A/N: First off I want to apologize for leaving such a long cliff-hanger from the first part. I officially finished the second part of Girl Meets Cigarettes and I really hope you like it! :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Girl Meets World, but that show i awesome.


"I refuse to believe Maya was smoking." Riley said as she, Lucas and Farkle sat in front of the principal's office. "That's not Maya. Maya would never do something so stupid."

"I don't believe Maya could do something so stupid either." Lucas added, Riley and Farkle staring at him. "I mean sure she calls me Ranger Rick and does a terrible impression of a southern accent, but Maya wouldn't pick up a cigarette knowing it would cause harm to her. Maya has more common sense than that."

"I'm willing to bet it has something to do with those girls that I saw come out of the bathroom after Maya was lugged away by my dad. They probably gave her the cigarette and then she got caught." Riley sighed. "This is all my fault."

"How is Maya being caught with a cigarette your fault?" Farkle pondered.

"Yeah, it wasn't like you handed Maya a cigarette and told her to smoke it." Lucas added.

"But I was the one that told her she had to make new friends." Riley answered. "I pushed her to join the art club and looked what happened. Now she's going to get suspended because of me."

"She's not going to be suspended because of you, she's going to be suspended because of those girls." Lucas assured her. "Riley, your heart was in the right place. Those girls were the ones that were wrong, I promise."

"You really think so?" Riley asked, Lucas getting up from his seat and sliding next to Riley, giving her a softened smile.

"I know so." Lucas's voice was soft which caused Riley to give him a small grin.

"I can't help but wonder what's the 'mystery' in mystery meat." Farkle said out of nowhere, causing Riley and Lucas to stare at him with a muddled expression. The three of them were snapped out of their thoughts when Maya exited the principal's office holding a slip in her hand and Cory walking out after her.

"What happened in there? That did they say?" Riley got up from her seat, walking over to Maya with a worried expression. Maya looked down at the sheet of paper and glanced up at Riley with sadness.

"I was suspended." Maya revealed. "For three weeks...and on top of that, this is going on my permanent record. I'm never going to get into a good art college now."

"You told them you didn't do it, right?" Riley pressed.

"I tried." Maya answered. "But they didn't want to hear it. They said I was caught holding the cigarette so I had to be punished. I told them about the other girls in the bathroom, but the principal said there was no proof they gave me the cigarette." Riley looked at her dad, Cory giving Maya a slightly disappointed look.

"You didn't defend her?" Riley wondered, Cory staring at his daughter with a sigh.

"What did you want me to do, Riley?" Cory questioned. "I walked in the bathroom and saw Maya with the cigarette. I can't just pat her on the back and say, 'You had a cigarette? Oh, it's okay, see you at lunch.' I had to punish her."

"But she didn't do it!" Riley argued. "I know Maya and Maya would never do anything like this."

"I want to believe Maya, Riley...but I can't." Cory gave a slight groan. "I just can't."

"No, it's okay Mr. Matthews." Maya turned around, but her voice didn't sound as if everything was okay. "I expected you not to believe me because you saw what you wanted to see. But just think of this...you've known me for years. Do I seem like the person that would automatically pick up a cigarette and do something this stupid? Something that would force me to lose almost everything I ever worked for?" Maya walked away from everyone while all Riley could do was stare. Her best friend was innocent, she didn't do anything wrong...so why was her father being like this? Riley was going to prove Maya's innocence. She had to.


Riley sat on her bed that evening as she worked on her homework, but she wasn't expecting someone to knock on the window. Riley looked up and saw Maya there, hoping she could come in just so she and Riley could talk about what happened in school that day. Riley looked towards the door before getting off the bed, making her way to the window and opening it, Maya coming in and sitting down next to Riley on their perch.

"Is your dad here?" Maya asked, Riley nodding her head slowly.

"Yeah, he's trying to teach Auggie how to count to 500 with money." Riley explained. "Something tells me Auggie's going to con him out of $500."

"What makes you think that?" Maya wondered.

"Last time my dad tried teaching him how to count to 200. Guess who lost $200 to a five-year-old?" Riley explained, Maya nodding her head slowly. "So, do you want to tell me what happened in art club today?"

"I didn't smoke the cigarette, Riley..." Maya started to say, but Riley simply gave Maya a hug, Maya gripping onto her friend for dear life. "I promise I didn't do it..."

