GIRL MEETS HIGH SCHOOL SEASON 1:
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GIRL MEETS TURKEY DAY:
It was the weekend that the John F. Kenedy Secondary school community was waiting for the entire semester. Four glorious days of freedom from the nasty teachers, the stressful homework, the scary glances they each got from time to time from Principal Skinner, and most importantly the holiday where eating as much as you can was a tradition. Yes, the classic holiday involving a turkey and mashed potatoes was in the New York City air once again. And this year, everyone had plenty to be thankful for. Especially Lucas Friar. You see, he was supposed to be heading off to Texas to spend Thanksgiving with his Pappy Joe, but his mom was working over the Thanksgiving weekend meaning that he had to stay in the city this year which he was so psyched about. His first holiday with the love of his life. Which brings us to right now. Lucas entered the warm atmosphere of Topanga's that Wednesday night, it was three minutes before closing. He saw Riley huddled in the back of the bakery with her nose buried behind her laptop. He smiled to himself as he admired her from afar. He didn't know what he did to deserve Riley Matthews, but he was thankful for having her in his life. He wrapped his arms around her from behind and placed several kisses on her cheek.
"Lucas!" Riley yelled in surprise. "I thought you were supposed to be on a plane by now."
"Supposed to…" Lucas pointed out. "But momma had to work over the weekend because apparently her clinic booked her several patient consults overnight so she can't leave without seeing them." Lucas stated wrapping his arms around her. "Which means that I get to stay in the city with you…" Lucas smirked. "It's our first official holiday together."
"And boy am I glad it's thanksgiving because out of all the things I'm thankful for I'm most thankful for you…" Riley smirked.
"Same here…" Lucas smiled. He was about to bring Riley in for another kiss but the door behind them opened.
"Hi Smackle here for one last cup of hot cocoa?" Riley asked her as she got behind the counter.
"Sure I guess." Smackle said sadly.
"Why so glum?" Riley wondered.
"It's personal reasons that I wouldn't want to bother the both of you about." Smackle stated.
"What's up Smackle? You can tell us what's bothering you we're here to listen." Lucas added.
"Are you sure? Because I don't want to bombard the both of you with my personal problems." Smackle stated.
"Real friends listen Smackle remember?" Riley said.
"OK…" Smackle took a deep breath. "It's between me and Dexter. Lately, I just haven't been feeling the same way I felt when I met him this summer. I do care about him, and I do have feelings for him but I don't know if it's love yet…And we've sort of lost that connection that we had before as friends." Smackle stated.
"That's totally understandable lots of couples do tend to lose their connections." Lucas pointed out.
"That's never going to happen to us right?" Riley asked in a worried tone.
"Of course not Riles…" Lucas reassured her. "But back to you Smackle…Why do you think you've lost your connection with Dexter?"
"It's because the both of us never really clicked as a couple I believe we worked better as friends." Smackle replied. "Remember that night I came here looking for Farkle?" Smackle asked.
"Right…NYCNerd2001." Riley nodded.
"It's because I wanted to see how it was like to date Farkle and see who I liked better him or Dexter and I had planned to friend zone the other one." Smackle began. "But the more I think about it, the more I think that I friend zoned the wrong person."
"Aww Smackle is that why you looked heartbroken when Farkle and Heather announced themselves as a couple?" Riley questioned.
"I guess so." Smackle nodded.
"Smackle maybe you just need some time and space from the both of them to figure out what it is you want." Lucas suggested.
"You think that method will be effective?" Smackle questioned.
"Hey there's no harm in trying." Lucas replied.
"It might be a good thing for the both of you because what I learned from my relationship with Charlie is to give your significant other some space if they need it. The whole reason why my relationship with Charlie didn't work was because we spent so much time together that I guess the connection we had before was gone just like your describing." Riley added.
"Perhaps the both of you have a point." Smackle commented.
"If you need anything else you know where to find us…" Riley said as she placed a comforting hand on Smackle's shoulder.
"Thanks you two…And for the record those 8th graders had no idea what they were thinking when they didn't vote you two as "best couple" the love that you share with one another is practically oozing out of the both of you." Smackle laughed as she left.
"Well the most important thing is we proved those 8th graders wrong. Now they think we're the best couple there is…" Lucas laughed.
"Probably because we are…" Riley giggled as Lucas brought her in for another kiss.
Maya smiled as she heard the front door to the condo unit open revealing a now very tan looking Katie and Shawn. Maya smiled knowing that they had enjoyed their couple of days away.
