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No music is worth making, Julie, if we’re not making it with you.

Episode 1: Girl Meets Sophomores

The gang faces pressure to do the hazing traditions towards the freshman class, the same hazing they were put through the previous year. Riley stands up to it, her and her friends befriending the freshmen.

Episode 2: Girl Meets Moving Day

Maya moves to a nice apartment with her mother and Shawn, but feels sentimental about leaving her old place. Riley excitedly helps decorate her new room.

Episode 3: Girl Meets NYPD

When Zay is stopped and searched by a police officer on the street for no good reason, the gang learns about the black lives matter movement and why it’s important.

Episode 4: Girl Meets Sweet Sixteen 2.0

Maya is really turning sixteen, and Riley is excited to help her plan the party. Maya is surprised when Lucas buys her an expensive paint set that she wanted.

Episode 5: Girl Meets Nighttime

Maya and Zay, being pretty popular at their school, are invited to a High School party. Riley and Farkle are dissapointed that they weren’t invited and try to be cooler. Meanwhile, Auggie and Ava have a slumber party.

Episode 6: Girl Meets Sister Part 1

One of Maya’s half sisters from her dad’s new family, Hailey, finds Maya and wants to have a relationship with her. Maya’s old insecurities about her father make her hesitant, but everything she has in common with Hailey excites her.

Episode 7: Girl Meets Sister Part 2

Maya’s father shows up to take Hailey back home, and Hailey questions how good of a person her father is. Riley is worried that Maya’s new relationship with Hailey is making Maya forget about her. She ends up becoming friends with Hailey too, Maya saying that Riley is her real sister.

Episode 8: Girl Meets Lucas

The gang realizes that they’ve never met Lucas’s family, so they insist on going to his apartment. Lucas is hesitant, but he caves. It turns out that he has four younger siblings who he and his father take care of since his mother left. Riley gets along well with his siblings. Maya has a talk with Lucas about how she understands his pain since they both had parents who left.

Episode 9: Girl Meets Activist

Riley starts to feel bad about herself because she realizes that Maya is an artist, Lucas and Zay are atheletes, Farkle and Smackle are scientists, so what is she? She tries out (and fails at) many different clubs until she discovers her passion for activism. She participates in the women’s march and does a report on gun control.

Episode 10: Girl Meets the Fourth Grade

We get a look into Auggie and Ava’s classroom and we meet their friends. They have a conflict when there is another fourth grade pair that rivals them for the best couple. Farkle and Riley are teacher’s assistants for the day.

Episode 11: Girl Meets Test

The gang takes the PSAT. Maya is shocked to find out that she got a good score, while Smackle is shocked at how low hers is. Maya is told that she’s a lot smarter than she shows. Zay comforts Smackle, saying it was just a lack of studying.

Episode 12: Girl Meets Babysitter

Lucas has a baseball tournament while his father is out in business. Riley is gone for debate club, so he asks Maya to babysit his siblings. Maya struggles keeping them under control, going trough funny incidents, but they end up loving her in the end. Lucas sees Maya in a different light.

Episode 13: Girl Meets Homecoming

The gang goes to their first High School dance. Lucas asks Riley with a poster, and Maya is asked by a popular and handsome senior. Farkle is suspicious when he notices Lucas’s jealousy towards Maya’s date.

Episode 14: Girl Meets Riley and Farkle

Farkle worries that Lucas still has feelings for Maya, and he’s very upset, considering that Lucas is with Riley. Farkle confronts Lucas, but Lucas wonders why Farkle is so heated about it. Lucas suggests that Farkle loves Riley as more than a friend. Farkle says he doesn’t know how he feels, and he breaks up with Smackle. Auggie notices similarities between Riley and Farkle and his parents.

Episode 15: Girl Meets Adoption

Shawn wants to adopt Maya, and all is well until Maya’s biological father has to sign to give away his parental rights. Maya fears confronting her father again, but she also gets to see Hailey. Meanwhile, Zay is failing Algebra. Smackle tries her best to tutor him.

Episode 16: Girl Meets Sports

Lucas recalls how good Maya was at pitching is seventh grade and encourages her to try out for the softball team. Meanwhile, Auggie and Ava have a rivalry at their little league soccer practice.

Episode 17: Girl Meets Just Friends

Maya and Lucas try to rekindle their friendship by going bowling together. Riley and Farkle go shopping at a book store and at Eataly (an Italian food court in NYC). Zay and Smackle continue their tutoring sessions, and Smackle is oblivious to Zay’s flirting.

