S1 E12- Girl Meets Cheating

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(Yes, I know, I skipped two episodes because they were useless to this storyline, don't come at me)

Maya's POV

"Why didn't you wake me? It's electives day. The earlier we sign up, the better the chance we have of getting all the good ones" I'm having breakfast at the Matthew's today. Not because I wanted to, Ms. Matthews forced me.
"I tried to wake you up three times" she replies to his daughter
"You know I don't think you're serious until six times. You know the first three times I'm still checking for chicken pox to see if I can miss school"
"Hey, I tickled your toes" I say to my best friend
"Well, that explains the Lucas dream" What Lucas dream? Elliot and I look at each other with confused and yet, amused expressions
"So, what electives are we hoping for?" he asks us
"We are hoping to get out of them"
"Actually, it's not gonna happen, Maya. These are service electives. Not only do they expect us to be students, but now they want to give us jobs"
"How are we supposed to work and go to school at the same time?"
"Yeah, who does that?"
"How you doin'?" Oh no, Mr. Matthews is gonna do another one of his sketches with his wife, am I right?
"Oh, hey, honey. Where you going?"
"I'm going to school"
"Oh, whatcha gonna do there?"
"I'm gonna work"
"Wait, you're gonna go to work and school?"
"At the same time"
"Wait, but just for a couple of days, right?"
"No, no, no. This is forever. But Topanga, surely your responsibilities are temporary, right?"
"Oh, no. I have to do everything all the time"
"Bravo!" Elliot claps
"No more. No more" I say with a sigh
"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you"
"We will be here for the rest of your lives"
"Have a good day, honey"
"I hate parent theater" Riley says to me
"Yeah, we did set them up pretty good"
"You know, when I went to law school, I held down two part-time jobs"
"Yeah, but now your life is a piece of cake" Mhmm, I love cake...
"Would you make us cake?"
"Get to school"
"You'll be here, making cake?" I don't know why I'm so hungry today
"By the way Maya. There's something Elliot is hiding from me" I start to get nervous
"Oh yeah?" I try to sound as calm as possible
"Yeah, some days ago he was kissing a girl"
"I wonder who that could be..." I glare at Riley
"And since you two have been spending a lot of time together..." I feel all eyes on me, everyone is smirking except for me and Elliot, are we screwed?
"I feel like you might now who his girlfriend is"
"What she looked like mom?" Riley asks, faking innocence
"Oh, she short, like really short. I know there are a lot of short girls but she was really short" I turn red, I'm not that short!
"Blonde hair, her style was edgy"
"Her face?" Riley better shut up
"I couldn't see it, she covered it with an Art Book"
"An Art Book? Interesting..."
"Yeah, this is also why I'm asking you. Do you know any short girl with blonde hair that dresses like a tomboy in your art class?" I shake my head furiously
"Nope, no. I don't know anyone like that!"
"Then I'll ask Riley"
"Why me?"
"Because the next day I caught him kissing her again" what? I don't remember kissing him again. I look over him and he looks clearly uncomfortable
"But I think she dyed her hair because it was darker, maybe she was wearing heels too because he looked way taller and she was wearing a pink sweater" that's not me. I never wear pink. I just wanna punch him
"D-did you look at her face?" I ask in a low voice
"Nope, this time she covered her face with a philosophy book instead"
"Missy Bradford..." I say in realization. Talll, heels, brunette, wears pink, likes philosophy...
"What?"
"It's Missy Bradford, right, Elliot?" I can't even look at him. I'm so ad right now
"Uhh..."
"Missy Bradford?!" Mr. Matthews asks in shock
"Even though she's not the person ever treat her right, okay? Always respect your partner"
"Well he apparently doesn't" I say in a hiss
"What?"
"Nothing...I'm   not hungry anymore" I stand up, I can't be near him
"You okay? You look pale"
"I'm okay Ms. Matthews, I'll see you later" I walk away, followed by the two siblings
"You okay peaches?"
"I'm good"
"Maya, let me explain"
"Explain what? This was just a stupid fake relationship, I don't even know why I should be mad, go live your happy life with the devil!"
"Don't be like that, you're not an angel either" I look at him in the eyes
"I hate you. At least don't cheat while you're dating me! You get jealous whenever I talk to my male friends but then do this kind of things! It's over! How many people knew about you and her?! I must be a fool to the whole school!"
