Two weeks. Two weeks have passed since Lucas and Farkle had been found out, and for the past two weeks Farkle hasn't shown his face in school – Lucas hasn't in the last week. When Lucas did go to school, he stayed clear from his friends, and they seemed to do it too. Lucas collected Farkle's homework for him, giving it to him and staying with him until the morning before he had to go home and change. But, after the first week, Lucas decided to stay home with Farkle to keep him company. Plus, at school he felt lonely without his friends. Letting out a small sigh Lucas walks into Farkle's room to see him standing by his window with a cigarette hanging between his lips.

"I thought you said you quit?" Lucas questioned as he got as close as he wanted too without being bombarded by the smell of the smoke.

A sad smile spread across Farkle's lips after he took in a long drag and slowly let it out. "So did I. But, I'm stressing out too much." Honestly that was a lie, he never actually quit the substance – he just stopped doing it whenever he was going to meet with his friends. Only ever smoking at home in the safety of his room. But he puts out the smoke, using the window before tossing it in the metal rubbish bin he had sitting next to his bed. "I don't think I'm going to go back to school. Riley, Maya, Smackle and Zay will all be there, and I won't be able to go to school and not talk to them so I just won't go. I've started to look at online schools."

"You are not leaving us." Maya's voice spoke as she walked through into Farkle's room. Making the boys turn to face her.

"What are you doing here Maya?" Farkle asked, his eyes automatically going to the ground as he sits himself on his bed.

"I've got your homework because the little fucker over there hasn't been there to get it for you." Maya said without even looking at Lucas as she spoke, she pulled out a few things out of her bag before handing them to Farkle. "You are coming to school next week even if I have to drag your ass there. I don't care if you're naked or in your underwear."

"You will not be laying a fucking hand on him." Lucas growled out, he was still pissed off that she had slapped Farkle, not once, but three times.

Maya rolled her eyes, "Oh and your dog over there has to get his ass to the Bay Window now or Riley will never speak to him ever again. And I think she will pull through on it." And with that Maya left the room.


Lucas was sitting at the bay window after following Maya, Farkle saying he just wanted to stay home. Maya told Lucas to go up through the fire escape, and that was it before she headed in through the door. It was a small while before Riley walks into her room, making her way fast to sit next to Lucas.

"You are an ass you know that Lucas. You cheated on me, and not only that but you cheated on me with our friend." Riley spoke, her voice soft as she spoke. Not at all how Lucas was expecting, no he was expecting her to yell at him.

"I know, I should have told you when it started. It started off as just…well sex." The word spilling off his lips in a shy manner, because he told her he wasn't ready for it – yet here he is admitting that he's had it. Hand across his face, and he just accepted it – he saw it coming and he felt he deserved it.

"You denied sex with me, your girlfriend but would gladly have sex with your friend?" Riley questioned, not understanding it one bit. How could he do this too her, lie to her, go behind her back.

"Because he's my type Riley, he's the kind of person I am attracted to sexually." Okay, another slap across his face as Riley registers what he means by that without him actually having to say with words aloud.

Riley scoffed, "You've got to be kidding me. Since when did you know that?"

With his head lowered, he mumbles his answer only to have Riley lift up his head – making him look into her eyes as he repeats the answer. "Two years. Three maybe."

"We dated for four years! Four years Lucas, how could you not tell me this? I would have listened, I would have understood. But, for you to fuck Farkle behind my back while you dated me that I cannot understand."

"I'm sorry Riley. I just…I didn't want to hurt you. But, I guess I did in the end. Maybe I was hoping you would get sick of the relationship and end it. I just, I couldn't stop being with Farkle. I…I love him and now, he's broken because of what we've done. I can't help him, Riley, I'm scared. What if he doesn't return to who he was? He's smoking again." Lucas spoke, his voice going weak and cracking.

"He never quit." Maya said as she walked in. "I can't believe you all fell for that line. That is a hard habit to break, and he never did. He just slowed it down. But, why is Farkle broken?"

"Because of you guys. You hate him for what I did. He thinks you don't want him in your life anymore."

"Why would he think that?" Riley questioned innocence in her voice as she asked.

"You guys slapped him, you never checked up on him to see if he was okay when he wasn't at school. Maybe it's that." Lucas said before pushing himself away from Riley and climbing out of the window, not wanting to be there with them anymore.


The next day rolled round, and Farkle was laying in his bed – curled up into Lucas' side. He was awake; he couldn't sleep, not when he knew the boy beneath him was worrying about him. Through the gap in his curtain he could see the sky was changing colours as the sun rose. Yawning, Farkle decided to get out of bed and have a shower. The water was running, just warm, so he turned it on hotter. Now the water was at a burning temperature and he stepped in. He didn't really wash himself, he just let the water run down his body – letting it burn away all the guilt and pain he was feeling inside of himself. Once he feels like it was enough, he steps out and goes into his room to see Lucas sitting on his bed.

"Farkle! You're red!" Lucas exclaimed as he moved close to Farkle, pulling the boy closer and inspecting the redness of his skin. "What happened?"

"I just had a shower."

"In acid? It's hot, did you have a boiling hot shower? Why?"

"I just need this guilt and pain I feel to go away, and I felt like it would be better if I did that way instead of other ways."

With a frown upon his lips, Lucas cupped Farkle's face and pressed a light kiss to Farkle's forehead. "Don't do that. Talk to me, remember it's best to talk it out."

"Oh, like you talked about you being gay to Riley all those years ago." Farkle snapped, pulling away from the older male's touch and going to find some clean clothes. Finding the right clothes he wanted, he noticed Lucas was still standing there, and a frown of his own formed on his own set of lips. "I'm sorry. I just, I don't know what to do. I miss them, and I won't go into school. I applied to an online one when you went over to Riley's. I probably already know everything, but it's some form of education to put down."

