"Look," Lucas said to the group. He pulled a book off the shelf that had piqued his interest and blew the dust of its cover. "'Tales of Human Interaction.'" It seemed perfect for their assignment.

"We'll take it," Maya said, snatching the book from him to only drop it on a nearby table. "Thanks, quickdraw. Farkle, do whatever you do with that."

"You mean read?" Farkle asked. Maya scowled in his direction. Farkle gulped and opened the book as the rest of the gang moved to sit around him. Riley taking the free spot next to Lucas while Maya had her chair practically on top of Josh, much to his displeasure. "Chapter One..."

"Oh, I'm bored out of my mind," Maya complained. There were other things she could have been doing rather than reading in that moment. In fact, that reminded her of the boy to her right. Immediately, she focused her attention on Josh. "Let's get out of here and go to a movie."

"Shh!" The librarian scolded.

With the unexpected interruption of the librarian, the five of them jumped and screamed in unison.

"Do you rent phones?" Riley implored to the librarian. She had noticed that they had DVDs, CDs, and computers in the library and considered the possibility that maybe they had a phone or two to rent. Riley desperately wanted her phone right now. She thought everything with Lucas would be easier over the phone. They texted quite often.

"Shh!" The librarian repeated.

"There's no one here but us," Josh pointed out. The library was pretty dead when they had walked in. He wondered how it stayed open if no one ever came.

"Why do we have to shush?" Maya questioned the librarian.

"Let me handle this, Maya. She obviously likes it quiet," Farkle said. Farkle was one of those people who believed he was smooth with the ladies. He often made moves on Riley and Maya without much avail. Farkle was equally in love with them despite neither of the girls reciprocating his feelings. "Hello, book lady."

"Well, hello. And who might you be?" The librarian played along.

Farkle, who was impressed that his plan was working, leaned on her desk and introduced himself. "I might be Farkle."

"Would you do me a favor, Farkle?" The librarian asked.

"Oh, you know I will," Farkle said.

Josh had to roll his eyes. He could not believe this was how he was to spend his night. Josh was the only teenager out of the five of them and was stuck with his sister, her crush, her dorky friend, and her best friend. Said best friend had been trying all night long to get herself alone with him, but thanks to Farkle, and Farkle's crush on her, that never happened.

"Why don't you go over there," the librarian began and pointed to another part of the library, "and...Shh!"

Farkle walked away from the librarian with his head hung low. "Well, that's disappointing."

Maya figured that since they were out of luck a little reckless spontaneity, as her dad called it, wouldn't hurt. There was no way they were going to be able to work with that librarian breathing down their necks all night long. She may as well have some fun. Maya grabbed Josh by the front of his shirt and pulled him to the other side of the library with her.

Josh had panic written all over him while Farkle followed behind them with the book. He typically was not threatened by other men who Riley or Maya had interest in but Josh was a wildcard to Farkle. Josh was three years older and Maya was infatuated with him. Farkle decided to tag along with the pair to keep an eye on the two of them. However, as he chased after Maya, he left Riley alone with Lucas.

"So," Riley said to diffuse the awkward tension between them.

"Yeah," Lucas replied.

"Uh-huh," Riley added, not knowing what else to say.

Meanwhile, Maya had, for the moment, successfully gotten herself alone with Josh. She pushed him to sit on top of a table so he was closer to her height. Even at fifteen Josh was tall, much taller than Maya. But out of the two of them, Maya was stronger than the football player. Josh had no clue where she had gotten all that strength from.

"You know Boing," Maya began as she inched closer to him. 'Boing' was the nickname she came up with for Josh when she was five. She had called him that because that's how he made her heart fee. Josh never really cared for the nickname at eight and still didn't care for it seven years later. "We're all alone. It would be a shame if we didn't make the most out of our time here."

Josh rolled his eyes. This wasn't the first time he had been cornered by Maya. And this wasn't the first time he heard that speech.

