Kind of a short chapter. I apologize, but next chapter will be slightly longer than usual to make up for this one.


Groaning loudly, Zay shot a pillow at Fakle's head "Farkle shut up with the spoilers man!" Stumbling abit because of the hit, Farkle steadied himself "alright fine, let's just finish the movie." Grabbing the remote and pausing the film, Zay looked at his friends "what's the point now?"

"He's right Farkle, we already know what's going to happen." cut in Lucas. "Fine" came Farkle's reply, "what do we do know?" The trio were currently in Farkle's house for a movie night. Being the freaky genius that he is, Farkle could easily tell every detail in the movie before it happened. For some odd reason he felt the need to share it with his friends, which they didn't appreciate at all.

After some silence a sly smirk appeared on Zay's face as he faced Lucas "I know, how about you tell us what's going on with you and the girls?" At his question, Lucas felt Farkle's eyes focus on him, as he felt himself slightly sweating. "You know what, let's just finish the movie and see if Farkle was right." "We know he's right Lucas, so come on spill it."

Looking back and forth between his friends, Lucas felt outnumbered "I don't know man, it's all too weird." Staring at his friend Farkle spoke "Lucas I told you, you need to figure this out soon." Nodding Lucas sighed "I know Farkle, i'm just so confused." Patting Lucas on the shoulder Zay stepped in "Lucas, why is this so hard man?"

Shaking his head Lucas breathed out "I'm scared guys." "Scared of what?" replied Farkle. Looking up Lucas stared at the ceiling "Riley and Maya are great. Putting the fact that they are both beautiful aside they are very important to me." Keeping his focus on his friend Farkle questioned "Important how?"

"Riley is sweet, caring and always makes me feel like I can do anything. She believes in me like no one else does." Smiling Farkle simply nodded. "But Maya. Maya is different. She is tough but broken. She always calls me names, makes fun of my background."

"So you don't like Maya?" asked Zay as he studied his friend's expression. "I didn't say that Zay." Looking back at his friends Lucas continued "Maya always makes sure I don't get a big head, she knocks me off the 'cloud of awesomeness'. That girl keeps me humble and reminds me that i'm only human and need help from my friends. She's a constant reminder that your past doesn't represent who you are, that you can be more."

Nodding Farkle stood "you care about them, both of them." Watching his friend Lucas nodded "of course I do, they're great." "If you care for them, why can't you tell who you care for more?" questioned Zay as he stood and leaned against the wall. "It's not that Zay." Raising an eyebrow Zay asked "then what is it?"

"I'm afraid that if I choose one of them i'll loose the other. Now that Maya's feelings are out, I don't see her being able to act like before if I were to choose Riley. And Riley's to sweet to say anything, but I can tell knowing I may feel something for Maya is hard for her. I don't know what will become of our relationship if I choose Maya."

Listening to his words Farkle and Zay understood their friends current struggle. Lucas deeply cared for both girls and the possibility of loosing one or the other was killing him. "I can't loose those girls, and if I choose between them I might."

A few minutes of silence fell upon the trio, as they each were lost in their thoughts on the current situation. Finally it was Zay who broke the silence "Any idea on what you're going to do Lucas?" Shaking his head Lucas ran his hands through his hair "Not yet man." Stepping forward Farkle placed a hand on Lucas's shoulder "we're here for you Lucas." Looking up, Lucas saw Zay nodding in agreement as he let out a small smile "Thanks guys."

Finding himself back in school Lucas Fryar stood with his head against the locker. He had not been able to get much sleep ever since this whole mess started and last night was no different. "Um.. you okay there Lucas?" a soft voice besides him grasped his attention. Turning his head slightly Lucas saw his classmate Sarah. Softly smiling at her Lucas sighed "yea, just a bit tired." Sarah had always been a quiet one most of the time. Apart from the occasional words spoken to the whole class, for the most part she kept quiet and talked only to her best friend Darby. Returning the smile, but brighter she relaxed "good, you didn't look like usual and got me a bit worried."

Straightening up Lucas chuckled "Thanks for worrying Sarah but i'm fine, I promise." Smiling more Sarah nodded "okay, I believe you. Well i'll see you in class Lucas." Nodding to his classmate Lucas smiled "you too and thanks again for worrying." Sarah smiles as she turned and walked away. As he saw this Lucas saw Darby, looking at Sarah with a smirk on her face. Thinking not much of it Lucas opened his Locker.

At the top of the stairs stood two beautiful girls frozen in place. They had stopped moving when they had seen Lucas's interaction with Sarah. Both girls didn't know what to do, the both had feelings for Lucas that much was certain. Each one also wanted the other to be the one that Lucas chose, however seeing him talking to another girl while smiling and laughing, brought a feeling neither of them enjoyed. They felt jealousy, jealous of another girl. They thought they would be able to handle Lucas choosing the other but the possibility of Lucas choosing someone else entirely was a bit much for them to handle.

As Riley turned towards her friend she saw the same look that adorned her face on Maya's face. Squeezing her hand Riley spoke "You okay Maya?" Looking away from Lucas, Maya faced her friend and nodded "yeah." As the bell for class rang, Riley sadly smiled "let's go to class."

As both friends walked into the classroom they walked behind Lucas. As they saw Lucas reach his desk, he turned and smiled at Sarah "hey" he spoke. Sarah smiled back and waved "hi". The fact that this interaction was what Lucas had with them was bad enough. It didn't help that as soon as Lucas turned around to speak to Zay, Darby shoved Sarah's arm and smirked at her, as Sarah blushed.

Biting their lip each girl took their seat and remained silent until the class officially started. Walking into class, Mr. Matthews noticed the look on the girls faces. They looked defeated and crushed, he hoped to get answers soon but forced his fatherly emotions aside and focused on the day's agenda. "What is the one thing that we as human beings posses that is the hardest and most rewarding thing to do." Looking around the class Matthews continued "the ability to forgive, as humans we can forgive those who have wronged us. It's not an easy thing, but if accomplished the reward makes it worth every second." As he stood in front of his desk Matthews smiled "This weeks assignment will be about forgiving somone who has wronged you in the past" Passing out red envelopes to the class Matthews looked at his students "so withouth further ado, let us commence The Forgiveness Project."


Some of you may not be all that pleased with the whole scene by the locker (specifically the shippers), but it will play a good part in future chapters and be good for the story. It's not like i'm going to stick in that direction and previous chapter will have meant nothing, or am never going to mention it again. So trust me it will make sense in about 2 or 3 chapters (can't remember which one exactly right now) and Rucas or Lucaya is still endgame, getting closer to figuring out which exactly but not 100% yet.