Val Meets Farkle's Choice

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Riley and Maya were doing morning announcements. Val and Annie were sitting in class watching.

"Hewo, I'm Miley Flatshoes and these are your flurning amousenits." Riley said on screen "Today's lunch in the cafamatorium will be hot males."

Maya burst out laughing.

"Yes, please." Annie whispered to her friend, who gently smacked her arm to shut her up.

"Hot tamales...I'm hoping." Cory said to the class with a worried look on his face.

From offscreen they heard Farkle enter "Hello, news lady."

"Carpool." Riley pointed.

"Far-carpool?!" Maya laughed again.

Farkle sat down nest to Riley at the table "And here's your Farkle science moment. The Junior Entomology Society has once again nominated me for a Buggie Award for my research paper on the Orange Dancing Spider."

"Um, no thanks." Val muttered, she hated spiders.

On the TV, Maya said "Congrats, Dr. Farklestein. I hope this is your year."

"Oh, I never win." Farkle sounded dejected.

"Awesome." Maya kept a fake smile on her face "Wish I could go, but I don't wanna and I'm sure tickets are impossible."

"I have two."

"Then I just don't wanna." Maya shook her head.

"Awesome." Farkle mimicked Maya from earlier "Which one of you will be Farkle's choice? I'm telling the world. Farkle must finally choose between his sweet angel whose smile lights the path to goodness or my dark demon who unleashes in me something so terrifying I really wanna know what it is." Farkle moved to stand over Maya.

"Thanks, and I'm not gonna be there when you find out, Carpool." Maya told him.

"And there it is, John Quinciatti." Riley said to the camera making Maya giggle again "Flankle juices bequeen Yama and symelf."

Maya fell out her chair laughing.

"Yama?"

Maya continued laughing from her place on the floor.

Riley and Maya were now back in class after finishing the hilarious morning announcements. Cory stood at the front of the class.

"Who's the greatest ally of the United States?" Cory asked "Farkle?"

"I'd like to help you, Sir, but I got a lot of things on my mind." Farkle shrugged.

"Are you tense, Farkle?" Cory asked nervously "Is it Buggie Award season?"

"Yes, and I know that once I've chosen between Riley and Maya for the dinner, I'll actually be letting the other one go."

"I'll go. I'll go right now." Maya offered.

"I think it will be sad when Farkle doesn't love us both the same." Riley reasoned.

"It'll be more than sad." Val whispered "It'll be a complication."

"What do you mean?" Annie asked quietly "We all knew this day was coming."

"We did, but I don't think Riley did." Val sighed "She wants things to always stay the same and when things change she gets, well, let's be nice and say antsy."

They were pulled out of their whispered conversation by Farkle fake sobbing "Farkle."

"What?" Val groaned and put her head down on her desk.

So who is the greatest ally of the United States?" Cory asked, drawing attention back to the lesson.

"Ask Farkle." Sarah rolled her eyes.

Farkle started to stand up but Val put a hand on his shoulder and stopped him "I got this, buddy. Take a breather."

Farkle nodded and sat back down.

Val stood up "Canada. The answer you're looking for is Canada. You wanna explain why?"

"Look," Farkle said to Riley and Maya, interrupting the class again "I really want one of you at the Buggies with me to pick me up when I loose again to my arch-nemesis Smackle."

Riley snorted "Smackle? What kind of parents name their kid 'Smackle,' Farkle? Oh."

Val groaned and put her head down on her desk again. Her sister's inability to see how things she said would affect people really got on her nerves sometimes.

"It's just interesting that all of our thoughts turn to other allies first when Canada is right next to us." Cory pointed out "Perhaps it's because we know they'll always be there for us that we take them for granted."

"Story of my life." Val hummed.

"Farkle, I'm going to make the ultimate sacrifice and let you go with Riley." Maya said.

"Yeah, well, I'm going to make the ultimate sacrifice and let you go with Maya." Riley retorted.