Out of the corner of his eye he spotted Farkle coming up behind Maya carrying the book on human interaction. He wickedly smiled as a plan formulated in his head. Josh rested his hands on both of her shoulders causing Maya's eyes flutter and her heart to race. She hadn't figured Josh to give in so easily.

"You're right," Josh agreed. Maya could not believe what she was hearing. All these years of chasing him had finally paid off. Joshua Matthews was all hers. Josh stood from the table and led Maya to the spot he had previously sat at. Her eyes were transfixed on Josh to realize that Farkle had arrived with their assignment. "It would be a shame if we didn't make the most out of the night. Which is why Farkle is here to help with the assignment."

At the first mention of Farkle, Maya escaped her Josh induced daze. Farkle had dropped the book on the table beside her and smiled. She looked back at Josh disappointed while Josh was grinning ear to ear. "You're no fun," Maya pouted.

She scooted off the table and sat next to Farkle while Josh hung back and observed them. "This chapter's called 'Disconnect to Connect,'" Farkle said, drawing Maya's attention to the book.

Maya took the book from Farkle and decided to read from it. "'Not until we put down our phones, switch off our computers and look in each other's eyes will we be able to touch each other's hearts.' Yeah, like that's going to work on anybody."

Josh looked behind him and in the direction of his little sister. There he saw Riley and Lucas simply staring at each other with dopey smiles plastered on their faces. He knew his dad said to keep an eye on Riley, but he let her have this moment. After all, with a parent like Cory, these moments may be limited.

"Well looks like it worked on somebody," Josh commented to himself.

"My dad thinks that we have no idea how to talk to each other," Riley said on the opposite side of the room.

"What if he's right?" Lucas posed. Him and Riley rarely held a conversation in person. The most they talked was through text.

"Shh!" The librarian repeated.

"But, we're not saying anything," Lucas protested.

"I know," the librarian replied.

"Then why are you shushing us?" Riley asked, genuinely confused.

"Because I can't take it anymore. You guys are hopeless. Come here," the librarian instructed, gesturing for Riley to walk toward her desk. Riley did as she was told. "Couple of sweet kids like you and you sit there like a couple of lumps. You're a disgrace to every single story on these shelves."

"Okay, so what do I say to him?" Riley asked. Maybe she was a little hopeless, but this was the first guy she ever have feelings for.

"Look around. Nothing here but books about boys and girls and men and women and what they say to each other. Open any one of them and you..." the librarian noticed that Riley had picked up a book from her person collection and stopped the young girl before she had the chance to read it. "No, not that one." Riley picked up another book, but she was stopped again. "Oh, boy, not that one! Look, all these books have one thing in common."

"What's that?"

"You start on page one, and each page you turn brings you deeper into the story. What's your name?"

"Riley."

"What's his name?"

"Lucas."

"You like a good story, Riley? Then start at the beginning."

With a new found surge of confidence and understanding, Riley walked back to Lucas. "Hi," she said.

"Hi," he repeated.

Riley took her seat back down next to him and hoped that maybe she could find her way through this story.

Maya, on the other hand, was not having as much luck as her brunette counterpart. She was still reading from the book. "'Because it's not until you really looked at each other and made a human connection that you can even begin to know each other.'"

"Look in my eyes," Farkle demanded.

Josh almost choked in a fit of laughter. He had known Farkle for years through Riley and Maya and knew the kid was forward but not this forward.

"No," Maya argued.

"Look in my eyes."

"No."

"Look in my eyes."

"No!" Maya buried her face in the book to avoid Farkle's gaze. This was some night she was having.

"I guess the thing I miss most about Texas are the pets I used to have," Lucas admitted to Riley.

"I had a hamster," Riley said.

"I had 24 horses."

"You win. Tell me about them." Riley had taken the librarian's advice and started at page one. So far she liked what she had heard and wanted to know more.

"One day after school, Sofia was foaling."

