Girl Meets Season 4

21. Girl Meets Talent

A/N: Remember back in Episode 12 of this story, where Lucas sends Riley the link to that website. Well that's how this part of the story was born.

It was a warm spring day when Riley realized that she may have found her talent, although she hadn't noticed it before. It had started with a few articles for a website she usually went to when she was alone and thinking about her future. She wrote to them, and sent them articles, but she hadn't thought much about it. Most of the articles were about her love of fashion, or about the struggles of being a teenage girl. She used her mother's maiden name, and the name of her purple cat Violet to hide that it was her.

Even her picture on the website was he in a wig hiding who she was because she didn't want her friends to find out. She wrote about the triangle, her feelings for Lucas, her friends, her family, and all of her insecurities. The website constantly asked her for more articles, because they liked her writing style and so Violet Lawrence was born. Fashionista, with a very real backstory. They knew her real name and understood her need to stay hidden in the background because she didn't want her friends and family to find out.

She hadn't realized that it when she started writing for them that it would turn into something, she was a teenager after all. But after the first of her articles had become huge hits they asked for her parents' permission to be a staff writer, at the age of sixteen Riley had accomplished something without anyone knowing. The problem was that now she had to tell everyone about it, and honestly she wasn't ready for that.

The papers arrived by courier the next day, they only wanted one maybe two articles a month along with a column where she could talk with readers about their problems. Riley read over the papers over and over again. Wondering if she could forge her parents' signatures, but knowing her mother, the lawyer, it wouldn't go very well. It took her most of the afternoon to build up the courage to talk to her parents. She had told her friends that she couldn't meet up with them but asked Lucas to come over later. She wanted him to know because he was the one who sent her the first link, she clicked on a link on the same website and found herself on a website that discussed everything from fashion to personal problems. He had given her this chance without even knowing that he did it, so he deserved to know before the rest of her friends did, this included Maya.

"Riley," her mother called out forcing her to step away from her thoughts. "Lucas is here."

Riley grabbed the papers and took them with her, she needed to talk to them before dinner and with Lucas there it would give her a little strength to say what she needed to say. When Riley walked into the living room her father was glaring at Lucas like he would do something as bad as sneezing just so he could kick him out.

"Mom," Riley said trying her best not to crinkle the papers in her hand. "Daddy," she said trying to get her father's attention. "I need to talk to you about something."

"You," her father said looking at Lucas like he had done something wrong. She watched Auggie jump up off the couch and step between Lucas and her father.

"Lucas quick run, save yourself," her brother yelled out pushing her father back.

"No Auggie," her father said. "He did something wrong and now he must die."

"I warned you," Auggie said stepping away from her father and running to their mother. "Daddy is going to jail tonight."

Her mother laughed but turned to Riley ignoring her husband chasing the teenage boy around the living room. "What do you want to talk to us about sweetie," she said.

"Well... this," she said handing her mother the contracts.

Her mother looked at the papers before looking back up to her. "Riley these are contracts, how did you get these?"