Ari POV:
"What are the primary causes of war?" Mr.Matthews asks the next day in class.
"You may be wondering why I'm" The man behind Mr.Matthews starts to say loudly as we all look at him confused.
"Not now" Mr.Matthews says turning to him.
"Freedom" Riley responds.
"Religion" Lucas responds.
"Pancakes" I hear Maya mutter under her breathe causing me to roll my eyes.
"You may be wondering why" the man starts again standing back up.
"Not now!" Mr.Matthews exclaims frustrated.
"Can't we be friends again?" Riley asks turning to Maya.
"We're at war Riley" Maya responds not looking at her.
"Why?" Riley asks upset.
"Because when I knew I could count on you to defend me, I felt at peace. Now I'm not at peace" Maya tells her.
"Maya what's the difference what anybody says?" Riley asks her confused as to why she says as actually upset.
"Because even if I am short, I never felt like I was u til you didn't disagree" Maya says finally turning to look at Riley.
"In any war, the immediate danger is escalation in other countries" Mr.Matthews starts to inform us.
"It seems like this is about Riley and Maya, how could it esc..." Farkle says before Maya throws a paper ball and him causing him to pull out a toy gun and shoot her multiple times. "I get it now" Farkle says putting it away.
"Right. So in order to avoid that, the next step would be to bring in a mediating body like the United Nations. But unfortunately they said no, so I've decided to bring in a respected intellect from the north" Mr.Matthews says to the class before looking towards the man who now has tape all over his face. "Now Eric!" Mr.Matthews says getting frustrated again before the man stands up and yanks the tape off his face.
"Owww!" He yells after pulling the tape off. "Now what was I going to say?" The man we now know as Eric asks as we look at him confused before we all speak in perfect unison.
"You may wonder what it is?" We all say.
"Yeah?" Eric asks prompting us to continue.
"I'm doing here" we finish before Zay speaks up.
"Who is this guy?" Zay asks Mr.Matthews confused as we all nod in agreement.
"Well this guy is my brother Eric, and to be honest, there's no one I trust more when it comes to the art of mediation" Mr.Matthews says introducing us to his brother.
"Mediation. Sitting cross-legged going ohm...my legs are killing me" Eric says lifting his leg over his other to do a meditation type stance.
"Um actually that's meditation not mediation" I say speaking up.
"And what's you name?" Eric asks before I respond with Ari. "Ok oreo how do you know this meditation?" He asks looking at me.
"Umm I did it to lose baby weight after I had my daughter and my name is Ari not oreo" I say confused.
"Right so it's certainly no secret that war has broken out among us. I thought it might be an interesting lesson for you guys to see how rational and caring people can bring war to an end" Mr.Matthews interrupts.
"Dad, are you sure?" Riley asks worry evident in her voice.
"Yeah, he's got this" Mr.Matthews replies patting his brothers shoulder before Eric walks over and opens the door gesturing us outside. We all stand up and walk outside the classroom standing in the hall where I wrap my arms around Lucas' waist snuggling into his side as the two adults walk out of the classroom.
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The Little Friar // Lucas Friar
FanfictionLucas Friar and Ari Alvarez grew up together but eventually they started dating. After their one year anniversary the couple got pregnant and decided to keep their baby. What happens when Lucas has to move away for defending his girlfriend from scho...