"That means she was giving birth, right?"

"Not too bad, city girl. And there was no one there, so I called Dr. Galendo and he talked me through it. Anyway, that was all." Lucas was impressed with Riley's knowledge and her interest in getting to know him and his life. He hadn't really talked much about his life on the farm since moving to New York. It was nice to talk about home with someone.

"More." Riley was voracious, she didn't want the conversation to end just yet.

"Did you know that a baby horse stands in the first hour after it's born?"

"Really? I'd liked to have been there for that."

"The coolest thing I've ever seen and I was a part of it." Lucas paused. "Riley."

"Lucas."

"I've never told this to anybody before." Even though he had just met Riley not too long ago, he knew he trusted her and there was just something he wanted to get off his chest.

"Yeah?" Riley was nervous. She thought that this could potentially wreck what she had been trying to build with Lucas for the past hour.

"I think someday I might like to be a veterinarian."

"That's cool, too."

"I delivered this beautiful palomino. I'd show you her picture, but, I don't have my phone."

"That's okay. Just keep talking."

"'There is no connection you can make with any screen that compares to the moment you understand only human beings have souls,'" Maya read from the book.

"How was your night, Riley?" Cory asked as Riley and Josh got back from the library. He knew he had no need to worry about his oldest, it was his daughter that scared him. He sent her off alone with boys.

"Thank you, for sending us to the library," Riley smiled.

"Really?" Cory questioned. He expected complaining and whining but not this response. Did his daughter actually like his assignment?

"Yes. Lucas and I did really well on the assignment. I think that we connected," Riley admitted.

Cory's eyes went wide at the thought. "What do you mean connected? What are you talking about? How did you connect?"

"We, talked about stuff that was important to us. Too important to text. Did you know that, when you listen to someone, they'll tell you stuff?"

"Oh, boy." Cory felt an aneurysm coming on and Josh couldn't wait to see the freak out that was about to ensue.

"Friends talk to each other, but, real friends listen. Maya knows how to draw, and I know how to be a real friend. You're a good teacher, dad. You can keep my phone as long as you want." Riley hugged Cory and gave him a kiss on the cheek before heading up to her room for the night.

Topanga stood up from her spot on the ground where she had been coloring with Auggie and moved towards her husband. "Congratulations, Cory," she said.

"What did I do?" Cory asked. He felt he had failed as a father. He had failed to protect his daughter from boys; instead, he had led Riley right into the arms of one.

"You just taught our daughter how to feel," Topanga explained, rubbing Cory's arm. Her little girl was growing up. She had never been more proud.

"I did that?" Cory asked.

"You did."

"I didn't mean to do that."

"Well, you did."

"She has feelings now?"

Topanga nodded her head.

Cory turned to Josh in a frantic state as Josh watched his father crumble into pieces. "What happened? You were supposed to keep an eye on her?" Cory questioned. Josh was supposed to be his eyes and ears and prevent any boys from connecting with Riley.

"I was preoccupied," Josh briefly explained.

"With what?" Cory mused. "What could possibly preoccupy you without your phone?"

"Have you met Maya?" Josh argued. Even if he wanted to spy on his sister, which he didn't, he couldn't as Maya was taking over most of his attention. She wouldn't leave him alone. It wasn't until Farkle would interject himself that he had a moment to breathe.

Cory took a moment to assess the situation. He forgot to account for that little detail. Maya was a wildcard, she would either kill Josh for trying to get in the way of Riley's happiness or too busy trying to convince him to marry her. Either way, Cory knew he needed a new plan.

"We need to push those feelings back," Cory announced to his family.

"We can't do that," Topanga insisted.

"I have a way," Cory said.

"There's no way."

"I have a way."

If taking their phones had gotten him into this mess, Cory figured giving them back would solve everything. It was too bad that Cory didn't realize that, like everything else, Topanga was right and Riley's feelings couldn't be pushed back.