#rucas fandom

Thanks @abbiescholler for the request, sorry its late. 

A/n-OMG, tumblr, wattpad-Hello how are ya? It's been a crazy amount of time but omg it feels good to be back. I got this request way too long ago and I have some more free time now so here I am finally writing it. I missed y'all and I can't wait to revisit Riles and Lucas. Happy reading.

not proof read lol.

Riley skipped her way up the fire escape of her apartment, she was gleaming with excitement as her feet hit each step, her smile growing continuously. She reached the final step of the fire escape and slowly peered into the bay window, expecting to see her best friend and boyfriend patiently waiting to surprise her. However as her head slowly continued to look into the window she quickly realised neither of them were there. Her smile faltered slightly but she quickly brushed it off and considered that they were probably waiting for her inside. She jumped in through her bay window, her favourite starbucks drink that she had gone to get earlier in her hand, and grabbed her phone from her jean pocket. When she looked down at her phone she saw she had two texts from Maya and Lucas;

Lukey; Hey Riles, sorry I had to run out before you came back this morning, had to help my mum. Maybe see you tomorrow? xx

Maya; Won't b ova today Peaches, art stuff u get it, luv ya.

Riley sighed confused, 'Surely they didn't forget, this is way too 16 candles'. At that moment her Mother, Father and brother all burst in to her room, Balloons and cake in hand.

'HAPPY 18th RILEY' They screamed, partially in unison except for Auggie who glared at his parents because he thought they were yelling 'Happy birthday' instead. They all laughed at Auggie’s anger and gave Riley a hug.

'So sweetie, where are Lucas and Maya, I thought for sure they'd be here?' Topanga questioned while attempting to clean up Riley's room. She had grown to love cleaning Riley's room lately because it meant she could snoop on whether Lucas had stayed the night or not. She always laughed at how discrete Riley and Lucas thought they were being, but really they were anything but subtle, whether it was clothing left behind or both sides of the doona where clearly slept on. Topanga truly didn't care if Lucas did want to stay the night, the kids had just never asked her.

'No they're not here, I left this morning to get a drink and I swore they'd be here when I got back. I think they're pretending they forgot.' Riley sulked, she really didn't want to believe they forgot, but Lucas and Maya were horrible liars and it's unlikely they could pull off a big surprise, especially not later in the day. They usually would get too excited and cave before 10am.

'Look, I'm sure the group is just surprising you, I mean have you heard from Farkle, Smackle or Zay yet?' Cory questioned, he was quite concerned considering he really hadn't heard anything about a surprise from the group, so he wasn't really sure if their actually was one.

'I guess not, you're probably right, and maybe they just wanted me to have a morning with my family alone' The family burst into laughter at this statement, Maya and Lucas wanting Riley to be alone with her family and not spend time with them? It was unheard of. Alas, Riley brushed it off considering that she hadn't heard from anyone else and there's no way they'd all forgot. She scrolled through her facebook timeline as her family left to go make breakfast when a facetime notification popped up on her phone.

FARKLEY <3

Riley quickly answered hoping it had something to do with her surprise and was greeted by the faces of Zay, Smackle and Farkle.

'Happy birthday sugar.' She heard Zay yell from the back. Smackle quickly turned around and hit Zay on the arm.

'Zay, we promised Farkle he could say happy birthday first.' She scolded and Zay just rolled his eyes.

'Look, I'm new to the group, I've gotta let Riley know I care the most so I'm the favourite.' He retorted making Riley giggle. It was at this point that Farkle turned around and hit Zay.

'Zay, are you fucking serious, you've been our friend for two years and you still aren't the favourite, it's not gonna happen.'

'Umm guys hello.' Riley yelled as the three friends started to bicker.

'Sorry sugar, I know Lucas is the favourite cause ya know' Zay stated winking through the phone making everyone roll their eyes.

'Anyway happy birthday Riley, can we come up, are Maya and Lucas done with their surprise?' Farkle questioned through the phone.

'What surprise?' Riley inquired.

'We all just figured Lucas and Maya where surprising you, that's why we didn't come over. Now that I think of it they never mentioned it.' Farkle replied while climbing through Riley's window with Smackle and Zay in tow.

Riley got up from her bed and quickly hugged her friends who all had a balloon each and a big teddy bear. They all sat back down in the bay window and looked around for any sign of Lucas and Maya.

'Surely they didn't forgot, its your 18th. Although I mean now that I think of it Lucas didn't say anything, I thought it was just cause I can't keep a secret. But surely you brought it up Riles, you mentioned it to me like 8 times.' Zay spoke attempting to comfort Riley.

