Friday 27 December, 2015
Riley sat next to Lucas, in Topanga's on a couch, with her legs crossed with her hands folded on her lap. Riley glanced at Lucas, he was staring down into his coffee. He looked so beautiful, there's not a lot of boys who would be considered beautiful, good looking yes but none of them were Lucas. She was staring at him so hard, wishing for him to look up into her eyes so she could see his eyes which sparkled like the stars she saw at night when she looked out her bay window, thinking of him.
He finally looked up, "Riley, quit staring at me". She flinched.
"I wasn't staring"
"Yes, you were", but then he smiled and it lit up the whole room.
Riley thought about the last couple of months, her friends and her had been through so much. Thinking Farkle might have autism, then finding out Smackle had it, Maya admitting she had feelings for Lucas, then Charlie Gardener asking her out then him breaking up with her after finding out she still loved Lucas.
"So..." Lucas said, "Where's Maya?"
"Not sure"
"Is Shawn and Josh arriving later?"
"Shawn's stuck at work so he won't be down for another few days but Josh should be coming soon, I'm really excited to see him" Riley said happily.
"Well, that's good", he didn't sound convinced.
"So, does Maya still like Josh?" Lucas said, failing to look uninterested.
"As you know, she doesn't really share her feelings with me", Riley says annoyed that he keeps bringing up Maya.
"If you don't mind I might go to Maya's to see if she's okay".
"No, I don't mind at all, I'm sure Maga will like that's", Riley says through gritted teeth.
Lucas got up and walked past the couch before turning around to Riley, about to say something before deciding against it and leaving.
Riley sat in silence for a few moments before picking up her phone to text Maya that Lucas was coming over. The door opened and someone walked over to her and without looking up Riley knew it was Farkle. She could smell his expensive soap and he smelled vaguely of sandalwood, and she even recognised the sound of the familiar way of which he walked. Riley looked up into the eyes of her best friend Farkle. He looked back at her as though she was the person that held up his world.
"Hello my lady", they both smiled.
"Hey"
"Let me buy you a hot chocolate, you look like you need it", Farkle said still smiling down at her.
"Thanks Farkle"
After he came back with both of their hot chocolates, he sat down next to her where Lucas sat before. She took the hot chocolate in her hands which had gloves on and began sipping at it while blowing away the steam.
Farkle said a joke which made them both laugh. Farkle sipped at his drink and when Riley looked up he had a bit of whipped cream above his upper lip. She laughed.
"What?" He asked, looking around.
"You have some cream on your face", she grinned.
He began scrubbing at his face trying to figure out where it was.
"Let me," She leaned forward, slipped off her unicorn gloves and swiping above his upper lip removing the cream, her fingertips accidentally brushed against his upper lip and she lingered for a moment before pulling away.
"Is it gone?" He asked. She didn't reply. "I bet it just added to my beauty," he chuckled.
Farkle frowned at the unusualness of Riley's silence.
"You okay?", he asked worryingly.
"Yeah, absolutely, why wouldn't I," She said before adding a smile. Farkle winked at her.
