"Why do we have to sneak out of the house if we're not doing anything wrong until we sneak onto the subway?" my older sister Riley asked our best friend Maya while we sat at the bay window in our bedroom. "You think you're ready to just walk by your parents?" Maya asked her. "I think I'm ready." Riley reassured us and herself. I look at her amused. "Let us see your face as you walk by mom and dad." I instructed. Riley looked at us with a scared expression on her face. "Why are you making that face at us Riley?" Maya asked, imitating my parents. "Because I'm sneaking onto the subway." Riley confessed and I giggled slightly. "Out the window." Riley said pointing out of it. "Let's go." Maya and I said together. The three of us crawled out of the bedroom window only to crawl backwards as our dad, Cory Matthews herded us back in. We headed over to Riley and I's bed and sat on the end waiting for the lecture that was surely coming. "Here's what I'm thinking." and there it is. he said as he made his way over to stand in front of us "It's not your world yet. It's still my world. Because if it was your world, Maya would have you on the subway already, thinking you put something over on me and you would've dragged Raven with you. But you didn't. Know how I know? Look at ya. You're right here." he told Riley."How long do Raven and I have to live in our father's world?" Riley asked making me smile "Until you make it yours," He told us whilst putting one hand on Riley's shoulder and the other on mine. "Riley, Raven, do you know what I want more than anything? Go ahead, make it yours." he assured us. "We will. And when we do will you still be there for us?" I asked. "Right here." A voice said. We all looked over to the door to see my mom, Topanga Matthews leaning against the door frame. She walked to stand beside dad and linked her arm with his. "We'll be right here." she reassured us. Riley, Maya and I all gave each other a look before we linked arms and skipped out the door.
The three of us arrived at the subway and as we walked through we heard drumming and turned to face a guy playing. Maya stepped forward and began to dance before the drumming stopped. "Weasel!" She shouted. "Maya!" Weasel greeted her, then he noticed Riley and I. "Who's the new chicks?" "Chicks! Down here Raven and I are chicks." Riley said in awe as she leaned closer to Maya and me. "No wonder our parents don't want us on the subway." she whispered to me causing me to giggle quietly. We began walking to the train as two girls strolled past us. "You're slouching Maya." An unknown girl informed my friend. "Thanks Gretchen." Maya said before she stood straight, placed her hands on her hips and headed towards the train holding her posture. Riley and I shared a look before I shrugged. Riley copied Maya and followed. I rolled my eyes as I chuckled and walked to the train normally.
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As I was looking around the subway car at the other passengers, my eyes drifted over Riley and I did a double take "Whoa, Riley." I said. This attracted Maya's attention and she looked towards Riley and her eyes widened slightly in amusement. "You don't do lip gloss." Maya told her. "Oh, what I forgot to mention is that I'm completely reinventing myself. I ride the subway now, I have kiwi lips now and I'm just as cool as Maya." Riley told us. I chuckled before scanning around the subway car before my eyes landed on a really cute boy, as if he felt my eyes on him he looked up from the book he was reading and smiled, I gave him a small smile back before turning my head away to hide my flushed cheeks. "Oh-ho-ho, does our little bird have a crush?" Maya asked me with a teasing smirk, "W-what n-no, of course not! I don't even know him!" I defended as my face flushed an even deeper shade of red causing my sister and friend to laugh, "Uh-huh so why are you blushing?" Riley asked with a knowing smile, "It's hot in here?" I tried lamely, Maya smirked "Okay, you're gonna need some lessons." she told me, "For what?" I asked nervously "I'm gonna show you everything you need to know about boys. Riley take note." Maya said she started walking over to the cute boy. "Hi, I'm Maya. You're really cute. We should hang out sometime," she said as she sat next to him. "You make me happy. You don't pay enough attention to me. This isn't working out." she told him whilst standing up. "It's you, not me. We can still be friends. Not really." she finished before heading back over to Riley and I. "He's available. We just broke up." she told us. "Are you okay?" I asked. "Do we need to talk about it?" Riley asked. "You