"Well welcome back to reality Mr. and Mrs. Hunter…" Maya laughed. "How was Acapulco?"
"It was relaxing just the thing we needed really." Shawn said bringing Maya in for a hug.
"How was your stay at the Matthews baby girl?" Katie inquired.
"It was exactly like an extended sleepover we did things that we normally would do during our sleepovers." Maya laughed. "But boy am I glad that you two are back I don't know how long I could handle living under the same rood as my teacher. That's just creepy."
"Not as creepy as living right next door to one." Shawn laughed.
"I'm glad that never happened to me don't get me wrong I love Mr. Matthews but he can get on my nerves." Maya laughed. "By the way we're invited to the Matthews for Thanksgiving tomorrow night."
"Yeah our old gang is actually going to fully be in a room for the first time in more than ten years." Shawn smiled. "Which is something I never thought would happen ever again to be honest with you."
"You guys are the closest group of friends that I've ever seen besides Maya's gang you guys were going to get together eventually." Katie said as the three occupants of the Hunter household sat down on their new couch.
"Yeah I'm just surprised it took us this long to make it happen." Shawn stated. "I've missed everyone."
"Well on the bright side you guys will be filled with catching up tomorrow." Maya said. "But for now can we just seriously take the time to enjoy our new family?" Maya laughed.
The three new family members just sat back on the couch simply chatting back and forth. The entire time Maya had a gigantic grin on her face. She couldn't help but feel pure joy and pure bliss every single time that she spent with her new family. It was all she had ever wanted out of life to have a loving and caring family that would always be there for her. Minus the little sibling she always dreamed of, this was actually close to perfect. As Shawn walked into Maya's bedroom she had to smile to herself.
"You know not even my real dad took the time to come pay me a visit before I went to bed." Maya laughed.
"Well that's just not right." Shawn said shutting the door. "So how are you liking this whole new family vibe?"
"You know I've been dreaming about this my whole entire life I just can't believe that it's actually happened." Maya responded. "I couldn't have been more happier with what I have now."
"You deserve to be happy kid." Shawn smiled as he sat next to Maya on the bed. "You know I've always wanted to have a family of my own but it took me a while to finally admit it to myself."
"Because your just like me…Your scared of the commitment." Maya responded.
"Is that why you haven't had a boyfriend yet? Because your scared of the long term commitment?" Shawn questioned.
"No it's a lot more deeper than that. It's because I'm scared of falling in love because I don't know how to love someone back. I've never had a great example of what love should be like and I'm afraid that if I do fall in love I'm going to eventually mess everything up like I always do." Maya responded.
"Maya love is nothing to be scared about it's one of our most valued emotions." Shawn responded.
"And the most complicated." Maya replied.
"Hey we all have to deal with it at some point in our lives it might as well be sooner rather than later." Shawn said as he kissed Maya's forehead. "I'll see you tomorrow kid."
"Goodnight dad." Maya smiled to herself.
Shawn smiled as he closed the door. He knew Maya's insecurities weren't going to go away overnight, but in time he hoped that he would be able to show his new daughter that falling in love was actually a great feeling. Shawn opened his bedroom door and saw Katie casually reading.
"Hey what took so long I thought you said you were only going to speak to Maya before she went to bed and she always falls asleep easily." Katie said confused.
"Well we sort of had a little chat." Shawn stated getting into bed with Katie.
"About what?" Katie asked confused.
"About her fear of falling in love and the whole dating process in general." Shawn laughed.
"Well we can't really blame her she's never had a good example of what a healthy relationship should look like." Katie pointed out.
"But she does now. I know in time that all of her nerves about falling in love are simply going to melt away because she has an incredible example of what true love should look like." Shawn smiled.
The next day Topanga had finally managed to put the bird in the oven. She knew that it was going to be a humongous day for the Matthews household. They've always hosted Christmas in the apartment but hosting all of their old friends something was bound to happen this evening.
"Mom is it just me or did your cooking get ten times better?" Riley asked while she sampled the stuffing.
"No it definitely got better which is a good thing." Auggie replied with a mouth full of potatoes.
"Hey! The food is for the party you two." Topanga scolded.
"Well your food has gotten exceptionally better we can't help ourselves." Cory added walking out into the kitchen holding a slice of apple pie.
"If you guys continue eating the food there's never going to be enough to go around tonight." Topanga laughed.
"Oh mom is it OK if Lucas joins us for dinner this year his mom has a client and I really don't want him to be alone tonight." Riley smiled.
