Girl Meets World | AU

S2 E21 - Girl Meets Texas Part 2 (The kiss happens)

"Whoa. Gentlemen, look how lucky you are. You treat 'em right" Pappy Joe says to me and Riely as we reach them outside of his house.
"Thank you, pappy Joe" Riley approaches Lucas and rests her hand on his back, making me kind jealous.
"I see why you get homesick for Texas sometimes, Lucas. I never knew that the sky had this many stars. You know what else? I don't get nervous when I'm with you anymore. We're doing the right thing. Ah. Remember when we couldn't even say 'hi' to each other? Remember how we'd go, 'hi.' 'Howdy.' 'Hi.' Remember? Now watch this. Say 'hi to me"
"Hi"
"Hi, Lucas. What up, brah? What's up with you, man? You good? You cool?" he looks very confused
"Hi"
"Still got some catching up to do"
"Riley, I... I don't even know what's going on right now"
"What's going on is that we're gonna be the best of friends and care about what each of us has to say for the rest of our lives"
"Yeah, I sort of thought we had that. What does brother and sister mean?"
"It means... you know..." she punches his arm
"Poom! Hey! Ping!"
"Riley!"
"Ha, you said that just like a brother would"
"Well, can I hit you back?"
"No"
"Only you get to hit me?" Riley nods
"Mm-hmm. We're just like how you and Maya were" Were?! Excuse me?! Nothing is gonna change
"Ha-hee" Is she serious? What was that supposed to be? My ha-hurr? I can't take this anymore
"You don't even do it right"
"Oh! Maya, I thought you weren't talking to Lucas"
"I'm not talking to him. I'm talking to you" Lucas walks in front of me
"Maya, are you seriously not gonna talk to me?" I stutter a little before managing to say a full sentence
"You could've gotten hurt on that stupid bull. What do you think you getting hurt would have done to the people who..." I stop, I can't say it out loud. I can't, it would make it too real.
"Care about you? I think you were gonna say 'care about you'" Elliot says as he stands up from the bench he was sitting on with Farkle and Zay, taking me by surprise.
"I'm not talking about me. You think I'm talking about me?" he smirks. What in hell is he trying to prove?

Elliot's POV

I have to push Maya and Lucas together, I have to make it up to her for the flask somehow. Even if this means seeing her with someone else, but, at the end of the day her happiness is more important. She deserves to be with someone she likes.
And by the way, yes, Riley knows about my plan, we talked about it on our way to Texas after Maya fell asleep

"I heard you" I frown at my sister
"What?"
"I wasn't asleep. I heard you talking. The alcohol was yours!" I shush her
"Maya is asleep, she can't hear you"
"How do you know she's not pretending to be asleep like you did earlier?"
"I know Maya" I sigh
"Okay, fine, the flask was mine"
"What?!" I shush her again
"You might wake her up!"
"I just can't believe you drink!" I sigh
"Riley, in high school things change, trust me, it's totally normal to drink underage"
"And Maya took all the blame for you!"
"I know, I told her that I wanted to tell the truth but she won't let me!"
"I heard you two talking earlier... does she really like Lucas?" she looks down
"She refuses to admit it or to say it out loud but it's pretty clear. The way she communicates with him, makes fun of him. Riley, I'd even say that she's in love and I really wanna help her out with him"
"Why? I thought you didn't like Lucas"
"I wouldn't want him to date you or her but it's for her happiness. I have to make it up to her somehow. Don't you think she deserves to be finally happy?" she slowly nods
"Yeah, but how?"
"That's the point. She won't let herself go. We need to help her" my sister looks hesitant
"Riley. You don't like Lucas"
"I'm sorry, what?"
"Or at least, not like that. It's pretty clear to me that you two are more like brother and sister"
"Does Maya think the same thing too?"
"I told her my opinion about you two but she refused to believe it until she became you when you turned into 'Morotia M. Black'. That's when she found out" Riley looks down
"I'm sorry-"
"Don't be. You guys are right, I don't like Lucas like that anymore, I guess I'm still having some trouble accepting that" I take her hand and smile warmly at her
"It's totally fine. He was your crush. It's normal to get confused with your feelings sometimes"
"So, what's the plan?" I frown
"What plan?"
"You said you wanted to push them together"
"Yeah"
"How?"
"Just leave them alone for a few minutes, I'm sure sparks will happen between them"
"That's all we gotta do?" I nod
"Yeah"
"Okay then, I'm in"
"Really?" I ask in disbelief
"Yup, I want her to be happy as well"