still want to be like me?" Maya asked Riley. "I want to be exactly like you. I think too much and you don't think at all." Riley answered making me laugh. "See you get me! So let's not think!" Maya cheered before turning to me and smirking again. She grabbed my hand off the pole that we all held on to and gave me a shove. I screamed a little as I fell back and landed on the boy's lap. I looked up to face him and he was smiling at me, "Uh, hi." I said nervously as I shifted to sit on the empty seat beside him, "Hi, I'm Lucas." he told me and he seemed amused by the whole situation, "I'm Raven , I uh, think you used to date my friend?" I questioned gesturing over to Maya who stood with my sister, both with smirks on their faces. Lucas looked to where I was pointing before smiling and nodding. He looked back to me, but before he could say anything a woman appeared in front of us, "Perhaps someone would like to give their seat to someone older." I nodded and gave Lucas a small smile before saying bye and walking back over to Maya and Riley. "I totally hate you... but that was great." I told Maya with a small grin "You're welcome." she told me with a cocky smirk. Riley suddenly looked worried. "What if that was the best moment of her life? What if nothing ever happens for her again?" Riley panicked and I raised my eyebrows. Maya turned to me with a sly grin before she grabbed hands and pushed me away. I stumbled back until I landed in someone's lap, I looked up to see the lady I gave my seat up to "It's for you." she said whilst placing me on Lucas' lap. "Hi again." he said with an amused smile as my cheeks heated up once again, "Hi." I said with a sheepish smile.
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I slammed my locker door closed once I retrieved my history books. Riley and Maya following my lead. "Did you have trouble with the homework?" Riley asked us. I shrugged. "Piece of cake." Maya lied. "You didn't do it, did you?" I asked knowingly. "I don't even know where my books are." Maya admitted. "They're here and they're heavy." Riley and I said as we removed Maya's books from our bag. The bell rang so we walked into our classroom and headed to our desks in the front row. "You have to do the homework, Maya." I started, "This teacher's insane, a total nut job. I think there's something seriously wrong with him." Riley finished. "Hi, honey's." Mr. Matthews said, standing in front of Riley and I. "Hi, daddy." We greeted our father in unison. "You're late to your father's class." Mr. Matthews informed us. "Oh, don't worry, Mr. Matthews." Maya said and I looked at her "You wrote them a note." she continued, taking a piece of paper out of her back pocket. "I did?" Dad asked, "He did?" my sister and I asked our friend. "He did." Maya confirmed. "You did." Riley and I said, as Maya handed him the note. "Riley and Raven are late. Deal with it." He read from the note before looking up at Maya. "Well, you got my signature down pretty good this time." He complimented. "Oh, it was easy. You write like a girl." Maya said as we took our seats. "Okay, let me get back to jamming some learning into your heads." Dad said, starting the class, "The Civil War." "The Civil Bore." Maya cut in. "Thank you, future mini mart employee of the month." dad said. "Would I be making more money than you?" she asked. Dad hesitated before continuing. "The Civil War! Anybody?" He said to us. "A war we fought against ourselves." Riley answered. I raised my eyebrows. "What, you actually studied it?" Our dad asked her surprised. "No, Raven and I are actually living it." Riley said before she thumped her head on her desk as our dad continued. "People, people, are we here to learn or not?" Farkle, one of our closest friends asked. "What do you mean, Farkle?" Dad asked as I turned to look at Farkle who was in the seat behind Riley. "I've been in love with Raven since the first grade. But I'm also equally in love with Riley and Maya. Some might say the great mystery of the universe is who's gonna be the first Mrs. Farkle." Farkle said. Maya turned around and faced Farkle. "You don't want this." Maya warned him. "Bring it on." Farkle said. We all looked forward again. "I always thought he'd wind up with back‐of‐the‐class Brenda." Riley told us. We all turned around to Brenda who resembled a female Farkle. I shuddered. "Ew, yuck!" Farkle exclaimed as we turned back in our seats. "Actually, the great mystery of the universe is how you could love three women the same who couldn't possibly be more different." Mr. Matthews told Farkle. "We're not so different." Riley protested. "May I overstep my