CHAPTER 4: FARKLE MEETS PARENTS

Farkle didn't live too far from Topanga's, so it only took the boys ten minutes walking to get there. When they walked up to the front door, Farkle suddenly stood still.
"Afraid?" Lucas asked.
"No, nervous," Farkle replied.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Lucas asked.
"Positive. I've been holding this a secret for too long. I want my parents to know who I am," Farkle said.
"I understand," Lucas said as he took Farkle's hand. Farkle looked up to him and smiled.
"Thank you for being here for me," he said.
"Anytime," Lukas replied, squeezing Farkle's hand before releasing it. Farkle opened the door and the two boys walked in.

"Mom, I'm home!" Farkle called into the hallway.
"You're early honey," said a muffled voice which sounded as if it came from upstairs.
"I know, could you and dad come down for a while?" Farkle asked.
"We'll be down in a sec!" Farkle's mother called out. The boys walked into the living room, where Farkle offered Lucas a seat.
"You want something to drink?" Farkle asked.
"Just a glass of water would be fine," Lucas said. Farkle went to the kitchen to fetch two glasses of water and then came back. He sat down next to Lucas, who immediately laid his hand on Farkle's leg to soothe him.
"You'll be fine, your parents are loving people, they'll love you no matter what, just like I do," Lucas said, which gave Farkle a lot of confidence. When the two boys heard footsteps on the stairs, Lucas quickly took his hand off Farkle's leg and the two boys made sure there was a gap in between them, so that it wasn't too obvious yet what Farkle wanted to say. The door opened and Stuart Minkus, accompanied by Jennifer Bassett-Minkus came through it.
"Hey Lucas, good to see you again," Jennifer began.
"Thank you ma'am, good to see you too," Lucas replied.
"Oh please, stop calling me ma'am, I prefer to be called Jennifer!" Jennifer said and Lucas kindly apologized.
"Mom, dad, would you please sit down for a moment?" Farkle asked.
"Is something wrong, kiddo?" Stuart asked.
"Not exactly," Farkle began, but he waited until his parents had taken a seat before he continued talking.

"So you know how I've been trying to find myself right?" Farkle began.
"Yes, we've been through it with you, we support you!" Jennifer replied.
"Well, I have found myself, and I want you to know the real me too," Farkle continued.
"Are you sure you want to do this with Lucas here?" Stuart asked.
"Lucas already knows, I told him today, so it's alright that he's here," Farkle answered.
"Alright then, tell us," Stuart said. Farkle didn't reply. A silence fell. A silence so awkward that Lucas almost had the urge to break it and say what Farkle meant to say. A silence so awkward that Lucas would rather have Maya scream 'ha-hurrr' in his face than this silence. A silence so awkward that Farkle just had to break it.
"I am bisexual," he finally said.
"Alright, that's okay, is that what you wanted to tell us?" Jennifer asked.
"Yes, it was," Farkle said, not looking her in the eye.
"Well, there was no reason to be nervous about that, you know we'll always love you right?" Stuart added.
"So Lucas told me," Farkle laughed.
"Well, apparently Lucas knows us very well then," Jennifer said, walking over to Farkle to hug him.
"He does, yeah," Farkle said as his mother embraced him.
"Well, what does Lucas think of it?" Stuart asked Lucas.
"I think it's cool sir," Lucas said, catching a reassuring look from Farkle, "in fact, I'm his boyfriend now".
"Oh really?" Jennifer asked.
"Yes, mom, he's my boyfriend, that's why I asked him to come here with me," Farkle explained.
"Well, I don't think you could have chosen a better boy to fall in love with" Jennifer said.
"I agree, we are totally supportive of your relationship, boys," Stuart added.
"Thank you," Lucas said, blushing as he sat down a little closer to Farkle, taking his hand in the action.

When the talk was over, Lucas and Farkle went to Farkle's bedroom. Lucas had never even been in Farkle's house yet, so this was new territory for him, but he hoped he'd spend lots of hours in this bedroom, accompanied by his best friend and boyfriend, alone. The room was the room of a typical nerdy boy. An Einstein-poster hung above Farkle's bed, there were books everywhere in the room and everything was organized perfectly. Lucas looked around the room. On Farkle's desk, he found a couple of pictures. One of an older lady, who Lucas presumed was Farkle's grandmother, a few pictures of Riley and Maya, a few pictures of their whole group of friends and one picture of only Lucas himself. The picture of Lucas had the most beautiful frame Lucas had ever seen, and seeing this made his heart jump up in his chest.
"You like it?" Farkle asked.
"I do, I… I'm speechless," Lucas replied.
"You're cute when you're speechless," Farkle stated, making Lucas blush, "look behind the computer". Lucas did and he found another picture frame there. He retrieved it from behind the computer and looked at it. It was a picture they had taken during the semi-formal. The picture only included him and Farkle.
"I've been keeping that there ever since I realized I'm in love with you," Farkle explained.
"Wow… really? I'm… wow," Lucas said, not knowing what to say.
"Come here cowboy," Farkle said as he patted on the bed next to where he was sitting. Lucas walked over to him and sat down beside him.
"What is wrong with you?" Lucas asked.
"How do you mean?" Farkle asked anxiously.
"You've been keeping pictures of me, you've been loving me without telling," Lucas said.
"I could ask you the same thing then," Farkle commented.
"Alright, you got a point there," Lucas admitted.
"I was just so afraid you'd take it wrongly," Farkle said as he laid his head on Lucas' shoulder.
"I was too, I think. I didn't want to relive what happened back in Texas," Lucas said.
"I understand… Do you want to come out as couple on school?" Farkle asked.
"Only if you want to," Lucas replied.
"I do, but well… I'd understand if you don't want if you're afraid of getting bullied again," Farkle said as he took Lucas' hand.
"I got you now, as long as we're together, nothing can hurt me," Lucas said, placing his lips on Farkle's hair. Lucas had always protected Farkle, but now it was Farkle's time to prove himself to Lucas.
"I will make sure nobody will bully you," he said.
"I'm sure you will, my dear," Lucas replied.
"What'd you just call me?" Farkle asked.
"My dear, I called you My dear, is that okay?" Lucas asked, somewhat worried.
"Yes, it is, I like it actually," Farkle replied. Farkle never knew that Lucas could be so soft. He had always seen Lucas as strong and powerful, but seeing him so soft now and realizing it was because of him made Farkle smile brightly.
"Let's do this together," Farkle said, determined to be himself now. Lucas didn't reply. Instead, he pushed Farkle down on the bed and pressed their lips together. Both boys felt the butterflies and both boys wished they could freeze this moment.

Author's note: Thank you again for reading this! There'll be one final chapter after this, so stay tuned! If you think any character is written out-of-character, please let me know! Also if you like it, I'd love to hear so!