I don't actually feel like something has changed in me, I guess I just have to prove everyone else that I'm back.
I climb through my best friend's bay window and throw he hair brush away, is that enough or do I have to do something bigger?
"Maya's back, and she's Maya again! And that is why I have extra brushes now!" I pick up her other brush along with the basket
"And now they're gone!"
"Okay, Rapunzel, I'm in a hurry to get to school"
"What? Maya wouldn't say that"
"I've been held back by your goody moon-dust spell so long that I haven't done any real damage to this high school situation at all"
"Okay, then let's discuss. What kind of damage we talking about?" I smirk
"Damage"
"I will allow you just enough freedom for one-" I interrupt her
"No"
"Fun-sized Maya episode that-"
"No"
"-gets my blood pumping just a little bit"
"No. Ain't gonna cut it"
"Well, then I will allow one medium-sized Maya episode that allows me to go, Heavens to Betsy, Maya, will you never learn?"
"Listen, Petunia, I've been living my life on Candy Cane Lane the past year and I am a pent-up, boiling cauldron of: I'm gonna do something!"
"I will allow you just enough freedom for one full-sized-"
"Quiet! I run the show. You don't allow me, I allow you. You want the old Maya back? Mama gonna do a big bad thing"
"Well, I don't believe that you will. Because I only brought you back to exactly where I need you to be and I was very careful not to go too far. Right?" I look away from her
"Maya? Peaches!" I sigh and go out. I need to do something to prove that I'm back, stronger than ever
*At school*
"Pompeii. Lucas!"
"You mean Farkle?" I roll my eyes, he called you out for a reason
"I mean Lucas"
"Oh"
"I wanna see what you know"
"Okay. Here's what I know. Farkle!"
"Why thank you! Pompeii was an ancient village in Italy located near the beauty and culture of Naples. It was a resort town where the wealthy would go to soak up the sun"
"It was like the Hawaii of Italy" Seriously, Huckleberry? Now you decide to talk?
"Thanks, Lucas"
"Call on me anytime" Riley turns around to face me
"Pompeii sounds so beautiful Maya. We should go there. We should go there and be calm" I ignore her
"Let me tell you about a whole city that became very calm, very quick. Now, who here knows about Mount Vesuvius" I decide to add a little commment
"Mount Vesuvius was a pent-up, boiling cauldron of: I wanna do something"
"Vesuvius sat quiet for a long time. But then, it did what volcanoes in time must do. It exploded!"
"Why does a volcano have to explode?"
"Because if it doesn't, it'll just blow up worse later. Vesuvius wiped out the entire population of Pompeii. It was one of the greatest natural disasters the world had ever known"
"Okay, then do it right now! Do what you need to do to be Maya. But please don't wipe us all out, Peaches" The fire alarm suddenly goes off, and she sighs in relief
"That's it! Oh, a fire alarm! Ooh, you sassy troublemaker! Fire alarm, everybody! Yeah! This is bananas"
"Your blood pumping?"
"Oh, it's so pumping!"
"Good. I didn't do it"
"Yes, you did! Okay, single file, everybody! Choo-choo! Everybody find a safety buddy! My safety buddy is Maya. She exploded, and now she's tired" I seriously didn't do it.
"Um, I didn't do it"
"Yes, you did. But you can't do anything more for 3000 years"
"Hello, students. Sorry about that. A little glitch in the system" the alarm stops as the announcement continues
"False alarm. Our mistake. Back to work"
"You didn't do it, Maya the Volcano?" I shake my head in denial
"No explodey"
"Do you need a nappy?"
"Wide awakey"
"Oh, you're gonna wipe out the whole village, ain't ya?" I grin
"And the neighboring towns"
*After school, at Topanga's*
"Explode! If you're going to explode, explode! Just do it! I can't wait! Explode!" Farkle starts shaking and making rumbling noises like a volcano. Seems like he's the one exploding
"What are you doing?"
"Mount Farkle-uvius has awoken in all its bubbling glory!" I cringe at Lucas' failed attempt to sound British
"What is that?"
"That's my fancy British guy, Mortimer"
"It sounds like you're eating meatloaf"
"Meatloaf!" Riley and Elliot start laughing
"Okay, Thing Number 211 He Can't Do: Accents"
"Oh, but it's so charming when he can't do things"
"He's a face! He's just a face! What's the matter with you?"
