Big Time City-Girl {Sequal To Secret Cowgirl}

Chapter 9

"Oh COME ON!!" I shout to the twitch stream as I played some minecraft alone. I just fell off a tall building I was in the middle of working on and died. "Well, I think 2 hours is enough for a days work.." I say to the chat.

Nooooo!!
Probably..
Are you still making music?
When's the next collab?
NooooooOoooOoo
Just a bit longer!!

"Music is on pause at the moment. Subscribe to my youtube channel and follow my tiktok for more content though! Imma head out. I'll see you, Shay Soldiers, Later!!" I say with a smile as I end the stream. I let out a sigh from the work and instantly close everything on my screen. I hear a knock and Riley walks in. "I heard "Later" and knew I could come in." She says with a big smile. "Yep. All done for the week." I shrug as I hear a ding of my email.
"NO YOURE NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE AGAIN!" Riley says loudly at the sound. "Relax, Riles, Morgan just wanted to send a farewell email and sending good wishes for being back home." I say to calm her down. "Oh...Okay good." She says with a small smile.
Maya gets a text as do Riley and I at the same time. "Farkle is inviting us downstairs for a smoothie all together. You down?" She asks me knowing Riley will say yes anyways. "Sounds god to me." I shrug as I grab my things and we walk downstairs.

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Maya and Riley stop and face me at the top of the steps to Topanga's. "What are we doing?" I ask them. "We are putting a blindfold on your face." Riley says with a smile while Maya quickly wraps my eyes with a bandana. "We couldn't have sone this AFTER the stairs?" I ask shocked. "We should've thought this through better." I hear Riley whisper to Maya. They grab my hands and help me down and through what I'm sure was the doorway. "Why am I blindfolded?" I ask. "Well, my dazzling super star," Riley starts with a boop on my nose, "you didn't want a party to celebrate you coming home to visit.."
"Now I moved back and still don't want a big party." I say with an eyebrow raised. "Well what about.." Maya takes off the bandana and I see only family and my friends. "A small get together." Maya finished holding my shoulders. Lucas, Farkle, Zay, Topanga, Corey, Sean, Auggie, Katy, and even Pappy Joe all stood in front of a lightly decorated coffee shop. "You came Pappy Joe?" I ask first. "I wouldn't miss it for the world, Pumpkin." He says with a smile. I turn to Maya and Riley who both stood with a smile. "It's perfect guys." I pull them in for a hug, "Thank you."
"Don't mention it, kid."

"Cletus and I have been keeping up with your big time career." Pappy Joe says to me as I stood to catch up with him and Lucas. "Cletus is a big Shay fan." Lucas nudges me with a smile. "That means a lot Pappy Joe. All I could really do up there was work and work for my music." I look at Lucas for a moment. "Especially to forget how much I was missing from home." I say with a small smile. "We've been missing you down on the farm too, Spencer."
"Maybe I could come down for a visit soon." I throw out there.
"Vacation?"
"Vacation?!" Riley and Zay say at the same time from the opposite side of the room. I chuckle from the response. "Of course if everyone is invited too." I say with a pleasing look to Pappy Joe. "Of course they are! Anytime; Like I've said before." He says with a smile. "How's next week work for everyone?" I ask them who were all looking at us now. "I'll call in."
They all said at the same time while pulling out their phones. I get a phone call from an unknown number. I step outside for a moment and answer the call. "Hello?"
"You did this.." A mans raspy voice says from the other end before disconnecting. I look at the number on my call log in confusion. "Everything okay?" I look to see Lucas stepping outside with me. "Yeah, probably just a wrong number." I shrug off while pressing block caller. "Something I probably should've kept doing with Missy all those years ago." I chuckle.
I sit down at a table beside me and put my phone away. "What's wrong?" Lucas asks moving closer to me. "Nothing, just taking a break from socializing." I smile. Lucas sits with me causing us to share an awkward smile. "You down for Texas next week?" I ask him. "Of course. The vet clinic I'm volunteering at is small and shouldn't mind." He answers keeping the small talk going.
"You really are working to be a Vet, huh?" I smirk. "Of course, it's a dream of mine and it's coming true."
"I'm happy for you."
Lucas looks at me for a while making me look down at my hands on the table. "Can I ask you a question?" Lucas asks me.
"You just did." I answer smartly. "When you were in Hollywood, basically living by yourself under supervision of managers and producers.."
"Very questionable way of living. Felt like I was stuck in some Disney show." I chuckle.
"..Did you ever think of us? Or me?" He asks making me look up at him confused. "All the time, Lucas.."
"Not like that." He interrupts me making the lightbulb shine. "Oh..you mean.."
"Yeah." He finishes.
"..Sometimes" I shrug looking down. "Sometimes I'd wish I never left. Live my high school life with you guys. Wish I never left things with Farkle the way it did. Wish I communicated my feelings better.." I stopped myself and look back up at him. I was getting off track. "But now.. We're here." I shrug.
"Yeah. We're here."

an: short but i just really wanted something out there to pave the story along