In memory of the show's forgotten pairing - Farkle/Maya - here's this. My goal was to write it in such a way that it could be read as a BroTP, or pre-relationship, whichever context you prefer to think of it as. I think the end-result was closer to one-sided Faya, but I'll let you make up your own mind about that. I'll also shut up now. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Prologue
Farkle Minkus wasn't the diary-keeping type. He wasn't. He liked lists, though – and what he kept was definitely a list. It was a list, not a diary – a list of notable interactions with his girls. The front of each page in his... leather-bound notebook was dedicated to interactions with Riley, and on the back of each page he listed his interactions with Maya. To compare, to try to solve the great mystery of the universe – which one he should turn into the first Mrs. Farkle Minkus. And, in a way, simply because he loved them – loved being able to look back through the notebook and recall memories that had often been the highlight of his day.
Granted, as much as he loved them both equally, most days it seemed like a no-brainer who he ought to choose. Riley was good, the sunlight in his life, and she was good to him. Maya was darker, more abrasive, sassier – mysterious and beautiful in a way that could only be compared to the night sky… or so he'd been told.
As days passed and he listed these interactions out every night before going to bed, Maya's pages looked like so:
She used one of my sparklers to start the sprinklers at school.
She wouldn't even look into my eyes – but, man, can she draw! I'm going to keep the picture in my pocket, and probably keep it forever. I hope she knows how wonderful, inspiring, and talented she is.
She walked with me to Riley's apartment before school. Later I stuck my finger up her nose.
She let me dance with her at our first school dance. I kept the rose Lucas gave her. Maybe she'll let me give her one someday.
I almost got to kiss her during our school play. Later she poked me with a fake spear. And she's sorry that I stink.
She grabbed me by the front of my shirt, and I was nearly close enough to kiss her. She wouldn't kiss me when I asked, though. She also flung me onto Riley's bedroom floor because she blamed me for ruining "her girl." I returned the favor.
She drew me like a bird that needed protection – she does love me! Not that she would admit it, of course. Father came to school, and she helped Riley save my skin. They both backed me up when Father brought them up in the context of "the two ladies" who "keep chasing you." She said that she hoped "one of us will be lucky enough to become the future Mrs. Farkle Minkus, and have a lot of baby Minkii." I'm sure her actress/waitress mother would be proud. Then, of course, I was the one who went and said something hurtful to her.
She looks great in glasses and makes for a very pretty "smart girl." I wish she realized she was smart already. Plus she and Riley tried to set me up with Smackle.
She sat by me at Mrs. Svorski's. I wish she saw how talented she was, and just how much the world would benefit from hearing what she has to say. I love her laugh, and I wish she'd find a reason to laugh more. Plus, I'm just going to add "May Klutterbucket" because I can. She's not a Klutterbucket; she's all Hart, and she's going to change history. I just know it.
She makes for a very bad business woman, apparently, but she's good at heart, that much isn't just Lucas's influence.
She's a very good pitcher, and competitive, and occasionally scary. But I knew most of that already. And I love her for all of it.
She likes to pretend that she doesn't learn things, that she doesn't pay attention in class. But she does, and she learns things about life. She's more than smart. She's intuitive. I wonder if she sees that.
She's really protective of me – of everyone. She was willing to stand up to Billy for me, and that… means a lot to me. In her own way, she does love me. And she isn't "broken." I wish she saw what I see in her.
She hugged me. When the whole mess of school politics and trying to tear apart the competition was over, she hugged me, and maybe I fell in love all over again. And she and Riley did a really sweet thing for Lucas instead of totally butchering his reputation. She's not as hard as she likes to pretend she is…
Alone at last… and she decided to put her best friend's little brother before me. That's okay – can't I think that just go to show how much she cares about people?
She likes Riley's uncle, but he doesn't like her back – not like that. I wish she saw that she deserved better – saw that there was someone right here who loves her, even at thirteen. And she looks really pretty when she sleeps too, I noticed – not that I meant to spend the night at the Matthews. She looks innocent, like for once she doesn't have a care. It's a nice expression on her.
She didn't like my wristwatches – or Riley's matchmaking plan. But I can handle her being mad at me, at all of us, now if it means better things for her later. At least I'm not the one who tied her up.
I know I love it when she laughs… but I still don't know how to choose between my girls. She seemed really touched, though, when I showed her the old skateboard of hers that I'd kept. I'm just glad that, even though the two of them fought over me, in the end I didn't have to choose between them – yet. And can I just say that I really respect a woman who can handle a spider like that? Even if her spider did bite my spider's head off…
Well, this is an unexpected turn of events – she asked Lucas to go out with her.
Then Mr. Matthews did a thing, and this is what ended up in the notebook:
She and I went on our first date together, and she let me kiss her hand – even if she did get distracted by Riley's uncle first. I think I want to ask her to marry me!