Girl Meets World | AU

S1 E8- Girl Meets Jealousy

*later that day, in Riley's room*

Stuck. I'm stuck.
"Why do I have to be a part of your campaign to befriend every little woodland creature?" I ask
"Which woodland creature am I in your mind?"
"You're like a little gopher... chipmunk combo deal"
"Maya, Smackle needs our help"
"Yes. I need you to teach me the equation for beauty"
"Why?"
"Smackle loves Farkle" How? Ew
"Why?"
"But he prefers you both to me because you're both aesthetically pleasing. I, on the other hand, am less aesthetically pleasing, but am superior in every other area" Sure, of course. I don't have enough brain cells to her, am I right?
"Okay, so you want us to make you beautiful?"
"Yes, but I don't expect you to be able to change a trillion years of evolution in five seconds"
"Let me know when it's four seconds" I count to four
"Go!"  we do her makeover in no time
"I'm... pretty?"
"You're the hottest little gopher-chipmunk in the whole forest" I reply
"My outward appearance now seems to represent the current trends agreeable to the general populace"
"Then why are you still talking like you don't know what you look like?"
"Ah, my speech. That's an easy fix"
"I don't think so"
"Awesome, like, giggle, question, omigosh"
"Do you wanna lay that out again for us normals?"
"Observations reveal that if I merely insert "awesome," "like," "omigosh," and giggle at everything like it's a question, I will assimilate into the general teenage population" I'm just mind blown right now
"It's not that easy, Smackle"
"E=mc2" for being a smart girl she sure hasn't understood that we don't understand her nerdy language yet
"What did you do that for?"
"Like "E" totally equals M.C.Squared!Omigosh, awesome!"
"E=mc2" I repeat in an attempt to understand, still nothing.

*the next day at school*

Why am I still stuck?
"Wear the glasses Maya!"
"No way!" Riley forced me to put them on and enter the debate team classroom
"Maya, why are you wearing glasses?" Ranger Rick is here?! Why?! This is so embarrassing!
"They're Smackle's. I'm just holding them for her... on my face"
"We want to see if people will treat Maya differently now that she looks smart"  one of the guys tries to talk to me
"Hello, Suddenly-Approachable-Woman. What's your prescription? Mine's 20/800. I can basically only hear you"
"I don't have a prescription. Although I must say, you guys are looking a lot less blurry"
"That's the nicest thing any girl's ever said to us" Yup, no way. I take them off
"I liked you better blurry"
"That's the second nicest thing a girl's ever said to us"
"I think you look nice any way you are, Maya" I blush, I've never been complimented by the cowboy...okay Maya, no! Keep it cool!
"I agree with Lucas"
"Thanks. You wanna go out with us?"
"Out like "out on a date"?"
"Aw, no. Out like out there with me and Riley because there's someone else we want to introduce you to"
"Yep. We think you'll really like her"
"I have a very specific taste in girls. Is she one?"
"Uh-huh"
"That'll do it!"
"Great!" we take him and Lucas to Ms. Svorski's bakery.
"Presenting your date from the modeling runways of Paris, France..."
"The new face of Geek Chic...Isadora Smackle!"  She enters modeling her new look
"Wow. You made her over?"
"You know, just us girls playing with our hair and clothes"
"Are you finally intrigued by me, Farkle?"
"I'm intrigued that my friends don't realize that you are an evil genius" What? Where we both fooled?
"But a pretty evil genius, don't you think?"
"This is debate preparation, isn't it?"
"What?"
"The next debate is "Is beauty only skin deep?" Smackle doesn't want to be like you guys. Smackle only wants to win. You ladies have been played"
"Is this true, Smackle?"
"Affirmative" this is why I never help out strangers, this is why I don't mind anyone else's business. This is why I don't trust anybody!
"Riley, do I please have your permission to mess her up now?"
"Negative" I murder wasn't considered a crime she'd be dead by now
"Smackle, did you assume this outward change in your appearance would not affect your inner self?"
"Of course, it won't. I am Smackle. But look, four red nails and one blue one. I don't know why. That said, how could any outward change possibly affect the inner Smackle?"
"Hi, guys. Wow, Smackle, you look great" Seriously? It got me months for him to say something nice to me but only a makeover for Smakle? Are we serious?
She giggles in response
"Did that just come from me?"
"Smile at her" Farkle commands his friend, who obeys
"Omigosh. Omigosh, I just said "Omigosh." Like, awesome. Question"
"Are you okay, Smackle?"
"I don't understand what's happening to me"
"Why don't you sit next to her, Lucas?" Even though I'm very entertained by this, can we use another guy who isn't Lucas to do this?
"No one that's ever looked like you has ever sat this close. Are you sitting here because you want to be my mate?"
"I'm sitting here because the seat was empty"
"You smell like pine trees"
"Thank you"
"Our feet are touching" I feel my blood boiling up but I try to stay as calm as possible
"You're doing that"
"Hmm, Smackle, would you mind telling me, what is the square root of 36?"
"Who cares?"
"Excellent. Lucas is on our debate team. Will that be a distraction to you?"
"Should be, yeah" stop.looking.at.him.like.that.
"Good. Let's go. We've got a debate to prepare for" both of the boys leave thankfully. I was about to explode
"What have you done to me? I'm broken. I'm pretty. I'm confused"
"We can put you back" Nope, I ain't doing it sis.
"Oh, I'm not goin' back! I'm not that confused"
"Okay then" Riley and I head home as well, knowing that we have some problems to fix. In fact, when we enter her room we see Farkle and Auggie talking
"Farkle, do you have an appointment?" I ask
"No, I'm a walk-in"
"I'm sorry, Farkle. Feel free to read one of our waiting room magazines. We're jammed" he sits on the bed, next to Ms Matthews while reading a magazin
"I want to be with Ava until I die" Woah, strong declaration for a five-year old
"She doesn't feel the same way?"
"She's vague, man. She's messin' with my mind"
"But it doesn't matter what she says, it matters what she does"
"Did she actually break up with you?" I inquire
"No" his mother joins
"What? Wait a minute. Auggie, I assumed you guys broke up"
"Oh, Mom. You should never assume. Didn't Dad teach you that?"
"Yeah, don't you get the home versions of these lessons? You're married to the guy"
"Of course, I do. There's just so many of them. Oh no, I married Feeny" who on Erath is Me. Feeny?
"So, how is Ava messin' with you?"
"She says we might not be together forever. But she also says we might"
"So you still have a girlfriend"
"And I let you eat cake and whipped cream!" What?! I wanted whipped cream!
"Hmm, so I had a pretty good day!" she picks him up and they go away
"What's up?" I ask Farkle
"I'm tortured"
"What about?"
"Smackle's not gonna be at her best at the debate"
"Why not?"
"Because you made her better. Except you didn't"
"You want us to change her back?"
"If we do, Farkle, you'll lose the debate"
"I only want to beat her when she's really her. She's the best arch-nemesis I could ever have" I continue
"Otherwise, if you beat her, it doesn't count"
"You're pretty smart, Maya"
"Even without glasses? " he nods in response
"That's what I've been telling you" Elliot adds as he walks in along with Mr. Matthews
"Since when do you two speak? And why have you been so close lately?"
"Yeah, why" Ms. Matthews asks as well. I'm screwed
"Wait" she smells his son
"You've been smelling like a girl for a couple of months now...Maya, come here" I look at Riley, who is smiling
"The truth always comes out" she sings
"Maya?" I slowly stand up and walk over her, who smells my hair
"She smells like a boy!"
"What is happening here?" What do I say?
"Have you two been spending time together?"
"Is this why you're always out Elliot?"
"You two are dating!" Topanga yells in realization. I panic.
"It was nice seeing ya!" I shout before running out to the bay window. Unfortunately Ms. Matthews grabs one of my boots in an attempt to stop me but it slips off so I walk home with only one boot, awesome.

