It was "funny" how love, the only thing Farkle had believed in without absolute evidence, could have turned out so wrong for him. He had found that his hypothesis wasn't incorrect. Feelings were more powerful than science. Charlie Gardner, though someone he was never fond of, was also right in his findings that love had to be a mix of sense and sensibility. Neither of those findings though did anything to protect their hearts from Riley Matthews.

How Riley feels about Farkle from New York to permanent record. "She always knew they would all grow up in high school. They'd all find their own clubs and interests and apparently Smakles but she never foresaw Farkle walking by her as she sat in a hole she dug up herself and not have been even noticed. She never foresaw Farkle outgrowing her. Pluto was always supposed to be a planet in his room."

"I love you Farkle." "And I love you." When "just friends" are more than just that. - In all chapters, they are aged up to at least 16.