Episode 18: Girl Meets Camping Part 1

The Sophmore class is taken to Washington State for a camping trip in Eastern Washington. They set off on a hike, and Maya catches Smackle and Zay holding hands when she ditches the trail. As she’s walking through the forest, Maya trips and sprains her wrist. Lucas gets extremely worried when they can’t find Maya. This causes Riley to be suspicious of him having feelings for Maya.

Episode 19: Girl Meets Camping Part 2

Once Lucas takes care of Maya’s injury and shows immense worry for her back at the camp site, Riley confronts Lucas about his feelings for her. Lucas admits that he still likes Maya, so Riley and Lucas mutually break up. Once they tell everyone, Zay immediately helps Farkle come up with a grand gesture to win Riley over. Riley is hilariously oblivious.

Episode 20: Girl Meets Camping Part 3

Cory tries to build his tent and a campfire, discovering his lack of camping skills. Riley ends up doing both with ease. As night comes, The gang gathers around the campfire. Maya and Lucas are the last ones there, and they have a talk. Lucas confesses his feelings, and they look back to the Texas campfire before sharing a kiss.

Episode 21: Girl Meets Fire

Maya asks Riley if it’s really okay that she wants to be with Lucas. Riley says it is, confessing her feelings for Farkle. Maya and Lucas go public as a couple at their school, but they’re overwhelmed by the response. Everyone is obsessed with their relationship, thinking they’re so good together. They’re reminded of when they were voted best couple in eighth grade (they’re like FIYAH😂). They end up deciding it’ll blow over, and they’re happy they’re finally together.

Episode 22: Girl Meets Grand Gesture

Zay and Farkle put together a grand promposal for Farkle to ask Riley to the prom. Farkle wants it to be personal, so he invites Riley to his house. Zay excitedly helps him set up candles and flowers. Riley comes, Farkle confesses his love, and she returns it. They share a candlelit kiss. Meanwhile, Maya and Lucas have a heated and playful argument over what movie to watch at her place.

Episode 23: Girl Meets Prom

The gang goes to the prom, Lucas with Maya, Riley with Farkle, and Smackle with Zay. Maya and Lucas win King and Queen for the Sophomore class. Zay and Smackle are bored of dancing, so they team up to try to trick a strict chaperone in an attempt to steal the chocolate fountain. They succeed.

Episode 24: Girl Meets Finals

The gang stresses about their final exams. Riley hosts a study session at her house. Maya and Lucas procrastinate the whole time, cuddling and laughing on the couch instead. Riley and Farkle go all out; flash cards, quizlets, the whole deal. Smackle tries to jam Algebra into Zay’s Head. Meanwhile, Topanga comforts Auggie about a bad grade he got on a math worksheet.

Episode 25: Girl Meets Juniors

THIS ALSO INCLUDES:

MAGNUS LEARNING ABOUT SEXUALITIES

FIERROCHASE

FLUFF

AAAHHH I’M REALLY PROUD OF THIS! I HOPE Y’ALL ENJOY!!

Magnus Chase somehow managed to shower all the chocolate off of himself, but he couldn’t wash off the sensation he felt on his lips.

In fact, he never wanted to.

He put on a fresh set of clothes and laid down on his bed, staring up at Yggdrasil, the World Tree, and thought about Alex Fierro.

He thought about his badassery in every way, shape, and form—in every sense of each of those words. No matter if Alex was a girl or a guy, Magnus finally admitted to himself something he already knew, but couldn’t quite believe himself until now.

“I’m in love with Alex Fierro.”

The words felt amazing yet foreign to say. He had crushed on Alex since she arrived at Hotel Valhalla all those months ago, but he never really realized what those weird fuzzy feelings in his stomach were until Alex kissed him under the blanket in Niflheim, and suddenly, everything became a thousand times clearer. Even after the second kiss, Magnus still couldn’t quite fathom the idea that Alex might actually like him back.

Magnus touched a couple of fingers to his lips to make sure they were still there and thought about what Alex had said.

“I need some space, Chase.”

Magnus decided that that was reasonable.

I mean, I did kind of just say that her kissing me is the best thing to ever happen to me, Magnus thought to himself. And on a boat made of dead people’s toenails, surrounded by giants. Yep. Super romantic.

Magnus thought about everything before deciding something for himself:

I need some space too. But first, Alex Fierro.

He thought about how Alex would call him stupid if he heard Magnus’s somewhat contradicting thoughts, but the thought of Alex made Magnus’s cheeks flush and his stomach buzz.

Magnus got out of bed and headed towards Alex’s door and knocked. When Alex opened it, he gave Magnus a face that said: really?

“Magnus, what part of ‘I need space’ and ‘I’ll get back to you’ did you not understand? Do you want me to explain it to you like you’re two?”

