MOMENTS ( rucas )

xiv. you are the music in me.

a/n: hello friends!! so i'm back from my hiatus (i lasted an entire week Go Me) and thought i would post this lil one shot here that i wrote a couple weeks ago. it's an au that takes place in a universe where lucas, zay, farkle and dave (yes that's right, corn chip dave) are in a band together. if you'd like to know more just check out either me or my best friend maggie's tumblr accounts (she's friarlucas and i'm rileysmatthews) we both have entire tags dedicated to this au. you don't need any prior knowledge to understand this though! please let me know what you think love bugs, ily. 

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Riley grinned to herself as she pushed the door open of the practice space at Quincy Adams studio, taking a look around the room, instruments neatly scattered around the room. She was the first one there, her camera in her hand. Farkle had asked her specifically to bring it today, as he wanted her to take some candid shots of the band for their next album. The last pictures she had taken of them for their website had been well received by fans, so she hoped that she would do them justice once more.

Taking a seat on the small couch in the corner, which seems to have been put in the space specifically for her, as she was usually the only one who used it, except for the occasional appearance of Smackle or Maya, she sighs and pulls her phone out. The band was having a meeting this morning before practice, finalizing what tracks were going to be on the official release of the album and which ones were only going to be available online, or on the deluxe edition. She had been invited along, due to her involvement in writing a few of the tracks, but she declined, still feeling a little uncomfortable being involved in official band business.

Checking the time, she leaned back against the couch, tapping her foot impatiently. She knew that what the band was discussing was extremely important, their album was going to drop in about two months, so they were running out of time to finalize details, but Riley had assumed that it wouldn't take them this long to make a decision. Lucas had left this morning before she was even fully awake. She had been wiping the sleep away from her eyes, just beginning to sit up in bed when he had kissed her forehead and told her he would see her at practice, and that had been almost two hours ago.

Luckily, before she has any more time to wonder where the guys are, the door that she had come through minutes ago, bursts open and four voices fill the silence that she had been sitting here. She hears Zay's booming laughter before she sees him and all the boys turn and smile at her when they see her sitting there.

"What's up, Sugar?" Zay exclaims, rushing over to her and wrapping his arms around her as she stands from her sitting position. Riley grinned against his shoulder, giggling when he ruffled her hair slightly.

"Hello, Zay. Just waiting on you guys, a lot of things to discuss?" She saw Farkle roll his eyes slightly from his spot by the amp and she couldn't help but giggle. Zay merely shrugged his shoulders, but he had a small smirk on his face, so she knew that whatever had kept them in their meeting hadn't been too important.

Once Zay had wandered over to the piano and started warming up, Lucas made his way over to her, kissing her softly when they were close enough. She beamed, her heart fluttering in her chest. She heard a throat clearing from somewhere behind Lucas and locked eyes with Dave across the room, who simply winked at her.

"How long have you been waiting?" Lucas asks her softly, taking her hands in his and squeezing them softly. The gesture makes her grin, and she rubs her thumb over his fingers. It still amazed her how well their hands seemed to fit together and she couldn't help but think that it was no wonder that there had been songs written about them.

"Oh not too long, I got here just a couple minutes before you guys got here." He grins and kisses her cheek before Farkle catches the attention of the group, getting ready to start practice. Lucas doesn't leave her side quite yet though, keeping her hand in his as they give Farkle their attention.