"It was going to happen eventually. Of course he can sweetie." Cory added.
"Wait dad your OK with all of this?" Riley asked shocked.
"He's a good guy Riley. Before I would have definitely been against the both of you being left alone in a room for even a couple of minutes. But he's constantly proven himself to be a really nice guy. Just as long as he doesn't hurt you."
"Then you have absolutely nothing to worry about dad. Lucas would never hurt me." Riley replied.
"That's all I need to know sweetie." Cory smiled.
There was a loud obnoxious and continuous banging on the Matthews front door. Riley laughed knowing that it could only be one person in the entire world who would knock like that.
"Hello niche…" Eric said walking in and giving Riley a hug.
"Uncle Eric put me down! You just say me four days ago." Riley laughed.
"Well it's been way too long…" Eric replied.
"Eric great to see you again…" Topanga laughed.
"Your name still doesn't make any sense to me." Eric joked.
"Just like I'll never understand how you were able to pull off being a senator." Topanga laughed.
"The world is always full of mysteries that might never be solved…" Eric commented.
"So word on the street is your cooking's gotten better. I'll be the judge of that." Eric said taking a spoon and getting a rather large serving of mashed potatoes. His eyes grew wide once his taste buds were introduced to the creamy and fluffy potatoes. "Oh your not going to get this bowl back now."
"Luckily I made extras…" Topanga said motioning to the pot on the stove.
Another knock on the door soon interrupted the friendly banter between Eric and Topanga. Riley knew those two loved and cared about each other, but there were times when they would normally get themselves into ridiculous fights that had no meaning.
"Well it's finally time for my favorite holiday." Maya said opening the door herself.
"Wait how did you open the door?" Riley asked confused.
"I know where you guys keep the spare key." Maya pointed out.
"I showed it to her." Shawn laughed.
"Of course you did…I'm glad you three are here." Cory said giving his best friend a hug.
"Yeah the first Thanksgiving spending it with a real family actually feels really good. Makes me wonder why I didn't start a family sooner." Shawn commented.
"Because you haven't met us yet." Maya pointed out as she turned on the TV.
"Riley honey I left the cake at the bakery do you mind going to pick it up?" Topanga asked from the kitchen as her and Katie finished off the finishing touches to their family dinner.
"Sure mom." Riley replied walking out the door.
Riley walked into Topanga's and saw Lucas huddled in the corner working away on his English essay that wasn't due until the week after. Riley had to smile to herself. She was proud of the person that Lucas had become. She knew Texas Lucas wouldn't dare start his homework early. Now, this Lucas was working hard to reach a goal of getting into veterinary school. She sneaked up behind him and watched him work for a couple of minutes.
"Hey it's Thanksgiving break your supposed to take a break from working remember?" Riley laughed as she placed a kiss on his lips.
"Hey princess." Lucas smiled wrapping his arms around her easily. "What brings you by?"
"Two things actually. First off, your officially invited to celebrate Thanksgiving dinner with my family, and two I think my mom left the cake in the back." Riley replied.
"Wait your dad is actually cool with me spending Thanksgiving with your family?" Lucas asked shocked.
"Yeah I know it's shocking isn't it?" Riley responded.
"Are you sure? I don't want to intrude on your family's traditions." Lucas replied.
"What traditions? My family doesn't pray before the meal Auggie's normally attacking his potatoes the minute we sit down." Riley replied.
"You know what your right…" Lucas said closing his laptop. "I could use a break."
"Then what are we waiting for? The cake might be cold…" Riley said as her and Lucas made their way towards the back of the bakery.
Riley re-entered the apartment and saw that almost all of their guests were now present in their living room. Lucas hung his jacket up and smiled. He was excited to spend Thanksgiving with Riley's family. He had remembered spending time with them the year before when a massive Nor'easter had shut down the city.
"Hey I didn't know Lucas was coming." Farkle said happily.
"The more the merrier right?" Riley replied.
"Just as long as you two don't suck each other's faces off every ten seconds I'm OK with it." Maya replied.
"I don't see how the two of you could be so crazy for each other. I mean you guys are just boyfriend and girlfriend your relationship should stay the same. Why on earth does it need to be intimate?" Farkle wondered.
"Because…Well there's no real explanation. There Riley and Lucas it just works for them." Maya replied.
"I mean what does their relationship have that mine doesn't have?" Farkle wondered.
"Your not seriously getting jealous over a perfect relationship are you Farkle?" Riley questioned.
"Of course not." Farkle laughed.
"It kind of sounds like you are Farklestein." Maya laughed.
