Hey guys, this takes place after girl Meets New Year. btw Farkle, Riley, Maya, Lucas, and Zay are all Juinors in High School so they're about 16/17. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: This

Riles already left home, worried that Matthew would kill her if she didn't make it back. I didn't want her to leave becuase she was the only thing holding me back from being reckless with Lucas.

I got up to leave with a small hope that he would grab me and just say something, anything.

I glanced back and saw that Lucas was watching me leave.

"Catch you later Ranger Rick."

I walked down the stairs leading to the bottom of Riles buliding and saw Farkle waiting for me.

"Wanna go for some coffee and talk?"

I nodded.

When we got there, I couldn't stop wondering why Farkle told everyone about Lucas and Riley. But of course Farkle being Farkle, just knew what I was thinking.

"I can't let secrets tear us apart like every other friend group that doesn't last Maya. We deserve better. I couldn't just sit and watch, waiting for everything to come crashing down. Maya, I'm sorry, but whatever you, Riley, and Lucas have, you need to deal with. It's what we all need."

"What should I do Farkle? I've been making my own choices and look where it got me, I'm sitting at a coffee shop at 1:00 in the morning, talking about my "love life" that really, didn't even exist a WEEK ago."

"Maya, I'm gonna ask you a question."

"Go for it."

"When you see Lucas and Riley together, how do you feel?"

"Nothing."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that I push my feelings aside and as long she is happy, I'm ok."

"Have you ever thought about you?"

"If I thought about me, there would be a war. A war where we wouldn't be us. We would be just people. People that would be unhappy. I can't do that to you guys. You guys are my home."

"I honestly don't know what to do. I keep telling myself Maya, quit it. You're getting nowhere. But the other half of me is saying Maya, think about everything, Lucas was willing to give it a chance, so why won't you?"

"Which side of you is the one who will be happy?"

"I don't know anymore."

Hey people! I really hope you enjoy this chapter, gonna write more soon.

xoxo,

Katie :)