Chapter 1

Riley and Maya walk into school, taking their time on their walk to history class.

"Hey, Riley," Lucas says as he approaches the two

"Hi, Lucas," Riley replies with a smile spreading across her face

Riley and Lucas both stare and smile at each other not noticing anyone else around them.

"Oh don't mind me, just keep acting like I'm not even here..." Maya says as she circles around the two.

The bell rings and Riley and Lucas break their daze into each other's eyes

Lucas gathers his thoughts and notices Maya.

"Oh hey, Maya," he says

"Let's go!" she yells as she rolls her eyes and storms toward their classroom.

"Maya!" Riley yells as she runs after her best friend

Riley, Maya and Lucas all take their assigned seats in class just seconds before the tardy bell rings

Maya turns to Riley with a raised eyebrow and says "So when are you making your move?" with a grin

"My move? I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, Maya." she replies turning away from Maya and flipping her hair nonchalantly at her friend

"The whole world knows that you two have been in love with each other for the last three years. It's about time somebody did something about it. I'm sick of watching you two oogle each other and refuse to do anything about this." Maya briskly says

Maya, waiting for a response from Riley, turns her head to see why her friend is ignoring her only to see that she is staring at Lucas again. This time Lucas hadn't noticed and was busy talking to Farkle

"Riley!

Lucas turned to see what was going on

"I don't appreciate your yelling, Maya!" Riley says exasperated and turning away from Lucas

"I don't appreciate it either, Ms. Hart," Mr. Matthews says with a grin as he walks into his classroom

The murmurs in the back of the classroom die down as Mr. Matthews sets down his briefcase. Farkle shoots his hand straight up in the air.

"Yes, Farkle?

"Sir, doesn't it seem that throughout history it is always a lack of action or more so those that sit back and wait for things to happen are often those that get hurt the most?" he says in his rapid matter of fact speech.

Lucas and Riley both turn to look at Farkle with worried looks on their faces. Maya simply grins and looks forward

"Well, Farkle, sometimes that does seem to be the case. If we go back to what was going on before World War II, it would seem that a lack of action is what caused a lot of lives to be lost. In fact, the United States stood by and waited until the sneak attack of Pearl Harbor to enter into World War II. Who knows what would have happened if the United States had entered into the world before that. Who knows what lives could have been saved. Anyway, onto today's lesson...

"Mr. Matthews," Lucas said with his hand raised

"Yes, Mr. Friar?" Mr. Matthews said.

"How is there anyway to know what the best thing to do would have been? I mean, is there really any way to know if the United States had acted earlier that the outcome would have been better?" Lucas asked

Mr. Matthews thought for a moment and then said, "There's really no way know, Mr. Friar. All we can do is make the decision that seems right at the moment.

Lucas nodded, shot a glance at Riley, and then proceeded to open his history book

"Now onto today's lesson, open up your books and and read chapter five. Be sure to take notes and we will end class with a discussion to review the chapter," Mr. Matthews said with a smile on his face. The class groaned as their book covers opened against their desks

"I expect everybody to participate in the discussion. Get to it!" Mr. Matthews said as he took his seat

The class grumbled and began silently reading out of their textbooks.