groupchats//gmw

twenty five

farkle remained on his phone, texting maya and lucas as riley locked him in as her target and charged straight for him. he told lucas to shut up as he slid his phone into his pocket and stood up with his arms wide. riley stumbled into his arms and gripped onto his shirt clumsily. she engulfed him in a huge, bear hug for a little too long.

farkle realised she wasn't going to move anytime soon. it was a funny sight to see. anyone that walked past them chuckled at them. riley was clinging onto farkle, resembling a koala clinging onto a eucalyptus tree.

"you know, riley. maybe it's time to let go of me?"

truth be told, farkle didn't want her to let go. he wanted to stay like that forever but maybe in a more comfortable position.

riley lazily smiled against his chest before looking up at him. "i'm never letting go. we're gonna stay like this forever.." riley slurred.

farkle grabbed ahold of her legs and carried her bridal style to one of the empty bedrooms. he locked the door behind him and laid her down gently on the bed. unfortunately for him, riley had other ideas.

she grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him closer to her. so close that he could feel her breathing on his nose. riley licked her lips, "do you remember? when we would sleepover? and we'd cuddle? and one time, you woke me up? because you were reciting math equations in your sleep?"

farkle laughed. how drunk was she? "riley, babe, i'm pretty sure that was a few weeks ago."

riley shushed him with her finger on his lips. farkle pursed his lips together with wide eyes. why did she have to be drunk? she climbed onto farkle's lap, gripping onto his shirt tightly as she laid her head on his shoulder and cuddled into him.

"uh, riley, what are y-"

"shut up, sparkley! do you hear that?" riley whispered.

farkle tried hard to listen to whatever it was that she was going on about. "riley? i don't think i can hear whatever you're hearing."

riley giggled. "just kidding. there's nothing out there. i just wanted to cuddle."

farkle tried to surpress the growing smile on his face. before he could respond, riley spoke.

"you know, farkley, you're really comfy. like hazel the hippo. i love hazel the hippo. i love you. i love cuddling." she cuddled into him with a sigh.

farkle nodded along with her until his eyes widened. she loved him? what? maybe he was just overthinking. yeah, that was it. she probably meant it as a friend. he wanted to kick himself. he was overthinking, again.

riley was currently falling asleep on his chest. he pulled out his phone to send a quick text to lucas. 

you are now chatting with lucasthegood

farklenation : friar

farklenation : where are you

lucasthegood : i'm with smackle

lucasthegood : she's shitfaced

lucasthegood : trying to get her to drink some water

lucasthegood : what about you

farklenation : i'm with riley

farklenation : she's falling asleep

farklenation : she keeps on cuddling me idk what to do

lucasthegood : oh don't act as if you don't enjoy it

farklenation : lucas now is most definitely not the time to tease me bout my supposed affection for riley

farklenation : what are we going to do?

farklenation : +where's maya and zay

lucasthegood : i tell you what

lucasthegood : we wait till they're all knocked out and controllable

lucasthegood : then we'll go sleepover at maya's

lucasthegood : so we don't get caught

farklenation : nice

farklenation : see you later

farklenation : i'll put riley to sleep and try to slip away

lucasthegood : boyfriend goals

farkle rolled his eyes endearingly and put his phone inside his pocket. he felt a sticky sensation on his chest. he looked down at riley and her shoulders were shaking slightly. he tilted his head in confusion, examining her until her realised she was crying. she was crying! oh no.

he propped her against the bedstand and shook her awake. "riley! riley!"

he rubbed her shoulders in an attempt to calm her. "riley. riley, it's okay. it's alright."

riley said nothing but the tears continued streaming down her face. farkle continued to comfort her but everytime she looked like she was calm, she would go off again and start crying and farkle would have to hug her.

once he got her to calm down and she was okay again, he called lucas. she was slowly drifting asleep so he stepped away from the bed to make his call.

"hello?"

"lucas!" farkle whisper-yelled. "where are you?!"

"where am i!? where are you? i'm trying to handle all our three drunk friends while you're busy babying riley. would you get down here and help me?!" lucas was basically yelling over the music now.

"will you shut up? riley started crying for no reason all of a sudden and i've just put her to sleep. do you have any idea how long it took to calm her down?"

"is she okay now?!" lucas yelled.

"yeah, she's fine. i'll be down in a minute, thank god."

"maya, oh, there you are! zay, n-FARKLE GET DOWN HERE!" lucas yelled before hanging up and leaving to probably fend off maya and zay on his own.

farkle sighed. "god, it feels like we're babysitting five year olds."

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hello botches. one of my longest chapters ever and i'm very proud of it bc i got to incorporate the text messages with the actual writing. btw next chapter will be also in writing and will be written from riley's pov after farkle leaves the room. stay tuned, folks!