title: you’ll be with me, wherever i go.
summary: AU in which the matthews’ end up moving to london. this is how the clique six’s story ends.
authors note: this is just my goodbye to the show. thank you to a wonderful cast, crew, writers. i am incredibly grateful for you all. (please feel free to keep sending prompts for the show).
It was time to say goodbye, to say goodbye to everything they’ve ever known. Cory and Topanga made the final decision, breaking the last glimmer of hope the group had. Riley and her family were moving 3,459 miles away, all the way to London.
“I didn’t think they were actually going to decide to go. I thought we were going to stay here. I thought we would live here forever.” Riley shakes her head.
Riley, Maya, Lucas, Farkle, Zay, Smackle, and the rest of the Matthews were standing in the middle of JFK airport, all anxiously waiting for the announcer to come over the intercom to say that it was time for the Matthews’ to board the plane.
“Forevers don’t ever really work out, Riles.” Maya smiles sadly at her friend, reaching out to brush a stray tear from Riley’s cheek.
“Sometimes goodbye’s come way too soon.” Farkle adds, his eyes shining with un-shed tears.
Riley sniffs. “Well, let’s take it back. I don’t want to say goodbye. Not now. Not ever.”
“We’ll talk everyday, just as we did here.” Zay says, walking closer to the rest of his friends and wrapping his arm around Riley’s as she leans into him.
“Yeah.” Smackle nods, standing next to Farkle. “Thankfully there are tools that allow us to do that, like the internet and skype!”
“But, it won’t be the same.” Lucas shakes his head. “Your family leaving is the worst thing to ever happen to us. Not only are we losing you-” He motions to Riley, “We’re losing Mr. Matthews.”
“I know.” Riley sniffs, wiping her eyes. “It’ll be hard, but I believe in us. We’ll be okay. We’ll find our way back to each other, I know we will.”
“You still have hope?” Maya looks up to her friend, eyes wide.
“Yeah.” Riley smiles. “I still have hope.”
“Me too.” Lucas throws in, glancing at his friends. “I’ll always have hope for us.”
“Always.” Farkle confirms, and puts one arm around Lucas and one around Maya, the rest of the group following along, one arm around each other.
The announcer comes over the intercom, announcing its time for the Matthews’ to board their long flight to London.
Riley sighs shakily. “I guess this is goodbye.”
“It’s not a goodbye, Riles.” Maya says, tears streaming rapidly down her cheeks. “It’s a see you later.”
Riley nods, intertwining her hand with Maya’s, squeezing it once before letting it go.
She walks away slowly to join her family. She turns back one last time, raises her voice and says, “See you later.”
When the Matthews are out of sight, Maya turns to her friends and attempts a small smile.
“Our girl’s gonna go take on the world.”
theartofmadeline
tangentwithtanner
snowghoul
