All Over Again || Rucas

So now he's free

Riley's POV

I get in history class feeling sleepy. It's my last class for today and I'm about to get a seroious headache.

I find my usual sit infront of Farkle. He is not here yet. But Lucas is.

"Hey.", he says.

"Hi", I say, looking at him.

"How was the rest of the weekend?", he asks.

"Pretty boring", I say. "How was yours?"

I don't know why he is trying to built conversation but I might as well give it a shot.

"Fine."

I smile politely and turn to the board. My father's not here yet.

"Wanna do anything after school?", he asks.

I frown to myself. He is just being friendly.

"Uh..."

"She's taken.", Charlie interrupts as he walks into the room.

"She is?", Lucas asks, looking at me.

I turn to smile at him.

"She is.", I reply.

He gives me a sad smile, that doesn't reach his eyes.

Maya comes running thorugh the door.

"My dad's coming.", she says.

"What?!", we all ask.

Farkle and Zay also come in to hear the conversation.

"Well, not coming. But he's thinking about it. He called my mom yesterday."

"Maya, that's great!", I tell her.

She smiles at me.

"Thank you, Riles."

Maya's dad left when she was very little. She doesn't even remember him. She always wanted to meet him though, to ask him why he left. And now she might get a chance and she looks happier than I've ever seen her.

Her phone rangs and everyone jumps. She has a weird ringtone.

"It's my dad.", she tells us, after looking at the screen.

She doesn't pick up, she just stares at it and everyone in the room is silent.

Well, almost everyone. After a moment of silence I'm getting really confused.

"Answer it.", Lucas and I say.

Then we look at each other and hen we turn away quickly, blushing.

She listens to us.

"Hello?", she asks. Her voice is shaking. Pause. "Hi dad." Pause. "Yeah, I know." Pause. "Sure. Where?" Pause. "I'll be there."

And she hangs up.

"I'm going to meet him after school.", she says to everyone waiting.

We all cheer. I am truly happy for her. She always wanted a father.

Then my dad walks in and the class officially starts.

.....

Maya leads us to a coffee shop, near our school. When history class was over she grabbed my hand and even Charlie's (whom I had plans to go to grab lunch with) and forced us to follow her.

Charlie was okay with it.

So, here we are, in a small coffe shop. We get in and Maya immediately runs the crowd with her eyes. I stand with Charlie and Lucas at my sides.