Author's Note: Planning for this one to be a two-shot so look out for part 2 of you enjoyed :) Also, trying out a new format for just this two-shot, let me known what you think


*Breaking News Music Plays*

Anchor One: This just in! Newly christened CEO of Minkus International, Farkle Minkus, is what? That's right, he's married!

Anchor Two: Minkus was reported to be romantically tied to a civilian reporter for the New York Times over a year ago and it was announced via the Minkus International PR office that over the last weekend, the young bachelor tied the knot this his secretive, long-term girlfriend.

Anchor One: With the marriage announcement, however, came a full public introduction to the new Mrs. Minkus.

Anchor Two: New Mrs. Matthews-Minkus, actually. She's a hyphen-er, apparently. According to social media platforms and released intel, Farkle married an average, all-American girl. Born to a middle-class family and growing up in public schools, Riley Matthews-Minkus isn't exactly who most would have expected to snag one of the most eligible bachelors in New York.

Anchor One: *Laughs* I feel like that might be putting in lightly.

Anchor Two: Matthews-Minkus is an outspoken liberal, having participated in several marches for the Woman's Movement and actively speaking out about several other controversial topics.

Anchor One: She's also been terminated from several news media outlets for her strong political views and ideology.

Anchor Two: Honestly, I can't wait for the matriarch of the Minkus family, Jennifer Bassett-Minkus, to come out and just say, "What was my son thinking?" Oh, come on! We're all thinking it!

Anchor One: The girl is a loose canon. No one knows anything about her! And how is she supposed to compete? This is the New York high society we're talking about, not some public school. She'll flop in a month and then all we're be hearing about is her first stint in rehab.

Anchor Two: *Laughs* Oh, stop it!

Anchor One: Mark my words; rehab in a year and divorced in two.


Texting Conversation Between Honey and Peaches

Peaches: So…

Peaches: How ya holding up, Riles?

Honey: I'm fine, Maya.

Peaches: Riley

Honey: I mean, I just don't get it! They have no idea who I am! They don't know anything about me and Farkle! And they can still just write us off as 'rehab in a year and divorced in two'?

Honey: It's bullshit.

Peaches: Damn, my girl is hot and bothered. I'm kinda proud, to be honest ; )

Honey: I'm tired, Maya. Not really in the mood.

Peaches: What did the Nerd say?

Honey: Maya, what did I say about calling my husband that?

Peaches: Not recalling at the moment.

Honey: He said the same thing I am. It's bullshit…and that he loves me.

Peaches: Gag

Honey: Maya!

Peaches: Who cares what they say?

Peaches: They. Are. Assholes. Honey. Without any lives of their own.

Peaches: Who cares if you grew up without all of the money and Farkle practically bathed in it?

Peaches: You and Dweeb are perfect for each other, anyone with a brain can see that.

Honey: Farkle's Mom doesn't.

Peaches: Like a said, WITH A BRAIN


Talk-Show Host: Okay, okay, Jennifer, you know I have to ask…

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: Oh here we go!

Talk-Show Host: So, you're a mother-in-law now? What was your reaction to that? Especially with a daughter-in-law like…well, like Riley Matthews.

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: Honestly?

Talk-Show Host: We're all friends, here, Jennifer!

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: Well, my first thought was 'Oh god, he knocked her up'

*Crowd laughs*

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: It's true! I mean, sure he'd been running off with her from time to time for months but it wasn't serious!

Talk-Show Host:It wasn't? So, How did they end up married?

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: *Scoffs* I love my son, but he'll do anything to prove a point. Even marry some low-class, bed-buddy of his just to show me and his father that he can *raises her hands to use quotations* 'make his own choices'. Please.

Talk-Show Host: Oh my. So I can assume you and the daughter-in-law…?

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: We don't see eye-to-eye.

Talk-Show Host: But this is the girl your son picked. Obviously, he wants to spend the rest of his life with her?

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: They 'dated', if you can even call their little hook-ups and late night booty calls that, for a year. He doesn't even know her, he's just under her spell.

Talk-Show Host: Do you think Ms. Matthews, sorry Mrs. Matthews-Minkus, has ulterior motives for marrying into your family?

