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"Maya, let's go!"
I rolled my eyes and tugged the heavy bag over my shoulder. "I'm trying, hold on!"
Riley walked over and took the bag full of our beach necessities with ease. I stared at her and shook my head. "What the hell? How? It's so heavy, wha-"
She laughed and began teasing me about how weak I was. I protested and said that I'm just tired, but wow, that bag really weighed a ton. I'm surprised Riley could lift it with her long, flimsy arms.
Lucas was going to pick us up so we could drive to the beach. We changed into our bathing suits and put our normal clothes on over top.
A few minutes later, we heard a car honking outside. It couldn't have been anyone other than Lucas on this early Saturday morning. We quietly slipped out of the house, trying not to wake everyone else up, although they probably heard us shouting earlier.
"Hey, guys," Riley cheerfully smiled at everyone as she entered the car.
They lazily waved at us and complained to her.
"Riley, why'd you make us wake up this early?" Farkle groaned.
"Yeah," Zay sighed from the very back. "I'd rather sleep in on the weekends! The only two days where I can sleep in because I'm not busy with school!"
"It's not like we have school on the weekdays," I told him, confused.
"Oh," he shrugged, realizing that it's summer. He grinned and shook it off. "Okay, nevermind then!"
I squinted my eyes at his thought process and sat in the car next to Riley after putting the bag in the trunk. Farkle was up front and Smackle was on the other side of Riley.
Lucas began driving and Farkle turned the radio on. Riley and I looked at each other and started belting the lyrics out. Everyone immediately covered their ears and told us to be quiet.
I laughed and glanced at Riley. We both smirked at each other, waiting for the chorus to roll by.
"I WANT IT THAAAT WAY," we screamed as loud as we could.
"Guys, shut up, would you?" Farkle turned to us and yelled.
I stuck my tongue out at him. He did the same and I rolled my eyes. "You're a child."
"You did it first!" he shrieked in disbelief, facing the front.
I looked at Riley who was staring ahead at the road. I felt a smile plant itself on my face as I watched her in awe. She was unbelievably perfect with no effort needed. Anyone would be crazy not to like her...I mean, look at her.
She's the only one I want by my side, forget everyone else. Nothing compares to how she makes me feel. There's a special place in my heart for all the little things she does.
The next thing that went through my mind made me stiffen up. I quickly averted my eyes from her face and stared at my hands.
"What is it?" she asked. I must've had a perplexed expression for her to notice something was wrong.
"Nothing," I lied.
She gave me a look, knowing that I wasn't telling the truth. I leaned on her shoulder in hopes that she didn't continue asking what was wrong. She said nothing, noticing that I didn't want to talk about it. I couldn't talk about it; I'm not even sure what I felt then. But it was definitely something different.
I closed my eyes in hopes that I'd forget what I was thinking.
I must have fallen asleep, because the next thing I knew, Zay was yelling in my ear.
