Welcome to this story! I hope you all love it. I will try to update every week at least once and this is not a one shot it will be a continuation. Without further ado, here is I Do- I Do Not. I do not own Girl Meets World, Boy Meets World, or any of the characters. The genius of these shows belongs to the creators.
"I do."
"I do NOT."
Hold on. If we are going to tell this story we need to start from the beginning.
Riley Matthews was a lovable, bubbly girl. She was the daughter of Topanga and Cory Matthews. America's sweethearts. Topanga was the best lawyer at her law firm. A real shark in the courtroom. Cory was a teacher at the local high school, following in the footsteps of his idol Mr. Feeny. Riley was 22 years old with a 15-year-old brother named Auggie whom she loved more than anything in the world.
Riley worked at her mother's bakery, Topanga's. She loved to bake, almost as much as she loved to write. Whenever she wasn't baking her next creation she wrote articles for local papers and magazines. And whenever she wasn't writing she hung out with her best friend Maya. They have been best friends for years. They were two peas in a pod.
Alright now that we covered the backstory, let's pick up a little before this fiasco started.
Riley had just finished her shift down at the bakery and was heading back to her apartment to finish up her next article, when she received a call.
"Hi, honey!"
"Hey Mom! What's up?"
"I was wondering if you would like to have dinner with your father and I tonight. We have something very important to talk to you about," Topanga said.
"Umm, sure. Is everything okay? Will Auggie be joining us?"
"Everything's fine. And Auggie is going on a date with Ava tonight. Ughh! He stole one of my rings, again, to propose to her. I swear some things never change. So, how does that new Italian place, Giermo's on 33rd street, at 7 sound?"
"It sounds great! I will see you there," Riley replied. She hadn't seen her dad in a while since their schedules often conflicted. Topanga, on the other hand, she saw almost every other day due to now practically owning the bakery.
She unlocked the door to her apartment, after putting her phone back into her purse and walked to her bedroom to begin getting ready for the dinner with her parents.
At 6:30, she grabbed her purse and headed out the door towards the subway. She arrived at Giermo's at 6:55 and found her parents waiting outside for her. She gave both quick hugs before the three walked inside and were seated at their table. After ordering their food and receiving their drinks, Topanga spoke up.
"So, honey, like I said on the phone, your father and I have something very important to talk to you about."
"Are you guys moving? You guys are moving and Auggie should stay with me until he finishes high school. I knew it. Don't worry, curfew is at 10, no sugar after 7, and no girls, aka Ava, in the house after 9," she replied donning a serious face before she erupted in laughter, her parents following suit.
"No were not moving," Topanga says with a chuckle. "You know that my law-firm has become more well-known and we have been looking at expanding for a while. Well, we just found out that we will be combining with another company and I will be named partner there."
"Congratulations Mom! I'm so proud of you!"
"Thank you, sweetie," Topanga's words come out strained and her face suddenly becomes serious. "There is one more thing I have to tell you. For this merging to work, our two companies, well we had to work out a sort of… business agreement." She pauses for a second. "You are now engaged to Lucas Friar."
Riley slightly chokes on the wine she just drank. "What?!" The waitress comes out with their food and Riley says a quick thank you before turning back to her parents.
"You're setting me up in an arranged marriage. That's so archaic! What happened to 'you control your own life'? And to Lucas Friar of all people! I thought you wanted me to marry a nice boy someday. Not that sorry excuse for a man."
Lucas Friar was known for being a player around the city. A millionaire kid who gets whatever and whoever he wants. He's known by the paparazzi as quite a rude and snobbish person, someone Riley Matthews would never think of associating with let alone marrying.
"Riley, listen this is only for publicity. You only have to be married to him for a few years and then if you would like you can get a divorce. I'm sorry it came to this sweetie I really am," Topanga said.
"I have to go." Riley got up out of her seat and practically ran out of the restaurant. She got on the subway and rode in a daze all the way back to her apartment building, but instead of walking into her own apartment she walked a few doors down. Somewhere she knew she would have someone to talk to.
A box of pizza and two glasses of wine later. Maya sat on her couch watching Riley pace back in forth in front of her.
"An arranged marriage! Maya how could they do they do this to me? And to Lucas Friar of all the people? That pompous, over righteous, son of a bitch!"
"Hey, maybe it won't be so bad. Maybe it'll end up turning out like one of those cheesy romance movies and you end up falling in love with him," Maya says with a shrug, knowing it won't help Riley's current predicament.
Riley is just about to speak again when the door opens.
"Hey Maya, I'm home. I got some… Oh hey Riley, how's my favorite niece doing?" Josh asks.
"Well considering I just found out I'm engaged you would think I would be pretty happy but alas… I'm furious."
"Wow, you leave to get a loaf of bread and you miss so much. Wait, you're engaged? When did this happen? Who is the lucky guy? I didn't even know you were dating anyone," Josh says confused.
"I haven't been dating anyone. I found out 2 hours ago. And it's an arranged marriage. You are looking at the soon to be Mrs. Lucas Friar. Ugh!" Riley rolls her eyes and turns away from Josh to resume pacing.
"An arranged marriage? That doesn't sound like America's sweethearts. And why Lucas Friar?" Josh walks over to the kitchen to put the bread away and then walks over to Maya giving her a kiss on the cheek before sitting down next to her, putting her legs on his lap.
"It's a merger deal," Maya chimes in. "Topanga's law-firm and the Friar's law-firm are merging together and the marriage is to make it seem more official." As soon as Maya finished speaking Riley's phone went off.
"Oh, great. Mom just texted me to say that I have a mandatory family dinner tomorrow night. Apparently, the Friar's will be joining and I will be officially engaged tomorrow. Oh, joy," Riley said sarcastically.
After much coercing, Riley was seated at the family dinner table the following night alongside the rest of her family and the Friar's. Well, all the Friar's except for Lucas. So far, the night hasn't been too bad except for the fact that her supposed fiancé wasn't there. Mr. and Mrs. Friar were very nice people. They asked Riley about all her baking and writings, even going so far as to say they had read a few of her articles and were very impressed. Lucas had a little sister, Lily, who's a little younger than Auggie but just as sweet.
They were sitting at the dinner table just about to begin eating when there was a knock on the door. Topanga got up out of her seat to answer the door where lo and behold the man of the hour stood. Lucas Friar.
"I'm sorry I was late I fell asleep and overslept." At this Riley rolled her eyes. Topanga and Lucas walked over to the table and sat down.
Once dinner was done and the table was cleared, everyone once again began to talk. Mostly the parents with the parents and the kids with the kids.
Lucas was 23 years old and had a reputation around the city. He was known as the resident bad rich boy. Lucas walked over to Riley, giving her a once over and a smirk before he began talking.
"Hi, I'm Lucas Friar," he said holding out his hand.
"Riley Matthews," she replied shaking his hand. Her voice had slight malice in it.
"I know usually some dates come before this, but Riley Matthews," he says getting down on one knee and taking out a ring box, "will you marry me?"
"I don't really have any choice anyways, so yes," she says.
The parents as well as Auggie and Lily crowded around Riley and Lucas congratulating them. Lucas' arm was around Riley and her mother as well as Mrs. Friar stood in front of Riley trying to look at the ring. Suddenly Topanga spoke up.
"You know I think that something good, other than the merger, will come out of this. Don't you think?"
Lucas nods his head slightly. "I do."
Riley adds, albeit a little defensively, "I do NOT."
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