𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 & 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 ━ girl meets world²

2│RELATIONSHIP DOS AND DON'TS

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❛ ʟᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀ & ʟᴀᴄᴇ​​​​​​​​​​. ❜ ° . ༄
- ͙۪۪˚   ▎❛ 𝐓𝐖𝐎 ❜   ▎˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
»»————- ꒰ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘ ᴅᴏs
ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛs ꒱


❝ THAT'S THE RING MY MOM
KEEPS THROWING AT MY
FATHER. SHE USUALLY
WANTS  IT BACK THURSDAY ❞

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"How long are we avoiding this?" Maya asked.

The three girls— including Miya— were sitting in Riley's bay window. It was Miya's first time sitting in the sacred spot and she felt the happy bubble of joy return at being so easily included. That hadn't always been the case— hence Jonah being her only best friend in England— and she wanted to make the most of it. Currently, Maya was trying to get her best friend to talk about her kiss with Lucas, which Riley was staunchly avoiding (though of course she was denying this.)

"Not avoiding nothing," the brunette replied stoutly, "just life moving on beyond that thing that happened between me and Lucas. I know what it was— you do not have to fish-face at me. Miya, you too?— other things are happening. Life got over it. Why can't you?"

"Life isn't over it," Maya disagreed, dropping her exaggeratedly puckered lips. "Haven't you noticed everything stopped? Nothing is happening."

"Everything's happening!" Riley exclaimed. She threw an arm around Miya and squeezed her close to her side. "We have a new friend to talk about! It's her first time in the bay window— that's a big deal! It's the biggest deal! We have to cement this moment in the bay window's history—"

"Does the new girl get first pick at the topic that we're talking about?" the Asian girl chimed in.

Riley beamed gratefully at her. "Yes! You get to pick the topic for the whole week. Anything you want, we'll talk about it."

Miya smirked at her. "Anything?" The Matthews girl nodded eagerly, so she continued nonchalantly: "I want to talk about that kiss you and Lucas had on the subway before school ended last year."

"Oka—" Riley began to agree, then her happy expression dropped. She gasped dramatically and pointed an accusing finger at the other girl. "You traitor!"

Maya had the opposite reaction; she gave Miya a high-five and resumed making her kissy face at the brunette. "I knew my name-twin would be on my side! Face it, Riley; until we talk about—" (Here, she made more kissy noises) "—nothing's ever happening again. Even Miya agrees with me."

Riley laughed off her claim. "Oh, that's the talk of a kook."

They fell into silence as they waited for something to happen. Maya almost got her way, but then Farkle made a sudden appearance. He leaned through the window and greeted them with one of his traditional, "ladies! And Miya!"

"Yay!" the brunette exclaimed, leaning sideways to throw her arms around the boy.

He smiled, delighted by the greeting. "Well, that's settled then."

Maya gave him a displeased look for interrupting her attempts at making Riley talk. "Are you here for a reason, Farkle?"

"I just wanted to make sure Miya knew what time we were leaving for the concert tonight. You got it, 'Nacci?" He asked, directing the question at the Asian girl.

Riley clapped her hands together. "A concert! We'll have to help Miya get dressed for that. It could take many hours, with lots of preparations—"

"I'm already ready," Miya cut in apologetically, then replied to her best friend: "don't worry, I'll be there."