How The Grinch Stole Riley Rucas

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Lucas Nervously tapped His fingers against His thigh as He waited for the plane to take Off He Just wanted to be back home He Needed to see Riley 3 Hours and 25 Minutes until He was back In the same city as Her His heart clenched at the thought Of being Near Riley and Not being with Her How Had He Messed things up so badly

When He found out His dad would be out Of the country for Christmas on business His mom Immediately suggested going to Texas for the holidays She wanted to be around their old friends and Extended family They didn't Have a Lot Of family Just pappy Joe an aunt Her husband and their two kids His twin cousins were 8 years old and He had No desire to spend any time Listening to them Giggle or try to Give Him a Makeover one Look at His Mom and He knew He couldn't refuse Her That's what She wanted so He went along with It Even though He knew Riley would be devastated

This was all His fault He should Have told Her shpulf Have Made His departure a special occasion He took the cowards way out Just Like He had always done with Riley He Hated the Idea Of seeing Her hurt but Farkle was right He was only protecting Himself He Just didn't want His Last Image Of Her to be a sad one He was so sure His friends would Make It Alright for Her that Riley would be upset but She would take It In stride Like She always did He was such a Jerk

Right after He Got off the phone He tracked His Mom down and begged Her to Let Him come back to New York He Even called Zay parents and asked If He could say there Mrs. Babineaux adored Him So She readily Agreed His own Mom However didn't want to Let Him Go Insisting He spend the Holiday with Her Thank God for pappy Joe  The Minute He Mentioned Hurting Riley pappy Joe agreed He should Go back to New York and Make things right with Her you doubt want to Lose a Girl Like that pappy Joe had said

They had a small rushed early family Christmas and His Mom Moved Her own flight up to the day after Christmas promising they'd FaceTime In the days In between Before Long they were headed back to the Airport His cousins comparing Him to princess from their fairy tales In the backseat their giggles bringing a smile to His face One that He was on His way Home 

He rushed though security Giving His Mom a kiss at the Last possible Moment and waited for His flight texting His friends to Make sure the plan was In Motion He tried to call Riley one Last time before they were told to shut off all Electronics while the plane was taking off she didn't answer

He knew what Happened between them didn't happened In a vacuum His feelings for Riley had grown to such Epic proportions He was worried He would scare Her off so He kept Her at a distance They were Moving slowly so slowly sometimes It felt Like they weren't Moving at all 2 Hours and 48 Minutes until He was In Her city

Most Of the time When they went out on dates Maya And  zay tagged along and so did smackle and Farkle His Moments along with Riley had been few and far between for Months Now and Mostly when get were alone It was only for a Little bit He wanted to respect Her friendship with Maya He Loved their friends so He Never complained but Maybe He should Have been It's No wonder Riley broke up with Him She had No Idea How Much she Meant to Him

How could She know How Much He cared If He Never showed It If He could Leave Her without a word It killed Him that He wouldn't Get to spend Christmas with Her so He Made a Joke to Zay about How at Least He was Getting out Of secret Santa which was silly because unlike their other friends He Loved secret santa

Every year He waited for Hid turn to pick a Name shaking with anticipation Hoping He would Get Riley and so far Every year He Got Her well to be fair In seventh Grade He traded with Farkle to Get Her He Loved watching Her face Light up with surprise when she opened the Gift Loved being able to tell Her the thoughtfulness came from Him Loved that even when things between them were unclear He had an Excuse to Get Her something special

This year He didn't Need an Excuse This year He planned saved and brought Her an Amazing Gift He planned on Giving It to Her at Midnight on New year to Give Her a Happy Memory after the Mess New year a started Last year He was Going to Give Her a big speech about starting off this right starting It the way He Intended on Ending It

He rubbed His forehead In frustration why did He think Her kindness and understanding was Limitless He was Just as Guilty as Everyone she Of taking advantage Of Her compassion 2 Hours and 3 Minutes until they Landed

How could He be so stupid once He Got Riley back He was Going to change things He was Going to show Her How He felt about Her He was Going to Insist their dates be their dates Of Course But He was Going to devote Himself to Her He would Make sure Riley knew that at Least to Him their Relationship was the one that was Most Important

He was Going to tell Her How He felt How He really felt about Her and Hope to God It didn't scare Her off He had a Long Jewelry box In His pocket It contained one Of those Charm Lockets you could personalize He opened the box Examining Each charm a subway car a book a princess crown a purple heart a bucket a window pane a Leaf a teddy bear He Even found a charm that Looked Like a purple Jellybean and one that He thought resembled pluto

The phase Love Is patient Love Is kind swirled around the Edge and the back Of the Locket had an Inscription Riley and Lucas The Beginning The chain was called a Close to your Heart chain Because It was Long Enough to be tucked under your shirt and worn Next to your Heart He thought Riley would Love that

He was surprised at How Easy to was it find charms the Little Locket filled up Quickly He Even had to Get rid Of a  few Because It was too full a pair Of dice a cowboy boot a basketball the Eiffel Towel a star and a rose for the Romeo and Juliet play He figured one day He could buy  Her a New Locket and by than They will Have Gone to Paris for real By than they would Go to a Knicks Game together They would Have a Happier Texas Memory He could see their future Mapped out  ahead Of them But It all started and Ended with Her And It was all His fault that She Had No Idea He felt that way

1 Hours and 36 Minutes He put the Locket carefully back In the box sliding It back Into His pocket He Hoped Riley would Give Him the chance to Give It to Her After the surprise He had planned He was sure She would forgive Him

Riley was too kind to hold a Grudge She would forgive Him She Had to It was christmastime She was the person who believed In Magic and snow and Mistletoe She believed In peace on Earth and Goodwill to all She donated toys for tots she knitted scarves for the Homeless She read Christmas stories to orphans she was a Christmas Angel Incarnate She would Believe In Him again She Had to

She Deserved some Of that Christmas Magic and He was Going to Give It to Her In 41 Minutes He smiled and closed His Eyes trying to will the time to Go by faster He couldn't sit Here forever He Had a Girl's Heart to win back

Lucas to the Rescue I know sharks aren't the Most original Gift but I Just Got an origami owl Locket and I'm In Love with It so If you know what those are Imagine that for Lucas Gift Let Me know what you think see you soon