bounds, sir?" Farkle asked while raising his hand. "You always do." Dad said as he gestured for Farkle to come forward and switch positions. Farkle flipped Dad's name plate around to show his name. Farkle stepped forward and slammed his hands on Riley's desk. "Riley is the sun, warm and bright and lights up my whole day." Farkle said. He then ran to Maya's desk and slammed his hands down. "Maya is the night, dark and mysterious. And the night has always been a mystery to me. Because I go to bed at 7:30." Farkle told us. He finally ran over to my desk and slammed his hands on it. "Raven is the sunset. A warm vibrant link between the light and dark." Farkle said. He backed up. "How could I love these three different women? How could I not? Thank you! I am Farkle!" He exclaimed, and walked back to his desk as he and Dad switched positions once again. Dad flipped his name tag back around. "So we were indeed trying to find out who we were as a people. Who am I? What should I be? History shows that bad things happen when you don't know who you are." He explained. Then the back door opened. The whole class turned to the door, to see the cute boy from the subway enter. "Who are you? I don't know who you are." Dad told the young boy as he walked over to our teacher. "Subway boy." Riley whispered to Maya and I. I smiled. "I'm Lucas Friar from Austin, Texas." The boy introduced. "Oh, new student, Mr. Friar?" dad asked. "Yes sir. Also I was told to give you this." Lucas answered before handing my dad a note. "Great, you're just in time for today's assignment. Have a seat." Dad told him before looking down at the paper as Lucas nodded and headed over to the seat behind me. I couldn't help but turn to look at him to find he was already looking at me. "Okay, so we‐" Dad started, but stopped before I felt hands turning my head around to face the front. "So I'd like you guys to open your books to page 48." dad instructed. I opened up my textbook and turned to page 48 with the rest if the class. "Now I'd like you to turn to page one." he told us. I turned to page one like the rest of the class. "Now I'd like you to read from page one to 48." dad told us. The entire class, including me, groaned. "Oh, too bad on you." He said. "Okay, so for tonight's assignment, I'd like you to write me a three‐page essay on anything. Anything at all that you guys believe in so strongly you'd fight for it." dad explained. "That! I'd fight for no homework! I come here every day. Why can't you teach me everything I need to know while I'm here?" Maya exclaimed. "Whoo!" Riley said, pumping her fist. She earned a glare from our father. "Not Whoo." Riley said. "He gets our days. Let's take back our nights." Maya said standing up. "No homework, more freedom. Who's with me?" she asked. The entire class began chanting apart from Farkle, Lucas, Riley and I "No homework, more freedom" over and over again. Maya leaned down closer to Riley and me. "This is it, kid. You want to be like me? Stand up," Maya told Riles before chanting again. I sighed as Riley stood up. "No homework, more freedom." she chanted with the rest of the class. They continued chanting, before storming out of the classroom.
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"Ma!" Riley shouted, slamming the door to our apartment open. "Ma!" Dad repeated. "Hi Ma!" I said with a smile as I walked over to the fridge to get a cookie. "Hi honey." my mom replied to me with a smile of her own before she looked over at my dad and sister, "Whatever this is, don't put me in the middle of two I love equally. Just kidding, come here, hon." Mom said beckoning Riley over and she accepted Mom's hug, happily. "My teacher followed me home today. Can we keep him, can we keep him, please say NO." Riley begged "She walked out of my class," Dad argued, "She's trying to be Maya." he told our mom. "Why would you want to be Maya?" Mom asked Riley. "She's cool. She has a wild side. She does what she wants," Riley explained. "But you and Raven are such good people. " Mom tried to convince Riley. "Maya's good people." I chirped in with a mouth full of cookie- I was ignored. "Who cares about that?" Riley asked. "Do you really that I'm one of those girls that follow the rules and never get into trouble?" she continued "I was hoping?" dad answered "You think I'm well raised," Riley accused them. Mom looked over at Dad, "Half." she told him "How is it, that you don't know me at all," Riley asked them, before walking away. "Riley!" I called after her. I looked over to Mom and Dad. "I'll go talk to her," I told them before going to follow Riley to our room, cookie in hand for my twin.
