A/N: Happy New Year! Again, thank you so much for all the love for the previous chapters. You guys rock! So this was supposed to be for Christmas but I got busy and decided not to finish it. but then after the news of GMW being cancelled I decided to finish it. Because of the news I decided to write more in the fandom so look out for that. Also, just fair warning this is has lots of Riarkle in it, so please don't hate if you don't like them just don't read. Also, at the end there's something that happens that I've already written about in a previous chapter but I couldn't help myself from doing it again. Anyways, enjoy!

Dedicated to the wonderful kieranwilcoxes on Tumblr and neverendingdreamx on Youtube!

Josh smiled at his girlfriend who was on her tiptoes, trying to hang a mistletoe.

"Here let me get that Little Ferret."

His hands brushed hers as she let him take the mistletoe. She smiled. "Thanks Boing."

Once he hung it, he turn around and gave Maya a small yet endearing kiss to which she gladly returned. Once parting, he asked, "So not that I'm complaining or anything, but what's with all of the mistletoe?"

She shrugged, "It's a Christmas party Boing, there has to be mistletoe."

"Right. But usually there's only one. Not like five all over the place. Care to explain?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Maya, I know when you're keeping something from me."

She sighed, "Fine. If you must know I'm using it to help me set up a couple."

He arched a brow. "Let me guess to set up Riley with someone?"

"You know me so well Boing."

"So who's the lucky guy you want our dear Riley with?"

"Isn't it obvious? Farkle."

His eyes widened, "Maya, I don't know if that's a good idea. They're best friends."

"Yeah best friends who are in love with each other they just haven't admitted it to themselves yet."

"How do you know that they don't just love each other as best friends?"

"By the way they are with each other. Come on, Boing, you're the observer, tell me you haven't noticed anything."

Josh folded his arms, "Okay, fine maybe there's been times where I noticed that maybe there was something there more than a deep friendship. But they're so close. If we meddle with them, it could damper their relationship."

"Or it can make their relationship grow. Come on, I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't certain. Besides, I might need a scheming partner."

"I don't know Maya."

"How about this, when we meet up with the gang for lunch, you pay close attention to them and see if it's worth meddling."

"Fine."

The entire lunch Josh had paid very close attention to his niece and Farkle. They sat next to each other, taking bites from each other's foods. If a stranger saw them, they would definitely think the pair were a couple. But that's how some best friends were. Riley and Maya were the same. But then Josh would notice how Farkle would catch his breath when Riley gave him piece of her food or how he gulped when Riley caressed his arm for far too long. Josh always noticed that Farkle could always make Riley smile brightly, but what he didn't realize until now was that it was a slightly different smile than ones she would usually have for Maya or her family. There was a slight blush and wow oh wow there were heart eyes. It was like whenever she romantically liked a boy, but more subtle, which was why Josh never really noticed until now.

And so Josh came to the conclusion that Riley and Farkle had a romantic attraction, which wasn't really a big surprise since they were so close, plus there was that whole "Farkle was in love with them since the first grade" thing. But the big question was: would it be worth it to meddle to bring them together? From watching them during lunch and all the previous times he observed them, Josh concluded that they would most likely finally admit their romantic feelings for each other eventually. But then again this was Riley, she would keep secrets that could hurt her if it meant not hurting the ones she loved. If she admitted her feelings to Farkle and he, hypothetically that is, didn't like her back then it could mess with their great friendship. Josh knew Riley wouldn't want to do anything that could change her friendship with him, so if she knew about her feelings then she wouldn't say anything. Now Josh didn't know Farkle as well as he knew his beautiful niece, but the Minkus became a great friend to him over the years so Josh was pretty sure Farkle would be the same way if he found out he had feelings for Riley again.

Which brought Josh to his dilemma. Should he help Maya try to bring them together, risking their friendship, or should he just mind his own business and let life take it's course? The probably best outcome would be option two, but Josh was a Mathews and he had scheming in his blood. He remembered how Riley used to text him about her big plan to have Shawn as Maya's dad. She would text him updates and he couldn't help but root for his niece, because he knew if it ended well it'd be one of the best things for both Maya and Shawn. Now Maya was trying do something similar for her best friends, and Josh couldn't help but want to help. Riley deserved all of the happiness in the world, and he had a feeling Farkle could give that to her.

So after he and Maya arrived at their apartment Josh closed the door, going against his better judgment, and said, "Fine, I'm in."

Maya threw her bags on top of the kitchen table and turned, a huge smile on her face, "Really?"

He nodded, "Let's try to get these crazy kids together."

She let out a squeak and ran toward him before jumping on him. Josh caught her, being more than used to her jumping on him.

"This is going to be so great!"

He laughed, "So what exactly were you planning to do?"

Maya gave him a mischievous smile that made him gulp. Oh boy. This was going to be interesting.

Riley and Farkle arrived together, arms linked.

