It had all started a week prior, the talent show had been announced and everyone either shirked or embraced it. Riley had embraced the spirit of the event but was too scared to enter and Maya and Lucas had laughed and said it was a one way ticket to embarrassment. Farkle seemed to be in the middle. He had entered himself into the competition but had refused to tell anyone why. On the night itself he was a nervous wreck, what if he messed up and everyone laughed. She'd assured him that anyone that had laughed wasn't worth his time, he laughed. It was ironic that his song was for her, she was the only that mattered.
When he got on stage he took a deep breath and avoided her gaze and began to sing.
Well let me tell you a story
About a girl and a boy
He fell in love with his best friend
When she's around, he feels nothing but joy
But she was already broken, and it made her blind
But she could never believe that love would ever treat her right
But did you know that I loved you or were you not aware?
You're the smile on my face
and I ain't going nowhere
I'm here to make you happy, I'm here to see you smile
I've been wanting to tell you this for a long while
They had been best friends since they were barely an inch tall, so when he realized his feelings were more than friendship he freaked, she was broken in a strange way. What with the bullying and feeling insecure but he wanted to fix her. He had to.
What's gonna make you fall in love
I know you got your wall wrapped all the way around your heart
Don't have to be scared at all, oh my love
But you can't fly unless you let yourself,
You can't fly unless you let yourself fall
The chorus was a little stronger, he needed to emphasize how he felt.
Well I can tell you're afraid of what this might do
'Cause we got such an amazing friendship and that you don't wanna lose
Well I don't wanna lose it either
I don't think I can stand sitting around while you're hurting babe
So take my hand
Well did you know you're an angel who forgot how to fly?
Did you know that it breaks my heart every time to see you cry
'Cause I know that a piece of you's gone,
Every time he done wrong I'm the shoulder you're crying on
And I hope by the time that I'm done with this song that I figure out
What's gonna make you fall in love!.
He looked her directly in the eyes as he began to sing again. They had such an amazing friendship, that's why he hid his feelings in friendship because he was afraid that they wouldn't work out. Yet he was more afraid of letting her live without love, she had been broken by love more than once. With Lucas and Maya then Charlie who had dumped her without notice and the rebel who had cheated on her. Maybe she was just unlucky but he would be the one to make her luck change. He loved her and if she loved him back than everything would be fine. Yet he watched as her eyes widened in realization. He watched as she left the hall.
What's gonna make you fall in love
He didn't follow her.