Riley sighed softly as the gravity of Lucas's words weighed upon her shoulder.

"Lucas, you were my first love. I will always hold that close to my heart but you left me, you didn't realise I had distanced myself until I had actually gone and now you think you can stroll in like a knight in shining armour? I am happier here, I'm not just 'smiley Riley' or maya's best friend. I am me. I am sorry but I can't answer your questions." Riley spoke softly before picking up her camera and continuing to snap pictures of the night sky, trying to hide her tears.

Lucas watched her with sad eyes as he realised fully what she had been through. He has always sworn to protect her but when she needed protecting the most he had fed her to the wolves.

"I'm sorry." He muttered softly before getting up and walking away. He didn't want to leave her side but he knew he had messed up big time. Riley sighed as he walked away, feeling proud of herself for speaking her mind for once.

"I thought I would find you here." A soft voice sounded from behind her, causing her to squeal slightly as she felt Ryder's arms encase her in a warm hug. "What did he want?" Ryder asked as he looked down at Riley's face and frowned at the sight of her tear stained cheeks.

"He wanted to know if I could forgive him. Im not angry at him anymore, but I don't know if I can forgive and forget just yet. Does that make me a bad person?" She whispered softly as she leant back into Ryders chest.

"No Angel, it doesn't make you a bad person at all." Ryder reassured her before he kissed the top of her head and continued to hold her close to him.

Meanwhile

"Come on Panga, they are good kids. They made a mistake, we used to make them all the time. I know you want to go mamma bear on them but I think let them try and make things right. What if you give them the summer to make amends?" Shaun pleaded as he sat across the table from Topanga, it almost reminded him of the many times he would sit across the desk from Mr. Feeny when he was in trouble. Corey looked between his best friend and wife with his breath in his throat, he knew they had hurt Riley and he disliked the teenagers for that, but he knew that everyone makes mistakes.

"Fine, if and I say IF Riley is okay with it." Topanga agreed after considering. "But my conditions are, Riley can spend as much time with Ryder and Kira as she likes, she doesn't have to spend time with the others without them if she doesn't want." Topanga haggled with her arms crossed and a determined look in her eye.

"Fine." Both Shaun and Corey agreed.

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