“Hello to you too, Alex. Listen, I understand you need space, and I’m completely okay with that. I just came here to tell you that I need a bit of space too, just to figure things out, okay?”

Alex nodded and crossed his arms.

“That’s fair.”

“B-but I also don’t want us to completely ignore each other,” Magnus continued, feeling himself getting flustered. Alex smiled, which did anything but calm down the wild party that was happening inside of Magnus’s chest.

“Aww, you’re so cute when you’re smitten and flustered!” Alex said, pinching Magnus’s cheek and laughing. Magnus’s face only became more red.

“I hate you,” Magnus said, trying to be seriously sarcastic but smirking.

Alex smirked back. “I hate you too.”

Magnus got lost in Alex’s eyes before he remembered what he was going to say.

“Oh, one more thing: can I borrow that book with all the BLT terms?”

“Did you mean that book with all the LGBTQIA+ terms?”Alex asked, rolling his eyes and smiling. “I do tend to have the power to make people question their sexuality. Here, I’ll go get it.”

Alex returned carrying a decent-sized book that had been well-used and well-loved. The cover was covered in colors and stickers, and the title read: The Queer Alphabet: A Guide to LGBT and Everything In Between. It looked like it was written in silver holographic glitter that made rainbows when you moved it.

“If you damage this book in any way, shape, or form, I will not hesitate to kill you.”

Magnus sensed that despite the fact that they were einheirji in Valhalla and could easily reincarnate, Alex was not being completely sarcastic.

“This is the book that helped me figure out who I am. I got it from my abuelo,” Alex whispered, not meeting Magnus’s eyes. Magnus gently patted Alex’s arm.

“Thank you for sharing this with me, Alex.”

Alex Fierro smiled and Magnus’s stomach was about to explode with happiness, rainbows, unicorns, and falafels.

“I hope it helps you as much as it helped me,” Alex said before closing the door and leaving Magnus staring at the polished brown wood.

Magnus returned to his room, plopped down on his bed, and opened the book. On the inside of the book was a note, written in what looked Spanish. After being homeless and looking at Mexican restaurant menus for two years and hanging out with Alex for the past few months, Magnus was just able to read the note:

My Dear Alex, I hope this book helps you figure out who you are. No matter what, never stop being the amazing person you are, and don’t be afraid of change. With love, Abuelo.

The last few words of the last sentence were underlined in neon pink pen, and in the same color, just below the note, was another note (in Spanish) that read:

I won’t.

Magnus softly smiled at the little exchange.

As Magnus flipped through the book, he felt like he was discovering a whole new world. He knew, of course, that non-straight and non-cisgender people existed, but he never truly knew how many types of non-straight/cisgender people there were. As he went along the book, he noticed little notes written in the margins with neon colored pens and definitions highlighted in either pink or green. He also made a list on a separate sheet of paper with a list of sexualities and romantic orientations (something else he previously did not know existed) that he could possibly be:

Aromantic: yEaH tOtAlLy (no)

Asexual: hmmm, probably not

Bisexual: maybe probably?

Demisexual: I know this doesn’t have anything to do with demigods but I bet Percy’s demisexual (but I’m not)

Gay/Homosexual: It would probably be hard for me to be attracted to only one (1) gender with Alex Fierro being genderfluid

Heterosexual: LMAO NAH BRO

Lesbian (see: gay/homosexual): not even close

Magnus kept flipping through the book until he came across a term that, when he read its definition, made his heart vibrate for a second.

Pansexual: Attraction to people regardless of gender; attraction to all genders.

Magnus looked at the pink, yellow, and light blue striped flag that was next to the word.