'I never brought it up around him cause I thought he was planning a surprise and I didn't want him to spoil it.' Riley peered sadly, she had accepted it, they must have just forgot. The group sat for a moment contemplating the situation, had the others really forgot?

'Well, for now let's do something fun, how about your favourite activity, Mini golf?' Farkle beamed and the group jumped up and ran out the window.

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Riley stumbled into her bedroom at 8 after going out with her friends. After mini golf Riley had still heard nothing from Lucas and Maya, so in an attempt to cheer her up, while Smackle and Farkle weren't looking,  Zay gave Riley some alcohol he had bought with his fake ID. Although Riley thought she was fine, the tequila had really hit her just as she reached home and she was now feeling really tipsy. She burst open her door and jumped onto her bed feeling a little lethargic. Just as she was closing her eyes she looked up and saw Lucas walking slowly out of her closet.

'Hi sweet girl' Lucas hummed walking over and embracing Riley. As soon as Riley was enclosed in his arms the smell of alcohol hit his nostrils and he jumped back.

'Riley-' He started but she bounced up and slapped and his arm.

'You're silly you forgot my birthday' She pouted her arms folded on her chest. It was at this point she had realised that Riley was most definitely drunk.

'Maya' Lucas called causing Maya to slid out from under Riley's bed.

'Ok, Huckleberry what don't you understand about pretend you forgot and I'll jump out in twenty and surprise her' Maya sassed pulling out her airpods.

'No Maya, abort mission she's drunk' Lucas spoke ushering to Riley who was singing and playing with her hair.

'NO fair, you said I couldn't get her drunk' Maya pouted hitting Lucas.

'OWW, no I didn't get her drunk, it must have been Zay.'

'Oh, well mad respect he did what I wasn't brave enough to do.' Maya beamed while pumping her fist to the sky. Lucas rolled his eyes and looked down at Riley, pushing her hair out of her face.

'Well what are we gonna do now?' Lucas questioned.

'I mean she had her fun today, let's just take her up there and sleep, she can see it in the morning.' Maya replied. Lucas picked Riley up as she was now silently sleeping and walked her to the roof, he placed her down right in the middle of himself and Maya and kissed her on the forehead.

'Night beautiful, Happy birthday'.

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Riley woke up with a pounding headache, she groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. It wasn't for a second that she noticed that the sun was quite a lot brighter than usual. She stretched her arms out expecting to be in her bed but instead was met by two hard objects.

'Ow', Lucas groaned after Riley's fist connected with his face. Maya laughed as she looked over at the exact moment that Riley's fist had connected.

'What are you two doing here. Why are we outside?' Riley questioned looking around. They were on the roof of their building laying on about 20 pillows and a large tarp was in front of them.

'Well princess, if you hadn't have gone out and gotten smashed, this was your birthday surprise.' Lucas replied kissing her hand.

'Yeah it's not gonna work now but we set this up with a projector we bought you and we were gonna watch your favourite movies, we still can we just have to wait till tonight .' Maya laughed pointing to the projector.

'That's why we had to hold off seeing you, we wouldn't have been able to not tell you for that long, plus we wanted some suspense and for you to spend some time with your family.' Lucas followed, embracing Riley in a small hug.

Riley stiffled a laugh and replied, 'I love you guys, even if your surprises never work out'. They all laughed and hugged each other while Riley looked over at her 'Happy birthday' sign. Best birthday ever, she thought to herself.

A/n Ok so thanks for reading, I can't believe these characters would be all grown up now, its crazy. I had no idea where to go with this but it carried well I feel. Let me know and send prompts, I have one to do which hopefully I'll do soon.

A/N: Rucas one-shot that just popped into my head one day.  Summary: It’s the semi-finals. One win away from advancing to the State Championships. The bases are not loaded…but Riley Matthews sure is.  Word count: 1,346

His shoulders were heaving with unsteady breaths. Lucas could feel the heat of the sun bearing down on him as a bead of sweat slowly made its way down the tip of his nose. The crowd was screaming incomprehensively, the cheering squad blowing their horns. His eyes glanced at the scoreboard. It was the bottom of the 9th, the visiting team from Eleanor Roosevelt High leading by one, as the Patriots of Abigail Adams High were out to bat, with 1 out and a player on first base.

Nerves were settling in as he watched his teammate and best friend Zay on home plate, waiting for the next pitch. His gaze then scanned over the crowd, coming to a halt in the front row bleachers when he met Riley’s eyes. He suddenly forgot how to breathe as the rest of the world fades away. She smiled at him and waved; motioning to the jersey she was wearing. It was his old baseball uniform from last year’s season.

