A Texas Reunion. Rucas. GMW CHOICE AWARD WINNER!

Burden.

Chapter 17

Lucas woke up confused at first, he wasn't in the hospital. After he remembered everything he threw himself out of bed and looked at his clock to check the time. "8? What am I doing up?" He grabbed his phone and he had 2 messages from Mrs. Matthews. The first message was the video for stretching Riley's neck, the second was letting him know that they are discharging her around eleven, if she gets up and walks again. The officer jumped in the shower to get ready for an eventful day, it was hard to not smile. He threw on jeans and a t-shirt, then walked to the living room to rouse the other two sleepy heads.

"Maya, hey!" He was lightly tapping her shoulder. "Hey, wake up. You have to bring clothes to the hospital for Riles." She wouldn't move, Josh woke up though and waved Lucas off.

"Sweetheart, hey!" He kissed her on the head, "Wake up!" The blonde popped up at the sound of his voice. Lucas laughed and walked to the kitchen.

"Maya, you have to bring clothes to the hospital for Riley. They said a button up would be nice."

"Okay." The blonde drug her feet across the floor into her bestfriend's room.

"Coffee anyone?" Lucas had a huge smile on his face and Josh noticed.

"Since when are you a morning person?" The dark haired man stood up and began to stretch.

"Since Riley is getting released from the hospital. I'm going to go run an errand real quick, do you mind staying here until I get back? Shouldn't be longer than an hour." Josh agreed and poured himself a cup of coffee. The green eyed man slid on his jacket on and was out the door within minutes. It was a gorgeous day, the sun was out with minimal clouds and it was supposed to warm up to 78. After a 10 minute drive he pulled into the HEB parking lot and jogged inside the store. He quickly ran around the aisles collecting the items he needed for dinner tonight, as he was walking to checkout he passed the floral department and saw a gorgeous bouquet of hydrangeas, after thinking about it for a total of 2 seconds he picked up the large bundle of purple flowers and walked to checkout.

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"Maya, Lucas just texted me he is almost here so be ready to leave."

"Alright!" She walked out of Riley's room with clothes folded neatly and a pair of flats laying on top. "Oh, brush and makeup!" The blonde took off towards the bathroom.

"Do you think she's going to care what she looks like?"

The blue eyed girl popped her head out of the bathroom, and made him feel like an idiot. "I'm not going to dignify that question with a response." Lucas came through the door with bags of food and the flowers after Maya continued looking for the items.

"Special night?" He raised his eyebrows and looked at him with wide eyes.

"Riley is coming home! That makes it a special day not just night." Maya walked out of the bathroom as Lucas was closing the door.

"Awe, Lucas she is going to love those!"

"Seriously dude, knock it off!" Lucas laughed and began putting the groceries up.

"We're fixin' to leave. Are you coming?" Josh looked at his partner as he moved quickly around the kitchen.

"No, I have to stay here for the movers. I'm assuming they will be here around 11 or 12."

"Well, I talked to Mrs. Matthews and she said Riley sounds a lot better, and is feelin' pretty good. But, I am assuming that after she's been off the IV for awhile she will begin to hurt." Maya had a half smirk on her face, she hated the thought of her friend being in pain.