The Blonde and The Huckleberry

Lucas's Birthday

Since we don't know when the heck Lucas Friar's birthday is, my best friend from Tumblr gave me an idea to make a one shot based off of his birthday. Thanks Potato Adele 😉
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December 10th, 2015

It's almost Lucas's birthday! I shot up out of my bed and quickly grabbed a blank canvas and an easel. A few hours later, with lots of food, bathroom breaks and water, I finished my painting of Lucas and I that I was going to give him on his birthday.
Lucas and I have been dating for about a year and a half now, and it's been one of the best years of my life. I decided to give him a painting of him and I on our 15th date. I remember it so clearly. Because he's such a cliché guy, he brought me to the state fair, but nonetheless, I had so much fun. I painted a picture of one someone took of us on my phone. It was of him with his arm around me, smiling like an idiot and a Ferris wheel in the background. I still laugh every time I see his chipmunk like face. He was about to turn 15, so I thought our 15th date was only appropriate.

I started walking to the living room to wrap it when I hear a crack in my window, and as I looked over, low and behold, Riley was sitting on my windowsill, attempting to open my locked window. I laughed as I opened the window for her and she stormed in.
"Maya!" She said trying to keep a straight face.
"What ever could it be my clumsy and oblivious best friend?" I say while batting my eyelashes in an attempt to seem innocent.
"It's Lucas's birthday in 5 days and you haven't started planning anything." She said, believing she looked quite grumpy.
"And who says I haven't?" I say acting hurt.
She raises an eyebrow at me, and I give in.
"Okay, okay. I haven't started anything." I say looking down at my feet.
"Maya!" She yells and softly hits my arm.
"Hey!" I say laughing, as she laughs along with me.
"Why haven't you started anything?" She asks me, seriously this time.
I sit down beside her and grab her hands
"Riley, honey. Do you know who you're talking to?" I say in the most sincere way.
"Oh, right." She said giggling to herself.

"I just got his birthday present finished. I want to start planning his party, I just can't think of any ideas." I say after a few moments of silence.
"Well then! I've come to the right place. We need to brainstorm. You only have 5 days." Riley said with a contagious smile on her face. We went to my kitchen to grab a bunch of snacks so we could start brainstorming ideas for his party.
After 3 hours and 6 bags of popcorn, we decided that we would bring in a bunch of his friends and family from Texas to come to a rodeo themed party.
Of course, it was my idea. Riley said something about texting Dave which got me thinking, and I was like...
"Lucas... Texting. Text... Tex... TEXAS!" And I yelled Texas out so Riley could hear. I could wear one of Lucas's shirts that I own and turn it into a dress.
"That's a great idea peaches!" She said, coming over to me with a notebook so we could plan out what we wanted to include.
We worked away for about 30 minutes before Farkle showed up at my window as well.
"Ladies!" He said cheerily.
"Farkle!" Riley and I said in unison.
"It's been a long time since we've done that" Riley pointed out.
"Well, before Smackle and I broke up, she didn't really want me flirting or even talking with you guys when she was around. So now that we're over, I can say 'Ladies!' again. What are you guys doing?" He said looking over at the messy side of my room.
"Planning Lucas's birthday party. Want to help?" I said grabbing my pen and notebook.
"Sure." He said, followed by "One more thing, if I were you, I would hide everything in this room that has to do with Lucas's birthday in 30 minutes or less cause he's coming over at 4:00."
I quickly scrambled and put his present in a gift bag and hid it in my closet. I put my easel back in it's original position and put all my art supplies back in storage. I put my notebook in a drawer on my end table, and sat down. Riley and Farkle sat down on my bed, as I paced around my room rambling to them about what I wanted to do. I looked at my phone
• 5 texts from Lucas
• 4 missed calls from mom (yikes)
• 24 notifications from Tumblr, Instagram and Facebook.
I looked up at the time - 3:55. I internally cheered and flopped down on my bed.
Riley, Farkle and I quickly started up a conversation while we waited.
It was nice having just the OG Trio together again. After Lucas came to John Quincy Adams middle school, everything changed. For the better, obviously. We were now at Abigail Adams High, and our lives have been busier and have changed dramatically since middle school, so it was nice to have the original crew back together.
I heard a knock on my window, and I motioned for Lucas to come in. He sat down on my bed and everything instantly became awkward. He kept hinting at birthday related stuff, and Riley, Farkle and I had to act like we had no idea what he was talking about.
It kind of made me feel a bit guilty, but what Riley, Farkle and I had planned was worth it.

After Lucas left, Farkle, Riley and I got right to work. I heard another knock, and I looked over at my window, praying it wasn't Lucas, but there was no one there. I jumped off of my bed and headed to the door, and Zay had shown up. I let him in and I let him in on some of our plan, knowing how much of a blabber mouth he can be.

By 9:00, we were exhausted, but everything was set. Farkle would help us pay for what we needed, Zay would help arrange everything, Riley and I would bake and cook, plus we would be running the bull riding station, Lucas was going to be the first one to ride it.

Lucas's Birthday

The day has finally arrived. On Dec. 15 everyone stayed silent. Lucas received a few happy birthdays from his friends down in Texas, but none from his friends in New York ... And his girlfriend. He held his phone and watched the screen. Tons of banners suddenly appeared at the top:
"Clutterbucket - New Message"
"Smiley Riley - New Message"
"Farkle - New Message"
"Zay - New Message" they read. He had never seen his fingers move so quickly and swiftly across the screen to find out what they'd said. He went to Zay's first.
"H" is all it said.
He went to everyone else's. They all just said "H". He looked at his screen confused, and texted them all back "What?"
And they all responded at the same time.
"Sorry. I hit send early. I meant to say..." They all said. He waited for a minute, knowing that they were all obviously saying "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
But they didn't.
"How's you're day going so far?" Every. Single. One. Of. Them.
Frustrated, he threw his phone onto his bed and headed to where Maya's location services had said she was.

Their plan was going into action. Lucas was heading over to the barn they had rented out, and everyone was waiting for him to show up. Maya would greet him, and lead him to the inside of the barn, where everyone would be waiting for him. Then they would yell surprise and Riley would tell Lucas that he had the honour of riding the bull first.

Maya heard Lucas' Dad's truck pull up, and ran out to greet him. He hopped out of his truck to see his smiling girlfriend. He smiled back at her and she ran at him to give him a hug. She grabbed his hand, and pulled him into the barn. He looked at all his friends in disbelief, as they yelled "SURPRISE!" And "Happy Birthday!"
Maya looked up at him with her big blue eyes, and kissed him gently as she whispered "Happy 15th Birthday Huckleberry"
He smiled sweetly at her as Riley came over and plopped a helmet on his head.
"Congratulations!" She started
"Huckleberry Friar!" Maya continued
"You have the most honour!" Farkle followed
"Of being the first to ride!" Zay piped in
"In the bull riding ring!" Maya said
"That your friends from Texas brought!" Riley finished, as his friends from Texas popped out from behind the bull, with a smirk on their faces.
Lucas smirk/glared at Maya and Riley, but went over to the bull and hopped on.
The rest of the evening went by smoothly, they ate cake, played games, and just over all enjoyed each others company.  This was a night they would never forget.