Hi everybody! :D I'd like to clear a few things up from the last chapter… Sorry for the spelling mistakes, first of all…

Second, I made Cory the gym teacher as well as the history teacher, which you'll see in the near future. For those who recall BMW, Cory was playing some pretend basketball with Topanga. The laundry basket, anyone? Haha, originally the movie I based this story off of includes the blind main character going out for wrestling. Even though Lucas is strong, I don't see him wanting to wrestle *sorry*. I figured some of you were confused that Matthews was a gym coach lol.

BTW! In the DCOM "Going to the Mat", the love interest is actually the daughter of the wrestling coach! Which makes it another reason why I had to make Cory the basketball coach and Riley the love interest ;)

I changed the rating because of the technical terms of surgery and maybe in the future I'll touch more sensitive subjects.

KillEmWithKindness02: Aw I'm glad to hear that! I tried to put myself in Lucas' shoes because I'm not blind personally but it's fun to be someone else. Hope you enjoy this chapter!

Discursus: I hated writing Charlie's dialogue cause' it made me punch the laptop screen. Farkle is a sweetheart! Enjoy his relationship with Lucas because it will develop through the chapters.

Violet1429: I know, it'll be weird! ;P But Cory as both a gym teacher and history teacher will leave a mark on Lucas.

Daghley: YAY I LOVE THAT YOU LOVED IT

HotXbun: Questions are answered here haha

Guest: Thanks so much! I love that you love the story and here's the update. Thanks for pushing me to update! :) :*

DISCLAIMER: I donut own anything you're familiar with except the sequence and personal *touches*, haha.

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Riley laughed. "Hey Lucas! How's basketball?" She smoothed her denim skirt and adjusted her floral top.

Lucas looked more confused than when he entered his Shakespeare class. "It's pretty good but did you just call the teacher your dad?" He pointed at where he assumed Mr. Matthews was.

The gym teacher chuckled. "Come on, Friar. Let's keep the ball dribbling." He patted Friar's back and turned him towards the net. Mr. Matthews then turned to his daughter and noticed her eyes wander to the new student. "You better be looking at the team and not a single player."

The brunette blushed and turned to her dad. "Come on! We're just friends. Although you have to admit, he's really interesting." She looked fixedly on Lucas with admiration. "He can't even see and yet he plays better than most people."

From a distance, Charlie Gardner turned green with envy. Ever since the eighth grade, he had a massive crush on Riley Matthews. In her eyes, he was a huge creep and a jerk. He gawked every time she was near and checked her out constantly. Riley felt quite uncomfortable with his stare, creating an awkward tension every time they had a conversation. "Come on, Friar. Hit me with your best shot."

Riley rolled her eyes as her pesty admirer provoked her new friend. "You got this, Lucas! You can make the shot!" She encouraged him as he ran quickly from one side of the court to the other.

The Texas teen felt his heart race when Riley cheered. As soon as he heard Farkle say, "Shoot straight!" he threw the basketball to the net. Nothing but net.

"You're awesome, dude!" Zay shuffled Lucas' hair playfully. "You're coming with me to join the team."

"Alright, Lucas. We got to go change because we have art next." Farkle indicated Lucas where the showers were and soon enough, they continued with their schedule.

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"Ranger Rick plays well? I'm surprised." Maya looked impressed while Riley ranted about how good Lucas was at basketball.

"It was amazing! He can't see and yet when it comes to sound… he has a bionic sense!" Riley raked her hair to the side. She smiled at the books in her arms. Ironically, the first textbook in the stack was Shakespeare.

Maya smirked and put her hand on Riley's shoulder. "You're beaming, sweetie! This boy has you in his hands."

Matthews shook her head. "We're just friends. But I think I've fallen in love!" She sighed dreamingly.

"You mean fallen in like. You just met him." Maya Hart was very concerned for her best friend. "You don't know him entirely."

"I know but I have a sixth sense when it comes to people, Peaches. It looks like he has a good heart." Riley kept walking towards her locker. Opening the metal door, everyone could see pictures of the three pals embracing each other. "He needs good friends to help him. Remember 'people change people'?"

"Secret of life," Maya replied. Her head kept denying the possibility Lucas was a good kid but she admitted, "Maybe he's not so bad after all."

"Yay!" Riley slammed her locker door shut and flew into Maya's embrace.

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"Now that we're buddies, I finally have a guy to join me with our study sessions. Would you want to go to Topanga's after school?" Farkle walked Lucas to his new locker. Inserting his combination, he helped Lucas put in his gym clothes and some of his textbooks.

"What's Topanga's?" Lucas furrowed his eyebrows. "I'd have to ask my dad but I think I could go."

"Topanga's is a small cafe-bakery type of place. Riley, Maya and I always go there to do homework."

"Sure! I'll call my dad right now." Lucas reached in his pocket and took out a phone from the past.

Farkle chuckled. "What's with your phone? You don't like iPhone's?"

Lucas shook his head furiously. "I do! I've heard they're really advanced but I can't use it. Plus, they don't have speed dial like the old phones do. Since I can't see anything, I just memorize the speed dial buttons." He pressed on what Farkle saw was number 5.

The phone rang.

"Hi, sir! I quickly wanted to ask you if I could go study with a few friends?" On the other line Lucas heard construction work and car honks.

"Sure, son. I'm glad you made friends on the first day. Tell me the address later."

"Thanks, dad! Bye!" Lucas grinned. "I can go!"

Farkle smiled. "That's good." The genius began to grow fond of Lucas. Although at first he seemed arrogant, he proved himself to be more than a pretty face. Behind the disability was a man like any other. "Let's go meet the rest outside."

