Matters of the Heart (Rucas Adult AU)

Chapter 7 - Meddling Friends, aren't really meddling

Maya was angry at her brother she couldn't believe that he wouldn't listen to her about how much him and Riley would be good together instead he couldn't get his head out of his ass and ask her out. Now Riley was dating some random person they knew nothing about and he was just sitting on his ass working. She had asked Josh about who the person was but even he didn't know what was happening. She didn't want her brother to lose a chance with someone who would be good for him. She wanted him to have something special after everything that had happened.

After her conversation with Josh after Riley had rushed out of the bar a few nights before she couldn't stop thinking about what had happened to Lucas all of these years. The memory of what he was like in high school came flooding back and they were painful to remember because there had been moments when she thought she would lose him to his anger. Instead he closed himself off and started fighting who ever bullied someone else. He was always protecting someone, especially her and her mother but in the end he let himself get lost in the mix.

He dated for the sake of it, so that he wouldn't worry their mother, but he never clicked with anyone, Zay thankfully became his friend but that was it. She didn't want him to lose himself all over again, she wanted him to live. She knew in her heart that Riley was that for him, a new start and a chance at real love except now he had gone and messed that up too.

Walking into the bar she slammed his office door open making him glare at her, which didn't faze her in the slightest because she had seen that glare growing up. She didn't care what he thought even as she stomped her way over to his desk.

"If you break the door I'm docking it from your paycheck," Lucas said to her but she ignored him and slammed her hands down on the table.

"Seriously Lucas what the hell," she said to him. "Why can't you ever listen to me Lucas," she yelled out and he just rolled his eyes at her and continued to look at the paperwork.

"I don't listen to you because I have work to do and if someone had done their shift last night I wouldn't have to deal with changing the payroll around to make up for it," he said to her as he shifted through the papers. "Maya it's eight in the morning, I still have to be in the office at ten today, can you please not do this right now?"

"No," she said crossing her arms. "I have to be at school later and I work tonight so we're going to do this now."

Maya walked over to the other side of the desk and pulled Lucas's chair away from his desk and pushed him towards the window before staring him down.

"Listen," she said looking at her brother. "I've watched you date around, I've watched you get into fights and all those times I've never cared because I know what you've been through because I was there too, but damn it Lucas this time I'm getting involved."

"And why now?"

"Because Lucas I want you to be happy," she said feeling her heart breaking thinking of all of the times he had stood between her and her father. She wanted him to have a future that's not marred by what happened in his past. "Lucas you're my big brother, I just want you to have something that's not work, that's not taking care of everyone, something that is... well something that's good."

"Don't worry Maya," he said with a sigh. "When I find it I'll tell you."

"I hope so because honestly I don't think you can do it yourself," she said before kissing him on his head. "Plus mom would be pretty angry if I get married before you do, since she's been fighting for your happiness the longest."

"I know," he said as he hugged his sister. "Just remember that if Josh hurts you I'll kick his ass."

"Yeah I know, and Lucas," she said as she pulled away. "Steal Riley from this person she's seeing because honestly I think that you two would be really good together."