"I know you didn't." Riley assured her. "I believe you."

"You do?" Maya questioned.

"Of course I do." Riley responded. "I know you'd never do something as dumb as smoke a cigarette. What were you going to do with the cigarette they gave you?"

"I was going to throw it down the toilet...but that was before your father came in the bathroom." Maya truthfully said. "I know cigarettes are bad for you...and I joke about it a lot, but I can truthfully say that I will never smoke one. Cigarettes kind of hit close to home for me. My uncle used to smoke a lot and he got colorectal cancer. The doctor's couldn't save him and he eventually died. So, I know cigarettes cause nothing but trouble. Someone isn't cool just because they smoke them, it can really hurt you and cause you to die if you're not careful. Life is too precious to throw away, and I'd never do that. Never."

"I know." Riley smiled. "And I know those girls gave you the cigarette and framed you for it. And I'm going to do whatever it takes to prove your innocence."

"You'd really do that for me?" Maya asked, Riley nodding her head.

"You don't give up on a friend." Riley answered. "And I'm sure Lucas and Farkle will agree with me. Those girls aren't your friends. You have three great friends in your corner right here...and we'd never leave you for anything." Riley hugged Maya once again as Riley thought how she was going to prove Maya's innocence. It was going to be hard to prove it, but she was determined. Friends never gave up one each other, right?


"All right Lucas, I'm ready!" Farkle yelled as the two of them were at a nearby basketball court, not too far from where Farkle lived.

"Okay, so you're good enough to make the team, but now the real work comes in." Lucas held the basketball in his hand, staring at Farkle at the same time. "You have to be so good that the basketball team can't drop you. If you play good, then you're going to be popular, just like you wanted."

"Yes, popular!" Farkle grinned ear to ear before grabbing the basketball from Lucas, throwing it to the basket and appearing surprised the ball went in. "I'm going to be so popular! And once I'm popular, I'm going to rule the school with an iron fist!"

"You're going to be popular, not dictator of the school." Lucas gently tried to tell him.

"Ooh, is that job still open?" Farkle replied, Lucas shaking his head at Farkle's words. However, Farkle ignored Lucas's answer when he threw the ball into the basket again. Lucas was a little worried popularity was going to go into Farkle's head, and there was a huge possibility that he might have created a monster.


Riley ran down the stairs the next morning with a pencil and paper in hand, glancing around before heading towards the door, opening it and spotting Maya at the entranceway. While Riley was fully energized, Maya looked as if she was going to fall down from exhaustion.

"Riley, was there a reason that you called me here?" Maya released a yawn. "It's six in the morning."

"There's bacon on the table." Riley pointed, Maya's eyes immediately widening and a smile creeping on her face.

"I do love bacon." Maya walked past Riley and sat down at the table, grabbing some bacon and putting it in bread. Riley followed her friend to the table and sat across from her, opening her notepad and leaning close to her.

"Okay, so I was up all night trying to figure out how I was going to expose those girls for the frauds they are and I have the perfect plan." Riley saw Maya glance at her as Riley pointed to the sheet of paper in front of her. "I was watching the show Cops and one of the things they do are sting operations. I was thinking either me, Farkle or Lucas can go undercover and we expose those girls while gaining their trust."

"Sorry Riles, but none of you guys can pull off hanging out with Kristen and Sheila." Maya apologetically stated, taking a bite of her bacon sandwich. "They're ruthless and they'll see right through your goody attitude."

"Then teach us how to be you." Riley pleaded, Maya raising an eyebrow.

"Riley, I don't know..." Maya sounded uncertain. "Teaching you how to be is going to be hard because I'm the only me and being me right now is not fun for me. Do you get me?"

"No." Riley responded with a smile on her face.

"There has to be another way to get back at those girls instead of doing a sting operation." Maya sighed.

"Look, I have a strong feeling this is going to work, Maya." Riley said. "I just need you to trust me. You do trust me, right?" Maya contemplated for a few moments before finally nodding her head, putting a hand on Riley's shoulder and giving her a grin.

"I trust you. But if you're going to do the sting operation, you have to be convincing. Smiling every ten seconds isn't going to make Sheila and Kristen think you're serious." Maya softly said, her eyes darting to Riley's bacon and eggs. "Are you going to eat that?" Riley looked down at her food before shaking her head, motioning for Maya to take it.


