." He sighed.

Maya hit his arm playfully.

"It's getting late." She said when the laughter died down.

"I should go back to campus." Josh agreed.

"You could spend the night here." Maya offered. "I don't know when everyone else will be home and I feel kind of weird sleeping here all alone."

Josh nodded. "I'll stay."

"Good." Maya blushed again. They said goodnight to each other and went to sleep. Josh got comfortable on the couch and Maya headed to Riley's room.

She was surprised to see that Riley was already home and asleep. She dreaded the morning because that would mean she had to tell Riley she didn't complete her end of the bargain.

A/N: Hey guys. It's been a while. So sorry for the wait. Hope the long chapter makes up for it. I am always looking forward to your reviews and follows so don'tbe shy.