"Maya, relax!"
"Fuck you!" I shout at him before storming away with Riley until we arrive at school
"Peaches..."
"I don't want your pity Riley, I'm fine. I was a stupid in doing this fake relationship thing. I shouldn't have done that. I should've let your brother with Missy that day, they were gonna end up together anyway"
"Maya I-"
"It's fine" I walk in class and sit down
"Who here knows about the Great Depression?"
"I thought it was called the Grand Canyon"
"Excellent. Who here knows about the Great Depression? Maya?"
"Nothing's gonna beat that, sir"
"Farkle, save me"
"The year was 1929, the stock market crashed, everyone lost their money and their jobs. And the people who were comfortable were now lost and became known as-"
"The Forgotten. Working class people, the heart and soul of our country, basically taken for granted in the first place, and now, discarded and forgotten"
"How could that happen, sir?"
"It shouldn't have, Mr. Friar"
"But that could never happen to anyone in the Grand Canyon today, could it?"
"I don't know, Riley. I'm sure you would never take anyone for granted, right?"
"I would never"
"And do you think there's anyone who cares about you who goes underappreciated or overlooked?"
"Maya, my life is so much better for having you in it"
"I know, pumpkin"
"Thank you, Dad. For the first time, I've actually understood something that you've tried to teach me"
"Please, bell, ring. Ring!" The bell actually rings
"Ah-ha!" He leaves the room and everyone heads to the cafeteria.
"I wonder what electives we're gonna get. I hope we get good ones" I frown
"Why do they call them "electives" if they make us do them?"
"I don't know. And why do they call it shop class? That was the biggest disappointment of my little life" she receives mashed potatoes from Geralyn Thompson, the lunch lady
"Yum, blob"
"All right, no blob for me, please. Not because it's not good, only because there's no taste and no flavor" she gives it to me as well
"Okay"
"You know I made that myself" Yeah, I can tell...
"What is it?"
"I call it...'Tuesday'"
"But it's Thursday." Right then someone throws her a roll, are we seriously?
"No throwing rolls!"
"Well, she's in a good mood today I nod
"That's the happiest I've seen her. Look, I don't care what electives we get, just as long as we don't end up in-" Farkle creates some suspense
"Dun-dun-dun!"
"cafeteria duty" after saying that we all shudder
"Good afternoon, Geralyn. Oh, mashed potatoes" Mr. Matthews saying as he greets Geralyn
"I put a little extra love in there for you today'
"I know you did" he begins eating while still in line
"No eating in line, Matthews"
"Oh, you're tough. I sure wouldn't want to be one of the kids who gets you for an elective" he the turns around to look at Lucas, Farkle, Elliot, Riley and me
"Do you guys ever actually eat the food?"
"No" I see that the boys are doing a volcano with the mashed potatoes
"Hey, how do you guys actually make this thing erupt?" I say as I put some of the blob that was on my plate in it
"Maya, don't! She's gonna blow!" Woah, it erupted, awesome! The bell rings but before we can go to class Mr. Matthews stops us
"Hey, hey, hey. Where are you guys going? What's the rush? Geralyn, Janitor Harley, can you come over here for a minute? So, you guys don't think you should have to clean any of this up? Geralyn, do you think they realize when they waste their food like this it makes you feel bad?"
"I feel bad!"
"And Janitor Harley, do you think they realize when they make a mess in the cafeteria, it makes you feel bad?"
"I actually feel I deserve what I get. But I have all kinds of different issues"
"You know, in just a few minutes you guys played with your food and you left a mess without any regard or respect for anyone else"
"It's not just us" I reply
"I know. And you're the good ones. I'm gonna go ahead and assign you your electives now. Girls, your electives will be, and I don't think anybody saw this one coming..."
"Oh, no"
"...cafeteria duty" kill me, now
"How ya doin'?" Geralyn asks us
"I've been better" this is definitely one of the worst days of my life
"That's the worst elective in the school besides janitorial services" Harley comes to Lucas, Elliot and Farkle
"Oh"
"How you doin', boys I own? Meet Mr. Mop. And his pal, Mr. Bucket. First, you'll clean Mr. Mess in the cafeteria. Then I'll introduce you to the always delightful Mr. Vomit"
"Thank you, but I have enough friends"

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