Senior Year-Rucas

Chapter 16-Mud Slingin'

Chapter 16

Riley's alarm went off at 5, like every Sunday and just like every Sunday she immediately put her hair up in a messy bun. The brunette hurriedly got dressed in jeans, and her HEB shirt with a belt and her tennis shoes. She brushed her teeth and put on a wand of mascara. She never tried to hard on Sunday's, it was early enough as is. She slid her phone in her back pocket and grabbed a banana on her way out the door. The car started and she saw that it was 5:30. The brunette called Lucas to make sure he was awake while she opened the garage since this was his first Sunday to work.

Hey beautiful. Good Morning.
Hey, i'm making sure you're awake.
Look in your rearview mirror.

She glanced and after a quick smirk she ended the phone call and saw him standing in the driveway with a flower he picked from his backyard. "Good morning beautiful."

"It's definitely better than most Sunday's." His laugh made her butterflies stretch their wings and he leaned down to kiss her cheek. "I'm still taking my own car."

"Ugh, fine. But the middle seat in my truck is vacant." He walked backwards to his truck.

"I would hope so. It's 5:30 in the morning."

"Alright, Riley's feelin' sassy this morning. I can keep up." She rolled her eyes and got into her car to drive to work.

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"RILEY, LUCAS! Good morning."

"Adam, how do you have so much energy in the mornings?" Riley entered her partner number and stood beside him.

"It's called sleep Ms. Matthews. I suggest you get some."

"Or is it called coffee? I've thought about trying that stuff." Lucas stood beside her after clocking in.

"I'm workin' on my 3rd cup. Okay, so you and Mr. Friar are here. Fantastic. Lucas, how are you liking it here?"

"I like it a lot. Everyone's really friendly." Adam saw Lucas glance at the brunette.

"Don't lie to her."

"Yeah don't lie to me," Riley looked up at him. "My personality bites." Everyone started laughing.

"So, we have a few registers open and lots of people here this morning. The scheduling is a little weird today. So, if I feel like it I may cut you two. I've been hearing great things about you Lucas, keep it up. Have you done returns before?"

"No sir." He replied to Adam with an adorable smirk.

"Riley get on it. The return fridge is full as well as the buckets." The brunette turned on her heels and Lucas followed.

"So, we're getting off early?" He smiled thinking about spending the day with Riley.

"Maybe. If we're lucky. We have those projects we need to work on." The brunette pulled a basket out and started loading it with items from the fridge. "Basically all we have to do is put these items back out on the shelves where they belong. It's supposed to be done at night, in case you ever close. But, it isn't a top priority."

"MORE?" There were a few more partners walking towards Adam. "Riley, will you take the board please? I have to go pull up the full schedule for today, and see what is going on."

"Sure." Riley stood up and walked to go steal the phone Adam had in his hands. "Beverly, and Ian. Good morning." She took a stylus and pressed a few buttons, Lucas didn't know what to do. "Beverly can you please do returns?" Beverly immediately did as Riley asked. "Ian do you want to bag? Or would you like to clear the corrals before it gets too hot?"