A/N: The title looks like the name of a song, p.s.
This chapter is short... but cute
24. Girl Meets The Return of Family Game Night feat. Twister
There's something that has always bothered Riley, something she couldn't really understand, and that was the fact that her father never let her play twister. She had to look it up after a while and it looked like a fun game but for some reason her father was adamant on her never playing the game.
She was sitting my Maya's room, while Maya changed because it was family game night, and all of the Hunter family was coming over. But since they didn't have a game that they could all play Riley suggested that they put different games in each room and people could float around to whichever game they wanted to play. Lucas, Zay, Farkle, Smackle, and Cassie were all coming over along with her uncles, and Rachel. So the house was going to be packed with people.
"Uncle Shawn," Riley called out when she reached the living room. Deciding to leave Maya up to whatever she was up to.
"Yeah Riley," Shawn said turning around and looking at her. "What do you need kiddo?"
"Why won't my dad let me play twister?" she asked him point blank.
"What do you mean?"
"Well one time we were playing the couple's game," she started remembering that day. "It was New Years, and my dad said that we weren't allowed to play Twister and well I wanted to know why."
"This is something I think you should ask them," he said.
"I have, and of course they don't say a word."
"Well okay, let's just say that the reason your dad doesn't want you to play has something to do with him being afraid of the outcome of the game."
"Fine don't tell me," she said dejected at how he was deflecting the question.
"Oh thank god," he said looking to the sky. "Sorry Riley but I don't want to answer a question that your parents should have answered a long time ago considering how you're sixteen."
"Let's go," Maya said walking out wearing ripped jeans and her favorite tank, which Riley knew Josh liked the most out of all of her clothes.
The four of them walked over to Riley's place, Riley still thinking about the twister dilemma, she still couldn't figure it out. When they reached her house it was full of people, Ava, Auggie and Doy were running around the living room the adults were all talking to one another, hugging like they hadn't seen each other in years when they had seen one another two days prior. One game already set up in the living room, another on the dining room table. Riley took one of the games to her room, The Friends Game, which she didn't really want to play.
Then she saw it, right underneath, Twister looked back at her and she slid it under the game she had originally picked up and walked out of the living room and towards her room. One by one her friends filed into her room all talking to one another.
"What are we going to play?" Zay asked looking over at Cassie.
"I don't know, I saw the couple's game outside on the dining room table," Cassie said looking at him like he was everything she ever wanted. "It might be a good way to see how well we've gotten to know each other."
Riley couldn't help but think how cute they looked. They still hadn't made their relationship official but they were happy just going on dates and talking for hours. Zay had told Riley that he wanted to introduce Cassie to his parents, mainly because he couldn't stop talking about her.
"If it's alright I would like to go around and study everyone as they play their perspective games before I make a decision," Smackle said to Farkle.
"That's alright with me," Farkle said smiling at her.
Josh hadn't shown up yet so Riley, Lucas, and Maya were left to set up the game in Riley's bedroom, but when Maya picked up the game she saw the game underneath and smiled.
"Riley Matthews," Maya said looking up at her. "Are you defying your father?"
"I just wanted to see what it was about," Riley said trying not to sound too guilty for taking the game without asking.
"Well I think you and Ranger Rick over here should play," Maya said as Lucas walked over to see what was happening.
"Play what?" he asked looking between the two girls.
"This," Maya said holding up the game. "Everyone else is off to play something, the parents are all talking and Josh isn't here yet... so you two have to play. I'll spin the board."
"Um... do you want to?" Riley asked Lucas not knowing what to do.
"I'll play," he said smiling at her. "Why not it's not a long game from the looks of it so while everyone decides and Josh gets here I guess we can play twister to kill some time."
"Alright," Maya said pulling off the top of the box and putting it on the bay window. "Here make yourselves useful and lay this out on the floor."
Lucas took the plastic part of the game and shook it out before laying it on the floor. All Riley saw were the spots wondering what the game was about.
"So how does this go?" Riley said looking to her best friend.
Maya cleared her throat and looked up, "Basically I call out where you have to put your arms and feet, and first one to fall loses."
"That's sounds easy," Riley said wondering why her father was so against the game. "Let's start."
"Alrighty," Maya said spinning the board. "Right foot yellow."
Riley moved her foot onto the yellow circle, she was facing Lucas who just smiled at her. "You're going down Friar," she said to intimidate him.
"Bring it on Matthews," he said returning her challenge.
Maya spun the board again. "Left hand green."
Riley bent down and put her hand on the green circle in front of her, as Lucas put his hand on the one next to it.
"Right hand green," Maya said. "Geez this is stupid." She mumbled before noticing the couple in front of her as Riley put her hand on the green circle behind her and Lucas his hand in the one behind Riley's left hand. "Oh this just got interesting," Maya said as she looked at the two in their compromising position.
Riley could feel her heart trying to jump out of her chest with the closeness of Lucas in front of her, all she could smell was cedar and a light hint of sage.
Maya spun the board and laughed. "Left foot red."
Riley looked at Maya in distress because that would mean moving around to the point where she would be so close to Lucas, and her heart was already pounding in her chest from the closeness. Lucas easily moved his foot while Riley tried her best not to fall as she touched the red circle just behind Lucas' foot. He was almost on top of her, and she heard his breath hitch from the closeness. That's when she realized why her father always said no to play the game when it came to the two of them.
"I feel like I should leave you two like that," Maya said but in Riley's head she sounded a million miles away with Lucas so close to her.
Suddenly her door burst open and Lucas fell forward as her father screamed.
"No," he yelled. "Topanga," he yelled out.
Lucas was on top of her, both of them not moving as Maya laughed in the background.
"Get off her you heathen," her father said as Lucas scrambled off of Riley and her father hauled her towards the living room. "Topanga you wouldn't believe what Riley was doing, she took the twister game and was playing with... with... with HIM."
Her mother started laughing, "Geez Cory, Twister is not a euphemism for sex," her mother said making Riley turn bright red. When she looked over she saw Lucas' ears turning red from embarrassment.
"It's my fault," Maya said. "I took the game."
"Maya don't lie," Riley said looking over at her best friend. "I wanted to know why you wouldn't let us play so I took it."
"That's it you're grounded," her father said and the room just looked at him stunned.
"Seriously Cory," Eric said walking over to his brother. "You're over reacting."
"Yeah Cory," Rachel chimed in. "It's just a game."
Shawn was doubled over laughing in the corner trying to get a hold of himself, while everyone was trying to not laugh at what was happening, but soon the room was filled with laughter. As much as Riley wanted to laugh her heart was still pounding in her chest, Lucas had fallen on her and he lost but it felt more like Riley won something bigger than a stupid game.
The closeness made her blush and want to cover her face before anyone noticed, the smell of Lucas was now permanently burned into her mind as well as the weight of his body on top of hers. Even though her mother had said it hadn't involved sex, for some reason it felt intimate enough. Once everyone stopped laughing and they all got back to their games Lucas took Riley's hand and led her towards the table, they sat there watching everyone as they stole glances at one another. Riley wasn't ready to move forward with that part of their relationship, she knew that much, but she wouldn't mind playing twister again if it meant being that close to Lucas again.