Hello again! I'm really excited about this story! This takes place after Girl Meets the New Year! I'm going to write about what I think should happen after this whole triangle (or non-triangle, according to the writers). This is going to be a chaptered story! Hopefully I'll be updating very frequently.

Enjoy :)

The next day at school- two days after New Years Eve- was more than a little awkward.

I went to my desk and sat down. Maya, following behind me, sat in her desk. We both looked at each other, but quickly looked away.

My dad, having noticed this, immediately said, "Okay, what's going on?"

"Nothing, Dad," I said quickly. "It's nothing."

"A little misunderstanding," Maya added.

He nodded, obviously not believing what I said.

"Does this have to do with New Years?" he asked.

"Why would you say that?" I asked guiltily.

"Kinda," Maya said.

Dad gave me a look. "We'll talk about it after class," he said, pointing to Maya and me.

I sighed. We were done for now, but we'd have to face it soon.

He went back to preparing for class, and then I looked up to see Lucas walking through the door.

I smiled at him in greeting, but he just looked between Maya and me. He gave us both an awkward smile and then sat at his desk.

Today, Maya didn't turn around to say, "Hey, Huckleberry," or "How's it going, Ranger Rick?" She simply sat facing the front, waiting for class to start.

I followed her example and turned to face the front. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes in an effort to relax.

When I opened my eyes, Farkle was walking through the door.

He looked wearily at me, nodded at Maya and Lucas, and sat down behind me.

I turned around to see him.

"It's okay, Farkle. This doesn't have to be weird. I understand why you did what you did. It's okay."

Farkle nodded. "Thank you, Riley. I appreciate that. And I'm sorry. I didn't want things to happen like that. I mean, I just wish we could've heard it from you. But I understand why you didn't say anything. And I still think I did the right thing."

"I know," I said quietly. I turned around to face the front.

My dad turned around from writing on the chalkboard and saw us all sitting awkwardly.

He sighed and then said, "Whatever's going on, you guys have to fix it."

We all nodded.

"Good. If you need anything, I'm here. But I think I'm going to stay out of this one. I think it goes a little further than a class lesson," he said.

He began class and we all sat through the hour, waiting for the bell to ring.

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After class, we all hurried out of our seats. I went to my locker and tried to quickly grab my books for my next class.

Just as I was about to close my locker, I felt a tap on my shoulder.

I turned around to see Farkle standing there.

"Hey," he said.

"Hey," I answered back.

"You need to talk to Maya," he said.

I sighed. "I know. I just don't know what to say. And I don't think now is a good time either. Maybe tonight."

"Tell her how you feel. She can't get mad at you for feeling, right?"

"I don't know, Farkle. I just don't want to lose her over this."

"You're not going to lose her. You guys are the closest best friends I've ever seen. You can talk about anything. You can do it. You'll be okay," he said, giving me a small smile.

"Thank you, Farkle. I'll talk to her tonight," I said, smiling back.

"So…are we okay?" he asked tentatively.

"Yeah. We're okay."

"Good," he said, obviously relieved. "You're very important to me and I would never want to hurt our friendship. I just want you to be happy."

I nodded. "Thank you."

"If you need anything til then, you can call me."

I smiled at him. "You're a great friend, Farkle."

He smiled back at me.

I closed my locker and headed to my next class.

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After school that day, I sat at my bay window, waiting for Maya to come through the window. My foot bounced up and down in nervousness, and my fingers couldn't stop tapping.

I heard a tap on the window and I looked up to see Maya waving at me.

I opened the window and she crawled through to sit next to me.

"Hey," I said.

"How's it goin, Riles?"

"I'm good. How are you?" I asked.

"I hate this," she said monotonously.

"Me too."

"So what are we going to do?" she asked me.

I shook my head. "I don't know. But whatever happens, I know that I don't want to lose you as my best friend."

"Riles, you'll never get rid of me that easy. Ring power!" she exclaimed, putting her index finger in the air.

I grinned. "Ring power!" I put my index finger in the air with hers.

"We just need to figure out what we're going to do," she said.

I nodded. "Okay. First we need to agree that no matter what happens, we'll stay best friends."

She smiled and nodded at me. "Always."

"Now what about Lucas?"

At this, she was silent.

"I mean, we have to talk about this, Maya. We can't just pretend this isn't happening. We both have feelings for Lucas. Now what?"

"It's not like we can just decide something like this now, Riles. As much as I'd like for this to be over, it's not that easy."

"I know. I just…I want to know that we're not going to fight against each other," I said quietly.

She looked up at me. "No playing dirty."

I nodded. "I know we both like him, but our friendship has to come first."

"Agreed."

"Best friends?" I asked.

"Best friends always," she said.

I leaned over to hug her and she hugged me back.

"This is going to be a hard part of our lives," I said.

"I know. But we'll be okay. We're best friends. What could happen?"

Hey! I hope you liked the first chapter! Please review and let me know what you think! What do you think's going to happen? Who do you ship?

I bet you won't see what's coming ;)

Let me know what you want to see in the coming chapters! Maybe you'll get to see that soon…

Like I said earlier, I hope to update pretty frequently. Next chapter should be here soon!

Stay awesome!