"I'm sorry Farkle. I don't know why I didn't. Maybe I was scared of coming out, I have really only told you. Like, if I told her – she would have thought I was leading her on a goose chase. I don't know, but I do know, I'm the one at fault here. I'm the only one at fault here, not you." Lucas spoke, reaching his arms out for Farkle to hug him, and that is what Farkle did. Resting his head in the crook of Lucas' neck, pressing a soft kiss to his exposed collar bone. "Can we get out of the house today? Let's go to Topanga's for a coffee because what are the odds that we run into the others…On second thought don't answer that, let's just take that risk."

Farkle let out a small sigh, but nodded his head.


"So you guys finally told Riley huh?" Katy said as she served them their drinks, deciding to take the seat next to them.

"What?" The word falling off of Lucas' tongue very quickly.

"I work here, I'm not blind, and I've heard the whole deal from Maya. The only reason I never told Riley was because it was not mine to tell. She trusted you guys; maybe you guys can earn it back." Katy spoke before leaving the two boys at their seats.

They sat there for a bit, Lucas sipping at his drink as Farkle rested his head against his shoulder – not even touching his drink. The pair didn't speak; they just sat there in the peace that was a café. It was quiet, and Farkle found himself closing his eyes as he rested against Lucas. He must have fallen asleep because he didn't notice that the rest of their friends were with him now. Automatically, he pulls away from Lucas - force of habit from when they sneaked around.

"Farkle do you think we hate you?" The question was asked by Smackle, who looked at him as he sat up straight.

"I do and I wouldn't blame you. I hurt Riley, I did something wrong." Farkle said, going to pick up his now cold coffee. Not drinking it, just holding it in his hands as his blue eyes looked into the cup.

"We don't. We were just upset with what you and Lucas did." Riley spoke, offering her friend a smile – even if he couldn't see it.

"And that gives you the right to slap him?" Lucas asked, not able to stop himself from letting the question slip past his mouth. He still held some anger towards what they did to him. "To just ignore him, me, go ahead I was in full wrong, but he wasn't."

"Both are you are in the wrong. He should have stopped you, and you're in the wrong for even doing it in the first place. I just…How long have you guys been doing it? A month or two?" Riley asked. The question caused both boys to look at the ground, making everyone go wide eyed. "More then two months? What? How long, I want an answer."

"The summer after sophomore year." Lucas spoke, his voice going quiet as he let the words spill from his lips.

"What the hell! Lucas, how could you do that to me! If you didn't want to date anymore, all you had to do was tell me."

"I just didn't want to hurt you."

"I would have understood eventually, or if you told me the truth. Lucas, I want the truth now. The whole truth, how it started and when you figured it out." Riley was determined to have her friend tell her this, so she wasn't going to budge.

Taking in a deep breath and letting it out, he raised his eyes. "The thing between me and Farkle started when I was feeling lonely and went to his. I just went over to talk, my father was in New York at the time and he and my mama were going at it. I needed someone, and he was closer. It was just talking but then, he started to change and I think that was when it fully kicked in that I was…" He stopped his words; he's honestly never said the word himself – when it concerns himself. "Um…So, I went to kiss him. He at first pulled away, but…I just wanted to kiss him and I did. The kiss then leaded to other things. I told myself that it was just a one off thing and that it was me being upset and him comforting me that clouded my judgement. But, then a week later at Topanga's…we were sitting together when this girl came over and flirted with him, and something just came over me. I went home after that, he followed and I started it again. It started off as a once a week fuck, but then I…I wanted more from it because I fell for him and even said the words I love you after…"

Everyone is just listening with their jaws dropped, hearing this confession of their friend. But they didn't say anything, just letting him continue. "And I knew I was screwed from then on. But, I didn't know how to tell Riley, so I just didn't."

"That's not all the truth. You haven't admitted to one thing." Riley pushed on after there was silence for a little while.

"I…I…I'm…attracted to guys, more than I am to girls. Like, I'm only attracted to them." Lucas spoke, his eyes falling to the ground – wanting to avoid their looks.

"I think the word you are looking for is homosexual." Smackle spoke up, "Or referred to as gay by most people."

"Yeah." Was Lucas one worded reply, biting his lip a little before he decided to walk out of Topanga's, heading down the path.


Farkle would have been right after him, but he was held back by Maya who had made him sit and listen to them. He listened to how they were disappointed in him; how they thought he was better than that. But they also told him that they still care for him, and that he shouldn't leave school because of that. They still wanted to be friends. Once they were finished, Farkle excused himself and left the group to find Lucas. When he couldn't find him in his own apartment, he went over to Lucas' seeing the other sitting at his window. Farkle made his way up to Lucas apartment and to his room.

"Lucas…Are you okay?" Farkle asked as he was close enough to him, resting his hand on the older's shoulder.

"I wasn't ready. About it all, telling them that I'm…" Lucas didn't finish the sentence, he just moved away from the window to sit on his bed. Farkle followed, sitting next to him and letting him rest his head against his neck.

"I know." Farkle replied with a soft sigh. "So, me changing in front of you? That's what got this all going?"

It was quiet for a little while before Lucas moved and pulled Farkle into a kiss. His hands' cupping the other's face in his hands as the kiss was returned. Gentle with his actions he moved so that Farkle was laying beneath him, a light smile spread across his lips as he pulled away to look at the boy beneath him. "You feeling better? You seem to have some of your cockiness back."

Farkle let out a small laugh, "I guess I am." He replied before wrapping his arms around Lucas' neck and pulling him closer to himself, closing the gap with a kiss.