A Texas Reunion. Rucas. GMW CHOICE AWARD WINNER!

Unexpected Visitor.

Chapter 24

"So, what are we doing tonight, since our plans got cancelled with Riles?"

"Don't sound so disappointed, this needs to happen for her. You know more than anyone what all she has gone through. I'm not mad." Josh kissed her.

"You aren't?"

"No, that just means I get more alone time with you. I can't complain." Maya continued to stare at her knees. "Her and Lucas need to talk some things out baby. For Riley's sake, she needs to rest and can't with all of this stuff going on in her mind."

"I know. Hey, do you know if they've even looked at cruises yet? I keep forgetting to ask Riles?" The notion of a cruise perked the blonde up and she brushed off their cancelled plans.

"Not that I know of. But, that doesn't mean anything. You aren't letting this cruise idea go are you?"

"Mmmm...NO! That'd be so much fun, how could you not wanna go?"

"Oh! I'd want to go! Why don't you look up some cruises and when you go over there tomorrow or the next day you can show them to her." Maya leaned over the bar to kiss him. "Speaking of, do you ever work?" He started laughing and watched his blonde girlfriend get her laptop.

"Of course I work. Is it my fault that the jobs are too easy, like yesterday's 'paint me a bouquet of flowers' okay let me go back to middle school real quick!" Josh almost spewed his water everywhere.

"Someone's feeling sassy today."

"I'm an artist, i'm emotional." Josh took a seat right next to her on the couch.

"Emotionally insane maybe." Maya slapped his chest.

"Better be lucky I love you a little or i'd leave."

"You love me more than a little, because you don't ever leave." He joked. The blue eyed girl stood up and grabbed her things to walk out the front door. "Oh no no!" He picked her up, threw her over his shoulder than tossed her on the couch. "Where did you think you were going?"

"I'm leaving. If you'd be so kind just to move out of the way."

"You aren't going anywhere. I said you never leave, not that I want you to leave." A slow smirk approached Maya's face as she tried to wrestle out of his grasps. "Maya, we've been through this. I'm stronger. We can wrestle again if you want but, you'll lose."

"You're on!" She exclaimed but, never made it out of her position Josh had originally placed her in.

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"Is that scary for you? That i'm already thinking about marriage?" Riley hadn't said anything, she wouldn't even make eye contact, and Lucas thought he said something wrong.

"My Uncle Shawn told me that if I date, date with the intention of marriage. So, no it doesn't scare me, I guess it surprises me. You dated Missy for, well you lost track of the years and never committed. You've dated me for almost a day and you're talking about marriage." She started smiling really big. "It's just nice to know, that marriage is an option."

"Again, you are not Missy. You wanna know what I think?" Riley lifted her head to look at him. "I think, that whenever your heart meets your soulmate, it knows. You get caught up in this whirlwind of feelings, you move too fast, trying to get through each step of a relationship quicker, so you can find a reason to marry that person and spend the rest of your life learning everything about them. I thought that whole butterfly thing you used to tell me about was silly, but that's because I hadn't gotten them before. I did with you, I have them right now, they are going crazy." He laughed. "I'm not proposing to you now, don't worry. I'd have to find a way to top me asking you out and that will take time. But, don't think for one second that marriage isn't an option."