~Vanessa's POV~
Since my dad had to go to work earlier today my mom and I decided to go to the Matthews for breakfast so that is where we are at the moment.
My mom and Topanga were setting the table for breakfast while I was working with my camera Shawn gave me last year when he was here. All of a sudden Cory came in with shaving cream on his face.
"Hey honey, sis, what's for breakfast?" Cory asked them always seeing my mom as a sister.
After Cory said that Auggie came after him with shaving cream on his face as well saying "Hey honey, sis, what's for breakfast?"
I look at my mom and Topanga who share a smile making me smile at them.
"Aw it looks like Auggie is trying to be daddy's little man." Topanga told my mom.
"Yeah, so come over here and give papa a smooch." Auggie said walk to the girls making me set up my camera knowing this will be funny.
"Oh yeah. Come over here and give papa a smooch." Cory said with a smile following his son's actions.
"No I am in the middle of a case I have to be at the courthouse early, and I really can't have shaving cream-" Topanga started begging but Cory and Auggie still kissed her on the cheek as I took a picture thankful it had no flash and noise. "Oh... All over my face."
My mom then starts chuckling at her best friend who had shaving cream on her face but then the boys turn to her with big smiles on their faces and her eyes widen. "No boys don't I have to meet some clients today and I can't be late for thi-" She got cut off by the boys who kissed her cheek as well and I took a picture of that as well.
"Hey guys." I called them over and they look at me "Smile." I told them and the boys give a big smile while my mom and Topanga look at me with wide eyes and were about to say something but go cut off by me taking the picture.
I look at the picture and smile then look at them saying "I'll print them out and give it to you guys." As I said this they all smile nodding.
"Nice job." Auggie told his father as the girls grab a rag to clean their faces.
"Pleasure doing business with you." Cory told him as they shook hands with each other.
The moms and I chuckled at their action as the boys used rags to clean their faces as well just as they were cleaning their faces the buzzer had buzzed.
"Maya." We heard Maya's voice.
"Farkle." We heard Farkle's voice next making me smile a little still cleaning the camera.
Then out of nowhere Riley came out smiling really big which is not unusual for Riley.
"Those are mine and Vee's friends." She said starting to hop. "I love my friends, It's a sunny day. I love a sunny day." She said walking to the buzzer buzzing it. "I love my friends. I love my family. I love a sunny day." Riley said walking to the table where the adults and Auggie are and to go hug Cory. "I even love going to school."
"Okay what's going on with her?" Cory asked my mom and Topanga.
"I don't know." My mom said just as confused.
"Don't do anything." Topanga said as her and my mom nod.
"I'm in a good mood. This life thing, I think I got it down." Riley said starting to snap her fingers for some reason.
Just then Maya and Farkle came into the apartment and Farkle started heading toward me just looking at what I was doing.
"Maya, oatmeal." Topanga said as she held out a bowl of oatmeal in her hands.
"No thank you Mrs. Matthews." Maya told her not wanting to eat oatmeal.
"Oh I wasn't asking." Topanga told her with a smile.
"Yeow." Maya said with wide eyes walking to the table as Farkle went back to close the door.
"Farkle, you too." Topanga told Farkle as he came to stand next to me again.
"Thank you but my mother already made me eggs, home fries, wheat toast, marmalade and a strawberry shaped like star." Farkle said making the Matthews and Maya look at him in shock but not my mom and me since we've had breakfast and dinner there enough times to get used to that.
"I'm going to the Farkle's. Who's with me?!?!" Auggie said standing up from his seat on the table but his mom stopped him.
"Sit down. Eat it please?" Topanga told her son.
"But it's still this." Auggie said not wanting to eat oatmeal.
"Reina come eat please." My mom said to me noticing I was still cleaning my camera.
"No thank you mami I'm not hungry." I told her sending her a small smile before going back to the camera.
In the corner of my eyes I can see my mom looking a little scared and sad since I have eaten since last night and she fears the worse since she still hold mama bear in her.