Lucas entered school that morning with a basketball under his arm, waving to some of the cheerleaders as they walked by, but Lucas's face turned to surprise when he noticed the basketball coming out from under his arm, his head turning around and realizing it was Farkle who had done so. Lucas raised an eyebrow as Farkle walked over to the basketball, picking it up and spinning the basketball with his finger, earning the attention of everyone in the room.

"Lucas Friar!" Farkle bellowed with a cunning smile on his face, Lucas crossing his arms with interest. "Last night I had a dream on how I was going to be popular and I realized the only way I was going to be popular was if I beat one of the most popular guys in school in a one-on-one game of basketball. I, Farkle Minkus challenge you...to a duel!" Everyone darted their eyes towards Lucas, Lucas stuffing his hands in his pockets with interest.

"It's just called a basketball game." Lucas tried to correct him.

"SILENCE!" Farkle put his hand up to prevent Lucas from speaking. "I must be popular in High School...and the only way is beating you. Do you accept my challenge of playing basketball or not?" Lucas looked around before nodding his head slowly, thinking what was the worst that could happen by playing a friendly game of basketball with Farkle.

"Sure, I'll play you." Lucas agreed, Farkle turning around.

"Good, then you shall meet me in the gym at 4:00 p.m. Then we will see who is the better basketball player." Farkle started marching down the halls as Lucas shook his head, making his way to his locker. "I AM FARKLE!" Lucas heard Farkle scream before Farkle turned the corner, Lucas opening his locker and grabbing his books. Lucas didn't expect Riley to run up towards him and poke him, causing him to turn towards her with a muddled look.

"You're not going to challenge me to a basketball game too, are you?" Lucas asked. "Because I was just challenged by Farkle..."

"No." Riley shook her head.

"Thank goodness." Lucas let out a relieved sigh. "Farkle's quest in becoming popular has really gone to his head. I need to beat him so I can bring him down to Earth."

"Can your quest to beat him wait until 4:00 p.m., LeBron?" Riley asked, Lucas clearing his throat. "We need to help Maya right now."

"Right, what's the plan?" Lucas asked, Riley pulling Lucas towards the art room, the two of them seeing Sheila and Kristen sitting on the stools. "They look mean!" Lucas hissed to Riley, but Riley kept her eyes on the girls, knowing those two were responsible for it.

"Of course they're mean, they got Maya in trouble." Riley mentioned before taking out a beret and placing it on her head.

"Not that the hat doesn't look nice on you, but what are you doing with that?" Lucas asked, Riley pressing a small button on the side of the hat.

"It's not just for fashion." Riley gave a smile. "Farkle put a camera in the hat so it can record everything I do. We're going to show those girls that they messed with the wrong chick."

"Okay, so like every good undercover, we need a story." Lucas thought, Riley nodding her head at his words.

"You're my boyfriend." Riley said which caused Lucas's cheeks to turn red and his eyes to widen.

"I...I...I...ah...eh...boyfriend?" Lucas stammered, Riley letting out a chuckle.

"Yes, that's the cover story. You're my boyfriend and we're looking for a cigarette to smoke. Apparently we learned from Maya that there's some cigarettes in the art room...and Sheila and Kristen are the only ones that have them." Riley explained but she noticed Lucas's face was still red from what Riley said.

"I just think...boyfriend...pretending..." Lucas was tongue-tied which Riley had to admit was kind of cute. After a moment, Lucas cleared his throat, grabbing Riley's hand and interlacing their fingers together. "If we're going to be pretend boyfriend and girlfriend we have to sell it."

"Right..." Riley let out a nervous chuckle. "My hands are sweaty, sorry."

"It's...okay..." Lucas couldn't help but let out a nervous chuckle himself, the both of them entering the art room and making their way toward Sheila and Kristen.

"Well, well, well...look what we have here." Kristen stared at Lucas and Riley, although her gaze was fixated on their hands. "A couple of lovebirds entered the wrong room."

"Right...lovebirds...cause that's what we are." Lucas continued to nervously chuckle before Riley nudged him in the ribs.

"We need a hookup." Riley said, Kristen and Sheila giving Riley a smirk.

"A hookup?" Kristen asked, Lucas and Riley nodding their heads.

"We heard you had the best cigarettes in school, and we need to let off some steam." Lucas said. "We have exams...a lot of exams...and we need to relax."