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: Does the sun shine, sweetie? Of course, that little leech has another motive. She's been poor her whole life and a rich boy looked her way! Can you really expect anything else from her kind of people? I mean, the girl's best friend has a police record, for god's sake!

Talk-Show Host: Are you giving us an exclusive, Jennifer!?

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: *Shrugs* Oh sure! Why not? *Leans forward* She grew up with this little delinquent named Maya Harris or Hart or something like that. And this girl! Let me tell you, I'm positive she stole some silver the first time Farkle brought the pair of them around. And the manners, you would not believe!

Talk-Show Host: Oh my god!

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus:I know! What was my son thinking?

Talk-Show Host: Maybe he thinks he's really in love?

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: And maybe he is, I don't know. But I do know one thing; it's not going to last. She and her little BFF are a phase and I'll be glad to see them both go.

Talk-Show Host: Well… that's all we have time for tonight. Thank you! Jennifer Bassett-Minkus, everyone!

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus: Oh no, thank you!


Phone call between Farkle Minkus and Jennifer Bassett-Minkus

*Riiiing….Riiiing….Riiing*

Jennifer: Jennifer Bassett-Minkus speaking.

Farkle: Mom. What the fuck was that?

Jennifer: Farkle, I have about a million things going on my life right now that do not revolve around you; you'll have to be more specific.

Farkle: Bullshit, you know exactly what!

Jennifer: If you're going to continue to curse like this, I'm just going to hang up. Not that I'm particularly surprised, considering the company you keep.

Farkle: That, Mom. That right there is what I'm talking about. Spouting crap about Riley and Maya? You cannot go on live television and talk about my wife that way!

Jennifer: Truthfully, you mean?

Farkle: Not a word of that was the truth and you know it! You made Riley cry, Mom! She locked herself in the bedroom, sobbing, and I can't get her to come out!

Jennifer: Perhaps your wife, as you insist on calling her, should grow some thicker skin. What I said is nothing compared to what the tabloids and the tweets and the public will say.

Farkle: Yeah, but they don't know Riley! You do! You know better.

Jennifer: You're right, Farkle. I do know Riley better, but apparently, you don't. You are just so caught up in this girl! She's a parasite, Sweetie! How do you honestly not see that?

Farkle: *Long Pause* Mother, I'm going to ask you very politely, which you don't deserve, to never say that again about the woman that I love. Please, don't do that again?

Jennifer: Would else would you call something that latches on to a better, more powerful organism with the sole purpose of bleeding it dry? Because that's her plan, Farkle, whether you want to see that or not.

Farkle: And what about you, Mom? Hmm? Don't you think you're being at all hypocritical?

Jennifer: What's that supposed to mean?

Farkle: You and Dad? You got married six months before I was born! That's why you figured Riley had to be 'knocked up', right? Because that was your plan?

Jennifer: How dare you?!

Farkle: 'How dare I?' How dare you, Mother?

Jennifer: You have no idea what you're talking about, Farkle! And even if you're little theory was right, I still belonged in this life. Riley Matthews does not. She never will.

Farkle: I- I can't even talk to you anymore right now. Bye.

Jennifer: Farkle-

*Dial tone*


What Makes a Woman Powerful?: A Closer Look at New York's High Society

By: Riley Matthews-Minkus

What makes a woman powerful?

In today's society, with a new social conflict every other day and a government that just loves to turn a blind eye, I think it's a fair question.

Is it her beauty?

Because socialites, like Jennifer Bassett-Minkus, are definitely beautiful. The woman stands regal and tall, dominating any room she graces with her presence. Her blonde hair distinguishes her in a crowd and those eyes tell tales of wisdom that go far over the heads of those beneath her.

Is it her intelligence?

Jennifer Bassett-Minkus is incredibly intelligent. Honestly, it bewildered me upon my first meeting with the woman. She easily articulates herself such a way that you feel, without question, that she is smarter than you. Odds are that she is. She's Harvard educated, you know, and married to a man that most of America agrees in one of the most brilliant minds to walk amongst us today. She's the mother of the 'Next Einstein'.

Is it her morals?

See, this is where I find an inconsistency in the data.