Overview: In the middle of her freshman year of high school Riley Matthew’s mother gets a once in a lifetime opportunity to run her firms London Office.  Almost three years later the Matthew’s family moves back to New York and Riley comes to realize everything has changed in the time she’s been gone. Everything except her feelings for a certain green-eyed boy. Author’s Notes: Riley’s bad day keeps getting worse. (also, did you peep that I changed the overview a bit?) Chapter 12: “Rain On Me.” Previous Chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Word Count: 3,000

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Riley wakes suddenly. Her eyes taking in every ray of light and without a doubt she knows she's slept too long. The sounds that woke her were the noises of a day in full swing, traffic already heavy in the streets as she leaps from her bed. Did she forget to turn on her alarm? When she got home the night before all the lights were off and she went straight to bed. She glances at her phone only to see that it was completely dead, realizing she must’ve forgotten to put it to charge after the dance last night. 

A quick weather check has her sighing heavily as she hurries off into the bathroom to brush her teeth and quickly wash her face. It's pouring down rain so she doesn't bother putting too much effort into her look. She's dressed and fed in a fraction of the time it usually takes and leaves without thought of taking her school bag or phone, grabbing only her keys.  

Riley doesn’t realize how late she is until she gets to school and sees that it's already the end of 2nd period. Feeling lost and discombobulated she heads to the office to get a late pass, hoping it wasn't too late. She couldn’t figure out why her parents hadn't bothered to wake her up this morning? Did they think she was already at school when they woke up this morning or was she just that forgettable that they hadn't even noticed she wasn't there? Not wanting to upset herself, or make something out of nothing, she pushes those thoughts away and heads for the main office.  

In a state of half organized clutter, the long rectangular desk was covered with several stacks of seemingly unfinished paperwork, pens in a tin, and books leaning against one another in different directions. The filing cabinet next to the school secretary held another large stack of paperwork with a half empty coffee pot sitting on top of the stack as a paperweight. Gotta love public school, She thought to herself as she made her way to the front desk.  

"Good morning." Riley offers Mrs. Conway a half smile as she begins,  "Is it possible for me to get a late pass?"

"Oh of course dear, just give me a second." The older lady smiles as she stares down at her disheveled space. "It was here somewhere..." She trails off. "Avery? Do you know where I put the tardy slips?"

A/n; ok lets give this one a go, wooo.

Riley looked at around at the dimly lit cafe. There was only one or two people still seated and she was eager to get them to leave as she is right in the middle of finals week and wanted to get back to her dorm before her disgusting room mate got home and inhabited their room. Riley was supposed to room with Maya, it was going to be the experience they had always dreamed of growing up, just the two best friends living together and taking on the world every night. Riley was so excited for this experience, until suddenly two weeks before they were supposed to move in, Josh proposed to Maya and they ended up getting a place of their own off campus. Almost a year on and Riley is still mad at Josh for breaking the inseparable girls a part. Nowadays Maya was more a figment of Riley’s distant childhood memories and less of a sister and the only plausible explanation for that was Josh and his proposal. It didn’t help that as Maya’s social life was thriving, Riley’s was slowly plummeting. The only socialisation  that she had had in weeks was the occasional smile in the hallway that she gave to the cute boy in her dorm. Riley still remembers the day she saw him like it was yesterday. She was grudgingly carrying boxes into her dorm when she suddenly collided with the wall and one of the many boxes dropped from her grasp. She had looked up in pure embarrassment expecting to see some teenager laughing at all her childhood belongings, but instead her brown eyes locked with the most mystical green eyes she had ever seen. They stayed still for a moment before the boy knelt down slowly and picked up the box and the purple cat stuffed toy that had fallen out. 

‘Thankyou so much. As silly as it is I don’t know what I would’ve done if someone had trampled all over Violet.’ Riley spoke nervously, her gaze solely focused on her shoes. 

‘No problem at all ma’am. It’s a good thing I’m a veterinary major.’ He winked before slowly walking away. Riley stared at the spot where he had once been for about five minutes before she hesitantly picked up some boxes and hesitantly walked into her dorm. 

Snapping herself out of her trance, Riley waved to the remaining customers and smiled to her self before turning around and rushing to finish the sweeping. Once she was done, she grabbed her Iced Latte and her bag before walking out and locking the door to Topanga’s behind her. As soon as Riley turned around to walk up the stairs, her body collided with something hard, very hard. She brushed herself off and locked up to the culprit, and her eyes were instantly mesmerized in his green ones once again. 

‘Oh my gosh, I am so sorry I wasn’t even paying attention. I just wanted a coffee before it was too late, but I guess I missed out.’ He sighed and smiled down at her before going to walk away. Riley couldn’t help frown as she watched him walk away from her and suddenly before even realising it she was speaking. 