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"Am I the type of person who always plays it safe?" Riley asked out loud, "Is this who I'm going to be for the rest of my life? Am I ever going to take a risk that's going to change my destiny?" she asked with her head on my shoulder as we sat at our bedroom window "Do bears know how to smile?" Auggie, my little brother who was sitting next to Riley asked, "Why is cake always so delicious? Are my drawing ever gonna get better?" he continued "Are you making fun of me?" Riley asked him. "No, I think just like you because we're twins," Auggie said. Riley and I shared a confused and amused look. "We're not twins, Raven and I are." Riley said, bluntly. "Mooooooooooom!" Auggie shouted, running to find her. "He took that well." I said with a giggle causing Riley to join in.
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"Aww, look at him looking for a place to fit in." Maya said as the three of us sat at a table in the cafeteria at lunch. I
smiled. "Do you think he'll sit with us?" I asked. Maya scooted over so there was a empty seat in between her and me. As Lucas approached to take the seat, Farkle jumped in before he had a chance to sit down. "Ladies." Farkle greeted. "Farkle!" Riley, Maya, and I all greeted. "Interesting lunch‐line dilemma: Sloppy Joe or Chicken Pot Pie or Pasta? Or Sloppy Joe? Or Chicken Pot Pie? Or Pasta?" Farkle asked. "Is that all you got?" Maya asked. Farkle nodded. "That's it. Same time tomorrow." Farkle said, standing up and walking off. I noticed Lucas still looking around for somewhere to sit. Maya nudged me. "There he is. Invite him to sit down." she told me. "With words?" I asked nervously "You're ready for this." Riley reassured. I bit my lip. "What do I say?" I asked. "Hey, Lucas, looking for somebody special?" Maya suggested. "I can't say that." I said shaking my head. "Hey, Lucas, looking for somebody?" Riley suggested. "Too forward." I said. "Hey, Lucas." Maya suggested. "Like we're on a first‐name basis?" I asked. "Hey." Riley suggested. "Hey." I repeated. "Hey, I'm back." Lucas said, sitting in the seat next to me causing me to look up at him. "Hi. You're sitting here." I said with a slight blush "Is that okay?" Lucas asked. "Can you excuse me for just one sec?" I asked holding up my pointer finger. When he nodded I turned around to face Riley and Maya. The three of us squealed for a few seconds and then went back to our lunches. "How ya doing?" I heard a voice ask. I turned around to see my dad. I sighed quietly. "Dad, you have a choice here. You can either understand that this is just a boy talking to Raven in the cafeteria," Riley began. "I'm gonna do whatever you say next." Cory told her, cutting Riley off. "But this is so innocent." I defended. "Honey, fathers don't see anything as innocent. We see it as. What's the opposite of innocent?" Cory asked. Maya pointed at herself. "Right here!" she shouted and dad gave her a small wave. "Please don't embarrass us." Riley and I pleaded. "I'm just going to talk to Mr. Friar about geography." dad told us. He turned to Lucas. "You know, I've been to a lot of places. Never been to Texas though. What part of Texas is closest to Mexico?" He asked the poor boy. "That'd be El Paso, sir." Lucas answered. "Great. Let's go right now." Dad said. He took Lucas' chair and pulled him and the chair away. Lucas gave us a small wave. I wiggled my fingers in return with a small, embarrassed smile and stood up along with my friends to put our lunch trays away. "So did you do the homework?" Riley asked Maya. "No, I didn't do the homework. The question on everybody's kiwi lips is did you do the homework?" Maya asked. "No. I'm one of the founding members of the homework rebellion. You think I did my homework?" Riley defended. I gave her a look. "I think you did. I think you did hers to." I told her. "I did, I did and I really liked it." Riley said, happily causing me to roll my eyes playfully. "Riley, don't save me." Maya said. Riley gave her a confused look. "What?" Riley mumbled. "Let me be me." Maya said. As Maya said that, Farkle walked over to us with three different desserts on his tray. "Oh, you got three desserts?" Riley asked, "Angel's food cake." "Fairy cake." I said. "And Devil's food cake. Let me guess who's who." Maya said. "Hey, Farkle's just hungry. Not everything is about you." Farkle defended before walking off with his tray. "Well. Looks like someone's got a sweet tooth." I said, earning a few giggles.