"Mount Farkle-uvius sends two billion tons of burning lava straight into the air!" he makes an explosion noise and puts his arms above his head
"And right back down on his head"
"Why?"
"Because you insulted Mortimer!"
"What's his last name?"
"Twiggle-bottom Smythe!" Okay, why is everyone laughing? This is not funny
"Okay, fine, I'll do it" he makes some explosion noises and brings his hands down on his face, then freezes in an awkward position
"Maya, what's going on with you?" Elliot asks me when he notices that I'm the only one who doesn't find this amusing.
I simply shrug and stand up
"It's like I don't have a role here anymore. Riley the Sweet, Farkle the Genius, Elliot the Perfect and Lucas the Good" the cowboy groans
"I thought that was gone"
"It's not gone. I'm gone. I'm the one that's gone" he walks up to me
"Maya, I've been down this road. Forget it! I missed a whole year of school because I thought I had to be something that doesn't get you anywhere"
"Yeah, and now you say 'please', and 'thank you', and what does that get you?"
"It gets me to like him. Do you still like him?" Hell, Riley. Ever since I came back I think that I might even be back to loving him. But I can't tell them, I can't expose myself, especially if Lucas chose Riley
"I know what I'm feeling. It's up to him the decision"
"Whoa"
"No 'whoa'. "I grab Farkle by his shirt collar so that he can face me
"No "whoa" while I'm figuring things out" I let go of him and he smiles before kissing my nose
"Whoa"
"What the hell, Farkle!" Elliot stands up in rage and steps between us, facing him and grabs him by the collar. Is he gonna hit him?
"Elliot" I say in a whisper while grabbing him by his free arm. He relaxes and eventually lets go of him
"Where getting older. Things are gonna be more unpredictable"
"I'm telling Smackle" he smiles and sits back down
"I'm telling Smackle!" My mom approaches us
"Hey, you wanna know what's up with me? The cash register is short $100. So, what's up with you? That's great. You know what's up with me? Who took my $100?" Riley sighs and smiles at me
"Just do it" Unbelievable, I'm not a thief!
"I didn't take the money!"
"Yes, you did! Maya, you took the money! She took the money, everybody! Yeah! She's a cat burglar!"
"I didn't do it"
"Yes, you did. This is all over" Elliot crosses his arms
"Riley, Maya was with you the whole time. She doesn't even know how to use the register, it wasn't her. The only people who know how to use it here are her mom and I" mom sighs
"If no one took my $100, then what happened? Huh? Somebody just put two 50s under the whole drawer and forgot all about it?" she pulls out the money from the whole drawer and sighs
"Somebody just did that. Stay in school, kids" I take a deep breath
"I don't want my role with us to be someone you think takes money of sets off fire alarms. You think you know what I'm capable of? You have no idea what I'm capable of. You guys want the Maya back, the Maya I really am? You got her" I leave the place.
"Maya, wait!" It's Elliot
"Elliot? What are you doing? Get back to work! You can't leave my mom alone"
"Not until I find out what's going on with you"
"Listen, I'm just-"
"Confused?" I nod
"Why?"
"I feel like my feelings for Lucas have changed"
"How?"
"That's the point, I don't know. After Shawn came back to his old self his feelings for me and my mom only grew stronger. What if that's what happening with me?"
"What do you mean?" I sigh
"Do you remember how after the first few days of high school I said that I didn't love Lucas anymore and just liked him?" he nods
"That's what I was feeling at the time, maybe because I was turning even more like Riley, I don't know" I take a deep breath
"But that's what I was truly feeling"
"What about now?" I look down and blush. I can't say it out loud
"You love him?!" I shush him
"I don't want the whole city to find out!" he covers his mouth
"Right, sorry"
"But I'm not sure about it"
"What do you have in mind?"
"Tonight I'm gonna go to a park I used to go when I was little. I think it'll help me remind who I am"
"I'll go too"
"No way!"
"Maya, it's gonna be late at night, you need someone to protect you"
"I can do it alone" I start walking away but he stops me by grabbing me by the arm
"I'll go with you, end of the story"
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Girl Meets World | AU
FanfictionWhat if Riley had an older brother? Would relationships have been the same? Would the story have been different? Would've the ships remained the same ones? (This story contains serious topics like alcohol and sex. read at your own risk)
