Girl Meets Drabbles Part 52
*Author's Note – This one is dedicated to Its .FromStatefarm, I'm sorry to see you go. Thank you for all the wonderful prompts and praise you've given me. I give you now my version of a twenty-one-gun salute. And as always Enjoy! *
Prompt: From Its .FromStatefarm - Last one, I think: a story involving Cory and/or Topanga and Lucas/Farkle/Zay and/or Maya or any combination of the four.
Cory was enjoying a peaceful afternoon nap on the couch when Topanga came from their bedroom and shook him awake gently.
"Cory, I'm leaving for the bakery. You're on your own for dinner."
"M'kay" Cory muttered in his sleep. Riley was at an away game with the cheerleaders and Auggie was with his grandparents for the weekend which meant that he could do whatever he wanted and right now all he wanted to do was nap. Topanga kissed him on the head before making her way out the door and right as she left Lucas, Farkle and Zay made their way into the Matthew's apartment.
"Mr. Matthews." Farkle called out causing Cory to jump up in surprise.
"You. And you. And you. What are you doing here?" he asked slightly annoyed at the disturbance.
"We need your help sir." Lucas explained.
"Bad." Zay added on.
"It's my day off, I got nothin' for ya. If you wanna talk about school, see me during regular business hours." Cory said standing up and trying to usher the teenagers out of the apartment to no avail.
"It's actually more personal than that." Farkle said.
"We have girl problems." Zay said looking between his two friends then back to Cory.
"And why are you coming to me?"
"Well sir you're in one of the most loving and happy relationships we know. Why wouldn't we come to you." Lucas said trying to stroke Cory's ego. And it worked.
"Well boys, I can't give away all of my secrets but I'm sure somewhere in my vast knowledge and understanding of women surely I can find something to help you." He said sitting back down on the couch and patting the seat next to him.
"Tell ol' Cory all about it."
Zay went first.
"Well Mr. Matthew's sir, Vanessa and I have been together for a while now but the whole long distance is starting to wear us out."
"Yes."
"And … I CAN'T GO BACK TO BEING A LONELY LOSER! I JUST CAN'T! VANESSA!" Zay said shouting to the ceiling with his arms in the air.
"First, calm down nobody likes hysterics, trust me I know. And second I know how hard it can be to be separated from the one you love but it doesn't mean the relationship is over. Tell Vanessa how you're feeling, minus the screaming and crying. I'm sure she misses you just as much as you miss her. A little effort goes a long way."
"Oh bless you." Zay said going in for a hug but Cory just pushed him away.
"Next!" He called out as Lucas replaced Zay on the couch. "Mr. Friar?"
"Well sir I don't what's the matter. The other night Maya and I were hanging out, playing pool at the billiard hall. One minute she's beating me three games to one, the next minute she's running out telling me she has homework to do."
"Which we all know is a lie." Cory said as Lucas nodded.
"And now she won't return my calls or texts, it's like she's completely ignoring me."
"You didn't … say anything to scare her off?"
"No sir, as a matter of fact we barely spoke the whole night. We mostly just played pool and stared at each other." Lucas said shyly.
"How?" Cory asked.
"How what?"
"How were you staring at her, show me with Farkle."
"I don't think…" Lucas began to say.
"I'll do it." Zay said cutting him off and going and standing in front of Lucas.
"Alright come on, stare." Cory said. Lucas let out a huff and tried to recreate in his mind what he did that night. Cory walked around them, examining Lucas' expression.
"I must say you have nice eyelashes for a dude, and have you always had that speck of gold in your eye." Zay commented.
"Okay I'm done." Lucas said stepping away from Zay.
"Well after careful consideration … I got nothing."
"Nothing?" Lucas said.
"Nothing, you look like a regular guy in lo…" and that was when it hit him.
"Sir?"
"Lucas, sometimes at your age what you feel can be overwhelming. Just give Maya time and I'm sure she'll come around. And if she doesn't try talking to her about it, press her just a little. And remember always be honest."
"If you say so, I still have no idea what any of this is about." Lucas said.
"Come on man, I'll buy you a smoothie. We can drown our sorrows." Zay said putting his arm around Lucas' shoulders.
"Thanks Mr. Matthews." Lucas said as he and Zay left the apartment.
"Anytime boys."
Cory sat back down on the couch when he noticed that Farkle had stayed behind.
"Farkle?"
"Sorry, I'm just gonna go."
"Wait Farkle, did you have anything you needed help with?"
"No sir, I just miss Riley. This is the longest we've been apart since getting together, officially."
"You'll make it through. You know it's funny, I always thought I had to be worried about Lucas when it turned out to be you."
"You're right, that is funny. I've known it was going to be me all along." Farkle said with a wink before making his way out the door.
Cory shook his head, that kid really was a genius.
Bonus
Topanga was behind the counter cleaning it off when she saw Maya sneak her head in the doorway before coming in and looking all around.
"Is Lucas here?" she whispered to Topanga.
"No." she whispered back as Maya came and sat down at one of the bar stools.
"Maya, did something happen between you two?" Topanga asked.
"No, it's just... The other night we went on a date to the pool hall and I was kicking his butt and teasing him about it."
"Naturally."
"And then he gave me this look."
"And?"
"And nothing, he just stood there looking at me like …"
"Like you were his whole world?"
"Yeah, it was really intense."
"Are you sure this isn't about more than just a look." Topanga questioned making Maya feel uneasy.
"Maya did I ever tell you the story of the jean jacket?" Topanga said pouring tea for her and Maya.
"The one from the time capsule? Yeah it was the first time you and Mr. Matthews said 'I love you'."
"Yeah but it wasn't so simple. Cory said it first and I felt so overwhelmed I got scared. I thought that at fourteen, who really knew what love was. So I broke up with him."
"Really?"
"The first time of many. But in the end I realized that I didn't want to let fear keep me from someone who made me really happy. See where I'm going with this?"
"Yeah… so how did you know you loved him?" Maya asked as she fiddled with the spoon in her tea.
"Well Cory told me that he knew he loved me because he could always talk to me, always make me laugh, and that he always wanted to take care of me. That's what 'I love you' meant to us then. But as we got older I realized that 'I love you' meant that I couldn't imagine my life without him. How about you Maya, what does 'I love you' mean to you?" Topanga said gesturing to the doorway where Lucas and Zay were coming in. As soon as Lucas walked through the door his eyes met Maya's and he smiled. She smiled back and took a quick glance over her shoulder at Topanga before making her way over to Lucas.
"Hey."
"Hi."
"You wanna go get some pizza?" Maya asked him.
"Sure." Lucas said and as they left Topanga's Maya took Lucas' arm and put it around her shoulders, leaning into his side and lacing their fingers together.
"Everything okay?" He asked her.
"I love you." Maya said to him as they walked catching Lucas by surprise but it didn't take him long to reply with a big grin on his face.
"I love you too."
THE END