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The interior design of Topanga's was admirable. There was an immense bookcase in the back with novels, dictionaries, thesaurus, and articles. Curtains hung at the windows and a couple of couches were at the front.

"Welcome to our hang out. Sit right here." Maya pulled Lucas and sat him down next to Farkle.

Riley left her book bag on her seat. "I'll be right back guys. I'm going to ask my mom to bring us some snacks."

Maya sat next to Lucas and Farkle. She began to interrogate Friar. "So, have you ever been in prison? Do you do any bad things?" The blonde beauty narrowed her eyes. "Why did you move to the city? Are you running away from the sheriffs of your town?"

Lucas scoffed. "What are you? A mother? No, I haven't been in prison. I moved to the city to have eye surgery so I could see again. I don't know when the surgery is going to happen."

Farkle looked interested. "I didn't know you came to have your vision cured! New York has one of the best surgeons in the country."

"How is that even possible? I thought blindness couldn't be cured?" Maya crossed her arms in disapproval.

"Actually in 15 minutes, give or take, a surgeon can give me my vision back. The explanation is kind of unsettling, but they make a tiny incision on the white part of the eye and extract the cloudy lens that makes me blind. They put in a new, synthetic lens. Afterwards I can see again!"

The genius' mouth dropped. "Wow, you explained that really well!"

Hart scoffed. "Whatever. That's good. You'll see me rolling my eyes at you." She returned to her original seat next to Riley. "I'm still watching you."

Lucas laughed. "Then I guess I'll be seeing you watching me." He smirked as he teased the short-stack.

Maya replied frustratingly, "I can't get to you." She searched for her best friend. "Riley, hurry before I tackle Ranger Rick!"

Riley ran back to her place with her mother walking behind. "I'm here! Is everyone okay?!" She grabbed Maya's shoulder. "What did you do?"

The group of friends laughed. "We're alright," responded Farkle.

"I see you three have a new friend! I'm Topanga, what's your name?" Topanga Matthews smiled and stuck her hand out for Lucas to shake. "I'm Riley's mom."

Lucas searched for Topanga's hand to shake. "Nice to meet you! I suppose this place is yours?" He smiled politely at the woman.

"Yes! What a wonderful young man. And you have lovely green eyes."

Farkle, Maya and Riley panicked. They hadn't explained to Topanga that the new teen couldn't see. Without saying a word, they began to make signs that Lucas wasn't aware of. From a stranger's view, it was hilarious to see Riley point at her eyes, Maya crossing her hands in an 'X' formation and Farkle shaking his hands.

"Guys, I can sense you guys moving your hands everywhere. I'm not stupid." Lucas breathed in and sighed. "Mrs. Matthews I'm blind. But thank you for your compliment."

Topanga covered her mouth. "I'm so sorry. Feel free to walk around as you please. I'll be looking out for you." She scurried off and left the group of friends in an awkward silence.

"I'm sorry, Lucas. We shouldn't have been sneaky trying to make signals." Riley apologized sincerely. "I hope we didn't hurt your feelings."

Friar smiled. "Thank you. I'm okay talking about my blindness. I just hate when people treat me like I'm dumb just because I can't see." He searched for Riley's shoulder. "You guys have been nothing but nice to me so thanks to all of you."

Maya frowned. "Sorry." She realized she was being too overprotective of Riley. "Let's get on with the homework!"

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"I'm so glad I finished that Calculus homework! I don't think I would've finished it by myself!" Riley grinned. "Thanks, Farkle!"

"Alright, don't make us Pre-Calc students feel stupid." Maya rolled her eyes playfully and rested her head on Riley's shoulder. "I'm exhausted."

The brunette smiled. "You should head home. I have to close the shop with my mom but you guys can rest."

Farkle excitedly stood up. "I'll walk Maya home! Would you like to, my beautiful wife?" He held out his hand.

"Sure." Maya looped her arm through Farkle's arm. "You're buying me something since I'm your wife."

"Anything!" Minus grinned and walked out with his friend.

Immediately after they left, Lucas began to laugh. "I see them together." He shoved his notebooks inside his bag. "My dad's going to be a bit late. He got held up by the traffic."

"It's alright! I have to wait too so you'll keep me company." Riley shyly said as she put her things away. "You want me to bring you a cup of hot chocolate or something?"

"No, I'm fine. Thanks for the offer though." Lucas looked at his hands. He had the urge to talk with Riley, but he was afraid he was going to make a bad impression.

"How have you enjoyed your first day so far?" Riley hoped he had a great day. She wanted him to be happy. She liked seeing him smile.

"At first I thought it was a disaster," he paused. "When I talked to you, it went better. Thanks to Farkle I felt normal." He raised his head towards Riley. "Thanks to you I felt like myself."

Riley blushed. "It's no problem. You'll be great in Abigail Adams. My dad really wants you to join the basketball team." She laughed, "You shoot some pretty mean hoops."

The two of them enjoyed talking about basketball, stories and music. An hour passed and they were still chattering about things that were important to them. Both of them felt a connection as they listened to each other talk. Occasionally, Topanga stopped whatever she was doing and stared at the pair speaking so passionately.

"No way! You wrote an essay about gender equality? I love reading information on that subject. The wage gap between men and women is incredible."

Riley's mouth hung ajar. "Exactly! And we've talked about 'Black Lives Matter' ever since Treyvon Martin died. Those subjects are very important to me."

Around 10 p.m. Topanga interrupted the couple. "It's time to close up, Riles. Lucas, do you need a ride home?"

Just on time, Lucas heard a honk outside. "Thank you, but I think my father is outside." He turned to Riley. "I'm glad we got to talk a lot. I'll see you tomorrow."

They waved each other goodbye and smiled. When Riley saw Lucas left the store, she fell onto the couch. "That was the greatest conversation I've had in my life."