Chapter 22 - Girl Meets the New World

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Ryan's POV:

I enter Riley's room through the window and sit next to Maya. They greet me and then Maya continues the conversation they were having.

"Riley, until we talk about" Maya says before making a kissing noise, "nothing's ever happening again." 

"She's right. You should figure it out and not ignore it." I say.

"Oh, that's the talk of a kook." Riley says waving Maya off.

 We sit in silence for a few seconds until Farkle comes up to the window and greets us, "Ladies."

Riley hugs Farkle while looking at us. "Yay! Well that's settled then."

"Are you here for a reason, Farkle?" Maya asks

"I've got two tickets to a concert but there's four of us. So who do I take?" Farkle asks

"You should take Smackle," I say with a smirk.

"My archnemesis was not an option." he responds

"You see, that right there is a very original situation." Riley says

"Not really." I cut her off but she ignores me and continues

"There will be many twists and turns that no one will see coming."

"I like the way you hugged me, Riley. I'm taking you." Farkle says before leaving.

"I did not see that coming." Riley says to us

"So we're back. Subway car, you lock eyes, you fall into his lap, you grab Lucas by the face." I say and then Maya continues

"You start moving toward him and..." Maya says and then Riley's parents walk into the door cutting her off.

"Riley!" Cory says

"Yay! Did I do something? Am I grounded? Does they have to leave?" She asks them before turning to us, "You have to leave."

"No we're glad you're all here. We need you to babysit Auggie." Topanga says

"Sure Mrs. Matthews." I say

"They need us to babysit Auggie." Riley says

"Been there done that." Maya said

"Things could happen twice." Riley says

"Unless it's an emergency, we don't want to hear from you." Topanga tells us

"What could happen? I'll tell ya. We'll put too much soap in the washing machine, and then we'll find a puppy and say, "can we keep him?" And then his owner will show up. It will be this hot guy that Maya will totally like."

"Yay!" Maya says with a huge smile.

"But then he will move away because Maya can never be happy." Riley continues

"Boo!" Both Maya and I say

 "You see, we have a lot going on today." 

"Tomorrow." Cory says

"Huh?" Riley asks

"Yeah, we need you to babysit tomorrow." Topanga says

"Today we got nothing." Cory adds and they leave the room.

"So, you got Lucas by the face and..." I say to her and then Auggie walks into the room.

"Help me!" He says and Riley stands up hugs him and carries him to the window.

"Yay! Auggie, do you have any problems that I can help you with?" She asks

"Well, I made a new friend at school what if mom doesn't like him? What if she picks him up and puts him in the hallway? Like Ava! What if no one is ever good enough for mommy's little boy?" Auggie asks

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