Hello, It's Me.

Part 7

Days went by, Lucas hadn't left Zay's apartment. He stayed in the guest room, curled up on the bed just thinking. Josh, Farkle, and Maya came by but he wouldn't talk to them. He'd just sit on the bed as they begged for him to open the door.

Maya had gone to see Riley after Zay had told her that Lucas mentioned a fallout between them. Riley was a bright and sunshiney as ever. She was busy dealing with wedding stuff and would just brush off Maya whenever she tried to talk about Lucas.

It was harder to broach the subject when Charlie arrived back to New York. He had been hovering over Riley for the past days, whispering in her ear and giving her loving pecks on the cheek. He'd look at Maya with disdain when Riley wasn't looking.

Finally, Maya had gotten Riley by herself. They were looking at potential bridesmaids dresses in a fancy boutique. Riley was hoping to find a soft lilac gown for all her bridesmaids, while Maya was just trying to get her to talk.

"Riles?" Maya asked as she looked through the gowns.

"Yes, peaches?" Riley gave her a warm smile.

"What happened between you and Ranger Rick?"

Riley stopped abruptly, the gown she had slipping through her fingers. "Nothing. Nothing happened, Maya."

"Like I believe that," She muttered. "Zay says he's really upset. I've gone to see him and he won't leave his room."

Riley closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Maya," She said softly, as she slowly opened her eyes. "We had a fight. We said things to each other. I brought up Missy and he brought up Charlie. I think inviting him was mistake, Maya."

"Yeah inviting the love your life to your wedding is definitely a good idea."

"I don't love him," She hissed. "He certainly doesn't love me."

"Oh, sweet naive Riley," Maya shook her head. "Of course, Huckleberry still loves you!"

Riley had opened her mouth to respond when her phone dinged. Riley glanced at it to see it was a message from Charlie.

"Maya I'm going to have reschedule this," She told her as she gave her the lilac gown. "Can you tell the lady at the counter to put this one on my list of potential dresses? Please."

"Where are you going?"

"Charlie invited me to lunch," Riley told her as she made her way to the door. "He wants to talk and I think it's urgent."

Maya groaned at the mention of Cheese Souffle spoiling her plans but she let Riley go. She quickly called Josh to talk to him.

"I need you to go get Lucas out of his funk," Maya said. "Riley is one step closer to committing the biggest mistake in her life. I don't want her marrying the epitome of evil. Call Farkle and Zay, I've got a plan."

"Am I going to regret this?" Josh sighed through the other line.

"Will you regret helping Riley go towards her happiness?"

"No, of course not!" Josh exclaimed, then paused. "Maya, are we going to potentially end up in the police station again?"

"It happened one time, Matthews!" She hissed aggravated. "No. Maybe. Look just get the boys together at Zay's apartment. I'll be there soon."

"Gotcha Gorgeous," Josh hung up the phone.

Riley entered the small elegant restaurant and the waiter led her outdoors, where Charlie waited skimming through the menu. Riley sat down in the seat opposite of his and smiled.

"You took a while to get here," He said placing the menu on the table. "I don't like to be kept waiting, sweetie."

"I was on the other side of town," She said picking up her menu, trying to not to concentrate on Charlie's gaze fixed on her. "Maya and I were dress shopping."