Matters of the Heart (Rucas Adult AU)

Chapter 10 - Domestic Life

Farkle and Isadora's wedding was quickly approaching, and for Riley who was both the best man and the maid of honor it meant helping the two geniuses on everything that they had to do. Plus, planning a joint bachelor and bachelorette party, because she wanted them to have at least one thing to be happy about. There was so much that she had to do and school wasn't making her life any easier either but she kept going through midterms and papers. The few dates she had with Lucas were just them having dinner or watching a movie in his house on Fire Island. No one questioned how they would disappear for two days at a time, except now she had to work hard on helping her friends.

That's how she found herself shopping with Farkle on fifth avenue, looking for the perfect wedding gift for Isadora. Farkle walking back and forth for three blocks before settling on going into Tiffany's and getting her something blue, and something new.

"Whatever you pick she's going to love it and you know it," she said as he looked through each case searching for the perfect piece to go with his bride to be.

"I know," he sighed as he ran his hands down his face. "I just don't understand why I'm so worried about this."

"Because you love her and even though you act like you don't want to have a big wedding, you may actually be looking forward to it," she said as she spotted one that had potential before pointing it out to the sales person who had been following them around from the moment they had walked into the store. "I think you actually want to see her in a wedding dress, all smiles as she walks down the aisle towards you."

Farkle turned away from her and went to look at another one of the glass cases, but Riley could see the redness creep up his neck as he looked for something to keep himself occupied. It was sweet, and it was something she was glad to be a part of. They were as much her family as Shawn and Josh, they have been there for her longer than anyone else and she will do anything for them.

"I love her so much," Farkle said as he turned around, smiling at Riley. "I want to give her the world and sometimes I wonder if I'm enough."

"Farkle," she said pulling him towards a small corner near the necklaces, "You are her world," she sighed as she pulled her childhood friend into her arms. "I think that the two of you could be broke school teachers and she would still give you the same look she does now."

"It's a good thing we're both geniuses because I don't think I would want to be a broke teacher, although maybe one day I can teach but I would rather change the world."

"And Iz will be there right next to you telling you that you're wrong about one thing or another."

"Nah, she would just fix it and then shove it in my face," he said with a smile. "She does it now, and at first I thought it was a little intimidating but lately I realized that I wouldn't have been able to figure it out without her."

"Well she's an angel among men, especially in that program you're both in," she said thinking of how hard her friends work, to the point where she rarely saw either one of them. Their schedules didn't match at any time so this was a lucky moment for both of them. "So, what are we looking for?"

"Maybe a necklace because she hates bracelets," he said staring at their options. "Something that she could wear even after the wedding."

"So, something simple with a hint of blue," she said looking over what they had already picked out but she could tell that none of them were what he was looking for. "Maybe we should keep looking, we haven't seen everything."

Farkle nodded as he turned to the next case, "I think I'll know when I see it," he said as he analyzed each piece, she knew he was thinking about everything with his mind wrapped up in the science of it all but it was their own way of seeing things.