"I'm not jealous OK!" Farkle yelled.
"Looks like someone put on a pair of grumpy pants tonight." Maya laughed even harder.
"Maya seriously?" Lucas questioned.
"I'm kidding me and Farkle tease each other all the time." Maya laughed harder.
"OK that's enough teasing for now. I think it's time we eat." Katie commented as everyone made a mad dash towards the kitchen.
As plates began to be filled, and conversations began dying down Riley had to smile to herself. She had always pictured spending the holidays with her family and her friends together in the same room. And she was happy that she got the chance to this Thanksgiving.
"OK since when did your cooking get better?"Josh asked shocked.
"About four months now." Topanga said happily.
"Well I'll be proud to say that I wouldn't mind celebrating Thanksgiving dinner here any year." Amy laughed.
"Don't listen to her Topanga. Amy still tends to be very picky when it comes to critiquing food." Allan replied.
"You know this is actually nice spending the holidays with your family…" Lucas whispered to Riley.
"I know I'm really happy that their actually normal for once." Riley laughed.
'"That's actually a good thing." Auggie replied back. "I might even invite Ava over next year." Auggie laughed.
"Well, looks like that was another successful meal." Topanga smiled. "How would everybody like some desert?"
A collective moan escaped almost everyone's mouths at the table. Which of course meant desert would have to wait for a little while longer. As the table began getting cleared, everyone once again began moving into the living room area.
"Hey do you want to go grab some fresh air?" Riley whispered to Lucas.
"I would love to…" Lucas smiled grabbing a hold of her hand as the both of them walked out of the apartment.
"You know I still don't understand how those two can have such a perfect relationship." Farkle said in annoyance.
"Farkle what is this all about really?" Maya asked.
"Me and Heather…We're never that close…" Farkle admitted.
"So your jealous of Riley and Lucas because their relationship isn't like theirs Farkle isn't that a little too far?" Maya wondered.
"I don't know maybe I'm over thinking this entire thing." Farkle replied.
"How long have you noticed that your relationship isn't the same?" Maya wondered.
"I guess a couple of weeks ago, I felt that we had lost touch with each other and we were back to our regular competitive sides." Farkle realized.
"So do you think that you're falling out of love with Smackle?" Maya wondered.
"Possibly I just don't know…" Farkle stated. "I'm really confused at this point and I don't know what to do now."
"Hey you don't need to rush into anything. Nobody's forcing you to give an answer right away. Maybe some time and space to think about what you really want is what you need." Maya suggested.
"I guess so." Farkle nodded. "Thanks Maya your actually a really good listener."
"Although I'm going to hate saying this in the future, you mean a lot to me Farklestein. I just want you to be happy." Maya smiled placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Now what do you say we go grab a couple of latte's?"
"As long as it's vanilla bean I'm OK with it." Farkle laughed.
"Ugh I hate vanilla." Maya moaned.
Meanwhile back up on the roof, Lucas wrapped his arms around Riley's waist. The both of them were on the edge of the roof of the apartment just looking at the beautiful New York City skyline. The top of the Empire State Building was illuminated in a bright orange to signify the special holiday.
"So how was Thanksgiving with my family?" Riley asked turning around so she can face Lucas.
"It was surprisingly good. Your family's a lot of fun and now that we're over the whole phase with your dad despising me, I can actually enjoy it. By the way, I'm never getting my shoes back am I?" Lucas teased.
"Nope I actually like them there." Riley laughed.
"I'm surprised I haven't run out of shoes yet." Lucas laughed.
The both of them entered into a comfortable silence as Riley united their hands, she smiled as their hands fit perfectly together. His hands weren't too big, and her hands weren't too small they were absolutely perfect. Lucas had to laugh when he looked down to see both of their hands fit perfectly together.
"What?" Riley giggled.
"Our hands. It's like they were made for each other." Lucas laughed.
"I think that's a good thing. I think it's the universe's way of telling the both of us that this is it. We've found our soul mate." Riley smiled.
"Took us a while to get there though." Lucas smiled brushing the hair away from Riley's face and placing it gently behind her ear.
"But we made it. We proved that true love does stand a chance just as long as you wait patiently." Riley smiled.
"But I'm glad we waited." Lucas smiled.
"You are? I would have thought you would have wanted us to be together quickly." Riley said confused as the both of them sat down on the staircase leading inside the apartment complex.
"I did." Lucas nodded.
"Then what changed?" Riley asked.
"The talk I had with your dad." Lucas admitted.
