Sorry I haven't updated in forever; Lucas hadn't been really featured in a couple of the later episodes, and then there were giant breaks, so I didn't have much to work with. This, however, is Lucas' thoughts & conversations with Maya that we don't see in Girl Meets First Date. Enjoy!
"Girls have it so easy," Farkle lamented, and I couldn't help but agree, "Yeah, we have to do all the asking."
"They just have to say no," he continued.
"They could say yes," I pointed out to him.
"They could do that?" he sounds shocked and I can't help but to laugh a little. For all his confidence with the ladies in our life, Farkle doesn't have much experience with girls.
"You know what I was always afraid of?" he said suddenly.
"What?" I asked. The little guy always seemed so confident.
"You," he answered honestly.
"How come?" I asked, surprised. I hadn't expected that at all.
"I know we're good friends and all, but I always considered you a bit of a threat," he said, "Just like I know you consider me a bit of a threat."
"Yeah, you keep me up at night," I responded, only half-jokingly. Farkle can be so strange sometimes.
"But now I realize you're actually the solution to my Riley-Maya dilemma," he continue.
"How do you figure?" I asked, legitimately confused.
"I just never asked one of them out because I knew it'd break the heart of the other," Farkle responded. Even though he's being strange, you have to admit that's sweet, albeit in a sort of creepy way.
"What if I ask one of them out?" I proposed.
"Bye, bye I get the other!" he perked up.
"And if I ask the other one out?" I asked, after a moment of hesitation, half hoping he'd ask me if I like Maya and half hoping it'd go over his head.
"Hello, I get the first! How long do you want to do this?" he replied, so I pressed my luck.
"Well there's only two of them," I shrugged.
"So you're gonna ask one of them out?" he asked. He clearly meant Riley, guess it'd gone over his head after all.
I paused, considering my options, "Maybe I will, someday."
I figured Mr. Matthews would never let me date his daughter, and this way I wouldn't have to. A few years from now she'll be over her little crush on me, and, if all goes according to plan, I'll be over Maya too. Hopefully.
"Ranger Rick," she said. Speak of the devil, I thought to myself.
"Hey, Other One," I greeted her. I'm a glutton for punishment, its like I want Farkle to figure it all out.
"You wanna go out with me?" she asked, and I can't believe what I'm hearing.
"What?" I asked, shocked. Of course I want to go out with her, but there's no way she wants to go out with me too! And it would kill Riley.
"You wanna take me to a movie, put our hands in the popcorn at the same time, and see what happens, or what?" she replied. Farkle jumped down to claim a very surprised looking Riley, and pulled her away eagerly.
"What are you pullin' this time, Hart?" I asked, suspiciously.
"God, you should've seen your face," she laughed, "Now I'll give you two options. Either you go out with me and let Farkle claim Riley, or you Cowboy up and ask the poor girl out already. She's going crazy, and it's driving me crazy."
"So you don't want to go out with me," I confirmed.
"Try not to sound so disappointed," she joked, "I just asked you because we all know Riley never will. Plus, someone else might try, namely Missy, and she won't think of it if it goes around that I asked you out. Namely because everyone'll be too confused to do anything else, but still."
"Oh," I said, understanding her master plan, "Got it."
"You're welcome," she smirked, skipping away after out two other friends, and leaving me to figure out what to do.
There was really only one option to end this madness. March over to the Matthews', asked Mr. M for his permission to date Riley, and get shut down. Everyone wins this way. Riley doesn't want to date me, not really. She's like Farkle, she wouldn't know what to do with me if she had me. Farkle doesn't really want me to take one of this girls so he can have the other, he wants both, for forever probably. And Maya will have- achieved her goal of getting me to ask out her best friend? Is that all she wants out of this? To have Riley happy? What about her own happiness? Note to self, figure out what makes Maya happy, I paused before adding, Other than torturing me.
"Really?" I asked, confused. I'd never expected to get Mr. Matthews' blessing. Now there was really only one option for me. I swallowed hard and went for it.
"So," I said to Riley, but she interrupted me with a, "yes."
"Riley," I continued only to be cut short by another, "yes."
"Would you like to go out with me?" I asked, hesitantly.
"Yay," she cheered. I couldn't help but smile; maybe I didn't have feelings for her like that, but obviously I still care about her, she's one of my best friends and it makes me happy to make her happy. Even if it means losing Maya to Farkle, of all people.
I never thought I'd actually get permission to date Riley, so I figured asking her out would make everyone happy without me actually having to date her. Now I have to date her and go on a double date with Farkle and Maya. This was getting way messier than I'd planned on. And now Joshua's here. Great.
Farkle was so nervous for his "date" with Maya, but I tried to explain to him that it was seriously no big deal. These were our best friends, we're always with them, why should tonight be any different? That's what I thought, up until I saw them that is. They looked so gorgeous, both of them, I had to stop and stare. Riley, I knew, would pull out all the stops, but I definitely didn't expect this from Maya and I couldn't help but wish she'd been my date and not Farkle's, even though he is my best buddy.
I pushed that thought out quickly, I needed to live in the moment. This night could be one for the books- first dates with my best friends.
We should remember this night forever, I thought to myself, happy with the way things were going. Happy, that is, until I noticed Riley's Uncle Josh- the guy is everywhere.
I nudged the brunette by my side, and her eyes sparked with concern for the little blonde in front of us.
Maya approached Josh just as the older looking girl walked away. From the point of view of a non-biased third party member with no personal stake in the matter, this girl seemed much better suited for Josh, and I can tell the Matthews boy agrees. He doesn't want Maya, he wants her, but she probably wants her best friend's older brother or something, because things never work out like we want them too.
"Lucas," Riley said, noticing how distracted I was. I couldn't help it, I was concerned for Maya, and I could tell she was too.
"Go be with your best friend, Riley," I said, gently, trying not to seem too happy about the date-avoiding maneuver that'd just presented itself.
"But what about our date?" she asked. Riley can be like that sometimes- I always think its unfair that Maya, who has got a tough exterior, but a heart of gold, would do anything for her best friend, whereas Riley gets all the credit as the nice one and totally has a selfish streak. It's like she forgets sometimes that friendship with Maya is a two-way street. She doesn't need help often, but when she does, Riley should spring to action, like we all know Maya would.
"I had a good time," I replied.
Riley spoke to Maya briefly before Maya sent her flying back into my lap, it's clear she wants to be left alone for a bit.
Riley kissed me and it was short and innocent, like I'd expected it to be. More of a peck, really, Riley wasn't ready for much more than that, anyone could tell. Farkle's apparently not as good as reading signs, as he jumped at the opportunity to kiss a very uneager Maya, who offered him a hand and a compliment on his make-out skills. He's been talking about it ever since, but I'm barely listening; I can't get Maya's disappointed look out of my head.