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I was in my seat in History waiting for the class to start when I heard a chair scrape from behind, I turned to face Lucas. "I'm glad you made it back." I told him with a sheepish smile, "I'm glad I made it too." he confirmed with a smile before he looked up causing his smile to drop. I looked up and saw dad glaring at Lucas. "Hi. Apparently you have a better sense of direction than I anticipated. You are a really good‐looking guy." he commented and walked back to the front of the classroom. "Okay, so today we're gonna find out. If anybody here believes in something so strongly they'd fight for it." Dad said, walking over to Maya's desk, "Maya." "Yes sir." Maya replied. "Present your homework." "Can't do that, sir." "Why not?" "That's what I'm fighting against, sir." "Oh, this could go on for a while." Farkle said, breaking the conversation. He put his feet on his desk and put on a blue sleep mask. "Farkle Farkle Farkle Farkle." he said, snoring. "Riley, present your homework." Dad said turning to my sister "I didn't do my homework either." Riley told him. "Oh really?" dad asked. "Yeah. We're both the same now. I don't believe in homework." Riley replied. "Guess what, Riley? That doesn't make you the same as Maya at all." dad informed her. "I have something to say." Maya said, raising her hand. "Wow, I don't know what to do. I've never seen this before. The floor is yours, Ms. Hart." dad, offering Maya the floor. Maya stood up and turned to Farkle. "Get up, Farkle. You're gonna want to be awake for this." Maya told the boy. "Is it our honeymoon?" Farkle asked hopefully, standing up. I raised an eyebrow. "No, you missed that. Now it's time to hand in our essays." Maya told him. "Oh, Farkle goes first! Farkle always goes first!" Farke shouted. He ran out of the classroom to retrieve his homework. Maya stepped up to the front of the room. "All right, everybody who did their homework, put it on your desks." Maya instructed. "Careful there, Ms. Hart." dad warned her. I took my essay out of my bag and placed it on my desk. "Are you sure about this?" I asked as Maya passed by. "I got this." Maya reassured me and continued to collect the homework from the students. I heard the door open, so I turned around in my seat and saw Farkle walk in with a big diorama in his hands. "The burning of Atlanta led to the end of the civil war and to peace. I believe that peace is worth fighting for." Farkle said. Maya walked up to Farkle with all the essays in her hands. She snatched one of the sparklers from Farkle's display. "Hey, that's a pivotal part of my diorama!" Farkle shouted. Maya snatched another sparkler from the project. "And there goes Virginia." Farkle mumbled. Maya walked back to her desk and stood up on her chair. She held the sparklers and the essays in separate hands, with a little distance apart from each other. "The burning of the homework led to the end of the homework rebellion because there was no more homework." Maya said. She began to bring the sparklers down to the homework. I let out a little gasp, "Maya no!" I shouted"All right, all right, that's far enough, Maya! I get it!" dad shouted, running over to Maya and snatching the homework from Maya. Maya held the sparklers up high. "No homework, more freedom!" Maya shouted. Just as she shouted, the sparklers' fire hit the sprinklers and water began to rain down. The whole class started to scream as an alarm began to ring. "Okay, so those work." Maya pointed up. Everyone began to flee from the classroom with the exception of Maya, Riley, Lucas, Farkle, dad and me. We were getting soaked. "Is this part of your presentation?" Farkle asked. Suddenly I couldn't feel the water any more so I looked up to see that Lucas was holding his jacket over the both of our heads. I moved closer to Lucas and grabbed Riley's arm, bringing her under the jacket, too. "Why didn't you stop your friend?" Lucas asked Riley, though he had to shout to be heard over the alarm. "That's not what I do anymore," Riley replied. "You're better than that!" Lucas