*the next day, at the debate*

Smakle walks in, she's still wearing her fashion clothes, guess she decided to stay that way
"You promised you'd change her back" Farkle whispers to us
"We tried"
"She wouldn't go for it" I say before we take our seats
"The nation of Troy was charmed by a beautiful wooden horse. They neglected to consider what was inside. And they lost everything because of outer beauty. Don't be fooled by a pretty wrapper. I mean, who keeps the wrapping paper?" Riley raises her hand
"I wear ribbons!"
"Okay. And our concluding statement will be made by Lucas Friar"
"Maya-" Elliot tries to talk to me but I shush him, I really don't want to talk about the elegant in the room
"Listen I-" I shush him again and look at Lucas
"At least don't make it that obvious that you have a crush on him" he says in disappointment before walking away, how did he notice?
"There can be absolutely no debate that the quest for outer beauty at the expense of one's inner self is a road to personal destruction. People make assumptions. I've been labeled a jock and a cowboy, and this is from my friends. But here's a little secret; I like school and I do pretty well. You might look at me and assume baseball player. I look at me and I know I'd better get good grades, because what's on the inside has to be more important than what's on the outside to get into a good college and into a good life. Because beauty is not skin deep. Thank you" we all clap, that was beautiful, deep, awesome. Time for Smakle, she takes the mic
"Omigosh, I'm so totally unprepared and scared. Maybe that's what you would assume I would say, considering the effort I put into my appearance. I'm here to argue today that beauty actually is skin deep. So I've done some research and I've learned... that it is. When you get compliments from people who don't ordinarily compliment you, when people look at you differently, packaging does matter. I wasn't pretty, then I was. This is a world where "pretty" seems better somehow. Which is too bad, but it's not debatable. However, I also learned that if you get swept up by what you are on the outside you can lose who you are on the inside. Even though it is easy to be fooled by the beauty of a Trojan horse, its real power comes from the army within-- intelligence, compassion, integrity, courage. That army is the real you, no matter what you look like. So even though beauty may be skin deep, beauty is nowhere near as important as the army inside. And I'll try not to forget that" she puts on her glasses
"Well, look at all of you. You're all very deeply beautiful. Especially you, Farkle. Thank you" well, she beat them again.
"Thank you for taking me in. I hope we can be friends" I reply to her
"Cool. We've got a lot to learn from each other" Riley gives her a hug and then takes one of her ribbons to place it on Smackle's dress.
"I continue to not understand anything" I giggle
"That's what's so beautiful about you"