"I decide! You hear me?" Farkle shouted "This game is Farkle's choice. Prepare to go through the emotional gauntlet of love."

Riley and Maya looked at each other then said in unison "Okay."

Val walked into the house and saw her father sitting at the kitchen table, Auggie on the couch with Ava and some friends, and her mother talking to a blonde woman.

"Judy, I'm so glad you were able to join our little book club. Auggie is such a fan of your daughter Ava." Topanga told the blonde.

"Book club?" Val turned on her heel but Auggie had seen her.

"Val!" He jumped up.

"Auggie, hey, I guess I'm here for book club now, huh?"

"Yes please." Auggie stuck out his lower lip.

"Oh, I can't say no to that face." Val scooped her little brother into a tight hug.

Topanga and Judy walked over, Judy was saying in a ridiculous British accent "Oh, and Auggie is such a lovely little girl as well."

Auggie looked up at Judy, very offended.

"Auggie is a boy." Topanga told Judy.

"Oh." Judy took a closer look at the curly haired child "I've never really looked at her. And who's this?" She gestured at Val.

"This is my oldest daughter, Val."

"Val, is that short for something? Valerie, perhaps?"

"Valencia." Val muttered.

"Ha!" Judy snorted "What a name for a lovely girl."

"Thanks?"

"Okay, everyone," Topanga tried to start the club and distract Val from the inevitable anger that was brewing "I hope we all enjoyed our first book, 'Murray the Marvelous Moose.' So who would like to start?"

"Ava." Judy said immediately.

"Oh, boy." Val and Topanga sighed together.

"Murray Moose discovers his self worth in a world constantly challenging his sense of..." Ava paused and looked at her mother.

"Identity." Judy fake coughed.

"Identity." Ava mimicked her mother, including the cough.

"Mmm. An interesting and I'm sure well-rehearsed interpretation." Topanga fake smiled.

"What are you implying?" Judy asked.

Topanga copied the awful British accent "I'm not implying anything." She went back to her normal voice "I'm saying it right in your face."

Val attempted to diffuse the situation "So, who has a different take? Auggie?"

"I ated one of the pages."

"I'm not with him for his brains." Ava shook her head, Auggie bent over and Ava grinned "Look at that tush."

"Um, ew." Val gagged.

"Ava!" Topanga scolded.

"I'm okay with it, Mom." Auggie gave her and Val a thumbs up.

"All right, Ava, would you like to read an excerpt from the book?" Judy asked.

"One day, Murray the Moose woke up and didn't want to be a moose anymore." Ava read.

"So good. So good. That was really very good." Topanga said quickly "Yes, now Auggie, it's your turn."

Auggie looked up at Topanga "I like it better when you or Val reads to me, Mommy."

"Aren't you a little old for that?" Judy asked snobbishly.

"Am I, Mommy?" Auggie asked.

"No!" Val and Topanga spoke together.

"It's alright, Topanga." Judy leant forward "It's a scientifically proven fact that boys develop at a different pace."

"I'm gonna scientifically put my foot in your face if you don't shut up." Val growled.

"Val." Topanga warned "Go help your father with his juice box."

Val groaned and went over to Cory who was struggling to get the straw into the juice box.

The next day, Val and Annie stood at their lockers. Riley and Maya sat on the bench nearby. Farkle walked up to his locker and opened it.

"So, did you text him last night?" Riley asked.

"No. We agreed not to." Maya shook her head "Farkle's choice, remember? Did you video chat?"

"Absolutely not." Riley defended "We agreed to do nothing to influence him."

"That's the deal." Maya smiled

"Who are you talking about?" Annie asked, confused.

"Farkle, they're talking about Farkle." Val sighed "I told you this would be a complication."

"Ladies." Farkle said, leaning on the bench.'

"Farkle." Riley, Maya, Val, and Annie said in unison.

