The following morning Riley and Maya tricked Auggie into keeping their father at home for a little while so they could commence their plan. The idea came from the older Matthews' himself, to wear a label stating who you are. Riley was fervently writing the flaws that they claimed they had on their foreheads. Lucas snatched a black marker and turned towards Maya, who was lounging in her chair.

"Maya, could you write my flaw?"

She just stared at him, a question stated in her raised eyebrow.

"Because, I wouldn't want anyone else to do so, Clutterbucket."

Maya only snatched the pen from his much larger hands and uncapped it with a small click. She contemplated writing something funny, but decided against it. Instead she opted to write what she saw and was surprised he trusted her enough to write what she wanted.

"Now mine." The blond passed the pen back although she didn't look at his expression. "Write broken."

Lucas was confused as to why she would think she was broken, but didn't question it as he tilted her head so he could write properly. It took a rather great amount of will power to focus on the writing and not her haunted deep blue eyes.

"There, done."

Before either one of them could say anything Riley ordered everyone to sit in their seats. Billy walked in a few seconds later and was obviously apprehensive being the only one left out of the plan.

"What's going on?" Corey questioned with a smirk as he walked into his classroom.

"Riley made us write on our heads!" The girl who spoke up had Tattletale written on her forehead.

"Riley?" Her father smiled.

"Insecure; it's always mattered more to me what my friends think of me than what I think."

"Maya?"

"When I own it. It doesn't make me feel so bad." The blond smiled softly and Lucas' heart went out to the broken girl sitting in front of him.

"Good. So, before someone can use our own flaws against us. Maybe it would help us to admit that we all have them."

Lucas spun around to face Billy, who in response stood up and went to leave the room. It was as he was passing Lucas that Riley noticed what was written on her crushes forehead. Clearly in Maya's penmanship. Many thoughts ran through her mind, but she dismissed them for now and focused on the situation at hand.

When Farkle raised his bangs to reveal the nothing written underneath Maya subconsciously bit her lip. A habit that the Texas native knew meant something was bother her. Billy now stood in front of the class. Lucas had a hard look in his eyes and was squeezing one of his fists in his other hand to relieve some of the temptation to have another 'talk' with him.

"What made you treat Farkle the way you did?" Maya interrogated the dark-skinned male. However, there was little malice, there was barely any emotion in her words. It was as nonchalant as the way she leaned against the Cowboy's desk.

It was soon discovered why Billy had behaved in such a manner. He was jealous of the smaller boy who could make friends easily and be someone off of a sports field. So, Farkle wrote the flaw on Billy's head. Taking claim for his wrongs and apologizing to the Farkle. Mr. Matthews than explained how true friends can help with each other's flaws, wiping them away. With that he pulled out some wet-wipes and handed one to Riley.

Lucas couldn't help but notice that a genuine smile spread over Maya's lips as the word was erased. He knew that Riley would be the one to save Maya, it was in her nature to fix everything that she saw as wrong in the world. Yet, the teen couldn't help but want himself to be her hero. The one to make her see she wasn't broken. To make her see that she was worth the moon and the stars. He stared at her as she watched Billy erase Farkle's flaw. The look in her eyes gave way that she was ready to protect him at any moment if Billy did something cruel to their friend.

Another smile found its way onto the lips of all Farkle's friends as they watched him do the Handshake of Awesomeness with his, hopefully, former bully. Even Corey was smiling sweetly at the scene before him. Lucas stood and walked to their teacher. He gave a quick glance at Maya, who was watching him curiously.

"Mr. Matthews?"

"Mr. Perfect."

The boy in question turned back to Maya for a short second; licking his lips he did so to save off a blush. Riley looked at Maya, who was nonchalantly focused on the scene playing out before them. It was clear to her that this was how Maya saw him. He was perfect, Riley knew this. She had developed a crush on him surrounding this concept, especially since he was perfect for her. She wanted her first crush to be her one love just like her parents. Although, she was blinded to the fact that he might not fancy her in the same fashion that she fancies him.

The bell rang shortly after Janitor Harley returned Farkle's turtle-necks and the group of friends went to lunch. However, not before Lucas grabbed Maya's wrist and pulled her into an adjacent hallway. She grabbed her wrist back from him; the contact making her feel things that she shouldn't.

"How can I help you, Sundance?" She smirked while crossing her arms over her chest.

"Well, little Lady, I was wondering why you wrote what you did on my forehead." He used a long finger to point where the word was still scribed; his accent amplified.

"Because, you don't have any flaws. Well, besides your Texas Heritage." She scoffed and rolled her eyes. "And it's how Riley sees you."

"Well, clearly you need to get to know me better, Miss Clutterbucket." Lucas tilted his invisible hat at the small blond.

Maya only made that frustrated sound that comes when she can't argue back with him. She actually did want to get to know him better, she might not ever say that out loud though. The Texan analyzed her expression, which at the moment was rather blank.

"Let's head back to Riley and Farkle." She turned on her heel and walked to the cafeteria.

The following day was graduation, which was rather ridiculous in Maya's opinion since it was their seventh grade year. It was more about the awards than anything else.

"Well, we've given out our award for confidence." Their teacher smiled.

Farkle raised his arms, and his trophy in triumph while his friends smiled. The small boy was back in his turtle-neck and to show their support the rest of the gang was too. Billy wore teal, Farkle, purple, Riley wore orange. Lucas wore a dark blue and Maya, well Lucas thought she rather looked like a highlighter in her yellow sweater, however he also noted that she was pulling it off rather well. Perhaps it was because she was blond.

"Cool."

"Sup?" Maya nodded raising her own trophy in acknowledgment.

"And we've acknowledged our Scholar Athlete."

Lucas turned to Billy with a competitive gleam in his eye.

"Jealous?"

"Yeah, but I'm working on it." Billy grumbled.

"You okay, Riles? I know getting an award was a big deal for you." Maya questioned her best friend.

"I'm okay. Really." However, her voice gave way to the disappointment she felt.

Then, as Corey Matthews tends to do, he surprised everyone with another award. An award that his daughter earned for sticking to what she believed in and helping not just her friends, but the rest of the class with her idea to oppose bullying.

"Maya, how do I act cool about this?"

"You, just be who you are."

Riley stood, throwing her hands in the air while screaming "yay" in a manner that only suited the naive brunet. Maya chuckled at her friend and let her have her moment before pulling her into a hug.

This ends this "episode" and i plan on doing another one, however i would like your input on which one to do next (still not going to do first date yet). The first episode mentioned will be my next episode.

Thank you all for the support. Every favorite, follow, and review makes me want to keep writing. :)