"Riles, something happened" I say to my best friend as soon as I approach her in the school hallways
"I don't need to know what happened"
"No, I need to tell you. You need to know"
"Maya, I know a lot of things are going to happen. You know what else I know? I liked the new boy and you stepped back for me... And then I saw how scared you were for him. You need to feel whatever you feel. How could I ever keep that from you? Whatever happens, happens" Lucas walks up to us
"My brother!" Riley is about to punch him on the arm but he stops
"Hey! Hi. Hey, Riley. You know, um... I want to thank you again for believing in me and giving me the confidence that I would be okay"
"I will always believe in you. And I will always be here"
"Thank you, Riley" he looks at me
"Hi" I slightly blush
"Hey" I reply to him. After our kiss in Texas we shared a lot more kisses when we were sure we'd be alone. Always romantic, always heated. I swear every time we kiss it's like flying, the whole word disappears. The best thing is that things aren't complicated between us. I expected things to change but they didn't thankfully, it's amazing.
"Wow" he says with a smile before going to class, making Riley frown.
Soon after Charlie walks up to us, making me grin
"Hey, Riley"
"Hi, Charlie"
"Charlie Gardner!" I say with enthusiasm
"Stop it"
"Cheese souffle!"
"Maya, we just got back. What could he possibly know? Who could have possibly said anything?" we turn around to look at Zay, I'm sure he told him
"He made me"
"How did he make you?"
"I was like, 'you wanna hear a great Riley story?' He said, 'yes'."
"I heard you and Lucas are just gonna be friends" my best friend nods
"Yeah, actually, what we're doing is-"
"I heard you're free. Are you free?"
*later, that night, Matthew's apartment*
"I don't want this" Mr. Matthews says
"We're confused"
"I don't want this either" Topanga adds
"We're going into high school"
"Do you know what your priority is in high school, Riley? High school. It's where you further your minds and you get an education. You know why? So that you're smart enough to not find yourself in a situation like this"
"We're not in a situation. Everything's fine. Maya?" Yeah, I can't lie to them
"We're in a situation"
"Why do we have to have feelings?"
"You don't. Get rid of 'Em" Funny considering that he's the one who taught us how to switch off our phones and connect with people instead
"You think you like Lucas?" Did she really use the word 'think'? Hell yeah, I like him!
"How can you not like him?"
"I didn't think you liked anybody" I roll my eyes
"It's my facade"
"Don't use big words correctly. It's not who ya are"
"We're Riley and Maya"
"We know our priorities"
"And nothin' and nobody could ever come between us"
"You are two confused kids who think you know what you're doing. But you don't. So, don't do anything. Nothing is as easy as it seems when feelings are involved" so she's saying that I should back up after I had found enough courage to admit my feelings for Lucas?
"Mom, it is easy. Lucas is like my brother and... I want Maya to be happy"
"You think being the master of tombstone the bull is hard? That is nothing compared to being the master of your feelings, Riley. They will shake you around and they will send you flying. Sometimes you hold on and sometimes you let go. It's the scariest ride there is"
"Well, what do you want us to do?"
"Don't feel. I want you not to feel"
"Do they have to go to high school?"
"No! I have the power. I can hold them back"
"Dad, you can't hold us back. We're growing up"
"Can I hold them back?"
"No"
"Can anything hold them back?"
"No. Are you okay, Riley?"
"I'm going to need to figure that out" I frown
"Are you okay?"
"I'm gonna need to let her figure that out"
"Oh, no... They're gonna figure it out. What do we do?"
"We trust them"
"That's the worst idea I've ever heard" I don't have to figure out anything, I like Lucas, that's how it is.
*The next day, at school*
"The hoover dam on the arizona/nevada border holds back ten trillion gallons of confused 14-year-old feelings that look to smack down the concrete structure of your life and my life, and it can't take it and I don't want it, so everybody sit here and nobody move! Because as strong as the structural integrity of the hoover dam might be, just one little, tiny drop of water that makes its way through this barrier will chip away at the structural integrity of our lives as we know them, and the immediate result is the end of my personal happiness! So, your assignment is to hold everything back until I die and not let anything through! Riley, what's that?" Mr. Matthews asks her as he sees her opening a note
"Nothing"
"Riley... Did something get through?" I can't hold myself back anymore, I have to tell her
"Riley, something is happening between me and Lucas"
"Oh, boy" She turns around
"Yes, Charlie. I will go out with you" what? He asked her out?
"Hoover dam"
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Girl Meets World | AU
FanfictionWhat if Riley had an older brother? Would relationships have been the same? Would the story have been different? Would've the ships remained the same ones? (This story contains serious topics like alcohol and sex. read at your own risk)