‘Wait. Come in, I’ll make you something quick.’ She burst out without really thinking. The dirty blonde couldn’t help but smirk a little at the quirky brunette standing in front of him. He had been trying to fake a chance to meet her for weeks now, and the one day he isn’t trying, he runs into her. Lucas trailed behind Riley carefully and then sat down as he watched the brunette start to make a latte for him. 

‘So, I’m sorry I’ve never known your name.’ Lucas yelled trying to catch her attention over the increasingly loud coffee machine. 

‘I’m Riley, and what is your name.’ She replied, grinning widely behind the coffee machine. 

‘I’m Lucas.’ He smiled and Riley could feel her knees going physically weak. 

‘I love it.’ She whispered under her breath. For months she had attempted, to no avail, think of a name for the being sitting in front of her. She had tossed about more masculine names like Dale and Brock, and softer names like Gerald and Jacob but nothing really fit. Now it made sense to Riley as to why. Lucas in its own way had aspects of masculinity and softness, just as she believed the blue shirted boy in front of her did. 

Riley lidded the coffee and took it over to Lucas, whom happily accepted taking a huge sip of coffee, the hot milk warming his cheeks. They both exited happy and content, but it wasn’t until they both turned different ways that either of them said anything. 

‘Wait, you’re not walking back to the dorm are you?’ Lucas asked abruptly, startling Riley slightly. 

‘Yeah I am. It’s not too far and I like to clear my head a little.’ Riley spoke quietly, not meeting his concerned gaze. 

‘It’s almost ten blocks and it’s already getting late. I’ll walk you back, my mumma would kill me if I didn’t.’ Lucas coaxed and started motioning the brunette to walk alongside him. Riley could tell that he had made his mind up, so she quickly ran over and started walking next to him. 

‘So, do I detect a bit of an accent?’ Riley questioned and she could see Lucas’ face light up a little. 

‘Yeah, I am originally from Texas, that’s where I developed my love for animals, living on a ranch and all. My buddy Zay moved up here a few years ago and he told me about how different it was. The stars didn’t shine here but they didn’t need to, the buildings, the lights and the people shined on behalf of all the stars. He talked about it with such passion, the way the architecture spoke to you, the mass amounts of culture and fun.’ Lucas spoke passionately and Riley was fixated on the words falling out of his mouth. He spoke with such depth and understanding but in such simple words. 

‘Well that’s New York for you. So that’s why you came out here for college.’ She feigned and Lucas laughed a little embarrassed at how ignorant he was. 

‘Well I guess so. I was originally supposed to come out here in middle school but I couldn’t bear the change, I couldn’t bear to leave the open land I had for an apartment that didn’t even have a balcony. But as soon as I got here, I saw that Zay was right. It was different but not bad. Ever since then I’ve wanted to spend all my time here. Honestly, I think this experience is how I worked out I wanted to be a veterinarian. I took my goggles off and then I saw what was really important to me.’ Lucas stopped his train of thought and looked down at Riley who was looking up at him doe eyed, her eyes gleaming into his green ones. Lucas nervously laughed. 

‘Sorry I got a bit deep there.’ He laughed again trying to ease the situation. 

‘No, no. Do you believe in coincidences?’ Riley asked and Lucas smiled and shook his head. Lucas really liked this girl, she was even more perfect then he ever imagined. 

‘Neither do I. I think I need a new perspective on something.’ She said quickly before turning down a familiar street. Lucas looked at her gobsmacked as he watched the brunette run off. Riley quickly turned around one last time and kissed him on the lips, Lucas kissed back with almost as much passion as he had spilled out before. They broke the kiss at the same time, their eyes staring deeply into the others. 

‘Call me.’ Riley teased before running off. Lucas stood in the same spot holding his finger to his lip, before laughing at the quirky girl and walking back to his room, preparing to call Riley. 

Riley sprinted around the corner and stopped in front of a small apartment building. She stopped abruptly at the door before pulling out her phone and dialing a number she hadn’t in a while. 

‘Peaches?’ The soft voice rang through the phone.

‘Maya I’m so sorry, I was so mad that Josh took you away that I didn’t realise I was the one to push you away. Please forgive me.’ Riley begged through the phone, just as she finished her sentence, Maya was running up to her and hanging up, hugging her in the process. 

‘NO. It’s my fault, I didn’t consider how you would, me leaving you for your uncle, I never meant to do that, you and me forever Riles. I’m so sorry.’ She mumbled into Riley’s hair. 

‘Truce.’ They both said at the same time still hugging each other tight. After another moment Riley pulled away and looked at Maya.

‘So there’s this guy….’ 

A/n