Episode Twenty-One - Girl Meets Late Night Texting

                                    

                                          


                          
A/N: This is a part of the Spring Break Chapter, I just wanted a reason to write more Cory Matthews freak out sessions. It's also the reason why Riley and Lucas are alone in that cabin... Listen if I can't write Cory bursting into the room and freaking out then what am I supposed to do! 

                          
Also, my job is back on campus now, crazy right, we're working on setting up for the fall semester and dealing with Covid, so updates might not be as close together since I get home exhausted, though I try to write a little bit everyday.

                          
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Honestly she wasn't nervous about sharing a room with Lucas, it was actually really nice not having anyone around, what was making her nervous was that all of her friends, well with the exception of Zay, Charlie and Sam, were getting engaged and that was a step that she really wasn't ready for herself. She knew that she had to talk to Lucas about it and fast, she just wanted to have a normal relationship, though somedays she knew it wasn't going to happen anytime soon not with her father. 
                          
"Hey Lucas," she said staring at the sky painted on the ceiling. "You're not thinking about marriage, are you?"
                          
She heard him laugh before pulling her into his arms. "You're so cute," he said kissing her forehead. "Not now, maybe in the future yes, I meant what I said freshman year of high school Riley, I have hope for us in the future."
                          
"Good," she said snuggling into his chest. "You know this is really nice, the cabin, I think this is the first time I wasn't worried about my dad busting in and freaking out on us."
                          
"And for that we should thank our friends by making the best spring break ever," he said to her. "It's also really nice to be alone for once, did you know that we're almost always surrounded by people?"
                          
"I have noticed, it's almost as if we're in college or something," she said giggling, she stopped for a minute remembering what had happened the day before. "Lucas, are you okay?"
                          
"Of course, I am, I have you."
                          
"No, I mean, you were freaking out a little yesterday, and I know just how stressful the last year has been on the both of us. You're always taking care of me, but I worry that you're stretching yourself too thin."
                          
He sighed, making her look up at his eyes. "You know me better than anyone, even Zay and he's known me since we were kids, but yeah I guess I am a little overwhelmed."
                          
"Can I ask why?"
                          
"Well between everything that happened last year with Zay, and then the thing that happened to you earlier this semester, of course adding school and worrying about the future, it's a lot to take in sometimes."
                          
"I'm here for you, no matter what it is," she said kissing his chest right where his heart was beating, she could feel it just under his shirt, it reminded her that they had to look out for one another. "No Texas Lucas allowed, you've worked past that a long time ago."
                          
"It's a different kind of stress compared to that, I'm not angry just I don't know, tired I guess," he kissed her on her head before continuing. "College is harder than I thought, and the future is a little scary now that I have to think about it."
                          
"We'll get through it all together, not matter what, just remember to lean on me a little so that you don't... you know, blow up on anyone."
                          
"I will," he said squeezing her a little closer to himself, right before letting out a big yawn. "Should we try and get some sleep?"
                          
"I'm with you on that," she said as she settled onto the bed as Lucas spooned her from behind, his warmth reminding her that she needed to take better care of him because he sometimes forgot that he needed help just as much as the rest of them. "I love you Lucas," she said to him.