"You mean the one the both of you had when you were locked inside the janitor closet?" Riley inquired.
"Yeah that's the one." Lucas replied. "He helped me see that me and you would get together eventually and that letting our relationship as friends grow stronger, would simply make our dating relationship stronger than any other relationship out there. He helped me see that starting off as friends, and then morphing into something more is what shapes the best relationships in today's society."
"He was right about that." Riley responded as she kissed Lucas' cheek "You know out of all of the things that I'm Thankful for this year, our relationship is definitely one of them."
"Yeah me too…And I absolutely can't wait to see how our relationship will grow as time goes on." Lucas replied.
"Me neither." Riley leaned in closer to Lucas as he held her tighter in his arms. "We have quite the journey ahead don't we?" Riley replied.
"We sure do. So where do you think we're going to go next Riles?" Lucas wondered.
"With you…I would go anywhere." Riley replied as Lucas placed another kiss on her lips.
Back inside the Matthews household, all of the party goers were scattered around and happily chatting. Jack was in the corner of the kitchen chatting with Cory about his life raising a teenage daughter. He still couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that one of his oldest friends was now raising a teenager.
"Hey Jack." Rachael said approaching him.
"Hey…How you enjoying the party?" Jack asked.
"I've been enjoying it. It was so nice to finally see everyone together again." Rachael replied. "In fact that's what I came to see you about I know we still have some unresolved issues between us."
"Yeah we do." Jack nodded. "Why don't we step outside for a bit?"
Jack and Rachael both put their glasses of wine down on the kitchen counter as the both of them nervously made their way outside of the apartment to the hallway.
"Look I know the both of us ended our relationship in a pretty bad way. And for that, I truly am sorry." Rachael said.
"Why did you do it Rachael? Why did you end it?" Jack asked the question he had been asking himself for more than a decade.
"Because I felt that I wasn't ready at that time to be in a relationship." Rachael said grabbing a hold of Jack's hand. "But time has shown me that breaking up with you was probably one of the worst decisions I've made in my whole life."
"You didn't have to make that choice Rachael. You could have trusted the fact that I would never do anything to ruin our relationship. Because most long distance relationships don't work that's true. But the truth of the matter is, I was willing to give it a shot and you weren't." Jack sighed.
"Jack we were young back then. I didn't know if we would still be together." Rachael explained.
"So you decided to push me out of your life just for the sake of your own happiness?" Jack asked.
"I was passionate about my work Jack. It was always my passion to help out the people in need."
"But what if I needed you more? Rachael you abandoned me at a point in my life where I thought that nothing would work out for me. And the breakup, that was sort of the tip of the iceberg." Jack commented.
"Jack I'm so sorry if I hurt you I never meant to. But you need to understand that it was something that I needed to do for myself. I needed to grow as a person. And that meant cutting ties with you temporarily. Because I wanted to find out who I was, what I wanted to do with my life, where I was going next… I wanted to figure it out on my own." Rachael explained. "And through these past years, I've learned so much about myself. I've been to places I've always wanted to go, seen things I've always wanted to see, do things I've always dreamed of achieving. And I loved every single minute of it." Rachael confessed.
"I'm glad that you found yourself." Jack smiled.
"And I've done tons of soul searching too and asking myself if I would ever be ready to fully commit to a relationship in the future. And the answer surprised me."
"And what was the answer?" Jack inquired.
"Yes…But Jack not with you…" Rachael confessed.
"Really?" Jack asked shocked.
"Yes. Jack, we had something great going on when we were together and at the time I thought for sure that it would be the both of us together. But over time, I've learnt that there's always been somebody else." Rachael sighed.
"Do I know this person?" Jack asked.
"You do…" Rachael replied. "He's one of your closest friends."
"Eric?" Jack asked.
"Yeah…" Rachael nodded. "I didn't realize it until recently that he seemed like the right person. Even though he may not be the sharpest tool in the tool box he and I share a lot of the same values. Like fighting for what's right in this world, and giving children the education and care they deserve." Rachael explained.
"He's grown up a lot since we've last seen him hasn't he?" Jack joked.
"Yeah he has." Rachel smiled. "So are we good?"
"Yeah no hard feelings whatsoever." Jack smiled. "Now go get him."
"Thank you for being so understanding." Rachael smiled as she walked back into the apartment.
Jack smiled as he saw Rachael walk back into the apartment. He had finally gotten the closure that he had been longing for. Jack knew that there was going to be someone else out there for him. And that closure, was the final key to unlock his heart once again. He was ready to find the one. He didn't care how long it took, just as long as he was happy.