"Thanks for the text, Maya." Farkle said and Riley pinched Maya's shoulder "I enjoyed the video chat, Riley." Maya pushed Riley off the bench.

"What happened last night on your speed dates?" Val asked "Why are they acting so weird?"

"I'm gonna need some time to myself to make this difficult choice." Farkle told them.

Riley popped her head up from behind the bench "And Maya and I agreed we would do nothing to influence your decision."

"Yeah." Maya opened her locker and pulled out an. enormous spider.

Val shrieked and leapt into Annie's arms. Annie dropped her and Val scrambled away from the arachnid in Maya's hands.

"Lookie what I found." Maya held the spider in front of Riley's face "You forgot to scream."

"Thank you." Riley screamed and ran to hide behind Val.

"An Arizona Blonde Tarantula." Farkle said in awe.

"Well, of course."

"You can't do this, Maya!" Riley shouted from behind Val.

"What I love about this species, it's the perfect mate for-"

"For my Orange Dancing Spider." Farkle finished, taking his own spider out of his locker.

"Yeah."

"This is completely unfair!" Riley called.

"Get them away!" Val shrieked.

"It's okay, hun." Annie sighed "They won't hurt you if you stay over there."

"Look at these two." Farkle pet the spiders legs gently "So vastly different and yet so wonderful together."

"Well, of course." Maya said as the spider she was holding started to crawl over to Farkle's.

"They seem to really-She bit his head off! Oh my heaven! She bit his head off!" Farkle cried.

"Just like our lives are gonna be together." Maya said sweetly.

There was a loud thump and they turned around to see Annie supporting Val who was dizzy and very pale.

"Are you okay?" Farkle asked.

"I think I'm gonna be sick."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"No. Maya is not the only one who likes spiders, okay?" Riley stomped around her sister "I happen to love them too."

"Really?" Maya asked skeptically "Then you would have no problem if I put this spider on your head and you wore it like a hat?"

"A hat, you say?" Riley said nervously.

Maya reached up and placed the spider on Riley's head.

Val shivered in disgust "Oh, my God, ew."

"I know this is out of your comfort zone, Riley. I'm really impressed you would do this for me." Farkle complimented "Yeah, I still can't decide who I'm bringing to the Buggies. You're both still even."

Riley and Maya sighed. Cory walked up two the group with his coffee mug, taking a long slow sip from it.

"Hi, Dad, this spider is laying her eggs in my brain." Riley said, smiling tightly.

"Yeah, okay."

"Once again, ew." Val shuddered.

"Val, come down here and help us act out a book for Auggie's book club!" Topanga's voice rang through the house.

"Coming." Val called back.

She walked down the stairs and saw Judy glaring at her mother.

"Ah, good, Val, You know the part?" Cory asked.

"Every word."

"One day, Murray the Moose said..." Topanga began.

"I'm tired of being a moose." Cory said in his moose voice "I wanna be a porpoise, like you Penelope, and swim in the sea."

Val pretended to be Penelope "But, Murray, do you even know how to swim?"

Cory shook his finger "Let's find out! Sploosh! Oh!" He dove into the carpet "Help me! Help me, Penelope!"

"Okay, I will gather all of my ocean friends." Val grinned "Come on, ocean friends, help save Murray!" She gestured to the kids to jump on Cory.

"And all the ocean friends worked together and saved Murray." Topanga finished as the children dog piled on her husband "And Penelope said..."

"Oh, Murray, we love you for who you are!" Val giggled.

"I love you, Murray!" Auggie shouted.

Ava tossed her book away "Sorry, Mommy. I love you too, Murray!" She joined the dog pile.

"Primitives." Judy sniffed "Look at the time. Ava, let's go." She grabbed her daughter's hand and pulled her towards the door.

Ava pulled back "I like it when Topanga throws me out."

"Excuse me?" Judy gasped.

"Oh, me too." Topanga walked over and picked up the little girl "Wheee!" She set Ava down outside the door "Get out." She said in a scary voice to Judy.

