Damaged at Best

Chapter 1

Farkle Knows

"Maya! Maya!" the small boy with floppy hair chased after his rebellious friend. She ran out of the school and through the courtyard. She was most likely going to outrun Farkle if he tried. He knew this as he stood at the school's exit. He decided to rush around the school and use the backdoor. If there was one thing he could do, it would be to outsmart her. "Maya!" He yelled and pushed her into a corner created by the bushes.

"What?!" She shouted. Farkle held her shoulders, so she would not run away. Maya gritted her teeth and pushed him back, "Don't even think for a second that you can beat me up!"

Farkle held his arms up to block her escape path, "Why are you running from me? I just wanted to ask you something. I found your sketch notebook."

"I know you did! That's why I am running," She folded her arms in order to close herself up.

"You don't have to run from me. Just tell me something, why is your notebook full of sketches of Riley, and why her name is everywhere?"

Maya cocked her eyebrow, "You went through my sketches?"

"Yeah, I have a crush on you, of course I am going to go through your personal stuff," He sighed. His arms were shaking a bit, and the collar of his bright orange turtleneck was rolling down on one side. "What I do not understand is why most of it was about Riley."

Maya bit her lip, "She is my best friend, what did you expect?"

"That's what I wrote it off as at first. Then, I saw the stuff riley doodles in class. All of her doodles say Lucas, or are really bad drawings of him."

"So?" Maya tapped her foot quickly.

"So… Riley likes Lucas… Do you like Riley?"

Maya looked down, "Of course I like Riley. She is my best friend."

Farkle shook his head, "No, not like that." He tilted his head forward towards the stubborn blonde, "Do you have a crush on-" Maya jumped forward. She planted her foot behind his knee and pushed him down, which caused him to fall hard of the grassy ground. She took off towards the parking lot. "Maya…" Farkle coughed having the wind knocked out of him.

"Maya?" Riley spotted her running towards the school buses. Maya froze up and waved nervously. "Do you want to come to my house later?" The brunette asked sweetly.

"No, I can't. I have a thing with my mom tonight. Maybe tomorrow." She hurried on the bus. At this moment she was glad that Mr. Matthews always drove his daughter Riley home. She found herself worried about when Farkle would get on. "Hey Friar, I am going to sit with you." Maya slipped past Lucas into the window seat. She curled up into a ball. "If Farkle asks, I am not here. Got it cowboy?"

"Yes ma'am, but why is the little guy flirting with you again?" Lucas smirked.

Maya rolled her eyes and looked up at him, "Something like that." Lucas laughed.

Farkle limped his way to the school buses. He saw his bus and found the energy to rush over to it. "Maya?!" He called out once he got up the four stairs of the bus. "Maya?!" He spotted his friend Lucas. "Have you seen Maya?"

"Uh…" He pointed down at Maya in the seat, "Nope…?"

Farkle flopped into the two-seater across from them. "Maya," He said calmingly, "I just need to talk to you."

"There's nothing to talk about, Farkle." Maya picked herself up and leaned forward past Lucas. She rest her head on the seat in front of her as they talked.

"Yes there is. Please, just talk to me. I want to help."

Lucas was very confused, "Help? What's wrong Maya?"

"Nothing!" She crossed her legs. "Can both of you just leave me alone?!" She screamed.

"Hey! Kids in the back quiet down!" The bus driver reprimanded them. Maya eyed Farkle as if to say 'see?' She leaned back in the seat and wished she was not in existence. This would not go away as hard as she tried. Farkle was too prescient to let this go. She just hoped no one else would catch word of it.

"Maya, please…" Farkle whispered over.

"Maybe you should listen to him," Lucas tired.

"Maybe you should stop butting your nose in Ranger Rick!" She hissed. She looked over at Farkle and sighed, "We will talk later, okay?!"

A/N: Hey, this is my first Girl Meets World Fanfiction, but I think the story lines I have planned are pretty interesting. Watching the show, I just feel like Maya likes Riley, but she cannot find a way to say it. I realize Disney might not let anything like this happen, so I decided to write it myself. Let me know what you think. I will work on chapter 2 and have it out after a few reviews. Thank you for reading! (Other chapters will tend to be longer).

-Kaitlin