"Sweetie can you please at least eat something like a peanut butter sandwich and orange juice." My mom suggested wanting me to eat something at least.
"Okay mama." I said putting my camera down heading to the kitchen to grab something to eat not wanting her worry about nothing.
After grabbing my breakfast Farkle comes stand next to me considering there was no room at the table anymore sending me a smile which I returned.
Once everything was settled Cory continued a conversation saying "Hey Auggie guess what. It's googly time."
"No t.v at the table." Topanga said to her husband.
"You're right Topanga. This table is about the discussion of today's event only." Cory said ten looked at his daughter. "Riley."
"I woke up. I love everything. I sat here." Riley said with a smile.
Cory nodded and then looked at me "Little Vee."
I was humming the Pretty Little Liars's theme song so I didn't hear him until Farkle shook my shoulders getting me back to the conversation.
"I'm here next to Farkle wishing I could be a Shadowhunter." I said taking a sip of my orange juice remembering how much I love those books hoping they make the Shadowhunter show go on faster.
My sentence made Cory confused but he shook his head saying "All caught up. Googly Time!" he turned on the t.v.
'Here comes Mr. Googly and his googly foogly friends.'
Auggie got up from his seat at the table and went to turn off the t.v.
"Hey!" We all exclaimed but mine came out mumbled since I still had some of my sandwich in my mouth.
"I'm too old for Mr. Googly." Auggie said going to the living room.
"What?" Topanga and my mom asked in unison since my mom has always thought of Auggie and Riley as her kids as well, actually she is since she and Shawn are their godparents but that's besides let's get back to the conversation.
The moms go follow Auggie to the living room.
"But Auggie, Mr. Googly is your best friend." Cory explains to his son.
"Auggie, I'm your foogly googly best friend." Topanga said as my mom puts googly in front of her face moving it in front of her face.
Auggie looks over to Mr. Googly asking "Can I tell you a secret?"
"Of course." Topanga says in the Googly voice.
"You can tell Mr. Googly all your secrets." My mom tell Auggie in the Googly voice as well.
"I have a new best friend now." Auggie whispers to Mr. Googly.
"Oh really?" My mom asked still in a Mr. Googly voice.
"Who would that be?" Topanga asked her son in Mr. Googly voice as well behind my mom.
"I don't want to tell you who she is." Auggie told Mr. Googly.
"She?" We all asked in shock but mine was mumbled since I was eating a muffin I found.
This is why I try not to eat early I always want extra.
'Does it bother me?' I thought to myself.
'Nope.' I thought to myself shrugging and continuing to eat the muffin returning back to the conversation happening.
"I said too much." Auggie said looking at his mom.
"Okay why don't you tell Mr. Googly all about your new best friend and none of us will listen." Topanga said as her and my mom looked at us.
We nod and turn our heads pretending we're not listening but I just laid my head on Farkle's shoulder still looking away.
"I'm this many." Auggie said holding up five fingers. "I'm done with you now. Goodbye."
He got up from his seat on the couch took Mr. Googly away from my mom and through Mr. Googly on the couch and then sitting back in his seat.
"They grow up so fast." Riley said as the mom's shared shocked and scared faces.
'Oh man something is going to happen today.' I thought to myself knowing I'm right.
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"I was so worried about this new school year." Riley told us as we were walking in the hallway. "New school, new people, I didn't think I was going to survive. Not only am I surviving, I'm thriving I'm like a plant that goes like this." She said as she started doing weird posses. "What was I so worried about?"
Maya and I smiled at Riley and Maya was walking to the classroom but then for some reason backed up and covered Riley's eyes.
I went to see why she did that and when I did I saw Lucas and Missy Bradford talking.
I then went back to Maya and Riley.
"What are you doing?" Riley asked Maya. "Oh but this is too easy, it's Maya. I know because I saw you put your hand over my face. I'll do you now."
"Oh it's not that kind of game." I said as Maya uncovered Riley's eyes.
"What's the game?" Riley asked us confusingly.
"The game is to protect the plant from the pink bulldozer in the pink sweater." Maya explained to Riley.
"Oh, Maya bulldozers don't wear pink-" She started saying but cut herself off as she saw Missy flirting with Lucas. "Huh."
"You okay?" Maya and I asked her in unison.
"Yeah." Riley told us sliding down the lockers behind her.
Maya goes to her right and I go to her left and we slide next to her.
"Oh, look what the bulldozer did to you." Maya told our best friend.
"There are other girls in this world." Riley said ignoring Maya's comment.
"There are." I said agreeing with Riley.
"And other girls like Missy Bradford are going to talk to Lucas." Riley continued.
"They are." Maya said agreeing with Riley.
"I don't like that." Riley told us.
"We know." We told her in unison.
"I wish the world was just us." Riley said looking at us.
"Then it is." I told her as Maya and I lean our heads on her shoulders.
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"Sneak Attack, December 7th, 1941." Cory said starting the lesson.
"Also known as 'Pearl Harbor'." I said continuing Cory's lesson from his desk since today he said I could sit at his spinning chair.
"A date which will live in infamy." Farkle quoted continuing my sentence.
"A date? They're going on a date?" Riley asked with a worried face looking at Missy and Lucas. "In Italy?"
"No, honey. You're in history." Maya told Riley.
"I'm history?" Riley asked.
"Okay put your hand up." I mouthed to Maya to tell Riley which she did and lifted Riley's hand.
"Yes Riley? You have a pertinent observation on the subject of the Sneak Attack?" Cory asked his daughter as soon as he saw her hand up.
"May I be excused?" Maya said to Riley so she can repeat.
"My eyes see my shoes." Riley said instead.
Cory turns to me wanting to know what is wrong with his daughter so I flicked my eyes to Lucas and Missy who was flirting with him. Once he saw that her looked at his daughter.
"Yes, Riley you may be excused." Cory said to his daughter.
"Forever?" Riley asked with so much hope in her voice.
"No you have to come back to class at some point honey, you have to." Cory told his daughter.
Riley got up from her seat and started walking to the door but almost bumped into the wall if Cory didn't push her to the door.
"It was another sunny day in paradise before the sneak attack that changed everything." Cory said continuing his lesson.
While Cory was talking I saw Riley spying on Lucas and Missy who were talking through the window.
"Do you like the movies? Dark at the movies." Missy asks Lucas.
"Depends on the movie. Depends who I'm going with." Lucas tells Missy.
"Mmm, scary movies? I get scared at scary movies. You'll take care of me though right?" Missy asked Lucas.
I looked where Riley was and saw that her face was pressed up the glass now.
"People who had viewed themselves as safe no longer had any security at all." Cory said not noticing his daughter.
"Just you and me Missy?" Lucas asked Missy.
"Just you and me Lucas." Missy confirmed with a smile then tapped his nose with her finger saying "Boop."
Riley looked angry and walked into the classroom angrily.
"Boop?" Riley asked walking up to Lucas and Missy. "That's the best you got?"
At this point I went to sit at Riley's seat to see this at a better view without disturbing Cory's lesson.
"Please be cool. Please be cool. Please be cool." Maya begged thinking out loud.
"Don't do anything stupid. Don't do anything stupid. Don't do anything stupid." I begged already knowing how this would end.
"You don't think that I can do boop?" Riley asked Missy.
"How bad do you think this gonna be?" Maya asked Farkle as soon as we turned to him.
"I think we should have faith in our Riley." Farkle said.
"I want to have faith in her really badly right now but when she's like this I can't." I said and Maya nodded on agreement while Farkle looked like he was thinking about it.
"I can do boop like you've never seen." Riley exclaimed to Missy and then she turned to Lucas saying "Boop."
Riley tried to boop Lucas's nose but instead her finger went into his nose. The whole class even her father was shocked at this.
"Does anybody see this?" Riley asked shocked as we were.
"Everybody sees this." Missy asked trying to sound confident but I can hear her shockness in her voice.
"Take your finger out!" Maya and I said through our teeth.
"Can't. Can't move. Scared." Riley told us with a terrified look. "Do you think Lucas knows?"
I turn to Lucas who had a shocked but awkward smile. I patted his arm as if I saying 'I'm sorry'.
"Riley I've never seen anything like this before. I don't know what's going to happen." Maya told our best friend.
"Farkle?" Riley asked him.
"Boy, Riley I don't think I could do that if I tried." Farkle said as he got up from his seat walking to me. "Hey, Nessa boop." Farkle said but then looked shocked at what he had done. "Oh no."
"The bombing of Pearl Harbor was official entrance into war and nothing would ever be the same." Cory said trying to ignore what was happening.
Lucas and I both had awkward smiles while Riley and Farkle looked shocked with their fingers still in our noses while Maya looked confused trying not to laugh or cry of embarrassment.
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Maya, Farkle and I stood around Riley's locker as she was sitting inside it.
"You want me to bring you lunch?" Farkle asked my god-sister and I smiled at him as he's so kind.
"No. Food would only keep me alive." Riley said sadly.
"Come on Little Plant." Maya started to say.
"Come back into the sun." I said finishing Maya's sentence.
"I'm afraid something terrible will happen if I ever come out of here." Riley said looking down.
"Riley that's crazy. Nothing could be worse than what has already happened." Maya said earning a flick on the head by me.
When we looked back to where Riley was we saw Missy.
"Oh there you are. I was looking for you. You're not upset with me are you? Because I didn't know you and Lucas were together or anything." Missy asked Riley.
"We're not." Riley told her not looking at Missy.
"Hmm yeah that's what I thought. So if you're not then it's not a problem if I asked Lucas out because he's really cute. Don't you think?" Missy asked Riley.
I tilt my head at her words she seems to be acting unusual like she's hiding the truth and covering it.
"I loathe you." Maya told Missy with a big fake smile while I was still in my thoughts.
"Well Lucas doesn't. In fact I think he's kind of into me. Shocker." Missy said to us before walking away.
"I live here now." Riley told us.
Maya, Farkle and I shared a sad yet worried look.
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~Farkle's POV~
It was after school right now and Nessa and I had just came to my house after we talked to Riley and Maya at Riley's house.
"I think there is more to Missy than she's letting out Farkle." Nessa says pacing around my room since we had already finished all our homework from our classes.
"Oh you mean the evil shroud that feeds out of our nightmares until we are nothing but a speck of our skins." I said before kneeling down on my floor putting my hands in the sky as I look up. "Why must you torture us with this you evil woman!" I cried out but then looked at Vanessa who's eyes are widen big. "I mean why would you think that?" I asked trying to erase what I did and went to sit on my bed.
"I don't know what that was Farkle but we'll talk about your whatever that was later." Nessa says with a look meaning that's a later conversation which I nod to looking down. "What I mean is that her acting like this isn't just her wanting to get Lucas and him away from us maybe there is more to this than we're letting on."
"Nessa I know you want to see the good in people but sometimes it's just that they have bad in them." I told her in a soft voice knowing she wants the good in everyone.
Vanessa looks at me like a sad puppy and start walking to me, once she gets to my bed she sits next to me, looks at me saying "I know that not everyone is a good person and I have to let that go but how can we just assume someone is a bad or good person if we don't listen to them. If we don't give them a chance to tell their story then we're just judging a book by it's cover."
I look at her and in her eyes always amazed at how smart she can be not just in knowledge but in knowing how people can be.
"You can be right Nessa I don't doubt that but how can you see if they are good or bad?" I asked her not wanting to crush her hopes.
"By talking to the person Farkle." She tells me but then gets a little bit closer to me whispering "Talking to them."
She smiles her beautiful smile of hers making me smile as well seeing her happy.
"Well when are you going to talk to her?" I asked after the moment.
"At some point tomorrow for sure." She said with a determine look.
"Alright....so what do you want to do now? We have already finished our homework." I asked her not having any idea what to do.
"Can we look at your galaxy show ceiling and listen to music?" Nessa asked me with a hopeful look that I couldn't say no to.
"Sure." I said while giving her a small smile. "Why don't you get the snacks from the mini fridge and then lay down while I close the curtains and connect my phone to the speakers."
Nessa smiles really big before going to give me a hug and going to the corner of my room to the mini fridge. I go and grab my remote to make the curtains close and then grab my phone to connect it to the Bluetooth of my speaks.
As I was doing this Nessa has already came to the bed bringing enough snacks for us before lying down on the bed. Once my phone was connected I laid down next to her with my phone in my hands.
I turn my head to look her asking "What song Nessa?"
"You kno-" She started off saying but stopped herself once she turned her head which made our faces centimeters away from each other making us both gulp. "Um y-you k-know which one I l-lik-ke for the galaxy show." She said licking her lips in nervousness.
"Yeah I'll p-put t-that o-one." I said knowing which song it was but still looking at her eyes.
After my words we didn't move for a whole minute until I got a notification on my phone making us break eye contact.
'Whoa' I whispered to myself hoping she didn't hear me but I could vaguely hear her whispering the same thing to herself.
I quickly go to our galaxy playlist we made for when watch it and the first song that showed up was one of her favorites 'Airplane'.
Once the song was on the show started and when Vanessa sees it she has that amazed look she does every time we see them and she starts singing along very quietly that I was barely able to hear her. I smile at her singing it was almost as a lullaby.
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~Vanessa's POV~
At the moment Riley, Maya and I were eating lunch at our new lunch table.
"So you think he'll sit us or her?" Riley said starting off sweetly but then says the end with evil making Maya and I look at her kind of shocked.
"I try not to worry about things I have no control over." Maya said once we were out of our shockness.
"Really? Because that's all I do." Riley tells us.
Farkle then comes over and standing next to me saying "Hey can I sit with you guys?"
"You better." I told him looking up to him then he goes and sits next to me.
"So do you think he'll sit with us or her?" Farkle said once he sat down.
Lucas then entered the cafeteria coming over to us. "Hey what's up? Is there a seat with you guys?" Bubs asked with a smile.
"Always room for you, buddy." Riley said with a huge awkward smile then turned to us saying "I said 'buddy'. I'm not helping myself am I?"
We shake our heads agreeing with her.
We turn to see Missy coming to our table.
"Well you know I was just thinking that if you and I are going to the movies together, I should find out what snacks you like so I could buy some for you. Because I wouldn't want you paying for everything." Missy tells Lucas as she drags him to a different table.
"You're toast." Farkle told Riley after we saw the whole thing.
"I know." Riley said with a frown.
"Are you saying she flirts better than you?" Maya and I said in unison with a smirk on both of our smiles challenging Farkle.
"Oh nobody's better than Farkle." He said getting up from his seat. "I just don't think my young protege is ready for that monster."
"So what are you gonna do genius?" Maya asked Farkle.
"I think I'll steal her from Lucas myself." Farkle told Maya.
"You'd do that for me?" Riley asked.
"Well I'm certainly not doing it for me toots." Farkle said making me smile at his choice of words. "She's evil, if I'm not back in two minutes she ate me. How's my hair?"
"Non è cambiato in sei anni." I told him in Italian since my mom is half Italian and the other half Mexican, wanting to speak more Italian today and knowing that Farkle knows what it means since he knows Italian too.
Maya nodded at my words knowing what it means since she picked up on a little Italian since I speak it a lot of the times.
"She doesn't stand a chance." Farkle says before heading over to where Lucas and Missy were at."Hey lady."
"Farkle." Missy said to him.
"Why go to the movies with a boy when you can go with a man?" Farkle asked Missy before lifting his foot on the table pulling his pants leg up."Enjoy."
"Wow, look at you. You're next." Missy told Farkle with a smile.
Farkle eyes widen as he walked back to our table, sitting next to me saying "It worked I'm next."
I sighed patting his shoulders before going back and eating my chips.
"Riley she's too good you can't compete with her." Maya told our best friend.
"I don't want them to be together. I don't." Riley told us before getting up and heading to Lucas and Missy.
"Riley?" Maya called out to our best friend as I watched in curiosity what would happen.
"Lucas." Riley said as soon as she got to the table.
"Riley." Lucas said with a small smile.
"I don't know what's going on here and I don't have any right to say this, but I don't think you should hang out alone with this girl." Riley explained to Lucas.
"Why not?" Lucas asked and I shook my head at the tone his voice was at knowing that he knows why Riley doesn't want him to hang out with Missy he just wants her to say it.
"I don't really know but I think if you actually spend time with her alone it's gonna change things for us....you know all of us." Riley tells him.
"Well aren't you just a concerned friend?" Missy asked Riley.
"Yeah I am." Riley tells Missy.
"Well with you around how could I ever possibly get Lucas alone?" Missy asked Riley before picking up mashed potatoes and smashing them in her's and Lucas's face."Food fight."
"Hey!" Lucas exclaimed.
"No food fight! Detention this afternoon both of you!" Cory said coming out of no where and then walked away.
"Oh no both of us...alone." Missy said with a small smile.
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I was with Lucas at the moment in school while the girls were trying to get detention my job was to distract Lucas.
"Wow bubs you haven't been here long and you already got detention." I told him then grabbed my phone using it as a microphone."Tell the audience how you feel Mr. Friar!" I said in a game show host voice.
Lucas looks at me plainly before giving me a smile and speaking into my phone." I feel like I'm going to get in trouble with my folks." He says.
"I don't doubt that..." I told him still in the voice but then I start talking in my regular voice "...but you can always just say the reason that had made that happen."
"That'll go good 'Hey Mama, Pa, I got into trouble cause of a girl, I sure hope you understand.'" He says sarcastically.
I started to speak but cut myself off by laughing while Lucas looks at me with a look.
"Ney why are you laughing?" Bubs asked.
"I'm sorry it just seems funny to me that that'll be the reason." I said trying to stop myself from laughing. "I would have expected this thing to happen but in high school."
"You done." He asked me with a raised eyebrow trying not to laugh.
"Oh come on bubs you know you want to laugh." I told him and he finally let's himself to laugh.
"Alright it is kind of funny but I'm serious how will I explain this to my parents." He asks with a worried voice.
"Bubs just tell them you stayed after school for a group thing like a project." I tell him and he opens his mouth to say something that would happen but I stopped him." If your parents call Cory don't worry he won't say you were in detention just that you were in in the group project."
"Alright that seems good." Lucas says with a nod.
"Right." I told him.
"So Ney what's up with you and Farkle?" He asked confusing me.
"What about me and Farkle?" I asked.
"Do I have to give the big protective brother threat to him?" He said making me realize what he was talking about.
"Lucas no, Farkle and I aren't anything like that." I told him shaking my head.
"Yeah cause just friends act like that with each other all the time, always next to each other, sneaking glances at each other." He says sarcastically.
"We always act like that." I told him and he gives me a look. "Lucas's Farkle doesn't like me."
"But why didn't you say that you didn't like him?" Lucas asked with a smirk making my eyes go wide.
"You should really start heading to detention. Come on I'll take you." I said dragging him to Cory's classroom.
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I was in the classroom before Lucas since I left him in the hallway since he was answering a phone call.
"Little Vee what are you doing here? You didn't get detention." Cory said as he saw me in the classroom.
"Well my friends are here Uncle Cor where ever they are I go there." I said as Riley handed me a name card she made for me with a smile. "Also I have nothing else to do since I already finished my homework." I said heading to Cory's desk which I basically take over.
"Alright." Cory said shrugging going with it.
The bell had rung and Riley and Maya had just sat down on their desk as Lucas and Missy came in the door.
When Missy saw the name tags Riley made she went to the desk that Riley was at saying "What are these? Name tags?"
"Yeah I made them." Riley said with a smile then pointed to the back. "Yours is over there."
Missy went to the desk that had her name at, grabbed it and walked to the desk next to Lucas, sitting down and saying "Actually I think this has my name."
Her words made Riley and Maya both mad but made me more curious about her actions.
Cory then faced the four saying "All right guys. I like my detention to have a little learning in it. So I'd like to continue talking about Pearl Harbor and what happened after the sneak attack." Cory started off. "The world was at war and alliances were forged in battle and were made stronger because of that-"
He got cut of by Farkle who came in the classroom once he almost passed it.
"What is this place?" Farkle asked not knowing this was detention.
"It's detention, Farkle" I told him.
"It's not for you." Cory told him.
"If my friends are in it then it's for me." Farkle said making me smile as he heads to his seat.
"During this war the United States was put to one of its greatest tests when it met a threat to our way of life but because we were united we prevailed." Cory said.
"Hey Riley as you know Missy invited me to a movie-" Lucas started saying but Missy cut him off.
"I'm sure she already knows that no need to make her feel worse." Missy said and I can tell she was trying to have her voice like venomous but I can hear sincerity in her voice.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go with us." Lucas continued making Maya, Farkle and I smile for Riley and him.
"Uh I'm sorry Lucas that wasn't the invitation." Missy told him in a kind of scared voice.
"Oh then I'm sorry Missy but I'd rather spend time with my friends." Lucas said with a smile making us smile.
Missy grabbed her things and walked out but I saw her face and it looked like she was about to cry. I got up from Cory's chair head to the way Missy went luckily no one noticed I left.
"Missy!" I called out to her since she was about to leave.
She hesitated to turn around but once she did I saw that she was trying not to cry and harden her face.
"What is it? Here to humiliated me?" Missy asked trying to sound tough.
"No." I told her. "I'm here because I want to know why you were acting like this." I told her wanting to know the truth.
"I acted this way because I want Lucas." She said trying to hide the truth.
"I don't believe that's true." I told her giving her the look to tell me the truth.
"How would you know?" She said crossing her arms.
"I don't know but you can help me understand why you acted like this." I told her with a soft look.
At this point her bottled up tears were already falling as she started talking "You want to know the truth? Alright here it is. Tell me you wouldn't want at least one friend who wouldn't look at you differently or have a friend before you have to move away. Do you know how hard that is to not have a friend, for people to see you as the mean girl because they never actually get to know you!"
She was practically sobbing at the moment and it hurt me seeing someone in this much pain so I went up to her and hugged her.
"If its a friend you want then you have one." I told her still hugging her.
"Really?" She asked detaching from our hug having a vulnerable look.
I nod my head giving her a small smile saying "Yup."
She smile widely giving me a hug which I returned.
"Thank you." She whispered to me.
"No problem." I told her before detaching from our hug putting my hand on my hips acting like a parent saying "Now...how could you not have told me you were moving?"
She chuckles and I join along.
We talked for four minutes before we exchanged numbers and she gave me directions to her house since her parents are having a farewell party for her since she's move to Washington to go to school where her aunt lives and I was invited to the party.
Once Missy left I start going back to the classroom.
When I get there Maya was the first to see me and asked "Where'd you go?"
Everyone then turned to me once Maya asked that and I said with a small smile "I just needed to hear someone's story."
Farkle and Cory both smile at me knowing what that means because I told Farkle and Cory read my homework assignment from before.
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Published~ June 17, 2019