said, "Raven tried to stop her." he reminded her. "Raven does that. I'm just letting Maya be her." Riley told him. I looked over to see Farkle making a run towards dad and climbing on top of him. "Ms. Hart, you have detention. The principal will determine if it goes further than that." Mr. Matthews told Maya. He turned to Riley and I. "Ms. Matthews', please leave." Dad told us. "I deserve detention too!" Riley protested. "No, you don't. You didn't do anything. And because you didn't do anything, your best friend is in very deep trouble." Dad told her. Riley stormed out of the classroom. "All right, Farkle, you can get down now." Dad told my quirky friend. "Well, you're actually quite comfortable, sir." Farkle commented. "Thank you, Farkle. Get off!" Dad shouted. "Farkle isn't going anywhere!" Farkle shouted back.
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I slammed my locker closed along with Riley and Maya. We were trying to tidy ourselves up a bit. Dad then ran into the empty hallways with Farkle still on his shoulders. He gave us a hard look. "Down, Farkle." He ordered. Farkle climbed down from him as Dad began to stare at us hardly. "You're looking at us pretty hard there, Mr. Matthews." Maya told him. "Riley and I just want to stand by our girl." I said. Maya, Riley, and I looked at each other. "Riley missed the moment to stand by your girl, " He told us, "You were so busy trying to be her, Riley, you forgot the best thing you can do for her is be you." Dad told her and I grabbed her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze. "Raven, Riley, take Farkle for a walk." Dad ordered us. As Riley, Farkle and I walked out, I turned and gave Maya a small, encouraging smile.
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We were standing at a pole on the train and I was looking down at my feet that still felt damp. "Rave, Riles?" I heard Maya ask. I looked up at my best friend "Yeah?" Riley and I asked. "If we can't hang out with each other as much any more, don't worry about it." Maya told us. Riley and I shared a confused look. "Wait. Why wouldn't we‐" Riley started. "He's going to make you end the friendship." Maya said, cutting her off. My face fell. "He said that?" I asked. "He's really upset with me." Maya said. "He loves you." Riley and I protested. "I don't think so any more." Maya told us sadly. "I just want you to know that I get it wouldn't be your fault." Maya finished. The lady sitting next to us laughed. I turned to her. "Beyootiful! You three little bumblebees got a sweet thing going. But where's your hunk?" The lady said causing a small blush to form on my face, "You ain't got no hunk, you ain't got no story!" I turned back to Maya. "I haven't been a good friend." she said. "You're our best friend." Riley said. "She's your best friend! Best friends are important. I got a best friend. I'm not talking to her right now." The lady said. I ignored her. "I go too far," Maya said. "And I don't think that's gonna stop." she told us. "I'm bad for you." she finished. "Did he say that?" I asked frowning. "He will." Maya said. The train stopped. "This is your stop." Maya told us "Don't be me." she said, taking Riley and I's hand off the pole. "You don't go as far as me" Maya said. "No. No." Riley and I protested as Maya pushed us off of the train. The doors began to close as Riley and I stuck our hands in to stop it. We both looked at each other before nodding and pulling the door open. "Those little girls pushed those doors open with the power of love!" I heard the lady shout. Riley and I stormed over to Maya. "You are not allowed to abandon our friendship!" Riley shouted. "We would never do that." I told Maya "Riley, Raven, I'm pushing you away because...I'm not good for you any more." Maya said. "Only we decide that! You know why?!" Riley shouted. "Why?" Maya asked. "Because if this is our world now, the first person we want in it is you." I told her. "You're gonna save me, aren't you?" Maya asked us. "We are." Riley said as we both grabbed one of Maya's arms before heading towards our apartment.
