rileyfriarminkus said:

Can you do a one shot of riley getting into a fight and lucas calms her down?

Riley slammed her locker door shut harder than she ever had before.

"Whoa, you okay?" Lucas looked over in time to see a look he'd never before seen on Riley's face she was pissed off.

"I'm fine." Riley's words were tight through her clenched teeth.

Lucas put his hand on her shoulder, "Riles, you're obviously not okay, talk to me."

Riley hated to admit it but the moment he touched her she started to relax, "I just got into a fight with Maya."

"Really?" Lucas was shocked, trying to think of what he could have said or done to cause another fight, only because the only times he knew of the girls fighting he'd been in the middle of it one way or another, "Why?"

Riley led him to her favorite spot in the hallway, a little alcove, "I was hanging out with my Uncle Josh, it was supposed to just be like him and me, cause it never is."

"And Maya showed up?" Lucas could see the frustration in her eyes. "I'm sorry."

"I mean is it so awful to want to hang out with my cool Uncle without my friend around drooling over him?"

"No, it's not." Lucas could only imagine the frustration that was building in Riley, it seemed like the only person Maya left her alone with was Auggie. "He's your Uncle, if you want to hang out with him, you should be able to."

Riley sighed, not thinking she leaned into Lucas for a hug, "And I asked Maya to please just not show up the next time she knows I'm hanging out with him, but she doesn't get it."

Lucas wrapped his arms around her, his head resting on hers, "Sometimes you need to set new boundaries, and if she can't respect them, you have to ask her why."

Riley took an unsteady breath, "I feel like I share everything and everyone with her, well except Auggie and Jack."

"Who's Jack?" Lucas tried to remember who that could be but he was drawing a blank.

She looked up at Lucas, her eyes glossy with the promise of tears, "Uncle Eric's best friend, Uncle Shawn's brother, he' working for Uncle Eric now, I email him sometimes for advice, stuff I can't talk to my parents about, because guess what I share them with her as well."

"Hey, Riles, it's okay" He held her tightly against him, "You don't share me with her."

"Lucas, she still likes you."

"That might be, but I don't like her, not like that." He confessed, watching the way Riley's body seemed to relax at his confession.

Riley couldn't think of what to say, what she should say.

"I might be her friend, but you Riley are my priority out of the two of you. You don't have to worry about sharing me. So that gives you Auggie, Jack, and me." He gave her a smile, hoping this was working.

"Thanks Lucas, I know you mean that." She kissed his cheek, "We should get to class."

"Are you sure you feel better?"

"Yeah, I feel a lot better actually. You really calmed me down."

"Anytime, you know you do that for me, right?"

"I do?"

"Yeah" He brushed a lock behind her ear, "you are my calming influence I'd be lost without you."

"Ditto" She took his hand in hers as she led him out of the alcove and towards their next class, feeling a hundred times better.