"Somebody read that." Mr. Matthews instructed.
" 'History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.' -Winston Churchill." Lucas read.
"And he did. Who's gonna write their own history here? What is history? I keep forgetting."
"History is time passing." Riley answered.
"Oh, yeah? How much time?"
"Any time. Lucas reading that quote is history." I told him.
"Someone once said, '100 years from now, all new people.' "
"100 years!" Maya answered.
"Wrong."
"You set me up."
"When should you guys begin to make your own history?"
"Now." I said quietly.
"Good. So, today we're talking about Winston Churchill. When the new people come, how do you want them talking about you?"
"Nicely?" Riley guessed.
"How long do we have before history starts making it's decision about us?" Maya questioned, to which Farkle added:
"What if they're writing it down now?"
"Doesn't matter. Chapter One: Intdoduction. Please read that, Skipper."
"There is a comfort in knowing that history is fixed. You can no sooner change history than you can change the nine planets in our solar system from Mercury to Pluto. Oh, I see." I told him.
"What?" Riley asked.
"Nice Job, Mr. Matthews."
"What'd he do?"
"He just showed us that history books can be wrong." Lucas explained. "You can change history."
"I don't get it."
"Well, he meant that Pluto isn't-"
"Look at the bird!" Maya shouted. Riley began frantically looking around the room."She doesn't know because she has us."
"The Riley Committee." Farkle added.
"The committee exists to keep certain information away from Riley."
"What information?" I asked.
"Everything, really."
"Listen, this committee can't protect her for the rest of her life. She's getting too smart." Mr. Matthews whispered.
"She's looking for a bird!" Farkle and I said.
"Well someone's gotta tell her."
"Nuh...you do it!"
"Hi sweetie."
"Peaches."
"So, we've all been protecting you from something. You know Pluto?"
"Pluto? I love Pluto. Everybody knows that. Pluto's a little cutie pie, the smallest planet with the biggest heart. I love Pluto so much, I would kiss it on the face."
"Not doin' it!'
"You're doin' it!'
"I'll do it." I told them.
"Ok." They said together.
"Riley...dear..."
"Skipper..."
"A while ago, they determined that...Pluto, well...It's not a planet anymore."
"What's that you say?"
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Small Town Girl (Farkle Minkus)
FanfictionSkipper Jackson is your regular small town girl: Aggressive, good with a gun, and stunningly beautiful. She loves Austin, Texas and everything about it. She loves the night sky, the music, the dusty back roads, the people...but little does she know...
