Rivals And Lovers

Chapter 5

The next few days in school were very silent between the two. At least in person. They texted each other all the time. Talking about their day, their parents and their friends. Another day had come where they had art class. It suddenly became Riley's favorite class. She was one of the first to walk in there and sit on her regular spot. The picture was in her bag. She picked the one out she took when Lucas was leaning over the edge. The Lightning fell perfect and with some extra computer work it looked more professional. Lucas was the next to walk in. Riley smiled and waved him to come over. He slipped in the seat next to her. "Hey, how's the picture?" He asked. "With some extra work it became pretty good." Riley took it out. Maya walked in the classroom and Riley and Lucas replaced the smiles on their faces into frowns. "Hey Riles, I hope you got to do your project" Maya whispered. Riley forced a smile and nodded. "Yeah it's alright" she lied. The teacher came in and started the class. "Alright, I want to see your projects. Put them on your desks" everyone did what the were told and the teacher came around the class to pick them up. She stopped at Riley and Lucas their desk and smiled. "Interesting work mr. Friar, same goes for you ms. Matthews" Riley and Lucas smiled and glanced at each other. "This could work out well" the teacher said before going over to another desk. Maya looked over to Riley with a questioning look. Riley shook her shoulders and turned to the front of the class. "Ok, next assignment!" The teacher said.

Riley 😄:
Any ideas?
Lucas😼:
Maybe
Riley😄:
What do you got?
Lucas😼:
It's a surprise 😉
Riley😄:
Oh come on!
Lucas😼:
come to my spot tomorrow night.
Riley😄:
Fine

Lucas putted down his phone and finally opened his books. He made his homework as quickly as possible. When he was in the middle of solving some math problems his sister barged in his room. "I need your computer" she said. "Ok first, you need to knock, and two: forget it." Lucas said annoyed. "Come on, mine crashed and I need to fill in some forms for collage" his sister crossed her arms. Lucas groaned and handed their dads newest laptop. "Don't break it" Lucas warned. Emily nodded and sat on his bed. He went on making his homework while his sister worked on his laptop. "Lucas?" Lucas hummed a response trying to concentrate. "Why are there pictures of Riley Matthews on your computer?" She asked turning the computer towards Lucas. Lucas's eyes widened and he turned to his sister. "Um....those are for art class" Lucas said. His sister scoffed. "She's definitely not  art" Lucas turned in his seat. "Hey!" He yelled defending her. Emily cocked and eyebrow and Lucas scratched the back of his neck. "I mean yeah..." He lied. When in real life he thought of Riley as a real work of art. "You better delete those before dad sees them," Emily said. Lucas nodded. "Yeah sure" he dropped his pen and closed his books. "I'm going for a walk with Dana (their dog)" Emily nodded. "Sure" Lucas took his coat and walked out the door.

Riley walked threw the park with Leslie in front of her. He was waiting to be released and run around in the park. Eventually they reached the dog park and Riley unleashed Leslie. He ran around and went playing. Riley sat down on a bench and looked over to her dog. "Hey" she snapped her head up and saw two emerald green eyes. She smiled. "Hi, what are you doing here?" She asked. "Taking a walk with my dog" Lucas said painting at the other dog playing with Leslie. "They like each other" Riley said. Lucas chuckled. "Yeah.." He sat down next to her. "So you're still not telling me what we're doing for the project tomorrow?" Riley asked. Lucas shook his head. "Nope" Riley giggled and they looked over the park. "I've never seen you here before" Riley said. "I don't usually walk Dana, but I had to get my mind of some things" Lucas admitted. "You can always talk to me" Riley said. Lucas smiled. "I know". They sat in silence for a while until Leslie came with a ball in her mouth. "What do you got there Les?" Riley asked. The dog barked asking for it to be thrown. Riley threw it across the park and her dog followed. Dana ran after it as well. Riley and Lucas jumped up and went playing with their dog. Riley got chased by Dana while Lucas played tug of war with Leslie. Sometimes Lucas would twirl Riley around so Dana would jump. Then Leslie would ran around them. They laughed and had fun. Suddenly Riley fell and Lucas tripped over her. He landed on top of her with their faces inches apart. Riley's breath hitched and Lucas his heart started beating faster. Their dogs ran off playing while they were laying in the grass. Riley felt the same tingles she felt when they hugged. "Euhm..." Riley said. Lucas jumped up and stood up. "Yeah sorry" he apologized avoiding her eyes. "It's ok" she took her bag and She blew her fingers. "Come on Leslie!" She yelled. Her dog came running at her and Riley wrapped the leash around him. "It was nice Lucas, I'm hoping to do it again" she said. Lucas smiled and yelled Dana with him as well. "Yeah, so do I. I'll see you tomorrow" Riley nodded and started walking the opposite direction. Lucas felt his heart race slow down and he sat down. He recapped the past few days. He got to know Riley like never before. Every time he was around her he felt more alive then ever. But those tingles. What did they mean? Does he...like her?

Riley sat down on her bed and laid down. She had no idea what to do. Every time she was around him she felt this weird feeling in her stomach. She loves hanging out with him. She comes her parents would never approve it. But she had the time of her life. And then it hit her.
She likes Lucas Friar.

A/N: so I kind of want to end this series of chapters with a cliffhanger! So the next chapter will be posted in a couple of days. Anyway I hope you liked the first 5 chapters cause I'm currently writing chapter 25 and I'm definitely not done yet😁. Comment your thoughts or ideas!