Because Jennifer Bassett-Minkus has no morals. She does not sympathize with those less fortunate than her. She does not care that millions in her country work nine-to-five, minimum wage jobs and still cannot feed their families. She does not fight or speak for those too fearful or unable to speak for themselves.

But she's still powerful.

No one, especially not you, dear reader, can dispute that.

You see her style and you mimic it.

You watch her choices and you trust them

You listen to her words and you believe them.

Without fail, without independent thought, because she's Jennifer Bassett-Minkus and she's powerful, so you mimic, you trust, you believe.

So it is not morals that make a woman powerful, but that doesn't mean that it shouldn't be.

A new generation of women is coming into power. Women who do care about the poor. Women who do give their own resources just so that another may suffer less. Women who fight like hell and don't back down just because someone else feels that they should be seen and not heard.

Those are the women to mimic. Those are the women to trust. Those are the women to believe in.

Root for them!

Stop being so enamored by women like Jennifer Bassett-Minkus and start looking to the ones that have morals, that have love and fire in their souls.

Because here's the real secret, so read carefully: You, those who view her, give a woman power.

Stop giving power to Jennifer Bassett-Minkus and start giving it to the right women!


Dear Mrs. Matthews-Minkus,

I regret to inform you that the major media outlet of the New York Times has decided to terminate your employment.

You are, without question, a very talented journalist and we are very grateful for the work you have done for use in these three years. However, you are aware that there have been several times where you were explicitly told not to voice an opinion or viewpoint and did not heed that warning.

You were warned. You were given an explanation. Nevertheless, you persisted.

This cannot be tolerated and your recent personal attack on Jennifer Bassett-Minkus was the last straw. The expose was incredibly inappropriate for you to publish, as the subject's daughter-in-law, and filled with information that has no ground nor evidence. You are lucky Mrs. Bassett-Minkus has no decided to press libel charges.

You have become a liability to the establishment and this cannot continue.

You are hereby official terminated from your position of Senior Journalist at the New York Times

Sincerely,

Jessica Denmen

Personal Assistant to the CEO of the New York Times


Texting Conversation between My Babe and My Love:

My Babe: Are you busy at work?

My Love: Never too busy for you…

My Love: Why?

My Babe: I just… really need you right now.

*Riiing…Riiing…Riiing*

Riley: I'm fine! Really, I just really miss you and if you're too busy, I under- *Breaks into a sob*

Farkle:Riley… What happened?

Riley: They, uh, they fired me. So, now I am your unemployed, rehab-bound, personal slut-turned wife. *Takes a deep breath* God, I don't know what to do anymore! It's never going to get better, Farkle! She's always going to hate me and, you know, maybe she's right? We both know I don't fit in with those people, in that world.

Farkle: So what?! Riley, you fit in with me and you are the center of my world. You can do this! We can do this! Who cares what a bunch of dicks with silver spoons up their asses think?

Riley: *Sigh* Can you- can you just come home?

Farkle: I'm already on my way, Babe.

Riley: Farkle?

Farkle: Yeah?

Riley: I love you.

Farkle: And I love you. How does Italian sound for dinner, by the way? And Ben & Jerry's for dessert?

Riley: Fuck, you are truly perfect.


Anchor One: This just in! The entirety of the Minkus Family Trust has been drained, leaving the family to live solely of off their profits from the Minkus International company.

Anchor Two: Currently, it is believed Riley Matthews-Minkus, recently fired from the New York Times, is behind the hack and subsequent theft of the Minkus family. It is unknown at this time whether or not the family will move to press charges against Matthews-Minkus.

Anchor One: Both Farkle Minkus and Riley Matthews-Minkus were unavailable for comment.


And that is the first part of The Lucky Ones! Experimenting with this format for this two-shot, do you like? Do you hate? Let me know! Kisses!

Current Coming Soon List:

Missed Moments of Pluto and Mars (A Future Snapshot Collection Companion)

The Electronic Configuration of Hate and Love Pt. 4

Birthdays, First Times, and Letters from Princeton (A Future Snapshot)

We're Always on the Same Team (A Future Snapshot)

Crazy Kids (A Future Snapshot)