Rucas One Shots

Siblings?

Lucas POV

Brother and sister. That's what she thinks we are? Just brother and sister? No. I refuse to believe it. I love her way more than a sister. And I think she does too. But why did she say that? I still remember that night when she told me she loved me as a brother. It hurts. The girl I stayed all night thinking about thinks I'm a brother to her. It felt as if my heart was being ripped out and stomped on.

"Lucas?"

I snapped back to reality and turned to Maya.

"Yeah?" Maya studied my face with a confused look on her face. "What were you thinking about? I've been calling your name for ages."

"I'm sorry. I just- had a lot of things on my mind." Riley. The person I'd rather be with right now. "Oh."

That was our "date". It was more awkward than me and Riley's second date. We just sat there and don't talk. I tried. I tried telling her stories. But she doesn't seem interested.

"Maya?"

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I left Topanga's 10 minutes after that and start walking back home. After 5 minutes of walking, I got a text from Riley.

Riley: Hey bro. I just got back from my date with Charlie. Can you come over? I need to talk to you.

I texted back almost immediately.

Lucas: I'm on my way.

Lately Riley has been acting weird. She keep dazing in and out of conversations. She's not smiling as much as she used to. She has this smile on her face that almost seemed.. forced. She wouldn't even look at me when Maya's around. But when we do talk, she won't look at me in the eye. And that hurts. She keeps bringing up the whole 'brother and sister' thing. Farkle seems to know something. But he won't tell me. Something is going on with Riley. My Riley. And I need to find out what it is.

I made my way to Riley's apartment. I've been going to her house more often now. I was just there 2 nights ago. Yeah, it's a little bit awkward since I'm dating her best friend. And she's dating Charlie. But like I said before, we talk, but she won't look at me. Maya is not around but she still won't look at me. But we talk about everything really. I told her more stories about my past. She told me stories that makes her happy and it makes me smile. Every time we talk, it reminds me why I like her. And why I still do. Everytime she talks, I find out something new about her. How her eyes lit up when she's excited or happy about something. How excited she was when she's telling each story. How her hands move around when she's speaking. She's the only person I can talk to about anything. But I want us to be more than that. Even Mr Matthews is okay with me going to her room now. Which is a change. I arrived at her apartment and climbed up the fire escape. She sat there. At her bay window. Staring into space. I stopped and stared at her for a while. Man, she is beautiful. I smiled and climbed through her bay window.

"Howdy." Riley turns to me and smile.

"My brother!" She tries to punch me but I caught her hand and held it.

"What did I tell you? Please don't punch me anymore." I keep holding her hand, hoping she wouldn't noticed.

She looks at me with a puzzled look on her face, that look that makes me melt inside. It's always cute when she does it. "But isn't that what siblings do?" My heart drops. I hate it when she say that. I really don't want to hear that word.

She finally realizes that we were still holding hands and quickly take her hand away. I sighed. I didn't want her to take her hand away. I quickly flashed her a smile. "So why did you want me to come over?"