Game On, Pretty Boy. ♕ RUCAS

♕ Chapter TwentyTwo ♕ - A Second Chance?

And I didn't mind thinking back to our kiss. The fireworks. The sweet taste of his lips above mine. It was all like a fairytale, a dream. My first kiss turned out to be perfect even if it wasn't under all of the stars above me. It didn't have to be with some caring and sweet guy. My first kiss was with the boy I least expected it to be with which only made it more unique and beautiful. 

The thought of his arms around my waist made my legs go jelly and I felt myself heaving another sigh as I let myself smile cheekily to myself. 

I ran my hands over my face, letting out a small groan. "How did I manage to let him have this effect on me?" 

You're smart, you can control yourself, Riley. You must do it. Don't let your feelings get the best of you. It wouldn't end good. 

"But..." I trail off, standing up from my bed. "What if..." I continue, talking to myself as I start pacing around my room with my index finger in the air. "What if it ends good? Hm?"

I nod to myself, "People do change, Riley. Those are wise words from your own flesh and blood. You're father told you that. And whatever dad tells me, usually has a meaning to it."

I nod once again and turn around, caressing my chin thoughtfully. "Which probably means that this lesson do has a meaning behind it."

It did make sense, didn't I? I mean, a person doesn't always have to be bad, right? They can also change. Just like good people can change into bad. Lucas may seem bad, but I feel like he is just misunderstood.

 A boy with a heart who just doesn't know how to use it.

"He's just a lost heart in a cruel world." I say under my breath as the bruises on his stomach came rushing back into my mind. 

He was lost, he just didn't show it. He was slowly breaking inside, but didn't want to be fixed? 

"I need to fix him," I inhale, looking out of my window, up at the blue morning sky. 

I pick up my phone and scroll through my contacts until my index finger lands on the person I wanted to call up in the morning, just as I wanted to call in the middle of the night. I press the call button and put the phone to my ear, waiting.

Ring, ring, ri–

"Hello?" His voice was husky and warm.

I feel the heat rising to my neck as I answer. "Hi."

A low chuckle come from the other line, "Hey, Riley."

"Lucas, hi." I say, rubbing my arm with my free hand.

"What makes you call me this early?" He asks, not with annoyance but with warmth.

I put a stray of my brown hair behind my ear, smiling for myself. "Just...wanted to say hi." I close my eyes, thinking about how stupid that sounded. I hit myself on the forehead a few times before he speaks.

"Yeah?" He chuckles. "I...I wanted to call you up," 

"Really?" I bite my lower lip, holding in a squeal.

He laughs, "Yeah, yeah I...I just wasn't sure if you were up."

"Oh,"

"Yeah, I didn't want to wake you up. Let you have your uh..." he stutters, "your beauty sleep."

"Yeah?" I breath. 

"Yeah," He breathed out. "Yeah, I kept you out for a while last night, thought the least I could do was to eh, let you get some sleep." He says, a chuckle coming from him. 

I let out a small giggle, "It was fun. Last night."

"I feel the same way, Riley. It was great and eh..." he chuckles. "I was hoping that maybe you'd like to go somewhere later?"

My smile froze as I took in the words he just said. He wants to go out...again, with me.

"If you want to, of course." He says before I could answer him.

"You know," I start, building the tension as I thought of something good to say. After a while, after letting him wait a while, I continue. "That sounds nice, I'd love to go out wi–" I stop as I think about what I was saying. "I...I mean I..I didn–"

"It's a date then, Matthews." 

I open my mouth, blinking fast. "I...o-okay, it's...it's a...a date, Friar."

Stop stuttering, you fool! You're embarrassing yourself!

He chuckles and heaves a sigh, "I'll pick you up at 2 p.m, Matthews." And with that he hung up.

I still held the phone to my ear, trying to process the whole conversation. I was going on a date with him. That's how easy it was to let my brain say it, but harder for my brain to actually understand the fact that I had a date. With Lucas. 

I'm not going to go all fangirl-crazy on him, it just came as a surprise. You can't blame me, I shared my first kiss and my first date with that jerk. And I'm not like other girls when it comes to him; his ego better stay put on earth while he's around me.

I placed my phone on my bed and walk over to my closet to pick out an outfit for today. I didn't want something too fancy because I didn't really feel like dressing up. So I just took a pair of blue boyfriend jeans and a purple shirt with something scribbled on it. 

I put it on and then head over to the bathroom to brush my teeth, again, just for safety. I then brush my hair and put it up in a ponytail.

Now, I wasn't sure if make-up was a must since I don't usually wear make-up, only for special events. 

"Maybe a little mascara won't hurt..." I say, picking up to put on my eyelashes. 

I wanted to at least look decent and I know girls sometimes over do their make-up for boys but that sin't nessecary. Boys don't care about your make-up. They will think you look good with or without make-up. 

When I was done with the mascara I walk out of the bathroom and head over to my phone. I pick it up and start scrolling through my contacts until I found who I was looking for.

I start typing and then I press send.

I look on my phone, watching the message being sent.

To: Peaches

R: I think we need to talk about something. Soon, because I don't know what I'm doing and why. But it feels right. Message or call me when you see this.

___________The End Of Chapter TwentyTwo!_________

Hmm...what is it that Riley needs to talk to Maya about? Seems important..

How will the date go? Will there be a second kiss or will something go wrong? 

I love updating this book. Even if I don't do it that often, I always enjoy writing this part the most because when I finish this, I know I will be clicking the 'Publish' button right after the last . and I know you guys are excited to know what will happen and how it all will turn out. So here you go with chapter 22 and I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it.

See you soon! Cause the 1 week break is coming closer. Meaning more time for me to write....and work with math....but that's not important right now. 

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