Girl Meets World has borrowed a ton of story lines from its predecessor, Boy Meets World, but one that's definitely brand new is the love triangle between Riley, Lucas, and Maya that's been raging since season two. In Boy Meets World, Shawn went on a date with Topanga once, but only to make Cory realize his feelings for her. Sadly, the love triangle in Girl Meets World has gone on for waaaaaay longer than one episode.
But it finally came to an end on last Friday's episode and Lucas finally ended up "choosing" (I use that word sooooo loosely — more on that later) between Riley and Maya.
And the girl he ended up with is... RILEY! Rucas shippers rejoice!
In Girl Meets Ski Lodge: Part 2, the whole gang revisited the ski lodge from Boy Meets World, and staying at the lodge made all the relationship drama bubble up to the surface between the gang, especially since Maya's other crush, Riley's uncle Josh, was there.
Basically, Maya and Josh have a deep conversation at the ski lodge's bay window (where ALL deep convos are had in GMW world) and Josh makes Maya realize that she cared about Riley so much that, in order to protect her, she became like Riley and crushed on Lucas to make sure that he was a good enough guy for her. Maya encourages Lucas to go after Riley after she sees how upset he is that Riley is bonding with the new guy at the ski lodge, Evan.
That's when Lucas asks Riley to be his girlfriend by presenting her with the jelly bean that helped him realize he liked her and only her (seriously, a jelly bean), and it was the most romantic moment EVER.
So, I wouldn't say Lucas CHOSE Riley as much as he realized she was the only girl for him and she graciously agreed to be his girlfriend despite his many discretions (*cough* like going on a date with Maya *cough*).
But what about Maya? Well, her deep convo with Josh makes her realize she never liked Lucas and still has feelings for Josh. When they talk later, Josh finally admits he likes Maya too. He still thinks he's too old for Maya, though, so he promises to "play the long game" and see how they feel about each other in the future.
Basically: Rucas + Joshaya = Love. It's happily ever after for EVERYONE!
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