Moments of Rucas one shots

01 Familiarity

As Lucas talked through the back hallway of Abigail Adams high school He had to briefly consider to himself why he even cared that much He and Riley Matthews had only spoken a handful of words to each other before yesterday conversation between them at the cafe In the two years that he had lived in New York He really had no idea why he cared so much about what happened to her or why he had almost opened up to her during their conversation yesterday

There was something about her that seemed familiar to him almost He really didn't know how to describe and honestly he was trying his hardest to ignore it He didn't want to care about anyone He had spent two years all by himself and he had been doing just fine The last thing he needed was to care too much about someone and have a repeat of what happened back in Texas

He had to wonder though why she didn't have any actual friends He always saw her hugging that teddy bear of hers in the morning before school started But he never saw her with anyone besides her father Sure she seemed as though she was a bit too happy sometimes but he had to admire her confidence and unwillingness to change who she was because a few people stared at her strangely in the hallways He had never seen her with anything less than smile on her face and he had never known someon who wasn't happy to skip everywhere

Not that he had noticed what she was doing or anything

Of course It wasn't like this was new behavior for her In fact her sunshine demeanor had been one of the first things he had notices about her when they first met back in 7th grade For some reason even though all of his memories of middle school in New York had all blended together the day he met Riley Matthews stuck out like a sore thumb It had been his first day of school and he had been determined to keep his head down and not talk to anyone But Riley Matthews was determined to speak to him She had marched right up to his locker after first period Which they coincidentally had together with her father had their teacher and tapped him rather aggressively on the shoulder

Riley- Hello

She had said Her voice bright and enthusiastic Lucas had planned on pretended that she wasn't there or merely nodding at her But that's really not what ended up happening at all Because had soon as he had turned around to look at her He found it hard not to smile at her Her wide doe eyes had stared him Him expectantly and her smile was genuine and contagious