Girl Meets World One-Shots

Sweet Goodbyes, Sweeter Hellos

Prompt at the end of the story

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The first time they said it, they had done it just to annoy her father who had kicked Lucas out just for climbing through the bay window and not coming through the front door.

"Out," her father screamed. "You know the rules, you're banned from my house for the rest of the weekend."

"Daddy you're being unfair," Riley said trying to stop him from kicking her boyfriend out of the house. "Maya and Zay both came from the bay window and they're staying."

"No Riley," Lucas said taking her hand. "I'll go I did break the rules."

All she could do was sigh, but they made up a code for when things like this happened, well it wasn't so much of a code as it was something she knew would get under her father's skin. So she walked Lucas to the door while her father smirked, because he was getting his way. At the door she gave Lucas a quick kiss and smiled at him.

"Goodbye, love of my life," she said as dramatically as she could, remembering that time they had played Romeo and Juliet in middle school.

"Goodbye, my lovely wife," he said as he walked away smiling at her.

Zay spit out his drink, Maya was laughing and of course her father was at the kitchen table faking a heart attack. Riley didn't care what they were doing, mainly because her heart was pounding. It had only been a secret way they had decided to annoy her father, but it gave her the biggest feeling of love from her boyfriend.

The second time it happened, was completely unexpected, she was being held back by her father after school and Lucas had to go to practice. Her father was smiling at the fact that they couldn't hang out together, but on days like this Lucas always snuck up to the bay window and sat outside while she was inside.

"Goodbye, love of my life," she said smiling at him.

"Goodbye, my lovely wife," he said back only to bend down and kiss her on the lips.

Her father dragged her away the moment their lips met and told her that she had to babysit her brother that night, and that boys weren't allowed.

"But Auggie's a boy, so does that mean he's not allowed?" was her reply.

She had become good at sarcasm and jokes when it came to her father, only because he had been so overprotective of her especially since she started dating Lucas.

"Riley, this isn't the time for jokes," he said to her huffing life he was trying to have the last word, and she let him as she walked away to pick up her brother from school.

Over the years, their goodbyes had become their signature, and it eventually turned into their greeting whenever they saw each other. Their friends gagged each time they did it, and her father faked a heart attack each time, but it made her feel special and nothing they could do or say would change that warm feeling she got whenever he said those words.

"Hello, love of my life," Riley said a week before graduation. She was happier than ever, yes they had their fights and somedays it they had gotten into heated arguments that made her want to cry. They had their ups and downs throughout high school and with the threat of having to go to university without each other scared her. But she had a plan.

"Hello, my lovely wife," he said kissing her, she knew that when he held her close he was trying to memorize the feel of her, the smell of her, and the look of her eyes when they met his. He had confessed that this was his favorite part of the day, whether they were greeting each other or saying goodbye.