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"Where is he?!" Riley exclaimed, as we entered our home. Mom and Auggie, pointed to Dad who was sitting across from them at the dining table. We strolled towards him. "There is no way we're gonna let you break‐up our friendship with Maya!" I shouted. "Is that what you think I want, Raven?" Dad asked. "No. What you said you really want is for us to make the world our own." I told him "And you want me to do my homework. Well, I'm doing it right now." Riley said "Here's what I think is worth fighting for," Riley and I said in unison as we each put an arm around Maya. "She is our best friend. She's gonna get us into trouble and Riley and I are gonna get us out of it." I told him, "And we did. Because here we are. Look at us, dad. We're right here. Our Civil War is over, dad. We won." Riley said. There was a moment of silence. "What happens now?" I asked.
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I stood in the subway station with my family, Maya, Lucas and Farkle. "Friends, family and all you other subterranean mole people. We're here today to celebrate Riley being Riley and Raven being Raven. Now some may call this a New York City subway pass. But you, Riley, Raven, can consider this a ticket to the world." Dad announced, holding up two subway passes. "You think we're ready?" Riley and I asked, hopefully. "You showed us you are. Girls, I've already met the world. It's your turn." Dad told us. Maya, Riley, and I walked farther away from the others. "So where do you wanna go?" Maya asked. "Don't know," Riley started "big world." I finished. "Ours now?" Maya asked. "Yeah, but our dad did say that we have to be home by 5:00." Riley told her. "Don't worry, he wrote you a note." Maya said, holding up a note. I giggled as we walked into the train. "Why do we have to sneak out of the house if we're not doing anything wrong until we sneak onto the subway?" my older sister Riley asked our best friend Maya while we sat at the bay window in our bedroom. "You think you're ready to just walk by your parents?" Maya asked her. "I think I'm ready." Riley reassured us and herself. I look at her amused. "Let us see your face as you walk by mom and dad." I instructed. Riley looked at us with a scared expression on her face. "Why are you making that face at us Riley?" Maya asked, imitating my parents. "Because I'm sneaking onto the subway." Riley confessed and I giggled slightly. "Out the window." Riley said pointing out of it. "Let's go." Maya and I said together. The three of us crawled out of the bedroom window only to crawl backwards as our dad, Cory Matthews herded us back in. We headed over to Riley and I's bed and sat on the end waiting for the lecture that was surely coming. "Here's what I'm thinking." and there it is. he said as he made his way over to stand in front of us "It's not your world yet. It's still my world. Because if it was your world, Maya would have you on the subway already, thinking you put something over on me and you would've dragged Raven with you. But you didn't. Know how I know? Look at ya. You're right here." he told Riley."How long do Raven and I have to live in our father's world?" Riley asked making me smile "Until you make it yours," He told us whilst putting one hand on Riley's shoulder and the other on mine. "Riley, Raven, do you know what I want more than anything? Go ahead, make it yours." he assured us. "We will. And when we do will you still be there for us?" I asked. "Right here." A voice said. We all looked over to the door to see my mom, Topanga Matthews leaning against the door frame. She walked to stand beside dad and linked her arm with his. "We'll be right here." she reassured us. Riley, Maya and I all gave each other a look before we linked arms and skipped out the door.
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