"They're making it way too easy." Maya whispered to Josh before greeting her best friends. "You made it! Come on let's get some drinks." She dragged Riley, making the two follow after her to the kitchen.

"Hey Maya look, they're under the Mistletoe." Josh said, tried to sound somewhere in between nonchalant and excited.

Maya stopped, making the pair stop directly under where the Mistletoe was hanging from the doorway to the kitchen. "Well, would you look at that! You two know what have to do. It's tradition after all."

Riley and Farkle looked at each other, starting to look a little uncomfortable. Josh started to think that maybe this wasn't a good idea until Riley smiled and gave Farkle a kiss on the cheek.

"Boo, you're no fun." Maya said.

His niece shrugged, "You didn't specify if it had to be on the mouth or cheek. So there." Riley stuck her tongue out at her best friend.

Josh chuckled as Maya looked like she was about to argue. He grabbed his girlfriend's arm, "Come on Little Ferret let's all get a drink."

Later on, as more people came, Maya dragged Josh to their room to regroup. "We need to start Phase 2. None of the Mistletoes are working. Farkle is starting to think I have a Mistletoe fetish."

Josh laughed, "Yeah I think we need to stop with the Mistletoes."

"Okay then Phase 1 complete. Let's commence with Phase 2."

Josh smiled at his girlfriend, "You are having way too much fun with this."

She shrugged, "Maybe."

Phase 2 was simple: Secret Santa. They didn't even have to do anything except earlier Maya rigged it so Riley got Farkle and Farkle got Riley. Josh didn't exactly know how she did it and Maya would only give him a mischievous smile so he decided it'd be best not to ask questions. They knew that whatever the two gave to each other would mean a lot to them.

And it did. Riley had tears in her eyes when she opened her gift from Farkle and Farkle was speechless when he opened his.

She took her hand within his, "I love you Farkle."

"And I love you."

Josh was pretty damn sure they were going to kiss by the way they were looking at each other.

"I can't take this anymore. Will you two please just end all of our misery and kiss already?" Maya shouted.

"Subtle, Babe, very subtle." Josh said, shaking his head.

Farkle let go of Riley's hand as they both looked at Maya stunned.

"How'd you know?" Riley asked surprised.

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Josh asked.

"How'd Maya find out that Farkle and I are together?"

"Wait, what?" Maya asked in disbelief. "You two are together?"

Riley turned to Farkle, who nodded, before turning back to her best friend and said, "Yeah. We have been for about a week now."

"A week?!" Maya shouted. "How come you didn't tell me? Riley we tell each other everything."

"Trust me Maya, I wanted to tell you everyday, but I didn't want to steal your thunder so I decided to wait."

"Until what?" Maya asked in confusion.

Josh gulped, "Riles."

Riley covered her mouth over-dramatically, "Oops, I wasn't supposed to say that."

Maya looked at the two Mathews, "What's going on?"

Josh sighed, turning to his girlfriend. "I've been trying to find the right time to do this, and I think this might be a good a time as any."

Josh then got on one knee, taking a box from his jacket out.

Maya looked at him in shock.

"Josh?"

"Maya Penelope Hart, I love you so much. I feel incredibly blessed to have the pleasure of knowing you since we were young and seeing your grow into the most remarkable woman I've ever met. The greatest decision I ever made was to play the long game with you. Will you continue to play it with me and be my wife?"

Tears began to form in Maya's eyes, "Of course, Boing."

He smiled from ear to ear, heart soaring high as he put the ring on her finger. Once it was on, Maya jumped on him and gave him a big kiss. He responded kindly, not caring that they had an audience. After a few moments they reluctantly parted.

Riley bombarded them, giving them both a hug, "I knew you were going to say yes!"

"You knew?" Maya asked.

Her best friend nodded, "Yep. I helped Josh pick out the ring."

"This is why you didn't want to tell me about you and Farkle? So you wouldn't want to steal my thunder of getting engaged?"

Riley nodded.

Maya then fully parted from Josh and gave her best friend a big bear hug, "You're the best friend a girl can ask for."

Riley hugged her back, "And so are you."

"I'm engaged!" Maya yelled. "And you're with Farkle!"

Everyone in the room clapped.

Farkle went to congratulate Josh.

"Congratulations."

"Thanks man. Congrats to you as well, finally dating Riley."

Farkle gave him a sheepish smile, "Thanks."

"As her uncle I do have to give you the obligatory "if you hurt you you'd have to answer to me" spiel, but also I'm really happy for you two. Riley deserves all the love in the world and I think you can give that to her."

His smile widened, "Thanks. And the same goes with you and Maya."

Josh smiled back. Him and Maya. They were going to get married. And it turned out that Maya's assumptions about Riley and Farkle were right. He smiled, thinking about how fun he had scheming with his little ferret. If he could spend the rest of his life doing that with her, he'd die the happiest man alive.