(Topanga walks in and sees Riley sitting on her bed looking confused).

Riley: How do you think you have feelings for someone for months and then claim to have them just go away in a week?

Topanga: It's hard to say. Maybe they'll tell you.

Riley: I don't know if I'm ready to hear it.

Topanga: Can I tell you what I think?

Riley: Please.

Topanga: Remember when you got your yearbook and you were sad because the class voted Maya and Lucas best couple?

Riley: How could I forget?

Topanga: I think that's when it all happened. Things have been different since then.

Riley: Maya thought she learned something about me, but she wouldn't tell me what it was.

Topanga: Did you figure it out?

Riley: I knew that day. She said it in class and I waited for her to tell me, but she never did.

Riley: She still hasn't. I had to tell her that I knew.

Topanga: How did that make you feel?

Riley: Like I couldn't trust her.

Topanga: Because of Lucas?

Riley: Because of us. It is always supposed to be Maya and Riley, no matter what. For all we know boys will come and go, but it will always be the two of us and she didn't trust that.

Riley: I didn't trust that. It took me forever to tell her I knew because I was afraid of what it could mean.

Topanga: You know she was only hiding it to protect you.

Riley: I'm growing up and having people protect me from everything all the time only makes it worse when something happens and they can't be there.

Riley: If she told me, we could've talked about it. I could've told her why it wasn't true, but I rely on our talks so much, that when we didn't talk about it, I didn't even know how I felt.

Riley: And then it felt like...

Topanga: What, honey?

Riley: I think she used that to feel okay with liking Lucas and not telling me.

Topanga: These feelings are new to all of you. She probably felt the same as you, that without being able to say it out loud to her best friend, she couldn't interpret those feelings.

Topanga: She would never knowingly do anything to hurt you. She just wanted to protect you.

Riley: That's the problem. Lately, every time she tries to protect me, I just get hurt worse.

Topanga: Are you still upset with her?

Riley: No. I'm really not. I have to be better about telling asking her how she feels and tellinger her how I'm feeling. I've learned that.

Riley: It's just now, I'm scared that we have to change. Not because of what happened, but because of everything that was going to happen anyway.

Topanga: Like what?

Riley: We are going to high school and Farkle is a genius, Maya is an artist and Lucas is an athlete. What am I?

Riley: Are they going to fall behind just to stay with me and to protect me or are they going to grow away from me anyway and all of this hurt was for nothing because it's coming back and harder in a few months?

Topanga: Oh, honey.

Topanga: You have talents, but everyone finds out what they are good at in their own time. You are a good student, a great sister, a fantastic daughter and friend.

Topanga: You've spent a lot of time talking to me tonight. Make sure you are this honest with your friends.

Riley: I'll try.

(Riley hugs Topanga).

Riley: Thanks mom.

Sorry this one is so short, I'm trying to figure out a way to use Cory and Zay more because Cory teaches the lessons to get them through life and Zay is the most neutral person in the group so he can see everything more clearly than the rest of them.

On a side note, this story is not meant to seem like Maya doesn't know her feelings, but who really understands their feelings as a teenager. There are middle aged people that don't understand. Feelings and logic don't work well together and it's hard to see things in the moment, that's why hindsight is 20/20. In the first show the person who understood his own feelings the most was Cory and he still had to seek advice from family, friends and Feeny. He still had to date other girls and deal with confusion. It's how they are all meeting the world, so all ships aside, I'm trying to make sure that the core friendship is addressed before I dive in to any couple storyline.