"Slam the door!" Ava ordered.

"Sla-" Judy began but Topanga slammed the door in her face.

"And then Murray decided he wanted to be a penguin." Topanga continued the story.

Cory started to waddle around singing "Doo da, doo da, doo da, doo! Doo da, doo da, doo da, doo!"

"Best book club ever." Auggie hugged his mother and sister.

That night Farkle and Riley sat in the bay window. Farkle was wearing a white tuxedo. Riley was still in her clothes from that day.

"Thanks for coming over right before your big night." Riley smiled "This bay window is very special to me, Farkle, and I enjoy sharing it with people who are special to me. Like you."

"Thank you." Farkle shifted uncomfortably "I feel like I'm sitting on sacred ground. I mean, this is where you and Maya share so many moments together."

Riley sighed "Tee-hee-hee-hee-tee." She fake giggled.

"There's that giggle I love." Farkle grinned "What made you laugh in that weird fake way?"

"Well, I was just picturing you at this diner with Maya. I mean you guys so don't belong together." Riley flipped her hair and batted her eyes, trying to flirt

"You don't think we do?"

"Not at all."

Farkle paused "Do you think we do?"

"I don't know." Riley said, innocently then slid over to sit much closer to the boy "Do you?"

There was a thud at the window and they looked over to see a very angry Maya squishing her face against the glass.

"Ignore that big bird!" Riley shouted.

"My bay window!" Maya called as she tried to open the window.

"Locked! Ha. Locked." Riley laughed.

Maya got an idea. She stood up and walked towards the window next to Riley's. Val's window.

"Oh no." Riley stood up "Excuse me for a moment."

She dashed out of her room and flung open her sister's door. Val stood in a gorgeous white dress that faded to pale blue the closer it got to the bottom.

"Riley!" Val shrieked "Knock next time!"

"Sorry, no time." Riley quickly locked her sister's window, just as Maya reached it.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm locking Maya out." Riley explained.

"Yes, I can see that. But why?" Val rolled her eyes.

"Because I wanna go with Farkle to the Buggies." Riley finally noticed her sister's hair, dress, and makeup "Do you have another party to go to with Annie?"

"No, as a matter of fact." Val unlocked the window "You both better hear this."

Maya crawled in "Thanks."

"I meant to tell you guys." Farkle sighed, coming in through the open door "Val is going to be my date tonight."

"What?" Riley and Maya asked shrilly.

"But, Farkle, you love us, not Val." Maya pointed out.

"That's why it's not a date. I'm his friend and I'm going with him to support him." Val explained.

"But-!"

"Riley, I don't want to be the reason your friendship with Maya falls apart." Farkle told her "I still love you both and now I realize, I can't choose between you. I love you both too much."

"Farkle, can I have a word with them before we go?" Val asked.

"Of course." Farkle left.

"I get that you're both probably furious with me. But think about it this way, Riley, you and Maya still get the same amount of love from Farkle for the rest of your lives because he's not choosing." Val said softly "He's choosing to protect your friendship because he knows how important it is to you. I think you should be grateful to him for that. He cares about you both so much. Just remember that I do too, okay?"

Val slipped on a pair of small heels and walked out of the room.

"Hey, Farkle." She greeted him at the bottom of the stairs.

Farkle wrapped her in a hug "Thank you." He whispered in her ear.

"For what?"

"For defending me to them. I couldn't stand it if they hated me."

"No one could ever hate you, Farkle. You are one of the most caring, sweet, smart, and kind individuals I know."

"Thanks, Val."

"Anytime."

Val and Farkle arrived at the Buggie Awards and took their seats. They were given headbands with antennas on them.

The Announcer began the ceremony "Live from the fabulous Chanticleer Hotel of Weehawken, it's the 67th annual Buggie Awards! And now your host, Miss Jane Lynch!"

"Oh, my God!" Val gasped "I love her!"