Back inside the apartment Rachael had made her way over to Eric who was casually talking to Maya. Eric looked up and had to smile when he saw who was walking over to him.
"Hey Eric mind if we chat for a bit?" Rachael asked.
"Sure have a seat beside Mohesha." Eric stated.
"Your never going to get it right…" Maya sighed getting up and helping herself to another serving of apple pie.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Eric asked curiously.
"I wanted to talk about us actually." Rachael replied.
"What about us? Is there even an us?" Eric asked confused.
"Your still as clueless as you were ten years ago aren't you?" Rachael laughed.
"I don't think there's anything in here…" Eric laughed knocking on his head. "Yep feels empty to me."
"Eric…" Rachael laughed. "I want us to try again…See how things work out…" Rachael explained.
"Wow…Really I would have thought you would have ended up with Jack…" Eric said surprised.
"That's what I thought too." Rachael laughed. "But I guess some things tend to change. And sometimes change is good." Rachael responded giving Eric a hug. "I've missed you."
"Me too…" Eric replied wrapping his arms around her. "But I don't know if I'm ready for us to be a thing again. I mean I'm a Senator now, and my busy schedule might get in the way, and then there's the fact that you are actually my one and only meaningful relationship…" Eric was cut off mid sentence when Rachael placed her lips on his.
"You were talking way too much." Rachael laughed.
"Well that clears everything up." Eric laughed.
Riley and Lucas were walking back to the Matthew's apartment hand in hand. The both of them had a great time away from the party, just enjoying each others company at the bakery down the street from the apartment complex. As the both of them were about to cross the street they saw Farkle sitting on a bench in the middle of Central Park just holding a half full frozen yogurt container.
"Farkle what are you doing out here?" Lucas asked confused.
"I come here to think a lot. You know with the view of the moon and the stars it sort of helps me think." Farkle replied.
"What are you thinking about?" Riley asked as her and Lucas sat next to their intelligent friend.
"Well first off I need to apologize to the both of you. It wasn't fair for me to be jealous of your relationship. The entire reason why I was jealous about it was probably because I wanted my relationship with Heather to be like that." Farkle replied.
"Farkle you've been seeing her for over a month now aren't you to happy together?" Riley asked.
"I thought we were. But it turns out we both want different things in our lives and as time goes on, we're continuously falling further and further apart." Farkle explained.
"I'm sorry Farkle…That must feel horrible." Lucas replied.
"Yeah it sort of does. Now that I think about it, I keep asking myself if I did the right thing and let myself fall really fast for Heather." Farkle said.
"Look maybe you did rush into things but you shouldn't regret your relationship with Heather Farkle you guys had a great relationship when it started. Yeah you guys have lost touch, but you shouldn't let that burden the relationship that you share as friends." Lucas pointed out.
"He has a point." Riley nodded.
"But what do I do now? I don't want to hurt Heather's feelings but I also don't want to be lying to myself and her." Farkle commented.
"Then I think you should come clean. For both of your sakes." Riley responded.
"You think that it will actually work?" Farkle asked. "I mean do you think that me and Heather's relationship still be the same if we break up?"
"Maybe it will and maybe it won't but you won't ever find out unless you do it." Riley commented.
"Thanks you two." Farkle smiled.
"For what?" Riley asked.
"For being there for me. Since we're on the topic of Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for having friends like you two who are always willing to listen to my problems. I'm lucky to have the both of you in my life." Farkle smiled.
"Well we're really lucky to have you in our lives too." Lucas pointed out.
"So do you think you have it in you to break up with Heather?" Riley asked.
"Not yet…But hopefully soon. But when I do gain that courage will the both of you be there to help me?" Farkle asked.
"Of course we will…" Riley nodded.
Farkle smiled as he wrapped his arms around his two best friends as the three of them walked off arms linked together off into the direction of the Matthew's apartment. Farkle didn't know what was going to happen next, but he was glad he had such great friends that he knew would always help him through life's various obstacles.
TO BE CONTINUED…
NEXT ON GIRL MEETS HIGH SCHOOL SEASON 1:
GIRL MEETS BIRTHDAYS- ON DECEMBER 8TH IT'S A DOUBLE BIRTHDAY!
IT'S RILEY AND LUCAS' BIRTHDAYS AND IT'S THEIR FIRST TIME CELEBRATING IT AS A COUPLE.
FARKLE AND SMACKLE NEED TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE REALITY OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS.