"So how's everything been going since New Year's?" Samantha questioned her best friend as they made their way to their science class. "Well, Jay, hasn't tried to speak to me about it and neither has Farkle." Vanessa sighed.
"Really?" Samantha asked. "Yeah. Everytime I tried to bring it up they both try and do something else." Vanessa nodded.
"This has come to a point that Jay stays at his room at Farkle's place." Vanessa told her. "And Farkle's parents told my mom and Enrique that the two barely even speak to one another."
"Dinner?" Samantha questioned. "Either they eat in silence or they eat in their rooms." Vanessa responded.
"Wow." Samantha sighed. "I know." Vanessa nodded.
"It also worries me that if Jay can't talk to me about this how can we do the play." Vanessa told her best friend. "We just have to hope that we can work with this."
"The thing that worries me the most is that Farkle and Jay aren't speaking to one another." Vanessa admits. "And I worry that I'm losing both of them. They don't speak to me like they did before and I understand why but the more I try I feel like they're walking away more from me."
"It'll be fine, Essa." Samantha softly smiled rubbing Vanessa's arm. "I'm here for you."
"Thanks Sammy." Vanessa smiled and before they could enter the classroom Vanessa stopped them. "How are you doing with this though?"
"What do you mean?" Samantha asked confused at the questioned as they stepped aside from the door. "Sam, you have feelings for Jay. This can't be easy for you either."
"I'm fine, Essa." Samantha smiled. "We should just focus on your guy's situation."
"I don't want to just focus on our situation, Sam." Vanessa shook her head. "I don't want to push you aside, I want you to be honest."
"I'm serious, Essa." Samantha smiled. "I'll be fine and I'll help you but if you want to help me be honest with yourself."
"Alright." Vanessa nodded. "But you want me to tell him, don't you?" Samantha questioned.
"Yeah." Vanessa nodded. "I just don't want you to hide your feelings either but I'll respect what you decide."
"Thanks, Essa." Samantha thanked. "And I'll tell him when I feel he has his feelings in place."
Vanessa nodded respecting her best friends wishes.
"Wow." Samantha mouthed. "I have been hanging out way too much with you." She walked into the classroom.
"Wait, what?" Vanessa questioned entering the classroom with her.
Once she entered she saw Maya sitting with Lucas and Riley sitting with Zay. Jason's seat beside him was free same with Farkle.
"I still hate this class." Maya pouted. "You don't know what class this is." Riley told her best friend.
"Come on partner." Jason patted his seat beside him for Vanessa. "Did you just pat the seat like a pet?" Vanessa questioned.
"No, I'm scared now." Jason gulped. "Sam, sit, please."
"Um..." Samantha trailed off looking towards Vanessa who shrugged nodding to her. "Alright." She sat down next to him.
Vanessa sat down next to Farkle who gave her small smile which she returned and Jason sent the same one which she returned as well. Vanessa sat between the two as Samantha sat on Jason's right side.
"Sam, switch, please." Jason whispered to her. "Jace, no, man up." Sam whispered back shaking her head.
"Ladies and gentlemen." Mr. Norton started. "I invite you to join me on a journey of discovery... your midterm experiment."
Everyone groaned aside from Farkle, Jason, and Vanessa.
"Yay." Farkle smiled. "Do I look sleepy to you?" Maya asked Lucas.
"In front of you you will each find a beaker with a clear liquid solution." Mr. Norton continued. "Oh, boy, he's like a sleep machine." Maya complained.
"And next to that... here's where it gets exciting." Mr. Norton smiled. "A mystery marble."
"Good night." Maya announced before falling face forward but Lucas caught her in his hand.
"Right after school precisely at 3:18, one member of each team will drop the marble into the beaker." Mr. Norton explained. "The elements in the marble with break down and turn into sludge, then the other team member will discover what the sludge is and what it'll take to turn that beaker back into clear."
"Who's suppose to do what?" Riley asked the teacher. "Well, that's up to you. You're a team divide the responsibility as you see fit."
"I've been conducting this experiment for thirty five years. I've kept thorough notes." Mr. Norton explained. "Very few have cracked it."
"Well, you can add my name to your notes right now, sir." Farkle smiled confidently. "I hope so Farkle. Let the games begin."
Maya was complaining to Lucas as Zay and Riley discussed about who was going to drop it.
"Alright, Sam." Jason turned to the girl holding the sludge. "You through in the ball and I'll figure out the solution." He gave her the ball.
"I have to throw it in?" Samantha questioned holding the sludge. "Why?"
"Do you want to find the solution?" Jason questioned knowing the answer. "No, but an option would be nice." Samantha mumbled at the end.
"Okay, Nessa." Farkle turned to the girl. "You drop the marble and I'll figure out the sludge and earn us yet another 'A'."
"That's all I'm doing?" Vanessa questioned her whatever they are now. "Well, I am the scientist around here." Farkle responded.
"But what does have to do with-" Vanessa started. "You want that 'A' don't you?" Farkle cut her off with the question.
Vanessa looked at him in questioned before her phone vibrated.
"Sam." Vanessa called her out receiving a nod knowing what she was going to say. "We have to go, Mr. Norton."
"Go ahead, ladies. "Mr. Norton smiled as the girls walked out the classroom.
The two best friends walked out the classroom without saying a word looking at the sludge in their hands in question.
Why are we the ones to throw the ball?
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Later that day Samantha and Vanessa walked to the science classroom with Riley and Maya.
"Something is wrong." Vanessa shook her head. "I agree." Samantha nodded.
"I don't like this." Riley shook her head. "I don't like this either." Maya pouted.
"Why do we have to drop the ball?" Riley questioned while Vanessa kept hearing Mr. Norton's words in her mind. "And the boys do all the science."
"Sexist men." Samantha sighed. "Why is school over and I don't got a chimichanga?" Maya exclaimed.
"M, something is wrong." Vanessa told her blonde best friend. "There's a real problem around here."
"She's right." Riley nodded. "But what is it?"
The four girls entered the classroom finding only girls there waiting to drop the ball in.
"Found the problem." Vanessa sighed. "I see nothing unusual." Maya shook her head.
"Really?" Samantha questioned the blonde. "It's literally right in front of you."
"Social injustice!" Riley exclaimed. "Drop your marbles and go." Maya told the girls.
"If you drop this marble you are just getting put in a system where women do what?" Riley questioned. "Buy shoes? While the men learn the science."
"Shoes." Charlotte smiled. "Let's go."
"The system works." Betty smiled dropping her ball of sludge along with the other girls.
Everyone else left while the four were just left in the classroom. Riley complained to Maya as Samantha and Vanessa walked to the side.
"You have that look on your face." Samantha pointed out. "What are you thinking?"
"The girls are left to drop the ball." Vanessa started off as she looked around. "The boys, none of them, were here to drop it. Why?"
"Maybe they've all decided to do the science." Samantha suggested. "But why exactly?" Vanessa questioned.
"And why did Farkle think he's the only one that can solve it?" Vanessa questioned. "And Jay? He thought he's the only one that could do it? Why?"
"What about what Mr. Norton said?" Samantha questioned. "Only some solved it?"
"Throughout the years there should be multiple people solving it." Vanessa shook her head. "And didn't it seem kind of off that the boys instantly turned to the girls giving them the sludge."
"Like it was expected..." Samantha trailed off. "Exactly." Vanessa nodded.
"Look into the beaker solution." Samantha told the smart girl. "Maybe there's something there."
"It's just liquid." Vanessa shook her head. "I checked it earlier it's sort of like water but a bit more thicker."
"Oil?" Samantha questioned. "I think so." Vanessa nodded.
"It may be the sludge ball?" Samantha shrugged. "Checked it too." Vanessa shook her head again.
"What is it?" Samantha asked. "It's just-" Vanessa started off.
"She shoots!" Maya exclaimed causing Samantha and Vanessa to turn to her and Riley. "She scores! Nothing but beaker."
"Your turn, Riles." Maya told her best friend who looked between the beaker and the sludge ball.
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The next day everyone but Jason and Farkle were in the science classroom. Everyone had the sludge ball in the beaker aside from Vanessa, Samantha, and Riley.
Zay was already arguing with Riley as to why she didn't throw the ball in as Farkle came into the room dancing with Jason behind him.
"Do, doo, do, dah..." Farkle smiled as he pointed to every beaker until he landed on his and Vanessa's. "Well, I-" Vanessa started but Farkle fainted back.
Jason looked at his legal brother in confusion before turning to Vanessa then Samantha looking at his and her table in shock.
"No." Jason gasped looking at the sludge in shock.
Before either girls could respond Farkle woke up and stood up instantly.
"What happened?" Farkle questioned. "I don't get it. Science is my favorite time of day. What happened. I'mma retrace my steps." He stepped back outside the classroom not giving Vanessa a chance to speak.
"Do, dah... do, dah, doo..." He did again slowly as he mimicked his previous moves while Jason looked at Samantha in still shock.
"Dah." Farkle stopped at his desk again to see Vanessa holding her sludge. "Well-" she started again.
"Oh, that's the reason right there..." Farkle trailed off fainting once again.
Riley hovered above Farkle explaining, in a very complex way with examples and history of women, on why they didn't drop the ball.
"Why didn't you drop it?" Jason questioned Samantha after Riley's weird explanation. "Not until everyone is awake." Samantha shook her head.
"You had one job to do!" Farkle pointed to Vanessa as he stayed laying on the floor. "You mean take care of the babies?" Vanessa repeated what Riley told her to say earlier.
"What?!" Farkle exclaimed as he stood up in an instant. "How long have I've been out?" He asked Zay before turning to Vanessa. "Is the baby mine or Jace's?"
Jason and Vanessa turned to him in shock while everyone watched the scene.
"Okay, one, that hurt." Vanessa started off. "Two, how would that even happen and at this age?"
"Well, technically people have kids at this age and if you three had this kind of-" Samantha started. "What are you doing?!" Vanessa exclaimed looking at her in shock.
"What am I doing?" Samantha questioned herself sitting down as Vanessa shook her head turning back to Farkle. "Three, do you really think this would be the way I'd be telling anyone?" Vanessa questioned him.
"Well, you didn't complete the assignment!" Farkle exclaimed. "It seemed as anything could be possible."
"We're taking a stand." Vanessa told him pointing to Samantha, Riley, and herself before sitting down. "How could you let them do this?" Jason and Farkle questioned the blonde.
"Have you met them?" Maya questioned the two boys. "They're doing something and they aren't going to give up."
"Ney, you can't seriously think just because Jace and Farkle gave you and Sam the marble because you guys are girls." Lucas told his best friend. "Right?"
"We all came here yesterday at three." Vanessa responded. "And everyone we saw was just the girls who were ready to drop that marble." She shook her head disappointed.
"Yes, that's interesting isn't it?" Mr. Norton. "What is that?" Riley questioned.
"I'll tell you what it is." Farkle frowned. "It's a redo. They failed we didn't! I demand a redo!" He hugged Norton's legs. "I want a redo man!"
Jason looked at his brother before trying to pull him off their teacher's leg.
"No redo." Vanessa shook her head as Norton turned to her while Jason was still trying to get Farkle off. "I haven't failed but I think you have."
"I don't fail!" Farkle cried as Jason finally succeeded on pulling him off Mr. Norton. "Same goes with me!" Jason frowned.
"No." Samantha shook her head. "The girls are right, boys." Norton smiled.
"No redo." He shook his head. "Equal responsibility. One shared grade."
"Why are you doing this?" Farkle questioned his whatever they are now.
Jason sat next to Samantha pretending to cry as Samantha rolled her eyes at his overreaction.
"I'm trying to stand up for what I think is important." Vanessa told him standing next to him. "I will not be let to sit around while you just do the science, Farkle."
"Why not?" Farkle questioned. "Cause I'm not just some object that is good for one thing only to be a sitting... watcher." She shook her head at her own explanation.
"What?" Farkle questioned confused. "Yeah, what?" Samantha questioned behind her.
"I don't even know." Vanessa admitted. "Anyway, I don't want to be a girl who's just meant to wait for the men to do something cause quite frankly it's getting a bit tiring."
"But you only had one job!" Farkle exclaimed. "Sexist man." Samantha 'coughed'.
"What's the point on doing that?" Vanessa asked. "Just say it when you want to."
"Oh, I'm just doing the cough cause I'm not sure if it's accurate to let that statement at the moment." Samantha explained. "But you did know that leaving the marble in the solution could have helped us get an 'A'." Jason interfered.
"Did you not just hear what, Essa, just said?" Samantha questioned him. "We don't want to be left with doing the cleaning while you guys do the experiments and all that jazz."
"But you don't even like science!" Jason exclaimed. "Why would you want to do anything else?"
"It's not about doing the experiment." Samantha shook her head. "It's about how you didn't even give me an option or the chance to do anything else."
"Why is it that you guys think that only you can do this kind of things?" Vanessa sighed in disappointment before grabbing her bag leaving the room as Farkle watched her retreating figure.
°°°°°°
"So have you spoken to them since yesterday?" Samantha question Vanessa as the next day all the girls were making a girl and guy side with the desk in Cory's class. "No." Vanessa shook her head.
"Do you feel bad about what you told him?" Samantha asked. "Oh, I can answer this one." Maya walked to them.
"She feels no remorse for what she said." Maya answered. "If it's for what she believes in she'll never feel bad about it."
"She's right." Vanessa nodded. "I won't be there in silence."
Cory had then walked in the classroom looking at it in shock.
"Oh, boy. Where are the boys? Boys!" Cory freaked out but then the boys walked in. "Boys! I'm very glad to see you because I thought there was a distant possibility you could be... what's the word I'm looking for? Dead."
"We didn't do anything." Lucas shook his head. "And we don't deserve to be dead." He looked at the girls.
"Or left." Farkle and Jason turned to Vanessa. "Well, seeing as neither of you tried to speak to me or walk away anytime I'm near... I don't think I'm the one who left." Vanessa frowned.
"Not understanding the current climate of the room..." Zay trailed off walking over to the girls desk. "Zay chooses to sit here. Men... Am I right?"
"Get out!" Riley yelled at him. "Now I get it." Zay scared as he walked back to the boys.
"Alright, does someone want to explain to me how we got here?" Cory asked his students. "We were in science-"
"She'll talk!" Maya glared at Farkle as she pointed to Vanessa. "And I'll listen." Farkle nodded.
"Okay, guys, calm down." Cory stood between. "Now, today's lesson is about the battle of Panipat. There were three battles of Panipat, the first was called, the First Battle of Panipat."
"You don't respect me." Vanessa shook her head towards the boys. "How could you possibly think that?" Jason looked at her in shock.
"Exhibit A." She nodded towards Farkle as he stood up along with his brother and best friends. "Can you put him on trial?" Samantha asked Vanessa.
"Why not?" Vanessa questioned not looking away from them. "They believe we are inferior compared to them."
"How can you possibly think that?" Lucas questioned. "Because this isn't the first time something like this has happened."
"What are you talking about?" Zay questioned. "When we were in elementary school I wanted to go to the football games with you two." Vanessa turned to Zay and Lucas.
"I wanted to play with you guys on the field with the others but I couldn't." Vanessa explained. "Why couldn't you?" Riley asked.
"Because apparently football isn't a 'girl thing'." Vanessa responded. "I mean that's what you two told me, isn't it?" The boys looked down as they remembered the moment.
Vanessa sighed before walking to Jason.
"Also remember when we were at the park with your mom and I wanted to hang out with you and the other boys but you said no because why?" Vanessa questioned him. "Because... you're a girl." Jason sighed.
"Exactly." Vanessa nodded. "The only reason I said that was because the boys always played rough and you would've gotten hurt if you hung out with us." Jason explained.
"You could've just said that though." Vanessa told her best friend or whatever they are. "I had to come up with a way to protect you and if it had to be that way then so be it." Jason said with confidence.
"I could've protected myself." Vanessa shook her head. "Maybe now yeah." Jason nodded stepping a bit closer.
"But back then we were younger you easily got hurt and even though you were tough you could have gotten hurt easily." Jason told her.
Vanessa sighed shaking her head moving to Farkle.
"And Farkle this isn't the first time you took control on something like this." Vanessa stood in front of him. "What do you mean?" Farkle asked.
"When we were in science for all these times I've never been able to do the science." Vanessa explained. "Everytime I wanted to you wouldn't let me. Maybe it's because you like me to be more inferior to you."
"That's what you believe?" Farkle questioned with confusion and hurt. "Well, why else wouldn't you let me help you with any if the science. Don't you want me to get better at this?" Vanessa frowned.
"I do." Farkle nodded. "There is no situation where I wouldn't want that for you. I do care about you. Even with our current situation." Farkle, Vanessa, and Jason glanced to one another briefly. "I will always care about you no matter."
Vanessa stood there giving a small nod not knowing what else to do.
"I'm sorry." Farkle apologized. "You were right you didn't fail, I did. Our failure isn't your fault. I should have more faith in you."
Vanessa was about to respond but then a paper ball was thrown to Farkle, Jason, Lucas, and Zay.
They've turned to Samantha who was making the balls.
"Great we've settled that you don't want her to be more inferior." Samantha stood up. "Hey!" Vanessa pouted.
"Sorry." Samantha apologized. "But that doesn't explain why you boys had turned to the girls giving them the sludge."
"It didn't seem like any of you wanted to do the science." Jason defended. "Well, how would you know that, buddy?" Samantha stood in front of him.
"When I looked around I didn't see any of you boys asking the girls if you wanted to do any of the work." She told him. "All of you assumed. And even though this type of thing isn't my thing it's more of Essa's or Riley's, it's annoying how you guys think we are good just for one thing."
"Essa and I talked about this yesterday." Samantha pointed to her best friend without turning away from Jason. "If you guys think we are good for one thing then what's the point?"
Jason had no words to say causing Samantha to sigh walking out of the classroom as Jason watched her leave with a frown.
Vanessa looked between her two best friends before slowly walking away out the door too not know what else to do.
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"Okay what did I just do?" Samantha questioned Vanessa as the two were in the theater room. "Um, I think you stood up for what you believe in." Vanessa answered.
"No, no, no." Samantha shook her head pacing. "I stood up to my crush. That's what I did."
"And I stood up to the guy I love." Vanessa nodded. "Which I feel like an idiot for some reason."
"But I don't do this kind of things." Samantha sighed. "This is your thing not mine."
"Standing up for yourself is an everyone thing, Sam." Vanessa told her. "Regardless I still felt like I had to do this and I don't know why." Samantha sat next to her.
"Maybe because you like him." Vanessa responded causing Samantha to turn to her in confusion. "Things do hurt when people tell us or do bad things to us but they hurt most from the people we care about."
"When we know that the people we care about the most think so little about us it makes us feel very little." Vanessa explained. "Why do things have to be so complicated, Essa?" Samantha frowned laying her head on Vanessa's shoulder.
Vanessa sighed before she smiled having an idea in her head.
They're telling me
Get back on ground
Forget my dreams
Just let them drown
Samantha smiled before she started to join in.
But deep inside
A voice is telling me
You're wrong
I wanna know
That anything
Is possible
If I believe
I'm ready for
Whatever future holds for me
Can't be afraid anymore
I'm getting ready to fly
Wish they could all see me now
Cause I am
Breaking all the boundaries tonight
I can see the stars aligning
Finally I'm free to live my life
I'm gonna keep on keep on shining
What do you gotta be
I'm gonna follow my dreams
Now there is no doubt about it
I am breaking all the boundaries tonight
I can see the stars aligning
The two girls smiled before hugging each other.
"Thanks, Essa, I really needed that." Samantha thanked. "I think we both needed that." Vanessa smiled.
"Guys?!" Jason called out as he entered the theater room looking for the girls. "Sam?!"
"Oh gosh." Samantha sighed. "There you guys are." Jason walked up to the stage where they where.
"I need to talk to you." Jason turned to Samantha. "I'll just go get a snack." Vanessa said once Samantha nodded.
Vanessa walked away from the two exiting the theater room.
"Well, you said you wanted to talk." Samantha reminded him. "So talk."
Jason nodded as Samantha went to go sit down where the piano was.
"I wanted to apologize." Jason started as he walked over to her. "I should have never assumed that you shouldn't or couldn't do the science. That was such an ass move."
"No kidding." Samantha scoffed. "But why did you automatically assume I wouldn't or couldn't do the science, Jace?"
"I don't know." Jason sighed as he sat next to her. "I guess it just because you've never shown an interest in science I just thought you wouldn't want to do anything."
"Well, Essa, doesn't really enjoy science very much but yet she still wants to prove how well she can do it." Samantha defended. "Why do you keep do that?" Jason questioned.
"Doing what?" Samantha asked confused. "It seems as you are always comparing yourself to Vanessa or talking about her." Jason explained.
"Well, no one can compare to her she pretty incredible." Samantha sighed. "Well, you're pretty incredible yourself." Jason told her as he played around with some paper he found.
Samantha looked at him in shock becoming a bit of a blushing mess but she was glad that he was too busy with the paper.
"Thanks." Samantha nodded as she gulped lowly. "But it still doesn't mean I don't want to try and do the science because even though I may not be that interested in this kind of stuff but it doesn't mean I don't want to learn. It may come as a shocker but I do enjoy learning something new just like everybody else."
"I know that now." Jason nodded. "And I should have already known that. I'm sorry for everything. I've been a really crappy best friend."
"No you haven't." Samantha shook her head. "Maybe a very confused doofus but not a crappy best friend."
"Oh, shut up." Jason chuckled shoving her lightly as she giggled. "...But no in all honestly you're a great guy, Jace. And I'm sorry I went all angry on you but I just wanted to be heard I guess." Samantha apologized.
"I get it." Jason nodded. "Good." Samantha nodded.
"What happens now?"
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Later that day they were all back in the science class but just like in Cory's class the boys and girls were separated besides Farkle, Vanessa, Jason, and Samantha as they all stood around one table.
The girls were in one side making a huge sludge volcano with Maya doing all the mixing as the girls watch with happiness. The boys were trying solve the experiment but once they saw the girls and what they were making they felt very inferior.
"No living organism, huh." Zay sighed putting on his googles. "My final conclusion after taking a thorough research and analysis and try and stay with me this is very technical-"
"Yeah, how long are you going to talk like this?" Lucas questioned his best friend. "Till the bell rings because I don't know what this stuff is." Zay answered.
"Yeah, you know what that is?" Lucas pointed over to the girls experiment. "How did she get her sludge to do that?"
"Her sludge is mad at us." Zay responded. "Her sludge is a girl."
"Something is wrong here." Farkle concluded. "Gee, what gave you that idea?" Vanessa questioned him as Samantha nodded.
"Okay no need to be sarcastic, Miss Vampire." Jason told her. "He's right, mamacita." Farkle smiled.
"What?" Vanessa asked as Samantha and Jason looked at him in confusion. "I don't know I thought I tried something new." Farkle shrugged.
"Also have you met me?" Vanessa rose an eyebrow at Jason. "True." Jason shrugged with a nod.
"Well, seeing as you three are the geniuses what do you think is happening?" Samantha asked the three. "If they'd think I was a genius they'd want me or any women to help them with the science." Vanessa pointed to the two.
"Nessa, Marie Curie was one of the world's greatest scientist of course I believe women especially you can do the science." Farkle told her with full honestly. "Oh, gosh I'm becoming selfish." Vanessa sighed as she took notice of her actions of this week.
"What?" Jason questioned. "Yeah I agree with him. When have you become selfish?" Samantha asked confused.
"I've been talking about what you all have done to me but why?" Vanessa shook her head. "This isn't me."
"Yeah, well, buttercup, that ain't selfish." Samantha shook her head. "Because you've been standing up for women's rights in this school so if you think that's selfish then too bad but we have to figure this out."
"Buttercup?" Vanessa questioned. "Essa!" Samantha exclaimed.
"Alright!" Vanessa sighed. "A couple days ago I took the sludge ball home and all I found was that it was dirt simply."
"What?" Samantha frowned. "She's right." Jason and Farkle nodded.
"I did the same thing." Farkle explained. "So did I." Jason nodded.
"It's simply just mud nothing more nothing less." They said. "Then what does it mean?" Samantha asked.
"It means this." Vanessa held up the ball. "Isn't the experiment."
"But then what is?" Jason questioned. "Think about it, guys." Vanessa told the three.
"The sludge is just dirt and the liquid in the beaker is most likely just water with soap so this experiment is just a decoy." Vanessa started off. "But during all this time all that has happened was the boys and girls fighting each other. And Mr. Norton has been doing this for decade, so think about it. What issue has been carried on for the last couple of decades?"
"This is a test." Farkle came into realization as he understood her. "He's pulling a Matthews on us!" Jason exclaimed.
"Exactly." Vanessa nodded. "How long have you known this?" Samantha questioned.
"Since we saw the girls were the only ones here to put the sludge in the beakers." Vanessa answered. "Why didn't you tell us?" Jason asked her.
"In retrospect you two haven't tried to speak to me outside of school anymore." Vanessa told the brothers. "And also I wasn't completely sure until today."
"You know everyone says I'm the evil genius, love." Farkle turned to Vanessa. "But sometimes you are the evil genius."
Vanessa shrugged knowing they are right she can be the evil of them all.
"Bring me the first sacrifice!" Maya exclaimed as she wore some sort of crown with Riley beside her.
Fire erupted as some sort of demonstration causing the four to look shock at everything. The girls chanted bringing Yogi to Maya and Riley.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Vanessa questioned them. "Go call, Norton."
"Mr. Norton!" The three called the teacher. "Yes!" Mr. Norton smiled hoping they've figured out his experiment.
"We have a new hypothesis." They told their science teacher. "There is more to this experiment then you have been telling us." The former couple said.
"It's quite interesting. Care to elaborate?" Mr. Norton asked them. "Yes but we have to save a life right now." The girls told him before heading over to Riley and Maya.
"Maya, Riley." Samantha started off. "You don't have to sacrifice Yogi. We've found a solution." Vanessa told the two.
"Can this wait?" Riley asked. "Yeah after the sacrifice." Maya nodded.
"Goodbye Yogi! Goodbye Yogi!" The other girls chanted carrying Yogi.
"Maya, why are you going to sacrifice Yogi?" Vanessa questioned her blonde best friend. "Do either of you guys have a chimichanga?" Maya asked the two.
"No." Samantha shook her head. "Then cover the boy in cheese!" Maya ordered.
"Cheesy Yogi! Cheesy Yogi! Cheesy Yogi!" The girls chanted.
"Ladies your volcano looks angry." Farkle and Jason told the group. "Whoa." Maya said.
"Goggles on!" Farkle explained as the six of them put on their goggles.
The volcano started going haywire as Farkle and Jason covered before the girls who got sprayed by the volcano along with Yogi.