Jane Lynch walked on stage to thunderous applause, waving and smiling "Ha ha, the Buggies. Yup, I'll host anything. Oh, look at this crowd. My goodness. Jennifer Lawrence, Leo DiCaprio...Not here. But look who is here, we've got Milton. Hey kid. And of course Smackle!"

"You." Smackle pointed at the tall woman.

"No no, you, lady." Jane chuckled "And where is our perennial hopeful? Oh, there he is. Well, I am hoping this is your year, kid. 'Cause I love ya, Farkle."

"Giant lady." Farkle greeted.

Jane Lynch laughed "Alright. Let's get to our first award of the evening. Here to present the Buggie for best terrarium design, Liam Hemsworth and Anna Kendrick's science teacher!"

The evening went on until "Well, it's been a giggly fun five hours, hasn't it? Before we get to our final Buggie Award for this evening, umm...A tribute to those we've lost this year. Ladies and gentlemen...In memoriam."

Miss Lynch started singing and Val took Farkle's hand as his eyes started to tear up at the pictures of the lost bugs, arachnids, and insects.

"I'm gonna miss 'em." Jane said, as the video and her song ended.

"Okay, we're out. Going to commercial."

Smackle stood up and walked over to Farkle and Val "Farkle."

"Smackle."

"Hi, Smackle." Val waved "Good to see you again."

"You too, Val. Well well, here we are once again. Hope you didn't waste your time writing a speech." Smackle taunted.

"You lack modestly, my arch-nemesis."

"And I see you lack your usual companions, my arch-nemesis." Smackle retorted "Are you finally available? Not that I care."

"How do you know I'm not with Val?" Farkle asked, confused.

"Val texted me to tell me you were just going as friends." Smackle shrugged.

"It looks as though I might be." Farkle said sadly "And I care very much."

Val wrapped an arm around his shoulders "They'll get over it. Trust me."

Smackle sighed "It doesn't have to be like this, Farkle. You and I can rule the world together."

"You and I?" Farkle asked "Smackle, we're both evil geniuses. Science dictates that like forces repel."

"That doesn't mean you can't be together, Farkle." Val pointed out "Love isn't an exact science."

"Oh, my dear arch-nemesis, Val is correct, science does not dictate emotion, not that I have any." Smackle wheedled.

"Your theory intrigues me, Smackle. I've never looked at you in this way. I will do that now." Farkle leaned in close to Smackle's face and she smiled "No, repelled. I shall avert my eyes."

"And we're back in three, two, one..."

Miss Lynch stood up "I will now present the final award of the evening for High Achievement in Research. And our two finalists are, once again, Smackle of Einstein Academy. Hey, who's your date for this evening, Smackle? Is that handsome gentleman your father?"

"He's my Uncle. Daddy said no." Smackle sighed.

"Sure." Jane Lynch nodded "And of course, Farkle from John Quincy Adams. And who, may I ask, Farkle, is the lovely woman you have with you tonight?"

"This is Val Matthews. My best friend." Farkle took Val's hand and smiled "Thanks for coming with me, Val."

"You only had to ask." Val grinned "You are one of my favorite people in the world, I would do anything for you."

"That was heartwarming." Jane Lynch said "Now onto the award presentation. Okay, the National Junior Entomology Society is pleased to present the golden Buggie to...Smackle!"

Farkle looked down, disappointed "Sorry you came all this way just to see me lose again, Val."

"Farkle, you're always a winner in my book."

"You're the best friend a guy could ask for, you know that?"

"Oh, I know. But it doesn't matter, because you're the best friend anyone could ask for."

"Aww." Farkle pulled Val in for a quick hug and she felt the tears pricking the corners of her eyes drop "Don't get soft on me now, Val." Farkle teased.

"I just can't believe how lucky I am to have a best friend like you."

Even though Farkle didn't win the golden Buggie, he realized he had won anyway, because Val would always be on his side.

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