"Yep, we heard you two were the best." Riley said, Sheila and Kristen glancing at each other with a smirk. "So what do you say, are you willing to hook us up?" Sheila and Kristen considered it, finally getting up from their seats and nodding their heads.

"Sure, we'll hook you up." Kristen went into her backpack but Riley shook her head.

"We were wondering if we could do the deal in the bathroom." Riley asked, Kristen and Sheila staring at each other.

"You want to do the deal in the bathroom?" Sheila asked, Lucas putting an arm around Riley's shoulder.

"Do you have a problem with what my girlfriend wants?" Lucas asked, Riley letting out a slight giggle at Lucas's question. Kristen and Sheila relented before motioning for the both of them to head towards the bathroom. Riley and Lucas gave each other a fist-pump once the two girls left the room before quickly following them to the restroom. Sheila and Kristen opened the door to the restroom and walked in, Lucas and Riley following and closing the door behind them. Lucas looked around once he realized he was in the girls' bathroom, a smile appearing on his face. "So this is what the girls bathroom looks like. It smells good in here."

"All right, here's your cigarettes." Kristen took them out of her backpack, handing one of them to Riley but before Riley could grab it, the door opened to the bathroom stall and out came Maya and Farkle, the two of them crossing their arms and Sheila and Kristen appearing shocked. "What is going on here?"

"Yeah, I thought we took care of you." Sheila added, pointing her finger towards Maya. "I'm surprised you were only suspended. Once we finish you, you'll be expelled and you won't be the primo artist at this school."

"Wait, that's what giving me the cigarettes was about?" Maya shook her head with confusion. "You wanted to get rid of me?"

"Why would you want to get rid of Maya?" Farkle asked, Riley and Lucas giving Sheila and Kristen a hardened look.

"Because they're jealous of Maya's talent and when Maya got the offer to go abroad, they wanted Maya gone so they'd get an offer too." Lucas responded. "And they'd do whatever it took to get Maya out of their hair." Maya crossed her arms and glared at the two girls, Kristen and Sheila giving a haughty smirk.

"You can't prove we did what we did." Sheila said, Riley and Lucas giving each other the same smirk the two girls were giving each other.

"Oh, never underestimate the power of technology." Riley said. With a snap of both her and Lucas's fingers, the stall to another door opened, and out came Cory, who simply waved at the two teenagers.

"Hello girls, I'm Mr. Matthews and it seems to me you've been caught." Cory's smile disappeared as he pointed to Sheila and Kristen. "To the principal's office, now." Sheila and Kristen stared at each other before walking out the door, Cory turning to them and stuffing his hands in his pockets. "It's a good day to be me." Cory's face turned serious as he looked to Maya, him walking over to her and giving her an apologetic glance. "Maya, I don't know how many times or ways I could say...I'm sorry. I was wrong and I should have known you wouldn't have done something so stupid. You're better than that. You're better than them." Maya gave an appreciative look to Cory before walking over to Riley and putting an arm around her best friend's shoulder.

"I had great friends." Maya replied. "They're always there for me and they'd never abandon me even when I'm at my lowest. I don't need to make new friends, not as long as I have them." Maya and Riley hugged while Cory crossed his arms with a smile, but something was bothering him as he looked at Lucas and Farkle.

"Um, you do realize that you're in the girls bathroom, right?" Cory asked, Farkle and Lucas glancing at each other before staring at Cory.

"We know, and I must say it's wonderful in here." Farkle replied, with Cory simply giving a chuckle.

"Well, I'm off to discipline...and you four should be off to your next class." Cory said to them before leaving the bathroom, the four of them turning to each other once the door to the restroom closed.

"Is he going to be our teacher when we step foot in that classroom because you know that always seems to happen?" Maya asked, Riley simply giggling at her friend's question and giving her another hug.

"Let's not question it." Riley said. "At least we have someone who's willing to look out for us when we can't look out for each other, right?" Maya nodded her head as she started leaving the bathroom, heading to her next class with a grin. When the door closed, Riley looked over to Lucas and Farkle, motioning for the three of them to follow her, but as Farkle left, Lucas cleared his throat, causing Riley to look back at him and give him a smile.

"I must say it was fun pretending to be your boyfriend for the undercover sting." Lucas held out his hand in a professional tone, Riley nodding her head and shaking his hand back. "I hope we get to pretend again sometime."