"And dive under your desk." Jason finished. "Did we not mention that?" They asked nervously.
The girls looked at them annoyed as Maya and Riley handed Vanessa a big bucket of sludge. Vanessa took the sludge and dunked it over the two boys who took it knowing it was going to come.
"Yeah, we should have mentioned that." The brothers nodded.
°°°°°°
"Can we all agreed today was crazy?" Lucas asked his friends as they were all in Vanessa's place while Maya and Riley were at Riley's place. "Try week." Vanessa corrected causing them to nod in agreement.
"How did this all get to so crazy?" Zay questioned. "Usually my dad and me would say it was because of the Matthews train." Vanessa started off as she dried her hair.
"But today it was something else." She chuckled causing the others to join in. "Was spraying us necessary?" Jason questioned as the brothers took a shower in her room as well.
"Let me ask you something." Vanessa said. "Why did you two take turns in my shower when Jay's room is right across mine?"
"Oh man!" The brothers exclaimed causing the others to laugh. "This is nice." Samantha smiled looking around.
"Being able to hang out without any tension." Samantha explained. "It really is." Farkle nodded in agreement.
"I'm sorry but I have to disrespect you two for a second." Vanessa apologized pointing to the brothers before turning to Lucas. "But how the heck did we both get stuck in triangles?"
"I don't even freakin' know." Lucas sighed falling back to her bed. "All I know is that this situation has got us screwed."
"I know how." Samantha told the two causing them to turn to her. "It because you two are the hot yet sweet Texians."
"Yeah." The brothers nodded looking at Vanessa who took a double take. "Even in Texas everyone couldn't take their eyes of y'all." Zay told them.
"Wow." The two looked shocked not knowing everybody did that. "I'm surprised the two of you never gave it a go." Samantha told the two.
"Well, we never saw each other as that." Vanessa told her best friend. "Actually when we were younger Lucas had a small crush on you, Ney." Zay told her causing Lucas to look at his best friend in shock.
"What?" Vanessa questioned with wide eyes as everyone turned to him in shock. "Why would you do that?" Lucas gritted through his teeth.
"Well, do you still have a crush on her?" Zay questioned him. "No." Lucas shook his head.
"Then what's the problem?" Zay raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know!" Vanessa exclaimed still very shock.
"I'm one of your longest best friends and I didn't know this!" Vanessa pouted. "And I respect you have things kept to yourself trust me I do." She nodded.
"But how the freakin' hell couldn't you tell me something like this?!" Vanessa questioned. "Because I'd known you wouldn't like me so I didn't tell you." Lucas responded.
"And quite honestly I lost that crush a month after I got it." Lucas explained. "Well, okay." Vanessa nodded.
Samantha suddenly went into a laughing fit barely able to breathe as she fell back into one of Vanessa's chairs.
"You good there Sam?" Jason asked her as everyone looked at her in confusion. "Essa, is quite literally Kathrine Pierce!" Samantha laughed.
"How so?" Vanessa questioned. "Well, let's start of easy." Samantha wiped her eyelids walking over to the brothers.
"You have yourself a Damon who thinks very much of himself, who's a stud, but would also do whatever to protect his brother and best friend even if it means lose the love he has for someone." She pointed to Jason. "And you have a Stefan who is a selfless hero, has many battles he fights with himself, but who's also growing to become someone stronger to protect his love ones." Samantha pointed to Farkle. "These two boys are like and quite literally brothers."
"And you my dear are Katherine Pierce the one who could get either she wants." Samantha gestured the girl. "She may have brought hell to anybody who crossed her and walked through hell herself but she's been through hell before always seeming broken trying to hide it with misfit."
"I heard you calling me broken." Vanessa pouted. "And me egotistical." Jason rose a hand. "Me conflicted." Farkle added in.
"Well, you're also like Elena, Amara, and Tatia." Samantha told Vanessa. "Okay so I'm a doppelgänger who falls in love with Stefan, Damon, Silas, and Elijah. No offense but kind of making me sound like a player. Because come on Kathrine may be a queen but she played with people's hearts to get what she wants and Amara betrayed for love."
"I mean it another way." Samantha told her. "How?" Vanessa questioned.
"Love drives you wild but in retrospect you would do anything to protect everyone even if it means to get your hands a little dirty." Samantha explained. "And it means that Farkle is everything Stefan is noble, intelligent, honorable, kind, very academic, compassionate, gentleman, responsible, and hot." Farkle looked at her in confusion. "I'm just repeating what Essa says to describe you."