Suddenly, he felt right.

~~~~~

The next morning, Magnus returned the book. At least, he tried to. When he knocked on Alex’s door, there was no response. Magnus took a post-it note and wrote a note on it and stuck it to Alex’s door. Deciding it would be better and safer if he kept the book in his room rather than leave it on the floor in a hotel full of regularly-dying-and-fighting dead people, Magnus went back to his room to prepare for the day’s battle. He had just taken his shirt off when he heard a voice behind him.

“What is it with you and not closing the door before you change your clothes?”

Alex Fierro leaned against Magnus’s door frame wearing a pink and green chain-mail sweater vest with dark green jeans.

Magnus felt the blood rushing to his face.

“I—uh—” was all he could stutter out.

“Gods, Magnus…” Alex said as she rolled her eyes—Magnus realized that Alex was now female—and smiled up at the ceiling.

“At least you’re not covered in chocolate,” Alex finished, her heterochromatic eyes sparkling.

Magnus couldn’t think of anything to add, so he decided to do what he did best: awkwardly change the topic.

“Thanks for letting me borrow the book,” he started. “It really helped.”

Alex smiled fondly and genuinely, and Magnus nearly melted on the spot.

“I’m glad,” Alex said, walking towards Magnus and pulling out a crumpled-up post-it note from her jean pockets. Magnus realized it was the one he had left for her.

“I’m guessing you’ve decided on…hmm…asexual?” Alex tried to hold back a laugh (and failed to do so) as she and Magnus looked at the bad drawing of a pan with “oh no I’m attracted to kitchen stuff” written next to it. Magnus couldn’t help but join in.

“You do know what pansexual means, right?” Alex asked, still laughing.

“Yeah,” Magnus replied.

“Good, because I’m pansexual too.”

Magnus couldn’t stop the giddy feeling that exploded in his chest.

“I know it’s none of my business, and you don’t have to answer this if you don’t want to or whatever, but what’s your romantic orientation?” Alex asked, calming down.

“Probably panromantic as well. Can that be different than my sexuality?”

“Oh yeah, totally. I know people who are asexual but biromantic, pansexual but aromantic, et cetera, et cetera.”

“Cool,” Magnus remarked. “What’s your romantic orientation?”

“I’m panromantic too.”

“Cool,” Magnus said.

The duo stood awkwardly next to each other before Magnus realized what Alex wanted.

“Here’s your book,” he said, getting it from his bed and handing it to Alex. “I promise I didn’t damage it.”

“You better not have,” Alex said with a smirk as she turned around and began walking to the door. “I’ll see you on the battlefield, Chase.”

“See ya then, Fierro.”

Alex looked back and smiled before closing the door behind her.

~~~~~

The battle was a bloodbath.

The daily battles always were, but it was especially bloody today.

Everything Magnus could see was tainted red due to the blood dripping down his head. He felt light and heavy all at the same time and he could feel himself about to die. He called upon his healing powers and was rejuvenated just enough for his vision to become clear again and for him to have enough self-awareness to see what was happening no more than ten feet in front of him.

Alex was fighting—and losing to—a berserker from Floor 432. Magnus noticed that the berserker’s spear was about to impale Alex.

He started running towards the two fighters. Despite knowing that death in Hotel Valhalla was temporary, the thought of Alex dying and him not doing anything to stop it made Magnus sick.

Magnus gathered up the little strength he had left, and at the last second, he threw himself between the spear and Alex.

The spear impaled him straight through the heart.

The last thing Magnus heard was Alex screaming, and the last thing that he saw was Alex beginning to cry as she beheaded the berserker with her garrote.

~~~~~

Magnus woke up hours later in his bed, his scars from the day’s battle in the last stages of healing.

He attempted to sit up in bed and grunted at the pain in his chest.

“Lie back down, idiot.”

Magnus’s eyes adjusted and he saw that Alex Fierro was standing over him, his eyebrows knitted together with what was either worry or concentration.

Magnus noticed that Alex had shifted genders again and was now male.

“I’m fine,” Magnus said, wincing at the pain.

“Like Hel you are,” Alex responded, rolling his eyes.

Magnus sighed as he asked, “Why are you here? Not that I don’t want you here or anything, I just—”

“I waited for you to wake up, idiot,” Alex responded, crossing his arms across his chest.

Magnus let the fact that Alex Fierro had waited for Magnus to wake unsettle in. His heart felt like it would burst out of his chest.

“Listen,” Magnus said as he started to explain himself.

“About what happened on the battlefield—I know you said you needed space—”

“Magnus—”

“—and I understand that completely, but I just—”

“Magnus—”

“I couldn’t just stand there and watch you die!”

“Dude, I’m already dead.”

“You know what I meant.”

The two einherjar stared at each other.

“I get that you need space—”

“Magnus, please—”

“But—”

Magnus was cut off by Alex Fierro leaning down and kissing him.

As Magnus closed his eyes, he suddenly forgot what he was saying.

Though it caused his shoulders to scream in pain, Magnus reached up and gently took hold of Alex’s head.

When the couple broke apart, Magnus noticed that Alex’s gender had shifted to female.

“You’re—you’re a girl now,” Magnus noted.

Alex smiled and nodded.

“Neat. I didn’t know that kissing a genderfluid einherjar caused their gender to change.”

Alex laughed and held one of Magnus’s hands against her face

“I thought you needed space?” Magnus asked, rubbing his thumb against Alex’s face.

“I got my space, Chase,” Alex said, kissing him again.

“I’m ready when you are.”

Magnus couldn’t (and didn’t try to) stop the smile that beamed across his face. He leaned forward and kissed Alex again.

Magnus backed slightly away, stared at Alex’s eyes, and smiled again.