"It was fun." Riley admitted, feeling a blush creep on her cheeks. She turned around and walked away, leaving Lucas standing in the middle of the bathroom by himself. He cleared his throat and stuffed his hands in his pockets, thinking of the words he wanted to say to Riley, but just couldn't.

"I love you, Riley Matthews." Lucas said to himself before he walked out of the bathroom, closing the door behind him.


That afternoon in the gym, Riley and Maya sat on the bleachers with the rest of the cheerleading squad and the basketball team remembering that Farkle had challenged Lucas to a one-on-one basketball game. Even Cory had to watch this game, as he sat next to Riley, the three of them noticing Lucas doing his warm-up stretches.

"It's hard to believe but I feel really bad for Farkle right now." Cory said, Riley and Maya patting Cory's back.

"You don't have to." Maya replied. "Farkle's quite good at this. He just thinks he's better than Lucas." Riley looked at Lucas for a moment, deciding to get up from her position on the bleachers and make her way towards him.

"Are you nervous champ?" Riley asked, Lucas shuddering and nodding his head.

"Farkle's good. I'm not going to underestimate him." Lucas replied, Riley shaking her head.

"He's good, but you're better." Riley said, Lucas raising an eyebrow and giving her a grin.

"What makes you think that?" Lucas wondered. Riley leaned up and gave him a peck on his cheek, Lucas trying his hardest not to smile like an idiot.

"Because I believe in you." Riley simply stated before turning around and making her way to Maya. Cory on the other hand looked stunned at what he saw, him glancing at Riley while pointing a finger at him.

"It meant nothing, don't worry about it." Maya told Cory, but Riley couldn't say the peck on Lucas's cheek didn't mean anything. It actually did mean something. Of course, she didn't get a chance to elaborate when Farkle came in wearing a blue cape with the words FM on it, walking towards Lucas and pointing a finger at him.

"Prepare to beg for mercy." Farkle said, but Lucas shrugged his shoulders at Farkle, getting into a crouching position while waiting for the referee to blow the whistle. Just as the referee was going to do so, Farkle's eyes widened and he grabbed his calf, causing him to let out a holler and Lucas to appear confused. "I'M BEGGING FOR MERCY! I HAVE THIS STRANGE HURTING SENSATION IN MY CALF! WHAT IS IT?!" Lucas looked over at Riley and Maya before back at Farkle, nonchalantly shrugging his shoulders.

"It's called a cramp." Lucas explained. "You get it when you don't drink enough water and..."

"I don't need you to explain it to me any further!" Farkle yelled, Lucas putting his hands up and releasing a sigh.

"Well, you're going to get what you wanted...you wanted to be popular...and you'll be popular as the bench player who got a cramp trying to play a one-on-one basketball game wearing a cape." Lucas said, but Farkle felt sort of embarrassed.

"Being popular is painful." Farkle groaned.

"Being popular's not worth it." Lucas added. "But, think of it this way...at least you were popular for just being yourself."

"Yeah, you're right..." Farkle grinned for a moment before the pain returned. "I'd give you a bro-hug but my leg is in dire pain right now." Two nurses came onto the court and picked Farkle up, leading him out of the gym as Lucas stuffed his hands in his pockets. Well, that was one way of proving his point to Farkle. Lucas noticed Riley and Maya walking up to him, Maya patting Lucas's shoulder before giving him a smirk.

"Congrats Ranger Rick, you won a basketball game that didn't begin because Farkle had a cramp in his leg." Maya stated.

"This feels like a very hollow victory." Lucas muttered before shrugging his shoulders. "I'll take it." Lucas walked over to the bench to get his belongings before Riley and Maya linked their arms.

"I think this calls for a celebration." Riley said. "Bacon at my house?"

"Oh, you know how much I love bacon." Maya grinned, the two girls walking out of the gym arm and arm, making their way to Riley's house so they could celebrate their recent victory. Maya may not have had all the friends in the world, but like Riley said, she had three friends that loved and cared for her and for Maya having three friends was just enough.


A/N: Next time on Girl Meets High School, "Girl Meets Makeup". What happens when Topanga won't let Riley wear make-up...and she asks Farkle to help her design a cosmetic line that doesn't break her mothers rules? Will there be trouble? Find out next time!