"Yeah, thanks." Vanessa nodded sarcastically as Farkle blushed. "And Jace you're like Damon you have a free-spirt, maybe you can be reckless but you'd gone through stuff that made you, you're polite to everyone and even though you had an ass of a father you've proved that idiot you could become someone more powerful. You've become the warrior you grew up to be and a very good looking one as well." Jason looked at her in confusion which she slightly blushed to. "Again what Essa has said."
Vanessa sent Samantha a look saying, "Again thanks."
"Either way what I'm talking about is you three are very surprisingly exactly like these three because separately you three are broken and hurt in many ways but together you three are the strongest beings ever." Samantha explained causing the three to look at each other. "Wow." Samantha mouthed.
"I've been spending way too much time with you, Essa." Samantha shook her head. "Oh, come on!" Vanessa threw hands up as everyone laughed at her actions.
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"We are not going to fail this. Our partners got this." Vanessa and Samantha hear the brothers say as Riley, Maya, and them two walked into the classroom. "Hi guys." Riley greeted.
"Oh, you talking to us?" Lucas asked Riley. "She is. I go wherever they go." Maya pointed to the three girls beside her.
"You told them yet, boys?" Vanessa and Samantha questioned the brothers. "Nope." They smiled.
"We were waiting for you two." They told the two causing them to smile. "These are your marbles to drop."
The four went to sit in their seats as Lucas moved to his desk making room for Riley to sit next to Zay.
"Yeah I was waiting for you, partner." Lucas told Maya patting the seat next to him. "You just pat for me to sit down?" Maya questioned him in shock.
"No." Lucas shook his head nervously. "No, no, no, I was just patting for a better place for me to sit." He moved to the chair he patted while Maya moved to the one next to him.
The other girls showed up causing Zay to freak out.
"Ah!" Zay exclaimed. "They are all here." He told his best friends. "They came here to cook us in these little beakers and talk about us. And I don't like being talked about."
"Neither do we." Sarah shook her head. "But we are going to be the best we can be no matter what anybody says."
"That's right, Sarah." Vanessa sent a smile as the girls went to their partners with smiles on their faces. "This is an experiment none of us should fail."
"And one of the most important ones we'll ever do." Farkle finished off as they shared a quick smile. "Well, looks like we've settled back to our original positions." Mr. Norton smiled as he entered his classroom.
"Vanessa, Farkle, Jason, Samantha, I believe before things exploded you four were going to share some important findings?" Norton reminded them. "We were." Jason nodded.
"In middle school girls tend to drift away from science." Vanessa started. "Isn't that right, Mr. Norton?"
"It's been happening for so many years I started keeping record." Norton nodded. "Not many have figured out my experiment but those who have, have benefited from the lesson."
"We've all got unlimited potential." Samantha had concluded. "You wanted us to see that that's why you let us go all crazy. So we can see it for ourselves."
"Well, our beakers are clear." Samantha and Vanessa held up their beakers as a couple days before Zay dropped the ball in his and Riley's beaker. "And why didn't you drop the ball, girls?" Norton smiled.
"Because if we did we'd lose some part of us that is valuable." Vanessa explained. "I love trying to figure stuff out."
"For thirty five years I've been running this experiment." Norton told his class. "And every year the vast majority of girls agreed to drop the marble without thinking about it. The boys do the science. Unfortunate but true. This is the age girls begin to lose interest and that is a bad result."
"So the really experiment is us." Maya realized. "It is, Maya." Mr. Norton nodded.
"Don't lose interest." Norton smiled. "Wide awake, sir." Maya smiled.
"Alright everybody lift up your beakers." Norton told his students which they did. "Now look through the beakers."
"I can't see you." Lucas told Maya. "Yeah, all this stuff is in the way." Maya agreed.
"It's beneficial that young men and women to realize right now the value of working together as equals." Norton smiled. "In all things because in results are clear."
"Nice job, partner." Farkle nodded to Vanessa as they still held the beaker. "Partner." Vanessa smiled.
"Hi." Samantha smiled through Jason and her beaker. "Hi." Jason smiled.
"Good mind." Jason told her. "Thanks." Samantha nodded.
Putting their beakers down the four shared a smile as they felt a sense of accomplishment.
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New update, amores!!! Hope you like it!!
I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while this week was my birthday and I was really busy trying to get ready for it.
What do you guys think about Vanessa and Samantha being feminists? What about Farkle, Jason, and Vanessa's situation?
Will things become better soon or will the stay tragic? What did you guys think about Sam's comparison to her friends? Was she right?
Up next is Girl Meets Money what do you guys think will happen?
Also if any of you guys know where the song above is from then y'all are my new best friends!!
Published~ February 16, 2020